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Incumbent Greg Granstrom will face Kathy Moore for the mayor’s seat in November’s mu-nicipal election. Granstrom is in his third term as Rossland’s mayor while Moore is in her second term as a councillor.

Granstrom, 61, said his deci-

sion to seek re-election “required considerable thought” given that the term length is increasing from three to four years. “I had to make sure my family was on board and supported my commitment,” he said.

Moore, who � led her paper-work Tuesday, said she has been seriously thinking about running for the city’s top job for the last

year, but “I pretty much decided I was going to do it around June.”

Granstrom said he didn’t know if voters would hold him person-ally responsible for the Jason Ward a� air, in which over $180,000 worth of contracts were awarded to the former chief building in-spector’s company for upgrades to the arena, without council’s knowledge.

“I can’t a� ect what people think on that matter. I continue to do my job and think I do it quite well,” Granstrom said. “� ere are still some matters before the courts, but in general we have an action plan that we’re moving forward with to ensure we do our best to limit any possible errors.”

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Municipal election candidates announcedGREG NESTEROFF

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Joyce Austin’s retirement party was held at the Miners’ Hall on Saturday September 27. After 36 years working at the Rossland Historical Mu-seum Joyce says that she did not realize it would be her life work as she got hired. She is grateful of the support her family has given her during her 36 years. Photo by Jose� n Svedberg

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CommunityKootenay car share drives change

People looking for an alternative to own-ing a second vehicle — or a � rst one for that matter — could explore the option of joining the Koote-nay Carshare Coop-erative. What started as an idea among friends in Nelson, now has 11 cars and over 100 members, with branches around the region, including Rossland.

“Our Rossland branch is just com-ing up to its one year anniversary,” said Ann Damude, who is a member and coordi-nator of the local op-eration. “� e branch is really volunteer-driven and we pull together to make it work.”

Damude’s role in-cludes recruitment, orientation for new members, washing the car, taking it for seasonal services and marketing.

Rossland has one car and 13 members. � ey raised funds and gathered members to qualify to get the � rst vehicle, a Toyota Ma-trix. � e car is parked for easy access behind the Credit Union, in a spot reserved for it and provided by the City.

Rossland’s branch is striving to increase membership to make it more viable and is exploring switching from a standard to

an automatic vehicle to attract more us-ers. Discussions with members of the pub-lic raised the option of getting a truck.

“Our goal is to get a second vehicle,” said Damude. “For a car-share vehicle to be viable we really need it to be used four to six hours per day, sev-en days a week. We would look at where our members live and try to park the vehicle in a convenient loca-tion for them.”

“� e beauty of a carshare is that it’s more economi-cal than renting a car,” said Damude. “And, you can book it for two hours and only pay for the time you are using it. It’s very tailored to your needs.”

People scrapping a vehicle can apply to the B.C. Govern-ment’s Scrap-It pro-gram to get a credit that can be used towards a carshare membership.

Members also ben-e� t by having access to the other Kootenay Carshare branches, and ones in Vancou-ver and Victoria.

It is estimated that for every Kootenay Carshare Coopera-tive car on the road, at least � ve private vehicles have been re-moved.

“Moving to car-share programs forces people to do things in

a more sustainable, ecologically-friendly way,” said Damude, “even it � t might be less convenient. I � nd it interesting that the Nelson Cooperative says membership is up, but car use is down. People are ac-tually using transit more. We see this as a good sign.”

Booking is done online on a � rst-come, � rst-served ba-sis. Users pay a mem-bership fee, rental and mileage fees. If the car is not available when a user wants it, a message goes out to the person who has booked it to see if there are any options.

“Carshare can be a really good option for small business or a self-employed per-son,” said Damude. “At the end of the month you get a state-ment that � ts into standard bookkeep-ing. You don’t need to keep a log book.”

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taken out of province and across the border, with a maximum 29-day booking allow-ance.

“We need an an-chor member, like a business or munici-pality to book the ve-hicle a couple days a week,” said Damude. “� ere is strong inter-est out there, and we really want to hear from people.”

Rossland’s Koote-nay Carshare project is an initiative of the Sustainability Com-mission Visions to Action’s Energy Task Force, chaired by Alex Loeb.

October is Car-share membership drive month. � e $25 orientation fee for new members is waived.

Visit www.car-sharecoop.ca or www.vis ionstoact ion.ca to � nd out more. Ann Damude can be reached at (250) 362-5617 or [email protected].

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Rossland Carshare’s vehicle is parked down-town for easy access and visibility. Photo by Kate Whiteside

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A municipal auditor gen-eral’s report released in the spring found the city’s capi-tal procurement process had been “compromised” and that many transactions they reviewed “did not meet the standards taxpayers would expect of their local govern-ment.”

The city is suing Ward, al-leging the work his company did was worth substantially less than for what it was paid. Ward is countersuing, saying the then-city manag-er knew about his company. He denies any fraud or over-payment and claims the city has slandered him.

Moore, who brought the matter to light in late 2012, said she’s pleased there will be a race for mayor this time. Granstrom was ac-claimed three years ago.

“It’s better to have two different perspectives, lead-ership styles, and give resi-dents a choice,” said Moore, who believes her style is “more open and inclusive.”

“Everyone is devoted to the community, but it’s how you come across. I don’t want people to feel intimi-dated [by city hall],” she said. “I was disappointed we didn’t communicate more with citizens this term, and want to make sure we do a

better job of involving peo-ple.”

She hopes committees of citizens can work with council and staff to “solve thornier issues.”

Granstrom said if re-elected, he hopes to con-tinue rebuilding the city’s infrastructure. “It’s one of the key drivers of economic development and sustain-ability,” he said. “Infrastruc-ture investment is key. But we also have to remember cities are more than pipes and roads. It’s also people.”

Granstrom said a key is-sue over council’s next term is the regional sewer line, for which Trail proposes to build a pipe and pedestrian bridge across the Columbia River. Rossland, however, has suggested there may be more cost-effective options.

Granstrom, who doubles as the city’s regional district representative, suggested his knowledge of the issue would be an asset.

“We need some strong rep-resentation to be maintained on that board — people with some historical knowledge of the entire situation so we don’t repeat mistakes of the past,” he said.

Moore agreed the sewer line issue needs to be re-solved and said she hopes for greater collaboration with the city’s neighbours.

She also wants to ensure any hiring decisions are made with “lots of thought and consideration” follow-ing an “open and competi-tive” process.

Moore is involved in a novel way to get the com-munity involved in the elec-tion process. She is partner-ing with Thoughtexchange, a Rossland-based company, to give community mem-bers input through an on-line consultation.

Participants were asked three open-ended questions about Rossland and are now viewing the answers and assigning stars to the ones they liked best, regardless of whether they contributed their thoughts initially. That stage of the process runs through October 7.

Granstrom retired a few years ago from Warfield’s public works department. Moore is retired from a ca-reer in sales management consulting.

So far only a few other people have put their names forward for office: Aaron Cosbey and Andrew Zwick-er have indicated they are running for council.

The nomination period opened Tuesday and contin-ues until October 10. Voting day is November 15.

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Election season is upon us. Potential can-didates have until October 10 to file their paperwork and officially declare their inten-tions to run for office. Once that deadline passes, the campaigning shall begin in ear-nest.

Here’s a simple request for candidates seeking election in the upcoming school board, regional district and municipal elec-tions: Only promise what you can deliver.

That might seem an obvious request. But all too often, candidates vow to achieve things they clearly cannot. They either fail to provide the true cost of their promise, or they promise something outside the legal man-date of the office they seek.

Call it exuberance. Call it ignorance. Ei-ther way it doesn’t serve the voter and it dis-respects the process.

For example, there are some fairly severe limits on what a city can and cannot do. It must work within the provincial legislation that governs its existence.

School boards face similar restrictions. A promise by a school board candidate to hire more teachers won’t happen without an explanation of where the money to pay for those new employees will come from. School districts (unlike the federal or provincial gov-ernment, or even a city), cannot, by provin-cial law, run a deficit.

Rarely does a promise come without a cost, and candidates have an obligation to identify what that cost will be.

A promise to cut taxes, or at least hold them at zero, must include details on where the cuts in services will be made (or alternate revenue found) to accommodate that plan.

None of this is to suggest candidates can’t have ideas or voice creative and imaginative solutions to the problems their communities face. But they have an obligation to voters to ensure that what they promise is practical — or even possible.

And we as voters have the responsibility to do the research and ask the tough ques-tions to ensure these lofty ideas have some grounding in reality.

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The upcoming Teck Children’s Series announcedThe Trail and District Arts

Council (TDAC) is pleased to announce the latest additions to their programming year: The Teck Children’s Series at The Charles Bailey Theatre.

Parents and grandparents who have been waiting for performing arts experiences they can share with their younger family members need wait no longer. The new children’s series of four mati-nees offers a wide range of professional programming designed specifically for kids aged 4-12 that will keep them focused, learning and excited, while the young at heart will also be entertained.

Beginning October 19 at 2 p.m. SAM2 will create mu-sic using instruments crafted from salvaged and recycled materials such as exhaust hoses, artillery shells and re-cycled metals. SAM2 intro-

duces kids to green ingenu-ity, creativity and excellence. They will be performing excerpts from their hit adult show and embellishing them with an educational “scrap” instrument overview and ever-popular audience par-ticipation.

On November 9 audiences of all ages become the stars in fiddler-clown-aviator Ma-jor Conrad Flapps’ delightful blend of physical/acrobatic and musical comedy. The world’s only “human air-plane” enlists audience mem-bers as his flying crew on stage and creates musical parodies with hilarious results.

Then, on February 8 join The Little Prince on a 45 min-ute spectacular adventure as he celebrates open-minded-ness, open-heartedness and the beauty of imagination. With puppets, masks, origi-

nal music and a little theatre magic, the storytelling ex-perts of Monster Theatre will capture your hearts and your funny bones as they bring Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s cherished novella to life be-fore your eyes.

And lastly, Cadence a cappella group take a trip through time as they cover over 100 years of vocal music in 50 minutes on May 2. The Juno-nominated quartet will cover such material as Gre-gorian chant, classical, choral, jazz, doo-wop, rock, blues and more, incorporating mind-blowing instrumental imitations, high-energy antics and audience participation.

The Teck Children’s Series is part of the newest part-nership and initiative be-tween the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and the TDAC with the collective

goal of increasing theatre par-ticipation. Programming and Marketing director Nadine Tremblay explains ,“Chil-dren’s programming was identified as a priority in the region and this series is just one way of providing oppor-tunities to live a more cultural life and cultivating passion for the arts in our young people. I don’t take this pursuit lightly. Performing arts is a time-honoured way of learning, knowing and expressing our-selves that all children should experience. I can’t wait for audiences around here to ex-perience these amazing acts coming to us from as far away as Toronto.”

Tickets are $70 for the se-ries of four shows or $20 for each individual show.

Please visit www.trail-arts.com for more info or call (250) 368-9669.


CommunitySchool board starts paying billsPaying back 80 Per cent of June strike savings

School District 20 (SD20) has given the Ministry of Education just over $1 million of the $1.3 million it saved when teachers were on the picket lines and stu-dents were at home at the end of the last school year.

Back in June, school boards across the province were told to return 80 per cent of the mon-ey saved during strike days in the 2013-2014 school year — a topic on the agenda at Monday’s SD#20 board meeting. A large part of the meeting included a presentation of the 2013-2014 school year budget audit and showed significant savings be-cause of the strike action.

“We have our teacher savings from May and June and we had to send 80 per cent of it back to the ministry,” said Natalie Veri-gin, secretary-treasurer of the board, adding that $260,000 in teacher savings shown in their budget, represented the 20 per cent of strike savings the board was allowed to keep. “Also, be-cause of the strike, we had no re-placements that were needed be-cause we had no staff to replace. The unspent portion of that of the replacement budget was just over $115,000.”

After paying back the Min-istry of Education, the school district saved, and gets to keep, over $600,000 from last May and June, but a large chunk is being set aside in case it needs to get paid out in the future.

“That money is saved up

from not having to pay CUPE wages during the strike. That money may be flowed back out to the CUPE depending on whether we locally ratify our contract with them by the end of November. It is set aside as a $250,000 contingent liability,” explained Verigin.

For the days missed because of the strike, school boards are being asked to return 100 per cent of savings from September. In a letter dated September 12 from the Ministry of Education, all school districts were asked to give back teachers’ wages, ben-efits, replacement costs, utility and facility money along with transportation, professional de-velopment, travel and supply costs saved during the 13 strike days in September.

The financial statements pre-sented at the board meeting didn’t just cover the savings from the strike, but the budget for the entire 2013-2014 school year.

The total surplus from the year amounted to $2.7 million, a number Verigin says is higher than the board is used to seeing.

“Total revenues received were $35 million with total expenses at $33 million leaving an operat-ing surplus of $1.87 million,” she said. “From that we deduct our capital expenditures, so we end up with an operating surplus of $1.3 million. Added to the sur-plus that we had prior, we have accumulated a surplus of $2.7 million. That is a large number and more than the board has had over the last few years.”

Part of the reason for the large surplus, according to Verigin, are

portions of money coming into the school board’s accounts, but weren’t designated to a certain purpose in their annual budget.

“Some of this is a result of the release of the holdback fund from the Ministry of Education. We don’t ever account for our money in that budget because we don’t know if the ministry will be releasing holdback mon-ies. It is always a surprise. There have been years where the min-istry has no holdback money left over after it had done allocation funding to other districts,” said Verigin.

Along with holdback money, the board renegotiated rates with its banker to allow for higher interest rates and included car-ry-forward money in their an-nounced surplus.

“Every budget year, we allo-cate supply money to all of the schools depending on how many students are in that school,” said Verigin. “So, a school might get $200,000 a year and they have to run their school with that. If they choose to buy some iPads, they can set aside some money ev-ery year until they have enough money in reserves that they can make the purchase. If we had a budget mentality of, ‘here is your money and if you don’t spend it all, we are going to take it back.’ We feel that they would be spending it for the sake of spend-ing it.”

To see a full version of the SD#20 board’s 2013-2014 school year audit, visit www.sd20.bc.ca. The next SD#20 board meeting will be on October 27 in Castlegar.

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NewsA new location…and a trip to China!

There has been quite a transformation over the last year for the Rossland Cham-ber of Commerce. Now act-ing as a solo Executive Di-rector, Jody Bloome says of her former job-shared posi-tion that she’s glad she had the opportunity to work with Julie Parker during an important transition time at the Chamber. Noting it was “better to share the Ex-ecutive Director position; it allowed us to stabilize the organization in order to put us in a position to move forward”. With Ju-lie’s departure, Jody has now taken over the helm and is eager to further develop the Chamber and its services to members.

With new signage on the way and only a paint job left to complete, the Chamber is nearly settled into their new location at 2070 Washing-ton (the former Copcan of-fice). With a meeting space, computer station and office services (such as copying and faxing), Jody is hop-

ing the new space will allow members to take advantage of their benefits. Although Jody admits that the office space is intended for mem-ber use, she would never turn the public away but does encourage the public to utilize the community resources at the Rossland Public Library.

However, Jody does invite and encourage the general public to come by and use the business referral cen-tre. Serving and promoting members first, the business referral centre is intended to help residents search for lo-cal businesses and services in order to better serve our business community. The Rossland Chamber of Com-merce is also initiating a new Downtown Business “Think Tank” discussion in order to “maintain the downtown as a central community busi-ness area.” Downtown busi-ness owners are encouraged to contact Jody to begin these discussions and share their ideas.

As their year closes out, the Chamber is looking at a new Board of Directors

for their AGM in January and will be developing their strategic action plan for the 2015 year. Also in the works is a new benefits package for members, highlighting the group insurance plan (a huge benefit to any small business owner wanting benefits) and the new Mem-ber to Member program which will feature deals, of-fers and discounts between members.

Lastly, and with great ex-citement, Jody is eager to discuss the China trip. Or-ganized with the Chambers of Commerce in both Trail and Castlegar, the trip is open to the public and any-one is able to join this 9-day, discounted trip to China (with Chamber members receiving an additional dis-count). A free presentation on the trip will happen Oc-tober 29 at 5:30 p.m. in the Harry Leferve Room at the Rossland Public Library.

For any further informa-tion on the Chamber, its activities, or to become a member, please email Jody Bloome at [email protected].

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It all began in 1962, when twenty-three students re-sponded to the vision of Ro-tary International President Harold T. Thomas to release the potential of young peo-ple. With the encouragement of Rotary Clubs around the world, those students from Melbourne High School in Florida, USA, gathered to start the first Interact Club.

Quickly becoming one of Rotary’s fastest growing pro-grams, Interact now has clubs in over 120 different countries and areas, all of which are committed to service, both in the community and beyond. The name “Interact” was cre-ated by combining the words “international” and “action,” and as the name suggests, is what it engages in. Interact is a self-governing, self-supporting and non-profit organization open to ages 12 to 18. It is es-sentially the youth version of the Rotary club, which is also well known for its outstanding service and involvement in our town. Rotarians support Inter-act in many ways, including financially, and occasionally work with the club.

The Interact Club of Ross-land started in 2006, with Deb DeTremaudan as its founder. It started off as a school-based club, but as of last year, with the change of the number of grades at what once was Rossland Second-ary, it has become a commu-nity-based club.

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around this two year rotation. Since our efforts last year were effectively spent on our inter-national trip to Cambodia, this year will see us working locally.

As a club, Rossland Inter-act has made its mark around the world. In 2008, 2010 and 2012, we worked with an organization in Roatan, Honduras, called Familias Saludables, which means “healthy families” in Spanish. As a non-profit organization offering their services free of charge, their staff is mainly made up of volunteers, both local and international. In-teract has worked as some of their international volun-teers, and has helped with many projects, all of which are oriented towards help-ing those affected by HIV/AIDS. Interact has supported them in many ways, doing hands-on work and interact-ing with those around them. This included working with children and their parents, if possible, individually, to cre-ate a scrapbook also known as a life book, which held the most important parts in the child’s life. This was one of the experiences that affected the volunteers most deeply. Interact members got to work and play with the chil-dren in classrooms, help with the testing of HIV in both urban and remote communi-ties, and paint and help with the construction of homes for those affected by HIV/AIDS. The work Interact has helped with has also received international recognition and praise. This was when we helped with the creation of an anti-discrimination mural that was the length of a block, in the main city of Coxen

Hole, Honduras.The Rossland Interact

Club has also supported the local community by getting involved in many projects. In the past, we have raised mon-ey for, and physically worked on, two inner city trails in Rossland with the Trails Soci-ety, and we have gathered hun-dreds of pounds of food for the Rossland Food Bank with our “Halloween for Hunger” cam-paign. We raised money for a bench outside of the Cellar in downtown Rossland, and have volunteered in the commu-nity on many occasions, such as Golden City Days, People Loving People, Rotary events, and helping with the elimina-tion of invasive species. We recently fundraised $5000 for the West Kootenay Friends of Refugees Society to support and sponsor the immigration of a Burmese family to Ross-land.

Finally, in June and July of 2014, our group went to Cambodia to help out at schools and orphanages. We will talk more about this trip in our next article.

Interact is a great way to get involved with positive change in both the local and international community, while building great relation-

ships, improving leadership and social skills, and most of all, having fun.

We are already planning events for October, and will be doing Halloween for Hun-ger again.

This year, we have a great team of executives, with Madelaine Fisher as the Vice-President, Ella Conliffe as the Secretary and Hannah Kl-emmensen as the Treasurer. Fiona Martin is the teacher sponsor, serving as the adult figure in our group, and I am happy to be working as President this year. This year looks like it will be a great one, and we are always open to new members. Currently, our meetings are held at the Rossland Public Library on Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m.. Please join us if you are ever interested in what we are do-ing, or wish to get involved.

This is the first of many monthly articles to come. Next month, we will be writing about our inter-national trip to Cambodia which happened this sum-mer, with those who went writing about their experi-ences first-hand.

For more information email [email protected].

Rotary Action in RosslandMaggie Chan

Rossland News

An Interact member with a woman in Familias Saludables, Honduras. Photo by Maggie Chan

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On Saturday, Oc-tober 4, Vancouver-based trio Tiller’s Folly will play at a fundrais-er at the Miners’ Hall.

� e fundraiser is put on to raise aware-ness of the planned renovations of the hall. Rossland Council for Arts and Culture’s Re-nate Fleming says that she is “excited about the event.”

� e band will play high-energy music with a Celtic back-ground. “Great to dance to,” explains Fleming.

Tiller’s Folly has been to Rossland be-fore, four years ago, at the closing night of the Old Fire Hall. Fleming remembers it as a great night.

RCAC sees the event as a perfect op-portunity to show the community their ideas on the improvements of the Miners’ Hall. At the south facing aspect of the attic there will be a proper green room for the performers, far more suitable than the old facilities.

� e City of Ross-land is planning to renovate the exterior. � e roof needs to be replaced and some of the features outside need to be improved.

� e idea is both renovation projects would collaborate and all the work needed on the outside would be made at the same time to make it more cost and time e� cient.

A second room in the attic would be renovated as a multi-purpose space and

made available to the community. � e space could be used for yoga classes or meetings, for example, which would make the Miners’ Hall more sustainable and useful in the commu-nity.

� ere is still a long way to go but the RCAC hopes to get go-ing by the end of next summer. � ey want the community to be a part of the change and make sure their thoughts are shared with the people of Rossland.

� e fundraiser will also be an opportu-nity for the RCAC to get feedback from the community.

� e previous reno-vation project ran out of funding and le� the Miners’ Hall without some of the details of the original look. � e balcony, for example, used to be more elabo-rate.

Columbia Basin Trust has awarded a grant with one big concept for the city and the RCAC is cur-rently applying for ad-ditional grants.

� e RCAC will use pro� ts from the Til-ler’s Folly show for the Miners’ Hall. Tickets can be bought from Out of the Cellar in Rossland and at the Charles Bailey � eatre in Trail for $22.

It will be both an informative night and a night full of dancing.

JOSEFIN SVEDBERGRossland News

This page is for community, charity or fundraising events that are free or (nearly so) at the discretion of the editor. Dated events take priority and every effort will be made to ensure the publication of all contributions, as space allows. If you have previously posted an event and want it to run again, provide an up-to-date version with contact details to [email protected] or or give us a call at 250-365-6397. Thank you.

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ADULT CO-ED REC HOCKEYTuesdays 9:45 - 11 pmSundays 9:15 - 10:30 pmJoin this fun, co-ed recreational program of non-contact drop-in hockey. Full equipment is required and some experience necessary.Starts October 7.

ULTIMATE FRISBEESaturdays May 24 to Oct. 18, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. @ Jubilee Field (RSS school) in Rossland. Tuesdays 5 p.m. @ Trail Middle School fields. Ultimate is a team frisbee game. Beginners wel-come! Pick up games are free!

OPEN MIC NIGHTTuesdays 9 to 11 p.m. Join us every Tuesday and strut your stuff up on stage! With a new host every two weeks its gearing up to be a season of fantastic new

talent and great music. Sign up sheet located in the foyer of The Flying Steamshovel.

FOLK DANCINGStarting Thursday, September 4. The dance styles are English Country Dancing and Contra Dancing. Drop in fee is $8 but if you sign up with Rossland Rec. you can purchase a 10 punch pass for $50.No partner required. Newcomers welcome!

TEEN NIGHT Tuesdays 6-8 p.m. @ the Ross-land Public Library. Let Sage and Sally know what you want to do at Teen Night. Come out and have fun!

ROSSLAND SENIORSMonday 1:30 p.m.

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

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

HARVEST FESTIVAL & LAST MOUNTAIN MARKET OF SEASON!Thursday, October 2, 2014 3:00 - 7:00 pmThe last market of the year fea-tures four hours of live music for you to enjoy with Rossland’s own bands, The WhiskeyJacks (3-5 pm) and The Foggy Goggle Boys (5-7 pm). Don’t miss the “It’s All About Pumpkin Contest”, and visit all of your favorite vendors for one last chance to stock up! Tons of fresh, local produce, baked goods and handmade items.

MONASHEE INSTITUTESCREATIVE WRITING WEEKENDFri. October 3 - 7 to 9 pm Sat. October 4 - 8 am to 10 pm Sun. October 5 - 8 am to 4 pm@ Seven Summits SchoolDo you have some ideas floating around that you feel compelled to write down? Have you a manu-script in the drawer that got away on you? How about some differ-ent ideas for that memoir you want to leave for the kids? These sessions are all about focusing those ideas and providing possi-ble frameworks for your writing. Visit www.monasheeinstitute.org for information.

ROSSLAND LIBRARY’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY PARTYSaturday, October 4, 2014 1:00 - 5:00 pm @ LibraryJoin the celebration with cake, mu-sic and stories!

ROSSLAND COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURE PRESENTSTILLER’S FOLLYSunday, October 4, 2014 8:30 pm @ Miners’ HallTiller’s Folly is a critically ac-claimed, internationally travelled trio who play progressive, acous-tic Celtic roots music. This high energy show will be the enter-tainment at an adult only dance to raise money for renovations to our beautiful Miner’s Hall. Tickets are $22 available at Out of the Cellar.

SELKRIK TRIOSunday, October 5, 2014 @2:00 pm Trail United ChurchKootenay Gallery’s TD Canada Trust Sunday Concert Series kick off concert. with the Kootenay based Selkirk Trio featuring pia-nist Sue Gould from Golden, cel-list Jeff Faragher and clarinettist Nicola Everton, both from Nel-son. The trio will reach beyond their traditional classical roots

to include contemporary works, new compositions as well as jazz and Celtic favourites.

GIRLS DO SKI PRESENTS Pretty Faces - The Story of a Skier GirlMonday, October 6, 2014 7 pm@ Miners’ HallTickets are $12 and available at the Red Pair.

AGES AND STAGES DAYHosted by the Family Action Net-work (FAN)Wednesday, October 8, 2014 10 am - 4 pm @ Kiro Wellness Centre, TrailThe event will provide parents an opportunity to make sure their children are meeting age-based milestones throughout the first six years. For more info or to book an appointment call Christy Anderson, FAN Regional Coordi-nator at 1-855-368-3707.

RECREATIONAL VOLLEYBALL� ursday, October 9, 2014 7:30 pm @ RSSPlease wear clean indoor gym shoes and bring a full water bot-tle. $2.00 drop in or $5.00 for the year. Contact the Rec. Depart-ment at 250-362-2327.

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The Rossland News has an opening for a part-time reporter. We are looking for someone with a passion for their community as well as the spirit and energy to tell our community’s story to our readers. If that person sounds like you, please apply.

The position covers a variety of beats,including local government. It requires the individual to work in a team environment, be comfortable multi-tasking and be highly motivated and organized. A reliable vehicle and digital camera are required.

Those interested in applying should submittheir resumé to Jennifer Cowan [email protected]

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Literacy hits the streets in RosslandCommunity lead-

ers and volunteers will join Black Press and the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy on October 9 to raise awareness about the importance of literacy and to celebrate the power literacy has in Rossland.

The 4th Annual Reach a Reader cam-paign will raise funds for Trail and area’s community-based lit-eracy programs.

Why? Literacy is important to all Brit-ish Columbians! It im-pacts every aspect of our lives: healthcare, crime rates, employ-ment and economic status. Despite its es-sential role in life, at least 40 per cent of B.C. adults have difficulty reading a newspaper, filling out a work application, reading a map, or un-derstanding a lease — and this percentage is increasing.

“The Reach a Read-er campaign reminds people that literacy skills are important if

we are to succeed in today’s world,” says Sonia Tavares, Trail and Area Commu-nity Literacy Coor-dinator. “When we hear the word literacy many of us think ‘you can read or you can’t read.’ Of course, lit-eracy is about reading and writing, but it is also about the ability to express our ideas, think critically and use technology. Literacy is wide and all-encom-passing. Literacy is having the skills you need, to do what you want to do in your life.”

In Trail and area funds raised will help support the Adult iPad/tablet drop-in. This free program has been a huge suc-cess with adults in the community. Many of the adults who have attended the program have had their iPads or tablets set up by some-one else. The drop-in has allowed them to learn how to add ap-plications, download games, add contacts

and use calendars — as well as take a few photos! The program will run in the after-noons at the CBAL of-fice in downtown Trail starting in mid-Oc-tober. One program participant said, “I feel more confident, and we always have such a great session!”

You can support the Reach a Reader campaign by making a

donation in exchange for a special edition of the Rossland News on October 9. Volun-teers will be hitting the streets with papers in hand at Ferraros, and in downtown Ross-land between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.. You may also donate online at cbal.org.

To learn more about community-based literacy programs in

Trail and Area contact Sonia Tavares, Trail and Area’s Communi-ty Literacy Coordina-tor, at [email protected], or (250)368-6770.

About Columbia Basin Alliance for Lit-eracy:

The Columbia Ba-sin Alliance for Lit-eracy (CBAL) is a not-for-profit organi-zation that develops, promotes and delivers

literacy and essential skills services for peo-ple of all ages in the Columbia Basin and Boundary regions.

CBAL’s 16 Com-munity Literacy Co-ordinators provide services in 77 commu-nities, working with local literacy advisory committees to develop effective literacy pro-grams and resources in the communities they serve.

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OCTOBER (DATE) REACH A READER

The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) and (local paper name) are partnering to raise funds for literacy programs in the 4th Annual Reach a Reader event.

Buy a paper from one of our volunteers on October (date) to make a difference in our community. Can’t be there? Donate online at cbal.org.

All funds raised will go to support (community name) literacy programs. Visit cbal.org to learn more.

Where to donate: List locations Online: cbal.org Phone: (insert #) Email: (insert email)

October 9OCTOBER (DATE) REACH A READER

The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) and (local paper name) are partnering to raise funds for literacy programs in the 4th Annual Reach a Reader event.

Buy a paper from one of our volunteers on October (date) to make a difference in our community. Can’t be there? Donate online at cbal.org.

All funds raised will go to support (community name) literacy programs. Visit cbal.org to learn more.

Where to donate: List locations Online: cbal.org Phone: (insert #) Email: (insert email)

The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) and Rossland News are partnering to raise funds for literacy programs in the 4th Annual Reach a Reader event.Buy a paper from one of our volunteers on October 9 to make a difference in our community. Can’t be there? Donate online at cbal.org.All funds raised will go to support the Rossland literacy programs.

Where todonate:Rossland 3 - 5 pmFerraros, Post offi ce

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Pretty Faces was a film more than eight years in the making. You could say its seed was planted when Rossland native Leah Evans — founder of Girls Do Ski, one of Canada’s premiere freeski camps, based in Revelstoke, B.C. — began her career as a professional skier and started Girls Day Out, her first ski camp. She and her team have provided freeski camps for women, promoting a healthy lifestyle both on and off the skis.

Since then, she’s had the opportunity to work with and film some of the industry’s leading professionals. However, she had yet to push herself to her limits.

It was when fellow professional skier and filmmaker Lynsey Dyer decided she would create her own, all-female ski movie, that

Evans finally threw her hat in the ring. She asked herself, “What is it like to try?” and try she did.

Pretty Faces was the result, a documen-tary featuring women who ski, and ski well. But it would not have come to fruition without the support of the community.

Evans explained, “The crowd-sourced Kickstarter campaign rose over $113,000. But beyond the monetary support, the unity that has been created throughout the female ski community has been outstand-ing. This feminine-centric media space has provided us with an outlet to express our own version of courage, grace, confidence and vulnerability.”

“We want to support that community,” she added. Both Pretty Faces and Girls Do Ski aim to send out a strong message and be a source of inspiration for women in the ski world.

But the film was truly the brainchild of Dyer. Of her film, she said, “I wanted to give young girls something positive to look up to. I wanted to give them their Blizzard of Ahhs, Ski Movie or High Life, but done in a way that also shows the elegance, grace, community and style that is unique to women in the mountains.”

Evans reflected on just how much work goes into creating a ski documentary. It’s not as simple as setting up a camera on a ski hill and shooting; for one particular shot it took 20 kilometres of sledding, two hours of ski touring and organizing a cinematog-rapher, all that so she could stand on top of a cliff and convince herself to jump. All of which showed her what it really means to “try.”

Sarah Woods, also of Girls Do Ski, said the film’s premiere in Rossland is not just for girls but for anyone interested in the ski

ing community; it can inspire anyone. For Woods, seeing girls who are good at

skiing makes her think, “If they can do it, I can do it too.”

On Monday, October 6, Pretty Faces, will be shown at the Miners’ Hall. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at the Red Pair Shoe Store. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the film will start at 7 p.m.. The screening will be followed by an event for networking and discussion and, though its exact place and time are not yet set, both Evans and Woods will be there.


Erica TarasoffRossland News

Ski documentary, Pretty Faces, redefines what it means to try

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Rossland News, October 02, 2014