Castlegar News, October 15, 2015

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Fall issue of Route 3 now out The latest issue of Black Press’ popular lifestyles magazine Route 3 is now available on newsstands and at coffee shops around the region.

The cover story by Will Johnson looks at TheLineUp, a live show at Nelson’s Shambhala Hall hosted by Jenna Raider that mixes interviews and performances. It also gives Selkirk College students experience at creating a TV show, as the segments are filmed and posted online.

Sheri Regnier recounts the long history of the Trail Times, which turns 120 this year.

Founded in 1895 by W.F. Thompson as the Trail Creek News, it has undergone several

name and ownership changes but has always been an integral part of the community.

Andrew Tripp takes us on a tour of Route 3 through the West Boundary, stopping at historic buildings and sites along the way, including the Lawless ranch, the Schorn house at Bridesville, the McArthur home in Greenwood, the Rock Creek Hotel, and St. Mary’s Church.

Betsy Kline writes about what might be Castlegar’s greatest jewel: Millennium Park, which boasts soccer fields, playground equipment, natural swimming pools, walking paths, and flower beds. The newest addition is the Celgar Pavilion, a multi-use facility featuring

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Trisha Elliott talks to the founder of Sufferfest, the annual race between Nakusp, Kaslo, and New Denver that includes trail runs, mountain biking, cyclocross, and duathlon events. Created six years ago, the event continues to grow. Participants have tripled and there are plans for a new winter triathlon.

Finally, Craig Lindsay examines how the first year has gone for the Grand Forks and Boundary Regional Agriculture Society’s mobile abattoir since passing inspection. Turns out it has been extremely busy and a boon to local ranchers.

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120 YEARS

Stories include:

Trail Times still going strong

120 Year Anniversary of the Trail Times

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The Lineup - a new addition to entertainment culture in Nelson

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Millenium Park in Castlegar Boundary Abattoir is approved and running Old Boundary houses

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Giant Pumpkin Len Donald grew this giant pumpkin with the help of fish fertilizer, manure, bone meal and some secret ingredients. The marks on the right are from a bear clawing it.

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Get ready, get set, vote!

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A week before the federal election, the organizers behind the Community Voters’ Challenge released the voter turnouts from 2011.

In total nine municipalities and five electoral areas agreed to participate in the challenge, though the electoral areas have been grouped with nearby municipalities for the challenge resulting in nine contestants.

Castlegar has been grouped with areas I and J, and the number to beat is a 61 per cent voter turnout from 2011, the lowest voter turnout of all the competitors.

In some ways that makes Castlegar and areas I and J the underdog of this competition. The winner is the community that increases its voter turnout by the biggest percentage, so Castlegar and areas I and J don’t necessarily need to beat Slocan’s 73 per cent, but it certainly wouldn’t hurt.

Residents will have to engage in some fierce voting to have a shot at winning, and that means no voter gets left behind. Voters should be prepared to offer rides to polling stations, form voting parties, and attest for any voters without the necessary ID. The whole point of the challenge is to get more people out to vote, hopefully by getting them excited about it.

“We think [the Community Voters’ Challenge] has added a whole bunch of optimism in a time ... [when] people look at politics ... either apathetically or with a cynical view,” said Mike Chapman, one of the organizers. “We feel that there’s been a whole bunch of excitement generated, enthusiasm generated here, and we’re just really, really pleased with the numbers.”

So far the prize for the winner is bragging rights, but the Community Voter’s Challenge has also posted a YouTube video on its Facebook page at facebook.com/CommunityVoters Challenge?fref=ts summoning Rick Mercer to visit the winning community and “bless them with a Rick Rant of his own.”

Advanced poll voter turnout across the country is up from 2011, giving some hope that overall voter turnout may be up as well.

Those who didn’t vote in the advanced poles will have from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 19 to do so.

2011 voter turnouts: Slocan—73% Kaslo and Area D—70% Rossland—69% New Denver—67% Nelson and areas E and F—64% Fernie—64% Nakusp—62% Grand Forks—62% Castlegar and areas I and J—61%

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During last week’s city council meeting, Castlegar’s fire chiefs made a presentation to council on the city’s emergency management plan. Although the entire contents are not made available to the public due to privacy (it contains personal contact information for those involved in the plan) and security issues, they gave a thorough overview of the plan.

Castlegar’s emergency plan is British Columbia Emergency Response Management System compliant. It is a comprehensive management system that ensures coordinated and organized response to emergencies.

As such, it supports the following response goals: provide for the safety and health of all responders, save lives, reduce suffering, protect public health, protect government infrastructure, protect property, protect the environment and reduce economic and social losses.

The plan coordinates the city’s response with federal and provincial agencies as well as the Regional District of Central Kootenay and external parties such as School District 20, BC Hydro and CN Rail.

In the case of an incident or threat, the situation is evaluated, and decision is made as to if it is significant enough to enact the emergency management plan. Castlegar’s Mayor, Council, CAO, Director of Corporate Services, Director of Financial Services,

Director of Development Services, Utilities Manager, Operations Manager, Site Commander, Emergency Program Coordinator, Director of Transportation and Public Works, Public Works Clerk and the EMBC Director are all authorized to enact the plan.

If additional site support is required, the emergency operations centre (EOC), located on the second floor of the firehall, will also be activated. City Hall is a secondary EOC location. There are three levels of activation for the EOC. Level 1 – Monitoring. There is a potential for an event to escalate, little need for site support and the event is expected to end in a short time.

Level 2 – Limited activation of the EOC. Used for emergencies that are of larger scale or longer duration, may involve limited evacuations or unique resources. If the event can not be managed at the site, it requires notification of the EOC management team.

Level 3 – Full activation of the EOC. Used for situations that are of large magnitude and long duration. Emergency may involve multiple sites, multiple agencies and multi-government responses.

If it becomes necessary that a local state of emergency be enacted, elected officials are the only ones permitted by law to do so. It is recommended that the Provincial Emergency Program be consulted and their advice sought prior to any declaration being proclaimed.

Communication with the public will be done through the information officer and public officials, who will work together to ensure that one coordinated message is delivered to those at risk and the media.

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Celebrate Small Business Week in Castlegar CHELSEA NOVAK Castlegar News

Community Futures Central Kootenay is teaming up with the Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce for a special Business After Business event.

On Oct. 22, Community Futures and the chamber invite small business owners to join them at Crumbs Bakery Café to celebrate Small Business Week and Community Fu-

tures Central Kootenay’s 30th anniversary.

“It’s an opportunity for business owners in the Castlegar area to get together and network. It’s an opportunity for us to partner with Crumbs Bakery Café, which is one of our past clients, and we’re hoping to educate people a bit about Community Futures,” said Andrea Wilkey, executive director with Community Futures Central Kootenay.

Community Futures’ mandate is to help entrepreneurs be successful and to help com-

munities be economically healthy.

“Examples of support that we provide to business include helping businesses start up or grow, we offer business loans, we offer self-employment training, and we also provide access to business counseling,” said Wilkey.

She encourages small business owners to come out, help celebrate Small Business Week, and meet other small business owners in the community.

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Flu shots are safe, effective, and free for many groups including: • People 65 years and older and their caregivers/household contacts • All children age 6 to 59 months of age • Household contacts and caregivers of infants and children 0-59 months of age • Aboriginal people • Children and adults with chronic health conditions and their household contacts • And more …to view a full list of those who can get their flu shot for free visit www.interiorhealth.ca/FluClinics For more information contact your local public health office, call the Castlegar flu line 250-304-1211 or visit www.interiorhealth.ca

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Four local organizations received funds through the Zellstoff Celgar Community Sponsorship program on Monday.

Jim Crockett, manager of recreation for Castlegar and District Recreation Department, and Kevin Anderson, general manager for Zellstoff Celgar, presented $1,000 cheques to Curtis Klashinsky, president of Castlegar Minor Hockey, Corinne Postnikoff, treasurer of the Castlegar Skating Club, and Mike Johnstone, president of the Castlegar Rebels.

There was also a cheque for the Selkirk Saints.

Castlegar and District Recreation Commission entered into a five-year partnership with Zellstoff Celgar back in 2013.

In exchange for displaying its logos on the sides, top and front of the commission’s Zamboni, Celgar contributes just over $10,000 a year, $1,000 of which is donated to each of the four ice user groups.

“As well we ... take a portion of it and ... we us that for no or lowincome assistance to get kids involved in activities and sports,” said Crockett.

A portion is also put aside in a reserve fund to save for a future Zamboni.

Jim Crockett (left) and Kevin Anderson (right) present Corinne Postnikoff (middle) with a cheque for $1000 for the Castlegar Skating Club.

Jim Crockett (left) and Kevin Anderson (right) present Curtis Klashinsky (middle) with a cheque for $1000 for Castlegar Minor Hockey.

Jim Crockett (left) and Kevin Anderson (right) present Mike Johnstone (middle) with a cheque for $1000 for the Castlegar Rebels.

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Come explore your future at Selkirk College Open House There has never been a better time to check out the multitude of program options and career pathways available at Selkirk College.

The annual Selkirk College Open House at the Castlegar Campus goes November 4th between 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Secondary students from across the West Kootenay and Boundary are invited to come to the campus to explore the more than 60 programs offered.

Parents, high school teachers, career counsellors and all members of the public are also encouraged to check out what Selkirk College has available.

“This is a great opportunity to explore the wide array of programs offered at all of our campuses,” says Aimie Chernoff, Educational Recruitment Coordinator for Selkirk College. “Putting all the programs and services together in one space allows prospective students to get a really solid understanding of what is offered and how to make their educational dreams a reality.”

Selkirk College will have representatives from all programs on hand to provide information and answer questions. Programs from all eight campuses throughout the West Kootenay and Boundary will be featured.

Also attending the Open House will be admissions officers, financial aid, Aboriginal Services, counsellors and current Selkirk students who will act as tour guides. There will be interactive and informative displays set up in the Castlegar Campus “pit” for prospective students to browse. Faculty will be in attendance to chat about some of the amazing educational opportunities that exist.

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Prospective Selkirk College students are invited to come to the Castlegar Campus on November 4th to check out the wide array of opportunities that exist in more than 60 programs. decision about your future,” says Chernoff. “A vital part of the college’s overall mission to provide post-secondary education in our home communities. Both high school and mature students have daunting decisions ahead of them when it comes to choosing a school that suits them best. Taking a closer look at what Selkirk College has to offer can help make those decisions easier.”

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nearing the end of high school, there will also be help in filling out the college application. Those who fill out their application that night will have the $36 registration fee waived.

Campus tours and free refreshments will be provided. There will be awesome prizes up for grabs including tuition certificates, gift cards and more.

The Open House will take place on Tuesday, November 4th between 4:00 pm and 6:30 pm in the main building on the Castlegar Campus. For more information head to www.selkirk.ca/openhouse.

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Editor: Chuck Bennett Publisher: Chuck Bennett Published Thursdays by Black Press Ltd. at Unit A - 1810 8th Avenue, Castlegar, BC V1N 2Y4 Publication Mail Agreement Number 40012905

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I want to thank you for accompanying last week’s bear story with a photo.

For me, seeing the heartbreakingly small body of the juvenile bear with its mother got a message across more powerfully than words ever could: what can we do to more effectively reduce attractants and keep bears and humans safe?

When I saw the photo, I thought about all of the times throughout the summer I saw signs posted warning of bears in the area, and the occasional glimpses of bears I had in town. I also thought about all of the times I walked through my neighbourhood, noticing rotting fruit on the ground in yards and along alleys and streets. At Wildsafebc.com, they note fruit trees are the second biggest attractant for bears after garbage (more than bbqs or compost).

Wouldn’t it be great if we

could reduce the number of bear deaths next year by simply picking up and harvesting the abundance of fruit in town?

The Kootenay Food Strategy Society is working on building a network here with other groups and volunteers to harvest fruit from folks who may have challenges doing it themselves on their property. You can sign up as a volunteer picker or connect with them if you have fruit, berries or other edibles that you could use help collecting at harvest time. By building a local harvest network, we can connect with and help our neighbours, turn wasted fruit into food for folks who need it and save our bears!

For more info, contact the Kootenay Food Strategy folks at www.kootenayfoodstrategy. com/contact or call 250-3655980 Theresa Negreiff Castlegar

A Retrospective Walter Volovsek Piles of snow obscure much of Pine Street and the two buildings that were built across the original right-of-way. On the left is visible the roof of the Fomenoff house (destined to become the library after relocation); and on the right is the Demeo house (still standing after its move and conversion to an apartment). The street was re-installed during the redevelopment of the Oswald property into the Rilkoff Block.

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Pumpkins and Jack-o-Lanterns Every year about this time, people begin to gather pumpkins—either from their own gardens or from the vast array at local stores.

Because Halloween is coming on Saturday, October 31 this Gord Turner year, people are preparing to have pumpkins as part of their indoor and outdoor décor.

In Castlegar, we’re already seeing pumpkins placed on stairwells leading down from the front doors of homes. Others are placed in strategic locations along entry sidewalks or on fences. These pumpkin scenes will become more elaborate as Hal-

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loween gets closer—adding in black cat and witch designs, cobwebs, bats, and tombstones.

Also, as Halloween approaches, carving pumpkins becomes important because once a pumpkin is carved and a candle light installed, it can light up a doorway. A lighted pumpkin announces that a particular household recognizes Halloween and is open for trick-and-treating by children.

Another word for a carved pumpkin is “Jack-o-lantern.” Some young people may not know the word “Jack-o-lantern”, but it has been in place for at least two hundred years. The original term was actually “will-of-the-wisp”, which was used to describe faint lights flickering over peat-bogs. The term shifted over time to “Jack-o-lantern” and likely was coined in Ireland.

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pumpkin-carving contests, and others have massive lighted pumpkin displays. Guinness World records indicates that on October 19, 2013, Keene, New Hampshire set the new standard for most lighted pumpkins on display with 30, 581.

That’s a lot of Jack-o-lanterns in one place.

In our house, we have a tradition of pumpkin carving, usually on the weekend prior to Halloween. We started with our own children many, many years ago. When they were quite young, we helped them figure out the designs they wanted. Then we did some of the carving, helping them get a decent face in the pumpkin. With a candle inserted, the pumpkin could be displayed outside.

A simple Jack-o-lantern is what we aimed for in those days—triangle eyes, triangle nose, and a gash across

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the bottom with triangle teeth. Basically, we used paring knives and spoons. Nowadays, most pumpkins carved are far more complex and intricate, and the carving tools you can buy are quite specialized. For example, to feature a stencilled picture on the face of a pumpkin, you tape the design where you want it and use a sharp dart-like device to outline it with fine pinpricks.

Nowadays, our grandchildren arrive on a Saturday and sit down with us at the kitchen table with a batch of pumpkins. Sometimes their parents help them draw designs on the pumpkins with felt pens. If our grandkids’ patience holds, they add bits of left-over pumpkin shell for ears and cut holes for various head and facial features. The faces can be ordinary, evil-looking, or humorous.

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carving contests are based on the use of a single pumpkin. You can cut up the pumpkin any way you want, use pieces of orange skin for ears, and create horns and other protrusions using pieces cut from the pumpkin for the face design.

However, you can’t add beads or toothpicks or glue or hair unless the contest is listed as “open”.

An interesting idea has the carver cutting the pumpkin’s major opening from the bottom and removing the innards from there rather than from the stem-top. That way you have more pumpkin-hide to work with, and it’s less messy. When you place the candle inside, you can simply put the candle on a flat plate and lower the Jack-o-lantern over the plate and candle. However, you still have to create an air-hole at the top near the stem to allow the candle to keep burning.

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Letters

Working towards overcoming divisions

We all have a lot of work to do so we can talk to each other after the federal election on Monday.

It seems elections descend into a race to ingroup, out-group tribalism awfully quickly, even though Canadians generally seem to value diversity and difference of opinion—outside of elections.

Religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, and economic circumstance seem all to be fair game when trying to score a point against a political opponent.

Some religious symbols are used as a wedge so we are distracted by our differences rather than united by our commonalities.

How tragic and unreflective of Canadian—and in our case, Christian—values.

Difference is good; division hurts. Dialogue sheds new light; debate leads to defensiveness.

Speaking to our values helps us understand each other; speaking from positions only polarizes us further. Action based on fear is hurtful and harmful.

Conflict, once resolved, can lead to understanding and healing; unresolved conflict leads to disease and distrust, and there is already too much of those.

Communities across Canada will have a lot of work to do to recover from the heated and hurtful rhetoric we hear—and share—during elections.

For our day jobs, we work with communities to

focus on love, hope, and peace. Our communities include diverse viewpoints and disagreements— and often for good reason. But we do our best to honour these disagreements rather than convince one “side” it is wrong and the other right. And when members of our communities speak to their interests and values, rather than from firm positions, we recognize that we are all human.

We all have needs for joy, beauty, honesty, selfexpression, compassion, connection and so on.

Each of us is on a journey toward wholeness and none of us is there yet.

So that’s why we want to host a public forum on overcoming our divisions. We want people of all stripes and political and religious convictions to meet face-to-face, look another person in the eye, and seek to understand. We will invite whomever is elected as our MP to come and observe how we will recover from the divisiveness that dominates the media and the talking points coming from the party leaders.

Please watch for details on social media and in the paper.

Elizabeth Huether Priest, St. David’s Valhalla Parish, Anglican Church of Canada Greg Powell Minister, Castlegar United Church

In this election, Canadians should vote for fair elections We need a voting system that gives fair and accurate representation of the votes cast (proportional representation).

For the last four years we have been governed by a “majority” government that was elected by 38% of the voters. This has not

fairly represented Canadian interests.

It is not wise to vote on the basis of any one single issue, however, establishing a fair voting system should factor highly in our priorities this election.

A fairly elected government

would allow the concerns of all citizens to be heard and would make it possible for the necessary debate and negotiation that characterizes a working democracy.

Dave Carter Castlegar

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

OCT

2015

Upcoming OCTOBER CASTLEGAR SENIORS ACTIVITIES AT THE COMPLEX Monday: 10:00 Darts 1:00 Whist 9:30 Floor Curling (starts 14th) Tuesday: 9:30 Floor Curling Carpet Bowl 1:00 Crafts 1:00 Line Dancing 7:00 Pool Wednesday: 9:30 Floor Curling 10-11:30 (October 1st only) Driving Over 80 9-11 Tech Learning Centre Oct 14 and 28 10:00 Coffee Talk 2 &30 10:00 Raspberry Hi Coffee 16th 1:00 Rummoli Thursday: 9:30 Floor Curling 10:00 Zone 6 AGM 15th 1:00 Bingo, not on 3rd Oct 1, Free Bus rides over 80 2:00 General Meeting on the 1st 3rd 2:00 Tea Dance 15th Friday: 10:00 Qi Gong 1:00 Crib

This page is for community, charity or fundraising events that are free (or nearly so) that run at the editor’s discretion. Dated events take priority. If you have previously posted an event and want it to run again, provide an up-to-date version with contact details to newsroom@ castlegarnews.com, drop off at our office at Unit A - 1810 8th Ave in Castlegar or call us at 250-365-6397.

OCTOBER 19: The Ostomy Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. at the Kiro Wellness Center, 1500 Columbia Avenue, Trail. Guest: Esther Brown discussing and showing slides on her Diabetic Education trip to Guatemala. For more info, please call 250-368-9827 or 250-365-6276.

OCTOBER 21: Castlegar Garden Club Annual General Meeting, 7 p.m. at the Community Complex. Find out what’s happening in 2016. New members always welcome. Information: wendy.eggleton@icloud.com OCTOBER 22: Robson Recreation Society Annual Borscht Dinner, Robson Hall 5-7 p.m. Homemade borscht and bread, refreshments and apple crisp, $7.50 per person, $4 for children five and under. Take out borscht available for $10 quart Thursday afternoon. All proceeds to upgrades at Robson Hall.

OCTOBER 31:Halloween at the Pass Creek Hall: 11 am to 2 p.m. at 1987 Pass Creek Rd. Free event. There will be a pizza lunch from Thors Pizzeria, a movie, and popcorn. Bring a blanket and pillow to get cozy during the scary movie.

ROBSON FLEA MARKET is open all summer. Sundays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Breakfast served until food runs out.

Crafts, collectibles and much more.

Call Elke to book a table: 250-3657022.

BLUEBERRY BOTTLE DRIVE: Please drop off refundable bottles and cans at the Blueberry School.

All donations go towards funding programs and events at the school.

MYRA DUFF WILL BE HOSTING SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS: For information about the Heart Support Group please call Myra at 250-3656369.

BILLETS: Castlegar Rebels looking for billets families for players (16 to 20).

Please call Mel Rinas 250-365-5596.

GRACE COMMUNION 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.

HEART SUPPORT GROUP will meet the last Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m.

1507 Columbia Ave Castlegar 250-365-2955 1995 Columbia Ave Trail 250-364-1208

SELKIRK WEAVERS AND SPINNERS GUILD: meets the third Wednesday of each month at the Doukhobor Discovery Centre, 10 to 11 a.m. followed by show and tell.

COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK The food bank needs donations.

Cash, cheques and food items can be dropped off during food bank hours or at the Station Museum.

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

More info: 250-365-3662, or see kootenayfamilyplace.org

THE SHARING POT DINNER The Sharing Pot Dinner begins serving its hot dinners on Tuesday Sept 29 at 12 noon downtown at the Cadet Hall. The hot meals will be offered every Tuesday throughout the year.

No charge.

TWIN RIVERS COMMUNITY CHOIR Thursdays 7:00 – 9:00 PM The Twin Rivers Community Choir has resumed in the basement of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 713, 4th Street, Castlegar. New members are welcome.

CASTLEGAR A.A. MEETINGS AT THE PIONEER ARENA Sunday at 10 a.m.; Tuesday at 7 p.m.

(Dennis 250-365-2738); Wednesday at noon (Dan 250-359-7817) Thursday and Saturday at 8 p.m. (Jim at 250-365-6216 or Alex 250-359-7031) and Saturday at 8 p.m (Len at 250365-7805).

AL-ANON MEETS EVERY MONDAY 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.

CASTLEGAR-ROBSON LEGION MEAT DRAW: Every Saturday in the Lounge.

4-6 p.m. Guests must be signed in.

ST. DAVID’S & UNITED CHURCH THRIFT SHOP: located at 605 Columbia Ave. Stock includes clothing, sh oes,bedding,linen,books,household items and sewing,knitting & craft supplies. Regular hours are Tues. to Thurs. 10:00am to 4:00pm. Fri. & Sat. 10:00am to 1:00pm. Closed Sun.Mon. and Stat. Holidays. Come check our Fall/Winter arrivals and Specials. Clean donations accepted during working hours only”.

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OCTOBER 17: Kootenay & Boundary Food Producers Co-op Launch Party at the Taghum Hall, 10 km west of Nelson Map Link: http://taghumhall. ca/map/. From 6-10:30 pm. Food enthousiasts are welcome to share a community potluck dinner followed by a KBFPC presentation and discussion at 7 p.m. Then at 8 p.m. the party starts! Live music will feature Ronnie Hayward on stand up bass, guitar and vocals. Other musicians are welcome to join him for a little local jam. Sample a “taste of the Kootenays” by local food producers and processors products during the evening.

OCTOBER 17: St. Rita’s Catholic Church CWL Tea and Bazaar. 1-3 p.m. Bake table, crafts, basket raffle and more. Admission $4. Bring a friend.

Simon Laurie 250-365-1585

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Ongoing THE NEW LIFE CHURCH (behind the Castlegar Primary School) will be serving hot nutritious meals for people in the community every Thursday. Doors open at 3:45 and the meal will be served at 4:30 p.m. Please use the basement entrance at the back of the church. For info phone 250365-7500.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS BOTTLE DRIVE: The annual Castlegar Special Olympic bottle drive is on now. Drop off at 2908 Columbia Ave. Special Olympics promotes an active lifestyle and better quality of life for persons with disabilities through their participation in sport. Thank you for supporting our Special Olympic athletes.

Please send items to

newsroom@castlegarnews.com

Charissa Hackett 250-304-4373

Chad Williams 250-304-5241

Pat Klohn 250-365-1731

Larry Peitzsche 250-608-3017

Tammy Peitzsche 250-365-9640

Connor McCarthy 250-304-4781

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CASTLEGAR HOSPITAL AUXILIARY TREASURE SHOP is offering for sale quality furniture, household items, clothing (plus sizes), footwear, books, monthly silent auctions and many other items. Donations are received Wednesdays and Saturdays only. See castlegarhospitalauxiliary. org. Open Mon-Thurs and Sat. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Enquiries 250-365-7317.

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

FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELLING for problem gambling; Castlegar Community Services Call 250-6082254.

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.

Marnie Pettit 250-304-3564

Tyler Gienger 250-304-7865

James Kereiff 250-304-8970

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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.

Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) Fall Programs: Community Learning Place Settlement Services for NewCastlegar Library comers Tuesdays from noon - 3 pm Contact Corinne at 250-687-4714 Mother Goose (0-12 months old) castlegarsettlement@cbal.org Castlegar Library ESL Family Time Wednesdays 10-11 am (Starting Kootenay Family Place Oct.14 ) Mother Goose (toddlers Fridays 10-12noon & preschoolers) Scrabble Club Castlegar Primary Campus Castlegar Library Thursdays 9-10 am Starting 6:15-7:45 pm Oct.15 2nd Tuesday of the month Tech Learning Place Love 2 Learn (iPad support) Castlegar Primary Campus Castlegar Seniors Centre Fridays 8:45-10:00 am (Starting 9-11 am Oct.9) Sept. 23, Oct. 14, 28 For more info Contact Alana at Nov. 4, 25, Dec. 2 , 9) 250--687-4983 English Language Classes or email: castlegarcoordinator@ Castlegar Library cbal.org Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:30-11:30 www.cbal.org am (Childminding on Thursdays)

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Thanksgiving is the perfect time for reflection. It’s a time to look back on all of the bounty and blessings that we have. A time to realize how fortunate we are to live in such a great nation as Canada. A time to realize that the standard of living we have grown accustomed to Betsy Kline can only be dreamed of by most of the world.

We have our gizmos and gadgets, nice cars, comfortable homes, name brand clothes, vacations, video games, smart phones, cable, internet the list could go on and on. Most of us enjoyed a plentiful Thanksgiving meal surrounded by family or friends. We ate until we could eat no more. We feasted on the abundance that we are fortunate to have.

But what about those who aren’t so blessed?

What about those who are struggling due to job loss, disability, mental illness, disease, or any of the myriad of reasons that can make life hard?

Do we in our abundance sometimes forget those who have less?

Our local food bank is frequently struggling

financially. Donations are down, needs are up.

Time and effort must be spent on fundraising events. When the organizations that are trying to help those who are suffering are themselves struggling, those who need help the most suffer more.

Castlegar is an amazing and generous community that we are all fortunate to be a part of. It has been said that a society can be judged by how it treats its weakest members. With the Thanksgiving holiday still in our hearts and minds, I think it is a great time that we as a community share what we have with those weaker members.

A yearly budget of $60,000 enables the Community Harvest Food Bank to continue the current services it offers, including the typical food bank services, several hot meals each week and an emergency shelter.

What would it take to meet that budget? Castlegar has 3,200 households. If each household donated $18.75 per year, the budget would be met. That is the equivalent of $1.56 per month.

Annually, that is like giving up one trip through the fast food drive thru, four lattes, a movie ticket and popcorn or one meal at your favorite restaurant.

Not much to ask when one considers the bounty that surrounds us.

Monetary donations for the Community Harvest Food Bank are the most useful and can be mailed c/o 301- 32nd Street, Castlegar, BC V1N3S6 or dropped off downtown at the Station Museum.

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YARD WASTE COLLECTION YARD WASTE COLLECTION The City of Castlegar & Waste Management are offering a curbside yard waste collection program in October and November this fall. Yard waste (leaves, grass clippings, branches, tree or hedge The City offlowers, Castlegar & Waste Management a curbside collection program trimmings, plants and other organics)are willoffering be collected at theyard curbwaste and then transported to in October and November this fall.

Yard waste (leaves, grass clippings, branches, tree or hedge the City’s yard waste compost site. trimmings, flowers, plants and other organics) will be collected at the curb and then transported to the City’s yard waste site.

Yard and garden wastecompost placed at the curb will be collected on the following dates:

Yard and garden waste placed at the curb will be collected on the following dates: October 13th & November 10th, 2015 - NORTH Castlegar

(north of Highway 3 including Woodland Park Area) October 13th & November 10ththe , 2015 - NORTH Castlegar

(north of Highway 3 including the Woodland Park Area)

October 14th & November 11th, 2015- SOUTH Castlegar (south of Highway 3) October 14th & November 11th, 2015SOUTH Castlegar (south of Highway 3)

Place your yard waste at the curb just prior to 7:00 a.m. on your collection date.

Place your yard waste at the curb just prior to 7:00 a.m. on your collection date.

To participate:

To participate: (The program does not apply to  You must be a resident of the City of Castlegar. commercial businesses or outlying areas) (The program does not apply to  You must be a resident of the City of Castlegar. commercial businesses or outlying areas)  CRIMP compostable (100% biodegradable) yard waste bags are available free of charge from City Hall at 460 Columbia Avenue. Bags must be tied off, if twine is used it must be CRIMP compostable (100% biodegradable) yard waste freewaste of charge  compostable.

It is recommended that you double CRIMPbags bagsare to available ensure yard will from City Hall at 460 Columbia Avenue. Bags must be tied off, if twine is used it must be be contained. compostable. It is recommended that you double CRIMP bags to ensure yard waste will be contained. cans may be used as long as the containers are identified as having yard  Garbage  

waste in the container. Containers must have lids. The maximum weight per container is Garbage cans may be used as long as the containers are identified as having yard 23kg (501bs). waste in the container. Containers must have lids. The maximum weight per container is 23kgpruning (501bs).

Tree waste shall be bundled with compostable twine. Individual bundles shall be

no longer than 1.0 metre (3 feet) in length with bundles having a maximum diameter of 0.5 metre (1.5waste feet). Maximum allowable diameter is 50mm (2 in).bundles shall be Tree pruning shall be bundled withbranch compostable twine.

Individual no longer than 1.0 metre (3 feet) in length with bundles having a maximum diameter of 0.5 metre (1.5 feet).

Maximum allowable is 50mmon (2 the in). dates above your yard and garden waste andbranch place diameter at your curbside  Gather according to your location in North or South Castlegar.  Gather your yard and garden waste and place at your curbside on the dates above Alternatively, the Cityto of according yourCastlegar's location in Yard North Waste or SouthComposting Castlegar. Facility located at the north end of the Castlegar & District Recreation Complex at 2101 Sixth Avenue is open to receive yard and garden wastes during year.

Alternatively, the City of the Castlegar's Yard Waste Composting Facility located at the north end Yard andCastlegar garden waste is accepted and includes theat following of the & District Recreation Complex 2101 biodegradable Sixth Avenue iswaste: open to receive yard and garden wastes during the year.

1 waste Grass.islawn and hedge clippings, weeds, leaves, and vegetable stalks Yard and BIN garden accepted and includes theflowers, following biodegradable waste:

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Please note thatyard this waste program for yard and garden waste If your is inisplastic bags, please remove theonly bag (rocks, dirt, stumps, sod, construction demolition or other related wood products including painted or treated wood, pots, animal waste, household garbage including waste sod, or Please flower note that this program is for yard and garden waste only (rocks,kitchen dirt, stumps, recyclables, other such materials will products not be accepted). constructionStyrofoam, demolitionoror other related wood including painted or treated wood, flower pots, animal waste, household garbage including kitchen waste or For more Styrofoam, information contact Waste at (250) 365-6372 or recyclables, or please other such materials willManagement not be accepted).

the City of Castlegar at (250) 365-7227 For more information please contact Waste Management at (250) 365-6372 or

The West Kootenay Roller Derby held an open house on Thursday, putting new recruits—or fresh meath—through the grinder and also challenging veteran players to show their stuff.

Photos by Chelsea Novak

Fresh meat for the roller derby Chelsea Novak Castlegar News

The West Kootenay Roller Derby is gearing up for a new season and held open houses for fresh meat on Monday, Oct. 5 and Thursday, Oct. 8.

Fresh meat is how roller derby girls refer to fresh recruits, and the fresh meat was put through the grinder on Thursday night, skating innumerable laps while they learned the skat-

ing basics, including t-stops, plow stops and crossovers to help them get around the corners of the oval roller derby track faster.

Among the fresh meat was Kirsten Stevenson from Rivervale.

She found out about West Kootenay Roller Derby because she happened to be in the bar when the roller derby girls were having their year end party. One of them told her about fresh meat and she de-

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cided to try out.

“I’ve wanted to do it for a few years. I always just worked out of town and never had the ability to commit, and now I do and I’ve just had like two kids in a year and a half, so it’s going to be good exercise,” she said.

Both open houses were hosted by Castlegar’s Dam City Rollers, but also included members from the Rossland Trail Roller Girls (RTRG).

The league used to have up to eight teams, but as interest in the sport has wained, its down to just the two, who will play against teams from another league once the season’s bouts get under way.

Stevenson said she’d be happy to join either team, provided she makes the cut.

Roller derby veterans were also on the track Thursday night, putting the fresh meat through their paces and offering tips.

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Cheyanna “shyRAMasaurus Wrex� Shypitka, or Wrex as she’s usually called on the roller derby circuit, is a member of the Dam City Rollers and this is her fourth season playing. She’s been interested in the sport since the league first formed. “I lived in Salmo when the first teams started forming and they started talking about roller derby as a sport in the Kootenays in about 2008 or 2009, I wanna say,� said Wrex. “And by 2010 there was the start of a team in Salmo and I was pregnant, and I couldn’t join. I also wore glasses and I had laser eye surgery done specifically so that I could

play roller derby without having to wear glasses.�

Corrine “Sweet Vengeance� Tarasoff also plays for the Dam City Rollers and this is her sixth season.

She joined after moving from Nelson to Castlegar. “I used to do MMA and kickboxing and stuff like that, and I was still looking for a sport to have some physical contact,� she said. “And it was interesting joining a sport—coming from a sport mainly with guys—to mainly with girls, and it’s been incredible.�

Asked what they like most about roller derby, both Wrex and Sweet Vengeance mentioned sisterhood. “It is a family outside your family,� said Sweet Vengeance. “Plus that, you get to hit people.�

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Top-L: The Club’s two student exchange students, Andrea and Jan, helped batch the 700 dozen roses for delivery. Top-R: Club member Franca Berdusco prepares roses for delivery.

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A dozen beautiful roses delivered to you is a nice surprise, and Castlegar Rotary Club members were out delivering surprises all last Tuesday.

This year marks the 20th anniversary for the Castlegar Rotary Club’s popular Rotary Rose sale.

The project was started back in 1995 by Rotarian Dave Gairns as both a fund raiser and a means of saying ‘Thanks’ at Thanksgiving to coworkers, friends, and family.

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Members of the Club delivered the roses to businesses in the greater Castlegar area during the day, and to homes in the evening.

Current Rose Committee Chair Dave Williams reports, “In our first year we sold around 70 dozen roses, and this year we delivered over 700 dozen.”

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Transfer of land to settle debt The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has acquired 26 ecologically significant conservation areas from The Land Conservancy of British Columbia (TLC), including one propery in Castlegar.

This transfer of lands is part of the TLC’s plan to sell many of its properties in order to deal with its debt.

In Castlegar, the NCC aquired the Woods Family Property, a 78.3 acre parcel that is habitat for bighorn sheep.

These high-priority conservation properties contain some of the most significant habitats for biodiversity in BC, including species at risk and vulnerable rare ecosystems. Spanning forest, wetland and grasslands, these lands provide habitat for migratory birds, grizzly bears, salmon and many other native wildlife.

For more than a year, NCC has worked with The Nature Trust of BC, TLC and others to find a way to ensure the conservation status of TLC’s high-priority conservation lands and provide for their long-term stewardship.

Some of the 26 properties will be transferred to The Nature Trust; final details about subsequent transfers are still being worked out.

The properties are located all across the province.

“The Nature Conservancy of Canada was extremely motivated to ensure these important properties remain protected, and to uphold the expectations of the donors who had originally contributed to their conservation. We

are committed to providing for the long-term stewardship of all our conservation properties, and we are honoured to assume responsibility for these special places,” said Nancy Newhouse, acting regional vice president for the BC Region, Nature Conservancy of Canada.

“The Nature Trust of BC is pleased to be working with TLC and NCC on conserving TLC’s ecologically significant properties,” said CEO Jasper Lament. “Through this partnership The Nature Trust will be taking responsibility for some very special places from Vancouver Island to the Rocky Mountains. We are committed to ensuring the lands transferred to us will be conserved for future generations.”

“The transfer of properties to NCC and TNTBC is the culmination of months of diligent work to see TLC’s ecologically sensitive properties protected through appropriate new ownership while raising funds needed to repay creditors,” said Briony Penn, TLC Board Chair.

“Essential to TLC’s successful restructuring has been our partnerships with other land trusts and societies. We wish to thank NCC’s and TNTBC’s directors, staff and volunteers for being a part of the solution.”

The Nature Conservancy of Canada is the nation’s leading land conservation organization, working to protect our most important natural areas and the species they sustain. Since 1962, NCC and its partners have helped to protect more than 2.7 million acres (over 1.1 million hectares), coast to coast. Over one-third of these acres are in British Columbia. www.natureconservancy.ca/bc.

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October 1st: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 7:00 pm REGISTRATION BLITZ for ALL leagues, Men’s, Women’s, Mixed & Retirees. Will follow the AGM. Contact us to find out more about our new Open League on Tuesday nights.

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Rebels Darren Medeiros scores first goal of game with this wrap around.

Rebels in pink dampen Summerland Steam spirits

On Saturday Oct. 10 in front of a home crowd, the Castlegar Rebels snuffed out the Summerland Steam filling the space between their pipes with pucks.

The final score was 5-3 in the Rebels favour.

The Rebels scored in the first two minutes with a nice wrap around the net by Darren Medeiros, assisted by Chris Breese. But then the hockey fans were treated to a real two for one: Tyler Barrett showed off his fighting skills after been goaded into a mixed martial arts confrontation with the Steam’s Calvin Hadley. The Summerland player was incensed by a clean check laid upon him by Barrett.

“He asked me to go and I thought why not. I hit him and he didn’t like it,” said Barret about the scrap.

The Steam tied the game up on a power play with a goal by Jarrett Malchow with 4:41 left in the first period.

The second period was started with the Steam scoring in the first minute. The Rebels, with the help of their outstanding goalie Joseph Mcleod, took control of the scoreboard letting the big LED lights flicker like Christmas lights as the Rebels scored three in a row. Darren Medeiros, Anthony Oliverio and Nick Headrick all scored for Castlegar.

Summerland came out strong in the third period, but even with five power play opportunities including 40 seconds of a five on three advantage when both Vince Btonti and Daniel Petten shared the Rebels penalty box bench, they were only able to score once.

Rebels Dallas Goodwin cemented the win for Castlegar with a shot that beat the Steam Goalie to put the Rebels on the scoreboard again with a minute and a half to go in the game.

“Lots of pressure out there; nice to see guys sacrifice their bodies to block shots, doing the extra to get pucks out, good team effort,” said Rebels coach Jesse Dorrans.

Addressing the five power play opportunities given to the Steam in the third period, he said, “you know it’s the referee seeing it differently than everybody else in the rink, and then he makes the judgement calls and we have to live with them.”

Dorrans also pointed out the work of Mcleod.

“Joseph every time he steps in-between the pipes he gives us a fighting chance every game.

Top: Dallas Goodwin celebrates 5th goal for Rebels near game end.

Bottom: Castlegar Rebels Tyler Barrett (in pink) takes on Steam’s Calvin Hadley.

“They outshot us tonight, but when we had chances we capitalized on them. I was really happy with the forecheck tonight. I think the shots on net are a little inflated with the power plays. Overall I thought it was a really really competitive hockey game between two good hockey teams.”

The Castlegar Rebels are still tied for first place with the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in the Neil Murdoch division of the KIJHL. Both teams have an eight wins and two losses record for the first 10 games of the season. The Rebels have three games this week including home games at the Castlegar Complex on Wednesday October 14 with the Nelson Leafs and a Saturday game with the North Okanagan Knights October 17.

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Castlegar racers dominate Northport International raceway championships for 2015. LeeAnn Zaitsoff won the 2015 Hornet champion (youngest track champion in history); Zach MacKinnon won the 2015 Kart champion while Darren Dudley won the 2015 Modified champion, followed by Gordon Zaitsoff second and Stacey MacKinnon third.

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SYRINGA PARK BOAT RAMP CLOSURE Access to both Syringa Park boat ramps will be closed to the public from Monday, October 5 to Friday, October 23, as improvements are made to the southern ramp. This closure is necessary to ensure the safety of workers and the public during construction. The boat ramps will reopen for public use on Saturday, October 24. Please use the Anderson Point boat ramp during this closure.

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BC Hydro will be hosting an open house to provide an update on the Grohman Narrows Channel Improvement Project and ask for feedback from the public.

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next phase would take up to two years and would be subject to regular re-evaluation of the project impacts, costs and benefits.

The ice is in and the Castlegar Curling Club is gearing up for another great year of curling. With curling happening almost every day and night, the rink is being prepared for another busy year.

“Come on out and have fun,” said club president Ron Anderson. “We are open for new people that want to get involved in the sport. Our club is all about introducing the sport to people and making sure they get out there and have fun.”

The season will kick off with an open house and fun night at 7:00 p.m. on October 16. Everyone is invited to participate in this night of free curling.

The next event will be a Curl Canada learn to curl clinic on Saturday, October 24. It is open to anyone who wants to learn more or try curling for the first time. If there is enough interest, they will also run a strategic and skip development clinic at the same time. For more information, call Bob at the curling rink at 250-365-6666.

The schedule for this year is similar to previous years. The men will take to the ice Monday and Wednesday eve-

nings, the ladies on Thursday evenings and the mixed league will play on Friday evenings.

Tuesday night is fun night, with a variety of games being played. Being introduced this year in Castlegar and at the next olympics is doubles curling, a game played with only two players per team, and no sweepers. Another Tuesday option is sturling, where delivery of the rock is done with a stick, eliminating the need for squatting or bending. The remainder of the sheets will be used as a fun league, any combination of players is welcome, as are those who are just learning or wishing to improve their skills.

The retirees play on Monday through Thursday mornings, with enough teams in the league to allow each team to play two games per week.

The club also has a vibrant junior league that plays on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school. Junior curling combines skills development with game play. All equipment is provided with the exception of shoes and the cost is only $25 for the season.

The club will host four bonspiels this year: mixed in mid January, men in early February, retirees in mid February and ladies the first weekend in March.

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In Loving Memory of

Tim Fominoff June 8, 1941 - October 16, 2014 Our lives go on without you And nothing feels the same No one can know our heartache When someone speaks your name Sad are the hearts that love you Silent teardrops fall Going on without you Is the hardest part of all You did so many things for us Your heart was kind and true And when we needed someone We could always count on you The special days will not return When we were all together But with the love within our hearts You’ll walk with us forever….

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Passed away peacefully at Talarico Place Care Centre on Monday, October 12, 2015 blessed with 87 years of life.

Funeral Services will at the Brilliant Cultural Centre on Monday, October 19, 2015, from 10:00 AM until 12:00 Noon followed by interment in the Brilliant Cemetery.

Arrangements are in care of Castlegar Funeral Chapel.

Linda Riemer (Watson) May 6, 1949- September 30, 2015 Linda passed away in Penticton BC on September 30, 2015. Linda will be forever remembered by her four daughters, Tracy (Robert), Sandra, Kerry, and Johanna (Patrick) and her eight grandchildren.

A celebration of Linda’s life will be held at the Legion in Castlegar BC at 11:00 a.m. on October 17th.

It is with great sadness and much love that we announce the passing of Darwel Ian Rae on October 6th, 2015 at the age of 73.

He was born in Edmonton, Alberta on March 22, 1942. He started his working career as an electrician with Cominco at the age of 19, ten years later the Celgar Pulp Mill employed him. His working years were spent as an electrician He is survived by his daughter Michelle Snelgrove (Todd) his sons Mike, Mark (Angela), Myron (Trixie), blended children Rick and Shelley, his grandchildren Jesylin (Damon), Amanda, Vanessa, Myka, Hazel, Devon, Nyam, and great grandchildren Hailey and Jaiden.

A gathering of family and friends took place on Sunday October 11th at the Genelle Hall.

A special thank you to Dr. David Larocque for his care to the end, 3rd floor medical staff at the KBRH, Castlegar home support, and most of all his family.

When someone you love becomes a memory. . . that memory becomes a treasure.

Dearly loved and missed, your family.

Clifford Gordon Tipping With heavy hearts the family of Clifford Gordon Tipping, of Castlegar, wishes to announce his passing at the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital on October 6, 2015, blessed with 88 years of life.

Cliff was born in Nelson BC on October 3, 1927 to parents Nellie and Roy Tipping. His working life started early, when as teenager he delivered milk for his parents. Cliff went on to work for Kootenay Forest Products and then went on to having a rock crushing business and the Tip Inn Motel.

The vast portion of his working life was spent as a tug boat operator at Celgar.

Cliff loved the outdoors and spent much of his time fishing, camping, hunting and boating on the Arrow Lakes on their houseboat, Tippy’s Tub. His passion was spending time with his family and friends. Cliff’s absolutely greatest passion was playing cribbage, he never declined a game and after playing an amazingly huge number of games, he was proud to have had a “29” hand 3 times. He very much enjoyed collecting firewood and keeping his wood stove stoked, when not wintering in Arizona (snowbirds). Cliff loved making wine and having happy hour, where “everybody danced with a pink lady” He was predeceased by his loving wife Dorothy on February 16, 2014; his son Roy in 1975; his sister Irene Conroy in 2010 and his brother-in-law Ed Conroy in 2013.

Left to mourn his loss are his daughters Susan (Gord) McCartney, Cindy (Frank) Shlakoff and Patti (Ian) Hill; his son Kim Tipping; 10 grandchildren; 4 step-grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; 7 step-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins and a very large circle of friends.

Cremation has taken place in care of Castlegar Funeral Chapel.

An Open House will be held at the Kinnaird Hall on Saturday, October 17, 2015 from 2pm-4pm.

Donations in Cliff’s Memory may be made to the Royal Canadian Legion, Castlegar Branch, 248 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar BC V1N 1G4.

The family would like to extend their heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Edge, to the 3rd floor nursing staff and to the housekeeping staff of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital.

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Motion Canada, a leading distributor of industrial MRO (maintenance, repair and operation) replacement parts, and the largest Bearing and Power Transmission Company in NA is currently recruiting for an Outside Sales Representative position for the West Kootenays, covering primarily Trail and Castlegar. This exciting and challenging position reports into the Branch Manager, and will be responsible for generating increased revenue for the Branch through customer sales.

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Digestive difficulties are a pain in the gut

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“We received a call for an assistance,” said Corporal Jason Burndred.

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Members of the RCMP went out, along with the British Columbia Ambulance Service. They located a deceased man at the hot spring.

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Religion

Where we came from makes a difference Editor’s note: The Castlegar News has previously run a religious column and will be running one regularily again.

Castlegar Baptist Church Pastor Tom Kline “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” – Genesis 1:1 The Bible begins with a statement of great importance and meaning. Man has grappled with the question of his origin for centuries and has come up with some pretty outlandish theories.

Egyptian myth postulated a primeval ocean upon which appeared an egg.

From the egg was born the sun god, and the sun god had four children: Geb, Shu, Tefnut and Nut. From the rivalries of those god-born children of the sun the creation took place. The ancient Babylonians, Greeks and other cultures had scenarios that follow a similar mythical vein. The most recent of these myths is of course is evolution.

The interesting thing is that none of this theorizing is necessary because we have a direct statement from the One who created the universe. The first two chapters of Genesis give us many details about God’s creative process. When we

understand that we are not just a product of a series of random accidents over Notice of Tax Sale billions of years, we can begin to under-Notice is hereby given NOTICE OF ADOPT that pursuant to the INTENTION Community Charter TO and the Local Government Act, the C stand the meaning and purpose of life.of Castlegar will be conducting the Annual Tax Sale of lands for delinquent taxes at 445 13 th Ave REVITALIZATION TAX EXEMPTION BYLAW, NO 1221 We are not just intelligent animals that Suite 101, Castlegar, British Columbia commencing at 10:00am on Monday September 28, 2015. live 80 or so years whose sole goal is to is Council a list of of properties within the City of Castlegar to tax sale at September 11, 2015 The the City of Castlegar wishes to establishsubject a revitalization taxas exemption program be as happy as we can be. Your creatorfollowing in order to create an economic stimulus that will encourage capital investment, expand the comhas a great interest in and purpose for Property Address Legal Description property tax base, enhance the visual appeal of commercial properties within the City your life and desires a relationship withFolio mercial and create economic growth opportunities throughout the City. you. When life is lived in concert with th Lot 13 & 14, Block 17, Plan NEP650, District Lot 181, PID 016-1 the way God designed there is wonder-00030.000 416 9 Avenue 250,this 016-159-276 The program is intended to accomplish objective by providing a tax exemption to commerful fulfillment and blessing. th Avenuethroughout the LotCity.

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Time to bring on the beer!

CHELSEA NOVAK Castlegar News

The second annual Beer Fest will take place at Selkirk College on Saturday, Oct. 24.

Shannan Laktin, the Beer Fest committee chair, says the event gives attendees the chance to taste “craft beers and ciders from around the province.”

There will be nine BC breweries and two cideries represented at the event: Nelson Brewing Company Torchlight Brewing Company Fernie Brewing Company Cariboo Brewing Granville Island Brewing Steamworks Brewing Mt. Begbie Brewery The Whistle Brewing Spinnakers Brewery BC Tree Fruits Cider Summerland Cidery

There will also be live music by Robsonborn musician Reiss Zibin.

The event is being hosted by the Castlegar Sunrise 2000 Rotary Club, and they have plan in place to get everyone home safe.

“There’s a free shuttle from the event to the Element, and we can provide a safe ride home for people that need it,” says Latkin.

Admission is $20 in advance and $25 at the door, and includes admission to the Element for the after party and one free beer token. Additional tokens are $2 each, and can also be used to purchase food.

Tickets can be purchased at Selkirk College Bookstore, Bubblee’s Liquor Store, or Oglow’s Paint.

Can you trust the NDP?

His own “policy backgrounder” says he would, “… develop a more effective, better managed system of firearms registration.”

Thomas Mulcair Policy Backgrounder, page 3 Before the current election campaign started, Mulcair also said, “I think that it is possible to provide the police with the tools to better protect the public and themselves by making sure they’re able to follow every gun ... That’s our bottom line.”

Toronto Sun, July 25th

If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, maybe it’s a duck?

Mulcair ordered all NDP MP’s to oppose scrapping the useless gun registry in 2012.

and fold over the newspaper and use it in the movie.”

And that is what is on the following page.

“We think this is a great project for Castlegar and we wanted to be able to help,” added Bennett. “We are hoping it doesn’t confuse people too much, but even if it does, we just felt it was something we needed to do. Plus we are pretty excited about getting to see the Castlegar News in the movie.”

Hollow In The Land is being filmed in Castlegar.

The film is written and directed

by Scooter Corkle, who is formerly from Castlegar.

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Mulcair severely sanctioned MPs who dared vote for their constituents and against the NDP party line.

The long-gun registry cost Canadians over $2 billion and didn’t save a single life. Mulcair still pushes such expensive useless schemes.

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Mulcair’s NDP also voted against every other effort by the Conservative government to simplify our overly complex and ineffective gun regulations.

Cranbrook office: October 20 Golden office: October 28 Nakusp, Emergency Services Building: October 29 Castlegar office: October 30

Should British Columbians trust Mulcair’s NDP?

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Join us for a webinar, October 16.

Mulcair must maintain his base in Montreal and Toronto to retain power; they are the people who favour even more and stricter gun controls.

Register for the webinar at cbt.org/openhouse2015.

Do Mulcair’s policies reflect BC or Quebec?

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When the producers of the new movie being filmed in Castlegar approached the Castlegar News about using the newspaper in the movie it seemed liked an easy thing to do.

They only needed the front page, and while that seems simple enough, it isn’t quite as easy as it looks.

Well, actually it is easy, but it isn’t cheap.

“That’s when we started to get creative,” said Chuck Bennett, the newspaper’s publisher.

“What we came up with was the idea to create a fake or second front page in the paper that they could then take out

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Is he telling the truth?

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One year ago today, under the cool sky of the coming fall tragedy struck the otherwise quiet township of Robson, BC. Just outside the gas station known to locals as Johnny’s, the drug filled Keith Miller struck the attendant on shift. The son of the prominent Balkoff family- Eli Balkoff. Happening just across the river from Balkoff Pulp and Paper, the scene was especially devastating.

Months prior to the accident Eli’s father, John, pushed his son to take the position at the gas station in order to teach the youngster the value of hard work and humility. Something he says is the cornerstone of his success. The attendant position was Eli’s first job at the young age of only 16 and though there is no way to predict if disaster would strike, John and Helen still let the blame hang on them. “I don’t regret the decision,” says Balkoff, “but it definitely is a weight on our family.”

Now those reading this may question the legitimacy of this article and ask themselves if they know who the Balkoff family is, or even if there is another pulp mill across from Johnny’s that doesn’t bare the name Celgar. Well those queries would be more legitimate than this article. If you have not heard, there is a film being made in Castlegar by the name of Hollow In The Land. We are that film, typing these words today and the Castlegar News has amazingly allowed us to print this “front pager” for our film. Huge thanks to them!

This piece you are reading will be featured in the film itself and contains a couple clues to our plot.

Perhaps you can pick them out! The art department always gets to write these fun blurbs for the props in the film and on this one, you get to read it too.

All the sponsors on this page have been gracious too us as well, and though there are many, many

more to list, we would like to personally thank them for all the support and excitement they have brought to the project.

This film would not work without this support and we cannot thank everyone enough. And those who have not made it on this page, please do not feel left out, there is more reciprocation to come!

We simply cannot include everyone. I have personally been so overwhelmed with gratitude during our prep and cannot wait to start the production.

Everyone on our team has fallen in love with the Koots hospitality, that is for sure!

And for those who have auditioned with us, and put yourselves on the line, do know that your courage is humbling. I have gone to auditions myself

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and they are incredibly difficult, so please be proud of yourselves and keep that stick on the ice if you do not get a part. Casting is a messy process that searches to find the perfect fit for each character and this is a very small window.

There were hundreds of amazing folk who came out to audition, or sent in tapes, or just wanted to be involved as an extra and we applaud every one of you. That said, auditioning hundreds of people for only 16 roles means that not everyone will be chosen, and although I wish we could cast more people, this is the nature of filmmaking. Thank you again to everyone involved and we hope to see you on set or in the theater! Speak very soon - Scooter Corkle, writer/director.”

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Yukon Gear Hunting Jacket and Pant L to 2XL 75-3356x