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No one looked quite as excited as J. L. Crowe Secondary's principal David DeRosa Tuesday on the first day of school. The half day gave students a chance to organize their lockers, run through their timetables and visit the student counsellor for class changes. Today marks the first full day of class.
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So many people, each with a heartbreak-ing story, each hoping for a better life.
That makes choos-ing a person or family one of the most difficult decisions a sponsor-ship group must face, says Jan Micklethwaite from the West Kootenay Friends of Refugees.
“It's horrible to look at list upon list of people, and with each there's a little story,” she said. “It's been a really tough thing for our group and finally deciding since we can't sponsor them all, we have to pick one.”
Earlier this year, the Rossland group reviewed the official refugee list of people applying for Permanent Residency in Canada through the UN High Commission for Refugees.
At the time, the Canadian government considered the Syrian refugee crisis a priority, says Micklethwaite.
“They said they were really hoping the spon-soring groups would consider Syria – and we did,” she explained. “But we also consid-ered everyone else. We all feel for the Syrians emergency situation, but they are not the only ones needing help.”See PROVINCE, Page 3
B Y V A L E R I E R O S S ITimes Staff
Breaking a good sweat for a cause is worth every bit of fight to the fin-ish line, especially for a world-class amateur fighter.
River Jones, formerly ranked sec-ond in the world for mixed martial arts, hasn't hung up her gloves for good.
The Trail Freedom Quest youth addictions worker and counsellor still teaches combat to youth and while on maternity leave managed to get back in the ring to raise funds for United Way Trail and District.
Along with coworker Amanda
Lamke, outreach worker and hos-pital liaison, Jones held three by-donation classes in Trail to help raise funds for the giving organi-zation’s kick-off event, Storm the Stairs.
The $240 collected toward their efforts will set Jones and Lamke in motion this Saturday, as they tackle about 1,500 stairs and run/walk four kilometres.
“When you're passionate about a sport, and you can bring that to people, and they enjoy it, it obvi-ously feels really good,” said Jones.
She'll be put to the test Saturday with the event that starts at 9 a.m.
at the Piazza Colombo Park (regis-tration at 8 a.m.) in Trail.
Participants will make their way through staircases on the west side and finish with a block party held at the park. The event proceeds will be invested in local programs and services that help hundreds of local people every year via the 2015 Campaign Fund.
“The support that we do get from volunteers and donors from the organizations that we work with has been wonderful,” said Naomi McKimmie, executive director of Trail United Way.
“One of the ways that it has ben-
efitted all involved is to help bring awareness to what it is we, as the United Way, do but also what it is that these agencies do for the indi-viduals in our communities.”
The United Way plays a major role in community building by pro-viding financial support to affiliate agencies that meet guidelines of supporting the mental, physical and social well-being of individuals in the community.
In the last nine years, the Trail organization has invested nearly $506,000 into Greater Trail com-munities.
See EVENT, Page 3
STORM THE STAIRS
Counsellor taps into passion to raise funds for United Way
Choosing refugees to help a heart-
wrenching process for WK group
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The bidding: South, with 13 points, opens the bidding with One Spade intending to rebid Two Hearts. However, North beats him to the punch and bids Two Hearts which categorically shows five Hearts and an opening hand. South raises to three Hearts, perhaps a little dis-appointed he will not get the lead to protect his Diamond King and Club ten Ace.
However, North surprises him, and places the contract in Four Spades because
it is clear to North that his partner’s hand and not his hand may need protection on the opening lead. Having the opening lead from West is the protection of the minor suits that South needs.
Because North had Spade support all along, his Heart suit may not be five cards, and because North did not use Jacoby Two No Trump, he likely does not have four Spades.
If North does not have three Spades, a Heart bid must be five cards, otherwise he will have a four-card minor to bid.
The Play: West, wishing he were not on lead, leads a trump to protect his minor holdings. This tells declarer that West does not have Qxx of trump. However, a Heart lead is out of the question because both opponents have bid the suit, and he only has a doubleton. If West had four or five little Hearts than a Heart
lead is a better lead. If West had not led a
trump, declarer would have finessed trump into West just to pro-tect his minor cards and the finesse would have won anyways.
Declarer will lead up to the Diamond King, and if it wins, he will pitch the last Diamond on the fifth Heart completing a Morton’s fork manoeu-ver and then he will take the Club finesse. If East rises with the Diamond Ace or the Diamond King loses, the Club Queen gets pitched on the fifth heart. Declarer makes five Spades for +450.
If the contract is played in Four Hearts, declarer will get one more pitch than play-ing the contract in
Spades, but East will lead the Diamond Queen and the result will be the same if declarer guesses the two-way finesse in Spades correctly.
Four Spades is by far the superior con-tract even though the Heart fit is one card more. North and South showed bridge smarts by choosing the contact to protect the right hand on the opening lead.
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FROM PAGE 1It was during that
process, the group first learned about the plight of people in Eritrea, which is a very small country in the Horn of Africa.
“After two years of investigation, the United Nations put out a press release on June 26,” explained Micklethwaite. “At this point, 5,000 people per month and 400,000 people have escaped the country in the last six years. The coun-try is second only to the Syrian situation in terms of people trying to leave an untenable situation in their own country.”
Another factor for decision-making was where the family was
living.“The first family we
sponsored had been in a Malaysian refugee camp for nine years,” said Micklethwaite. “The conditions are appalling, and it seems once people reach a refugee camp they never get out. So those are the people that really need to be considered – they have been refugees for so many years and no one has paid any attention to them.”
The Rossland group recently welcomed its second sponsored fam-ily to their city – a young Eritrean moth-er and her two young sons.
(See related story on Page 6)
They selected
Ruta Zaharias and her sons Eyobed and Yonathan,for many reasons.
After fleeing Eritrea when Ruta’s husband disappeared, the three had been living in a Cairo refugee camp for almost two years.
“A single mom with two young children in a vulnerable situation – that was a priority to us, ” Micklethwaite added.
While the Rossland sponsors are sensitive to the Syrian crisis currently dominating the headlines, money has to be raised before they can help another family.
“The funds we have raised are com-mitted to this family we just brought in,”
says Micklethwaite. “We will be doing some fundraising. And we are hoping these stories will let local people know they can sponsor a local group and perhaps make a contribution through our website.”
For informa-tion about the West Kootenay Friends of Refugees and to make a donation, call Micklethwaite at 250.362.5289 or visit wkfor.wordpress.com.
The province addressed the Syrian refugee crisis Tuesday by announcing a $1 million one-time investment to help Syrian refugees settle in B.C.
Funding is intended to complement exist-
ing provincial and fed-eral support services for refugees, as well as enhance resources for private sponsors.
Through blended sponsorship with the government, the West Kootenay group brought the two fami-lies to Rossland after raising about $30,000.
“They (govern-ment) pay part of the costs and we pay part of the costs,” explained Micklethwaite.
“They suggest (group) sponsors raise $20,000 minimum to bring over a fam-ily. But with the need there is now, I don’t think that is a neces-sary number.”
F i n a l l y , Micklethwaite says there’s nothing special
about the Rossland group – anyone can sponsor a refugee.
“It’s just a matter
of once people know what’s going on, it’s pretty hard to ignore it.”
Province offers $1 million to help Syrian refugees settle in B.C.
FROM PAGE 1These funds have
supported non-profits like Freedom Quest, which provides youth substance use services and other programs for the West Kootenay Boundary region.
“Without their funding we wouldn’t be able to offer a lot of the outside-the-box programming that we do,” explained Jones.
Funding fosters various programs like girl groups that focus on healthy relation-ships, safe sex educa-tion, emergency food and personal hygiene supplies and a safe space for LGBTQ (les-bian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning) youth.
For these reasons, signing up was a no brainer for Jones, who also had a lot of fun
sharing her passion pre race day.
“I love training just for fun, just to stay fit,” she said. “I still get together and spar some of my training partners and friends.
“I love to teach, and I’m really grateful I can do that through my work.”
She has been pre-paring for the event this weekend but said, in a way it “might be best not to know what you’re in for.”
McKimmie said registration has been slow, which prompt-ed her to extend the chance the sign up to today. Online registra-tion can be found at stormthestairs2015.yodel.org and can be done up to midnight tonight for $50 with an expectation of $150 raised in pledges.
Offline registration can be done right up to 15 minutes before the race starts (8:45 a.m. Saturday) in per-son at the park for $75.
Those interested in volunteering at the event, can contact McKimmie at 250-364-0999, email stor-mthestairs@traildis-
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“So many individu-als are into a healthier active lifestyle now, and we thought that (this event) would be a great fit for many rea-sons,” said McKimmie, who came up with the idea years ago when
she worked in tour-ism at the Trail Visitor Centre.
Her intention is to promote healthier activities that can be done year round while showcasing the unique covered stairs in Trail, along with a possibility of recruit-ing new donors to the United Way.
Event helps promote a healthy lifestyle
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OPINION
Victoria’s far reach into universities and local agencies
The feud at the University of British Columbia over the sudden departure of
president Arvind Gupta – one year into his 5-year term – is also casting an unexpected light on the board of governors, a uni-versity body that rarely gets so much attention.
Most universities in the province have 15 mem-bers on their board, except for the University of B.C. which has 21 members.
However, the boards are far from autonomous. The B.C. government appoints a majority of governors in both cases: eight for the smaller boards and eleven at UBC.
McGill University, founded in 1821, somehow survives without a single government appointee to its 25-member board.
The Ontario govern-ment appoints 16 mem-bers to the University of Toronto’s board, but that’s a far cry from a majority of the 50-member board, thirty of whom are elected to represent various con-stituencies within the uni-versity and the community at large.
When it comes to doling out appointments, govern-
ments are rarely magnani-mous about it.
And if the B.C. govern-ment was looking for just the right pedigree with its UBC appointees, did it ever luck out.
Since 2005, nine of the eleven appointed governors have made personal dona-tions to the B.C. Liberal party totalling $137,395. One of the two that didn’t, donated $2,295 through a personal corporation.
Two of the nine also made donations totalling $4,300 to the BC NDP. They’re never going to hear the end of that now.
The board is also a veritable who’s who of Vancouver’s corporate boardrooms.
John Montalbano is CEO of RBC Global Asset Management, Douglas Mitchell is national co-chair of Borden Ladner Gervais, and Fiona Macfarlane is a managing partner of Ernst & Young’s B.C. practice.
Throw in the relevant corporate donations and you’re looking at another $387,274 to the B.C. Liberals ($12,075 to the NDP by one of the compan-ies).
One of UBC’s governors even went so far as to use a
fake name on a radio call-in show to attack an NDP can-didate in the 2013 election and that was before he was appointed.
The B.C. government’s power at the local level doesn’t end with univer-sities. The umbilical cord is very much in existence with transit and health authorities, police boards and regional economic development bodies.
Despite the fact that TransLink serves the Lower Mainland, the min-ister responsible, Peter Fassbender, recently made his way to Kelowna to announce two new board members to just one of the four boards that seem to be required to keep the beast running.
All told there are 25 members on TransLink’s
four boards, only two of whom are elected to local government.
You won’t find any-one who might rock the SeaBus: corporate direc-tors, corporate lawyers, senior executives and, of course, plenty of B.C. Liberal party donors.
Not exactly the folk you would expect to rub shoul-ders with on the 99 UBC B-line at rush hour.
Montreal’s transit authority – the Société de transport de Montréal – has a 10-member board, seven of whom are elect-ed to local governments and three who represent specific user groups. None appointed by the Quebec government.
The long arm of the B.C. government also reaches into local police boards.
Vancouver’s board has nine members, seven of whom are appointed by the B.C. government.
Toronto’s board – over-seeing the largest munici-pal police service in Canada – has seven members: three appointed by the province, the mayor or his designate, two councillors and one citizen selected by council.
Same pattern exists with B.C. health authorities.
All nine members of the the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority are appointed by the govern-ment. One is former health minister Dr. Margaret MacDiarmid. Six have made donations to the B.C. Liberals.
The McGill University Health Centre has a lar-ger board, but it’s made up of individuals elected by the public, others elected by specific stakeholders, some chosen by the board itself, but not one directly appointed by the Quebec government.
B.C.’s Northern Development Initiative Trust has a board of 13 individuals, five of whom are appointed by the prov-ince and the other eight through four regional advisory committees. No ex-Green party candi-dates on that board. Six B.C. Liberal party donors, though.
When so many agencies that most see as local or regional are, in fact, con-trolled by the B.C. govern-ment it puts the very idea of local autonomy into doubt.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has just phoned Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov warning him not to “escalate the conflict” by increasing Moscow’s military support for the beleaguered Syrian regime. He stamped his foot quite hard, telling Lavrov that his govern-ment’s actions could “lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows and risk c o n f r o n t a t i o n with the anti-Isil coalition operat-ing in Syria.”
What the Russians have actually done, so far, is to send an advance military team to Damascus of the sort that is normally deployed to prepare for the arrival of a much larger military force. They have also sent an air traffic control centre and housing units for its per-sonnel to a Syrian airbase.
It suggests that Moscow is getting ready to go in to save President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. It has given Assad diplo-matic support, financial aid and some weapons over the course of the four-year-old Syrian civil war, but it will take more than that to save him now. That would include at least an airlift of heavy weapons, but maybe also direct Russian air support for Assad’s exhausted troops.
They need it. Since the fanatical fighters of “Islamic State” (or Isil, as the US State Department calls it) captured Palmyra in central Syria in May, they have advanced steadily westward from their new base.
One month ago they cap-tured the mostly Christian town of al-Qaratayn, north-east of Damascus. (The inhabitants fled, of course). And now IS forces are within 30 km. of the M5, the key highway that links Damascus with the other parts of Syria that remain under gov-ernment control.
The jihadis captured Palmyra, by the way, because
the “anti-Isil coalition” – the US Air Force, in practice – did not drop a single bomb in its defence. It made at least a thousand air strikes to save Kobani, the Kurdish city on the border with Turkey that was besieged by IS fighters, because the Kurds were US allies. Whereas Palmyra was defended
by Assad’s sol-diers, so the US let Islamic State have it.
One can imagine Kerry’s (and Obama’s) horror at the idea that by d e f e n d i n g Palmyra they would be seen as protecting Assad’s brutal regime, but if
Islamic State troops manage to cut the M5 it will be seen as a sign of the regime’s impend-ing defeat. At that point, up to half the people who still live in government-controlled areas – around 17 million – may panic and start trying to get out of Syria.
They would obviously include the religious minorities (Christians, Alawites, Druze), some 5 million people who have good reason to fear slavery, rape and murder at the hands of Islamic State. The millions of Sunni Muslims who have served the Syrian government and its army would also be at risk. So let’s say 4 or 5 mil-lion more refugees pouring out across Syria’s borders, to join the 4 million who have already fled.
What they left behind would be a Syria entirely controlled by the extremists. The only remaining question would be whether the jihadis roll on through behind the refugees, overrunning Lebanon and Jordan as well, or whether they fall to fighting among them-selves.
All three major Islamist groups – Islamic State (which Turkey and Saudi Arabia no longer support), and the al-Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham (which they still do) – are vir-
tually identical in their ideol-ogy and their ultimate goals. However, they have some tac-tical differences, and Islamic State and al-Nusra fought a quite serious turf war last year, so maybe they will get distract-ed again. But even if they do, Syria will be gone.
This is what the Russians see coming, and they may be will-ing to try to stop it. When asked on Friday if Moscow intend-ed to get involved directly in the Syrian fighting, Russian President Vladimir Putin would only say that the question was “premature”. Nobody, includ-ing the Russians, likes Assad’s regime, but it is the least bad remaining option.
Indeed, it is the only alterna-tive left to a jihadi victory. Most of the “moderate” anti-regime rebels went home or fled abroad years ago, unable to match the jihadis in firepower, in money or in frightfulness. The notion that the US can now create a moderate “third force” able to defeat both the jihadis and the Assad regime is a shameful face-saving fantasy
Moscow used diplomacy to save the Obama administra-tion from itself two years ago, when Washington was getting ready to bomb Assad’s forces in response to a (possibly spuri-ous) allegation that they had used poison gas on civilians. The only way Russia can avert disaster this time, however, is to put its own air force into the fight – and maybe its own ground troops too.
If it does, the key question will then be whether the United States lets Russia do the job that it is too fastidious to do itself, or whether it gives in to the clamour of its Turkish and Saudi allies – and they would be clamouring – to “stand up” to the Russian intervention.
Since the United States doesn’t actually have a coher-ent strategy of its own, it’s impossible to predict how it will respond. For all Kerry’s bluster, they don’t know yet in Washington either.
Gwynne Dyer is an independ-ent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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The West Kootenay Friends of Refugees (WKFoR) welcomed their second sponsored family at the end of August.
Twenty-nine year old Ruta Zakarias Yohannes is a refugee from Eritrea, Africa. She arrived from a refugee camp in Cairo with her two sons, Eyobed Gideon Melake, who turned five the day they arrived, and
Yonathan Gideon Melake, age four.
Ruta fled Eritrea after her husband didn’t come home one day. She hasn’t seen him since.
“What was happen-ing was that officials were putting pressure on her to say where her husband was, and the story we have anyway, is that she didn’t know where he was,” said Jan Micklethwaite, a WKFoR volunteer, “but that it’s very common in Eritrea for people to disappear and never be seen again. You know, the jails are filled with political prisoners.”
Ruta escaped Eritrea and made it to Cairo where she and her boys lived for a year and a half, and where she applied to immigrate to Canada as a refugee.
Two other women from the camp have also immigrated to the Kootenays. Both Helen and Salam live in Nelson, and know Ruta from the camp.
“What’s really cool is that they had met ... Ruta when they were all in the refugee camp in Cairo,” said Micklethwaite.
“So when we had decided to sponsor her we didn’t know about them and we didn’t know there was this connection.”
Helen and Salam surprised Ruta and her children at the airport
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Ruta speaks some English, but her pri-mary language is Tigrinya and knowing other Eritreans in the area will give her the opportunity to keep speaking it.
The WKFoR will help Ruta learn more English and train for a job.
Eyobed will be start-ing school this month, but Yonathan will need other opportunities to start learning English, like the Strong Start program. The program requires parents to attend with their chil-dren, so Ruta would also have the oppor-tunity to learn more English, and would get to meet other parents with children the same age.
The Canadian gov-ernment will give Ruta a small stipend for the first six months she’s in Canada, and the WKFoR will help pay for anything not covered by the stipend and for any expenses during the following six months, at which point they hope she’ll have a job that will allow her to support herself.
Ruta is currently liv-ing in lower Rossland, but the WKFoR is looking for an apart-ment for her that is closer to the school, as she doesn’t have a car.
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Greetings at the Castlegar airport awaited the new arrivals. From the left; Jan Micklethwaite, Helen, Salam, Ruta Zakarias, Jill Peacock, Kathy Moore. Front row Eyobed and Yonathan.
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School District 20 is getting a failing grade from local non-profit groups after doubling its fees for its facilities rent-als and doing away with the “community use of facilities waiver.”
Balancing its budget is always a tightrope walk for the SD20 Trustees, and the fees waiver for community groups was one of this year’s casual-ties, while at the same time the board upped the price tag for facili-ties rental from $20 to $40 per hour.
“Anytime we rent out a facility, there is a cost to the board, and when we give it free of charge, the school board cov-ers that cost, so we can no longer afford people using our facility for no charge,” SD20 School Board chair Darrell Ganzert explained. “The charge that we levied against these rentals is to simply cover our costs.”
Prior to the decision, organizations such as BC Special Olympics-Trail (BCSOT), Girl Guides and Boy Scouts, Kiwanis and other char-itable organizations, as well as groups directly connected with local education, all employ-ee groups, PAC’s and DPAC’s were eligible for a 100 per cent waiver. Others that included youth participation, such as the long-time weekly floor-hockey game at the Kootenay-Columbia Learning Centre (KCLC), received a 50 per cent reduction in fees.
Raising fees while cancelling the waiv-er is doubly troubling to many, and may put some programs, like the Special Olympians, on the sidelines.
“Because we don’t
budget for an increase of $1,500 in one program, it potentially puts the floor hockey program in jeopardy,” says BCSOT organizer Ben Postmus. “We can’t start charging these guys. Our athletes, for the most part, the last thing they’re spend-ing money on is exercise and recreation.”
Postmus says his group was also surprised by the short notice, first hearing of the increase just over two weeks ago.
“We’re in our plan-ning stages for this year, we’re ready to go, and to be hit with a $60 per session bill all of a sud-den is not a good thing . . . If they were going to make a cut like this, how about let us know in May or June when budgets are being done.”
Although, Ganzert hasn’t had an opportun-ity to discuss the matter with fellow trustees, he understands the con-cerns of organizations like the BCSOT and says the school board will likely address it at the upcoming meeting, but any decision will take time.
“Because of the con-cerns that we received, we will be reviewing this policy, I would assume,” said Ganzert. “It was part of our last budget, and it is only coming into effect this September, and that’s why there is the interest from the public, because it was not in place until just recently.”
When a facility is booked, the board pays an employee to stay after hours to supervise and occa-sionally clean and put away recreation equipment, in addi-tion, the board must pay the utility costs (electricity, heat etc).
“What I’m con-cerned about is, are
we charging something that is reasonable, that is just cost recovery, and again we’re not out to make money on this because it is a public facility,” said Ganzert.
Postmus, a coach for Canada’s Special Olympic golf team, sent a letter to trustees and the board, hoping to remedy the situation, but will have to wait for the next school board meeting on Sept. 28.
“When we first started it was pointed out to me by people that worked at the school district, that we could apply for a waiver to keep your costs down, and that becomes the norm . . . Was there any debate when it first come up, did they look at who the user-groups were, we don’t need to deal with this stress.”
Asked if there was any chance that non-profit groups would see a reduction in fees or a new waiver in place, Ganzert, a longtime trustee and teacher was optimistic, at least for the short term.
“I think, the point that this has come out of the blue was missed by us as a board, and I think it’s something we need to give some more thought to. We’re not talking about a lot of money here in total, so I think we as a board have some flexibility at least for the next few months anyway.”
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Trail triathlete Jackson Konkin had another podium finish, capturing second place at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) race in Edmonton on Saturday.
At 15, Konkin competed in the youth elite category where he was runner up to Quebec athlete Filip Mainville, who had finished second, just in front of Konkin, at the U15 Canadian Triathlon champion-ship in Magog, Que. in July.
Konkin had another great swim, and led out of the water, taking the first stage of triath-lon in 4:01.5. With Mainville in hot pursuit, the two pedaled away from the pack and were neck-and-neck until Konkin ran into technical difficulties during the bike-to-run transi-
tion. “Jackson had a slight tech-
nical problem getting off the bike when his shoe came unclipped and he had to turn around and run back to pick it up to avoid getting a penalty.” said his father and coach Mike Konkin in an email.
Mainville would take advantage of the mishap, and take a lead that Konkin couldn’t overcome. The J. L. Crowe student finished just 13 seconds behind the Quebec triathlete who won in a time of 30:33.1. Canmore’s Neo Gleason took third.
“Overall it was a great result and experience for him (Jackson) to race on the same course as the world’s best, who lined up the following day for their last stop before the World Championship in Chicago in
two weeks,” said Mike. The race was a great finish
to an incredible season for Jackson who placed third at the U15 Nationals, as well as winning the Apple Triathlon in Kelowna, and numerous top finishes in triathlons, open water swims and Grand Fondos across B.C. this sum-mer.
In the elite categories Richard Murray, of South Africa, took gold with a time of 53:19 on Sunday, Spain’s Javier Gomez wasn’t far behind at 53:23, while Mario Mola claimed the bronze medal in 53:34.
Vicky Holland of Great Britain won gold in women’s elite in 58:55, while Flora Duffy of Bermuda was second and Aussie Gillian Backhouse third.
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Trail triathlete Jackson Konkin capped off an incredible summer, as he raced to a second place finish at the International Triathlon Union race in Edmonton on the weekend.
Silver lining for Trail triathlete
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ScoreboardBaseball:American League
East Division W L Pct GBToronto 78 59 .569 -New York 77 59 .566 .5Tampa Bay 67 70 .489 11Baltimore 65 72 .474 13Boston 65 72 .474 13
Central Division W L Pct GBKansas City 82 55 .599 -Minnesota 71 66 .518 11Cleveland 67 69 .493 14.5Chicago 65 71 .478 16.5Detroit 63 74 0.46 19
West Division W L Pct GBHouston 75 63 .543 -Texas 72 64 .529 2Los Angeles 69 68 .504 5.5Seattle 66 72 .478 9Oakland 59 79 .428 16
Today’s GamesBaltimore (U.Jimenez 10-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-9),
7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-8) at Detroit (Lobstein 3-6), 7:08
p.m.Toronto (Hutchison 13-3) at
Boston (J.Kelly 9-6), 7:10 p.m.Cleveland (Tomlin 4-1) at Chicago White Sox
(Samardzija 9-11), 8:10 p.m.Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-9) at Kansas City (Medlen 3-1),
8:10 p.m.Houston (McHugh 15-7) at
Oakland (Brooks 1-2), 10:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at L.A. Angels (Richards 13-10),
10:05 p.m.Texas (M.Perez 2-4) at Seattle
(Nuno 0-2), 10:10 p.m.Thursday’s Games
Texas at Seattle, 3:40 p.m.Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05
p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.
National LeagueEast Division
W L Pct GBNew York 76 61 .555 -Washington 71 66 .518 5Miami 57 81 .413 19.5Atlanta 55 83 .399 21.5Philadelphia 53 85 .384 23.5 Central Division W L Pct GBSt. Louis 87 50 .635 -Pittsburgh 81 55 .596 5.5Chicago 79 57 .581 7.5Milwaukee 61 76 .445 26Cincinnati 57 79 .419 29.5
West Division W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 79 58 .577 -San Fran 71 67 .514 8.5Arizona 66 72 .478 13.5San Diego 65 73 .471 14.5Colorado 57 80 .416 22
Today’s GamesChicago Cubs (Lester 9-10)
at St. Louis (C.Martinez 13-7), 1:45 p.m.
Atlanta (Teheran 9-7) at Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 2-7),
7:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-7) at Washington (Strasburg 8-6),
7:05 p.m.Milwaukee (A.Pena 1-0) at Miami (Koehler 8-13), 7:10
Pittsburgh (Happ 4-1) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-3),
7:10 p.m.Colorado (Rusin 5-7) at San Diego (Shields 10-6), 9:10
San Francisco (Heston 11-9) at Arizona (Godley 4-1), 9:40
p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at
L.A. Angels (Richards 13-10), 10:05 p.m.
Thursday’s GamesCol at San Diego, 3:40 p.m.
Cubs at Phila, 7:05 p.m.Mil at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.St. Louis at Cincinnati,
7:10 p.m.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESSRyan Lochte’s new underwater turns were a
little too radical for swimming’s governing body.The 11-time Olympic medallist will no longer
be able to swim underwater on his back during freestyle legs of individual medley events.
FINA sent a new rules “interpretation” notice to all member federations on Monday.
Instead of rotating onto his stomach immedi-ately after pushing off the wall at last month’s swimming world championships in Kazan, Russia, Lochte remained on his back for 10 metres, since he kicks better that way.
“Being on the back when leaving the wall for the Freestyle portion of the Ind. Medley is cover-ing more than one quarter of the distance in the
style of Backstroke and is, therefore, a disqualifi-cation,” the interpretation stated.
The interpretation was based on an existing rule which said that “in individual medley or med-ley relay events, freestyle means any style other than backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly.”
Lochte used the technique to win the 200 indi-vidual medley at the worlds for a fourth consecu-tive time.
“Too funny,” Lochte tweeted last month after first hearing speculation that the turns would be banned.
The 31-year-old Lochte finished fourth in his only other individual event in Kazan, the 200 free. The American can continue to use the turns in freestyle events.
A turn for the worse for Olympic medalist, Lochteswimming
T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S SPhil Mickelson was selected to
the Presidents Cup as a captain’s pick even though he was 30th in the standings and hasn’t won in two years.
U.S. captain Jay Haas also picked his son, Bill Haas, though that was expected in most corners. Bill Haas played on the last two teams and was 11th in the standings.
Haas says Mickelson deserved
a pick after making the last 20 teams - Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup - without needing one. He also described Mickelson as a team lead-er.
International captain Nick Price selected Sang-moon Bae of South Korea and Steven Bowditch of Australia. The Presidents Cup is Oct. 8-11 in South Korea. Bae is facing his mandatory military service after the matches.
Mickelson, Haas captain’s picksPresidents CuP golf
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Dear Annie: I see many parents teach their children, from a young age, to kiss on the lips. Do you feel this is correct?
For some reason, I am uncom-fortable with this. I was raised in a family where you always kissed on the cheek, whether it was your brother, sister or parents.
I would be interested in what your readers have to say. -- Maine
Dear Maine: This is not an issue of “correct.” It is about family cus-tom. As long as there is nothing salacious about the kissing, it is per-fectly OK to kiss family members on the lips if this is how you have been raised. Those who were brought up to kiss on the cheeks would naturally find it awkward, and you certainly don’t have to do it.
Dear Annie: Our oldest son mar-ried the most wonderful woman. “Kate” has two children from a pre-vious marriage, ages 8 and 3, both of whom we love dearly. Our son has three children from his previous marriage and Kate loves them like
her own. The problem is Kate’s ex-husband and his parents. This is an open letter to them:
We love the chil-dren just as you do. As a grandmother, I would want only the most lov-ing and nurturing rela-tionships for all of my grandchildren. When you spread nasty rumors and sick lies and plant poison in people’s minds, you are not only hurting us. You are hurting your grandchildren.
You make the children feel that they need to choose between us. You make them feel conflicted and they shut themselves off. And let me tell you what your slanderous words about my son do: You have managed to destroy with your poison any potentially healthy and loving relationship he can have with these kids. When you tell your little circle of friends that you are “concerned he might molest the grandchil-
dren,” what exactly are you trying to accomplish besides satisfying your selfish, insecure feelings? He is terrified to be left alone with them, knowing what your false accusa-tions can lead to.
I hope you will see this letter and recognize that it is meant for you, and that you will fix the wrong you are doing. Please let the children
love us. My son’s children are being partly raised by another man and I thank him for loving and treating them like his own. I wish you and your family could think the same way.
We cannot change the past, but we can move forward in a positive fashion. I hope you will do this for the children. -- Grandma from Guam
Dear Grandma: How sad for those children that their father and his parents are so filled with jealousy and resentment that they use the
grandchildren as weapons and are willing to damage them emotion-ally. We hope Kate is keeping a writ-ten record of these accusations and rumors. If necessary, she should take her ex to court. This could affect his visitation rights and those of his par-
ents. Such toxic people should not have access to young children.
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected].
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$295,000
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$95,000
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KOOTENAY HOMES INC.1358 Cedar Avenue, Trail • 250.368.8818
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1724 - 3rd Avenue, Trail$139,000
Location! Location! Recently updated, this cute 2 bdrm home
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981 Spokane St, Rossland$266,000
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1221 Blackbear Drive, Rossland
$320,000Completely rebuilt down to the
studs! This 2 bdrm home is in a quiet location with amazing views. Put this one on your viewing list today!
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
653 Turner Street, Warfi eld$139,000
Perfect starter, retiree, or “empty nester”. This open fl oor plan style
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Call Deanne (250) 231-0153
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108 Ritchie Ave, Tadanac$279,000
4 bdrm 3 bath Tadanac home on double lot. Upgraded wiring & roof, elegant Great Room with fi replace and H/W fl oors. Roomy master has
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Terry 250-231-1101
NEW PRICE
Tonnie Stewart (250) 365-9665
3470 Carnation Drive, Trail$239,500
Wow! Move in ready. This 4 bdrm, 2 bath home is in fantastic condition with all of the right updates. Excellent fl oor plan and downstairs completed. Flat fenced yard and covered patio all add up to make this an excellent home. Call today!
Call Mark (250) 231-5591
118 Hosmer Road, Tadanac$249,000
What a charmer! This 3 bdrm home offers beautiful décor, colours,
mouldings, and kitchen. Beautiful yard and great parking with double
carport and single car garage.
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
NEW LISTING
287 McNab Street,Warfi eld
$139,000Located on the
Trail Creek, this home has tons of charm!
1473 Brown Street,Trail
$81,000Gorgeous views and
priced to sell! This 2 bedroom home
is move-in-ready!
770 Tennyson Avenue,Warfi eld
$199,0003 bdrm Warfi eld charmer
with lots of updates. Quick possession possible!
TRAIL RENTALS2 bdrm, 1 bath upper suite
$750 + utils - NS / NP
2 bdrm suite$625 + utils NP / NS
2 bdrm suite$650 + utils NP / NS
3 bdrm, 2 bath house$800 + utils - NS / NP
2 bdrm fully furnished condoeverything included. $940Terry Alton (250) 231-1101
Tonnie Stewart (250) 365-9665
RENTALS
7551 Devito Drive, Trail $299,000One level living!
This single family home has a beautiful yard.
Come take a look!
Call Mary M (250) 231-0264
NEW PRICE
SOLD1823 Kootenay Ave,
Rossland $165,000
Here’s your chance to get into the Real Estate market. Affordable
home situated on a large 60x100 lot with fruit trees and garden. 2 bdrms and a full walk-out
basement. Plenty of parking for all the toys. Bright and sunny
Call Christine (250) 512-7653
OPEN HOUSESaturday, September 12 • 11am - 1pm
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1460 5th Avenue, Trail$159,000
1460 5th Avenue, Trail
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1450 5th Avenue, Trail
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A protective mother bear keeps an eye on her cub high up in a fruit tree (top left) near Fruitvale last week. If you have a photo you would like to share with our readers email it to [email protected]