Rossland News, July 18, 2013

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Rosslander guide to summer festivals

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Thursday, July 18, 2013 Vol. 8 • Issue 30

COLOUR CONNECTION

Timothy Schafer photoBetty Jenkins “dead heads” a few of her hundreds of petunias in her yard on Columbia Avenue in the soft, early morning light.

A scheduling con-flict has pushed back a planning process expected to dissect the very anatomy of the city’s affairs.

First slated to begin June 1, city council has instead elected to begin Oct. 1, once the entirety of city council was firmly lodged back in their seats.

But city staff felt to ensure all of council had input into the five-year plan and to accommodate coun-cil’s planned vaca-tions, an alternative was proposed to ensure a five-year plan adoption by year end (end of December) with the “least amount of redo.”

The delay did not sit well with councillor Jody Blomme.

“I disagree that we should be waiting. I’m ready to go,” she said.

Council had been telling the community it wanted to work on the plan all summer starting June 1, said Blomme, and now there is a four-month delay.

• See PLANNING, Page 8

TIMOTHY SCHAFERRossland News

Council encounters municipal planning schedule hurdles

Red shuttle bus grinds gears on funding

The shell game over Resort Municipality Initiative (RMI) funding has the shuttle bus service to Red Mountain Resort hanging in the balance.

Three weeks ago Tourism Rossland proposed to have extra RMI funds allo-cated to the establishment of a daily, continuous winter bus service from the

city’s downtown to the ski hill, but the move would have cost the Rossland Museum and its planned renovation in the process.

Tourism Rossland (TR) had made two proposals to the City of Rossland—the gatekeeper of the hotel room tax money coming from the province—with each one based on the number of hotel rooms certified under Destination B.C.

TIMOTHY SCHAFERRossland News Final count pending

The province’s tourism inspector is still missing in action. The person charged with approving the city’s bid for over 450 units of accommoda-tion registered with Destination B.C. has still not visited the city.

• See MUSEUM, Page 5 • See TOURISM, Page 5

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Until Aug. 24• THE GOLDEN TICKET This is Rossland’s heritage package and includes admission to the Rossland Historical Museum and site tour, as well as The Gold Fever Follies. It includes great discounts at 11 participating Rossland merchants. The Rossland Museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday and sev-en days a week this month and into August. Site tours start at 10:30 a.m. with the last tour at 3:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. after July 1). The Follies run Tuesday to Saturday with two shows daily: 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. until Aug. 24. Tickets avail-able at the museum (cash/debit/credit) and Café Books West and at the Follies shows (cash only). Tickets are adults $18, senior/students $13, children $9. Saturday, July 20• FREE FIELD DAY The Kootenay Local Agricultural Society is presenting a “Make Hay When the Sun Shines,” a free field day with the BCS 853 walking tractor and eco-farmer Cal Lorencz. Learn how to use a cutter, tedder, and baler to make hay just about anywhere with the beefy BCS walking tractor. The field day run from 9 a.m. to noon at Cal and Stephanie’s farm, 2707 Shoreacres Road—north of Castlegar and south of the Slocan junction. To sign up for the event, phone 521-2500 or email [email protected]. Wednesday, July 24• ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Visions for Small Schools Society will be holding its first annual general meeting at 7 p.m. at the Hub (second floor, 2012 Washington St.). Open to all members and those interested in becoming a member of the society, the purpose of the meeting will be to elect and re-elect directors, discuss the role of the society in Seven Summits Centre for Learning. Memberships in the society will be available at the meeting for $5. For more information, please contact Shelley Ackerman at [email protected], July 25• SUMMER GARDEN CONCERT presented by the Rossland Council for Arts & Culture. Adrian Glynn (from ‘the Fugitives’) and Steel Audrey. 7:30 p.m. at the Old Chinese Gardens, home of Larry Doell and Audrey Gerein 888 Esling Dr. Tickets: $12 in advance or $15 at the door. Tickets for sale at Out of the Cellar. Listen Here: www.adrianglynn.com; www.steelaudrey.com. Directions: below the Rossland bike skills park, at the end of the gravel road. Please bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Snacks and drinks welcome. Limited parking.Wednesday, July 31• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S PARTY Live music, dancing (encouraged), outdoor games for kids, a car boot sale, fortune telling and a barbeque at the Rossland Museum. 5-9 p.m. By donation.Wednesday, Aug. 14• AT THE MUSEUM Do you know Where the Wild Things are? From 3-7 p.m. at the Rossland Museum kids of all ages are invited to this free (by donation) event to discover wildlife. In partnership with Wild Safe BC, the museum will have in-teractive displays on local species and wild life. This is planned to include large mammals, reptiles, birds, insects as well as invasive species of plants. Plans include a barbeque and marshmallow roast with stories.Thursday, Sept. 5 • HISTORICAL LECTURE SERIES The first of a three lecture series which will feature local historians at the Rossland Museum. The first is on Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. More details will be added as speaking engagements are confirmed. This is timed to get people in the spirit for Golden City Days. By donation. For audience from teenagers to senior citizens.Saturday, Sept. 7• GOLDEN CITY DAYS PARADE Start planning your entry for Saturday, Sept. 7. Enter a decorated float, play music, wear costumes, sing, dance, or walk the streets while showcasing your business or group. Entry forms on Facebook, Bhubble, and Rossland Chamber website.OngoingGold Fever FolliesPerformances take place from June 29 to Aug. 24. Showings are at 3 pm and 7:30 pm, Tuesday through Saturday. This year’s new show is called A job well done, a brand new comedy by Kate Eldridge with music by Harris Anderson.Theatre classes as well ...The cast of the Gold Fever Follies also offer theatre classes through the Recre-ation Department. If you have a child in the house who’s interested in theatre, take a look at the daily classes offered through the month of July and into the beginning of August. The courses are advertised in the Summer Brochure which can be viewed online, at www.rossland.ca then Recreation Department, then Program Guide. Rossland Mountain MarketThe market has started and runs from June 27 to Sept. 26 on Thursdays from 3-6 p.m. The market is located downtown on Queen Street next to the Credit Union. The slogan is “Make it, Bake it, Grow it!” and features fresh produce, baked treats, artisan goods and live music. If you would like to be a vender please visit: www.rosslandfood.com or email [email protected]. Rossland Library Summer Reading ProgramThe program started and is for ages 6-8 on Tuesday and Thursday from 1-2:30 p.m. and ages 9-12 are on Tuesdays from 3-4:30 p.m. Tuesday Teen Nights are from 6:30-8 p.m. with movies, games and crafts. Afternoon at the movies is Aug. 21 at 4 p.m. and movies and a snack are included. Preschoolers can join the Summer Read to Me Club on Fridays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. for stories, songs, games and crafts.

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What could be a nicer way to spend a summer evening than sitting outdoors listening to excel-lent live music?

Everyone’s invited to an all new gospel music event this summer in Castlegar on Saturday July 20, at 6:30 p.m. on the Pass Creek Exhibition grounds bandshell.

The music will be a mix of at least 50 per cent traditional hymns with the remainder being newer gospel songs.

All the music will be live. There will be three to four groups of very talented local singers and musicians, a very talented group from Southern Alberta called the Fehr Family who is touring Eastern Canada and U.S.A. and also audience singing.

For those not familiar with the local musical talent you may be pleasantly surprised by the abundance of excellent singers and musicians. There will be a prayer team available to pray for and with anyone who would like prayer for any reason.

This is a non-denominational event. If you like good live music you will enjoy this event. You can expect to hear music that varies from bluegrass to more traditional gospel to southern gospel and to

the more modern “light rock” gospel music of today.

Festival organizers have hired a local company that is well known for providing quality sound to handle the sound system so that aspect is in good hands.

“This is the first time anything like this has happened in our area that we know of and if the response is good we will consider making this an annual event and possibly expanding to three days with concerts on Friday evening, several on Saturday and also on Sunday, with food and ven-dors and other activities,” said a press release from the organizers.

The Truthbearers Christian Motorcycle Club is handling parking and security in the parking area while the concert is on.

Please bring your lawn chairs or a blanket as the wooden benches and/or chairs may not be the most comfortable.

The event also needs more volunteers for this year. As there will be no concession bring your own water or other non alcoholic beverages.

There is no admission but an offering will be taken.

For more information or to volunteer you can contact John Phillips at 250-365-7456 or e-mail [email protected], Cynthia Dillon/Pelltier at Kinnaird Church Of God 250-365-5300.

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Prepare to be mesmerized by song, rhythm and natural beauty when original singer songwriters Adrian Glynn and Steel Audrey perform an out-door garden concert in lower Rossland on July 25.

These Canadian musicians will seduce you with their rustic old world sound and poetic lyrics when they hit Rossland on their Across the Rockies Tour to promote their new full length albums.

For the past three years, Glynn has also been a member of acclaimed modern roots music act, The Fugitives. Together, they have released two records, toured extensively both in Canada and abroad and played numerous folk and literary festivals.

Glynn (inset) recently released his own solo full length album Bruise which has been nomi-nated for Emerging Artist of the Year at the Canadian Independent Music Awards.

Glynn is a “doggedly innovative singer-song-writer” (Uptown Magazine). On his first full-length record, Bruise, “Glynn shows his incredible lyrical skills, wedged somewhere between the storytell-ing whimsy of Iron and Wine’s Sam Beam and the honesty of Josh Ritter.” (Vancouver Sun)

Steel Audrey is a roots singer-songwriter with a rustic, old world sound. His songs express a way of life now past; one which is rooted in the Canadian prairies, on a small-town farm where he grew up.

He has a “rustic, old world sound packaged inside the cargo car of a freight train that has you chugging across the country.” (Songoid)

Taking it outsideRossland Council for Arts and Culture presents an outdoor garden concert July 25

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He is currently back in the studio, writing and recording his first full-length album which is set to be released in fall, 2013.

Shows will consist of two 60-minute sets of original songs by each performer.

The garden concert will be hosted in the loca-tion of the old Chinese Gardens in lower Rossland at the home of Larry Doell and Audrey Gerein (888 Esling Drive, below the bike skills park).

This summer garden and music experience is presented by the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture and tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Tickets are available at Out of the Cellar. Please bring chairs or blankets to sit on.

Listen at:• www.adrianglynn.com• www.steelaudrey.com

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With primary students moving into the former halls of the city’s high school this fall, plans for a playground for stu-dents to play in are also coalescing.

Towards that end, Caley Mulholland stepped forward as the spokesperson of a community group looking to place a “natural” playground in Jubilee Park near the school.

She presented the desires of a group of parents and the inspiration for a plan to build a natural playground at the school site, over stages in the next few years.

It was the first glimpse of the idea for council, but Mulholland asked council to consider supporting the idea in prin-ciple at a coming meeting, and then contribute some municipal might and expertise to the project to help create a pilot project site possibly even this fall.

At the outset, however, Mayor Greg Granstrom said the project of a natural playground was an insurance risk to the

Police efforts to arrest a man wanted on outstanding warrants quickly and tragical-ly turned into a river search effort July 10 in Trail.

The wanted man jumped out of a second floor window of a residence and attempted to swim away in the nearby Columbia River, in efforts to evade arrest.

On Wednesday RCMP members with Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment Crime Reduction Unit and members from the Trail and Greater District RCMP attended a home in Glenmerry to arrest 28-year-old Andrew Lee Evans. Evans was wanted on several unen-dorsed arrest warrants (breach of conditions), with several recent attempts to locate and arrest him having led officers to the residence that day.

With officers observing from outside the residence while officers inside the home spoke with an occupant, Evans was seen fleeing upstairs, from

where he jumped out a second floor window while officers were still on the main floor.

The perimeter officers were unable to intercept Evans as he ran through the property and into the river. From the shore-line, officers observed Evans swim back towards the shore where he remained in the water holding onto a tree branch and spoke to officers at the river’s edge. The RCMP officers made attempts to con-vince Evans to get out of the water as it was evident that he had put himself into danger by jumping into the fast moving cold water.

Several more attempts were made to rescue him before he was swept under again and not seen afterwards.

A search of the complete river search from the Trail area to the U.S. border however were unable to locate the man.

Law enforcement and res-cue agencies state side were immediately notified and are aware of the incident.

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Police search for river jumper

Call waiting is in place for those hoping for improve-ments to cell phone service in the region.

At the June 20 Regional District of Kootenay Boundary board of directors meeting chair Larry Gray talked about possible improvements to cellular cover-age in the highway corridors of the regional district.

During a phone call to discuss other matters, Gray had the opportunity to ask Doug Anastos, of Telus Communications, about the possible improvements to cellular coverage in the Highway 3 and 3B corridors, which include Rossland.

Gray said Telus was non-committal but was looking to have further answers in the coming weeks, and if there was news that he would contact the regional dis-trict with the news.

Anastos reiterated that Telus has 1,700 kilometres of highway corridor in B.C. to cover by the end of 2016, many of which are in the northern part of the province.

IN BRIEFCell phone improvements on hold

city.“I think there is some value in this

but I think the thing the city has to look at in this is the risk involved,” he said.

Natural playgrounds blend natural materials, features and indigenous veg-etation with creative landforms to cre-ate a complex series of natural, environ-mental objects that challenge and fasci-nate children and teach them about the natural world while they play within it.

The aspects of a natural playground include earth shapes, environmental art, local vegetation—including trees, shrubs, grass, flowers and lichens or moss—boulders and rock structures and dirt and sand.

The playground could also include natural fences, such as one made of stone, willows or out of wood, with a pathway and natural water features.

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Rossland’s Tyler McKay finished off the leader board at the B.C. Junior Boys golf championships at the Revelstoke Golf Course last week.

McKay was the lone local golfer still playing on the final day. He carded a 79 on Friday to finish the tourna-ment at plus-16 and tied for 46th place.

McKay shot a 74 on Thursday and was tied for 35th overall at plus-nine, 15 shots behind the co-leaders, on the second last day.

Other local golfers, Brenan Moroney and Braden McKay, failed to make the 36-hole cut.

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For nearly every adult who grew up in Western Canada a playground contains some of the fondest memo-

ries of their childhood years.And for many who are now adults,

they also grew up in a time when a play-ground was a lot less structured than it is now. Make that insurable. Most of the rules and regulations we now grapple with have come to pass as a result of liti-gation, and playgrounds are no exception.

Although the intent of a playground is still for children to have fun in, the work-ings behind the scenes to bring one to fru-ition are mammoth. There is a long list of requirements to be met in order for a playground to be deemed insurable. And in the case of the natural playground pro-posal for the former RSS school ground, there could be many bigger hurdles to overcome to pass it through the hoops of the process to bring it to light.

It will be a struggle to ensure it can be insured, since the design will not be a conventional one, and therefore, a bigger risk. But it will be a worthwhile struggle if it means such a playground as was pro-posed this week is realized. The parents should already be applauded for the vision they have shown to date, and encouraged for the work yet to come.

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Learning. Visions for Small Schools is a non-profit society that operates the learning centre and liaises between the community and SelfDesign.

Education is a critical piece of the economic and social viability of our com-munities. Our ability to attract learners from outside the region and around the world benefits the entire Kootenay region.

The Seven Summits Centre for Learning is a regional educational resource, open to all interested students. We would be delighted to have new members and directors from across the wider area. To this end, we would like to invite interested individuals from around the region to become part of the Visions for Small Schools board of directors.

Our annual general meet-ing takes place on Wednesday, July 24 at the Rossland Hub on the second floor of the old Bank of Montreal building at 2012 Washington Ave.

We cordially invite you to attend and learn more about

the SelfDesign program and the Seven Summits Centre for Learning. Membership costs $5 and is open to anyone who would like to partici-pate. Our agenda includes:

• Election or re-election of directors;

• Recruitment of new members;

• Discussion of VSS role in Seven Summits Centre for Learning;

• Potential amendments to constitution;

• Discussion of Request for Entrance Scholarships for Seven Summits Centre for Learning.

Formed in 2001, the pur-poses of VSS are:

a) to advocate and pro-mote the existence of compre-hensive public education for and within Rossland which:

i) provides a diversity of educational opportunities,

ii) retains the flexibility to accommodate the changing needs of the community,

iii) focuses on providing a high quality of educational experience, and

iv) is viable for the long term;

b) to facilitate the contri-bution of education to the viability of the community;

c) to work with other com-munity interests for the enhancement of programs and facilities relating to edu-cation, recreation, arts, cul-ture, heritage and the envi-ronment,

d) to own property and hold tenures, to enter into agreements and contracts, and to receive, hold, invest, and disburse funds in order to further the purposes of the society, and

e) to undertake other activities necessary for the achievement of the purposes of the society.

Come out to our annual general meeting and learn more about how you can support education in Rossland and the surround-ing region.

To download the registra-tion package for the Seven Summits Centre for Learning, visit www.sevensummits-learning.com.

Aerin Guy is the coordinator for the Neighbourhoods of Learning committee.

The Seven Summits Centre for Learning will open in Rossland in

September, 2013. Partnership with

SelfDesign in this new Learning Centre offers an additional educational choice for Grade 8 - 12 students in the Kootenay region and beyond.

SelfDesign offers a person-alized, learner-focused pro-gram for students in the Kootenay region. SelfDesign is the provider of education to students who attend the Seven Summits Centre for Learning. They supply cours-es and qualified, specially trained mentors and adminis-tration in the delivery of their educational model.

The Visions for Small School Society is the operating community partner of the Seven Summits Centre for

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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) said a Fruitvale resident, Timothy Garrett Turnbull, plead guilty in Rossland Provincial Court on July 4 to failing to comply with a Court Order to file his 2005, 2006 and 2007 personal tax returns.

Turnbull was fined $2,000 and given until July 3, 2014 to pay the fine. The outstanding returns have since been filed.

The preceding information was obtained from the court records.When taxpayers are convicted of failing to file tax returns, in addi-

tion to any fines imposed by the courts, they must still file the returns and pay the full amount of taxes owing, plus interest owed, as well as any civil penalties that may be assessed by the CRA.

Taxpayers who have not filed returns for previous years, or who have not reported all of their income, can still voluntarily correct their tax affairs. They may not be penalized or prosecuted if they make a valid disclosure before they become aware of any compliance action being initiated by the CRA against them.

IN BRIEFRevenue Canada always gets their man

Currently, the city’s accom-modation inventory sits under the 450 room mark, giving it a one per cent revenue return from the province. Having over 450 rooms approved by the province would give the city RMI funding of two per cent and enough money to operate the daily shuttle bus service.

However, since the $17,5000 in the RMI account was ear-marked as seed money for the museum’s renovation, TR has now shied away from the one per cent proposal. It was changed to a request to council by TR under the two per cent scenario, said TR’s executive director Deanne Steven.

But the real game afoot is even if all of the pieces fall into place—with the requisite num-ber of rooms being approved for the higher funding model—there is no guarantee the money will be released by the city for the bus shuttle project, said Steven.

The RMI for Rossland needs a terms of reference, she noted. A terms of reference would set a committee, outline how the RMI money would be spent, who is in charge of a project, how to record expenses and how to get matching funding.

She said if the province approves the required number of accommodation units in the city and the RMI is bumped to two per cent, there is nothing that says the shuttle service would receive the funding. TR would have to petition the city again for the funds.

“If we go out and get this funding which helps the entire community, we are still left in the dark as to the process of how to deal with it,” she said. “If we knew what we needed to do we would just do it. But we kind of end up having to go around and around a bit.”

TR asked for a terms of ref-erence last year and were told the city would create one. To

MuseumThe RMI was started in 2006 with 14 RMI communities, of which Rossland is the smallest. Rossland will receive $28,362 in 2013 from the initiative.In 2012 the Resort Development Strategy (RDS) was amended to include a pilot project for an internal shuttle service with a budget for $11,000. This was financially possible by using left over (unused) funds from previous years from the RMI.For 2013/14 winter ($11,000) and 2014/15 winter ($7,000), unused funds are earmarked for the internal shuttle. But after 2014/2015 no funds will be available based on the projected amount of RMI funds allocated to Rossland.

Shuttle bus shuffleThe new plan is for a shuttle bus to operate every day during the winter (when the Red Mountain is open) from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and would be free, continuously looping through the city every hour to 45 minutes.Last year, with funding from the RMI, TR set up a partnership with Red Mountain Academies and contracted it out to a Trail-based company to offer a limited service to the hill for the first time. They had 780 trips, with around 22 riders per day based on three round trips.If TR is successful with the two per cent increase to the hotel room tax revenue then a delegation to council to request an amendment to the RMI plan will be necessary followed by approval of the province.The proposed shuttle would be a partnership with Red Mountain Acad-emies, Red Mountain Resort and local businesses and stakeholders.

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question of the week

Will the downtown business economy grow as expected if a new shuttle service to

Red Mountain is instituted?

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date there is nothing on record, but something is expected to be made public this month, Steven was informed.

Based on the two per cent tax there could be an annual cost drawn from the RMI of $48,000 for the shuttle service. The expanded scope of the ser-vice would cost around $78,000 for the season. Last year it cost TR $14,000 to operate the shut-tle on a much more limited basis.

Additionally, Steven said TR had raised $22,375 in support from local businesses and orga-nizations for the internal bus and are working with a sup-plier to negotiate terms of a contract.

TR and the business com-munity wanted council to approve the release of further RMI funding to help fund the expanded shuttle service in the coming years to ensure its sus-tainability, but not at the expense of the museum.

In the event something hap-pens at the museum regarding renovations, said Libby Martin, the Museum and Archives Association president, the RMI money would be used as seed money to leverage larger amounts. Currently, a request for proposals has gone out on the museum renovation, announced earlier this year.

“No money has been hand-ed over, but the money was allocated for potential develop-ment at the museum,” said Martin. “Tourism Rossland’s initial proposal could have hampered our ability to pro-vide matching funding for a project in the near future.”

Mayor Greg Granstrom said in a city council meeting July 15 that the corporate officer and museum are still expected to “hash out details” with Tourism Rossland and then present again to council on the two per cent application.

“But what was explained to them by staff was if they get the two per cent, we can call a spe-cial meeting and have that

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meeting in due time,” he said, and get the shuttle bus service approved. “There’s no need for us to see them before that when we don’t know about the two per cent and I don’t even know if the inspector will make it in August.”

“So council is not dithering over a decision; it is not us holding this up?” asked coun-cillor Kathy Moore.

“No,” said Granstrom. “And they still have their own money and can operate (a shuttle) within their budget.”

Or not. In a meeting next week Tourism Rossland board of directors will decide if there is a will to continue pursuing the project if there is no terms of reference in place to guide the project.

A lot of city businesses are ready to put money in and the project is just running out of time, said Steven.

“Even if inspector comes and approves (two per cent), I still don’t think we will have enough time because it takes so long at the city level for the process to move along,” she said. “And with no clear pro-cess in place it’s even harder. There is a very strong chance at this point (of the service not going ahead).”

The two per cent is the cal-culated portion of the hotel room tax the city—directed by Tourism Rossland—receives from the province from its gen-eral revenue.

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The inspector is expected in the first week of August, said Tourism Rossland’s executive director Deanne Steven.

“It would have been great to have that in place already,” she said about the two per cent tax generation that comes with the higher level of registered accom-modation. “But it’s the pro-vincial government, and we can’t get them to do any-thing quicker than they want to.”

There are 367 units right now registered in the city, yielding a one per cent return.

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Starbelly Jam Music Festival• July 19-21, Crawford BayThe music and other entertainment is soul-

fully eclectic, and this year will include funk, world music, rock, hip-hop, reggae, blues, blue-grass, folk, jam bands and other acts that are a little harder to define. It also has entertainment and activities for children (who get in free if they are under age 13 and with an adult). It’s a real family festival.

Find it: http://starbellyjam.org

KGB-Kootenay Gut Buster• July 26-27, Crawford BayFunniest vacation ever with Canada’s only

outdoor comedy concert experience.Find it: www.kgbcomedy.com

Unity Music Festival• July 27-28, Slocan CityThe Slocan Valley’s only music festival with

a healthy dose of local talent.Find it: http://unitymusicfestival.ca

Arising out of the East Shore val-ues of engaging in activities with children, the festival has taken that credo and made that its own as well.

“It lessens the generation gap for us a little,” Belcourt said. “For us on the East Shore, just knowing the frustration of not being able to go to certain things because you have kids, we didn’t want to leave out kids out of this.”

With a solid lineup for its 14th all ages festival, Starbelly’s two stages will be graced by Sierra Leone’s

Refugee All Stars, Blue King Brown, Vancouver’s Boom Booms and Pack A.D., Aesop Rock with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz, Pack AD and Buckman Coe.

This year’s festival will also showcase a great selection of Kootenay talent such as Cranbrook’s The Good Ol’ Goats, Nelson’s DJ Rippel with LA’s Droop Capone, Swing Theory, Bessie and the Back Eddies and Tofu Stravinsky, Creston’s Tiizak Hamra, and the East Shore’s own Tipi Camp Tribute Ensemble and The Arcane Garden.

However, Belcourt said Starbelly Jam’s all-ages aspect is highlighted by the activities and entertainment for the younger attendees. Starting with the Rainbow Cirque Tent on the

festival grounds, Starchild Entertainment will be gathering kids throughout the weekend for shows and parades.

There will also be a crafting extravaganza in the kids’ crafts area, the Rainbow Country bubble blow-ing zone and misting station, and lots of workshops and fun for young kids (and old ones) all weekend.

“That’s what makes us the Kootenay’s best all-ages festival, we are trying to create the best experi-ence for everyone that comes through the gates,” said Belcourt.

For a full list of ticket outlets, ticket prices and more information about Starbelly Jam 2013 visit star-bellyjam.org.

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It is the first real festival of the year, the start to summer.

The Starbelly Jam Music Festival in Crawford Bay signifies that summer and festival season is truly here, and it does that in an all welcoming, all encompassing, family-infused gather-ing.

Nestled on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, the 14th stellar edition of Starbelly is the most family friendly affair in the West Kootenay, and it isn’t by accident, says Lea Belcourt, Starbelly’s artistic director.

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22nd Kaslo Jazz Etc Summer Music Festival• Aug. 2-4, KasloThe best little music festival in Canada, on the

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31st annual Cyswog’n’Fun triathlon • Aug. 4, NelsonThis triathlon continues to be an event for

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Shambhala Music Festival• Aug. 7-12, Salmo River RanchVoted one of the best large music festivals in

the world, the rave on the shores of the Salmo River is the premier festival in the West Kootenay.

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Columbia Basin Culture Tour• Aug. 10-11, venues in Columbia BasinExplore artists’ studios, museums, art galler-

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Fat Tire Festival • Aug. 23-25, NelsonThis event takes place every year in memory

of Cam Alexander, a friend and avid cyclist. This year’s festival focuses on reaching out to the community to return to biking. As such, organiz-ers have put an emphasis on participation by making events that include the competitive and recreational rider alike.

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Rossland Rubberhead Bike Festival• September, RosslandIt’s a weekend that Rossland goes all out on

mountain biking. At noon, the infamous Dreadhead All-Mountain Challenge, a two-part race, tests riders to their limits. It takes place at the new Redhead/Red Summit trail. The Huck in Berries Bike Jam takes place at the Centennial Bike Park in the city.

This event is a jam style, slope style competi-tion with multiple age categories. The Sunday features the Seven Summits Poker Ride. It is a non-competitive poker ride of 36 kilometres over the peaks of seven mountains.

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Golden City Days• Sept. 6-8, RosslandRossland celebrates its history.The Friday evening starts with a talent show.

Saturday starts with a pancake breakfast, then the parade. There are children’s games, face-painting, food vendors, pony rides and much more. During the weekend there is a softball tournament and sports demonstrations.

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Hills Garlic Festival• Sept. 8, New DenverIn Centennial Park. Garlic, harvest produce,

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18th annual Pass Creek Fall Fair• Sept. 20-22, Pass Creek Exhibition GroundsCome out and enjoy an old fashioned com-

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Kootenay Storytelling Festival• Sept. 21-22, NelsonFind it: kootenaystory.org/the-2012-festival/

Kootenay Pass 50th• Oct. 6, Summit Lake, between Creston, SalmoThe Salmo-Creston highway was opened 50

years ago—join in to celebrate that historic event.

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The dragon’s den is coming to Greater Trail.Community Futures of Greater Trail received

$15,000 to coordinate a West Kootenay Junior Dragon’s Den which will support a call to action for young entrepreneurs in the region to create their own summer job or business.

A range of projects including those that sup-port youth engagement, leadership, employ-ment and entrepreneurship were recently approved to receive funding through the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) Youth Grants Program (YGP). Sixteen projects in total will receive over $92,000 to benefit youth around the Basin.

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Family swimThe Family Swim time at the Rossland Pool

is from 4-5:30 p.m. during the months of July and August. If you have young children it’s one of the nicest ways to end a hot summer day, before the demands of dinner and bed-time routines. The Rossland Pool has season’s passes available to make things even easier. Contact the Rossland Pool at 250-362-5455 or the Recreation Dept. for more information.

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“When you sign up to sit around this table that is a commitment with certain sacrifices involved,” she said. “If you can’t make things then that doesn’t mean everything has to halt, it just means you miss out on things. I just think we should get the ball rolling now.”

But if last Monday night was any indication—with three of the six coun-cillors missing—it was a wise move. The chambers were relatively barren without the full complement of council in attendance, and chief administrative officer Cecile Arnott realized how the process could be compromised if that was the case for planning.

“To ensure that this planning process is thorough, objective and engages council discussion, staff recommend physical attendance at the meetings. This is especially critical at the onset,” she said in her report to council.

In reviewing the list of council and staff availability for the three months commencing July 1, Arnott said it was apparent it was impossible to schedule any meetings where all council would physically be in attendance until Oct. 1.

Although Mayor Greg Granstrom agreed with Blomme that sacrifices have to be made to be on council, he said the process will begin now with background work being done by city staff to compile a lot of data and infor-mation when the meetings begin when the entire council was available.

The planning, which will include some public meetings, will include the

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topics of asset management investment, routine maintenance and revenue plan-ning.

Service levels will be examined—with staff reviewing service levels and identifying areas and risks for changing the service levels—as well as recreation and facilities and consideration will be given to a Community Social Planning Development Plan for the City of Rossland.

Statistics, user revenues and mainte-nance costs and value of the city’s recre-ation and facilities will be done.

An RFP will be issued for a contrac-tor to provide the Community Social Planning Development Plan for the city. The contractor will have to have experi-ence in community development theory and practice for social planning.

The cost for the contractor was set with a ceiling of $10,000, moving up from the $5,000 first budgeted for. The

incremental extra $5,000 requested for the hiring of a community social devel-opment specialist will be funded from surplus.

During the five year planning pro-cess of April and May 2013, council decided to proceed with the 2014 to 2018 Financial Plan beginning June 1, 2013.

The move was predicated to facili-tate the need for “improved public con-sultation and to address strategies to address the challenges that the city faces.”

The planning process was deemed to include a long term Asset Management Investment Plan complete with a review of service levels and a long term reve-nue plan.

At the time, council indicated a need for social planning that addressed com-munity support and sustainability.

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In a small municipality where management wears many hats, the requirements are fulfilled by the same staff members, therefore it is key to have the timelines spread out. a. Financial Plan — Octoberb. User Fees — Novemberc. Tax Analysis — December! January (tweaked in March/April)d. Year End — Feb /Marche. Audited Financial Statements — Aprilf. LGDE Submission, LGDE Tax — Mayg. SOFI and Annual Report — June

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PUBLIC NOTICEALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS

In accordance with Section 86 of the Community Charter, Council for the City of Rossland proposes to proceed with the adoption of Bylaw No. 2554, a Loan Authorization Bylaw intended to authorize the bor-rowing of up to $4,000,000 (four million) as the City’s share of the funding required to finance the Columbia Avenue / Washington Street Upgrade Project. The City of Rossland is proposing to borrow up to $4,000,000 to pay for the project using long term financing.

The bylaw proposes to authorize the borrowing and financing of a sum, not exceeding $4,000,000 towards the Columbia Avenue/Washington Street Upgrade Project, over a term not to exceed 30 years.

In accordance with Section 86 of the Community Charter, an Alternative Approval Process is provided to the Electors of the City of Rossland, giving them the opportunity to respond against the proposed bylaw as described above. Response against the adoption of Bylaw No. 2554, “Columbia Avenue and Washington Street Upgrade Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2554, 2013”, must be submitted to Council, on the form provided and available at City Hall, by 4:00 p.m. on August 27, 2013.

Unless a response is received from at least 10% of the Electors of the City, estimated to be 256, by the dead-line date noted above, Council will be in a position to proceed with the adoption of the Loan Authorization Bylaw. Electors of the municipality wishing to respond against the Bylaw, should submit their response to Council, on the form available from City Hall, located at 1899 Columbia Avenue, Rossland, during business hours.

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Uniting people in conversation has been a local reverend’s passion for almost 10 years, and now that he is leaving, the community is coming together to share in a warm farewell.

The Trail United Church invites everyone to join in a pot luck sup-per to say goodbye to Reverend Keith Simmonds and his family on Thursday, July 18 at the Warfield Hall, 5:30 p.m. Simmonds has been ministering to members of Communities in Faith and Pastoral Charge in Rossland and other parts of Greater Trail since 2004.

He is relocating to Vancouver Island to be closer to aging family members and to minister at Duncan United Church.

“Keith has been very much involved in the four churches and in community outreach,” said Merle Ruckstuhl, 70-year member of the Trail United Church. “He’s really going to missed not only in our pas-toral charge but in the community.”

Simmonds philosophy is all about community and creating a better world by pulling people together and having conversations about what is important to them.

“I was called into doing some-thing that was bigger than me,” he said. “I wanted to learn how to make a safe place for the commu-nity to come together to talk and work on issues that matter to them.”

He has fond memories of his ministry, but one in particular stands out as his first “teachable moment” in Trail.

Having a work history as cabinet assistant in the NDP government in the 1990’s, Simmonds was passion-ate and focused on social justice, labour unions, and politics when he

delivered his first Labour Day hom-ily to the Trail congregation almost a decade ago.

“Things were going well until then,” he said.

“That morning I talked about the Israelites leaving Egypt after years in captivity,” said Simmonds. “And I said that things don’t seem to be changing much.”

The sermon reflected his thoughts about the city’s turmoil because during this time people were out of work, on strike, and feeling frustrated, he said.

He remembers saying that “working people feel like they are under the thumb of their masters,” and “people are being treated like property by their employers.” After the sermon, Simmonds had a long-time member of congregation approach him to request a private conversation.

“I thought,’what a thoughtful man,’”explained Simmonds. “He understood how my history formed my beliefs and passion that was reflected in my sermon.”

However, that was not the case.Simmonds said the church mem-

ber was in management at Teck (then on strike) who told him that, for the first time in his life, “he did not feel like a member of the church,” and wanted to tell Simmonds how hurt he felt by his words.

“That was my earliest teaching memory,” said Simmonds.

Since 2011, Simmonds has been involved with the Extreme Weather Emergency Shelter, a temporary shelter in the basement of the Trail United Church.

The Trail United Church will be run by its council, with a minister from Creston, Nelson, Castlegar or Grand Forks, in attendance for weddings and funerals.

Simmonds moving onRossland reverend and community builder heads home; Farewell dinner planned for Thursday in Warfield

sheri regnierTrail Times

Although fire sea-son in the region is just heating up, weeks of hot temperatures have put the area at a higher than normal risk of forest fires for this time of year.

Two fire events happened last week, the first in a remote area of Champion Lakes on Thursday.

The fire was on the west side ridge of the Champion Lakes Park area, halfway between the group of lakes and the river, said Jordan Turner, Fire Information Officer for the Southeast Fire Centre.

One initial attack crew responded to put out the fire, and no structures, campsites or roads were affected.

The cause was determined to be natu-ral, a lightning strike, and 0.2 hectares in size, he added. A sec-ond fire was reported on the east side of the Columbia River above the Poupore flats in Castlegar on Saturday.

On Sunday morn-ing, a wildfire man-agement branch heli-copter carried a three-person “Initial Attack Crew” into the area to begin to fight the fire, said Turner.

The fire was 100 per cent contained that afternoon and the

crew was flown out by helicopter with the fire now reported as out.

There were no inju-ries on scene and because of the remote-ness of the fire, no structures were threat-ened. The fire was caused by a lightning strike, said Turner, adding that it was a rank one fire, meaning it was a smouldering ground, and “creeping surface fire,” less that one hectare in size.

Turner said the fire danger risk is unusu-ally high in the region for mid-July, which is a direct result of extended high temper-atures. So far this sea-son, 41 fires have been reported.

Fire season heats upsheri regnier

Trail Times


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When Petri Raito and Ryan Arnaud began sneaking sips of Raito’s father’s strong tasting, high alcohol, homemade beer back in Winnipeg as kids they likely had no idea where that brush with beer would take them.

Years later the two childhood friends reconnected in Rossland and took that initial curiosity with the suds and poured it into a brewing busi-ness last year in Trail.

This month the two have taken their fledg-ling business uptown and have settled in on Columbia Avenue in Rossland, and the new terrain suits the former flatlanders fittingly.

Raito said the move was necessary to the Golden City for the next phase of the life of

the business, and its transformation from a U-brew format into a micro brewery as of Jan. 1, 2014.

“With location, tourism and the events that happen here it’s just a good place to be,” said Raito, while brew master Arnaud kept the hops hopping in the back.

Having a location in Rossland would be great for selling pints and “growler” fills—1.89 litre jugs—and the creation of a tasting room at the front of the store.

The room itself won’t be functional until January, said Raito, when the new liquor licence kicks into effect, and will feature plenty of plac-es to hang out, try some hand crafted beer, and check out a game on the big screen on the wall.

timothy schaferRossland News

A beer-y good solutionTwo Rosslanders bring home a business idea to the Golden City with a micro brewery in the mix

Timothy Schafer photoPetri Raito, left, and Ryan Arnaud will become a mainstay on Columbia Avenue—just like the sight of Mount Roberts in the background—with soon-to-be renamed Rossland Brewing Company, a new micro brewery for the city.

“But we don’t want to be a brew pub, or a bar, it’s just going to be a really cozy, fascinat-ing, interesting tasting room,” he said.

And offering any one of the eight types of beer the company produces at present, including India pale ale, stout, pale ale, wheat beer, a “season-al” beer and possibly a gluten free beer.

The brew-on-prem-ise craft beer brewery still produces beer for customers on order, with approximately 50 regular sized bottles of beer (341 millilitres) being ready for con-

sumption in about one month for $80. That will continue as spe-cial order once it is a micro brewery.

And in 2014 that richness will likely be exported, said Raito. The company is expected to take the Rossland name to the outside world as cli-ents already await production of the first bottles in January.

Trail Brewing is open Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more informa-tion, visit trailbrewing.com.

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Approval in principle has been granted on an application for an initiative petition. The petition will be issued to proponent Dana Larsen on Monday, September 9, 2013 and signature sheets must be submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer by Monday, December 9, 2013.

The Title of the Initiative is:An initiative to amend the Police Act.

Summary of Initiative:The initiative draft Bill entitled, “Sensible Policing Act” proposes to amend the Police Act to no longer use provincial police resources on the enforcement of current laws in relation to simple possession and use of cannabis by adults. The draft law would prohibit the use of provincial police resources for this purpose, would require police to report in detail to the Minister of Justice any actual use of resources for this purpose and why it was necessary, and require the Minister to publish that report. The Bill also proposes that the province would call upon the Federal Government to repeal the federal prohibition on cannabis, or give British Columbia an exemption, such that British Columbia is able to tax and regulate cannabis similar to the regulation of alcohol and tobacco. As well it proposes that British Columbia shall establish a Provincial Commission to study the means and requirements necessary for the province to establish a legal and regulated model for the production and use of cannabis by adults. Last, the Bill would make non-lawful possession and use of cannabis by minors an offence similar to possession and use of alcohol.

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