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‘Re-allocate’ funds to airports, says de Jong KIM MAGI Castlegar News Reporter
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Mike de Jong, one of six candidates vying for the leadership of the B.C. Liberal party, stopped in Castlegar on Monday to talk airports, accountability and action. “I’ll change the weather,” de Jong joked in reference to reducing cancellations at the West
Kootenay Regional Airport. “As premier I’ll decree blue skies. Let’s go to the root of the problem; everything else is window dressing.” De Jong is the MLA for Abbotsford West and until recently was the solicitor general and minister for public safety. He stepped down from both those positions to run for the party’s leadership. As someone born, raised and
currently residing in Abbotsford, de Jong says he knows how important aerospace and airport infrastructure is to an area. “I’ve been coming to Castlegar enough over the last 17 years as an MLA to know it can be, especially this time of year, hit and miss,” he said. “But I also come from a community that has demonstrated the economic value to
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School District 20 (SD 20) trustees approved a new policy at Monday night’s board meeting that will lay out strict expectations for adults interacting with students. “Sometimes people may not logically think through what they should and shouldn’t do,� Supt. Jean Borsa said. “We wanted to be really up front.� The new regulations spell out age-appropriate forms of touching, such as comforting a child with a “side hug� or a pat on the shoulder as positive reinforcement, as well as appropriate forms of electronic communication. The policy describes “texting or online communication with students on the adult’s personal e-mail, or being ‘friends’ on a social networking site� as examples of unacceptable behaviour. It encourages adults to use their official SD20 e-mail ac-
counts instead and send copies of communications to students’ parents or guardians. Other examples of unacceptable behaviour include asking students to keep secrets, sharing or soliciting overly private or personal information, and any comments or actions that humiliate or demean students. In terms of off-campus activities, the policy states social activities must be confined to school-related activities. “There needs to be a professional boundary,� Borsa said, noting that the policy isn’t restricted to teachers but also includes all adults within a school, such as contractors and volunteers. The three-page regulation policy doesn’t address every possible situation, according to the document. “It provides a framework within which the board expects adults to exercise common sense and good judgment when interacting with students.
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Using Facebook to communicate with students is classiďŹ ed as “unacceptable behaviourâ€? for teachers, administrators and other staff within School District 20, according to a new policy adopted by the Board of Education on Monday evening.
It endeavours to find a balance between encouraging positive and appropriate interactions between adults and students, and discouraging inappropriate and harmful interactions.� The policy, which was voted in unanimously by all trustees,
needs to be detailed so it’s not misunderstood, said trustee Toni Driutti. “It’s in place for a reason,� she said. “We want to keep our kids safe and protected.� She added it won’t just be adults within the schools refer-
ring to the document from now on, it will also be SD 20 staff, parents and students, which is why it needs to be extensive. The full policy is available at www.sd20.bc.ca/policies-procedures.html.
New dates set for ‘Planning Budget meeting Jan. 31 for the Future’ consultations KIM MAGI Castlegar News Reporter
School District 20 has set new dates for public consultations related to its “Planning for the Future� document. On Feb. 15, a district-wide “community education conversation� will take place at the Castlegar campus of Selkirk College from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. And on March 1, 2 and 3, focus groups will take place in Trail, Rossland and Castlegar, respectively. Public hearings on the controversial
document were originally slated for this month, but a majority of the board voted to postpone them in the wake of criticism from various groups and individuals, including Castlegar Mayor Lawrence Chernoff and Rossland Mayor Greg Granstrom, who said in a December letter to trustees that they “strongly reject� the Planning for the Future document, as it suggests school closures in both cities. Board chair Gordon Smith said more details about the upcoming meetings will be announced next week.
School District 20 (SD 20) will hold a public meeting on Jan. 31 to discuss their 2011/2012 budget. SD 20 advertised several ideas that will be presented by SD20 staff and others who submitted “project description forms.� These ideas range from a program to encourage trades to those geared for mathematics and computers.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 31, in the J.L. Crowe Secondary School drama room. For more information, visit www. sd20.bc.ca/district-news/items/budget-project-description-form.html or contact Kim Morris, secretary-treasurer: 250-368-2225 or kmorris@sd20. bc.ca. /Castlegar News
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have the funds necessary to improve our education system and support an aging demographic that wants more and more from its healthcare system, we are going to need to think about how we generate that wealth.” De Jong said he sees this campaign as a job interview. “Every one of the readers of the Castlegar News, if they wanted to, can be on the hiring committee,” he said. “All they have to do is become a member of the free enterprise party, the B.C. Liberal Party, and they will have a say in who the next premier is.” He said having the endorsement of other MLAs is helpful, but it won’t decide who will win the leadership contest. It will be decided by the people themselves,” he said. “And in the last month or so, we have
However, de Jong won’t be promising any amount of money for the West Kootenay airport or any others in the province. “My commitment to the development and improvement of airport infrastructure involves reallocating monies from within the existing capital budget,” he said. “And I say that because it’s very tempting in a contest like this one, to be the premier of the province, Robson Fletcher photo and make any number of B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Mike de Jong talks to reporter Kim Magi at the promises to spend money. We are $1.7 billion in defi- Castlegar News office on Monday. cit this year, and that’s not something candidates for nities and where the train- on the agenda, then the velopment opportunity, office often want to talk ing takes place. they’re making it more effect will be the same.’” about.” Job creation and sus- difficult for a family to “I believe going forward He said while the air- what we need to do is look tainability is also a prior- support themselves in the port is a priority, “we’re at how we can ensure that ity for de Jong. future. going to have to make more of those benefits as “That reveals a certain “We need, and people some decisions elsewhere we develop more projects need, in the midst of their bias that I have, because within a significant trans- — and I believe we need busy days, to think about it’s my belief that if we are portation capital budget to — how do we re-align where they want British going to ensure that we about some things we’re ourselves to ensure that Columbia to not going to do.” more of those benefits re- be in 10 years,” “The temptation is to main in the communities he said. move around the province and in the region where “What are and tell everyone about all the economic activity we going to 250-352-5331 the money you’re going to originates?” do to generJanuary give them, which is a lot of De Jong has embraced ate the job fun, and it’s very popular. social media during the opportunities Jan 27th Kerr FUNdraiser w/Roxy, We don’t have the money. campaign, including com- that people in Lucas Meyers & Lazy Poker So I have made virtually municating with support- Castlegar are no spending promises, ers through Facebook and going to want Blues although the exception to Twitter. He says those me- for themselves that is airport infrastruc- diums are not a substitute and their chil- Jan 28th Philth Kids with Zebrah ture, and there I am talk- for having a conversation dren? Jan 29th Diesel Boy ing about re-allocating in person, however. He said February dollars from within trans“As the person who has people talk a portation and capital bud- advocated letting Grade 12 lot about how Feb 4th DJ Deeps get.” gograduating students par- they’re Gisto’s Bob Marley Bday Bash De Jong said since the ticipating directly in the ing to spend Feb 5th campaign has started, electoral process, I have money, but Feb 11th Zeds Dead 2 Members one of the comments he’s also said to those people, not a lot of heard most from rural ‘if you want to have the is- time is spent Feb 12th Aphrodite’s Dream Valentine’s Burlesque British Columbians is sues that are of concern to on how they’re how unfair it is to see re- you addressed, you’ve got going to make Feb 18th Featurecast w/ Bryx & sources taken out of the to roll up your sleeves and money. Wackutt area with little or no local get involved. You have to De Jong return on them. He said utilize those transmission said every Feb 19th Ash Grunwald benefits can be measured tools … but unless you use time someone not only through money those tools to ensure the says no to an but also training opportu- issues you care about are economic de- Downstairs at the Hume Hotel
managed to successfully invite thousands, and I do mean thousands, to either join for the first time or rejoin the B.C. Liberal Party.” In the end, de Jong stands by his campaign of “Open Mike” and listening to the people of the province. “I don’t want to lead a party that is ruled by an elite, or where the leadership is determined by the elite group, I want to lead a party that has the courage to reach out to everyone, and invite them to participate and have those people set the agenda through the election of a leader.” De Jong is one of six candidates vying for the Liberal leadership, and the third to visit Castlegar after Christy Clark and George Abbott. The leadership vote will be held Feb. 26.
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Forestry jobs focus of visit KIM MAGI Castlegar News Reporter
More than 1,000 B.C. Forest Service jobs have been cut in less than a decade, leaving remaining forest workers responsible for up to 232,240 hectares of land each, according to resource research specialist Ben Parfitt. From 2009 to 2010, 245 jobs were lost across the province, including 12 in Castlegar. When the Castlegar Forest District Office was scaled back last summer due to budget cuts, Garry Beaudry, district manager for the Kootenay Lake Forest District said jobs would be available for employees willing to relocate. “Looking at it through that lens, there’s no getting around the fact that 12 fulltime jobs are gone,” Parfitt said. Parfitt, along with Darryl Walker, president of the B.C. government and service employees’ union were in
Castlegar this week to talk about the state of the B.C. Forestry and the community dialogue on forestry. “My concern is, we tend to lose sight of the fact that in this province the majority of the land is publiclyowned,” Parfitt said. “We’re dangerously low on the number of people we have working in the forest service today and as a result there are real risks.” Those risks include “an era of unprecedented insect attacks that have killed hundreds of millions of trees; forest fires of increasing number and severity; a reforestation challenge of unimaginable extent and complexity; and a pressing need both globally and at home to respond to these and other climate changerelated events in ways that conserve forests both to protect biological diversity and to provide society with wood products,” Parfitt wrote in his report, “Axed: A Decade of Cuts to BC’s For-
est Service.” Parfitt said it’s unfortunate how much has been cut from the B.C. Forest Service, especially since the United States hasn’t cut nearly as much. He worked out the figures, and each U.S. Forest Service employee is responsible for an area of land 10 times smaller than that of a B.C. employee. “To put it in its plainest form, the more cuts you had, the more land area you are making each service forest worker responsible for.” He said it’s impossible for each forest worker to cover the amount of land they’re responsible for. “It’s just a simple fact. The fewer people you have when you have a very large land base, difficult to move around in, great distance to cover, the more unrealistic it becomes the public servants are actually going to be able to serve the public interest.” Reforestation hasn’t been a large priority for the provincial government either,
Parfitt said. “We’ve seen steady declines in the amount of money the provincial government is putting into reforestation,” he said, adding that clearly there is a commitment from the U.S. government to reforest their land. What could be considered most confusing, however, is when the cuts have taken place over the last decade. “If you look at the totality of these cuts, the largest cuts to the forest service, ironically, occurred during years of record profit in the forest industry,” Parfitt explained, “so there’s no correlation.” Parfitt believes that an inquiry should be made into whether the current forest service and provincial government is capable of addressing the “immense challenges that lie ahead in managing BC’s publiclyowned forests.” And until that happens, he hopes no other cuts are made.
New critic role for local MLA KIM MAGI Castlegar News Reporter
West KootenayBoundary MLA Katrine Conroy is now the Critic for Seniors and Long-Term Care as the result of a shadow cabinet change Wednesday. “Today’s changes are a necessary step to ensure fairness and balance to our role and responsibilities as B.C.’s Official Opposition, as the leadership race gets underway,” B.C. NDP interim leader Dawn Blacksaid in a news release. Four other critic responsibilities have been re-assigned, including Sue Hammell (Surrey-Green Timbers MLA) as the Health Services Critic, Kathy Corrigan (Burnaby-Deer Lake
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A touch too far
Teenage years are often awkward for a variety of reasons, both for teens themselves and the adults they interact with. It can be particularly difficult for teachers and other school staff when it comes to dealing with adolescent students, as they are in a transition stage between being children and being adults. It can be tempting to treat teens, particularly those who are mature for their age, as adults. Indeed, many teenagers would prefer to be treated this way. But School District 20 is right to articulate clearly in a new policy that staff are to maintain professional relationships with students and refrain from becoming their peers. We think the policy goes a touch too far, however, when it comes to the advice on how school staff should communicate with students electronically. As the Castlegar News reports today, things like sending text messages and being “friends” with students on Facebook are classified as “unacceptable behaviour” under the new guidelines for district staff.We recognize the intent behind this policy, as there is plenty of room for inappropriate behaviour through these means of communication. One needn’t look far through the headlines to find stories of people who have landed themselves in hot water through questionable texts or Facebook postings. But just because things can go wrong doesn’t mean these lines of communication — which are so standard for young people today — should be cut off entirely. There is plenty of room for school staff to do good work by building professional relationships with students through the use of cellphones and social media. We’d hate to see this policy result in a teacher or counsellor getting in trouble for simply trying to connect with students in a method that is familiar to them — or worse, failing to make the effort in the first place. We want to hear from you.
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The reality of driving while old I think I’m getting old. Yes. Me. Well, I guess 58 isn’t “old”, and so I will amend that to I think I’m getting older. Yes, that sounds better. Much better in fact. I’ve always been a good driver. No accidents (knock on wood) and only one speeding ticket in my youth. Considering that I have been driving for 42 years I’d say that’s a pretty good record. Vehicles of any sort or size never scared me. I remember driving a U-Haul truck from Washington State to Castlegar when I was only 24. That was an adventure and never once did I have one iota of fear or apprehension about driving such a big rig. In my earlier years I used to drive a tractor. No big deal. So why is it I was a nervous wreck on the road when I was recently out with a friend in Casa Grande, Ariz.? Have you ever seen one of those blue-haired ladies in her car fearfully hanging onto the steering wheel with the death grip, all hunched over the steering wheel, eyes staring straight ahead? That was me. After a while my friend offered to drive and I readily accepted. Thinking Kim Magi Reporter
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back, I don’t think she necessarily offered out of the kindness of her heart, but rather out of self-preservation. When I got home I told my husband about our ladies’ day out and it came up in the conversation about my friend taking over the driving duties. “What?” he said. “Are you getting old on me, or what?” he added as he shook his head in disbelief. Since then I have pondered my decision to hand over the wheel to my friend and have yet to determine why I did that. I could offer that it was a strange city and I was outside my comfort level. But since when did being outside my comfort level ever bother me? Or was it the fear of the terribly aggressive drivers in that state? If you have ever driven in Arizona you know that running red lights is common, as is tailgating, road rage, excessive speeding and elderly Snowbirds on the road who really shouldn‘t be driving. It did get me to thinking about driving and aging. It seems it was just a few years ago my siblings and I Chris Hopkyns Publisher
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were discussing whether it was time to ask mom if she would hand over her driver’s licence. It was a serious conversation as we knew that procuring her license was a step not lightly taken. Luckily for us, we never did get to that point, although I suspect we should have had that conversation with her sooner than later. Every time mom was on the road it was to the detriment of others in her way. Which brings me back to the earlier event with my friend. I have never really thought about what it means to hold a driver’s licence until now and I realize it is both a luxury and a privilege. Should I live long enough, there will be a point when I will have to consider if I am a threat on the road. Or, that decision will have to be made for me. It’s not pleasant to contemplate, but I hope that the right thing is done, if not by me, then by someone who cares enough to step up. Sometimes doing the right thing doesn’t always feel good, but you have to trust in yourself. If you know someone who shouldn’t be driving maybe now would be the time to have that conversation with him or her. Steve Maloff Circulation Manager
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Critique of Interior Health a little rich coming from Abbott Would-be Liberal leader candidate George Abbott was in town recently fretting about Interior Health’s indifference to the locals when health care decisions (read changes/cuts) were made. Is this not the same George Abbott who was minister of health services for the province of B.C. from 2005 to 2009? The same Mr. Abbott who did not listen to the people of B.C. in 2007 when he initiated the “Conversation on Health,� which cost B.C. tax payers $14 million? He wanted to know what kind of health care we wanted in the future. When the answer came back firmly that B.C. residents wanted publicly funded, not-for-profit health care, the report was quietly shelved and nothing more was heard of it.
Since then Mr. Abbott, and his successor, Mr. Kevin Falcon, have pursued a policy of privatizing our health care system, centralizing services so that we can’t get to them, cutting services so we have to dig into our own pockets, and creating havoc in the lives of the vulnerable, frail, sick and elderly amongst us. Let us be clear that the decisions Interior Health makes for the West Kootenay are, at all times, dictated by policies that come directly from the minister of health services. What we have here is a clearcut case of the pot calling the kettle black. Sally Williams Chair, Castlegar & District Health Watch Society
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Direct: 250.365.9363
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This home has had many recent upgrades and features a bright kitchen, gorgeous hardwood in the living room and master bedroom, 2 baths and a full ďŹ nished basement that would make a great 3rd bedroom and family room. Huge 75x190 partly fenced lot with tons of room for your RV or other toys, paved driveway and detached shop/garage with 220 power. Call today to view this great home!
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receive the teaching that he or she needs. I have had a teacher phone me at home to attempt to avoid teaching one of my children at all because he didn’t like him. When I insisted that my child remain in the appropriate course, he was subsequently failed in that course with a final grade of 2 per cent. My children are grown now, and finally out of this poor excuse for an educational system, but as far as I am concerned, the BCTF is doing nothing more than protecting their own membership from any form of oversight at the cost of our children. All parents should demand and heartily support any sort of professional appraisal of educational competence. We have some superb teachers, lumped in with the those who should have, perhaps, chosen another occupation, who are not allowed to profit by reason of merit, but soley by seniority. It is long past time for a change. Kathryn Jones Robson
Please see more letters to the editor on pages 9 and 13
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Federation opposition to FSAs more about teachers than students I do believe that the FSA tests are necessary. We should know, considering the fact that our tax dollars pay for the education of our children whether they are actually being educated or not. I fear they are not for several reasons. The Teachers’ Federation should recommend any form of testing that provides useful information with regard to our educational system. Unfortunately, it also provides information with regard to the success or failure of particular schools, or specific failures in certain schools with regard to specific subjects, and thus, specific teachers. In dealing with any number of issues over the years, with regard to the education of my children, I have had a learning assistance teacher withdraw my children from that assistance, without my knowledge, because she was angry at me. I have also had teachers completely ignore the legally required Individual Education Plan that was developed in order to ensure that every child
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Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy. 3 - 5 p.m, Castlegar Library, 1005 3rd street. $5 suggested donation (no one denied for lack of funds.) Sponsored by SCSU Students for Social Justice.
January
JAN. 31: SALMON OF HAIDA GWAII. Emily Fanjoy, BSc.
JAN: CASTLEGAR TREASURE SHOP AND HOSPITAL GIFT SHOP SALE. The Castlegar Treasure
Shop wishes to announce an Inventory Clearance Sale. Everything in the store is 1/2 price with the exception of hardware. This $$$ savings sale runs from Jan. 4 - Jan. 31. Watch for the next Silent Auction ... coming soon! The Castlegar Hospital Gift Shop is selling all stock @ 40% off with the exception of hand knitted garments over the same period of time as the Treasure Shop. Both locations are back to regular hours of operation and invite you to stop in for an “easy on the pocket book” shopping experience! JAN. SR. ACTIVITIES @ COMPLEX. Mon: 10 a.m. darts, 1
p.m. whist. Tues: 9:30 a.m. floor curling and carpet bowling,1 p.m. crafts, 7 p.m. pool. Wed: 7 p.m. Rummoli Jan. 19 Raspberry Reunion. First Wed. only 1 p.m. bingo. Thurs: 9:30 a.m. floor curling, 1 p.m. bingo (not first Thurs.) First Thurs. 2 p.m. General Meeting. Jan. 20 Tea Dance 2 - 4 p.m. Fri: 1 p.m. crib and bridge. Jan. 22: Soup Day 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. JAN. 29: WEST KOOTENAY MINOR LACROSSE, WKMLA, IS HAVING THE FIRST REGISTRATION taking place at the
Castlegar Community Complex, on Jan. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A FREE skills camp is being offered to all interested from grades 2 to 10, ages 5 to 16, on April 2 & 3 at the Selkirk College gymnasium. For more information, please contact, President Devon Reid by email at WKMLA@ hotmail.com JAN. 30: YVES ENGLER’S PRESENTATION, THE RIGHT DID WRONG: HOW STEPHEN HARPER’S GOVERNMENT DESTROYED CANADA’S REPUTATION AS AN HONEST BROKER AND LOST THE VOTE FOR A SEAT AT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL. Yves Engler is a
renowned Canadian foreign policy expert and author of many books, including The
Jan. 31, 8 p.m. @ Castlegar’s Selkirk College Campus Free from the West Kootenay Naturalists. Info: 250-3655647.
February FEB. 1: CANCELLED: JIM BROCKMEYER OF BLUESTEM NURSERY WILL PRESENT A SLIDE PRESENTATION AND TALK ON ‘NEW WAYS WITH ORNAMENTAL GRASSES AND WILLOWS’. Talk will be re-
scheduled for Mar. 1. Cancelled due to family emergency. Please watch the Calendar for further updates. FEB. 5: VALENTINE’S DINNER AND DANCE. This event is spon-
sored by the Knights of Columbus. All profits will go to Habitat for Humanity, Castlegar Branch. Habitat is building a house in Castlegar! Come out and show your support. This event will take place at St. Rita’s Church hall, starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are $30.Tickets may be obtained from the Knights, at the church office Tues to Thurs from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., at Joey’s Only or Habitat members. For further information call Judy at 250-304-2790. FEB. 10: NEW VISION HOUSING SOCIETY AGM. 6 p.m. at
Castlegar Christian Fellowship, 1801 Connors Rd. (below Dairy Queen.) For more info: Elmer Williams at 250-365-3333. FEB.10: CAFÉ JAZZ 2011 AT MT. SENTINEL SCHOOL. Want a fantas-
tic way to help cure those Winter Blues? Do you love to listen to local musicians and savor decadent desserts, in an intimate café setting? If this sounds tempting to you, the Mt. Sentinel Stage Band invites you to attend the annual “Café Jazz” fundraiser at the school on Thursday February 10, 2011, from 6:30-9:30 pm, featuring popular local band “Playmor Junction Big Band!” This year, Café Jazz will feature performances from “Playmor Junction Big Band”, the Mt. Sentinel Stage Band and Jazz Combo Band. There will be decadent desserts, coffee, tea, juices and a silent auction. Admission at the door
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is $5, and desserts and drinks are individually priced. Please come join us for an evening of toe tapping, shoulder swaying music and great desserts! Money raised will help offset the cost for the students attending the jazz festival.For more information, please contact Susan Wilson at 250-226-7751 or swilson@direct.ca FEB. 12: LIONS 1ST ANNUAL “MOVE-A-THON”. At the Castle-
gar Complex 10 a.m. - noon. Everyone invited to skate or walk to fundraise for Castlegar’s first Habitat for Humanity home. 50/50 split for charity of your choice and Lions for donation to Habitat project. Let’s make our “moves” to “move” them closer to their goal. Pledge forms at Complex, Chamber or Lions member. More info: Luc 365-6861 or Joanne 365-3884. FEB. 18: AUSTRALIA PRESENTATION. 7 p.m. at the Castlegar
United Church (next to Kinnaird Clinic) there will be a presentation, at our request, by Terry and Liz Fleet on their recent trip to Australia. We are planning on a fun and informative evening and all are welcome to join us. No admission charge. FEB. 19: CASTLEGAR NORDIC SKI CLUB 25TH ANNUAL FUN “TROLL LOPPET.” This Cross Country
of soups prepared and served by our local chefs, breads created by local bakeries and wine. The Kootenay Gallery, Krueckl Financial, The Element Club Bar and Grill and Sculpturewalk Castlegar have teamed up to organize this event as a fundraiser for the gallery as well as to showcase our local artists and culinary professionals. Tickets are $40 each, $35 for gallery members and are available at the Gallery located across from the Castlegar Airport adjacent to the Doukhobor Discovery Centre on Heritage Way. For more information contact the gallery at 365-3337 or visit their website at wwww.kootenaygallery.com
Ongoing ONGOING: CASTLEGAR A.A. MEETINGS AT THE PIONEER ARENA. Sun. at 10 a.m. (phone
Mike at 365-8302), Tues. at 7 p.m. (phone Dennis at 3652738), Thurs. at 8 p.m. (phone Jim at 365-6216) and Sat. at 8 p.m. (phone Leonard at 3657805.) ONGOING: CASTLEGAR GARDEN CLUB meets the first Tuesday of
the month 7 p.m. at the Castlegar Community Complex, Columbia Room. New members are always welcome. Share your love of gardening with other garden enthusiasts and expand your gardening horizons. Information: Dorothy: 250-3042885 or castlegargardenclub@ shaw.ca.
Skiing fun event will be held at the Paulson Cross Country Ski Trails 33 km west of Castlegar. Participants will recieve a participation award with juice and snacks being provided at the finish line. Parking is available at the Mud Lake parking lot adjacent to the Viking Centre with the loppet scheduled to start at 9 a.m. Loppet registration and information is available at www.castlegarnordic. ca and Source for Sports (Mallard’s) in Castlegar.
to the area, Dr. Alex is currently accepting new patients for her practice. Call 365-2161 or visit the office at 1008 Columbia Ave.
FEB. 26: 6TH ANNUAL FISHING DERBY.Tickets on Sale - Jan. 16.
ONGOING: ROBSON MARKET IS BACK! Every Sunday 8 - 11 a.m.
Only 100 tickets, entry deadline is Feb. 13, $30.00 entry fee is $20.00 for Cash payout and $10 for the BBQ. Biggest Rainbow, Dolly or Kokanee for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place cash prizes, plus lots of other prizes.
except long weekends. Breakfast and vendors. For tables: 3653796 or 365-0031.
FEB. 26: AN EVENING TO WARM YOUR CULTURED SOUL! Come
to the Kootenay Gallery on Sat. Feb. 26 at 6:30 and take part in the Soup for the Cultured Soul event. Your ticket affords you a choice of pottery bowl, which you take home with you at the end of the evening, the opportunity to sample a smorgasbord
ONGOING: CASTLEGAR MEDICAL ASSOCIATES’ DR. ERICA ALEX IS ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS. New
ONGOING: MEAT DRAW - EVERYONE WELCOME. Every Satur-
day. Royal Canadian Legion, 248 Columbia Ave. First draw starts 4 p.m. Free pool. Bring your friends and have an afternoon of fun. ONGOING: BLUEBERRY CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL HUB’S PROGRAMS ARE BACK UP AND RUNNING AGAIN AFTER THE HOLIDAY BREAK. We have two
spots available in our Play to Learn Preschool. Both are two
days a week; one is Mon. and Wed. afternoons from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. and the other is Tues. and Thurs. afternoons from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Call Manager Lori Fowler for more information at 365-7201. Also, our Blueberry Buds Daycare has few spots available for children aged 3-5 years. Call Manager Lori Fowler for more information at 365-7201. Terri Youngblut, our Blueberry Patch Afterschool Care Manager, also has spots available for children grades K-7. Busing is available from Kinnaird Elementary, Twin Rivers Elementary and Castlegar Primary Schools. Call Terri at 250-304-3860 for more information.
ONGOING: ROBSON STRONGSTART. Robson StrongStart
Centre is a free early learning program for parents/caregivers with young children. Join us for snack, art, stories, gym time and music. We are open Mon., Tues., Wed., & Fri. from 8:30-11:30am, and Thursday from 12:30-3:30pm. For more information call Alana at 304-6862. Offered by Robson Community School and Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy.
ONGOING: ADULT UPGRADING.
Adult Upgrading Program is a free program for parents to upgrade math, English and/or study skills with an instructor from Selkirk College. This program is held at Kootenay Family Place (behind Chopsticks) on Mon. and Wed. afternoons from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Childcare and snacks are provided. For more information call Alana at 304-6862. Offered by Selkirk College, Kootenay Family Place and Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy. ONGOING: MOTHER GOOSE
Cuddle, communicate and connect with your 0-12 month old. Wednesdays from 10-11 a.m. at the Castlegar and District Public Library - Jan.19 – Mar.9. To register call 365-6611. Offered by the Castlegar & District Public Library and Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy.
ONGOING: USCC CULTURAL INTERPRETIVE SOCIETY meets
every Monday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Doukhobor Arts and Crafts Centre, 820 Markova Rd., beside the Brilliant Cultural Centre.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
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Letters to the Editor Flight service specialists provide airport with highly skilled service
I would like to clarify some misinformation and omissions in the story published Jan. 20 in the Castlegar News (‘One third of December flights cancelled.’) The article did not mention that Nav Canada operates a Flight Service Station (FSS) at the Castlegar Airport. The FSS is staffed by five flight service specialists. Flight service specialists are highly trained aviation professionals who provide air traffic services at 57 airports across the country. Services they provide to pilots include air traffic advisories, detailed weather information and runway conditions. They are also responsible for controlling all
vehicles on the ground and provide pilots with any relevant vehicle activities. A flight service specialist would also assist pilots in emergencies and notify search and rescue when aircraft are overdue. The story suggests that the air traffic service provided by Nav Canada at Castlegar was a factor in the number of cancellations. This is not the case. The article also mistakenly attributes this suggestion to comments made by me. I did not make any such comment. Ron Singer Manager, Media Relations Nav Canada
My loyalties lie with all students I am responding to Bev George’s letter ‘Blueberry Creek Community School provides net benefit to school district’ (Jan. 20.) First, I would like to congratulate Ms. George for her diligent hard work in keeping this viable school in her community. As she states in her letter, the programs that are available at this community school are endless. Most of these programs are made available through grants, which the Blueberry Creek Society manages. Ms. George and her very creative society organize these programs for Blueberry Creek and Castlegar communities. Many times I have enjoyed the entertainment and jam session that happens the last Friday of the month. Many seniors and young people bring their instruments and strum, sing along, or foot stomp. When I praised these people for organizing and giving their valued time to their community, I meant it. I did not say that this school should close. I stated that possibly the City of Castlegar, Blueberry Community Society and School District 20 could come to an agreement to keep this school open. In the Planning of the Future documents, it stated that some programs could be moved to the CP School or other locations in Castlegar of which I am not in favour. I did not mention Sunningdale School, nor did I say that I want to keep this school open. Sunningdale was closed many years ago. In fact, Ms. George was a school trustee when this school closed, representing Warfield, Blueberry, Genelle, Oasis, Rivervale (the same communities I currently represent other than
Blueberry as the wards were changed.) We have never used Sunningdale as a community school. It is now used for overflow storage for SD20. If there is possibility of selling this school in the foreseeable future, I would welcome it with open arms. The value of the school is deteriorating as we speak. Let’s get rid of it. I was very taken aback when Ms. George stated that I have lost loyalty to the Blueberry Creek School. A UBCM Community Connection grant in the amount of $5,000 was made available to replace the gym floor. I placed the first board motion to award the application. This renovation is underway. The total merit should go to Ms. George and her committee for getting additional funding for the completion of this project. I hope that Ms. George has completed the wonderful idea of building the berry garden around the community centre perimeter, giving the children an opportunity to pick fresh berries in keeping with the theme of Blueberry Creek Community School. Also, understand that my loyalty stands with the 4,000 students enrolled in SD20. I am part of the decision making and there are several factors that need to be considered. Equity, education, fiscal responsibility as well as accountability to the ministry and local taxpayers. That is what I was elected to do. Toni Driutti Trustee, School District No. 20
Alternatives to immoral capitalism
I have recently viewed the film Poor No More and wish to recommend it to the public. In my opinion current western civilization is like the auto-crazy teenagers of the 60’s i.e. “doing 90 miles an hour down a dead end street.” If we hope to avoid the end result we must realize: 1. Present capitalism is immoral and must either be made moral or eliminated. 2. We must become active citizens in the pursuit of a better civilization, which must be more equal, free, understanding and tolerant of others. 3. We must reduce our use of mother planet Earth to where it is sustainable. There are alternates to free-trade, let-the-
market-decide, corporate-directed governments: a subject which requires a book not a letter to relate. The present system of international trade presided over by the WTO and IMF is known by everyone, except the politically comatose, to be total failure and harmful to underdeveloped nations. Alternately there are now 10 left-wing governments in South America planning their economies and joined in common economic union, which for the first time in history are reporting successful results and victories compared to the previous economic imperialism. W. Ken Auld Castlegar
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SCULPTUREWALK a Giant Success for Castlegar in 2010. CASTLEGAR SCULPTUREWALK www.sculpturewalkcastlegar.com 2009-2010 Board Chair Report AGM January 19th, 2011 The Castlegar Sculpturewalk program has proven to be a very successful project which can be directly attributed to the fact that the whole community was engaged. There were individuals, families, clubs, businesses, agencies and governments all participating in this effort. We had over 1600 people vote downtown this year. I would like to thank the board members for all of their volunteer effort that helped us build partnerships, secure grants and sponsorships, establishing a society, setting up a governance structure, creating a website, collaboratively building relationships with clubs and agencies, pitching in financially and making time to tackle the logistical challenges we had over our first learning year to bring 17 artists and their sculptures to Castlegar. The community can be proud of what this small group of volunteers has accomplished. The artists that graced our community with their sculptures have created a change in the community that we want to see continue sustainably. We thank you all for the thousands of hours you spent creating thought inspiring pieces for our community to enjoy throughout the year. The partners of Sculpturewalk really stepped up to help us this first year and we have been stronger for it and trust we can continue to nurture these relationships and build new ones. The City has taken the time and effort to recognize Sculpturewalk as a powerful tool to help Castlegar be recognized as a cultural leader in the basin. We had fun working the city and look forward to many more years of collaboration. We thank the city for entering into a three year agreement with Sculpturewalk to sustain this project into the future. Our arts partners helped us make this a year of culture for Castlegar. The Castlegar Communities in Bloom program initiated the Sculpturewalk program and we are proud to collaborate with them in helping make the city a beautiful place to live. The Kootenay Gallery acted as our umbrella organization during our first year of operation enabling us to issue tax receipts. They also provided admin support, launched out first gala event and provided a liaison at the Board level. The Art Walk program and Castlegar Arts Council helped us leverage both projects with brochures, event funding and continual support in the community. The Kootenay School of the Arts assisted with the jury process and Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance supported us with CBT funding allocations. Without our arts partners, we would not be as strong and we need to continue to make each others efforts in the community, recognized and enjoyed.
The City and Columbia Basin Trust were our major funding sponsors this year and we want to thank both the Trust and City for helping us during this crucial year of launching the program. Other significant financial support came from the Heritage Credit Union and Castlegar Arts Council for supporting the Sandsations event which engaged kids with the medium of sculpture and had world renowned sculptors creating pieces that lasted all summer downtown. The Columbia Power Corporation provided resources for holding the launch at the Kootenay Gallery.
ScuptureWalk launch in May.
John McKinnon at the Sandsations event in July.
Peter Vogelaar at the Sandsations event in July.
Denis Kleine (and his assistant) at the Sandsations event in July.
The overall people’s choice winner of Castlegar’s 2010 SculptureWalk, “Peace Sign” by Denis Kleine.
Denis Kleine accepts the people’s choice award from Pat Field.
Osamade Obezee speaks at the SculptureWalk Gala in October.
Blue Chain Jane gets a taste of one of Castlegar’s first snowfalls in December.
To all of the pedestal sponsors who enabled us to bring the sculptures downtown we want to say thanks. Without the generous donations and sponsorships from families and businesses, it would not have been possible to make this work. Our in-kind supporters were fantastic and every problem we encountered was solved with generous donations of time and resources for manufacturing pedestals, moving and lifting sculptures, welding, shipping and landscaping. We want to thank Trowelex, Midwest Mechanical, and West K Concrete for all of their support over the year. Many individuals helped in painting, ballot box construction and brochure distribution. A special thanks goes to a young man, Dante Enewold, who helped us supply ballot boxes and tally the results with the MP’s office staff. Two businesses in town organized fantastic fundraisers that were a lot of fun. The Element Bar and Grill and Krueckl Financial Services raised over $5000 for Sculpturewalk over two events with comedy dinner theatre being held at the Element. The events created opportunities for networking which led to more collaboration in the community. We are lucky to have such supporters. Our media partners, the Castlegar News, Vista FM and Shaw Cable all helped continuously to make this a successful year. I do not know if we could have pulled it off without their continual support. It is not very often you get this type of collaboration where all local media including the Source work together to make a project a success in the community. It is great to have partners like this who put the community first and provide advice as well as action on how to make it better. The voting ended in September and we have sold 5 pieces. This is fantastic. We have leased two pieces for next year and plan to bring 25 pieces back to Castlegar in May. I want let you know, this project has helped me find new friends in the community we call home. It is a very special opportunity to bring people together to walk, to talk to enjoy the community. We can all celebrate that we did it together.
An evening to warm your cultured soul! Come to the Kootenay Gallery on Saturday, February 26th at 6:30 and take part in the Soup for the Cultured Soul event. Your ticket affords you a choice of pottery bowl, which you take home with you at the end of the evening, the opportunity to sample a smorgasbord of soups prepared and served by our local chefs, breads created by local bakeries and wine. The Kootenay Gallery, Krueckl Financial, The Element Club Bar and Grill and Sculpturewalk Castlegar have teamed up to organize this event as a fundraiser for the gallery as well as to showcase our local artists and culinary professionals. Tickets are $40 each, $35 for gallery members and are available at the Gallery located across from the Castlegar Airport adjacent to the Doukhobor Discovery Centre on Heritage Way.
For more information contact the gallery at 365-3337 or visit their website at wwww.kootenaygallery.com
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The ‘Rebirth’ of a Linotype machine KIM MAGI & GUY HOBBS Castlegar News Reporter & Former Publisher
In the summer of 2010 big things were happening at the Castlegar News. Amongst them were the move to their new offices on 8th Avenue. As well as all the usual trials of uprooting and relocating an operational business with deadlines to meet, the news team faced one unusual and very large challenge. The Linotype machine. About one year earlier the Castlegar News provided a home for this antiquated machine when the Kootenay Gallery was no longer able to house it. As it had originally belonged to the first Castlegar News it seemed a logical fit. Unfortunately, with the office move and Black Press’ ambitious expansion plans in the West Kootenay there simply was not going to be room for it in the new offices. Despite contacting a number of museums and heritage groups it was not possible to find a new home for this fascinating but very large piece of typesetting equipment (a kind of forerunner to the Mac computers you can see in the Castlegar News offices today). It was looking increasingly likely that the machine was going to meet a sad end as a rusting hulk in a forgotten corner of some wrecker’s yard. Then a chance conversation with Pat Field of Castlegar Sculpturewalk produced an inspirational solution, and a very unconventional recycling project was born. Field suggested that the paper donate the machine to sculptor Carl Sean McMahon. MacMahon is renowned for converting scrap metal and used items into stunning pieces of sculpture. He was represented in the 2010 SculptureWalk by the piece “Exodus.” MacMahon could then give the old machine new life as a piece of sculpture which could return to Castlegar as a SculptureWalk entry. Field stepped up to help again by risking his truck springs to transport the partially dismantled machine to MacMahon’s workshop. And so the Rebirth project began... When McMahon received the Linotype machine from the Castlegar News office, it certainly didn’t look like a Linotype. “It was all pretty much broken down, so I didn’t have to disassemble it myself,” McMahon said. “There were some components that I broke down further.” Although the machine was broken down
for traveling purposes (McMahon lives on Salt Spring Island), he said he was grateful he didn’t have to break it down himself. “It took me a while to actually sort through the materials,” he said, which included cast iron, steel and brass. McMahon has been sculpting animals for a while, as he feels people can relate more to them. An elk seemed like a perfect fit for pieces that were once part of such a large machine. “You know how majestic it is and how strong it is.” He eventually just figured out which pieces would go where when it came to assembling the elk. “What’s funny is that it takes a lot of time just looking at the stuff and then categorizing it.” Using so many different materials for one sculpture posed an interesting challenge. “When I started placing everything like the belly and chest, those are big pieces of cast and very heavy,” he said. “There weren’t any huge problems, but it took a while to plan it out in your head and how you’re actually going to do it.” The armature (the base of the sculpture) is steel, and McMahon said it actually came from Castlegar and is just like the armatures used for SculptureWalk this year. McMahon said when he collects materials for sculptures, he usually looks for two of everything so each side matches up, but this piece is unusual. “When you get something on this scale, that’s what makes the piece so interesting, because each component is so different,” he said. “With this you have a limited amount and just the way it’s designed there isn’t two of everything.” McMahon is excited that the piece is coming together but it’s not finished yet. He said the elk will still grow about another six inches when he puts the hooves on, and he’s planning to use the Linotype keys around the mouth. “There are a lot of finer details that I want to put on the animal,” he said. “The more intricate and detailed the components are the more impressive the final piece is.” However, now that the piece is in the 400 to 500-lb. range, he’ll have to get some friends to help him lift it. For more information on McMahon and the “Rebirth” project, visit carlseanmcmahon.com.
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Letters to the Editor Complex supports healthy bodies but not a healthy democratic system
One of my favourite ways to spend an afternoon in Castlegar is going to the Community Complex to work out in the gym and soak in the hot tub. The patrons and staff have always been friendly and respectful. I consistently leave the centre feeling both relaxed and rejuvenated. It is a great community resource. At the front entrance of the building, there is a “community events” board where groups and individuals post advertisements for various community activities. As a member of both SCSU Students for Social Justice and the community of Castlegar, I thought this would be a great place to advertise an upcoming non-profit “community event.” I was shocked and disturbed when a staff member informed me my poster could not go up: the staff member said her manager deemed the poster “too political.” The controversial poster is one that advertises an upcoming presentation with Canadian foreign policy expert and author Yves Engler. His presentation is focused around Canada’s current reputation in the international community; specifically Engler’s presentation addresses the last few years under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The idea for this presentation came after Canada lost the vote
for a seat at the UN Security Council. Engler’s presentation will also focus on Stephen Harper’s position on international climate negotiations, relations with foreign governments — including Colombia and Venezuela, aid to Haiti, wars in the Middle East, and Canadian corporate practice abroad. Yves Engler will analyze what Harper’s position on the aforesaid issues has meant for Canada’s reputation in the international community, and in doing so provide those in attendance with a valuable insight into Canada’s current foreign policy. A healthy democracy requires an informed populace. The Castlegar Community Complex is a great community resource for personal health and fitness, but their decision to censor community events is not healthy for Canadian democracy or our community. (‘The Right did Wrong: A Presentation with Yves Engler’ takes place in Castlegar on Jan. 30 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Castlegar & District Public Library, 1005 3rd St. There is a $5 suggested donation but no one will be denied for lack of funds.) Michael Scott Robson
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Bill 27 – Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets Amendment Bylaw to Official Community Plan 1157 7:00 pm, February 3rd, 2011 Castlegar and District Community Complex Kootenay Room NOTICE is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held at the dates and locations as noted above to receive representations from all persons who deem it in their interest to make representations regarding proposed Amendment Bylaw 2194-1157. The intent of the proposed amendments is to bring the RDCK unto compliance with Bill 27 (Green Communities Statutory Amendment) by inserting Greenhouse Gas Emission Targets, Policy and Objectives into each Official Community Plan (OCP) and Rural Land Use Bylaw (RLUB) as is a requirement of Provincial legislation. The Public Hearing on Bylaw 2194-1157 is to be held by Director John Voykin, Electoral Area I and Director Gordon Zaitsoff, Electoral Area J as delegate(s) of the Board. A copy of the Board resolution making the delegation is available for public inspection along with a copy of Bylaw 2194-1157 as set out in this notice. Written submissions for or against the proposed amendment(s) can be read, or verbal submissions made, at the Public Hearing. If you are unable to attend the Hearing, written submissions must be delivered to the Regional District of Central Kootenay, prior to 4:00 pm on the day before the Hearing. Submissions may be delivered by: mail – Regional District of Central Kootenay, Box 590, Nelson, BC V1L 5R4; fax – (250) 3529300; e-mail – plandept@rdck.bc.ca; or by hand to the Nelson address below. Please direct enquiries to Meeri Durand, Planner at (250) 352-8162 or toll-free 1-800-268-7325. The aforementioned proposed bylaw may be inspected from January 6th, 2011 to February 3rd, 2011 both inclusive, on the web: www.rdck.bc.ca and at the locations and times as follows: Planning Department Office, Regional District of Central Kootenay, 202 Lakeside Drive, Nelson, B.C., between the hours of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays, and the Creston Building Office DATED at Nelson, B.C. this 6th day of January, 2011. Dawn Attorp General Manager of Corporate Administration
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One of the first of many fundraisers for injured 11-year-old Cole Hoodicoff happened Jan. 15 at the Lion’s Head Smoke and Brew Pub in Robson, raising $3,350 for the boy and his family. Local band subdiVISION, made up of Larry Relkoff, Phil Koochin, Brian McCreight and Kevan Ehman played from 2 p.m. until the pub closed for the evening. “Me and Carly [Hadfield, co-owner of the pub] were actually away in Victoria, and the band phoned us up out of the blue and they were like, ‘can we do a fundraiser at the pub on Saturday?’ and we said of course you can,� said Troy Pyett, co-owner of the pub. From there, 200 people attended throughout the afternoon and into the night. Pyett said he and the Lion’s Head staff really appreciated the band taking the initiative in jumpstarting what has quickly become a community-wide effort to support Cole, who was airlifted to B.C. Children’s Hospital on Jan. 3 after a skiing accident at Red Mountain. The money raised from that fundraiser and subsequent events will go towards supporting the family, including the boy’s parents, who have taken a leave of absence from their jobs to be with him in Vancouver. The money will also help buy wheelchairs and other equipment for his return home. “We at the Lion’s Head wish
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More than $10,000 was generated at a fundraiser Friday night to support the family of Cole Hoodicoff, an 11-yearold boy recovering in B.C. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital from serious spinal injuries he suffered in a skiing accident. The community came together at the Castlegar Complex for a spaghetti dinner, dance (featuring the band Tosh MaHall) and silent auction that lasted well into the night. Coleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, Brad, made a trip back from Vancouver â&#x20AC;&#x201D; where he has been spending time by his sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to attend the fundraiser. Brad said Cole was skiing at Red Mountain on Jan. 3 when he fell and suffered the injuries. He was then airlifted to the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I followed the helicopter,â&#x20AC;? Brad said, who has been in Vancouver ever since, aside from this past weekend. Brad said Cole is now fully alert, talking, smiling and eating solid foods. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got very, very positive spirits,â&#x20AC;? Brad said. This week, Cole will be transferred to Sunny Hill Health Centre in Vancouver to start rehabilitation, and will stay there for at least the next two months. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very positive about being in a wheelchair,â&#x20AC;? Brad said. At this point, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unclear how much strength Cole will regain, but Brad said his son has â&#x20AC;&#x153;amazing determination.â&#x20AC;? Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fundraiser was overwhelming, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to be upset when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so much positive energy,â&#x20AC;? he said. Continued on P. 17
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TOP: Local band Tosh MaHall rocks the night away. MIDDLE: More than 140 West Kootenay retailers donated items for a silent auction and rafďŹ&#x201A;e, including a family pass for four to Red Mountain for the 2011/12 season valued at $2,500. BOTTOM: Marla Hoodicoff, Coleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aunt and Bradâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister, gives a speech during Friday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fundraiser.
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TOP LEFT: Marla Hoodicoffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband Ben gives a speech while Bradâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ ancĂŠe Kailey Taks looks on. TOP RIGHT: The silent auction tables were busy all evening with people keeping an eye on their bids. BOTTOM: People cheer Marla Hoodicoff for her hard work in putting the fundraiser together. Continued from P. 16
Brad credits his sister, Marla Hoodicoff and fiancĂŠe Kailey Taks for the support and helping to organize the fundraiser during this difficult time. More than 140 West Kootenay individuals and businesses donated items for the silent auction, including one week at the Blue Tree Resort in Orlando for four people (donated by Benson and Marla Gauchier), one week at the Summer Bay Resort in Las Vegas for 12 people (donated by Richard and Joni Askew) and three nights at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas
that was raffled off. Another fundraiser for Cole will take place on Friday night at the Element Nightclub, starting at 10 p.m. Further donations can be made at the Kootenay Savings Credit Union under Trust for Cole Hoodicoff. The Bank of Montreal account that was set up for donations is now closed. Brad said the money raised will no doubt help the family during Coleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey to recovery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was hoping I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lose my job and so to have this is such a bonus,â&#x20AC;? he said.
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Community
A thousand thanks from the Hoodicoff family
We raised over $10,000 for Cole Hoodicoff and his family at the Castlegar Community Complex last Friday because of
the support of all these people and businesses, all the volunteers and many many more: • Jim and staff at the
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TAX FREE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS Unraveling the Mystery Debbie Bayoff, CSA, CFP® Many Canadians have not harnessed the true power of Tax Free Savings accounts. A national survey shows that even though one third of Canadians have opened a TFSA, almost 40% don’t understand them. Since 2009, Canadian residents over 18 have been allowed to invest up to $5,000 per year in Tax Free Savings Accounts. All income (interest, dividends and capital gains) will accumulate tax free. Here are TFSA facts that many don’t know: - The contribution room accumulates, $5,000 each year. - You can invest in the same investments you hold in an RRSP such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds and GICs. - EXCITING FACT: Withdrawals will create additional contribution room equal to the amount of the withdrawal, for deposits in future years (not in the year of the withdrawal). Hypothetically you could invest $5,000 in your TFSA. If that amount grows to $50,000, you could withdraw $50,000 and still have that same room in your account the following year. - You can borrow against a TFSA, but the interest is not tax deductible. - Income earned “in”and withdrawals “from”a TFSA DO NOT affect your eligibility for any federal “income tested” benefits like the Guaranteed Income Supplement. There are other little known benefits to the Tax Free Savings Accounts. Take the time to discuss these with your financial planner. It’s worth it. This article was prepared by Debbie Bayoff who is an Investment Advisor with Dundee Securities Corporation and an Insurance Advisor with Dundee Insurance Agency Ltd.,which are both DundeeWealth Inc. Companies. This is not an official publication of Dundee Securities Corporation or Dundee Insurance Agency Ltd. and the author is not a Dundee Securities analyst. The views (including any recommendations) expressed in this article are those of the author alone, and they have not been approved by, and are not necessary those of, Dundee Securities Corporation or Dundee Insurance Agency Ltd.
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• Biznet - Peter & Marge Perepolkin • Elaine Kalesnikoff -@ KIW • Ken and Staff @ Kalesnikoff Lumber • Andy from Mountain Transport Institute • Carla Pearce Creative Edge Gallery • Nikki Johnson • Christy Pether • Betsy Goolieff and all staff and friends at KSCL • Joey’s restaurant • Lee Sterne • Shar Greening • Dave @ M&M Meats • Trina & Staff @ Coca Cola • McDonald’s • Deb McIntosh and her friends that showed up to help • 7 Eleven in Castlegar • Safeway in Trail • Extra foods in Trail • Extra Foods in Nelson • Tom @ Tom’s no Frills in Castlegar • Save On Foods in Nelson • Yvonne Aquin • The staff at Kalesnikoff Lumber • Walmart in Nelson • Kootenay Market • Len and Carol Hoodicoff • Tanya Boman • Louie • Ken Hoodicoff • Quality Tire • Quality Inn • Kailey Taks • Kris Taks • Perry • Violet Rilkoff • Jenna and Dave LaCasse • Colleen Harmston and staff H&R Block in Castlegar and Trail • Tamara Harmston • Kim and Bobby Karieff • Patti McCreight • Castlegar and District Library • Richard and Diane Kavalo from Luminous Signs • Dustin Hoodicoff • City of Castlegar and Staff • Kier, Drex, Sean and all the staff at Mountain FM • Mountain FM In Nelson • KBS Radio • The Castlegar News • Mr. Mcpherson, kids, parents and teachers from Twin Rivers Movie night • Lori Watson, kids, parents and teachers from Robson School Popcorn Fundraiser • Kinnaird Elemenry School, kids, teachers and Parents - Pizza Day • Lion’s Head Pub and Larry Rilkoff and and staff and musicians • Home Goods Furniture made a $500 donation
• Florio at the Element for the fundraiser he is going to hold • Wayne and Marina Makortoff • Michael Lebedow and his family • The Boulin’s • Chris Hoodicoff • Chelsea Sanders • Jason Smith • Justin Simon • Annie Bridgeman • Lisa and Dennis Goldsbourough • SuperCat Studios • Nina Zoobkoff, Marie, lori, Christine, Shannon and staff from KSCU who set up the trust fund • Celina Iachetta who is organizing a fundraiser for Cole and Megan the girl that was hurt in Trail • Nelson and Carrie Cordeiro • Brandi • Kyle from grade 7 • Nikki Leggett • Linda Gallagher • Dairy Queen in Castlegar • Arlington Hotel in Trail • Benson Gauchier And to all the businesses that donated items for the silent auction — amazing! Thank you: • Deb MacintoshCastlegar Museum • Kootenay Petopia in Castlegar • Carla Pierce @ Creative Edge Gallery beautiful everything • Helena Margareta knitware • Ernie’s Towing in Castlegar • Arnold Contracting • Red Mountain • Joannie Askew • Keith Shelefontiuk – Amazing Water Color painting of Train • Adam Arnold @ FBI• SuperCat Studios • Genette and staff @ Joey’s restaurant • Peter and Marge Perepolkin • Michael Lebedow • Cora Lee @ Hair of the Dawg • Helena Margareta • Community Complex • Nelson • Nelson Leafs • Trellis From Ken Johnson • Weezie’s Borscht Hub • H&R Block in Castlegar • Yvonne Aquin at • Valkyr Aquatics in Blueberry • Movie Company in Castlegar • Denise Miner • KSCU • Vicki and Alfred Pether • Dragonflies and Fairydust • Diane at The Beach
Shack • Frank and Staff at Rona • Bonnie Olson at Two Grey’t Grams in Castlegar • May and staff at Hairlines in Castlegar • Colin Miller @ Wolf’s Den tattoo in Castlegar • Kris Koop @ Total Pet’s in Castlegar • Andre’s Audiotronic • Shoppers Drug mart • Boston pizza • Steve Verigin • Mark’s Work Warehouse • Linda Sorge @ the 99 cent and more store • Dan Ashman at AM Ford • JJ’s Fashion • Kootenay Center Cinemas • Steve and Marla at 4th street Video • Jim and Amy at Hi-Lite Restaurant • 1 week Blue Tree Resort Orlando • Castle Bowl • Clay and Shannon from Mystic Needle Tattoo • Jean’s Material Things • Fabricland in Castlegar, • Dan and Penny Zoobkoff • Simone Jewlery Brenda Mark and Lucy • Aaron Seminoff form Mainjet in Nelson • Gary at Playmor Power • Dominic from Maglios in Nelson • Red Mountain Resort • Whitewater Resort • Dan Davidoff Crazy Canadian • Dan and Staff at Kal Tire Castlegar • Kyra from the Castlegar Source • Lee Sterne • Castlegar Rebel tickets • Home Hardware in Castlegar • Randy robertson @ the Bargain Shop in Castlegar • Carol @ the Thirsty Duck • J&P Contracting Val @ Super 8 in Castlegar • Karen Soukeroff @ Aeon Studio’s • Randy @ Sandman Hotel • Canadian Tire in Castlegar • Carol Hoodicoff • Tanya Boman • Colleen and Staff @ The Brick • Louise and Staff @ Weezie’s Borscht Hut • Pat White - The Gift Box Castlegar • Ken Johnson • Diane Wong - Cafe Michael’s • Ada at Chopsticks • Black Rooster • Starbucks
• Roland and Velda Handley - Castlebowl • Sean - from Pharmasave in Castlegar • Joy and Ken from the Classic Pawn Shop in Castlegar • Tea from Black Russian • A&W in Castlegar • Panago in Castlegar • Village Ski Hut • Sacred Ride • Tribute • Ripping Giraffe • Boom Town • Lang’s • Shoes for the Souls • Apple Auto Glass • Western Auto Wreckers • Lonnie’s • Downtown Automotive • Home hardware in Nelson • Nelson Auto Repair • Shear talent • Nelson Ford • Kalawsky’s • Cotton Wood Autobody • Glacier Honda • Chatters Salon • OK Tire in nelson • Civic Auto repair • Amanda’s Restaurant • Street Clothes • Mountain Baby • Taylor Wilton • Gerick’s • Brian @ Taylor Wilton • Trina and staff @ Coca Cola • Vogue Studios in Castlegar • Debbie Seer • Kevin Robertson from independent Bar Services • Betty and Staff at Columbia Power • Terran Ambrosone • Tamara Matthews @ Slocan Motel • Frank and George @ Downtown Shell • SnowPack Nelson • Annie’s Boutique in Nelson • Bobby and Kim Kerieff from Castlegar We are all privileged to have people like you in our community! It is because of ALL names listed above and everyone else who contributed in any way, no matter how small, that the financial burden on his family will be eased now and in the future, all monies raised will be deposited into Trust for Cole Hoodicoff at Kootenay Savings Credit Union in Castlegar. We have a long way to go but this is a great start, a huge start, thank you all again.
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Toboggan Night is a go, as long as thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s enough snow
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Cancelled last year due to a lack of snow, Castlegar Family Toboggan Night organizers are gearing up for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s party to be big. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a city-sponsored event, and we have businesses that come on board for the community,â&#x20AC;? Coun. Deb McIntosh, chair of the Community Health and Wellness committee said. The tobogganing gets underway on Feb. 12 at 5:30 p.m. under the lights at Cone Hill Park. Since parking is very limited at the park, it is strongly recommended that party-goers park at the Community Complex and hitch a ride on one of the buses provided by M.T.I. For members of the family that may not want to subject themselves to sliding down an icy hill on their behinds, there will be free hot dogs and hot chocolate, as well as fire barrels to warm up around. The finale will be at 7:30 p.m. with a fireworks display and will feature a longer show thanks to sponsors Trowelex, Splashes Bath and Kitchen Centre and Krueckl Financial Services. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope that people come out and have some fun, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good way to get the com-
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There are some patchy spots at the moment but organizers hope the snow conditions will be ripe for Castlegar Family Toboggan Night on Feb. 12.
munity together and interact,â&#x20AC;? McIntosh said. And if all else fails, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we can get
Coun. Chernoff down Cone Hill on a crazy carpet.â&#x20AC;? Cone Hill Park is located at 3500 9th
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Arts & Culture
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Val Field, Joelle Beaulieu and Pat Field are busy preparing for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soup for the Cultured Soulâ&#x20AC;? to be held at the Kootenay Gallery on Feb. 26. Tickets are $40 (or $35 for gallery members) and come with your choice of pottery bowl to keep and the opportunity to sample many soups from local chefs, local bread from Castlegar bakeries and wine. Tickets are available at the Kootenay Gallery. For more information contact the gallery at 365-3337 or visit their website at wwww.kootenaygallery.com. Kim Magi photo
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Mount Sentinel stage band students will perform for an audience enjoying decadent desserts during their annual CafĂŠ Jazz fundraiser on Feb. 10. At the end of the month, the students will head to Moscow, Idaho for the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a school tradition for the past 17 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two bands going down, the regular stage band as well as the combo jazz band,â&#x20AC;? Susan Wilson, a band parent and organizer of CafĂŠ Jazz said. In total, 22 Mount Sentinel students will attend the festival. Wilson said at the festival they not only perform, but they attend workshops and practice sessions, taught by festival artists, educators, and University of Idaho music faculty. The band has been preparing for the festival since the school year started, and CafĂŠ Jazz will be a good test run for the students, who range in grades from 8 to 12. Although the final tally hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been calculat-
ed yet, Wilson said it costs each student about $420 to attend the festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is our only fundraiser so we try and cover as many kids as we can with this,â&#x20AC;? she said. The Playmor Junction Big Band will also perform at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fundraiser. During the performances, desserts, coffee, tea and juices will be available. Wilson said there will also be a silent auction for the second year in a row, and the prizes are already coming together, with donations from Whitewater, Red Mountain, Ainsworth Hot Springs and various Slocan Valley artists donating paintings and artwork. Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CafĂŠ Jazz with silent auction raised over $3,500. CafĂŠ Jazz takes place on Feb. 10 at Mount Sentinel School from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door and desserts and drinks are individually priced. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Please come join us for an evening of toetapping, shoulder-swaying music and great desserts!â&#x20AC;? Wilson said. For more information, contact Wilson at 250-226-7751 or swilson@direct.ca.
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The presentation is open to the public. We hope to see you on March 1 at the Community Complex at 7 p.m.
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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Breast Friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cookbooks on sale in Castlegar and area KIM MAGI Castlegar News Reporter
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breast Friendsâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a group of 10 women from Foam Lake, Sask. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have raised more $1 million for cancer research through their cookbook series, and now the books are available to purchase locally. The first three books, â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the Breasts of Friends,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the Breasts and the Rest of Friendsâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breast Wishesâ&#x20AC;? have over 400 recipes, and the latest book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breast Wishes for Christmasâ&#x20AC;? contains over 200 recipes. Each book also has original photos, quotes, quips, stories and cancer information. The idea for the books started in 2003 when one of the friends wanted to raise $3,000 for cancer research. Nine of her friends supported her and in the end they
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raised $18,000 through a banquet. During and after the banquet, many people asked for the recipes served, and the books were born. Since 2004, the profits from the books have been donated to health life programs, oncology units, digital mammography, diagnostic equipment, breast assessment centres, Look Good Feel Good programs, fur-
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niture and specialized beds for patient comfort, chemotherapy infusion pumps, Camp Goodtimes for children living with cancer, third-world breast cancer clinics and other cancer causes. In December, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breast Friendsâ&#x20AC;? appeared on the show Dragonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Den where they received a $50,000 donation. To purchase the books in the West
Kootenay, they are available through the following locations: Bourbon Street Boutique, Kel Print, Canadian Cancer Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trail office, Style Mavens in Trail, Esprit De La Femme Lingerie in Nelson, Dorothy Northrup in Rossland at 250-362-9649, Deborah Shergold in Warfield at 250-368-5636 and Gwen Chernenkoff-Pegg in Genelle at 250-693-2220.
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Snow Dog Castlegar resident Leslie Fletcher holds her three-month-old puppy, adopted two weeks ago from the regional SPCA in Trail, while ski-touring near the Nancy Greene Summit north of Rossland on Sunday. The Shar-Pei cross arrived at the SPCA along with two siblings earlier this month and all three puppies were quickly adopted. The non-proďŹ t organization still has many other animals looking for good homes. Visit www. spca.bc.ca and click on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Search Our Adoptable Animalsâ&#x20AC;? to see their photos and proďŹ les. Kim Magi photo
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Program will train 300 students in CPR VALERIE ROSSI Trail Daily Times Reporter
It’s better to do something, than nothing. That was the message sent to 10 phys-ed teachers participating in a life-saving course
Tuesday. Hovering over CPR mannequins at J. L. Crowe Secondary School in Trail, instructors learned how to administer CPR and abdominal thrusts — informa-
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tion they will add to their curriculum and teach their students annually. This training will result in more than 300 Grade 10 kids equipped to use this life-saving skill. “Even if one kid ends up using it some time down the road, it’s well worth it,” said Crowe’s athletic director Larry Reid, adding that while gym teachers have completed first aid training, this is an opportunity to update skills. The Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) High School CPR program is built on a communitybased model of partnerships and support, finding partners who donate mannequins, curriculum material and teacher training that schools need to
set up the program. In School District 20, ACT is receiving funding from AstraZeneca Canada, Pfizer Canada and Sanofi Aventis to offer the program, which cost about $3,800 per school. As a result, secondary schools in Trail, Rossland and Castlegar received 75 CPR mannequins. “It’s nice to see it in the educational system, instead of just the medical system,” said trainer Brenda Neil, who has been teaching CPR for 16 years. “It’s a saving tool, not a tool to be afraid of.” Neil feels that repetition in a classroom environment will help instill the skills, as it will make students more comfortable and reach a broader group
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Crowe gym teacher Dov Gala performs CPR during Tuesday’s training course offered to all secondary phys-ed instructors in the district.
of people. “It’s like a domino effect,” she said, noting that educating teachers is a great way to get the word out. Brad Mason of Stanley Humphries Secondary is pleased
to see such crucial skills added to the curriculum. The paidon-call Fruitvale firefighter and paramedic said kids are more likely to help someone they know. Crowe gym teacher
Alan Hamilton said there is always one incident a year where a Crowe student’s life may be in danger. He feels giving high school kids the tools to save lives will alleviate future risks.
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Opinion
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Guest Column - Darryl Walker
School District No. 20 (Kootenay-Columbia)
Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get serious about forests When you talk to British Columbians about the crisis in B.C. forests, you often receive one of two responses. People in Metro Vancouver may ask: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What forestry crisis?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; But people living in resource-dependent communities â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like the Kootenays, the Interior or Vancouver Island â&#x20AC;&#x201D; know exactly what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about. They have borne the brunt of an economic downturn and government policies that have eliminated tens of thousands of forest jobs across the province. However, to hear Minister of Forests, Mines and Lands Pat Bell tell it, B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forest industry couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be doing better: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The industry is back, it is an incredible success,â&#x20AC;? Bell said in a mid-December news story, heralding a â&#x20AC;&#x153;great new eraâ&#x20AC;? for B.C. forest communities. Minister Bell also talked glowingly about increased forest exports to Japan and China â&#x20AC;&#x201D; now comprising more than 40 per cent of B.C. wood exports â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and touted B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supposedly â&#x20AC;&#x153;sustainable forest management.â&#x20AC;? What minister Bell doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell British Columbians is that forest-sector revenue has plunged to just $387 million in 2009-10, from $1.34 billion in 2001. While wood exports to China are up, a much higher proportion is in the form of raw logs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from 1.1 per cent in 2000 to 16.4 per cent in 2010. BC raw log exports have more than doubled in the past 10 years. For example, the Port Alberni Port Authority reports that raw log exports were up 65 per
cent in 2009 over the previous year to 456,000 tonnes, compared to 80,000 tonnes of lumber exports. The real impact on local communities has come from mill closures and the related jobs that go with them. In the past nine years, 71 mills have closed down, after the B.C. government dropped the requirement to process wood in local communities. More than 40,000 forest sector jobs have been lost since the B.C. Liberals came to office. Forest sector jobs as a proportion of total employment also dropped dramatically â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to just 2.3 per cent in 2009 from 5.1 per cent in 2000. The public service has been ravaged by massive cuts, especially to resource ministries. More than 1,000 forest service jobs were eliminated since 2002 in key areas like compliance and enforcement and research â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as the BC Liberal government systematically dismantled ministries and imposed a management regime that allows forest companies to regulate themselves. Former Energy Minster Bill Bennett admitted this in a recent Vancouver Sun article: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fundamental problem facing the natural resource ministries is theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re underfunded,â&#x20AC;? said Bennett. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We work the heck out of them [the employees] and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enough funds within these ministries toâ&#x20AC;Ś do the work that actually leads to the majority of the revenue that comes in to government.â&#x20AC;? After nine years of neglect, resource communities canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to stand by any longer. With leadership changing in
both major political parties, British Columbians have a real opportunity to help reshape the public policies that impact our communities. The BCGEU is taking a leadership role in this effort â&#x20AC;&#x201D; by engaging community leaders from municipal governments, forest labour unions, environment and non-profit groups in a series of community dialogue sessions in four key resource communities across B.C. We will discuss the current crisis in B.C. forests and generate ideas for positive solutions that bring sustainable economic benefits to local communities, and ensure responsible stewardship of our public forests and water resources. Information from the sessions will be incorporated into a comprehensive forest policy document that will be used to stimulate debate and advocate for positive change in B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forest sector. The first community dialogue session was set for Castlegar on Jan. 26. I will also be meeting with local BCGEU forest service members in the region to hear their views on the state of B.C. forests. Community members can also have their views heard, by visiting the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;BC Forests. Our Future.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; web site (www. bcgeu.ca/do_the_right_ thing_for_BC_forests), and sending their ideas online to key B.C. government ministers. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s make our public forests work for all British Columbians.
2011-2012 Budget Public Meeting Project Description Form Presentation JL Crowe Secondary School â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Drama Room 6:30 pm MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011 Come out and hear your communitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ideas for next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School District budget like: t First Steps in Mathematics t Coordination for Trades Programming t Pods of Mobile Student Computers t Employee Wellness Programming And many more! Presented by SD20 Staff and Project Description Form Submitters For more information: Visit: http://www.sd20.bc.ca/district-news/items/budget-project-description-form.html Contact: Kim Morris, Secretary Treasurer at 250-368-2225 or kmorris@sd20.bc.ca
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Police seek information on possible hate crime
On Dec. 29, 2010 at around 8:30 p.m., while on a cross-country skiing trip into St. Leonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hot Springs 25 kilometres north of Nakusp on Highway 23, two males were relaxing in a hot pool when they met another male who identified himself as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Terry.â&#x20AC;? Terry was accompanied by a male and female. Conversations between the group led to Terryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discovery that the two men are homosexual. Shortly after, Terry got out of the hot pool and allegedly stated to his friends that he was going to kill the two men. The victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partner got out of the pool and ran into a bush to hide, leaving the victim alone. Unprovoked, he was viciously beaten as he begged for mercy. The victim suffered cuts and bruising to most of his body and a large cut over the bridge of his nose. After the beating, the victim was left alone in the snow. His partner was able to help him back to the pool after the suspect and his two friends left on snow mobiles. At this point of the investigation, police have still not been able to identify the suspect in this case and hope that the public will be able to assist. The suspect is described as a white male, approximately six feet tall, around 44 years of age, having a stalky build with defined muscles and a short, flat-top hairstyle. He also has a tattoo of a silhouette of a bird on his chest, approximately two inches in diameter. The suspect, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Terry,â&#x20AC;? is believed to be from Calgary and may have been visiting the area of Nakusp or Revelstoke. Police believe that the motive for this crime was one of hate and ignorance relating to the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sexual orientation and are urging anyone with information to come forward. This type of crime should not be tolerated in our country. If you have any information about this crime or the suspect please contact your local police or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
/Submitted by the RCMP Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment
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Mir Centre welcomes Nazanin Afshin-Jam for February lecture
www.castlegarnews.com YOU ARE INVITED: BC HYDRO PUBLIC MEETING When: Monday, January 31, 2011 Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Location: Super 8 Castlegar 651 18th Street, Castlegar, B.C.
In November, BC Hydro held a public meeting to present detailed design for reservoir access at Anderson Point and to gather community feedback on the design. Based on feedback received at that meeting and in written submissions from community members, the design has been revised. Please join us on Monday, January 31 to hear how input from the community was incorporated into the revised design and to review the changes. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. Presentations will begin at 6:00 p.m. For more information, please contact Mary Anne Coules at 250 365 4565.
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Human rights activist, president and co-founder of Stop Child Executions, former Miss World Canada and Miss World ďŹ rst runnerup, Nazanin Afshin-Jam, will be speaking at Selkirk Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mir Centre for Peace Winter Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 2.
to the poverty disease cycle and natural disasters. In 2003, Afshin-Jam entered the Miss World competition whose motto is â&#x20AC;&#x153;beauty with a purposeâ&#x20AC;? to have a stronger platform to speak on human rights issues. She won Miss Canada and runner-up at Miss World giving her the platform she sought to raise awareness and funds for the Bam Earthquake, the 2004 victims of the tsunami in India and Sri Lanka, fistula patients in Ethiopia, Variety the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Charity; youth advocacy to bridge the digital divide and a movement to stop bear bile farming in Asia. Afshin-Jam continues to address human rights abuses in China, Burma, Darfur and other countries with tyrannical regimes. She has done speeches at the UN, EU, UK and Canadian Parliament, numerous universities and conferences with media features on major television, radio and print worldwide. Afshin-Jam is also the recipient of several human rights awards of distinction. This exciting Mir Lecture takes place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2, at Mary Hall in Nelson. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and students and are available at all Selkirk College campus bookstores and Otter Books (250352-3434) in Nelson. Visit www.selkirk.ca/mir for more information. /Submitted by Selkirk College
HELP BUILD BC HYDROâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MICA PROJECTS BC Hydro is currently working on projects to upgrade and expand the Mica Generating Station with the installation of two additional 500 megawatt generating units into empty bays 5 and 6. Construction will start in early spring 2011. The work, expected to take 4 years, will be completed by two main contractors. BC Hydro has contracted Andritz Hydro to supply and install the turbine and generating unit. BC Hydro has not yet awarded the civil contract for the concrete work required to house the new turbine and generating unit.
Employment Opportunities Construction of the Mica Projects is expected to require roughly 650 person years of trades work over four years. Labour needs will change as the project goes through the construction stages. In the ďŹ rst year of the project, contractors are expected to hire:
Trade QualiďŹ cation ticketed workers:
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Mica Creek Camp Accommodation All workers on the Mica projects are required to stay at BC Hydroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mica Creek camp.
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Nazanin Afshin-Jam is a human rights activist, president and co-founder of Stop Child Executions, former Miss World Canada and Miss World first runner-up and the upcoming speaker for Selkirk Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mir Centre for Peace Winter Lecture Series. She will be speaking passionately about the rights of women and children in her native Iran, particularly regarding the issue of capital punishment and minors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nazanin has an unbelievable amount of knowledge, experience and zeal,â&#x20AC;? says Mir Centre for Peace Chair Randy Janzen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contagious and hard not to get caught up in the causes she so strongly advocates for. This presentation is bound to be one that the citizens of our community will not easily forget.â&#x20AC;? In 2006 Afshin-Jam successfully ran an international campaign (that included a petition that attracted more than 350,000 signatures worldwide) to save the life of Nazanin Fatehi, a juvenile sentenced to death in Iran for stabbing in self defence one of three assailants that tried to rape her and her niece. With pressure from the international community, Nazanin Fatehi was exonerated of murder charges and was released on Jan. 31, 2007, after Nazanin raised $43,000 online for bail while her lawyers worked on her case. Afshin-Jamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s battle against child executions continues. She is President and co-founder of the Stop Child Executions organization (www.stopchildexecutions. com) with the goal of halting the practice in Iran and in the handful of other countries where it still continues. To date, Stop Child Executions has managed to help save many lives. Born in Tehran in 1979 at the height of Iranâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Islamic revolution, Afshin-Jam and her family were forced to flee after her non-political father was arrested, tortured and nearly executed. They immigrated to Canada in 1981. After obtaining a double-major degree in International Relations and Political Science at University of British Columbia, and undertaking scholarship studies at Sciences Po in Paris and the International Study Centre in the UK, Afshin-Jam became an advocate with the Red Cross as a Global Youth Educator, teaching on subjects ranging from the landmine crisis and children affected by war
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Do you want to help build the Mica projects? To ďŹ nd out about employment opportunities, please contact your local union or Columbia Hydro Constructors at 250 921 9008 chcgeneral@bchydro.com or by fax at 250 814 6666.
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Leafs end Rebels’ win streak
CHRIS WAHL
Castlegar News Rebels Reporter
After an outstanding weekend, the Castlegar Rebels were brought back to earth Tuesday night with a 5-3 loss to the Nelson Leafs. What was a six-game winning streak for Castlegar’s KIJHL club is now a thing of the past, though the team remains solidly atop the Neil Murdoch division with a 34-7 record. The week’s action began Friday, as Castlegar posted a 4-1 victory in Spokane. Tyler Jones’ power-play goal broke a 1-1 tie with 4:18 remaining in the second period, a lead that was increased with two third-period goals 31 seconds apart by Stuart Walton and Anthony DeLong. Diego Bartlett also scored for Castlegar while Braves all-star Rance Hughes had the only reply for the home side, scoring on a breakaway late in the opening frame. Alex Ross made 28 saves between the pipes for the Rebels, while Braves goaltender Garrett Barr stopped 31 shots at the other end in a possible playoff preview. The Rebels continued their momentum Saturday at home. DeLong found the back of the net three times, twice while short-handed, as Castlegar pounded Kelowna 8-3. The visitors hit the scoreboard first 2:31 into the game on a terrific solo effort by 17-year-old Tanner Clarkson. He dodged a Rebel defenceman at the line before snapping a shot high on goaltender Cole Buckley, who was making his first home start since being acquired from Kimberley in December. “I had to get the jitters out in the first period,” the Penticton product admitted, “other than that I just tried to stay aggressive and battle.” Tyler Robinson and DeLong would give the Rebels a 2-1 edge through 20 minutes, before captain Taylor Anderson roofed one of his own early in the second. The teams traded two goals apiece through the rest of the middle frame, with Kelowna scoring twice on separate 5-on-3 power plays.
ABOVE: Rebels’ Erik Wentzel and Chiefs’ Jordan wood fight for the puck during the first period of Saturday night’s game. LEFT: Stuart Walton starts to rush back to his end of the ice after the puck is scooped by a Kelowna player. Kim Magi photos
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Frustration then set in for the visitors. Multiple penalties, including a costly double-minor from Jeremy Wiebe allowed Robinson, Erik Wentzel and Mike Wiest to score goals 1:37 apart, chasing Chiefs goaltender Jordan Bytelaar in the process. But despite the momentum gained from a weekend of wins, Castlegar had trouble with a hard-working, aggressive Leafs squad in Nelson Tuesday.
Dustin Johnson’s long wrist shot 26 seconds into the third period stood as the game-winner as Nelson snapped its losing streak against the Rebels with a hardearned 5-3 win. Johnson, a 20-year-old who arrived in Nelson earlier this month, now has eight goals in nine appearances with the Leafs after scoring 37 times last season with the BCHL’s Merritt Centennials. The Rebels played catch-up all night, falling behind 2-0 in the first period
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thanks to a power-play goal from Braeden Hikichi and a pretty two-on-one play finished off by Colton Schell. Walton and Wentzel would draw the Rebels level before the end of the first before Cody Abbey tapped a rebound past Ross for the second period’s only goal. After Johnson started the third frame with a bang, the Rebels clawed back thanks to leading scorer Wiest. The 20-year-old from Alberta stole a breakout pass and snapped a shot past Leafs goaltender Marcus Beesley, who stopped 15 of 18 Rebel shots on the night. Castlegar was visibly frustrated for much of the game: they mustered only seven shots on goal in the final 40 minutes, and were stymied on all five of their power-play
Kootenay Conference: Neil Murdoch Division TEAM Castlegar Beaver Valley Nelson Spokane Grand Forks
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L 7 12 17 22 33
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attempts. “We know Tarasoff has a big shot from the point,” Abbey said after the game, “the other thing we focused on was the backdoor pass to Aynsley. We played an aggressive penalty kill and it seemed to work.” Castlegar still holds a 5-1 season series lead on the Leafs. The team won’t have long to dwell on a disappointing night, as they open up a three-game weekend Friday in Kimberley. Castlegar returns home Saturday night to face the Princeton Posse.
Chris Wahl is a news reporter at Mountain FM who’s covering the Rebels for the Castlegar News this season. He’s also the play-by-play voice of the Rebels webcasts on KIJHL.ca. For more on the Rebels, check out Chris’ blog at: off-the-wahl.blogspot.com
Building a Healthy Community Castlegar Recreation Complex 2101 - 6th Avenue,, Castlegar, g , BC C 250-365-3386 3386
Castlegar Aquatic Centree Castlegar & District Recreation Departmentt Winter 2011 – Fitness Schedule
Morning Classes: Monday - 9:00-10:00am................CST or DWW W 10:15-11:15am............Fabulous 50+ + 5:30-6:30pm........Ultimate Kickbox
Are you looking for a Program or Activity to keep you busy this winter? Why not sign up for one of our exciting programs. Check out our Winter Leisure Guide or check it on the web. www.rdck.bc.ca/castlegar
Upcoming Programs
Tuesday - 9:00-10:00am.......................Step To Itt 6:00-7:00pm.....Step Mixer or PM Aqua Fit
Pro D Art Camp Monday Feb 7th
Wed - 9:00-10:00am...........CST or Aqua Circuit 5:30-6:30pm.................Ultimate Kickbox x
Imagination Station Childrens ages 2 – 11yr Mondays & Wednesdays start Feb 23 Various times
Thursday - 9:00-10:00am ................... Pure Step 6:00-7:00pm .......Super Core Plus or PM Aqua Fit Friday - 9:00-10:00am.....CST or Step Challenge or DWW 10:15-11:15am..................Fabulous 50+ Saturdays - 9:00-10:00am ............... CST or Step
Register Now for the Upcoming Sessions of Fitness Classes: 50+ Yoga – Tuesdays & Thursdays Feb 15 – March 10 10:15-11:15am Rise n’ Shine Boot Camp – Tuesdays & Thursdays Feb 15 – March 10 6:10-7:00am Hoop Blast – Wednesdays Feb 23 – March 30 6:45-7:45pm
Winter Public Swim Pool Schedule Mondays ....10:00-12:30pm; 2:00-4:00pm & 7:00-9:00pm Tuesdays ....................................2:00-4:00pm; 7:00-9:00pm Wednesday 10:00-12:30pm; 2:00-4:00pm & 7:00-9:00pm Thursday ....................................2:00-4:00pm; 7:00-9:00pm Friday..................................... 10:00-12:30pm; 2:00-8:30pm Saturday.......................................................... 12:30-6:00pm Sunday .............................................................. 1:00-6:00pm
Lap Lane, Leisure Pool Time, Early Bird contact the Recreation Office.
Cooking with Kim (Sushi Making) Monday Feb 28th
Public Skating Saturday January 29th Ca Cancelled – Atom Tournament Sunday January 23rd 4:00-5:45pm Mon, Tues, Thurs – 2:00-3:45pm L Lunch Hour Hockey Mon/Wed/Fri 12:00-1:00 M Sticks & Pucks Tues/Thurs 10-11:30am Rebels vs Princton Saturday January 29th 7:30pm Rebels vs Beaver Valley R Tuesday February 1st 7:30pm Community Events
Sunrise Rotary Club Dinner Theatre Saturday January 29 Castlegar Complex Hall
For more detailed information see the Le Leisure Guide at www.rdck.bc.ca/community/recreation/castlegar Notice to all Community Groups and Organizations. If you would like your event mentioned in this event calendar please e-mail the information to Castlegar Recreation Department at casrec@rdck.bc.ca or call 365-3386 ext 0.
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Skaters earn medals in Beaver Valley Castlegar Girls
Softball Association is holding Registration at the Castlegar Community Complex
Saturday Jan.22 & Saturday Feb.5 from 1 - 4pm
Youth S ccer Registration
Kootenay South Mini & Youth Soccer Players, including those in Trail, Rossland, Fruitvale, Salmo and Castlegar, are encouraged to
REGISTER ONLINE JANUARY 15, 2011 – February 28, 2011
REGISTER EARLY AND SAVE $20!!! (To receive discount, registration and payment must be completed online by February 15, 2011) REGISTRATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER FEBRUARY 28, 2011 KSYSA and its member clubs also need volunteers, including coaches and referees! KSYSA and its member clubs will HELP YOU improve your skills by hosting coaching and referee clinics! Please visit
www.kootenaysouthsoccer.com for registration and information on clinics, select tryouts, and more!
KIM MAGI Castlegar News Reporter
Castlegar Skating Club skaters spun and jumped their way to several medals last weekend in Beaver Valley. The Kootenay Regional Championship / Pacific StarSkate qualifying event took place over three days with the Beaver Valley Figure Skating Club hosting. Castlegar skaters upheld a strong level of competition and some even improved a level from the Rossland competition earlier this month. Allison Soukeroff, Annika Cheveldave and Savannah Koorbatoff all earned gold medals and Sydni Thor-Larsen passed her last gold dance to earn her gold feet status in dance. Zoey Crockart, Sara Lefurgey, Erin Klashinsky and Andrea Poznikoff earned silver. Poznikoff, who
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From left to right: Allison Soukeroff, Zoey Crockart, Savannah Koorbatoff, Erin Klashinsky, Annika Cheveldave and Nakusp skater Jessica Zorn. Missing: Candice Soukeroff, Sara Lefurgey, Tessa Austad and Andrea Poznikoff.
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The Kootenay Swim Club had another successful outing at the 34th annual Ice Fest competition in Kelowna. The meet was hosted by the Kelowna Aquajets swim club and took place over three days, Jan. 21-23, at the H2O Centre. Eight members of the club made the trek to the Okanagan Valley for this short-course event which included races of 50-metre, 100-metre, 200-metre and 400-metre distances. Other teams attending hailed from Vernon, Kamloops, Penticton, Salmon Arm and Summerland. Coach Dustin Boyachek kept an attentive eye on the performance of each swimmer in their events and was encouraged by the improvement demonstrated by all team members. Kelsey Andrusak had an outstanding meet with two second-place finishes in her age category (for 100-metre breaststroke and 50-metre freestyle), and a third place finish in the 50-metre breaststroke. What made these finishes all the more impressive was that much of her competition was a full year older. Sister Jordan Andrusak made the finals in all three 100-metre events (breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly), also swimming against many older competitors. Of note, Jordan is now ranked among
the top 10 Canadian swimmers in her age group for select freestyle events. Malcolm MacLeod was pleased with swimming many best times, one of which earned him a spot in the 100-metre breaststroke finals, where he placed sixth. He also placed fifth in the 50-metre breaststroke. Niallin Collier had several best times, highlighted by finishing third in the 100-metre breaststroke finals, and fourth in the 100-metre backstroke finals. Hannah Devries attended her first meet with the club and achieved a number of best times, along with experiencing some longer distance races for the first time. Sydney Wetter also had numerous best times, with the highlight of shedding 13 seconds from her 100-metre breaststroke event. Gabrielle Hanvold achieved a secondplace finish in the 200-metre butterfly event. She likely swam the most metres of any club member over the weekend, finishing off with a grueling 400-metre IM race Sunday afternoon (in which she still obtained a best time.) Emma Borhi placed sixth in the 50-metre and 200-metre breaststroke events, and also made finals for the 100-metre backstroke. She was thrilled to drop more than 30 sec-
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From left: Sydney Wetter, Emma Bohri, Gabrielle Hanvold and Jordan Andrusak.
onds off her previous best time in the 400-metre freestyle event. In addition to their races, some swimmers were seen taking advantage of the large wave pool, river run and flowrider surf simulator in the H2O Centre. Club members now look forward to another few weeks of practice before AA
The Rightful Winners of the ‘Mini Stanley Cup’ The Castlegar Jr. Novice Ducks, pictured here, were the winners of the “Mini Stanley Cup” held in Castlegar on Jan. 14. In the previous edition of the Castlegar News we incorrectly identified the winning team. Sorry about that! And congratulations! Submitted photo
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The 2011 Castlegar novice tournament brought 19 teams from all over the Kootenays and Washington last weekend. “We had 19 teams; six junior novice and 13 senior novice, working hard all weekend,” Sid Gretchen, Castlegar Minor Hockey Association (CMHA) novice division manager and tournament director said. “The kids seemed to always be smiling and laughing and having a good time.” The teams played on both the Complex and Pioneer Arena rinks, starting as early as 7:30 a.m. and playing well into the afternoon. “This tournament could not have happened without the help and hard work from our tournament committee,” Gretchen said. “The tournament directors were Ana-Maria and [myself] with the following committee: Korina Boettcher, Roger Carlson, Kathy Costa, Lind-
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Lawrence Tamelin Lawrence Tamelin Oct. 8, 1938 – Jan. 3, 2011 Lawrence (Lorne) Tamelin of Castlegar, BC peacefully passed away at Kelowna General Hospital on January 3, 2011. Lorne was born to parents Alex and Mary Tamelin in Nelson, BC on October 8, 1938. Funeral services were held at Brilliant Cultural center on Jan 9 and 10 with burial at Pass Creek Cemetery. Lorne grew up in Pass Creek and graduated from Stanley Humphries in Castlegar in 1956. He started working at the Celgar pulp mill in December, 1960, where he obtained his Machinist Apprenticeship and worked as a Journeyman Machinist until retirement in April 2000. Lorne married the love of his life, Irene Legebokoff of Grand Forks BC on December 29, 1961. Together, they settled in Castlegar and raised four children; Lorene, Larry, Adena and Rob. Lorne spent his free time with family and friends in the outdoors fishing and camping, dreaming up projects with friends and simply enjoying good times with the people in his life. He dedicated his life to the preservation of his culture, peace and community service as an active volunteer member of the USCC, DCA, Benevolent society, DHRS and the KCSH Cooperative. He enjoyed singing and participated in many choirs throughout his life. Lorne is survived by; his loving wife Irene, his children Lorene (Kere) MacGregor, Larry (Jennifer) Tamelin, Adena (Garwin) Wuerch, and Rob Tamelin, seven grandchildren Nikole and Mark MacGregor, Jeremy and Amanda Tamelin, Carson, Micki and Isaac Wuerch, his sisters Anne Rebalkin and Donna Arishenkoff and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents Alex and Mary Tamelin. Lorne was a loving, dedicated and committed man who touched many lives throughout his years. He will be sorely missed by many but never forgotten. May he rest in peace. Lorne’s family would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all relatives, friends, neighbors and colleagues for their generosity and support during this difficult time. Thank you to the medical and ambulance staff of Trail hospital for getting him to Kelowna safely and the staff at Kelowna General for caring for Lorne during his stay. Special thanks to Mr. Bill Strilaeff and staff at Castlegar Funeral Chapel, psalmists and congregational singers, Ladies Catering Group, and Leonard Markin for officiating. Thanks to all who have donated in his name. Memorial Donations can be made to USCC ISKRA, ISKRA equipment fund or Grandview Community Access Center.
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We are sad to announce the passing of Arvi (Arv) Angelo Pellegrin on Friday, January 14th, 2011 after a lengthy illness and a 6 week stay in Lions Gate Hospital. Born April 1st, 1941, in Trail B.C., Arv lived a full, rich life in various locations around B.C. Much loved and admired by his family and a wide circle of friends and associates, Arv will be sorely missed and fondly remembered. Arv was predeceased by his parents, Peter and Emma Pellegrin, and one sister, Lidia Edwards. He is survived by sister Catherine (Ron) Lee of Armstrong, brother Lorne (Marg) Pellegrin of Kamloops and brother-in- law Mel Edwards of Maple Ridge, B.C. , many nephews and nieces, an extensive group of friends and an admiring professional circle. Born and raised in Castlegar, Arv attended Notre Dame College in Nelson, then let his sense of adventure lead him through occupations as diverse as logging on Vancouver Island, abalone fishing in the Queen Charlotte Islands, and various sales positions in the Lower Mainland. From sales, he found his career, a seemingly effortless fit, in real estate, first in Vancouver, and then, from 1978, in Whistler, where he was an original partner in Whistler Real Estate, the firm for which he worked the rest of his life. Arv was an active sportsman in his younger years (notably basketball, fastball and rugby) then became a loyal and knowledgeable fan of hockey. He was competitive and fair in business also, enjoying considerable success and appreciating it most when shared with the many others for whom he was a mentor as well as associate and friend. For his family, Arv was always available – loving son, gregarious brother, and favorite uncle to nieces and nephews (and now great nieces and great nephews) living across Canada and around the world. Family and friends alike will remember his sincerity, generosity, sense of humor, and kind and gentle nature. A Celebration of Life gathering, in Whistler, is anticipated in the Spring, but a firm date has not yet been decided. Friends of Arv are urged to contact Whistler Real Estate at 1-800667-2993 or info@wrec.com to be kept appraised of plans for this event. In lieu of any flowers or other condolences, Arv’s family urges donations in Arv’s name in support of local initiatives in the Whistler area.
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Dorothy Raymond Mrs. Dorothy Raymond passed away on January 15, 2011 at the Slocan Community Health Centre in New Denver. Dorothy has struggled for a number of years with failing f health, and her surviving family wishes to thank friends and neighbours for the loving support given to her over the last few years. Dorothy was born in Duchess, Alberta on January 19, 1928. She moved to the Castlegar area with her husband, John, in the early 1970’s. Dorothy had a lifelong passion for gardening. She was an accomplished bridge player. She was also an avid golfer and an active member of the Castlegar Golf Club. Perhaps her most memorable feature was her outspokenness and her unflinching honesty and integrity. Dorothy is survived by one brother, Dave Mathews; her children, Seth, Margaret, and Carol; as well as her 6 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. At Dorothy’s request there will be no service.
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June 17, 1938 - January 28, 2009 2 years we've been without you 2 years we've felt the pain No matter what we think or do Our lives won't be the same A million times we needed you, A million times we've cried, If love alone could have saved you, You would of never died. It broke our hearts to lose you, But you did not go alone, A part of us went with you, The day God called you home. You are still "Wonderful" and You Will Always Be Our Sunshine Forever in our hearts, Cliffe, Cindy, Christine, Sandra, Diana, Cliffe Jr. and Families
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OFFICE ASSISTANT, The Castlegar Medical Clinic is seeking a temporary full time ofďŹ ce assistant to cover maternity leave starting March 2011 for busy medical ofďŹ ce. Successful applicant must have extremely proďŹ cient keyboarding skills, knowledge of ProďŹ le or other EMR, medical transcription, and able to multi-task. Please mail/fax resume to 1101 3rd Street, Castlegar, BC, V1N 2A1 (250-3650347). No phone calls accepted. Only successful applicant will be contacted.
On-call Nanny for 4 yrs $7/hr In your home or mine, ASAP, Possibly of full time end of February Call Sarah 365-6336
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POWER ENGINEERING, GPRC Fairview College Campus. Now accepting applications for fall study. On-campus boiler labs. Fourth Class Level and Part A of Third Class. Affordable residences. 1-8889 9 9 - 7 8 8 2 ; www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.
Columbia Power Corporation (CPC), a Crown Corporation wholly owned and operated by the Province of British Columbia, is a hydroelectric generation company, located in Castlegar, BC. Columbia Power owns three hydroelectric generating facilities with its joint venture partner, the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) and is currently constructing the Waneta Expansion Project with CBT and Fortis Inc.
CPC Opportunities Columbia Power Corporation has the following positions available: 1 1 1
Accounting Technician Document Control Assistant - Waneta Site Office Records Technician - Temporary (1 year)
Columbia Power Corporation offers an excellent salary and benefits package. Castlegar is located in the Southern Interior of British Columbia and offers exceptional outdoor recreation opportunities, affordable housing, and excellent health and medical facilities.
Careers at CBT CBT has an opening in the Castlegar office for a Communications Coordinator (full-time, 15-month term). A detailed description of duties, skills and qualifications can be viewed at www.cbt.org/careers or requested from Debra Stewart at 1.800.505.8998.
Qualified applicants interested in joining a dynamic team are encouraged to visit the Careers section of our website at www.columbiapower.org to view the full job descriptions. The closing date for these positions is February 7, 2011.
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Real Estate Business for Sale Par 3 Golf Course for sale! Excellent, established small business, Property development potential, Owner can live on 29 acres. Prime Land with Clubhouse, Restaurant. Financing available, 250-3042663, littlebeargolf.net
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: Norbina De Aguiar Amaral Carreiro also known as Norbina De Aguiar Carreiro, also known as Norbina Carreiro, deceased formerly of 813 2nd Street, Castlegar, BC V1N 1Y6
Castlegar Shared Accommodations, Newly reno, super clean, working profs or student, References required, Available immediately, 5131377
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that creditors and others having claims against the estate of the above deceased are hereby required to send particulars thereof to the Executor named hereunder at 1115 3rd Street, Castlegar, British Columbia V1N 2A1, on or before March 18, 2011, after which date the Executor will distribute the said estate among the parties entitled thereto having regard only to the claims of which the Executor then has notice. The Executor will not be liable for any claim of which he has no notice at the time of distribution. Jorge Manuel Carreiro Executor By Polonicoff & Perehuduff, his solicitors
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