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Castlegar pulp mill begins its annual maintenance shutdown Saturday. See page 2.

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Tugging on heart strings Castlegar baby Shaylynn Huss born with several heart problems, but doing well after surgery

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Baby Shaylynn Huss has seen the world for less than a month but has already been through so much. Open heart surgery and intensive hospital care have been the centre of life for a Castlegar family and their little girl.

Shaylynn was born Feb. 22 in Van-

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couver with several heart defects.

When her mother, Madaline Huss, had her 20-week ultrasound, doctors knew something wasn’t quite right.

Grandmother Ruby Perepolkin said they knew it was her heart and since Jan. 12, the family has been staying in Vancouver for specialized treatments.

“I’ve been staying with [Madaline] but I have to go back to work. I can’t

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Perepolkin said people have been approaching her, asking how they can help. Now they have a secure way to help out, via a newly created account at Kootenay Savings.

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Zellstoff Celgar to begin annual shutdown maintenance Saturday Shutdown should bring in over 500 out-of-towners Castlegar News Staff An annual major maintenance shutdown at Zellstoff Celgar will start Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

According to a statement issued by the pulp mill, the critical job for this shutdown is the inspection and repair of the recovery boiler, which recovers spent cooking liquor and converts it to green liquor which is in turn converted into white liquor by the addition of lime, and returned to the fibre cooking cycle.

It takes approximately 36 hours to shut down the mill so the majority of maintenance in most areas will officially begin on Monday. Some areas, like the recovery boiler, can take up to 60 hours to be taken offline and the maintenance work there will not begin until Tuesday.

Once the work in all areas has been completed, the mill will begin start-up procedures using detailed safety and operational check sheets. It generally takes about 1.5 days to bring the mill back up to full running rates.

The expected date to begin startup is March 23.

The annual shutdown is required to allow the company to

inspect major pieces of production equipment and repair any deficiencies to help ensure the mill is in good order to run reliably for the next year. A lot of the work is preventative, much like doing regular maintenance on our vehicles.

Other maintenance include digester equipment inspection and repair and lime kiln refractory replacement.

One of several capital projects to be completed during the shutdown is the replacement of the motor speed controls on one of the two pulp machines.

The current drive line up is 22 years old and like other electronics has become outdated and difficult to service.

The advanced technology of the new drive system should allow for better control of the rolls as the sheet progresses at variable speeds through the stages of formation, drying and baling.

The shutdown is an expensive undertaking. Total maintenance costs for this outage are approximately $10 million, not including the capital investments or revenue lost while the mill is not producing pulp or power.

The nature of the pulping process requires corrosion re-

Zellstoff Celgar is set to begin a shutdown this weekend that should last nine days.

Photo by Chris Stedile sistant materials that are often expensive. Specialized parts and equipment are purchased for the shutdown. To access many areas of the mill, elaborate scaffolds have to be constructed.

There is also the expense of additional contractors and equipment specialists brought in from across the continent.

Additionally, Celgar uses this opportunity to inspect and repair environmental control equipment including precipitators and effluent treatment systems.

The company said it takes “a great deal of care and time while taking the mill down and starting back up to prevent odour

or upsets.” However, this can sometimes occur depending on atmospheric conditions during certain stages of the process and would be temporary.

The shutdown benefits not only Celgar but boosts tourism as well. At the peak of the shutdown, there will be approximately 500 additional people on site.

Most of these people will be staying in local hotels and eating in local restaurants.

In an attempt to stimulate the local economy, a significant amount of material and services will be procured from local businesses and contractors as well.

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Baby Shaylynn’s condition is rare, and it’s coupled with several complications.

Shaylynn’s nurse wrote a short letter to describe her condition and what she’s been through.

“Approximately one in 100 babies are born with some form of congenital heart defect, ranging in severity from conditions requiring medical assessment without the need for intervention to more severe forms requiring multiple open heart surgeries or heart transplantation.

“Shaylynn was born with a heart defect that is both severe and unusual and required her to undergo open heart surgery at just three days of age. The hope is that this surgery will enable her to grow and develop until her next heart surgery, which is

expected to occur within the first few months of life.

“She will require at least one additional surgery before she starts kindergarten. Shaylynn will need close medical follow up from the BC Children’s cardiology team throughout her childhood.”

The open heart surgery addressed the baby’s hypoplastic right heart syndrome, a condition in which the right atrium and right ventricle are underdeveloped.

Perepolkin said Shaylynn is doing well and despite needing to spend more time in the hospital, is expected to recover. The family is grateful to all those who have worked hard to assist their new addition.

A Facebook page has been setup to document Shaylynn and the family’s journey as well as gather support for this little girl: facebook.com/iheartbabyshay.

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Sandy McCreight (left) and Robyn Newton (right) address what a community indicator is during a session last week.

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Community conversation heard

Over 20 citizens discuss prominent issues and indicators

only to identify indicators, but for those in attendance to connect and hopefully colCastlegar News laborate outside the meeting.

More than 20 community members — “If they don’t have a social service netranging from city councillors to RCMP offi- work, participating here will hopefully help cers — met last week to discuss community that,” Newton said. issues and indicators.

“Larger communities may have many The Castlegar Social Planning Society planners and such, but with [Castlegar] it’s hosted the conversations at the Sandman often people doing things off the side of Inn, along with the Social Planning and their desks. We just try and give them the Research Council of BC. tools.”

What is an indicator?

McCreight added, “What we’re hoping As the research council puts it, “When to get out of this is for more people to conwe cannot measure something directly, we tinue social planning conversations and look for a proxy, a measure that provides actually move forward with some of the and indication of the state or condition of things people are saying.” something.”

The first half of the event involved a An indicator points to, suggests, or shows slideshow that explained various indicators something. commonly found in communities, such as “I’m thrilled with the number of things links between unemployment and economic people want to talk about,” said Sandi Mc- health, and income gaps to inequality.

Creight of the planning society, “and at the “We use indicators and data as a basis end of the day, with the three different top- for action. What should our priorities be?” ics we picked to discuss further, I’m excited.” Newton asked.

Newton said the most difficult aspect to Many topics such as employment and waste management were brought up but the tackle is support services.

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“We’re hoping people will be motivated After lunch, it was time for discussion by this event,” said SPARC’s senior research- and to search indicators within the comer, Robyn Newton, who was on hand to munity. Members from all walks of the comassist in the discussions. munity interacted with one another on the The intent of this annual event wasn’t city’s major social issues.

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Among them were Deb McIntosh, city councillor and head of the Community Harvest Food Bank, and Bruno Tassone, who is also on council and chairs the health and wellness committee.

“I think it’s important we have council engagement, and we always have,” McCreight said. This was her tenth year attending an event of this type.

“It’s very nice that we have some councillors here because they’ve gotten a feel for what concerns many citizens,” Newton added.

“I’m hoping that after this event,” McCreight continued, “we can talk to some of the people, have some specifics and maybe down the road have two or three more events throughout the next year that we can continue these conversations at.”

She plans to address council in full once all the stats from the meeting are put together.

“I will create something from this. I’ll make sure council knows what we did, what the outcome was and what we plan to do with this information.”

The Castlegar Social Planning Society exists to recognize the needs of the community and sustain and nurture the community’s social development. It supports community needs and interests in social, cultural, economic and environmental affairs.

For more information on the planning society or to get involved, contact Roberta Hamilton at robertah@telus.net.

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Duties include • attending each game of the visiting team you are guiding/accompanying (games will be March 14-18, 2015) • providing them with directions (teams will be staying in Castlegar, Nelson and Rossland) • providing them with alternative ideas for team activities outside of their games each day directing them to restaurants If you are friendly, flexible, and love to volunteer, contact Carmen Harris at 250.365.1520

Air Cadets recognize Rempel

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Above: Capt. Gerry Rempel (left) receiving the bar to his Canadian Decoration from Maj. Kevin DeBiasio. Below: Rempel is the commander of 561 Nelson Osprey Squadron. Photos submitted

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Meaning: Low class.

Origin: The Mississippi River was the main way of trav-

eling from north to south. Riverboats carried passengers and freight but they were expensive so most people used rafts. Everything had the right of way over rafts, which were considered cheap. The steering oar on the rafts was called a “riff” and this transposed into riff-raff, meaning low class.

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Submitted to the Castlegar News Castlegar’s fire chief was recognized last week by the 561 Nelson Osprey Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets, receiving the first bar to his Canadian Decoration Wednesday.

The Canadian Decoration recognizes 12 years of service in the Canadian Armed Forces. Each bar recognizes a further 10 years of service. Capt. Gerry Rempel has now completed 22 years of service.

Rempel has been the commanding officer of Osprey Squadron for seven years. Previously, he was the commanding officer of 581 Castlegar Squadron.

Rempel is a member of the cadet instructor cadre branch of the Canadian Armed Forces. Members volunteer their time to help youth in their communities.

561 Nelson Osprey Squadron meets every Wednesday night during the school year and dur-

ing the summer the cadets have the opportunity to attend summer courses at various training locations across Canada.

The Royal Canadian Air Cadets, in partnership with the Air Cadet League of Canada and the Department of National Defence has been training youth in Canada for over 70 years. The cadets are the largest government-funded youth program in Canada with over 50,000 participants across Canada.

The Royal Canadian Air Cadets accept youth between the ages of 12 and 18 who have a desire to learn more about the air element of the Canadian Forces, wish to develop the attributes of leadership and good citizenship and wish to promote physical fitness.

While the program is military based, there is no obligation for a cadet to join the Canadian Armed Forces when he or she finishes their cadet career. Cadets are also encouraged to learn more about

opportunities within Canada’s aviation industry.

Locally, there are Air Cadet Squadrons in Trail, Nelson, Castlegar and Grand Forks.

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ANDERSON POINT BOAT RAMP CLOSURE BC Hydro and Columbia Power wish to advise the community that the Anderson Point Boat Ramp and the Renata Ferry Access Road from Broadwater Road to the boat ramp are currently closed to the public. This closure is necessary to ensure the safety of our workers and the public during construction. The boat ramp and road will reopen for public use on Wednesday, April 15.

Propane leak plugged

For more information, please contact Mary Anne Coules at 250 365 4565.

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We recognize the inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience and support while these improvements are completed.

Last week a leaky propane tank delivered to the local 7-Eleven raised concern. The Castlegar fire department responded swiftly, removing the tank from the premises.

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Human-caused fires raise concerns

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It’s only March, but wildfire season has already begun.

On Monday, crews from the Castlegar-based Southeast Fire Centre responded to four new wildfires, all human-caused and therefore preventable.

Two were the result of poorly planned open burning: • Wildfire crews supported local RCMP members and fire departments at a five-hectare grass fire near Lind Creek in Greenwood. One home in the area was temporarily evacuated.

• A 2.6-hectare fire just outside Baynes Lake was the result of industrial pile burning and the fire escaped into surrounding grassy areas.

An 11-hectare fire west of Highway 95A and a 15-hectare fire 10 kilometres north of Cranbrook were likely caused by recreational activities, such as ATVs or dirt bikes. Anyone riding an ATV or dirt bike should check the condition of the muffler, stay on dirt paths and avoid tall grasses and weeds.

Monday’s incidents are reminders for the public to remain vigilant with any recreational activities or open fires, and to ensure that they have contingency plans in place to extinguish any fire that may escape.

The recent unseasonably mild temperatures, spring-like conditions and low relative humidity in the Southeast Fire Centre have increased the wildfire risk in all snow-free areas.

Dried grass from last summer has not had the opportunity to renew itself due to cold overnight temperatures and so it is highly flammable.

Temperatures in the Kootenays are expected to hit record-breaking levels, ranging from the high teens up to 20 degrees.

Under the Wildfire Act, if an outdoor burn escapes and causes a forest fire, the person responsible may be held accountable for damages and fire suppression costs.

The City of Castlegar is in the process of changing the Official Community Plan land use designation of a portion of Lot A District Lots 7199, 7721 and 8072 Kootenay District Plan NEP 22241 from LDR (Low Density Residential) and UR (Urban Reserve) to MDR (Medium Density Residential) and PO (Parks and Open Space).

The Local Government Act requires the City, when developing or amending an Official Community Plan, to consult with persons, organizations and authorities it considers will be affected.

City Council is requesting written comments from interested citizens on the proposed land use designation change.

All written comments should be directed to:

Development Services Department City Hall, 460 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, BC V1N 1G7 Phone: 250-365-7227 Fax: 250-365-4810 Email: devserv@castlegar.ca

All submissions must be received prior to Monday March 16, 2015.

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Editor: Greg Nesteroff Unit 2 - 1810 8th Avenue, Castlegar, BC V1N 2Y4 Publication Mail Agreement Number 40012905

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he first person to provide ferry service on the Columbia River was Castlegar’s pioneering homesteader, Albert McCleary. In 1888 he purchased a scow from Robert Lemon and put it into service as a ferry. It provided a link between the Colville and Toad Mountain pack trails, giving down-river prospectors easy access to the Kootenay and Slocan valleys.

Up-river traffic from Revelstoke was serviced by steamers, which landed at Sproat’s Landing (just below the train bridge).

Albert launched his rectangular scow from the small bay at the foot of Cedar (1st) St. It took a strong back to propel the unwieldy vessel across the river with a couple of long sweeps. Albert had to struggle against the fast current, which was accelerating towards the Tin Cup Rapids, to make a landing just below Waldie Island. He used the backwater channel behind the island to move the scow upstream, staying in the shelter of Breakwater Island as long as possible, before making a dash back across the main river current.

Albert’s business dropped off by the time he sold his pre-emption to Edward Mahon in 1891. The Columbia and Kootenay Railway replaced the old pack trail and the action shifted to a new steamer terminal at Robson.

When the CPR acquired the Columbia and Western Railway from F.A. Heinze in 1898 they immediately proceeded to extend it westward, and commenced with plans to link it with the Nelson line by constructing a bridge across the Columbia. When completed in 1902, it provided a crossing option for pedestrians. After several close calls, a footbridge was built on the downstream side of the train bridge.

Doukhobors started arriving in the valley in 1908, and they quickly constructed a current reaction ferry at Waterloo. A second capstandriven ferry crossed the Kootenay River until it was replaced by the Doukhobor suspension bridge in 1913. These became parts of the Southern Trans-provincial Highway

The Castlegar ferry was key to maintaining vitality downtown. All highway traffic was channelled through the city core. The Greyhound bus depot shifted from restaurants near the Castle Theatre to the Marlane Hotel.

Print from negative in Selkirk College Archives to Nelson, which prior to the mid- The elegant structure, which is not 1920s ran through the Pass Creek totally visible to bridge traffic, won a Valley.

Design Canada Award of Excellence A more direct link was estab- for its Italian engineer. lished in 1919 with the launching With the completion of the highof the Castlegar-Robson ferry on a way bridge and the dam (which crossing directly below Lion’s Head. provided a crossing) the ferry serAs the images in my Retrospectives vice was considered redundant and sequence illustrate, this ferry was eventually terminated. Fierce opporebuilt several times, to meet grow- sition developed and persisted until ing demand. Initially the govern- the ferry was whisked away during ment-operated vessel could be man- night time and put into service at aged by a single operator.

Arrow Park. Public resentment to With increasing traffic and this shady move still lingers. changes in ferry design, a larger crew The Robson-Castlegar Bridge was required: an operator and two opened in 1994, providing a bypass deck hands to manipulate the ramps for industrial truck traffic as well and assist in loading the vehicles. as a fourth entry to the city. The Initially the fore and aft ramps were railway footbridge was now targeted linked and counterbalanced; these for demolition, but an effort to prewere replaced by independent ramps serve the public crossing extended operated first by a chain hoist, and its service period until it was deemed later by hydraulic cylinders. to be unsafe.

During the construction of the So much of our history is interHigh Arrow Dam (renamed Hugh woven with our rivers. They were Keenleyside) two ferries were oper- fundamental to early transportation, ating to meet the demand. The com- supported Castlegar’s major industry pletion of the Kinnaird Bridge shift- as represented by the Waldie sawed the Southern Trans-provincial mill, and allowed pioneering hydroHighway out of the downtown core, electric development in the region. leading to greatly reduced business Changes were inevitable, with the opportunities and progressive stag- human imprint being much heavier nation. The new bridge also helped after the completion of the Columbia with traffic to the dam project, as River Treaty mega-projects. the Doukhobor suspension bridge All the same, we are fortunate was upgraded and kept in service to live along stretches of rivers that until the opening of the Brilliant still bear resemblance to their freeBridge on Highway 3A. flowing precursors, and allow us to The new crossing of the Columbia conjure up visions of simpler times River attracted international rec- when they were totally un-harnessed ognition for its challenging design and pristine. based on the application of prestressed reinforced concrete technolWalter Volovsek’s website can be ogy pioneered by Riccardo Morandi. found at trailsintime.org Pam Malekow Office Manager

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School trustees and district staff have been working on the 2015/16 school year budget since January. On Feb. 23 the first draft of the budget was released.

It is basically a status quo budget which means that this draft of the budget maintains everything we had in the current year’s preliminary budget, with the assumption government will fully fund all collective agreement increased costs as promised but is impacted by decreased funding from the Ministry of Education as they phase out funding protection and the targeted grant to support implementation of the BC Education Plan will be removed.

With those assumptions we are projecting a $590,000 deficit. By spring break the grants to the district will be finalized by the Ministry of Education and shared.

At the same time we will be provided with more details regarding the “administrative savings” announced in the BC budget and the resulting impact to our district. Once the financial impact is known the board may need to revise their budget position (i.e. the projected deficit may have to be adjusted to reflect a higher amount).

Our student enrolment this year was less than projected and we are projecting further decline for 2015/16. Our preliminary budget for 2014/15 was based on 3,786 students and we put in place enough teacher staffing for that many students. When this school year started our actual enrolment was only around 3,700 but we did not reduce teacher staffing even though we had almost 80 fewer students. Now for 2015/16 we are projecting about 3,667 students and will allocate teacher staffing accordingly.

Based on what we already know for 2015/16, we have made a number of operational adjustments which have reduced our initial draft budget deficit projection from $590,000 down to just over $350,000. The big unknown which remains is what our district will be required to save in addition to this $350,000 as part of the overall administrative savings.

In an effort to be transparent, we are releasing a long list of various options still being considered to

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help balance the budget. We recognize that the list is far reaching. We also are very sensitive to the fact that many of the items on the list impact employee’s livelihoods. Our desire today is to inform you about some ways the board is considering to balance the budget. No decisions have been made.

Over the next two months the board will continue conversations with the district parent advisory council, Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union, and CUPE representatives as well as the management team.

On Wednesday, April 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Kootenay-Columbia Learning Centre’s Trail campus (formerly known as Trail Middle School) a public presentation of the proposed balanced 2015/16 budget will be made.

No decisions will be made that evening. The public board discussion on the budget’s second reading is scheduled for Monday, April 27 at 7 p.m. at the same location as part of the regular board meeting. The third and final reading (which does not include debate) is on Friday, May 1 at 5 p.m.

The various items being considered to help balance the budget can be found appended to this letter at castlegarnews.com.

The top of the document highlights the current projected deficit, followed by a number of operational adjustments based on what we already know. The board will need to decide which items, from all the various options listed or other items that come up between now and the end of April, it will need to implement in order to balance the budget.

Please feel free to share your thoughts with trustees or attend the public meetings. The board would like to hear your thoughts on what is most important to you about your child’s education, ideas you might have to save money or generate funds. You can provide input to the board via a brief survey on the district website. Another option is you can share your thoughts with our district parent advisory council. Chair Rebecca McDonnell, a parent from Kinnaird Elementary, can be reached at dpac@sd20.bc.ca Greg Luterbach Superintendent Kootenay Columbia schools

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Mysteries of the male gender

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Anti-pipeline group deserves respect

Re: “Protesters should find another cause,” Letters, March 5 I am always amazed when someone puts their name to a letter filled with bizarre notions, misinformation and downright ignorance.

Case in point is the letter printed last week regarding the solidarity fundraiser in Nelson put on by the volunteer group Kootenays for a Pipeline Free BC. The letter implied that it is illegal for people to defend the environment. Not in a democracy. They also “guessed” that “local paid protesters need the work”. What nonsense. They guessed wrong. The organizers are volunteers who have a social conscience and want to make a difference in their world (which goes beyond the Kootenays).

It is clear that the author of that opinion has never spoken with any concerned citizen involved in the

defence of our natural surroundings against the combined weight of the current government and their friends in the extraction industry.

The author also stated that pipelines will create thousands of jobs and provide billions to our economy. Where did they get that idea?

Perhaps they assumed that from the bombardment of paid ads by the collection of oil companies, trying to sell us on the idea that their profits are good for us.

Try checking out some independent assessments of those claims and weigh any negligible benefit against the costs to taxpayers of cleaning up the spills that companies refuse to deal with.

The fundraiser is a wonderful way for people who care about this planet to show support for those who are actively protecting land rights. They understand the danger

of the pipeline (look at the news over the past ten years and see how many leaks were eventually reported and whether the damage was ever reversed).

They are conscientious people who don’t want the eventual environmental catastrophe that a bitumen leak would wreak on their lands and the people and wildlife that depend on a clean environment.

The pipelines have little to do with our needs. They have everything to do with providing a hideous product to an Asian market to make oil companies rich and we in turn will be able to purchase the resulting products as plastic trinkets at Walmart.

I just decided to purchase a ticket to go to the fundraiser.

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looking for the lost gold on that mountain. For the Native Americans who resided there, and for some of today’s Native Americans, the Superstitions are considered sacred ground.

Whatever the case might be, as I was watching the show, I turned to glance at my husband, who was avidly watching it. It was as if he had one of those thought bubbles above his head saying, “Treasure! Let’s find that treasure. Wait! Let me get my toy gun and holster and my broom horse.”

I realized at that moment that boys never grow up. Yes, they mature and for the most part the opposite gender appreciates them and all they bring to the world. But I think that the fairer sex understands that boys will be boys.

Those grown men chasing the Lost Dutchman Mine are simply older versions of their younger selves. Like their younger counterparts they still have dreams and they still have a sense of hope and adventure.

Somehow, I find that oddly appealing. No one, no matter what their age or gender should ever lose the gift of hope and adventure.

I will sheepishly admit I wish mom and dad would have bought me a toy gun and holster when I was a kid. Maybe, if I ask nicely, my husband will let me borrow his and we can then go look for that lost gold mine together.

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ometimes I think the blissful ignorance of children is a gift that I would like.

I remember being a child and chomping at the bit to grow up.

Life was simple, and most days my biggest concern was what was for supper. But I wanted to be older, like my sister, who is a whole two years older (and wiser?).

I would watch time after time when she was granted privileges which I could only dream about.

Forget that she had earned them and proved her trustworthiness and forget what a huge world of difference two years can make when it accounts for 20 per cent of your life at that time. I wanted what I wanted and I wanted it now.

The mysteries of the world seemed at my reach but attainable only if I was older. The ongoing riddles in life when one is only 10 seem solvable if there was only two (or three or four …) more years under the belt.

I knew that all of those riddles would become crystal clear to me if only I was older. Take boys, for example. They would walk by me and elbow check me, or tell me I smelled, or pull my hair. At first my feelings were sorely bruised

from that, but my mother explained that when boys did that, that really meant that they liked me.

So, with that reassurance, I knew it was only a matter of time before I understood what boys were really about. Certainly when I turned 12 or 14 at the latest, I would know what made those mischievous creatures tick.

Wrong. I was dead wrong and when I turned 15 or so I reconciled myself to the fact that the mysteries of the masculine gender wouldn’t be that easily revealed to me, at least not until I was maybe 20.

Well, 20 came and went (three times over) and I realize now that the wonderful puzzle that makes up the other gender will likely never be solved — at least not by me.

The other night I was watching a new show called Legend of the Superstition Mountains. It is a fascinating show and because we basically wintered at the base of those mountains, the series holds a special appeal to me.

The Superstitions are rumoured to have a lost gold mine somewhere in their vast reaches.

The show profiles a group of men determined to find that mine. If one knows anything about the Superstitions, one would know that there have been many good (and not so good) men who have died there under curious circumstances while on their quest.

In fact, some 250 people died

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MARCH CASTLEGAR SR. ACTIVITIES @ COMPLEX Mon 10 a.m. Darts 1 p.m. Whist Tues 9:30 a.m. Floor Curling/Carpet Bowling 1:30 p.m. Line Dancing 1 p.m. Crafts 7 p.m. Pool Wed 9:30 a.m. Floor Curling 10 a.m. Coffee Talk 4,11, 25th 10 a.m. Raspberry Hi Coffee 18th 1 p.m. Rummoli Not 1st Wed Thurs 9:30 a.m. Floor Curling 1 p.m. Bingo, not on 5th 2 p.m. General Meeting 5th 2 p.m. Tea Dance 19th 7 p.m. Rummoli Fri 10 a.m. Qi Gong 1 p.m. Crib Sat 11:30-1 p.m. Soup Days 21st

THE OSTOMY SUPPORT GROUP will meet March 16 at 2 p.m. at the Kiro Wellness Center, 1500 Columbia Avenue, Trail. Guest: Robert Hill, Convatec Rep from Vancouver. For more info, please call 250-368-9827 or 250-365-6276.

served. Rental available, church or Resker Hall 250-365-6506 EASTER MARKET at the Crescent Valley Hall on March 28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Borscht lunch fundraiser. For more info, call 250-359-7097.

CASTLEGAR GARDEN & NATUREFEST: Saturday, May 23, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Castlegar Community Complex.

Vendors welcome! Contact Darlene Kalawsky 250-365-1653 or see castlegargardenfest.com.

BLUEBERRY BOTTLE DRIVE: The Blueberry Community School Hub has a pressing need for major work to its youth room. Please drop off refundable bottles and cans to the Blueberry School.

SPRING FLING 2015: Needs volunteers to assist with the organization of street hockey, vendors, kids games, musicians and car show.

Without new volunteers stepping forward to assist, this year’s event may need to be cancelled. Please show your support for this community event. Call Peter at 250365-5655.

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Location is at Back in Balance 2325 6th Ave., Castlegar on March 10 at 7 p.m.

ROBSON FLEA MARKET is open every Sunday except Easter. Call Kathy to book a table 250-365-3796.

1995 Columbia Ave Trail 250-364-1208

ST. DAVID’S & UNITED CHURCH THRIFT SHOP: Located at 605 Columbia Ave. Hours are Tuesday to Thursday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bag sale from March 3 to April 2 at $5 bag for clothing and footwear only. Donations of clean clothing and housewares accepted during working hours.

CASTLEGAR GARDEN CLUB meets the third Wednesday of the month, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Castlegar Community Complex. Discover the Castlegar TARRYS Garden Club and be dazzled and in10th ANNUAL spired by our monthly speakers. New members always welcome. InformaMUSICAL JAMBOREE tion: Wendy Eggleton 250-365-0150 A family evening of Bluegrass, Country, or wendy.eggleton@icloud.com Folk and Old Time music featuring Local SCRABBLE CLUB: Come out and play Scrabble on the second Tuesday of the month at the Castlegar Public Library from 6:30 to 8 pm. All levels are welcome! For more info call 250365-3834.

LEGION MEAT DRAW: At the Castlegar-Robson Legion, Branch 170 every Saturday, 4 to 6 p.m. Everyone welcome. Guests must be signed in.

MYRA DUFF WILL BE HOSTING SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS: For infor-

musicians and Special guests

More info: 250-365-3662, or see kootenayfamilyplace.org TOPS GROUP MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY 8:30 to 10 a.m. Kinnaird Hall, 2320 Columbia Ave. Round table discussion. Get motivated to eat healthy, lose weight. Monthly fee $10. More info call 250-365-7956.

CASTLEGAR A.A. MEETINGS AT THE PIONEER ARENA Sunday. at 10 a.m. Mike, 250-304-2330; Tuesday at 7 p.m. (Dennis 250-365-2738); Wednesday at 7 p.m., (Fay at 250687-0484. Thursday at 8 p.m. (Jim at 250-365-6216) and Saturday at 8 p.m (Len at 250-365-7805).

March 28, 2015 at 7:00 PM AL-ANON MEETS EVERY MONDAY Adults $8.00, Students $5.00 Children under 12 free Light snack included Door prizes, 50/50 draw

SELKIRK WEAVERS AND SPINNERS GUILD meets the third Wednesday of each month, 10 to noon followed by bag lunch and show and tell. At the Doukhobor

NIGHT for people whose lives have been affected by someone’s drinking.

Mondays 8 to 9 p.m. at 2224 6th Ave. (Kootenay Society for Community Living building.) Info: Sydney 250608-1867.

FRIDAY YOUTH PROGRAM at Blueberry Creek Community School. Fun, safe night for a movie, games/sports/ hanging out. Grades K to 5, 6:30 to 8 p.m. and Grades 6 up, 8 to 10 p.m.

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OUR SECURITY & BILL C-51 — RALLY & INFO: Local event as part of national Defend our Freedom day of action about this secret police bill. Castlegar’s Spirit Square, 460 Columbia Ave. Saturday, March 14, 1 p.m.

CASTLEGAR-ROBSON LEGION BRANCH 170 will be holding their annual general meeting on March 17 @ 7 p.m. All members should attend.

CASTLEGAR GARDEN CLUB features Rebecca McDonnell PhD, environmental director and community liaison of Blueberry Creek Community School, explores the Growing Community of BCCS. March 18, 7 to 8 p.m. at the Castlegar Community Complex. Call 250-365-0150 or wendy.eggleton@icloud.com

MINTO CHAPTER #79, ORDER OF THE EASTER STAR Spring Tea : March 21, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Castlegar Legion Hall.

Proceeds go to Cancer Projects and everyone is welcome

ROBSON COMMUNITY MEMORIAL CHURCH SOCIETY AGM March 26, 7 p.m. Robson Community Church 2953 Waldie Ave. We need the community support and ideas.

Everyone welcome. Refreshments

Simon Laurie 250-365-1585

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Ongoing THE NEW LIFE CHURCH will be serving hot nutritious meals for people in the community every Thursday during March. Please use the basement entrance at the back of the church. The doors open at 3:45 and the meal is served at 4:30. For further information call 250-365-7500

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Empowerment Group Every Tuesday 10am-1pm March 10-June 30 Castlegar Community Services Call Laurie @ (250) 608-2254 DIANA DRAPER OF BACK IN BALANCE is putting on a monthly lecture series every second Tuesday of the month.

The topic for March is weight loss and spring cleanses. Learn how to do them properly!

Phil Poznekoff 250-365-4679

Charissa Hackett 250-304-4373

Chad Williams 250-304-5241

Pat Klohn 250-365-1731

Larry Peitzsche 250-608-3017

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mation about the Heart Support Group please call Myra at 250-3656369.

COMMUNITY LEARNING PLACE: drop in to get free help with basic computers, reading and writing, Test preparation, and skills upgrading at the Castlegar and District Public Library on Tuesdays from 12 to 3 p.m.

BILLETS: Castlegar Rebels looking for billets families for their players (16 to 20). Please contact Mel Rinas 250-365-5596.

GRACE COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL CHURCH: Meets Sunday mornings at 11 a.m. at the Resker Hall in Robson (next door to the Robson Community Church) on Waldie Ave. Phone 250-365-6405 for more information.

THE SHARING DINNER POT is serving hot dinner every Tuesday at noon in the Cadet Hall downtown.

CASTLEGAR HOSPITAL AUXILIARY TREASURE SHOP: Open Mondays thru Thursdays and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donations accepted Wednesdays and Saturdays only. Telephone 250-365-7317/250-365-6587 or see castlegarhospitalauxiliary.org

Discovery Centre.

ROBSON FALL FLEA MARKET Open every weekend until close to Christmas. Sundays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Breakfast is served until noon. For table rental call Kathy at 250-365-3796.

COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK & DROP-IN CENTRE: Monday Food Bank 11 a.m. to 1:30 Wednesday Drop In Center 10 to 1:30 (free). Lunch served 11 to 1:30 Friday Drop In Center 10 to 1:30 (free). Lunch served 11 to 1:30.

Food donations can be dropped off on any of these days at St. David’s Church. Call 250-608-2227.

THE KINNAIRD CHURCH OF GOD: Located at 2404 Columbia Ave. Services on Sundays (10 a.m. and 6 p.m.) at the Castlegar Christian Fellowship Building, 1821 Connors Road until further notice.

FREE HOT MEAL AT THE SHARING DINNER POT at Cadet Hall, 8th Ave, Castlegar (two blocks from library) Tuesday at noon.

ALL ABOUT BREASTFEEDING: Informative support group for breastfeeding moms. Neighbourhood House in Castlegar, Tuesday 10:30 to noon.

Connor McCarthy 250-304-4781

Marnie Pettit 250-304-3564

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See BCCS Facebook page for more info or phone 250-365-7201.

USCC CULTURAL INTERPRETIVE SOCIETY: Volunteers meet Mondays and Wed., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the interpretive and training Centre, 820 Markova Rd. FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING for problem gambling; Castlegar Community Services Call 250-6082254.

W.K. YOGA FOR MS SUPPORT GROUP: Mondays, 1:30 to 3 p.m., Castlegar Public Library, lower level.

Free. Sponsored by West Kootenay MS Society for its members/care providers. Call Lonnie Facchina 1-866-352-3997 or email info@ westkootenay@mssociety.ca or Janice Ferraro, at 250-365-5428, email janice@underthesunyoga.ca ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS: Classes for adults, Conversation Club, Family Drop-in for families with young children, oneon-one tutoring. Free. More info call Corinne at 250-687-4714.

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‘Defend our freedom’ from Bill C-51 rally planned Saturday As an ex-South African who was affected by and had friends scarred and killed by the Terrorism Act and its spy network during the anti-apartheid days, I’m so alarmed by the doors of abuse opened by Prime Minister Harper’s Bill C-51 that I’ve committed to co-organizing — with local childcare worker Michelle Davis — Castlegar’s part in the nationwide Defend Our Freedom rally this Saturday at 1 p.m. in Spirit Square, 460 Columbia Ave. While everyone is invited to speak and ask questions, the scheduled speakers will include Castlegar United Church minister Greg Powell, Canada Post worker Cindy McCallum-Miller, lawyer Ken Wyllie, and maybe KRUNA and USCC leader J.J. Verigin, who I’m told is very alarmed about this bill but hasn’t yet confirmed his availability.

Unfortunately our MP, New Democrat Alex Atamanenko, who has voiced his concern in a recent column, has an out-of-town engagement.

Former Conservative, Liberal and other Supreme Court justices, human rights lawyer Clayton Ruby, law professor and terrorism expert Craig Forcese and Kent Roach, the NDP and Green parties, and every mainstream media in the country as well as overseas critics agree: Bill C-51 will do nothing more than our alreadyeffective laws to reduce terrorist attacks, instead using the politics of fear to gain votes and to seriously undermine debate and creative expression, Canadian democracy, academic freedom, freedom of the press, peaceful protests including those by First Nations people trying to protect their lands and livelihoods, and our Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The Day of Action rallies — initiated by OpenMedia and supported by a number of organizations including Amnesty International Canada, Lead Now, Youth Vote Canada — are for everyone to learn about and freely voice their thoughts on the attempt to ram through a “secret police” Bill C-51 that is: 1. Reckless: It turns CSIS into a “secret police” force with little oversight

or accountability.

2. Dangerous: It opens the door for violations of our Charter rights including censorship of free expression online.

3. Ineffective: It will lead to dragnet surveillance and information sharing on innocent Canadians that even Stephen Harper has admitted is ineffective.

Security police make mistakes. You and I could easily be the victims.

Remember how CSIS sent Maher Arar to be tortured in a Syrian jail, because according to the NSA et. al. he was once in the home of someone who at another time had some or other vague connection with the 9-11 perpetrators?

The proposed new powers for CSIS – without any oversight — to “disrupt” so-called extremely vaguely-worded “threats” to our security, is scary also for innocent citizens who can easily be swept up in the dragnet, be imprisoned without trial for up to five days without a warrant, have bank accounts frozen, be suddenly prevented from flying (no fly lists), and have one’s email and other electronic communications suddenly blocked.

Even when CSIS would have to get a warrant, which is only when they want to do something to us that violates the constitution, such as inflicting bodily harm on the accused, they would get it in a secret “court,” i.e. a secret meeting with a judge, without the presence of the accused person or their lawyer to say “hey, you’ve made a mistake, I didn’t say that/ do that/write that/mean that, and that wasn’t me who was where you think I was.”

To quote Conrad Black, our arch nonleftie, CSIS would be granted “unspecified and scarcely limited powers of arbitrary, warrantless detention. As presented, Bill C-51 makes a Swiss cheese out of due process.”

Aah, but that wouldn’t happen in our kind and gentle Canada, and “oversight” would look after us, right?

Well, former Supreme Court Justice John Major — appointed by Conservative PM Mulroney and one of the 18 justices and former PMs who signed

the open letter to Harper — echoes my own South African experience, saying “When we speak of oversight, I don’t think any of us think the agencies are going to deliberately extend their reach.

But the fact is they have a job to do, they think it’s important, they get overenthusiastic when they think they’re hot on the trail of something, and it’s very easy to slip over the edge. We’ve seen it with police forces, we’ve seen it in the past with CSIS.” For oversight, all we

have is SIRC, the Security and Intelligence Review Committee. Like its name says, it only reviews CSIS activities, after the fact, once per year, a single commissioner doing that work, and the current commissioner recently complained about delays in obtaining info from CSIS, and who is to know if CSIS doesn’t report everything they’ve been doing?

(And as the NDP’s Thomas Mulcair points out, a past SIRC commissioner, appointed by

Harper, is now in a Panamanian jail due to fraud.)

A National Post article quotes Francois Lavigne, who went from the Mounties to CSIS and later worked overseeing spies in the solicitor general’s office, spending years effectively tracking dangerous radicals without the powers the government wants to give to CSIS. When law professors Craig Forcese and Kent Roach said expanding CSIS’s powers without improving oversight is “breathtak-

ingly irresponsible,” Mr. Lavigne agreed.

Lavigne said CSIS “sanitizes its files” before handing them to SIRC. “To say that SIRC is any kind of oversight body is really misleading and the government knows that.”

In closing, a quote from Martin Niemoller, a prominent Protestant pastor who emerged as an outspoken public foe of Adolf Hitler and spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration camps. He wrote afterwards:

“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Socialist.

“Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

“Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Jew. “Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.”

Antoinette Halberstadt Castlegar

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held in the Community Forum, 445 – 13th Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. on Monday March 16, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following: OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 1199 (1402 Woodland Drive) ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 1200 (1402 Woodland Drive) Applicant:

Bobs Mercantile Ltd.

Affected Lands:

The portion of Lot A District Lots 7199, 7721 and 8072 Kootenay District Plan NEP22241 identified as the Subject Property on the map below.

Proposed Amendments: (i)

To change the OCP land use designation from LDR (Low Density Residential) and UR (Urban Reserve) to MDR (Medium Density Residential) and PO (Parks and Open Space); and

(ii)

To change the Zoning designation from RR-1 (Rural) to R-3 (Low Density Multiple Residential) and P-2 (Parks and Open Space).

Purpose: Once amended, the applicant will be in a position to construct a phased multi-family development comprised of nine 3-story, 14 dwelling unit multiple residential buildings on the subject lands after the on and off site servicing impacts have been identified and security provided.

Enquiries: All inquiries should be directed to Development Services Department at City Hall.

Phone: 365-7227 Fax: 365-4810 Email: devserv@castlegar.ca This Public Hearing is being held in order to afford all persons who believe that their interest in property affected by these amendments to OCP Bylaw 1150 and Zoning Bylaw 800 an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in these amendments.

A copy of the proposed bylaw may be inspected at City Hall, 460 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C. on regular business days (Monday to Friday except for statutory holidays) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. from Thursday, March 5, 2015 to Monday, March 16, 2015, inclusive.

Submissions received after the close of the Public Hearing will not be considered by Council.

Dated at Castlegar, B.C. this 5th day of March, 2015.

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Myhra retiring as Heritage Credit Union CEO Castlegar News Staff After more than 28 years as the head of Heritage Credit Union, chief executive officer Lorne Myhra is retiring effective March 31.

In a news release, the credit union’s board said the local financial institution has been “very successful” under Myhra’s watch, having grown to more than $143 million in assets.

Myhra founded HG Insurance Agencies and in partnership with the Creston and District Credit Union, created Growth Financial

Corp. He also served as a director of Credit Union Central of BC. “The board, management and staff wish Lorne well and would like to thank him for his years of service and recognize his achievements at Heritage Credit Union,” said board chair Julie Morrison.

“Lorne leaves the credit union larger and stronger than it was when he joined us. We are well positioned to continue serving member and community needs in the future.”

James Craig has been appointed

interim CEO and the board has started the search for a new CEO, Morrison said.

Craig recently retired from a successful career in the credit union sector and is a longtime resident of Castlegar.

He brings many years of senior leadership experience in credit union operations and is recognized “for his strong leadership and a commitment to credit union values,” the release said.

Myhra was unavailable for an interview this week.

West Kootenay snowpack only 83% of normal Castlegar News Staff

BC’s River Forecast Centre has released its spring report, showing the West Kootenay snowpack at 83 per cent of average.

In the East Kootenay it’s even lower, at 76 per cent. Both regions experienced below normal precipitation and above normal temperatures last month.

“Snow pack accumulation trends from early in the season have persisted throughout February,” the report says.

“The extremely low snow packs … are the result of both warmer temperatures and drier conditions through the winter. A high propor-

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tion of precipitation has been delivered as rain rather than snow.”

The low snowpack in the West Kootenay could mean a lower than normal flood risk and an increased likelihood of low summer flows.

BC's low snowpack is at its most extreme in southwestern BC, which is recording historic lows. In the south coast region the level is 21 per cent of the average, and in the Lower Fraser Valley, 28 per cent.

BC is the only province bucking a trend of frigid temperatures and record snowfalls in the rest of the country that are forecast to continue well into the spring.

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Players present cheque Members of the Columbia Phoenix Players presented Castlegar and District Community Services with a cheque for $1,287 recently, to support of their work with the safe home program. The money was raised through the company’s performance of the Vagina Monologues at the Old Castle Theatre last month to an audience of more than 120. Similar showings were given in Trail and Rossland. The performances were part of a worldwide movement to raise awareness about violence against women and promote support and justice for survivors. The individuals in the photo are, from left: Shemmaho Goodenough, Colleen Schettler, Helen James (Columbia Phoenix Players president), Kristein Johnson (executive Director of Castlegar and District Community Services), Jenn Sirges, Valerie Heisz, and Cheryl Holman.

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Dealerships donate Deb McIntosh of the Community Harvest Food Bank with staff from Kalawsky GM, Castlegar Toyota, Castlegar Hyundai and Castlegar Kia. In February, the four dealerships collected more than $1,500 in food donations from customers who received a discount on vehicle servicing for their generosity.

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I value pediatric chiropractic as I feel I can have a tremendous impact in the way of facilitating function and prevention of possible health problems. As Ben Franklin said, ‘an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure’, and in truth I probably don’t know the full effect of adjusting a baby’s spine, as they will hopefully never have to experience the effect of a compromised nervous system; effects such as feeding and digestive issues, colic, sleeping problems, irritability, lowered immunity and coordination problems. These are some of the reasons why parents seek out chiropractic care for their child; however, many children are brought in for their first check up with no symptoms or health issues at all.

A parent may have noticed a lower shoulder or a head tilt to one side. Or the child may seem a bit clumsy.

Consistently we see babies after a traumatic birth. Most often the problems that I see are of a ‘functional’ issue.

There is no pathology or disease, but the body and nervous system are essentially out of balance due to impaired spinal function. The correct nerve stimulation via an adjustment helps to restore the neurological balance that the brain and body are always trying to maintain. It still surprises me that such a little thing as a gentle spinal

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Castlegar’s own traditional Russian dance troupe Kalinka debuted at the USCC talent night at the Brilliant Cultural Centre this past weekend. Kalinka features students from the Grade 8 Russian class at Stanley Humphries, choreographed by Oxana Ivanova.

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It is always great to inform a parent that their child is doing well and there is no need for any adjustment. I always keep in mind how resilient and fast healing children are. However; when there is a spinal or musculoskeletal issue it is essential that any problems are evaluated and corrected as soon as possible by chiropractic doctor.

How can I tell if my child has spinal imbalances?

Just as it is important that you have your children’s teeth checked by a dentist, it is also important to have their spine checked regularly for proper development. Use the following list to check for spinal imbalances: • Have your child bend over with arms dangling forward. When you run your hand over his or her spine, does it curve from side to side?

• Look at your child from behind; does one ear, shoulder or hip appear to be higher than the other?

• Does your child’s back appear to be humped or rounded?

• Do your child’s clothes fit properly; are hems and waistbands of skirts or pants even? Even shoe wear?

How about my infant? ou can also observe your baby to check for spinal imbalances: • When your baby is lying on his back, does his head seem to consistently tilt to one side?

• Does your baby prefer breastfeeding on one side or are there latch issues?

• Does your baby arch her back consistently when crying?

• Is your baby slow to develop adequate neck strength to hold their head up or do they seem ‘floppy’?

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Youth competition helps mark camera club anniversary

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Budding photographers aged six to 15 are invited to participate in the youth competition. Youth aged six to ten can enter one 4” x 6” photo of a pet or pets and youth aged 11 to 15 can enter one 4” x 6” photo of friends. Ribbons will be awarded for the winners of first, second and third in each age category.

The deadline for entries is April 30 at 4 p.m. Entries can be submitted to: Kel Print in Castlegar, Doell Photography in Trail, or Vogue Photography in Nelson.

You’re invited to view the display of all photographs at the Kootenay Gallery. The official opening of the event will take place on Friday, June 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. Throughout the weekend, visitors to the gallery can vote for one loonie to help select the People’s Choice Award. The winner of the loonie prize draw will win a framed photograph by one of the club members.

For more information, entry forms, contest rules and regulations, visit westkootenaycameraclub. com.

Submitted to the Castlegar News The West Kootenay Camera Club is celebrating a special year, marking the 25th anniversary of its annual photo show. The photo show will take place June 5 to 12 at the Kootenay Gallery in Castlegar, coinciding with Sunfest.

In celebration of the club’s anniversary, it will host a youth competition.

The annual photo show is a juried event with qualified judges from varied backgrounds in both photography and the world of art. This year’s judges are from Spokane and Kelowna.

The West Kootenay Camera Club invites photographers of all ages, members and non-members, to enter their image.

Photographers can enter their photos in nine categories: wildlife, nature, human interest, creative images, flowers, plants or fruit, portraiture, architecture, travel and an open category. Ribbons are awarded to first, second and third prize photos in each category.

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Castlegar foundation wants to raise its profile CHRIS STEDILE Castlegar News

Community foundations have been around the West Kootenay Boundary for over 15 years, providing support and driving leadership wherever they are found.

Nelson has the Osprey Foundation, and Greater Trail the LeRoi Foundation but not as many Castlegarians seem to be aware of their own foundation.

The Community Foundation of Castlegar and District was incorporated in 2012 and received charitable status in 2013.

Typically, a foundation will receive donations from local citizens who wish to give back or leave a permanent legacy in their hometown. The capital is never touched but provides a perpetual source of income to meet community needs.

Applications for funds are received annually, reviewed, and successful applicants are notified.

The foundation’s mission statement is to improve the quality of life in Castlegar and district by developing permanent endowments, making responsible grants, and inspiring leadership.

Since its inception, the foundation has delivered sums to a handful of local groups, including the Castlegar and District Community

Services Society, Blueberry Creek Community School Society and Kootenay Family Place.

The last grants were handed out last June and interim president Brian Miller said the next round of grant-giving will occur this spring.

Anyone can become involved with the foundation. Miller himself never thought he would be in his present position.

“I was working at the golf course at the time,” he said. “I heard about the foundation and talked with a friend of mine who was involved with the LeRoi Foundation in Trail.”

His interest grew and Miller was eventually a permanent face at meetings. He’s been involved since inception and is confident if more people were aware of the foundation they would donate and help out.

The foundation lists several ways to contribute: donate to the community fund, name the foundation in your will, leave a bequest or become a member. Memberships are $10 a year and allow you a say within the foundation.

Members may be elected to the board of directors, assist with committees and help steer the foundation’s direction.

All foundation board members are volunteers. Many hold full-time jobs, so their passion and commitment to the foundation is real.

Board members: Back: Tammy Verigin-Burk, Craig McFadden, Roberta Hamilton; Front: Jennifer Priore, Brian Miller, Caroline Kavaloff; Missing are Nicole Beetstra and Cord LaFond.

“Not everyone involved with the foundation is retired,” Miller said. “Especially starting out, being a part of the foundation is a lot of work. I’m part-time at the golf course right now, but most of the board works full time, so it’s very difficult and we don’t have any paid staff at all.”

Their goal is to be recognized as a community champion that provides

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inclusive leadership and involvement for the betterment of the area.

“We don’t want to go out and bug people too much for money, but we give everything back and we’re a totally volunteer-owned organization.

We put out our applications, scrutinize all the applicants, and give out as much as we can each year.”

To put things in perspective, Nelson’s Osprey Foundation, which

amassed over $6 million by 2012, put over $200,000 into their community in one year alone. Osprey has been around for close to 15 years but provides a vision for the Community Foundation of Castlegar and District.

Late last year, past foundation president Bob Jackson approached city council seeking support, although no specific amount was mentioned.

Mayor Lawrence Chernoff says while nothing is concrete, it will be looked at during budget talks.

“Without a doubt in my mind [the foundation] is something we need in the community and it allows people to donate accordingly and will really benefit everyone,” he said.

Miller said the Community Foundation of Castlegar and District is still trying to get their name out but they are seeing interest pick up and more donations are flowing in.

Anyone interested in becoming a member, donating or just curious about the work the board does, can visit their website — currently under construction — at communityfoundationofcastlegar.org.

In addition to the people of Castlegar, the foundation is hoping to involve those in Areas I and J of the Regional District of Central Kootenay.

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Service Changes Effective March 16, 2015  Castlegar: local Saturday service,

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Pre School Easter Party Tuesday March 31 10-11:15am Pre register – $5.00 Selkirk Saints vs SFU (BCIHL Finals) Friday March 13 and Saturday March 14 7:00pm Sunday March15 3:45pm (if necessary) BANTAM Female Provincial Playoffs Sunday March 15 - 18 Come and cheer on our West Kootenay Team!

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Selkirk College Saints goaltender James Prigione was instrumental in both victories over the University of Victoria Vikes in the BCIHL semi-final this past weekend. The Saints will now take on Simon Fraser University in the league championship starting Friday night at 7 p.m. in Castlegar.

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Selkirk College Saints play for BCIHL championship this weekend Submitted to the Castlegar News The Selkirk College Saints disposed of the University of Victoria Vikes in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League semi-final over the weekend and will now compete for an unprecedented third straight league championship this weekend.

The Saints will host the bestof-three championship against the Simon Fraser University Clan. The Clan finished fourth in the BCIHL regular season, but upset numberone seed Trinity Western in the other semi-final with two straight wins. The Saints gain home ice because they are the higher ranked team.

The puck drops on Game 1 at 7 p.m. at the Castlegar Recreation Complex on Friday. Game 2 will also start at 7 p.m. on Saturday and if necessary, Game 3 will be played on Sunday (time to be determined).

Playing before a raucous home crowd last Friday, the Saints triumphed 4-3 in a thrilling overtime game and followed it up with a decisive 4-1 win Saturday to claim the series sweep.

“There’s something about playoffs… the team gets into this mentality where we want to compete hard and it’s all about work ethic,” said defenceman Lucas Hildebrand, who was a key member of the Saints teams that captured BCIHL titles in the last two seasons. “It’s fun to be a part of and I’m having a blast.”

Vikes no easy mark

Before an ample and enthusiastic crowd Friday, the Vikes jumped out to an early lead just over a minute into the game when Cameron Rowat benefitted from some hard work by Carsen Willans and scored on Saints starter James Prigione.

The Saints won all four regular season games against the Vikes, but after the first period of the post season held the 1-0 lead and the edge in play. Prigione made

several key saves in the opening 20 minutes and the Saints were outshot 13-8.

Just under five minutes into the second period, Saints rookie Ryan Edwards got the crowd into the game by putting away a rebound off a shot from Ryan Procyshyn.

The powerplay goal tied the game at one and it would stay that way until the end of the middle frame.

The highlight reel goal of the evening came just over a minute into the third period when Darnell Dyck was sprung on an Arie Postmus breakaway pass at the blueline and scored while being hauled down.

The lead didn’t last long, four minutes later two former Nelson Leafs combined for the Vikes when Willans scored with help from Linden Horswill.

With the Vikes Thomas Cecchi in the box for tripping Edwards on a breakaway, the Saints took advantage of the powerplay. Thomas Hardy poked the puck five-hole on Vikes starter Scott Legault on a scramble in close at the midway mark of the period to make it 3-2 Saints.

The back-and-forth third continued just over a minute later.

Vikes forward Shawn Mueller beat Prigione with a shot just inside the blueline to notch the score at fours.

The Saints came into overtime determined to reward the raucous home crowd, controlling play from the start. Three minutes into the overtime, Edwards’ masterful deflection off a Tanner Lenting point shot emptied the Saints bench in a hurry.

Saints show dominant side Saturday

Another rowdy crowd turned out Saturday night and the Saints didn’t disappoint.

As they did in the first game, the Vikes showed jump in the first half of the opening period. With just over a minute left in the scoreless first, Dyck hit a streaking Logan Proulx with a pass at the blueline

and the Saints captain made no mistake beating Vikes starter Legault to give the home team the advantage going into the dressing room.

Though the Saints controlled play in the second period, Legault kept his team close by making huge stops off Dyck and Edwards in the first half of the period. It was the Vikes who answered first in the middle stanza when an uncharacteristically sloppy defensive play by the Saints led to a Rowat goal with just over ten minutes to play in the period.

The lead would not even last two minutes thanks to a Matt Martin snapshot from the faceoff dot that beat Legault over the shoulder.

Before the period ended, tenacious work by Mason Spear in the corner led to a Jamie Vlanich goal that made the score 3-1.

The Saints would ice the game in the final period when Spear tipped a Vlanich shot from the point on the powerplay to make the score 4-1.

“We kept it simple tonight,” said Hardy, who is in his third season with the Saints. “We went into this game knowing we had a chance to play for the championship at home, so we just kept it simple. It turned out well.”

Three-peat within reach

Since play started in the BCIHL in 2006, no team has won three straight championships. The Saints will have the opportunity to make history this weekend if they can triumph over the pesky Clan.

“Not in my wildest dreams would I have thought we would be in this position,” Hildebrand said Saturday. “When I came here, I didn’t really know what to expect.

This third year has really opened up my eyes to how great this program has become.”

But he said it won’t be easy to add a third title to his resume.

“Winning a championship is hard and this one is going to be at least as hard as the other ones.”

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Zellstoff Celgar Maintenance Shutdown Zellstoff Celgar would like to inform the community that we will be shutting down for annual maintenance beginning Saturday evening. It can take up to 60 hours to shut the mill down completely and during that time there is the possibility of odour being experienced in some areas, depending on atmospheric conditions at certain stages. Celgar would like to assure the public that every effort will be taken to minimize the impact on the surrounding areas and that any odour experienced will be temporary. Your understanding and patience is appreciated and we apologize for any inconvenience.

In Game 4, tempers rose as the Rebels grasped at their last hopes for advancement.

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Beaver Valley crushes Rebels CHRIS STEDILE and JIM BAILEY Castlegar News and Trail Times

After defeating the Spokane Braves in round one of the KIJHL playoffs, the Castlegar Rebels fell in four straight in the division final to the nearly unstoppable Beaver Valley Nitehawks.

The Nitehawks capped the series with a 6-3 win Friday in Castlegar.

The first period looked much more promising than previous games with more back and forth. One goal by B.V. was followed by a Rebels goal by forward Ryan Rosich.

The Hawks came right back with two goals but with one second remaining, Aaron Petten pulled Castlegar back into the game and the period ended 3-2.

The second period was scoreless, but in the third the Nitehawks took a 5-2 lead.

Castlegar’s Ed Lindsey took a shot midway through this final period and scored, but it wasn’t enough.

B.V. pushed one more puck into the home team’s net to win the Neil Murdoch division title and oust the Rebels from the playoffs.

B.V. outshot Castlegar 43-31, going 3-for-7 on the power play, while the Rebels went 1-for-4.

The victory ended the best-of-seven series in four games straight for B.V., who also beat the Rebels 4-2 the previous night.

In the latter match, Castlegar was limited to singledigit shots in each period. The Nitehawks were up 3-0 in the second period before the Rebels got on the board. Yannis Soukas managed a powerplay goal with 14 seconds to go.

Jeremy McNeil made a solid attempt to keep his team in the game with an early third period goal but a fourth goal by the Hawks’ Walker Sidoni finished off the game.

Beaver Valley advanced to play Kimberley in the Kootenay conference final. The Nitehawks are the defending league champions.

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Allison Tew and Lindsey Frew Second year recreation, fish, and wildlife students at Castlegar’s Selkirk College

nimal rights activists have long raised the issue of the ethics of animal trapping and recently the debate has heated up. This time it is centered on the RCMP’s traditional fur hats.

An animal rights group, the Association for the Protection of Fur-bearing Animals, have been determined to persuade the RCMP to retire their traditional hats since the 1970s. The fur hats are made of muskrat pelts. Muskrats are trapped for these pelts and that is where the association’s problem with the hats comes in.

In September 2014, the RCMP gave in to the association’s request and decided to replace their hats with a non-fur alternative.

However, only two days after the RCMP made the announcement, the Conservative government overturned their decision with

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a small compromise; that there would be a significant reduction in the production of the traditional fur hats.

This decision to ditch the hats, although quickly changed, left many people close to the fur trade feeling outraged and abandoned. The fur trade in Canada has been a sustainable and renewable resource, part of our economy and ecology since 1534.

People living in rural communities and many First Nations rely on trapping as an important source of income and food.

Trappers and hunters receive training and are regulated through registered traplines, harvest quotas, hunting seasons, and other means to maintain healthy fur-bearing populations. With our long trapping history, does it make sense to retire the hats so easily?

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The Fur Institute of Canada was founded in 1983, mandated by federal, provincial, and territorial wildlife ministers to advocate for the smart and sustainable use of our country’s fur resources. Many would argue though that the fur industry, at least in Canada, is highly regulated and addresses many of the concerns of animal rights groups.

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Muskrats are not simply trapped for monetary gain or fashion; as a part of managing wildlife, we attempt to keep animals in balance with their habitats and resources.

Muskrats require some level of population management. With a high reproductive rate, they can get out of control quickly and need to be reduced.

The benefit of them being fur bearers is that animals taken out of the population can provide an income as opposed to simply being disposed of.

The sale of pelts provides much needed income to trappers living in rural communities where income opportunities can be limited.

Trapping has long been a part of

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First Nations culture and of the registered trappers in Canada today, over 40 per cent are First Nations.

The animal rights groups have a valuable role to play in today’s society addressing the many examples of cruel and inhumane treatment of animals. The fur trading industry also plays an important role to help manage wildlife, create income, and to provide valuable resources for us to use. It is highly regulated and continually strives to be as humane as possible.

It’s easy to find someone who can extol the merits and faults of both sides of the argument. Do animal rights trump our needs?

Does tradition carry sufficient weight to sway an argument? What do you think?

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Obituaries and Memorials

A PLACE TO REMEMBER LOVED ONES Olga Paula HONEYMAN January 14, 1922 March 4, 2015 Olga passed away suddenly on March 4th, 2015.

Olga was born in Langendorf, Austria but her Dad moved the family to Canada when she was 6 years old. They settled in the Vernon area.

She married Joe Beck and had a daughter, Margaret. A few years after Joe’s death during WW2, Olga married Amos Honeyman and had a son, David. They lived in Kelowna and Lavington before eventually relocating to Castlegar. She remained there after Amos’ death in 1972 but later moved to her mobile home in town.

She enjoyed the trees, garden and beautiful Hydrangea plants. She loved to take photos and share them with everyone. Card games were a favorite pastime with family and friends. Olga was glad to be able to live on her own, saying “if you don’t use it, you’ll lose it”.

Olga will be remembered for her sweet and cheerful nature. She especially loved the Bible and happily spent her life as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Olga was predeceased by both her husbands, Joe and Amos, as well as by all her siblings. She will be greatly missed by her surviving family: daughter Margaret Thomas and son David (Carol) Honeyman; grandchildren: Tracy, Tamara (Rob), Tara, Cory (Carly), Jordan (Brianna), Sandon (Ellesa) & Kal; great-grandchildren: MacKenzie-Lynn, Mitchell, Riley & Flynn; Sister-in-law: Maxine (Roy) McMahon; Brother-in-law: Almer Stanley; as well as many nephews and nieces.

Funeral service to be held on March 14, 2015 at 2:00pm at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses at 1680 Woodland Drive, Castlegar

Yvonne Cecille Magee

Sadly the family of Yvonne Cecille Magee, of Castlegar, wishes to announce her passing at Castleview Care Centre on Thursday, March 5, 2015 after a long fight with Alzheimer’s.

Yvonne was born in Trail, BC on October 21, 1943 to parents Florence and Giacomo Cristofoli. On September 24, 1965 she was married to Kelly Magee and they had one son. Yvonne worked for many years as a receptionist at a local doctor’s office, and in her spare time enjoyed going for walks and spending time with her family.

She is remembered by her son Glenn (Lori), her mother-in-law Patricia, her sister Caren (Joe) and her three brothers Richard (Arlene), Brian (Linda) and Roger (Judy), and their families.

As per Yvonne’s wishes, there will be no service. In lieu of sympathy cards or flowers, it would be appreciated if donations were made to the Alzheimer Society of Canada.

Yvonne’s family would like to extend their thanks to Dr. Merritt, and especially to the entire staff at Castleview Care Centre for their care and support.

Cremation has taken place in care of Castlegar Funeral Chapel.

Dalbert Edward Louis BENINGER January 17, 1932 – February 28, 2015

Dalbert Beninger, born January 17, 1932 in Nelson BC, passed away peacefully in hospice care in Starke, Florida on Feb 28, 2015. He was surrounded by the love and care of his wife Judy and her daughter Vicky.

We know Dall always held all his children, family and friends in his heart even while separated across so many miles.

Dad will be missed by his children: David, Edward, Patricia, Donald and Dwayne.

We will miss your smile, the way you laughed and the times we simply sat and fished.

No service by request. Celebration of life at a later date.

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Mechanics can often detect when an air filter needs to be replaced. If he or she notices the air filter is particularly dirty, then it's probably time to replace it. Replacing the filter is a relatively inexpensive repair for the amount of performance and peace of mind a new filter provides.

IN TOTAL VALUE ON 2015 SILVERADO 1500 DOUBLE CAB TRUE NORTH EDITIONS*

CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 Awarded The Lowest Total Cost of Ownership in its Class by Vincentric ‡ CHEVY SILVERADO HD Awarded The “Highest-Ranked Large Heavy-Duty Pickup in Initial Quality in the U.S. ‡‡” by J.D. Power

AWARD YOURSELF WITH A TRUCK FROM THE LINEUP FULL OF AWARDS

$

UP TO

Includes $4,500 Delivery Credit, $2,420 Package Discount, $2,080 Cash Credit, $1,000 Owner Cash††.

$

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1500 CREW CAB 4X4 MODEL SHOWN

LONGEST PICKUP POWERTRAIN WARRANTY IN CANADA, 60,000 KM MORE THAN FORD AND RAM.+

YEARS/160,000 KM ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ^^

10,000 TOTAL VALUE *

TRUE NORTH EDITION INCLUDES: AND MORE!

See chevrolet.ca For Details

MyLink† with Remote Start Class-Exclusive Rear Vision 4G LTE Wi-Fi® ~ Camera Automatic Locking Rear Differential

DOUBLE CAB 4X4 1WT

135 0%

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Bi-weekly for 24 Months with $2,250 Down Based on a Lease Price Of $30,902**. Includes $1,000 Owner Cash for Eligible Customers††, $4,500 in Credits, $1,000 Discount Credit, Freight & PDI.

OR STEP UP TO

CREW CAB 4X4 1WT

Bi-weekly for 24 Months with $2,250 Down Based on a Lease Price Of $33,857**. Includes $1,000 Owner Cash for Eligible Customers††, $3,500 in Credits, $1,000 Discount Credit, Freight & PDI.

AVAILABLE BEST-IN-CLASS V8 FUEL EFFICIENCY~

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FIRST PICKUP TRUCK TO OFFER BUILT-IN 4G LTE WI-FI†††

ON NOW AT YOUR BC CHEVROLET DEALERS. Chevrolet.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the purchase, lease and finance of a 2015 Silverado 1500 Double Cab 1WT (G80/B30/H2R) equipped as described. Freight ($1,695) and PDI included. License, insurance, registration, administration fees, dealer fees, PPSA and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. ‡ Based on Vincentric 2014 Model Level Analysis of full-size pickups in the Canadian retail market. ‡‡ The Chevrolet Silverado HD received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among large heavy-duty pickups in the proprietary J.D. Power U.S. 2014 Initial Quality Study.SM Study based on responses from 86,118 new-vehicle owners, measuring 239 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of owners surveyed in February-May 2014. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. * $10,000 is a combined total credit consisting of a $4,500 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive) for 2015 Silverado Light Duty Double Cab, $1,000 Owner Cash (tax inclusive), a $2,420 manufacturer to dealer Option Package Discount Credit (tax exclusive) for 2015 Chevrolet Silverado Light Duty (1500) Double Cab 1LT equipped with a True North Edition and a $2,080 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) on Silverado Light Duty (1500) Double Cab LS Chrome Edition, LT and LTZ, which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $2,080 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. Discounts vary by model. †† Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any model year 1999 or newer car that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 model year Chevrolet car, SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between March 3rd – March 31st 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $500 credit available on Chevrolet Spark, Sonic, Cruze, Volt, Trax, Malibu (expect LS) ; $750 credit available on others Chevrolet vehicles (except Colorado 2SA, Camaro Z28, Malibu LS, Silverado Light Duty and Heavy Duty); $1000 credit available on all Chevrolet Silverado’s. Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) to verify eligibility. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. Certain limitations or conditions apply. Void where prohibited. See your GMCL dealer for details. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice. Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any Pontiac/Saturn/SA AB/Hummer/Oldsmobile model year 1999 or newer car or Chevrolet Cobalt or HHR that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 model year Chevrolet car, SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between March 3rd – March 31st 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive): $1,000 credit available on Chevrolet Spark, Sonic, Cruze, Volt, Trax, Malibu (expect LS); $1,500 credit available on other eligible Chevrolet vehicles (except Chevrolet Colorado 2SA, Camaro Z28, Malibu LS). Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) to verify eligibility. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. Certain limitations or conditions apply. Void where prohibited. See your GMCL dealer for details. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice. † MyLink functionality varies by model. Full functionality requires compatible Bluetooth® and smartphone, and USB connectivity for some devices. .**Lease based on a purchase price of $30,902/$33,857 (including $4,500/$3,500 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit, a $1,000/$1,000 manufacturer to dealer Option Package Discount Credit and a $893 Owner Cash) for a Silverado 1500 Double Cab 1WT (G80/B30/H2R) and Silverado 1500 Crew Cab 1WT (G80/B30/H2R).Bi-weekly payment is $135/$145 for 24 months at 0.0% APR, and includes Freight and Air Tax, on approved credit to qualified retail customers by GM Financial. Annual kilometer limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometer. $2,250 down payment is required. Payment may vary depending on down payment trade. Total obligation is $9,271/$9,796, plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $21,631/$24,061. Price and total obligation exclude license, insurance, registration, taxes, dealer fees and optional equipment. Other lease options are available.

Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offer which may notbe combined with other offers. See your dealer for conditions and details. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice.<> U.S. government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). + Based on wardsauto.com 2014 Large Pickup segment and latest competitive information available at time of posting. Excludes other GM vehicles. 5-year/160,000 kilometre Powertrain Limited Warranty, whichever comes first. See dealer for details. ~ 2015 Silverado 1500 with available 5.3L EcoTec3 V8 engine equipped with a 6-speed automatic transmission has a fuel-consumption rating of 12.7 L/100 km combined (4x2) and 13.0 L/100 km combined (4x4). Fuel-consumption ratings based on GM testing in accordance with the new 2015 model-year Government of Canada approved test methods. Refer to vehicles.nrcan.gc.ca for details. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. Comparison based on wardsauto.com 2014 Large Pickup segment and latest competitive information available. Competitive fuel-consumption ratings based on 2014 Natural Resources Canada’s Fuel Consumption Guide. Excludes other GM vehicles. ††† Visit onstar.ca for coverage maps, details and system limitations. Services and connectivity may vary by model and conditions. OnStar with 4G LTE connectivity is available on select vehicle models and in select markets. Customers will be able to access OnStar services only if they accept the OnStar User Terms and Privacy Statement (including software terms). OnStar acts as a link to existing emergency service providers. After the trial period (if applicable), an active OnStar service plan is required. ^ The 2-Year Scheduled LOF Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada who have purchased, leased or financed a new eligible 2015 MY Chevrolet vehicle (excluding Spark EV) with an ACDelco oil and filter change, in accordance with the Oil Life Monitoring System and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 km, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four lube-oil-filter services in total, performed at participating GM dealers. Fluid top-offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc., are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ^^Whichever comes first. See dealer for details.

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Why a clean air filter is important in your vehicle completely. But such a problem only develops after considerable neglect.

Air filters may not need to be replaced at each and every oil change service call. Many technicians advise replacing the filter every 8,000 miles. However, drivers who live in particularly dry and dusty regions may need to replace filters more frequently.

Air filters need to be changed regularly to maintain the right flow of air into the engine and to protect the engine from debris.

Call Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC at 250-365-2155, or visit us at 1700 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar. [License #8917]

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Thursday, March 12, 2015 Castlegar News

presents

An Evening with

Tamara Taggart

The Castlegar News is thrilled to have Tamara Taggart speak at our first annual women’s event. The evening will involve a relaxed, fun environment with wine, appetizers and dessert where women can visit a wide array of booths related to women’s interests as well as listen to Tamara speak.

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