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Financial literacy for families Francis Bowlby, age 4, seen here at a dinner event for families.

This particular section is where they share tips for financial literacy in an ongoing series entitled Family Dinner Play and Learn (FDPL), a program funded by Columbia Basic Alliance for Literacy (CBAL).

See story, page 3.

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Financial Literacy program provides a family dinner, play and learning

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By Sarah Elizabeth Special to Golden This Week When it comes to personal finance, it’s all about the choices you make.

This, according to Alison Kippan, who facilitates the financial literacy discussion component during Family Dinner Play and Learn (FDPL), a program funded by Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL). Alison brings her personal experience, passion and knowledge to the table to share with others, and FDPL brings families together to enjoy a meal and learn while their kids play at the

Golden Early Years Centre.

Alison says her passion for financial literacy was sparked during a financial awakening she experienced while pregnant with her first child in 2009, when her husband lost his job “up north� (along with thousands of others) and they found themselves self-employed and pregnant with no maternity coverage. “It was an eye-opening few months and that was what kick-started my passion for learning about the subject of personal finance. We did not want to be caught in this situation again - ever,� she says.

One of the first places Alison and her family

started to make changes towards better financial health was to first start consciously saying “no� to debt. “Sometimes it hurts when buckling down to make conscious choices,� she says of making sacrifices towards better financial health. That includes saying no to vacations, buying a new home or new furniture. But, Alison adds, making these sacrifices can help lead to better financial control. “Your stress levels massively decrease when you’re in control of your decisions. Being financially literate gives you options, so you can make choices that fall in line with your values. We

all have to take the time to learn,� she explains.

A big topic of conversation during the FDPL program is the use of credit and debt. Discussions range from raising awareness of what good debt, bad debt and ugly debt might look like, and how the realistic use of credit can keep you from making terrible financial decisions. “When it comes to credit, we’re all wandering around clueless,� Alison says with a laugh. She refers to the numerous credit card applications students typically receive once heading to university. “Yet, none of us have been taught how to use (credit) it effectively.�

According a report on perspectives on labour and income, published by Statistics Canada in 2012, both mortgage debt and consumer debt have increased significantly. For example; in 1980, the rating of household debt to personal disposable income was 66 per cent. That ratio recently passed the 150 per cent figure, meaning as a whole, households owed more than $1.50 ... Continued on page 10

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Budget 2016 – Chapter 4: The next steps Submitted by the Town of Golden

Over the past six months, Council and Town staff have spent many hours deliberating over the 2016 Budget and Five-Year Financial Plan.

It’s important to us that you, the taxpayer, know just what is happening and what might be changing that affects you.

To that end, Council and Town Staff hosted the annual Budget Open House on January 19th, with the hopes of engaging the public in some meaningful conversation about the proposed 2016 budget and five-year financial plan. The open house featured a great spread of food, an informative presentation and all Council and Town Department Managers were on hand to chat.

“We appreciate those that took advantage of the opportunity to come out and get informed about what is being proposed,” says Mayor Ron Oszust. “With minimal turnout and no formal comments or questions about the proposed budget and five-year financial plan, Council will charge forward with what is proposed thus far and hope for more engagement in these last weeks of public consultation time.”

“Every time you use a recreation facility,

have your garbage picked up or utilize emergency services – you are using a Town of Golden service,” says CAO Jon Wilsgard.

“Public input helps Council to shape how the town’s priorities are funded for the near future.”

The current process ending February 16th is all about setting the budget for 2016 during which Council will pass separate readings of the associated bylaw and eventually adopt it. The next step will be debating and setting the tax rates for the various tax classes in the community – essentially who pays how much in order to fund the budget.

Tax rates are based on property values that are provided by BC Assessment - the provincial Crown Corporation that classifies and values all real property in the province.

BC Assessment determines the market value of properties and Council then determines the property tax rate they will set to raise the revenue needed to pay for public services.

Golden has six different classes of properties. When setting tax rates, the bulk is assumed by residential and business properties.

“Setting the rate for each class is an exercise in structured and practical political judgement, based on a number

of considerations including assessment trends, distribution fairness, new (nonmarket) assessment benefits and economic development potential” says Mayor Oszust.

“This is the most important annual decision that council makes – and it is highly scrutinized by the public. At this preliminary point I can confidently say Council is united in its views on these considerations and we will speak more to them after the budget is adopted.”

If you missed the Budget Open House, but would still like to have some input, there is still time. Come to one of 3 upcoming Council/Committee Meetings where there will be special spots on each meeting agenda for a conversation with Council about this proposed budget. Tuesday, February 2 at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 9 at 10:00 a.m. or Tuesday, February 16 at 7:00 p.m.

To learn more about our Proposed Five Year Financial Plan, grab a copy of our Budget Book. This will give you an idea of the “big picture” and where Golden is headed. The Budget Book can be found at Town Hall, under the Public Notices section of the Town of Golden website, golden.ca, and by visiting our Facebook Page.

Public Consultation Period ENDS on February 16, 2016.

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“The pursuit of happiness through stuff can implode our relationships and put us in a worst spot,” Alison says of the stress debt can have on individuals and families.

The financial literacy program covers everything from exploring individual relationships with money to budgeting, debt and taxes. Alison recognizes the topic of personal finances can be taboo, but that hasn’t stopped participants from learning and sharing their concerns with one another during the program.

“My favorite part of the program is having the opportunity to talk about personal finance with others who are interested in the subject, and are looking to improve their own bottom line. It is especially encouraging to see families attend where both partners have been able to participate - I think it encourages healthy discussion and allows for decision making as a

team,” Alison explains, adding, “The benefits of becoming financially literate are both numerical and emotional.”

Due to its popularity, the topic of financial literacy will continue into the third segment of FDPL, which will wrap up this year’s program.

The final segment of the program will run for nine weeks instead of six to allow for more time to discuss areas of importance as directed by participants.

FDPL is hosted two to three times a year, pending funding and covers various topics of interest to families as determined by participants and interested community members. Classes are facilitated by local experts who bring in special guests when necessary. The program provides families with dinner made by Kickin’ Thyme Catering. It’s an opportunity for families to connect with each other and learn while their children are minded by childcare providers in the Early Years Centre.

Kalika Bowlby, who attends the program with her 4-year-old daughter Francis and husband

Bradley Poole, says the program has been helpful.

“We’re more aware and empowered in understanding the big money system,” she explains.

Lukas Pickering attends the program with his wife Haley and their two sons, Simon and Cohen. Pickering says the program has been handy as Monday night dinners are taken care of for his family and the information provided is helpful to getting the ball rolling on making financial choices.

Both families say they appreciate the child minding and getting to listen to the information without being distracted by their children.

Monica De, Literacy Coordinator at CBAL says, “We’ve had such an amazing response to the program.”

For those interested in future FDPL programming, contact Monica De at the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy office at 250-439-9665 or email Alison Kippan at ali. kippan@gmail.com.

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Open House day at the Seniors Centre

There’s a new initiative at the Seniors Centre, an open house initiative inviting the community in. In an effort to diversify the usage of the building, and to find out what other interest there might be to use the building, the morning of the third Wednesday of every month will be utilized this way. Members came and went throughout the morning, participating in activities such as playing crib, pool or shuffle board, and others enjoyed the time visiting with friends.

Currently, the building is widely used for activities such as playing cards (bridge, crib, etc) and crafts, bingo, as well as regular meeting places for groups such as the art guild. The wide open space lends itself to all manner of activities.

The space is often rented out for meetings and events such as wedding receptions as well as funerals. The current executive wants to continue to increase the awareness of the building, and see more groups using the space. ~ Janet Crandall-Swaffield

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Pepsi and peanuts Janet Crandall-Swaffield Publisher It’s funny how we associate certain tastes with certain people. My grandfather for example, had a steady hankering for black licorice like nobody’s business, you could always count on him to have a steady supply on hand, stashed in a drawer somewhere or a pocket. For my dad, it’s vanilla ice cream, canned peaches or pears, frozen peas and corn, and not necessarily together. (But that’s a story for another day, believe me.) Funny how we associate certain people with certain tastes or flavours. Must be part of our memory association somehow.

When you grow up working in the family business like I did, you have lots of stories and funny memories to look back on.

My aunt, Charlene, my dad’s older (and only) sister, who for the most part goes by ‘Auntie’ most of the time, not only to us kids, but to many others, worked in the family business for as far back as I can remember, and she was almost always there. I suppose she might have been tasked with keeping some of us kids entertained, or maybe it was just me. Who knows.

After some coaxing, I It was often ‘Auntie, can I have some finally tried the Pepsi / peanut money’ that was on the tip of my tongue, so concoction and had to admit I could go across the street and buy a pop or it was a tasty, however odd, candy or something at Hartwig’s convenience combination. Something store, and typically it was my younger sister, about the punch of the salty Merilee, and I who would trapse off to the nuts with the carbonation store. of the soda, it sort of hits Auntie would dig money out from her you, and then draws you wallet, if for no other reason than to get rid of in for more. Not too many us for half an hour or so. I remember clearly peanuts at a time though, just the day ‘Pepsi and peanuts’ came into my enough, three or four maybe, consciousness. otherwise the salt gets We would often grab a snack for Auntie too washed off too quickly and at the store, and one day in particular, she the whole effect is lost.� wanted a Pepsi (think glass bottle) and a bag of peanuts. Salted.

Ok, fine. Nothing weird about that. Until she opened the bag of peanuts and promptly dumped a few into the Pepsi bottle, and not by accident. Pretty sure my jaw dropped, because that was surely the most disgusting thing I could ever have imagined. Didn’t see that coming, no sir. A perfectly good bottle of Pepsi, ruined.

I must have had a very serious expression on my face, because if memory serves me correctly, she had a pretty good laugh. I was not amused.

After some coaxing, I finally tried the Pepsi / peanut concoction and had to admit it was a tasty, however odd, combination. Something about the punch of the salty nuts with the carbonation of the soda, it sort of hits you, and then draws you in for more. Not too many peanuts at a time though, just enough, three or four maybe, otherwise the salt gets washed off too quickly and the whole effect is lost.

I had to laugh at myself the other day, a Pepsi in one hand and peanuts in the other. I was the poster child for ‘history repeats itself.’ Luckily there were no innocent bystanders handy to observe my laughter out of nowhere, this inside joke I was having with myself.

Now, looking forward - I wonder what kind of memories my kids and nieces will have about me? What goes around comes around, and I suppose by that time, it will be my turn.

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More than 200 lights on the Golden Hospice Society’s Memorial Tree of Lights. Thank you to everyone for the wonderful community response and support.

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Garry Irving on Life in the Cariboo

by Garry Irving Special to Golden This Week

It has been well over a year since my wife and I pulled up stakes in Golden and moved to the Cariboo.

Why? The weather is not much different and the people are the same but we wanted to be closer to family. My son has lived in the region for almost 10 years and loves it.

WHY BUY?

We both know the Cariboo as we both lived here for a while although we did not know each other.

I was in Quesnel for six years and my wife in Quesnel and Williams Lake for several years. We met in Salmon Arm after both of us had put past marriages behind us. The rest, as they say, is history.

When we moved to Golden in 1991 (for the second time) we bought property in the Blaeberry Valley. At the time we did not have a shovel to our name and spent the next 20 years there. We could not have done what we did without the help and barter system put forth by many.

We have found the same friendly help and barter system here in Horsefly that we experienced in the Blaeberry Valley. Even the winters have not been bad and we no longer have to shovel the roofs.

So far everything is fine here as there is good fishing along with lots of cattle and large ranches. There are very few Elk, lots of deer and Moose. I do not miss the Elk as they had a bad habit of eating our horses hay.

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There is one bug bear that really sticks in my craw though and that is the lack of doctors in the region.

“We have found the same friendly help and barter system here in Horsefly that we experienced in the Blaeberry Valley. Even the winters have not been bad and we no longer have to shovel the roofs.�

Just try and find a family doctor around Williams Lake and every clinic puts you on a waiting list. If you need a prescription filled you have to go to the Williams Lake hospital and sit in emergency to see a doctor. It has gotten even worse since two doctors retired recently and all of their patients had to try and find another doctor and got put on waiting lists.

This kind of problem is not unique to Williams Lake as many residents are without family

doctors at this time in the Cariboo. The problem is not the doctors. They are overwhelmed by the number of patients that need their services.

It strikes me that the provincial government needs to look at this problem that seems to take in the entire Cariboo and come up with a solution to take the pressure off the hospitals and walk-in clinics (that some communities and lucky to have).

We are fortunate that we do not need the services of a family doctor yet but it bothers me that my son and grandson no longer have a doctor as he retired.

Something needs to be done to alleviate this critical shortage and maybe someone will take notice and start to make the area more attractive to the medical profession. Many are faced with long trips just to see a doctor and there is something wrong with that.

Garry Irving was Editor for The Golden News and The Golden Star from 1991 - 2004. He also worked for EZ Rock in the 70s and 80s, and again in 2005 until he retired in 2014.

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History column - “The Story of Golden,� by Tom King

by Duane Crandall Special to Golden This Week

Over the next several weeks, we plan to run a selection of the writings of Tom King, as published in his book “The Story of Golden,� written in 1963.

Nestling just a mile above where the turbulent Kicking Horse River spills its waters into the placid Columbia, and on the flat silt lands built up by the flooding of these rivers in the eons of the past, lies the town of Golden. The setting would compare favorably with that of towns about which much is written and advertised, with the mighty Rockies piercing skyward to the East and the grandeur of the spectacular Selkirks to the seen for miles as they confine the waters of the Columbia River to their west bank of its way to find an outlet to the sea. This takes it, as the river runs on its crooked way, north-west about 200 miles from its source to where it round the Selkirks and turns almost directly southward to the U.S.A. border, a few miles from the city of Trail.

How fortunate for those who appreciate the wonderful scenery, to have spent most of our lives here with mountains encircled all around us but far enough distant to have a grand perspective, and without the feeling of being caged in. Because I have been one so favored and because of my long years here, I thought I should tell something of the story of Golden as I remember it since my arrival here on June the first, 1899, and because I was in a position to learn much about the years preceding my arrival here.

As for myself, it was just by the merest chance I got coming to Golden, and it illustrates how little incidents change one’s whole life.

By the merest chance I had come to British Columbia.

A young C.P.R. operator in my home town in Ontario happened to be leaning over his father’s

garden gate as I passed along on the Saturday afternoon following Good Friday, 1897. He asked me, “How would you like to go to British Columbia next Wednesday?�

A boy of seventeen would have been keen to go to Timbuctoo!

I persuaded my folks to let me go along to Vancouver, and two years later, when I had heard glowing accounts of life in the interior, our office staff was bidding our manager goodbye as he was leaving for the “Upper Country� for a few weeks. As my turn came, I asked him if he learned on his trip of a job I could do, I’d like it if he would get it for me. Three days later he advised me that Mr. C. A. Warren wanted someone to keep his store accounts and look after the post office for him and advised me as to the pay — almost double that prevailing in Vancouver at the time. When our manager returned, here I came.

Two and a half years later I married a local girl, Minnie Woodley, and that especially means staying put. It surely did with me.

My work in the Post Office here gave me a grand opportunity to become quickly acquainted with everybody here and those who were settled in the Valley. The land clearings of the latter were very small for the most part, but a great many of them were bachelors and could take on other work if he desired.

The first place south from Golden a mile or so was owned by Alfred and Henry Vachon. They had adjoining quarter sections and maybe ten acres cleared. Two eccentric old bachelors who eked out a very meagre living from their little clearing, but like others, were optimistic, with lots of faith in the future. Their half section is now used mostly for skiing and tobogganing, and is included in a Provincial Park and adjoins the Park land originally reserved by the Federal Government about 1886, when the “Alexander� townsite was subdivided for town lots, George and H. B. Alexander having received the townsite property as a bonus for the building of a smelter adjacent to the C.P.R. main line just to the east of the railway yards. At that time it was the policy of the Federal Government to do this to encourage mining in any mineralized district where that Government then held ownership of the land. Apparently, in that long ago, they envisioned mineral as being ready to be dug up from rock where it might be found, loaded into a wagon, and hauled to the mill as farmers used to take wheat to a grist mill to be ground for flour and feed.

A bridge had been built across the Kicking Horse River from a little above the High School so as to have easy access to the smelter.

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“Because I have been one so favored and because of my long years here, I thought I should tell something of the story of Golden as I remember it since my arrival here on June the first, 1899, and because I was in a position to learn much about the years preceding my arrival here.�

Needless to say, not a pound of ore was ever treated at the smelter and most of the townsite property reverted to the Government for unpaid taxes.

The next settler continuing from North to South in the Valley, was a quite elderly man by the name of Charlie Stacey. He was another bachelor, who eventually became too old to work enough to live on the farm and he turned his place over to the Golden and East Kootenay Trading Co. who had kept him supplied with his store needs. This was the potential of a real nice farmstead and later became so under the ownership of Mr. G..B. McDermott, Mr. W. G. Habart, and now owned by the latter’s son,

Wilfred, who has subdivided much of it and this is now the site of many new homes.The third homestead was owned by Mr. Charles Nicholson, five miles out of town and, for a small place, Charlie grew a lot of produce and managed real well but was very frugal. He, too, was a bachelor, but later married and, with growing boys, needed more spread for them, so traded his little farm here for land in Alberta near Wetaskiwin with his brother-in-law, August Kallman, whose family was small but who also was a frugal, hard worker. As measured in those days, he must have had quite an income, as early in his years on the farm he could afford to own an automobile when there were not five percent as many in the district as now. In passing, maybe an old man can be excused for remarking on the looks of their two young daughters who often came to town in their car.

They looked more like pictures of Hollywood ladies or those in Cadillac ads with two beautiful girls sitting in them to draw special attention to the car. Later, the younger one married a Valley boy, Mr. Jack Harrison, and has since been living in Revelstoke. The elder sister became Mrs. Vaughan Kimpton and has been one of the town’s most useful citizens. She has been on scores of different boards and has taken a leading part in many activities for the good or betterment of the village.

The fourth homestead was that of Charlie Nicholson’s father. Another son was a noted character, known in those early days as “The Swede Kid.� He was small of stature and light of weight and, as a jockey, became quite a noted figure at the Valley horse races of that time and for several years thereafter.

All mode of land travel was by horseback and horse-drawn vehicles and much of the topic of conversation around Lake Windermere district was about cayouses. So much so, the Federal engineer who had charge of the navigable waters from Lake Windermere to the Arrow Lakes, told me soon after he got married to a Miss Lang in Golden about July 1st, 1899 that he chose Golden for his home because at Athalmer he heard so much cayouse talk, in which conversation he could not join, and, as for Revelstoke the conversation was all about engine number such and such or order number so and so, that he chose Golden in which to reside where there was conversation of a diversified nature about matters far afield as well as of local interest. ... Continued next week

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Eat Pure: Boosting winter immunity

by Judith Thibault Eat Pure Mountain Market Special to Golden This Week

The most popular vitamin is Vitamin C. It is found in berries, citrus and green vegetables.

Did you know there are a whole range of plantbased foods with up to 50 times more vitamin C than those typical fruits and veggies renowned for their vitamin C content (i.e. oranges, kiwis, strawberries)?

There are a myriad of vitamin C supplements on the market, however these are typically made from synthetic ascorbic acid and are usually formulated in a lab. I love when we can get our vitamins and minerals from their natural source, which is why I love plant-based foods bursting with natural vitamin C. Here are some of the top ones: The Acerola cherry. A very rich source of natural vitamin C, this fruit originates from Central and South America and looks very similar to the red cherry. The vitamin C produced by the Acerola fruit is better absorbed by humans than synthetic ascorbic acid. In addition to vitamin C, the berry contains vitamins A, B1, B2, and B3, as well as bioflavoids and carotenoids, which provide important nutritional value and antioxidant benefits.

Camu Camu powder contains the second highest natural source of vitamin C of all foods.

Camu Camu is another little gem from the Amazonian rainforests of Peru and Brazil.

Rose Hip is another fruit that is very rich in vitamin C and can be found in our back yards. Rose Hip also contains Licopene - an important antioxidant for the body. Recent studies have shown Rose Hip can be a beneficial for rheumatoid arthritis due to is anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects.

Vitamin C has always been well recognized for its immunity boosting properties and remains the vitamin of choice for fighting off the common cold and infection. It is an antioxidant that is

Vitamin C has always been well recognized for its immunity boosting properties and remains the vitamin of choice for fighting off the common cold and infection. Photo submitted. required for at least 300 metabolic functions in the body, including tissue growth and repair, adrenal gland function, and healthy gums. It also aids in the production of anti-stress hormones and helps maintain a healthy immune system. Vitamin C aids in neutralizing pollutants; is needed for antibody production; acts to increase the absorption of nutrients (including iron) in the gut; and thins the blood.

Because the body cannot manufacture vitamin C, it must be obtained through the diet or in the form of supplements.

Here is a delicious smoothie that’s loaded with vitamin C. Boost-your-immunity smoothie Serves 2 ¼ Cup of goji berries, soaked for 20 minutes if you use the very dry kind 3 oranges, peel with a knife by keeping the white pitch and a little of the peel, seeded and chopped 1 frozen banana 1 cup of home-made nut or seed milk 2 tsp of Camu Camu powder, Acerola cherry

powder or Rose Hip powder Place all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Give the blender extra time to puree the oranges completely. If you have a high speed blender your smoothie will come out smooth and creamy. If you don’t like the orange bits, you may want to juice your oranges first for a smoother texture.

Side note: After talking to a client this week, I decided to do a little more research on the importance of eating the whole peel of the orange. I was under the impression that the very important part was the pith of the orange - you know, the white part that we all peel off. The peel is indeed one of the most nutritious parts, it has nearly the same amount of vitamin C as the flesh and contains sources of pectin. Pectin is a soluble dietary fiber with potential to lower serum cholesterol, relieve diarrhea, act as an immune system stimulant and as anti-ulcer agent. The whole orange peel (including the pith) is rich in flavonoids, like hesperidin and polymethoxyflavones (PMFs), and other phytochemicals, which contribute to many

of the orange’s health benefits. Flavonoids are antioxidant compounds found in certain fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices. They are known for their role in helping to prevent chronic diseases like heart disease and cancer.

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Peels do have an intense orange and bitter flavor, but the latter is often a clue that a food is healthy; the bitter taste is the result of the many flavonoids that orange peels contain.

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Ice Cream for Breakfast: It’s mine but you can have some

by Sarah Elizabeth Special to Golden This Week

There was a song about sharing I remember from when I was a kid. It went like this, “It’s mine, but you can have some, with you I’d like to share it, cause if I share it with you, you’ll have some too.” (Emphasis on ‘you can have’ and ‘I’d like to share’.) It’s a pretty heartwarming song to encourage children to share, and we all know how the saying goes, sharing is caring.

When I grew up to become an unruly teenager (and adult) I changed the song to match my feelings about sharing something I really like (usually food) and at the risk of sounding like a total Scrooge, it goes like this, “It’s mine and you can’t have some, with you I will not share it, cause if I share it with you, it will be gone,” or something like that. (Emphasis on ‘can’t have’ and ‘I will not share’.)

When it comes to not wanting to share food, for me that food is popcorn. Unfortunately it’s a food that I always find myself faced with the possibility of having to share. After all, it is a happy food that tends to show up during social occasions. My not wanting to share popcorn was particularly a problem when going out to the movies as I was always faced with the anxietydriven notion that whoever I was going to the movies with may ask me to share a bag with them and I would have to avoid the question by dangerously suggesting we get our own bag while trying to make it seem like it was a daring, only once in a blue moon, thing to do. Like, “Hey guys, you know what would be just crazy… if we all got our own bag of popcorn,” in an attempt to get everyone in on the bandwagon of popcorn gluttony and not sharing.

This is an example of why I empathize to a great degree with my daughter who is currently going through the, “THAT’S MINE!” (At the top of her lungs) phase of toddlerhood. Don’t get me wrong, I believe sharing, and letting go, is a great value for everyone to adopt and practise, but I recognize it’s also really uncomfortable to share and let go when you don’t want to or are not ready to – let’s be honest grown-ups, we all know it to be true.

We share a lot in our home. It’s all part of being a parent. Nothing is private when you have a toddler running around; not popcorn, not drinks, not bathroom time. As much as I try to go to the bathroom alone, there’s usually a crisis that needs to be dealt with; like where the corner piece to a puzzle went or the need for the bridge to the train to be fixed because it fell again.

Therefore sharing bathroom time is not a rare

discreetly shoveling a chocolate bar (to save my last nerve) in my mouth while bobbing my head side to side to a favourite song cranked up on the radio with an entitled, you-don’t-even-knowwhat-I-just-cleaned-out-of-my-child’s-potty, look on my face. Without any shame I hide the glorious evidence by stuffing the empty wrapper somewhere in the vehicle so I get to relive the moment when I discover it later. It’s those kind of psychological tricks we play on ourselves as parents that can get us through an hourlong car ride or a hellish trip to the library. If I’m not in survival mode I might remember to leave a chocolate bar in the car for my partner to discover as a fun surprise. Come to think of it, didn’t Tim Robbin’s character do something like that for Morgan Freeman’s character after he escaped from the prison in Shawshank Redemption? It’s kind of the same thing, just a bit different.

“When it comes to not

wanting to share food, for me that food is popcorn.

Unfortunately it’s a food that I always find myself faced with the possibility of having to share.”

I empathize to a great degree with my daughter who is currently going through the, “THAT’S MINE!” phase of toddlerhood. Photo by Sarah Elizabeth.

thing. At least we’ve got the idea of privacy down pat. Well, my daughter does when she asks for it and respectfully receives it while using her potty.

Parents don’t get the luxury of yelling, “THAT’S MINE!” or “I NEED PRIVACY!” when we don’t want to share something or when we want to be alone. If we try, we are met with laughter in our face, obnoxious, like that guy we all knew in high school who never ceased to try to kill our spirit in the cafeteria with fart noises as we walked

by him or by awkwardly telling “Your Mamma” jokes as we waited in line for fries that once we received we would not share with anyone.

Since we are indeed grown-ups, the idea of not sharing something has already been conditioned out of us through guilt tactics and the encouragement of manners by our own parents and adults alike. That’s why on some nights you can find me sitting in our car, parked in our driveway after a trip to the grocery store

I get a little kick about the messes I make as a Mom, especially when they are not related to making meals – leaving the wrapping to a chocolate bar under the seat of the car is kind of a way to leave my mark; make a little mess of my own; or feel a little more like there’s a balance to the messes, like the messes in the home are more shared. For some reason it feels satisfying to throw my own towel on the floor, that way I feel less like a housekeeper and more like a little mess maker of my own. Balance is important after all.

I can’t help but wonder if it’s during the toddler years when we learn the discomfort sharing can be and develop mixed feelings about it. It’s a time in our lives when we get to be our rudest and often are not given the privilege of expressing ourselves entirely. Imagine the horrors in the local Early Years Centre if sharing was not properly monitored. We’d have ourselves a little Golden version of Lord of the Flies. I definitely wouldn’t want to clean up that mess. Perhaps we should just stick to sharing, and I’ll do better with the popcorn, chocolate, fries and messes. Sharing is caring after all.

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The Met: The Pearl Fishers, by Georges Bizet

by Ellen Hatlevik, Special to Golden This Week

“Mellifluous� – one of the words used to describe the performance of Georges Bizet’s opera “The Pearl Fishers�. The word means “sweet and smoothly flowing�, and “sweetened as if with honey�. Other terms used to describe the performance was “theatrical magic�, “sensitive and insightful�, “radiant and charismatic�, “haunting and bewitching�.

Act I opened with a spellbinding visual of three pearl fishers, aerial dancers fishing for oysters.

Live feed audiences have the perk of hearing how this artistry was created with input from both the automobile and aerospace industries. It truly set the stage for what followed.

The story, in typical opera style, is one of lust, love triangle, betrayal, and vengeance. The setting is a mythical South Asian village. The heroine, Leila, is a Hindu priestess who falls in love in spite of her vows to remain veiled and pure so that she

can focus on prayers to thwart the demons of the deep, and keep the divers and their village safe from the storm. The village leader, Zurga, and his best friend Nadir, have seen her in the past and both fell in love with her. They promised each other to renounce that love as an impossibility.

Neither man is capable of doing that, but only Nadir has won her heart.

A brief synopsis of Acts II and III features a tsunami, devastation of the village, blame on the star-crossed lovers, and the sentence of death to appease the spirits of the storm. Just before the ritual death is carried out, a fire in the village intervenes. Deliberately by Zurga set as a distraction, the lovers are released and escape.

The performance features poignant and powerful duets by the friends and the star-crossed lovers. The four main characters delivered haunting, tender and dramatic arias as they wrestled with their love, their emotions, their anger, and their consciences.

Bizet wrote this opera when he was 25 years old and its world premiere was in Paris September 30, 1863. Critics today say that few operas

can match the lyric beauty of The Pearl Fishers, however, it wasn’t well received by the critics of that time. The Pearl Fishers hasn’t been performed frequently, and in fact, the last time it was performed by the Met was over 100 years ago, starring the legendary Enrico Caruso.

Saturday’s live feed from the New York Metropolitan Opera saw a record number of attendees at the Kicking Horse Movie Theatre. The audience was so enchanted with the performance that when the final curtain came down, spontaneous applause erupted in the local theatre.

It truly was a magical afternoon.

Looking ahead to January 30th: Giacomo Puccini’s last opera, his masterpiece, Turandot, promises to be another spell-binding event. The setting is China, where a cold-hearted princess promises to marry the suitor who correctly answers her three riddles. Any suitor who fails to answer the questions is to be beheaded. This is a MUST-SEE for all of the opera buffs in the Golden area!

Thank you Trish and Stuart, for making Met Opera available to Golden!

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