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Curriculum to undergo shrinkage at Selkirk College CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter
Selkirk College in Castlegar will no longer be offering second year university sciences as the school prepares to meet a million dollar budget shortfall. “We need to have approval in principle by our board by the end of this month,” said Barry Auliffe, Selkirk College director of communications. “It gets final approval by our board and then by the government in May.”
The amount of funding received from the provincial government for college operations at Selkirk has remained the same for the coming year and will be reduced over the next two years. “Right away, with the cost of doing business going up with inflation, we’re in a $500,000 shortfall situation just at the get-go,” said Auliffe. “We will be again next year. The operating grant will be decreased next year. This year the
government came to us and asked us to make additional savings. So that put it up to $1 million.” In order to balance the budget the college must find ways to save money. Selkirk receives the lion’s share of their total operating budget of $36 from the government ($26 million). The remainder comes from projections such as tuition fees. “We find everything we can in the administrative area, anything that we can cut that doesn’t im-
mediately impact students, particularly the cutting of programs,” said Auliffe. “The size, $1 million, is just too much. The vast majority of our budget is in the programs. What we do is look at those programs that have been trending down in terms of enrolment numbers. One area that has trended down over the last few years is second year sciences, courses like biology, chemistry. The numbers there were just not sufficient to continue run-
ning those courses.” Auliffe noted that in 1966 when Selkirk College opened, there were only three degree granting universities in B.C. “We now have 12 degree granting universities throughout the province and they’re all very competitive,” he said. “What’s happening a lot more is that students will take their first year at a community college because you have great instruction, much cheaper tuition, you’re closer to home, and you get
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ing a fight with public sector unions. They’re looking at getting re-elected again. It doesn’t have anything to do with education any more.� Last week, Kamloops teachers voted to withdraw all voluntary, extra-curricular services including coaching, providing direction to arts, theatre, and music groups, as well as assisting with graduation ceremonies. In addition to Kamloops, teachers in Sooke, South Okanagan, West Vancouver, and the Sunshine Coast have also decided to stop volunteering for extra-curricular activities. “What the government is doing right now is so demoralizing to teachers. Why would any teacher volunteer to do anything extra when our government is doing this to us?� said Davidoff, who will be
travelling to Vancouver this weekend for BCTF meetings. “We will see what re c om m e n d at i ons and what plan of action comes out,� he said. “But I think you see already developing throughout the province where there membership has said, ‘Enough is enough! you don’t value us.’ The government is bringing in this draconian legislature and the whole province sees it. Why would you do anything extra beyond teaching?
“Teachers don’t have to spend their lunch hour, every break, and after school with kids that are struggling - that’s extra. Teachers don’t have to coach - that’s extra. Teachers don’t have to prepare ceremonies or work on graduation plans - that’s all extra, that’s all volunteer work that they do on top of their work. It’s all extra.� Early in the week, the BCTF announced they would not make up report cards that were not issued prior
to passage of Bill 22. “Minister Abbott was talking about immediately preparing a report card without waiting for the next reporting period,� said Davidoff. “The next reporting period for most schools in our district is June. He wants us to backfill immediately. The reporting period is past and that’s struck work that was agreed to by the employer and teachers that would not be required during our phase one job action.�
Liquor-related action and theft occupy police STAFF Castlegar News
Castlegar RCMP were been busy and productive of late, with a sizable number of incidents to deal with in the past week. Accumulating a list of charges resulting from a March 7 visit to a suspected Marihuana grow operation in the 2300 block of Pass Creek Road, was an accused pair in their 40s, according to Cpl. Dan
Pollock. The suspects are looking at three drug-related charges along with two relating to firearms. Since released, the couple has a court date in Castlegar on May 23. In other goings on, as per communication from local RCMP, a further six of six arrests were made between March 6 and 7 in Castlegar. Suspected offences included impaired driving, theft of gasoline, theft from a vehicle.
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Community Earth Hour pot could be sweetened for Habitat if locals show big support
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Flicking a switch or two... or ten... then enjoying an hour of relative peace and reduced eyestrain shouldn’t seem like too daunting a task. It could set a good precedent, and, if enough people did it at the same time it could show a huge drop in power consumption. That’s the plan. By taking part, Castlegar residents can band together in a friendly competition with similar-size communities and maybe help out the local Habitat for Humanity effort while they’re at it. It’s called Earth Hour and it’s being orchestrated by FortisBC for the fourth consecutive year. Give it some thought, the hour to plan for kicks in at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 31. As spelled out in the above link, you could win a great prize just for pledging to take part, and Habitat for Humanity’s Castlegar operation could come out ahead to the tune of $5,000 if Castlegar shows the rest of the region what its made of. Marc Allarie, a local Habitat director
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says he and his colleagues have heard that the program will get that $5,000 if local power savers top the list. “We haven’t determined exactly what we’d spend it on,” said Allarie, who went on to indicate it would be some sort of energy efficient products... windows, appliances for example.
It was up to officials in each community to decide on a worthy cause to benefit from the bonus money should it be forthcoming. As for the Habitat outfit potentially getting the $5k kick in the coffers, a confident Castlegar Mayor told the Castlegar News on March 9, “At the Green Commit-
tee we we’re talking about how that (Habitat) would be a good place to put it (prize money). Of course we’re hoping to win it. We wouldn’t enter if we weren’t going to win.” Meanwhile, Castlegarians, take moment to consider the event, and maybe help your city be an Earth Hour winner.
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Value of sport... obvious! There are certain components in society that, for some, fall into a sort of gray area. These are the components not everyone may be involved in, and sport is one of them. Some may sell sports short... maybe criticize their cost, for example. But for those who play and watch the games, sport, in many cases, is tantamount to a spiritual experience. Just like the arts, sport is loaded with positives. Granted, there is the possibility of physical injuries associated with competitive athletics, but those risks are accepted by folks choosing to “take one for the team” if need be. The good habits learned from sporting involvement in a person’s developing years are well-documented. A successful team member on a youth team is a likely to take those social skills with them into later life. But the timely part of all this, is the shot in the arm sports can give to a town, city, province or country. Granted, again, there is always a flip side but that can also bring a community together. What happened at the Castlegar Community Complex on Tuesday night is what it’s all about – a packed house going nuts over a Rebels’ win. Whatever happens from here on in, reactions like Tuesday’s are priceless. Here’s hoping there are more on the way. We want to hear from you.
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The business of getting old As people age and begin to get “old,” different things happen to them. Some people are lucky, and they age gracefully with few breakdowns in their bodies and good health to the end. Others simply begin to fall apart when they pass into their sixties. We’ve heard about those who now creak when they walk and others who have pains in various places of the body. Back aches seem increasingly to be the order of the day. Inability to sleep and the need for constant urination take over. Most of those getting “old” begin to fear a lesser quality of life. They worry about cancer finding its way onto their skin or into their organs. They worry about strokes finishing their ordinary lives and heart attacks thumping them during the night. They wonder if they can manage their blood pressure and sugar ratings. In fact, older people start to read magazines and pamphlets that promise miraculous cures or ways to prevent getting old. Eat this food, eat that food, ingest this pill, throw out that pill, discover this natural food, trust that natural food—and on and on it goes. Indeed, several companies catering to seniors label themselves as “Stop Aging Now” outlets. Many older people would prefer to Craig Lindsay Reporter
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be young again. They might do things differently, but every elder I know would love to turn back the clock—to find some sort of Fountain of Youth. I’ve also heard some seniors wishing to live longer—until age 150 perhaps. That would be wonderful if the brain remained intact and people were as good with thoughts and words at 150 as they were at 30. However, we happen to know that forgetfulness and mild dementia creep up on 90 per cent of people as they age. The worst problem of course is Alzeimer’s disease where memory and recognition simply depart. Age 150 and beyond would be okay if the body didn’t deteriorate. It wouldn’t be any fun to be extremely old and have no eyesight, no hearing, no walking ability, no speaking capacity, and very little skin on the bones. Even with a mind still functioning, this meltdown of the body would be hard to take. Jonathon Swift, the 18th Century satirist who wrote “Gulliver’s Travels,” wrote about just such a society of grotesque characters who had been granted eternal life on earth. This depiction occurs in Book Three of “Gulliver’s Travels,” a section of Swift’s story that is rarely read anymore. In that section, when Gulliver Chris Hopkyns Publisher
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hears about these people, he is at first charmed and says he would like to have earthly eternal life. He lists the advantages of living several hundred years. He speaks of the wisdom he could impart to the younger generation, the fortunes he could amass, and the errors he could correct. Gulliver clearly has forgotten one key point. Though nature may have given these people long life, nature never said they would keep their youth. Indeed, when people wish for a lengthy life, they want everything to be the same as when they had all their faculties and their bodies were in their prime. When Gulliver meets some of these extremely old people who must live on forever despite being decrepit and ghastly, he is horrified. He decides that it’s important that humans die after a reasonable period of time on this earth. Given that our bodies fall apart and our minds disappear as a natural part of earthly processes, perhaps eternal earthly living is not desirable. As surely, then, as the earth spins and orbits the sun, we will continue to age. We can only hope we remain mobile and able to think as we slide toward that last goodbye.
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Adding voices to a peaceful message The Vision of Peace Choir performed at the annual talent night at the Brilliant Cultural Centre on March 10. Craig Lindsay photo
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March is community social services awareness month; a time to recognize the vital role social service organizations play in our lives and in our society as a whole. Community social services are about creating and maintaining supportive, healthy, stable and caring communities. Castlegar and District Community Services Society is one example. The Society is a multi-service, nonprofit organization that has been providing services to the residents of Castlegar and District since
1979. Their mission is to improve the quality of people’s lives by providing assistance, counselling and support, and by working for social change in the community. The values of the society that are the foundation of their work include the belief that preventing problems is as important as addressing them; that all persons should be treated equally and without prejudice; that all people should live free from violence; that working from strengths is more effective than simply working on problems; and that clients can reach their potential
as vital members of the community. In achieving this work, the staff provides services in a manner that is client centered, timely, wellcoordinated and in a friendly environment; each person’s inherent dignity and right to confidentiality and informed consent is respected; reducing barriers and increasing accessibility to meet client needs is a goal, and forming networks, coalitions, partnerships and collaborating on a regional basis to achieve success is acknowledged. “Every day our front line workers are helping to build a safe,
healthy and caring community for all of us,” said Board Chair Roberta Hamilton. “Through our work, the entire community is strengthened through family development, counseling, parental support and intervention when needed”. Hamilton also thanked the volunteers who assist with some programs or serve on the board of directors. The society is located at 1007 2nd Street, across from Kinsman Park. Phone 250365-2104. Check the website www.cdcss. ca Visit the office and become a member.
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A former Catholic nun who first gained the spotlight with her 1993 book A History of God: The 4,000year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Karen Armstrong is now an author of 20 books that focus largely on commonalities of major religions – including the principle of compassion. Armstrong was awarded the $100,000 TED Prize in 2008 for her work and chose to use the award to create a worldwide, inter-faith Charter for Compassion, a document that proclaims
“the Golden Rule” professed by every faith – that we use empathy to put ourselves in the shoes of others and act toward them as we would want them to act toward us. The Mir Centre for Peace at Selkirk College is offering Kootenay residents the opportunity to attend a webinar talk with Armstrong, based on her new international best-selling book Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, in which she sets religion aside for the moment and focuses on more secular, social benefits of compassion. “In Twelve Steps to
a Compassionate Life, Armstrong leaves aside the debates about doctrine and history and zeroes in on the social benefit of compassion,” writes reviewer, Moex Surani. “Where the Dalai Lama’s bestseller, An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life, concentrates inward on the psychological benefits of compassion, the British writer’s (Armstrong’s) focus is outward, on its social and political impact.” “Anyone who has heard the religious historian Karen Armstrong speak on a public platform about the
origins of faith and its role in our world will know the buzz her oratory creates around her subject,” writes UK reviewer, Peter Stanford. “Her erudition and ability to convey complex ideas on the page, in a series of best-selling books which include A History of God and biographies of the Buddha and Muhammad, has long been widely admired. But in the flesh Armstrong brings an extra, more urgent dimension - the power to challenge audiences to consider afresh their prejudices about religion, and thus their own behaviour.”
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Upcoming MAR.15 - CASTLEGAR AND DISTRICT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 6 p.m. drinks,
6:30 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. meeting. At the Legion Hall. RSVP Cheryl by phone at 250-365-7751 or email cheryl@castlegarlibrary.ca by Feb. 22. A vegetarian option is available.
MAR 17 - KOOTENAY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP PRESENTS: LIVING FAITH BIBLE COLLEGE AS THEY DO THEIR PLAY - “PEDDLING PARABLES” - at
6:30 PM at Castlegar Christian Fellowship; 1801 Connors Road, Castlegar. MAR. 17 - SPRING TEA - Minto
Chapter #79 - Order of the Eastern Star. 1 - 3 p.m. Castlegar Legion. Includes door prize and bake table. MAR 18 - KOOTENAY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP PRESENTS: LIVING FAITH BIBLE COLLEGE AS THEY DO THEIR PLAY - “PEDDLING PARABLES” at 10:30 AM at Kootenay
Christian Fellowship; Central School Gymnasium on the corner of Ward and Mill, Nelson For more information call 1-888761-3301
MAR. 18 - FLEA MARKET AT ROBSON HALL - 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. with
breakfast sponsored by Robson Recreation Department. Come out for a hot breakfast and support your community hall! MAR. 18 - FOOD SOVEREIGNTY PUBLIC FORUM - With Alex Ata-
manenko, MP and special guests - 7:00 pm, at the United Church, 602 Silica Street, in Nelson - Everyone Welcome! For Information: 1-800-667-2393.
MAR. 19 - THE WEST KOOTENAY OSTOMY SUPPORT GROUP will meet
at 2 p.m. at the Kiro Wellness Centre 1500 Columbia Avenue, Trail. Guest: Lesley Anderton will be speaking and showing slides on her trip through the Northwest Passage. For further info, please call 250-368-9827 or 250-365-6276.
MAR. 25 - FLEA MARKET AT ROBSON HALL - 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. with
breakfast sponsored by Robson Volunteer Fire Dept. Auxiliary.
MAR. 31 - 13TH ANNUAL WINE FESTIVAL - Presented by the Castlegar
Sunrise 2000 Rotary Club at the Castlegar Community Complex from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets available at Oglows Paint, Bubblee’s Liquor, and Sound West (Trail). MAR. 31 - SPRING SCRAPBOOKING CROP - Genelle Hall, 9am-9pm
Special Project, Door Prizes, Draws, Potluck lunch, Dinner provided $25.00 if pd registration before March 10. Call Elisabeth @ 250-365-9303 or Jackie @ 250-693-5439 (evenings) for more information. APR. 6 - A SOLEMN GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE 10 A.M. at Castle-
gar United Church, 809 Merry Creek Road, beside the Kinnaird Medical Clinic and Fireside Motel. All are welcome to join us.
APR. 8 - EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE
- 7:00 a.m. followed by coffee and hot cross buns at Castlegar United Church 809 Merry Creek Road, beside the Kinnaird Medical Clinic and Fireside Motel. All are welcome to join us. 10 a.m. service offered as well.
ONGOING: VENDORS NEEDED FOR CASTLEGAR GARDEN AND NATURE FEST on May 19. Garden related
Ongoing
only please. Contact: 250-3994439 or email castlegargardenfest@shaw.ca. ONGOING: CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION LIGHT UP CAMPAIGN - The Foundation is
raising money to purchase three Space Lab cardiac monitors, Life Pak 15 crash cart monitors/defibrillators, and CADD Prism pump. call 250-304-1209 or mail cheque to 709 10th Street, Castlegar, BC V1N 2H7 to donate. ONGOING: CASTLEGAR GARDEN CLUB meets first Tuesday on ev-
419 7th avenue. Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Sunday morning service 10:30 a.m., Sunday evening service 6 p.m.
ery month at 7:00 p.m. at the Community Complex, Kootenay Room. Break loose from your traditional bounds . . . open your spirit to the wider world of gardening. Hear a dazzling array of speakers. New members always welcome. Information: Rose Cheveldave: 250-365-9600 or castlegargardenclub@shaw. ca.
APR. 13 - TRACTION FOR SOCIAL ACTION - How to create a strategic
ONGOING: MAR. 1 - APR. 26 - NEED A HAND WITH YOUR TAXES? - Trained
APR. 8 - EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE - At Castlegar Baptist Church,
social development plan. Seminar presented by Castlegar’s Social Planning Society. 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Sandman Inn in Castlegar. APR. 14 - LEARN ABOUT CREATING AN ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY - The agenda will
include exploring and discovering the five components to an accessible community. Seminar presented by Castlegar’s Social Planning Society. 9:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. at the Sandman Inn in Castlegar. JUL. 14 - KOOTENAY FESTIVAL -
Featuring live music, dance, performances and cuisine from the diverse cultures represented in the Kootenay region. Be a part of this exciting cultural event! Go to www.kootenayfestival. com for further details!
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volunteers can help you complete your income tax return for 2011 at Castlegar Community Services, 1007-2nd. St. Call 250-3652104 for appointment. Income level:single $25,000.00 or less, couples families $35,000.00 or less, add. Child $2000.00. Program runs Mar.1-Apr.26,2011, Tue, & Thurs., 9:30-noon & 1:003:30 p.m. Remember to bring all your tax papers and forms with you. ONGOING: THE TREASURE SHOP DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR (ACROSS FROM THE LIBRARY) WILL BE HOLDING WEEKLY TWO FOR ONE SALES
during the month of March and invite you to stop in and shop. The savings are incredible especially at this time of year. All men’s clothing will be two for one commencing the week of March 5th. Our silent auctions are on-
going as well with something of interest for everybody! Some of our wonderful volunteers can no longer help out at the Treasure Shop due to various reasons and we are very much in need of extra hands. If you can spare only a few hours each week it would be so appreciated. Stop in at 210 - 11th Avenue and pick up an application form. Our thanks to our dedicated volunteers who give so willingly in support of our Community and surrounding areas. ONGOING: DOUKHOBOR CENTRE WRITING CONTEST - Doukho-
bor Discovery Centre Village Museum is holding a writing contest open to children, teens and adults. The subject matter is Doukhobor migration and must be based on actual time lines. Work submitted can be poetry or short story (fact/fiction) and must be original. The deadline for submissions is May 6, 2012. Winners and prizes to be announced in June. Please bring or send your entries to the Doukhobor Discovery Centre Village Museum 112 Heritage Way, Castlegar B.C., V1N-4M5. Phone 365-5327 for more information. ONGOING: CASTLEGAR JUDO CLUB MEETS MONDAYS, THURSDAYS at
6:15-8 p.m. at Twin Rivers Elementary for Sept. 12 to May/ June. Male or Female, ages eight years and up. Registration at any meeting. Call senior sensei John Gibson 250-5763 or sensei James Welychko, 250-365-4920.
ONGOING: CASTLEGAR ART WALK 2012 CALL FOR ARTISTS - Castle-
gar’s 16th Annual Art Walk will be on display from June 26 to September 16. Artists interested in being a part of this event need to apply before March 28, 2012. For an application package please contact the Castlegar Arts Council at castlegararts@gmail. com or pick one up at Biznet in the Columbia Plaza ONGOING: TWIN RIVERS CHORALE REHEARSALS are held every
Thursday at 7 p.m. at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church (713 4th Street, Castlegar, BC, V1N 2B7). If you love to sing and want to sing both classical and contemporary music, come join the Twin Rivers Chorale. The reg-
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people whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking. Meeting every Monday 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 2224 6th Ave. (Kootenay Society for Community Living building.) For more information call Donna 3653168 or Eileen 365-3674.
ONGOING: CONVERSATION CLUB.
Mondays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. If Canada is your new home, come and meet others who have immigrated to Canada and spend time chatting and learning. At Kootenay Family Place (behind Chopsticks) ONGOING: STUDY GROUP, “BEAUTIFUL OUTLAW”, experience the
playful, disruptive, extravagant personality of Jesus. at the New Life Assembly. Call 250-365 5212. ONGOING: THE WEST KOOTENAY FAMILY HISTORIANS SOCIETY meets
at 7 p.m. on the first Monday of each month (September to June) at Stanley Humphries Senior Secondary School in Castlegar. New Members are welcome. For further information, contact Grace DeBiasio at 250-364-1426 or Ingeborg Leavell at 250-3670076. ONGOING: SHARING DINNER POT -
Every Tuesday at 12 p.m. at the Cadet Hall on 8th Avenue. No charge.
ONGOING: SR. ACTIVITIES @ COMPLEX - Mon. 10 a.m. Darts 1
p.m. Whist. Tues. 9:30 Floor Curling & Carpet Bowling, 1:00 Crafts 7:00 Pool. Wed. 9:30 Floor Curling 7:00 Rummoli. March 28 1 p.m. Bingo, 21 - 10 a.m. Raspberry Reunion. Thur. 9:30 Floor Curling, Jan. 5 2 p.m. 1 p.m. Bingo. Mar. 22 - 2-4 p.m. Tea Dance. Fri. 1 p.m. Crib & Bridge. Sat. Mar. 17 11:30-1 Soup Day. Ongoing: Table Garage Sale 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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Coffins, playmates, and wheatgrass - the musical CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter
Okay, this isn’t a musical, it is a profile of a new business sprouting up near Castlegar called Homesown. The home based business, owned and operated by Mark Zeabin and Elysia Samarodin, sells indoor gardening appliances for families as well as businesses. “The advantage is starting your own seeds,” said Zeabin. “Having good, fresh food that you know where it came from. Growing all year round.” “You’re saving time, saving gas, making it yourself rather than running around to different stores,” added Samarodin. “There are tons of local seed companies in town where you can buy your seeds, your herbs, that you can start growing.” The couple moved from South Slocan to Vancouver so that Samarolin could take an aesthetics course at a top beauty school. “While we were down there, Mark and I were living in a condo,” she said. “We had no yard. It was pretty small but it was close to school. That’s where we became inspired with this idea of an indoor garden. “So people that lived in small spaces, didn’t have land or space in their houses for pots and growing vegetables. Why don’t we come up a unit
Mark Zeabin and Elysia Samarodin of “Homesown.” Craig Lindsay photo
that allows people to grow all year round.” Both Mark and Elysia did research into different methods for growing fresh vegetables and herbs and sprouts inside. “Growing your own food and eating well is part of a healthy lifestyle,” she said. The couple are both Doukhobors and were raised in the Castlegar area in nearby Krestova. “You could say that gardening is in our blood,” said Samarolin. “We’re passionate about sharing that with other people, that If they could start growing fresh and vital greens in their homes as part of a healthy lifestyle. It’s part of food sustainability.” Zeabin also grew up around gardens, but wasn’t crazy about all the time and hard work necessary to
yield strong results. “It was a huge part of our life,” he said. “Every day you were in the garden pulling weeds and stuff.” Zeabin preferred using his hands for building. He started with legos, and then worked his way up to where he would help his father around the yard. In 1997, Zeabin started a coffin making company in Krestova called CasketFurniture.com. “We started building coffins for the community and it grew from there,” he said. “We went international. We were selling truckloads of coffins to Amazon. We became known as the world’s most famous coffin makers. Our coffins could be used as pool tables or entertainment centres and then you could
use it to be buried when you needed it.” Eventually the business was featured in Maxim magazine, People magazine, and BusinessWeek. Zeabin got to tour the world and was even invited to the Playboy Mansion where he got to hobnob with playmates and celebrities alike. “That business took me all over the place,” he said. After 12 years of the “rock ‘n roll lifestyle’, Zeabin decided it was time for a change to a healthier lifestyle. “I started becoming more health-oriented,” he said. Around the same time, Zeabin’s coffin business was hit hard by the economic recession around 2008. “Amazon ordered a large number of coffins and cancelled just before we had to
ship it out,” he said. “So we were stuck with $50,000 worth of inventory. That pretty much took the wind out of my sails. I couldn’t recover from that.” Zeabin then took time off and went to Vancouver with Samarolin. “We got to Vancouver and you couldn’t grow anything,” he said. “It’s concrete everywhere. You want some fresh vegetables and all there is are these stores but who knows how fresh they are. I wanted to build a garden and make it so it has all the right lighting, the water system, proper air circulation, and came up with our first prototype.” The couple wondered how many other Vancouverites would be interested in having fresh vegetables. They took their prototype to a couple of trade shows and were met with positive responses. After some tinkering and several improvements, Zeabin’s Indoor Garden Appliance was ready to be sold to the public. “When you place an order, in one week you get your garden, your seed, your soil, and your trays,” he said. “You plant it, you add water, that thing is going to grow and within three days you’re going to be eating fresh sunflower sprouts.
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In five days, you could be juicing wheatgrass. You’re eating good, fresh healthy greens.� Zeabin says that one ounce of wheatgrass juice is equivalent to eating two and a half pounds of the choicest greens. “Part of this whole thing is raising awareness with people that your health is in your hands,� said Samarodin. “It’s up to you. I believe you can heal your body through food. It’s great for weight loss, it’s great
for acne, it’s great for anxiety, it’s great for energy. It’s great for so many things.� For those people who may not want the full unit, Homesown also offers Stackables, which are smaller single-unit trays that can be stacked on top of each other. “Say you are interested in gardening, but you don’t know how interested you are. You buy a Stackable,� said Zeabin. “It’s about the size of a microwave. It has one light inside. You can grow one tray of wheatgrass. It’s all set
to grow. Say you like it - you get another Stackable and you can put it right on top.� People can pick up and order Homesown products through Mother Nature’s in downtown Castlegar where they have a display of the Indoor Garden Appliance. “On Saturday (March 24), we’re going to be at Mother Nature’s giving out samples all day and talking to customers,� said Zeabin. The products are also available online at www.homesown. com.
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Getting a financial grip Pictured below – Grade six students from Kinnaird Elementary got a recent chance to tour Kootenay Savings Credit Union in Castlegar and learn about banking, credit unions, and more. The one day event was part of the RCMP’s Community Prevention Education Continuum program. Craig Lindsay photos
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Castlegar’s Sculpturewalk is entering its third year, and what a success it has been! This exhibit of original outdoor sculptures, displayed year-around in downtown Castlegar, has been drawing interest and participation from across the country. From June through September the public votes for The People’s Choice sculpture which is then purchased by the City of Castlegar for the permanent display and enjoyment of its citizens.
The BC Utilities Commission (BCUC) last week dismissed an application by an anti-smart meter group to place an injunction on the project. The BCUC dismissed the group’s premise that the technology used in the new meters exceeded the authority of the Province’s Clean Energy Act. The decision came as the BC Hydro smart metering project nears the halfway mark of installations. BC Hydro has installed over 890,000 new meters, just under half of its 1.85 million customers. Over 99 per cent of customers are accepting a smart meter and more than 1,800 customers who initially asked for their smart meter installation to be put on hold have agreed to have one installed after being provided more information about the program. BC Hydro is responsible for providing safe, reliable power to British Columbians and smart meters are an important part of that
responsibility. Smart meters will provide many customer benefits including: · Keeping rates among the lowest in North America by helping BC Hydro operate more efficiently; · Getting the power back on faster in the event of an outage; and, · In the future making it possible for customers to track and manage their own power use through a free and secure customer web site and thereby save money on their bill. The new meters have been confirmed safe by health and science authorities including B.C.’s Provincial Health Officer. Smart meters communicate for an average of one minute per day and the exposure to radio frequency over the lifetime of a smart meter is equivalent to a 30-minute cell phone call. BC Hydro’s smart meters are well below Health Canada’s exposure limits and the precautionary limits set by Switzerland, the country with the most rigorous standards in the world.
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&RPPXQLW\ *LIWLQJ 2SSRUWXQLWLHV SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM For $1500 you can sponsor one sculpture for one year. 2012 sculptures will be placed in May. You will enjoy year long advertising with your name as the sponsor. Your name will be engraved on the nameplate and your business logo will go on the website (with a link) and in our annual brochure. Community recognition will be provided at events.
PURCHASE PROGRAM Purchase a sculpture and place it where you want (including your own backyard!). Prices range from $3000-$25,000. Leave a business or family legacy to the community to brighten up the city or your neighbourhood. Recognition will be provided in the annual brochure.
LEASING PROGRAM After the sculptures have been up for a year, those sculptures not purchased can be leased for $1000 @ year. $750 goes directly to the artist and $250 goes back to Sculpturewalk to help support next year’s costs.
...open up money for other more popular courses such as carpentry, metal fabrication, pharmacy technician, and early childhood care assistant, said Auliffe. Other courses affected by the budget changes include the
two year diploma program at the Kootenay School of the Arts, which will now be offered as a oneyear program. In addition, the online golf club operations course will only be offered if enrolments are sufficient to cover all costs.
Sculptures can be leased and moved to locations of your choice. Individual businesses or combinations of people can collectively lease these pieces. The leased amount goes towards the purchase price of the sculpture, and payment can be over time. Recognition will be permanent advertising for a year at a location of your choice.
*From left to right: Wheel of Life by Christina Nick, High and Dry by Kyle Fokken, Road Apples by Cameron Douglas, Reflections by D.E. McDermott, Guitarist by Osamede Obazee, Plunge by Deb Zeller , Dawn by Denis Kleine, Jack’s Story Time by Gregory Johnson, and Three Ring Circus by Tamara Schweigert
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Resisting Empire – United Church Speaks SUBMITTED
Is it a bargain or not? In their quest for profit, huge corporations which oversee large factories no better than sweatshops and monolithic farms for cash cropping, produce quantities of cheap products but at a great cost to humanity. This economic globalization is exponentially increasing the misery experienced by the vast majority of people on our planet. We are now governed by corporate rule. There are now about 40,000 transnational corporations; 200 of these run the world. Seven major companies dominate the world’s food industry. While profits soar, poverty is aggravated. If you have money in the bank or in your wallet you are within the eight per cent of the world’s wealthy. From its earliest days, the United Church of Canada has advocated and acted in favour of the social well-being of all God’s people. As followers of Jesus, we are called to ensure the fair and sustainable sharing of God’s gifts. And so we must uphold hope rather than complacency to challenge the
systemic injustice and exploitation within the present framework we call empire. When we do those things, we are actually ministering to Jesus himself. Alternatives are possible. We work, we live and we spend. We may be doing all this in ways that direct resources into the hands of a wealthy few. Shopping at discount stores and for discount prices, we may be spending or investing in ways that benefit large multinational corporations rather than local producers and small farmers. But we may resist this corporate “empire” by being committed to alternative actions like buying from local producers, small and/ or local businesses, buying sustainable products, supporting fair-trade, and bartering. The increased costs can be thought of as investment in a more just society. We can invest in companies or businesses that respect social justice including human rights. We can invest in those that respect ecological justice and value sustainability. The Chamber of Commerce recently stated that shopping locally benefits the
local economy threefold. Why? Because local businesses bank locally, hire locally and advertise locally. Studies have shown that money spent at a locally-owned business stays in the local economy and continues to strengthen the economic base of the community. There are other benefits to buying local as well. It builds community and a sense of connectiveness. Research has shown that small local businesses make valuable contributions to communities, neighbourhoods, and organizations. As consumers we have power. Our choices, in how we spend our money, make a difference. A word about the multinational food industry: the food may be cheap but what about the quality? A farmer told me this story. He said when he worked for a conventional grower who grew huge cash crops; his kids could not hug him at the end of the day when he got home. His clothes had to be removed and disinfected of chemicals. Now, working with organic produce, he can hug his children as soon as he wants.
So what is a bargain? Spending a little more money can be the best bargain after all! Large food corporations utilize monoculture farming methods to produce huge crops of the same product for the international market. These industrialized farms, however, are more vulnerable to disease and erosion so farmers must use more chemical fertilizers and pesticides on their land. These practices ultimately pollute the land, the water and food product. Diversified farms produce less but are less vulnerable to problems. Supporting smaller business and fairly traded products means supporting a more just and sustainable world. Instead of only thinking about the bargain idea, when shopping, think about who you are supporting, where the profits are going. To render the production base of Empire impotent; resist the consumptive lifestyle of Empire and consider an economic system based on the spirit of justice and fairness for all. by Rosemary Manarin, world traveller & United Church member
Musical magnetism on Merry Creek Rd. On Sun. March 18 The Clinton Swanson Trio will perform as part of the TD Sunday Concert Series sponsored by the Kootenay Gallery. This trio consists of Clinton Swanson (above centre) on saxophones, Colin Spence (at right) on Hammond organ and Tony Ferraro on drum kit. Inspired by the soul jazz of the 1960’s and 70’s played by organ hero Jimmy Smith and sax legend Stanley Turrentine the trio offers a sound that combines soul, gospel, and jazz. Playing arrangements of classic tunes such as Soul Serenade, The Sermon, Bridge Over Troubled Water along with soul era influenced originals by saxophonist Clinton Swanson. Collectively the members of this trio have performed locally, nationally, and internationally bringing a broad experience of musicality to every collaboration. This concert will be held at 1:30 at the Castlegar United Church, on Merry Creek Road Admission is Steve Hilts photo $12 and $10 for Gallery members.
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Best regards from Instanbul from Rotary Exchange student Young Ambassadors’ report
Merhaba, ben (By) Alana Henne. ry Exchange student in Istanbul Turkey.
After a 17 hour flight and getting lost for a while in airports, I landed in the city I would be living in for the next ten months. From October 2011 to the summer of 2012 I have been blessed with the most amazing opportunity I could have ever asked for! I am now a RotaI have now been living in Istanbul for just three months, and it has been truly amazing for the most part. The beginning included a lot of bumps and unexpected turns but luckily that changed within a month and a half. After four months of living here the
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Rotary exchange student sends a Peruvian “howdy” Max Rheinhold, a former Castlegar exchange student from Germany is currently doing a voluntary service abroad. Having worked in the Peruvian rain forest for seven month he takes a look back: After spending a year in Castlegar in 08/09 participating in the Rotary Youth Exchange Program and finishing my remaining two years of German high school it was my very strong desire to go abroad for another year. One reason to do
so - and I admit it was my slightly seldom wish to have another awesome adventure because my time in Canada surely was one hell of a blast. The second reason was to become socially active in a developing country. And by the time I finished my secondary education military service for guys was still mandatory in Germany, and I really did not want to do that. However, there were alternatives. One is called
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“weltwärts” (German for “world-ward”), a relatively new voluntary service initiated by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development that aims at young adults who want to work in a poor country for 6-24 month. After I applied for a sending organization that suited my ideas I had to raise about 2600€. The ministry pays you up to 75 per cent of all costs (flights, insurance, accommodation etc.) and you as a volun-
teer raise the remaining 25 per cent in donations before you go abroad. Seven month later: It is a beautiful morning in PROSOYA (Programa Social Yanachaga) in the middle of the Peruvian rain forest. After weighing nearly 20 kg of sugar I put my bee mask in my backpack before climbing up one of the surrounding mountains carrying the sugar. One hour, a few mosquito bites and lots of sweat later I arrive in what seems like paradise.
But there is not a lot of time to enjoy the absolutely stunning nature. All 20 hives need to be fed as their natural food, honey, got taken out a few months earlier. Having done so I start descending again, thinking about the energy it will cost me to feed another group of hives in the afternoon and the same group of hives the following week. Did I mention that PROSOYA owns about 100 hives? Continued on P. 16
FUNDING FOR STUDENTS, NOT FOR WAGE HIKES. The BCTF is demanding a 15 per cent wage hike and other benefits that would cost $2 billion and raise taxes for BC families. Virtually all other public sector unions have settled for no wage increases. It’s unacceptable that schools are disrupted and that students and their families are inconvenienced over an unreasonable salary demand in difficult economic times. The union is making claims and demands that simply don’t add up.
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2100 new teaching assistants have been hired since 2001. And, with a new $165 million Learning Improvement Fund, we will hire more.
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The City of Castlegar is intending to dispose of lands located at 555 Columbia Avenue and legally described as “Lot A, District Lot 11975, Kootenay District, Plan 9046” and “Lot C, District Lot 11975, Kootenay District, Plan 9046” (Castlegar Courthouse Lands) to the British Columbia Buildings Corporation. The transaction will be a land lease for a ten (10) year term ending in 2032.
What sounds like a lot of work really is a lot of work and a lot of fun. Being in charge of all the bees is just one of many activities I was able to do during my first seven of total 12 month in Peru. Founded in 1989, the place I am volunteering in, PROSOYA gives accommodation, food and a practical education to 40 Peruvian boys from a poor background, lots of them orphans. This education includes a whole variety of valuable life skills such as carpentry, metal works, baking, bee keeping, organic agriculture and domestication of cattle,
pigs, chicken and trout. After finishing their high school in a close-by village the students stay for one more year to specialize in two areas of their choice leaving the project with a solid base of knowledge for the future. My tasks volunteering in PROSOYA are diverse. For the first three months I got to try out every workshop of the project. Milking cows, planting coffee, welding and supplying PROSOYA with fresh buns are a few examples of the things I did. Finally I decided to keep working with the bees and in the wood work shop, two fascinating
and challenging activities. Even though there has been lots of economic growth in the past few years Peru still is one of the poorest countries in South America. Projects like PROSOYA help to make a little difference. Living and working in a developing country opens the eyes for poverty and social issues which we usually only notice with a huge distance in the media. I am very happy to have this opportunity. If you want to get more information about PROSOYA please visit the website of the project in English: http://www. peru-aktion.de/index.php?dm=1&_l=3
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Community Exchange student sends best wishes Continued from P. 14
...to write down all my favourite memories it would take an impossibly long time So the beginning of my exchange was something I never thought I would have to go through – with family problems so bad that the thought of leaving and coming home was something that crossed my mind a lot. I didn’t want to come home but it didn’t seem like anything was going to get better. Luckily for me I had made some amazing friends who were going to do everything they could to help. I also had an over protective mom and dad, and a Rotary Club back home that was doing so much to change the situation at hand. My exchange went from many tears to the most amazing choice I have made in my whole life! Even only being here for three months I haven’t only learned a lot about the country, culture, and people but mostly I have learned a lot about myself! I have only been here three months and I can’t wait to tell you what it is like at six! Within the three months I have been here I have seen so much but yet so little. This city is so big that every day I walk outside I see something new and exciting! The history this city holds is something so breathtaking it is unbelievable. Walking into a mosque that is over 1000 years old, or driving across a bridge that connects two continents, is something I never thought I would see. Like really in the morning you are drinking tea in Europe, and by the afternoon you are sitting in a Turkish bath in Asia, and it took
you 30 minutes to get there. Watching the huge golden Mediterranean sun fall behind the 1000 year old mosques while you are standing on the front of a ferry taking you from one side of the channel to the other! All the little things this city and country hold are the things that everyone needs to see in their life!
“It is still really weird that I am here. I knew this year would go by fast but I didn’t think it would go by this fast.” Alana Henne Okay so I am going to stop sounding like a sales lady, now like I said, I have seen so much but yet so little. But the things I have seen are truly amazing. My most favourite thing to do here is, well, get lost. Don’t get me wrong I have been to all the historical places: Blue mosque, Hagia Sophia, Sultan Ahmet etc.… but going with some friends and getting lost is something I would much rather do. If you come to Istanbul you truly do have to go and see all of those places though. Can you imagine walking down a street that is about five km long, and it is filled with millions of people? Or what about finding a market by the water where all things are handmade. Truly everything is possible in this city. I remember the last time I was in town and I looked up at the sky to see it filled with millions of stars. I told myself that would be the last time I would see stars for a year, well I was wrong. I have seen so many stars here,
not as many as back home but more than I thought I would see. I don’t think I could have asked for a better place to hold my exchange. It is big, beautiful, historical, and all around amazing. I have been taken hold of by this city and I don’t think it will ever let me go. I have made amazing friends not only from Rotary, but in my school, and I know they will be there forever. Once you make a bond with a Turkish person it is for life. It is still really weird that I am here. I knew this year would go by fast but I didn’t think it would go by this fast. Three months down, seven more to go! Lastly, I would like to say thank you to some people! David Nelson for all the amazing help he
has given me. He is one of the main reasons my exchange changed from really bad to amazing. Also Kay Jones, for all the support and positive energy, before and while here, and, last but not least, the whole “Castlegar Sunrise Rotary Club” for providing me with this AMAZING opportunity! I can’t think of anything I would rather be doing. When I come back I will serve you traditional Turkish tea and coffee. Be ready to get addicted! Thank you all again and see you in the future! If anyone has any questions or wants to look at pictures, or just find out what I am doing next, please email me at “ahenne1993@gmail. com” or add me on Facebook a “Alana Dean Henne”
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Sister by Jennifer Craig, The Third Crop: A personal and historical journey into the photo albums and shoeboxes of the Slocan Valley 1800s to early 1940s by Rita Moir, and Boundary Country by Tom Wayman.
Once again, readers from across the region will read and vote for the book they feel all Kootenay book lovers should read. Jennifer Craig’s semi-autobiographical novel, which made the London Times bestseller list and has sold in excess of 100,000 copies, is a funny, engaging story of a group of trainee nurses in the 1950s in Leeds, England. It’s rife with long hours, bodily fluids, good-natured camaraderie, and Craig’s trademark Yorkshire
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Rebels force game seven after big win at home
Rebel forward Stuart Walton celebrates after scoring the winning goal in game six on Tuesday night at the Complex. Craig Lindsay photo CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter
The Castlegar Rebels beat Beaver Valley 6-4 on Tuesday night in front of over 700 fans at the Castlegar Complex. The win evened the best of seven series up at 3-3 forcing the deciding game seven in Fruitvale on Thursday night at 7 p.m. It was a game of contrasting periods.
In the first, the Rebels came out strong and jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals from Peter Mingus and Arthur Andrews. In the second stanza, BV scored three unanswered goals to take the lead at 3-2. The third saw Castlegar regain the momentum with the home team scoring four times to pull away from the Hawks. Scoring in the third for
the Rebels were Tyler Jones, Scott Morisseau, Stuart Walton with the winner, and Tyler Robinson with an empty netter. “Our second period was a letdown for us,” said Rebels coach Steve Junker following the game. “Their power play, with getting two goals took the wind out of our sails. We had to regroup and knew it was do or die. We knew
Rebel fans were out in force for the second round games against Beaver Valley at the Complex. Craig Lindsay photos
Peter Mingus shoots on Beaver Valley goaltender Mike Vlanich in Fruitvale on Monday.
we needed a bounce to get some momentum on our ice. We got that with Jones’ goal to tie it up. Our power play in the third really got it done for us.” Scott Morisseau, who scored the pivotal fourth goal in game six, says the Rebels came out ready for the third period. “We came out like we had to win,” he said. “We didn’t sit back. Everyone came out skating and we just outplayed them in the third period.” To get to game six,
the Rebels beat Beaver Valley 4-3 on the road in a must win game five. Arthur Andrews got the game winner in double overtime, beating BV goalie Mike Vlanich on a three on two break at 17:51. The Rebels’ resurrection after being down 3-1 is due in part to a line-up change. Scott Morisseau is now on a line with Anthony Delong and Tyler Robinson, while the team’s top scorer Stuart Walton is with Arthur Andrews and Peter Min-
gus. “We wanted to hopefully spark something,” said Junker. “Give us a different look. With a couple of wins it looks like it’s working.” The Rebels expect another hard-fought battle in game seven in Fruitvale. “Every game in the seriers has come down to the third period,” said Junker. “We’re obviously very evenly matched. Our goaltending (Jordan Gluck) has been great. But they’re a great hockey club - its going to be
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tough. It comes down to one game. We want to pay attention to the little details of the game. Hopefully we can live to see another day.” Morisseau says the team is excited for game seven. “This is the biggest game we’ve played all year,” he said. “Our team’s battled back in the series, for us to win this would be amazing. Beaver Valley with the home ice will be coming out flying. So it won’t be easy. We’ll find out tomorrow.”
Tyler Robinson of the Rebels stands high over top of a fallen Nitehawk Nick Perez in game four at the Castlegar Complex. Craig Lindsay photo
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The Selkirk College Saints Men’s Hockey program is pleased to announce a commitment from defenceman Dylan Smith (Delta, B.C.) to attend Selkirk College and compete for the Saints beginning in the 2012/13 B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season. Smith brings five seasons and 200 games of Junior A and B experience to the Saints’ blueline. His junior career began at age 16 with the KIJHL’s Sicamous Eagles, where netted 46 points over a pair of seasons before signing with the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Lloydminster Bobcats. Following a season with Lloydminster, Smith was acquired by the North American Hockey League’s Dawson Creek Rage and made immediate contributions
offensively with 21 points in 41 games. The 20-year-old began the 2011/12 season in Dawson Creek and suited up for 14 games before returning home to join the PIJHL’s Richmond Sockeyes, who he helped to a leaguebest record of 37-7-0. Smith’s career stats over his five junior seasons include 18 goals, 85 points and 259 penalty minutes in 213 regular season games. “I’m excited to begin my post-secondary education and continue to play hockey at a high level with the Saints,” says Smith. “I’ve heard really good things about the school and I’m looking forward to meeting new friends, experiencing the full college lifestyle and taking the next steps towards my career.” At 6-foot-4, Smith adds size and skill to a Selkirk blueline
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It was March Madness in Trail last Thursday as hot shooting and strong defence allowed Mota Automotive to rally from down 17 at half to a victory in the Trail Men’s Basketball League final on Thursday night at J.L. Crowe. Mota was able to build a 12 point lead in the second half over Castlegar Realty. However, the Castlegar boys weren’t finished as they went on
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NHL Hockey Pool Results
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2011 - 2012 SEASON Place
Team
Score
Place
Team
Score
Place
Team
Score
Place
Team
Score
1
Mac McHenry
1249
T63
Clint... (4 )
1129
T131
Paul Rodrigues (3 )
1089
T195
MooMoo (2 )
1046
2
Deep Dhillon (2 )
1247
T63
John Ratcliffe (4 )
1129
T131
Sophie Streleoff (2 )
1089
197
Joe Piller (3 )
1045
3
H.Byers (2 )
1246
68
4
P. J. Kin (3 )
1204
T69
5
Lynn Opperman (2 )
1127
T131
B.Markin-1 (4 )
1089
T198
Liz Markin
1044
dkaa14
1126
T131
Brittney Soobotin (3 )
1089
T198
Tyler Maddocks (5 )
1044 1044
Ron Matthews (3 )
1203
T69
Scott Morisseau (2 )
1126
T131
Dave Muir (4 )
1089
T198
Pack Leader (2 )
T6
Zoes LMS
1191
T69
Logan Voykin (3 )
1126
T136
Sausage Links (2 )
1088
201
Joan Gratton (2 )
1043
T6
David Wah (3 )
1191
T72
Ryan Coville #2 (4 )
1125
T136
Joe Chernoff (2 )
1088
T202
21 Tops (5 )
1042
8
Pozzy #2
1189
T72
Rod Scheltens (4 )
1125
138
Mamma Barry (4 )
1086
T202
Kelly Keraiff #2 (3 )
1042
9
John Zarikoff (2 )
1186
74
C. Mercer (3 )
1124
T139
Long Shot Poole (4 )
1085
T202
Marnie Pettit (4 )
1042
10
C Luongo (2 )
1185
T75
Sheldon Knutson (4 )
1123
T139
Shawn Williams (3 )
1085
T202
Jangles (5 )
1042
11
Leah Biln (3 )
1183
T75
Amber Walsh
1123
T139
Marilyn Morisseau (4 )
1085
T206
Lynn Lewis (5 )
1040
Kimberly Sookorukoff
1182
T75
Papa Barty (2 )
1123
T139
Suzie Chernoff (3 )
1085
T206
Danie McTaggart (2 )
1040
T13
12
Rose Rilkoff (4 )
1180
T75
George Pipke (2 )
1123
T143
Vi Krest (4 )
1084
T208
Ted Healey (2 )
1039
T13
R.Keith Beck (4 )
1180
T75
Stacy Donald (4 )
1123
T143
Warren Chernoff (2 )
1084
T208
Francis Five (3 )
1039
15
Gratnt Matthews (3 )
1177
T80
Shirley Hubel (2 )
1122
T145
Thomas Bare (3 )
1083
T208
Schneider For #1 (2 )
1039
16
Pam Zemp (3 )
1175
T80
Doug Henderson (2 )
1122
T145
Nancy Donald
1083
211
Pozzy#1 (4 )
1033
ADAM CRAWFORD (2 )
1174
T82
Alana Markin
1121
T145
Yellow Weasel (4 )
1083
212
Camron Jmaeff (2 )
1032
T17
Shamim Pourmokhtari (3 )
1174
T82
Killer Christ (5 )
1121
T148
99 High Score (3 )
1082
T213
Dave Loukianow (2 )
1031
19
B. Markin -2 (2 )
1173
84
Doug Morisseau (5 )
1120
T148
Phil Markin (3 )
1082
T213
Cindy Conacher (4 )
1031
20
Wyatt R Daniels (3 )
1168
85
Grover99 (4 )
1118
T148
Daryl MacAskin (2 )
1082
T213
Pennie Pipke (2 )
1031
21
C's Crew
1167
T86
No Chance
1116
T151
Hoover's (3 )
1081
216
Ryan Coville #3 (3 )
1029
22
One more try
1166
T86
Gordon Bos (4 )
1116
T151
p.k.pups (6 )
1081
217
Kennady Keraiff (5 )
1164
T88
Kristy Daniels
1113
T151
Chelsea Markin (2 )
1081
T218
T17
T23
Jessee Morisseau (4 )
1026
Emily C
1022
T23
Playsetter 2 (3 )
1164
T88
Tim Allen
1113
154
PicsPic (3 )
1080
T218
Alley Kat (4 )
1022
T23
Terry Balyk (3 )
1164
T88
Light Em Up (5 )
1113
T155
Kyle Morisseau (5 )
1079
T220
Gary Fodor (5 )
1020
T23
Jake Cutts (2 )
1164
91
Bev George (2 )
1111
T155
Dennis Ferris (4 )
1079
T220
Alups Rogues (3 )
1020
Fubar Hubel (2 )
1163
92
Mike Dmytruk (3 )
1109
T155
David Lindsay (4 )
1079
222
Shawn Walsh
1006
27 T28
Puckhog (3 )
1161
T93
Kelly Keraiff (3 )
1108
T158
Hawkeye (2 )
1078
223
Tamso H.
1003
T28
Lou Bouliane
1161
T93
Ryan Coleville1 (3 )
1108
T158
Keith Stevens
1078
224
Kinso (4 )
1001 995
30
James Wozney (2 )
1160
T95
R Evdokimoff (3 )
1107
T158
Sausage Muffins (2 )
1078
225
60 Cents (2 )
31
P Markin (2 )
1158
T95
Ken Woodward
1107
T158
Ron Orton (3 )
1078
226
Silverdollars (2 )
991
32
L. Terava (2 )
1157
T95
All The Way (2 )
1107
T162
Ron Postinkoff (3 )
1077
227
Brayden Biln (3 )
982 981
T33
Doug Fellman
1153
98
Al Soobotin (4 )
1106
T162
Me like pancakes (2 )
1077
228
Robert Mason (3 )
T33
UP IN FLAMES (2 )
1153
99
Quick Pics (4 )
1105
164
Mike Tarasoff
1076
229
Mert Hubel (3 )
979
T35
Winning Woman
1152
100
Alexandra Shrieves (3 )
1104
165
Patti Kabatoff
1075
230
Brett Chernoff (4 )
977
T35 37
Elenn Conacher (3 )
1152
101
Kevin Carlson (4 )
1103
T166
Shane Young
1074
231
Nolan (5 )
973
Len Donald (3 )
1151
T102
Gus & Lila (4 )
1102
T166
Joe Gauthier (3 )
1074
232
Joshua K (4 )
966
233
Evan Poznikoff (4 )
920
T38
B. Mercer (3 )
1150
T102
It's all relative (6 )
1102
T168
Playsetter (4 )
1071
T38
Wayne Kuzyk (3 )
1150
T102
Mark A Lisinsky (2 )
1102
T168
Luba Stouchruoff
1071
T38
Kevin Olesen (4 )
1150
T105
Blair McCavley (5 )
1101
T168
Wally Verigin
1071
T38
Nadine Chernoff (2 )
1150
T105
Puckhog2 (4 )
1101
T171
REdSox9
1070
42
Nelson Sousa (3 )
1149
T105
Tazman Devils (3 )
1101
T171
Sausage Rounds (2 )
1070
43
Claire Hingley
1146
T105
Pool Slayer (2 )
1101
T173
Darryl Flasch (4 )
1069
T44
Pappa Pozzy (2 )
1143
T105
Skweezer (3 )
1101
T173
Matt Roberts (2 )
1069
T44
Sophie's Sprinners
1143
T105
Nat Hipwell (2 )
1101
T173
HAB-A-DABA-DOO (6 )
1069
T46
Make It Sausage
1142
111
Baloney Heads
1100
T173
Harry Lebedeff (4 )
1069
T46
Russ Daniels (2 )
1142
T112
G R Hoover "Hoov"s"
1099
177
Sausage Patties (3 )
1067
T46
June Bos (2 )
1142
T112
Pete Postnikoff (5 )
1099
178
John Jackman (4 )
1066
T46
Grabrielle Jangalu (3 )
1142
T112
Andy Evin (3 )
1099
179
Walter Swetlishoff (6 )
1063
T50
Firenewt (3 )
1141
T115
Long Shot (4 )
1097
T180
Ex Coach (4 )
1062
T50
JohnnyK (2 )
1141
T115
Tom Mitchell (4 )
1097
T180
Garry Williams (3 )
1062
T52
Bill Verigin (2 )
1139
T115
Soap & Suds (3 )
1097
T180
Ryan Matthews (3 )
1062
T52
Helen Zarikoff (3 )
1139
T118
Nadine Evin (4 )
1096
183
Mac's attackers (6 )
1060
T54
D Hartson (2 )
1136
T118
kmgfisher
1096
T184
S. Harris
1059
T54
Steve Scott (2 )
1136
T120
Jacob Streleoff (2 )
1095
T184
Al Kuffert
1059
T56
Teemka (3 )
1134
T120
James Watson (3 )
1095
186
Rod Harshenin (2 )
1058
T56
Dani Wah (3 )
1134
T122
Finny
1094
187
Brenda Balyk (3 )
1057
T58
Pmar (4 )
1132
T122
Vertical Acres
1094
188
Rhonda Jackman (5 )
1056
T58
Regan Bryers (4 )
1132
T122
Hockey Sucks (2 )
1094
189
Mysterious Percs (3 )
1054
T58
Mama Pozzy (3 )
1132
T125
Deb Matthews (4 )
1092
190
Kim Keraiff (4 )
1053
T61
Mysterious #1
1130
T125
Ryan Sookorukoff
1092
191
Al. K (3 )
1052
T61
Tasie (5 )
1130
T127
Spring Fever
1091
192
Teasm Kanigan (4 )
1051
T63
Austin Shrieves (2 )
1129
T127
Marie Waite (2 )
1091
T193
Leela (2 )
1050
T63
Tickle My Fancy (3 )
1129
T129
Dion Resicini (4 )
1090
T193
Tyrone Anderson (2 )
1050
T63
Pat Biln
1129
T129
JT. Johnson (3 )
1090
T195
Mike Dampier
1046
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Sports Banner season for Castlegar Bantam House squad Castlegar Nordic Ski Club Annual General Meeting Thursday, March 15, 2012 Castlegar & District Community Complex 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. www.castlegarnordic.ca
Castlegar Bantam House team: Trainer: Mark Kooznetsoff, Coach: Jason Simpson, Kurt Neufeld, Lane Kooznetsoff, Jesse Browell, Tim Baldwin, John Johnson, Div. Manager: Tammy Burk, Noah George, Bonn Johnson, Alex Bayoff, Turner Craig Lindsay photo Simpson, Travis Franks, Joel Croteau, Ellis Junker. Missing: Kristen Renz.
The West Kootenay Bantam House Championship was held in Nelson on the weekend of March 2-4. Six teams participated from the Kootenays in the tournament. The Castlegar Bantam Rebels went undefeated in the round robin. Playing all three of those games in one day, they took their semi
final against Nakusp with a 8-3 win. The Final game was a battle against the West Kootenay Bantam Wildcats, with a Final score of 2-0, to give the Rebels the win. The year started out with a lot of unknowns, but took no time at all to realize that this team was going to gel very quickly. A group of 12 boys and one girl who had
a desire to play hockey and a coach who had a desire to teach them everything he knew. How could it be anything but a great year? The team was made up of four Beaver Valley players and nine Castlegar players, Beaver Valley’s players had no team to play for in their home association, and Castlegar had too many players for one team. What a
great solution to invite these four players to play in Castlegar, which allowed for two teams to be made up, win/win. In the sport of hockey, especially for those who have been involved for many years, there are a lot of emotions involved. This season proved that there doesn’t have to be negative emotions attached to their season. Seasons
like the one this team had are very rare. The lessons taught and learned for these young players will not be forgotten, respect, self respect, fair and unselfish play, hard work, hope, equality, desire and love for the game, and most of all that FUN can still be #1. Isn’t this what our Great Canadian Sport of Hockey is supposed to be all about!
Correction - the headline on page 21 of last week’s Sports section should have read: WK Wildcats finish second at play-downs
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Centre Kadrian Klimchuk, Defenceman Alex Molnar, and parent (middle) Phil Chernenkoff from the Castlegar Bantam Rep Rebels were busy at Safeway on Saturday selling hamburgers to raise money for an upcoming trip to ProCraig Lindsay photo vincials.
Curlers acknowledged The Knights of Columbus held their annual curling event on March 11 at the Castlegar Curling Club. Member teams from Castlegar, Trail, Rossland, and Grand Forks participated. Above, (left) Grand Knight Marcel Audet receives the curling trophy from District Deputy Casey Cseyts. Submitted photo
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MY SINCERE “THANKS” To our Dear Daughters and Families who were there for me “Thank You very much” To our Dear Neighbours Fred & Vera who rushed over early morning for assistance. To all the Ambulance Crew & Rescue Team that transported me to Trail Regional Hospital & Back. To Dr. Merritt for his quick action & response. To the Two Wonderful Doctors & Nurses that cared for me while I was there. Also “Thanks” to the Wonderful Staff at “Talarico Place”. The Care was “Exceptional” and the food was great. What a Unique & caring place there is here in Castlegar for our Seniors & the Elderly. Also “Thanks” to “Handi Dart” what a great service. The road for me was rough but hopefully Gods will lead the way to a much more Happier & Healthier Path. So from the (Bottom of my Heart) once more “Thank You” One and All Kathleen Kaye Barisenkoff
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Ni k andd M Nick Molly ll will ill bbe celebrating l b i their hi 65th Wedding Anniversary on March 20th. Nick married Molly (nee Pictin) in Salmo. They lived in Montrose from 1950 - 1969 and then moved to Castlegar. They are blessed with four children Shirley (Derryll) White, Walter (Deb) Bonderoff, Donna (Chris) Large and Val (Dick) Hes, 9 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Their children and their families want to wish them a heartfelt congratulations.
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The Project Manager will be responsible for managing day-to-day operational aspects of project and scope in line with objectives of the provincial Shared Care – Partners in Care initiative, which is focused on improving patient care through collaboration with specialist and general practice physicians in Kootenay Boundary. Key tasks include: • Building relationships with physicians and other key stakeholders • Project coordination • Overseeing and participating in the coordination, design and facilitation of meetings • Financial management The successful candidate will have: • Excellent communication and relationship building skills • Community development and project management skills • Management experience including supervision and coordination of work of others This position requires an average of 18.75 hours per week and will involve home-based working. Travel across the region is involved; a valid driver’s license and access to a car for regional travel are required. The hourly fee rate will be commensurate with the individual’s skills and experience. Visit the Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice website for a full job description: http://www.divisionsbc.ca/kb/careers Please email your resume and cover letter to: sharedcarekb.hr@gmail.com Closing date: Thursday March 20, 2012
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In Loving Memory of our dear mother, grandmother and great grandmother Helen Sherbinin who passed away March 15, 2011. Time may fly and tears may dry but loving memories never die. What we would give if we could say Hello Mom, in the same old way. To hear your voice, to see your smile to sit and talk with you awhile. You shared our hope, our love, our fears Thank you mom for those precious years. Always remembered and sadly missed by , Charlotte Hlookoff Collin & Kathy Sherbinin Irene & Patrick Poznikoff Nettie & Mickey Shkuratoff and families
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Douangchai Seneyavong Douangchai Seneyavong was born on November 29, 1944 in Paksun, Laos. She fled her war-torn communist c country with the dream of providing a better life for her children. She was sponsored by St. Rita’s Catholic Church and immigrated with her three young children to Castlegar, Canada in 1984. A devout Catholic, Douangchai enjoyed volunteering at her church, especially beautifying it with garden grown flower arrangements. She will be remembered by her parish and community as one of the kindest and most sincere women they ever came across. She was the matriarch and center of her children’s existence and the glue that held her large extended family together. Her love for humanity was endless, powerful enough to still be felt without her physical presence. She is survived by her 3 children, Viengvilay, 35, Chantavong, 32, and Hongtong, 29, and her grandson, Tyce-Jacob, 3. Her last few years were filled with joy, being the primary caregiver of her grandson, and were full of snuggles and kisses. Douangchai’s love for her family gave her the will and strength to be with them for two extra precious months after being a 1 in 100 survivor of a stroke in December, 2011. A miracle was witnessed, but God needed his angel home. Douangchai passed away in Vancouver on March 3, 2012, surrounded by her enormous family, and will forever be missed. A service will be held for parish and community members who would like to pay their respects on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 10:30 am at St. Rita’s Catholic
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Nu-Tech Auto Repairs Ltd. a dynamic, independent automotive maintenance and repair centre requires a full time automotive technician. Ideally you are an experienced licensed technician with no fear of import automobiles or the technology that drives them. We offer a team environment, training, an exceptionally clean, well equipped shop, top wages and bene¿ts. Send resume and cover letter to: Nu-Tech Auto Repairs Ltd. 2045 Columbia Ave Trail BC V1R 1K7
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An earthmoving company based in Edson Alberta requires a full time Heavy Duty Mechanic for field and shop work. We require Cat Dozer/Deere excavator experience. You will work a set schedule for days on and off. Call Lloyd @ 780-723-5051
required for Ford Dealership in Prince Rupert, BC. The individuals we seek must be team players interested in joining an exciting business. Experience an asset but must be willing to advance skills with factory as well as self-study training. We offer competitive wages, a pension plan and full benefit package. Relocation assistance available for the right individual. Please contact Brian Kennedy Port City Ford Sales 250-624-3673 or fax resume to 250-624-3672
Customer Service Person Knowledge of West Kootenay area an asset Must be Physically fit Lifting involved Reply with Resume & Driver’s Abstract to: Box #100, c/o Castlegar News #2 - 1810 - 8th Ave Castlegar, BC, V1N 2Y2
Office Manager for local union office. Computer skills, bookkeeping background w/Simply Accounting, strong communication skills necessary. Background check required. Position for late May. Only short list will be contacted. Fax 250-365-2164 or Email ba2300cmaw@gmail.com
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Medical/Dental Registered Nurses & Licensed Practical Nurses Bayshore Home Health Bayshore Home Health is currently seeking Registered Nurses & Licensed Practical Nurses for night shifts in the Castlegar/ Nelson area to work with children with complex care needs. If you are an RN or LPN and love working with children and their families , we would appreciate hearing from you. Pediatric experience is an asset and we do offer client specific training.
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www.tolko.com DL Baker Construction Canada is looking for Laborers and Foremen in Kitimat. BC, Canada. Red Seal Preferred. Laborers will possess competency in assisting on the installation of all types of formwork, performing general labor work and placing concrete. Have the ability to correctly rig and hoist material, ability to signal, rig and work safely with cranes. Project Terms is Project Based Wages are in accordance with Project Labour Agreement between Kitimat Modernization Employer Association and Coalition of British Columbia Building Trades for the Kitimat Modernization Project Please forward resumes to patton@bakerconcrete.com LOUISIANA-PACIFIC Canada Ltd. requires an experienced Journeyman Electrician for our EWP Operation in Golden B.C. Email resume to: Audra.Stanton@LPCorp.com or fax to 250-344-8859.
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Along with high school graduation and at least one year of custodial experience at a public institution, you have a custodial training certificate, a WHMIS certificate and a valid Class 5 BC driver’s licence. Ideally, you also have a First Aid certificate. Closing date: 4 pm, March 23, 2012.
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The CECAC is seeking a Coordinator to help carry out its strategic plan. This position requires • coordination of meetings with the table • liaison with the regional advisory council and other community coordinators • the development and adherence to an annual budget • report and proposal writing • an awareness of issues related to early childhood development and family wellbeing in our community • a confident, self motivated and professional applicant • ability to work under the direction of a multi-sectoral council This is a contract position for 20 hours/month starting on May 1, 2012 $23.00/hr. Submit written resume to Susanne Thomas 409 10th Ave. Castlegar V1N 1K5 or susanne.thomas@gmx.com by March 27, 2012.
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DL Baker Construction Canada is looking for Journeymen Carpenters and Foremen in Kitimat. BC, Canada. Red Seal Preferred. Carpenters must have experience with installation of footing forms, slab on grade forms, build and install wall, column and elevated horizontal forms. Ability to layout work, off supplied control lines. And the ability to correctly rig and hoist material, ability to signal, rig and work safely with cranes. Project Terms is Project Based Wages are in accordance with Project Labour Agreement between Kitimat Modernization Employer Association and Coalition of British Columbia Building Trades for the Kitimat Modernization Project Please forward resumes to patton@bakerconcrete.com
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: The Estate of James Douglas Phillips, aka James D. Phillips, aka James Phillips, late of 1001- 7th Avenue, Castlegar, British Columbia, V1E 1S2.
Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of James Douglas Phillips, aka James D. Phillips, aka James Phillips, are hereby notiďŹ ed under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executors, Peter Edward Phillips and Victor Montomery Phillips, c/o Sivertz Kiehlbauch, Barristers and Solicitors, P.O. Box 190, #320 - 351 Hudson Avenue, N.E., Salmon Arm, British Columbia, V1E 4N3, on or before April 19th, 2012, after which date the Executors will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executors then have notice.
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FORM 73 NOTICE OF BANKRUPTCY AND FIRST MEETING OF CREDITORS (Section 102(4)) In the matter of the bankruptcy of Ransak Enterprises Ltd. Notice is hereby given that the bankruptcy of Ransak Enterprises Ltd. of Castlegar, B.C. occurred on the 5th day of March, 2012; and that the ďŹ rst meeting of creditors will be held on the 15th day March, 2012 at 10:00 oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock a.m. PST at the oďŹ&#x192;ces of G. Moroso & Associates Inc., 241 Columbia Ave., in the City of Castlegar in the Province of B.C. Dated at Castlegar, B.C., this 7th day of March, 2012. Trustee G. Moroso & Associates Inc. Gregory F. Moroso, CIRP Chartered Insolvency and Restructuring Professional 241 Columbia Ave. Castlegar, B.C. V1N 1G3 (604) 786-6331
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