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Louis McBride from Rossland’s McBride De-sign and Construction Incorporated has pur-chased and installed an eight-station wireless

Back Country Access Avalanche Beacon Train-ing Park at RED Mountain Resort (RMR).

McBride had been visiting the area for a number of years before making Rossland his permanent home. As a visitor to the region he enjoyed training in the old avalanche bea-

con training facility on RMR. The facility had been removed and so last winter; McBride ap-proached the ski hill to re-open this important community asset.

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Provincial curling tournament

The Royal Canadian Legion branch #14 of Rossland is host-ing the 2015 BC Legion Bon-spiel at the Rossland Curling Club. The provincial curling tournament will be held this weekend from Friday Jan. 23 to Sunday Jan. 25.

Eight teams from across British Columbia will compete for the final place and the op-portunity to play in the nation-als, held in Saskatchewan in March.

The Rossland curling team won the West Kootenay zone playdown to represent the re-gion in the provincial tourna-ment. The zone playdowns were also hosted by the Legion and Rossland’s curling club and held here on home ice in November of last year.

For those unfamiliar with

bonspiel, the curling game pitches two teams of four people against one another; each team member throws two rocks. The team name is deter-mined by the last name of the team’s skip position.

Hall will be the name of one of Rossland’s teams, with Tom Hall playing as the team’s skip. Tom Hall is also chairman of the organizing committee and invites the community to watch the games being held at the curling club on Second Avenue. “The Legion and the (curling) club are very proud to be the hosting the 2014/15 provincial playdowns. Please come out and cheer on your lo-cal and visiting teams,” he said.

On Thursday before the competition begins, the Le-gion will host a high tea for competitors, giving the club the opportunity to get paper-work finalized. Then the seri-

ous part begins at 10 a.m. on Friday. The eight teams from across the province will be di-vided into two pools and play a round robin. The winner of pool A will go on to play second play from pool B; the winner of pool B plays second place in pool A. These semifinal games will be held on Saturday com-mencing from 9:30 a.m.

In regards to play strategy, Hall says spectators can expect to see a number of game tac-tics depending on the visiting teams’ ice conditions. “There will be a variety of strate-gies played by the teams from across the province. Different strategies are used for different ice conditions,” he explained.

The final game is held at 10 a.m. on Sunday where com-petitors will curl it out for the provincial trophy and a most-expenses paid trip to the na-tionals in Saskatchewan.

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The Sonny Samuelson Direct Descendent bobsled that will be raced in this year’s Winter Carni-val by Sonny’s son, Ritchie. Photo by Richie Samuelson

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Outdoor enthusi-ast Sonny Samuelson helped get the bobsled race back on the Win-ter Carnival’s lineup of events after it went by the wayside back in the 1960s, recounted his son Richie Samuelson.

Sonny was a fore-man for the city and also owned a snow-mobile shop in town. In 1987 he finished building his bobsled, the S.S. Instigator, but never got to race on it as he passed away a few months before

the Winter Carnival. Richie told the story of how the bobsled got its name, saying, “It was called the Instigator because he was always a s**t disturber. He was always playing a trick on someone.” The S.S. is for Sonny’s initials.

An instigator he was. After getting the popular race back on the calendar, “the city crew decided to name the bobsled race after him,” said Richie. In 1988 Rossland’s first Sonny Samuelson Me-morial Bobsled Race was held. And Richie has watched just about

every one of these races in his father’s memory.

Having not raced for over twenty years, this year Richie will take to the ice and race the SSDD — fittingly named in honour of his father — the Sonny Samuelson Direct De-scendent. The team will consist of fam-ily members. As direct descendents, Richie has lined up his sister and niece to co-pilot the sled while Richie’s nephew will perform the important task of pushing the sled off at the start of the course. The bobsled sports a

caricature of his father and the team will wear jerseys with this same design. The rest of the spectator family — or cheer squad — will re-ceive the design on a t-shirt.

Richie recalls the late 80s when his mother and her friends raced and won a me-morial bobsled event. But nowadays you won’t find her pelting down on a sled; instead she will be on the side-lines, at the top of the arena.


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Youth mental health series beginsThe West Kootenay

Advertiser begins a seven-part series this week on child and youth mental health is-sues.

Dr. David Smith, an Okanagan psychia-trist, has written seven columns, each dealing with a different topic, including anxiety, de-

pression, substance abuse, eating disorders and obsessive compul-sive disorder, bi-polar disorder, and family supports.

This series is a proj-ect of the child and youth mental health and substances use collaborative, which involves multiple indi-

viduals, organizations, and ministries working together to increase the number of children, youth, and families re-ceiving timely access to mental health services.

The collaborative is jointly funded by the Doctors of BC and pro-vincial government.

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pear weekly through early March, will be complemented by lo-cally-written stories about services avail-able in West Kootenay/Boundary.

Don’t miss this important, informa-tive series of articles that tackle the issue of youth mental health.

Lori Drake, Deb Pickering, Jean Paul Vaucrosson, Shaun Roy Troyan and Anne Evans with the twin teddys from the share a bear charity. Rossland residents could purchase these twin teddy bears and then “share” one of the bear twins with a local community charity. The local BC Liquor Store staff arrange for the “shared” bears to go to a charity in the community. Photo submitted by Lori Drake

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QUE TION?We asked, you answered.

Reporter, Alicia Wallace, took to the streets to ask people if the recent drop in gas prices has affected their budget and why or why not.

Has the drop in gas prices affected your budget?

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Louise Penny’s ten Chief Inspector Gamache novels have distinguished her as Canada’s foremost contempo-rary mystery writer. Each book re-ceives enthusiastic recognition on North American bestseller lists and in annual mystery novel competitions, and the series has developed an eager international following among mys-tery bu� s and readers generally.

� ese accomplishments shouldn’t be surprising. � e novels are marvel-ous examples of police procedurals, and yet Penny’s sensitive attention to characters’ psychology and actions and her uncanny sense of setting and pace extend her writing beyond the police procedural genre. It’s not just the stimulating and suspenseful plots that make these works so good; Penny causes readers to invest in and care for the characters and, perhaps, to feel as

they do—even in their fear and de-spair and in their love and hope.

Armand Gamache is in charge of the homicide division in the Sûreté du Québec, and though the novels o� en are set in � ree Pines, a � ctional vil-lage in the Eastern Townships, inves-tigations also take readers memorably to Montréal, Québec City, Charlevoix, a backwoods lodge, a remote abbey, and brie� y to Haida Gwaii and Ta-baquen (La Tabatière), a village on the north shore of the Gulf of St Lawrence. Almost always Jean-Guy Beauvoir, the chief ’s second in command, accom-panies Gamache in the investigations, and together they are a formidable and disarming duo. Beauvoir is “the alpha dog” and Gamache is the “master of the hunt.” Beauvoir prefers “facts, evi-dence, things he can see and touch and hold,” whereas Gamache is willing to go “into the dark, hidden rooms in the minds of others.” For Gamache, “what kills can’t be seen […] It’s not a gun or a knife or a � st. It’s not anything you can see coming. It’s an emotion. Ran-cid, spoiled. And waiting for a chance to strike.” And, for Beauvoir, Gamache is the best of all investigators when it comes to exploring the minds and

emotions of others.In � e Long Way Home, the most

recent novel in the series, Gamache and Beauvoir agree to help their friend and acclaimed artist Clara Morrow locate her husband Peter, who also is a recognized artist and who, a� er an agreed-upon year apart from Clara, seems to have gone missing. In their search they chart his travels, all the while fearing that Peter is dead. � ey uncover a trail that joins European and Canadian communities known for attracting budding and accomplished artists, and they try to learn what emo-tions, in� uences, and goals might have been guiding Peter’s journey.

� e � ndings alarm and encour-age them, because, if they give an ac-curate picture of Peter, they expose his despair and discovery as he chal-lenges his art and his heart. He seems anxiously to be pushing his courage to the limit to overcome himself, and thus to be plunging head� rst into new circumstances for which he might not be prepared. If these possibilities aren’t enough, along the way he appears to have sought out a onetime teacher and artist, who also seems to have gone missing.


Kootenay group publisher: Chuck BennettActing publisher: Karen BennettAdvertising: Christine Esovoloff

Operations Manager: Jennifer CowanEditorialOUR VIEW

Canada may have invested beyond its means in an oil boom that has come to a crude halt. Sure, the cheaper pump price has a direct impact for consum-ers who will have more disposable income. But as a result are we spending this money on imported goods? If so, this may eventually lead to more of our hard earned dollars being shipped o� shore in ex-change for the perishing and disposable products we allow in.

In the short term, this drop in gas prices may di-rectly be good for Rossland consumers but why have prices for other goods and services not followed suit and also decreased? Or will they decrease, and will that be the beginning of the de� ation period for our country? We have already seen the loonie shrink in value. Will the cost of imported consumer goods in-crease as the dollar weakens?

Around 112,000 jobs are linked to the oil indus-try. With less oil production, less labour is required and this has a negative impact on spending overall. � ese mining workers can no longer a� ord the life-styles they have been living, they stop spending and can no longer service their debt. � e � ow on e� ect continues. Consumers begin to think prices will continue to fall and delay their purchases but as we all know the growth of an economy relies upon con-sumers spending now.

As a result of the government spending more on employment insurance, tax revenues decreases or they could ask for more money from your pocket each week. Not such a big saving now is it?

With cheaper gas prices, will people use more of this � eeting resource? Will investment into renew-able resources be crippled and take longer to devel-op? Will we become more reliant on oil as a result as this price crash?

Sure it is not all doom and gloom having a weaker dollar; we can market our destination to the U.S. who is just down the road but do we have the in-frastructure and tourism product to take advantage of our weak loonie now on the volume required to sustain our shrinking disposal incomes?

If saving at the pump is really that appealing to us then why have we not become less dependent on our vehicles?

Double edged sword

Letters PolicyThe Arrow Lakes News welcomes letters to the editor intended for publication but reserves the right to edit for brevity, clarity, legality, accurra-cy and topicality. Letters should be typically in the range of 300 words in length. Anonmymous letters will not be published. To assist in veri� -cation, name, address and daytime telephone must be supplied, but will not be published.

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Community Reminding you toRecycle!

College students go greenWhether it is out of necessity or simply

a choice, many Kootenay region citizens hitch a ride at some time or other. For many it is an informal situation: a request posted on a forum, a shout-out at the air-port, or asking a friend or family member for a favour. But, four Selkirk College stu-dents from Rossland and Trail have cho-sen to make it a formal arrangement for their entire school year — carpooling five days a week to Castlegar.

The four students are all in the Inte-grated Environmental Planning diploma program at Selkirk College. It’s a five days- a week commitment. They work around each other’s schedules and have tailored a commuting plan that works for all of them. Each person drives for one out of every three weeks, and the fourth member pays for gas.

Rossland’s Kailyn Nelson said, “I don’t have my own car, so I use a family vehicle when it’s my turn to drive. If I didn’t have this carpool, I would have had to buy a car.”

Spencer Kaspick lives in Trail and the carpool picks him up at a designated loca-tion.

“My gas costs about $80 to $90 a week,” said Kaspick. “So I’m saving about $160 a month in gas. It also means less oil chang-

es and less wear and tear on my vehicle.”“That we’re saving time, money and

probably the environment are major in-centives and rewards,” said Nelson.

Josie Barker doesn’t have a vehicle, so she contributes by paying for gas.

“It’s cheaper than the bus, which can be as much as $4.00 a day,” said Barker. “It takes two busses each way to get to Selkirk from Rossland. Environmentally, this is important to me.”

“We’re all looking for ways to save mon-ey,” said Barker. “It’s just so much cheaper and more efficient than the bus.”

“It’s a lot easier and you don’t have to drive both ways every day,” said Nelson, who sees it as just part of their lives that revolve around concern for the environ-ment.

“Even though I don’t have a class in green transportation,” said Nelson. “Ev-erything is instilled. Everyday we discuss what we’re putting into the environment.”

The group emphasized it’s important to have a fair schedule and be flexible. Some weeks it just doesn’t work for the designat-ed driver. Some days someone might have to start early or leave the college late.

“Communication is big,” said Kaspick. “You have to have everyone’s phone num-bers. And, ideally, you have to enjoy the

people who you drive with.”Melissa LaFace is their fourth member. They aren’t unique at the college. The

college has a ride share board to help peo-ple connect. The carpooling experience has impressed this group of student and they say they will look for opportunities to continue carpooling after they finish their program.

For West Kootenay residents looking to share rides or carpool, the Kootenay Rideshare website provides a way to re-quest or post opportunities to ride share. On one day alone people were looking for rides to Vancouver, Calgary, Greenwood and Golden. And, others had posted op-portunities for a ride share to similar des-tinations.

To find out more on sustainable trans-portation initiatives in the Kootenays, visit the Rossland Sustainability Commission website at www.visionstoaction.ca, Koote-nay Ride Share at kootenayrideshare.com or Kootenay Carshare Co-op at www.car-sharecoop.ca.

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Sustainability Commission250-362-5617 or

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Selkirk College students Kailyn Nelson, Spencer Kaspick, Melissa LaFace and Josie Barker carpooling from Selkirk’s Castlegar Campus to Rossland-Trail. Photo by Kailyn Nelson

$706,000 in grants for arts and culture Artists in all disciplines — as well

as arts, culture and heritage organiza-tions — are invited to apply for funding through the Columbia Kootenay Cul-tural Alliance (CKCA), which delivers the Arts, Culture and Heritage Program on behalf of Columbia Basin Trust.

“We’re proud that for 18 years we’ve been able to partner with the Trust to provide support for arts and heritage projects across the Basin,” said Jacquie Hamilton, CKCA Chair.

“These programs provide an oppor-tunity for people involved in these ar-eas to embark on new projects, improve

their skills, share their talents and more.For 2015/16, CKCA is receiving

$706,000 from the Trust. Funding is available for: individuals and groups through community arts councils; mi-nor capital projects; touring; arts and heritage mentoring/master classes; or-ganizational development; major proj-ects; artists in education; major exhibi-tions; major heritage capital projects; and new heritage projects. Applications are adjudicated once a year by local arts councils and the CKCA Steering Com-mittee.

“The benefits of having a thriving

arts, culture and heritage sector extend to all the residents of the Basin,” said Lynda Lafleur, Columbia Basin Trust Community Liaison. “Congratulations to CKCA in their efforts toward build-ing sustainability for artists in the re-gion.”

Find out more and get application forms by visiting www.basinculture.com, contacting your local community arts council or phoning CKCA at 250-505-5505 or 1-877-505-7355.

Applications must be received by March 6 or March 20, 2015, depending on the program.

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Some of North America’s best junior freeskiers have descend-ed upon Granite Mountain at Red Mountain Resort (RMR) this week from Jan. 21 – 24 for the Canadian Open Freeskiing Championships presented by Sony Action Cam.

Link’s Line and Papoose Bowl seen right from the Motherlode chair li� is the venue for this week’s competition. As RMR’s events and marketing manag-er, Nicole Briggs explains this course provides athletes with some great black diamond ter-rain to cli� drop, rock hop and mouth � op spectators — who will have optimal visibility of competitors from these lines.

“Link’s line at RED is in the upper echelon of freeride ven-ues. Link’s has a sustained fall line riddled with technical fea-tures and a solid vertical drop. Link’s is an ideal venue located

directly under the li� , making access easy for competitor, in-frastructure and awesome view-ing for spectators,” described Briggs.

� e event is popular on the free skiing competition cir-cuit with only 20 registration places available as of late last week. Registration is expected to reach capacity prior to the commencement of the event however if any space is avail-able walk up registration is ac-cepted.

� is competition at RMR is an International Freeskiers and Snowboarders Association (IFSA) national tour stop. Com-petitors in the age categories of under 12, 12-14 and 15-18 will battle it out for some great priz-es including skis, helmets and ski apparel. Qualifying events commence � ursday and con-tinue throughout the day on Friday. All three age categories have their � nals on Saturday.

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throughout the winter sea-son at the IFSA events. Highly ranked athletes will have an opportunity to compete in the Junior World Championships in Grandvalira Andorra this February.

� e Canadian open Freeski-ing Championships at RMR is the longest standing junior Ca-nadian event in North America. “RED has supported junior fre-eriding from the beginning tak-ing the event seriously, treating the athletes well and it shows. Everybody knows this event is special,” said Briggs.

Spectators should watch for Rossland’s Mackenzie Flood, Simon Hillis and Samantha Kuhn who won their age cate-gory in last year’s national event at RMR. Flood won the female 15-18 category while Hillis fended o� fellow Rosslander Bohdi Ellis-Kusy to win the male 7-11 category. Kuhn took the top spot in the female 7-11 category.

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In 1904, under his doctor’s prescription, he had to migrate to a milder climate and chose Nelson where he recovered. In 1906, a � re destroyed the residence of Bourgeois located at the corner of Latimer and Josephine. In 1907, the family moved to Bourgeois Sidings later to take the name of Crescent Valley. Henri Bourgeois was one of the � rst to indulge in dairy farming. To honor his contribution to the Kootenays, AFKO created a giant puppet of him and will bring it back to Crescent Valley, Dec. 13th for their annual Christmas celebrations. www.afko.ca for the complete list of events!

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Black Jack ski racer to represent CanadaBlack Jack ski racer Colin Ferrie has

been selected to represent Canada at the Cross Country Skiing World Champion-ships. Ferrie trains full time here in Ross-land and skis for Black Jack. He has quali-fied for the Cross Country Skiing World Championships in the under 23 years old category, to be held in Almatey, Kazakh-stan in February from Feb. 1 - 8.

“Colin Ferrie was selected based on be-ing first on the distance ranking list; this included third place finish in the skiath-lon and second place in the 15 kilometre (skate),” disclosed the selection committee.

The Haywood NorAm world skiathlon trials were held at Highlands Nordic in Duntoon, Ontario from Jan. 7-11. Four Black Jack skiers — Colin Ferrie, Scott Fraser, David Palmer and Julien Locke — represented Rossland at this event. All four of the Black Jack skiers qualified into the heats.

The selection committee also gave an honorable mention to Black Jack’s Palmer who had outstanding distance results.

In the 15 km skate the racers gave it ev-erything they had. Ferrie finished seventh; Palmer was 10 seconds behind him and finished in eighth position. Fraser was 35th and Locke finished 40th. It was after this race that Ferrie was selected to the Cana-dian team.

In the sprints, Locke finished sixth over-all and in the under 23 years category he

placed third.From Ontario the men then flew to

Calgary to meet the rest of the Black Jack racers for the Western Canadian Champi-onships. Thursday’s NorAm race was held at Lake Louise. It was a great day for Black Jack with all four men who competed at Duntoon, placing in the top 13. Ferrie fin-

ished eighth, Palmer and Fraser were one second apart placing them in 11th and 12th positions while Locke was six second behind Fraser and finished 13th.

On the Saturday the Western Canadian Championship sprint races were held in Canmore. Locke took top position in the under 23 years and second overall.

Fun for everyone at Rossland’s outdoor ice rink on Spokane Street and Third Avenue. Barb Bentley drops the puck for Rob and Sandra Richardson’s social hockey game. Photo by Alicia Wallace

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Black Jack’s Colin Ferrie has been selected to represent Canada at the Cross Country Skiing World Championships in Kazakhstan. Photo submitted by Black Jack Ski Club


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Rossland’s Seven Summits Centre for Learning is hosting the 2nd Annual RED Talks event, tak-ing place on Friday, May 1, at the Rossland Miners’ Hall. � e event is similar to the well known TED Talks, and as with TED we need speakers that have ideas worth spreading!

“All or Nothing” is this year’s theme, with the goal of speakers and performers sharing their ideas in talks that are between three and 15 minutes in length. We are looking for speakers of all ages, with a range of experiences, life stories, research, ideas, skills, talents and backgrounds, to � ll the stage for an evening of inspiring talks.

� e event is a fundraiser for Seven Summits and will be the kick o� to the Rossland Youth Action Network’s Youth Week events from May 1 to 7.

If you are interested in a contributing to our event, or if you have any questions, please contact Seven Summits Center for learning at 250-362-7772 or 250-362-7474 or by email at [email protected].

THE ROSSLAND MAKERLAB • FREE Starting up again on Thursday, January 8, 7 to 8:30 pm @ the Sev-en Summits Centre for Learning. Drop in and get support in creat-ing 3D models, printing on the 3D printer and all things technology based. Every Thursday for youth 12-18 yrs old.

KIDS LEARN TO CURL PROGRAM • FREEWednesdays right after school from 2:45-4pm @ the Rossland Curling Rink. Open to kids 8-12 years of age. Sign up for the session starting January 7 and runs until March 11. Drop-ins and new par-ticipants are welcome at any time during the program. For more information, contact Sara Moun-tain, at 362-5184 [email protected].

ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEYTuesdays 9:45 - 11 pmSundays 9:15 - 10:30 pmJoin this fun, co-ed recreational program of non-contact drop-in hockey. Full equipment is required and some experience necessary.

DISC GOLFFriday nights from 7-9pm @ at RSS, in the Gym OPEN MIC NIGHTTuesdays 9 to 11 p.m. Join us every Tuesday and strut your stuff up on stage! With a new host every two weeks its gearing up to be a season of fantastic new talent and great music. Sign up sheet located in the foyer of The Flying Steamshovel.

TEEN NIGHT Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. @ the Rossland

Public Library. Let Sage and Sally know what you want to do at Teen Night. Come out and have fun!

ROSSLAND SENIORSMonday 1:30 p.m. Seniors Art Club meets. Contact Edith at 250-362-4477.Monday 7:00 p.m. Rossland Quilters Guild meets. Contact Dayanne at 250-362-7727.Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Rossland Old Time Fiddlers play. Visitors should contact Richie or Audrey at 250-362-9465. Thursday 9:30 - 11 a.m. Seniors stretching exercises and morning tea and snacks.

LOCAL WRITERS DISCUSSIONWednesdays 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. @ the Rossland Seniors Hall. To share ideas, expertise and knowledge, critiques, and open opportuni-ties for experienced and want to be writers. For more information contact Les Anderson by email [email protected] or phone @ 250-362-5532.

ROSSLAND MAKERLABThursdays 7 to 8:30 pm @ Seven Summits Centre for Learning Mentors are on hand to help with 3D modeling, printing or for other technology project. For youth 12 yrs and up. This program is FREE.

WRITER’S CLUBEvery Wednesday until Apr 15, 2015. 7:30 to 9 pm @ Rossland Seniors Hall. All genres of writ-ers welcome. No membership fee. Learn from published authors and writers.

ROSSLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY The Library has lots of great pro-grams and events:

Homeschoolers Happy Hour:1st and 3rd Friday 1-2pm.Lego Club:1st and 3rd Thursday 3-4pmBooks and Babies: Fridays at 11am Songs and story time for little ones 0 to 30 months. Page Turners Book Club: 2nd Thursday of each month from 3-4 pm for kids 8-11 years old. Board Games Club: 4th Thursday of each month from 3-4 pm. for kids 6-12 years.For school aged kids:Thursdays from 3-4 pm there is something going on in the library for school aged kids.

ROSSLAND MONKEY CLUBTuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30-8 pm @ RSS Auditorium.Parkour and freerunning. Ages 8+. $5 drop-in.

ROSSLAND BEAVER SCOUTSMondays 3 to 4pmGirls and boys ages 5 – 7 years. Please contact Deanna Leask at 250-362-7118 to join.

LEGION PROVINCIAL CURLING PLAYDOWNSFriday, Jan. 23, – Sunday, Jan. 25.

FAMILY MOVIE SERIESSunday, Jan. 25, 6 pm @ the Min-er’s Hall. Presenting the movie “The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared.”

CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 26, 6:00 pm

AVALANCHE AWARENESS DAY at RED Mountain Resort January 24, 10 am – 3pm. Events ongoing for the day with multiple events hap-pening at same time. Prizes will be awarded for some events.

THE ROSSLAND TENNIS SOCIETY GENERAL MEETING Wednesday, Feb. 4, 6:30 - 8 p.m. @ Seven Summits School. � e an-nual meeting is open to the public. Anyone interested in the future of tennis in Rossland is welcome.

ROSSLAND CHITO-RYU KARATE-DOTry a free class! Call 250-362-2327 or email [email protected].

ROSSLAND MUSEUM WINTER HOURSFor the winter season, admission will be 50% off!

VIVA LA PROMFebruary 14, 8 pm to 1 am @ Ross-

land Miner’s Hall. Rossland Ro-tary benefit dance for the Rossland skatepark. Contact Fred Behrens at � [email protected].

CBT SCRATCH EDITING MEETINGWednesday, February 4 from 3:30-6:00pm. @ Seven Summits Centre for Learning. Help decide which photos and articles will end up in the next issue of Columbia Basin Trust’s Scratch magazine. For Youth 12 and up. Food and refreshments provided.

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Every Wednesday evening, beginning Jan. 28, the Rossland Mu-seum will be hosting a trivia show. Do you know which Canadian Prime Minister lived in Ross-land? How’s your knowl-edge of the various Gold Rushes in B.C.? If you are a history bu� , enjoy game shows, and want to spend a fun evening in a great place, come on down to the REDroom Lounge and try your hand at

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also be posted prior to the game nights on the museum’s various social media channels — web-site, Facebook, and Twit-ter — for a chance at extra prizes. Players will ulti-mately have the advan-tage if they are follow-ing us there. To register for a trivia night, either make a reservation for 6 p.m. in the lounge and request a “game but-ton.” Or just show up at 7 p.m. when any remain-ing buttons will be made available. � ere will be a maximum of ten teams (up to four people), so make sure you register early.



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“She will know who is riding on what as they come down the course,” said Richie.

� e bobsled race has not always been in town. However, this year it will be held on one of Rossland’s steepest bou-levards, Spokane Street, where everyone can join in. � e event sees the community dreaming up and then building a crazy concoction of homemade sleds. From pianos to a pink canoe, to logs, sleds are made from anything and ev-erything.

Speeds have been clocked at 85 kilome-tres per hour. � e racers

have a strategy based on the weather and its im-pact on the course. � e competitive racers are known to be very secre-tive in regards to how they attach their sleds to skis — or sometimes even pvc pipe, depend-ing on the course condi-tions.

When discussing these popular and win-ning combinations, Richie said, “It depends on weather conditions (as to what materials competitors use); pipes with a ground edge on the underside and plas-tic to help them run on ice, (tends to help speed things up).

“� is year I am out to beat them, I have got

my sister and niece a little scared,” said Richie of his winning combi-nation for the sled in memory of his father.

Regardless of the race outcome Richie said he will enjoy the weekend and acknowledged the hard work done by the city and volunteers in making this event a re-ality.

“I would like to thank the city for all the hard work they have done over the years. � ey se-cure the street so no one gets hurt. It is very well run,” he added.

For further informa-tion on Rossland’s Win-ter Carnival visit www.rosslandwintercarnival.com.

Museum hosts trivia show• Continued from page 8

The fun begins at 7:30 p.m. sharp.

For an upper-hand, find the museum at r o s s l a n d m u s e u m .ca, @RosslandMu-seum on Twitter, or Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre on Facebook.

The first evening

will be a general his-tory teaser night. Fol-lowing that, other themes will include Rossland’s skiing his-tory, mining and in-dustry, and a special night on the “seedy underbelly” of Ross-land’s history. The Museum is thrilled to be partnering with the REDroom Lounge for

these fun-filled events.There will be six

weekly trivia shows and we hope to part-ner with other local businesses and orga-nizations as we bring our history to life!

For more informa-tion, contact Joelle Hodgins at 250-362-7722 or www.ross-landmuseum.ca.

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2015 at his home in Rossland.He is predeceased by his parents and his sister.

Dave is survived by his wife of 43 years, Stephanie, his daughters Jen and Ali (Rhys), grandson Jackson, his brother Russ (Sharon)

and many nieces and nephews.Cremation has taken place, at Dave’s request

there will not be a formal service. Gwen Ziprick of Alternatives Funeral and Cremation Services

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McBride, an avid back country enthusiast saw the need for this training park in the community. A lot of people travelling in the back country do not practice a rescue near as often as they should in order to be efficient in a real life situation.

“For me it’s important and we need one here in the community,” McBride said of the new avalanche training park. This was motivation enough for McBride to fund the training park from his own pocket.

The park can be accessed by taking RMR’s Silverlode chair. The training park is visible from the chair ride on

your way to the top. The park does not cost anything to use. As McBride explains he wanted everyone travelling into the back country to be well prepared and acclima-tized to searching and using a probe. “I think it is impor-tant, also for the sledders and snoweshoers, for all those who travel into the back country,” he said.

McBride imparts the snow pack conditions in the Rossland Range are particularly touchy this year. “In the Rossland Range because of the rain we got a month or so ago it is not so safe here. There has been a lot of avalanche activity locally. A number of slides have occurred, some on the northern side of Mt. Kirkup; this was just before the ski hill opened (for the winter

season)”, he said.To use the system there is a control panel. There are

eight switches, one for each of the transceivers buried in the snow. Once you flip the switch on the control panel it will send a signal from the transceiver to your avalanche beacon. If you locate the buried plywood surrounding the transceiver it will send a signal back to the control panel and the red light turns green. “You can also feel it,” explains McBride.

McBride has placed a notebook in control panel and asks the public to sign it as you use the park. He also advises to “be a good back country partner and get out there and hone your searching skills!”

118th Winter Carnival 2015

WinterRossland

Jan.29th- Feb.1st

For complete list of events please see

• Thursday night NDCU Variety Show• Winer Carnival Parade, downtown 6:30 pm Friday• Olaus Ice Palace live music “The Good Ol’ Goats” Friday• Post Parade Extravaganza, Including Fire Dancing performances by Pyrophorial downtown 7:00 - 9:00 Friday• “The Game’, Rail Jam Competition, downtown 10:00 am Saturday• Sonny Samuelson Bobsled Race on Spokane Street 9:30 am Saturday• Family Fun Night with free night skiing at Red Mountain Resort Saturday• Fat Bike events at Red Mountain Resort

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On December 1, I was walking along a wooded trail in Kokanee Creek Provincial Park, near Nelson. I was bird-ing with two Nelson birders; Paul Prappas and Carolee Colter. We heard a couple of Black-capped Chickadees calling and stopped to look at them. As we watched, a small bird moved in from our left perching briefly, it clearly showed some yellow. I knew it was too bright for a winter plumaged American Goldfinch but I didn’t know what it was. The bird imme-diately moved to a new loca-tion about three metres from our position and we were all able to look at the bird with our binoculars. Despite see-ing the bird for only 2 or 3 seconds, I knew now that it was a White-eyed Vireo.

The normal winter range for the White-eyed Vireo in continental North America is the east coast from Vir-ginia south to Florida, and around the Gulf of Mexico. During the breeding season it moves a little westward, away from the Atlantic coast,

but it comes nowhere near the west. There are no pre-vious records for British Co-lumbia. The species has been reported only once each in Washington, Oregon and Alberta. White-eyed Vireo is a common winter bird in southern Texas where we spend 2 or 3 months every winter. It was our familiarity with the bird from our time in Texas that made it so easy to identify.

Almost as quickly as the bird had appeared, it disap-peared. None of us saw the bird fly away; it just sim-ply wasn’t there any more! This is a pattern of move-ment I have noticed previ-ously while watching these birds in Texas. There have been numerous times when attempting to photograph this species that it has seem-ingly disappeared before our eyes. Despite some ef-fort, we were not able to find the bird again after its brief appearance. The following morning, Paul, accompa-nied by Craig Sandvig and Vancouver birder Danny Ty-son, returned to the site in an attempt to relocate and photograph the bird. They

did not find it. But Paul and Craig were not done yet — on Dec. 4 they returned and after two or three hours of searching, they found and photographed the bird! The bird was seen again on Dec. 5 and 6.

The White-eyed Vireo is one of nine members of the vireo family that have been recorded in Canada. They are primarily insect eat-ers, but will also take some fruit when necessary. In the Arrow Lakes region, three species are quite common during the summer breed-ing season: Red-eyed Vireo, Cassin’s Vireo and Warbling Vireo. Their songs are not as complex and musical as some of our other songsters, but they are persistent! The Red-eyed Vireo in particu-lar will sing much later in the day than most birds and also continue singing longer into the summer. Its pro-pensity to ‘talk’ non-stop for long periods of time has given rise to its nickname, the Preacher Bird. All three of B.C.’s vireos migrate long distances in winter. In Janu-ary they will all be in Cen-tral and South America.


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White-eyed Vireo. Photo by Paul Prappas

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