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[email protected] Reach-a-Reader campaign will step into high

gear next week. The campaign, a joint effort between Black Press and Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy, will help to raise funds for literacy programs in local communities.

Next Thursday, Black Press and Literacy Alliance staff will be out on the street in Rossland and other parts of the Columbia Basin selling the paper.

For a free paper like the Rossland News, there will

also be an extra incentive of a free classified ad. The Alliance operates in 16 communities in the Co-

lumbia Basin, and all the Black Press papers are partic-ipating in that event on those two days, Oct. 5 and 6.

“This is the very first year. We’ve never done it be-fore,” said Desneiges Profili, community literacy co-ordinator.

Rossland is part of the Greater Trail area and so can access services that the Alliance provides all over the area.

“So with that, people who come attend our adult computer classes in Trail or English as a Second Lan-

guage classes. We have people from Rossland that attend those as well,” Profili said. “When we say our community is Greater Trail, we’re hitting all the maincommunities.”

In Rossland specifically, the Literacy Alliance offers Mother Goose at the MacLean StrongStart Centre. They also coordinate the programming, which is five days a week.

The StrongStart program is for parents and chil-dren to attend, as well as caregivers, and is for 0-5 year

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The Reach a Reader campaign that will be happening next week in Rossland, and other communities across the Columbia Basin, will help to raise funds for Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy. Above, Jaime Santano, facilitator for the Mother Goose program at the MacLean StrongStart centre, leads 0-5 year olds in singing. Programs like thses help develop earlyliteracy Arne Petryshen photo

ARNE PETRYSHEN

Rossland News Editor

Literacy fundraiser will begin next week

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The Rossland Scout Hall will begetting a tune-up this weekendSee Page 16

Businesses are concerned over downtown renewal project

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Yoga with Theshini Tuesday/Thursday’s 8:30-10am Wednesday 5:45-7:15pm @ Better Life Fitness

Fundraiser 2 Saturday Oct. 1 Rossland Miners Hall. Doors open 7 p.m. Tickets $20 and available at Rossland Hardware. For more info: 250.362.7300

Teens-Adults Age 7-12 Mon-Wed 4:30-5:30pm Sat 9-10am Open class Sunday’s for ages 7 & up 9-10:30am. Little Dragons Ages 4-6 Monday/Wednesday’s 3:30-4:15pm Adult/Teens Tuesday/Thursday’s 5-6pm All classes at Better Life Fitness. Taylor Capoz-zolo at [email protected] or call 250 362-BFIT(2348)

Kerry’s Ski-Fit Yoga Tuesday/Thursday’s 6:30-8pm @Better Life Fitness more info [email protected] or call 250 372 BFIT(2348)

Annual general meeting. Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Golden Bear Children’s Centre.

Meeting on Monday October 17, at 2 pm, Kiro Wellness Center, Trail. Guest: Michael Arab from Keil Surgical in Vancouver. For fur-ther info, please call 250-365-6276

Rossland has been entered into a provincial walking contest which could see the community win up to $60,000 for trail maintenance and construction. More info in the Rossland Recreation Fall/Winter brochure.

Saturday October 15 @ 6pm at the Flying Steamshovel in Rossand. $15 per person (pre-sale only) Includes Burger, Fries, One Beer and Entertainment. Call 250-364-0403 for information or tickets. All proceeds to the Canadian Cancer Society-Support Programs.

Starting Sept. 19, Monday evening practices 7 - 9 p.m. in the McIntyre Room at the Cominco Memorial Centre. Brass and woodwind players wel-comed. For more info, contact Andrea McKay, 362-7604.

Farmer’s market, June 30 to Sept 29, Thursdays from 3 to 6:30pm. For contact and vendor information, visit www.rosslandfood.com.

Help convey the message that unborn human life has value and that adoption is the loving option. Sat. Oct. 1st, Victoria St., Trail 1-2 p.m. also: Sun. Oct. 2nd , Canadian Tire /Hwy 3A intersection, Castlegar 2-3 p.m.

Tue/Thu evenings, Sat morning, May to Sept, Christina Lake. Carpool from Rossland. Contact Mary Hatlevik, 362-9452. All women welcome. Raise awareness of breast cancer, support wellbeing.

Start anytime: puppies 2-6mo. old, basic obedience, small dog socialization, advanced obedience, tricks and fun. Contact: 521-BARK, [email protected], 1396 Cedar Ave.

Each month on the third Sunday from 7-9:30 pm., the Ross-land Miner’s Hall hosts performers - music, dance, spoken word, theatre. Interested volunteers and performers may contact Michael Gifford at 250-362-7170 or [email protected]. Adults $3, students free. Treats available. Doors open at 6.

For all ages. Contact Megs: 362-3381, [email protected]. Tues., Miner’s Hall, with Shauna: [email protected].

Level 1, Sept 21– Oct 26, 6-7:30 pm, 120 per couple. Level 2, FridaysSept 23- Oct 28, 6- 7:30 pm, $140 per couple. 368-7618, [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, first time free.

At Better Life Fitness Monday & Wednesday 7:30-8:30 pm. more info [email protected] www.infinityphysio.c.

Indoor cycling, Drill Fit, Pilates, strength training, cardio,core, and more. 1995 Columbia, above the Subway. www.outofboundsfitness.com.

8-9:30am, Saturdays, May to October. Meet at Kootenay Nordic Sports (2020 Washington). Free drop-in, all levels, year-round.Contact Tammie Gibson, 362-7071, [email protected].

Cellist Jeff Faragher presents La Caramore String Quartet Monday Oc-tober 3, 7:30 pm at St. Andrew’s United Church2011 1st Avenue Adult: $20.00 Student: $15.00 Family: $50.00

Wed. and Thu. nights, Pick-up 5:45pm at Revolution Cycles, Drop-off at the Steamshovel afterwards, by Adrenaline Adventures. $15 shuttle, or $20 includes burger and beer. Different ride each week. Limited space, book ahead.

Sit n’ Knit, Thursdays 1:30 - 3:30 pm! Bring your projects and questions and get help from an expert knitter, all for a $2 donation(all proceeds to local charity) Call 362-5383.

Rhymes, songs, finger plays and stories, 10:30-11:30am, Thursdays atMacLean StrongStart Center. Free, drop-in, for caregivers and young children.

Ages 3 to adult. Ballet, African, modern and more. Contact Renée Salsiccioli at 368-8601 or [email protected].

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.

Rossland Radio Co-op, 101.1 FM. Come to a Wednes-day meeting, 7-9pm, 1807 Columbia. Or email [email protected].

6-8 pm, first Tuesday each month at the RosslandLibrary. Come be part of the process.

Columbia District Girl Guides has units from Ross-land to Salmo for girls aged 5 to 17. Call 250-367-7115. Leaders also wanted.

For boys and girls, now at the Rossland Scout Hall. Beavers (ages 5,6,7) Wed. 6-7pm. Cubs (ages 8,9,10) Thu. 4-5:30pm. Contact Shanna Tanabe: 362-0063.Info session and registration tonight at Rossland Scout Hall, 5:30-6:30p.m.

Free drop-in, 1504 Cedar Ave, Trail. Call 364-3322 or contact [email protected]. Art Night: Tue. 7pm; Movie Night: Wed. 6-8pm.

General Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. onthe third Wed. of every month. All members of Branch #14 are asked to attend.

Weekly meetings at the Rock Cut Pub, Mon., 6-8pm. All welcome! Contact John Sullivan, 362-5278.

West Kootenay Family Historians, 7pm, first Monday each month, Sept toJune, SHSS, Castlegar. Annual fee $10. Contact Jean, 365-8100, or Grace, 364-1426.

Bingo Thurs., films Tues., both at 1:30pm, Rossland Seniors’ Hall. Meets every Wed. 6pm - 9:15pm at the 44 Trail Armory in Shaver’s Bench

1990-7th Ave. Contact: Michelle Szabo at 231-5000, [email protected]

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Teck Resources Limited will invest $210 million into electronic waste recycling in Trail.

This investment will increase the Trail op-eration’s capacity to recycle end-of-life electronic waste.

The project, known as the No. 4 Furnace Proj-ect, includes the construction of a new slag fum-ing furnace and settling furnace that will integrate into the existing lead smelting process.

Teck is setting construction on the project to be-gin in 2012, with completion scheduled for 2014.

“This is part of our ongoing commitment to the community of Trail,” said Don Lindsay, Teck president and chief executive officer. “Last year we recycled just over 13,000 tonnes of e-waste at our Trail operations and this project will significantly increase our capacity to recycle end-of-life elec-tronic components, helping to keep them out of landfills and allowing for the recovery and reuse of valuable metals.”

Teck is also investing $475 million into a mill modernization at its Highland Valley Copper op-eration near Kamloops.

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Trail operationolds. “The StrongStart centres were origi-

nally created to help connect parents and children to schools even before children start school,” Profili added. “So the idea is getting them into the space, seeing the teacher, seeing the school. A lot of it too is to help parents and con-nect them with community services in the area. So having Interior Health come to the centre, or having people from different organizations and the schools and other community organi-zations as well.”

The Alliance is contracted to run the StrongStart centre at MacLean school.

“We support it in that we have other programs that we try to run within the centre, like the parent-child Mother Goose we offer on Thursday mornings,” she said. “We’re hoping that anything we can raise within this campaign will help to support our programs. We used to do a number of programs at the cen-tres and in the communities, but now, with funding being cut we’re not able to do as many as we used to.”

Profili uses the example of the parent-

child Mother Goose program, which will likely go just the fall session.

She said they hope to raise more funds so they can get another program added for another day.

The Alliance provides literacy pro-grams for early childhood, school age and young people as well as adults who would like to improve their literacy skills.

“[The Alliance] is a non-profit organi-zation, so most of their funding comes from the government, Decoda Literacy Solutions (formerly Literacy BC), the school district and the Greater Trail community,” Profili said, adding that specifically, the three biggest funders in our community are, the Columbia Ba-sin Trust, School District 20 and Selkirk College.

Profili said this is the first year they’ve done a broad organization wide cam-paign to raise funds.

The other programs, such as the com-puter programs, are open to anyone in the Greater Trail community, which includes everything from Fruitvale to Rossland.

Students at L’école des Sept-Sommets spent the morning yesterday lapping MacLean Ele-mentary. The running was a part of the National School Run Day to commemorate Terry Fox’s run across Canada in 1980.

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Phase 1 of the Lower Columbia Community Development Team’s Housing Study is now complete, marked by the release the Lower Columbia Region Attainable Housing Needs Assessment. That report is available in hard copy in local libraries as well as online at www.lccdt.com

We are now entering Phase 2 of the Study, developing an Attainable Housing Strategic Plan. The LCCDT will be hosting 3 public working dialogue sessions in October to identify and prioritize housing strategies for the region. The sessions will be held at the following times:

Tuesday, October 4, 5-8pm: Fruitvale Community HallWednesday, October 5, 3-6pm: Selkirk College Recital RoomThursday, October 6, 6:30-9:30pm: Rossland Secondary School*

All members of the public are welcome to attend. Knowledge of housing and familiarity with the report are an asset; however, the project consultant will present the report’s key findings at the beginning of each session.

Snacks and refreshments will be provided, but please be sure to RSVP so we can plan appropriately. RSVPs can be sent to:

Terry Van Horn [email protected] 250-364-6461

* Please note that all sessions are open to the public and the dialogues will focus on regional solutions.

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Children’s author Yolanda Ridge has always held a family dream to live in the mountains. Ridge moved to Rossland this summer from Vancouver, fufilling that dream.

“We are excited about raising our kids here,” Ridge said. “We chose Rossland because of the rec-reational opportunites and family focus.”

Ridge’s debut, Trouble in the Trees, is about a girl who fights a bylaw against tree climb-ing in her urban townhouse complex.

Aimed at readers ages 8-11, the book has received positive reviews from teachers, librarians and other readers. The sequel, Road Block, will be published by Orca Books in Spring 2012.

Ridge said she was hoping to become part of a community but didn’t expect it to happen so fast.

“Everyone has made us feel very welcome.”

Her 5-year-old twin boys, Oli-ver and Spencer, just started Kin-dergarten at MacLean Elementary and they’ve already made lots of friends.

“Having the boys in school full time is a big change for all of us, but I’m looking forward to having some time to write,” said Ridge. who penned her first two children’s novels while her sons napped and attended a few hours of preschool each week.

This fall, Ridge is looking for-ward to spending some time of her own in the classroom.

She has develped a program for school visits that promotes discus-sion about rules and includes a fun, interactive quiz entitled “You can’t do that!”

Ridge is also interested in teach-ing writing workshops and cours-es.

“There are so many interesting and creative people in Rossland,

I’m sure they have lots of stories to tell,” she said.

Trouble in the Trees is availableat Café Books. Visit www.yolanda-ridge.com for more information orto arrange a school visit.

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Fall means time to pick the fruit

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The gardening season is coming to an end in Ross-land, and people all over town are pulling in the last of their harvests and putting their gardens to bed for winter.

In keeping with these seasonal changes, the Ross-land REAL Food group is hosting a variety of fall ac-tivities.

On Thursday, Oct. 6, from 4 to 7 p.m., everyone is invited to join in the Work Party and Harvest Celebra-tion being held at the community garden.

Plot holders and REAL Food volunteers will be turning over garden beds, weeding, watering and tidy-ing up the garden space to make it ready for winter.

The day isn’t all about digging and weeding, how-ever. Weather permitting, a Rossland-style potluck will follow.

Those joining in for the meal should bring food to share, a blanket or folding chair and their own plates and cutlery. Amidst the garden plots and the food, current plot holders can indicate whether they would like a plot again for next year.

Anyone else who would like a plot for next year is also encouraged to attend, to join in the activities and to request a spot on the list for 2012.

The Rossland REAL Food group would like to hear feedback about the garden, and to generate ideas for how to make the Garden even better next year. And of course, the group is always looking for more willing hands to join in on this rewarding venture.

At this time, the group specifically needs volunteers to join the community garden committee, and anyone who is interested is encouraged to step up.

Plums, apples and pears are ripening in town and local bears have noticed.

Over the next month, if you are unable to pick all of your fruit and veggies, Harvest Rescue volunteers will help by doing the picking for you. These volun-teers will haul away your edible fruit for free, or they will compost/dispose of your rotten fruit & veggies

for a small fee. The Harvest Rescue service is provided by Ross-

land REAL Food volunteers in partnership with BearAware.

The goals are to enhance community safety by re-ducing bear attractants, while also making use of theharvested fruits and veggies. And what happens to the fruit?

Edible fruit is used by the volunteers who pick it, and inedible fruit is taken to the landfill for compost-ing.

To arrange for a harvest team, or for more informa-tion on the Harvest Rescue service, call David Kleinat 362-9557.

Interested people may also wish to look at the Face-book page Rossland Harvest Rescue or the Bhubble posting at www.bhubble.com/node/22549 .

Those able to pick their own fruit might like to par-ticipate in the Community Fruit Pressing Day.

Bear Aware is bringing a fruit press to the commu-nity garden on Saturday, Oct. 15.

From 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Rossland REAL Food’s trained volunteers will use this press to turn fruit into juice. To make juice, fruit is ‘fed’ into the press, which squeezes the fruit, producing both juice and pulp.

The juice is drained into a large container such as a Rubbermaid tub. A large container is definitely neces-sary, as one pressing of 4 large boxes of fruit can pro-duce up to 35 liters of juice.

The fresh juice can be consumed right away, or pre-served via canning or freezing. Pulp from the pressedfruit is loaded into boxes and composted, or donatedto farmers for use as livestock feed.

Anyone wishing to take advantage of this oppor-tunity should call David Klein at 362-9557 to book a time. Participants will be asked to pay a fee of $20 forone press and will also be expected to bring their ownfruit and juice containers.

Funds raised from the fruit pressing day are usedto pay for repair and maintenance of the fruit press, and to provide an honorarium to the volunteers whowill be setting up, running, and cleaning the press, anddisposing of the pulp.

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Rossland businesses are concerned with the city’s downtown renovation plans. The renovations will renew the aging infrastruc-ture of Columbia Avenue and Washington Street.

The biggest concern to businesses is that there is little information to what extent the construction will affect them, since the city is still waiting for a report back from the con-tractor, ISL.

The Rossland Chamber of Commerce has been holding informal meetings with concerned businesses to try and clear up the confusion.

Renee Clark, executive director at the chamber, said the lack of information has businesses worried about things like time-lines.

“They want it to be as condensed as possi-ble and limit the amount of time needed for the construction, so that they can have ac-cessibility,” Clark said. “You know, a normal looking business, not some dusty street, with trucks and construction crews. They want this project to go as quickly as possible.”

There are concerns about parking around businesses during construction, as well as the layout after construction.

“That’s a big concern, especially for the es-sential services, like the doctor offices, Fer-raro foods, the pharmacy, the post office, who need to have access maintained or try to avoid having people park way down the block,” she said. “A lot of them deal with the elderly who are not as mobile.”

Businesses also would like to know about is the timeline since each has different high market times, Clark added.

A plan was presented to council in June, which Clark said worried some businesses.

“There was a bit of a figure that was thrown out there and I think it posed a lot of con-cern for residents and businesses, because it was a pretty high figure,” she said. “The scope and reality seems like it’s going to be far less than that; down to what we need to make our town beautiful and viable for the long term.”

A presentation at the Oct. 10 city council meeting will likely give more details. Clark speculated that it would include traffic calm-ing measures, since there is a lot of concern about noise from big trucks.

“In the plan there are lots of bump out curves on every corner, so pedestrians can cross from one corner to the next in a shorter distance,” she said. “But that’s just phase one. It all depends on money and other factors.”

The city will consult with the community and the businesses, especially the down-

town merchants, later on in October or November.

“I don’t think they’re going to be quick in acting on their own. They’re certainly going to be working and listening to everyone in the community,” she added.

The Rossland Chamber of Commerce is a business association.

Businesses buy into the membership and part of the chamber’s mandate is to advocate for and promote the local business commu-nity. They also work on economic develop-ment in the community.

“Working as a collective group certainly has more power than working alone,” Clark said. “We want to work with the city and the businesses to make this as easy as pos-sible for everybody. My door is always open to talk with concerned businesses and the community.”

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Many Rossland businesses on Columbia and Washington are worried about effects that the renewal project could have on their business.

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week and we’re gearing up for a fun, action packed winter season! We have a few new programs that we’d like to introduce and are looking for some enthusiastic hockey instruc-tors. We’d like to introduce a “Little Gretzky’s” program – a hockey program for kids ages 3-5 years, on Tuesday mornings from 11- 12 p.m., and a co-ed recreational hockey program for kids ages 10 and up, also on Tuesdays, from 3:30-4:45 p.m. For the little girls, we’d like to introduce a “Girls Only” recrea-tional hockey program for ages 5-10 years on Mondays, from 3:30-4:45 p.m.. For the big girls (teens and women) we’ve got Fridays from 3:30-4:45 p.m. blocked off. If any of these new programs interest you and you would like to apply to be an instructor, please contact our office. More information can be found on the city’s website, rossland.ca. Appli-cations will be accepted until Friday, Oct. 14 at 4 p.m. in the recreation department.

The Sunrise 1 Music Program for children ages 3-4 years starts next week, on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 9:30 a.m. in the arena lounge. This is a 10-week program that introduces your child to music curriculum and develops your child’s listening skills, awareness, fine motor skills, social interactions, confidence and atten-tion span. This is a parent partici-pation class – join your child each week while everyone sings, dances and learns.

The Jr. Singing Club starts next week, at MacLean Elementary School on Wednesdays from 3:45-4:45 p.m. Mr. Marshall has been leading children’s choirs for years

and is continuing the tradition even in retirement! The “Computers for the Rest of Us” course also starts next week. This is a participant driven course at MacLean Elemen-tary, in the Mac computer lab, on Wednesdays from 5-6 p.m. Join Mr. Marshal as he helps demystify the Mac computer, through examples and discussions about up to date programs, the web, using Word and email and exploring fun programs.

With Christmas just around the corner, consider registering for the “Make a Homemade Lasagne Pan” class. Using red, earthenware clay, this class will teach you the basics of hand building and slab work. The result will be a hand built, oven safe, functional lasagne pan! The class runs on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 5 p.m. and then again on Sunday Oct. 23, at 5 p.m.

The Pottery Wheel and Hand-building course starts on Monday Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m. This is a five-session class that teaches beginners and intermediate level students how to use the wheel and various hand building methods. Projects will be self determined by skill level and will include bowls, drinking vessels and some lidded forms.

The Rick Hansen 25th Anniver-sary Relay will be coming through Rossland on April 25, 2012. Ross-land will be celebrating this end of day stop on the relay with a celebra-tion that recognizes local difference makers, raises awareness about accessibility, celebrates progress that has been made and inspires a new generation to take action.

Rosslanders are invited to log on to the Rick Hansen website, rickhansenrelay.com and enter the

contest to be a medal bearer in the relay. The final medal bearer in Rossland should be an individual who the community recognizes as someone who has made a difference in Rossland – someone who has inspired others through personal achievements or community activi-ties. If you would like to nominate someone or would like to sit on the committee to create our “End of Day Celebration”, please contact our office!

Rossland Quilt Guild is host-ing “Every Quilt Tells a Story” on Saturday, October 22 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Miners’ Hall. Admission is by donation. Tea, coffee and sweets will be available. Door prizes and raffle baskets. Ven-dors will be at the hall.

If you have a teenager in the house, consider registering them in the youth film making workshop that’s coming up. The Kootenay Association for Science & Technol-ogy (KAST), Rossland Arts Council and the Columbia Basin Trust are sponsoring a Youth Film Making Workshop for two days, Oct. 11 and 12. The class runs on Tuesday and Thursday, from 3:30-6:30 p.m. at RSS in Room 104. The instructors are from Watershed Productions in Nelson – Amy Bohigian and Rachel Schmidt will guide the students in an introduction to digital film-making.

The Fall and Winter Brochure was delivered to the mailboxes the week of September 7. If you didn’t receive one, you can view the Brochure online, at rossland.ca. The brochure spans the months of September to February 2012.

Next Thursday we’re going to ask you to pay for the Rossland News. What? Pay for a free pa-per? Yup.

As explained in our front page story, next week Black Press is partnering with the Colum-bia Basin Alliance for Literacy in the first annual Reach a Reader day. Teaming up with a pack of caring folks and volunteers, the Rossland News crew will spend the day playing newsie. For this one day only, we are asking you to provide a do-nation in exchange for your community news-paper.

The journey of reading has many destinations, but one never truly arrives at the final stop. It’s a lifelong process that provides us with informa-tion, entertainment and the ability to communi-cate with one another. It whisks us away to new worlds, brings the world to our computer moni-tors and enables us to open up new worlds for our children.

Sometimes it’s solitary and sometimes it’s shared. Never should it be taken for granted.

But what if you can’t read? What if this incred-ible gift that enables humans to achieve and suc-ceed was non existent? For most of us, that’s a reality hard to imagine.

The catch phrase for this year’s Reach a Reader event is: “Buying today helps reading tomorrow.” In other words, emptying out your pocket change or diving into your wallet can help ensure the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy continues its great work in our community.

Whether it is hatching the love of reading for babies who have yet to read their first word, fos-tering a passion for the written word to the kids just starting their journey or working with adults who have sadly missed the opportunity, the alli-ance has the bases covered. We just want to en-sure they have the financial resources to stay in the game.

So next Thursday, buck up for your free com-munity newspaper. By doing so you will ensure the future of reading is one we can all share to-gether.

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Skills and KnowledgeSkills and KnowledgeWet Weather DrivingAre you prepared to drive on wet roads after our dry summer? It’s time to shift mental gears and be ready for another season of less than ideal driving conditions. Many drivers try to blame their crashes on the weather, but a more truthful answer might be that the reason for the crash is failing to take the weather into account.

The crash rate in wet weather is highest immediately after a period of dry highways. Contaminants deposited on the pavement surface during dry times may be spread into a slippery fi lm when the rain starts. Extra care is required until the rain can wash these contaminants off of the pavement completely.

Hydroplaning is an ever present danger on wet roads. It is infl uenced by four things: tread depth, tire infl ation pressure, speed and the depth of the water on the road surface. Drivers have complete control over the fi rst three items and some control over the last. Do your tire maintenance checks regularly and replace tires when required. Keep an eye out for water pooling or running across the roadway and slow down accordingly.

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As we enter fall, or autumn, or whatever you like to call it, I feel excited to embrace the new season like I do every other season. Ex-cept, maybe with this one, a little bit more.

There’s just something extra special about fall. The chang-ing colours, the falling leaves, the misty mornings and the crisper air all seem so romantic to me.

And even though it’s one of our busiest times of the year running the kids around to all their extra curricular activities, it also feels re-laxing and has me wanting to curl up with a good book by the fire af-ter a nice hot bath.

It has me itching to make hearty homemade soup, too. And believe me, I’m not one for cooking.

More than anything, I love the brand new start it brings.

With the change in temperature I get to swap out my light dresses and sandals for the turtlenecks and trousers I had packed away.

I get to make a list of goals I want to accomplish over the next few months. And I get to watch a few new TV shows that may or may not keep me tuning in for more.

For my kids, the season with two names is primarily about Hal-loween. Lucky for them, the stores have been carrying costumes and decorations for awhile now.

“Can I get this one Mom?” my eight year old daughter asked me, holding up a Wonder Woman cos-tume.

“You’d freeze in that thing,” I responded when I saw the flimsy little outfit.

“How?” she asked incredulously, pointing towards the door. “It’s hot outside!”

“It won’t be in a month.” I re-plied, reminding her how cold it was last year when she went trick or treating in her cheerleading cos-tume and was forced to cover it up with a warm coat.

“What about this one?” she asked, holding up a fuzzy elephant suit. “This’ll keep me warm!”

Knowing from experience she’d grow bored with any costume cho-

sen this early and wanting to avoid the inevitable pleading that would happen when she found something better, I managed to shift her focus to shopping for cookie ingredients at the opposite end of the store.

“Do you even know how to make cookies?” she asked, putting a big bag of chocolate chips in the buggy.

“Sure,” I replied, trying to re-member the last time that I had. It might have been that autumn a couple of years ago when I at-tempted to make hearty home-made soup.

As I recall it wasn’t the tastiest soup I’ve ever slurped. But it was hearty, and it was definitely home-made.

Maybe I wasn’t really itching to make it myself after all. Since my husband was the true cook of the house, maybe he should do the honours.

My mother-in-law once warned me that if I learned to do every-thing, I might end up doing ev-erything. I doubt even Wonder Woman would want to do that, no matter what the season.

Editor,

A recent short article published in the Trail Times, “Rossland Council to explore options beyond DCC”, is attributed to the Rossland News. However, although the story is important to Rosslanders, I can not find the story in the Rossland News.

This story did not mention that the staff report under discussion, recommended reducing Develop-ment Cost Charges (DCCs) from $3,300 to $2,320 for a single-family dwelling (SFD). Compare this with the average of nearly $13,000 for 45 B.C. municipali-ties surveyed.

This proposal should be unacceptable to Rossland taxpayers. Maybe this is why the email notifying members of the public about the meeting was sent out eight minutes after the meeting started!

DCCs were set too low when they were introduced in 2004. In May 2009, AECOM, a consultant with ex-pertise in DCCs, recommended substantial increases to $13,779 per single family dwelling equivalent at Red Mountain and $8,624 at Redstone and the City Core.

Council has chosen to ignore this recommenda-tion.

The recent staff report unreasonably uses the low rate of growth experienced during the last three recession years as a basis for predicting a low rate of growth in the future. It uses 300 units and a projected population increase of 720 over the next 15 years to justify lowering DCCs. This approach excludes some projects or reduces the percentage allocated to development. For example, some of the same projects previously attributed by expert consultants as 100% to development are now allocated unfairly at 85% to taxpayers.

On the other hand, the City uses high rates of growth when it suits their purpose. For example, the grant application for the Columbia / Washington project says: “The City’s infill policy, along with the

potential build-out of 1500 more dwelling units at the Red Mountain base area, demands an upgrade/expansion of the existing lines to meet both existing and future flow rates.”

It says a future build-out could push the popula-tion figure to beyond 10,000 during periods of high volume tourist visits.

Why does the City use large growth projections to support a government grant application and low growth projections to justify a reduction in DCCs? This would appear to be manipulation of numbers to suit whatever end result the City wants to justify!

Why are DCCs set at a level that can not possibly accumulate sufficient funds to pay for the future projects needed to increase infrastructure capacity for the City’s long-term development plans?

The Official Community Plan still includes for 2,400 additional units in the future.

If Council and staff don’t believe that this will ever happen, the OCP should be changed to reduce the numbers.

Taxpayers should question the motive for propos-ing a reduction. DCCs are not a significant factor in development decisions. Surrey, for example, has the highest rate of development in BC, and the highest DCCs at about $26,000 per single family dwelling. If Rossland wants to achieve the optimistic level of de-velopment in its Official Community Plan, it should focus on other factors to attract development rather than trying to just reduce DCCs.

Enough is enough! Rossland taxes are already too high. It is unacceptable policy to pass the cost of infrastructure for future development on to taxpayers through additional taxes in the future.

Asking for another report on alternatives to DCCs will just provide yet another excuse to delay dealing with this important issue.

Ken Holmes,Rossland

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Black Press and Columbia Basin Alliance have partnered on a literacy campaign. This is the third in a series of literacy articles.

While the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy recently cel-ebrated its tenth anniversary as a non-profit society, its roots go back much further — at least to 1990.

That year, Project Literacy West Kootenay started as a part-nership between Selkirk College and the region’s library associa-tion to provide adult literacy programs.

Another milestone came in 1994, when the East and West Kootenay became home to regional coordinators hired through Literacy BC.

Two years later, Golden, Invermere, Kimberley, Cranbrook, and Creston began looking at ways of sustaining family literacy programs. A year of planning resulted in blueprints for projects that involved 20 partners.

Meanwhile, Nakusp, New Denver, Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, and Grand Forks also applied for funding for pilot family lit-eracy programs.

By 1999, coordinators on both sides of the Purcells decided they wanted to work more closely, and created an informal al-liance.

“Very small non-profits always struggle for funding,” recalls Leona Gadsby of Invermere, then the East Kootenay literacy coordinator. “They just don’t have the human and financial re-sources. We needed to be linked together in a broader organiza-tion that would be more sustainable.”

It took time, however. Over a couple of years, Gadsby met with all sorts of groups.

“I invited to lunch people from employment agencies and family resource centres, probation officers, libraries, school districts, colleges, and said ‘Do you think we could do more to support literacy and could we work more closely together?’”

About the same time, the Columbia Basin Trust was develop-ing its management principles, including one aimed at reducing poverty.

“We were able to meet with the Trust board to say one way [to achieve that] is to ensure people have the skills they need to get an education and get good work, and we happen to have a Basin-wide network,” Gadsby says.

An initial one-year funding agreement was renewed and con-tinues to this day.

“That has been a huge factor because they have provided sus-tainable funding over the years,” Gadsby says. “Without that, it’s

very hard to maintain the work.”The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy was formally incor-

porated in August 2001.In 2010-11, over 2,300 adults and 3,200 children participated

in adult, youth, senior, family, and English as a Second Language programs, assisted by about 500 volunteers.

Programming is slightly different in each of the 16 communi-ties where the Alliance is active, determined by advisory com-mittees that target local needs.

In 2006, Gadsby left the Alliance to work with 2010 Legacies

Now, and then joined the successor to Literacy BC, Decoda Lit-eracy Solutions — which funds literacy coordinators around theprovince, including those in the Columbia Basin.

She has gone from being one of the Alliance’s co-founders to one of its benefactors.

“It’s hard to continue to find funding to keep programsin this informal sector going,” she says, “yet it’s so criticallyimportant. This informal learning makes a huge difference in terms of how successful people are in more formal environ-ments.”

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MacLean Elementary will be doing a walk for Terry Fox this Friday starting from Ma-cLean Elementary School.

Every year students march from the school through town to mark the anniversary of the man who made his way across Canada to

raise money for cancer research.“We’re going on our walk on Friday at 9

a.m.” said MacLean principal Teresa Berdus-co. “There will be a little presentation at the gym just before we go.

“Parents have been invited if they would like to join us.”

Berdusco said they usually have quite a few parents who come along.

“We have a little school banner that all

the kids sign,” she added. “We walk with the banner through town.”

On Thursday, Oct. 6 at 9:30 a.m. some stu-dents will also be participating in the district cross country run in Fruitvale.

“It’s voluntary, so we’ve all been training,” she said. “Whoever wants to go goes.”

She said around 120 students from Ma-cLean will choose to go from Grades 1 through 5.

Community

ARNE PETRYSHEN

Rossland News Reporter

Running for Terry Fox this Friday

The Rossland Royals field hockey team took on the Nelson yesterday, playing through sporatic rain. Left, Naomi Perkins (18) attempts a shot only to be blocked by Rossland’s Hanna Sterpin. Right, Nelson’s Alexandra Zondervan (middle) fights for the ball with Cloe Franklin.

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Hockey contest on now

The Rossland Rubberhead Bike Festival is back Oct. 9, 2011, with new venues, exciting racing and high-flying slope-style action!

This year, the Dreadhead Super-D has been moved to a new location on the super flowy (and slightly technical) Larch Ridge and Montecola (MC) trails in the Neptune Forestry road area just outside of Ross-land, BC, on Highway 3B.

These trails, buffed lovingly by the Kootenay Co-lumbia Trail Society, offer a combined 4.5 kilometres of single track and involve 120 metres of climbing and 335 metres of descent.

This makes for a race with some pedaling to favour the physically fit but enough downhill to require tech-nical skill, speed and a good dose of “give’r.”

“This year’s Dreadhead venue is excellent for inter-mediate to advanced riders looking to test their fitness and technical riding ability,” says race director Ryan Kuhn. “I think everyone will be finishing the course with a big smile on their faces.”

Categories for the Dreadhead include men and women in age groupings of 15-18 Juniors, 19-39 Se-niors and 40+ Masters.

As for training, the trails can be ridden anytime but, being the Thanksgiving long weekend, racers will also have all day Saturday to pre- run the course.

The Huck-en Berry bike jam returns at the recently revamped Centennial dirt jumps.

The Huck-en Berry is a mountain bike slope styles

event for all ages. Made to challenge avid mountain bikers to create

aerial style, finesse, creativity and best of all, fun. Riders will make there way down a course filled will

intermediate and advanced features (jumps and bridg-es) to be crowned King or Queen Berry Hucker.

The format will be jam style with riders judgingeach other’s runs. Participants will get at the most fourruns depending on time. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes inall categories. Sweet tunes will be filling the air, gettingriders and spectators pumped for fun!

Awards for both events will be presented at the con-clusion of the Huck-en Berries event and savory food,refreshments and music will fuel the after party.

When:The Dreadhead Super-D will begin at 9 a.m. and

conclude approximately 1 p.m. A mandatory riders meeting will be held at 8:15

a.m. at the Biathlon parking lot on highway 3B nearthe race start.

Registration is at Revolution Cycles and Service in downtown Rossland, which can be contacted at 362-5688.

Also, a registration table will be set up outside Rev-olution on the Saturday before to pick up race pack-ages from noon to 5 p.m., and last minute registration will start at 7:30 a.m. at the Blackjack Biathlon parkinglot.

Slope-style registration will be from 9 a.m. to 12p.m. on Oct. 9 at the Centennial Dirt Jumps.

Slope-style Training will be available from: 12 a.m. to 4p.m., with the Jam running from 4 p.m. to 6:30p.m., with awards to follow.

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age. The program, under Anna Hogarth, starts Thursday, Oct.

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bia Avenue. So hurry Rossland hockey players, and get your entry form

in before Oct. 7! You will find the form on page 4.


Thursday, October 6The Rossland News and the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy are partnering on a great new event for Rossland.

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street with our newspaper asking for donations to help support literacy initiatives in

our community. Along with your donation we will give you a copy of your community

newspaper for FREE (plus there might be a few extra promos to go along with that).

Absolutely all funds raised from the day will go towards CBAL and all funds will stay in

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The Ruby at Redstone Open tournament was held on Sept. 11. This two-person, best ball tournament had 70 participants from all over the Kootenays. Overall Low Net winners were Diane Hall and Chris Ling from Redstone, Rossland with a score of 61. Teck sponsored all of the hole prizes and Carol Vanelli-Worosz is pictured (far right) with all of the hole winners.Liz Stephens from Investors Group was a major sponsor of the tournament. (Picture at right) L-R, Diane Hall, Chris Ling, Liz Stephens, Cherie Baker, Kris Vanderweyde) Overall Low Gross winners were Cheri Baker and Kris Vanderweyde from Creston with a score of 71 (1 under par)

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Iron Mountain Theatre fundraiser is this Saturday

Rossland’s Iron Mountain Theatre (IMT) is having their fund-raiser at the Rossland Miners’ Hall this Saturday, October 1st.

The event will be an evening of Rossland’s rich arts and cul-ture.

The evening will feature a performance of White Star Lady:

The Story of Violet Jessop. This ‘one woman musical’ will be performed by Jane Gaudet.The show is the true story of Violet Jessop, an employee of the

White Star Line who survived the sinking of both the Titanic and Britannic. Following the play will be a concert by Rossland’s own The Sons - a three piece rock/bluegrass ensemble lead by Graham Tracey with Gabe Gaudet and Jonathan Provencal.

The evening will also include special performances by the casts of Company Jump & Ski Bum: The Musical.

In addition to this, IMT is pleased to have artist Stephanie Gauvin on hand who will paint an original piece of art at the event which will be raffled off at the end of the evening.

Tickets for the event are $20 and can be purchased at Ross-land Hardware or by calling 250-231-0851.

The doors will open at 7 p.m. and the performance of White Star Lady will begin at 7:30pm.

This event is sponsored by The Rossland Council for Arts andCulture.

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Th e City of Rossland has an opening for a part time Skate Patrol, contract position. Public skate sessions fall on the following days and times.

Wednesdays, 6:30-7:45pmFridays, 5:00-6:30pmSundays, 2:30-4:00pm (this skate session often cancels due to Minor Hockey Tournaments) Sundays 6:00-7:30pm

Th e position requires the following skills and abilities;A minimum of 16 years of ageStrong skating skillsExcellent customer service skillsA knowledge of basic First Aid

Th is position would ideally suit a Senior High School student or a retired individual. Please submit your resume to:

City of Rossland, Box 1179, 1899 Columbia Avenue, Rossland, BC V0G 1Y0, Attention: Robin Hethey

email: [email protected]

Closing date for applications is Friday, October 14, 2011 at 4:00 PM.

Start date for training to commence on Wednesday, October 24, 2011.

Th e City of Rossland thanks all applicants for their interest and will only reply to those selected for an interview.

ROSSLAND ARENA SKATE PATROL

CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ROSSLAND

Th e City of Rossland has an opening for a part time Hockey Instructor – contract position. Programs include:

1. Little Gretzky’s (3-5 years old) Dates: Tuesdays, 11am-12:00pm

2. Girls Only Recreational Hockey (5-10 years old) Dates: Mondays, 3:30-5pm

3. Co-Ed Recreational Hockey (10+ years) Dates: Tuesdays, 3:30-4:45pm

4. Teen Girls and Women Recreational Hockey: Dates: Fridays, 3:30-4:45pm

Th e position requires the following skills and abilities;

• A minimum of 16 years of age • Strong skating skills (power skating, fi gure skating, hockey, and skate skill building background experience preferred) • Enthusiastic Instructor with excellent customer service skills • A knowledge of basic First Aid • Criminal Record Check (Requirement) • Experience working with preschool age children, youth, and parents

Th is position would ideally suit a community minded individual with a background in hockey and ice skating and who has an interest in coaching children, youth, and women. Please submit your resume to: City of Rossland, Box 1179, 1899 Columbia Avenue, Rossland, BC V0G 1Y0, Attention: Robin Hethey email: [email protected]

Closing date for applications is Friday, October 14, 2011 at 4:00 PM.


YOUTH HOCKEY INSTRUCTOR

201112 SEASON

CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ROSSLAND

EXTERNAL POSTING- 7 DAYSEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

GYMNASTICS INSTRUCTOR POSITION – CASUAL

Th e City of Rossland has an opening for a casual part time position for a Gymnastics Instructor. Successful applicants will be competent in Gymnastics instruction and instructional pedagogy. Instructor will be expected to teach a program designed for children & youth.

Preference will be given to applicants who have experience instructing gymnastics and who have completed the NCCP level 1 or 2 Artistic Gymnastics Certifi cation or have an interest in working towards the NCCP level 1 certifi cation. Online courses such as “Respect in Sport” and “Making Ethical Decisions” will be preferred and recommended to aid in instruction. Instructors are required to have a current certifi cation with Standard First Aid with CPR-C or an equivalent First Aid course such as Child Safe fi rst Aid with CPR-C.

Th is is a CUPE Local 2087 bargaining General Laborer position and off ers a rate of pay starting at $24.48 per hour. (Pay grade 1)

Required Dates: October 12/13 to November 23/24 2011 & January 11/12-February 29/Mar1st 2012 (2:45pm-5:30pm)

Submit your resume to: City of Rossland, Box 1179, 1899 Columbia Avenue, Rossland, BC V0G 1Y0, Attention: Robin Heathey. Email: [email protected]

Closing date for external applications is October 7, 2011

Start date for training to commence on Wednesday, October 12, 2011.


CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF

ROSSLAND

HHDI RECRUITINGis hiring on behalf of

Baker Hughes

EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

Baker Hughes Alberta - based oilfi eld services company is currently hiring equipment operators. Class 1 or 3 license preferred, but we will train the right candidate with a Class 5.

Please call 250-718-3330

for more information or

send your resume &

current drivers abstract to:

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CHIP HAULERS REQUIRED: Dedicated runs, shift work, Su-per B. We are looking for long-term employees, and offer ex-tended benefi ts, direct deposit, well maintained equipment, satellite dispatch. If you have a clean abstract, and 2 years verifi able experience, please call Gail @250-357-2612 Ext 225 or fax resume to 250-357-2009 or check us out online www.sutco.ca

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Employment

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Civil Engineering Technologist 1 or 2 (one position) - Reposting

District of Kitimat full time perma-nent - starting wage $29.24-$42.62, depending on education & experi-ence. Civil Technologist diploma preferred. Reporting to the Techni-cal Services Manager, duties in-clude a variety of infrastructure in-vestigations, surveying, design, contract preparation, inspection and material testing on projects related to the municipality’s water, sewer, drainage and transportation sys-tems. Candidates should be profi -cient in using electronic survey equipment, computer assisted de-sign using AutoCad 3D, and MS Of-fi ce. Valid BC driver’s licence re-quired. Further information can be obtained from our website

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Employment

Trades, TechnicalTORRAC OILFIELD Services, Grande Prairie - Specializing in Drilling Fluid Recovery. Seeking motivated individuals for Trackhoe Operator, Grande Prairie & BC area. Applicants must possess: Val-id drivers licence; 4-5 years operator experience (2000 hours); drilling fl uid recovery equipment experience an as-set; work unsupervised in a drilling rig environment; safety tickets (First Aid, H2S, WHMIS & TDG, Confi ned Space, Ground Disturbance); work 3 week in & 1 week out rotation. Competitive salary & benefi t package available. Resume to Leroy, fax: 780-814-7506 or email: [email protected] WANTED. Jour-neyman 2nd and 3rd year ap-prentices with tank manufac-turing experience. Automated Tank Manufacturing Inc. locat-ed in Kitscoty, Alberta. 20 km West of Lloydminster, is look-ing for 15 individuals that want long term employment and a secure paycheque. Journey-man wages $33-$37.50/hour. Wages for apprentices based on hours and qualifi cations. Benefi ts, training programs, full insurance package 100% paid by company, savings plan for retirement, profi t sharing bonus, join a winning team. Call for appointment or send resume to: Joe Bowser 780-846-2231 offi ce; [email protected] or Jamie Flicek 780-846-2241 fax; [email protected].

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Rossland scouting will be getting a boost this weekend with a work party scheduled to do some renovation work on the scout hall.

“This Saturday, the plan is to do some weatherproof-ing to help make the building more heat efficient and do some basic maintenance,” said group commissioner Shanna Tanabe.

“We’re just looking for some volunteers to come out and lend a hand if they can.”

The hall needs work on the outer walls, so Tanabe is asking carpentry-oriented volunteers to come out.

“We’re doing some skirting on the bottom of the build-ing to help with insulation and hopefully a new front door and some other minor repairs,” she said. “We’re just trying to get it a little bit more efficient as far as the heat-ing. So we’re asking for volunteers to come out at 8 in the morning.”

She is also going to do some work inside the hall in

terms of organizing all the craft supplies and camping gear.

Tanabe said they have some new Beavers this year and some Cubs and are looking forward to a good year. Last year was the first for Cubs back in Rossland.

Scouting in Rossland was brought back in 2010 by Tanabe and Darcee O’Hearn, after a few years of no scouting activity.

“Rossland used to have very strong scouting groups and basically over the years they died out, so there wasn’t any scouting here at all for, two to three years,” Tanabe said. “And then we started up a Beaver group a year and a half ago. The next year we had a Beaver and a Cubs group. So we’re growing and hopefully as we get older, we’ll end up with a scout group too.”

She said the group just had a great camp in Fruitvale, where their camp is located.

Rossland’s Beavers and Cubs will be doing the national scout popcorn fundraiser in mid-October and so will be coming door to door.

“We appreciate the support the community has given us with our past fundraisers,” Tanabe said.

CommunitySavannah Miller was at the 19th an-nual Hills Garlic Fest in New Denver earlier in the month with Kokotelli Garlic Syrup. The syrup is grown and made in Rossland at Kokotelli Organic Gardens.

Monika Smutny photo

Scout hall getting an upgrade this weekendARNE PETRYSHEN

Rossland News Editor

The Rossland Scout Hall

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