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Beaver Valley children’s librarian Rhonda Giles began tidying up after Mother Goose, a reading activity for mothers and their newborns.

BY BREANNE MASSEYTimes Staff

October has been dubbed library month, according to the B.C. government.

The goal of the designation is to help raise public aware-ness about the role libraries play in the lives of Canadians and the communities in which they live.

The theme of this year’s Library Month is “Libraries Connect.” In response, local libraries are ramping up lit-eracy campaigns with a spe-cial treat, a local librarian noted Wednesday.

The Beaver Valley Public

Library (BVPL) will be inviting three local authors for read-ings, including one today.

“Margo Talbot authored the book ‘All That Glitters’ and she’ll be here at the local high school,” said children’s librarian Rhonda Giles of the Beaver Valley Public Library, adding that plans for Talbot’s presentation haven’t been finalized.

The library will also host Rita Moir, the One Book One Kootenay winner, also today at 7 p.m., with Mike Deas on Oct. 9 at the Fruitvale Elementary School.

Libraries transform lives,

enrich communities and define our society, said Annette DeFaveri, executive direc-tor of the British Columbia Library Association, much like the Trail and District Public Library (TDPL) does.

The TDPL is taking a some-what different approach to connect with the community.

“We want to attract people that are traditionally pulled in by libraries,” TDPL’s library director Belinda Wilkinson said. “Libraries have many important roles and one of the roles that we’re currently working on is to try and be more involved with the com-

munity. “We want to be actively

involved with others so that we can offer unique program-ming that appeals to the com-munity.”

She revealed that TDPL is collaborating with the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy on an after-school reading program geared for children between the ages of seven and nine.

Wilkinson was optimistic the program could be up and running shortly, and hoped to gauge the community’s inter-est by offering a pilot-program in mid-October.

LIBRARY MONTH IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

Region’s libraries reaching out to public

BY TIMOTHY SCHAFERTimes Staff

Many Greater Trail residents were wondering where the beef was after a meat recall disrupted the delivery and provision of red meat to the Silver City over the last few days.

The recall of meat products from a processing plant in Alberta due to possible E. coli contamina-tion has put the meat sections in three Trail gro-cery stores on full alert since late last week.

However, any beef products in Trail from the XL Foods meat processing plant in Brooks have been pulled, with the list including cuts of steaks and roasts, stewing beef and beef breakfast saus-age. The products in question were manufactured at the plant on Aug. 24, 27, 28, 29 and Sept. 5.

The owner of McAuley’s No Frills in Waneta Plaza was not able to comment on the incident, deferring instead to the parent company to speak on the matter.

David Wilkes, the senior vice-president of the Retail Council of Canada’s grocery division in Toronto, speaking for McAuley’s, noted the Trail store “likely” removed its meat.

He also could not say if any meat delivered on the affected days was sold in Trail.

“If there was product in Trail that was affected it would have now been removed,” he said.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Tuesday it has now recalled more than 1,500 beef products in Canada. Five cases of E. coli in Alberta have been linked to meat that originated at XL Foods, all of which were purchased at a Costco store in Edmonton.

The Safeway location in East Trail did have some meat in the store from the dates in question, but store assistant manager Kyle Phillips said it never reached the store’s shelves.

Most of the meat comes in fresh in whole slabs to the store and it is cut up in house—except for the organic meat which comes from a different plant.

After the meat was pulled, Safeway staff double-checked the counter and the coolers, and placed a sign in the meat aisle that any customers could bring back the meat if they were concerned.

“Obviously we want to keep them safe and if they don’t feel safe then we’ll take it back,” Phillips said.

See FERRARO’S, Page 3

Local stores respond to

concerns over tainted beef

Safeway removes meat, Ferraro, Liberty not impacted

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My last diatribe on gasoline octane choice got me thinking. There

are situations where engine performance problems do not present any obvious problem to the driver. A knock sensor problem is one of them. There are more.

The fine tuning that engin-eers do to eek the last few percentage points of power or fuel economy are not dis-cernable to the average driv-er. The knock sensor is one of those inputs that allow the engineer to maximize power and fuel economy.

When the computerized engine control system diag-nostics determine the knock sensor is not functioning cor-rectly it can make do with-out it. The system will go into a reduced power mode. Ignition timing will no long-er be optimized. The knock limit of the fuel is no longer known and thus a less aggres-sive timing advance curve will be the result.

On many vehicles mal-

functioning knock sensors will not turn on any warn-ing lights.

The govern-ment says the check engine light only has to turn on when emissions will be compromised (one and one half times more than normal). The m a n u f a c t u r e r prefers that the check engine light is turned on as little as possible. A reduced power mode will not raise the vehicles emissions. No light!

Will the owner miss that three to ten horsepower? Maybe or maybe not. A good comprehensive tune up will give the owner the chance to get that power back. When your technician queries the computer diagnostic system with a scan tool there will be a knock sensor code.

There are a lot of General Motors trucks, Subarus, and

Nissans running around with faulty knock sensing sys-tems. I see them all the time.

Another more noticeable power reducing hidden problem is more common in turbo-charged gasoline and diesel engines. It has to do with boost control. T u r b o c h a r g e d engines use a tur-

bine driven by the exhaust system to pressurize the air as it goes into the engine. The higher the pressure, the more oxygen, the more potential horsepower. The term for this pressure is boost.

Boost control systems rely on sensors, solenoids, mech-anical wastegates, variable vanes etc.

When the computer controls lose control of the boost the boost is limited to a default level. The default level is usually going to limit horsepower significantly.

Many drivers will recognize the power loss but there will be no warning lights on. Limited boost, again, is not going to increase emissions, so no check engine light.

The path to getting the boost back is going to require querying the diagnostic sys-tem again. There will be a code and a diagnostic pro-cess and most will be happy to get their boost back. It will require some detective work though.

The knock control and boost control systems are two systems that don’t nor-mally turn a light on to let the driver know there is a problem. There are more.

A scan of your computer control system diagnostics will likely give the clues required to keep your vehicle performing the way it was designed.

Trail’s Ron Nutini is a licensed automotive technician and graduate of mechanical engineering from UBC. He will write every other Thursday. E-mail: nutechauto@telus.net

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Creston’s Alan Armstrong was making a routine run to Cranbrook on Tuesday evening when his trip turned into a nightmare that later ended with a shooting in Cranbrook.

“I was hauling parts on Highway 3 through Goatfell (west of Yahk) when I saw a guy wav-ing me down on the road. He said he had run out of gas and had no money and needed a ride,” Armstrong said on Tuesday morning.

It was snowing and Armstrong was on a time-line, so he told the man and his girlfriend to get in quickly.

“Then I said to him, ‘If you were going to Cranbrook, why was your car faced in the other direction by the road?’ I guess I shouldn’t have said anything. He grabbed my head and smashed it against the door.”

“’Pull over motherfucker, or I’ll blow your fuck-ing skull open!’ he screamed. He was screaming and shaking. I got my truck pulled over and he pushed a gun against my head.”

The carjacker pepper-sprayed Armstrong, then pushed him out the truck before tearing off in the 2006 Toyota Forerunner.

Armstrong said he was vomiting, he could barely see and mucous was pouring through his nose as he staggered around and tried to get his bearings.

“I’d had enough wits about me to grab my cell phone as I was being pushed from the truck so I managed to dial 911. But of course there is no cell coverage out there.”

He saw a residence nearby with a light in the window and made his way to the front door, where pounded on the door, screaming and crying for help.

But his ordeal wasn’t quite over. A male resi-dent opened the door, armed with a rifle, fearing that he himself was about to be a victim.

“It was dark and they weren’t about to let me into the house until they knew what was going on, so he brought his car around so the headlights could shine on me,” Armstrong said. “Then they saw what a mess I was and brought me into their house.”

He used the residents’ landline to call 911 and was informed that Cranbrook and Creston RCMP and a police dog were already responding.

An ambulance arrived to transport Armstrong to Creston Valley Hospital, but it had to make a few stops along the way as the smell of pep-per spray was overwhelming the paramedics, Armstrong said.

He was released from hospital early Wednesday morning.

While initial media reports said the carjacker was pulled over in Yahk, he was actually stopped in Cranbrook, Creston RCMP Staff Sergeant Bob Gollan said on Wednesday.

According to a Cranbrook Daily Townsman report:

“At around 10:30 p.m., an RCMP officer tried to stop a vehicle that was suspected to have been carjacked near Creston earlier in the day. A car chase ensued, ending when the suspect reached a dead end at the top of Victoria Avenue, beside the College of the Rockies Gold Creek campus,” the Daily Townsman’s Sally MacDonald reported.

“Nearby residents reported hearing gun shots, seeing a lone police car then hearing shouting.

“According to RCMP, during the incident an officer fired his service pistol, hitting the male suspect. The suspect was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A female suspect who was a passenger in the vehicle is also in police custody. The police officer was not hurt.”

The BC government announced Wednesday morning that the new Independent Investigations Office (IIO) will assume control of the shooting scene when six of its personnel arrive by air.

Creston carjacking ends with shooting in Cranbrook

Note: The Trail Times is changing its contact informa-tion for the Grapevine. To sub-mit a community announce-ment or event to the Grape please email Breanne Massey at reporter@trailtimes.ca.

Music• Canadian songwriter

Rodney DeCroo is touring in celebration of the release of his sixth album, “Allegheny,” and the companion book of poetry in Rossland at the Cafe Books, 2063 Washington Street on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $10 at the door.

Gallery• The Trail Historical Society

and VISAC Gallery have teamed up to present “The Old Bridge: A Tribute to Crossing the River in

Trail.” The joint show at the gal-lery includes historical photos and narrative about the build-ing of the bridge, along with current paintings and photos of this Trail landmark as it passes into history. Gallery hours are: M-W, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Th-F, 2-6 p.m. Admission to the gallery is by donation. The show runs until Oct. 12.

Cinema• Sunday Cinema presents

“Boy.” A young boy obsessed

with Michael Jackson and whose little brother may pos-sess special powers, comes to grips with the memory of a fath-er he idolized. Sunday, 4 p.m. at the Royal Theatre, admission $9 or series pass for $40.

Other • The Trail Market goes on

the Esplanade every second Friday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. If interested in selling your wares please call 368-3144. The next market goes Oct. 12.

• Visit the drop-in Centre for Adults at the Alliance Meeting Place, 3375 Laburnum Dr. next to Alliance Church. An informal place where adults meet to play games, do crafts, puzzles, have coffee and socialize. Monday from 1-4 p.m.

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Songwriter showcases new album

FROM PAGE 1There was a “huge” beef recall

that came down Thursday night and by Friday the counter was empty. The Safeway staff got rid of every-thing on the counter that day, as well as the meat in reserve.

“So we should be smooth sailing now,” Phillips said. “It’s just a matter of time whether it’s good enough or not.”

When that will be is uncertain. Wilkes said the CFIA has not issued any new recalls.

“The members have ensured that the product that was affected was off the shelves right across the country,” he said.

Ferraro Foods manager Danny Ferraro said the downtown Trail store processes all of its meat on site, with nothing pre-wrapped, exempting them from the process-ing problem.

“When I had to check dates, I had nothing (from them),” Ferraro said about XL Foods. “That’s why we keep everything fresh.”

The company buys from “every-where,” said Ferraro, with local meat from Creston’s Tarzwell Farms being a large part of their supply, not XL Foods.

The customers of Liberty Food Store in Fruitvale also can breathe easy. The store buys its meat from Cargill out of Edmonton.

“So we weren’t affected by the recall at all,” said Liberty meat man-ager Brent Nontell.

People who are unsure if they have the affected beef products in their homes are advised to check

with the store where the products were bought or to throw them out.

With the situation in Trail settling down the recall of meat products has been expanded to include every province and territory, 40 states in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

CFIA says the recall also includes some unlabelled unbranded beef products sold at retail stores not included on its products list. Those retail stores may include small retail-ers, local meat markets and butcher shops. Added to the list are products from Real Canadian Superstore and Extra Foods stores across most prov-inces.

According to The Canadian Press the Conservative government was questioned by Liberal and NDP MPs on Tuesday over how meat taint-ed with E. coli bacteria made it to Canadian store shelves, and why it took two weeks to issue a recall.

On their website, the CFIA said there was a delay getting infor-mation on tainted meat from the Alberta packing plant at the centre of an extensive beef recall.

According to a statement on the site, XL Foods “had monitor-ing measures in place but was not properly conducting trend analysis of the data it collected. The CFIA review found that the plant needs to improve its trend analysis and also strengthen its response measures when a higher than normal number of detections are made.”

On Sept. 27, CFIA temporarily suspended the licence of XL Foods to process meat.

— With files from CP

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nurses will get a three per cent wage hike but will work slightly longer hours to allow the hiring of more staff under the terms of a tentative contract with the provincial govern-ment.

The B.C. Nurses’ Union released details Tuesday of the two-year agreement reached last week, saying the wage hike will take effect April 1 and the deal will

add 2,125 more nurses to the health system by 2016.

The details come just days after the province and the B.C. Government and Service Employees Union announced a separate tentative agreement covering some 26,000 workers.

“This is a very good deal in tough econom-ic times,” said Debra McPherson, president of the B.C. Nurses Union, in a statement.

“We will have clear, enforceable language that recognizes the clin-ical judgment of nurses to know what’s best for patients.”

McPherson said the deal was reached despite the govern-ment’s insistence there was no new funding for public-sector con-tracts and arguments that any contract gains must be funded from changes to collective agreements.

The union said the extra hiring will be achieved by increas-ing nurses’ work hours from 36 hours a week to 37.5 hours a week effective April 1.

The deal includes provisions that will require extra nurses to be called in when needed, such as when hospital wards exceed their capacity.

About 300 union

executives endorsed the agreement in Vancouver Tuesday, and it now goes to 32,000 union members for a ratification vote Oct. 18.

Late last week, the BCGEU, which repre-sents workers in health care, public safety, social services, educa-tion, environmental management, released details of its tentative contract agreement with the provincial government.

That deal gives members a four-per-cent wage increase over two years and backs away from any plans the government may have had to sell Liquor Distribution Branch warehouses or privatize the service.

Union members will be voting to ratify that deal over the coming weeks.

Nurses contract includes wage and staff increases

THE CANADIAN PRESSGIBSONS, B.C. - Watering restric-

tions more severe than any imposed during the heat of summer could be on the way for B.C.’s Sunshine Coast.

Regional district officials say a ban on all outdoor water use could be imposed within days in an area stretching from Langdale to Egmont, northwest of Vancouver.

The potential stage four restric-tions follow the region’s driest August and September on record, with no significant rainfall in the long-term forecast.

General manager of infrastructure services, Bryan Shoji, says restrictions imposed over the summer cut water use by about 50 per cent, but without rain, further curbs are needed.

Chapman Lake, north of Gibsons, supplies most of the region’s water, and Shoji says pumps could be used to draw lake levels down below what the dam can supply, but he says the potential risks posed by that plan are quite significant.

The regional district is calling on all Sunshine Coast residents to vol-untarily stop all non-essential water use, pending a decision on further restrictions.

Dry summer may prompt severe

water restrictionsBY STEVE KIDDPenticton western NewsPentictonites may some-

day be frying and poaching eggs they collect right out of their own backyards, thanks to the efforts of a local chef.

You might think a top chef was lobbying for people to be able to keep hens in their back yard because he wanted the freshest eggs possible. But Chris Remington, head chef at the Penticton Lakeside Resort, said the reason is a lot closer to home. His goal is education.

“The whole point behind this was to have my kids have an understanding of where food comes from. I have a garden in my house, which they plant with me and they watch their seeds grow,” said Remington. “Chickens are sort of the only thing, being in the urban setting that we are, that we can have a chance of having.”

Last week, at a meet-ing of Penticton’s agricul-tural advisory committee,

Remington brought for-ward a 150-name petition supporting the idea of the city allowing residents to keep up to five backyard hens for the purpose of egg laying, with no roosters or meat birds.

“I am not looking for people to have meat-pro-ducing birds, I am not look-ing for people to do back-yard slaughtering. This is for people to have egg-pro-ducing birds,” Remington said.

The agriculture commit-tee passed it on to council with a recommendation that the city investigate try-ing out backyard hens on a limited basis.

The motion was sup-ported by the majority of councillors, including Wes Hopkin.

“It didn’t seem like there was a lot of good reason for why these animals would be any more disruptive than dogs that bark or cats that happen to run around the neighbourhood and use gardens for litter boxes,” said Hopkin.

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DEGERNESS (NEE FABRIS), LINA MARIA — June 8, 1934 - Sept 17, 2012

Lina was born in Powell River, BC to Maria and Giovachino (Ferri) Fab-ris. She moved to Calgary in 1962, worked at CFCN Radio and there met her husband, Ken. They had two children; son Terry (wife Tara and their two children Jackson and Abigail) and daughter Joann (husband Simon Wil-liams). Lina worked at Bish-op Carroll High School after her marriage to Ken ended, but not their friendship.

She was predeceased by her parents and ex-husband Ken.

Funeral mass was at St. James Catholic Church on Sept 21, 2012.

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THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA - A new

report finds that a soar-ing number of jet-set-ting Canadians are bor-der-hopping to catch cheaper flights.

The Conference Board of Canada report, issued Wednesday, said that about five million Canadians now cross the U.S. border by land every year to fly out of American airports.

Higher airfares and fees and taxes in Canada, as well as dif-ferences in wages, air-craft prices and indus-try productivity makes it 30 per cent cheaper to fly out of the U.S.

The Conference Board says fees and taxes make up about 40 per cent of the cost of an airplane ticket in Canada.

The report suggests that while other fac-tors are beyond gov-ernment control, small reductions in the air-fare differential could lead to traffic gains for Canadian airports and carriers. It esti-mates that changes to Canadian policies alone could bring more than two million pas-sengers a year back to Canadian airports.

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told repor-ters Wednesday that Ottawa is “concerned” about the issue and

that federal Transport Minister Denis Lebell “has been working on a consultation project with the airlines, with the airport authorities in Canada to try to see what we can accom-plish.”

The Conference Board analysis focused on Vancouver International Airport, Pearson International Airport in Toronto, and Montreal-Trudeau

International Airport, along with their cross-border competitors.

“The fact that Canada’s largest air-ports are losing traf-fic to cross-border competitors matters because it undermines their role as nation-al and international hubs,” said David Stewart-Patterson, the Conference Board’s vice-president of public policy.

THE CANADIAN PRESSCALGARY - Justin

Trudeau appeared to distance himself from his famous father as he made Alberta the first stop on his campaign to take over the federal Liberal party.

Trudeau chose Calgary, home to the country’s energy com-pany boardrooms, to say he would never use the wealth of the West to gain votes elsewhere. He said it is wrong to divide Canadians over natural resources.

It’s a particularly sensitive issue in a

province where resent-ment still burns over the introduction of the national energy pro-gram in the 1980s by Pierre Trudeau, who was prime minister at the time. That was seen as a grab of Alberta’s natural resource wealth to keep prices artificial-ly low for the rest of the country.

“It is wrong to use our natural wealth to div-ide Canadians against one another,” he said. “It was the wrong way to govern Canada in the past. It is wrong today. And it will be wrong in

the future.”He didn’t mention

his father by name dur-ing his speech. But later he told reporters he is proud of him and the values for which he stood.

“But I am here to try and challenge a whole new set of realities and to try to bring a whole new generation of Canadians forward to the 21st century.”

He pointed out that he had “nothing to do with the national ener-gy program. I was 10 years old.”

He added that he

thinks any policies and any politics that divide the country are unhelp-ful.

Trudeau also said it’s important to bridge the gap between those indifferent to the destruction of our nat-ural environment and those who would shut down projects com-pletely.

“It is time to be more honest with ourselves,” he said.

“There is not a coun-try in the world that would find 170 billion barrels of oil and leave it in the ground. There is not a province in this country that would find 170 billion barrels of oil and leave it in the ground.”

Canadians heading south to catch cheaper flights

Trudeau distances himself from dad in Alberta stop

THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO - The average price of a home in

Canada crept higher in the third quarter, accord-ing to a survey by Royal LePage, but the real estate company warned a softening in prices may be just around the corner.

Royal LePage said Wednesday the average price of a home in Canada rose between 1.8 and 4.8 per cent in the third quarter, depending on the category, but the number of homes sold was slipping.

“During the third quarter, unit home sales were positive in July, fell nine per cent year-over-year in August and we are expecting September to show a decline as well,” Royal LePage chief executive Phil Soper said.

“We had predicted this cyclical change early in the year, a natural market reaction after a period of strong expansion. Changes to mortgage regula-tions, which took effect on July 9, accelerated the correction.”

Among the changes to tighten the lending rules, Ottawa cut the maximum amortization per-iod for government insured mortgages to 25 years from 30 years, making monthly payments more expensive, but reducing the amount of interest paid in the long term.

On Tuesday, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said home sales fell 32.5 per cent in September compared with a year ago.

Royal LePage said the cost of an average two-storey home in Canada increased four per cent to $403,747, while detached bungalows rose 4.8 per cent to $366,773.

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Rona Ambrose’s vote and those who criticized herThe American com-

mentator George Will has told the story of confiding

his anxieties on the subject of becoming a columnist to William F. Buckley. Where would one get a continu-ous flow of appropriate subjects? To paraphrase Buckley’s response: Don’t worry, just read the news-papers and you’re sure to find things that annoy you. And so it goes.

The flap about Rona Ambrose’s vote on M-312 – the parliamentary motion to review the topic of when a fetus becomes a human being – is an example of what Buckley presumably had in mind. Her critics demand that she resign her cabinet position as minister responsible for the Status of Women. Can they really be serious?

The critics’ argu-ment goes something like this. Given her portfolio, Ambrose’s job is to repre-sent the views of Canadian women, the overwhelming majority of whom are pro-choice on abortion.

And as passage of the motion could have opened the door to reconsidering

Canada’s current “anything goes” legal situation, it was her obligation to vote No.

To put it as gently as possible, this argument is detached from the reality of parliamentary democracy. It’s not a cabinet minister’s job to represent a specific constituency.

Rather the minister’s job is to implement the elected government’s policy with respect to the area covered by the ministry’s brief.

To suggest otherwise is to open a Pandora’s box of unfortunate consequences. For instance, it would mean that the Minister of Agriculture’s job is to lobby for farmers and agribusi-ness. And the Minister of Labour’s job is to pro-mote the agenda of trade unions. And the Minister of National Defence’s job is to look after the interests of the military and its suppli-ers. And so on.

In effect, this perspec-tive sees society organized into client groupings with the role of government being to feed the desires of each group, particularly those with the most pol-itical muscle. What’s con-spicuously absent is any

concept of an overall public purpose.

Ambrose’s critics are also a tad disingenuous.

It’s true that, given a binary choice, the majority of Canadian women are in favour of a right to abor-tion. However, if you put a more discriminating filter on attitudes, what you’ll usually find is substantially more nuanced.

Given a range of options, there’s significant support for something in-between the extremes of “no abor-tions at any time, for any reason” and the current “anything goes.”

That’s precisely what many European countries do; for example, allowing abortion on request for the

first 12 weeks but restricting it after that to situations such as serious danger to the woman’s physical or mental health.

Then there’s the attempt to rule any discussion off limits. We’re told that the matter is “settled” and the case is “closed.” Applied consistently, this kind of thinking means that no law of any sort could ever be changed.

For instance, back in the days when abortion was illegal, was the issue “set-tled” and thus ineligible from further considera-tion? Or how about the law on capital punishment as it existed 50 years ago? Or the law on same-sex mar-riage as it existed just a decade ago?

Of course, the critics don’t intend to apply this “settled” principle consist-ently. They merely wish to use it to protect the laws they like, while feeling free to change the ones they dis-approve of. Arranging the game so that you always get to play offence has obvious attractions, but intellectual coherence isn’t one of them.

Finally, there’s the ques-

tion of the integrity of par-liament.

For some time now, there’s been considerable angst about the way in which tightly controlled political parties and whipped votes have com-bined to make parliament ineffective.

Alas, the lament goes, there’s no longer any place for elected representatives to freely speak their minds and vote for what they think is right.

To anyone sincerely wor-ried about that, the vote on M-312 should have been a beacon in the darkness. After all, not only was it a free vote, but prominent members of the governing party, including Ambrose, felt sufficiently motivated and secure to vote against the express wishes of the prime minister.

Strangely, this produced no celebration. It’s enough to turn an innocent soul into a cynic.

Troy Media columnist Pat Murphy worked in the Canadian financial services industry for over 30 years. Originally from Ireland, he has a degree in history and economics.

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Two years ago Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives cared enough about the United Nations to lobby for a Security Council seat. Now, after being jilted, they seem to be in a cranky funk.

Unlike U.S. President Barack Obama, who spoke eloquently on freedom of speech to this year’s General Assembly, Harper couldn’t be bothered to attend. He was in New York last week, but only to accept a “world statesman” award as he turned his back on most of it.

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es,” he said. “The UN spends too much time on itself. It must now look outward.”

Granted, the UN has more than its share of flaws. The Security Council has failed so far to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions or stop Syria’s blood-shed. (It has also been accused of impotency on the Palestinian issue, though Ottawa has no complaint about that.) Despotic regimes get a vote. And the UN bureaucracy is top-heavy. Even so, the Harper government’s atti-tude comes across more as sour grapes than constructive criti-cism. It is also out of step with a wide segment of public opinion in this country that regards the UN as the world’s chief forum for dealing with dire threats to peace and security, and promot-ing development and aid.

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The Trail Smoke Eaters showed a crowd of over 700 Tuesday night that charac-ter can win hockey games, as an inspired if not weary Trail team fought back from a 2-1 third period deficit to beat the West Kelowna Warriors 3-2 in overtime.

In the 4-on-4 OT period, frantic end-to-end action ensued for the first three minutes until the Smokies’ Tyler Berkholtz and Connor Collett broke away on a 2-on-1. Collett feathered a perfect pass to the streaking forward as Berkholtz cor-ralled the puck and lasered a shot top corner to beat Warrior goalie Tyler Briggs at 2:11 of the overtime per-iod and give the Smokies its third straight win at the Cominco Arena.

“Just to get another win is huge, to get it (the goal) is surreal, can’t real-ly describe the emotions,” said Berkholtz following the goal. “I was going down on a 2-on-1 with Collett and kind of hoping he would shoot, but he gave me a great pass, and I had the open net and just tapped it in.”

Scotty Davidson got the Smokies on the board midway through the first,

deflecting a point shot from Djordje Leposavic to tie the game at one. However, the Warriors would regain the lead with 3:40 remain-ing in the opening frame when Markus Basara lifted a rebound over a sprawling Stanwood.

The team was playing its fourth game in five days, while many BCHL teams have played just six games all season.

West Kelowna was well rested, and hadn’t played a game since Friday’s home win over the Smokies. After a sluggish second period and trailing 2-1, no one would have blamed the Smokie players if they succumbed to the grueling schedule.

“You definitely noticed that we were getting tired out there,” said Trail assist-ant coach Brent Heaven.

The fatigue factor was a legitimate concern and it seemed to seep in during the second when the team had trouble clearing pucks and generated just two shots on goal.

But diminutive Smokie goalie Stanwood was a giant between the pipes stopping 22 shots in the first two per-iods, and 35 overall, to give his team time to regroup and come out flying in the third.

“We had a really good chat in the intermission and

we just told the boys, ‘All it’s going to take is 20 hard miles where we dig deep and really throw everything we possibly can at the net,’ and obviously we came out in the third period and I thought we outplayed them and actually doubled our shots in the third period alone,” said Heaven.

The Smokies came out determined in the final frame, forechecking hard and creating a number of good scoring chances. The collective effort finally paid off when Collet took a pass

from Austin Adduono down low, drove hard to the net and deposited his own rebound over Briggs to tie it at two with 9:32 to play.

The line of Collett, Adduono, and Bryce Knapp, (just off the IR, making his first appearance in orange and black), looked tenta-tive to begin the game, but grew more confident as it progressed. The trio played with conviction and tenacity and was arguably the best Smokies line in the third.

“It was a huge work ethic,” said Heaven. “The

guys were in there battling, and I think it started about two shifts before that, we started to get momentum, the next shift they were even working harder, and then we got rewarded. That’s what it is, you work you get rewards, if you don’t work you cost yourself, you cost your team.”

Trail continued to press, their best chance coming when Brent Baltus caromed a quick snap shot off the post just minutes later. But the Warriors had the best opportunity, breaking in on

a 3-on-1 with three minutes left in the game. Max French dished off to Reid Simmonds who wired a shot at the net, but Stanwood made a light-ning quick blocker save to preserve the tie.

As expected, the 18-year-old Vancouver native has been a big part of the Smokies success early in the season. He has been named first star in three-of-five Trail victories, is averaging almost 35 shots per game, and maintaining a solid .901 save percentage.

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BY MARTHA WICKETTSalmon Arm Observer

It’s official. The Salmon Arm SilverBacks are for sale.

General manager and minority owner Troy Mick told the BC Hockey League board of governors Monday that the Junior A franchise is “100 per cent for sale.”

“It means that for the last year or two years, people were thinking it was for sale, or not for sale – was Randy (Williams) going to sell? Now it’s public knowledge that he’s going to sell,” Mick told the

Observer Tuesday.Mick said players were aware at the start

of the season this could happen, and the sale will not affect current operations.

“Definitely not, no – Randy, Terry (Williams) and I are committed to every-thing we’re doing so far and will continue to do until a new owner is found.”

Mick’s job now is to prepare information for investors and then make sure the sale is right for Salmon Arm.

“My goal right now is to get a great ownership group that can continue on with

this franchise. That’s my biggest goal.”When Mick joined the organization, the

sale was part of the discussion.“The idea coming in as minority owner

was that I would get an ownership group to take over the team... I’m calling the people who have expressed interest in the past and investigating new leads. The biggest thing I want to stress, is it will make no difference this year to hockey operations.”

As for Mick’s involvement with the team, he says that will depend on the new owners.

“They’ve entrusted me with finding the next ownership group for the long-term good of this organization. That will take a lot of time, I care about this community tre-mendously. Whether I’m included or other people are included – right now every-thing’s on the table,” he says. “For me, there won’t be any strings attached. They might want to clean house. If they see what we’ve done over the last year, we hope not.”

His aim is to have a sale complete by April 1, 2013 and the transition to new owners by April 30.

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Trail Smoke Eater goalie Lyndon Stanwood stopped everything from going into his net including forward Max French on Tuesday night at the Cominco Arena, as the Smokies came back to scorch the Warriors 3-2 in overtime.

Smoke Eaters extend streak

GM-Owner confirms SilverBacks up for sale

Trail undefeated at home

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SCOREBOARDHockey

BCHLAll Times Local

Interior Division GP W L T OL PtPenticton 8 7 1 0 0 14Trail 10 5 5 0 0 10Merritt 6 4 1 1 0 9W Kelwna 7 3 2 0 2 8Vernon 7 2 3 0 2 6Salm Arm 6 1 4 0 1 3

Island Division GP W L T OL PtVictoria 9 5 3 0 1 11Alberni 9 4 4 0 1 9Nanaimo 7 4 3 0 0 8Powell R. 10 3 5 0 2 8Cowichan 8 2 5 0 1 5

Mainland Division GP W L T OL PtCoquitlam 8 6 2 0 0 12P. G. 8 4 2 1 1 10Chilliwack 7 4 2 0 1 9Surrey 8 4 3 0 1 9Langley 6 3 2 0 1 7Note: Two points for a win, one

for a tie or overtime loss.

Tuesday’s ResultTrail 3 West Kelowna 2 (OT)

Friday’s gamesChilliwack at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Alberni at Cowichan, 7 p.m.Vernon at Penticton, 7 p.m.

Trail at West Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Prince George at Surrey, 7 p.m.Salm Arm at Victoria, 7:15 p.m.

Merritt Powell at River, 7:30 p.m.Saturday Games

Trail at Penticton, 5 p.m.West Kelowna at Vernon, 7 p.m.Merritt at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m.Coquitlam at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.

Salmon Arm at Cowichan, 7 p.m.Prince George at Langley, 7:15

p.m.Victoria at Powell River, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday GamesPrince George at Langley, 2 p.m.Salmon Arm at Nanaimo, 3 p.m.

Merritt at Surrey, 4 p.m.

FootballNFL

All Times EDTAMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T PctN.Y. Jets 2 2 0 .500New England 2 2 0 .500Buffalo 2 2 0 .500Miami 1 3 0 .250

South W L T PctHouston 4 0 0 1.000Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333Jacksonville 1 3 0 .250Tennessee 1 3 0 .250

North W L T PctBaltimore 3 1 0 .750

Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333Cleveland 0 4 0 .000

West W L T PctSan Diego 3 1 0 .750Denver 2 2 0 .500Kansas City 1 3 0 .250Oakland 1 3 0 .250

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T PctPhiladelphia 3 1 0 .750Dallas 2 2 0 .500Washington 2 2 0 .500N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500

South W L T PctAtlanta 4 0 0 1.000Tampa Bay 1 3 0 .250Carolina 1 3 0 .250New Orleans 0 4 0 .000

North W L T PctMinnesota 3 1 0 .750Chicago 3 1 0 .750Green Bay 2 2 0 .500Detroit 1 3 0 .250

West W L T PctArizona 4 0 0 1.000San Francisco 3 1 0 .750St. Louis 2 2 0 .500Seattle 2 2 0 .500

ThursdayArizona at St. Louis, 8:20 p.m.

SundayBaltimore at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Atlanta at Washington, 1 p.m.Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 1

p.m.Green Bay at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Cleveland at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Miami at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Seattle at Carolina, 4:05 p.m.Chicago at Jacksonville, 4:05

p.m.Buffalo at San Francisco, 4:25

p.m.Tennessee at Minnesota, 4:25

p.m.Denver at New England, 4:25

p.m.San Diego at New Orleans, 8:20

p.m.Open: Dallas, Detroit, Oakland,

Tampa BayMonday, Oct. 8

Houston at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m.

CFLEAST DIVISION

W L PtsMontreal 8 5 16Toronto 7 6 14Hamilton 5 8 10Winnipeg 3 10 6

WEST DIVISION W L PtsB.C. 9 4 18Calgary 8 5 16Saskatchewan 7 6 14Edmonton 5 8 10

Friday’s GamesHamilton 41, Montreal 28Calgary 39, Edmonton 15

Saturday’s GamesToronto 29, Winnipeg 10

Saskatchewan 27, B.C. 21Friday Games

Hamilton at Edmonton, 9 p.m.Saturday

Calgary at B.C., 10 p.m.Monday

Winnipeg at Montreal, 1 p.m.Sask at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.

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FROM PAGE 9“It’s hard to not

(thrive on the action),” said Stanwood. “When you get less shots it’s hard to get into it, but when you get the shots it’s good. When you come out of it with the win and whatever, 36 shots, it feels a lot better in the dressing room, and your confi-dence soars.”

But Stanwood deflects any praise, crediting the play of his defence and forwards for keeping the odd-man rushes to a min-imum, back-checking, and holding the oppos-ition to just four goals in the last three games.

“I give my defence 100 per cent credit for

that, and forwards for back checking . . . I think they’re doing a tremen-dous job, I can’t take all the credit, they’re a huge part of the team’s success for putting the pucks in the net, but also for my individual success.”

The Smokies will complete its six-game- in-nine-days swing this weekend in the Okanagan hoping to ride that momentum to a couple more wins.

“It just shows that when they believe, they can win games,” added Heaven. “It’s all about that belief and the work ethic, and every-thing else will fall into place.”

Up coming games:

Friday the Trail Smoke Eaters play the West Kelowna Warriors at 7 p.m. in Kelowna, their fourth meeting in the young season. The Smokies won twice, the Warriors once, but it was a 9-2 shellacking exactly one week ago at the Royal LaPage Place, and despite the 3-1 and 3-2 Trail home wins, the road is another story.

The Smokies lead the Warriors by two points in the Interior Conference and will have to neutralize the antagonistic Max French, as well as fellow leading scorers Brett Mckinnon and Seb Lloyd in order to extend that lead.

Game Saturday verse Penticton Vees at 5 p.m. The Vees lead the Interior Conference with seven wins and one loss, four points ahead of second place Trail - five wins and five losses. Former Trail Smoke Eater and Cranbrook native Sam Mellor leads the Vees in scoring along with rookie import Michael Rebry from Ontario, and North Dakota com-mit Wade Murphy, all with 11 points.

Penticton dropped from the top of the Canadian Junior Hockey League rank-ings this week to second place behind the Brooks Bandits of the AJHL.

Stanwood stands tall for Smokies

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When the last bocce ball came to rest Sunday at the Trail Bocce Facility, the Colombo Lodge crowned its Bocce Classic champions that includes, from left, the “A” Event winners Bruno DeRosa and Denis Merlo, and “B” Event winners Hans Barth and Leo Ganzini.

COLOMBO LODGE BOCCE CLASSIC

LEISURE

Dear Annie: My son passed away last year from cancer. Not even two months after his death, my daughter-in-law began dating a married man. She then became pregnant and moved in with him and my two young grand-daughters. She had the baby 11 months after my son’s death.

I am upset about her choice to move on so quickly. Worse, she has told my granddaugh-ters that they can call this new man “Daddy” if they want to. I have a big problem with this. First, he is still mar-ried to his wife and has two other children. And second, these two little girls just lost their father and haven’t had a chance to grieve or process what’s going on.

I am not going to judge the Other Man. He could very well turn out to be a good guy who simply needed to grow up. But I worry about my grandchil-dren. Everyone tells

me not to say anything because she might take the girls from me. (She has done that before.) But I don’t know how much longer I can keep my mouth closed. -- Unhappy Grandmother

Dear Grandmother: Your daughter-in-law’s behavior seems disre-spectful to your son’s memory and also to his children. But we suspect she is afraid of being alone and rais-ing two children by herself. Although we understand the desire to speak up, we can assure you that it will serve no purpose. Please don’t create a situation that will estrange you from your

granddaughters. They are going to need you, and you will want to be around to help them remember their father. Do what you must in order to remain in their lives, even if it means keeping your opinions to yourself. Feel free to write us anytime you need to vent.

Dear Annie: I’m 34 and have two grandmothers. One has dementia, and the other has neglect-ed her health to the point where diabetes keeps her from moving around. She’s stopped bathing because get-ting into the shower is too difficult, and she refuses my father’s suggestion to have an aide.

I haven’t visited either grandmother in two months. I want to remember the first one the way she was. She doesn’t know who I am half the time any-way. She sometimes hallucinates, although pleasantly. She told us a long-dead politician

had dropped by. I’ve always had difficulty being around the other because she spends all her time watching the news and hears only the worst things.

My parents aren’t happy about this. One of my grandfathers spent the last three years of his life sick with every known ill-ness, some of which were gross to see. He died with all of us at his side, so I got to watch him turn into a bloat-ed, swollen, ulcerated heaving corpse. That’s why I’d rather not see my grandmothers any-more. Do any of your readers have the same problem? -- N.Y., N.Y.

Dear N.Y.: Of course they do, and some choose to visit anyway, and others can’t be bothered. But we think it says a lot about one’s character to visit these family members because it’s the right thing to do, whether it makes you comfortable or not. It’s a kindness to your

grandmothers and to your parents. Please try.

Dear Annie: I’d like to respond to “Cape Coral, Fla.,” whose son is doing poorly in his college math classes.

College is not high school. Too many stu-

dents simply come to class unprepared and then blame the teacher. At the college level, students must take responsibility for their own learning. If the professors do not return his exam papers, he should go to the

department head. The U.S. is the only country I know of where people proudly proclaim that they hate math, don’t understand it and don’t care. -- Retired Community College Teacher

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LEISURE

For Friday, Oct. 5, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You’re tuned in to the needs and wants of others today, which makes this a good day for heart-to-heart discussions with partners and close friends. (You will listen well.) TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Double-check important details related to money at work today. Because things are fuzzy, it’s easy to make mistakes, especially because you assume everything is just fine. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You’re in touch with your Muse today, which makes this a great day for artists, writers and anyone who’s doing something creative. You’ll also feel sensitive to children. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) If you can help a fam-ily member today, you will.

Basically, you want everyone at home to have a warm feel-ing in his or her tummy. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Because your psychic pow-ers are strong today, you’ll know what someone is going to say before this person speaks. This makes dealing with others easier. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) This is a poor day to make important financial deci-sions. You’re inclined to go along with your wishes, but wishing is tricky when money is involved. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You’ll be pleased to read romantic literature or watch romantic comedies today, because you feel like escap-ing. You also feel extra sensi-tive to the world around you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Trust your intuition today. Although this is a poor day for practical, financial details

and decision-making, it’s a good day for hunches and second-guessing. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You’ll be pleased to join efforts with others to help someone in need today, because your sympathies are aroused. You might feel you have something strongly in common with someone. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) When dealing with author-

ity figures (bosses, parents and the police), be careful what you say today. If you express how you truly feel, you might sound corny or flaky. Keep your thoughts to yourself. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Mystical, religious or occult subjects will intrigue you today. You want to know more about hidden knowl-edge and esoteric wisdom. (There is more to life than

meets the eye.) PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) In a way, the world is like an impressionist painting to you today. This is why it’s not a good time to make impor-tant decisions about shared property, wills and legal doc-uments. YOU BORN TODAY Fairness and justice are important to you, which is why many of you become politically involved. You want to expose fraud

and hypocrisy. Privately, you are fun-loving, creative and adventurous. You believe in living life fully. Whether you seek it or not, you are often a leader for others, especially in society. In the year ahead, partnerships and close friendships will be of primary importance. Birthdate of: Clive Barker, writer; Colin Meloy, singer; Karen Allen, actress.

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YOUR HOROSCOPEBy Francis Drake

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City of Trail - Job Pos ngWINTER NIGHT SHIFT OPERATOR –

SEASONAL (DEC/JAN/FEB)The City of Trail is seeking a mo vated individual to ll the full me seasonal posi on of Winter Night Shi Operator in the Public Works Department.

Detailed informa on about this employment opportunity is available on the City’s website at www.trail.ca/employment.php or by request to Patrick Gauvreau at (250) 364-0813.

Applica ons will be received un l Friday, October 12, 2012.

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OPEN HOUSE

Sat, Oct 6, 2012 11am - 1pm 935 Black Bear Rd,

Rossland $229,900

MLS# K210399Host: Marie Claude

Trail $93,000 Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

MLS# K215860

Trail $139,900 Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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Rossland $180,000 Marie Claude 250-512-1153

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Trail $265,000 Fred Behrens 250-368-1268

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Rossland $384,900 Marie Claude 250-512-1153

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Trail $148,000 Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

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Warfield $227,000 Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

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Warfield $269,900 Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

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Trail $189,000 Patty Leclerc-Zanet 250-231-4490

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Trail $145,000 Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

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Fruitvale $330,000Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

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Trail $123,500 Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

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Fruitvale $409,000Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

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Fruitvale $274,900 Rhonda van Tent 250-231-7575

Montrose $345,000 Rob Burrus 250-231-4420

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Trail $479,000Jack McConnachie 250-368-5222

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1252 Bay Avenue, Trail (250) 368-5222

1993 Columbia Ave Rossland, BC (250) 362-5200 Jack McConnachie

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Rhonda van Tent250-231-7575

Tamer Vockeroth250-368-7477

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Rossland $599,000Tamer Vockeroth 250-368-7477

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Mountain

Retreat

Rossland $689,000Tamer Vockeroth 250-368-7477

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Happy

Valley

Rossland $259,000Tamer Vockeroth 250-368-7477

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Apt/Condo for RentBella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822

Ermalinda Apartments, Glen-merry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922

Francesco Estates, Glenmer-ry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.

ROSSLAND 2bd, furnished or unfurnished, w/d,f/s, N/P, N/S, clean, quiet. 250.362.9473

ROSSLAND, bach. apt. Gold-en City Manor. Over 55. N/S. N/P. Subsidized. 250-362-3385, 250-362-5030.ROSSLAND GUEST SUITE, pri-vate entrance, deluxe ensuite & kitchenette. Newly reno’d. N/S, N/P. Weekly, mo. rate. 604-836-3359

TRAIL, spacious 2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312

WANETA MANOR 2bd $610, NS,NP, Senior oriented, un-derground parking 250-368-8423

WARFIELD, large 2Bd. Quiet, secure, storage, coin laundry. $675. 250-367-2154

Homes for RentE.TRAIL, 3bdrm., full base-ment, 2-car garage, f/s, n/s, n/p. $1,000/mo. 250-365-5003

OASIS BC very small commu-nity, 3bd mobile home avail. Oct 1 $800+util. N/S. Permis-sion required for credit record check. 403-220-1066, 403-999-9041

ROSSLAND, spacious house for rent, excellent condition, in-cluding 2 bathrooms. Call 604-836-3359

TRAIL, 2bd. F/S, W/D, D/W, ns.np. 250-368-7938

Houses For Sale

Rentals

Homes for RentTRAIL 4-bdrm. D/W, W/D,A/C, private river view. $850/mo. Avail. immed Non-smokers only please. 250-231-4546WEST TRAIL. 2bd. house with updated kitchen, washer & dryer, hardwood fl oors. New windows recently installed. Full basement and garage. N/S, N/P. $700./mo. plus utilities. References required.604-649-9365

TownhousesEdgewater Townhouse in Glenmerry, 3bd, 1.5Bth.,f/s, $850.Avail.Oct1.250-368-5908GLENMERRY TOWNHOUSE 3Bd., new fl oor, windows, paint&roof.$900.604-552-8806

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Fully loaded 2000 Honda Accord, 3.0 L motor, Auto

$5,500, 250-365-3234

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Happy 16th Birthday, Jessica Happy 80th Birthday Mom, the rst born in Trail in 1931 Love from Al, Kim, Chelsea, Craig, Alyssa, Bob, Sandra, Tyler & RyanThe New Year’s Baby in the early sixties is now turning the Big 50! Happy Birthday Bob! Love from all the family.Happy 50th Carol Secco Join us for a surprise party No gifts please!Please Join us in Celebrating Rosemarie (Mosie) Mandoli’s 80th Birthday! Family & friends are invited. Best wishes only.Lordy Lordy, the New e nally turns forty! A very special 75th Birthday to Jo Bailey Love from family and friendsHappy Birthday Irene Smyth Mom, Grandma, GG. Wishing you much joy and happiness on your 80th birthday Love from our hearts Your FamilyIt’s Hallowe’en and her 50th Birthday! Come & wish Janet LaRocque at Bank of Montreal a Spooktacular 50th Birthday, Fredi, October 29, 2010 Happy 60th Birthday Henry Ralph Love All Your FamilyHappy 40th Birthday Jamie! August 15, 1970 Love, your family

Happy 60th Birthday Bruce!! Vancouver Suits You. We Miss “You”. The Girls From Your Of ce Cheryl, Louanne, Louisa, Wendy & LindaHappy 50th Birthday Didi! Mom, Dad, Dave, Malcom and all the FamilySing a song of Birthdays full of fun and cheer and may you keep on having them for many a happy year. Happy 80th Alice Wilson Love, your familyHappy 13th Birthday Jaxy Chan Luv from the 2nd Avenue Clan“Look who’s 1 year old!” Proud sister Gracie Bobbitt would like to introduce her baby sister, osemarie Jolie Belle Bobbitt Born August 14, 2009 in Cal-gary, AB. Proud parents are Victor and Helen Bobbitt of Trail and proud grandparents are Ben and Sandy Bobbitt of Rossland and the late beloved Tom and Rosemarie Peirson, formerly of Rossland. It only took a year to let you all know! Happy 1st birthday Rosie!! We love you!” this is a birthday wish to you!

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All Pro Realty Ltd.

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Fruitvale $239,900

NEW LISTINGACREAGE

Glenmerry $269,500

AWESOME PRICE

Trail $99,500

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSABLE

Glenmerry $159,000

END UNIT

Rossland $219,000

UPPER ROSSLAND & HUGE!

Trail $259,000

LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!

Fruitvale $149,000 Salmo $159,500

Trail $79,900 Salmo $129,000 Fruitvale $57,000 Beaver Falls $32,000

Emerald Ridge $589,500

EXECUTIVE

Sunningdale $229,000

MINT

Trail $71,900 Trail $74,900

Fruitvale $185,000 Fruitvale $478,000 Fruitvale $207,000Miral Heights $299,000

East Trail $89,900

PRICED TO SELL

Park Siding $139,000

ONE ACRE

Riverside $129,000

RIVER VIEWS

East Trail $159,000

HUGE YARD

Montrose $195,000

MOVE RIGHT IN

Sunnindale $239,500

NEW LISTING

Sunningdale $265,000

BACKING ON PARK

Beaver Falls $379,000

BEAUTIFUL ACREAGE

Fruitvale $379,000

HORSE PROPERTY

Fruitvale $549,000

SUPER PACKAGE

Shaver’s Bench $199,000

GREAT LOCATION

Miral Heights $409,900

NEW LISTING

SOLD SOLD

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MotorcyclesJUST IN TIME FOR FALL 2012 Gas Gas ec 300 Electric start 2 stroke Enduro Race Bike. MSRP $8950 ON SALE now for $8199. Available in Kimberley @ Meadowbrook Motors. (250)427-7690 mea-d o w b r o o k m o t o r s @ h o t -mail.com

Recreational/Sale2004 PLEASUREWAY Van XLT5, fully loaded. $49,900. 250-693-2353, 250-231-5003

For Sale - 1998, 27’ Sports-master Travel Trailer. Sleeps up to 8 People. Twin Bunks, Pull-out Couch, Table Folds

Down, Queen Pillow-top Mat-tress in Front Bedroom. Air

Conditioner, 3 Burner Stove, Oven, Spacious Bathroom, 2 x

30lb Propane Tanks. Very Clean and in Excellent Condi-tion! $9,400 OBO. Located in

Nakusp. Please call 250-265-9990 or email: tzanier@hotmail.ca

for more info.

Hunter’s special 1974 Vanguard 18’ 360 motor

$3000 250-365-3234

KODIAK 9 1/2’ camper, bath-room, 4 burner stove, oven, heater. Great shape. $5,850. 250-367-0021

Sport Utility Vehicle2009 HYUNDAI Sante Fe, 3.3L, 94,300kms, remaining warranty, regularly maintained, excellent condition, $16,500. Phone 250-364-1049

Boats

BOATING SEASON IS STILL HERE!!

WANNA HAVE SOME FUN WITH YOUR FAMILY &

FRIENDS ON THIS GREAT BOAT ALL YEAR ROUND?

Great for fi shing. Your Cabin on the Lake

The Kootenay Queen

• 1976 30ft cabin cruiser with a 185 merc

• Full galley (fridge, stove, sink, furnace, toilet)

• Fold down table for a queen sized bed

• Fold up bunk beds• VHF radio• Hull is sound, galley is

dated.• Low draft• 200 hrs on new engine• A great boat that needs

some TLC$12,000.00 invested

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RT: 2 acre fenced neighbourhood 5 dogs at a time. Lots of ookings call Monique, UPPIES: Cute, healthy,

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CANINE: Now at 1611-5th Ave, Trail. Dana, TOBY’S DOGGY DO! Supports Rescue dogs. Discounts on rst grooming of adopted dogs. YORKIE CHIHUAHUA: Mom is 90% Yorkie & father is purebred 5lb Yorkie, ready Jan 12, $500. WOLF, MALAMUTE & AKBASH CROSS PUPPIES: 6 males and 2 females, good working and family dogs. Best suited for large yards and a lot of time outdoors. BICHON PUPPY: Snowball cutie, non-shed, hypo-allergenic, male, rst shots, vet checked, CKC registered, micro chipped, ready now, $650. 2 BEAUTIFUL 6MO OLD BEARDED DRAGONS: All accessories, $350. 4 BLACK LAB/SHEPHERD PUPPIES: Females, 7 weeks, black/white, ready to go now, adorable, $50. ALL PLAY PET CARE & ADVENTURES, NEW HOURS: Monday-Friday, 8am-6pmCANINE PSYCHOLOGY CENTER: Dog boarding, consulting, personal & group training, daycare, workshops. DOG OBEDIENCE CLASSES offered by Linda Murray’s Simply Paws-itive: Puppy Smart, Basic, Intermediate. War eld, Jan. 27, Castlegar, Jan. 29 and Nelson, Jan. 30. Teach your canine companion gently and fairly. Learn to motivate your pet with positive reinforcement. DOGS INN - CAT & DOG BOARDING: Cageless kennels, in-home environment, 2 acre playpen, 10yrs experience boarding animals, now boarding only 5 dogs, book early.

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1885 Connors Road, Castlegar $199,900

Tucked in the heart of Castlegar, perched above the Columbia River is a private hideaway. 3 bdrm 1 bath, freshly

renovated interior. If you want privacy and convenience, this is for you.

Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665

3727 Woodland Drive, Trail$289,000

Very well kept, bright and sunny 4bdrm home with corner fireplace, large rec

room, and workshop area. New roofing in spring 2012, underground sprinkling,

central air and perfect location. Call your REALTOR® to view.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW PRICE

98 Birch Avenue, Fruitvale $289,000

Immaculate 8 years young 3 bdrm/3 bath home with open floor plan & main floor laundry! Yard is fenced and easy maintenance, a sundeck in back and double garage with aggregate stone

driveway in front. Great package! Call Terry 250-231-1101

3799 Woodland Drive, Trail $299,000

This home is situated on a beautiful lot overlooking the park and has been lovingly maintained with many updates including furnace, a/c, deck and roof.

There are 3 bdrms on the main and lots of room down with huge rec room.

An extra bonus is double carport and newer 20 x 24 shop!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

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675 Shakespeare Street, Warfield

$164,900Beautifully maintained upper Warfield home

with a sunny dining area addition. One bedroom on the main floor, two upstairs and

another in the basement that could easily be a rec room. Nice yard with a patio for

summer dining. Garage & large workshop below.

Call Mary A (250) 521-0525

2381 McBride Street, Trail $498,800

Executive 5 bdrm/3 bath home built in 1999. Features include: gourmet kitchen with stainless steel appliances, concrete counter tops and glass tile backsplash. Entertain in style in the open concept dining & living room area with vaulted

ceilings, jatoba wood floors, large windows & fireplace. Don’t wait call your

REALTOR® now. Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

2438 Thompson Avenue, Rossland

$239,0004 bdrm home freshly painted inside

and out, new flooring, lots of windows, hardwood floors, central vac, a/c, original claw foot tub, newer electrical panel and plumbing. Quick possession available!

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

2135 McBride Street, Trail $159,900

This home features big bright windows, fabulous kitchen with French doors to huge deck, 2 bdrm on main, charming living room, recently updated rec room and 2 full bathrooms. Many mechanical upgrades, close to schools, town and

recreation. Don’t miss viewing this charmer.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

409 Rossland Avenue, Trail $179,900

House is only 13 years old - it has 4 bdrms and 3 baths - located on Rossland Ave. - close to all of Trail and Rossland’s opportunities - low maintenance yard - at this price this house is definitely worth a look - call your REALTOR® for a viewing.

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

NEW PRICE

465 – 11th Avenue, Montrose $164,900

Nestled against the mountainside, this 2 bdrm home maybe right for you. Fantastic

yard, lots of new landscaping, lots of windows, new flooring/paint. Unfinished

basement awaits your touches.

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1785 Columbia Gardens Rd, Fruitvale

$159,500Looking for a starter home with large double garage and super sized yard? This home also offers a fireplace, open floor plan, and covered deck off the kitchen looking onto large yard. Great parking is included. With

some TLC - this home offers good potential.

NEW PRICE

Call Darlene (250) 231-0527 or Ron (250) 368-1162

SOLD

5,000 sq. ft. shop with 18 ft ceiling, in floor heating, office space, lunch room,

washroom and shower. Large truck doors at each end. Excellent condition

and very clean. Good highway exposure and access. C7 zoning allows

a wide scope of uses.Call Art (250) 368-8818

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