Community

Members of the Trail Flying Club gathered at the Trail Airport to take their planes for a spin on Sunday.

Students from J. Lloyd Crowe Secondary School broke a fundraising goal while learning about a Canadian hero last month.

Trail Daily Times editor Guy Bertrand was making house calls on Friday along with publisher Barb Blatchford. The duo was delivering the day’s edition of the Times for Carrier Appreciation Day. Above, Bertrand is greeted by longtime subscriber Pia Cescon at Rosewood Village.

The Gyro Park swings are pretty much at a standstill now that fall has taken over the park and the region.

Today on the streets of Trail and Fruitvale hockey players and politicians are handing out newspapers to raise literacy awareness.

Trail Smoke Eaters captain Logan Proulx will be one of several people in the community handing out editions of the Trail Daily Times on Wednesday. The newspaper is free in exchange for a donation to the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy and its Reach a Reader program. Also hitting the streets along with members of the Smoke Eaters are Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs and councillor Eleanor Gattafoni Robinson. Watch for them around the Trail Memorial Centre and businesses around town.

Fire Prevention Week starts Oct. 9

The Canadian flag flies proudly at the Raven’s Rock viewpoint overlooking Trail on Saturday.

Jarrod McLean of Brighter Days Window Washing and Maintenance puts a shine and a clean view on the windows of the Joe Drennan Building in downtown Trail Wednesday. McLean was also cleaning stucco remnants off the windows after the building’s exterior received a makeover earlier this month.

Flowers, volunteers and a new sports court helped Fruitvale capture the five-bloom award at the Communities in Bloom competition.