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Just thinking about plunging into the icy Columbia River this time of year can send a shiver down the most valiant spine. But for over 30 years, hundreds of brave locals have taken the thought one step further and jumped headfirst into the freezing water to start the new year off with gusto. For Shane Batch, dipping into the cold became an annual tradition decades ago following his inaugural Polar Bear Swim at the river shore in Trail. “I remember the first time standing on the beach,” says Batch, now a Warrant Officer and Squadron Sergeant Major with the 44 Engineer Squadron and 39CER (39 Combat Engineer Regiment). He was geared up in fatigues and fighting order (helmet and webbing), but his mind was not so resolute. “(I was) saying to myself, ‘Shane, what are you thinking?’” he recalled of that day in ‘98. “But being surrounded by 20 of my brothers in arms, I was in no position to back out and be labelled a coward,” Batch chuckled. “We went into the not quite freezing water and I can honestly say, I have never been so awake. “From there on, I knew this was how I wanted to start every year.” For the past few swims, Batch had
his number one fans in tow until they reach the water’s edge. “I have two kids, who every year say they are going to do the swim, but they usually chicken out,” he laughed when speaking about his children, nine-year old Ethan and Kaitlyn, 6. “They both claim they will be participating this year but who knows, when we actually get on the beach what they will decide,” Batch shared. “I didn’t have to do much talking for them to want to participate, they have been to the event every year to watch Daddy go in, so it’s only a matter of time for them to want to join in.” The Trail military members have been organizing the Polar Bear Swim every Jan. 1 since 1988. “It has been a tradition in Trail, and as a Squadron of 39CER, I don’t see that changing anytime soon,” says Batch. “It’s an event that our members enjoy participating in and we feel that it’s worth the added effort to make sure it gets better every year.” The Polar Bear Swim begins at noon at Gyro beach, following registration which opens at 10 a.m. the day of the event. There is no cost, but to be eligible for the prizes, each swimmer must be registered. All participants are required to sign a letter of consent/waiver, and swimmers under 18 years must be accompanied by a legal guardian to sign the form.
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Regional fire’s rescue boat will be out patrolling the water as a safety precaution Friday when participants start off their new year with a brave dip into the frigid Columbia River water. A beach bonfire and hot beverages there’s always people who need somefrom the Gyro Park concession will be one to hold their stuff and take lots of available to fight off the chill as well pictures.” as heated change rooms open for use Alcohol is not permitted, and Batch before and after the swim. reminds swimmers to keep open con“Once you’ve tried it, you will want tainers off the beach. to do it again every year,” encourages Signs will be posted at the entry Batch, though he notes the event isn’t points and the regional fire departjust for those with the gumption to ment will have their rescue boat out swim. “Even if you don’t want to go in, on the water.
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As the Trail Times reflects back on 2015, Rossland native Patrice Gordon’s remarkable story stands out. Gordon is the kind of person that gives hope that there are still good people in this world. The nurse practitioner’s selfless work led her to helping the Nepalese pick up life after a tremor devastated their country, months after fighting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Gordon’s heart still aches when she thinks about the needs changing, about the colder weather moving in on the people still living in makeshift shelters in Nepal. She gets choked up when she reads her red book and the notes made during her time in West Africa. She hasn’t forgotten the people though her focus is shifting with the rest of the country to millions of Syrian refugees displaced by violent conflict in their home country. “The refugee situation has been building for years, but a tipping point was hit, and now everyone is talking and thinking about it,” she said. “I’m incredibly proud of how Canada is dealing with it; I know there certainly are naysayers out there, but I’m 100 per cent behind the movement of getting people here and helping them out.” While the civil war has raged since 2011, 2015 saw an unprecedented exodus of Syrians, not just out of their home country, but out of the countries nearby. A photo of lifeless Alan Kurdi, 3, on the beach in Bodrum, Turkey, changed the refugee conversation and the image hit even closer to home when it was discovered Kurdi had family in British Columbia. The reality is at home we are so lucky to live mostly comfortable lives and only watch from afar or not at all if it doesn’t make mainstream news, said Gordon. But when a story feels closer, be it refugees coming into Canada or a deadly disease scare, the spotlight turns on. Gordon lets herself laugh and cry as she revisits her little
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Patrice Gordon’s smiling friend, Chupsi, is walking upright now after the Red Cross got him up on his feet with crutches and connected him with another organization to further support his recovery. red book given to her by the Spanish Red Cross in Madrid when she did her emergency relief training. She has kept notes of her work overseas with Red Cross as an emergency response unit member fighting the Ebola epidemic in West Africa in 2014 and setting off on another four-week stint in earthquakestricken Nepal in the summer of 2015. Gordon is at home now for the holidays on Horn Lake in the Chilcotin area, where she finally finds time to revisit, pause and close the book on her work this year. “I feel so removed from it in so many ways because I’m here living my wonderful idyllic life,” she said. “Yet, at the same time, I’m staying connected with those people there, following them through their triumphs and tragedies back in Sierra Leone.” When the last case was discharged and the World Health Organization was reporting former “hot zones” Ebola-free this year it “sort of severed that connection to all those people that we’d lost,” she said. That
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tact with infected body fluids. The deadly outbreak in West Africa hit Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea the hardest. “When Ebola is present everything else moves into the shadows,” said Gordon, or that’s at least how it was in the height of the epidemic. The morgue was overflowing when Gordon took a postmortem swab during one of her shifts. She remembers looking around and feeling hopeless. But just as she was accepting defeat, she was given new energy when she saw how “powerful the human spirit” was in the treatment centre where staff and patients laughed, and the mood lightened. Gordon paused and refocused. That’s often how much time she was given to get it together. The disease swept through villages at an alarming rate and proved that no one was immune, killing otherwise young and healthy people. “Whenever there was a new hot spot everybody would go, ‘Oh no, there has been 70 new cases in this village’ and it sort of almost bulldozed you over,” she said. “But then you charge in there with a whole bunch of educators, and you isolate the people who are in contact and you try to stop the chain of infection.” Along the way it became clear that traditional burial practices were hindering preventative measures. Relief workers were sensitive to the burial traditions, and began persuading communities to heed their advice and allow trained specialists to handle the bodies of victims. “Nobody knows exactly what made the switch flip,” said Gordon, but good work by the Red Cross and other organizations finally showed results. She returned on Christmas day in 2014 with cold symptoms and spent some time in isolation before she was deemed clear of possible infection. The Interior Health employee was back to work delivering care to eight different health centres in First Nation’s communities in the Chilcotin area. CONTINUED ON A3
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CONTINUED FROM A2 But when disaster struck in Nepal, a quake measuring 7.8 on April 25 followed by a powerful 7.3 tremor on May 12, Gordon headed to Dunche, Nepal, to act as a team leader at a field hospital. There was tragedy there, but there was also hope for the people displaced and in tent cities. The team made progress by reaching beyond their scope of practice with visits to pop-up communities to investigate what the needs were and educate the Nepalese on hygiene and other valuable preventative measures. The group also connected with sister organizations, which provided further assistance to individuals with specific needs. There is joy in her voice as she remembers the friends she made, some she lost and others she still follows through medical correspondence. When she comes home, the highs of her work are met with the lows. But she is lucky enough to sink back into her cozy home, process what she just experienced and heal. Gordon now awaits the emergency call to lend a hand with the refugee crisis. She owes it to her family, three adult boys, her partner Rob and her dogs, for patiently supporting her along the way. “I very sincerely feel incredibly thankful that I have the skill to help in these situations, and that I have the training to go and work in an unusual setting,” she said. She always finds her centre when she’s at home. Stepping outside into the wilderness and taking in the natural beauty is the best kind of therapy and leaves her rested and ready for her next mission.
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New Year’s resolution time for B.C. MLAs
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t’s that time of year when many Indonesian billionaire Sukanto of us consider making a few res- Tanoto, former chairman and CEO olutions for self-improvement. of South Korean-based POSCO, Mr. In the spirit of the season, it Joon-Yang Chung, and Malaysian only seems fitting to suggest five prime minister Najib Razak. resolutions for the province’s MLAs. Tanoto is the wallet behind the Buy a thesaurus Woodfibre LNG proposal An online search in Squamish, POSCO has in the B.C. governcoal interests in B.C., and ment’s newsroom Petronas – majority shareturned up 148 reholder in Pacific Northwest sults for “highly LNG – is owned by the respected,” 361 for Malysian government. “strong economy” Either Clark has had DERMOD and a mind-boga string of incredible bad gling 1,610 for luck or she’s going to devel“world-class.” op a reputation for bringB.C. is home to ing it with her. IntegrityBC world-class infraShortly before meetstructure, world-class safety pro- ing Clark, Tanoto was fined tocols, destinations for world-class US$205million for evading taxes. sporting events, world-class winerA few months after his meeting ies, and a world-class isotopes re- with Clark, POSCO’s chairman was search tunnel. fired after allegations he – and other It’s as though there’s a control former executives – operated a $9 function on the keypads of govern- million slush fund. ment flacks for the term or a prize And Malaysia’s prime minister to see how many times it can be is under investigation over US$700 worked into a single news release. million that’s missing from a stateEnvironment minister Mary owned enterprise and mysteriously Polak may have won in July, with a seems to be sitting in his personal release that used world-class three bank account. times and world-leading once, preCan the mantra or live up to it sumably for creativity’s sake. In 2011, Christy Clark promised Be more discerning in photo-op to run “the most open and transparmates ent government in Canada,” which is In three years, Premier Christy odd because she was part of Gordon Clark has had photo-ops with Campbell’s administration who had
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also promised to run “the most open and transparent government in Canada.” In 2013, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil stood outside the legislative chamber and declared he would run “the most open and transparent government in the country.” Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne promised that hers would be “the most open and transparent government in Canada.” Luckily for Wynne, her predecessor – Dalton McGuinty – set the bar low. Former Alberta premier Alison Redford promised she would run “the most open and transparent government in Canada,” until her expense claims got in the way. Not to be outdone by mere colonial interlopers, British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to run “the most open and transparent government in the world,” aptly illustrated by his government releasing 400 news releases on the day the Commons adjourned for its Christmas break. Oh, minor grammatical point, only one government can be the most open and transparent at a time. Work it out amongst yourselves, maybe odd numbered days for Ontario, even numbered for B.C. Fall back on 19th century technology for answering media questions and embrace 21st century innovations for backups
For media inquiries face-to-face is best, otherwise try the telephone. It’s quaint, but it works. Goes without saying, but delete the delete button and build a firewall to protect political staff from online threats like Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo. Stop regurgitating talkingpoints ad nauseam This from just one paragraph of a 2010 email by then-transportation minister Shirley Bond: “P3s have a proven track record of saving taxpayers money while being delivered on time and on budget. There are six P3 projects operating in B.C., all on time and on budget. Nineteen more projects are also scheduled to be delivered on time and on budget.” From a 2015 letter to the editor by Partnerships BC CEO Amanda Farrell: “As taxpayers, we can all celebrate that every project to date has been delivered fairly, on time and on budget.” Probably not a wise idea to have signed your name to the letter when you were about to announce that one of those projects will be delayed for the second time, particularly when you’re the person in charge of it. Five resolutions for the political class to ponder. Until then, Happy New Year. Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC.
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‘The Year is 1915 – Just One Hundred Years Ago’
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posting on Facebook caught my attention last week. Printed by the Deltura Repertory Company (whatever that is!), its title is “The Year is 1915 – Just One Hundred Years Ago”. “The average life expectancy for men was 47 years,” begins a list of changes that have occurred in the last century. “Fuel for cars was only sold in drug stores,” it continues. What really captured my imagination, though, were some economic and employment statistics. I don’t know how accurate the data is, but it does provide food for thought. “The average U.S. wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour,” it says. “The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year.” A “competent accountant” would make about $2,000
annually, a dentist could earn about $2,500, a veterinarian’s earnings would run from $1,500-$4,000 per year and a mechanical engineer’s wage could reach $5,000 yearly. So, according to the information provided, an accountant made about five times more than an average (presumably unskilled) worker, a dentist about six times more, a vet up to 10 times more and an engineer could count on a multiplier of 12 or more. How, I wondered, does that equate to today’s workforce? If an “average” fulltime employee in B.C. earns just over $1,000 weekly (according to welcomebc.ca) or about $50,000 annually, an accountant would have to earn at least $250,000 to maintain the spread from a hundred years ago. The dentist would earn about $300,000, the vet at least a half-million and the engi-
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neer’s annual income would exceed $600,000. In some cases, the translation to modern day earnings doesn’t seem too far out of whack. But consider that a minimum wage (typically unskilled) employee only grosses about $20,000 when working full-time. That’s only about 40 per cent of average. Still, though, the general picture remains similar. But things get more interesting when changes in prices are considered. The “average worker” salary has increased
by a factor of more than 100, but the price of sugar, four cents a pound in 1915, has risen by about 35 times. Eggs were 14 cents a dozen, or about one 35th of what I pay for local eggs in the grocery store. At 15 cents a pound, coffee looks like a steal compared to today’s 10 bucks or more a pound, about 70 times more. I had to venture further afield to get some other comparisons. Steak, in 1915, ran about 25 cents a pound and that price has risen by about 40 times. Milk was nine cents a quart, or maybe a 12th of what we pay today. Overall, 15 cents worth of food in 1915 now costs about $3.50, an increase factor of 23. A century ago, the price of gas in California was about 12 cents a gallon. The recent drops at the pumps have brought today’s price down to around $2 US, or 25 times more. Of course, a
The budding ‘bromance’ between Trudeau, Obama
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e still my heart. There may be a budding bromance between Justin Trudeau and Barack
That the two would find common ground and form a mutual admiration is not surprising. Both men ascended to the Obama. highest office in During their first their respective formal meeting in countries at a relathe Philippines, tively young age the two leaders apTrudeau at 43 and peared relaxed and Obama at 47. Both friendly, brushing ran campaigns aside differences that promised a over the Keystone GAVIN reversal of poliXL pipeline and cies and practices Canada’s stated of their predeintention to withcessors. Trudeau Troy Media draw CF-18’s from echoed Obama’s a combat role in the fight against 2008 call for “Hope and Change” ISIS. with his pledge to Canadians of During that meeting, Obama “Real Change.” warmly referred to the newlyIn both cases, those were not elected Trudeau as “Justin.” It just empty and opportunistic resonated as a natural and un- words conceived as a snappy forced appellation - in stark con- campaign slogan. They were an trast to the rather cringe wor- attempt to tap into a perceived thy time when former President genuine feeling in each counGeorge W. Bush called then try that previous leadership had Prime Minster Harper, “Steve.” failed in reflecting or realizing Now comes word that “Justin” core values that a good portion will have a White House state of the electorate held. dinner in his honor sometime Both men likewise faced early in 2016. The last such questions about their readitime a dinner was given for a ness to lead. Obama sought the Canadian prime minister was for Democratic party nomination Jean Chretien in 1997 when Bill having not yet served one full Clinton was in office. term in the Senate.
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In Canada, the Conservatives were more dismissive than relentless in their attacks on Trudeau’s lack of experience - claiming that Justin was “Just Not Ready.” In many ways, the president and the prime minister have, in theory, reason to envy the other. Both countries are democracies but that democracy is manifested in very different ways. On the surface, the two leaders seem to be of one mind when it comes to the importance of fighting climate change, the necessity and obligation of welcoming Syrian refugees and an overall general philosophy that includes nods towards substantive criminal justice reform. Alas, whatever their common outlooks and political styles, the bromance is destined to be shortlived as Obama will leave office in just over one year. But, fleeting as it may be, here’s hoping that the coming state dinner is scheduled for mid-February. After all, on Valentine’s Day, it’s best to be with a kindred spirit. Troy Media columnist Gavin MacFadyen is a lawyer and freelance writer living in New York State.
few years ago the factor was closer to 50. Going to a movie costs about 100 times more than it did 100 years ago, but the price of shoes has only gone up by about 30 times. Looking at the big picture, prices really aren’t that much different, compared to 100 years ago. But are we better off? Probably not much, if at all, because of the consumer choices we now have. Most of us have monthly costs for telephone, television and Internet, in addition to the expense of purchasing technology. Personally, given the choice between living in a cheaper, less expensive world, I wouldn’t take it. I like living in an age that brings information and entertainment to my fingertips and I am fully aware that work took a much greater physical toll a century ago. We live longer and by most
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measures we are healthier, too. But it is interesting to think that 100 years ago, the five leading causes of death were pneumonia and influenza, tuberculosis, diarrhea, heart disease and stroke. Today cancer and heart disease are the big killers, the flu and pneumonia are generally minor illnesses, tuberculosis is a memory. and when did you last hear of diarrhea as a cause of death? My favourite quirky bit of info in the Deltura document? “Marijuana, heroin and morphine were all available over the counter at drugstores. Back then, pharmacists said, ‘Heroine clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach, bowels and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health!’ ” Who knew? Lorne Eckersley is the publisher of the Creston Valley Advance. Stock quotes as of closing
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HAPPY 2016 NEW YEAR!
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The Trail Times delivers its final instalment of Sports Year in Review as we look back at the months of October to December, 2015. October 1 – Rossland skijorer Dana Luck competes at the 2015 World Skijoring championship in Bristol, Quebec. 7 – The Kootenay Savings Super League is restored to a full eight teams and begins its season at the Trail Curling Club. - Selkirk College Saints forward Dallas Calvin scores a hat trick in his first BCIHL game in a 5-3 win over the Trinity Western University Spartans, and the former Trail Smoke Eater is named Player of the Week. 8 – Greater Trail Minor Hockey Association threatens to fold Midget teams if volunteer coaches don’t step up behind the bench. 9 – For the first time in their hockey lives Montrose twins Kellen and Connor Jones begin the season on different teams. Both signed with the New York Islanders ECHL affiliate Missouri Mavericks but Connor cracked the Islanders AHL affiliate Bridgeport Sound Tigers’ line up prior to the season start. 14 – The iconic 1939 Trail Smoke Eater jersey is featured prominently on the front page of The Hockey News as part of its Top 100 Jersey Issue. - The Trail Smoke Eaters welcome a former player back into the fold, as the team hires Curtis Toneff as assistant coach following the departure of Ryan Donald, who left to accept an offer to coach his alumni NCAA team, the Yale Bulldogs. 21 – The Vancouver Whitecaps Prospects Academy director and head coach Bart Choufour holds a series of soccer camps across the Kootenays including one at KootenayColumbia Learning Centre gym in East Trail. 28 – Trail native Theresa Hanson becomes the first female Athletic Director at Simon Fraser University. 29 – The Beaver Valley Chito-Ryu Karate Club welcomed Kyoshi Sensei Chris Taneda to their dojo at he Fruitvale Memorial Hall. The head of Chito-Ryu style in Canada is a seventh degree black belt and seven-time National Kumite champion. November 1 - Selkirk College Saint forward Ryan Edwards receives PoW in BCIHL for netting 10 points in two games. 4 – The J. L. Crowe Hawks senior boys soccer team just missed a berth into the provincials falling to David Thompson Secondary from Invermere 2-0 in the AA provincial soccer qualifying tournament. The game also marked the end of coach Neil Moon’s long-time tenure as coach, as the Fruitvale native relocated to Edmonton to pursue a job opportunity.
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From top: The Trail Smoke Eaters are off to there best start in five years, while Trevor Johnson captains his team to the Coppa Italia. Rossland’s Remi Drolet comes close to making Youth Olympic Games, and Sadie Joyce earns a BC Athletics award.
BY TIMES STAFF The Beaver Valley Nitehawks and Castlegar Rebels put on a show for a packed house at the Hawks Nest on Tuesday. Despite playing to a 1-1 draw, the game was a heart-stopping back and forth affair with big hits, stellar offensive plays, stingy defence, and phenomenal goaltending. B.V. goalie Tallon Kramer and Rebels netminder Logan Sawka stopped 80 shots between them to garner player of the game for each
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5 – Trail Retiree Men’s Curling Club’s request that two extra sheets of ice be reinstalled at the Trail Curling Club was granted, following a season where only six sheets were put to use. 6 – Trail’s Travis St. Denis is named Player of the Month in NCAA Div. 1 hockey after the Quinnipiac University Bobcat forward scored six goals in the month of October to lead all ECAC skaters. 12 – Trail Smoke Eaters goalie Bailey MacBurnie is named Player of the Week in the BCHL following a pair of wins over Nanaimo and Merritt. - Trail native Dallas Calvin is named Player of the Month in the BCIHL. The Selkirk College Saints forward scored 10 goals and added five assists to lead the league for the month of October. 19 – Trail Track and Field Club’s Sadie Joyce took home a BC Athletics Award for beating the time standard for the 60-metre sprint at the BC Junior Development Track and Field Meet in Kamloops. 20 – Rossland’s Braden McKay signed a letter of intent to attend Wilmington University in Wilmington, Delaware on a golf scholarship. 24 – Nelson native Nolan Percival is traded to the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in exchange for futures. December 2 – TRAX Swim Club’s Sharman Thomas of Trail wins two gold, a silver, and a bronze at the Kelowna Aqua-Jets Fall Classic swim meet. 7 – Rossland native Thea Culley is once again named to the Women’s National Field Hockey team. 11 – Close to 50 squash enthusiasts and City representatives showed up at the Trail Memorial Centre for the Grand Opening of the facilities new state-of-the-art squash court. - Former Trail Smoke Eater Tim Fragle is named coach of Team Canada West that will lead the team at the 2015 World Junior A Challenge Cup in Ontario. 16 – Trail’s Trevor Johnson captained the HC Valpellice Bulldogs to the Coppa Italia hockey championship, his second in the last three years. 17 – Former Trail resident Ryan Huska and his ‘95 Memorial Cup winning Kamloops Blazer teammates are inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame. 21 – Trail Smoke Eaters win six of nine games in December to enter the Christmas break just one point back of the Vernon Vipers for fourth place in the Interior Division playoff race. 23 – Black Jack skier Remi Drolet is making his mark on the ski community after just missing a berth to the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. Drolet finished first and seventh in the YOG trials to come fourth overall.
team. Kramer was particularly good in the second period. After Mike Bhatoa put the Rebels up 1-0 three minutes into the middle frame, Kramer was spectacular the rest of the way, repelling a Rebels attack that outshot the Hawks 14-7 in the period. Tyler Ghiradosi evened the score at the 14:35 mark of the third, taking a pass from Ryan Terpsma and making a slick move to the backhand to beat Sawka high. But the Rebel goalie responded stymieing a relent-
less Hawks attack time and again, through the remainder of the game and two overtime periods, highlighted by a breakaway save from Kramer in the dying seconds, after Sawka robbed Braden Fuller and Jace Weegar on a 2-on-1. Tallon stopped 37 shots on the night and Sawka 43 including 10 in the 4-on-4 and 3-on-3 OT periods. The Nitehawks played the Nelson Leafs on Wednesday night but scores from the game were unavailable at press time.
Ring in New Year with ‘Sno Fun Run SUBMIT TED The ‘Sno Fun Run will go again this year with another challenge to ring in the New Year with a run up the Old Cascade Highway. The run starts at noon on Jan. 1 at the Rossland Museum parking lot and is free to participate. Organizers recommend sensible attire, fit for the elements, and invites everyone to rehydrate at the Rock Cut following the run.
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Trail & District Churches The Cross Overshadows the Manger
“Now when they [the Magi] had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him’” (Matthew 2:13). We are now in the beautiful Christmas Octave, the time when our hearts are in Bethlehem with the Holy Family at the birth of the Savior of the world, Christ the Lord, lying in a manger. Magi come from the East to fall down before the newborn King of the Jews and worship him, for they had seen his star in the East. Jews, ever since the deportation of the northern tribes by Assyria and the tribe of Judah by Babylon, had lived in Diaspora among the peoples of the East (in Assyria, Babylonia, and Persia). And the general beliefs of these Jews were well known by these pagan peoples. At the time of Christ, it was known, certainly by the wise men and Magi of the East, that the Jews were expecting the imminent birth of the Messiah who would be a great Savior-King from David’s royal house. Magi, according to the Greek historian Herodotus, were a powerful priestly caste of Persia, closely allied with the Persian kings, and were astrologers. Babylon was also filled with Magi who interpreted the king’s dreams, according to the book of Daniel. At the time of the birth of Christ, a star appeared in the East, arranged by God in his providence, which certain Magi interpreted as a sign that the Jewish King-Messiah had just been born. They longed to see him with their own eyes, pay him homage, and give him royal gifts. So they set out for Jerusalem, the Jewish capital. Matthew does not say that the star went before them or led them there. They simply followed the normal caravan route to get to the land and capital of the Jews, where they supposed the newborn King of the Jews, the Jewish Savior-Messiah, would be. When they arrived, they asked everyone they met where the newborn King of the Jews was, explaining that they had seen his star in the East and have come to worship him. Word of these strange foreigners and their strange question reached King Herod, who, fearing a pretender to his throne, decided to kill him. So he asked the priests and scribes where the Messiah was to be born, and they told him in Bethlehem, according to the prophet Micah (5:1-3). So Herod called in the Magi secretly to question them about the exact time when they saw the star, and told them that they would find the newborn King
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in Bethlehem. Herod wanted them to find the child for him and then come back and tell him where he was so that he could kill him. So he told them that he too wanted to go and worship him, so they should be sure to report back to him when they have found the child and tell him where he is. So the Magi started out on the short six mile trip from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, and as they went, “lo, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy; and going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh” (Matthew 2:9-11). No natural star can move like this, go before the Magi, and then stop moving and stand still over a house, clearly pointing it out. This was obviously a miraculous star, provided by God for this special occasion. But after worshipping the child, they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, so they went back home without passing through Jerusalem. Herod’s plan to find and kill the child failed. He had no idea where the child was. So, angry because the Magi did not keep their promise to return to him, the only way he could kill the child was to kill all the male children in Bethlehem two years of age and under, according to the time when the Magi said they had seen the star, an act very much in character for Herod who killed his wife, children, and many of his other close relatives out of fear that they were plotting against him for his throne. Meanwhile, though, unbeknownst to Herod, the one child that he was seeking was not there, but had escaped to Egypt, for an angel had warned Joseph in a dream to flee to Egypt, telling him, “Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him” (Matthew 2:13). Today we are also reminded that Christ suffered, even from his birth, and so we see foreshadowed the mystery of his cross that forgives, redeems, justifies, saves, and sanctifies us, when we put our faith in him, as our first reading today tells us: “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin ... If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness ... And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world” (1 John 1:7, 9; 2:2 NKJV). Christ propitiates God or renders him propitious or favorable toward us, despite our sins and unworthiness, by making just reparation for our sins, as the incarnate Son of God, by his suffering and death for them on the cross. The result is that, through our faith in him, we are justly forgiven and made resplendent before God in righteousness and holiness. © Copyright 2007-2009 Rev. Steven Scherrer www.DailyBiblicalSermons.com
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Trail Seventh Day Adventist Church
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1471 Columbia Avenue Pastor Leo Macaraig 250-687-1777
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Top fitness trends for 2016 BY LAUREN LA ROSE THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO - For a second year in a row, Canadian fitness experts are touting functional fitness and high-intensity interval training as top workout trends. Functional fitness, which was second in “Typically, Canfitpro’s annual trends a good survey last year and No. 1 this year, involves exercises functional that work multiple muscle training drill groups and mimic activiwould show ties like shovelling snow or evidence of carrying groceries. “Typically, a good funcstrength, tional training drill would training and show evidence of strength, balance . . .” training and balance all in the one exercise, and crePETER TWIST ating muscle tension or tone throughout the whole body,” said Twist Conditioning founder Peter Twist, a former strength and conditioning coach for the Vancouver Canucks. High-intensity interval training (HIIT), which was last year’s top trend pick, is characterized by intense bursts of exercise followed by short rest periods. Some experts believe HIIT is a more efficient form of exercise that can minimize time spent at the gym. “Depending on what format you take, it can take you about four minutes after you’ve warmed up to be able to get a very good response from your cardiorespiratory system and get many - if not all - of the same benefits as you would from doing a longer lower-intensity workout,” said Rod Macdonald, vicepresident of Canfitpro, whose organization represents fitness professionals, health club operators and industry suppliers. Adding in compound exercises - those that involve more than one muscle group - can also be of benefit, said Macdonald. “You’re actually going to be incorporating a lot in one single movement. And compounding those exercises can be really powerful in making the most of your time,” he said. For those looking to lose weight in the new year, exercise alone is not enough, Macdonald said. “If you’re eating too much, it’s very hard to do enough exercise to work it off,” he said. “The average chocolate bar has about 300 to 350 calories in it. The average person will maybe burn that many calories if they did 45 minutes on a treadmill. “Even if they can get through that 350 calories of that chocolate bar, they haven’t done anything to lose that additional weight - and it’s not just a chocolate bar they’re eating that day. Healthy eating programs are critical to ... complement the exercise to ensure that they’re getting the best result.” South of the border, the American College of Sports Medicine ranked wearable technology as its No. 1 trend, including use of gadgets like fitness trackers, smart watches, heart-rate monitors and GPS tracking devices. Body weight training - involving exercises such as pushups and pullups - ranked second, and HIIT rounded out the top three.
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Readers disagree where golf balls should be washed problem. Cabbage and potatoes would disinfect the kitchen and tell are exposed to the same environ- him I’d never make him another ment as golf balls, and I am sure meal unless this stops. (He should the wife has no problem wash- take off his shoes before entering ing those things in the the house, too.) kitchen sink. The probThe Villages: There lem seems more territoshould not be a big rial than practical. My issue with cleaning golf wife and I both wash balls. Take a wet towel paintbrushes and scrub and clean them after buckets in the kitchen you play. sink. On many occaCalifornia: We put a sions, I’ve washed dog lot of stuff in our kitchpoop from the soles of en sink that is disgustMarcy Sugar & Kathy Mitchell our shoes in that sink. ing, but nobody thinks Just clean the sink when twice about it -- mostly you’re done, and forget about it. fruits and vegetables from our garD: Please tell that Golf (goof) den that are covered in dirt and Ball never to wash those disgusting fertilizer. We simply clean the sink things in the kitchen sink. When thoroughly with bleach and that’s he washes the car, he can have an the end of it. I think she doesn’t extra pail with hot water, soap and want her husband to play golf. maybe a little bleach and throw in S. Spring: As a health educathe balls. By the time he’s finished tor and a pesticide reform activist with his car, those balls will be pret- since the ‘80s, it is unfortunate ty clean. His wife should give him that some folks are still not aware information on E. coli and show of the toxicity of pesticides that pictures of necrotizing fasciitis. I are used on nearly all American
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golf courses. Golf balls are contaminated from contact with pesticides on the grass, and most certainly ought not be washed at home, except in a designated pail. Shoes and gloves used for golfing would best never be taken inside the home, and instead left in the
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garage or a golf locker. Pesticides are designed to adhere to surfaces, even during rain, and are highly toxic. Their half-lives are decades long. An online search of “pesticide and golf course” will give your readers some education. Thank you.
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Dear Annie: I can’t believe your response to the letter from “Between a Golf Ball and a Hard Place,” saying that golf balls shouldn’t be cleaned in the kitchen sink. We routinely wash fruits and vegetables in the kitchen sink, and they have dirt and chemicals on them. Fighting over which sink to wash them in is like fighting over which way to hang the toilet paper. Get over it! -- EMT Dear EMT: We were surprised at the volume of mail this letter elicited. A lot of golfers must read our column. (And let’s not get into the toilet paper.) Here are a few more comments: From I’m Not Fooled: I’ve played golf for 50 years and everyone uses the ball washers at each tee or wets a towel and wipes them. Unless a ball is lost or damaged, golfers play with one ball for 18 holes. How hard is it to wash one ball at the end of a round? Practical Guy: I fail to see the
Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. SOLUTION FOR PREVIOUS SUDOKU
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Route 358 14 papers Cole St, Kootenay Ave North, Mountain St and Short St. Route 362 20 papers 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Evergreen Ave Route 363 12 papers Casemore Rd, Tamarac Ave Route 370 15 papers 2nd St, 3rd St, Hillcrest Ave, Moutain St. Route 375 12 papers Green Rd & Lodden Rd Route 379 18 papers Cole St, Nelson Ave Route 380 23 papers Galloway Rd, Mill Rd Route 381 7 papers Coughlin Rd Route 382 7 papers Debruin Rd & Staats Rd
Route 340 23 papers 10th Ave, 7th St, 8th St
Route 303 15 papers 12th Ave, 2nd St, Grandview Route 304 13 papers 12th & 14th Ave
Route 341 24 papers 10th Ave, 8th Ave, 9th Ave Route 345 12 papers 10th Ave, 9th Ave Route 346 27 papers 8th, 9th & 10th Ave
Glenmerry Route 179 29 papers Balsam St & Laburnum Dr
Route 348 19 papers 12th Ave, Christie Rd
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Bella Vista, Shavers Bench Townhomes. N/S, N/P. 2-3 bdrms. Phone 250-364-1822 Ermalinda Estates, Glenmerry, spacious 1-2bdrms. Adults only. Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ph.250-3641922
E.Trail. Parkside Apartments. Spacious, quiet, clean, secure, senior oriented, large 1bdrm., Call 250-368-7897.
Glenmerry, 2bd. apt. Friendly, quiet secure bldg. Heat incl.n/p,n/s.250-368-5287
TRAIL SUITE, 1 or 2 Bdrm. Clean. 250-368-9558.
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Affordable Steel Shipping Containers for sale/rent 20’ & 40’ Kootenay Containers Castlegar 250-365-3014
Francesco Estates, Glenmerry,spacious 1-3bdrms. Adults only (45+). Secure building w/elevator. N/S, N/P. Ph. 250368-6761
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Glenmerry 2bdrm. apt. F/S Heat included. $695./mo. 250-368-5908
3525 Laburnum Dr Trail Bachelor $580/mo Ready to move in Contact Property Manager
TRAIL, 1BDRM. Glenmerry. N/P. Utilities included. 250368-1312.
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TRAIL, 1bd. Ross. Ave., w/d/f/s. ns/np. $600./mo. utilities inc. 250-368-1361
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Wishing You Peace at the Holidays
Storage HEATED VEHICLE & RV Storage, Outside Storage Available. Good access. 250368-1312
Ron Darlene 250.368.1162 250.231.0527 ron@hometeam.ca darlene@hometeam.ca
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Wishing You Peace for the Holidays
As the Holiday Season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and on those who have helped us shape our business. We value our relationship with you and look forward to working with you in the year to come. From all of us at Re/Max All Pro Realty. We wish you a Happy Holiday Season and a New Year filled with Peace and Prosperity.
All Pro Realty Ltd. 1148 Bay Ave, Trail
May your home be blessed and your heart filled, by the beauty and spirit of this inspiring time of year. We know you inspire us in so many ways, We are truly grateful to have family, friends and clients like you. Thanks!
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Tom Gawryletz ext 26 Keith DeWitt ext 30
Thea Stayanovich ext 28 Joy DeMelo ext 29 Denise Marchi ext 21
Unique Shopping Downtown Trail @ Spokane & Cedar Uniforms for all Sports, Jackets, Golf Shirts Embroidery, Screen Printing, Laser Engraving Digital Printing, Trophies, Awards & Engraving
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We have hundreds of unique sayings and art for fishing, hunting and just plain fun. Adult sizes $26 includes print of your choice (white, natural & heather grey) Youth sizes $24 includes print of your choice (white, natural & heather grey)
Limited Edition New Age Jacket $149 plus tax (XXL + $10)
Add $2 for Dark coloured t-shirts If you have a custom design or idea we can do 1 shirt for you!!! (For custom prints an additional charges for art, set-up and printing will apply)
947 Spokane Street Downtown Trail
Hockey Socks Youth Sizes $1050 Adult Sizes $1250
10am - 5pm Tuesday thru Saturday (appointments available after hours) Trail Store – 778-456-1908 • Genelle Store - 250-693-2326 • Email: info@vhsporte.ca
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CONTINUED FROM A1 13 – Trail council opts for a change of pace for the 2016 Silver City Days. The city signs a threeyear deal with Shooting Star Amusements to operate midway rides beginning in 2016. That breaks a decades-long tradition of using West Coast Amusements. 14 – The initial step towards the new pedestrian/pipe bridge began with a ground-breaking ceremony at Rotary Park. 16 – The second annual Coins for Change event, which encourages participants to sleep under the bridge to experience one night of homelessness, raises over $10,000 in the Greater Trail area. 19 – NDP candidate Richard Cannings is elected as the federal MP for the newlyformed South OkanaganWest Kootenay riding. Cannings garnered over 24,000 votes, 5,000 more than runner-up Marshall Neufeld of the Conservative Party. Despite a cross-Canada wave that elected a Liberal majority government,
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Trail hosted its ground-breaking ceremony for the pipeline/pedestrian bridge in Rotary Park. SOWK Liberal candidate Connie Denesiuk finished third with 18,000 votes. 26 – A meeting to discuss a proposal to limit motorized entry into the Pend D’Oreille valley attracts a full house at the Muriel Griffiths Room in the Charles Bailey Theatre. While the meeting was held to highlight changes to road access, the attendees focused on the need for other solutions to protect wildlife
and habitat. 26 – School District 20 (SD20) officially confirms it has sold the Blueberry Creek Community School to the local society for $1. Part of the deal allows the district the right to repurchase the building and land for the same price should the society put it on the market. ***** November 2 – Less than a year after he was elected, Montrose councillor
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Mark Reid resigns from council. Two candidates step forward during the nomination period for a by-election to be held in January. 5 – Rossland and Trail announce that they have failed to reach a recreation agreement. Rossland cites financial constraints due to other pressing projects while Trail said it would have to severely compromise its position to make a deal happen. 13 – Fruitvale councillor Tabatha Webber is in Paris just hours before a terrorist attack leaves 130 people dead. 17 – Citing a desire to keep students focused on exams, J.L. Crowe plans to move the annual graduation ceremonies to the end of June. 18 – Teck announces that it will be reducing its workforce at Trail Operations by five per cent by the end of 2016. That equates to approximately 80 jobs. 19 – Wait times for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are expected to decrease after the pro-
vincial government announced a $20-million strategy to reduce the backlog. The Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital shares a mobile unit with Cranbrook and Penticton. 23 – SD20 is forecasting a potential $1.35 million budget deficit for the 2016-17 school year. 25 – The Trail Area Health and Environment Committee (THEC) reports blood lead level for Trail remain relatively static since last year. 30 – Trail council gives the green light for the bridge lighting project with Mayor Mike Martin stating that he’s hoping to have the bridge lit in time for the Silver City Days celebration in May 2016. ***** December 1 – In an effort to trim costs of the new Riverfront Centre, Trail’s building committee opted to reduce the size of the proposed building by 2,000 square feet. 1 – Teck Trail Operations names Thompson Hickey as the new general manager, replacing Greg Belland. 7 – Longtime Trail lawyer Robert Brown is appointed a provincial court judge. 14 – A public meeting regarding a proposal to close some main roads in the Pend D’Oreille valley draws a rebuke from attendants who asked for better information. People cited inaccurate maps or lack of proper consultation on the process. 20 - Montrose confirms January byelection after four candidates enter their names in bid for the one open councillor seat.
Home is Where the Heart is Thanks for warming our hearts with your friendship and kind support this year.
Neighbours like you make us especially proud to call this fine community home.
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