June 16 2011 Rossland News

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expels him from council chamber

Council’s Monday meeting opened directly into controversy as the mayor issued a state-ment that rebuked Coun. Laurie Charlton for publicly accusing the CAO Victor Kumar of libel on Feb. 14. Th e drama ended with Charl-ton’s expulsion from the council chamber.

Th e mayor’s statement noted that the CAO could sue for $250,000 or more, plus legal fees, at taxpayer expense for breach of contract, and recommended that Charlton either apologize, or that council censure Charlton’s comments publicly.

In the course of discussion, Charlton reit-erated his accusations of libel, prompting the mayor to demand an immediate apology under threat of expulsion.

Th e issue stems from the Feb. 14 council meeting, when Charlton gave a notice of mo-tion accusing Kumar of libellous comments regarding Charlton’s and Coun. Kathy Moore’s actions in a parcel tax review panel that failed to fulfi l its mandate the year before.

Charlton then moved to terminate Kumar’s employment contract “for cause, eff ective im-mediately,” but the motion was met by a re-sounding silence at the subsequent meeting. With no second to the motion, it failed, but the mayor claims Kumar’s contract was already breached.

When Charlton refused to apologize at Mon-day’s council meeting, the RCMP were called and, aft er some resistance — notably the threat of arrest by the attending offi cer — Charlton left the room.

Mayor Greg Granstrom’s statement noted that staff have a responsibility to give their “best professional advice, without considering whether it might be popular or unpopular.”

He continued that council members should “raise valid concerns about the performance” of staff . “However, such concerns must be properly aired and handled by council.”

Th e thrust of the mayor’s point was that Charlton’s choice to drop a notice of motion on council which contained accusations of libel pointed at the CAO was unethical, “equivalent to trying [to defame] him without due pro-

cess.”According to the mayor, due process for is-

sues of staff begins “behind closed doors,” in anin-camera meeting.

Granstrom noted that staff who “feel bul-lied, intimidated, harassed, and defamed” mayresort to legal action, lacking the privilege ofpublic debate.

ANDREW BENNETTRossland News Reporter

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Under the threat of arrest, Coun. Laurie Charlton agrees to continue a “discussion” with anRCMP offi cer in the lobby of city hall after being ordered out of the council chamber by MayorGreg Granstrom on Monday evening.

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School trustees vot-ed on Monday to hire an engineering fi rm

to hopefully solve Rossland schools’ wa-ter woes once and for all.

For over two years, elevated lead levels have been found in the water at both Ma-clean Elementary and Rossland Second-ary School. Repeated testing has been done to determine what is causing the elevated levels, as municipal water sources are safe, but district staff haven’t found the an-swer yet.

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rector of operations Heather Simm told the board Monday night.

Simm estimates the cost to hire Stantec Engineering to com-plete the assessment will be $7,000.

Another option, Simm noted, is to install water kiosks complete with fi ltra-tion systems in each school, at a cost of $7,000 per kiosk.

“At UBC Okanagan they’ve been getting quite a bit of press,” Simm said. “Th ey look almost like a vending machine but it’s a fi lling station. You have to have your

own bottle.”She noted the ki-

osks wouldn’t com-pletely solve the is-sues, as other watersources, such as class-room sinks, wouldstill be contaminated.

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Last month, aplumber ran the tapfor fi ve minutes andtested it immediatelyaft er. Results cameback fi ne, but aft ertesting it an hour anda half later, the leadlevels were back upabove Health Canadaguidelines.

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Consolidating kindergarten to Grade 12 into Rossland Secondary School by September 2012 was one of several new facilities recommenda-tions announced during the School District 20 (SD20) board of education meeting Monday night.

With full-time kindergarten starting this Sep-tember and an increase of per-student funding, SD20 is projected to have a shortfall of about $230,000 for the 2012-2013 school year.

Supt. Jean Borsa said aft er conversations with municipalities and parents earlier this year, the new recommendations will now spark another round of discussions with aff ected communi-ties.

“Th e intent [is] that now with discussion with whatever municipalities or groups that are aff ected in here, the board will move forward in that direction to see if it’s possible … and work out the details and then make decisions aft er they have details,” she explained.

She added that trustees will also have to fi g-ure out how to proceed with voting on each recommendation.

“Th at’ll be a board decision — whether they vote one-by-one or wait and do a bunch or a few,” she said.

In May, Greg Belland, Chair of the Lower Columbia Initiatives Corporation (LCI), wrote a letter to Education Minister George Abbott, requesting the ministry “take into account the economic impact that school closures have on rural communities and to reconsider the cur-rent funding formula in rural areas of the prov-ince.”

Acknowledging the “fi nancial challenges” behind proposals for yet more closures, Belland

writes that another challenge facing rural areasof B.C. is “attracting new business investment.”

He writes, “the continued uncertainty aroundschool closures within our region,” more thanone in three since 2002, “only makes our eff ortsto grow and diversify our local economies morediffi cult.”

“School closures are impacting our ability toretain and attract professionals such as doctors,nurses, technicians and other skilled workers;occupations and services that are critical for theretention of existing residents and businesses.”

Th e LCI provides economic developmentservices for Rossland, Trail, Warfi eld, Mon-trose, and Fruitvale.

Other recommendations put forward atMonday’s school board meeting include:

• reconfi guring Twin Rivers Elementary andCastlegar Primary into one campus;

• reviewing all district alternative programsby March 2012 before pursuing the disposal orrepurposing of the online and/or Trail MiddleSchool facilities;

• investigating enrolment challenges at Rob-son Community School with the goal of creat-ing sustainable enrolment by March 2012;

• maintaining the current school board offi ceuntil the status of the lease to own and the For-tis building ownership is determined in 2013;

• disposing of the Sunningdale facility assoon as ministry permission is obtained;

• pursuing partnerships and shared services“to streamline our school district operations”;

• creating a new operating format for theBlueberry Creek Community School facility bymaintaining “hub programming” in the Castle-gar area by January 2012.

If each point is adopted, the district estimatesit will save at least $389,618 annually by Sep-tember 2012.

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He also wrote: “Mr. Kumar does not wish Rossland taxpayers to suff er any fi nancial loss as a result of this very seri-ous incident. Th e city and the taxpayers of Rossland are facing a precarious posi-tion.”

At the meeting, Coun. Kathy Moore summarized the intention of the mayor’s motion that “these problems are handled outside the public sphere until we know there’s something to bring up.”

Coun. Kathy Wallace said, “If Coun. Charlton would voluntarily withdraw that motion and make a public apology, then council does not need to act.”

Th e mayor asked, “Coun. Charlton, are you prepared to withdraw your mo-tion?”

Charlton responded, “How can I with-draw a motion that’s already in the min-utes?”

“Alright then, are you prepared to make an apology?” Granstrom asked.

Charlton asked, “For what?”“For accusations of libel,” Granstrom

replied.“For contravention of the Community

Charter, for contravention of the pro-cedural bylaw, for contravention of our CAO’s contract,” Wallace added.

“Where and when did those occur?” Charlton asked.

Granstrom intervened, “So you’re not prepared then, [to apologize], can I as-sume that?”

“Assume whatever you want,” Charl-ton said.

Granstrom reviewed that an apology was necessary if council was to proceed.

“Spell it out,” Charlton said.“It’s obvious to the rest of us,” Wallace

muttered.Granstrom took a lengthy pause, then

read from his statement.“Councillor Charlton without prior

notice to this council read a ‘Notice of Motion’ to terminate the employment of the City Manager Victor Kumar. Th is has contravened the Community Charter and potentially seriously breached Mr. Kumar’s employment contract.”

Granstrom turned to Charlton, “Are you prepared to apologize?”

“Not at this time,” Charlton said.Th e council discussion on a motion

to censure Charlton continued, in which Kathy Moore remarked, “Staff and coun-cil have spent way too much time on this issue, I want this to go away.”

She broadened her point to a global perspective. “If you look at all the truth and reconciliation commissions all over the world, who have had far worse accu-sations thrown back and forth, and those people have been able to sit down, put the past behind them, and move on with the business of what’s important to all of us: working on behalf of our community. If [this motion] gets this issue off the table, I don’t want to look at it one more time.”

Coun. Jill Spearn took a harder line than mere “censure,” defi ned by the may-or as a “slap on the wrist.”

“Th is is a cop out, undermining the seriousness of this issue,” Spearn said. “I too want to move on. We have better

things to do than belabouring the nega-tive conduct of Laurie Charlton.”

“But I’m not in favour of just sending it all away, so Laurie Charlton smugly walks out of here, [thinking] ‘Hmph, I won.’ I’m in favour of stronger consequences, so I will be voting against this.”

As it turns out, stronger consequences followed soon aft er Charlton took his turn to comment: “Do you take full re-sponsibility for this statement?” he asked the mayor. “Did you prepare it yourself without help from anybody else?”

“I take full responsibility for it,” Gran-strom said.

“Did you seek legal advice before you prepared the statement?”

Th e mayor said no, and Charlton asked, “Why not?”

“I believe that it isn’t necessary and that we have better things to do with our money than spend it on lawyers.”

“Th e statement from Mayor Granstrom is full of inaccuracies, misstatements and misleading comments,” Charlton said. “I think these statements are intended to persuade council to take actions that they have no authority to do.”

First off , Charlton said notices of mo-tion don’t require prior notice. “Th ey are the prior notice.”

He also said the mayor’s statement didn’t explain how Charlton’s actions contravened the Community Charter, and denied there was any contravention.

He proceeded, “my notice of motion came about because Mr. Kumar made libellous comments about Coun. Moore and myself, and I…”

Granstrom interrupted before Char-lton could continue. “Councillor, you’re out of order!”

Kumar spoke up to the mayor, “Th is is out of order and I think you have to take action. Th e councillor is in breach of my employment contract, let’s be clear on that. If you wish to breach, let’s move on. I’m moving out, that’s what you are doing to me. So what is the action?”

Granstrom said to Charlton, “Your statement just now, again, accused the CAO of libel.”

Kumar added, “He needs to apologize, your worship, otherwise you remove him from the offi ce. Th is is your opportunity right now.”

Granstrom continued, “You must apologize for that statement of libel right now, or I’m going to ask you to leave the meeting.”

Charlton denied it was a statement of libel.

Wallace was incredulous. “You ac-cused [Kumar] of libel, how is that not a statement of libel?”

Granstrom repeated his request but Charlton denied that the mayor had the authority to ask him to leave.

“I have so,” Granstrom said. “No you don’t,” Charlton retorted.

Charlton asked to continue reading his statement, but the mayor fl atly rejected this: “Not until you apologize.”

“Th ere’s nothing to apologize for,” Charlton said. “All I did was refer to my comments that were in my notice of mo-tion.”

“You accused the CAO of libel. Apolo-gize, or I ask you to leave the meeting,” the mayor repeated. “So?”

Charlton asserted he had nothing to apologize for. Th e mayor called a motion to sustain the chair’s decision and he re-ceived council’s support.

Th e meeting was adjourned until an RCMP offi cer arrived on scene 35 min-utes later. Coun. Moore was not pleased, “Th is situation does not benefi t our com-munity.”

Th e mayor reconvened the meeting and asked one more time for an apol-ogy, but Charlton refused and the RCMP took over.

“Sir, could you just step outside with me?” the offi cer asked.

“I’m sorry, sir,” Charlton replied, “the mayor doesn’t have the authority to have you expel me.”

“He does,” the offi cer replied. “I’m here to enforce that bylaw to ask you to leave peacefully.”

Th e offi cer maintained that the issue was no longer public, but would be con-tinued in the lobby. Charlton remained seated and denied there was an authority that could move him.

“If you wish to fi le a grievance, through the city, or by whatever means you want to. It’s not going to happen now,” the offi -cer explained. “Stand up, leave this room right now.”

“By what authority, what legislation,” Charlton protested.

“Okay, stand up,” the offi cer said, tak-ing him by the arm. “If you fail to com-ply with this, you will be charged and arrested for obstructing justice, do you understand?”

Charlton pressed for an authority.“Th e Criminal Code of Canada,” the

offi cer answered.Faced with arrest, Charlton agreed

to leave the room, “to go have a discus-sion.”

‘Th is ... does not benefi t our community’


Charlton is escorted from the city council chamber by the RCMP.

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Students in the Interact Club have completed the trail-clear-ing labour on a new trail in the vicinity of Georgia Street and the Old Railgrade, they plan to tackle a second trail linking 8th Avenue to Columbia-Koo-tenay Road on June 19.

Th e students will also shell out the cash they raised this school year — some $7,000 — for professional trail builders to come in and fi nish the tech-nical aspects of the trails.

"It went great, we had about a dozen Interact members on Georgia Street," said Marilyn Nelson, the Interact co-ordi-nator. "Th ey spent four hours on Saturday [June 4] clearing trees, branches, brush, and leaves, and got it all ready for the professional trail builders to go in."

Th ey also spent an hour af-ter school a couple days later to load up a dump truck volun-teered by Marwest Industries to haul away the branches and debris. Th e regional district waived the tipping fee.

Aft er completing the prep work on both trails — No. 18 and No. 22 in Rossland's Active Transportation Plan prepared by Stewart Spooner in 2009 —

Interact will now pay for pros to cut the trail and build rock support walls.

"It's pretty steep right now and they have to build it up a little bit," Nelson explained, "but it's all ready to go for them."

About 16 Grade 9 to 12 Interact students raised the $7,000 to fund this project "from scratch" since they near-ly emptied their account on an HIV/AIDS clinic project in Honduras last year.

"Th ey've helped out at events, such as a coat check at the Rotary wine-tasting. Th ey've been to every event possible to do bake sales and serve coff ee and tea. Th ey time-keep at the hockey games down in Trail. Th ey held a big epicure party. Absolutely everything that they can," Nelson said.

She reported that the Koote-nay-Columbia Trail Society is "thrilled."

"Stew Spooner is really hap-py with [the kids]," she said, "and they had fun."

Part of the fun was unearth-ing "a couple big deposits from people ages ago. We found an old Singer sewing machine from about a hundred years ago, and some old, old glass bottles," Nelson said. "It was like a treasure hunt."


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A dozen Interact students cleared a new trail on June4, tackle another June 19, and will spend $7,000 raisedin the last year to hire professionals to fi nish up both.

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ISL engineers and architects met with council on Monday to review progress in the plans for infrastruc-ture upgrades and surface redesign for Columbia Avenue and Washington Sttreet

Low cost and sus-tainability guided the team’s complete site survey and plan for new watermains, storm drains, and sewage pipes. Discus-sions with the Minis-try of Transportation (MOT) continues as plans are fi nalized to meet MOT require-ments, for example re-garding the design for narrower lanes.

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Th e surface plan focuses directly at im-proving the pedestrian experience.

“You’ve got such an unbelievable op-portunity here to do something really neat,” architect Patrick Butler said, “and you’d be surprised how well known you will be-come if you pull it off right.”

Th e plan increases core parking from 140 to 146 places, with a reconfi guration of the parking by the credit union and a decrease of 10 parking spots along the north side of Columbia.

Th e design allows “bump-outs” at every corner with plants and

narrower crossings to slow traffi c. “It really works,” said Butler from his experience in other communities, notably Kimberley.

A short stretch of parallel parking on the north side of Colum-bia between Queen and Washington to al-low for a seven metre wide sidewalk was a “strong concern” for Coun. Kathy Wallace who asked if it was a “done deal.”

It’s not, but project manager Kevin Ter-ness said it was an im-portant “trade off ” for Rossland to consider.

“If we go back to angle parking, the sidewalk will be back down to four metres,” he answered. “You lose that pedestrian space in front of store fronts and the ability of store owners to activate that space.”

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Early morning lap swim at the Rossland Pool is now on Tuesday mornings, 7-8 a.m. Cost is $2 for members and $5 for non-members. Interested in private lessons for your-self or your little one? We off er half hour, private lessons for $15. Please contact the pool or the recreation department to discuss available times and instructors.

If you have a young person who’s interested in learning more about lifeguarding, register them in the Bronze Star course, July 11 to 14 from 12-3pm at the Rossland Pool. Th e Bronze Star is the entry level train-ing course and provides excellent preparation for the Bronze Medallion course. Participants develop problem solving and decision making skills as

individuals and as partners. Th is is a 12-hour course for preteens 11-13 years.

Th e Rossland Public Library has their Summer Reading Club infor-mation out and this year’s theme is “Savour Each Word … discover the deliciousness of reading.” With games to play, craft s to make and stories to tell, there’s lots of fun to be had. For more information about age groups and times, please contact the library at 250-362-7611 or [email protected]

AquaTot lessons at the Rossland Pool start on Tuesday June 21 and run for the duration of the summer on Tuesdays and Th ursdays from 11:30 a.m. to noon. Th is half-hour lesson is for parents and tots to enjoy social time in the water and intro-duce skills like buoyancy, movement, fl oating and active water play. Th e lessons are drop in and parents can enjoy coming as oft en or as little as summer holidays permit. Cost is $2 for members and $3 for non-mem-bers.

Interested in playing soft ball with other families? Th e recreation depart-ment has set aside the Cooke Avenue ball fi eld in lower Rossland, on Friday nights, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Grab your gloves, your bats and your kids and head out to Cooke Avenue fi eld for a casual, relaxed game of soft ball. Th is is a co-ed, multi age, recreation-al, fun game organized by the fami-lies that show up. Tell your friends! Th e more families who show up, the

more fun you’ll have! Adults will be responsible for ensuring safety, com-mon sense and fair play.

If you’re interested in adult roller hockey at the Rossland Arena, a new co-ordinator has started up the sport. Days of the week and times may change in the future. If you’re inter-ested in playing, please contact Hart Joron at [email protected]. Hart will be able to answer any questions about drop in fees and equipment required.

Junior roller derby in the Rossland Arena has started up, with regular, weekly practices on Sundays from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Equipment can be purchased at RossVegas or from several online retail stores. For more information, please contact Darlene, the co-ordinator, at [email protected]. Junior derby is for girls ages 5-18 years, with the diff erent age catego-ries being split out for safety. Th ere is no contact allowed for junior derby, so there’s no reason not to give it a try!

Th e Rossland Mountain Market will be taking place every Th ursday from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in down-town Rossland from June 30 to Sept. 29. Th e Rossland Mountain Market is coordinated by Rossland REAL Food and supports local entrepre-neurs to sell their homemade and homegrown goods. Th e market also strives to work with the local business community and welcomes their ideas and suggestions for the 2011 market season.

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Congratulations, grads, and welcome to the real world.

As another group of RSS students celebrates the end of high school, joy and optimism about the future abounds. As it should. Th ese accom-plished young people have lots to look forward to as they make the transition from adolescence to their adult lives.

And while this ought to remain a time for celebration, we can’t help but be a little worried about the economic challenges these graduates will face as they strike out on their own.

On the same day that RSS students and parents were celebrating last week, Statistics Canada released its latest batch of data depicting the grim reality facing young people in this country. Th e unemployment rate among Canadians aged 24 and under remains at 14 per cent, which is more than twice the rate for those aged 25 and older.

Young Canadians who are lucky to enough to fi nd jobs oft en settle for part-time and temporary positions. Th is is to be expected, somewhat, as many of these people are pursuing post-second-ary studies but still, the part-time employment rate among youth stands at 48 per cent — more than three times that of Canadians older than 25. Th is same group of young people is also strug-gling with record student-debt levels and some of the highest housing prices in history, especially for those who want to attend college or university in places like Vancouver or Victoria.

But it’s not just the next few years that will be diffi cult. Long-term fi nancial challenges also lie ahead for today’s youth, as it will be their future tax dollars that will simultaneously have to pay down the mounting national debt, cover balloon-ing health-care costs, and support the looming mass retirement of the biggest bulge in the our country’s increasingly inverted population pyra-mid — the Baby Boomers.

We hate to rain on the grads’ parade, but these economic and demographic realities are impos-sible to ignore. Today’s youth will need to put their education, skills and creativity to good use to meet the varied and numerous challenges con-fronting them as they become adults.

Adulthood looms

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Iron Mountain Th eatre (IMT) spent the winter spreading the gospel of Ski Bum: Th e Musical, but last weekend the group of tal-ented Rosslanders put a new spin on their repertoire, sharing their musical theatre skills with eager dancers at the Steps Dance Centre in Trail.

“It was a really fun time, we hope to do it again,” said Nadine Tremblay of IMT who helped or-ganize the two-day workshop with Rhonda Michallik, the artistic di-rector of the Steps Dance Centre. “Th e kids were really focused.”

IMT’s Jane Gaudet agreed. “Th ose step dancers were so amaz-ing, they really took the challenge. It was great to see how dedicated they were.”

Gaudet said the troupe weren’t sure what to expect, given that it’s the fi rst time IMT has done a workshop like this. Th ey were also

concerned that the scenes and songs they chose were all “really tough” pieces from West Side Sto-ry, but the results were fantastic.

“We threw so much at them — words, music they had to learn. Th ey went home aft er the fi rst day and came back the next, and they all knew the words and lyrics, they really took it seriously.”

Michallik had approached IMT with the idea of a workshop — Steps Dance Centre already off ers musical theatre courses, and they are always looking for ways to ex-pand on their dance programs.

Each IMT member focused on a diff erent aspect of musical theatre. Tremblay taught vocals, Peters gave an acting session, and Gaud-et helped the students understand how to pull a number together, from choreography to staging.

Gaudet said, “a lot of students are interested in singing and danc-ing, and it was cool to have all three of us doing the workshop together.”

Fortis BC has given the Rossland Museum a $2,700 lighting makeover as part of its $5 million FLIP initiative (FortisBC/LiveSmartBC Lighting Installation Pro-gram), in which "eligible small businesses" can receive up to $5,500 in upgrades to energy effi cient lighting sys-tems at no cost.

But FLIP wasn't the pro-gram the Museum fi rst thought might cover these upgrades.

Back in March, six per cent of Rosslanders took the Earth Hour pledge to turn off all their lights at 8:30 p.m. on Earth Day (March 26), which put Rossland in third place behind Kere-meos and Crawford Bay.

Th e museum missed out on winning that competi-tion and receiving upgrades as a prize, but Nicole Bogdo-navic of Fortis BC said that the museum caught their at-tention not only because of high participation, but also because the museum fi t the FLIP initiative.

"When we recognized that there was this need, we realized that they fi t within [FLIP]," she said.

Businesses, or non-profi ts whose annual electric bill is less than $20,000 qualify.

"We're trying to tar-get small businesses that wouldn't be able to aff ord to do their lighting them-selves," Bogdonavic ex-plained.

"Th e process covers the assessment, the consulta-tion, and the actual installa-

tion," she said.Th e $2,700 upgrade were

performed by a contractor who looked at fi xtures to make sure they supported more energy effi cient lamps and replaced lamps and "old fashioned" fl uorescent tubes. Th e consultation and installation also considered opportunities to automate lighting to reduce the prob-lem of lights being left on.

"If I was reading this and I was a small business, I'd be like, wow, Fortis BC is giving away free lighting, I want to get involved," Bog-danovic said.

She cautions that the budget is limited and there's only just enough left to sup-port people who have al-ready applied, but she still encouraged new applica-tions.

"[FLIP] has been such a successful program, so popular. People should ap-ply sooner rather than later, before spaces run out."

On average, she says, customers see an annual reduction of 8000 kWh — roughly $800 at 10 cents per kWh — in their energy con-sumption.

"We're constantly coming up with new programs," she said, and the next one on the line is free laundry lines to be given away, beginning next week in Trail, Nelson, and Castlegar.

Places and dates have not yet been released by Fortis, but she said 10,000 lines will be available.

To apply for a FLIP grant, call 1-866-932-8283 or email fl [email protected].



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IMT and STEPS singin’ n’ dancin’

Too few patrons and legion faces uncertain future

“If people don’t start participating in the legion, we’re go-ing to lose it,” said le-gion president Doug Halladay.

“Th e problem is an ongoing problem of lack of member par-ticipation.”

Of some 239 mem-bers, perhaps 10 per cent participate regu-larly, Halladay said.

“We’re running at a defi cit, we only have a few thousand dollars in the bank account. When that’s gone, the legion will be gone.”

Halladay has al-ready spent consider-able eff ort getting this message out, but it’s more urgent now:

“If we don’t make enough money at the bar for expenses, that will be the end of us.”

“Th e only profi ts we can use to pay our daily maintenance, our bartenders, and all our utilities, is the money we make over the bar and from the kitchen,” Halladay ex-plained. “We can’t use poppy funds — all that has to go to char-ity, as do all our gam-ing funds.”

Branch No. 14 will celebrate legion week on June 24 and 25 with dinners, dances, and drinking. Halla-day hopes these events will bring in much needed revenue.

Th e legion is other-wise closed for June, July, and August.


Born Evelyn Doreen Samuelson, Doreen was the second of fi ve children of Richard and Dilys Samuelson of Rossland, BC. Growing up, she spent many happy days hiking, backpacking and skiing in the mountains around Rossland. She was a gifted student, and talented in many fi elds.

After high school, Doreen worked in the Department of Highways offi ce in Rossland, where she met Jack Kelsall, a newly graduated engineer from Silverton, BC. Th ey married on September 4, 1954. Th ey shared a love of the outdoors, especially the mountains and scenery of British Columbia. Jack’s fi rst posting as a highways engineer took them to Prince Rupert, where their daughter JoAnn was born. Doreen described this time as “a great adventure,” “very exciting” for them. For the next 12 years, they lived in New Denver, Grand Forks, Revelstoke and Victoria as Jack’s career with Highways progressed. In 1969, they moved to Nelson, where they stayed for the rest of their lives.

Wherever they lived, Doreen created beautiful homes using her talents for sewing and interior design. Doreen could turn rented houses into showcases of style with paint, fabric and artfully arranged furniture. In 1977, Doreen and Jack bought a house near the golf course in Nelson, and made it their dream home. Using principles from Japanese garden design, Westcoast native art and nature, they turned a rocky uneven hillside into a magical garden, with meandering pathways, connecting decks and terraces, and an artifi cial stream cascading down the hill into a pond. Th e garden was a highlight on local garden club tours, and the topic of a feature article in Gardens West magazine in 2007. Th ey never stopped working on the house, from upgrading plumbing, lights and doors, to replacing all the fl oors and a complete kitchen renovation.

Avid readers, Doreen often said the only room in their house without books was the bathroom. She continued to enjoy reading and listening to CBC Radio all her life.

Doreen and Jack were enthusiastic skiers, both downhill and cross-country, and were very involved in the golf club. Doreen served as Rules Chair for a number of years.

Doreen was highly creative and tried her hand at many diff erent arts and crafts, from embroidery to upholstery. She came to love quilting, and her fabric art brought recognition from many quilters. She was the featured guest artist at a guild show in Grand Forks, and friends and family members will cherish the bedspreads, lapquilts, Christmas tree skirts and other projects she gave them over the years.

Whenever she was in public, Doreen was always beautifully dressed, in stylish, elegant clothes she often made herself. She was intelligent and dignifi ed, funny, insightful, and outgoing. She will be remembered and missed by many people.

Doreen was healthy all her adult life until she developed pneumonia and died on June 5, 2011 at the age of 78. Cremation has taken place and arrangements are under the direction of Th ompson Funeral Service, Ltd.

Doreen is survived by her daughter, JoAnn Turner. Her youngest sister Audrey (Mack) also survives, along with brothers-in-law Alan Underwood and Bud Mack, sister-in-law Marilyn Samuelson, and many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews. Doreen was predeceased by both of her parents, Dilys (Jones) Samuelson in 1960 and Richard Emanuel Samuelson in 1963, and by her sister Gladys (Underwood) and brothers Sonny and Maurice Samuelson, all of Rossland.

Doreen and Jack Kelsall were known for their togetherness, that if you saw one, you knew the other was nearby. Her beloved husband Jack died in September, 2009. Jack and Doreen will be interred together in the Nelson Cemetery. A memorial and celebration of their lives will be held in Nelson on Saturday, August 6, 2011. Condolences may be e-mailed directly to [email protected], or posted online at www.thompsonfs.ca

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Born February 24, 1933 – Died June 5, 2011

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• CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT MONTH• RICK HANSEN WHEELS IN MOTION DAY, JUNE 8• NATIONAL RIVERS TO OCEANS WEEK, JUNE 8-15• NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY, JUNE 21• CANADIAN MULTICULTURALISM DAY, JUNE 27

Coming EventsBC SENIORS’ GAMES, 55+ Aug 16-20. Visit bcseniorsgames.org, contact Barb: 362-9489. STEPHANIE GAUVIN ART SHOW All June, Rush Coff ee Lounge at the Prestige. Interconnect-ing mountain lifestyle with acrylic creativity.GOLDEN CITY DAYS ARE COMING Sept 9 to 11, Parade on Sept. 10. Th is year, “Th ink Gold” and let’s get Rossland glittering. Free lunch aft er parade. To register, call 362-9023.WHITE WATER BLACK GOLD DOCUMENTARY June 16, 7 p.m., RSS. Film on the tar sands fol-lows David Lavallee’s journey in search of answers about the battle between water and oil. $10 adults, $5 students and children. Trailer: http://www.vimeo.com/17123122.HISTORIC FORT SHEPHERD June 16, 7 p.m., Rossland Museum. Free presentation by Trail Historical Society on the historic Hudson Bay Co. trading post near the Waneta Dam.FOLK DANCING - ENGLISH & CONTRA Next: Friday, June 17, 7-9:30pm, Miners’ Hall, Newcomers welcome! $5 drop-in. Contact Dave Cornelius, 362-3319. YOUTH CHOIR PERFORMANCES June 17, 6:30 p.m., at the MacLean PAC barbecue at Ma-cLean Elementary. BBQ begins at 5:30 p.m.KARAOKE AT THE STEAMSHOVEL June 17 and 24, 9pm, with Barry Oakey.ROSSLAND GLEE CLUB PERFORMANCE June 18, 6pm and 7pm performances, Rouge Gal-lery. An eclectic repertoire directed by Nadine Tremblay. By donation. Bar and snacks.JOE HILL COFFEEHOUSE Next: June 19, 7-9:30pm, $3 for adults, free for students. To volun-teer or perform, contact Michael Giff ord at 362-7170 or giff [email protected] ANNUAL EAGLES PIG ROAST June 24, 5-11pm, and June 25, 8am-8pm, Trail Eagles Hall. Pancake breakfast, entertainment (Titus Kanby, 9pm, June 25), kids’ zone, cake walk, silent auction, concession trailer, beer garden, all-day live entertainment, and roast pig dinner. Contact Larry at 362-5860 or Kim at 364-2646.LEGION WEEK CELEBRATIONS Reopening June 24, 3pm to closing, and June 25, all aft er-noon, Rossland Legion. Meat draw and jam night on June 24. On June 25, 1pm boche tournament, fi sh pond, kids games, horsehoes, and heritage history hunt with prizes. Hamburgers, hot dogs and salad. Golden City Fiddlers play for a dance that night.7TH ANNUAL ART FOR PEOPLE FUNDRAISER June 24, 6pm, 1930 Monte Christo, Martine and Andy’s home and garden. Lots of art, wine, cheese, and a raffl e for a painting of your choice. Visit www.artforpeople.ca to see projects funded to date. 362-9177.WEST KOOTENAY CAMERA CLUB PHOTO SHOW June 24-29, VISAC Gallery, Trail. Over 340 photos from the region and around the world judged and displayed. Opening night, 7pm June 24, Jim Ford slideshow of Vietnam and Australia. Call for hours: 364-1181.ZUMBATHON June 25, 9am registration. A 2 hour Zumba fi tness class charity event. $30 registration before June 15 includes T-shirt. Visit www.zumba.com for details.S-100 FIRE SUPPRESSION COURSE June 25 & 26, Rossland. S-100 provides training to work on a fi re suppression crew. S-185 (entrapment avoidance) included in training. Contact instructor Don Mortimer, 362-9680.ROSSLAND MOUNTAIN MARKET Farmer’s market, June 30 to Sept 29, Th ursdays from 3 to

6:30pm. For contact and vendor information, visit www.rosslandfood.com. GOLD FEVER FOLLIES 25TH ANNIVERSARY Daily shows, Tuesday to Saturday, July and Au-gust, at the Miners’ Hall. Visit goldfeverfollies.com. for more information.ANNUAL KIDNEY WALK Aug 28, 9am registration, Gyro Park, to increase organ donors andsupport the Kidney Foundation. Walk, volunteer, or sponsor. www.trailkidneywalk.ca.DRAGON BOAT - KOOTENAY ROBUSTERS Tue/Th u evenings, Sat morning, May to Sept,Christina Lake. Carpool from Rossland. Contact Mary Hatlevik, 362-9452. All womenwelcome. Raise awareness of breast cancer, support wellbeing. BARKS & RECREATION DOG TRAINING CLASSES Start anytime: puppies 2-6mo. old, basicobedience, small dog socialization, advanced obedience, tricks and fun. Contact:521-BARK, [email protected], 1396 Cedar Ave.KIDS KUNG FU May 16 to June 29 on Mon. and Wed., 3:30 to 4:30pm at Better Life Fit-ness. Ages 7-12. 14 classes for $70. Contact 362-3348 or [email protected] WITH KERRY Power Flow: Tues/Th urs. 6:30-8pm. Yoga for Peace (restorative):Sun. 10-11:30am. At Better Life Fitness. Visit www.kerryyoga.com.HIP HOP CLASSES For all ages. Contact Megs: 362-3381, [email protected] CLASSES Tues., Miner’s Hall, with Shauna: [email protected]! Mon/Wed 9:30-10:30am. Tues. 6-7pm, Miner’s Hall, dance with Amber: [email protected], 362-7447, www.zumbakootenay.com. $55 for 10, fi rst time free.INTERMEDIATE PILATES WITH JACKIE Mon 7:30-8:30pm, Fri 6:30-7:30am, at Better LifeFitness. www.betterlifefi tness.net. Drop-in $12 or 10 for $95.URBAN DANCE Tuesdays, 5-6pm, $8 drop in or 6/$40, Better Life Fitness - 2086 Washing-ton. No experience required. Contact Nicole at 362-9673. OUT OF BOUNDS FITNESS Indoor cycling, Drill Fit, Pilates, strength training, cardio,core, and more. 1995 Columbia, above the Subway. www.outofb oundsfi tness.com.SATURDAY MORNING GROUP TRAIL RUNS 8-9:30am, Saturdays, May to October. Meetat Kootenay Nordic Sports (2020 Washington). Free drop-in, all levels, year-round.Contact Tammie Gibson, 362-7071, [email protected] HOCKEY Fridays, 7pm, Rossland Arena. Co-ed drop in, all welcom. Contact HartJoron, 778-588-7195.SHUTTLE RIDES Wed. and Th u. nights, Pick-up 5:45pm at Revolution Cycles, Drop-off at the Steamshovel aft erwards, by Adrenaline Adventures. $15 shuttle, or $20 includesburger and beer. Diff erent ride each week. Limited space, book ahead.LESSONS AT LOOLU’S LOST SHEEP Knit, crochet. $2 drop-in. Call 362-5383.MOTHER GOOSE Rhymes, songs, fi nger plays and stories, 10:30-11:30am, Th ursdays atMacLean StrongStart Center. Free, drop-in, for caregivers and young children.KOOTENAY DANCE WORKS Ages 3 to adult. Ballet, African, modern and more. ContactRenée Salsiccioli at 368-8601 or [email protected] AT THE LIBRARY Fridays at the Rossland Library: Tots (ages 3-5) 10:15-10:45 am and Books for Babies (under 3) 11:00-11:30 am. Drop-in. A parent orguardian must remain in the program room for the duration.HOST YOUR OWN RADIO SHOW! Rossland Radio Co-op, 101.1 FM, Wednesday meet-ings, 7-9pm, 1807 Columbia. Or email [email protected] SKATEPARK COMMITTEE 6-8 pm, fi rst Tuesday each month at the RosslandLibrary. Come be part of the process. COLUMBIA DISTRICT GIRL GUIDES Columbia District Girl Guides has units from Ross-land to Salmo for girls aged 5 to 17. Call 250-367-7115. Leaders also wanted.SCOUTING For boys and girls, now at the Rossland Scout Hall. Beavers (ages 5,6,7)Wed. 6-7pm. Cubs (ages 8,9,10) Th u. 4-5:30pm. Contact Shanna Tanabe: 362-0063.

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Renee Salsiccioli’s Kootenay Danceworks is staging a set of solo per-formances to raise funds for the Stollery Children’s Hospital Founda-tion cardiology department tomorrow, June 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the RSS auditorium.

Th e cardiology department in Edmonton recently performed open heart surgery on Rossland dancer Nadia van Asselt, a Grade 11 student who has been dancing with Salsiccioli for four years, three of which she spent in the Red Mountain Dance Academy.

Nadia is still recovering from her May 9 surgery for a congenital heart defect, her third such operation, but is already getting back on the dance fl oor. With luck, she said, she’ll only need one more surgery in 15 years and then never again.

“I feel good. I am feeling a lot better than before the surgery,” Nadia said, adding that “dance is very helpful.”

She began dancing some years ago with Steps, in Trail, but “once Re-nee came, I really fell in love with dance,” she said. “I love the expression of dance, the way it makes me feel, being able to push myself to do better at something.”

Salsiccioli teaches about 100 students in Kootenay Danceworks, and also the four girls currently in the RSS Dance Academy.

“Nadia has no outside imposed limitations on what she can do,” Susan said, “It’s all up to her. She and Renee have a system going to determine how much her body can handle. She chooses how much she can or can’t do.”

“It’s a miracle that she’s dancing,” Susan continued. “Renee is remark-able in that regard. Words escape me. She and Nadia click. Renee pulls out of Nadia the desire to do better and Nadia rises to the discipline Renee puts on all the girls. Nadia is able to shine.”

“It makes me cry, it’s lovely to watch. It’s all about ability, it’s not about disability at all,” she said.

Nadia is taking on a gardening job this summer, but looking to her future she has been thinking about off ering dance or movement therapy to others.

“I always wanted to help people who might be in a situation like me, but don’t have an outlet like me. Dance therapy might be a way to use what I love to do what I want to do.”

Nadia’s fi rst surgery for her rare Ebstein’s anomaly occurred when she was three at a clinic in Minnesota where the world’s leading researcher on the anomaly practiced. Th e B.C. government agreed to cover the costs and by the time her next surgery was needed, the Stollery clinic was ready. She also goes for annual check-ups to a cardiologist at Cal-gary’s Children’s Hospital.

“[Stollery] is a world class facility that others from B.C. and abroad go to as well,” explained Nadia’s mother Susan, including patients from as far away as Jamaica.

“Th ey are a good team up there,” said Nadia. “Th ey’re very nice and kind, and want to see the best outcomes and help you a lot.”

Susan noted, “Our experience with the medical system has been very positive. She’s always got stellar care.”

Susan said the funds raised will either be used to research congeni-tal heart deformities (CHD) or to buy specialized equipment for kids’ surgeries. Modern techniques have improved considerably and today doctors can handle CHD very well. Th irty years ago, a surgery patient might spend two months recovering in hospital; now they’re out in fi ve to 10 days.

Nevertheless, the pig or cow valves inserted eventually degenerate and need periodic replacements when the valves get too small or stop closing properly. Symptoms like debilitating headaches can leave people unable to function, and only a few major centres in Canada can perform the surgery.

Admission to the performance on June 17 is by donation, and a tax receipt can be provided for donations of $25 or more.


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completion of high school at RSS

TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: The grad parade proceeds through the streets of Ross-land; the grads dressed up in costume for their celebratory banquet; Josh Young rides a Sea-Doo on a trailer in the parade. BOT-TOM ROW: Justine Armour, Elly MacDougal and Sam Spearn with big smiles; the grads assemble outside the Rossland courthouse in preparation for the parade.

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Josie Barker is very excited to be starting post secondary education at

Selkirk College next year. She is taking general studies and hopes to get into

the nursing program, eventually to work in oncology.

Justine Armour is planning

on attending Selkirk College

in the fall to start her degree in

elementaryeducation.

Samme Beatson will attend the Univer-sity of Calgary to study biological sci-ences. She received a $2,000 President’s Scholarship and is looking forward to dancing it up wher-ever she lives.

Laura Barrett will be attending theUniversity of Calgary next year in an

undeclared major arts degree.Although she is excited to begin the

next chapter of her life, she is going to miss Rossland and the people in it.

Simone Behrens will attend theUniversity of Victoria in the fall, where she will pursue a Bachelor of Science degree. Simone has received an en-

trance scholarship of $1,000 to U Vic.

Cameron Brinson is going to theCentre for Arts and Technology in

Kelowna and plans to chill in the sick gnar mountains of the Okanagan.

Katie Dasiuk has received anInternational Merit Scholarship of $12,000 at Gonzaga University,

Spokane. She will be taking her fi rst year of undergraduate studies major-ing in biology. Katie is very excited to start university but she will really miss

her mom! Katie loves cats.

Jade Bourcier plans to move toSaskatoon after grad, and work.

Hopefully she’ll attend a college soon after and become professional in her

unknown profession.

Brianna Cullen will attend Vancouver Island University where she will earn a Bachelor of Science degree. During

her second year she hopes to take the Study Abroad program and travel

internationally.

Laura Davies plans to go to Selkirk College in September to take general studies so she can decide what she wants to do with her life. Eventually Laura would like to move away to

experience life beyond her hometown of Rossland.

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Matt Finlin wants to continue on with his electrical program and plans on

going to BCIT in the spring of 2012. In the meantime, he will try to fi nd work under an electrician and save money

for school.

Sarita Doell has little idea about what she wants

after grad, but is off with Canada World

Youth on June 25 to spend three

months in Bolivia and another three in Kingston, Ont.

Sabrina Gauthier plans on moving to Whistler and riding on the BC FreestyleSnowboard Team.

Steven Fry will continue to ski raceon the Western Canadian andNorAm circuits pursuing hisdream of racing at the World

Cup level.

Caleb Gibson will work through the summer and may go to either Level 2 of the Cooks program at Selkirk

College in Nelson, or go on to baking school.

Davin Heikkila plans to take a year off to travel and work and shortly after

would like to pursue a weldingapprenticeship and a future in fi ne arts.

He wants to get into 3D modelling, animation, and design.

David Heintz is going to theUniversity of Victoria to take

a history program and then hewill discover a new continent.

Lily Grubisic will attend ThompsonRivers University in the fall, taking

general science courses.

Rhea Heink will take a year offfrom school to work and travelthe world. She will then go toSAIT to pursue a degree in

Baking and Pastry Arts.

William Henderson is going to travel the world skiing.

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Micah Hinchcliffe will be attendingSelkirk College in the fall for onesemester then plans to visit Elly

MacDougal in Maui for as long asshe wants.

Neil Hilts will attend Mount

Royal University this fall for a four

year bachelor’s degree in

journalism. He hopes to join

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Justin Kruchen plans to hunt and go to SelkirkCollege this fall. He will then carry on to UBCO next year and then come back to Rossland and continue being a redneck.

Mack Isaak will be tree planting through the summer and later will

pursue a career in the fi ne arts fi eld.

Melissa Laface plans on attending Selkirk College in the fall to start her

Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. Then she hopes to transfer to UBCO to

complete it.

Erik Martin is going to Selkirk College in the fall and then is open to

possibilities from there. Then heplans on buying the Bermuda

Triangle after winning the lottery.

Archie McKinnon is going to pursue either the Bachelor of Science or

Engineering program. He wants to be part of a university varsity sports team, and hopes to play sports for the rest

of his life.

Elly MacDougall is going to the Univer-sity of Hawaii for its business program. With her business degree, she hopes to pursue her passion in sewing and designing bathing suits, and open up

her own line with her sister.

Julia Mason will attend Selkirk College in the fall taking general university courses. In January, she’ll move on

to Capernwray, New Zealand for fi ve months. In the fall of 2012 she’ll regis-ter at UBCO to major in psychology.

Jake Martin will be attending the University of Victoria in the fall where

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Kalin Milligan is off to Selkirk College in September. She will be working

towards completing an Associate Degree of Science.

Heidi Skadberg has been accepted at Solberg College in Norway and will be leaving for Europe in August to live for

a year.

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Devin Thatcher is busy completing his fi rst year Millwright with the Ace Itprogram and plans on doing thesecond year at the College of the

Rockies in the fall of 2012.

Sage Sidley will be a UBC Okanagan student in September working toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Sage has been

awarded the President’s Entrance Scholarship for $2,500.

Jessica Sullivan will take a year off to work in Rossland and then plans to

attend BCIT for the Levels 2 & 3 Chefs program. She will return to Rossland to

ski and visit friends and family.

Logan Ross is set to attendSelkirk College in the fall to

become a millwright.

Scott Stevenson plans to complete the Millwright/Machinist and Process Operator programs at Selkirk College.

He would like to work with andoperate heavy-duty equipment.

Devon Zanussi will be spending his summer fi ghting forest fi res and in the fall he will attend Selkirk College taking

the Business program with hopes of one day owning his own gym.

Shawna Paulson wants to be a social worker and in the fall she will be

attending Selkirk Colelge, Castlegar campus to pursue her career.

Sam Spearn will attend the University of Calgary to pursue a degree in busi-ness. She will also continue in athletics

as she has been recruited to play on the U of C varsity fi eld hockey team.

Josh Young will be attending Selkirk College in Nelson in the fall in theResort and Hotel Management

program. He will also be playing forthe Selkirk Saints soccer team.

Dale Norman will take some time off to work and then hopes to get a degree

in replacing tires on wheel barrows and making a career of it. Seriously, maybe

drafting or some type of desk work.

Maddie Snelgrove plans to travel for the next few years, fi rst to New York

this summer. She will continue working and gaining life experience, before starting her post-secondary future.

Next fall, Una Trivanovic will beattending Montana State University

with a $16,000 scholarship. Shewill also be skiing for the junior

varsity team.

Tiffany McLim plans to attend Selkirk College for the Level 2 Cooks program. You can buy burgers from Tiffany this

summer while she’s working at the concession stand at Gyro Park in Trail.

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Speeches from the RSS Graduation Ceremony16 www.rosslandnews.com Thursday, June 16, 2011 Rossland News

Good aft ernoon honoured guests, community members, staff , family, friends and fellow graduates.

I feel very privileged to be represent-ing the graduating class of 2011. We made it!

Graduation is a time to look at the past, present and future. It's a time to celebrate our achievements, refl ect on the challenges we have faced, and be proud of what we have accomplished.

It was seven years ago, when we fi rst set foot into Rossland Secondary School. We were from rival elementary schools — Cook and MacLean — but we came together at RSS. We were just LGs and LBs trying to fi nd our place in these big hallways.

I remember seeing the Grade 12s, and being so afraid, and wondering how we were ever going to be like them some day.

In Grade 8, we became more a part of RSS. No longer Snowfl akes, we got to go to Snoball for the fi rst time. By choosing electives, we explored all that RSS has to off er beyond the academics.

Th e years fl ew by through Grades 9 and 10. Our individuality grew as we pursued our courses, joined clubs, and played on school teams.

In Grade 11 exchange students came to RSS. It was crazy, but made for enter-taining classes. It was the year we found our place as we focused on our goals and aspirations.

We also discovered our sick wheels.In refl ecting back on those years

and everything that has happened, let's have no regrets. We can't change the past, but we can take the good from it. All experiences, good and bad, have brought us here today and have helped us to become who we are, and we're awesome.

Th is brings us to our Grade 12 year. Everyone told us it would go by quickly, but I had no idea how fast. It seems like just yesterday we sat in the foyer for the fi rst time.

We are the class of 2011. We may have stumbled along, had spats and drama, gained and lost friends, studied hard and not so hard, passed and failed, but we are all connected. We are a fam-ily. We may have our diff erences, but we care about each other. I know if anyone of us were in trouble, we would all be there to help. Because we are from RSS and there is something special about being able to walk down our hallways and know everyone's name.

I can't wait for our class reunion to see 45 wonderful and successful adults. Graduating is a huge achievement and we should be proud to be here.

However, we must not stop here. Learning and growing is a life long commitment, which we can all aspire to.

So class of 2011, let's live our lives to our heart's content. Take the path that leads to happiness because in the end, that's what matters most.

I would like to say a special thank you to the hard-working staff at Ross-land Secondary School. Our teachers go well beyond just teaching us the cur-riculum. Th rough their tireless commit-

ment, they model and inspire us to give 110 per cent.

Graduating is not only about quizzes or test marks. It’s about what we have learned about ourselves and trying to become better people. Th e RSS staff has taught us this valuable lesson and, for that, I would like to thank them.

Tonight wouldn't be what it is with-out our parents. Aft er this evening, they will no longer be parents of children but rather parents of young adults. Th ank you moms and dads for your support and for always being there for us.

I'd like to thank the grad committees for all their hard work and for this spe-cial night they've been planning since the fall. It is truly magical.

We must not forget the valuable members of our community, who sup-port our events and fundraising. Th ank you to our elementary teachers who prepared us for high school. And thank you Subway for feeding us through the years.

Th ank you friends for knowing us, and loving us anyways. Th ank you face-book for the opportunity to waste away our lives.

Th ank you cellphones, we can't imag-ine a class without texting.

Well I can. As the wise tortoise from Kung Fu

Panda says: Yesterday is history, tomor-row is a mystery, and today is a gift . Th at's why it's called the present.

Th e gift today is our graduation. So let's celebrate! Congratulations class of 2011, we did it!

— Th is is the text from Sage Sidley’s valedictory address to the Class of 2011

SAGE SIDLEYRSS Class of 2011 Valedictorian

‘Th e gift today is our graduation’

Let me fi rst remind moms, dads and grads about some numbers:

• 8 days — to the last day of classes• 16 days — to your last high school report card• 88 days — to the start of ‘Life aft er RSS’• 1998 — kindergartenIn 1998, the year, Titanic became the highest-gross-

ing fi lm, taking in more than $580 million and won 11 Academy Awards that year. Seventy-seven-year old senator John Glenn, the fi rst American to orbit the earth, returns to orbit the earth in the space shuttle Discovery. In June of 1998 gas cost 52.4 cents per litre.

And, I can talk to you about grads. Actually, soon to be four of them! What have I learned from them?

Remember — I’m a baby boomer — so I grew up with the TV and phone. Nothing fancy, right?

First thing I have learned: How do you say PLC – personal line of credit!

Secondly, I thought I was learning some great stuff like emailing and texting until I realized they no longer had to stand in front of mom and dad to ask for money; they could text or email us asking for it!

And thirdly: Have you heard this one lately on TV? “In fi ve years you can retire but in fi ve years will you be able to?” Nope, I’ve done the math and with four grads, I can retire when I’m 92.

What am I really saying? Yup, too many kids and

we’re broke!Would I wish for anything diff erent? Not on your

life!

Where did the time go!? Wow! Yup! Th ey’re about to be out on their own now. You

know what I say: “Yeah right; they know how to fi nd you. You can run but you can’t hide! My dad’s fi rst thing he used to ask us when we came visiting was: “How long are you staying?”

So between my four grads they have had 15 diff er-ent jobs. One continues to work at Ferraro’s, one is working on his fi rst year in the machinist/millwright program, one looking to start his electrical appren-ticeship in October and one continuing his chemistry degree back east in Ottawa.

You will all take a diff erent path — 45 of them! You have heard about friendship, about family, fol-

lowing your dreams and one part of your life coming to an end — now the next step: fi nding your own path.

Wherever you choose to start, that’s the right spot. Remember: you have to start somewhere and then move on. Don’t worry about where you’re going; you’ll fi gure it out. Be patient!

Along the way talk to your parents, your friends. Listen to them. Use their advice and make it work for you. And the successes — share them with your parents, your friends!

But be who you are. Be true to you. Trust your instincts.

And remember — we are a text message away.Th ank you.

— Th is is the text from the principal’smessage given to students by Terry McDonnell

TERRY MCDONNELLRSS Principal

Trust your instincts, fi nd your path and follow itSage Sidley

Terry McDonnell


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• Aboriginal Education Bursary: Micah Hinchcliffe, Steven Fry• Area A & B Directors of the Regional District of Koo-tenay Boundary: Julia Mason• Beaver Valley Lions Club: Rhea Heink, Shawna Paulson• Bear Environmental Ltd.: Ekaterina Dasiuk• Beaver Valley Youth Soccer: Josh Young• Beta Sigma Phi: Justine Armour• Canadian Association of Educators for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Student Achievement Award: Laura Barrett• Carlin Levesque Athletic Scholarship Award: Samme Beatson• City of Rossland: Sage Sidley• City of Rossland-Health Awareness Award: Maddie Snelgrove• Columbia Basin Trust: Brianna Cullen, Sage Sidley• Columbia Power Corporation: Julia Mason• CUPE Local 1285: Scott Stevenson• Deborah Rebekah Lodge #13: Laura Davies• Emcon Services Inc.: Scott Stevenson• FortisBC Inc.: Matt Finlin• Fraternal Order of Eagles #10: Sam Spearn, Jessica Sullivan, Cameron Brinson• Girl Guides of Canada - Columbia Division: Sage Sidley• Grads of 2011: Laura Barrett, Sarita Doell, Maddie Snelgrove, Micah Hinchcliffe• KAST: Simone Behrens• Katrine Conroy, MLA, Kootenay West: Matt Finlin

• Kiwanis Club of Trail: Archie McKinnon• Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Doctor’s Bursary: Josie Barker, Kalin Milligan• Kootenay Columbia Principals’ & Vice-Principals’ Assoc.: Maddie Snelgrove• Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union: Sage Sidley, Sam Spearn, Cameron Brinson, Davin Heikkila, Archie McKinnon• Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union Scholarship: David Heintz• Kootenay Savings Credit Union: Erik Martin• McEwan & Co. Law Corp.: Una Trivanovic• Monashee Medical Clinic: Ekaterina Dasiuk• Red Mountain Academies: Una Trivanovic• Remax All Pro Realty: Sam Spearn, Una Trivanovic• RHC Insurance Brokers: Brianna Cullen• RHS Class of 1960: Lily Grubisic, David Heintz• Robert Prough Memorial Scholarship: Samme Beatson• Rossland Community Branch Nelson and District Credit Union - Aaron Allibone Award: Cameron Brin-son• Rossland Community Branch Nelson and District Credit Union – Aspire Award: Sage Sidley• Rossland Community Branch Nelson and District Credit Union - Dan Burnett Award: Brianna Cullen• Rossland Council for Arts & Culture: Cameron Brinson• Rossland Fire Department: Devin Thatcher• Rossland Health Care Auxiliary Society: Jake Martin

• Rossland Knights of Columbus: Cameron Brinson• Rossland Lions Club: Ekaterina Dasiuk• Rossland Mens Slow Pitch: Devin Thatcher• Rossland Rotary: Dale Norman• Rossland Skidders Hockey Club: Justine Armour, Archie McKinnon• Rossland Trail Minor Hockey Association: Justin Kruchen• Royal Canadian Legion Branch #14: Lily Grubi-sic, Julia Mason, Davin Heikkila, Erik Martin, Jake Martin• RSS Art Award: Sage Sidley• RSS Career Preparation Dept.: Dale Norman• RSS Music Award: Ekaterina Dasiuk, David Heintz • RSS Nutrition Commit-tee Music: Sarita Doell, Fine Arts: Davin Heikkila, Foods: Laura Davies, General Arts: Simone Behrens, Science: Archie McKinnon, Social Sci-ences: Jake Martin• RSS Secretaries Schol-arship: Neil Hilts, Erik Martin• RSS Sport Scholarship: Brianna Cullen, Neil Hilts, Josh Young• Selkirk Beverages: Lily Grubisic• Selkirk College Arts & Science: Melissa LaFace, Julia Mason• Smokettes: Justine Armour, Lily Grubisic• Teck Trail Operations: Simone Behrens• Trail Driving School: Neil Hilts• United Steelworkers Local 480: Kalin Milligan, Cameron Brinson• United Steel Workers Local 9705: Samme Beatson, Ekat-erina Dasiuk• Zellstoff Celgar Ltd.: Una Trivanovic

MAJOR SCHOOL AWARDS

• Renato Magnone Memorial Award: Sam Spearn, Archie McKinnon• Don Saare Memorial Award: Maddie Snelgrove• Shepherd Memorial Award: Sage Sidley • John MacMaster Award: Brianna Cullen

Class of 2011 Scholarship Winners18 www.rosslandnews.com Thursday, June 16, 2011 Rossland News

Th e City of Rossland is holding another information meeting on the proposed new Zoning Bylaw on Th ursday 23 June at the Prestige Hotel from 6pm-8pm.

Th e meeting will contain similar materials to the meeting in May with a summary sheet of public comments already received.

Th e information meeting provides further opportunity to receive feedback from you, the community, on any ideas or issues that you have regarding the proposed new Zoning Bylaw.

Members of the Planning Department of the City of Rossland will be on hand to provide information, answer any questions you have and take your comments. Copies of the proposed bylaw, a summary of proposed changes and an online survey are available on the City’s website. www.rossland.ca/Zoning

We look forward to seeing you there!

Rossland Zoning Bylaw ReviewDATE: Th ursday 23th June, 2011

PLACE: Prestige Hotel

TIME: 6PM - 8PM

CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ROSSLAND

CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ROSSLAND

2011 PROPERTY TAXES

Th e 2011 PROPERTY TAX NOTICES have been mailed out and any property owner who has not received their notice should contact the City Offi ce by phone at 250-362-7396, by fax at 250-362-5451 or by e-mail at fi [email protected]. Please be advised that NEW OWNERS are responsible for unpaid taxes.

Th e DUE DATE for paying the 2011 taxes is 4:00 p.m., Monday, July 4, 2011. After that date, a 10% penalty will be added to all unpaid taxes INCLUDING unclaimed Homeowner Grants. Postmarks are not accepted as date of payment. If you are unable to pay your 2011 taxes prior to the due date, if eligible, you should apply for the Homeowner Grant to avoid penalty on that portion of the taxes.

Property owners can claim their Homeowner Grant online, visit the City’s website at www.rossland.ca.

Property Owners with mortgages are responsible to see that they claim their Homeowner Grant before the tax due date, even though their mortgage company pays their taxes. Tax Prepayment Plan participants are also reminded to claim their Homeowner Grant before the tax due date and pay any remaining payable amount.

Th e City accepts cash, debit card, cheques and post-dated cheques at the City Offi ce. You can pay your property taxes using internet banking or telephone banking, please contact your fi nancial institution for more information. If paying property taxes by internet or telephone banking, your roll number is your account number and please allow 5 business days for your payment to be processed.

You can also use the City of Rossland’s new online bill payment system on the City website. Th e payment options are preauthorized debit from your Canadian bank account or Mastercard or Visa. Please be advised that there is a convenience fee for using Mastercard or Visa and that amount is displayed on the payment screen before you choose to process your payment. Th ere are no fees for preauthorized debit from you bank account. Visit our website for instructions.

Tax amounts outstanding on July 5, 2011 will be subject to a 10% penalty

City of RosslandProperty Tax DepartmentJune 10, 2011

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ROSSLAND

“Lasta Chanca My Besta Friends”

Large two bdr. unit completely renovated with laminate flooring, new bathroom, electrical upgrade, kitchen redone. Corner unit with private deck. $139,000 reduced to $124,000. MLS# K201211

One bedroom bottom floor private entrance, new laminate flooring. Cheapest condo unit in Western Canada. $79,000 reduced to $59,000. MLS# K201783

THE ROCKCLIFF SUNNINGDALE Trail, BC

Large one bdr. unit, completely renovated. New flooring and bath. $110,000 reduced to $94,000. MLS# K201210

SOLD

HORIZONVIEW CONDOS Rossland, BC

One bdr. condo on the bottom floor with private entrance/exercise room and billiard room on same floor. Near cross country ski trails and downtown Rossland. $79,000 reduced to $59,000. MLS# K201778

One bdr. main floor completely renovated, laminate flooring, private deck. $119,000 reduced to $85,000. MLS# K201781

To view info on properties, go to www.realtor.ca and put in MLS#

Owner retiring - make me an offer. Phone Dale for Viewings [email protected] 250-368-7995

(quote: Sam Vatri, Trail Hotel, 1970s)

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Rentals

Misc for RentCITY LIVING In a Westcoast style! Beautiful rentals now available in Wesbrook Village at UBC. Studios, 2-bedrooms and Townhouses. Call 604-228-2025 today, or email:[email protected]. www.DiscoverWesbrook.ca/bcy

Homes for RentAvailable July or Aug 1st

4- Bedroom 2-Bath Home on 2 acres. Lots of New Up-grades. Remote Location.

Near Silverton/New Denver. 10 minutes from Slocan

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$1250.00/mnth negotiable upon care of House/Land

Call 250-358-7794 or [email protected]

Lower Rossland 3 bedroom house with garage, large yard & deck. Available immediately. 250.362.2105. Long term tenant.

Rent or Rent to Own McNab Street Trail (Annabel) proper-ty, 2brm 1 bath bungalow completely renovated with pri-vate back yard. f/s/w/d $850/mon avail July 1, Dan 250-231-8667Rossland Nickleplate apt. 2 brm semi-furnished, 825/mo incl util. Call Dan 250-231-8667UPPER ROSSLAND, Clean 2 bdrm, deck, all appliances, Available July 1st, $860/mo. 250-362-5960

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$4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288

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