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BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff

Santa Claus won't have any trouble delivering presents to kids, and the young-at-heart, in Grreater Trail on Christmas Eve. Jesse Ellis, fire weather forecaster at the Southeast Fire Centre, says Santa and his reindeer will have clear skies all the way from the North Pole to Trail.

“I am not joking,” he said.

“For Wednesday night, and this is interesting, there is a clear patch of air all the way from the North Pole to B.C.” For those wondering if Trail is going to have a white Christmas, Ellis says it is hard to predict, but he was calling for snow last night before the skies clear up for the man in red and his sleigh.

“There will be some rain and snow in the valley bottom, that will probably turn into snow on Tuesday night,” he said. “The clear patch I am talking about is in between that system and the next one that is pushing up against the coast. Some of Tuesday night's snow will linger around for Christmas day.”

On Christmas day, Ellis says it will be a bit drier outside, and Trail residents should expect some snow.

The fluffy white stuff will be falling slowly on Christmas in Trail, but in Rossland, there is already enough snow for Red Mountain to open up some more runs, just in time for a Christmas Day trip down the slopes.

“In short, the plan is to have Granite and Red mountains fully open for Dec. 24,” said Christine Andison, director of planning and development at Red. “Then, we are looking at the 27th or the 28th of December for Grey Mountain.”

Grey still needs a few checks by the resort's snow safety team, and Granite requires a bit more snow before it can be fully opened safely.

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Year in Review

Labour dispute impacts end of school year The Trail Times presents its annual review of moments and news from 2014. This segment highlights moments from April, May and June.

April 7 – A single-vehicle accident near the Trail airport sent three Greater Trail teenagers to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Sadly, two days later, Nolan Handley succumbed to the injuries sustained in the crash.

10 – The Heartbleed bug takes a bite out of the local tax season.

With the Canada Revenue Agency shutting down its website, companies such as H & R Block was forced to suspend filing tax returns until the site was back in operation.

11 – Greater Trail Paralympians, sit-skier Kimberly Joines, para-snowboarder Ian Lockey and Mike Mondin, the head coach of the men’s sledge hockey team, were honoured by the CIBC with a “Welcome Home” ceremony at the Trail branch.

14 – Phase 2 of the downtown revitalization plan begins to take shape as railings are put in place near the Trail Memorial Centre and soon trees and plants will be planted around town.

14 – Dieter Bogs, the mayor of Trail for 17 years, announces he won’t be running in the November municipal election.

A day after his announcement for Teck manager Mike Martin declares his intention to run for the vacant spot.

14 – Warfield residents continue to voice their displeasure with its council, which suddenly ended the recreation agreement with the City of Trail.

20 – The Beaver Valley Nitehawks complete its championship season by capturing the Keystone Cup as Western

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J.L. Crowe Secondary students (from the left) Kara Tomasini, Sommer Bowden, JoJo Freiheit and Morgan Johnson protested the ongoing teachers strike by joining the B.C. Student Walkout for Students event and walking off school grounds.

Canadian Junior B hockey champions. The team defeated the Abbotsford Pilots 5-1 in the final in Abbotsford.

21 – B.C. teachers begin Phase One of their job action. Teachers refused to supervise students outside the classroom and arrive no more than one hour before class and leaving one hour after school hours.

25 – Two people were arrested following a robbery at the Nelson and District Credit Union in Nelson. Charged with one count of robbery are Adrew Stevenson and Krista Kalmikoff. The police have not linked the duo to a string of other robberies committed in the West Kootenay over the

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Staff at the 7-Eleven franchise in downtown Trail packed up the last of the stock the doors closed on the outlet. A Chevron spokesman said the outlet will be back up soon selling gas and a new convenience store will move in at a later date.

last six months.

May 3 – A citizen’s group began a petition to force a referendum on building a new river crossing in Trail. The goal is to stop a $5 million loan bylaw the city was seeking to pass to fund construction.

6 – Tom McEwan is honoured as Trail-Warfield’s Citizen of the Year at a ceremony at St. Michael’s School.

7 – Chevron Canada confirmed the 7-Eleven outlet in downtown Trail will close in June. The energy company said the lease for 7-Eleven will run out and it will be replaced by another convenience store.

8 – Seven new inductees were added to the Home of Champions Monument. The Trail Pipe Band, Thea Culley, Todd Robinson, Bruce LeRose, Patrick Iannone, Theresa Hanson (nee Hanlon) and Dr. Harold Menkes will have plaques bearing their names placed on the monument.

9 – Ella Meyer was crowned Miss Trail at the annual pageant at the Charles Bailey Theatre.

Samantha Theobald was selected as Trail Princess. The duo will represent the city at various functions over the year in the Ambassador Program.

9 – A petition was presented at Trail City Hall with enough signatures to halt the proposed borrowing of $5 million to build

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a foot-bridge across the Columbia River. More than 1,200 people signed the petition, which means the issue will be brought to a referendum later this year.

12 – Ed Wilcox is named the Beaver Valley Citizen of the Year.

15 – The City of Trail was apologizing to a local woman after the automated locking system for the public washrooms at Gyro Park locked her in.

Fortunately a passer-by was able to contact the fire department and security company to free her.

20 – School District 20 cancels recesses and shortens school days in light of the teachers’ job

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21 – The City of Trail and the Village of Warfield hammer out an 18-month recreation deal.

The temporary move is meant to quell concerns from residents and allow the new councils, to be elected in November, an opportunity to strike a more complete deal.

21 – E-cigarettes have been banned at all School Distrcit 20 buildings.

22 – Longtime volunteer Art Benzer received the 2014 Montrose Community Service Award for his tireless efforts over decades including helping create the popular Antenna Trail above the village.

27 – School District 20 teachers stage a one-day walkout, which meant students were forced to stay home from school.

29 – Trail boundary expansion took another step closer to reality when the city enacted the alternative approval process to proceed with the expansion.

Citizens have 30 days to garner enough signatures to stop the process.

June 2 – School District 20 teachers stage another one-day walkout while parents rally at schools in support of educators.

9 – RCMP investigators hold a press conference in the wake of the discovery of the body of 75-year-old Thomas Feeney. The Rossland native was found dead in his home after an apparent robbery. The RCMP investigators ruled it a homicide and the investigation is underway. No suspects or motive, other than robbery, have been identified.

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The Trail Interact Club, represented by J.L. Crowe students Samantha Theobald (left) and Madelaine Vockeroth Fisher, present Mayor Mike Martin and Councillor Carol Dobie with a special skateboard deck as a Christmas gift. The club raised $500 with its poinsettia sales this holiday season, and chose to donate the money to the Friends of the Trail Skatepark committee to help towards the goal of raising $550,000. The Interact Club will also be donating the proceeds from its upcoming springtime fundraiser to the skatepark.

Council works on social media rules

By Sheri Regnier Times Staff

Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and You Tube are quickly becoming the ground zero of spreading hot news stories, passing along titillating gossip and selfies, or hyping the cause du jour.

Even better – it's a free way to self promote. The problem is when there's misinformation, it can catch like wildfire and there's no real way to stop the presses.

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The growth in the city's Facebook page and Twitter account in just one year, lead city staff to recommend principals for providing accurate information and positive engagement to its thousand-plus followers.

So far, the policy only accounts for direct posts to the City of Trail page, which leaves council's personal pages open to

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whatever they chose to share or comment about.

“I think we need to go one step further within the policy,” said GOC Chair Sandy Santori. “I don't think it's appropriate for us as individual councillors to report what's taking place at council,” he explained.

“There's huge exposure to the city if it's not reported properly, or if we are inaccurate about what it is we are reporting, or if something is taken out of context. It's confusing for the public.”

As discussion ensued about site management, which falls to Andrea Jolly, Trail's events and communication coordinator, the five councillors present agreed that Trail council should be heard with one voice on social media.

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Mike Martin admits he wasn't an active social media user prior to the election, he acknowledged the significant role the sites play in communication between the city and residents.

“I've come to recognize how important social media is,” he said. “For that reason it needs to be maintained but done in a defined manner with regards to reporting city activities. And I would like to thank staff for bringing this delicate matter forward...because we are moving into new territory here.”

With Trail's policy in place, council directed staff to bring forward some suggestions to potentially amend the policy to include restrictions for council members when reporting city business on their own

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personal social media sites.

Earlier this year, Fruitvale advanced a social media policy prior to launching the village's Facebook page. Those guidelines are clear and stipulate the site is only for corporate messages, including event postings, notifications to residents and information of public interest.

Although the Montrose Facebook page doesn't have much traffic yet, the site is growing as posts about community events increase.

Village council reviewed its two-year social media policy, which uses a common sense approach stipulating slanderous, obscene and political posts aren't permitted.

E l s e w h e r e , Rossland and Warfield don't have a guidelines in place.

FROM PAGE 3 11 – Former Local 480 president Doug Jones announces his intention to run for mayor in Trail in the November municipal election.

12 – B.C. school teachers issue 72 hours strike notice, which means schools will begin summer holidays two weeks early.

Exams will be held but report cards for some grades will not be issued.

13 – Despite the shadow of the teachers strike, J.L. Crowe Secondary School students enjoy a full weekend of graduation ceremonies.

19 – A pair of local dogs is on the road to recovery after eating treats made in China.

The treats in question have been linked to sickened dogs throughout North America.

The Trail Walmart store has removed the treats from its shelves.

20 – Stephen Hill, the only Greater Trail candidate seeking a nomination for the next federal election withdraws. That leaves the majority of the candidates vying to represent the newly-created South OkanaganWest Kootenay riding hailing from the Penticton area.

24 – The City of Trail announces Aug. 23 will be the date on the bridge referendum.

The question to residents will be whether they support construction and borrowing of almost $5 million for the walking bridge.

27 – The 7-Eleven franchise in downtown Trail closes its doors after three decades in the city. The location will be served by another convenience store operator yet to be named.

RCMP check stops will be prevalent FROM PAGE 1 In the most recent newsletter from Red Mountain, it was announced that the T-bar and Red Carpet are open for skiers, while the Silverlode chairlift opened Tuesday.

Since Oct. 1, Red Mountain has received 197 cm of snowfall, with the current alpine snow depth sitting at 102 cm.

Off the slopes and on the roads, Sergeant Darren Oelke with the Trail RCMP wants to remind holiday revellers to stay safe when going to and from holiday parties and celebrations.

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“Make sure to plan for a safe ride home if you are planning to drink while enjoying the Christmas holidays,” he said. “Make sure to use the taxi service or the usual designated driver or a ride home with a friend.”

Oelke says that every holiday season, the Trail RCMP, along with Kootenay Traffic Services, will be on the roads with check stops trying to catch drivers who have had too much to drink, but also to prevent impaired driving.

“Word gets around fast when we are out there,” he said. “We usually stay in one spot for half an hour or an hour, then move it, but if we can act as a deterrent and get someone to find another way to get home (then we did our job).”

Oelke has one final message for the residents of Trail this holiday season.

“Have a Merry Christmas, and stay safe.”

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Tuition increase approved THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - The Alberta government has approved tuition increases to 25 postsecondary programs.

Minister of Innovation and Advanced Education Don Scott said Monday the hikes are needed to correct tuition anomalies between programs in Alberta and those across Canada.

Scott says the changes won’t affect existing students and institutions will receive around $21 Briefs million in additional revenue.

The government says the hikes will affect eight per cent of students and less than one per cent of all programs in the province.

NDP Leader Rachel Notley questioned the timing of the announcement - three days before Christmas - while most students are off of campuses.

But Scott said the issue came up in the summer and he wanted more time to make sure he asked all stakeholders involved.

“When institutions have access to market adjustments like we’ve just granted, that’s going to have a direct benefit, I believe, to program quality that students are going to receive,” he said, adding there are financial aid options available to students.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - Luka Rocco Magnotta remained impassive as one of the 12 jurors who deliberated his fate uttered the word “guilty” to all five charges against him in the slaying and dismemberment of Jun Lin, including first-degree murder.

“It’s always a great feeling for a Crown prosecutor to hear the word ‘guilty’ come out of the mouth of a juror at the end of a trial,” prosecutor Louis Bouthillier told reporters.

After the verdicts, a lawyer read out an impact statement on behalf of Lin’s father, Diran Lin, who watched proceedings throughout the trial from a private room in the courthouse.

“I had come to see your trial system to see justice done and I leave satisfied that you have not let my son down,” Daniel Urbas told the emotionally charged room.

“I had come to learn what happened to my son that night and I leave without a true or a complete answer.

“I had come to see remorse, to hear some form of apology, and I leave without anything.”

Pre-election promises take toll on books

THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives’ pre-election promises targeted at families are already starting to take a toll on the country’s books.

The new income splitting plan and the doubling of the children’s fitness tax credit helped create a $3.2 billion deficit in October, according to data released by the Finance Department on Monday.

That’s twice as fat a deficit than would otherwise have been the case. The tax changes resulted in a $1.6-billion adjustment to revenue and, without that, Ottawa would have posted a deficit of just $1.6-billion for the month.

The Conservatives had pledged in the 2011 election campaign to introduce income splitting for families.

This fall, they rolled out a slightly-amended version, as well as an increase to the fitness tax credit, both of which families can claim on their 2014 taxes, and just in time

for the 2015 election.

Both 2011 promises were contingent on a balanced budget and a surplus; the former is still expected for 2015 and the current projection for the surplus is $1.6 billion.

Income splitting allows someone in a higher tax bracket than their spouse to share some of their income with the lower earner, so the family pays less taxes overall.

To what extent families will benefit from the plan is a matter of dispute - a 2011 study by the C.D. Howe Institute found 85 per cent of all households would gain nothing.

That was something on former finance minister Jim Flaherty’s mind when he spoke out against the policy in February. At the time, Flaherty said he wasn’t sure the policy was the best way to spend the surplus.

“I would pay down public debt and reduce taxes more, myself, but I am only one person,” he said.

THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON The former leader of the Reform Party says he made a mistake when he gave advice to members of Alberta’s Wildrose on uniting with the governing Progressive Conservatives.

Preston Manning met last week with the Wildrose caucus to talk about his attempts to join the Reform Party with the federal Progressive Conservatives under the Canadian Alliance banner.

A day after the meeting, Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith and eight others crossed the floor of the provincial legislature and

called on the party to merge with the Tories.

The move angered many party members and executives vowed to keep the Wildrose going.

Manning said Monday that he should have recommended more consultation with constituents in meeting with Wildrose.

The Canadian Alliance formed only after a “democratic process of discussion with grassroots members, several consultative referendums, large conferences on principles and policy, a vote on acceptance or rejection by party members,” he said in a statement released through the Manning

Centre for Building Democracy.

“My failure to strongly recommend a similar process to the Wildrose caucus was a mistake on my part.

It was a disservice to those who sought my counsel and to those who have placed their trust in my commitment to democracy - a mistake for which I now sincerely apologize to all concerned.”

Manning told reporters after the Wildrose crossover that keeping a new party alive is difficult. He cited how the Reform Party had hit a wall and was stuck in the position of never being able to get out of the opposition benches.

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more and a political risk for parties like the Liberals who oppose it.

The fact it’s contributing to a deficit is another flaw in the program, said Liberal finance critic Scott Brison.

“Effectively, 100 per cent of Canadians are going deeper into debt to finance something that will benefit only 15 per cent of Canadians,” said finance critic Scott Brison.

“Deficits today will be financed through taxes tomorrow.”

The Conservatives say 1.8 million families will benefit from income splitting, and all those with children under 18 will benefit from the other measures being introduced, such as the extension of the universal child care benefit.

That will take effect next year.

When income splitting was introduced, it was estimated to be a $2 billion program, while doubling the fitness tax credit was pegged at a cost of $130 million.

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Flaherty’s viewpoint is sorely missed, said the NDP’s Peter Julian.

Since his departure, the government’s approach to the nation’s finances has been erratic, he said.

“It doesn’t surprise me at all that they’d start making these financial commitments and run us back into a deficit because they haven’t thought these things through,” Julian said.

The child fitness tax credit has also come under scrutiny.

A study published last year in the Canadian Tax Journal suggested the benefit favours higher-income households, and is more likely to be claimed by people in urban centres and those with at least one male child.

Income splitting was a key element of the 2011 campaign and the decision to implement it this fall means families will see the money back in their pockets just ahead of the next election, making it a vote-getter once

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“It was that that forced us to look at something broader and I think that same situation faces the Wildrose,” Manning said, adding that the provincial party should be proud of what it accomplished.

Wildrose named legislature member Heather Forsyth as interim leader on Monday.

She said that in the pursuit of power, Smith and the defectors swept aside democracy.

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ith North Korea criminally intimidating Hollywood and Taliban ‘warriors’ butchering innocent school children in Pakistan, it’s been a rough start to the holiday season.

While there is no remedy for the worst of these tragedies, a little good will and spirited optimism could go a long way to putting the world back on the right track.

Consider North Korea.

Kim-Jong-un’s computer programmers have needled their way into the secure servers at Sony Corporation. They humiliated the company and intimidated theatre audiences across North America. Sony’s capitulation to (idle) North Korean threats is both embarrassing and dangerous.

Nevertheless, opportunity dresses itself in strange clothes. Kim-Jong-un, in his buoyant overreaction, has made a preposterous offer: a joint North Korean/ United States investigation into the hacking scandal.

Personally I’d sprinkle a little Christmas cheer on the situation and take him up on his offer immediately.

We might just discover

more than we realize about the North Korean dictator.

Kim-Jong-un’s power rests upon a veil of darkness and fear he has thrown across his ancient kingdom. Lift that veil just a crack; let the sunshine in and, like Frosty the Snowman, he may well begin to melt away. Either way, it’s too good an opportunity to miss.

As for murderous ISIS and the extreme wing of the Taliban: I’d let them stew in their own juices.

ISIS forces have been astonishingly violent and cruel (at least to Western eyes); but remember this is an old Sunni tactic to establish absolute rule (as a minority) over much larger populations.

After the breakup of the (Turkish) Ottoman Empire, the Sunni populations of Syria and Iraq (there were other provinces as well) found themselves out of power and surrounded by disgruntled Shia Muslims and other minorities. The most effective Sunni tactic to regain their elite station has been the use of extreme violence. It led to continuous Sunni’s dictatorships in the region through to the end of the second Gulf War, when – once again – the Sunni’s became vulnerable minorities.

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In the spirit of seasonal generosity and based on the principle of ‘selfdetermination’ I’d encourage the establishment of a Sunni ‘caliphate’. I’d then urge strict religious Sunni’s from around the world to come and settle there.

I’d also encourage any disaffected Western Muslim’s or sympathizers to up-stakes immediately and join their brethren in this illustrious ‘heaven on earth’.

No doubt, in time, the truth would reveal itself – naturally. That would be a blessing worthy of the season.

As for our other (much more dangerous) situation in Russia, a little festive cheer and lateral thinking might help. Vladimir Putin is personally leading

a strong anti-Western, antidemocratic trend in modern politics.

Encouraged by the Russian dictator, Turkey and Egypt in the Middle East and various nations in South East Asia have turned away from Westernstyle democracy.

What’s to be done about this general trend? Snip it at the (Vladimir Putin) bud.

There is one career station that is impossible to retire from peacefully – Gangster King. No sooner does the old “Don” retire than the bullets start flying. Vladimir Putin is, and always has been, a brutal gangster: truth be told, he has more (and more bitter) enemies in Russia than he has in the rest of the world combined.

The minute Vlad the Impaler ‘retires’, he’s a statistic: therefore, to insure his personal survival he is driven to create a serious crisis with the West. The louder the better; it’s a calculated strategy to overturn the (U.S.-inspired) Russian constitution and for Vladimir to remain safely in power indefinitely.

I would offer Putin a present, in the spirit of forgiveness that characterizes the holiday season. I’d quietly remind him that he

has miscalculated; in the near future he’ll need a safe haven. I’d offer the Russian President a way out; perhaps a highly-protected villa somewhere where he can run his criminal empire safely, free from the burdens of state.

Closer to home, the spirit of seasonal generosity could be extended to Albertan’s as well.

Who in Alberta’s ‘glass house’ will cast the first stone at Danielle Smith?

Aren’t we a bit like her; don’t we all sell out our principles a little every day for power, money or prestige?

In this festive season, we must forgive, not condemn, this former rising star of Alberta politics, for she is simply opening a window to the world on the Alberta soul.

After all, it seems most of us are ‘just passing through’ and a conniving pragmatism is fittingly the Spirit of (Alberta) Politics Past, Present and Future.

Robert McGarvey is an economic historian and co-founder of the Genuine Wealth Institute, an Alberta-based think tank dedicated to helping businesses, communities and nations built communities of wellbeing.

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LETTERS & OPINION

Cuba and the false dawn

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ere are four reasons increased engagement or norwhy President Barack malisation.

Obama’s decision last Unfortunately, there are week to re-establish also two powerful reasons diplomatic relations with Cuba why Obama’s good idea is not was a good idea. really going to change things 1) The US attempt to bring much. down the Castro regime by 1) The Republican Party isolating the country econom- now controls both Houses of ically and diplomatically is Congress, and the embargo now 54 years old, and it still cannot be ended except by hasn’t worked. To go on doing Congressional consent. That the same thing and expect a will not be forthcoming. different result next time is a 2) The brothers Castro are clear indication of stupidity, still in control of Cuba, and and possibly of insanity. even if they were both swept 2) President Obama, as a away by some random illness, “lame duck” president with the only slightly younger only two years to go, has Communist Party leadership nothing to lose by re-opening will not make the kind of the American concessions embassy in that could force Havana and the Republican loosening travleadership to el restrictions change its poson American ition. In terms of citizens.

He maintaining the gets credit for status quo, the being both bold US Republicans GWYNNE and sensible, and the Cuban and he can do Communists it by executive are “objective decision withallies”.

World Affairs out having to It makes go through political sense Congress. for Republicans to oppose 3) A quarter-century after Obama’s initiative: they have the end of the Cold War, there no interest in allowing him is ample popular support in a victory that they have it the United States for ending within their power to thwart. the long and absurd anti- Republican Senator Marco Communist crusade against Rubio of Florida vowed that Cuba. According to an Atlantic he would do “everything Council poll early this year, in my power” to keep the 56 percent of Americans now embargo in place – and also back a more direct US engage- threatened to block the conment with the Castro regime, firmation of a US ambassador or even full normalisation of to Cuba and prevent fundrelations. Among Hispanic- ing for construction of a US Americans, the number rises embassy in Havana. to 63 percent.

If this sounds petty, well, 4) Even in Florida, where yes it is. But considering the the Cuban-American popula- attitude of Congressional tion is concentrated, the heat Republicans towards the has gone out of the issue. The Obama administration over aging leaders of the commun- the past six years, massive ity, who arrived as refugees obstructionism towards any from Cuba half a century ago, future policy of Obama’s still resist closer US relations seems virtually guaranteed. with Cuba, but the US-born The embargo will remain. generation wants to end As for President Raul the war. The same Atlantic Castro – elder brother Fidel, Council poll showed that 79 now officially retired, seems percent of voters of Cuban largely out of play – he has descent in Florida supported no intention of presiding over

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the end of Communism in Cuba.

Cuba’s economy is in terrible shape, and it has recently been made much worse by the steep decline of the Venezuelan economy due to the collapse of the oil price.

Given how dependent Cuba has become on the generosity of the leftist Venezuelan regime, you might think that Castro would now be seeking economic salvation in the form of an improvement in US-Cuban relations. You would be wrong.

I have visited Cuba about every five years for the past three decades, usually as a journalist, but once, in the early 90s, I took my entire family, including a baby and my elderly parents-in-law, so they could see what the last remaining Communist regime outside Asia looked like. The Soviet Union had just collapsed, ending the generous Soviet subsidies that had kept the Cuban regime afloat for decades.

The place was a terrible mess, and people were truly desperate. There were early teen-age prostitutes of both sexes working the streets, and my parents-in-law got mugged twice in one week in central Havana.

On the second occasion, the senior officer at the local police station held my fatherin-law (the victim) hostage, allegedly as a “witness” in need of medical attention, until I bribed him $100 to let him go.

Cuba has been through worse economic crises than the current difficulties, and the regime survived. It did so because, unlike the European Communist regimes that fell in similar circumstances, nationalism works for the Cuban regime, not against it.

Maybe some serious change will eventually come out of this initiative, but certainly not before the end of 2016.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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‘Frozen’ selected AP’s Entertainer of the Year THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - If you have children, or know someone who does,

or just listened to one recently, the choice of Associated Press Entertainer of the Year

Carla Evans (nee Beinder) born June 17, 1946 in Rossland, BC passed away December 15, 2014.

Memorial service will be held at the First Presbyterian Church 1139 Pine Ave, Trail, BC Saturday, January 3, 2015.

A drop-in tea to honor the memory of

River Sidley

will take place at the United Church Hall in Rossland Saturday December 27 2014 from 3:00 – 6:00 pm. The family would appreciate a donation to the River Sidley Memorial Scholarship Fund, which will award in perpetuity, a student from UBC Okanagan to attend the Bamfield Marine Science Centre. A website is being created to donate online, or you may donate in person.

DR. G. H. (Hans) DORGELO

October 9, 1922 – October 13, 2014

Hans Dorgelo, surrounded by his loving family, passed away peacefully October 13, 2014 in Nelson BC. Hans was a loving father, grandfather and pediatrician who cared deeply about helping those around him - whether by treating sick children, or by telling silly jokes with a twinkle in his eye, he made people laugh. Hans’ creativity led to a deep appreciation of the arts he painted, sketched and loved theatre, concerts and classical music.

To Hans, work was a form of therapy. He had tremendous energy and will. He would often work long hours and during vacations would never sit still - often gardening or “puttering” at the family cottage in Nelson for most of the day.

Hans, predeceased by his wife Ria Dorgelo and their son Clifford, will be greatly missed by his three children Margot (Ken), Harold (Sandra), Eric (Lisa), and his seven grandchildren who he loved so dearly: Jeremy, Keira (Roman), Cassandra, Brandon, Sarah, Kristin, and Ryan.

We would like to thank the staff at Mountain Lakes, and especially Laurie, for the loving care they extended to our father.

A Celebation of life will be held for Hans on January 3, 2015 in Nelson BC. at 2:30 p.m in the Hume Room at the Hume Hotel.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada.

won’t come as much of a shock: It’s “Frozen,” and in 2014, we just couldn’t let it go.

Although the animated film opened late in 2013, the story of Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Kristoff and Sven easily outpaced other votegetters like Benedict Cumberbatch, TV guru Shonda Rimes, musicians Beyonce and Pharrell Williams, and even an entry for the culture’s fixation on the female rear.

In 47 ballots submitted by members and subscribers of the AP, “Frozen” won 12 votes. Taylor Swift had 8. Matthew McConaughey and Jimmy Fallon were tied for third with 7 votes each. Voters were asked to consider who had the most influence on entertainment and culture in 2014.

“Frozen” has earned Disney more than $1.27 billion at the box office worldwide, becoming the most successful animated movie of all time. Its signature song, “Let It Go,” won an Oscar, and a national touring live version on ice has been a huge draw. The lines of girls wearing sparkly dresses waiting for a chance to see Elsa and Anna at Disneyland are staggering. “Frozen” was the most searched movie in 2014.

“It’s amazing,” said Chris Buck, who codirected and co-wrote the film with Jennifer Lee. “A year later, it’s still crazy.” Asked if they had managed to get their heads around the film’s popularity, Lee replied: “I don’t know if it’s possible.

I kind of hope it’s not possible because this is a really great feeling.”

“Frozen” now becomes the eighth AP Entertainer of the Year. Past titleholders include Jennifer Lawrence, Adele, Lady Gaga, Tina Fey, Betty White, Taylor Swift and Stephen Colbert.

Bike Donation exemplifies Christmas kindness

Sheri Regnier photo

The Salvation Army in East Trail was packed full of donated food items, gifts and children's toys from local churches, businesses and individuals this week as part of the annual Christmas hamper drive.

One touching story is about a young boy who had his bike stolen last year. The family replaced it with a used one, but there were problems with the front tire. The young man requested a $10 gift certificate so he could fix the leak or replace the tire tube. Instead, a generous donour gifted the boy a shiny new bike for Christmas. (Left to right) Volunteers Hans Kruggel, Linda Zol, the Salvation Army's Family Services Manager Linda Radtke, and volunteer Sheila Davis.

Rossland

Town responds to newlyweds’ plight

By Alicia Wallace Rossland News

In the early hours of Nov. 12, Aaron and Sherelle Milburn’s rental property caught alight.

The Milburns managed to retrieve their kittens Will and Lola from the Fourth Avenue house fire but everything they had worked so hard for the over the past few years was either destroyed or permanently damaged as a result of the fire.

It has been a traumatic time for the young newlyweds who are extremely grateful for the wider region’s assistance and support.

“From friends, family, business owners and the entire community, I don’t have the words to describe how it feels,” explains an overwhelmed Aaron.

The smoke inhalation Aaron Milburn suffered from immediately after the fire has cleared up now. “It was a really short term thing,” he said.

The Milburns moved into another rental property on Dec. 1 in upper Rossland and now, thanks to the extended community, have the essentials.

One of the first things Aaron did was to go out and buy “four smoke detectors, a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher and a fire proof safe,” he said. “You tend to look at it differently after it happens to you,” he added.

People have just come out of the woodwork and offered their help and support to the

Milburns. Some of the items lost as a result of the fire can never be replaced, however, with the amazing support from the surrounding communities, the newlywed couple have been able to begin replacing some of the common household items that they need to start over.

“Everybody has gone out of their way, whether it be a meal, a kitchen table, or a story — so many different people have helped us out...we have been mind blown by everything,” said an appreciative Aaron.

Several fundraising initiatives had been undertaken on behalf of the young couple. The couple say everyone has stepped up and provided such overwhelming support. Their biggest thing is ensuring everyone from family, friends, businesses and the wider community is acknowledged for everything they have done to support them.

“We are so incredibly grateful. I have cried more because of how much everyone has helped us out and we wouldn’t be nearly as together if it wasn’t for the amount of support from this community. We are so thankful to be living in this town, I am so proud to have been raised here, both of us are, it’s such a blessing,” Sherelle expressed.

“If anyone else is ever in our situation we will be the first ones to offer help,” Aaron added.

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religion Pope Francis’ 15 “Ailments of the Curia” in his Christmas address THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis listed 15 “ailments” of the Vatican Curia during his annual Christmas greetings to the cardinals, bishops and priests who run the central administration of the 1.2-billion strong Catholic Church. Here’s the list.

1) Feeling immortal, immune or indispensable. “A Curia that doesn’t criticize itself, that doesn’t update itself, that doesn’t seek to improve itself is a sick body.”

2) Working too hard. “Rest for those who have done their work is necessary, good and should be taken seriously.”

3) Becoming spiritually and mentally hardened. “It’s dangerous to lose that human sensibility that lets you cry with those who are crying, and celebrate those who are joyful.”

4) Planning too much. “Preparing things well is necessary, but don’t fall into the temptation of trying to close or direct the freedom of the Holy Spirit, which is bigger and more generous than any human plan.”

5) Working without co-ordination, like an orchestra that produces noise. “When the foot tells the hand, ‘I don’t need you’ or the hand tells the head ‘I’m in charge.”’

6) Having ‘spiritual Alzheimer’s.’ “We see it in the people who have forgotten their encounter with the Lord ... in those who depend completely on their here and now, on their passions, whims and manias, in those who build walls around themselves and become enslaved to the idols that they have built with their own hands.”

7) Being rivals or boastful. “When one’s appearance, the colour of one’s vestments or honorific titles become the primary objective of life.”

8) Suffering from ‘existential schizophrenia.’

“It’s the sickness of those who live a double life, fruit of hypocrisy that is typical of mediocre and progressive spiritual emptiness that academic degrees cannot fill. It’s a sickness that often affects those who, abandoning pastoral service, limit themselves to bureaucratic work, losing contact with reality and concrete people.”

9) Committing the ‘terrorism of gossip.’ “It’s the sickness of cowardly people who, not having the courage to speak directly, talk behind people’s backs.”

10) Glorifying one’s bosses. “It’s the sickness of those who court their superiors, hoping for their benevolence. They are victims of careerism and opportunism, they honour people who aren’t God.” 11) Being indifferent to others. “When, out of jealousy or cunning, one finds joy in seeing another fall rather than helping him up and encouraging him.”

12) Having a ‘funereal face.’ “In reality, theatrical severity and sterile pessimism are often symptoms of fear and insecurity. The apostle must be polite, serene, enthusiastic and happy and transmit joy wherever he goes.”

13) Wanting more. “When the apostle tries to fill an existential emptiness in his heart by accumulating material goods, not because he needs them but because he’ll feel more secure.”

14) Forming ‘closed circles’ that seek to be stronger than the whole. “This sickness always starts with good intentions but as time goes by, it enslaves its members by becoming a cancer that threatens the harmony of the body and causes so much bad - scandals - especially to our younger brothers.”

15) Seeking worldly profit and showing off.

“It’s the sickness of those who insatiably try to multiply their powers and to do so are capable of calumny, defamation and discrediting others, even in newspapers and magazines, naturally to show themselves as being more capable than others.”

Trail & District Churches A Universal and Eternal Kingdom Scripture quotations are from the RSV unless otherwise noted.

“He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end” (Luke 1:32-33).

King David was promised that his dynasty would last forever, and that his house, his throne, and his kingdom would be established forever. This divine promise was fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the promised Son of

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Christmas

David, the Messiah. He reigns now and will reign forever.

He has an eternal kingdom of heavenly peace over all the earth. This is why he was sent by the Father into the world, namely to establish the kingdom of God on earth, a kingdom of peace with God, of peace in our hearts, and of peace with others.

Christ saves us from the thing that disturbs our peace, namely sin. He takes away our sins, and instead of being sinners, he makes us righteous. It is this that gives us such peace. He does this by justifying us; that is, by declaring us righteous and at

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Celebrations

Wednesday, December 24 Christmas Eve Sacred Heart Parish (Rossland) Family Mass 5:00pm Holy Trinity Parish (Trail) 6:30pm Caroling 7:00pm Family Mass 11:40pm Caroling Midnight Mass Holy Trinity Parish (Trail) 7:30pm Mass Thursday, December 25 Christmas Day Mass 9:00am Sacred Heart Parish (Rossland) 10:00am Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Trail) 11:00am St. Rita’s Parish (Fruitvale) Saturday, December 27 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph 5:00pm Sacred Heart Parish (Rossland) 7:00pm Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Trail) Sunday, December 28 The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph 8:30am Holy Trinity Parish (Trail) 9:00am Sacred Heart Parish (Rossland) 10:30am Holy Trinity Parish (Trail) 11:00am St. Rita’s Parish (Fruitvale) Wednesday, December 31 New Year’s Eve 7:00pm Mass Followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until 10:00pm Thursday, January 1, 2015 New Year’s Day 9:00am Sacred Heart Parish (Rossland) 10:00am Holy Trinity Parish (Trail) 11:00am Holy Trinity Parish (Trail)

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the same time constituting us or making us righteous, for what God declares, happens.

He makes us just and righteous in fact by declaring us to be just, and he does this justly, because he himself suffered our punishment for our sins for us on the cross.

“For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Cor. 5:21). If we are in him, we are made just and righteous with all our sins justly forgiven, and our guilt removed from us.

and build your throne for all generations’” (Ps. 88:3-4).

To this very day we see the throne of David and upon it one of his descendants, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, the King of the universe, seated and reigning. He is the king of the kingdom of God, the king of a kingdom of peace over all the earth forever.

About David, God said, “I will establish his line for ever and his throne as the days of the heavens ... His line shall endure for ever, his throne as long as the sun before me. Like the moon it shall be established for ever; it shall stand firm while the skies endure” (Ps. 88:29, 3637). About this Messiah the psalmist says, “His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun.

And men shall be blessed in him; all nations shall call Him blessed” (Ps. 71:17 NKJV). The Messiah will have a universal kingdom over all peoples that will last forever. “And to him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed” (Dan. 7:14).

About this promised Son of David, God told David, “I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom” (2 Sam. 7:12). Then God said to David, “Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established for ever” (2 Sam. 7:16). The house, kingdom, and throne of David will stand firm forever because of the Messiah.

God said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant: ‘I will establish your descendants for ever,

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Health

Spread joy, not germs, this holiday season Interior Health For many the holiday season means a time to enjoy good company and good food. As we spread the joy of the season we need to be extra careful to not spread foodborne illness causing bacteria. These simple food safety tips will help you prepare a safe and tasty holiday meal: Store and thaw safely: Keep fresh turkey refrigerated no longer than three days before cooking. There are three ways to thaw frozen turkey in its wrapper: • Under cold running water (one hour

per pound) • In a clean sink full of cold water, changing the water every couple of hours • In the fridge (five hours per pound) • Thawing poultry at room temperature is not recommended because it allows harmful bacteria to grow.

• Keep other items, especially those with meat, seafood, dairy, eggs or other moist, protein-rich foods chilled until served.

Clean carefully: Wash your hands, utensils and work surfaces well before prep work begins. Once the preparation work is

done, clean surfaces in hot soapy water, rinse, then sanitize.

Sanitizing can be done with a diluted bleach solution (30 ml of bleach per gallon of water) that is allowed to sit for two minutes.

Wash your hands well after cleaning the cutting board and before and after working with any new menu items.

Avoid cross contamination: Store raw meat away from food that is ready-to-eat, including fruit and vegetables (and be sure to wash these thoroughly before serving). Turkeys should be wrapped well and stored on the lowest

shelf of your fridge or in the meat keeper to keep blood and juices from contaminating other food. Ensure only clean utensils and cutting boards are used. Use a separate cutting board to prepare raw meat. Wash hands after handling any raw foods and minimize hand contact during final preparation steps.

Cook well: For turkey, set the oven at no lower than 350 °F (177 °C) and cook for about 20 minutes per pound. While 20 min per pound is a guide, there are a number of factors that will determine actual cooking

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time needed. It is always best to use a good meat thermometer to measure the turkey’s internal temperature and ensure it’s safe to eat. All parts of the bird including stuffing should be at least 165°F (74oC) when removed from the oven.

Health Canada recommends an internal temperature of 185°F (85 °C) at the thickest part of the meat as additional assurance. Check the temperature in several places to be sure.

Cooked food should be kept at 140 °F (60 °C) while waiting to serve.

Refrigerate: Chill food immediately after returning from the store and soon after dinner is complete. Perishable food should be placed in the refrigerator within two hours of being removed from the oven. Refrigerate at 40°F (4°C) or in a freezer at 0°F (-18 °C).

Health Canada recommends refrigerating leftovers for no more than two to three days.

Put them in the freezer in order to keep them longer.

Have a happy and healthy holiday season!

Kevin Touchet is a Leader with Environmental Health Practice

Ten ways to keep active this winter

Submitted 1. Set small, achievable goals, such as running on the spot during the commercials of your favourite TV show or committing to walking 20 minutes a day. Whatever it is, the sooner you commit to it, the sooner you will feel the benefits.

2. Create an activity calendar for a month, with daily goals - such as going for a swim or playing a game of tag. If you have kids, ask them to help create the goals.

3. Keep it simple and just go for a short walk! It doesn’t have to be outdoors - find a local community centre with a running track, pop into a mall, or walk around your office building with co-workers. Any opportunity to rack up the recommended 10,000 steps a day is a good one.

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7. Get the whole family together and have a dance party. Crank the tunes and have fun while you do the dishes!

8. Use the Internet. While more screen time is not usually associated with active living, you can use it to learn the basics of a new dance, yoga or tai chi to find out if you like it before committing to formal instruction or classes.

9. Check out your local parks and recreation centre. They have activities to suit all ages, budgets and schedules - allowing you to be active and meet new people.

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Greater Trail celebrates more champions in 2014 Over the next three issues, the Trail Times ‘Sports Year in Review’ will feature the highlights of Greater Trail sport and those that made headlines in 2014, beginning with the first four months, January to April.

January 15 – Sit-skier Kimberley Joines races to a second place finish in the giant slalom at the International Paralympic Committee Alpine Skiing World Cup in Panorama. The podium finish qualifies the Rossland resident for the Canadian Paralympic Ski Team to compete in the Sochi Paralympic Games.

16 – Montrose twins Connor and Kellen Jones of the NCAA Quinnipiac Bobcats are nominated for the Hobey Baker Award given to the MVP in NCAA hockey. The Jones’ both reached the 100point milestone, only the fifth pair of brothers to achieve the mark in NCAA history.

17 – Trail Minor Baseball League is awarded the 2014 provincial championship for 9-10 year old minor baseball by B.C. Little League.

21 – Joines takes silver in slalom and bronze in giant slalom in Paralympic World Cup sit-skiing competition in Colorado, while Mike Mondin, coach of the Paralympic sledge hockey team, announces the Team Canada roster with Ron McLean live on Hockey Night in Canada.

23 – Red Mountain hosted the Canadian Open Junior Freeskiing competition where Rossland’s McKenzie Flood captured gold in 15-18 female, and Samara Kuhn also of Rossland won top spot in the age 7-11 category. Erin Flood won silver, while Simon Hillis of Rossland led all 7-11 boys, Rossland’s Bohdi Ellis-Kusy nabbed second place, and Fruitvale skier Calix Webber was third.

28 – Rossland Paralympic snowboarder Ian Lockey is named to the Canadian para-snowboard team for the 2014 Sochi Paralympic Games.

29 – The Tier 2 Trail Midget Smoke Eaters win silver in its home tournament, losing to the West Kelowna Midget Tier 2 Warriors 4-0 in the final.

- Greater Trail bowlers shine in the Kootenay Zone Playdowns with Devon Fulton claiming gold in the senior boys and Fruitvale’s Connor Cromarty of Beaver Valley Lanes winning the Bantam boys and qualifying for the provincials in Abbotsford.

30 – Deane Horning leads his Relish Transport team to its sixth straight Kootenay Savings Super League title with an 8-6 victory over the Rob Ferguson rink.

February 4 – Seattle Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos 43-8 to capture its first Super Bowl in franchise history.

5 - Greater Trail bowlers Ron Sandnes and Darren Rich rolled their way into the five-pin provincial bowling championship thanks to top finishes at the Zones in Vernon where they finished in second and third place respectively.

6 – The Beaver Valley Skating Club came first overall winning the Barclay Team Trophy at the Kootenay Regional Figure Skating championship at the Beaver Valley Arena.

7 - Former Rosslander Thea Culley receives Goal Scorer of the Year award from Field Hockey Canada, finishing in a tie with Karli Johansen with six goals in 11 international matches, including scoring both goals in a 2-1 bronze-medal victory over Chile at the Pan American Cup.

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From top: The Beaver Valley Nitehawks made history capturing their first Western Canadian Keystone Cup championship, while Rossland sit-skier Kimberley Joines raced to bronze at the Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, and Fruitvale’s Ella Matteucci helped the Clarkson University Golden Knights win its first NCAA title. The Cominco Arena may have seen its last Kootenay Chrysler Bull-a-Rama, and although the Trail Smoke Eaters had a tough season, they ended it in style, honouring Tiger Milburn for 50 years as volunteer public address announcer.

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9 - The Trail Winter Swim Club swam to great results at the Swim BC Short Course AAA Age Group championships in Kamloops. Dylan Kormendy won two gold, two silver and three bronze medals, while sister Eden Kormendy won two gold, a silver and a bronze and Aby Elwood won bronze in the 13-year-old category.

17 – Host/creator of Sport Fishing on the Fly, Trail native Don Freschi, inks a major deal wtih the World Fishing Network to produce 26 episodes for the upcoming year.

26 – Rossland wins the Trail Men’s Basketball League title with a 76-62 victory over Mota Automotive.

March 4 – The Trail Smoke Eaters end their season on a classy note honouring Tiger Milburn for 50 years as the public address announcer at the Cominco Arena.

5 – The Selkirk College Saints clinch their second consecutive regular season BCIHL title after a 3-2 overtime win over Trinity Western.

6 – Rossland’s Soleil Patterson wins three gold and one silver on her way to the U16 provincial Downhill Skiing championship in Prince George.

U14 skiers were also successful at the B.C. Winter Games where Kaysa Panske won bronze in giant slalom and Sammi Gaul claimed silver in the ski cross event.

13 – Selkirk College Saints forward Logan Proulx is awarded the MVP of the BCIHL regular season. The Trail native and former Trail Smoke Eater led the team with 42 points and set a new BCIHL record with a 22-game point streak.

14 – Rossland sit-skier Kimberley Joines wins bronze at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in slalom. She also won bronze at the 2006 Games in Turin, Italy.

18 – The Selkirk College Saints win their second consecutive BCIHL title with a 5-1 win over Trinity Western defeating them in the best 2-of-3 series after a 6-1 victory in their opening game at the Castlegar Rec Complex.

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks knock off the Nelson Leafs with a 6-2 victory to win the best of seven series in six games and capture the Neil Murdoch division title.

25 – Fruitvale’s Ella Matteucci and the Clarkson University Golden Knights win the women’s NCAA Div.1 Hockey championship at the Frozen Four in Hamden, Conn., defeating defending champion Minnesota Gophers 5-4.

26 – Beaver Valley Nitehawks claim the KIJHL Kootenay Conference championship in five games with a 6-2 win over the Creston Valley Thunder Cats, advancing to the final against the Kamloops Storm.

April 1 – The Trail Smoke Eaters acquire Trail native Craig Martin from the Alberni Bulldogs that will see the former Beaver Valley Nitehawk return to his home town in exchange for Castlegar native Jesse Knowler.

3 – Red Mountain Racer Soleil Patterson skis in the Whistler Cup as part of Team Canada, racing against 400 athletes from around the world in the prestigious event for 12-15 year olds.

4 – Trail fly fisherman Bruce Kruk prepares to cast his spey rod at the World championship of spey casting at the Jimmy Green Spey-O-Rama in San Francisco.

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FROM PAGE 13 8 – Beaver Valley Nitehawks win KIJHL championship with a 6-0 victory over the Kamloops Storm to win the series in six games.

9 – Grade 10 J. L. Crowe student Martin Gonzalez places second in a four-kilometre open water swim from Nevis to St. Kitts in the Caribbean. It was the

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22 – The Beaver Valley Nitehawks cap off a historic season in a walk through at the Keystone Cup, beating

host Abbotsford Pilots 5-1 in the final to win the Western Canadian championship.

29 – The Kootenay Chrysler Bull-a-Rama delivered its share of guts and glory as two riders, Cody Coverchuk of Meadow Lake and Miles Pennington of Stettler, shared the silver spurs with identical 165.5 scores.

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10 – The Nitehawks claim the provincial title, winning the Cyclone Taylor Cup with a 5-2 victory over the Aldergrove Kodiaks, after going through the tournament in Nelson undefeated.

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W L T Pct Carolina 6 8 1 0.433 Atlanta 6 9 0 0.4 New Orleans 6 9 0 0.4 Tampa Bay 2 13 0 0.133 North

W L T Pct x-Detroit 11 4 0 0.733 x-Green Bay 11 4 0 0.733 Minnesota 6 9 0 0.4 Chicago 5 10 0 0.333 West

W L T Pct x-Seattle 11 4 0 0.733 x-Arizona 11 4 0 0.733 San Francisco 7 8 0 0.467 St. Louis 6 9 0 0.4 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division NFL Sunday, Dec. 28 Indy at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m.

San Diego at K.C., 1 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa 1 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

Oakland at Denver, 4:25 p.m.

Detroit at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.

Carolina at Atlanta, 4:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.

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By Times Contributor The final games before Christmas in the Kootenay Savings Super League were all exciting finishes, coming down to the dramatic last rock at the Trail Curling Club Thursday.

Kevin Norbert and his Castlegar Hyundai squad had their hands full with Justin Umpherville and the Junior Men’s team.

Team Hyundai started quick with a four ender, but Umpherville made a delicate come-around tap for two in the second, then jumped in the lead with a steal of five after Norberts draw was slightly wide and heavy.

The teams traded singles over the next three ends with Umpherville leading 8-6 after six. Hyundai stole two in the seventh to tie, then Norbert pulled off the shot of the year, with an around the world double that ended up in the four-foot guarded, and stealing the

win from the Junior Men’s.

Team Fines and Team Nichol slugged it out in their tilt. Nichol took three then stole a single, but Ken Fines made an incredible double-raise runback, picking Nichols shot stone off the button to lay four.

Kootenay Savings Super League Standings Team Points Ferguson 23 Horning 23 Castlegar Hyundai 16 Fines 12 Nichol 10 Umpherville 2

After Nichol drew for one in the fourth, Fines again made an angle raise take-out to lay a huge six and take a 10-4 lead. Myron manufactured another three in the sixth, then stole the seventh to be one down coming home without, but came up short on his last draw in the eighth, giving Fines a 10-9 win while only scoring in two ends.

With first place

on the line, the game between Deane Horning and Rob Ferguson didn’t disappoint.

Horning scored deuces in the first and third ends, with Ferguson countering with his own deuce in the second, but missed his chance for another in the fourth when his last shot takeout rolled too far for only a single.

Horning drew for another two in the fifth for a 6-3 lead, and looked to steal the sixth before skip Ferguson saved the end with a beautiful raise-tap to the button for one.

Horning attempted a come around tap for four to put the game away in the seventh, but racked on a guard, giving Fergie a steal of one, and a tight 6-5 game coming home.

Horning didn’t have to throw his last rock, when Skip Rob’s last draw fudged coming over the hogline, stopping short of the house, and a 7-5 Horning win.

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The Montrose Firefighters had a friendly snowshoe race against the Trail Special Olympic snowshoe team in Montrose on Saturday. From left: Marc Kucher (Captain, firefighter), Kayleigh Postmus (athlete), Lukas Thatcher (TSO Head Coach and firefighter), Jake Miller (athlete), William Thatcher (athlete), Mitch Mclean (firefighter) and Jared Munn (assistant coach). Missing are Jordan McPhee, (athlete), Serena La pointe (athlete), Patricia Soto (athlete), Brittany Reid (firefighter) and Sharron Kucher.

McCarthy to play for Canada at Spengler Cup

CALGARY, Alta. – Trail’s Steve McCarthy will suit up for Team Canada at the 2014 Spengler Cup that starts Friday in Davos, Switzerland.

McCarthy, who plays for the SCL Tigers in Switzerland, will join former Chilliwack Chief and Vancouver Canuck Jeff Tambellini, and 22 other Canadian-born players from the AHL and European teams.

McCarthy played parts of eight seasons in the NHL with the Atlanta Thrashers, Canucks, and Chicago Blackhawks.

The Team Canada roster was

assembled by Canada’s Team management group, led by Trail native Steve Tambellini and also including Craig Heisinger and Scott White, along with head coach Guy Boucher, assistant coach Serge Pelletier, and manager Shawn Bullock.

“The Spengler Cup is always one of the most anticipated events on the international hockey calendar for Hockey Canada, and we’re excited these 24 players will wear the maple leaf in Davos,” said Scott Salmond V.P. of hockey operation for Hockey Canada.

This year’s Spengler Cup will include Canada, KHL Medvescak Zagreb (CRO) and HC Davos (Switzerland), the host team, playing in the Cattini Group, and HC Genève-Servette (Switzerland), Jokerit Helsinki (FIN) and Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RUS) in the Torriani Group.

Canada opens the tournament Friday against HC Davos at 11:15 a.m. PT, with the games broadcast on TSN or TSN2.

Canada has appeared in 10 of the last 13 championship games, winning in 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2012.

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Despite Black Friday deals, shoppers will still seek Boxing Day sales: experts for the National Retail Federation.

Total spending for the weekend was projected to fall 11 per cent.

Michael LeBlanc, senior vice-president for digital retail with the Retail Council of Canada, said holiday promotions are “better seen as a marathon than a sprint” as retailers aim to meet consumers’ needs as well as their own targets.

“Retail is such a fiercely competitive industry that different retailers are going to take different approaches to how they run their promotional calendar,” LeBlanc said from New York.

“Some will choose not to participate in Black Friday and Cyber Monday. For some, Boxing Day is a major event and will continue to be. But for sure, Black Friday and Cyber Monday will take some purchases away from a Boxing Day sale potentially - people doing self-purchase, as we describe it ,or early

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Boxing Day has traditionally been a bonanza for bargain hunters, but will earlier Black Friday promotions put a dent in post-Christmas sales?

Canadian retailers have sought to entice consumers to stick close to home with Black Friday sales, coinciding with priceslashing discounts offered in the U.S. after Thanksgiving in November. Yet as more homegrown businesses have started embracing the American shopping tradition, south of the border there are signs of fatigue.

Preliminary indicators suggested that the Thanksgiving and Black Friday weekend was disappointing for U.S. retailers. An estimated 133.7 million people shopped in stores and online, down 5.2 per cent from a year ago, according to a survey of 4,631 people conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics

“Boxing Day is still one of the biggest shopping days if not the biggest shopping day in Canada.”

DAwn Coulson

gift-giving.”

Meanwhile, Boxing Day has become a prime time for shoppers to cash in gift cards obtained over the holidays, he added.

Ian Lee, assistant professor with the Sprott School of Business at Ottawa’s Carleton University, said while the Black Friday phenomenon has extended the holiday shopping season until the week of Boxing Day, it is not generating net new sales.

“All they’re doing is playing musical chairs and shifting the sales so maybe one company

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has a better sales promotion campaign, it’s more aggressive, so they’re attracting customers to come into their stores instead of the other guys’ stores,” Lee said from Warsaw.

LeBlanc said pricing is just one tool in the retailer arsenal, noting that companies can also distinguish themselves from competitors by offering exclusive goods.

“Retailers will start working on that in January of the year of what products are going to be offered,” he said. “To get their best cost, that means they’re buying well in advance. To the degree they want to set Boxing Day or Boxing Week as a couple of items to spectacularly gain attention versus their competitors, they’ll do that.”

Boxing Day was traditionally driven by retailers seeking to clear out leftover inventories to make way for winter merchandise, noted David

Soberman, professor of marketing at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

“Boxing Day is a holiday that has its historical origins in the supply side argument as opposed to a demand side argument. I think that that will still be there,” said Soberman.

“Of course, given that there are specials on, it still raises the question as to whether or not people will come out in the same numbers.

“I think it would probably be pretty safe to say they won’t simply because people these days are more oriented to shopping online; and when you shop online, what this means is that first of all, you’re going to look for a bargain online. And the second thing is that you can even compare the prices that you see in Boxing Day sales to online sales.

“I would argue that smart online retailers will react to their com-

petition, so the natural reaction to price reductions by one competitor is for you to reduce your prices as well.”

Some retailers are already getting a jump on offering end-of-year bargains.

A m a z o n . c a announced plans to feature new Boxing Day deals daily beginning Tuesday until Dec. 29, mirroring an early promotional move made by the online retailer last year. Best Buy will launch its Boxing Day sale online on Christmas Eve. A online survey commissioned by cashback shopping site Ebates.ca found that about 40 per cent of Canadians plan to shop on Boxing Day, with most planning to buy clothing (69 per cent) followed by electronics (63 per cent), said general manager Adrienne Down Coulson. When the same question was posed about Black Friday and Cyber Monday in November,

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Dawn Coulson said while participating in Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotions is “much less optional” for Canadian companies today, she doesn’t foresee a huge impact on Boxing Day. “Boxing Day is still one of the biggest shopping days if not the biggest shopping day in Canada. So as a retailer, they’ve got to be aggressive if they’re going to compete,” she said.

“The consumer wins. Pretty much anything is on sale all the time.”

Lee said he thinks Boxing Day still has an advantage in the minds of consumers.

“I’m somewhat more skeptical about Black Friday and Cyber Monday because as they introduce and extend these sales, people become more cynical and they start to discount the sales saying: ‘Well, you know they’re not really that great a deal.’ Whereas I think consumers understand intuitively the Boxing Day week sales are going to be better deals, although because there’s a lot less stuff on the shelves, it’s much more hit and miss.”

Shipping peaks leading up to Christmas

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA - As the holiday shopping season winds down, FedEx, UPS and online retailers are using the last few days to try to avoid the problems that occurred last year when severe winter weather and a surge in late orders from shoppers caused delivery delays.

UPS doubled the number of seasonal workers it hired to 90,000 to 95,000.

The company, which pegged Monday as its busiest day of the year, expects to deliver more than 34 million packages on its busiest day ever.

FedEx predicted its busiest day would be a week earlier, on Dec. 15, when it expected to move 22.6 million packages. It added 50,000 seasonal workers.

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times takes advantage of my dad, who is reluctant to see Peter’s faults. The kid really needs a hard dose of reality, but I can’t get through to him. I don’t want him to be like this and live in his mother’s house for the rest of his life or, worse, end up in trouble and be a burden on society. Is there any way to enlighten him?

-- Run Out of Ideas Dear Run Out: You sound like a caring uncle, but Peter has to want this for himself, and he’s not there yet. It also doesn’t help when others around him enable his freeloading, irresponsible behavior. This includes his parents, who should

I formed a group of neighborhood women who would come to my house once a week to sew items for our children’s hospitals.

It was a huge success and a lot of fun, and it made my home a happy place.

I also worked at a large fabric store that offers several rooms for local use, so I moved our little group to the store and opened it up to the entire community. We tell people to just come and sew with us -- everything is provided. If you don’t sew, we can show you how, or you can do other things, like iron seams, pin pieces together or cut out patterns.

We are currently working on Christmas pillowcases for the children’s hospitals. We also make hero capes for the kids, and with the scraps, we make fun scrub hats for the doctors and nurses. We also make lap quilts and dining cover-ups

for nursing homes, as well as little knit caps for newborns.

There is so much to do that we run out of time, but what a great time it is. It breaks my heart to think of someone feeling the way I used to. We would love “Indy” to join us,

not only to do something purposeful, but to connect with others.

-- Carmel, Ind. Dear Carmel: What a lovely community project! We hope others (men, as well as women) will look into these opportunities as a way of feel-

ing good while doing good. After all, ‘tis the season.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net.

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Sudoku is a numberplacing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once.

Solution for previous SuDoKu 5 2 6 1 8 4 9 7 3 1 3 4 7 2 9 8 5 6 8 9 7 3 6 5 2 4 1 2 7 5 4 9 3 1 6 8 3 6 1 2 5 8 7 9 4 9 4 8 6 1 7 5 3 2 6 5 9 8 3 2 4 1 7 7 1 2 9 4 6 3 8 5 4 8 3 5 7 1 6 2 9 Difficulty Level

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be the first in line to handle this. We recommend you stop trying to “enlighten” Peter and simply be a good role model for him.

Demonstrate adult male behavior and the respect it engenders.

Be someone he can turn to for help, and not another person in his life who is chastising him for coming up short.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Indy,” the 62-year-old woman who was forced to retire, and who is lonely and struggles to make ends meet. I, too, am from Indiana, and I thought, “You don’t have to feel that way!”

As you suggested, getting involved is the answer. I am a 61-yearold former schoolteacher, and my husband travels a lot. I was getting into the same rut, and it’s not a nice place to be. I thought about the things I really like doing. I was an art teacher, and I love to sew. So last winter,

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Dear Annie: I am a concerned uncle at an impasse. I have a young adult nephew who seems perfectly content not to go anywhere in life. “Peter” wasn’t the smartest kid in school, but he managed to graduate. He now moves from job to job, never keeping one for more than six months. He seems perfectly fine with living at home and visiting my elderly father in senior housing.

When I talk to Peter about his behavior, he pays no attention. He only wants to hang around and play video games and see friends who don’t help. He doesn’t think very highly of himself, though I tell him he is capable of being anything he wants. He seems to be immature for his age and still in the self-gratification stage. He has no interest in becoming an adult, earning a paycheck and moving out.

I worry he some-

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YourByhoroscope Francis Drake Don’t make too many demands of yourself today.

Try to take it easy because you need more rest now.

Relations with partners and close friends will be friendly.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Be prepared to go more than halfway with others today, because the Moon is opposite your sign. Frankly, you have no choice. Step up to the plate.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Although this is a playful, fun-loving day for you, part of you wants to get better organized. That’s why you will hop back and forth between playing and working.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22)

Relations with others will be fun-loving and lighthearted today. In particular, you will enjoy playful times with children. Enjoy entertaining diversions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)

For Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a good day to enjoy the company of others, because you feel friendly and generous to everyone.

Admittedly, late in the day, someone in authority might cramp your style. Have patience.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Keep things light today, especially with parents and authority figures. Quite likely, personal details about your private life will be made public. Just go with the flow and be cool.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20)

Refrain from making important decisions about shared property or anything that you own jointly with others. This is not a good day to make important decisions. Nevertheless, others will be generous to you.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22)

You will enjoy hunkering down at home today and feeling comfortable among your own familiar surroundings. Be patient with family members. Set a gracious tone for others.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You have a strong desire to communicate to others today, because you want to enlighten someone about something. Many of you will be involved with siblings

and relatives.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Things easily go your way now, because the Sun is in your sign. Avoid making important decisions about finances and possessions.

Don’t spend money.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You might be more emotional than usual today, because the Moon is in your sign. It’s also a loosey-

goosey placement in relation to other planets. Just take it easy.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is a popular time for you; although, today you will need some moments of solitude to regroup. Be kind to yourself and avoid stress.

YOU BORN TODAY You are a seeker. You love mysteries and will investigate and explore anything unusual. You take risks for

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You will reap what you have sown, because it’s a time of fruition and a good time to buy and sell.

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Black Press in the West Kootenay region is seeking a regional Editor to oversee both the Nelson Star and the Castlegar News.

The successful candidate will have Editor experience in the community newspaper industry. They will have a keen eye for layout, have an extensive photography resume, be an aggressive user of social media, understand the latest trends in digital media and be able to lead two newsrooms both from a print and digital perspective. This successful candidate will also be part of the senior team for the West Kootenay and will be part of setting the overall vision and goals for these newspapers and websites. This position includes active news and community coverage, engaging editorial and opinion writing, as well as understanding and leading change in our print products and on our websites.

This position will be based out of Nelson, B.C. The West Kootenay is often considered one of the best places in B.C. to live and this position would suit any outdoor enthusiast, with spectacular skiing, mountain biking and hiking just outside your door. It is truly a wonderful place to live and to be involved in the community newspaper industry.

As the Holiday Season is upon us, we find ourselves reflecting on the past year and on those who have helped us shape our business.

We value our relationship with you and look forward to working with you in the year to come.

From all of us at Re/Max All Pro Realty.

We wish you a Happy Holiday Season and a New Year filled with Peace and Prosperity.

This position offers a better than average compensation package, that also includes a strong benefits package.

If this sounds like the right position for you please send your resume, a cover letter, references and some examples of your work to Karen Bennett at publisher@nelsonstar.com. Please no phone calls.

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Liberty Foods has once again donated almost 500 bags to the Fruitvale Community Chest and Fruitvale Food Bank Christmas Hampers this year.

The effort made by Liberty Foods and their staff enhances the Christmas Hampers. This year about 120 hampers will be distributed by the volunteers of the community and the Community Chest. Pictured are staff from Liberty (from the left) Barry Rutherford, Susan Dar and Robert Hurl. The Community Chest thanks all who bought the bags to be included in the hampers and Liberty Foods for making it happen. The Fruitvale Christmas Hamper Program is truly a community effort extending a helping hand to those in need at this time of year.

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‘Tis the season for togetherness, but some find solace in solitude

THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - The holidays are widely seen as a time of togetherness to gather for dinners, cocktail parties, gift exchanges and outdoor activities, yet whether by choice or circumstance, some find solace in moments of solitude during the festive season.

Laura Brown lives alone for half the year while her mother is in Florida. While most years she spends Christmas Day enjoying breakfast with her brother, his wife and in-laws, Brown also savours solo activities, like checking out the festive light displays in Barrie, Ont. “It’s a good balance for me because at the holidays, you have a little more freedom,” said the writer, who is divorced. “You can kind of slack a bit there, so you can do a little more for yourself.

“If you feel like being around people, you can go to the mall and get bumped around and stuff until you come home and

“This is sort of a day off from everything.

It’s a day where you can do whatever you want.”

Emily White

go: ‘Oh, now I remember why I was alone - this is good,”’ she added, laughing.

Brown’s birthday falls the week before Christmas. To mark her milestone 50th this year, she planned on spending several days in Toronto flying solo, with hopes of visiting the Royal Ontario Museum and CN Tower, scouting out light displays and festive store windows and taking snapshots of old buildings dotted throughout the city.

But she’s typically content to celebrate in even more low-key fashion.

“You get so busy with the holidays, some years, it’s just nice to do nothing at all,” said Brown. “For me, I like to just stay

home, make up some hot chocolate and whatever you want for your dinner - just simple.”

In a 2013 post on her website thatgrrl. ca, Brown outlined several tips on how to make the best of being alone during the holidays, like planning an event for each day, being of service to others as a volunteer, enjoying a spa day at home or using the time to catch up on reading, movies or home repair projects.

In the past, Brown has taken on festivethemed arts and crafts projects, like fashioning gingerbread men and snowmen out of felt to adorn the tree.

“I think for people who are alone, you have to decide what it is you want - if you want quiet or if you want people or if you want more holiday stuff - because everyone’s going to be different.”

Emily White, author of the national bestseller “Lonely: Learning to Live with Solitude,” said there

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are often lofty expectations surrounding the idea of togetherness during festive gatherings, such as Thanksgiving and New Year’s celebrations.

“I don’t know that people are any lonelier on Christmas Day than they are, say, on March 19,” said White, whose new book “Count Me In” (McClelland & Stewart) is due out on Jan. 6.

“There have been studies done that show that loneliness increases in keeping with societal norms and expectations. So if you have a day where the expectations for sociability are very, very high - as they are on Christmas Day people will feel lonelier as a result. And it’s not because of the day - it’s because of the expectations attached to the day.”

While some may share in those expectations in the sense of not wanting to be alone, others may feel quite fine being solo, she noted.

The Toronto-based author comes from a big family and isn’t alone on Christmas; but nonetheless, she still relishes the opportunities she has to enjoy a bit of quiet time.

“Christmas is one of the days where there’s very, very little traffic. So, one of the things I do on my own is kind of celebrate the fact that there’s no one on the road, And if it’s snowy, you can go for long walks.”

White encouraged individuals who are alone to mark the occasion in whichever way they find meaningful.

“This is sort of a day off from everything. It’s a day where you can do whatever you want,” she said.

“And if that’s staying home and reading a good book or calling a friend who you haven’t seen in a long time who lives somewhere far away or, in my case, going for a walk in the snow ... there’s all sorts of ways to be happy on that day.”

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Christmas Cawabunga Liz Bevan Photo

Kids signed up for the Christmas Cawabunga Camp get their skates laced up and their helmets snapped on, Tuesday afternoon. The camp kids will be participating in activities, like skating, crafts and games, during the holiday break until school starts back up in January.

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