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or Tete Jaune residents Ed and Michelle Burstrom, the Christmas season was bittersweet. After enjoying a pleasant Christmas with their family, they received an alarming call from Ed’s parents, Alf and June Burstrom, whose property borders their own, about a missing horse. Burstrom said when he went out to look for the missing horse on Boxing Day, he immediately noticed the rest of their horses were acting strangely, staring into the woods on one side
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of the field. “I did a short walk and then saddled up a horse. When I got to the woods the horse I was on got really excited, started to hump it’s back and was very skittish.” Then Burstrom saw the missing horse, or what was left of it, and a grizzly battle scene that stretched for over 200 feet. “It was hard to tell what had happened at first, because there was such a battle scene. There was so much blood everywhere and tracks of horses and signs of fighting. It looked like it could have been an entire pack of wolves.” Upon closer
Valemount resident, Marlon Jackman, rips it up on Westridge with a group of locals and Jasper residents over the weekend. More sledding photos from a busy weekend on page 7.
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Why Is The Story, A Christmas Carol, Still Popular? Recently, a number of McBride Elementary School Students were given an assignment to write an essay on why they felt Charles Dickens’ classic story, A Christmas Carol, is still relevant today. The students read all five staves of the book, and based their Christmas concert on a musical inspired by the story. By Laurel Berg There are several reasons why the story, A Christmas Carol is still popular. Some of these are that it shows that people can change what they think about things, it shows a little bit about what England was like back then, and it shows how much happier people can be if they get into the Christmas spirit. If people look into their past, they can see what made them feel a certain way about something. If they remember that, and see how much they could help people who are presently in the same situation they were, it could make them change their point of view because they feel good about helping other people. By little added details, A Christmas Carol has shown us a bit about what England used to be like. For instance, by saying that Fred was out of coal, it tells us that they heated with coal. Another good example is that when Scrooge was telling the boy on the street to go and buy the prize turkey for the Cratchits, he also gave him money for a cab which in those days would have been pulled by a horse. The language used in the original was also quite different from how we talk today. For instance, some of the words in the story that we don’t commonly use anymore included Beguiled, Jovial, Despondent, Expending, Tumultuous, and Preposterous. The more people get into the Christmas spirit and being generous, the happier they’ll be. Wouldn’t you feel better if you were nice to people, generous, and happy about Christmas than if you weren’t? The better you make other people feel, the better you’ll feel about yourself. I think that overall, the story, A Christmas Carol is still popular because it shows good Christmas spirit and proves that even the grouchiest people can become happy again. By Willow Chapman-Glenn This writing assignment is about why the story A Christmas Carol is still popular and also relevant to the present day, even though it was written 167 years earlier. It may be because A Christmas Carol is a touching and heart-warming story that might make people make resolutions to give more and take less. It also could be because there are people all around the world who are very much like Scrooge but may be able to be changed or even because the story is so descriptive and is written by the very famous writer, Charles Dickens. One reason is that A Christmas Carol is so moving that people make resolutions to be more charitable. To give more to others and take less for yourself. It is heart-warming and sad at some parts. Very often the things you don’t like in others are things that you don’t like in yourself. If we all removed Scrooge then the world will be a better place. Another reason is that many of us have hope, hope to turn Scrooges all around the world into better, more charitable people. People who give money and care about people outside themselves. Very few people don’t like a story where an unfeeling character gets transformed into a loving, very feeling person. The last reason is that the story is descriptive. When you read it, it is like you’re in the story. Also Charles Dickens is a worldwide known author who has written many classic books. Once a person has read a book by a good author, they are likely to read other books by that author. In conclusion, many people still read A Christmas Carol to this day and hopefully will keep on reading it for many years. The story is still relevant and always will be because everyone can be changed for the better.
By Dian Monroe The question is “Why is A Christmas Carol still so popular 167 years later?” Let’s see some reasons why I think so. Three reasons are: producers have changed A Christmas Carol by adding more excitement and special effects. People are still connecting with the story by maybe having a poor family in their town or city or they might have a grumpy family member, too. Another reason is people like it when there is a chance of hope of the grumpiest person to turn into a person with giving and sharing. What producers have done is made some special effects and put them in parts of the movie every once in a while. They have changed the lines in the movies and plays to make them funnier and more modern for the fans and children. The producers of A Christmas Carol have made movies having Mickey Mouse and Bill Murray. Some producers try to make the same movies and plays from the 1843 about A Christmas Carol. Today people are still relating to the movies because some people have some old grumpy men/women in their town or city. Some people have a poor family in their town or city and the family works harder and harder and still doesn’t get any more than they’ve gotten when they worked the same before that. Some families just can’t connect with the movies and plays because they don’t try to connect. They may not want to connect because of their bad memories or they can’t connect with A Christmas Carol because they do not have any relations with the movies or plays. One of my last reasons is that people like it when other people change from mean and grumpy to a kind loving person who is giving to the poor and fighting for freedom for others’ sake. Many people love happy endings and like the lovely people in the movies and plays who make the ending delightfully happy. Sometimes people don’t like happy endings that are too happy or they start to cry and stop watching that movie so the producers have to make sure the movie isn’t too happy or too sad. Most of the time A Christmas Carol is not too sad or happy. My conclusion is that A Christmas Carol is still popular because producers make it more modern to the viewers today. They do that by making the script funnier and using more modern words (they don’t use old-fashioned words). The producers use better special effects and have bigger budgets to make a better movie that will appeal to more audiences. The movie makes connections with its modern viewers. By Logan Crichton I think it’s still relevant because it shows a lesson. That we should always be nice and share and think of others. It also gives a good picture to the person watching it or reading it. It is a good story because it has lots of details in scenes and lines. It shows a great lesson that there is still hope for people to change their style as a person. A Christmas Carol is a good story for all ages. It gives a good plot for each positive and negative things in the story. For example, a positive is when everyone is wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. A negative is when Scrooge always says, “Humbug”. In the end I think it’s relevant because it shows a lot of ups and downs and lessons in life. It gives a very good picture because all of its detail and plot and writing. I think everyone should at least read or watch it once.
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Train derails near Tete Jaune Cougar kills horse in Tete Jaune Joshua Estabrooks
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y early Monday morning, most reports of the Sunday night train derailment stated the incident occurred south of McBride, but for anyone who knows the Valley, 50 kms “east” of McBride means it oc-
curred much closer to Tete Jaune, 8 kms west according to locals. CN Spokesperson, Kelli Svendsen, said that 33 westbound loaded coal cars derailed late Sunday night. Svendsen said no one was injured and the derailment has not caused any environmental damage.
She added that it is in a remote area, and the wreck is blocking rail traffic along the line. Svendsen also said that crews are on the scene working to clean up the coal and the cars, but there is no estimate on when the track will reopen, or what actually caused the derailment at this
From Front inspection, Burstrom recognized the long deep slice marks as sure signs of a cougar attack, so he returned to his parent’s farm to tell them the news. The next day, when attending the herd, Burstrom and his father noticed a young horse
strom and some of his neighbours began tracking the cougar, as once an animal like that makes a kill, it is bound to come back to the area looking for more. “We have two little kids here, we have my grandkids that come in once in a while. My brothers kids, my sisters kids, the cows will be starting to calf
“We regret having to do it. It was a horrible feeling, because it was such a beautiful animal.” ~ Ed Burstrom
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that had cuts all over it’s right away, and we have hind end, and the fate neighbours who have of the older horse be- calves too. When she’s came clearer. “We think done with the horse the cougar went after she is not going to say the young horse first thanks and leave. What and the older one came else can you do but take to protect it. He was care of it?” the dominant horse for The Burstroms and sure, so protecting the their neighbours herd was probably how tracked the cougar for a he met his end.” There few days, and successis no reason the cougar fully dispatched it on would have attacked the Thursday, December young horse after it had 30. He said it was not already made a kill, he something he wanted said. to do, as it was a beauThe Burstroms called tiful creature, but he Dr. Vogel, who came and couldn’t take the risk attended to the young of a repeat offence. horse. Meanwhile Bur- “We are not hunters, 3.36" x 4"
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and we regret having to do it. It was a horrible feeling, because it was such a beautiful animal. It was a goodsized female, and it was in good shape. To take down a full-grown horse it would have to be in good shape. It was unbelievable the damage that it did.” Burstrom said the loss of the horse, which they used primarily to teach their children how to ride, hasn’t fully sunk in yet, but it will be a hard animal to replace. “Kids horses are really hard to come by. It was a quiet, trustworthy horse and it was very well trained, which is more valuable than the best horse you can buy when you are teaching kids to ride.”
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Snowmobile season well under way in Robson Valley Joshua Estabrooks
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fter a slow start to the season, the sledders are here in full force. VARDA General Manager, Curtis Pawliuk, said that the snow is still thin on the Valley bottom, but the reports from the riding areas are positive. “The snow up in the alpine areas is getting a lot better. Hazards are still out there, meaning stumps and rocks, and we are approximately a metre down on our base from previous years, but the fresh snow has been great. We have been grooming steadily throughout the holiday
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The just opened BCA Beacon Training Park in the Clemina Cabin area is a great place to test out your equipment and knowledge of what to do in the event of an avalanche.
VARDA president, Shawn Fowler, with the newly installed spot locator beacon box in the Allan Creek Cabin.
season.” In terms of numbers, Pawliuk said that they were on par or better than previous years, as lots of die hard sledders come to Valemount no matter what during the holidays. A unique initiative that is in the mid-completion phase was also undertaken recently, said Pawliuk. The idea came from VARDA President, Shawn Fowler, and through the generous donations from both Whisper Creek Log Homes and Spaz Logging, two emergency spot locator beacons were purchased for the Allan and Clemina Creek cabins. “Currently one is installed in Allan Creek in a lock box so if there was an emergency the instructions are in the box. You would break the glass, turn the beacon on and be able to use the 911 feature.” The beacon, when activated, sends an instant message, along with GPS coordinates, to emergency responders, allowing a quicker response time to back country incidents. Staff at all three trailheads have spot locator beaSOLAR HOT WATER SYSTEMS
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Âť Sledding in the Robson Valley
Clockwise from the top: Valemount resident, Andreas Thoni, makes a hard right turn while filming with his helmet cam. Valemount resident, Everrett Craig, comes head on to photographer, Charles Diamond in the Clemina Creek area. Mr. Machine, Marlon Jackman, surveys the Valley he calls home. A full house at Westridge Cabin after a day of fresh powder.
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Ski Mountaineering Champion begins current season By Donalda Beeson The swiftest Skimo Racer in Canada tells us that Ski Mountaineering is not an Olympic sport though it used to be, but it is making a comeback. Personally, Reiner Thoni, the Canadian Ski Mountaineering Champion, would almost rather it didn’t as he feels the Olympics have the tendency to “taint a sport,” as the concern can become more about making money, and less about the integrity and advancement of the sport. Down to earth Thoni, originally from Jasper and most recently Valemount, opted out of forestry work this winter to better focus on racing, and has already won his first two ski mountaineering events of the season. First, in November, he reached more vertical feet than any other competitor in the Vert 180 in Calgary. Then in December, he achieved the fastest time in the multipeak course at the Selkirk Classic, at Golden Alpine Holidays, a “beautiful backcountry race where they fly everyone in,” which he said, he attended last year along with fellow Valemountonian Ross McKirdy. Last year was also Thoni’s first year competing at the World Championships, which
were held in Andorra (a small country between France and Spain). At Worlds Thoni ended up the top North American in the Vertical, and two days after, 3rd North American and 1st Canadian in the Individual. In addition, Thoni said, the entire team made Canada proud, ranking 10th place as a country, up from 20th place the year before. “Everyone learned a ton and…had a great time,” he said. It was their first year with a full Canadian team, which included eight guys and six girls competing in five different races; the Individual, the Vertical, the Teams Race, the Relay Race, and the Sprint. Thoni said only four team members can compete in each event, so depending on a member’s placing from the year before as well as during the year, they can somewhat choose what events they want to do. He also said the year before last there was no sprint, and then last year “they incorporated it to cater to the Olympics, because it’s more spectator friendly, and they wanted a spectator friendly version of the race for the Olympics.” Worlds, which are usually held every second year, are back-to-back this year, because they want to offset it from the Olympics. So Thoni will be heading back to defend his title as top North American and hopefully continue to close the gap with the world’s best, this time in Claut, Italy in February. Then in March he is pumped to compete in the Canadian National Championships, also known as The Dogtooth Dash, in Golden, which he attends every year. The course is considered one the most challenging ski
Photo courtesy of Alex Wigley, skitheory.blogspot.com/ Reiner Thoni racing in last year’s Ski Mountaineering World Championships held in Andorra.
mountaineering race courses in North America, covering three alpine bowls, about 5,000 vertical feet of climbing and descending and 2,600 feet of climbing and descending on the recreation course, and features technical boot packs, descents on each ridge line and a unique Le-Mans start. This week, Thoni is on his way down to Jackson Hole to race in the US National Championships. So, he said he will be mostly focusing on “staying healthy going into the season,” On behalf of the Valley, the Sentinel wishes Thoni luck as he sets into race mode this year.
Photos courtesy of Reiner Thoni
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A summer of Roller Skiing By Donalda Beeson You may have seen current Canadian Ski Mountaineering Champion, the ever-dedicated, ever-training Reiner Thoni this summer, rolling around town on some sort of contraption that seems to be a cross between cross country skis and rollerblades, and wondered “What in the heck is he doing!?” He was, in fact, skate skiing or roller skiing, as part of his training in preparation for this year’s ski mountaineering season. New to Valemount, roller skiing is quite popular in Canmore, the cross country ski Mecca of Canada, as it provides the cardiovascular benefits of Nordic skiing without snow and helps to develop balance, rhythm and athletic skills, allowing one to ski year round, and train in the off season. Thoni has taken the original model and tweaked it, swapping out the cross-country ski boots in the original design, and incorporating a stiffer ski mountaineering boot to better simulate ski mountaineering. “It provides better control and is a lot safer. The range of motion is not as great, for training for ski mountaineering you don’t want that great of a range,” he explained. Thoni uses Dyna fit Bindings, with a light 2-pin system that locks into the boot, “you just lock your toe in and go,” he said, “there are even little ratchets in the wheels so you can go uphill.” He explained that cross-country skiers use roller skis on pavement so skateboard wheels work really well, but they actually make an off-road version with 100 psi inflatable tires. Thoni even climbs up Swift Creek Mountain on his skate skis, though he notes “they do not have breaks for the downhill,” so he has ordered a pair of speed eliminators, to slow the skates down. In comparison to actual skiing, Thoni said, “You get a little better glide off the wheels on flat ground, because there is less friction than a ski on snow, but the motion, especially when going uphill, is very similar, because gravity pulls the wheels back you don’t really notice much extra glide.” He also notes that, “the poles grip the pavement really well as they push into the little cracks with perfect contact every time, and it actually doesn’t wear them out that fast. The black tar on Whisky Fill Road is especially kind to the poles.” Thoni himself prefers the off road version in Valemount where we have so many beautiful logging roads allowing him to avoid traffic. “It’s so nice to take advantage of that option,” he said. He is especially fond of the Ptarmigan as the grassy meadows provide 20-30 kilometres of beautiful skate skiing. On roller skiing, Doug Garfield, Ph.D. Exercise Physiologist, said “From the body’s perspective, roller skiing is skiing. Your skeletal muscles, heart, balance sensors, and motor cortex cannot tell the difference between skiing on snow or roller skiing because they are responding to exactly the same demands. Better yet, you feel like a skier, which is a wonderful thing in June and in January when the ground is bare. Roller skiing is the perfect specificity for your body and your brain.” This year was the first year Thoni incorporated this into his training, saying it’s all “trial and error right now.” If he sees results he will incorporate it more next year. On average, he thought he got out on them about twice a week. Other than one guy in the Yukon, as far as Thoni knows, this is the first time it has been done in North America, but thinks they probably do it in Europe where they tend not to share their secrets.
Reiner’s father, Rudy, tries out the roller skis.
Photo courtesy of Alex Wigley, skitheory.blogspot.com/
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Local pursues dressage training with former Olympian Birgit Stutz Contributor
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former McBride resident has had a busy year training and competing in dressage. Nineteen-year-old Chelsea Froese (formerly Nunweiler) recently spent a little over a year at Leslie Reid’s Top Fox Equestrian Centre in Langley as a working student. Reid is a former Olympian as well as a Level III certified dressage coach who has won over 40 Provincial Zone Awards.
took part in camps. She spent her summers mostly with her dad in Fort St. John, where she participated in jumping clinics and started barrel racing with a four-year-old quarter horse mare. “I went to a lot of fall fairs up north and entered in everything from gymkhana to dressage. I also did 4-H in Dunster for a couple of years.” Froese’s goal was to not only work for an Olympian rider, but later to become an Olympic jumper herself. However, a fluke accident on a trampoline in her early teens, which resulted in an ankle injury, put an end to Froese’s jumping career. “I tried jumping after that,
Chelsea Froese and George showing off the Spanish Walk during Froese’s stay at El Campeon Farms in California.
Froese, whose dream for a long time was to work for an Olympic rider, has been riding ever since she can remember. “I started riding when I was ready to hold my head up and my mom could strap me in front of the saddle,” she said. “I was riding on my own at about four. I got my first horse at that time too.” She soon started taking riding lessons in Fort St. John, where she lived at the time. “After I moved to McBride with my mom, I did a lot of trail riding, mostly bareback, until I was about eight years old,” Froese said. “Then I took my mom’s horse over. At that time that was a big step for me.” Froese started taking riding lessons from Dunster resident Phyllis Philbrick at Froese’s farm in McBride and
T. Phillip Godfrey September 30, 1926 December 22, 2010
Phil passed away peacefully at McBride Hospital on December 22, 2010. He was born in Virden, Manitoba and came to Croydon with his father and mother in 1927. He went to work for CN in 1941 – joined the Army in 1945 – worked in Alberta coal mines for a time – drove many kinds of logging equipment working in this area. He was a selftaught heavy duty mechanic and worked as a millwright at Zeidlers Mill for seventeen years until he retired in 1991. We said he had to live to be 90 because he had 25 years work to do in his own yard! But it was not to be and he will be sadly missed. Survived by wife, Joyce, daughter Amber, sister-in-law Rosemary Swinamer (Walter), nieces Corinne Popienko, Paula Harvie, Holly Morgan (Pete), Connie Dumonceaux (Stirling), Thelma Mallery (Bill), Marilyn Lewis, nephews Mervin Lewis (Theresa), Mike Lewis (Carol), Lee Harvie, Edward Fleet (Mandy) and several cousins and great-nieces and nephews. Predeceased by mother Kay Haskett, father Tom Godfrey, brothers Stan Lewis and Ken Godfrey, sister Pauline Mackie and several in-laws. Memorial Service was held in McBride on December 28 with Rev. Dee McEachern officiating. Cremation has taken place. Internment will take place at a later date. Donations may be made to McBride Hospital Auxiliary or charity of your choice. Rest at last – Life’s work is done.
but could hardly make it through a class,” said Froese. “Even at that point I had been doing some dressage and I liked it. But jumping was always for the adrenaline rush. So now my goal was to ride on the Olympic dressage team.” Froese then acquired an Arabian/quarter horse gelding named Chisum. “He was a mountain horse when I got him,” said Froese. For her last two high school years, Froese attended Queen Margaret School, a well-known hunter-jumper school on Vancouver Island, where she participated in dressage competitions at school. “Chisum became my dressage horse,” she said. “We did quite well and competed at first level dressage. We also trailered to compe-
titions on the Island and participated in the Rising Star Youth Dressage Challenge in Chilliwack, which is part of the North American Junior Young Riders Championships.” Unfortunately, Chisum was retired from active competition due to ringbone (a degenerative disorder of a joint in the lower leg). Before the end of her first year at QMS, Froese bought Peter Pan, a 17.1 HH Canadian Sporthorse that was schooled up to third level. “We competed at second level. I outgrew him in one year.” Froese’s next horse was Wannawin aka Shamus, an 8-year-old, 18.1 HH Oldenburg/Hanoverian gelding. “He hadn’t done any dressage, only trail riding. I started training level, and by the end of my Grade 12 year we were doing first level.” Through her dressage coach at QMS, Froese got connected with Reid and went to work at Top Fox as a working student. Froese rode four to five horses on most days before 2:30 p.m., both client and sales horses, before going to her other job at a veterinary clinic. “Leslie was very generous and gave me many horses to work with,” said Froese. “She is one of a few trainers who believe a horse benefits too from different riders. She’s amazing. Working for her skyrocketed my learning.” During her time at Top Fox, Froese competed at various local shows, and in February she spent six weeks in California showing. “Leslie gave me a horse to ride, one of the sales horses, a 4-year-old Hanoverian,” said Froese. “We went to five or six major shows and competed at training level. It was amazing and very challenging. The horse I rode was very difficult to work with, but he did really well. We placed mostly first and third. I also got to watch the real big names in the dressage world. It was a great experience.” Froese currently owns two horses, a 7-year-old quarter horse named LaKota and a 6-year-old Thoroughbred, Krazy Koffee that she is hoping to turn into a dressage horse. “Krazy Koffee has a very successful track record,” she said of the six-year-old gelding who was named British Columbia Horse of the Year in 2008, B.C.bred Horse of the Year, and Champion 3-year-old Male in both the B.C.-bred and Open Divisions. “He won half a million on the track. They wanted to retire him with a bang. He was at Leslie’s before I got him. He is a hopeful for dressage as he moves very nice. He’ll be my next challenge.” After finishing her stint as a working student at Top Fox, Froese now works together with her husband Spencer at Ron Pilat’s training barn in Yarrow, where he starts horses. “I do refining and some problem solving,” said Froese, who is currently working on her Coaching Level 1 Certification. Her long-term goals are to get her Coaching Level 2 and eventually Level 3. “I loved working at Top Fox very much, and I am still very committed and driven to dressage,” said Froese. “I still desperately want to compete at the higher levels of dressage, Prix St. George and Grand Prix.”
Mystique’s Manolete, a 16.2 HH stallion Chelsea Froese rode while at Top Fox Stables. The pair was competing at Southlands in Vancouver at 2nd level.
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CROSSWORD AND SUDOKU
About this photo Description: Iris, Ann and Owen Siddals at the Mount Robson Caravan.
Date: 1962 Credits: Valemount Museum & Archives ID: 2003.18.2 Image: 62 of 66 If you have any more information on this photo or any others that appear you can contact The Valley Museum & Archives in McBride, The Valemount Museum or contact us at The Valley Sentinel.
Horoscopes ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23
SAGITTARIUS-Nov 23/Dec21
Be especially decisive this week, Aries. Important decisions won’t settle themselves. You can ask for advice, but you ultimately have to make the choice.
Learn to love yourself as much as others do, Leo. Selfconfidence is something you are known to have in abundance, but for some reason it has been waning of late. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22
Sagittarius, open your home to a family member in need this week. While it may not be the ideal situation, a measure of goodwill every now and then is good for the soul.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, this an especially important week to stay alert. Open up your eyes and ears and be ready for all that is about to come your way.
LAST WEEKS ANSWERS
CAPRICORN-Dec 22/Jan 20
Virgo, avoid blaming others for your situation. Some self-examination reveals you are the only one that can be held accountable. It’s time for a change.
Capricorn, now is the time to reciprocate for all of those favors that others have done for you. When someone close to you asks for a favor, be the first to jump.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, hold on tight to your decision-making powers this week. Some difficult decisions are on the horizon, but others are bound to turn up to support you.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, don’t allow yourself to be taken advantage of this week. Your good nature may leave you in a precarious position but get some friends to help back you up.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, someone seeks your advice this week but you are not around to offer it. Help the best you can when this person turns to you down the road.
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SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, all of the stress that has been piling up for the last several months is about to come to an end. Enjoy the respite while you can and plan a much-needed vacation.
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Aquarius, if others aren’t open to your advice, don’t persist in giving it. Take a break from offering advice and focus on your own situation if the time allows it. PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, though you and a romantic partner are world’s apart in interests, this opposite nature is what has attracted you to each other.
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New Years Resolutions For Your Health & Wellness Spend more time with loved ones. This one is good for the soul and good for the heart. Life is all about who you have to share it with. Make time for the people that matter most. Don’t just say you will, actually do it.
Enjoy Life.
In a world where most things are fast paced, people tend to work hard and concentrate less on doing things that truly make them happy. This one is the hardest because it feel’s the most selfish. Relax now and then. Slow down from time to time. “A happier life is a healthier life.”
Learn Something New.
Never stop learning or expanding your interests. Travel somewhere new or challenge yourself to do something that you never dreamed you would. Life experience and knowledge is the key on making you whole.
Get Fit. Eat right and stay active. Get to your ideal weight. Strengthen your body inside and out, you will be a much happier you.
Get Organized.
Seriously, who doesn’t want to do this? This should be a goal of yours at the beginning of a new year. It is a good time to jump start the effort. 1012 Commercial Drive, Valemount Tel: 250-566-4425 Fax: 250-566-4528 ads@thevalleysentinel.com
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