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Joel Tansey reporter@thegoldenstar.net Goldenites got some relief at the pump over the weekend as prices fell to 130.9 from 134.9 at the town’s various retailers. For some it was about time, as other communities in B.C. have celebrated much lower pricing for weeks.

Even with the price drop, locals are still paying

much more for fuel than most.

According to bcgasprices.com, most stations in Kamloops are charging 115.9 for regular gas as of Nov. 3, while stations in Cranbrook are sitting at 123.9. Invermere’s Petro-Canada’s price is 127.9, while Revelstoke’s stations are actually charging more than Golden, at 134.9.

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Stations in Banff and Canmore are charging about 110.9 and Calgarians are paying as little as a dollar per litre.

Higher prices are probably not news for drivers in Golden, but what might be particularly painful to see is that some areas have had their prices drop significantly more than in this area.

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While Golden has lost just 10 cents per litre from its peak price point of 141.9, Abbotsford has shed over 20 cents from a high of nearly 1.35 in August to a low of 111.0 in late October.

Vancouver, whose fuel prices are subject to additional taxation, peaked at about 1.43 in August and hit a low of 124.5 in October. The average price across B.C. was 1.38 at the beginning of August and sat at around 1.22 over the weekend.

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The primary reason prices have dropped across the board over the past couple months is the plummeting prices of crude oil.

“Crude prices have gone down and that has created a lower cost for refiners to buy that crude, and therefore they’re able to competitively ignore their wholesale prices to gasoline station marketers who in turn are able to offer lower prices to consumers.”

So why haven’t these savings been as evident in Golden? Ervin couldn’t declare any one reason for Golden’s prices, but did offer some potential reasons.

The main difference could lie in the marketing margin.

“If you see other

places having gone down by a different amount than Golden for example…that would be an effect of the marketing margin not being the same in those two markets anymore.”

Another reason could be that, according to Ervin, there can be delays between price drops across separate communities.

“Sometimes, if the product turnover is less than in other markets, in other words inventory in one market on average doesn’t turn over as quickly, then the operators have to live with higher price gasoline in their tanks going through the pumps. The price then stays higher until they get a new load of gasoline, and then they can really sustainably lower their price.”

When asked if Golden’s isolated location led to consumers being gouged at the pump, Ervin said that wasn’t the case.

“There’s a number of gas stations in Golden…if there’s

one industry that’s highly competitive it’s the industry of selling gas. I have never experienced a prolonged situation where oil companies agree to do that. That’s, frankly, against the law. It’s a question of competitive factors, those are the drivers,” he said.

On Monday, a thread was posted to a local Facebook group urging people to participate in a blockade, where individuals would line up their cars in order to prevent anyone from filling up their gas tanks.

Sgt. Troy Durand said that police were aware of the proposal, and while peaceful protests are obviously fair game, RCMP would have to lay charges on anyone participating in this sort of activity.

“People have the right to protest... (but)when you talk about preventing people from getting into a business, that’s illegal for sure,” he said. “They could get arrested and charged.”

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The Golden Star’s 2014 Election Question of the Week Candidates for Mayor and Council, do you think Golden should be cutting back on expenses, or investing in the future?

Specifically, in what areas would you like to see reductions, and/or what areas would you like to see investment?

Keith Hern Golden’s future starts today. We need to make sound financial decisions today that impact the future. We can manage today’s expenses and still invest for the future.

The Town of Golden needs leadership that can make difficult choices to resolve our financial deficit while supporting future plans. The 2013 deficit of $308,020 restricts our ability to undertake capital projects and/or build our capital reserve fund. Our first financial priority should be to eliminate the deficit and find innovative solutions to meet our capital infrastructure and community services needs.

In the past 2-years, significant savings have already been made; restructuring the administration, eliminating GAI, funding Kicking Horse Culture and the swimming pool expenses from EOF Funding instead of taxpayers’ dollars, are steps in the right direction.

Shared funding and service agreements provide solutions today—and pay dividends in the future: the New Building Canada Fund is a cost-share project that supports our infrastructure development, and the Shared Service Agreements with Area A on community services provide necessary steps to making responsible financial decisions today for tomorrow.

Innovative solutions and sound decision-making are keys that I bring to Golden’s vision for financial sustainability.

Leslie Adams Our municipality’s financial reports confirm that our community is in good financial shape. The current council has put together a sound plan to ensure that we have funds in the future for upgrades, replacements and emergencies for our current infrastructure. And one of the first tasks of the new council will be the budget process, a public process that I hope community members will get involved in.

I feel comfortable with our current level of spending, but I would like to continue exploring cost-sharing with CSRD on services that residents throughout the area use.

I also feel that it is important that we make economic development a priority. I believe that we could work with Invest East Kootenay, but I believe that the town should also contribute to our own economic development with staff resources.

My investment priorities would include supports to local services, by continuing to work with clubs, nonprofit organizations and private businesses to keep social service, cultural and recreational costs down for residents. These are the resources in our community that bind us together, and make this a great place to live.

Connie Barlow I try to view planned expenditures as investments – investments in plans, infrastructure and people. Council and staff are continually pressured to maintain or reduce budgets each year. However, inflation continues to push upward.

General across-the-board cuts to expenditures in the short term often results in expensive unplanned expenditures in the longterm, which costs taxpayers more. The benefit of wellplanned investment can far outweigh the initial cost.

Infrastructure and facilities that are not being utilized and are nearing the end of their life cycle can be considered candidates for cutting.

Infrastructure that is critical and facilities that are essential to local residents need to be supported for today’s operating expenses and for future contingencies.

Attracting and retaining the staff that can best serve our community is critical to our long-term viability. It is cheaper to retain staff than it is to attract new ones. In my next term, I would like to see the Town support the creation of a community or social coordinator.

When the polls open, I hope voters see their engagement in the democratic process as an investment in Golden’s future.

Lori Baxendale I don’t believe citizens of Golden want a reduction in our quality of life.

Investing in the future means investing in Local/ Community Economic Development (CED), as a coordinated, coherent, funded, collaborative process between all levels of government and non-government organizations that builds up the economic and social capacity of an Golden and Area A to improve its future productivity and overall quality of life.

A community’s choice to engage and invest in CED strategies is a reflection of the self-worth it holds. To not invest implies we don’t value building up the capacity of Golden to maintain and improve our future.

The EOF (Economic Opportunity Fund) can serve our community, funding specialist, professional, focused, prioritized CED, to chart a course developing attraction strategies bringing entrepreneurs, creative thinkers, outside of the box innovators, who will contribute to the diversity, flexibility, character and sustainability of business and employment in Golden. Attract families increasing school enrolment, increase the usage of rec facilities, increase the tax base.

We lost CED Dec 31st 2013. Time to get back to the table, time to agree on and rebuild a model, time to re-invest in the future, time to innovate on all Golden has to offer.

Ron Oszust The Town operations are a multi-million dollar business.

We run that business efficiently and cost effectively with professional and skilled staff. As a Council we provide the governance. Keeping an eye on debt, expenditures and revenues is critically important.

Golden has and should continually invest in the future.

We need to invest: -in our infrastructure, -our assets, -our staff, -our citizens, -our arts and culture -our services We need to invest into: -a review of our existing agreements with the CSRD -the establishment of new agreements with the CSRD for other community amenities -a review of the services and the level of service that we are providing These are some of the investments that will make us the best we can be.

I am incredibly optimistic and enthusiastic about Golden’s future and I would be honored to have the opportunity to represent the citizens of Golden, as your Mayor.

Jim deBolebec One can cut expenses and still invest in the future. Two recent examples of this took place when funding for Kicking Horse Culture and the swimming pool changed from local taxation to the Economic Opportunities Fund. This freed up money that can be used to leverage additional support from the Federal Government under the New Building Canada Fund.

Cutting expenses does not have to be a negative.

It can be utilizing what money you have in a more conservative cost effective way. Reducing printing costs is a good example.

Printing most documents in black and white would see a 30% cost reduction.

Another example has been combining the CAO with Manager of Corporate Services eliminating one paid position.

When expenses are reduced without cutting services, additional investment can be made in future projects without increasing debt.

Andrew Commons Cutting expenses and investing in the future is not an either or scenario.

We need to think in terms of how to manage our current needs while planning for the future.

My approach for the future is three pronged: Management, Planning, and Partnerships: • We need to invest in our current needs that meet our future opportunities. Successfully managing our long-term sustainability is built on the foundation of the Town’s physical and service assets. As the custodians of the Town’s assets, the Council’s priority is to provide sound financial investments today in their maintenance so they continue to provide future benefits.

• Along with sound management of our assets, we need to invest in planning our future by updating our Official Community Plan and simplifying the Planning & Zoning Bylaw.

• Finally, we need to invest in partnerships.

Shared Service Agreements with Area A provides a starting point to building sustainable community services and effectively managed assets that benefit everyone.

By laying a foundation of sound management, good planning, and strong partnerships today, they will build our path to the future.

Vote Andrew Commons for Town Council.

Janet Crandall We should always be doing both - evaluating expenses and planning and investing in the future.

These things should always be top of mind when considering the routine decision-making.

Priorities are best served when things are run like a business. Because, after all, managing the Town’s affairs is a business. Decisions should be made based on how they will affect us long-term. Will we meet our overall revenue objectives for the year? Do we have enough to cover our bills? It’s a basic principle – do we have enough money to do the things we need to do. And, are we saving for unexpected circumstances?

Managing a business effectively teaches you the importance of staying in touch with your financials, not just annually but quarterly and monthly, so that if and when something unexpected happens, changes can be made to get back on track to meet whatever goals were set.

It shouldn’t be a question of being a ‘have’ or ‘have not’ community, when we’re making a shopping list for the town. When we ‘have’ enough money to meet our responsibilities and then some, great. If we ‘have not’ enough money, then we must not spend unnecessarily, and absolutely must reduce expenses.

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Bruce Fairley This is not the time to increase operating expenses in the Town of Golden, which are already higher in our community than other comparable communities. Rossland, which has virtually same population as ourselves, has an operating budget at least 50% lower than Golden’s. We continue to spend funds unwisely – the new sign at the arena being a prime example. The bike share program and a grass parking lot at the United Church which had to be torn out were money totally wasted. Some rationalization of staffing may be necessary. Our CAO probably has too many tasks to perform, yet we are carrying the position of a full time bylaw enforcement officer.

On the capital side, however, we are going to have to start spending on infrastructure. Our water, sewer and roads cost about $77,000,000 historically and we now have an infrastructure deficit of at least $30,000,000. Our basic infrastructure dates from the mid-60s and the town has been spending almost nothing to upgrade or refurbish it. Areas likely needing attention over the next four years are sewer and drainage and the road through the Alexander Park subdivision. The Rotary Trail needs some investment and we should get after the Province to improve the Mount Seven Road.

Chris Hambruch One of the roles of local government is the provision of services. Typically these services cannot be supported in a conventional business model. Take water, sewer, and roads for example. On a collective basis with tax dollars and user fees they’ve been built and operated successfully. We do need to continue the provision of the existing services and provide significant investment to ensure they will continue.

I believe that “WE”, Golden and Area A, Kicking Horse Country, need to invest in the provision of communication infrastructure to get us from the current 3rd world connection speed of 6Mbps to 50Mbps or better. This is an initiative that has been talked about for several years with very little improvement in service. While I am not suggesting this should be funded by local tax dollars, I do believe that the elected representatives need to lead the charge and make it happen. There are community network models that could be adapted and utilized. We have lots of local talent that can provide expertise to get the job done. I believe that with a combination of Columbia Basin Trust, Economic Opportunity Funds, Columbia Basin Broadband Corporation, and local service providers “WE” can make this happen.

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Serge Lamarche Cutting back or investing in the future.

Why or ? It is like asking to save money or spend some. Of course a good budget can do both at the same time. If I refer to Bruce Fairley’s paper, to which I give an A+ for revealing the flaws of the previous team, huge amounts of money were squandered.

Simply avoiding the temptations to spend on fancy and expensive yet unproductive items would easily re-equilibrate the finances of the town. I am not talking about avoiding all interesting experiments. Maybe just the costly ones.

Investing in the future means today using the funds responsibly so that the future won’t be taxed :-) as much. Maybe reducing the debt load would save millions for the future. As a tourism destination, maybe the town should cleverly spend on the variety of destinations attracting visitors. Small amounts well placed may prove more effective. Maybe make the town more attractive to other kind of business if there are some hindrances.

Maybe study the possibility of improving flood resilience from the Columbia. Global warming is sure to increase the occurrences of atmospheric rivers like the one flooding Calgary. I am confidant and open to suggestions.

Eddie Leigan The answer here is not investing or cutting...

Going forward Golden needs a balanced approach.

We need to have an attractive community that people want to come to and want to stay in. Who wants to move to a community that is closing doors and cutting services? That’s like hopping onto a ship taking on water... We need to invest in the future, we need to continue to create a community that is friendly to people of all ages and stages of life, from newborns to senior and all ages in between.

Now, because I have said I want to invest in the future don’t think I don’t care about the bottom line or the finances. We need to make that balance of investing in programs and fixing old infrastructure, to building reserves and saving for the rainy days that we all experience. Cutting sounds terrible... but unfortunately is something that happens.

If something doesn’t work, or is not benefiting the community of course I am willing to cut those things back and put those funds to better use. This is a very hard question to answer is 200 words. For more info contact me or see my Facebook page.

Caleb Moss Although this question is posed as an either/ or, my answer is a both/ and. Part of being diligent, and fiscally responsible as a councillor should always involve limiting superfluous expenses. At the same time, my job is to maintain and create community infrastructure. Fiscally responsible leadership chooses when to spend cash reserves, strategically uses borrowing to build, and understands that community benefits are founded on sound investments.

I will continue to advocate for new investment into a regionally funded economic development function and would also like us to take a hard look at some of our current financial agreements (such as the Historical Society) that lack tangibly contracted deliverables. Both of these areas carry tremendous potential to greater capitalize on existing assets. In terms of reductions, I would love to see a cessation in the erroneous statements being perpetuated by folks who choose to fear monger concerning town balance sheet. We are in no way, shape, or form in dire financial straits. We have an excellent management team and a top notch CFO in Lisa Vass. We are actually ahead of the curve in many aspects. Unsubstantiated and contextless spouting as election platform is, quite frankly, irresponsible and just plain wrong.

Bob Munro This campaign is not about cutting Programs/ Services or costs. It’s about fiscal responsibility.

It’s about maintaining/ enhancing programs & services at an affordable price while investing for the future so our children & grandchildren will enjoy the same benefits we do today.

Unfortunately the majority of current councilors, 1 candidate for Mayor & 3 other candidates for council don’t believe we have a financial problem.

They’ve spent $800,000 more than the Town received in revenue over the last 2 years. They’ve annually spent $1,000,000 more than comparable communities in the Kootenays and southern Okanagan.

They’ve left little or no money for improvements to our roads, sewer & water systems, our river dykes, swimming pool, parks, trails & buildings like the Rec Plex, Civic Centre & Town Hall.

These Councillors spent $300,000 on Bridge to Bridge, want to spend $2-3 million of Bridge to Bridge 2, $500,000-$800,000 on a permanent stage in Spirit Square and many more non-essential projects.

I want to maintain existing services/programs & invest in Town infrastructure.

It’s the only way seniors, our younger citizens & future generations will enjoy the same quality of life we have today at a cost that is affordable and realistic.

Candidates for Area A Director, with such a diverse and geographically large area, how do you plan to represent all the residents of Area A equally?

Karen Cathcart Area A happens to be the largest geographic Area of the CSRD, 13,500 square kilometres and has a population base of over 3000. The Area A Community is made up of Donald/Blaeberry/North Bench, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Nicholson/Habart, Parson, Field and the Beaverfoot.

How do you represent all residents of Area A equally?

• Establish a communication strategy that will support how residents want to receive information. The strategy must be created by the residents. Only they can tell you how they wish to receive and give information. The components of the strategy would include: • Building a diverse advisory committee with representation from all sectors of Area A. We would strive for gender balance and age balance, skill sets and experience. This team would be empowered to work with their respected areas and report back to the larger group.

• A media plan that would include: newspaper, radio, and social media, and email to ensure people are informed and we are being heard and to receive feedback.

• Focus groups in the areas on a quarterly basis focused on planning and strategy.

Residents in Area A could now talk about who they want to see on the Area A advisory committee.

Garry Habart Area A is geographically large, diverse and continually changing, representing all constituents in Area A can be a challenge.

To meet this challenge, I formed an Advisory Committee representing a cross section of the Area A community. The committee was established, by sending out an expression of interest to the community and the interested residents were interviewed, and chosen by a joint decision between myself and two senior members of CSRD staff, and approved by the CSRD Board.

This was an effort to be more approachable to the community, and I would like to thank My Advisory Committee for their volunteer work.

Resolving issues when residents have different interests can be a challenge, and it is hard to find solutions that everyone can live with, for example there is a large part of the community that wants to keep taxes in check, and a different group that wanted to support Kicking Horse Culture. A solution to satisfy both groups was to fund KHC through the BC Hydro PILT money available to the town and Area A. If re-elected I would again seek input from an advisory committee.

Brian Spain I plan to represent Area A by making house calls. Going to homes of Area A residents and have good conversations, finding out what people in the valley want and need.

Thankfully my job as a Telus technician takes me to these homes on a daily basis. Therefore I feel I have my finger on the “pulse” of the valley. For more important decision I plan to host town hall meetings.

Another tool in my repertoire is Facebook. This is great for two way conversations both public and private. I can communicate what I am doing in the valley and valley residents can post what they think and feel about my actions.

Just think how nice this will be when we all have affordable internet access. https://www.facebook.com/pages/BrianSpain/737541776299545 Email is another easy tool to engage Area A residents. It is more private and better for longer conversations. brianspainareaa@gmail.com I hope that every resident of Area A will reach out and ask me any question relevant to them and to the region.

I’m Brian Spain and I want to be your Area A Director.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014 The Golden Star

Mayoralty Candidates’ Forum Editor,

I had the pleasure of attending two All Candidates Forums last week, hosted by the Kicking Horse Country Chamber of Commerce, one for the two prospective Mayors, and one for the 12 candidates vying for six seats on Town Council.

Several things about the forums impressed - I SURMISE me.

By Jessica Schwitek First of all, the forums were conducted very well, with a moderator who was firm and demanded respect from both the crowd and the candidates.

I have been to forums in the past where rude behaviour distracted from the purpose of the event, which is to hear how the candidates hope to better the community. This time, however, everyone in attendance was polite and gave each other proper consideration.

Secondly, I was thrilled to see the turnout. A lot of attention has been given to low voter turnout in municipal elections, with Golden being no exception. So to see so many people fill the Seniors’ Centre, not only to listen, but also to engage with well thought out questions was inspiring.

Young people are notoriously absent at these kind of events, and although it wasn’t packed with 20-year-olds, it was nice to see a few younger faces there.

And thirdly, although some may not agree with me on this, I heard a little more honesty than I had expected from some of the candidates (although certainly not all).

It may come as a surprise to hear this from a reporter, but one of my favourite answers to a question can sometimes be, “I don’t know.”

I appreciate the simple honesty of someone coming out and admitting that he or she does not have an answer, but are willing to find out.

Politicians are infamous for talking without saying anything, especially at these kinds of events where they don’t get any time to prepare answers.

It’s also not unheard of to find out after a forum that some of the answers that were given turned out to be false.

That is why I find it so refreshing to hear a candidate say something like, “I don’t have the background knowledge to answer that on the spot, but here is my opinion on the subject...”

There were also a few candidates who took a firm opinion, even though it wasn’t necessarily popular among the crowd. The shortest answer of either evening came in at less than 20 words, but it clearly answered the question posed, and honestly.

Answers like this may catch a few people off guard, but at the end of the day you won’t be wondering what exactly he or she meant.

At the Mayoralty candidates’ forum on Tuesday evening Councillor Keith Hern stated that the Town of Golden provides financial support to the Food Bank through CP. As Chair of the Food Bank Board I need to correct any misunderstanding that may have been created by this statement.

The CP Holiday Train is a National (in fact, International as they send a train across the border “down east”) initiative organized by CP specifically to provide funds at Christmas time to food banks across the country who are fortunate enough to be at a stop on the tracks.

Over the years it has been a wonderful gift to Food Banks, not just because of the financial support provided but also in terms of the awareness generated around poverty and the plight of the hungry at this time of the year when many of us are fortunate enough to experience and enjoy

BC Seniors Games Letter to the editor, After the BC Senior Games held from Sept. 9-13 in Langley, I should be allowed to take a view backwards.

We are not the strongest Zone in B.C., but we did better years ago.

I pick only the results in Track and Field from the years 1992 to 1995: in 1992 with 10 participants from our zone we won 15 medals (9 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze),

abundance. The amount of money we receive is determined by CP Head office.

It has absolutely nothing to do with the Town of Golden.

We don’t apply for it as we would a grant. We don’t even know how much we’re going to receive until the cheque is handed to us at the Holiday Train. It is truly a gift at Christmas time from CP to us. To increase that generosity, last year our local CP employees cared enough to give all their Holiday Train tickets to the Food Bank. They then helped to coordinate a Food Drive with the schools and the tickets were given away as rewards. They are doing this again this year for which the Food Bank is very grateful.

I was shocked at the lack of understanding demonstrated by Keith Hern in this regard. Neither the Town of Golden nor Area A provides any on-going financial support to the Food Bank which helps to make the CP Holiday Train a very special event for the Food Bank.

Respectfully submitted, Mandy Cantle, Chair, Golden Food Bank

in 1993 with 23 participants we won 27 medals (12 gold, 9 silver, 6 bronze), in 1994 with 17 participants we won 35 medals (15 gold, 14 silver, 6 bronze), and in 1995 with 19 participants we won 32 medals (10 gold, 13 silver, 9 bronze).

Now in 2014 our Zone 7 had only 2 participants in Track and Field with 5 medals. Our Zone, with 44 participants and 13 medals total, takes the last place of all Zones in B.C., with the West Kootenays four places agains of us with 89 medals.

My concern is, where will this end up in the future? Where are the people 55 and older in the East Kootenays? What is holding them up to participate in one of the 27 different disciplines?

We have in some disciplines well, active working groups, but we are missing many. Everybody over 55 should be called on to participate at the BC Senior Games, which changed the name to 55+ BC Games.

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Are you annoyed by the cost of living in Golden?

A pond full of stars to Scot for a job well done. Your excavator skills are amazing!

Shawna Dunn

Ned Johnson

Brad Orr

“Yes and no. I feel it’s the price we pay to live in a beautiful town like this.”

“Yes and no. I understand that some things need to cost more, but being fair is also paramount.”

“No. The necessities are all available here and at a reasonable price.”

Where are the badminton payers, table tennis players, golfers, bocci players and all the others who are still fit enough to represent our Zone 7 in the games?

For people interested in Track and Field, please contact me at 250-4893643.

I will lead two regular one-hour training sessions per week during the winter time at Core Fitness in Cranbrook, and am willing to test your ability and guide you to the disciplines where you have a chance to win a medal.

Your contribution will only be a $15 membership fee to the Zone 7 per year, and $2 per hour to rent the training space. I was a PE teacher and coached for more than 40 years in different sports.

We need your help and your participation. Please contact be or Hugh Hambleton at 250-426-7824.

The next Games will be held in North Vancouver from Aug. 25-29.

This is a call to all people 55 and older from Golden to Creston and Fernie, Sparwood to Elkford. We are also looking for a contact in each area of our zone.

Udo Grady VP of Zone 7 for 55+ BC Games Cranbrook

Stingers to the Town of Opportunity for gouging with gas and groceries. Why shop local?

A Bargain Basement full of stars for the baby clotches.

Many Thanks, from the Golden

Infant Development Program.

A bouquet of Parent and Tot Stars to Grandma Cathy for all your help at our Halloween Party.

A Rec Plex full of Stars for Mel McMahon for taking such great care of the place over the years.

Email your Stars and Stingers to editor@thegoldenstar.net

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Fire Stars to Mark and Carol for the awesome Halloween Bon Fire, fun and goodies, it was very much appreciated.

Stars and more stars to all who came, and donated to the Tom

Kelley Memorial Park Annual Halloween Bon Fire.

LNG facts buried in the fine print says MLA

- Norm Macdonald -

MLA Columbia River-Revelstoke

I believe in democracy. I believe that governments have a responsibility to tell the truth.

I believe that citizens have a right to that truth. But when it comes to building our province’s economic future around liquefied natural gas (LNG), any truth coming from government has been buried in the fine print.

With the tabling of the legislation to enable the development of the LNG industry in British Columbia, we are

starting to get the real picture of what LNG actually offers our province.

Here are some numbers. Christy Clark promised there would be 10 to 15 LNG plants that would result in 100,000 jobs for British Columbians. She promised a trillion dollars in economic activity and an end to the provincial sales tax. She promised a $100 billion prosperity fund, and the first LNG plant by 2015.

But here are the real numbers. The tax structure for LNG which was recently presented to the

Legislature lays out that if a plant were to be built, the new tax revenue to the province would be between $100 million and $125 million per year. But that revenue would only begin six to eight years after the plant was built and operating.

Now, $100 million sounds like a fair bit of money. But when compared to other sources of revenue or other costs to government you will see that there is no way that this level of revenue will get us anywhere close to eliminating the debt, replacing

the provincial sales tax or building a prosperity fund.

For example, the current provincial sales tax collects $6 billion a year. The province’s debt has grown by $15 billion since Christy Clark became premier in 2011. Medical services plan premiums paid by British Columbians brings in $2.6 billion a year.

When you are talking about billions, $100 million doesn’t go very far.

Each plant is expected to create 120 jobs. To put these numbers into per-

MLA Meeting Day

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spective, Skookumchuk Pulp in the Columbia Valley, a relatively small operation, employs 290 people. And still, all talk of LNG plants being operational within this decade is purely hypothetical.

Where did I get my numbers from? All of this information is available in the government’s own documents. These are the facts that are missing from the Premier’s statements.

This is not a partisan issue. This is democracy issue. Citizens have a right to know the truth.

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StrongStart a free, school based learning program birth-5years.

Mon&Fri 12-3:30pm, Wed 2-5pm, Tuesdays&Thursdays 8:4511:45am. Call Shelley for more info 250-439-9324.

Wed, Nov. 5

Golden Public Health presents Baby Talk for new parents and kids every Wednesday from 1:30-3pm in the Early Learning Centre.

12 months and under. 250344-3001 for more info.

Hapkido Martial Arts Wednesdays, Arena Lounge 6-7pm (kids) 7:15-8:15pm (adults).

Badminton Drop-in Wednesdays, 7-9pm at the Mount 7 Rec Plex $6 ($5 students/seniors) bring racket.

Free Flu Shots Nov.5 at Mount 7 Rec Plex 10am6pm.

Advanced Voting Nov.5 from 8am-8pm at Town Hall Council Chambers.

Thurs, Nov. 6 Men’s Drop-in Basketball Thursdays from 8-10pm at the Rec Plex. $8.

Bridge Club every Thursday at the Senior’s Centre from 1-4pm. 250-344-5448.

Golden Toastmasters Thursdays, 7:30pm at the College of the Rockies.

Mountain Magic Quilters Guild Thursdays, 7:30-9pm in the Golden High School’s sewing room. New members and guests welcome, annual membership is $25.

Jam Night at the Golden Taps Pub every Thursday.

A.A Meetings Thursdays, at the Family Centre, 421 9th Ave N. All meetings are open and start at 8pm.

Golden Youth Centre Band Of Guys drop-in for male teens (12-18) every Thursday from 3:455:30pm.

Golden Nordic Club Early Season Registraion & Party Nov.6 7-9pm at Higher Ground.

Fri, Nov. 7 A.A Meetings Fridays at the Lutheran Church basement 915 - 9th St S. All meetings are open and start at 8pm.

Golden Youth Centre drop-in Fridays from 3:307:30pm.

Karaoke Night at The Mad Trapper every Friday night.

Meat Draw every Friday at The Legion 5:30pm.

Friday Night Bridge at 7pm at St. Andrew’s Centre for Peace. 250-344-5448.

Mother Goose Program Fridays 10:30-11:30am at the Early Years Centre (downtown 423 9th Ave N). Free and snacks are included.

Special Olympics “FUNdamentals” youth program Fridays 9-10am at APES. For children 7-12 years with intellectual disabilities. Call Cyra 250919-0757 for more info.

FREE Settlement Services to help newcomers to Canada with English language training, citizenship, community resources, banking, housing, and more! Fridays from 9-11am.

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Golden Delicious presents Basement Freaks with Fig Wig Nov.7 at The Rockwater.

Parson Community Christmas Craft Faire Nov.7 from 4-8pm, at the Parson Community Hall.

Sat, Nov. 8 Meat Draw Saturdays at The Legion 5pm.

A.A Meetings Saturdays at the Golden Museum 1302 - 11th Ave S. All meetings are open and start at 8pm.

Story Time at the Library drop in for kids all ages 10:3011:30am until Dec.13.

Parson Community Christmas Craft Faire Nov.8 from 11am-3pm at the Parson Community Hall.

Kicking Horse Culture presents Live Kicks: Suddenly Mommy Nov.8 at 7:30pm at the Civic Centre.

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Sun, Nov. 9 Sunday Howl open mic at the Wolf’s Den Sundays 4-8pm.

Magic the Gathering Game Tournament 12-5pm at Bizarre Entertainment.

Fundraiser for the Sikh Temple: Saroor with Dev Dildar and Valorine Melani Nov.9 at 6pm at the Civic Centre. $20.

Mon, Nov. 10 Join the Cadets. Free program meets every Tuesday, 6:30-8:30pm at the Legion Banquet Hall. For young men and women ages 12-18.

Seniors Day at Reflections Hair Studio Mondays 15% off all regular priced services, call 250-344-5766.

Heroclix League 6-9pm Mondays at Bizarre Entertainment.

Picnic in the Park Play and Chat every Monday from 11:30am-1:30pm at the Alexander Park Elementary playground.

Family Dinner Play and Learn Mondays 5-7pm at the Early Years Centre (downtown 423 9th Ave N).

Free program includes dinner, parent discussion with child minding. 250-4399665 to register.

Grief and Loss Support Group starts Sept.22 for 9 weeks 7:30-9pm at the Pentecostal Church. 250344-2459.

Telling Our Life Stories Writing Workshop Mondays 10am-12pm. Learn techniques to organize memoirs. No writing experience necessary. 250-439-9665 to register.

The Cadets meet Mondays 6:30-8:30pm at the Legion Banquet Hall.

Golden Youth Centre dropin every Monday from 5-8pm.

Nicholson Parent & Tot Mondays from 9-11am at Nicholson School.

Hapkido Martial Arts Mondays, Arena Lounge 6-7pm (kids) 7:15-8:15pm (adults).

Golden Youth Rec Hockey Mondays 8-9pm, ages

13-18 until Feb.23.

Badminton Drop-in Mondays, 7-830pm at the Mount 7 Rec Plex $6 ($5 students/seniors) bring racket.

Tues, Nov. 11 A.A Meetings Tuesdays at the United Church 901 11th Ave S Alley Ent. All meetings are open and start at 8pm.

Golden Youth Centre dropin Tuesdays from 3:307:30pm.

Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Edition Tuesdays 6-9pm at Bizarre Entertainment.

Volleyball drop-in Tuesdays at the Mount 7 Rec Plex $5.

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Golden Shotokan Karate Tues. & Thurs. 6-6:45pm (kids) 7-8:30pm (adults).

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Upcoming Events

Kicking Horse Culture presents: Film Kicks A Most Wanted Man Nov.13 at 7pm at the Golden Cinema.

Ladies Night at Home Hardware Nov.13 7-9pm.

Golden Rockets vs. Fernie Nov.14, Ghostriders 7:30pm, Golden Arena.

Get out and VOTE on Nov.15 from 8am-8pm at the Golden Civic Centre.

RENT at the Golden Civic Centre Nov.16 at 2pm.

Metis Nation Columbia River Society AGM Nov.16 10am-12pm at the Museum.

Golden Minor Soccer AGM Nov.19, 7pm, GSS library.

Kicking Horse Culture presents Live Kicks: Elizabeth Shepherd Nov.21 at 7:30pm at the Civic Centre.

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Mayoral candidates discuss the issues at forum Jessica Schwitek editor@thegoldenstar.net

Two candidates are vying for the Mayoral Seat at the Town of Golden, and at last week's All Candidates Forum they went head-to-head trying to convince voters who is best for the job.

Keith Hern and Ron Oszust, both of whom currently serve on Town Council, started the evening by explaining to the crowd why they are running for Mayor of Golden.

"I have fulfilled the role of councillor effectively and efficiently," said Hern, adding that he has strong communication skills, and that his corporate experience has taught him how to follow through with difficult decisions such as firing staff.

Oszust talked about his wealth of experience in the community, both political and otherwise.

"These experiences have given me the opportunity to

connect with people throughout the province, not only from different towns and communities, but at the provincial level," he said. "They know me, and they know our community."

Oszust also made it clear that had current Mayor, Christina Benty, been running for re-election he would not have put his name forward. And once he knew who's name would be on the ballot, he decided to run.

Questions from the floor for the two Mayor hopefuls ranged from the importance of the UBCM Conference and public safety, to social responsibilities and unsightly properties.

The Golden economy was brought up several times, and both candidates agreed that the community is in need of some economic development.

"We need economic development to bring in a larger tax base,"

said Oszust. However any model that comes in would have to be a joint effort between the Town of Golden, and Area A. Removing barriers for businesses is also critical for the economic stability of Golden, and Oszust says that the best way for local government to assist would be to continue lobbying the Province to remove some of the red tape, as well as working with the local Chamber of Commerce to make sure the municipality's policies are relevant.

Hern sees the lack of an economic development body, along with an "outdated" Official Community Plan (from which the zoning bylaw is derived), as the two main barriers to new business in town.

He believes the best way to move forward on economic development is through Invest Kootenays, a joint-initiative of local govern-

Candidates emphasise teamwork at forum Jessica Schwitek editor@thegoldenstar.net With 12 candidates trying to fill six spots on Town Council, it was a full evening of discussion at the Kicking Horse Country Chamber of Commerce's All Candidates Forum last week.

Each candidate had the opportunity to answer two pre-chosen questions, one question from the floor (for which the individual candidate was randomly chosen), and up to two other questions directed at other candidates if they so chose.

As always, people were curious about what these prospective politicians planned to do to help local businesses thrive.

Andrew Commons said that a very clear barrier to new or expanding businesses is the zoning bylaw from 2012. He says the cost it puts on businesses is too great.

Bruce Fairley thought that a major barrier for potential businesses, especially ones that want to redevelop existing buildings, is the Town's regulations around parking, particularly in the downtown core.

Lori Baxendale said that the best way to support the business community in Golden is through collaboration.

"A collaboration between four entities; the Town of Golden, Tourism Golden, the Chamber, and an economic development office (the establishment of which she says is a priority), can do a lot to implement sound economic development practices that retain and grow the population," she said.

With the talk on Facebook in the past few weeks, it is no surprise that the subject of an indoor pool came up, yet didn't receive strong support from the candidates. Bob Munro, who said that the Town of Golden is in financial trouble, believes it is too expensive for the municipality, and that perhaps a fundraising campaign, spearheaded by the people and not the Town, might be an option.

"We can't even afford to fix what we have today," he said.

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ments, economic development organizations and Chambers of Commerce with the aim of attracting and retaining investment.

"This needs to move forward," he said.

Even though the economy may have been a top priority, residents were also concerned about quality of life in the community.

Several questions centred around quality of life investments that don’t necessarily show a profit, but help attract and retain residents.

One attendee asked about Kicking Horse Culture (which is funded for the next three years through EOF money), and whether the candidates would support the organization with taxes in the future if need be.

Both Hern and Oszust agreed in the importance and success of KHC, but disagreed on how it should be funded.

GOLDEN MINOR SOCCER ASSOCIATION

Oszust said he would support the use of tax dollars to keep cultural services going, while Hern said he supports KHC, he does not believe it is an appropriate use of tax dollars.

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Wednesday, November 19, 7:00pm Golden Secondary School library

Priorities

• Continued fiscal responsibility.

• Maintenance, repair and replacement of our existing infrastructure • To review and address our existing Shared Services agreements so that we have appropriate cost sharing, strategic direction, accountability, deliverables and reporting in place.

• To have community conversations about creating long-term cost sharing agreements for the Civic Center, Mt 7 Rec Plex, ball diamonds, freeride park, tennis courts, soccer fields and the swimming pool (existing or new).

•To jointly develop and fund a Community Economic Development model that builds on the need for an expanded tax base, the creation of new jobs, supporting local business and encouraging private investment.

•To continue to be supportive of growth and development in Golden.

•To work with our Provincial partners to ensure that Local Governments have the funding tools necessary.

I am incredibly optimistic about Golden’s future and I would be honored to have the opportunity to represent the citizens of Golden, as your Mayor.

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Ron Oszust fOR

MAYOR

Authorized by Ron Oszust • rcoszust@persona.ca • 250-344-8448

Top Priorities Working on Town Council for 2 years, I have been a catalyst for constructive change to improve the direction of the community. I supported restructuring the administration and the promotion of Jon Wilsgard to CAO. I encouraged a 3-year commitment of EOF funds in support of Kicking Horse Culture, suggested EOF funds be used to cover swimming pool expenses and supported EOF funding for Invest Kootenays. I have also found sources of revenue and savings that have reduced the deficit.

Each of these initiatives will continue to pay dividends for the future: • Restructured Town Hall administration has improved morale and resulted in significant savings; Keith Hern For Mayor • The balance sheet is stronger with lower long-term debt and property taxes are holding steady; • Additional shared services are being negotiated between the Town and Area A; • Invest Kootenays investment will support new entrepreneurs, business and investors interested in exploring economic opportunities in the region.

While these initiatives are creating a positive atmosphere in the community, this is only the beginning.

As your Mayor, I will continue to work with other members of Council, Area A, and the Administration in order to build a foundation for today that supports the demands of tomorrow.

Over the next four years, my top priorities will be to re-negotiate a Shared Services Agreement with Area A, initiate the Official Community Plan review, develop Invest Kootenays for Golden, and achieve financial sustainability for Golden: • As Mayor, it will be my priority to build upon the progress made in 2014 and complete a comprehensive review of all the shared facilities and services; • The OCP and Zoning Bylaw are the cornerstones for our policy framework. We need to ensure they are reviewed regularly and updated to support residential and commercial needs and ongoing changes and challenges. This is the foundation to our continued growth and the Golden lifestyle; • Under the umbrella of Invest Kootenays, a steering committee of volunteers would bring together government, businesses, the Chamber, and individuals to guide our economic development; • We need to build our financial reserve funds based on long-term strategies and sound asset management principles. We need to grow our revenue by increasing the tax base, not the tax rates.

Through these measures, the Town of Golden will become more engaged with the community, more transparent, and more responsive to the community’s needs. This is the cornerstone of my approach to the role of Mayor .

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MOT wants input on 10-year plan Jessica Schwitek editor@thegoldenstar.net The Ministry of Transportation was in Revelstoke last week, talking to residents and stakeholders about a 10-year Transportation Plan.

Mayor Christina Benty and Manager of Operations for the Town of Golden, Chris Cochran, attended the meeting, and had a chance to discuss Golden’s priorities.

They were able to talk abut the Trans Canada Highway (the two areas that are of particular interest to Golden are the Kicking Horse Canyon Project and the Rogers Pass), paving on Highway 95 and shoulders for cycling, the continuations of the Golden Pathway, the replacement of the Highway 96 bridge over the Kicking Horse River, and increased funding for side roads.

The plan is in the development process, and is slated to be ready in early 2015, so ministry is looking for input. Within the plan, titled B.C. on the Move, will be short, medium, and longer-term priorities.

Residents can provide input through their online survey at http://engage.gov.bc.ca/ transportationplan/waysonline/.

“B.C. on the Move will provide a road map for transportation improvements over the next 10 years that will ensure we retain our natural advantages and keep our people and our economy moving forward,” said Transportation Minister Todd Stone.

“There are many transportation opportunities all across B.C., and we want your views and input as we work to connect communities and families and keep our economic momentum going.”

CPR working with Transport Canada to improve rail safety Jessica Schwitek editor@thegoldenstar.net The Conservative government has unveiled a new set of rules aimed at improving rail safety in Canada.

They include tougher hand brake requirements, more Transport Canada staff to do audits, more research on crude oil properties and a requirement that rail companies submit training plans for review.

The new rules come after the Transportation Safety Board gave a failing grade this week to the country's two largest railways and the railroad involved in the deadly Lac-Megantic disaster.

"Lac Mégantic was a tragic incident and the CP team has worked diligently with Transport Canada since then to implement all new measures required of the industry to keep communities and employees safe. CP will apply all necessary procedures and processes to comply with the new Directive as well as other measures announced today," said Salem Woodrow, a communications representative with CP Rail.

The TSB report said all have failed to file mandatory accident information in recent years.

The rail industry is facing heightened scrutiny following the fiery July 2013 derailment in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, which killed 47 people and wiped out part of the town.

An unattended tanker train loaded with volatile crude oil broke loose from its parking spot, roared down a hill and slammed into the community.

"Safety is the foundation upon which CP’s service is built, and the culture of safety in CP is rooted in good habits that are practiced at every level of the company. This is how we maintain our best-in-class safety performance. Having clear, consistent industry rules and operating practices is a prerequisite to developing those habits that make the industry and our communities safer," said Woodrow. *With files from Canadian Press

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Joel Tansey reporter@thegoldenstar.net Locals and guests from outside the community descended upon the Golden Civic Centre on Nov. 1 for the Golden Community Resource Society’s Local Intelligence Gathering.

Speakers ranged from Kent Donaldson (who unveiled the name of his forthcoming local brewery, which will be known as the Whitetooth Brewing Co.) to Corky Evans, a longtime MLA for Nelson-Creston who served in a variety of cabinet positions.

Also speaking was Kerri Wall from Interior Health, who delivered a presentation about living wages, alongside the Golden Food Bank’s Stephanie Findlater.

Wall presented a fictitious two-adult, two-child household and explored how much it costs a standard family unit to live in Golden.

A living wage is defined as an amount someone needs to make, if they are working fulltime, in order to cover the basic costs of living. According to Wall, 45 per cent of Canadians who are working struggle with poverty.

“It’s a concept that describes the very basics of food, clothing and shelter,” she said of a living wage.

Wall referenced several communities that have taken steps to address poverty by calculating their living wages, including Victoria, Revelstoke and Williams Lake.

“It serves two purposes, first is to provide a target for employers, who are able, to think about what it might cost to pay their employees enough to make ends meet. Secondly, it’s to illustrate how public policy made by the province and the feds directly impacts family poverty and to illustrate how the cost of living puts pressure on employers to shoulder the burden of fighting poverty.”

Wall and her team calculated the living wage in Golden for a four person family to be $18.68 per hour.

“This is if both parents are working, each making $18.68 and working 35 hours a week for 50 weeks of the year. That way they will be able to cover the basics for their family.”

To arrive at that number for a living wage, $739 was calculated to be the average monthly food cost, in addition to $1,208 for housing, $421 for transportation, $192 for clothing and $1,372 for child care.

Findlater said that next steps include calculating living wage costs for single adult households and older couples with their children who have moved out.

“It’s very important to note that a living wage provides for a very bare bones budget,” Wall added. “There is no room to pay off your credit card debt, or paying off interest on loans, and you’re not going to be saving money for your children’s education or even your own retirement.”

Findlater added that four million Canadians are affected by some level of food insecurity and that one out of every five children in B.C. are living in poverty. In Golden, the food bank serves 300 people a month on average and 30 per cent of those are school-aged children.

Thirty per cent of those served by the Golden Food Bank are also employed, well above the provincial average.

“I think that really speaks to the high cost of living here in Golden,” Findlater said.

Wall discussed the policies of warehouse giant Costco, who pay their employees an average wage of $21 per hour.

“They think it’s a terrific business practice because they have such a low turnover rate, people are happy to work there and are more engaged,” she said.

She also cited the City of New Westminster, which became an official living wage employer.

“This is not about mandating a pay raise or raising the minimum wage, it’s about one employer making the decision to support its workforce and to ensure that none of its valued employees ever went home hungry.”

Other examples of living wage employers are the Calgary YWCA, the Van City credit union and the Canadian Cancer Society.

Employers interested in more information on how to become a living wage employer can log on to livingwageforfamilies.ca.

Candidate urges youth to vote

Continued from page 9 With the recognition that each councillor is one of a team of six (seven including the Mayor), several candidates echoed the importance of working as a team.

"It's important to choose the best functional group of six," said Caleb Moss, who has served on council with two different groups in his two terms.

"Diversity is good."

The youngest candidate believes he can give the youth a Golden a voice in municipal politics should he be elected. Twenty-three year old Eddie Leigan requested that young people get out and vote, whether it is for him or not.

"In the last election more people over the age of 86 voted than under the age of 25. Let's be hon-

est, they don't have a lot of time left," he said as the audience erupted in laughter. "And the under 25s have a lot of time left, so we should be more engaged."

Each candidate ended the evening with a closing statement with a final comment as to why he or she deserves your vote.

“People’s visions for Golden are so diverse,” said Leslie Adams, who promised to listen to all view points if she wins. “This is my chance to give something back to the community.”

Incumbent Connie Barlow summed up her hope for the future council in one sentence.

“We need the courage to disagree, and the humility to change our mind with new information.”

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Forest fire season has come and gone and while there wasn’t much action near Golden, there was no shortage of fires around B.C. In the event that one does affect Golden and area next year, Nicholson Fire Chief Parker Vaile says that a new Structural Protection Unit will go a long way towards protecting the area’s citizens.

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Nicholson Fire Chief Parker Vaile stands next to one of the CSRD’s two Structural Protection Units. Joel Tansey/Star Photo acquired earlier this year.

The unit is conveniently mobile and fully equipped with sprinklers, trash pumps and hoses and a variety of valves.

In the event of a wildfire or forest fire, the unit gives departments the ability to create a ‘buffer zone’ and protect up to 35 homes. It takes about three hours to deploy.

“We couldn’t cover all of Nicholson but we could cover the part that the fire is coming towards and hopefully create some sort of blockade,”

Vaile said. “It’s not a perfect system but it’s better than doing nothing.

“It’s not fire fighting equipment, it’s trying to save and protect as many assets as possible.”

The unit has been making the rounds across the region in order for all departments to get proper training in the event of a deployment.

Nicholson is currently holding onto one of the CSRD’s two units, although it would easily be moved to a location that needed it in the event

of an emergency, including other jurisdictions.

For example, the CSRD’s other unit was deployed to West Kelowna for protection during this summer’s Smith Creek fire.

“They’re not limited to just staying here.

If there’s no forest fire here and there’s one in the Shuswap, we’d send it over, and vice versa,” said Vaile.

“I think it’s really good for the community. We haven’t had a fire in the valley for a while, but historically it has happened.”

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Local author tells story of Golden WW1 hero George Hilton Soles Joel Tansey reporter@thegoldenstar.net

November 11 of this year promises to be an especially significant date of Remembrance given that this is the 100th year since the start of World War I. In recognition of that fact, Engraved tells the stories of Canadians during the Great War that have gone mostly, or even completely, unrecognized.

Among the anthology are a pair of stories by local writer Frances Hern, who submitted her work earlier this year, not knowing if it would be included in the final publication.

“It’s difficult when you see a call for an anthology because you never know what they’re looking for and often the publishers themselves don’t know…it’s a bit of a crapshoot really,” she said of the process of putting together her stories.

One of her contributions discusses one of Canada’s finest WWI heroes, Golden’s George Hilton Soles, while another explores how Canadians managed to feed both the troops and themselves during the war.

Hern received her inspiration for both stories after a visit with Colleen Palumbo at the Golden Museum.

“I popped down one morning and talked to her for half an hour and she told me about (Soles) and I thought he would make

a good candidate.”

What struck her about Soles is how renowned he became for his actions during war. Soles earned a Distinguished Conduct medal for his service, which was an honour but not an incredibly unique one. What was unique was the two bars he received to go with that medal.

Growing up in England not long after the conclusion of WWII, Hern noticed the effect the conditions of war had on her parents and grandparents. As a result, the story of how Canadians managed to feed the hungry during WWI struck a rather poignant chord for the Golden writer.

“I remembered for years my mother and grandmother would have maybe 15 bags of sugar in their cupboard and 12 tins of pineapple and such because they’d got in the habit during World War II of buying things when you saw it because you didn’t know when you’d see it again,” she said. “I guess that raised my interest of how people handled the food during the war and I’d wondered what it had been like in World War I so I set about to find out.”

Her story covers Canada as well as Britian, as Canada supplied not only troops but also food for those across the pond.

Hern will be reading excerpts from both her stories and other tales in the anthology at Bacchus Books & Cafe on Nov. 10.

Admittance will be done on a first come, first serve basis.

Francis Hern holds a copy of the book Engraved, an anthology that includes two of her stories.

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Below is two poems. One was written by a young 28 year old Columbia Valley man on his way home from World War Two. The second poem was written by a local Legion member in memory of the young man shot down while standing on guard at the National War Memorial this past month.

For Cpl Nathan Cirillo and for Canada.

A day like any other that day in Ottawa when a lone wolf misfit zealot took your life my brother.

You proudly wore the uniform of the Argyle and Sutherland a soldier to the core.

Where the Rockies Touch the Stars Now this war has ended and I am homeward bound I’ll be leaving some buddies behind me Some boy’s who’ll never be found.

Down through the years we’ll wear red and poppies we’ll stand at cenotaphs remembering you through tears.

Away from the fierceness of fighting Away from those battle scars Back to my home in the mountains Where the Rockies touch the stars.

It is sad and it is awesome that you’ll always be a powerful reminder of “The True North Strong and Free!

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11th a day of civility and reverence Rights come with obligations Remembrance Day is a very compelling and humbling occasion to gather with Canadians all over the nation and collectively say Thank You. There is no other day of the year that we come together as a community with such civility and reverence. Because of the sacrifices of brave men and women, you and I enjoy the freedom to assemble and to remember. There is tremendous power in memory. Remembering allows us to learn from our mistakes, to grow in wisdom, and to better ourselves as a society. Most importantly, remembering allows us to share our deep sense of gratitude with one another.

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As we gather together on November 11th, we recognize those who fought to keep us free with the rights and privileges that we enjoy every day.

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Over the course of my service in traffic law enforcement I saw many things that made me shake my head. Examples include a pickup truck that had a rope strung through the vent windows and tied to the windshield wipers so that they could be operated by the passenger, another pickup with black plastic tape stuck over the brake warning light so that the brightness would not bother the driver at night and a car had no working lights on the rear because ICBC had not arranged for collision repairs yet. Admittedly, these are extreme examples but there are many vehicles on our highways that are not being properly maintained by their owners.

I had developed a routine that involved a circle from the driver’s door forward around the vehicle and back again. Once completed I had a fairly good idea whether the defects were minor in nature (a box 3), worthy of an immediate tow (a box 1) or somewhere in between. That would call for a “box 2” which required that the vehicle be promptly presented at a Designated Inspection Facility. If the inspector identified defects, they had to be repaired immediately and a passed inspection report submitted to Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement within 30 days.

If the 30 day period expired without a pass report, ICBC would flag the vehicle licence record. If police subsequently found the vehicle being driven on the highway the vehicle licence and number plates could be seized and the driver issued a violation ticket with a significant penalty. The system insures that the vehicle is repaired.

Should the owner decide that it was not worth repairing the vehicle, they simply cancelled the vehicle licence, effectively removing it from the road and it could be disposed of with no further enforcement costs. If the buyer wanted to licence it, the ICBC flag remained and no vehicle related transactions would be allowed until a pass report was issued.

I liked to use this method rather than immediately issuing a violation ticket for driving a defective vehicle. It allowed the driver or owner to spend the money that would have gone to the ticket on the inspection and repair process and I was assured that vehicle maintenance would be done.

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or injuries in the incident.

Accident on Kicking Horse Trail

Police received a report of an argument between a couple from Alberta.

The couple left the station before police arrived, but were discovered at the Kicking Horse Rest Area east of Golden.

The couple assured officers that they had engaged in a verbal argument only, but the male driver was deemed to be

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impaired. He was given a 90 day suspension.

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On Oct. 30, a vehicle heading south struck a rock that was lying in the middle of the road.

The collision caused a canopy on the vehicle to fly off and obstruct oncoming traffic.

A vehicle in the opposite lane struck the canopy, which caused significant damage. No injuries were reported and

In the early hours of Nov. 1, an intoxicated man stumbled into a residence on the 500 block of 7th St. S. The man was unknown to the residents of the house, who told him to leave.

The man complied, but took some food from the house with him. Police were able to locate the man soon after and he was detained overnight.

B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake gets his annual flu shot.

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people per year die of complications from influenza, particularly seniors and people with underlying conditions such as asthma.

There are more flurelated fatalities than from all other vaccineprevented diseases combined.

Flu shots can be obtained from doctors’ offices, pharmacies and public health facilities. To find the nearest flu shot clinic, call HealthLink BC at 8-1-1 or visit the influenza clinic finder at www.immunizebc.ca/ clinics/flu.

Flu shots are free in B.C. for all children between six months and five years of age, seniors 65 and over, pregnant women, aboriginal people, anyone with a chronic health condition or compromised immune system and those who live with or plan to visit a person with high risk of complications.

A Chevrolet Malibu was reported in the ditch on the cliff side of Kicking Horse Trail on Oct. 27.

Police received the report after the fact, and the vehicle had been removed by the time they investigated.

The driver was said to have received min-

Influenza spreading early in BC

Staff Writer Black Press It’s a good year to get a shot of influenza vaccine early, says Provincial Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall.

“We’re already starting to see some influenza activity around the province, which suggests that this flu season may be coming earlier than past flu seasons,” Kendall said

this week.

Kendall joined Health Minister Terry Lake and other MLAs who rolled up their sleeves to receive their annual flu shots at the B.C. legislature.

Lake said flu vaccination is on the upswing in B.C., with last year setting a record for doses of vaccine administered. That includes 76 per cent of health care workers,

who are now required to get vaccinated or wear a mask in patient care areas during the winter flu season.

Contrary to popular misconceptions about “stomach flu” or “24hour flu,” influenza is a severe respiratory disorder caused by a group of viruses that circulate globally.

The Public Health Agency of Canada estimates that 3,500

Learn about changes to BC wills Golden Star Staff reporter@thegoldenstar.net If you are thinking it is time to make a will, need to change your will or just would like to know how to make a will, the College of the Rockies has a free class that can help you.

On Thursday, November 27 at 7 p.m., lawyer, Glen Ewan, Q.C., will once again be giving a free session on the law, this time on making your will.

Over the past 36 years, Ewan has offered this class to hundreds of Golden and area residents. With the changes to the law of wills in B.C. last spring, knowing what to do and not to do is more import-

ant than ever.

Ewan will discuss whether you need a will, what to put in your will, how to choose your executor and how to choose a guardian for your children.

You will learn what happens to your will on separation, divorce and remarriage.

Questions like: What is the effect of a commonlaw marriage on your will and on your estate and how long do you have to live together as if you were married for your spouse to claim a share of your estate? will be answered and discussed.

Please register in advance by calling the College at 250-344-5901. The session is free. Bring your questions and a pad and pen.

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Band bringing their own brand of psychobilly horror-punk

The Brains return to Golden with their newest creation, The Monster Within.

Photo Submitted Golden Star Staff reporter@thegoldenstar.net Canada’s most insanest, undeadest and bestest psycho-

billy horror-punks are back with their latest, greatest album to date and are bringing it to Golden on Tuesday Nov. 11.

The Brains has never been a band to follow the rules…in fact they’ve made it a point to utterly and completely destroy

every single one of them with each album they release and every show they play.

These hardworking road-warriors have brought their eyepopping live show to the four corners of the world; playing packed houses throughout Europe, Canada and the US alongside acts like Mad Sin, The Offspring, The Reverend Horton Heat, The Real McKenzies, The Creepshow and many more.

The Monster Within is an “unholy” collection of 14 mindbendingly brainmelting tracks that will explode as you listen.

The impossibly fast and unbeliev-

ably tight rhythm section of Pat Kadaver (skins) and Colin The Dead (stand up bass) threaten to push the limits of sanity and safety to the very edge.

Rene D La Muerte’s (vox/gretsch) haunting croon sends shivers up the spines of even the most jaded listener while his signature guitar stylings fuse the rockabilly sounds of the ‘50s with the intensity of an industrial chainsaw.

The Brains continue to blur the lines between rockabilly, psycho, surf, punk and rock n’ roll; kicking down genre barriers and demanding undying loyalty at every show they play.

Incorporating ele-

ments from whatever they feel like, The Brains concoct an irresistible brew of Motorhead-esque ferocity and Latin swagger while adding a pinch of rockabilly revival and a whole lot of booze-fueled

punk rock mayhem.

The group has blown Golden audiences away before, and are sure not to disappoint the crowd at the Rockwater on Nov. 11.

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The story begins with an introduction to Vero and her family which includes two toddlers and her husband Shane. It’s pretty clear from the beginning that Vero’s life is a stressful one, as she attempts to juggle her two young children with her job and what appears to be a crumbling marriage.

Shortly after, the reader is also introduced to Ligaya, a young Filipino au pair who works for a family in Hong Kong that borders on cruel.

Ligaya, who has some personal issues that are slowly revealed throughout the book, has designs of moving to North America once she has completed her initial year-long contract in HK. After a disastrous trip to Mexico with her in-laws and especially her brother-inlaw, Vero reaches her breaking point and finally agrees to hire a nanny at the encouragement of Shane.

After interviews with a few candidates, Ligaya is far and away Vero’s top choice for

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Between was written by Fernie author Angie Abdou.

Image Submitted Joel Tansey reporter@thegoldenstar.net Between is infinitely readable. And I’m not just referring to the chapters in which the protagonist and her husband visit a Jamaican resort called Hedonism where they partake in early morning drinks, a fair bit of marijuana, and well, other stuff that wouldn’t be appropriate to detail in this col-

umn.

In fact, Between is nearly engaging throughout its 300 pages and its characters will keep most readers moving forward, possibly even with a sense of anticipation.

It’s a nice testament to Fernie Author (and College of the Rockies professor in Cranbrook) Angie Abdou’s writing style that she can create a

the job and they bring her over immediately.

While LiLi (as the children call her) is quiet and unsure of herself at first, she slowly becomes accustomed to her new surroundings, but it’s clear that something from home is still bothering her. Vero can see this, but Ligaya keeps her issues well bottled up.

Vero, on the other hand, isn’t a picture of mental health herself.

Despite Ligaya easing her burden with the kids, something still isn’t right. Shane, perhaps sensing that, suggests they take that trip to Jamaica and let loose.

And let loose they did.

In my view, the story begins to falter when the couple returns from their week away. While the novel doesn’t crumble, I felt like the ending was a little abrupt and left too many loose ends.

There’s a defining moment towards the end of the book and while it doesn’t feel completely out of place, it does feel a little bit forced and a satisfying resolution isn’t quite there either. Perhaps Abdou meant to leave things

up to the reader’s imagination, but that certainly wasn’t the case throughout most of the book so it was a bit surprising.

Overall, Between is a quality read about a pair of women who are far from perfect and struggle to adapt to what their lives have become. The last 30 or so pages disappoint, but it doesn’t take away from the story too badly.

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Local minister wrote a poem to pay tribute on Remembrance Day

- Turning Back the Pages By Colleen Palumbo

The Rev. W.E. Sieber came to Golden from Gleichen,

Alberta, to minister from the pulpit of the United Church.

His first service at the church was on July 4, 1948.

Among his many talents Rev. Sieber was a wonderful poet, who was quite prolific. The following poem was written by home for Remembrance Day, 1949.

Beside the Ceno-

taph I stood to pray, ‘Twas cold and gloomy that Remembrance Day. I saw a vision there, a glorious sight; A countless host of youths arrayed in white.

They were the souls of those who had come that far To give their all for victory in the war.

In solemn mood they gathered there

2014/2015 Truck and Equipment Registration The Town of Golden may be hiring the following

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Interested parties are invited to submit equipment rental rates for snow removal and general work. Rates are to cover the period of November 15th, 2014 to November 14th, 2015. All previously listed equipment must be re-registered. Registration forms may be picked up at Town Hall or downloaded from the website’s 'Forms and Applications' section found at: www.golden.ca/Document-Library/Forms-and-Applications.aspx and submitted to Town Hall.

Public Reminder – Please Keep Lanes and Alleys Clear The winter operations season is close at hand and cleared alleys and lanes are critical to perform these services and to ensure public safety.

Permitting debris or equipment to accumulate and parking unlicensed vehicles on public lanes, alleys and boulevards or parking any vehicle in such as way that it obstructs snow removal or emergency vehicles is an offence under Traffic Regulation Bylaw 966 of the Town of Golden. Uninsured vehicles are a liability for motorists, pedestrians and winter maintenance personnel.

Work crews are now surveying all streets and lanes in the municipality for compliance. Vehicles meeting these conditions may be towed at the owner’s expense and residents having debris accumulations adjacent to their properties in lanes and alleys may be charged for removal.

INVITATION TO QUOTE Town of Golden Janitorial Duties Proponents are invited to submit proposals for janitorial duties to be carried out at the Mount 7 Rec Plex.

The work generally includes the following items: •Daily cleaning •Special Events/On-call cleaning

Bid packages are available free of charge during normal business hours at: Town Hall 810 S. 9th Avenue Golden, B.C. Tender Closing Date: November 13th, 2014 Tender Closing Time: 2:00 pm local time All general and technical inquiries including requests for facility inspection can be directed to:

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The photo depicts Tobias’ Tigers marching down Main Street Golden in 1915.

Photo courtesy of the Golden Museum that day; In conclave great for mortal beings to pray; That man, who has his earthly life to live May come to know that war no peace can give.

For war destroys the brotherhood of man, Leaves naught but ruin and tears for heaven to scan.

One rose to speak, his voice was sweet and strong, Husted war the prayer; expectant was the throng.

Surcharged with feelings, he these words did say; “List, brothers all, on this Remembrance Day; Remember ye that

hope within your heart When all for freedom played their noble part?”

We may well ask: “What doth delay the peace?

Rumors of war, why did they never cease?

No praise of peace does e’er reach heaven’s gate; No song of brothers’ love; but hymns of hate Disturb our peace, who all for victory gave Now pray in anguish future lives to save.

“These men on hearth they are the living dead Who place a halo round warmakers’

head; Lend ear to Satan’s words proclaimed with ease, That waging war can yield the fruits of peace.

War breeds but hate, sows dragon’s teeth of strife – And strife, the foe of peace destroys man’s life.

“Let men on earth, who want all wars to cease, Follow Christ’s ways; obey the Prince of Peace; Obey his word who said, as we all know, ‘Put up thy sword and learn to love thy foe.’

Follow the Christ, who walks the path of love

And gave His life to bring peace from above.”

P.S. Why do we wear a poppy on Remembrance Day? The poppy is the Symbol of Sacrifice in the Great Wars so the poppy is the symbol used to remind us of the people who sacrificed so much on our behalf.

The money used for the sale of the poppies is used to assist ex-service men and their dependants.

With so service men from WWII are in need of special care, the poppy sale is just as important today as when it was started so long ago.

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Columbia Shuswap Regional District Get Involved with Parks and Trail Planning and Make a Difference!

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District invites residents of Electoral Area A, C, D, E and F who wish to serve on their local Community Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission, to complete an Expression of Interest Form. Forms, along with the Commission Terms of Reference, are available on the CSRD website at www.csrd.bc.ca/inside-csrd/application-forms or by contacting the Operations Management Department as listed below. CSRD staff will review all submissions and schedule meetings with all potential applicants in December, 2014.

The Commission will assist CSRD staff by ensuring it receives thoughtful and comprehensive advice from a representative group of individuals from within the local area who have knowledge and interest in the parks and recreation needs of the community.

Meetings are held approximately three times per year. Members will be appointed for a 2 ½ year term, commencing January 1, 2015.

Individuals who best satisfy the following requirements will be recommended to the CSRD Board of Directors for appointment: • Interest, leadership and passion for enhancing public enjoyment of parks, trails and green spaces, as well as promoting local stewardship of recreational amenities.

• Desire to share knowledge and experience in a range of subjects relevant to community parks and recreation planning, management and development.

Interested residents are asked to submit a completed Expression of Interest Form by November 30, 2014. for further information, please contact 250.833.5950 or email operations@csrd.bc.ca.

NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of Electoral Area ‘A’ of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District that an election by voting is necessary to elect a Director for a four-year term commencing December 2014 and terminating in 2018, and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are: DIRECTOR – ELECTORAL AREA ‘A’ One (1) to be elected Surname Usual Names Residence SPAIN Brian 21-851 Read Road, Nicholson, BC HABART Garry 2408 Campbell Road, Golden, BC CATHCART Karen 1937 Palumbo Heights Drive, Golden, BC GENERAL VOTING DAY will be open to qualified electors of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District on Saturday, November 15, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:00 pm (Local Time) at the following locations: Electoral Area A Voting Locations Address Golden Civic Centre 806 10th Avenue South Golden, BC Field Elementary School 201 Kicking Horse Ave. Field, BC Nicholson Elementary School 737 Nicholson Frontage Rd. Nicholson, BC Home of Joan Titus 2775 Big Bend Highway Donald, BC Home of Joyce Mitchell 1416 Adolph Johnson Rd. Moberly, BC Parson’s Kids Club 3437 Parson Frontage Rd Parson, BC Elector Registration There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of all electors for this election will take place at the time of voting. You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements: • 18 years of age or older • Canadian citizen • resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day • resident of OR registered owner of real property in the Electoral Area ‘A’ of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District for at least 30 days immediately preceding voting day, and • not otherwise disqualified by law from voting.

Resident electors will also be required to produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity.

Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, (a tax notice or a certificate of title), if applicable, written consent from the other property owners.

Non-resident property elector application forms can be obtained on the CSRD website (www.csrd.bc.ca) OR from the Presiding Election Official during voting hours at the advance voting opportunities and on general voting day at the locations detailed previously in this notice.

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A new shared facility has opened up on 9th Street North, whose partners include Shotokan Karate (youth class pictured), Mano-Mano Sikaran, PiYo, Cardio Kickboxing, and Yoga.

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Resort has record summer season Golden Star Staff reporter@thegoldenstar.net Kicking Horse Mountain Resort is pleased to share the results of their successful summer season.

In total, there are now over 222 unique things to do in the Golden area and it is for that reason that Kicking Horse Resort has had its most successful summer season ever, with visits to the resort up by more than 30 per cent this summer.

“Looking for wow?! The view of over 1,000 peaks in three National Parks will take your breath away and todays travelers are looking for the type of special experiences” said Matt Mosteller, Senior VP of Marketing & Resort Experience at Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, who owns KHMR. “In addition Golden and Kicking Horse are fast becoming one of the top destinations for biking in Canada,” Mosteller added.

A new park has been built at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, across from the Day Lodge, by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District.

Jessica Schwitek/Star Photo The resort paired with Golden already boasts endless activities including the best alpine hiking accessible from the gondola, mountain top dinning, mountain biking, pump track riding, horseback riding, Boo the Bear, KHMR’s resident Grizzly Bear, river rafting, ATV Tours, Columbia Riv-

er Wetland Tours, and world class Golf.

Tourism growth for Golden is happening, collaborating with Destination B.C, Tourism Golden and Kootenay Rockies Tourism is putting Golden on the map as a top summer adventure destination.

With new events this season, such as the Transrockies race

(a roaming bike race, also visiting Kimberley and Fernie) Golden saw even more tourists brought to the region to watch and participate in the new fun event.

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District also built a new park across from the Day Lodge for guests and their families to enjoy.

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Kelsee Ann Potvin November 10, 2005 You were a gift sent from heaven Given to us from God above.

We didn’t know how much you would teach us about the meaning of true love.

For true love sometimes means letting go of someone precious and dear.

Sweet Kelsee, we truly do believe that God must have needed you more Perhaps to be an angel now, watching over those of us who loved you from the shining stars above.

We miss you more than you can know You can never be replaced...

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Geertruida (Trudy) Wensveen Oct. 31 1915 - Oct. 29 2014

Born 31 October 1915 in the Netherlands, Trudy passed away 29 October 2014, two days before her 99th birthday, at Durand Manor in Golden B.C. Predeceased by her husband Frans Wensveen in 1978.

They immigrated to Canada in 1954 with their children. Erica Badior (Mark) of Golden, Selma Martinez of Blackfalds Alberta, and Edo (Belinda) Wensveen of Galiano Island. She had seven grandchildren: Renee, Kirsten, Geordie, Tima, Trisha, Kim and Claire; and eight greatgrandchildren.

She is also survived by her younger sister Narda Everts of New Zealand.

Trudy was quite active in the horticulture societies in both Midland Ontario and in Vernon B.C. She was a flower arrangement judge for the fall fair in Midland, and co-taught a class of public school children to work with flower arranging and other projects with plants and flowers.

She always knitted, crocheted and embroidered a lot. She was a member of a spinning group and spun her own wool and knit it into sweaters or baby blankets. She also belonged to the spinning group in Golden, often joined the group and told lots of stories as well as taught some members how to knit certain patterns.

In her senior years she looked after watering the plants at Abbeyfield House until she was not able to do this any more.

A memorial celebration tea will be held at Abbeyfield House Thursday, November 6 at 1:30pm until 3:30pm.

In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to Trudy’s favourite charities, Doctors Without Borders, Covenant House, and MADD. Donations may also be made to Abbeyfield House in Golden B.C.

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The families of Blair, Bruce and Glenn Piggot would like to express our thanks to all those that helped us during the recent loss of our father, Ken Piggot.

Dad’s neighbour Marianne for your instant action. The First Responders and the medical staff of the hospital for being so quick, trying your hardest and being so compassionate. To the Rock and Fossil Club for your presentation and treats. And to all of our friends and family for your generosity and kind words. All of you helped us through a very difficult time.

We will be forever greatful.

Blair, Bryce and Glenn.

Obituaries

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WILLIAM F. BOUCHARD

November 6, 1929 – October 23, 2014 William F. Bouchard, known to all as Bill, was born in Radville Saskatchewan on November 6, 1929.

He passed away peacefully at Durand Manor, Golden, BC on Saturday October 25, 2014 at the age of 84 years. Bill is survived by his Brothers: John of Spokane, WA, Gilbert (Verna) of Brandon, MB; Sisters: Margaret (Jay) Larsen of Radville, SK, Ann Mellon of Regina, SK and Simone Bouchard of Calgary, AB and many nieces and nephews.

After completing his Grade 10 schooling, Bill worked as a farm laborer for a neighbor. In 1962 Bill and his brother Rene moved to Golden, BC where he was employed by Louisiana Pacific Mill in Golden and Donald as a grader. He was a faithful member of Sacred Heart Parish in Golden and was also a 3rd Degree Knights of Columbus.

Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at Sacred Heart Church at 802 - 11th Street, Golden, BC on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 10:30 A.M. Celebrant was Father Cecil Nunez. Eulogy was delivered by Simone Bouchard and Paul Pupo.

A reception follwed the interment will be in the Sacred Heart Church Hall courtesy of the C.W.L. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the charity of your choice.

Online condolences may be sent through bill’s obituary at: www.hindmanbowersfuneralservice.com Arrangements are in the care of Hindman/Bowers Funeral Home, Golden, BC.

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Weekly Angel Card Forecast: Your Wish is Granted!

by Kamia Shepherd ATP* Special to the Golden Star This is a fortuitous week. The card brings a gentleness, as the young fairy blows a magical dust off of her hands.

She blows the dust, like the seeds we plant through out the year, with a conscious intention, yet also with faith that the wind will grab them and help them spread further than her own breath can. Is there a project that is coming into fruition? A letter or news that has been waited for? This card is a reminder that as we wait for the return of energy we have sent out like a beacon to the universe, it is with gentleness and the innocence of a youth, that we succeed.

Innocence is not the same as naivete. Innocence is faith that the small growing aspects of ourselves and the world - Angel Card Forecast at large, will find the sustenance and light they require

By Kamia Shepherd to grow. We often find the courage to begin new relationships, endeavors and moves, by connecting with our innocence. We also find that as we patiently experience the present moment, that the seeds we have planted can return to us in unexpected ways. The fairy wears a crown on their head, the flowers bloom and flourish in abundance. Just like the seeds we plant that cycle through several stages, incubation, growth and harvest, so to, do the ‘answers’ we are seeking find ways to appear in colorful and abundant ways, when we release the need to control each stage of the cycle that brought the abundance to us.

Instead of sending out an intention to the universe with all of the detailed plans for exactly how we would like our ‘wish granted’, we can also explore the innocence and faith of releasing our dreams and allowing them space to grow in unexpected and colorful ways. with light, Kamia ompassionangelcardreading.com Kamia Shepherd Compassion on facebook (To enquire about a personal reading please email kamishep@hotmail.com)

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2014 General Election Rockets losing streak hits 20142014 General Election General Election NOTICE OF ELECTION

BY VOTING four after losing weekend NOTICE OF ELECTION VOTING NOTICE OF ELECTION BYBY VOTING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the electors of the Town of Golden that an election by voting is necessaryJoel to Tansey elect six (6) ors and one (1) mayor for a four year term commencing December 2nd, 2014 and terminating December 2018, and that the reporter@thegoldenstar.net PUBLIC NOTICE IS GIVEN tothe theTown electors of the Town of Golden an election NOTICE IScandidates HEREBY GIVEN to thevotes electors of Golden that an electionthat by voting is necessary to elect six (6) ominated as and forHEREBY whom willofbe received are: by voting is necessary elect six commencing (6) Councillors and one2nd(1) mayor a four year term 2018, ors and one (1) mayor for a fourtoyear term December , 2014 andfor terminating December and that the It was another tough weekend for the Rockets, with a Friday loss against commencing 2nd, votes 2014 will andbeterminating December 2018, and that the persons ominated as candidatesDecember and for whom received are: Fernie and a Saturday defeat at the hands of Kimberley sending the team to

MAYOR – One (1) to be elected nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are: MAYOR – One to elected be elected MAYOR - One (1) (1) toJurisdiction be Surname Usual Names of Residence

what is now a four game losing streak.

Against Fernie, the Ghostriders fired 54 shots on Rockets netminder Magnus Viberg while Golden was only able to beat Fernie goalie Jeff Orser twice HERN Keith W. 6 – 1360 Pine Drive, Golden, BC in the loss 7-2 loss.

Surname Usual Names Jurisdiction ofBC* Residence OSZUST Ronald Golden Area, Tayler Sincennes and Derek Georgopolous opened the scoring for Fernie HERN Keith W. 6 – 1360 Pine Drive, Golden, BC less than seven minutes into the opening period with a pair of goals across 47 OSZUST Ronald Golden Area, BC* second of game time.

Ian Desrosier, who continues to lead the team in goals, scored his 13th of COUNCILLOR –Six (6) to be elected COUNCILLOR - Six (6) to be elected the season to cut the Riders’ lead in half soon after, but Fernie added a pair to end the first including a backbreaking goal by Sam Plaquin with just a COUNCILLOR –SixJurisdiction (6) to be elected Surname Usual Names of Residence second left before the buzzer.

ADAMS Leslie 1201 Alexander Drive, Golden, BC The Rockets once again nudged closer when Brennan Fuoco scored on Surname Usual Names Jurisdiction of Residence BARLOW Connie 1390 Pine Drive, Golden, BC the power play just over four minutes into the second period. However, Ferth ADAMS Leslie 12016 Alexander Drive, Golden, BAXENDALE Lori 518 Street South, Golden, BCBC nie responded with a pair of goals just 46 seconds apart to leave themselves BARLOW Connie 1390Hefti PineRoad, Drive,Golden, Golden,BC BC COMMONS Andrew 721 sitting comfortably ahead by a 6-2 score after 40 minutes.

BAXENDALE Lori 518 56thth Street Street South, South, Golden, Golden, BC BC CRANDALL Janet 504 Josh McCulloch completed the scoring for the home team, and the RockCOMMONS Andrew 721 Hefti Road, Golden, BC DE BOLEBEC Jim Golden Area, BC* ets were sent packing with little to show for their efforts.

CRANDALL Janet 504 5th Street FAIRLEY Bruce Golden Area,South, BC* Golden, BC Slow starts have plagued the club in recent weeks, but that was not the case DE BOLEBEC Jim Golden Area, BC* Golden, BC a night later in Kimberley. While they did surrender the opening goal, quick HAMBRUCH Chris 1051 King Crescent, FAIRLEY Bruce Golden Area, Area, BC* BC* responses from Ian Desrosier and Zack Finlay gave Golden a 2-1 lead midway LAMARCHE Serge Golden HAMBRUCH Chris 1051Canyon King Crescent, Golden, BC BC through the opening frame.

LEIGAN Eddie 838 Creek Road, Golden, LAMARCHE Serge Golden Area, BC* Golden, BC After that, it was Kimberley’s turn. A pair of goals restored the lead for the MOSS Caleb 1514 Cedar Street, Nitros before the end of the first, and they would hold onto that 3-2 advanLEIGAN Eddie 838 Canyon Creek Road, Golden, BC MUNRO Bob Golden Area, BC* tage through a scoreless second.

MOSS Caleb 1514 Cedar Street, Golden, BC *Candidate resides in or one of Golden A’Golden but has not released physical address CandidateMUNRO resides in one of Golden Area ‘A’ but or hasArea not ‘released physical address to the CEO for election purposes.

Nick Hoobanoff got the tying goal for Golden early in the third, but the Bob Area, BC* to the CEO for election purposes. celebrations were short-lived for Ty Davidson’s club. Just 51 seconds later the VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS Candidate resides in one of Golden or Area ‘A’ but has not released physical address to the CEO for electionNitros purposes. were back in front thanks to a goal from Sawyer Hunt, and four minVOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS utes after that they got a shorty from Tyson Klingspohn that proved to be the VOTING DATESelectors AND LOCATIONS game winner.

GENERAL be open to qualified of the Town will VOTING be open towill qualified electors of the Town of Golden on: of Golden on: AL VOTING Jason Richter added another for Kimberley and Tanner Watt got a very Saturday, November 15th, 2014 - 8:00 am to 8:00 pm th late power play goal for Golden that was far too little and far too late for the qualified November electors of the of -Golden on:to 8:00 pm AL VOTING will be open to Saturday, 15Town , 10th 2014 8:00 am Golden Civic Centre (806 Avenue South) visitors.

The Rockets left with a 6-4 loss. th Golden Civic Centre th(806 10 Avenue South) It was a better effort for the Rockets against Kimberley, but it still wasn’t Saturday, November 15 , 2014 8:00 am to 8:00 pm ADVANCE VOTING will be available to qualified electors as follows: enough to snap them out of their current funk.

NCE VOTING will be available toGolden qualified electors as follows: Civic Centre (806 10th Avenue South) The road ahead won’t get any easier, as they’ll be in Summerland on FriWednesday, November 5th, 2014 - 8:00 am to 8:00 pm th day to take on the Steam before travelling to Osoyoos on Saturday for an NCE VOTING will be available to qualified electors as5follows: Wednesday, November , (810 20149th - 8:00 am toSouth) 8:00 pm Town Hall, Council Chambers Avenue encounter with the Coyotes.

Town Hall, Council Chambers (810 9th Avenue South) SPECIAL VOTING Wednesday, will be available to qualified the am following who are The Rockets were thoroughly outplayed against the Steam on Oct. 19 in a November 5thelectors , 2014 -at8:00 to 8:00locations pm th patients, tenants, or staff at the time of voting on: 5-2 lossat and downed 6-3 by the Coyotes in September. Both games were Avenue South) Town Hall, Council (810 9 locations L VOTING will be available to qualified electorsChambers at the following who are patients, tenants, or staff thewere time at home.

Osoyoos is off to a particularly scorching start, as they stand alone of voting on:Saturday, November 15th, 2014 - 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm theatKIJHL standings with a sparkling 16-2-0-1 record through 19 games.

AL VOTING will be available to qualified electors at the following locations who are patients, tenants, oratop staff the time Golden and District General Hospital (835 9th Avenue South) of voting on: Saturday, November 15th, 2014 - 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Henry M Durrand Manor (835 9th Avenue South) Golden and District General Hospital (835 9th Avenue South) th (750 8th Avenue South) Mountainview Assisted Living Saturday, 15 , 2014 pm to 4:00 pm Avenue South) Henry MNovember Durrand Manor (835 9-th2:00 (915 9th Street thSouth) GoldenAbbeyfield and DistrictHouse General Hospital (835 9th Avenue South) Mountainview Assisted Living (750th 8 Avenue South) South) Henry M Durrand Manor (835 9 Avenue ELECTOR REGISTRATION AND Street South) Abbeyfield House (915 9thQUALIFICATIONS Mountainview Assisted Living (750 8th Avenue South) General Requirements Abbeyfield House (915 9th Street South)

Golden Rockets’ Three Stars

There is no needELECTOR to pre-register to vote as the registration of all electors for this election will REGISTRATION AND QUALIFICATIONS take place at the time of voting. You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements: Requirements ELECTOR REGISTRATION AND QUALIFICATIONS years of age or older no need •to 18 pre-register to vote as the registration of all electors for this election will take place at the time of voting. You will Requirements • Canadian citizen ed to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements: no need pre-register to for voteatasleast the 6registration of all electors for this election will take place at the time of voting. You will months immediately preceding voting day rs of age•toorresident older of BC ed to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements: • resident of OR registered owner of real property in the Town of Golden for at least 30 days ian citizen rs of of BC agefor orimmediately older preceding voting day, and nt at least 6 months immediately preceding voting day ian citizen not otherwise by law voting. nt of OR•registered ownerdisqualified of real property in from the Town of Golden for at least 30 days immediately preceding voting day, and

nt of BCdisqualified for at least 6bymonths immediately herwise law from voting. preceding voting day Specific Requirements nt of OR registered owner of real property in the Town of Golden for at least 30 days immediately preceding voting day, and RESIDENT ELECTORS - Your primary residence is within the Town of Golden and you Requirements herwise disqualified by law from voting. have lived- Your withinprimary the municipality at least days of prior to voting day.have You lived will also NT ELECTORS residence isfor within the30 Town Golden and you within the municipality for at least 30 be required to produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature).

Picture rRequirements to voting day. You will also be required to produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification identification isIdentification not necessary, but isis preferred.

Identification must both where you the municipality for at least 30 NT ELECTORS - Your primary residence within thewho Town Golden andprove you within essary, but is preferred. must prove both youofare and where youhave live.lived liveday. andYou whowill youalso are.be required to produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification r to voting SIDENT ELECTORS -must Youprove do NOT within the Town of Golden; essary, butPROPERTY is preferred. Identification bothlive who you are where you live.you DO own property in the municipality NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS - You do NOT and live within the Town of Golden; er to vote you must: you DO own property in the municipality but in order to vote you must: ESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS You do NOT live within the Town of Golden; you DO own property in the municipality wned the property for at least 30 days prior to voting day; and, • Have owned the property for at least 30 days prior to voting day; and, der to vote you must: our PERSONAL NAME specifically listed as the/an owner of the property.

• Have yourforPERSONAL NAME specifically listedand, as the/an owner of the property. owned the property at least 30 days prior to voting day; your PERSONAL NAME specifically listed as the/an owner thewith t produce 2 pieces of identification least one with(at a signature) asproperty. well as a special Nonas Resident You must produce 2 pieces (at of identification least of one a signature) as well a specialProperty Elector Registration d (if applicable) a Multiple Owner Consent Form toForm election at the avoting place.

Having this form completed PRIOR to Non Resident Property Elector Registration and officials (if applicable) Multiple Owner tthe produce 2 pieces of identification (at least a signature) as well as a special Non Resident Property Elector Registration voting place will significantly streamline your voting process.

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Nick Hoobanoff

The Canal Flats native grabbed a goal and a pair of assists over the weekend. Now finds himself sitting fourth on the team in scoring.

Ian Desrosier Becoming a regular on this list, but that’s only fitting for a player who leads the Rockets in both goals and points. Added two goals on the weekend to give him 14 for the year.

Magnus Viberg

It’s a rare night when a goalie earns top marks for a game in which he gave up 7 goals, but that’s what happened to Viberg, who was shelled with 54 shots on Friday in Fernie.

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GSS swim team boasts great results at meets

The Golden Secondary School swim team has competed in two swim meets, one in Revelstoke and one in Castlegar.

Seven swimmers even qualified for Provincials, however won’t be able to attend due to other commitments.

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Golden Star Staff reporter@thegoldenstar.net The Golden Secondary School Eagles swim team recently competed in two meets.

On October 26 they swam in Revelstoke as part of the Okanagan Regionals. They had to swim exhibition at that meet as they were swimming out of their zone.

On Sunday Nov. 2 they competed at the Kootenay Regionals in Castlegar where seven swimmers qualified for Provincials which is quite an accomplishment considering the team hasn’t swam since mid-August, but they have all been busy with other sports such as soccer, volleyball, basketball and gymnastics.

Unfortunately due to commitments to their other sports along with the inability to get in a pool and swim, the seven qualifiers have declined attending the Provincials. All members of the team swam very well and GSS and the community can be proud of their results.

Compensation cheques are in the mail totalling over $15 million Staff Writer Black Press The B.C. government has sent out 165,000 cheques to B.C. parents to compensate them for school days lost in the teacher strike in September, accounting for more than half of the students eligible for the $40-a-day payments.

The finance ministry reports that nearly 230,000 families have registered for the payments, which cover 13 school days missed in September before a contract was reached and teachers returned to work. Those families represent 295,000 children aged 12 and under enrolled in public school, 97 per cent of the total eligible.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the first batch of cheques went out Oct. 20. He said with the vast number of applications it’s possible there will be “glitches” due to data entry errors, and some applications are taking longer to verify.

“For children who were not in public school last year, for example children now in kindergarten for the first time, it will take a week or two longer to process those cheques,” de Jong said.

CTV reported on one case Wednesday where separated parents both applied for the fund and are in a dispute over which should receive it.

Parents and primary caregivers have until the end of January to register for the payments, online at bcparentinfo.ca or by phone at 1-877387-3332 to receive paper application forms.

The payments are not considered taxable income and do not affect benefits such as the B.C. early childhood tax benefit, sales tax credit or federal GST credit.

Payments to the eligible students who have registered represent a $15.3 million cost to the provincial treasury, equivalent to payroll savings during the strike.

2014 General Election 2014 General Election 2014QUALIFICATIONS General Election VOTING AND PROCEDURES

VOTINGqualIfIcaTIONs QUALIFICATIONS AND PROCEDURES VOTING aNd PROcEduREs

The Town of Golden conducts Voting Day Registration procedures for all those voting in this election. As a result, all The qualified voters must provide suitable identification other registration if required election Town of Golden conducts Voting Day Registrationand procedures for all all those thosedocuments voting election.

As aaresult, The Town of Golden conducts Voting day Registration procedures for votingininthis this election.to As result, officials for approval prior to being issued a ballot at the voting place. all qualified voters must provide suitable identification and other registration documents if required to election all qualified voters must provide suitable identification and other registration documents if required to election officials for approval prior to being issued a ballot at the voting place.

officials for approval prior to being issued a ballot at the voting place.

A. General Voting Qualifications GeneralVoting Votingqualifications Qualifications a. A. General

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Specific Voting Qualifications - Two Types of Electors

SpecificVoting Votingqualifications Qualifications --Two B. B. THE specific TwoTypes TypesofofElectors Electors RESIDENT ELECTOR - One Person, One Vote.

THE RESIDENT ELECTOR -the OneTown Person, Vote.

Your primary residence is within ofOne Golden and you have lived within the municipality for at least THE REsIdENT ElEcTOR - One Person, One Vote.

Your primary residence is within the Town of Golden and you forfor at least 30 days prior toresidence voting day.

Your primary is within the Town of Golden and you have have lived livedwithin withinthe themunicipality municipality at 30 days prior to voting day. least 30 days prior to voting day.

THE NON RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTOR - One Property, One Vote.

THE NON RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTOR One Property, One THE NON REsIdENT PROPERTY ElEcTOR - -One Property, One You do NOT live within the Town of Golden; you DO own property inVote. theVote. municipality PROVIDED: You do NOT live within the Town of Golden; you DO own property in PROVIDED: You do NOT live within the Town of Golden; you DO own property themunicipality municipality PROVIDED:  You have owned the property for at least 30 days prior to voting day. inthe  You have owned the propertyfor foratatleast least30 30days days prior prior to voting day.

• You have owned the property to voting day.

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PERSONAL NAME is specifically asasthe/an • Your See below for additional requirements for listed registering.  See below additionalrequirements requirements for for registering. registering.

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Property registered in company/corporation names DO NOT qualify under the Local Government Act Act to vote Property registered inin company/corporation Government to Property registered company/corporationnames namesDO DONOT NOTqualify qualifyunder under the the Local Local Government Act to vote in a municipal election.

There is NO corporate vote in British Columbia. vote in a municipal election.

There is NO corporate vote in British Columbia. in a municipal election. There is NO corporate vote in British Columbia.

C.C. To Register at Voting - Your Identification Please c.

ToTo Register atatthe the Voting Place Your Identification Please Register the VotingPlace Place --Your Identification Please • All All electors MUST produce 22pieces of identification. electors MUST produce  All electors MUST produce 2pieces piecesofofidentification. identification. • Picture Picture identification is not necessary but preferred. identification is not necessary but preferred.  Picture identification is not necessary but preferred. • At At least one must have a signature. least one must have a signature.  At least one must have a signature.

identification must prove proveboth bothwho who you are and where you live. • Your Your identification must you  Your identification must prove both who youare areand andwhere whereyou youlive. live. accEPTEd ElEcTOR IdENTIfIcaTION dOcuMENTs

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ACCEPTED ELECTOR IDENTIFICATION BCACCEPTED Drivers License BC Care CardDOCUMENTS or Gold Care Card Credit Card ELECTOR IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS BC Drivers License  BC Care Card or Gold Care  Card Credit Card Social Insurance Card BC Identification Card ICBC Vehicle Insurance Documents BC Drivers License  BC Care Card or Gold Care Card Credit Card Citizenship Card Utility Bill Property Tax Documents Notice Social Insurance Card  BC Identification Card  ICBC Vehicle Insurance Social Insurance Card BC Identification Card  ICBC Vehicle Insurance Documents a Passport is NOT an accepted form of identification.

Citizenship Card  Utility Bill  Property Tax Notice Citizenship Card  Utility Bill  Property Tax Notice A Passport is NOT an an accepted form of of identification.

Passport is NOT accepted identification.

AnAElector MUST prove identity. form If an Elector is unable to prove residency, they must make a solemn,

written declaration as to their primaryanplace of residence. Ittoisprove an Offence to make a false make declaration.

An Elector MUST prove identity.

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In order to vote, a Non Resident Property Elector must also submit a special Non Resident Property Elector

ADDITIONAL NON RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTOR IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS ADDITIONAL NON RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTOR IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS Registration Form to election officials at the voting place. Having this form completed PRIOR to arriving In order to vote, a Non Resident Property Elector must also submit a special Non Resident In order to vote, a Non Resident Property Elector must also submit a special Non ResidentProperty Property Elector Elector at the voting place will significantly streamline your voting process.

Registration Form to election officials at at thethe voting place.

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to the property. This means filling out information from a Property Assessment Notice or Land Title Certificate onNon theNon form AND bringing oneMUST of these documents with you to thetovoting place.

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property.

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This filling outout information a Property Notice Additionally, ifmeans you are one of three or morefrom named registeredAssessment owners of the property you must also on form AND bringing these documents with you the votingplace. place. thethe form AND bringing oneone of of these documents with you toto the voting

submit a Multiple Owner Consent Form documenting the written consent of at least 50% of owners including you, to on behalf of or theor property.

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Multiple Owner Consent Form documenting written consent atleast least50% 50% owners including you, vote Multiple Consent Form documenting thethe written consent ofofat ofofowners including you, totovote Both theOwner Non Resident Property Elector Registration Form and Multiple Owner Consent Form are available behalf of the property. on behalf of the property. at on Town Hall, on our website (www.golden.ca) or on our face book page.

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More Information

Both Resident Property Elector Registration Form and Multiple OwnerConsent ConsentForm Formare areavailable availableatatTown Town Both thethe NonNon Resident Property Elector Registration Form and Multiple Owner Hall, on our website (www.golden.ca) or on our face book page.

Hall, on our website (www.golden.ca) or on our face book page.

Questions may be directed to Viv Thoss, Chief Election Officer, or Jon Wilsgard, Deputy Chief Election

Officer, byInformation phone at 250.344.2271; by email to council.clerk@golden.ca or cao@golden.ca or by visiting the More D.D. More Information Town Hallmay at may 810 Avenue South.

Questions be directed Thoss, ChiefElection ElectionOfficer, Officer,ororJon JonWilsgard, Wilsgard,Deputy DeputyChief ChiefElection Election Questions be 9th directed to to VivViv Thoss, Chief Officer, by phone at 250.344.2271; by email to council.clerk@golden.caororcao@golden.ca cao@golden.caororby byvisiting visitingthe the Officer, by phone at 250.344.2271; by email to council.clerk@golden.ca th th 9 Avenue South.

Town Hall at 810 Town Hall at 810 9 Avenue South.

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NEW

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800 Nicholson Frontage Road

4bdrms

2 baths

1113 Horse Creek Road 1 bath

1,541sqft

70 acres

$362,000 5256 Ben Hynes Loop Road

2bdrms

2 baths

1,500 sqft 67 acres

1741 Seward Frontage Road

4 bdrms 2 baths 3,438sqft 14.22 acres

REDUCED

1 bedroom

1 bath

672sqft

$339,000

2839 Donald Road

5bdrms 4 bath s 3,311sqft 1.32 acres

$249,500

$259,900 #27, 1357 Aemmer Way

2,600sqft

554 Day Road

2 bedrooms

2 baths

1,350sqft 1 acre

SOLD $239,900 #111, 1545 Kicking Horse Trail

2 bedrooms

2 baths

905sqft

$199,000 40 acres

$325,000 515 - 11th Street

5 bedrooms

2 baths

1 bath

1,118sqft

NEW

Legion 1011 - 11th Avenue Building & Land

5 bdrms 3.5 baths

4.8 acres

REDUCED

$585,000

#5, 1595 Whitetooth Trail

3 bedrooms

3 baths

REDUCED

1,500sqft

1 bedroom

1 bath

672sqft

4 bedrooms

3 baths

619 Lower Habart Road

6bdrms 5 baths 4,500sqft 1.38 acres

$179,000 Land & Building

2 baths

2,436sqft

$469,000 2016 McMurdo Road

2 bdrms 2 baths 2,300sqft 3.71 acres

$539,000 4905 Castledale Heights

3 bdrms 3 baths 2,500sqft 5.28 acres

$545,000 730 Nicholson Road

$285,000 #21, 1345 Aemmer Way

2 bedrooms

1 bath

770 sqft

SOLD $159,900

1,290sqft

#107, 521 - 8th Avenue

2 bedrooms

1 bath

813sqft

SOLD 735 Kinsey Road

4 bedrooms

$277,333

3 bdrms 2.5 baths 3,120sqft .61 acres

$375,000 1313 Maple Drive

3,000sqft 11.6 acres

REDUCED

$215,000

#17, 1333 Aemmer Way

$338,300 517 - 12th Street

$449,500 2145 Mitchell Road

646 Lower Habart Road

DanDan Veselic Veselic (250) (250) 344-1435 344-1435

$445,000

$399,000

$259,000 1115 - 10th Street

4 bedrooms

2,080sqft

SOLD

SOLD Lot 13, Wellstead Road

NEW

$699,000

$539,900 3 bdrms

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$299,000 990 Highway #95, South 38 acres

$225,000 #203 - 1545 Kicking Horse Trail

2 bedrooms

2 baths

915sqft

SOLD $725,000 319 Fisher Road 7.27 acres

$635,000 631 Lapp Road

3bdrms 2.5 baths 2,711sqft 7.63 acres

MOBILE HOMES #51 Kicking Horse Village MHP.................4 bedrooms...................................$95,000 #23, 686 Almberg Road.............................3 bedrooms...................................$74,500 #22 Golden Mobile Home Park.................3 bedrooms...................................$49,900

#10 Swiss Village MHP..................................3 bedrooms................................$65,000 #4, 1437 Lafontaine Road............................2 bedrooms................................$34,600 #22 Kicking Horse Village MHP....................4 bedrooms..................................47,500

IN TOWN LOTS 506-8th Street........................................50’ x 130’................................$76,300 1608 Gareb Road.................................... 71’ x 180’................................$89,900 1416 Deere Ridge Road........................... 75’ x 150’...............................$127,000 1402 Deere Ridge Road.......................... .35 acre........................................ $99,000

1611 Lafontaine Road........................... .52 acre........................................$95,000 1512 Granite Drive....................................1.35 acre.............................. $199,900 1556 Quartz Crescent.............................. 71’ x 173’..................................$89,000 Granite Drive................................... 3 Lots available ........each listed at $199,600

RURAL ACREAGES 532 Anderson Road............................155 acres................................... $449,900 Highway #95 South................................40 acres.................................................$209,900 1374 Black Bear Drive............................2.03 acres.............................................. $124,900 2310 Campbell Road..............................19.87 acres......................................$197,000 Lot 3, Forde Station Road............................3 acres...................................................$89,900

1556 Adolph Johnson Road..............5.73 acre.......................................... $199,000 3140 Imler Road...............................18.03 acres.................................... $99,600 Lot 1, Castledale Heights.....................4.94 acres.........................................$188,500 576 Habart Road................................. .4 acre.................................................$89,900 Blaeberry Valley Estates............... 3 acreages available......from $118,300 to $195,300