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The regional hospital board will inject another $2 million into its rainy day funds this year, but Trail coun-cil says it’s time to dust off the cash and start spending.

The West Kootenay-Boundary Regional Hospital District (WKBRHD) was considering three scenarios for its budget this year, which included adding a half-million, $1 million or $2 million annual contribution to its safety-net.

Currently, the regional hospital board has over $5.7 million in capital reserve funds, which is money set aside for use in the event of a financial emergency or for specific projects or improvements in the future.

Trail council’s stance was less is better in this fis-cally tight year and agreed that a $500,000 contribution toward capital reserve funds would suffice this time.

“I am surprised to see it go back up to $5 million,” said Coun. Gord DeRosa, at last week’s governance meeting. “Because you can only save money for so long and pretty soon people who are waiting for that money to be spent are not getting the service that it was meant for.”

However, the 30-member hospital board met a week ago and decided to allocate $2 million from this year’s $4.6 million budget to reserves, confirmed Stuart Horn, chief financial officer for the Regional District of Central Kootenay and hospital board treasurer.

He noted that the motion did not carry unanimously.The extra capital could bode well for the regional

hospital after the aging emergency room in Kootenay Lake Hospital received a modern makeover a few years ago, and Trail’s facility might be next on the list.

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With Trail council’s decision to maintain the skate park committee’s fundraising goal at a cool $275,000, the struggling but resilient group has been offered a glimmer of hope that could see the half-million dollar project roll forward sooner rather than later.

After the city turned down an appeal by the skate park committee to reduce its lofty fundraising goal to a more reasonable $100,000, during the March 10 governance meeting, Trail council members landed an idea to approach the regional district for help with the long-awaited outdoor park.

“The intent of the motion was to ask the RDKB if they would be willing to consider allocating some of the proceeds from the sale of the airport back to the skate park,” explained David Perehudoff, Trail’s chief administrative officer (CAO).

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Regional help needed for skate park plan

Trail council would like regional group to cough up cash for improvements

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three clubs is Puppet Stayman asking for a four or five-card major. This is another example. South, with 23 HCP’s, opens two clubs and rebids 2NT showing a balanced 22 to 24 points. Two diamonds is waiting. North asks partner if he has a four or five-card major. With a five card major, South just bids it. With nei-

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He stops draw-ing trump (often the course of action once a bad split is found) and ruffs a diamond. He then takes a spade finesse, the Queen los-ing to the King. West is now end-played. He has no clubs or trump to play, and a diamond exit gives declarer a sluff-and-a-ruff. He, therefore exits a spade which finesses partner out of his jack.

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Barbara Gibson, chair of Sanctuary Pre-Teen Centre is also the Bay Avenue facility’s chief bottle sorter after she is called to pick up bags of recyclable cans from city hall and various businesses throughout town. The after school centre does not host bottle drives or collect door-to-door. Recently, the Trail RCMP detachment issued an alert that a male was going around town claiming to be collecting bottles and cans for Sanctuary, but Gibson confirmed that there is no one from the centre who collects in that manner. People are invited to drop off bottles or cans for the benefit of Sanctuary at its downtown location or at the Trail landfill.

T h e N e l s o N s T a rMichelle Mungall is defending her trav-

el companion expenses after topping a list released by the BC legislature last week.

The Nelson-Creston MLA billed for just over $7,800 on eight trips between April and December 2013 in which either her husband or a staff member accompanied her, the most of any of province’s 85 elected representatives.

MLAs are entitled to up to 12 such taxpayer-funded trips per year, and most take advantage of the perk.

“This is part of making the work more family friend-ly and part of the overall MLA com-pensation package,” Mungall told 103.5 The Bridge.

“Being from a rural area, our expenses will inevit-ably be higher than urban MLAs. We incur larger expenses to do our job, going back and forth between our constituencies and Victoria.”

Eight of the ten highest spenders were from rural ridings, including Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson ($7,250 for eight trips) and Columbia River Revelstoke MLA Norm MacDonald ($5,360 for six trips), in second and third place respectively.

However, Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy was well down the list, having billed $1,486 for two trips. That was compared to $3,333 for five trips in 2012.

Mungall said the bulk of what she billed for related to staff attending professional training in Victoria and having to find alternate routes home after their flights were cancelled.

As an example of cost breakdowns, a six-day trip by a constituency assistant in October involved accommodation, mileage, meals, transit, car rental, airfare, fuel, and taxi fare for a total of $1,805.

A three-day trip the same month by Mungall’s husband cost $822 in airfare and meals, while a four-day trip the following month cost $508.

However, she said she has no problem with a review of spousal and staff travel by a legisla-ture committee: “If there’s a review to look at how we can better save taxpayers money, I’m all for it.”

In all, BC’s MLAs spent over $125,000 on travel expenses for companions on 233 trips for the last nine months of last year.

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FROM PAGE 1“IHA staff spoke about

beginning an investigation into KBRH emergency room improvements, after having just completing the same for Nelson,” said Ali Grieve, Area A director and hospital board member. “I can only specu-late, but I imagine that is why additional funds for the reserve fund was supported.”

While it will take time for Interior Health to return with a plan, if KBRH emer-gency upgrades are being considered, the board must have its funding portion in

place, she added. Interior Health facility

upgrades are presented to the regional hospital board annu-ally, and upon review and pri-oritization, approved projects are 40 per cent funded by the WKBRHD.

With the hospital board proposing another study to identify future needs in regional facilities, Trail coun-cil members oppose funding that initiative.

“The study that recently came out identified things that should be done to the two hospitals,” noted Trail

Mayor Dieter Bogs. “Let’s get started on those projects and improve the hospitals in Nelson and Trail,” he said. “We have to contribute to the reserve, that is not the issue. But we are going to have to start sinking it in and make sure the hospitals are modern.”

Bogs was referring to the multimillion-dollar costs to replace or upgrade the aging Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital and sister facility in Nelson that were identified in a capital strategy and facility assessment report released by

the Interior Health Authority (IHA) last fall.

KBRH could be replaced for upwards of $84 million, or almost $50 million in repairs and upgrades could bring to bring the 60-year old facil-ity up to industry standards, according to the IHA report.

“We should stop doing studies and start doing things,” said Bogs. “We know what needs to be done so let’s get started,” he continued.” There is no question when you look at what a brand new hospital costs, you need to fix up this house that we have.”

Keep regional hospitals up to date, says Bogs

FROM PAGE 1“The thinking is that it is going into surplus

that the skate park would be a regionally used amenity,” he continued. “And if the regional dis-trict contributed monies towards the park that it could be constructed sooner.”

For now, the money from the airport sale will be held in reserve, confirmed John MacLean, CAO for the regional district.

“I would take the request to fund the skate park to the board and see what they have to say,” he said. “I think it would ultimately end up at the East End Services Committee, which does still have a regional recreation function.”

That news is encouraging for park fund-raiser Scott Daniels, who added that after many obstacles, the committee remains unfazed and clear in its goal to create a park for youth in the area.

To date, skate park fundraising has garnered in excess of $61,000 in cash commitments.

Skate park issues were on the agenda at Montrose’s committee of the whole meeting last week, when village council addressed the condi-tion of its 10-year-old outdoor park, located east of the community hall.

The Montrose Youth Action Team Society leases the park from the village for $1 a year, but with issues of aging equipment, Montrose coun-cil opted for only a six-month renewal.

“Equipment is breaking down a bit and could be reaching the end point of its life,” explained Kevin Chartres, Montrose’s CAO.

“Six month will give the society time to assess the condition and come up with a plan for the future use of the area.”

News is good for youth living in Rossland, because the city’s skate park is slated to break ground next spring after raising almost $130,000 and another $250,000 in-kind donations, accord-ing to Aaron Cosbey, board member of the Rossland Skatepark Association.

“This leaves just under $200,000 short of our goal,” said Cosbey.

“But we’re confident we can fill that breach by this time next year.”.

Cosbey said the association receives proceeds from kids’ birthday parties to self-initiated fund-ing drives on the street by Rossland youth, to ad hoc corporate donations.

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A dozen skiers were left dangling for about an hour after an engine fire on the triple chair lift at Apex Mountain Resort on Monday.

“There was an engine fire at the top of the triple about 12:10 p.m. on Monday afternoon so we had to do a lift evacuation,” said James Shalman, Apex Mountain Resort general man-ager. “Everyone was safely evacuated off the lift and the 12 people who were taken off actually went on to ski the rest of the day.”

Shalman said there were no injuries and it being a sunny day the temperature was about 2 C while the dozen skiers sat on the lift waiting for their turn to be evacuated.

“The longest someone was up there was maybe an hour or just under,” said Shalman, who added the ski patrol used a chair and har-ness system to bring the stranded skiers back to the ground.

The lift attendee first noticed the smoke and flames coming from the engine building room at the top of the lift and heard the fire alarm. They notified the ski patrol. Shalman said the patrol and lift maintenance staff fought the fire and started the evacuation immediately.

The triple-chair will remain closed for the remainder of the year, but Shalman said he expects it to be back in operation after repairs next season. Apex Mountain Resort closes for the season on Sunday.

B y J e f f n a g e lSurrey North Delta Leader

The onset of spring

has pushed up both tulips and gasoline prices.

And industry watchers expect Metro Vancouver pump prices to close in on their all-time record of about $1.50 per litre of regular gas in the weeks ahead.

Average prices were around $1.44 per litre Tuesday, up more than 15 per cent from the mid-December low of around $1.24.

Jason Toews, found-er of the gasbuddy.com website, expects prices will rise further – up to a point.

“I don’t think we’re going to see record level prices,” Toews said.

“I think there’s going to be a lot of

resistance at $1.50. It’s a psychological bar-rier. People really start changing their driv-ing habits and it starts having an impact on demand.”

Metro Vancouver average pump prices approached but essen-tially bounced off $1.50 twice last year, in mid-May and mid-July.

Toews said Abbotsford gas prices, which were just under $1.30 Tuesday, could hit $1.40 a litre this spring or summer before lower prices return in the fall.

Better spring weath-er always brings more driving, increased demand and there-

fore higher prices. But Toews noted gas prices are somewhat higher now than they were at the same time last year.

Crude oil accounts for 70 per cent of the cost of gasoline and it’s almost 10 per cent higher than in early spring of 2013.

But the bigger fac-tor is the Canadian dollar, which has slid nearly a dime against the U.S. greenback.

Since oil is priced in U.S. dollars, the loon-ie’s weakness means the price Canadian refiners actually pay for crude is about 20 per cent higher now than a year ago.

t H e C a n a D i a n P r e s sVANCOUVER - Former

British Columbia New Democrat premier Mike Harcourt has given up his party membership in a split he says was more in sorrow than in anger.

Harcourt said Tuesday that the decision not to renew his membership came after a combination of mistakes made by the party and its leaders.

“You can’t alienate the whole environmental com-munity ... as they did com-ing out against the carbon tax, then pull an ugly, nasty leadership coup against a fine person like Carole James, and then blow an election with probably one of the stupidest political blunders of all time in British Columbia, coming out against Kinder Morgan.”

NDP Leader Adrian Dix abruptly announced during last May’s election that the party opposed the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, when he had said previously that he would wait for the approval process to finish before making a decision.

The flip-flop stunned both labour and investment fac-tions in the province and was

a turning point in the provin-cial election that saw Christy Clark’s Liberals win a major-ity government.

Dix replaced Carole James as party leader in 2011 after she quit amid criticism from her own caucus.

Harcourt, 71, said he’s been “disgusted and alien-ated” by the series of mis-takes made by the party he once led and has now become an independent sustainability democrat.

He was first elected pre-mier in November 1991 in a landslide victory over the Social Credit Party. He resigned in 1996 amid the so-called Bingogate scandal that involved money raised by charity bingo being funnelled to the party.

Harcourt supported Mike Farnworth during the last leadership search, but said he wouldn’t be endorsing any NDP candidate in the leader-ship bid set for September.

Farnworth and John Horgan are the only declared candidates running for the party’s leadership to replace Dix.

While Harcourt said Farnworth hadn’t spoken to him in three years, he has had contact with Horgan and said he respected Horgan for the environmental work he’s done in the past.

Harcourt said he can see a path for the party if it’s led by a strong, effective leader who can create a vision and gain a team that’s capable of governing the province.

Horgan said Harcourt’s decision to leave the NDP is disappointing and an indica-tion of the huge challenges the party faces to reconnect with residents.

“The message it sends to me is that I have a lot of work to do. I have a lot of work to do to convince Mike Harcourt and other New Democrats and all British Columbians that there’s a better way for us to proceed (with) a bal-anced approach to the econ-omy and the environment.”

Horgan said he agreed with Harcourt that the NDP has lost its way on major issues.

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Mike Harcourt endorses Mike Farnworth for the B.C. NDP leadership in 2011.

Former premier quits NDP after ‘blunders’

Lower Mainland gas climbing to record highs

t H e C a n a D i a n P r e s sVANCOUVER - One Vancouver driver has

rung up 26 tickets in just over three years for breaking the law by using his electronic device while behind the wheel.

Now, Vancouver Police say they have taken further steps to curb the man’s dangerous habits, and he may not like how it all adds up.

His car has now been impounded for seven days after his arrest for driving while pro-hibited.

While he’s without his vehicle, the uniden-tified driver may have time to use the calcula-tor on his hand-held device to add up the $167 fine for each of his 26 tickets.

The $4,342 charge is in addition to the $24,000 insurance premium the Insurance Corporation of B.C. will impose for his 69 penalty points - three per ticket - and that’s not counting the towing and storage fees on his impounded vehicle.

Insp. Les Yeo says some motorists still don’t understand the dangers of distracted driving, but with a bill approaching $30,000 at his next insurance renewal, there’s no question about the foolishness of this driver in April or any other month of the year.

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WELLS, THELMA – Surrounded by loving family, Thelma Wells passed away peacefully at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops on March 28, 2014 at the age of 91.

Thelma worked 28 years for Eaton’s and when she retired relocated to the Kamloops area to be closer to her family. She did a variety of volunteer work and her greatest joy was of being involved. Always doing something with some-one whether it was a family member or friend she lead a very busy life and loved every minute of time spent together. She will be truly missed as she was truly cherished.

Survived by daughter Barb (Bryan)Hughes of Kamloops, son David (Karen) Lindsey of Lo-gan Lake, son-in-law Richard Johansson of Kamloops, sis-ter Verna Hooker of Sidney, Grandchildren Kelly Johans-son, Brad (Cathrine) Johansson, Tanis Hubberstey (Kelly Knowler), Rhonda Hubberstey, Lorisa (Mike) Zazulak, Chad (Jolene) Lindsey, Brett Lindsey, Amber Lindsey(Tyler Luck-ham) and 12 great-grandchildren.

She is predeceased by her oldest daughter Donna Johan-sson and sisters Vivian Bothamley and Marjorie Vigne.

A gathering of family and friends will be held Saturday, April 5, 2014 between 11:00am to 1:00pm in the Schoening Funeral Home Tea Room, 513 Seymour Street, Kamloops, B.C.

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***MCLAREN, SEENA – July 11, 1914 – March 30, 2014It is with great sadness that we an-

nounce the loss of our mother, grand-mother and great-grandmother Seena McLaren. Seena passed away in Trail, B.C. on March 30, 2014 in her 100th year.

She was born in Pinsk, Russia and came to Canada at the age of 1 year. She resided in Vancouver and Nanaimo, B.C. where she met and married her husband Gordon. They came to Trail in 1935. They moved to War� eld in 1938 where they raised their 4 children Larry, Bobby, Linda and Donna. She lived in an original ‘Mickey Mouse house’ for 75 years.

She is predeceased by her husband Gordon, her parents (Nanaimo, B.C.), her brother P.O. Nick Venber (missing in action) and her sons Larry and Bobby.

She is survived by her daughter Linda (Wally) Golberg and Donna(Clarence) Mastel; daughters-in-law Gail and Rosemary; 8 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

At Seena’s request there will be no funeral. Cremation has taken place. Al Grywacheski of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services has been entrusted with the arrange-ments. You are invited to leave a personal message of con-dolence by visiting the family’s register at www.myalterna-tives.ca

MISS ME BUT LET ME GOWhen I come to the end of the roadand the sun has set for me;I want no tears or gloom � lled room.Why cry for a soul set free?Miss me a little but not too long;and not with your head bowed low.Remember the love we have share;Miss me but let me go.

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The government has announced it will pay cash rewards to people who inform CRA about i n d i v i d u a l s in non-com-pliance with Canada’s inter-national tax r e g u l a t i o n s (read: tax eva-sion) that leads to a conviction.

The recovered tax revenue must exceed $100,000 in order to qualify for the reward program and yield a payout. CRA will then pay 15 per cent of monies collected.

What’s 15 per cent of a million bucks, or 10 million bucks?

Remember, it’s likely wise to report your reward payment from CRA as “other” income on your personal tax return.

Now, what about the clandes-tine world beyond white collar tax crime? ...

How about a taxpayer who earns income from illegal means like the sale of contraband or drugs? For whatever reason, and there are some legitimate reasons, if a taxpayer were to file a personal tax return and claim income earned from criminal activity, you likely

would think, “now that’s silly”. Law enforcement will be informed and the legal system will proceed as it should, but this would not neces-sarily be the case.

That’s right. Not necessarily.The Income Tax Act prohibits

disclosure of any “taxpayer infor-mation” by any “official … of a government entity”.

However, if crim-inal proceedings have commenced on a person, the Act does permit the dis-closure of that tax-payer’s information. The question is, how easy would it be for CRA to determine if criminal proceedings are underway with-out actually identify-ing the taxpayer to police?

And of course, if a criminal is living in obscurity and there-fore nowhere near the police radar, it’s conceivable that the income and expens-es associated with illegal activity could be “safely” claimed on a T1 personal tax return and the tax-payer receive the low income earner GST

tax credit, among other credits, for example.

Good for at least an April Fool’s Day smile?

Ron Clarke has his MBA and is a business owner in Trail, providing accounting and tax services. Email him at [email protected]. To read previous Tax Tips & Pits col-umns visit www.JBSbiz.net.

T H E C A N A D I A N P R E S SCALGARY - Calgary’s lottery philanthropist has been

busy giving away the $40 million he won last year on the Lotto Max.

Tom Crist, the retired head of an electronics company, has donated $1.2 million to the Tom Baker Cancer Centre where his wife, Janice, was treated before her death and has given more money to cancer sufferers.

However, he says the weight of the requests he’s been inun-dated with since news of his lotto win broke are taking a toll.

He says he had to quit reading the letters that he got because they were bringing up so many painful memories.

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OPINION

West has duty to oppose Russia’s behaviourRussia’s cynical,

dishonest and thuggish seizing of Crimea in defi-

ance of international rules and its own treaty commit-ments is the greatest test the West has faced since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

As I read much of the commentary about the issue – the apologists for the primacy of Russia’s “sphere of influence” and the handwringing about the potential economic cost to the West of sanc-tions on Russia – it is becoming clear that many are confused about what is at stake and why. The spir-it of Neville Chamberlain is abroad, he who fam-ously remarked when Nazi Germany bullied its way into the Sudetenland, that it was “a quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing.”

Chamberlain implied that our interests were only engaged when the people involved were close to us. I think he was wrong. The West’s interests are engaged when genuine democracy and freedom

and the institutions that underpin them are threat-ened. By ignoring the prin-ciple that innocent nations cannot be carved up by stronger ones, Russia has signalled its unwillingness to be bound by civilized rules and that unwilling-ness in a nuclear state with a powerful military is a threat to everyone within its reach.

Whether Ukraine is our best friend and neigh-bour or a distant land of which we know little is immaterial. Ukrainians get to choose whether they look east or west or both for friends and allies. They also get to make those choices without those who perceive themselves as the losers unilaterally slicing off tasty bits of the coun-try through invasion and votes at gunpoint.

Our interests are doubly engaged when the coun-try trying to make these choices is groping its way, however imperfectly and haltingly, to join the West, with its foundational val-ues of genuine democracy, the rule of law, constitu-tionalism and individual

liberty. In the case of Crimea,

our interests are not engaged in an unquali-fied way. Ukraine is not a NATO ally, nor is it fully and unambiguously in the western camp. So while the violation of inter-national law that Russian aggression represents is flagrant, it has not yet reached the level at which Western military interven-tion is justified.

But neither are we entitled to sit back and do nothing. With Canada in the lead, Western govern-ments are properly begin-ning to lay out an escal-ating series of responses, beginning with ever more painful economic, trade

and visa sanctions, should Russia’s ambitions prove to reach beyond Crimea. And because the burden of sanctions falls more heav-ily on some members of the Western alliance than others, we must calibrate that burden carefully to bring the entire alliance along.

And bring it along we must, for the reason Crimea is such a test for the West is because if we are not willing to make sacrifices to protect our most basic values, they are not basic at all. Sanctions will hurt German manu-facturers and British banks and European consumers. But freedom and the rule of law are both more valu-able than prosperity and are its indispensable con-dition.

Thus it was that when Europe was engulfed by Nazism, the entire demo-cratic world – Britain, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and others - rose up and, at great cost to them-selves, rescued Europe. Canada and America put costly military bases in

Germany to guarantee that the Soviets could not invade without attacking us as well. Decades later, Western European lead-ers stood firm in support of the unpopular deploy-ment of American cruise missiles, a policy that contributed to the fall of the Berlin Wall and a vast expansion of human free-dom and dignity.

When we in the West act together in the face of such challenges we are the world’s hope for freedom and progress. A commun-ity of democracies devot-ed to the rule of law and the dignity and primacy of the individual cannot be indifferent to regimes who trample on those val-ues. Russia’s behaviour requires us to respond in a measured but resolute way, and to pay a price to show that we still have the clarity to see what matters and the will to protect it.

Brian Lee Crowley (twit-ter.com/brianleecrowley) is the Managing Director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an independent non-partisan public policy think tank in Ottawa.

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With the recreation debacle still simmering, it is somewhat disappointing to see residents of the area choosing to vent their anger at their respective coun-cils and area directors rather than the mayor and council who produced and directed this divisive bit of legislation.

However, the fact that they exercised their democratic right is a good thing. Thankfully, we do not live in the Ukraine or Russia or I am sure that we would have been “Putinzed” long ago. I could go on and on about the negative actions relat-ed to the Trail council but that would be counter-productive to this letter and its contents, so on a positive note this is my suggestion in helping to solve the present problem which impacts residents regardless of where they live.

We would have two pots, one with the industrial tax monies and one with the par-ticipating municipalities and electoral areas. While the City

of Trail receives over 60 per cent of their taxes paid by Teck Cominco they would pay 60 per cent of the identified regional facilities and the other 40 per cent would be paid per-capita by the surrounding communities and electoral areas.

The tax pot would include taxes from Teck, the dams, Fortis and other high-taxed companies for everyone to share in per capita.

The identifiable regional facilities in my mind are: the pools, libraries, and Haley Park because of the track, which is expensive to maintain and used by many.

My suggestions relate to the operation and maintenance of present facilities only and if area politicians could agree on this formula or improve it would could go a long way in healing wounds rather than opening new ones.

A prime factor in this whole process is scrapping the so-called resident card and I am

confident that the library would see a resurgence and the aquatic centre numbers would zoom. This has to be done quickly for the sake of all residents and if the aquatic centre is not quite where it wants to be in regards to incoming monies, then increase the admission by 50 cents or one dollar and the people would accept that.

I would hope the politicians could approve or improve on my suggestions and at least try the formula until the next elec-tions.

The talk of amalgamation or district municipality is pre-mature at this time but not to say it can’t be looked at in the future. When we can get every-one from Paterson to Marsh Creek, Genelle to Casino and everyone in between on one page we can begin. Only those in elected office or who have been there can appreciate the challenge.

Bill TrewhellaWarfield

I thought I would share some facts about the TRP and Library since the Warfield Mayor and Council seem to be avoiding getting the facts and giving the facts.

The TRP costs the village $74,446 per year which is $43.80 per resident of Warfield (1,700 residents based on 2011 stats Canada data). I contacted the library and found out that there are 545 Library cards issued to Village of Warfield residents. If you want to get a new card it now costs $75 and if you already have one, you will have to pay $75 upon your next use.

For the village to reimburse the 545 villagers it will cost $40,875. This is $8,275 more

than the Village currently pays, which is $32,600.

Where are the savings in that? The way they will find their savings is by not reim-bursing all of the cards and thus downloading the cost onto the citizens.

On the recreation side, I contacted the City of Trail and they provided me with up-to-date numbers on active TRP cards. There are 1,276 cards issued to Warfield residents, which represents 75 per cent of the population.

The 2013 Recreation Master Plan (found at trail.ca) calcu-lates 103,586 visits to the aqua-tic centre per year and says on Page 23 of the study that the “consultants have never seen

indoor pool use of more than 10 times the population of a community” and goes on to say that “non-City residents likely make up at least half the exist-ing swims at TALC.”

With 75 per cent of Warfield’s population using the aquatic centre there is little argument that Warfield is not getting value for the cost of the TRP.

The recreation master plan also shows that the TALC is functioning as designed, which was for regional use.

The facts are there, the value is there. It’s time for Warfield Mayor and Council to see them.

Mark StephensWarfield

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B l a c k P r e s sKootenay regional head

coach Brett Adams has been delighted with the progress of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Kootenay Academy Centre pro-grams.

“I have been really happy and proud of the progressive steps the program has made in just six months,” notes Adams. “We have over 100 players in a weekly train-ing Academy, we’ve had several players selected for training camps in Vancouver, we’ve taken the Academy to Vancouver for a Major League Soccer (MLS) weekend, and we will be sending teams to Vancouver next month for the upcoming Whitecaps FC Showcase.”

Last week, Kootenay players Parker Shaw-Lazier and Marco Falcone

attended a Whitecaps FC Pre-Residency training combine that consisted of two training sessions per day and trial matches over a three-day period. The combine included 16 other players selected from the club’s six other academy centres, as well as local Vancouver-based players.

The Combine was led by Pre-Residency and Academy Centre head coach Bart Choufour, as well as U-16 Residency coach Rich Fagan and U-18 Residency coach Niall Thompson.

“Both players per-formed well and had a great experience playing alongside some of the best talent in Canada,” said Adams.

Other upcoming oppor-tunities will see selected players from the Kootenay Girls Prospects Academy being invited to train with Girls Elite head coach Jesse Symons in Vancouver.

“Whitecaps FC has made it a priority that both boys and girls from our Kootenay Academy Centre train in the club’s Vancouver environ-ment with our Residency and Girls Elite staff,” he added. “As we continue to grow, we are pushing for more local opportun-ities for Kootenay play-ers. Who knows, one day we may potentially see a player from this area become a full-time mem-ber of Whitecaps FC in Vancouver.”

In the past six months Adams has set up a Prospects Academy train-ing group in Nelson, a Skills Academy training group in Cranbrook, and a school training program based out of the Fernie School Academy. Adams has also started working with the Castlegar Minor Soccer Association on some development pro-grams.

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B y J i m B a i l e yTimes Sports Editor

Special teams were key on Monday as the Kamloops Storm downed the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in Game 3 of the KIJHL final with a 5-3 victory at the Beaver Valley Arena.

The Nitehawks usually solid penalty kill gave up four goals on seven power-play opportunities including the even-tual winner from Mitch Friesen at 4:45 of the second period.

Yet, it was hard hits by the Beaver Valley Nitehawks early that led to pen-alties and an early 1-0 lead for the Storm. Russell Mortlock received a five-minute major for boarding and was sent to the showers leaving the Storm with a lengthy power play. The Hawks managed to kill off over three minutes of the infraction but at 9:45 Max French would take a pass at the hash marks and fire a bullet blocker side on Brett Clark to give the Storm a 1-0 lead.

However, Kamloops would find itself in penalty trouble at the end of the first and power play goals by Ryan Edwards and Braden Fuller would put the Hawks up 2-1 going into the second.

Spencer Schoech would rip one high on Clark to tie the game on another power play five minutes into the second period and Felix Larouche would then score the only even-strength goal on the night, finishing a nice centring pass from Dan Buchanan before Friesen made it 4-2 heading into the third.

The Nitehawks would come out in the third with more jump and Fuller would draw the Hawks within one on a two-man advantage at 18:22 of the final frame, knocking in a Dallas Calvin rebound. But that would be as close as the Nitehawks would get as Liam MacLeod shut the door, making several big saves in the late going, including a robbery off the stick of Edwards on a breakaway late in the game.

Dan Holland appeared to tie the game at four with under five minutes remaining, but a Hawks penalty on the play nullified the goal. The Storm’s Luke Gordon would finish the scoring at 3:45 on the ensuing power play to ice it.

In a game marred by 63 minutes in penalties, both the Storm and Hawks fired 40 shots on net, with the Storm going 4-for-7 on the PP and the Hawks 3-for-8.

Game 4 went last night at the Beaver Valley Arena but scores were unavail-able at press time. For up-to-date scores visit sports online at trailtimes.ca.

B y T i m e s s T a f fA number of former Trail Smoke Eaters and

BCHLers are ready to face off in the Frozen Four of the NCAA div. 1 hockey championship next week.

Former Smokie and Kimberley native Matt Wilkins and the Union University Dutchmen will make their second appearance in the Frozen Four. Joining the Dutchmen in the NCAA semi-finals are Boston College, North Dakota, and the University of Minnesota.

Union cruised through the NCAA East Regional championship with a 5-2 victory over Vermont, and a 3-1 win over Providence in Sunday’s final. Providence had previously ousted Quinnipiac on Friday, leaving Trail native Travis St. Denis and Montrose twins Connor and Kellen Jones’ quest to return to the championship game unfulfilled.

Wilkins played in 37 games with the Smoke Eaters in 2009-10 scoring seven goals and 10 assists, before being traded in 2010-11 to the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for Cullen Bradshaw, who would go on to play for the St. Norbert College Green Knights.

Wilkins, a sophomore forward, tallied six goals and 14 assists in 38 games with the Dutchmen this season.

The Minnesota Gophers, meanwhile, have brothers Ryan, Mike, and Connor Reilly former teammates of St. Denis’ on the 2012 RBC Cup winning Penticton Vees.

Another former Vee and Nelson native, Isaac MacLeod laces them up for the Boston College Eagles, which defeated Massachusettes-Lowell in the Northeast Regional final 4-3. MacLeod is a defenceman playing his senior year as assistant captain at BC and would like nothing better than to graduate a national champion.

North Dakota is stacked with former BCHLers including former Vernon Viper and Surrey Eagle Adam Tambellini son of Trail’s own Steve Tambellini. Wade Murphy and Troy Stecher, also former teammates of St. Denis on the RBC win-ning Vees, play for North Dakota.

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heal his ailing back over a quest for another green jacket, announ-cing Tuesday that he will miss the Masters for the first time in his career.

Woods said on his website that he had surgery Monday in Utah for a pinched nerve that had been hurting him for several months, knowing the surgery would keep him from Augusta National next week for the first time since he was a senior in high school.

The No. 1 player in the world is a four-time Masters champion.

“After attempting to get ready for the Masters, and failing to make the necessary progress, I decid-ed in consultation with my doc-tors to have this procedure done, Woods said. ”I’d like to express my disappointment to the Augusta National membership, staff, volun-teers and patrons that I will not be at the Masters.

“It’s a week that’s very special to me,” he said. “It also looks like I’ll be forced to miss several upcom-ing tournaments to focus on my rehabilitation and getting healthy.”

The Masters gets the highest television ratings of any golf tourna-ment, and Woods commands most of the attention, even though he last won a green jacket in 2005. He won his first Masters in 1997 when he set

20 records, from youngest Masters champion (21) to his 12-shot mar-gin of victory.

Woods has been coping with back issues since last summer: a twinge in the final round of the PGA Championship and spasms in the final round of The Barclays that caused him to fall to his knees. Then, they returned with alarming regularity recently in Florida.

He withdrew after 13 holes in the final round of the Honda Classic with what he described as lower back pain and spasms. Woods shot the highest final round of his career at Doral a week later when he said his back flared up again in the final round. He skipped the Arnold Palmer Invitational, where he was the two-time defending champion, to rest his back and do everything possible to be at Augusta National next week.

“Tiger was gracious in keeping us updated of his condition and making us aware of his decision,” Augusta National chairman Billy Payne said. “We wholeheartedly offered our best wishes for his immediate and long-term recovery. Tiger will be in our thoughts and will be missed by our patrons and all of us at the Masters Tournament next week.”

Woods said he had a microdis-cectomy for the pinched nerve, per-formed by neurosurgeon Charles Rich.

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FROM PAGE 11An upcoming pri-

mary role of Adams will be working as the Nelson Youth Soccer Association (NYSA) technical director for this upcoming season.

“The opportunity to work with such a proactive board and an eager group of coaches and players is fantas-tic,” Adams explained. “It’s not my job to come in and take over, the board and the coaches have great ideas and have done a very good job for these local play-ers. I will be here to add structure and advice as we aim to get all coach-es working on the same page.”

“Having already done three coach-ing clinics, it is clear that the coaches in the Kootenays are some of the most dedicated and enthusiastic individuals that I have ever had the pleasure to work with,” added Adams. “It’s going to be a great season.”

The Whitecaps FC Kootenay Academy is currently holding evalu-ations for its Nelson Prospects sessions, and registration is open for the skills Academy in Cranbrook and School Academy in Fernie. Players from the ages of 10 to 18 Boys can get more information from www.whitecapsfc.com/youth/programs/academy/kootenay or contact Brett Adams at 777-2173.

Caps seek young

prospectsFROM PAGE 11

In NCAA Div. 3 hock-ey, former Trail Smoke Eaters Bradshaw and Erik Cooper led the St. Norbert Green Knights to its third national championship in four years with a 3-1 vic-tory over Wisconsin-Stevens Point last week.

Cooper netted the winning goal at 13:17 of the first period to give the Green Knights a 2-0 lead.

W i s c o n s i n - S P would cut the lead to one early in the third, but St. Norbert would restore the two-goal cushion with 14:13 remaining in the game.

Bradshaw was St. Norbert’s leading scorer on the season with 15 goals and 27 assists in 32 games, while Cooper was third top point-getter with 16 goals and 21 assists.

Also involved in

the Wilkins-Bradshaw trade was Darnell Dyck who would return to the West Kootenay and win a BCIHL cham-pionship with the Selkirk College Saints last month.

The Frozen Four NCAA semifinals go on Apr. 10 with Union tak-ing on Boston College and North Dakota playing Minnesota. The final goes Apr. 12 in Philadelphia at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Ex-Smoke Eaters lead Knights to Div. 3 title

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Dear Annie: My hus-band and I were great friends with my sis-ter and her husband. When we separated, my ex continued to hang out with them because they liked to drink and do drugs together. After the divorce, they stopped seeing him.

I just found out that they rekindled the friendship when my sis-ter met his new wife at a party for one of my grandchildren. That was a year ago. I feel betrayed, hurt, angry and very disappointed. When I spoke to my sister, she said, “You’ve been divorced for a long time, and your ex has been friends with my husband for years.” This is not true. Once the divorce was final, they had no contact until last year.

Am I wrong? Is it all right for them to be friends again knowing how I feel? -- Kicked Again

Dear Kicked: We understand that you want your sister to be

supportive, but if she and her husband have a relationship with your ex and his wife (likely due to the drugs and alcohol), it really is no longer your business. We know this isn’t what you want to hear, but trying to control some-one else’s friendships tends to backfire.

Instead of convinc-ing your sister to stop socializing with your ex, your protests likely will create an estrange-ment between you and your sister. You can ask her not to invite him to family func-tions where you will be present. However, since you have children (and grandchildren) with your ex, it is unrealistic

to think you will never bump into them. It is in your best interests to learn how to toler-ate their presence when necessary.

Dear Annie: While I do not consider myself a gourmet chef, I do take a lot of pride in my cooking. I go to a lot of trouble to get the sea-soning just right. The problem is, my hus-band takes one look or maybe a taste and then immediately drenches his food in hot sauce. It really hurts my feel-ings. Am I being over-sensitive? -- Proud Woman

Dear Proud: We assume other people enjoy your cooking, so please don’t take this so personally. It’s not as if your husband says you need a pinch more salt or a sprinkling of oreg-ano. Drenching food in hot sauce says that your husband likes the taste of hot sauce and like-ly cannot taste much of anything else. If he doesn’t put hot sauce on it, it has no flavor

at all. His taste buds may not be salvageable, although you could ask him to please taste the food before altering it. But we suggest you save your more elaborate efforts for those who can appreciate them.

Dear Annie: Now that I am retired, I final-ly have time to read the paper every day. I enjoy your column and agree completely with your advice to “Aunt,” who asked about registries for graduation gifts.

However, in your response you said that “it is wrong to send out notices inferring that the recipient is obligated.” I would like to respectfully correct your choice of words: “Infer” means to interpret or to deduce from what the sender “implies.” The word you should have used is “implying.” -- Another Reader

Dear Reader: You are absolutely right, and you weren’t the only one to point it out. We knew better, and it still

slid right by us. (Some days, we are more over-whelmed than others.) Six lashes with a wet noodle for us.

Dear Readers: We are carrying on Ann Landers’ tradition that April 2 be set aside as Reconciliation Day, a time to make the first

move toward mending broken relationships. It also is the day on which we would agree to accept the olive branch extended by a former friend or an estranged family member and do our best to start over.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy

Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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For Thursday, April 3, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Even though you’re tempt-ed to throw your weight around today, don’t. You will meet with opposition surprisingly fast. Everyone out there is ready for a fight. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Avoid dangerous areas, crime-ridden places or dark alleys today. Don’t test the waters or do anything that makes you slightly nervous. Be sensible. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A powerful person in a group situation might attack you verbally today (or worse). This is a poor day to disagree with others or tempt the fates. Angry peo-ple are prepared to lash out. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Definitely avoid power struggles with authority fig-ures today. This means par-ents, bosses, VIPs and the

police. Forewarned is fore-armed. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Avoid controversial sub-jects like politics, religion and racial issues today, because things could turn nasty in a New York minute. Just get to talking about the weather, something about which people agree. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Avoid disputes about inheritances, shared prop-erty, insurance matters and anything that is joint-ly owned. You will only encounter a power struggle that cannot be resolved. Just accept this. LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) It’s fortunate that you are diplomatic and skilled at sidestepping arguments if you choose. I suggest that you use your fancy footwork today to keep peace with partners and close friends. SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)

Equipment breakdowns at work might create havoc. Disputes with bosses might also be nasty. Just do your thing, and keep your eyes down and your powder dry. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Ego battles in the arts are likely today. But parents might encounter hissy fits or meltdowns with children. Be sympathetic, because this is a stressful day for everyone.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) It’s not easy to keep domestic peace today, because people are ready to lash out or fight for what they want. Run the other way if you can, because it’s not worth it. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Avoid arguments with siblings, neighbors and rela-tives today, because they will become nasty. People want

to be right and will fight to say that they are even if they aren’t. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Disputes about posses-sions, money or earnings might arise today. You will be wise to postpone these dis-cussions for another day. YOU BORN TODAY You are brave and courageous, yet unassuming. You understand human nature and know how to work with others, but you

can be blunt. You are very involved and at the center of things. You are good-natured. This year, a change might take place, perhaps as significant as what occurred around 2005. It’s time to expand or promote yourself by trying your wings! Birthdate of: Cobie Smulders, actress; Jane Goodall, anthropologist; David Hyde Pierce, actor. (c) 2014 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Rossland $69,900

Marie-Claude MLS# 2393621

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Fruitvale$299,500

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Montrose$229,500

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Fruitvale$259,900

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20 ACRES

Trail$255,500

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

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

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

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

cell: 250.231.1661

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

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

Suningdale$189,000

MLS#2390419

GREAT

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Trail$69,900

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Waneta Village$120,000

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Salmo$50,000

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Redstone$839,900

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OPEN HOUSE

Trail$129,900

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FLAT FENCED

YARD

Fruitvale$379,000

MLS#2393245

BETTER

THAN NEW

Sunningdale$239,900

MLS#2393663

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Sat, April 5 • 11am - 1pm7141 Wright Way, Waneta Village

$349,000

MLS#2394130

OPEN HOUSE

Fri, April 4 • 2:30 - 4:30pm380 Laurier Drive, Warfi eld

$249,000

MLS#2395213

OPEN HOUSE

Sat, April 5 • 1:30 - 3:30pm2200 Highway 3B, Fruitvale

$299,000

MLS#2389614

OPEN HOUSE

Sat, April 5 • 11am - 1pm7992 Birchwood Dr, Waneta

$459,000

MLS#2395836

OPEN HOUSE

Sat, April 5 • 1:30 - 3:30pm1932 Beaver St, Fruitvale

$189,900

MLS#2393279

OPEN HOUSE

Sat, April 5 • 1:30 - 3:30pm375 9th Ave, Montrose

$229,000

MLS#2392981

OPEN HOUSE

Sat. April 5 • 10am - noon3366 Laurel Cres, Glenmerry

$169,900

MLS#2395490

OPEN HOUSE

Sat, April 5 • 11am - 1pm7861 Crema Dr, Waneta Village

$249,000

MLS#2217731

OPEN HOUSE

Sat, April 5 • 1:30 - 3:30pm93 Mill Rd, Fruitvale

$399,000

MLS#2392607

OPEN HOUSE

Sat, April 5 • noon - 2pm468 Whitman Way, Warfi ed

$499,000

MLS#2216789

OPEN HOUSE

Trail$270,000

MLS#2390953

ALL THE WORK

IS DONE

Rossland

SOLDMLS#2395625

Sat, April 5 • 11am - 1pm3421 Laburnum Dr, Glenmerry

$199,000

MLS#2396048

OPEN HOUSE

Sat, April 5 • 1:30 - 3:30pm2260 LeRoi Ave, Rossland

$236,000

MLS#2393010

OPEN HOUSE

East Trail$169,000

MLS#2395777

GREAT

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Apt/Condo for Rent Apt/Condo for Rent Apt/Condo for Rent

Houses For Sale Houses For Sale

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

E.TRAIL, 3Bdrm., clean, quiet, responsible adults 40+. N/S, N/P, Long Term. 250-368-9186, 250-364-1669

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

Sunningdale:2bdrm corner unit,TV cable & heat included & free use of washer and dry-er. 250-368-3055

TRAIL, 1BDRM, Low income. 250-368-1822

Houses For Sale

TRAIL, 2bdrm. Close to: town, bus stop, park, partially fur-nished. 250-364-1129

TRAIL, Rossland Ave. 1bdrm w/d f/s, n/s n/p. $550/mo. Avail. Immed. 250-368-1361

TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312

UPPER WARFIELD, 2bd. apt. $700./mo. +utilities. Available May 1st. 250-231-3538

Houses For Sale

WANETA MANOR 1bdrm. $510./mo. N/S, N/P, senior oriented, underground park-ing. 250-368-8423

W.TRAIL, 1bdrm., fenced yard $595., 1block to Downtown Trail. 250-368-6076

W.TRAIL, 1bdrm. plus, semi-enclosed balcony. 1Blk. Down-town. $595./mo. 250-368-6076

Homes for RentE.TRAIL, 3bd, 2bth, renovat-ed, yard, storage. $1100. Avail.May 1st. 250-512-1153

Auto Financing

Houses For Sale

Cars - Domestic1969 CHEVELLE Post, 10yr. old restoration. Original Trail car. $28,000. 250-449-2675

Cars - Sports & Imports

2002 Nissans, 4cyl 2.5 & 1.8, Altima 187,000km & Sentra, auto & 5 speed, both 4dr and new snow tires. $3,100 & $4,900. 250-442-0122 or 250-493-1807. Run and look excel-lent. Sentra one owner, non smoker, 5 speed. Grand Forks

Houses For Sale

Trucks & Vans1987 Dodge Dakota, reg cab, long box, auto, V6, one owner, 169,000km, very clean, cano-py, 2 wheel drive, $1,800/obo. 250-442-0122 or 250-493-1807. Grand Forks

Estate Sale: 2013 Ford 150 Super Crew LWB, 4wd xtr. 1994 Ford Lariat 250, 4x4 die-sel. 2010 ATV Arctic Cat 550 w/blade & winch. 1991 5th wheel, 28ft Citation Supreme. All in good shape. 250-442-8900.

Houses For Sale

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Christine Albo ext 39Cell: [email protected]

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WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!Mark Wilson ext 30Cell: [email protected]

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Thinking of

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evaluation today!Call Art

(250) 368-8818

340 Grandview Place, Genelle

$879,000Live the dream! This gorgeous custom-built home features stunning views and

quality workmanship. Gourmet kitchen, 3 bdrms with master suite, gas fireplace and an open floor-plan with oodles of windows.

You have to see it to believe it! Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818

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

302 Ritchie Avenue, Tadanac $399,000

This graceful and spacious home offers beautiful “heritage” characteristics

including hardwood fl oors, French doors, charming den, and large rooms. Master bedroom offers huge en suite with jetted tub and lots of closet space. Open and bright kitchen with large, sunny eating

area and patio doors to deck.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1887 Spokane Street, Rossland $184,000

This home has had many upgrades including new fl ooring, windows,

bathroom, paint and front porch. Newer gas furnace and roof. Lots of privacy

on this, .13 acre lot with plenty of trees surrounding it and a large wood deck.

Call your REALTOR® today.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

1880A Kootenay Avenue,Rossland

$399,900This is a unique fully furnished

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

character. Call Christine (250) 512-7653v

#18 3969 Broadwater Road, Robson

$94,900Good value in a desirable location. Open concept with 2 bdrms and 2 bath. Bright

kitchen, workshop, deck.Call Terry A. (250) 231-1101

NEW PRICE

1268 Pine Avenue, Trail $170,000

This property is located in a busy section of downtown Trail on Pine Avenue,

directly across the street from Ferarro foods. The property consists of a 50x100 foot vehicle parking area. Adjacent to a 2

storey 50x100 building.Call Richard (250) 368-7897

82 Walnut Avenue, Fruitvale $234,500

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

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

Call Tonnie (250) 365-9665

439 Rossland Avenue, Trail $69,900

Small and compact this home offers the perfect place for a single or couple at

a very affordable price. Many upgrades include a newer kitchen, upgraded

bathroom, some wiring and plumbing, air conditioning and more! Call now before

it’s gone!Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

NEW LISTING

2083 Valleyview Drive, Trail $174,900

Super family home - 4+ bedroom/1.5 bathrooms. This air conditioned home has been lovingly cared for by the same family for the past 62 years. Very clean and has had

some updates which would make this an excellent home for the family.

QUICK POSSESSION

Call Mark (250) 231-5591

613 Forrest Drive, Warfi eld$205,000

This 3 bdrm, 2 bath home features hardwood fl oors, updated kitchen, and

numerous upgrades, including windows, roof, furnace, hot water tank, and

electrical. All you have to do is move in and enjoy.

Call Jodi 250-231-2331

232 Simonds Street, Warfi eld $155,000

No neighbours on both sides! This 2 bdrm, 1 bath house features large

covered deck, enclosed porch and bright above grade basement. Call today!

Call Jodi (250) 231-2331

597 Binns Street, Trail $199,000

Hidden Treasure! Lovely updated home with in-law suite on the lower fl oor. 2 kitchens, 2 living rooms, 4 bdrms, 2 baths, 2 furnaces, 2 car garage, and

much more... Don’t wait call now before it’s gone!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

310 Sylvia Crescent, Trail $219,000

Tranquility awaits! You will love the open feel of this 3 bdrm , 1.5 bath home with

beautiful new gourmet kitchen, refi nished hardwood fl oors, and tons of upgrades.

Call today!Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

2000 Lookout Street,Trail

$225,000If you are looking for privacy, incredible views and a rural lifestyle, yet close to

town, this is it! 14 private acres overlooking Columbia River. Home offers 3-4 bdrms, open fl oor plan, chicken coop and nice

garden areas. Very low taxes - after grant sells pay $350/yr!

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW LISTINGOPEN HOUSESaturday April 5th 12pm-2pm

SOLD

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The annual West Kootenay Camera Club (WKCC) Photo Competition and Salon exhib-ition of photographs is back. This year, the photo categories are: wildlife; nature; human interest; creative images; flowers and plants; portraiture; architecture, travel; junk; open. Everyone is invited to participate, and see how they fare when competent judges give their constructive comments and insights. Contest rules and category definitions are available on the club web site (www.west-kootenaycameraclub.com). The grand gala show opening is at the Kootenay Gallery in Castlegar on June 6. Photo display continues there until June 13. The exhibition will move to the Visac Gallery in Trail from June 24 to July 3.

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