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The City of Trail’s struggle to regenerate is fascinating to architect student Austin Hawkins and the reason he chose it as the subject of his master architecture thesis.

Time and again he has been asked, why chose Trail?“I think the question of “why do you study our city” is

indicative of Trail’s trouble with revitalization,” he said.Hawkins said that Trail has identified itself as having an

image problem, but in his eyes, nothing could be further from the truth.

“I don’t study Trail because it is a dirty place,” he said. “It is a beautiful place with an energetic and majestic industry, a ‘castle on the hill’ marking powerful potential.”

Hawkins, a third-year University of British Columbia student, has travelled Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia, and said that the most interesting of condi-tions occurring in society are “right here in Trail.”

The crux of his study is the interaction of a global enter-prise (Teck) with local culture.

Because the most appropriate use of land can only be known by people who live on it, Trail is a perfect example of a place whose local characteristics intertwine with industry on a global scale, he said.

To study the challenges of Trail’s downtown revital-ization efforts, Hawkins compiled a vast amount of data, including topography, building plans and photographic documents, to understand the changing conditions in the downtown core.

“The Teck takeover in 2001 was a huge shift and saw decision making move to a global metropolis,” he said. “As a result Trail has become a peripheral city of the industry whereas before it was central.”

Hawkins has completed the research phase of his year-long project and has identified several components to re-design. However, his vision of downtown Trail’s possi-bilities continue to evolve.

When Hawkins travelled to Trail in February and met with Mayor Dieter Bogs and the Downtown Opportunities and Action Committee to discuss the downtown plan, he was on board with the idea of moving and expanding the library and museum to the empty Eagles lot on the south end of town.

He has since revisited that possibility and shifted his ideas.

“Trail has such a long rich history that is unprecedented from other towns in B.C.” he said.

“I think the museum should be an integral part of the Victoria Street development,” he said.“The only old building left on that street is the Union Hotel, and in my opinion, that’s an opportunity to keep Trail’s history in the centre of town.”

Additionally, Hawkins has focused on how Trail’s improved air quality and reduction in sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions can spark revitalization in relation to architecture.

Original building facades were designed to keep out SO2 emissions, and now with better air quality, those walls can be opened up.

Hawkins noted that the city could lead the charge and renovate the Trail Memorial Centre by breaking through

its concrete exterior wall facing Victoria Street.“Things have changed,” he said. “With improved air

quality further facades can be opened up allowing down-town stores to spill out onto the streets and create better synergy between the businesses.”

Next semester Hawkins will be delving into design work and creating images and models for a presentation of his ideas to the city.

“I think the more people who know about what I have discovered brings great possibilities to the city,” he said. “After all, a city’s future depends most upon its attitude.”

Student picks Trail as subject for UBC architectural studies

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Village gets cheque for water woes

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Austin Hawkins, an architect student at UBC, has made Trail’s downtown revitalization the focus of his master thesis.


Montrose residents caught a break this year, as in reimbursement not water main.

Huge costs were incurred on the village when a break in the water lines on 9th Avenue lead to a $299,000 repair bill in 2012

“I can confirm that an insurance check for $289,000 will be issued to the village,” said Kevin Chartres, chief administrative officer at Monday night council.

He said he would have the cheque in hand this week, but required council’s consent to deposit the money into a specific coffer.

He requested council to pass a motion to deposit the reimbursed amount back into the water reserve funds, and his recommendation was carried unani-mously.

“It is important for residents to know where the money is going,” said Mayor Joe Danchuk.

“Residents need to be aware that the money is going right back where we took it from,” he explained.

On May 4 2012, the village experienced a failure in the valve chamber of a surge tank near the top of the Montrose cut-off, explained Chartres.

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Although fire season in Greater Trail is just heat-ing up, weeks of hot temperatures have put the area at a higher than normal risk of forest fires for this time of year.

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

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

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

The cause was determined to be natural, a light-ning strike, and 0.2 hectares in size, he added.

A second fire was reported on the east side of the Columbia River above the Poupore flats in Castlegar on Saturday.

“Initially smoke was reported by a pilot that afternoon,” said Turner.

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East competes, not vul-nerable, to four spades. South has a hand with which he never wants to defend. South raises to five hearts. East is not afraid of North South making six, push-es them to six hearts and doubles. North, thinking six will make, redoubles.

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reserve Const. Chris Cottrill is once again patrolling Christina Lake and Grand Forks RCMP’s Staff Sgt. Jim Harrison said he was busy Canada Day long weekend.

Cottrill was enfor-cing Canada Shipping Act Small Vessel regu-lations and laid three charges and issued 10 written warnings.

“For people who

don’t realize it, we keep track of written warn-ings and if you fail to comply with them and we catch you again, we lay the charge,” explained Harrison, adding that is exactly what happened in two out of the three cases.

“One fellow was given a written warn-ing for not having his boat registered in 2011 and he got picked up on this July long weekend and still hadn’t registered his

boat, so he got charged for his trouble,” said Harrison.

F u r t h e r m o r e , Harrison said this past weekend saw nine warnings issued for vessels on the Lake and the citations ranged from not having a fire extinguisher on the vessel to not having an operator competency card.

Four charges were laid on minors in pos-session of alcohol at Christina Lake as well.

B y T i m e s s T a f fThe Creston RCMP are

continuing their investigation into a single motorcycle col-lision that left the driver and passenger seriously injured when it left the road on Hwy 3A Saturday afternoon.

At approximately 2 p.m., members of the Creston RCMP, BC Ambulance Service and the Creston Fire Department attended to a report of a collision involving a single vehicle in the 9000 block of Highway 3A on the

East Short of Kootenay Lake, approximately 40 kms north of Creston.

A black 2004 Harley Davidson Classic motorcycle with a driver and passenger proceeded off road, to the right, and struck a cement barricade on a sharp corner. Both the driver and passenger were ejected from the motor-cycle and suffered significant injuries.

The driver, a male from Salmo, and the passenger, a female from Ymir, were transported by ground ambu-lance to the Creston Valley Hospital and were both later airlifted to Foothills Hospital in Calgary.

The driver suffered serious injuries and the passenger suffered critical injuries.

The pair remain in hospi-tal in Calgary,however are in stable condition.

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Justin Trudeau, the Liberal Party’s national leader, is planning on a brief stop in Trail next week.

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Justine Trudeau, federal Liberal leader, will be stop-ping by to visit the Silver City next week.

Trudeau and his family will be at Gyro Park in Trail on Monday at 2 p.m. for a meet and greet said Norm Casler, executive director for the Trail and District Chamber of Commerce in a press release.

Trudeau, wife Sophie

and his two children have embarked on a cross-Canada motorhome trip this summer, said Dan Ashman, president of the Southern Interior Liberal Riding Association.

Trudeau will be shaking hands, but not giving a speech for what is meant to be a bipartisan event, he added.

The Trudeau family will continue their vacation after the event, travelling further west to Kelowna.

Although Trudeau’s official itinerary is yet to be released at time of press, his press secretary in Ottawa, Kate Monfette, did confirm to the Trail Times that he will be in B.C. from July 21 to July 25.

All is still subject to chan-ges, and times and locations are not finalized, she said.

The Trudeaus’ will also stop in Cranbrook and Nelson on Sunday for a casual “coffee in the park” appearances.

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FROM PAGE 1He said smoke was again reported

by a homeowner in the Fairview area of Castlegar later that evening.

On Sunday morning, a wildfire management branch helicopter car-ried a three-person “Initial Attack Crew” into the area to begin to fight the fire, said Turner.

The fire was 100 per cent con-tained that afternoon and the crew was flown out by helicopter with the fire now reported as out.

There were no injuries on scene and because of the remoteness of the fire, no structures were threat-ened.

The fire was caused by a light-ning strike, said Turner, adding that it was a rank one fire, meaning it was a smouldering ground, and “creeping surface fire,” less that one hectare in size.

Turner said the fire danger risk is unusually high in Greater Trail for mid-July, which is a direct result of extended high temperatures.

“The Trail area is at a moderate to high fire danger rating,” said Turner. “It’s been very hot the last few weeks and the forest fuels such

as dead branches and pine needles are drying out rapidly.”

The area is looking more like it usually would in early August, he said.

So far this season, 41 fires have been reported in the Southeast Fire Centre, an area covering six zones that stretch from the B.C./Alberta border in the east to the Boundary area in the west and from the Canada/US border in the south to the North Columbia/Golden region in the north.

Open fire burning, which includes incendiaries such as fire-works and sky lanterns, have been prohibited since July 8.

Campfires within the regulation size of no larger than 0.5 metres by 0.5 metres, are still allowed.

Turner said a shovel and at least eight litres of water must be readily available to extinguish the flames.

To report a wildfire or unattend-ed campfire, call (star) *5555 on a cellphone or 1-800-663-5555. For the latest information on current wildfire activity, burning prohibi-tions, road closures and air quality advisories, visit bcwildfire.ca.

Fire risk ‘unusually high’ in Greater Trail

FROM PAGE 1When the water line broke,

roughly 1000 cubic metres of water caused a massive event, which washed 200 metres of supply main down the bank from Montrose, with an estimated loss of 10,000 cubic metres of material, he said.

Repairs were completed in June and included 200 metres of new supply pipe and valves; granular fill; new electrical service, curbing and access hatch; and concrete pipe anchor blocks.

During the repair period, coun-cil enacted an agreement with the Beaver Falls Waterworks District to supply Montrose with water interim.

During the meeting, Coun. Mary Gay thanked Chartres for his perse-verance in reclaiming the money for the village.

“We really appreciate you press-ing the point and getting our insur-ance to pay back the money,” she said. “We know it took a lot of work.”

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The United Steelworkers Local 9346 has filed an appeal in front of the BC Court of Appeals on May 23 regarding the arbitrators decision to deny a temporary order to stop Teck from performing random drug and alcohol tests on workers at the Elk Valley mines.

On June 14, the Supreme Court ruled it was reasonable for a New Brunswick labour arbitration board to strike down a policy at an Irving Pulp & Paper Ltd. mill that forced all workers in “safety-sensitive positions” to undergo random alcohol tests, with about 10 per cent of the work force tested a year.

“The Supreme Court’s decision on the Irvine case explained that just being a safe-ty sensitive work place does not equal reasonable cause,” said Alex Hanson, USW Local 9346 president.

“We’re going to the BC Court of Appeal because we don’t believe Teck has reasonable just

cause for random testing. The ruling covers random alcohol testing and the Supreme Court made big generalizations for random drug testing. Alcohol testing can prove impairment yet drug testing only proves past usage. The BC Privacy laws were created to protect workers rights and prevent abuse.”

“The ruling in question does not deal with Teck’s oper-ations,” said Chris Stannell, Senior Communications Specialist for Teck Resources Limited.

“Teck places a high value on the safety of their employees and has developed a random testing that balances privacy rights with safety of employ-ees in a safety sensitive work environment. We have carefully reviewed the Irving decision and the facts in our case are significantly different.”

Hanson thinks Teck is not testing at Highland Copper mines in Kamloops or the smelter in Trail because “they are heavily unionized. I think they would refuse en mass and

that would be the end of it. There is little turn over with the people who work there. There are more transient work-ers in the Elk Valley than in Kamloops. People are afraid they will lose their jobs if they refuse the random testing.”

While Teck has stated their pre-employment screening had 39 failures in 2011 and over 29 in 2012 proves that their poli-cies have merit, Hanson sees it differently.

“Teck’s first line of defense is working. They are catching people with pre-employment screening. Teck can test if there is signs of impairment displayed and can do post inci-dent testing.”

The USW local 9346 is pre-pared to explore every legal avenue possible including the Supreme Court, “to stop what seems to be a medical fishing expedition,” said Hanson.

Teck started their random drug and alcohol-testing pro-gram at the Elk Valley mines in December 2012. The case will go to arbitration this fall.

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coroner says “Glee” actor Cory Monteith died from an overdose of heroin and alcohol combined.

Post-mortem testing by the BC Coroners’ Service, which included an autopsy and toxicology analysis, confirmed the drug toxicity.

The coroners’ service says there is no evidence to suggest Monteith’s

death was anything other than a tragic accident, though the investi-gation continues.

The service says the man’s family has been made aware of the circum-stances surrounding his death.

Monteith was found dead in his hotel room at the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel in downtown Vancouver on Saturday.

After his body was found, police said he was alone when he died and had apparently been dead for several hours before his body was discovered.

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B.C. - A tran-sit bus driver in Kamloops, has been handed a 90-day driving ban after failing a road-side sobriety test while on the job.

F i r s t C a n a d a , which handles transit operations in Kamloops on behalf of BC Transit, says an i n v e s t i g a t i o n is underway in the wake of the Saturday morning incident.

BC Transit s p o k e s w o m a n Maureen Sheehan says the investiga-tion and decision about the future of the driver will be up to FirstCanada.

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DARULA, JULIUS — passed away at home after a battle with Cancer. Julius was born 88 years ago, on April 14, 1925 in Oroshaza Hungary. His life’s journey had him arrive in Fruitvale in May, 1975 via 12 years in Toronto, and 16 years in England where he met his wife of 50 years Noreen. He is survived by his wife and sons David, John and his wife Kathleen, and his two grandsons Christopher and Daniel Darula.

Julius’ family move to British Columbia afforded him the opportunity to pur-sue two life long dreams. One was to build the drawing board, that he drew the plans on to build his own home. He said as the foundations were being poured that “this home would be his last address”. The other was to prospect for gold, a dream he had carried from his youth.

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He was always there to lend a hand and al-ways enjoyed sharing a “barley sandwich” with anyone who stopped by for a visit.

At Julius’s request, there is to be no formal funeral service but the family will be hosting an Open House from 1 till 3 PM on Saturday July 20, 2013 at Julius’s home.

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couple are off to a great start in Canada’s first-ever “Amazing Race.”

The American tele-vision show features teams of two people following clues and solving puzzles as they race around the world. A Canadian version of the show launched Monday night and in the premiere episode, Fairmont Hot Springs couple Kristen Idiens and Darren Trapp were the first to arrive at the checkpoint.

The couple received express passes, which allow them to skip past future hurdles plus and extra pass to share with another couple.

During the episode, four couples, includ-ing Idiens and Trapp, agreed to share the extra pass among their alliance should one of them finish first.

While getting to the finish line is the ultim-ate goal, just getting on the show was an amazing experience for the duo.

“I’m pretty sure my heart stopped beating when I found out we’d made the show,” said Idiens. “It was my fault we applied; I pushed for it. I love every bit of being in challenging situations and seeing how I excel or fail.”

They are both avid nature enthusiasts with an interest in sus-tainable living and a belief in positive think-ing who love being physically fit and active outdoors.

Trapp, 26, works as a whitewater rafting guide and lifeguard, and Idiens, 32, is a Jill-of-all-trades nature guide, teacher and yoga instructor.

They plan to win the race by using their high fitness level, logic, resourcefulness and by maintaining a positive attitude through each challenge.

The couple met at a bonfire in Fairmont several summers ago. Shortly after, they were working togeth-

er under difficult cir-cumstances when they both volunteered in Cameroon, Africa in a remote, rural area helping a women’s empowerment group.

The experience, and others like it (both Trapp and Idiens have visited or worked in several different coun-tries and done sev-eral different jobs), make good training for something like the “Amazing Race,” according to Idiens.

“Cameroon was a

good test for us. We were constantly faced with language barriers and other obstacles. We learned about being okay with challenge and about dealing with the unknown,” she said. “We got good at being well-prepared.”

The couple also thinks living in the Columbia Valley may help give them a leg up on the other teams in the show.

“We’re always out rock climbing, hik-ing, playing in nature.

We’re always walk-ing up all these hills, which keeps us in great shape, so the val-ley is the perfect place to be in terms of get-ting ready for this kind of race,” Idiens said.

The race won’t necessarily be totally smooth sailing — their differences (Trapp is a detail-oriented per-fectionist while Idiens prefers to fly along at a fast pace) could make for an unbeatable combination of skills, but may also be the couple’s downfall.

“He picks up on the small things that I miss because I’m already up and run-ning in the opposite direction,” said Idiens. “It works out well when we’re getting along, but it’s defin-itely a problem when we’re butting heads. It creates tension, it cre-ates arguments, and it creates stress in our relationship.”

Trapp and Idiens will be up against eight other teams in the race, including Canadian fit-ness icons Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod from participACTION’s Body Break television segments.

All of them will be after the grand prize, which includes $250,000 cash, free fly-ing for a year (up to 10 first-class trips for two) anywhere Air Canada goes, and two 2014 Corvettes.

If Trapp and Idiens win, they plan to use the money to purchase land and build a sus-tainable, eco-friendly community — com-plete with homes, a school and retreats — somewhere in the valley.

“We really want to show people you can live comfortably, even luxuriously, and still live in an ecologic-ally friendly way,” said Idiens.

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Kristen Idiens and Darren Trapp (from Fairmont) won the first leg of Canada’s version of the “Amazing Race” on Monday.

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beauty pageant is criticizing the state-run tele-vision network’s decision not to broadcast this year’s contest, a step that comes as audiences for the show have dwindled and amid pressure to improve how women are portrayed in the Italian media.

Miss Italia’s finals have been shown on RAI in September for 25 years. But the broadcaster’s general director, Luigi Gubitosi, was quoted as saying Tuesday by the Italian news agency ANSA that “the format by now has become outdated.”

Scantily-clad women are a mainstay of much of Italian TV, with everything from quiz shows to talk shows featuring leggy showgirls on state channels as well as on private networks.

On Monday, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Laura Boldrini, hailed the deci-sion to abandon the traditional transmission of the contest finals as a “civilized and modern choice.”

“I hope that Italian young women will have the chance to be appreciated, even on tele-vision, in a different way than by parading with numbers on them,” she told a conference on violence against women.

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U.S. battles spies and whistleblowersEdward Snowden, a

former contractor to the U.S. Central I n t e l l i g e n c e

Agency, has been trapped in the transit lounge of Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow for the past two weeks, while the United States government strives mightily to get him back in its clutches. Last week it even arranged for the plane flying Bolivian President Eve Morales home from Moscow to be diverted to Vienna and searched, mistakenly believing that Snowden was aboard.

Former U.S. army intel-ligence analyst Bradley Manning is already in the U.S. government’s clutch-es. Having endured 1,100 days of solitary confine-ment, he is now on trial for “aiding the enemy” by passing a quarter-million U.S. embassy messages, Afghanistan and Iraq war logs, detainee assessments from Guantanamo and videos of US attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq to the WikiLeaks website.

These two American whistle-blowers have a lot in common. They are both young idealists who had access to the inner work-ings of the U.S. “secur-ity community”, and were appalled by what they learned. Their intentions were good, but their fate

may be harsh. (Bradley faces life in prison with-out parole.) And there is one big difference between them.

Bradley, the more naive of the two, was shocked by facts that more experi-enced observers take for granted: that governments, including the U.S. govern-ment, routinely lie to their citizens, their allies, and the world, and that armies at war, including the US army, sometimes commit terrible crimes.

So he published a mountain of evidence that substantiated those lamentable truths. That greatly angered the U.S. government, and he will probably pay a heavy price for it. The U.S. government wants its secrets, especially the most shameful ones, to stay secret, and its extra-ordinary vindictiveness towards Bradley is intend-ed to deter others from blowing the whistle.

Edward Snowden, on the other hand, has exposed something that even experienced observers did NOT take for granted: that the U.S. government has created a massive appar-atus for discovering every-body else’s secrets. Under the cover of the “war on terror”, it has been secretly trawling the telecommuni-cations networks of the

whole world for informa-tion not just on terrorism, but on any other subject that affects its interests.

Never mind the hyp-ocrisy of this. (American secrets are sacred, but the United States has the right to know everybody else’s.) It’s the sheer scale and brazen arrogance of the operation that are so stunning. Exhibit A is the PRISM programme, whose very existence was a secret until Snowden spilled the beans early last month.

This programme, run by the National Security Agency, began in 2007. It collects data from all nine major American inter-net giants – Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Google, Skype,Yahoo, etc. – and they are not allowed to reveal the fact that they are passing the data to the US government.

In the first instance,

it’s mostly traffic analysis: who is talking to whom? But if the traffic pattern sparks the NSA’s interest (or if the U.S. government wants to know the content of the messages for other reasons), then the spies can read the actual mes-sages. And, as you would expect, PRISM didn’t just stay focused on “terrorism” for very long.

The NSA started using its new tools, and some older ones, to spy on for-eign governments and companies, including those of America’s allies. “We hack network backbones - like huge internet rout-ers, basically - that give us access to the communica-tions of hundreds of thou-sands of computers with-out having to hack every single one,” Snowden told the South China Morning Post in late June.

U.S. citizens resident in the United States are allegedly exempt from hav-ing their messages read without a court order (but the court is secret, too). Unless, of course, American citizens communicate with people living outside the U.S., in which case they are fair game.

Americans, on the whole, are remarkably untroubled by the NSA’s actions. Almost a million people work in the U.S.

security industry, and most of those jobs would dis-appear if Americans did not believe that “terror-ism” is the greatest threat facing their country. So the industry works very hard to sell them this fiction, and most of them accept it.

Foreigner governments, by contrast, are very angry. The countries targeted by the NSA included not just obvious candidates like China and Russia, but U.S. allies like France, Italy, Greece, Japan and South Korea.

But foreign protests will not force a shut-down of the PRISM programme. At most, it will be renamed and re-hidden.

The U.S. government gains major advantages by knowing everybody else’s secrets, and the million people in the “security community” are a huge domestic lobby.

Manning and Snowden have done the world a ser-vice by exposing the U.S. government’s illicit actions past and present, but Manning’s future is prob-ably life imprisonment, Snowden’s a life in exile (if he’s lucky).

No good deed goes unpunished.

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No matter the good inten-tions, taxing certain foods to make us health-ier remains bad public policy. There are sev-eral reasons why this is so, the most fun-damental being that such taxes affect everyone regardless of their girth or lifestyle choices.

Consider the case of a Canadian who runs three times a week, plays sports from time to time, eats a well-balanced diet, and is in excellent physical condition. If she likes to relax with a pop and watch a movie on the weekend, or enjoy a chocolate bar with lunch, why should she pay more to do so?

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On July 13 the GCRS brought in the trails man-ager from the Kootenay Columbia Trails Society (KCTS) for a presentation on Rossland’s trail net-work model.

“I would say there are about 38 stakeholder organizations that are involved with Golden’s trail networks,” said Ryan

Watmough, with the GCRS. Stewart Spooner, the trails manager with the KCTS, told the group at the Rockwater Grill and Bar what a trails alliance would look like, and how those 38 groups would fit into an alliance while still maintaining their inter-ests.

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The West Kootenay Diamondbacks clinched the Washington State American Legion AA Federal Division regular season title on Monday at Butler Park ensuring their spot in what is becoming a controversial district tournament in Spokane this week.

The Diamondbacks needed one win in their final doubleheader against Northwest Christian Crusaders to solidify top spot ahead of Colville, 16-4, in the Federal division.

Colville sat just one game behind WKD head-ing into the final series, but the Dbacks Joe Ferraro got it out of the way early, picking up the win in a 15-5 pasting of the Crusaders in the opening match. Sean Barta then cleaned up a wild second match, where the Dbacks eventually prevailed in a see-saw 19-15 win.

The victories mean the Dbacks finish the season 18-2, the number-one seed in the Federal division and head to the District tournament, along with second-place Colville, where they will play a do-or-die match against Cheney in their first game today.

“I don’t get the schedule,” said co-coach Wayne McIntyre. “We play the second seed of the National Division while the other bracket has the number-4 seed of the National playing the fifth seed from the American – and the loser goes home.”

The schedule also has number-2 Colville tak-ing on the number-1 seed from the National, while the number-3 seed from the National opens by playing the sixth seeded American division squad.

If the Dbacks win the opening elimination game they then face the number-one seed from the American division, while the winner of the four-and-five seed game plays the fourth seed from the American division.

“It just doesn’t make sense,” McIntyre added.Just two teams from the Federal division

advance to the District tournament, while four teams from National go, and six teams from the American Division advance, with the top four American division teams receiving a bye into the second round.

Despite the cryptic bracketing, coach Roger

Handley is confident his team will do what it takes to make it into the playoff round.

Pitching may be the main strategic concern with a 10-inning maximum rule in effect for each hurler, says Handley. Once a pitcher throws 10 innings they must rest for three days before tak-ing the mound again.

Deciding who to pitch in the opening elimina-tion match followed by a game against possibly the toughest team in the tournament in Mt. Spokane is crucial. The Dbacks must win the first game against Cheney or go home, yet can afford to lose the second game as the double knock out format takes effect following the first round.

McIntyre is confident in the team’s ability to defeat Cheney after watching them in action last week.

“They are alright but beatable,” said McIntyre, comparing them to Medical Lake, 10-10, a team that finished behind the Dbacks in the Federal division.

Handley is leaning toward Scotty Davidson to get the start in the first match, and replying with Tanner Johnson in Game 2. In the event they do make it to the final, Davidson would then be good to go again on Sunday.

“We’ll play the guys who got us here,” said Handley. “Everyone has had a chance to play, and I feel I can put in anyone in there if I have to. They’re all capable of getting the job done.”

The Dbacks open the tournament against Cheney at 10 a.m. today at A.K. Jackson Park in Spokane, and at 10 a.m. Thursday if they win. The top four advance to the State Championship in Walla Walla, Wash.

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By Jim BaileyTimes Sports EditorIt seemed unlikely if

not impossible that the West Kootenay Phillies could claw their way out of the basement of the Washington State ‘A’ American Legion Baseball Western div-ision after an 0-6 start and make the district playoffs.

But much like the Miracle Mets of ‘69, the phenomenal Phillies of 2013 went on an 10-1-1 run, including a three-game sweep of Rogers and a win over University 2 on the weekend, to close out the season.

The improbable run vaulted the team to within three games of first-place Central Valley, 15-3, and a half game of East Valley. On Sunday, the team had resigned itself to just missing the play-offs due to East Valley’s winning record, 3-0, over the Phils; all of which occurred in the first four games of the season, before the Phillies began to roll.

However, the West Kootenay efforts were not in vain, as

the League informed coach Darren Miracle late Monday that the team had indeed earned a berth in the post-season districts.

“What happened is we had basically the same record as East Valley, and East Valley declined to go so we got in,” said Phillies coach Darren Miracle. “Hopefully we do well, we’re going to work hard at it. The kids are all excited. We actually had to have kids come back from vacation because on Sunday we were out.”

The young team comprised of seven 13-year-olds has dom-inated opponents with 16-year-old Brandon Zarikoff and Derek Green leading the way on the mound. Despite getting a pass into the districts, the Phillies will be a legitimate threat as they sport-ed the best record in the division down the stretch, going 8-1-1 in the last 10 games.

“They all brought it together,” said Miracle. “I was just looking for one win at a time, because when we were

0-6, I thought we were in a lot of trouble. I just wanted to win and the kids just kept hit-ting the ball and hav-ing fun. The key is that they enjoyed them-selves.”

The Phillies join Central Valley, Freeman, Gonzaga Prep, Deer Park, University, Colville, and Mt. Spokane in the District tournament that starts Thursday and winds up Sunday with the top four teams advancing to the State Championship in Olympia, Wash. July 27-31.

“All the kids played well all year from number one to 13,” said Miracle. “I think we’re going to do okay. I think Mt. Spokane is going to be tough, just by word of mouth, they’re a pretty good team, but we’re going to play to win, and do all we can to go as far as we can in this.”

The Phillies open Thursday against Mt. Spokane at 4 p.m. at Deer Park with Zarikoff taking the mound for WKP. The final game goes Sunday at 4 p.m.

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The West Kootenay Diamondbacks third baseman Riley Brandt gets set to tag the Northwest Christian Crusader on Tuesday at Butler Park. Despite receiving the wrong end of a close call, the Dbacks rallied to beat the Crusaders in both games of a doubleheader and clinch the American Legion Federal division title.

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pleted yet another great meet in Castlegar on the weekend loading up on medals and cashing in per-sonal best times.

Shilene Kennedy chopped 13 seconds off her 100-meter breast-roke time and shaved five seconds off her 50 freestyle. Not to be outdone, James Roberts took 10 seconds off in the 100 backstroke, while TJ Worsley swam 100 backstroke in eight seconds less than his previous best, and Johnny Hodgekins scored a provincial qualifying time in 50 back.

The Castlegar Meet is known for the Mile Relay that pits eight-

person teams swimming a mile as fast as they can.

When the dust settled the Stingrays team comprised of Melissa Pitman, Logan Blair, Nicole Merry, Worsley, Georgia Merry, Josh Ballarin, Kayla Fraser and Elijah Grebe captured second in the event.

Simon Impey won his first medal at his second swim meet ever finish-ing in a tie for second in the Division 1 boys category. Diego Greenwood captured second and Logan Blair placed third in Div. 4 boys, while Elijah Grebe tied for first in Div. 5 boys and Worsley took third.

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The move came a day after Italian police con-fiscated unidentified substances in a raid on the hotel where the trio was staying in the north-eastern town of Lignano Sabbiadoro after the athletes tested positive for banned stimulants.

The trainer is Christopher Xuereb of Toronto.Udine prosecutors believe the trio violated

Article 9 of the doping laws, which calls for pun-ishment for whoever administers or consumes banned substances.

Police were still analyzing the substances seized to determine if they were legal or not.

Being formally placed under investigation is a step up in the Italian justice system from someone simply “informed of the facts,” which is how someone can be questioned by police. That occurred after the raid early Monday, when the trio was brought to a local police station.

Police told The Associated Press that the raids were executed following a tip from the World Anti-Doping Agency. Paul Doyle, the agent for the two sprinters, said they worked in conjunc-tion with WADA on the raid after becoming sus-picious that Xuereb, their newly hired trainer, might have given them supplements laced with a banned substance. Doyle also said that Powell and Simpson were aware of the impending raid, but Xuereb was kept out of the loop.

“Asafa and Sherone have been tested more than 100 times each through their career ... and never turned in a positive test,” Doyle told The AP in a phone interview. “Now they change their supplements and the first time they get tested, they have a positive test? It has to be something in those new supplements that has caused it. Chris is the one that provided those.

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The Northern Irishman has been consistently inconsis-tent since the Masters

in April, missing five cuts and claiming three wins in his eight events. He’s either back home from a tourna-ment on a Saturday or raising a trophy on a Sunday.

So, which way is he leaning for the British Open?

“I think links-style golf is in my blood,” McDowell said Tuesday, “and I always feel like I revert back well to it. I naturally and instinct-ively play well in the wind.”

Given the long-range forecast, the wind may not be too much of a factor this week but the seventh-ranked McDowell clearly fancies his chances on Scotland’s east coast.

He has just one top-10 finish in his nine

Opens - that coming last year when he played in the final pair on the Sunday at Lytham but shot 75 to tie for fifth - but his recent wins at the French Open and the World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria have come on what he described as “linksy” courses.

And then there was

a victory at the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head, standing tall on a wind-swept Sunday before outlasting Webb Simpson in a playoff.

McDowell grew up playing links golf at Royal Portrush, the home course of 2011 Open champion Darren Clarke, and feels right at home every time the - links-based world’s oldest major comes around.

He labels Muirfield as a “tactician’s golf course,” something right up his alley.

“If I ever design a course, it will be a lot of different clubs off tees, and irons and woods, and something that kind of gets the brain working a little bit,” he said. “This is certainly a game of chess this week.”

Given all those missed cuts - six in 13 events in 2013 - no wonder McDowell described himself as “feeling fresh” and looking forward to a monthlong stint that will take in two majors plus a WGC event in Akron.

“I haven’t fed off my victories maybe the way I needed to the last few months, (but) I think my season has not felt as inconsistent as per-haps it’s read. Those missed cuts, if you look at them, I missed by one at Augusta, missed by a couple at Players, missed by one at the Irish (Open), missed by a couple at Wentworth (in the PGA Championship), missed by a couple of hundred at the U.S. Open.

British OpenPLAYER ODDSTiger Woods 7-1Justin Rose 18-1Rory McIlroy 20-1Adam Scott 20-1Luke Donald 22-1Lee Westwood 22-1Ernie Els 25-1Sergio Garcia 25-1G, McDowell 25-1Phil Mickelson 25-1Jason Day 30-1Charl Schwartzel 35-1Brandt Snedeker 35-1Rickie Fowler 40-1P. Harrington 40-1Dustin Johnson 40-1Ian Poulter 40-1Thomas Bjorn 45-1Martin Kaymer 45-1

McDowell favours links style course at British Open

Leisure

Dear Annie: I am the grandmother of nine beautiful little grandchildren. Two granddaughters live with their mother and spend weekends with their father, who remarried, and he and his wife are currently residing with me.

Here’s the problem: The younger child, who is 5, was petite until recently. Then her mother and step-mother began forcing this little girl to eat more, or she is pun-ished. She is a picky eater and has been known to throw fits about eating, but no child should be forced to eat portions that are so big. She has gained 18 pounds in the past five months.

I understand the parents’ frustrations. But she’s a tiny child and should be served smaller portions of food. I also am a firm believer that force-feeding will lead to an eating disorder that could haunt her for the

rest of her life. I am very worried

about her. I’ve seen her forced to eat a grilled hot dog, which she’s not fond of, only to throw it up shortly afterward and then not be allowed to eat anything else. They say she was “putting on an act” so Grandma and Grandpa would feel sorry for her. But, Annie, this sudden weight gain cannot be a good thing. She is sick a lot, and I think this is affecting her overall health.

I admit I’m an over-protective grandma, but my kids were picky eaters when they were young. My wise pedia-trician said, “Give

them a vitamin every day and let it go. You cause more problems by forcing them to eat. Trust me, they won’t starve to death. They’ll eat when they need to.” And they did.

I will do whatever you say, but it’s get-ting more and more difficult to keep my mouth shut. -- Worried Grandma in Illinois

Dear Worried: Forcing a child to eat until she throws up or gains 18 pounds in five months could be con-strued as child abuse. We know her parents think she needs to eat more, but this is com-pletely misguided. Not all children eat the same way, nor should they, and force-feeding a 5-year-old is harm-ful, both physically and psychologically. Please speak to your son. Ask him to talk to the pediatrician about this immediately.

Dear Annie: A few years ago, my wife and I retired and moved to a new home. We are

friendly, helpful and generous, especially with good food and hospitality. But our neighbors have never reciprocated with so much as a cookie, and we have never been invited to their homes.

We all get along well enough, but I have asked my wife not to make extra dishes for them any longer. I’m disappointed with the manners of younger folks who don’t seem to understand reciprocity. -- Southern Golden Oldie

Dear Southern: Some people are reluc-tant to entertain in their homes, but you certainly do not have to keep putting forth the effort if there is no reciprocity of any kind. There’s no point in being resentful. You can have a perfectly cordial relationship with these neighbors without baking pies and inviting them for coffee.

Dear Annie: This is in response to

“Midwest Cook” and others who wrote about children who are picky eaters and don’t have the manners to say “no, thank you” when offered food they don’t like.

My clever daugh-ter-in-law taught my grandchildren to

say, “Those Brussels sprouts look delicious. I’m sorry I can’t eat them, but I’m allergic.” Of course, a few nights later, when served scal-loped potatoes, my grandson said (with a glint in his eye), “Those look delicious, but I’m allergic to potatoes

unless they’re French fried.” -- There’s Always a Solution

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers col-umn. Please email your questions to [email protected].

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Not all children have the same eating habits

Leisure

For Thursday, July 18, 2013

ARIES(March 21 to April 19)Satisfy your urge for a

change of scenery by doing something different. Go someplace you’ve never been before. Take a differ-ent route to or from work. Visit ethnic restaurants and talk to people from different backgrounds.

TAURUS(April 20 to May 20)Be careful with red-tape

details regarding inheritanc-es, shared property, taxes and debt. You will be focused on this today; however, wait until the afternoon to make important decisions.

GEMINI(May 21 to June 20)Because the Moon is oppo-

site your sign today, you will have to accommodate others. Be prepared to com-promise and go more than halfway. (It’s not a big deal.)

CANCER(June 21 to July 22)Focus on getting better

organized today. Make a to-do list, and start crossing things off. Get as much done as you can. You also might think of ways to improve your health.

LEO(July 23 to Aug. 22)This is a playful day for

you, so get out and enjoy yourself. Sports events, the arts, social occasions plus playful times with children will delight you. (Romance can flourish.)

VIRGO(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22)Home, family and your

domestic world will be your primary focus today. Perhaps a discussion with a parent will be significant. Cocoon at home if you can.

LIBRA(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)Today is busy with short

trips, errands, conversations with siblings and many dis-tractions. Fasten your seat-belt, and go with the flow.

SCORPIO(Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)Cash flow, money issues

and shopping have your attention today. Postpone important financial matters (including purchases) until the afternoon.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)You’re a little bit luckier

today because the Moon is in your sign. Why not ask universe for a favor? (You just might get it.)

CAPRICORN(Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)Work alone or behind the

scenes today, because you need privacy to be produc-tive. You also might need privacy just to feel relaxed and on top of your scene.

AQUARIUS(Jan. 20 to Feb. 18)Conversations with a

female acquaintance could be significant today. Share your hopes and dreams for the future with others to see with their feedback is.

PISCES(Feb. 19 to March 20)Private details about your

personal life might be pub-lic today, especially in the eyes of bosses, parents and VIPs. (Incidentally, this also includes the police.) Be aware.

YOU BORN TODAY You are intelligent, committed and serious about pursu-ing your goals. You’re also idealistic and courageous. You are often a spokesper-son for a group because you

eloquently present their views. Freedom of expres-sion is a strong value, and you will fight for this free-dom for yourself and others. Work hard to build or con-struct something this year, because your rewards soon will follow.

Birthdate of: Margaret Laurence, author; Kristen Bell, actress; Nelson Mandela, South African president/anti-apartheid leader.

TUNDRA

MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM

DILBERT

ANIMAL CRACKERS

HAGARBROOMHILDA

SALLY FORTHBLONDIE

YOUR HOROSCOpEBy Francis Drake



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Salmo$179,900

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Robbie McMahon, General Manager at [email protected] or to 623 Railway Street, Nelson, BC V1L1H5.

Employment

Help WantedFull Times Sales

Representative. Andre’sElectronic Experts in

Castlegar is looking to grow their sales force. Looking for

individuals with salesexperience and knowledge of cellular/ electronic and

appliances. Full time -salary/commission with

potential wage to be $40,000 - $75,000 plus benefi ts. Drop

off resumes to 200 - 1965Columbia Ave Castlegar. or email [email protected]

LITTLE SCHOLARS Chil-dren’s Village now hiring quali-fi ed ECE & Infant Toddler edu-cators. For more information www.trailpreschool.ca

LIVE-IN MANAGER for 50 unit apt. bldg in Trail, B.C. Send resume to 100-3525 La-burnum Drive, Trail, B.C. V1R 2S9. [email protected]

The Lemare Group is accept-ing resumes for the following positions:• Certifi ed Hand Fallers• Offi ce Highway Logging Truck Drivers• Log Loader Operator• Grapple Yarder Operators• Boom Boat Operator• Chasers• Hooktenders• 2nd Loaders-Buckermen• Heavy Duty MechanicsFulltime camp with union rates/benefi ts. Please send re-sumes by fax to 250-956-4888 or email to: offi [email protected].

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NEW DOWNTOWN LOCATION WhirlPool

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Professional couple with steady income and children. Please call 250-362-7681

evenings & weekends. 250-231-2174 daytime. Monika

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Apt/Condo for RentBella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250.364.1822CASTLEGAR, 1Bdrm. ground level, f/s, $600./mo.util.incl., avail. immed. 604-512-4178Ermalinda Apartments, Glen-merry. Adults only. N/P, N/S. 1-2 bdrms. Ph. 250.364.1922E.Trail 1bd appt., f/s, coin-op laundry. 250-368-3239Francesco Estates, Glenmer-ry. Adults only. N/P, N/S, 1-3 bdrms. Phone 250.368.6761.GLENVIEW APTS. Large, Quiet 1Bdrm. available. 250-368-8391, 250-367-9456ROSSLAND, 1bd. & 1 bach. apt. Golden City Manor. Over 55. N/S. N/P. Subsidized. 250-362-5030, 250-362-3385TRAIL, 1BDRM. Apt, partially furn. $495./mo. utilities incl. N/S, N/P. 250-368-9351TRAIL, spacious 1&2bdrm. apartment. Adult building, per-fect for seniors/ professionals. Cozy, clean, quiet, com-fortable. Must See. 250-368-1312WARFIELD 2bd condo totally renovated 250-362-7716WARFIELD APARTMENTS. 1&2-bdrm, N/S, N/P. Long term tenants. 250-368-5888

W.TRAIL, 1BD.+, 1 Blk. Downtown. $595. 250-368-6076

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Apt/Condo for RentW.TRAIL, 2bd., tiny yard, suitable for small dog, close Downtown.$675.250-368-6075

Homes for RentROSSLAND 3BDRM, w/d,n/s,n/p,$1000 plus utilities, avail. Aug 1. 250-367-7927W.TRAIL, 2Bdrm. Aug.1st. $900./mo. including utilities-negotiable. 1-250-960-9749.

Suites, LowerCastlegar clean, bright

spacious 1 Bdrm ground level basement studio suite, partly furnished, convenient central

location, N/S, N/P, shared laundry, $750/mth includes utilities, WIFI & Satellite TV

Days 250-304-5289, evening 365-0620, Avail Immediately

TownhousesEdgewater Townhouse in Glenmerry, 3bd, 1.5Bth.,f/s, $850./mo. 250-368-5908

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AndresCar Audio

PENTICTON101-2601 Skaha Lake Rd.

493-3800(250)

VERNON200-3107 - 48th Ave.

542-3000(250)

ANDRES WIRELESSCherry Lane Mall

(250) 493-4566

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860-2600(250)

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707-2600(250)

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365-6455(250)

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352-7258(250)

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426-8927(250)

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851-8700(250)

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563-4447(250)

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398-8522(250)

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Here’s What YOU Can Do Help:• Mow your lawn (doesn’t matter if it is dry and

yellowed) but keep it neat.• Clean up the boulevards and sidewalks around

your home.• Deadhead or pick weeds in public fl oral beds.

• Clean up after your pets.• Help your neighbours who may not be able to tidy

up their yard or boulevard.

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1025 Regan Crescent, Trail $259,000

Immaculate 3 bdrm, 2 bath home in Sunningdale! Sit in your fl at, fully fenced back yard on your large deck and enjoy

the relaxation! New kitchen, new fl ooring, renovated on both levels, newer roof,

carport, and huge family room! Don’t wait this is a beauty!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

2133 Daniel Street, Trail $139,900

This charming home offers so many benefi ts for a great price. You will notice the great character of this home with old

style charm. The kitchen has amazing views of the Columbia River. The lower

level features separate in-law suite. Good parking with double carport.

Call today.Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW LISTING

415 8th Avenue, Montrose $289,000

Pool time! Great family home on a quiet cul-de-sac has 4 bdrms, large living

room and kitchen with plenty of living space for the whole family! Call for your

private viewing today!Call Terry 250-231-1101

NEW LISTING

SWIMMING POOL

360 - 2nd Avenue, Rivervale $399,000

Perfection! This gorgeous home built in 2009 has it all, 3 bdrms 4 baths, 9

foot ceilings, granite countertops, hard wood, man cave, double garage, and so much more!! All this and situated on a

beautifully, landscaped, private lot close to all amenities. You must see to believe!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

NEW LISTING

247 Mill Road, Fruitvale

$389,000Beautiful well kept family home with lots

of space inside and out! Spectacular views in every direction. Come take a

look today!Call Richard (250) 368-7897

1002 – 8th Street, Castlegar $229,000

Great family home in central location! 4 bdrms/3 baths, master bedroom with

ensuite, new laminate fl ooring. Huge wrap-around sundeck, yard with a

private patio area, several fruit trees and a garden. A double garage & room to

park an RV. See it today!Call Terry 250-231-1101

NEW PRICE

1894 Mountain Street, Fruitvale $65,000

Serviced and ready to go, this 66x105 generous lot is among new

houses and has gorgeous views. Bring your plans and break ground this Spring!

MLS# K213996.Call Tonnie (250)-365-9665

3411 Marigold Drive, Trail$259,000

This updated 4 bdrm home offers vaulted ceilings, bright windows, gorgeous kitchen and newer fl ooring. Private

landscaped yard with 14 x 18 covered patio. This is a fantastic package! Make

your appointment to view today!Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW LISTING

1741 - 3rd Avenue, Rossland $449,000

This 4 plex is a must see! Immaculate 4-2 bdrm units that have been

impeccably maintained and renovated. Each unit is approx. 950 sq ft, separately metered, have washers/dryers, hot water

tanks and all appliances. 4 covered parking spaces with storage lockers,

large .21 acre lot, brand new roof over carports and newer roof on the building.

Great rental income! Call Christine (250) 512-7653

NEW LISTING

1922 Meadowlark Drive, Fruitvale

$297,9005 bdrms & 3 baths. Great family

home featuring recent updates to kitchen, deck and new gutters. Across the street from a park and minutes to

downtown Fruitvale.Call Jodi

250-231-2331

1952 McLeod Avenue, Rossland $320,000

Immaculate 3 bdrm, 2 bath home with many upgrades including a bathroom

with a walk in tile shower, heated fl oors and sleek lines. Fully fi nished rec room, workshop, and private fenced yard. This home has used every square inch wisely to make the fl ow and space feel much

bigger than it is.Call Christine (250) 512-7653

NEW LISTING

840 Forrest Drive, Warfi eld

$295,000 5 beds, 2 baths. Lovely family home on a nice street. Features a bright, daylight basement and fully fenced

backyard with a deck. Call today to view.

Call Jodi 250-231-2331

1004 Regan Crescent,

Trail$227,900

3 bdrm home in Sunningdale. Vinyl siding, ac- u/g sprinklers, 24 x 20 shop

with ventilation. Mechanical

upgrades - call your REALTOR® for a viewing.Call Mark

(250) 231-5591

1969 Old Salmo Road, Fruitvale

$498,500Signature built home

sitting on 3 acres within city limits!· 3 bay garage

· Open fl oor plan· 4 bedrooms· 3 bathrooms

· 800 sq. ft. shopCall Ron

(250) 368-1162 or Darlene

(250) 231-0527

NEW LISTING

OPEN HOUSEThursday July 18 3:30-5:30pm

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Trail Daily Times, July 17, 2013