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Delegation of students makes a pitch against funding cuts to second year courses on March 27 in Castlegar. See full story on page 9.

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Castlegar pair pays a visit to IHA officials CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter

A pair of concerned citizens from Castlegar recently travelled to Kelowna to meet with and make a presentation to the Interior Health Authority’s (IHA) board of directors.

Gordon Zaitsoff, RDCK area J director, and Mike O’Connor, former Castlegar mayor, both agreed their trip to the Okanagan was worth-

while despite weather and travel concerns.

“We left to Kelowna on Thursday. We had requested to meet with the IHA board of directors,” said Zaitsoff. “The reason we went to Kelowna was to convey information in regard to the ER closure of Castlegar.

Mike and myself have had the opportunity to partake in three different presentations on the ER closure.

Through those meetings we were able to

gather more information that we thought was very important to present to the board of directors.”

The ER in Castlegar was shut down on Feb. 4 due to a lack of available nurses. “(We are worried about) the ongoing concerns about not filling positions in the hospital systems.

Not just in Castlegar but the other areas (in the West Kootenay) as well,” said Zaitsoff.

“Mike brought the

board up to speed on the past discussions.

I think the board was very attentive to the past history and how we got to the point we are now.”

O’Connor, who was mayor in Castlegar from 1993-2006, said with a new board at the helm of IHA, it was important to bring them up to speed on the ER situation in Castlegar.

“The history of the closures of the hospitals in the area

started out under the acute care role review,” he said. “That was the guideline, we called it the “battle plan” of the IHA for the Kootenays.”

Despite running in the black and being well maintained under then-administrator Ken Talarico, the Castlegar Hospital was closed in 2002.

“At the time, IHA admitted that the Castlegar Hospital was the best maintained, best run, and

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“The promise at the time, which is in the role review, when they did this the other hospitals would be maintained to different degrees. Nelson to a lower, lower degree and Trail would be maintained as a quasiregional hospital until Continued on P. 3

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Armed with hammer, man attempts heist CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter

Castlegar RCMP have taken into custody a male who attempted to rob Paragon Pharmacy using a hammer.

“At about 12 noon on Friday, March 23), Castlegar RCMP responded to a robbery call at the Paragon Pharmacy by the Boston Pizza in Castlegar,” said Cpl. Darryl Orr. “A male had entered the store a short time earlier brandishing a weapon and demanding medicine from the employees at the pharmacy.”

Robbery attempt was made Friday in Broad Daylight.

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The Paragon employees were able to fight off the suspect, who fled to an undetermined location.

The employees were unharmed during the attempted robbery.

“Through the course of the investigation we brought in members from Trail

to help us try and find this guy,” said Orr. “A short time after commencing the investigation we determined who the suspect was and made plans to attend the suspect’s residence to affect his arrest.”

On the way to the suspects house, the

attending members spotted him and were able to make the arrest without incident.

“At this point, we believe the suspect was intent on committing another robbery of similar nature at another local pharmacy a short distance away from where he was arrested,” said Orr. “He’s currently in police custody. We’re going to be seeking him to be held for court, likely Monday.

We’re not sure where.

We’re going to be recommending charges of robbery, assault with a weapon, and possession of a weapon for a dangerous

purpose.”

The suspect, a Castlegar resident was known to local RCMP. Twenty-two year old David Halvorsen has since pled guilty to several offences stemming from the robbery at Paragon on March 23, and was sentenced to two years in jail. He was also given three years of probation following that sentence, and given a 10 year firearms prohibition.

The convictions include: Robbery, Possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and Disguised with intent.

Music-related river mystery A suspicious occurrence involving an abandoned canoe has Castlegar RCMP searching for answers this week.

Last Friday police had been summoned to the Columbia River below Selkirk College where a canoe had been found, unattended. Contained in the boat were a cello and what appeared to be personal papers, none of which, police stated, appeared to be suicidal in nature.

Police seized the canoe and items and started searching for the person or persons involved.

There had no reports of anyone missing in the area.

Police are asking for the owner of the items to contact them. Anyone, in fact, with any knowledge of who may own the canoe and/or instrument is asked to contact the Castlegar RCMP at 250-365-7721.

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Teachers’ job action – update CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter

Charles Jago named as mediator in ongoing dispute.

After a three day strike from March 5-7, teachers in Castlegar and throughout B.C. were back in school for March 8 and 9.

In Castlegar, and much of the province, this was followed by two weeks of spring break.

School is back in session at schools in the area this week, but all is not rosy.

On March 15, the B.C. government passed Bill 22, which imposes a cooling off period to end the strike by teachers. It also provides for mediation to assist in coming up with a new collective

agreement. Bill 22 makes any strike by B.C. teachers illegal and would result in stiff fines against the union as well as individual teachers.

“At every step of the way, government has chosen bullying tactics instead of respectfully working with teachers... ” Susan Lambert, BCTF

In a press release, the B.C. Teachers Federation said in response, “It is a measure of the depth of teacher’s outrage at Bill 22 that the action plan includes the possibility of a future vote on a full withdrawal of services, among other measures.”

The BCTF will be holding a provincewide teacher vote on April 17 and 18.

“At every step of the way, government has chosen bullying tactics instead of respectfully working with teachers towards a solution,” said BCTF president Susan Lambert.

Under the plan, teachers will also decide whether to begin a province-wide withdrawal of all voluntary extra-curricular activities.

“This government has repeatedly demonstrated such profound disrespect for the work we do that members felt they had to take a stand,” Lambert said.

“It’s one of the only options left open under Bill 22.” Local teacher associations

in about a dozen school districts have already voted independently to withdraw participation in extra-curricular voluntary activities.

In addition, the BCTF will be mounting a legal challenge to Bill 22.

Charles Jago has been selected as the mediator for the ongoing dispute. His appointment was announced on Wednesday by Education Minister George Abbott. Jago is a former president of the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George and authored the 2006 report Working Together to Improve Performance: Preparing B.C.’s Public Education System for the Future.

Castlegar concerns taken to IHA Continued from P. 1

...such time as a new regional hospital would be built.

There would be no money for additions, no money for upgrades, no money for anything. As soon as a piece of land was acquired and approved by IHA, planning was to start right away. That’s right in the role review. My question is: why are we not following the role review. Why are we continuing to sink money into old buildings? Buildings that will, sooner or later, have to be replaced.

Castlegar has bought the land (by the airport), IHA approved the purchase, and the site for a hospital.”

O’Connor said that Castlegar has presented IHA with several different hospital proposals for the city but has been rejected each time.

“What we did today (March 22), as Gord said, was to bring them up to the history and what we saw as

Gord Zaitsoff (L) and Mike O’Connor Craig Lindsay photo

us not going forward,” said O’Connor. “We said to them, ‘the people of the West Kootenay deserve the same type of health care as people receive in the rest of the province of British Columbia.’

There’s no reason why we shouldn’t receive the same thing. We should have a new regional hospital here.

We brought that forward to them. I think we opened some eyes.”

As far as the nursing situation, Zaitsoff told the IHA board that, “three positions in the Castlegar ER just doesn’t cut it.”

“It just doesn’t cut

it with your vacations and sicknesses and everything else,” he said. “One of the things we focused on was scheduling. What tends to happen now is that scheduling is done at the last minute. It usually occurs the day of or day before. So what happens is that sometimes you don’t fill that vacancy. It means the floor or department has to operate with less personnel, which impacts service. We talked about having scheduling done locally rather than in Cranbrook. We talked about 24 hour service in Castlegar.

We talked about the Ultrasound machine being manned fulltime in Castlegar.”

The two agreed that the IHA board was very receptive to their 25 minute speech and asked several questions afterwards.

“I made the statement that it’s very difficult for IHA to do their own report card,” said Zaitsoff. “I think what information we were able to pass on, the board of directors heard some of this stuff for the first time. If we were going to make any headway, addressing the board of directors was a key step. It opened up a lot of eyes.”

“We didn’t want it to be an attack on IHA,” said O’Connor. “We were there to work with the IHA and keep them appraised of the situation in the West Kootenays and in particular our area.”

The two were told that the IHA board would take the information received and look into it.

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Castlegar residents have been invited to take the Earth Hour Challenge. Participants are asked to make the pledge to switch off all nonessential lights and electronics for one hour on Saturday, March 31 starting at 8:30 p.m.

Castlegar city council is firmly behind the initiative and hopes residents will get behind the challenge.

“It’s a great challenge to save power and all that,” said Castlegar mayor Lawrence Chernoff.

“We’re asking you to do that for an hour.

The challenge is out to everyone.”

The Earth Hour Challenge is a global symbolic climate change initiative that started in Sydney, Australia with 2.2 million homes and businesses turning their lights off for one hour. It’s expected that hundreds of millions of people from more than 135 countries and territories

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will turn their lights cent participation off for Earth Hour. rate, while Kaslo Castlegar is enand Crawford Bay tered in the Forare close behind tisBC challenge with 33.26 per against towns and cent. Castlegar is cities throughout far behind at 1.2 the West Kootenay/ per cent, narrowly South Okanagan. If beating out Nelson Castlegar ended up at 0.95 per cent. winning, Habitat for Trail is at 0.47 per Humanity would recent. ceive $5,000 worth To sign up for of energy efficient Mayor Chernoff: “It’s not dif- the community upgrades. challenge, go to ficult. You can have fun with The community it.” w w w. f o r t isbc.

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Chernoff hopes Castlegar residents won’t just conserve power for Earth Hour but beyond that as well.

“Really, the goal here is to see what you do for that hour. But it’s not just that, it’s what you do all year round,” said Chernoff.

“Conserving power is the key. It’s a real benefit, whether you conserve power, or conserve water.

See what you can do for the hour and then maybe go to the next hour, or next day, or next month.”

Chernoff said by conserving power, residents can really see a savings in their energy bill.

“Everybody is looking at how they can save a buck,” he said.

“By conserving things like power.

Maybe not do the dish washer or laundry when it’s not full.

Turn off the lights, turn down the heat. If you can do it for that hour, you can probably do it for longer.

It’s not difficult. You can have fun with it.”

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Twin Rivers Elementary School students from Mrs. Evdokimoff ’s grade six class were busy on Tuesday making posters for the Earth hour challenge.

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Editor: Jim Sinclair Publisher: Chris Hopkyns Unit 2 - 1810 8th Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. V1N 2Y4 Publication Mail Agreement Number 40012905

So, what is there to do?

There’s more and more coming up in the community – a nice by-product of spring.

As is the desire in every case, some decent public support will make every event better.

Earth Hour comes up on Saturday night and here in Castlegar we’re going to need a late rush in registrations if we hope to salvage any semblance of self esteem in regard to electrical conservation.

As pointed out in Craig Lindsay’s story on the previous page it’ll take a lot of work to keep up with the plucky denizens of Salmo, for instance.

Some fairly strong bonds can be created over the course of a year and we’re going to have the bittersweet opportunity to bid farewell to a host of sculptures which have enhanced our town since the 2011 Scupture Walk program. Sorry – because we’ll no longer have them to enjoy, sweet, because they’re most likely headed somewhere they’ll be appreciated just as much.

This Saturday is, again, the day to note as it’s moving day for our sculptured guests. City crews will naturally take great care in the move, and can be spotted at various locations during the day.

And speaking of moving, next month we can witness one of the greatest examples ever – the Rick Hansen Relay coming through town – a tribute of Hansen’s own colossal Man In Motion World Tour from 1987.

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The power of doing things badly The other day I heard someone say, “If it is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.” That’s crazy, I thought. That runs counter to everything I was told as I was growing up.

When I examined my life’s experiences, however, I decided perhaps there was something profound about the statement. Clearly, we don’t want people to set out to do things badly, but not many of us ordinary citizens can be at the top of the game.

I realized that some activities are extremely worthwhile, so much so that it doesn’t matter if we do them badly. I, for example, am a slow crosscountry skier. But the fact that I’m the slowest of any skier to get to the Ben Shaw Cabin and back should not deter me from going. Look at the calories I burn while doing so; look at the benefit to my heart and lungs; and look at the improvement in muscular fitness.

I know many people who have cherished desires to be artists, musicians, or writers but don’t do much because of a fear of failure. One friend can’t draw a figure if he traced it, another can’t manage more than a few chords on a guitar, and one buddy only writes a poem or two for his family. And yet, Craig Lindsay Reporter

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while they are doing these activities — though they would be viewed as failures in the larger world — they are extremely happy.

Possible failure is no reason to stop pursuing something you’re passionate about even though you’re no good.

Take my golf abilities, for instance.

I’m a middle-of-the-pack ordinary golfer, some would say a duffer. But when I’m on the fairway, I’m usually walking and expending energy. The ache in my left leg during the winter disappears by mid-summer because of my 18-hole walks. And my blood pressure slides back toward normal.

Quite often when I golf, I fail. I certainly have no aspirations to be a Tiger Woods or even as good as my friend Russ Hearne. But I’ve improved a lot since I began as the worst golfer to ever hit a ball in Castlegar. In fact, last year I had three birdies in a row during one of my so-so rounds. And on another of my bad days, I had a hole-in-one on Castlegar’s #12.

So if I worried about not doing well in relation to good golfers, I would never have any highlights to cheer about. I’d be sitting at home because I was afraid to go out and look bad—in Chris Hopkyns Publisher

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fact “fail” as the world determines it.

Paddling a canoe can be tremendous fun. A good paddle on a pristine lake is good for the body and its rhythms. Paddling with a friend can be a delightful experience — a oneness with the elements. My only problem is that I don’t paddle well. I keep switching sides in order to keep the canoe going in the direction intended. My arm muscles always tire early, and my legs often cramp up. My more gifted paddle partners simply put up with me.

But to quit because I’m bad at the activity would mean giving up enjoying the outdoors from the green-edge of lakes to the silver passage down rivers. Nothing could keep me from failing to paddle well to get to these places. My failure at paddling has taken me to campsites along the Bowron Lakes chain, the Red Deer River, and the Milk River badlands.

There is no reason to let anything get in the way of these delights. We failures may not be winning trophies or smiling at the top of the heap, but we are doing things badly for ourselves.

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Students take a stand We are a group of Selkirk College nursing students that would like to summit a letter to the editor in regard to the recent changes in the process of been made to the Canadian Registered Nurses registration exam.

Recently, ten of Canada’s provincial and territorial registered nurse regulators, including the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia, decided that Canadian nurses required a new computer-based registered nurse entry exam. Without first consulting the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), the ten regulators chose, on December 2, 2011, to enter into contract negotiations for the development of the new exam with the American company, known as the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. If the contract is finalized, the current Canadian Registered Nurses Exam will be replaced with an American made exam as early as 2015.

Many of the concerns surrounding the decision to give ownership of the Canadian exam to an American company stem from the lack of information that has been provided about the decision. CNA has vocalized a multitude of questions and has received little or no feedback.

One of the primary concerns is that an American made exam will not offer Canadian nursing students culturally sensitive material. This concern is related to the fact that Canada is a multicultural country; whereas the United States is a cultural melting pot. In addition, there have been no assurances made, that the new exam will be formatted for both English and French Canadians. The fear is that the new exam will simply be a Canadian version of the existing American exam.

Another concern is about maintaining the privacy of Canadian Nurses, personal information and exam data. The USA Patriot Act allows for the American government to access any information that is held

by an American firm regardless of the information’s origin.

Currently, there is a great deal of recruitment taking place which focuses on persuading Canadian nurses to work in the United States.

Research has shown that by the year 2025, the United States will have a shortage of 260,000 nurses. The CNA fears, that because this exam will be American made, it will allow for easier recruitment of Canadian nurses into the United States.

This increased level of recruitment would cause a complete halt in the Canadian healthcare system, ultimately resulting in a significant decrease in patient care.

A final consideration is that there has been little information provided as to the exact purpose behind this quick and secretive proposal. Who specifically, will benefit from this change; the nurses writing the exam, the Canadian population or an American company?

Something to think about?

–Kenzie Waterstreet Castlegar/S almo

Respect City’s compost service As a local gardener/landscaper, I really appreciate City of Castlegar providing the public with the two concrete stalls behind the ball field at the complex where we can put organic yard and garden debris.

There are three signs there that indicate what kinds of things to put in each stall and one sign indicating to not leave bags full of things in the bins but to empty the bags and take them with you. But when I was there recently there a dozen or more garbage bags full of stuff were in the stalls.

I think it would be great if people took the time to empty the bags because it would be unfortunate to lose this composting system that the city has provided us with due to lack of co-operation.

–Kari Burk, Castlegar

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Book bonanza Darlene Kalawsky (above left) of the Castlegar Friends of the Library Association helps local teacher Cathy Capell pick out some books at the Friends of the Library Book Sale on March 23. All the money, which is expected to be around $1,000, raised from the book sale goes back into the library. Kalawsky said there will be another sale in July for the Friends Craig Lindsay photo of the Library.

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Upcoming MAR. 22 - 30 - SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOTTLE DRIVE - Drop off at 21080

- 6th Avenue. For more information, call Julie at 250-365-0190.

MAR. 30 - YOUTH MOVIE NIGHT - 6

p.m. - 8 p.m. at the Castlegar Aquatic Centre. For grades 5, 6 and 7. Bring any floater and enjoy a movie. Popcorn and drinks available. Only $4.

MAR. 30 - RICE AND BEANS DINNER FUNDRAISER - for Selkirk Col-

lege nursing students who will be traveling to Guatemala. Starts at 5:30 p.m. at St. Rita’s Church.

Evening includes dinner and a presentation from past students that have gone to Guatemala.

MAR. 31 - 13TH ANNUAL WINE FESTIVAL - Presented by the Castlegar

Sunrise 2000 Rotary Club at the Castlegar Community Complex from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets available at Oglows Paint, Bubblee’s Liquor, and Sound West (Trail).

MAR. 31 - SPRING SCRAPBOOKING CROP- Genelle Hall, 9am-9pm

Special Project, Door Prizes, Draws, Potluck lunch, Dinner provided . Call Elisabeth @ 250365-9303 or Jackie @ 250-6935439 (evenings) for more information.

MAR. 31 - TOASTMASTERS SPEECH CONTEST - at the Quality Inn

Castlegar (formerly the Monte Carlo Motor Inn) from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 31st.

The public is welcome! For more information call Diane Cushing at 250-365-8336.

APR. 1 - FLEA MARKET AT ROBSON

Hall 8 am to 11 am with breakfast sponsored by Relay for Life

APR. 3 – CASTLEGAR GARDEN CLUB GUEST SPEAKER - Alexis Stafford

discusses the Brugmansia (Angel’s Trumpet), one of the most fragrant flowers. 7 p.m. at the Community Complex, Kootenay Room. Everyone with an interest in gardening is welcome.

Discover the Castlegar Garden Club. New members warmly embraced. Information: Rose Cheveldave: 250.365.9600 or castlegargardenclub@shaw.ca.

APR. 4 - TOASTMASTERS MEETING Want to be a better communicator? The local Toastmasters club, the Sentinel Speakers, will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fireside Inn Castlegar. Learn speaking skills, gain confidence and have some fun! Guests warmly welcomed. For more information please call Diane Cushing at 250365-8336.

APR. 6 - A SOLEMN GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE 10 A.M. at Castlegar Unit-

ed Church, 809 Merry Creek Road, beside the Kinnaird Medical Clinic and Fireside Motel. All are welcome to join us.

APR. 8 - EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE - 7 a.m. followed by coffee

and hot cross buns at Castlegar United Church 809 Merry Creek Road, beside the Kinnaird Medical Clinic and Fireside Motel. All are welcome to join us. 10 a.m. service offered as well.

APR. 8 - EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE -

At Castlegar Baptist Church, 419 7th avenue. Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Sunday morning service 10:30 a.m., Sunday evening service 6 p.m.

APR. 13 - ROLLER DERBY IS BACK!

come cheer on Castlegar’s Dam City Rollers as they take on Rossland’s Gnarlies Angels in a double header at the Rossland Hockey arena.

Go to www.kootenayrollerderby. com for tickets and more information.

APR. 13 - TRACTION FOR SOCIAL ACTION - How to create a strategic

social development plan. Seminar presented by Castlegar’s Social Planning Society. 11:30 a.m.

- 4:30 p.m. at the Sandman Inn in Castlegar.

APR. 14 - LEARN ABOUT CREATING AN ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY - The agenda will

include exploring and discovering the five components to an accessible community. Seminar presented by Castlegar’s Social Planning Society. 9:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. at the Sandman Inn in Castlegar.

APR. 15 - FLEA MARKET AT ROBSON HALL - 8 am to 11 am with break-

fast sponsored by Robson Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary

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APR. 19 - AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY EVENT - April 19th, 2012.

9:00 - 11:30. Community Forum Room. CBT Bldg. This workshop is hosted by the Nelson and Castlegar CRNs (Community Response Networks) and is intended for business people, politicians, those who work with seniors, concerned citizens and anyone else who wants to change the world.

The Seniors Secretariat of B.C. is sponsoring Age Friendly initiatives and we are hoping to inspire people to take advantage of the learning in this workshop and make some changes in their home communities.

APR. 22 - FLEA MARKET AT ROBSON HALL 8 am to 11 am with break-

fast sponsored by Robson Recreation Department. Come out for a hot breakfast and support your community hall!

APR. 28 - ROLLER DERBY - Castlegar’s Dam City Rollers take on Trail’s Bad News Betties in a double header at the Rossland Hockey arena. Go to www.kootenayrollerderby.com for tickets and more information.

APR. 29 - FLEA MARKET AT ROBSON HALL - 8 am to 11 am with break-

fast sponsored by Slice of Life.

MAY 12 - ROLLER DERBY - Castlegar’s Dam City Rollers take on Salmo’s Babes of Brutality in a double header at the Castlegar Complex.

Go to www.kootenayrollerderby. com for tickets and more information.

MAY 19 - 3RD ANNUAL CASTLEGAR GARDEN AND NATURE FEST - Situ-

ated on the beautiful Columbia River, this open air festival celebrates growing with 30-plus vendors selling a large array of plants, bushes, herbs, trees, shrubs, garden art, and treasures of all kinds. Free admission. If you are interested in being a vendor of have any questions, contact 250-399-4439 or email castlegargardenfest.shaw.ca.

JUN. 2 - ROLLER DERBY - Castlegar’s

Dam City Rollers take on Nelson’s Lumber Jackies in a double header at the Castlegar Complex.

Go to www.kootenayrollerderby. com for tickets. information.

JUL. 14 - KOOTENAY FESTIVAL Featuring live music, dance, performances and cuisine from the diverse cultures represented in the Kootenay region. Be a part of this exciting cultural event! Go to www.kootenayfestival.com for further details!

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ONGOING: VENDORS NEEDED FOR CASTLEGAR GARDEN AND NATURE FEST on May 19. Garden related

only please. Contact: 250-3994439 or email castlegargardenfest@shaw.ca.

ONGOING: CASTLEGAR & DISTRICT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION LIGHT UP CAMPAIGN - The Foundation is

raising money to purchase three Space Lab cardiac monitors, Life Pak 15 crash cart monitors/defibrillators, and CADD Prism pump. call 250-304-1209 or mail cheque to 709 10th Street, Castlegar, BC V1N 2H7 to donate.

ONGOING: CASTLEGAR GARDEN CLUB meets first Tuesday on ev-

ery month at 7 p.m. at the Community Complex, Kootenay Room. Break loose from your traditional bounds . . . open your spirit to the wider world of gardening. Hear a dazzling array of speakers. New members always welcome. Information: Rose Cheveldave: 250-365-9600 or castlegargardenclub@shaw.ca.

ONGOING: ATTENTION SOCCER LOVERS - If you’re 55+ and interested

in kicking the ball around contact Carlos Amaral at 250-3657601. B.C. Senior Games is in Burnaby - you must register before May 15.

ONGOING: MAR. 1 - APR. 26 - NEED A HAND WITH YOUR TAXES? - Trained

volunteers can help you complete your income tax return for 2011 at Castlegar Community Services, 1007-2nd. St. Call 250365-2104 for appointment. Income level: single $25,000.00 or less, couples families $35,000.00 or less, add. Child $2000.00. Program runs Mar.1-Apr. 26, Tue, & Thurs., 9:30-noon & 1-3:30 p.m.

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ONGOING: THE TREASURE SHOP DOWNTOWN CASTLEGAR (ACROSS FROM THE LIBRARY) WILL HOLD WEEKLY TWO FOR ONE SALES dur-

ing the month of March and invite you to stop in and shop.

The savings are incredible especially at this time of year. All men’s clothing will be two for one commencing the week of March 5. Our silent auctions are ongoing as well with something of interest for everybody! Some of our wonderful volunteers can no longer help out at the Treasure Shop due to various reasons and we are very much in need of extra hands. If you can spare only a few hours each week it would be so appreciated. Stop in at 210 - 11th Avenue and pick up an application form. Our thanks to our dedicated volunteers who give so willingly in support of our Community and surrounding areas.

ONGOING: TOASTMASTERS MEETINGS - The local Toastmasters

club, the Sentinel Speakers, meets from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Fireside Inn Castlegar on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. Learn speaking skills, gain confidence and have some fun! Guests warmly welcomed.

For more information please call Diane Cushing at 250-365-8336.

ONGOING: DOUKHOBOR CENTRE WRITING CONTEST - Doukhobor

Discovery Centre Village Museum is holding a writing contest open to children, teens and adults. The subject matter is Doukhobor migration and must be based on actual time lines.

Work submitted can be poetry or short story (fact/fiction) and must be original. The deadline for submissions is May 6, 2012.

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News Students protest college cuts

Selkirk College students gather en masse to make March 27 point.

For the record

The photo on page 11 of last week’s Castlegar News contained a caption stating a donation from the USCC Ladies’ organization to the Castlegar and District Hospital Foundation was $200. The donation was, in fact, $300.

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CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter

More than 50 students from Selkirk College and their supporters packed the board room at the Castlegar campus to protest the announced cuts to second year university transfer courses.

The cuts are said to be necessary for the college to overcome a $1.5 million budget shortfall.

Students Henry Gerelle, Arielle Roberts, and Christina Livingston gave a scheduled presentation to the board of governors during their meeting. Their presentation was followed by a presentation from a representative from the student union.

“We’re protesting the cuts to the second years sciences and arts programs here at the college,”

said Roberts. “The board will be voting on whether to accept the cuts, and we’re trying to persuade them to vote no.”

“The college was founded to provide two years of education to rural high school graduates who couldn’t or didn’t want to leave the region right away,” said Livingston.

“If they cut those programs they cut the purpose for what the college was founded for; it wasn’t founded as a trades college.”

The students say that being able to take second year university courses near home allows local residents to save several thousand dollars.

“It also allows mature students with families a chance to go to school without having to uproot their families,” said Roberts.

Another great reason to take second year courses at a college such as Selkirk is because of the low enrollment even though that is one of the reasons the college is giving to cancel second year courses, said Roberts. “Which is ironic - because that is the point that there are small class sizes and dedicated teachers.

It’s not like 300 plus classes where the teachers don’t know the students.”

The provincial government is not putting education as a high priority, said Livingston.

“That is why we are in this position in the first place.

Another objective of our meeting is to ask the board to stand up with us and ask the Ministry of Education to put education higher up on the list of priorities.”

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The Castlegar Sunrise 2000 Rotary Club Presents 13th Annual

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Underwater Scene Goldpan #2 Mary MacNicol • Castlegar B.C. Local artist Mary MacNicol of Castlegar B.C. started painting around age 9. She has a passion for painting flowers, birds, landscapes and fantasy art using many different mediums with her favorites being watercolors and using acrylics. Future plan is to gain signature status.

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Qualified volunteers sought to steer arts and culture in Castlegar and beyond SUBMITTED

The Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance (CKCA) invites members of the arts, culture and heritage community in the Columbia Basin to join its volunteer Steering Committee.

The CKCA is a representative body of the arts, culture and heritage communities across the Basin, and manages and administers arts, culture, and heritage funding programs on behalf of Columbia Basin Trust (CBT).

The CKCA Steering Committee consists of 14 members: six from the West Kootenay, five from the East Kootenay, one from the Valemount area and two from the Heritage sector.

CKCA represents all the disciplines in the arts (visual art, music, theatre, dance, film/video and liter-

ary arts), culture and heritage; therefore, it is important to provide broad representation on the Steering Committee. CKCA is particularly interested in new members that represent youth or cultural diversity.

Steering Committee members are elected for two-year terms and represent the broader needs of arts, culture and heritage sectors in the Basin rather than individual arts councils or heritage organizations, or the communities in which they live.

Nominees to the Steering Committee must have a strong background in arts, culture or heritage, should have experience in working on boards/committees and must understand the needs and issues of the sector in order to develop funding prog rams/p olicies and adjudicate pro-

posals. Members are expected to attend at least two meetings per year in various locations in the Basin.

Nominees to the CKCA Steering Committee do not have to be members of any organizations, but must be nominated by their local community arts councils or by the Heritage Federation of South East BC (HFSEBC).

Each eligible arts council may put forward only one nomination. If there are more arts council nominees in each region than seats available on the Steering Committee, regional elections will be held in the beginning of April. The HFSEBC may put forward one nomination this year.

The HFSEBC nominee will be elected at its annual AGM. It is recommended that nominees (if elected) will be willing to at-

tend occasional arts council or HFSEBC meetings to stay in touch with local/sector issues.

The Knights of Columbus are searching for Castlegar’s “Citizen of the Year.”

Assist us by nominating worthy citizens who have contributed to our community.

Nomination forms and details are available at: City Hall, or Canadian Tire.

Deadline for nominations is noon, April 30th.

Currently, community arts councils eligible for nominating representatives to the Steering Committee are: • West Kootenay: Arrow Lakes (Nakusp Area), • Castlegar, •North Kootenay Lake, •Rossland, •Salmo (including Ymir), •Trail (Fruitvale/ Montrose) and •Slocan Lake (Silverton/New Denver) •East Kootenay: Cranbrook, Creston, Kimberley, Golden and Sparwood and District.

•North: Valemount All other communities/sectors currently have a sitting Steering Committee member.

Grass roots craft and commerce Debbie Oslund of “Tangible Design” displays a wide range of hand made jewelry and accessories.

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Darren on the front of the camp’s website. “It’s a fun way of looking at training.

“We train primarily barefoot or in five-toed shoes.

The athletes learn to ‘move through and with’ their primal movements rather than ‘moving around and fighting’ against themselves.

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and up four times per week. The office training will take place at the Castlegar Gymnastics Club in the old Kinnaird Middle School building.

“I think it’s of great value to the area,” said Darren.

“The experience that all of us bring to the table.”

Darren says the Train Primal name comes from the idea that they want to train the body like an animal.

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“This way we can be here full-time and manage the camp and most importantly give the attention to the players that we think they deserve,” he said.

The camp starts in May and will run through August.

Most training will be off ice until August.

The camp will feature players divided into different age groups such as Pee Wee, Bantam, Midget, and Junior/Pro. Pee Wees will train twice per week, Bantams three times per week, and Midgets

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Now that hockey season is pretty much over, what is a young player to do?

While, if you are serious about becoming a stronger player for next season, you look at doing everything you can to improve which includes off-season training including attending camps and clinic.

A new camp offered in Castlegar is Train Primal Offseason, which offers off-ice conditioning as well as an on-ice component.

Train Primal focuses on working the whole body from feet and up the body, by linking and strengthening each chain below with the one above.

Operating the camp will be Darren and Michelle Pottle, who will be moving back to the area after living in Vancouver.

Castlegar Rebels head coach Steve Junker will be coaching the on-ice portion.

“I’ve been doing this sort of thing for about 15 years now,” said Darren.

“I did run a camp a few years back for hockey players in Castlegar. It just ended up not being the optimal situation since I couldn’t be here full time.

“My wife and I regrouped and looked at moving back to the area and if it was feasible.”

The Pottles were able to work it out so they could sell their home in Vancouver, paving the way for their subsequent

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Erik and Amanda Laughton are excited to announce the arrival of their beautiful baby girl, Ava Jayne Laughton!

Born March 1, 2012 at 10:13pm, Ava weighed 7lbs and was 21 inches long. Proud Grandparents are Mike and Georgi Laughton of Nelson, BC and Stuart and Leonor Laurie of Castlegar, BC. A special thank you to Dr. Noiles, Dr. Gueordjev and the rest of the staɱ at Kootenay Lake Hospital.

Castlegar News Reporter

If you’re happy to see the what should be the end of the yoyo-like weather we’re had in and around Castlegar in the past month, you’ve probably got a lot of company.

It seems anywhere you go they like to tell you: ‘If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes’ it’s just normal for the unpredictable to happen.

But the late-winter and early-spring stabs of cool air and falling, blowing snow have actually been much more than normal.

The kindly and courteous folks at Environment Canada have supplied an overview of the third month of 2012, and

Ooteschenia pictured above, a scene no one enjoys, especially in mid-March.

while it was nothing disastrous, it was out of the ordinary.

Normally in March the average high is 8.8 degrees. This year the daily maximum average was 6.5 degrees.

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Some interesting information from the record book indicates that the warmest March day on record was back in 1966 on the 29th – 21.7 degrees. The coldest, in

1989 on the third – a chopper-chattering –16.

As for the stuff they like to call precip, the average rainfall in March these parts is about 47 millimetres of rain and 14.8

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centimetres of snow.

This year the rain was down just slightly – at 43.3 ml of rain.

Snow, as you probably noticed, was way up – a hefty 51.4 cm.

That’s the most snow in March since 1997.

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In our latest online poll on www.castlegarnews.com, more than 100 people voted yes for building a new area hospital in Castlegar.

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ADULT BASIC EDUCATION Upgrading (grades 9, 10, 11 & 12) For details on Financial Aid call 1.888.953.1133, ext. 295 or visit selkirk.ca/students/financialaid/.

CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter

Castlegar pioneer Mary Campbell celebrated her 100th birthday on March 22 at Talarico Place.

Mary was surrounded by friends and family including her daughter Regina Stewart, who travelled from Alamonte, Ontario.

Mary received a big cake. She blew out the candles and she and her guests received cake.

Mary received birthday wishes from Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Governor General David Johnston.

Mary was born in Kamloops, B.C. to Ivo and Regina Arduini.

When she was born King George V ruled the U.K., Robert Borden was the PMof Canada and William Taft was the U.S. president. Also in 1912, the Titanic was built and sank on its inaugural voyage.

Mary and her husband Les (died 1977) arrived in Castlegar in 1946 from Trail to open the Castle Theatre, then in 1947 the Castle News went to press. They reside on Cedars Street (now 1st Street) and had two children - Burt (died in 1997) and Regina Stewart of Alamonte, Ontario.

Mary has five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

She is a member of St. Rita’s Church.

SUMMER SWIM

2012 REGISTRATION April 4th, 2012

4:30pm - 6:00pm • Complex Lobby • Improve swim skills • Get great coaching • Build endurance • Develop proper stroke technique • Improve lung capacity • Make new friends • It’s Healthy and it’s Fun, Fun, Fun!!

Returning Summer Swimmers- $285.00 per swimmer.

Fundraising Fees of $290.00 per swimmer with a family maximum of $425.00 (Fundraising fees must be a separate cheque.)

New Club Families- * $200.00 per swimmer. Fundraising Fees of $165.00 per swimmer with a family maximum of $300.00 (Fundraising fees must be a separate cheque.)

Aquagators (must be 4yrs. old)- April 30th-June 20th - 8 weeks- $60.00/1 day a week, $85.00/2 days a week.

Fundraising Fees of $65.00 per swimmer (Fundraising fees must be a separate cheque.)

Please bring Care Card

For further information contact: Brad Ashton at 365-2255 Late Fee $25.00 Applied to Late Registrations (After May 15th)

Call 1.888.953.1133 or visit selkirk.ca to learn more.

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Reporter Craig Lindsay wants to hear about your sporting event.

Call Craig at 250-3656397 or email reporter@ castlegarnews.com

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Sports

Fresh meat ready for derby carnage

Kitty Karnage digs her shoulder into the Gnarlie’s Angels’ jammer as she tries to squeeze by, while Just Slayin’ and Injure Spice watch on in derby action from last June.

File photo CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter

The term ‘fresh meat’ may not seem that appealing, but for rookie roller derby players, it’s worn like a badge of honour.

The Dam City Rollers, Castlegar’s entry

into the West Kootenay Roller Derby League, boasts three such players this year including promising rookie Brianna Shannon, also known as Irish Whipskey.

Shannon’s interest in roller derby actually came about watch-

ing a special on the sport on television.

“I was kind of waiting for it to happen,” she said. “I thought it would be fun and something I would really like to get into it but we didn’t have a league at the time.”

When the Rollers

started up last year, Shannon watched with a keen eye and when a couple of openings came up this year, she jumped at the chance to join.

After a tough preseason training camp and a few practices with her new team,

roller derby has more than lived up to Shannon’s lofty expectations.

“I love it,” said the Castlegar native. “I love it. I love the team I did get with. They’re awesome. They really make you feel at home once you’re on the team.”

Shannon has been hard at work learning all kinds of new tricks of the trade from the Dam City Roller veterans such as Kitty Karnage, Pantsoff, and Jinjoe Fightus.

“It’s been great,” she said. “They have all types of tricks they can teach you. Some of them are a little tough but the ladies are very encouraging.”

Like most of the derby players, Shannon put a lot of thought and energy into coming up with the perfect derby name: Irish Whips-

key.

“I’m Irish. I married an Irishman,” she said. “I like the whip move as well. It just came together with Irish Whiskey.”

The team is currently practicing twice a week out at Playmor Junction near South Slocan as they await the ice coming out of the Castlegar Complex.

The Rollers begin their season on Friday, April 13 when take on Rossland’s Gnarlie’s Angels in a doubleheader in Rossland.

“It’ll be awesome,” said Shannon, who can barely contain her enthusiasm about playing in her first derby game. “I’m so excited. I’m a little bit nervous. We’re playing Gnarlie’s Angels in Rossland. I know they were last year’s Mountains of Mayhem champions.

It’ll be an interesting

bout. They’re a tough team.”

Shannon is looking forward to playing in front of a big crowd in Rossland for her first game.

“I’m expecting a wild crowd, a lot of excitement and a few nerves,” she said. “The vets have told me that once you get going, you forget about the nerves and the crowd and you’re just focused on the game. I just can’t wait to get playing with the Dam City Rollers. They’re an awesome team.”

The team’s first home action is Saturday, May 12 at the Castlegar Community Complex when the squad battles Salmo’s Babes of Brutality.

“They are one of the founding teams in the league,” said Shannon. The Babes of Brutality also feature Team Canada player Beretta Lynch.

Kootenai Jui Jitsu club armlocks competition in Vancouver

Ken Postnikoff of the Castlegar club poses with his gold medals alongside his vanquished Submitted photo foes.

SUBMITTED

Kootenai Jiu-Jitsu Academy made the trip to Vancouver last weekend to compete at the 2012 Tiger Balm

International Tournament. The team was comprised of eight athletes ranging in age from 11 to 23, novice to advanced. At this particular tourna-

ment, the competitors could compete in traditional Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu wearing the Gi(uniform) and Submission Wrestling (Jiu-Jitsu with-

out the uniform). All of the team members but one competed in both events taking in nine medals, including three gold.

In two separate kids

divisions, the academy took the top two spots on the podium, gold and silver, this combined with other medals won, gave the club a first place finish in the kids division overall. A few highlights of the day were Josh Goldsburry’s flying armlock of his opponent which had everyone talking, and the team’s assistant coach Ken Postnikoff beating a high profile MMA fighter from Brazil in the Submission Wrestling division winning the gold medal. Next up for the team will be the B.C Provincial Jiu-Jitsu Championships in Langley May 5th. For more info on classes contact Ben Jolicoeur at 365-5100.

New Dam City Roller Irish Whipskey is ready for the upcoming roller derby mayhem.

Craig Lindsay photo

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Thursday, March 29, 2012 Castlegar News

Fond Memories ABOUT THE MEDAL of 1987 A momentous and unprecedented achievement was realized in 1987, touching people in a big way, right around the world, including Castlegar, BC. It was Rick Hansen’s incredible Man In Motion World Tour.

The Past – 25 years of Progress Twenty-five years ago Rick Hansen had a dream - to make the world more accessible and inclusive and to find a cure for spinal cord injury (SCI). Inspired by a deep-seated belief that anything is possible, Rick’s dream took shape in the form of the Man In Motion World Tour (MIMWT). For 26 months he and his team wheeled over 40,000 kilometres through 34 countries, raising awareness of the potential of people with disabilities. The completion of this epic Tour was a testament to willpower, physical prowess and the ability to lead a seemingly impossible campaign. It was the beginning of a lifelong and selfless journey to make a positive difference in the lives of others.

Through the Foundation that bears his name, more than $250 million has been raised to accelerate progress towards a cure for SCI, and a more accessible and inclusive world.

The Royal Canadian Mint is proud to be recognized as a world leader in the field of medals engineering and fabrication and it was honoured to be invited by the Rick Hansen Foundation to become the official medals supplier of the 25th Anniversary Man in Motion World Tour. From one man in motion to Many in Motion, the men and women of the Royal Canadian Mint were thrilled to join in creating medals which honour the 25 year-old Man in Motion tour and the millions of people who have since been inspired to make a positive difference in their communities.

From the same Ottawa facility responsible for medals of the Canadian Forces, the RCMP and the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, the Mint has designed and handcrafted sterling silver Rick Hansen Relay Medals. One singular medal will be carried by over 7,000 Medal-Bearers in relay fashion as they make their way across Canada during the silver anniversary of the Man in Motion Tour.Every Medal-Bearer will receive their own replica medal to permanently remember the way in which they personally added to the momentum of the 25th Anniversary Man in Motion World Tour.

The Present – One Inspires Many This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the MIMWT. Moving from one Man In Motion to Many In Motion, it is a global invitation to join Rick in his journey towards a cure and a more inclusive society as he inspires a new generation to be difference makers - to dream, to take action, to continue to change the world.

The Future – Champion For Social Change Twenty-five years of work has resulted in many accomplishments.

Rick Hansen has become a catalyst for unprecedented change in society’s attitudes, bringing leadership and relentless focus to improving the quality of life of people with SCI and building an accessible world.

While extraordinary progress has been made in the last 25 years, Rick continues to look to the future to engage a global community of difference makers who will join Rick in accelerating progress toward a more healthy and inclusive world.

Countdown to Castlegar

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Sports Bowlers prepare Saints ink Kerry for Provincials Park captain SUBMITTED

Sydney Sherstobitoff and Ella Handley are heading to the Provincial Bantam Doubles Bowling Championships on March 31 in Abbotsford to compete against the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Submitted photo best.

Pitching for TRU

Castlegarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Travis Nevakshonoff will be one of the key pitchers for Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops.

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The Selkirk College Saints Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hockey program is pleased to announce a commitment from forward Cole Thomson (Duncan, B.C.) to attend Selkirk College and compete for the Saints beginning in the 2012/13 B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season.

Thomson joins Selkirk College following two seasons with the VancouverIsland Junior Hockey Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kerry Park Islanders.

The 5-foot-11 centre was the Islandersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; captain and leading scorer during the 2011/12 season,scoring 21 goals and netting 52 points in just 35 games. He added another 10 points in 12 postseason games while helping Kerry Park to the second round of this seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s VIJHL playoffs.

The 20-year old has finished in the Top-10 amongst VIJHL scorers the past two seasons, ranking sixth in 2010/11 with 56 points and seventh in 2011/12 with 52 points. His career totals with the Islanders

include 45 goals, 108 points and122 penalty minutes in 78 games played.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited to commit to Selkirk and the opportunity to meet some new people...â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited to commit to Selkirk and the opportunity to meet some new people and take the next steps towards my future career,â&#x20AC;? says Thomson, who plans to study Business at Selkirk. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard great things about the college and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to the level of hockey and being part of a winning program.â&#x20AC;?

Thomson joins Aldergrove Kodiaks forward Thomas Hardy and RichmondSockeyes defenceman Dylan Smith as Selkirkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third commitment for the 2012/13 season.

Additional player announcements will be made in the coming weeks.

Castlegar News Carrier of the Month

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Mar 31st - Mat The Alien with Yan Zombie

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If you are unemployed or employed with no recognized certification or university degree-level education, we are here to help!

The Employment Skills Access Program (ESA) offers you a more secure future. You can choose from two training programs offered at Selkirk College that prepare you for jobs that are in demand right now! t .BZ +VOF $BTUMFHBS Professional Driver Training - Class 2 & 3 t .BZ "VHVTU $BTUMFHBS Professional Driver Training - Class 1

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Building a Healthy Community Castlegar Recreation Complex 2101 - 6th Avenue, Castlegar, BC 250-365-3386

Castlegar & District Recreation Department Spring Drop In Fitness Schedule Monday & Wednesday 9:00-10:00am Circuit Strength or Deep Water Workout 10:15-11:15am Fabulous 50+ 5:30-6:30pm Ultimate Kickbox

Tuesday & Thursday 9:00-10:00am Step to It or Health & Recovery 6:00-7:00pm PM Aqua-Fit or Body Blast/Core & More

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Community Complex will be closed Good Friday April 6th in order to complete the installation of the UV Filtration System.

Re-open Saturday April 7th 9:00am and Easter Sunday 1:30-4:30pm Spring Public Swim Schedule Monday 10:00-12:00pm; 2:00-4:00pm & 7:00-9:00pm Tuesdays 2:00-4:00pm; 7:00-9:00pm Wednesday 10:00-12:00pm; 2:00-4:00pm & 7:00-9:00pm Thursday 2:00-4:00pm; 7:00-9:00pm Friday 10:00-12:00pm; 2:00-8:30pm Saturday 1:00-6:00pm Sunday 1:00-6:00pm

REGISTER ON LINE AT WWW.RDCK.BC.CA/CASTLEGAR RECREATION CONNECTION BUTTON AND YOU WILL BE DIRECTED TO ON LINE REGISTRATION.

YOUTH MOVIE NIGHT!

FRIDAY, MARCH 30 (GRADES 5, 6, 7) - COMPLEX POOL 6:00-8:00PM â&#x20AC;˘ $3.50

Community Events ROTARY WINE TASTING EVENING

SATURDAY MARCH 31ST ADVANCED TICKETS AVAILABLE EASTER EGG HUNT IN THE PARK

SUNDAY APRIL 8TH SPONSORED BY PARAGON PHARMACY CASTLEGAR RECREATION DEPARTMENT SPRING LEISURE GUIDE NOW AVAILABLE REGISTRATION TAKING PLACE FOR LOTS OF GREAT UPCOMING PROGRAMS. VIEW AND REGISTER ON LINE AT WWW.RDCK.BC.CA

Notice to all Community Groups and Organizations. If you would like you 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.

Castlegar C tl R Recreation ti D Department t tS Spring i L Leisure i G Guide id iis available at the Recreation OfďŹ ce and Online at www.rdck.bc.ca. Registration is now taking place!

Did you know that you can register for CDRD recreation programs ON LINE.

Go to www.rdck.bc.ca and hit the RECREATION CONNECTION BUTTON and all the programs are at your ďŹ ngertips.

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Team

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Place T66

Pat Biln (3 )

Team

Score 1223

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Hawkeye (3 )

Score 1187

Place T196

Rhonda Jackman

Team

Score 1148

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1350

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1223

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1187

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1148

3

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1343

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1223

133

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1186

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Teasm Kanigan (3 )

1142

4

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1306

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1222

134

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1185

T198

MooMoo

1142

5

Leah Biln (6 )

1298

T69

June Bos (3 )

1222

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Phil Markin (4 )

1184

T200

Joe Piller (2 )

1141

6

Ron Matthews (6 )

1295

T69

Teemka (3 )

1222

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JT. Johnson (3 )

1184

T200

Tyler Maddocks (3 )

1141

7

Pozzy #2 (2 )

1287

T72

Stacy Donald

1221

T137

Andy Evin (4 )

1183

202

Tyrone Anderson (2 )

1139

8

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1284

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203

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1138

Ryan Sookorukoff (3 )

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1137

Quick Pics (4 )

1182

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Danie McTaggart (3 )

1137

9

Rose Rilkoff (4 )

1283

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Blair McCavley (3 )

1221

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10

David Wah (4 )

1282

T72

Pmar (5 )

1221

140

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1281

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1220

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1181

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Joan Gratton

1137

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1280

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Steve Scott (4 )

1220

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1181

207

Liz Markin (2 )

1136

Kelly Keraiff (4 )

1217

143

Nancy Donald (2 )

1180

208

Cindy Conacher

1135

Dani Wah (2 )

1216

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Shane Young

1179

209

Pennie Pipke (3 )

1133

Ron Orton (2 )

1179

T210

Mike Dampier (2 )

1131

Yellow Weasel (3 )

1178

T210

Dave Loukianow (3 )

1131

T12

R.Keith Beck (5 )

1280

78

Terry Balyk

1278

T79

15

John Zarikoff (4 )

1276

T79

Alexandra Shrieves (5 )

1216

T144

16

Gratnt Matthews (2 )

1274

T81

No Chance (3 )

1215

146

17

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1273

T81

Tickle My Fancy (4 )

1215

147

Kyle Morisseau (3 )

1176

212

Ryan Coville #3

1129

18

One more try (3 )

1272

T83

Rod Scheltens (4 )

1213

148

Vi Krest (4 )

1175

213

Camron Jmaeff (3 )

1127

T12 14

19

Puckhog (4 )

1271

T83

Dave Muir

1213

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Wally Verigin (3 )

1174

214

Jessee Morisseau (3 )

1126

20

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1269

T83

Logan Voykin (5 )

1213

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Dion Resicini (5 )

1174

215

Alups Rogues

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ADAM CRAWFORD (4 )

1268

86

Mike Dmytruk (5 )

1212

T149

Joe Chernoff (3 )

1174

216

Schneider For #1 (4 )

T21

Jake Cutts (3 )

1268

87

Tasie (6 )

1211

152

Nadine Evin (5 )

1173

217

Lynn Lewis (4 )

1119

23

Pam Zemp (2 )

1267

88

Sheldon Knutson (5 )

1210

T153

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1171

218

Alley Kat

1117

Tamso H.

1115

L. Terava

1266

T89

Deb Matthews (2 )

1208

T153

Patti Kabatoff (2 )

1171

219

T25

Wyatt R Daniels (6 )

1263

T89

Kevin Carlson (5 )

1208

T153

REdSox9 (2 )

1171

T220

Shawn Walsh

1113

T25

B. Mercer (2 )

1263

T89

All The Way (5 )

1208

T153

Darryl Flasch (3 )

1171

T220

Pozzy#1 (6 )

1113

T27

Kimberly Sookorukoff (3 )

1261

92

Shirley Hubel (5 )

1207

T153

Sausage Rounds (3 )

1171

222

60 Cents

1105

T27

Kennady Keraiff (3 )

1261

93

Gordon Bos (4 )

1206

T158

Thomas Bare (4 )

1170

223

Emily C (3 )

1101

29

Claire Hingley (3 )

1259

T94

John Ratcliffe (6 )

1205

T158

Luba Stouchruoff

1170

224

Gary Fodor (2 )

1098

30

24

C's Crew (3 )

1258

T94

Hockey Sucks (2 )

1205

T160

Suzie Chernoff (3 )

1169

225

Robert Mason

1092

T31

Nelson Sousa (3 )

1256

96

R Evdokimoff (4 )

1204

T160

Dennis Ferris (3 )

1169

226

Kinso (3 )

1090

T31

James Wozney (4 )

1256

97

Light Em Up (5 )

1202

T160

Shawn Williams (5 )

1169

227

Silverdollars (3 )

1082

Doug Fellman (2 )

1254

T98

Puckhog2 (4 )

1201

T163

Harry Lebedeff (3 )

1168

T228

Brayden Biln (5 )

1077

Make It Sausage (3 )

1253

T98

Skweezer (3 )

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John Babakaeff It is with great sadness we announce the passing of John Babakaeff, husband, father, grandfather and brother. John had gone into the hospital for a hip replacement, a success, but due to heart complications passed away the evening of Nellie and John’s 56th wedding anniversary, February 28th, 2012 surrounded by family. A traditional Doukhobor home funeral service was held at Krestova Prayer Hall on March 2nd, 2012 with interment March 3rd, 2012 at the Krestova Cemetery. Thank you to all that helped and attended the services. We would like to thank Dr. Grey for all his services, the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital ICU staff that cared for John and those who helped after his passing. John is survived by his wife Nellie, daughters Linda (Mac Swetlishoff), Valerie (Leonard Balchewski), Natsha (Ken Salikin), 5 granddaughters Marcie (partner Benny), Dasha (partner Milosh), Larissa (Kyle), Nina (Fiancé Nathaniel) and Vherra Salikin, sister Mary (Mike Perepolkin), brothers Alex, Tim (Theresa) and many nieces, nephews and friends. He will be missed, may his soul rest in peace and may God accept him into His Heavenly Kingdom.

Polly was predeceased by her mother Helen Niminiken, sister Alice Moojelsky, brothers John and Paul Niminiken and grandson Christopher Crni.

Left to mourn her loss are her husband Alec; daughters Lucille (Mike) Crni, Christine (Charles) McKenzie, Holly (Alan) Coghlan; son Earl (Debbie) Moojelsky; 8 grandchildren and 2 greatgrandchildren.

Funeral arrangements were in care of Castlegar Funeral Chapel.

Private Family Funeral Services were held at Castlegar Funeral Chapel on Monday, March 26, 2012 followed by interment at Glade Cemetery.

“A LOVING AND CARING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN.”

Frank Julius Tarron Sadly dl the h family f l off Frankk Julius Tarron wishes to announce his passing at Castleview Care Centre on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, blessed with 88 years of life.

Frank was born in Smiley, Saskatchewan on February 8, 1924 to parents Ann and Julius Tarron. In his younger years Frank tried his hand in the mining industry and then moved into the lumber industry where he worked until he retired from Atco Lumber of Fruitvale on February 27, 1987. Frank enjoyed bowling, golfing, fishing, raising animals on his hobby farm and spending time with family and friends.

Frank was predeceased by his brothers Ivor and Syd and sisters Edith and Helena and Margaret Joyce Tarron.

Left to mourn his loss are sons Dan (Kathleen) and Dave; daughters Diane Gardiner and Bonnie (Harry) Bryndzak; grandchildren Jamie, Justin, Jessica, Thavin, Tyler, Curtis and Dallas and great-granddaughter Grace.

Cremation, in care of Castlegar Funeral Chapel, took place on March 9, 2012 and was followed by a Memorial Service with close family and friends.

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September 22, 1940 – March 5, 2012 Nick Poohachoff, beloved husband, father, grandfather and long-time resident of Slocan Park, BC, passed away peacefully at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail, BC, on Monday, March 5, 2012 at the age of 71, after a lengthy struggle with rheumatoid arthritis.

Nick was a gentle, kind and caring person. He had the best sense of humour and loved to laugh.

Nick loved the outdoors, gardening, canning, picking berries, camping, picking suzikie and mushrooms, getting firewood and fishing. When amongst family and friends, he also loved music and singing.

As a young teen, Nick started working in the lumber industry in Passmore, BC. When the sawmill was re-located to Slocan, BC, as Slocan Forest Products, he transferred there and worked as a Foreman and then as a Superintendent. He was very highly respected by the employees as well as by his employers.

In 1962, Nick married Nettie Bartsoff and in 1966, the couple had a daughter Connie, in 1964, they had a son Nicky in 1966 and another son Brian, in 1971.

Nick is survived by his mother Florence Poohachoff, 93 years of age; his wife Nina; sisters Mary Davidoff and Florence Zoobkoff; daughter Connie (Karl); sons Nicky and Brian (Tina); grandchildren Coralee, Angel, Brian Jr., Tyler and Tamia and also his dear cat Malishkin.

Nick was predeceased by his father Nick Sr. in 1970 and his first wife Nettie, in 1987.

The Funeral Service was held at the Brilliant Cultural Centre, in Brilliant, BC, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 followed by the burial at the Slocan Park Cemetery. The service was well attended by many friends and relatives.

Funeral arrangements were in care of Castlegar Funeral Chapel.

He will be forever loved and fondly remembered. May he Rest in Peace in God’s Heavenly Kingdom.

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the community for showing compassion for Nick over the years.

The family also wishes to express appreciation and heartfelt gratitude for everyone’s kindness and support.

Special thanks to Dr. Melnychuk and the staff of Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail, BC and also to the staff of Mountain Lakes Senior’s Community of Nelson, BC. Thank you to Peter Zaytsoff for officiating the wonderful funeral service. Our gratitude goes to the USCC Ladies’ Cooking Group in Brilliant and to the gravediggers of the Slocan Park Cemetery.

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Florence Verigin On Friday, March 9, 2012 Florence passed away at age 89, with her family by her side.

Florence was born July 23, 1922 in Crescent Valley, B.C. to Fred and Mary Susoeff. The youngest of three girls Florence grew up with her sisters Ann and Helen.

At a young age Florence worked on the farms in the Okanagan picking zuccamelons and fruit.

In 1943 she married Sam Verigin and they made their home in Slocan Park, where they raised three children; Robert, Rosemary and Laurie. Florence enjoyed farming and gardening, which was seen through all the beautiful flowers and vegetables she grew, and most of all she enjoyed spending time with her family and friends.

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In 1993 Florence lost her husband Sam after 50 years in marriage. A couple of years later she met Peter Elasoff and they enjoyed traveling and outing together. In 2006 Florence’s health turned and she went into Mountain Lakes until her passing. Florence was a loving and caring lady who helped anyone who needed her.

Florence was predeceased by her parents Fred and Mary Susoeff, her husband Sam, her sisters Ann Chernoff and Helen Malakoff, also several nephews and one niece.

Florence is survived by her Son Robert Verigin and partner Laverne from Winfield, B.C., Daughter Rosemary Doyle and partner Pat from South Slocan, B.C., Daughter Laurie Hlookoff and husband Joe from Shoreacres, B.C. Three Grandchildren: Brian Hlookoff and wife Christina from Shoreacres, B.C., Jamie Doyle and partner Shaun of Camrose, Alberta, Alex Doyle of Medicine Hat, Alberta. One Great-granddaughter Daphne Rose Hlookoff. Special friend Peter Elasoff of Castlegar, B.C. and many nieces and nephews.

A Service was held on March 15, 2012 at Slocan Park Hall, with interment in Slocan Park Cemetery.

Officiant was Sid Malakoff and funeral arrangements in care of Castlegar Funeral Chapel.

The family of Florence Verigin would like to thank Bill Strelieff and Peter Zaystoff of the Castlegar Funeral Home for all their support, and also to Sid Malakoff for all the guidance he gave us. To the cooks, gravediggers and the people who came and supported the family.

We would like to also thank all the special nurses at Mountain Lakes who took special care of our mother.

May Her Soul Rest in Peace.

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As a part of the Columbia Basin Trust Water Smart Initiative and in partnership with the Columbia Basin Trust, the Water Smart Ambassador Program is designed to help communities achieve water conservation targets with a goal for a 20% overall reduction in water consumption by 2015.

The City of Castlegar is seeking an enthusiastic, community-minded individual to fulfill the role of Water Smart Ambassador for a 4 month term from May to August, 2012.

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The City requires up to four (4) Summer Students for parks maintenance work from May 7 to August 24, 2012. Students should be in good physical condition and able to work in all weather conditions. B.C. Driver's License, Class 5 is required (“N” Novice class accepted). Rate of pay is $15.50 per hour. Proof of current and continuing registration in a full time program at a post-secondary educational institution is required.

Applicants are invited to submit resumes - Clearly Marked "SUMMER STUDENT" - with references to the: City of Castlegar, 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, BC V1N 1G7 Att: Personnel Officer Phone: (250) 365-7227 Fax: (250) 365-4810 Email: stassone@castlegar.ca Website: www.castlegar.ca

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: The Estate of James Douglas Phillips, aka James D. Phillips, aka James Phillips, late of 1001- 7th Avenue, Castlegar, British Columbia, V1E 1S2.

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Sports

Lacrosse camp attracts top players

The West Kootenay

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(Top) Eric Nystrom, Eric Reid, Jarod Reid, Derek Frith, Liam Denbiesen, coach Devon Reid, and Jared Frith take time off from lacrosse camp to pose for a picture. (Right) Goalie Mack Gregory makes the save as two unnamed players battle it out.

Craig Lindsay photos CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter

people who have never played before to come out and try it and see if they like it before they register with the association and play for the season.”

WKLA also ran a coaches and officials clinic in conjunction

“We had quite a few new kids come out, particularly in the younger age groups,” said Reid. “We had a lot of returning players as well.”

Reid said the league is waiting for the ice to come out of the

Championships and did quite well. Reid says that lacrosse in the area is growing steadily.

“It’s been good,” he said. “Last year we grew our numbers quite a bit. We had, of our total registration, I think 30 per cent were brand new players. So that’s excellent for our association.”

This year, Reid expects registration for the league to be close

to last year with about 90 members signed up. The players range in age from five right up to 16. Players come from all over the West Kootenay including Castlegar, Trail, Rossland, Beaver Valley, Nelson, and Grand Forks.

For more information contact league registrar Tina Reid at 250-304-8597 or email wkmla@hotmail.com.

Photo credit: Alex MacAulay

Lacrosse Association (WKLA) held a free camp for players on March 24 and 25 at Selkirk College.

League president and coach Devon Reid

players in four different age groups: Novice, Pee Wee, Bantam, and Midget.

“We put on a free skills camp,” said Reid.

“It’s aimed at giving returning players a head start on the upcoming season and get

Castlegar Community Complex arena before teams start practicing, which is expected to be mid-April.

“Our actual league games won’t start until May,” he said. “Tournament season is May and June. Pee Wee, Bantam, and Midget teams have a chance to qualify for Provincials which are in July.”

Four WKLA team qualified for Provincial

Celebrate Life Castlegar Relay For Life 2012 June 9, 2012, Pass Creek Exhibition Grounds Relay For Life gives you and your community the opportunity to celebrate cancer survivors, remember and honour loved ones lost and fight back against all cancers.

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Castlegar skiers do well at zone finals Broomballers sweep up in Calgary

This past weekend was the Kootenay Zone ďŹ nals for ski racing. There were three kids from Castlegar who competed in various age groups. Heiko Ihns won three gold medals, and a bronze medal in the E2 age category. Isaac Lunn (above) won a silver medal and had two top ten ďŹ nishes (fourth and sixth) in the K1 age category, while Jacob Lunn had two gold medals in the K2 category.

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