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The Saints’ offence came alive in the second period after Beau Taylor and Mark Prest had traded goals in a tight opening 20 minutes. Nick Cecconi started the rally, putting Selkirk ahead 2:16 into the frame when he banged home a loose puck from the side of the crease off

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Beau Taylor puts Selkirk up 1-0 putting away a great pass from teammate Cody Fidgett (#71) against UVic on Saturday.

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Connor McLaughlin tipped home a Justin Sotkowy point shot on the power-play midway through the period to extend the lead to two, and Logan Proulx added another just 1:23 later off a nice set-up from linemate Jackson Garrett.

Thomas Hardy, in his first game back from injury, and Mason Spear capped the scoring in the third period.

“We came out of the gates a little slow tonight but the guys found their legs in the second period and really dictated the speed and tempo of the game from there,” says Saints head coach Jeff Dubois.

“It was good to close out the first half of our schedule with a complete team effort -- we got goals from all four of our forward lines and solid performances on the blueline and in goal.”

With the win, the Saints tied the BCIHL record for the longest regular season winning streak originally set by UVic during the 2007/08 season.

They’ll have to wait for the opportunity to set a new record, though, as the team now breaks for college exams and holidays before returning to the ice on January 12th against Simon Fraser University.

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Region/Community Columbia Power Corp. welcomes neighbours to open house Craig Lindsay Castlegar News Reporter

Columbia Power Corporation held an open house on Wednesday (Nov. 28) at the Castlegar Comzy

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Columbia Power is also meeting with various elected officials and stakehold-

Jane Bird (middle), CEO of Columbia Power Corporation (CPC), and Audrey Repin, Stakeholder advisor, welcome Angus Graeme, CEO and president of Selkirk College, to the CPC open house Wednesday (Nov. 28) at the Castlegar Complex.

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The owners of Wests Department store, Basil and Susan McLaren, appeared in front of council Monday after receiving a letter from the city about penalties for not fixing broken windows in one of their buildings.

The letter stated, “This is your official notification that the Properties are in contravention of Section 2 of City of Castlegar Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 1120,…This conclusion is based on the unsightly nature of the building on the Properties, which has been caused by the building’s windows being boarded up for a period of two months or more.”

The letter gives the owners 14 days to replace the windows and repair the stucco.

Basil McLaren, who spoke to council for approximately 20 minutes, said they’ve had to repeatedly replace the windows and were fed up with the costs incurred. He blamed the nearby nightclub the Element, stating that

over-served individuals were creating the problem.

“We’re not the bully here, we’re the victim,” he said to council.

In an interview with the Castlegar News, Basil McLaren said he and his wife had no choice in whether to appear in front of council regarding the broken window issue.

“We received a letter from the city solicitor that said they were going to repair the windows and charge us back on our taxes, or get a court order from the Supreme Court, or tear our buildings down.

Now, I don’t know if those were just threats or they’re just trying to play games to get us here to this meeting. But that’s why we came here.”

McLaren says they hope to be able to come up with a solution and work with the city.

“They know that we’re very willing to do whatever we can,” he said. “But there comes a point after 28 windows broken that enough is enough.

This is a $1,300 to $1,500 (charge) per

window.”

McLaren says the Element has been negligent on the Good Neighbour Agreement the club signed when opening in Castlegar.

“What I’m against is people that are drunk damaging and destroying our property...”

Basil McLaren “If they just kept the agreement, everything would be fine,” he said. “I’m not looking for any fines or sanctions against them. I’m not against them. What I’m against is people that are drunk damaging and destroying our property and costing us all this extra money. It’s in the absolute thousands. I’d like to see the Good Neighbour Agreement upheld.”

Element owner Florio Vassilakakis was not at the council meeting, but spoke to the Castlegar News afterwards.

“To express my frustration with the

situation is an understatement,” he said. “We try the best we can as a business downtown to make sure we are the best, good neighbour possible and the best corporate citizen possible. We constantly monitor the sidewalks. Our janitorial contractor cleans the sidewalks after every night on the weekend. She walks all the way down to Wests to make sure there isn’t anything out of the ordinary. It’s just disappointing that he (McLaren) doesn’t bring his issues up with me directly. He’s never once come and said, ‘Hey Florio, we need to work on this.’

I’ve been more than cooperative with the city, the RCMP and the Liquor Control Branch. Whenever an issue arises in regards to the establishment, I’ve always met with them. I’ve always sat down to find a solution to whatever problem exists.”

Vassilakakis admits that being a night club does attract a certain element of late night partiers.

“We’re not a book store that’s open during the day,” he said.

“Of course, there’s going to be some (negative) implications from serving people alcohol. We don’t break any laws.

We do the best we can to make sure no one is over-served; that no one is loitering around after the bar hours. We want to make sure our business is a positive for the community and not a negative.”

Mayor Lawrence Chernoff said it was clear from McLaren’s comments that he and his wife wouldn’t do anything about the broken windows.

“It’s an ugly part of the building and we’re just trying to clean it up,” said Chernoff.

“What we need to do now between the Planning and Development and Public Safety committees is to sit down again with everybody and have a discussion and sort out what we need to do and how we need to do it. That is a longterm (problem) and we need to correct it.

We’re trying to give him the opportunity to voice his concerns.

If we can sit down and find a solution, it’s a whole lot easier than going the other way.”

Castlegar city council briefs CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter

Communities in Bloom Several members of the Castlegar Communities in Bloom committee were on hand Monday at Castlegar city council and presented the

city with a couple of plaques and an award commemorating the recent national win.

“It’s absolutely huge,” said mayor Lawrence Chernoff.

“When you look at the volunteers and what they do in the community. This puts you on the national market. When I see

3,000 hours of volunteer time, that’s unbelievable. They do it rain or shine. After four years, they finally won the big award, so you have to give them credit. I tell you, I love Communities in Bloom - it makes the city look so nice.

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News/Community Debaters take Selkirk College spotlight CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter

The Teaching and Learning Institute at Selkirk College held its second annual debate on Thursday (Nov. 29) at the Castlegar campus. Tracy Harvey, Selkirk instructor, and Tia Huttemann, L.V. Rogers student, debated Jeff Yasinchuk, L.V. Rogers teacher/librarian, and Jesse Bartsoff, J.L. Crowe student. The topic was Does Social Media Make Us Lonely?

“The female debating team took the affirmative, that social media does make you lonely, while the male team took the other side of the argument,” said Harvey. “I’m happy to say that we absolutely conquered that argument.”

“It was a sound

thrashing,” admitted Yasinchuk. “It was a great debate though.”

Both agreed the debate was a lot of fun and entertaining for the close to 100 people watching, including a busload of students from L.V. Rogers.

“Part of it is to foster relations with the high schools,” said Harvey. “We do a little bit with the high schools, but more of this could happen.

And it was a lot of fun.”

“It was great,” said Yasinchuk. “I had a prepared speech all ready but that quickly went out the window.

I just felt like I was going to be the bumpkin and do what I had to do. It was really fun.

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Jeff Yasinchuk, teacher/librarian at L.V. Rogers, debates the fine merits of social media along with Jesse Bartsoff, J.L. Crowe student, as mediator Charles Pickens (middle) looks on. Unfortunately, the guys lost to the female team of Tracey Harvey (left), instructor at Selkirk College, and Tia Huttemann, L.V. Rogers’ student. The debate took place at Selkirk College in Castlegar on Thursday (Nov. 29).

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Castlegar council proud of accomplishment Continued from P. A3

When you see the flowers and you see the grass. We had lots of comments on how things turned out. It was exceptional. With volunteers like that, we’re a great community.”

Bear Aware Jenny Wallace, community coordinator for Castlegar Bear Aware, was on hand at council Monday night to give the 2012 year end report on the program.

Wallace said they had 275 reports of bear encounters, including 212 within city limits. She could

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She said it was higher than last year’s six, but lower than the 27 in 2010.

“Despite our best efforts, human-bear conflict continues, usually due to complacency and careless attractant management,” she said. “Unsecured garbage and fruit trees continue to be major bear attractants in Castlegar and area. Many residents are receptive to Bear Aware’s message and have made efforts to bear-proof their properties, but it only takes one residence with unsecured attractants to create

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Wallace says to keep garbage inaccessible, it must be stored either in a bear-resistant bin or in an enclosure such as a garage or shed.

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“I think you might have to put something in place and say, ‘you guys haven’t been playing be the rules, so we’re going to make you get a proper container.’

Once bears find the garbage, they’ll keep coming back to it. So, if you’ve got an ongoing problem we need to resolve it.”

Please note: When plowing snow for commercial businesses, the snow must be contained on site or hauled away. Snow deposited on City property or streets will be hauled away by City of Castlegar crews and the resulting costs and fines shall be forwarded to the contractor and property owner.

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Editorial

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

The growing cost of living Everything is going up! That’s a fact.

Even in the Kootenays here, you can’t escape the inevitable rise in costs of pretty well everything from groceries to internet to school supplies.

Soon, it looks like you’ll have to add water, sewer and garbage to that list.

On Monday, Castlegar city council gave third reading to a trio of bylaws that would see increases in water, sewer and garbage user rates in the city.

Water rates would increase almost $12 from $385.46 in 2012 to $397 in 2013; Sewer rates would increase from $315 to $324.45; and garbage rates would go up from $122 to $123.54.

Of course, these rates would have to be approved and adopted by council at an upcoming meeting.

Does this mean Castlegarians will give up these essential services? That’s unlikely. But for young families with several mouths to feed, every little bit counts as they say.

Castlegar utility rates are still a ways off from Nelson, whose 2012 water rates are $501 and sewer rates are $449. Of course, Nelsonites have to pay for that aging infrastructure. In addition, Nelson charges $40 for garbage pick-up and $1.50 per container.

Our nearby neighbour to the south, Trail, has it comparitively easy. Trail residents pay a paltry $315.20 for water and $231.80 for sewer.

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One of the good guys - gone A couple of weeks ago, a tragic accident occurred in Ootischenia. A friend of mine, Karilio Alimkulov, was up on a ladder doing some repair work when he fell and hit his head on cement. Unfortunately, he was working alone and was not discovered until too late.

Recently, he and I only visited occasionally—while we were shopping or when we were dining out at the same time. In the past, though, we spent a lot of time together. His deep interest in literature and his desire to raise things to a higher level made us kindred spirits.

He was a scholar of the highest calibre. He studied at two major universities, completing his Ph.D work at Moscow State University in 1976.

He wrote his Ph.D dissertation on the Kyrgyzian and Russian novelist Chingiz Aitmatov, author of The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years.

While Karilio was studying at Moscow State University, he met Lucy Kazakoff, fell in love and married her.

They moved to Castlegar where Lucy had grown up, and there they raised two children, Armand and Elena, who now work in highly professional Craig Lindsay Reporter

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jobs in Vancouver.

Upon arrival in Castlegar, Karilio taught Russian language courses for Selkirk College in the Outreach program at Grand Forks and Castlegar.

Later, for a brief period, he taught first year Russian language courses at Selkirk College.

At the same time, he was hired by the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ to put together curriculum materials for the Russian-AfterSchool program, which pre-dated School District #9’s Russian Biliingual program.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Karilio committed himself to developing materials for School District # 9’s Russian bilingual program.

He was hired to do translations and to create booklets for children and teaching materials for the primary grades. He taught workshops in the Russian language for local area Russian language teachers and was also a substitute teacher in Russian bilingual classrooms.

Indeed, almost everything in the Russian component of the bilingual program had his hand in it. Some of this curriculum development he did Chris Hopkyns Publisher

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under contract, but some of it was voluntary.

He had a warm and gentle approach with students, but he was also highly disciplined in what he expected. There was a right way to do things and a precise way to speak and write the Russian language—and he expected students to reach that level and not to accept anything less.

In the 1990s, Karilio was hired by Cominco in Trail to translate technical materials related to a new processing system Cominco was looking at from Russia. Karilio’s son Armand told me Karilio viewed this job as one of the most difficult he’d ever worked at because of the chemical and engineering words.

I probably knew Karilio best when Marge Malloff and I co-ordinated Selkirk College’s Western Canada tour of Russian writers—Vaschenko, Fokina, Issaev, Petelin, and Belov.

Though we toured these writers to Alberta and B.C. universities, the major conference took place at the Brilliant Cultural Centre.

Karilio produced and directed a drama for the conference entertainment program. Continued on P. A12 Sandy Leonard Production

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Many, many thanks!

In 2003, my husband, Robb and I transferred to the Kootenays to raise our three children in a place where we could become part of a close community.

On October 22, 2012, our reasons for moving became more than justified.

Our youngest son, Colin came home from school with a mild fever, headache and nausea. By October 24, we were flown to Vancouver Children’s Hospital for an emergency MRI and lumbar puncture. Colin had lost the ability to walk, he couldn’t speak coherently and he couldn’t stop vomiting. Several very traumatic procedures later, we learned he had suffered an autoimmune response to a common virus. Instead of fighting the virus, his body turned on itself and attacked his cerebellum.

And that is where this amazing community stepped in. While I spent a month at Colin’s bedside, Robb needed to stay here to work and take our other children to their schools and extracurricular activities.

When word spread about our situation, Robb found himself coming home to anonymous casseroles on our front step, gift certificates to restaurants and various forms of financial support. He received help driving our children where they needed to be and help caring for our pets when Robb had to come to Vancouver for a week. And Colin received care packages at the hospital that reminded him that he was loved.

Colin is walking and talking again, thanks to the great staff at Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre and we are receiving support from the Community

Brain Injury Association as Colin will need several more months of cognitive rehabilitation.

On behalf of my family, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the people of this community who offered love and encouragement during this challenging time.

We still have a long road ahead, but we are so grateful to know that we will not be alone on the journey.

-Dawn Graham, Robson

Relaying an invitiation My name is Christina Postnikoff and I am a proud volunteer of the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay For Life Committee. I have been a participant and team captain of the Castlegar and Trail Relay for Life for several years; last year I was fortunate to obtain the team recruitment position on the volunteer planning committee. With this position, I seek community members to join together in teams to participate in the annual fundraiser event focused on eradicating cancer. From honoring local survivors, watching incredible entertainment, participating in activities and remembering loved ones in the luminary ceremony, Relay truly is a magical event.

I Relay for those who have lost/overcome their battle to cancer and for those who are still fighting, but also to bring awareness to what community involvement can achieve. It is a true privilege to participate in Relay For Life and to witness the positive effects of the event on our community. I firmly believe that together we can make cancer history. The funds that are raised at Re-

lay For Life are used to conduct outstanding cancer research for all types of cancer, influence change through advocacy efforts and cancer prevention initiatives, and provide a range of practical and emotional support programs to people living with cancer and their families. Every step taken at Relay For Life helps people right here in Castlegar who are facing their own cancer journey.

Please join us in making cancer history by volunteering on our Relay For Life planning Committee in Castlegar. Be a part of the inspiration, of the hope – and the fun!! Contact us at 250-364-0403 or email scassidy@bc.cancer.ca to get involved.

-Christina Postnikoff, Castlegar

Keeping D.A.R.E. topic going This letter is in response to the Comments: RE highly successful D.A.R.E program dated November 18, 2012 (www.castlegarnews.com and Nov. 29 in the print product, page A7.)

The opinion of the “opinion” and letter is very one sided, and furthermore, does not include the significance of individual experience and need for education and knowledge. The letter seems to rely on one website to support its contents.

In order to bring balance to a one sided letter and website article, the readers may want to consider the following.

The website which is quoted in the letter was created, and is funded by, a doctor of sociology who receives [our] grant money to study those who are actively drinking [and using drugs]. When study-

ing this populating, the doctor and the agency, receive income, grant money and funding for their work.

The website content reports that “In Houston, Texas, where a study showed a shocking 29 per cent increase in drug usage and a 34 per cent increase in tobacco usage among students participating in D.A.R.E?... I wonder if, when calculating this “increase,” the people doing the study factored in the other variables that surround the children? These variables may be, but not restricted to, family issues, economy, education, or lack theirof, social issues, and peer influence.

As a community member who works with children daily, and who has raised children in the community, there are outcomes of the D.A.R.E program which I have experienced first hand. These outcomes are not stated in D.A.R.E material, or the website mentioned in the above letter. They are: children get to know their RCMP members.

When children have to interact with RCMP, for whatever reason, they are not fearful and can easily talk with them. Children get the opportunity to see RCMP officers as “inside” members of their community, who are there to help and support them. Youth get the opportunity to see the RCMP officers as role models they can emulate, if they so choose.

I encourage readers to critically think about all opinions and “scientific facts,” and not rely on one website claiming to have all the facts about a program that has many roles and objectives.

-Angela Kelly, Castlegar

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Community Calendar

Thursday, December 6, 2012 Castlegar News

Tell us about your upcoming event, email: reporter@castlegarnews.com

Upcoming

dec. 6 - twin rivers chorale christmas concert - Takes

place at 7 p.m. at St. Peter Lutheran Church, 713 - 4th Street.

Come and enjoy the concert, Christmas sing-a-long, and refreshments afterwards. Admission by donation.

dec. 6 - handling the holidays

- For those suffering a loss, the holiday season can be especially difficult. Castlegar Hospice Society is pleased to offer support and strategies to help folks survive the holiday season.

At the Castlegar Community Complex. 2 p.m. or 7 p.m.

dec. 7 - a christmas carol reading - 7 p.m. Castlegar

United Church. Readers include Glenn Hicks from Mountain FM, Jane Sinclair, Chelan Padmoroff, Bob Jackson, and special guest Chris Walker, host of CBC Radio’s Daybreak South.

There will also be Christmas music from Christina Amelio and the Twin Rivers Chorale.

Hosted by the Friends of the Castlegar & District Library.

Tickets $10 at the Castlegar Library. Tickets $12 at the Door.

Dec. 8 - Breakfast with Santa

- At the Castlegar Community Complex. 9 a.m. Santa arrives at 9:30.

dec. 8/9 - musical presentation “The christmas shoe tree” - A Christmas musi-

mixer - 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at

the Kootenay Gallery of Art. $15 per person - includes appies and wine by donation to the West Kootenay Women in Business Young Entreprenuer Scholarship Fund.

Everyone welcome.

Email Rebecca at rebecca@kfsinc.ca to RSVP. dec. 15 - Help out with the annual Christmas bird count

- Beginner or expert-you can participate in the Castlegar Christmas Bird Count, part of the 113th Audubon North American Christmas Bird Count Count birds in your favorite birding spots,in your neighbourhood or just in your backyard.

Help in the worlds largest Citizen Science project! Everyone welcome to participate.

For more information please phone Peter McIver 250-3651191 or Ed Beynon 250 365 7806

10 a.m. at Kinnaird Hall 2320 Columbia Avenue. Round table discussion. Get motivated to eat healthy and lose weight.

Join round table discussions and make new friends.

Monthly fee of $10. FMI call 365-7956. ongoing: sharing dinner pot -

dec. 16 - The Annual Christmas Carol Sing - from 2-4 at

ongoing: friday youth program at blueberry creek -

New Life Assembly, 602 – 7th Street (behind Castlegar Primary School). You are invited to come and sing your favourite Christmas carols and songs and hear local choirs perform.

Donation by monetary or nonperishable gift to the Harvest Food Bank.

Dec. 31 - New Years Celebration - Come ring in the New

dec. 13 - holiday business

ongoing: tops group meets every wednesday - 8:30 a.m. to

munity Complex. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission $3. Kids under 12 free.

Dec. 12 - Open House, Castlegar & District Community Services Society. 2 – 7 p.m. @ 1007 2nd

p.m., preceded by a Soup Supper at 5pm.

Come for the service, or for the supper & service. Come for a moment of peace each week, and get your heart ready for Christmas, too. The services will focus on animals this Christmas: donkey, sheep, and camel. The theme of the services is ‘Animals at Advent’.

come to your house and give you a free haircut. Call her at 250-365-2799 to arrange it.

Dec. 15 - Castlegar Christmas Craft fair - Castlegar Com-

dec. 24 - St. Peter Lutheran Church Christmas Eve Candlelight Service - 6 p.m.

dec. 12 and 19 - St.Peter Lutheran Church Advent Services - Wednesday evenings at 6

ongoing: need a haircut for a job interview? Brooke will

You are welcome for a hot meal Tuesdays at 12 noon at the Cadet Hall on 8th Avenue in Castlegar, two blocks from the library. No charge. Sponsored by the Stonesoup committee.

All are welcome!

cal for kids with a Soles4Souls challenge. 6:30 p.m. at New Life Assembly, 602 7th Street, Castlegar. both performances at 6:30 p.m. Candy bags for the kids. Admission by offering.

We will also be accepting gently used shoes for the needy.

St. beginning with a Christmas Party for families, followed by a welcome to colleagues and the community. Come and learn about our programs and services.

to Castlegar & District Public Library, Selkirk College Library, Kootenay Family Place, Robson Community School, Blueberry Creek Community School Hub, or Zellstoff Celgar. For more info contact Alana at 250.304.6862 or email: amurdoch@cbal.org

dec. 24 - Christmas Eve Service

- At 6:30 p.m. An Candlelight evening of Carols and Worship.

Everyone is welcome.

Year at St. Rita’s Hall. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

Dinner - ribs, chicken, and all the trimmings, dancing, giant balloon drop, favours. Dinner at 8 p.m. - lunch at midnight.

Tickets $25 each. Children under 16 accompanied by parents are free. Any dietary needs. For information and tickets call John 250-365-0747 or Marcel 250- 365-2537.

Ongoing ongoing: until Dec. 16 - Book Under Every Tree - Do you

have any new or gently used books for children or adults to donate for a Christmas hamper? Please drop off books between Nov. 26th and Dec.14th

Are you a youth in Castlegar looking for something to do on Friday nights? Why not check out the Friday Night Youth program at Blueberry Creek Community School? Manager Cindy Cropley and team ensure a fun, safe night for kids in the area to watch a movie in Blueberry’s very own movie theatre, play games and sports in the gym and just hang out with friends.

For grades K - 5, the program time is 6:30-8pm and for grades 6 and up, the program happens from 8-10pm. Check out the B.C.C.S. facebook page for movie listings and other information or phone 250-3657201.

Ongoing: Castlegar A.A. meetings at the Pioneer Arena -

Sun. at 10 a.m. (phone Mike at 365-8302), Tues. at 7 p.m. (phone Dennis at 365-2738), Thurs. at 8 p.m. (phone Jim at 365-6216) and Sat. at 8 p.m. (phone Leonard at 365-7805) ongoing: Special olympics BC - Castlegar is having a bottle drive. Please call 250-919-

0757.

ongoing: The Castlegar & District Hospital Auxiliary Treasure Shop located at 210

- 11th Avenue (across from the Library) has a slight change in daily hours of operation.

Monday - Wednesday 10 a.m.

- 4 p.m. Thursday closed until noon in order to deal with general maintenance and will open

12 noon - 4 p.m. Friday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Please drop off your precious donations Mondays and Saturdays. However, if this is not an option, please call 250-3657317 so that we can make arrangements.

The Treasure Shop and Gift Shop will close for the holidays commencing Monday, December 24 and reopen Wednesday, January 2 allowing our volunteers to enjoy quality time to celebrate the season with family and friends. You are invited to enter our Customer Appreciation weekly draw throughout the month of December.

The Silent Auction is up and running until December 8 featuring Christmas light-up décor, beautiful jewellery, pottery as well as many other items of interest.

The Castlegar Hospital Gift Shop is featuring a variety of new winter clothing for the little ones. Clearance sale of summer clothing is discounted at 20 per cent.

The Auxiliary is looking for a few good people to volunteer their time in a rewarding and friendly atmosphere. Please stop by and fill out an application. ongoing: Castlegar judo club

- Monday, Thursday evenings from 6:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Twin Rivers School gym.

Old and new members welcome. Register anytime. From aged 8 years and up.

FMI call John Gibson 250-3654763. 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 250-3658336.

ongoing: Castlegar senior’s activities at the Rec Centre for december: at the Com-

plex Mon. * 9:30 Floor Curling* 10:00 Darts 1:00 Whist Tues. 9:30 Floor Curling/Carpet Bowling 1:00 Crafts 7:00 Pool Wed. 9:30 Floor Curling 1;00 Bingo,(1st Wed.only) 7:00 Rummoli 10:00 19th Raspberry Reunion Thurs. 9:30 Floor Curling 1st. Thurs. 2:00 Gen. Meeting 1:00 Bingo (just not 1st.Thurs) Fri. 1:00 Bridge/Crib 14th Christmas Dinner/Dance “Don Hollis” Happy Hour 5:00 Dinner 6:00

ongoing: special olympics castlegar needs volunteers

- For more information please call 250-919-0757.

Ongoing: Castlegar Garden Club meets third Wednesday of the month – 7:00 p.m. at the

Community Complex. Discover the Castlegar Garden Club and be dazzled by the depth of knowledge of our monthly speakers. Garden inspirations will linger long after the meeting is over.

New members always welcome. Information: Rose Cheveldave 250.365.9600 or castlegargardenclub@shaw.ca.

ongoing: robson market is open except for long weekends.

8-11 a.m. at the Robson Community Hall. Homestyle breakfasts, come enjoy and maybe find some treasures. Tables for vendors. Phone 250-365-3796.

ongoing: Mom’s Support Group

Thursdays 10 a.m. to noon. (changed from Wed. afternoons). Castlegar Community Services, Sun Centre.

All moms welcome to this loosely structured group for support in challenges of being a mom.

No referral required. Comments/queries: Sandi McCreight 250.365.2104 ext. 42 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 250304-1209 or mail cheque to 709 10th Street, Castlegar, BC V1N 2H7 to donate.

ongoing: robson and blueberry strongstart centres – free

early learning programs for parents/caregivers with young children. Join us for snack, art, stories, gym time, and music.

Robson - Mon, Tues, Wed, & Fri 8:30-11:30 a.m, Thurs 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Blueberry - Mon, Wed, Thurs, & Fri 8:30-11:30 a.m and Tues noon - 3 p.m. A partnership between Robson Community School, Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy and Blueberry Creek Community School.

For more info contact Alana at 250.304.6862 or email: amurdoch@cbal.org ongoing: free english classes

– at the Castlegar Public Library on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. All levels are welcome. For more info contact Alana at 250.304.6862 or email: amurdoch@cbal.org

– Come out on the second Wed.

ongoing: scrabble club

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Food for thanks Thank you to all those who contributed to the Castlegar Community Garden Project 2012.

We couldn’t have done it without you!

City of Castlegar, (Community Initiatives Fund), Teck Trail Operations and Zellstoff Celgar.

Special thanks to Joanne Pagnini, a motivated, ambitious and energetic Team Leader and all the other volunteers that worked closely with her throughout the season. It wouldn’t have happened without you.

This year we were blessed with a core volunteer group that can boast of the 6th successful year at The Garden. Next year re-

mains to be seen due to funding challenges and the constant over burden on volunteers.

If you have any ideas for funding support, please contact us – we’d love to hear from you.

The Community Garden Crew is meeting regularly to develop plans for expansion / beautification. If you are interested in joining us, we’d love to have you.

Please contact us.

In good food and healthy communities, -Sandi McCreight, Coordinator Kootenay Food Strategy Society (KFSS)

Learn to teach As the snow begins to fall the last thing

on your mind is likely soccer.

We at Castlegar Minor Soccer, however, are already planning another great season of soccer for next year. Our goal is to provide a program that is fun, challenging and ultimately provides your child with what they are looking for on the pitch. We know that our players are only as good as their coaches, so we are organizing coaching clinics to improve the level of coaching your child can receive.

In the past it has happened that a parent has reluctantly coached a team at the last minute since there was no one else to do it, and we commend you for doing that. What we would like to do this year is begin getting a list of coaches together for

each age group from U4 up to U18 earlier,

by January 15, 2013.

Then we would like to get you the training necessary to help you on the field. The more people we can sign up, the better we can plan, it’s that simple.

Coaching clinics can be planned for next year if we know who our coaches will be. Simply put, we need you! Anyone who would like more information on becoming a CMSA coach can contact me, Yuro Ihns, at 250304-3806 or at myihns@mac.com.

Please let us know your willingness to coach by January 13, 2013.

Thanks again for all of your efforts in making soccer in Castlegar a success!

-Yuro Ihns, Castlegar

Solutions strengthening Basin communities SUBMITTED

(Columbia Basin) - Five Basin-based ideas are being awarded $10,000 each for their innovative approaches to addressing Basin issues. The projects have strong potential to improve social, economic or environmental wellbeing in the Columbia Basin, and are being awarded the money

by Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) as part of the province-wide BC Ideas competition.

“These ideas demonstrate innovation, impact and sustainability in the Columbia Basin region,” said Neil Muth, CBT President and CEO. “Our support is helping turn inspirational ideas into action that will enable them to take root and grow, helping ensure their positive effects are widely felt.”

The BC Ideas competition, launched in May 2012, sought innovative solutions to challenges faced

by BC communities.

There were over 460 submissions from 82 communities, of

which 33 are receiving more than $270,000.

In addition, CBT committed $50,000 for five Basin-based solutions.

The five Basin recipients are as follows: • Columbia Mountains Resource Policy Council - www. changemakers.com/ bcideas/entries/columbia-mountainsresource-policycouncil.

This solution aims to bring together multiple stakeholders involved in land use planning and protection to create a think tank/research centre that identifies, defines and works toward promoting sustainability at a meaningful scale. Learn more at www.cmrpc.ca.

• Community Mediation Services (Transition Nelson) www.changemakers. com/bcideas/entries/ community-mediation-services.

This solution trains and supports volunteer mediators to help community members resolve disputes and build positive relationships and community dialogues. Learn more at www.transition-

nelson.org/category/ get-involved/goodneighbours.

• Green Heat Initiative (Community Futures East Kootenay) - www.changemakers. com/bcideas/entries/ green-heat-initiative This solution works with local governments, First Nations organizations and non-profits to increase the use of local wood waste resources as an efficient and cost-effective heating solution.

Learn more at www.greenheatinitiative.com.

• Keeping Vulnerable Families Together (Trail Family and Individual Resource Centre Society) www.changemakers. com/bcideas/entries/ keeping-vulnerablefamilies-together.

Rather than placing a child in foster care, this solution will allow vulnerable children and their parents to stay together by offering supported housing and training in areas such as parenting and employment skills.

• Signs of Safety for Families: Reforming Child Welfare for

Aboriginal Families (Ktunaxa Kinbasket Child and Family Services Society) - www.changemakers. com/bcideas/entries/ signs-safety-familiesreforming-child-welfare-aboriginal.

This solution helps First Nations communities develop and implement culturally relevant child welfare practices.

Other BC Ideas award winners from the region include: • The Learning Place (Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy), which was awarded a $5,000 Literacy Award; and...

• Keeping Vulnerable Families Together, which was granted another $10,000 through the Health and Productivity Award.

Learn more about BC Ideas, and view the entire list of winners, at www.bcideas. ca.

CBT supports efforts to deliver social, economic and environmental benefits to the residents of the Columbia Basin.

To learn more visit www.cbt.org or call 1.800.505.8998.

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The safety of cutting boards in your kitchen was tested 20 years ago in the US. They compared wood to plastic boards and found that the wooden ones had less bacteria in them than the plastic ones. Plastic boards were dishwasher-safe but the temperature of the water in dishwashers wasn’t high enough to disinfect the boards. Glass and metal disinfect easily but also dull knives quicker.

The “morning-after pill” is 89% effective if taken up to 72 hours after intercourse. It is available in pharmacists across Canada without a prescription. Our pharmacist staff can talk to you about this product.

Chest discomfort is not a symptom of a stroke. It could be a heart attack, though. Stroke symptoms include weakness, confusion and difficulty speaking, confusion, vision problems, headache and dizziness or loss of balance. Call 911 immediately and you will greatly improve your chance of survival and recovery.

The popular “liberation treatment” for Multiple Sclerosis has not proved that effective.

Newfoundland recently did a study on those who had the therapy and concluded that the treatment resulted in no real permanent positive outcomes.

It’s important to be an advocate for your own health. Be an active learner about all health matters and treatments, including the drugs you take. We can help you with this information.

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December

Chamber names executive director

Staff

Dec 7th - The Fungineers (Puppet DJ Set)

Castlegar News

Dec 8th - Fort Knox Five Dec 11th - DJ Nu-Mark of Jurassic 5 TOY SET! Dec 13th - Featurecast w/ Timothy Wisdom Dec 14th - Diesel Boy w/ Special Guests Dec 15th - The Vibrations Soul & Music from Motown Dec 21st - Sweet Pickle with Perching Crow Dec 22nd - Amplified feat. Billy Bangers & DJango Dec 26th - Boxing Day w/Bryx, B-Ron & Erica Dee Dec 29th - Kyprios & The Chaperones Dec 31st - New Year’s Eve with Hoola Hoop, DJ Soup & Lorne B Video Mapped Visuals

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The Castlegar & District Chamber of Commerce President Stuart Ady and the Board of Directors would like to welcome Tammy Verigin-Burk as the new Chamber Executive Director. The Chamber Directors would like to thank those who applied for the position for their interest and time.

The Board of Directors is enthusiastic in moving forward and continues to build on a strong supportive foundation for our business com-

munity.

Verigin-Burk is scheduled to assume her new duties beginning this week.

The chamber president said his group was “happy, very happy” following the process which had drawn interest from more than 20 applicants over the four month period since the resignation of former executive director Pam McLeod.

Ady offered gratitude to the applicants and praise for the quality of their submissions. “We had our work cut out for us,” he told the Castlegar News on Nov. 29.

Thursday, December 6, 2012 Castlegar News

Contraption Contest in full swing submitted

Imagine the year is 2050. Gigantic, funny-shaped towers surround your view, a hovercraft zips by and of course, your robot butler hands you your drink. While we may still be far from this sort of scenario, one of the most important questions then (as now) is: “How will we use less energy?”

KASTGLOWS (Growing, Learning Opportunities with Science) invites kids in Grades 2-8 from School Districts 8, 10, 20 and 51 to enter the 2012 Kootenay Contraption Contest to help us answer this

question. This encourages kids to be as creative and innovative: design a contraption that solves this future problem.

The contraption doesn’t necessarily have to work, but a sketch-up and description of how it solves the problem are essential. Contraptions may be drawn, built and videotaped, digitally built or otherwise. Creative applications of technology are encourage - and adored.

The 2012 Kootenay Contraption Contest runs from November 12- December 14, 2012. Entries will compete for the overall Grand Prize iPad,

and the best submission in each grade will win a classroom pizza party.

Entries can be submitted in a variety of ways: post it on our GLOWS Facebook page (which you can find via www. kast.com/GLOWS) and email associated name, grade and school information to erin@kast.com. Or download the entry form from our website at www.kast.com/ G L OWS / k o ot e ny contraption-contest and either mail the completed submission to KAST at PO Box 119, Rossland, BC V0G 1Y0 or scan and e-mail it to erin@ kast.com.

PUBLIC NOTICE STREAMLINED REVIEW PROCESS An Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Purchase of Utility Assets of the City of Kelowna THE APPLICATION

REGISTERING TO PARTICIPATE

On November 13, 2012, FortisBC Inc. (FortisBC) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to purchase the City of Kelowna’s (City) electricity distribution assets, and for approval to include the impact of the asset purchase in its revenue requirements (Application).

Persons who wish to actively participate in this proceeding should register as Interveners with the Commission in writing by Friday, December 7, 2012 and state the nature of their interest in the Application. Interveners will receive a copy of the Application, all correspondence and filed documents. An email address should be provided if available.

The Application involves the purchase of the electrical utility assets from the City for a negotiated purchase price of $55 million plus applicable taxes and adjustments.

If approved by the Commission, approximately 15,000 residential, commercial, industrial and institutional customers in central Kelowna, who currently receive service under the City’s Bylaw 7639, will become customers of FortisBC and will be billed under FortisBC’s Electric Tariff No. 2.

Persons not expecting to actively participate, but who have an interest in the proceeding, should register as Interested Parties with the Commission in writing, by Friday, December 7, 2012 and identify their interest in the Application. Interested Parties will receive an Executive Summary of the Application and a copy of the Commission’s Decision when issued.

THE REGULATORY PROCESS Commission Order G-178-12 establishes a Regulatory Timetable for the review of the Application and has tentatively scheduled a Streamlined Review Process. A Streamlined Review Oral Hearing will be held in Kelowna on Tuesday, February 5, 2013.

The detailed Regulatory Timetable can be reviewed on the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com under Current Applications.

PUBLIC INSPECTION OF THE APPLICATION

All submissions and/or correspondence received from active participants or the public relating to the Application will be placed on the public record and posted to the Commission’s website.

PARTICIPANT ASSISTANCE/COST AWARDS Any party intending to apply for a Participant Assistance/Cost Award is advised to review the Commission’s Guidelines with respect to the requirements for eligibility. The Participant Assistance/Cost Award Guidelines may be obtained online at http://www.bcuc.com/Documents/Guidelines/2010/DOC_5014_G-72-07_ PACA_2007_Guidelines.pdf or by writing to the Commission Secretary.

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The 105th Anniversary Service at the Robson Community Memorial Church was held on November 4 – to not only acknowledge the service and dedication of the brave soldiers who served our country, but to also dedicate the beautiful new addition to the Church.

The new kitchen and washroom extensions with wheelchair accessibility are almost complete. The Trustees of the RCMCS are so grateful for the support and donations from the volunteers that have made this addition possible. The Church, which was built in 1907, is a quaint little building available for rental for meetings, small weddings, funerals or family gatherings.

Gleaming new kitchen is an appreciated addition to the Robson Community Church.

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The non-profit Robson Community Memorial Church Society consists of volunteers who manage the Church, Resker Hall and the Robson Community Cemetery. The Trustees look after the facilities, the selling of plots in the cemetery, utilities and insurance.

We invite the public to the Christmas Service on Dec. 23, 7

p.m. at 2953 Waldie Avenue, Robson.

For more information, rentals or to make a tax deductible contribution, contact the RCMCS at Box 21, Robson, BC, V0G 1X0 or call Ken/ Elaine Hood at 250365-6506.

We are very thankful for the support of the Columbia Basin Trust for their generous funding.

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with other donations has assisted us greatly in completing our capital projects.

We would like to acknowledge recent contributors who have supported the Church through their volunteer efforts and financial donations.

We would not have been able to continue with the upgrades had it not been for their involvement. Many, many thanks!

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Show of thanks and support The Castlegar and District Hospital Auxiliary Society held a Christmas lunch to show appreciation to its many great volunteers.

Also on hand was Deb McIntosh, seated front, right, from the Community Harvest Food Bank, which received a cheque for $2,000 from Nettie Stupnikoff on behalf of the society.

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Motoring milestone marked submitted

On Nov. 29 at an event in the Lower Mainland, the B.C. government, police and ICBC marked the 35th anniversary of the CounterAttack program with the launch of the December impaired driving campaign.

In 1976, the year before CounterAttack roadchecks started, more than 300 people were killed in impaired related crashes every year in our province. While attitudes toward drinking and driving have changed considerably since then, an average of 113 lives are still lost each year and impaired driving remains the second leading cause of car crash fatalities in B.C. “We want every-

one to enjoy the holidays with their family and friends, so make sure you plan ahead for a safe ride home,” said John Dickinson, ICBC’s director of road safety. “Share the responsibility of being the designated driver this holiday season. If it’s your turn, be true to your commitment – your friends and family are counting on it.”

ICBC supports CounterAttack through an education campaign and enhanced police enforcement and also provides CounterAttack materials to businesses, sports facilities and community groups to help prevent impaired driving.

For more on the CounterAttack campaign, visit icbc.com.

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As well, he spent days preparing translations of the writings of the Russian writers Selkirk was bringing to Canada. These pieces were sent ahead by the writers, and only Karilio was familiar enough with the creative aspect of language to do the translation.

In many ways, Karilio was a genius in regard to Russian literature and the

Russian language.

This community, the Russian bilingual program, and the School District had the services of this outstanding educator for many years before he moved on to fine woodworking and photography.

Had he not married the love of his life and followed her to the Kootenays, we would not have had his immense contribution to education in Castlegar and area.

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The Lizzy Hoyt Trio will perform at the Castlegar United Church as part of the Kootenay Gallery TD Bank Sunday Concert Series.

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Traveling with Lizzy are upright bassist and harmony singer Keith Rempel, and guitarist/mandolinist Chris Tabbert.

This concert will take place at the Castlegar United Church on Merry Creek Road. The date and time to note are Sunday December 9 at 1:30 p.m. General admission is $12 and $10 for Kootenay Gallery members.

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Ecology/Conservation

To their dismay, reasearchers find too many frogs dying off Submitted

Part two in a series of ecology-related articles by Selkirk College students.

Where have the frogs gone?

Unfortunately, it’s not surprising to hear about yet another species on the brink of extinction. Frog populations around the world are known to be declining at alarming rates, as are other amphibian species. More than half of the world’s amphibians are threatened with extinction, and nearly 200 species have disappeared since the ‘80s. This is not normal: amphibians naturally go extinct at a rate of about one species every 250 years.

Losing frogs is of concern because they serve a variety of purposes in maintaining healthy ecosystems.

Frogs help control insect populations, tadpoles keep algae growth in check, and both are important food sources for a variety of species in the food chain.

The Northern Leopard Frog was once the most common amphibian in North America. However, due to many contributing factors, their numbers have

Khaylish Fraser (L) and Sarah Meunier are second-year Recreation, Fish and Wildlife students at Castlegar’s Selkirk College.

Submitted photo

dropped dramatically, with the B.C. population being impacted more heavily than anywhere else.

Although the decline began in the ‘60s, it was not until the 1990s that biologists realized just one population remained. The very hospitable habitat in the Creston Valley wetlands in B.C. is the last home for the Northern Leopard Frog.

Biologists do not cite any one cause for the huge loss of the Northern Leopard Frog: habitat loss, disease and road mortality were and still are the greatest challenges this frog is facing. As if this were not enough, the Northern Leopard Frog also suffers from increased predation by introduced nonnative species, such as largemouth bass and yellow perch, to name

a couple. It shouldn’t be surprising that currently the Northern Leopard Frog is listed as endangered.

Recovery efforts for this frog began in 2001 at the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area.

The focus of these efforts was a captive breeding and reintroduction program in conjunction with extensive inventory and monitoring of this lone population.

Over the next four years, thousands of Northern Leopard Frogs were raised and released into the wetlands. Unfortunately, very few seemed to be surviving: biologists were finding at most nine egg masses each year, which suggests just nine breeding pairs…not enough to support a viable population.

The situation seems brighter these

past two years for the Northern Leopard Frog, with record high numbers of egg masses being found. There have been so many in fact, that eggs and tadpoles have been moved from the Creston population to one of the frogs’ other historical ranges in the East Kootenays. This is very good news, however, there is still a long way to go.

One issue of concern that may continue to threaten the Northern Leopard Frog is the presence of a fungal disease. This fungus has already been responsible for the decline or extinction of at least 200 frog species around the world in the last 30 years. The spread of the fungus is primarily from human movement between water bodies. Boots and equipment accidentally pick up fungus from one place and deposit it into another. Preventing the spread can be accomplished by spraying down all equipment with a solution of 10 per cent bleach before setting foot in another body of water. This will help get rid of those unwanted microscopic killers.

Hopefully the results of the past two years will become a continuing trend for

Move over Movember The Lion’s Head Pub in Robson celebrated the end of Movember on Saturday. There was music from local band Such Great Madness and a contest for best and worst moustache (contestants left).

The event helped raise awareness and funds for the fight against prostrate cancer. The final tally was $7,185.

Craig Lindsay photo

the lone provincial population of Northern Leopard Frogs.

Everyone benefits when ecosystems are

healthy, and insects are kept under control.

You can make a difference by becoming

a citizen scientist with the BCFrogWatch program (http:// www.env.gov.bc.ca/ wld/frogwatch/).

Do you want to practise forestry in BC? New forestry designation available now The Natural Resource Professional (or NRP) designation is new and recent grads from natural resources conservation programs at the University of BC, Thompson Rivers University and the University of Northern BC can apply today. The NRP designation will allow you to practise aspects of professional forestry in every corner of the province. You might find yourself working for government, consultants, industry, Aboriginal groups and more! For more information and to see which programs qualify, visit our website at www.abcfp.ca.

Every human being, everywhere, deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. Everyone, without exception, inherently has the right to life, liberty and security. The right to freedom, not just (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1) from injustice, but from fear and want. The right to standards of good behaviour by governments, including protection under the rule of law and the Human Rights Stats establishment of citizenship rights, including the • 1.5 billion people live on less than $1.25/day right to vote, nationality, cultural expression and • 215 million children between the ages of 5 participation in public life. Freedom of assembly and 14 are currently working. More than half and expression, from rallies to social media. are exposed to the worst forms of child Equality. Education. Health. The right to food, labour, including hazardous environments, clean water and shelter. The right to work and proforced labour, armed conflict, drug vide for ourselves, to own property, to practice our trafficking and prostitution culture and religion, to speak our language, to live • 130 million children are denied primary in peace, and to be free from harm. school education. 70% of them are girls

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”

• There are 250,000 child soldiers in the world. 40% of them are girls, often forced to be sex slaves to male combatants • 2.5 billion people, i.e. a third of the population, do not have access to proper sanitation. Over 1 billion have no facilities at all • Indigenous peoples make up 5% of the world’s population, yet constitute 1/3 of the world’s impoverished rural people. Their life expectancy is up to 20 years less than their non-indigenous counterparts • Globally, only 17% of parliamentarians, 13% of national lawmakers and 3% of the global corporation CEOs are women • The majority of the world’s women can’t own, inherit or control property, land and wealth on an equal basis with men Sources: International Labour Organization, United Nations, UNICEF, UN Women

The principles of all human rights are infused throughout the work of the United Nations. From the original UN Charter in 1945, to the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, to legally-binding treaties that protect vulnerable groups such as women, children, minorities and the disabled, the UN has established, and continues to enhance and defend, international standards for human rights.

No matter where you live in the world, who your parents are, what your background is, or what kind of government you have, human rights are your rights. They allow you to fully develop your human abilities and contribute to the world. When one person’s rights are abused, we are all diminished. It is our collective responsibility to advance and speak up for human rights, to expose wrongdoing, and to protect the most vulnerable. And everyone has – you have! - that power.

You can be a human rights champion. Join our movement of “We the Peoples” and help us to promote equality and justice, and to build hopeful futures. A better world starts with YOU. Please become a member of United Nations Association in Canada at: www.unac.org/supportus or subscribe to our e-newsletter at: www.unac.org/subscribe Together, we will look beyond what is, to what could be, and take positive action toward a just, peaceful and prosperous future for all.

Brought to you by the Kootenay Region branch of the United Nations Association in Canada

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Community Fuelling forestry education The Selkirk College Forestry class thanks Kalesnikoff Lumber for the generous donation of a truckload of logs. The students converted the load to firewood and will use the funds to help pay for their annual field trip in April. A special thank you to Rob Giesler for making it happen.

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Potable presentation Castlegar McDonalds owners Brad and Kathleen Zubick (from left) and Todd Wallace, maintenance foreman of the Castlegar Community Complex, show off the new water bottle fountain at the complex. The water fountain enables patrons to fill up water bottles and to date has helped eliminate 850 water bottles from the environment.

Craig Lindsay photo

Going easy on the shame trigger DAM DECK OPENING HUGH L. KEENLEYSIDE DAM

Please be advised that the dam deck over the Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam will be open to the public from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily from Monday December 17 to Sunday, January 6.

As of Monday, January 7, the dam deck will continue to be closed for the duration of the Spillway Gates Reliability Upgrade Project, which is scheduled to be complete by late 2015. This project is necessary to ensure dam safety and to ensure that during high flows BC Hydro can continue to safely discharge flood waters downstream. We thank you for your continued support while these important safety improvements are completed.

Please note that as always during access closures BC Hydro will continue to open the dam deck to the public when it is safe to do so. Access to the Navigational Lock will remain open through the south entrance, except during Navigational Lock outages.

Up-to-date information regarding access across the Hugh L. Keenleyside Dam is available 24 hours a day by calling BC Hydro’s toll-free number at 1 877 924 2444. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact

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Mary Anne Coules at 250 365 4565.

Recently my boys and I studied Spartan warrior culture.

The Spartan concept of courage was, in essence, to willingly sacrifice your life in battle. From a young age boys were taught to fight. When they were old enough to join the men in war their mothers would kiss them and say something along the lines of, “Return a victor—or a corpse!”

Today we comparatively do not have prescribed roles in which we learn the art of courage, yet the ideals and concepts associated with courage are still very much alive.

In our modern developed nation, however, courage has, for the most part, taken on a new face and it’s called authenticity.

It seems that from every facet of life there are calls encouraging us to find, and lead, an authentic life.

The celebrities we follow, the bestsellers we read, the many short mantras that pop up in our Facebook feeds are continually calling us to, “Be ourselves. Everyone else is already taken.”

(Oscar Wilde in case you’re wondering).

Carla’s Call

Somehow, it seems, our greatest task is to live a life that is, quite simply, real.

To me, this is where it all gets a bit murky.

What exactly is the courage to be authentic? Is it the courage to tell your boss what you truly think: that he is a domineering micro-manager, and that you really can complete that project independently? Or is that just predetermined stupidity on your part to risk your income and all the benefits it brings? Is it the courage to be authentic enough to tell that old friend who has somehow, always, taken from you and let you down, that you are finally done? Or is it the courage to let go of the idea that you need to control how

that friend behaves, and instead, stick by that person? Is it accepting the shame you believe you will feel by raising your hand in class and asking that “dumb” question, but doing it anyway? Or is it admitting, “well, I just royally screwed up, now didn’t I?” Why exactly to we struggle so much with finding the courage to live out loud with our own personal choices about who, and how, to be? Why do so many of us turn down the volume, or even hit mute, on the music that lives inside us?

Perhaps it is because of the underlying commonality there is for all individuals who face choices in living a courageous and authentic life, and perhaps it’s not so different from the challenges faced by the Spartans of the past as they summoned courage for their battles.

Deb Burnett, a Nelson-based life coach who specializes in the work of Brene Brown, describes the acts associated with living...

Continued on P. A19

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Community/Health

Shame trigger

Looks better than it sounds

Continued from P. A18

...courageously as evoking vulnerability, and that our personal ‘battle’ is to attempt to understand and confront shame triggers, which Brown would call shame resiliency.

“Courage is the story of our heart. When we are being courageous we are acting out of how we feel, and not how we believe we are supposed to respond in the eyes of somebody else. We have to understand that at all times we are vulnerable, to get hurt, to feel pain, to die.

When we embrace the notion that it’s okay to be finite, to know we are not invincible or perfect, we are able to step into our courage.

We also need to look at our shame triggers, and understand them to develop resiliency.

I like the analogy of stepping into martial arts combat. When you know yourself well and are ready to step into battle with the knowledge that you are being vulnerable, that your strength is your willingness to be open to your opponent, not shut down or shielded, then you are far more likely to succeed in battle. Life is the same way. We need to know where our own weaknesses are so we can step into ‘battle,’ which is our own personal battle to be authentic.

When our shame triggers arise (not feeling good enough, or worthy enough) we may revert to the old fight or flight instinct.

Instead, the goal is to take perspective, practice self-empathy and feel your courageous and authentic self, as difficult as it might be in that moment.”

Marshall & Associates provides human resources plus individual and group development services. To find out more about their certified coaching services, please call (250) 513-0044.

Castlegar United Church was the site of colourful nativity arrangements on Dec. 1.

Carefully arranged manger scenes, also known as “Creches” were enjoyed by a range of visitors, including Addison (foreground, left) and Cullen.

Jim Sinclair photo

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ENERGIZING THE KOOTENAYS:

WORKSHOPS ON CLEAN ENERGY INNOVATIONS WITH MARK JACOBSON, BILL MCKIBBEN AND GUESTS

Selkirk College wishes to thank our sponsors for their generous support of “Energizing the Kootenays: Workshops on Clean Energy Innovations with Mark Jacobson, Bill McKibben and guests”.

Many thanks to the Columbian Basin Trust, Fortis, Columbia Power Corporation, Regional District of the Central Kootenay Area J, and the City of Castlegar for their sponsorship of this event of October 26 & 27, 2012.

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Rotary full of Christmas spirit Castlegar Sunrise 2000 Rotarians, including Rotary Interact students pictured above, celebrated Christmas on Sunday at Genelle Hall with a party filled with turkey dinner and all the fixings. No Christmas party is complete without caroling and that was done in spades.

There was even an appearance from Ol’ Saint Nick himself.

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Castlegar News Carrier of the Month

Mike Cook

Craig Lindsay photo

Type-2: uncovering new links Submitted

New research recently published online in Cell Metabolism suggests that chronically high levels of insulin may be an important underlying cause of obesity. Previously, experts thought that insulin levels became elevated in response to obesity and the insulin resistance

that accompanies it.

These new findings offer hope that treatments to keep insulin in a healthy range may reduce the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes.

The study was completed by Dr. James Johnson at the University of British Columbia and was funded in part by the Canadian Diabetes Association.

Previous notions have concluded that high insulin levels are a result of obesity; however, this study based on animal research now suggests otherwise.

People who follow a high-fat diet and meal plan by consuming small amounts of food and snacks throughout the day may experience weight gain because

their bodies produce higher levels of insulin, which can lead to obesity—a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes.

Further research needs to be completed to determine how these findings can be applied medically; however the findings suggest that different dietary patterns may contribute to healthy insulin levels.

Mike received a Rebels game ticket.

Mike enjoys walking, extra cash and helping his community with delivery of papers. “It’s an over all fun job.”

Congratulations Mike!

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Sports

Sports Reporter Craig Lindsay wants to hear about your sporting event.

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

Walton line leads Rebels past ’Riders CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter

The Castlegar Rebels came away with three out of four points after a home and home series with the Fernie Ghostriders. The Rebs won 5-2 at home Friday and tied 3-3 on Saturday in Fernie.

On Saturday, Castlegar had to fight back to tie after being down 3-1 heading into the third period.

After a scoreless first period, the home team opened up the scoring with two goals early in the second. Stu Walton put the Rebs on the board at 5:47 with a power play marker assisted

by Diego Bartlett and Jamie Vlanich.

Aaron Neufeld put Fernie up 3-1 with a minute and a half left in the second stanza.

Down two goals in the third, the Rebels rallied back. Bartlett scored 45 seconds in, assisted by Vlanich, who then got the game tying goal with just 30 seconds left, assisted by Walton and Bartlett.

“We weren’t really making mistakes,” said Bartlett. “We just kept playing our game

and came out with a little more fire in the third. We really wanted to get the point at least. The team just wanted it more.”

Bartlett is certainly benefitting from once again playing with

“We just kept playing our game and came out with a little more fire in the third.”

Rebels’ forward Diego Bartlett Walton and Vlanich.

“It’s great playing with them,” he said.

“We established a great forecheck. We were in the right spots at the right time. All the hard work paid off with Jamie (Vlanich) scoring with 30 seconds left.”

Connor Beauchamp was in goal for the Rebs and stopped 35 Fernie shots.

The Rebels knocked off the Fernie Ghostriders 5-2 on Friday night at the Castlegar Community Complex. Veteran forward Stuart Walton led the Rebs with two goals, while Brenden Heinrich

and Kody Disher had a goal and an assist each.

Also scoring for Castlegar was Dylan Sibbald.

The Rebs led 2-1 after one period. The ‘Riders tied the game two minutes into the third period with a goal from Ben Primeau. After that it was all Rebels, as the Castlegar squad scored three straight to seal the win.

“We knew we had to come out strong right off the hop and play our game,” said Bartlett. “We didn’t really give them any room there.”

Connor Beauchamp picked up the win for Castlegar, turning away 26 Fernie shots.

Next weekend the Rebels are on the road for games in Sicamous Friday and Revelstoke Saturday.

“We’re definitely looking to come out with four points,” said Bartlett. “We just have to play our game.

They play rough over there and it’s always tough to win on the road but I’m pretty sure we can pull it off.”

Castlegar has 41 points on the season with 18 wins, five

— REBEL SCORING — PLAYER Stuart Walton Jamie Vlanich Diego Bartlett Kody Disher Darren Medeiros

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losses, four ties and one overtime loss.

The team trails Nelson by three points for the top spot in the Neil Murdoch division as well as the KIJHL. The surging Beaver Valley Nitehawks are in third with 34 points.

“I’m sure BV is moving up the ladder.

They’re improving for sure,” said Bartlett.

“We just have to worry about our next couple of games before the break and

Aaron Petten of the Castlegar Rebels brings the puck over the blue line during Friday’s game against Fernie at the Castlegar Complex.

Craig Lindsay photo

— KIJHL STANDINGS — Kootenay Conference NEIL MURDOCH DIVISION TEAM Nelson Castlegar Beaver Valley Spokane Grand Forks

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Local swimmer headed to big meet

walking on water. After six months of vigorous training and meticulous coaching by Cody Flegel, the local 18 year-old Pilla qualified in Victoria this

month to compete in the 2012 Paul Bergen Junior International Short Course Championships in Beaverton, Oregon this December.

“It was amazing, the

time Cody and I spent on every aspect of my swimming coupled with the amount of team support allowed me to keep my head up and succeed right down to the last race” said Pilla.

The Annual Paul Bergen Junior International Champion Swim Meet is the only one of its kind held in the United States, bringing together swimmers 18 and under from around the world.

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match against Whiterock in the bronze medal game late Saturday afternoon.

This time around the Wildcats were determined to at least stand on the podi-

Thursday (against White Rock) but we were in solid in all other matches.”

Last season the Wildcats finished 11th with the same roster.

“We have enjoyed a great season, beating some very talented AAAA to AA teams,” added Moreira. “We were confident in our ability to compete with the best teams in the tournament and while we were given a chance to dethrone Kelowna Christian (the 2011 champions), we simply cannot match their physical size.”

The Wildcats are no strangers to the provincial podium having captured the championship four times over the years.

They have also earned

silver three times and the weekend bronze was the school’s ninth. This was the tenth time the Wildcats have hosted the provincials.

Salmo was also in the mix, coming into the 16-team tournament ranked 16th. The Salmo girls played hard, but came away with only one win in in six matches.

Salmo beat Carver Christian of Burnaby in the round robin portion of the tournament on Thursday.

Kelowna Christian claimed the provincial title with a decisive win against cross-town rival Immaculata in the finals (25-10, 25-22, 25-21).

Turn to page A27 for pictures from the Provincials.

ships based on how you play in October or November, but it’s also satisfying to go into a long break with lots of positives.”

In net, Alex Sirard stopped 26 shots to pick up his eighth win in as many appearances for the Saints.

Sunny Gill took the loss for the Vikes, allowing six goals on 43 shots.

Top 10 in league scoring. Jordan Wood and Logan Proulx lead the way with 26 and 24 points, respectively, while Kam Crawford, Connor McLaughlin, Cody Fidgett and Thomas Hardy sit sixth through ninth.

Selkirk sits tops in the six-team BCIHL, seven points ahead of SFU. The Clan has a pair of games in hand, which they will make up on January 4-5 before heading to Castlegar to face the Saints on January 12.

L-R James Pilla and coach Cody Flegel of the Greater Trail Swim Club.

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Mount Sentinel takes Provincial bronze BOB HALL Nelson Star Editor

The Mount Sentinel Wildcats girls’ team captured bronze in the BC High School SingleA Volleyball Championship on Saturday night at the Selkirk College gym in Castlegar.

The host club came into the provincials ranked third and that’s where they stayed after three hard fought days on the court.

The Wildcats opened the tournament with a 2-1 record in the round robin. The Wildcats beat Langley’s Credo Christian and Similkameen, but were upset by White Rock Christian Academy in a three-set match.

In the playoff round the Wildcats disposed of Fernie in three straight sets and then took care of Prince George’s Cedars Christian.

The two wins gave the Wildcats a shot at the semi-finals against the numberone ranked Kelowna Christian. The powerhouse Okanangan club proved to be too much for the Wildcats in the semi-final, winning in three straight sets (25-18, 25-8, 25-20).

The loss set up a re-

“I am satisfied and proud of the girls...We have enjoyed a great season, beating some very talented AAAA to AA teams.”

Joe Moriera um and disposed of the Lower Mainland team 25-21 and 2519 to earn the bronze.

“I am satisfied and proud of the girls,” said Wildcats coach Joe Moreira. “We stumbled a little on

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“As a group, coming into the season we knew we had all the ingredients to be a contending team,” says Dubois. “It’s all come together a lot quicker than we expected, and now the challenge is to approach the second half of the season with the same work ethic and intensity that we saw over the past two months. You don’t win champion-

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Kootenay swimmers in Kelowna CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter

The Kootenay Swim Club recently competed in the Aquajets Fall Classic Meet on November 24 and 25 in Kelowna.

Nine swimmers travelled and did very well at the event.

“The team swam very well and raced hard and posted excellent results,” said head coach Tom Carew.

“Everyone swam at least one best time at the meet.”

The following swimmers all had excellent performances: Cyan Ross-Van Mierlo 200M IM; Lau-

Swimmer Gabrielle Hanvold from Castlegar.

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ren Klenk, 200M free; Rachael teBulte, 200M free; Hannah Devries, 200M fly; Gabrielle Hanvold, 200M fly; Maneet Natt, 200M breast; Niallan Collier, 200M free; Tenysha RossVan Mierlo, 400M

IM; and Riley Mager, 800M free.

The swimmers are now busy preparing for the December 14-16 competition in Kamloops, which is the last big meet for the club before the Christmas break.

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Maddy Morehouse dribbles towards the basket while being closely guarded by Theresa Thom during practice on Monday.

CRAIG LINDSAY Castlegar News Reporter

With volleyball season finished for another year, basketball is taking over in high school gyms all around the West Kootenays.

At Stanley Humphries, the husband and wife coaching team of Gord and Kim Matson are back for another year at the helm of both the junior girls and senior girls basketball teams.

“We’re running practices together, but we’re playing games

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separately,” said Kim Matson. “Each team will have an away trip they will be going on and three tournaments around the West Kootenays. We have more than 20 games in the season so they should get lots of experience.”

Gord and Kim are both former UBC varsity players and have done a great job rebuilding the SHSS program. Last year’s junior girls team finished second in the West Kootenays.

“For the juniors, we

have some very strong players coming back,” said Kim. “We’ve got some good grade 9’s that are moving up.

We’ve got some new height that’s trying to fill in for the height we’ve lost. We’ve also got some grade 10s who are new to the game.”

Unfortunately, the team will be without 6’2” provincial team player Michelle Matson, the coaches’ youngest daughter.

Matson, a grade 9 centre, tore her ACL play-

ing soccer in the offseason and will be out for the season.

“I’ve played with these girls for two or three years now, so they’re like family.”

Kierra Cates, senior guard

Despite the loss of Matson and four other key players who’ve

graduated to the senior team, the juniors should be competitive with five girls returning including three starters: forward Svetlana Hadikin, and guards Rebekah Liszt, and Rachael teBulte.

“I think we’ll be good this year,” said Hadikin. “I’ve played with most of the girls on the team and we know each other really well. We’re really good at defence. We’ve got a new offence that we’ve been working on and I think it’ll be good.”

The team also has several new players who they will call on to add depth. Stand outs include grade 9s Maddy Morehouse and Alyssa Christianson, who played for the B.C. summer games basketball team in the off-season.

The senior team has eight players signed up and will occasionally rely on juniors playing up to help them field a team. Moving up from the junior team are Kierra Cates, Theresa Thom, Leeza Perehu-

doff and the Matsons’ older daughter Kelsey.

“With the seniors, it’s a little tough as we’ve got players juggling other commitments,” said Kim. “But we’ve got a strong core.”

The senior team will be travelling to David Thompson Secondary in Invermere this weekend where they will face off against mainly East Kootenay teams.

Cates, who is a grade 11 guard, says the team is ready to hit the court for some hoops action.

“I’ve played with these girls for two or three years now, so they’re like family,” she said. “We’re looking pretty good. We play Kimberley first (Selkirk Secondary) and they’ll be a good challenge. I think we can beat them this year.”

Cates says the seniors should be good this season. “We’re very good at communicating,” she said.

“We pass well and can score also. Our defence is solid too. We’re good at protecting the zone.”

The junior girls start their season on December 11 with a league game at L.V. Rogers in Nelson at 4 p.m. The seniors play their Nelson counterparts following the junior game at 5:30 p.m.

Sturling mini-spiel coming up in Castlegar BARB SINCLAIR Castlegar News Contributor

Castlegar hosts Jiu Jitsu tournament Kootenai Jiu Jitsu Academy recently hosted a tournament in Castlegar which was attended by several other clubs throughout the West Kootenays. Thirty-four members from the club attended and all together there were more than 60 competitors ranging from five years old to 18 years old. The club is very excited to be moving within the next two weeks to their new location at the Peak Physique gym. Way to go team!

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Mike Michael Makortoff Mike was born on September 30, 1937 in Castlegar, BC. He was a lifelong resident of Castlegar attending school and employed mainly in the community either with the Carpenters Union or as an independent contractor until he retired in 1997. He was a member of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ all his life and volunteered in many different capacities for the organization.

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The family would like to thank the following people and groups for their love and support during the very difficult time of Mike’s passing. The 911 operator, the paramedics who worked so diligently on Mike, the Robson Fire Department, Dr. Ankenbauer and the nurses at the Castlegar & District Hospital, Bill Strilaeff and the Castlegar Funeral Chapel staff for their assistance, Mike A. Kanigan for officiating the funeral service, Laura Verigin and J.J. Verigin Jr. for their attendance and their kind words, the Psalmists and Singers, the Kootenay Men’s Group, the USCC Brilliant Ladies Cooking Group and servers, the USCC Brilliant Cemetary Group for preparing the grave site, the casket bearers, the people who spoke so lovingly and eloquently at the service, everyone who brought food and baked goods to the house and Hall, the expressions of sympathy and those who sent flowers, and family and friends who came from near and far ~ our heartfelt gratitude. A very special thank you to Jim Maniago for his kindness and assistance to Mike and Nettie.

Stella Harshenin It is with great sadness that the Family of Stella Harshenin announce her passing on Monday, November 12, 2012, with her family by her side.

Stella was born in Nelson, BC on April 30, 1654. She grew up in Krestova where she met Joe Harshenin and they married in 1972.

They made their home in Rivervale and started their family.

Through the years they moved to various locations, finally settling in Genelle in 2005. Stella was dedicated to raising and looking after her family, whom she loved dearly.

She is survived by her husband; Joe Harshenin of Genelle, Daughter; Emhyrst Makortoff (Chris) of Edmonton, Sons; Warren Harshenin of Vancouver, and Chad Harshenin of Genelle, Grandchildren; Dakotah and Mayson Makortoff, Brothers; Harry Zeabin (Stella) of Krestova, and Paul Zeabin (Natalie) of Castlegar and many nieces and nephews.

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Nellie Laycock (nee Strelaev) Nellie Laycock (nee Strelaev), of Lantzville, BC died at the age of 64 on Friday, November 23, 2012 in Nanaimo Regional General Hospital after a short fight against cancer. Her loving children, son, Brian and daughter, Elka were by her side when she passed on.

She was born at home in Glade, BC February 5, 1948 to Peter and Molly Strelaev, the fourth child of six. She grew up and lived in the Castlegar area for many years and for a short while on Vancouver Island. She moved to Pouce Coupe, BC in 1985 where she resided until April of this year after which she moved to the Island to live with her daughter and son-in-law where she was happy to be away from the Northern cold and back where she felt she belonged.

Nellie was predeceased by her mother, Molly Strelaev in 1994, father, Peter Strelaev in 1997, niece, Teresa Strelaeff in 1999 and sister-in-law, Mary Strelaeff in 2005.

Nellie will be deeply missed by her children, son, Brian (Glenda) Strelaev and grandchildren, Lacey & Alyssa, daughter, Elka (Miguel) Levesque, brothers, Tom Strelaeff and Philip (Liz) Strelaeff, sisters, Mary (Paul) Verigin, Vera (Dave Attewell) Rezansoff, and Ann (Rick) Andriashek and many nephews, nieces, one aunt and many cousins.

In accordance to Nellie’s wishes there will be no service and cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life will take place in the Kootenays at a later date.

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John F. Saliken August 27, 1926 - November 24, 2012 John passed away peacefully on November 24th at Richmond Rotary Hospice where he spent his final days in the company of his children. He is survived by daughter Annette, two sons John Jr. and Daniel, and six grand children. He was predeceased by daughter Julie.

John was born in the year of the tiger, under the zodiac sign of Leo. He was raised and schooled in a quiet, rural prairie setting near Canora, Saskatchewan. In 1945, as a young man he moved to British Columbia to work in the construction industry, becoming a crew foreman on the Waneta Dam project and subsequently working for Cominco. Ten years later, he established his own excavating and construction company, which he operated for 30 years.

Married in 1954, he raised four children in Castlegar. He returned to Cominco for the last part of his career and, once retired, moved onto a large acreage in Ootischenia where he lived for over 20 years in his senior years.

He had a wide range of interests and hobbies, including golfing, reading, and a lifelong passion for playing accordion. In 1995, he was chosen for his deep, rich voice to play the narrator role, otherwise known as the “Cosmic Voice”, in the Doukhobor Centennial Choir presentation of Metamorphosis: A Spiritual Journey, which gained international recognition as the production toured Canada and Russia. John was also a very proud Past Chancellor for the Knights of Pythias, keeping the fraternity’s book of wisdom by his side to the last day.

We thank Talarico Place and Richmond Rotary Hospice for the compassion and love they shared with dad and the family over the last few months. In lieu of flowers, we request that John’s family and friends donate in his memory to Talarico Place, Richmond Rotary Hospice, and the Doukhobor Discovery Centre and Museum in Castlegar.

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Help Wanted PRODUCT SUPPORT MANAGER We have a position available for a Product Support Manager in our Castlegar location. This position will be responsible to grow and manage the servicerelated business, particularly through increased customer sales and maintaining proper staffing levels.

This position will also manage the parts department operations including supervision of parts staff.

Previous leadership experience in a heavy equipment service and/or parts department is a definite asset.

Brandt Tractor is the world’s largest privately held John Deere Construction & Forestry Equipment dealer and a Platinum member of the Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies Program. Find out more about our exciting career opportunities at www.brandtjobs.com or by calling (306) 791-8923.

Email resume indicating position title and location to hr@brandttractor.com or fax (306) 791-5986.

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BORDERLINE TRANSMISSION is restructuring and is now looking for a

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Bring resume to Borderline Transmission 2865B Highway Drive, Trail Phone 250-368-3231

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With an exciting new product line and beautifully renovated facilities, Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC is looking for a capable, personable and motivated Sales Representative to join its sales team. We’re a family-owned and operated General Motors dealership with over 20 years of experience providing quality automotive products and exceptional service to our customers.

Scott Hutt, Sales Manager Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC 1700 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, BC V1N 2W4 Fax: (250) 365-3949 Email: scott@kalawsky.com

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HEAVY DUTY JOURNEYMAN DIESEL MECHANIC required in Invermere, B.C. Permanent full-time position. Wage based on experience. $30 – $38.

Benefit package available.

Please fax or email resume to 250-342-0212 max@maxhelmer.ca

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking DRIVERS WANTED Local Class 1 2 Years Experience Benefits after 3 months Please apply in person with resume & drivers abstract Overland West Freight lines 1077 Columbia Road.

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Seasonal Truck Drivers Needed EMCON SERVICES INC., Road and Bridge Maintenance Contractor in the Castlegar, Rossland, Trail and Fruitvale Areas are looking for professional drivers for part time employment for the upcoming winter season. Qualifications for these positions are: • BC driver’s license (minimum Class 3/Air) • Proven on highway trucking experience • Experience driving tandem axle vehicles and experience on a variety of transmissions including 13 speed.

Qualified applicants are invited to submit application along with a photocopy of driver’s license, a driver’s abstract and references to substantiate driving experience to:

Emcon Services Inc. 6150 2nd Street Grand Forks, BC V0H 1H4 Or Fax (250) 442-2677

Automotive Service Technician Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC has an immediate opening for a Certified Automotive Technician.

We are a leader in automotive repair and service and we’re looking to hire and retain the very best. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment.

We’re a family-owned and operated General Motors dealership with over 20 years of experience providing uncompromising service to our customers, and we’re looking for someone who shares our philosophy and work ethic. Come be a part of our team. General Motors experience is considered an asset, but is not essential. However, you must have your own tools and safety boots.

If you have an abiding interest in automobiles and enjoying sharing your passion with others in a helpful and ethical manner, then maybe this position is for you. We provide the kind of training and support to help you succeed, and our compensation and benefits packages rank among the best anywhere.

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The Kootenay Society for Community Living seeks casual employees to work in the West Kootenay. Casual employees provide service for persons with development disabilities and/or spectrum disorder in residential settings and in the community. For more information please visit our website at www.ksclcastlegar.net.

To apply please either email your resume to hr-kscl@telus.net or fax to 250-365-5679

Customized Employment Coordinator The Kootenay Society for Community Living seeks a permanent full-time Customized Employment Coordinator to work in the West Kootenay. Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Customized Employment Coordinator provides customized employment services for persons with development disabilities and/or other spectrum disorders with an 80% target placement rate.

For more details please visit our website at www.ksclcastlegar.net.

To apply please either email your resume to bgooliefkscl@telus.net or fax to 250-365-5679 This posting closes on December 10, 2012

HOME SHARE PROVIDER The Kootenay Society for Community Living supports individuals with developmental disabilities and/or spectrum disorders.

We currently have opening for Home Share Providers to share their home and provide support to individuals in the West Kootenay.Your qualifications include experience working with individuals with development disabilities and the desire to provide a safe and welcoming home that offers individuals the opportunity for inclusion.

For more details please visit our website at www.ksclcastlegar.net.

To apply, please forward your resume either by email to bgoolieffkscl@telus.net or by fax 250-365-5679

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Email: don@RMPrint.com Required for an Alberta Trucking Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be willing to relocate to Edson, Alberta. Fax resumes to: 780725-4430

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Medichair Castlegar is seeking a physically fit, mechanically inclined, selfmotivated individual to join our team. The applicant should have: - excellent communication and customer service skills - good time management skills - be able to follow direction well - have a Class 5 BC Drivers Licence $12 to $14 starting wage depending on experience with competitive benefit package after 6 months employment.

We thank all applicants in advance. Only suitable applicants will be contacted.

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Skilled Millwrights, Welders, Fabricators required for sawmill construction in the Nelson area. Please email resume to timberlinemill@shaw.ca

Trades, Technical JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE Service Technician. Hanna Chrysler Ltd. (Hanna, Alberta) needs a few more good people. Busy, modern shop. $25. - $31./hour + bonus, benefits. Great community. Inquire or send resume. Fax 403-854-2845; or Email to: Chrysler@telusplanet.net TERA ENVIRONMENTAL Consultants (TERA) has immediate openings for positions in the environmental field.

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