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Look who’s coming to Golden ...

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The Summer Kicks concert series is celebrating 10 years of entertainment this year with some great shows lined up for the season, which “kicks� off on June 17 in the Spirit Square.

Facilitated through Kicking Horse Culture (KHC) and curated by Executive Director Bill Usher, Summer Kicks had its inaugural show “down by the bridge� a decade ago, before there was a spirit square. “We had about $15,000 in the reserves and I thought - let’s spend some of this money and front-load the idea of summer concerts ‘down by the bridge,’ � Usher says. “We had five shows that first year and over the next three to four years, we [KHC] found the money to host them through sponsorships or fundraising – wherever we could. Some years there were only two shows because that was all we had money for.�

“It’s really a coup for us here in Golden. There are some really big name entertainers out of NYC that support this program� ... “It’s more than teaching kids about theatre; it’s also about encouraging them to become good people.�

Eventually, under a new council, Usher said the Town really got behind the idea of the concerts and offered to contribute so that KHC could host nine to 10 shows per year.

The 2015 Summer Kicks concert series features a wide variety of artists.

Usher says he makes his choices for the

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The season brings to Golden, the John Welsh Band – a “jam band� with folk, surf rock, reggae and Latin sounds; new age pop group Rococode; Cannery Row with Gary Comeau, a gumbo of rootsblues-Latin-jazz; and Sofiella Watt & The Huckleberry Bandits. “Sofiella played up at the KHMR day lodge this past winter and was very well received,� Usher says.

The lineup also includes the “phenomenalâ€? world music of Ayrad; El Grupo Cubana Brisas del Palmar, who bring their traditional Cuban rhythms to Golden for their third time; Còig, “a young super groupâ€? out of Cape Breton; Oysterband, a folk-based British band that has been playing together for decades; and Juno Award winner Gary Fjellgaard. “There is something for everyone,â€?

Usher notes.

A notable addition to the lineup is the 52nd Street Project’s Teen Ensemble

presentation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. According to their website, www.52project.org, the 52nd Street Project aims to bring together youth from the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, a neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, with theater professionals to create original theater. The primary activity of the Project is to present free theater to a general audience. “The Project’s deeper purpose is to use the art form of theater to engage the children’s imaginations, broaden their means of expression, and increase their sense of self worth, their literacy skills and their appreciation for the arts,� states the site. “It’s really a coup for us here in Golden. There are some really big name entertainers out of NYC that support this program,� says Usher. “It’s more than teaching kids about theatre; it’s also about encouraging them to become good people.�

Usher explains that the group was referred to Golden by the Banff Centre

staff, who recommended this community as an equally good place to bring the performance. “We are really excited to host their performance at the Civic Centre and it will be a once-in-a-lifetime trip for some of them.�

When asked about his favourite Summer Kicks memories, Usher’s face breaks into a smile. He recalls an encounter from a few years ago where he ended up chatting with a tourist from Saskatchewan. “She said, ‘Thank you. I felt like I dropped into town and was invited to family reunion – like I was welcomed into a family party.’ � says Usher. “She was enjoying the ‘scene’ of families, elderly, and children and said, ‘Everyone is enjoying each other. That has made this the highlight of my holiday.’ “That’s when I thought, ‘It’s working!’ �

Summer Kicks begins on June 17 in the Spirit Square with headliner the John Welsh Band. Local artist Will Wardwell will also perform. For more information, visit kickinghorseculture.ca.

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Kicking Horse Kayak Festival

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From June 12 to 14, some of Golden’s avid kayakers are reviving the Kicking Horse Kayak Festival. Open to all levels of paddlers, the festival has something for everyone because of the “unique geography” of the Kicking Horse River.

by Kris King Special to Golden This Week Over 35 years ago, the first white water rafters set the stage for what would become a thriving rafting industry in Golden and the Rockies. Back in those days, there were no helmets and very little safety equipment. Those same raft guides came back year after year and eventually started to white water kayak the rivers of the Rockies. Those who were even braver kayaked the Kicking Horse River.

Today, the Kicking Horse River attracts thousands of recreational rafters. With all the rafters comes the need for river guides who come from all over the world. Many come to this area to white water kayak.

From June 12 to 14, some of those avid kayakers are reviving the Kicking Horse Kayak Festival and hope it will be the first of many. The festival is open to all levels of paddlers from multiple disciplines like solo

canoe, raft and kayak.

The festival is hoping to attract 50 to 70 participants from all ages “who just love to paddle,” says event co-organizer Erik Shore. “The aim is to introduce people to the Kicking Horse River who might not otherwise come to paddle here because of its big water reputation. This festival and river has something for everyone because of the unique geography of the Kicking Horse River.”

Indeed, the Kicking Horse River features gentle moving water for beginner paddlers and impressive class three and four waters through winding canyons. Because of the scope of abilities of participants, Shore says put-ins will reflect those abilities for the skill level of the river.

“We will host some fun group start times races at the middle and lower canyons,” says Shore. “But really, this festival is just a great excuse to bring friends and new friends together to explore one more thing that Kicking Horse Country has to offer for

the adventure-minded person.”

Shore, a local raft guide, says the festival has already attracted a surprising amount of support for a first year festival.

“Local businesses and national brands have signed on to donate big prizes, safety equipment, food, evening entertainment and safety equipment. There are also a host of volunteers who will provide on river safety and shuttle service for festival goers.”

“Those who were even braver kayaked the Kicking Horse River.”

The Kicking Horse Kayak Festival gets underway on June 12 with a registration evening at the Rockwater Grill and Bar. On the morning of June 13, there will be a group paddle of the upper Kicking Horse River, with a lunchtime barbecue at the Kicking Horse Rest Area on Hwy. 1. In the afternoon, there will be races on the lower

sections of the Kicking Horse depending on water levels.

“But, if water levels are too high we will move the race to the upper section of the Kicking Horse River,” says Shore.

In the evening on June 13, there will be an awards ceremony, auction and live entertainment with local DJ’s Riley J and DJ Dhalberg at the Rockwater. On June 14, the festival will feature a mid-morning, group fun paddle on the upper Kicking Horse River.

Camping will be located at the Golden Municipal Campground with shuttle service being donated by Glacier Raft Company.

There will be two pickup locations – one at the campground and one in the College of the Rockies parking lot.

For more information and to register, visit the Kicking Horse Kayak Festival 2015 Facebook page. Registration includes camping, barbecue, entertainment and shuttle service and is only $30 or $45 with a T-Shirt.

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Happy 21st Birthday ...

Megan Janet Crandall-Swaffield Publisher Reading Cat Gibbs’ article on Growing through Gardening, and how she relates the lessons learned there to her own personal life and parenting, I couldn’t help but reflect on my own life as a parent.

They say you’re only as old as you feel. Well, today, I think I’m feeling my age.

You see, today is the 21st birthday of our oldest daugher Megan. My my, how time flies. Seems like only yesterday she was a little ball of spikey black hair.

Having a child and becoming a ‘mother’ didn’t necessarily happen at the same moment for me, or maybe it’s just that I wasn’t sure I trusted my own ability to be a bonified parent. Taking her home i8IBU BSF UIFTF QFPQMF that first day, I was UIJOLJOH MFUUJOH NF MPPTF terrified that I would XJUI B OFXCPSO w surely drop her on her melon. What are these people thinking, these medical professionals, letting me loose with a newborn child ... oh wait, that’s my newborn. (What do you mean there’s no manual?)

I remember the first bath. On my own. Just me and baby. I nearly worked myself into a frenzy with the bath water, and towel, is the water warm enough, maybe too warm, close the door so there isn’t a draft, is it warm enough in here. Come on, I told myself, I can do this. (Good grief, it’s just a baby.) Off with the diaper and into the tiny tub, a little washcloth, along we went until she must have gasped the tiniest bit on a piece of air or something, arms flailing up and down, and well, that was it, I was grabbing the phone for 911. She recovered in about a fraction of a second, and I can recall the look on that baby’s face as I nearly put myself into some kind of fit. Total deadpan, as those big brown eyes looked up at me, as if to say, “you gonna be alright lady?”

The first kid brings so many firsts. The first chapter into parenthood. First step, first word, first birthday, first cell phone, first date, first to graduate. And for me, it truly sent me into a seeing myself in a completely different role, a wild ride for some, a gentle float for others.

This journey of parenthood started with many unexpected turns.

Happy Birthday Megan. It’s been an amazing 21 years - watching you grow, learn, and laugh as you chase your dreams with the power to achieve anything you set your mind to.

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And you thought honey just tasted good ...

Carrie White Editor If you have read my writing before, you know that while I strive to write introspective and well researched editorials, I also love to share the crazy/ funny/weird/awesome things that happen in my life. It’s my way of sharing some insight into me with you, dear reader, with the hope that we can get to know each other better.

And so I begin what will likely become a series of rants with the topic of skin care and my struggles with it over the years.

Disclaimer, I know that there are those out there that really suffer seriously with acne and skin issues and it is not my intent to belittle that in any way. This can be a very real and painful issue for some and I don’t pretend to know what others are going through or suggest that my problem is bigger or worse. There are also people who sell and use skin care products they swear by and I support that – it just isn’t for me.

My skin was not great as a teen.

Pimply even. Not quite like the Pimply Faced Teen in The Simpsons (a.k.a. the Squeaky Voiced Teen who Homer once called “soooo greasy”), but still bad enough to make me extremely self conscious.

I’m not sure if it was my strict diet of chips and Pepsi, hormones or the use of a can of hairspray a day (I had one of those big bang haircuts for some time – you remember, ladies of my generation) that caused my blemishes. Whatever it was, I tried everything to get rid of them, to no real avail. I was stuck with this face through high school until I had about a year or so of relatively clear skin – just in time to graduate. Oh, except for that hideous large breakout right on my chin the day before prom.

In college, an even worse diet (I was no longer at home getting fed regularly, you see) and the addition of parties,

alcohol (I was of age!) and sometimes very little sleep, probably fueled those pesky zits. But I kept buying skin care products to try and kill them off.

“What’s wrong with me?” I would wail into the mirror. “I’m in my 20s now, isn’t acne supposed to stop after high school?”

Alas, I was to discover that it would never really go away and required years of trial and error when it came to the perfect skin care regime. I tried regular soap, specialty soap, Neutrogena, Oil of Olay, Clean and Clear, Spectrogel … you get the point.

In my early 30s, I began to realize that the majority of these products actually made my skin worse. I also began to realize that diet, exercise and stress levels contributed heavily to my skin’s condition. I was somewhat able to control it, but my blemishes never really went away.

Over the past few years, I began to have issues with breakouts again. I couldn’t believe it.

“What’s wrong with me?” I wailed into the mirror, earlier this year. “I’m almost in my 40s! Isn’t this supposed to go away after my teens?”

I was tired of spending money on products that didn’t work! I decided to take matters into my own hands. I began the long – sometimes overwhelming – search for natural skin care with Dr. Google.

There are so many opinions out there.

So many. So after sifting through what seemed like hundreds of articles and blogs on “natural” skin care, I decided to try the three things I kept seeing the most: honey, apple cider vinegar and coconut oil. I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical. Ok, hugely skeptical.

Here’s the regime: Wash face twice a day, morning and night, with honey. I have two small jars, one is just honey

and one is a honey and sugar mix for exfoliating a few times a week. Mix equal parts apple cider vinegar and water and use as a toner after face washing. I do this twice a day. It’s a tiny bit smelly, but the scent doesn’t last.

Moisturize with coconut oil. I don’t go overboard on this one because I have oily skin, but the oil is surprisingly light and doesn’t leave a greasy feeling on my skin.

That’s it. After all these years, and hundreds of dollars on products, I have the best skin I have ever had and it is so cheap and easy to maintain! Of course, I have to keep an eye on the honey as my partner in crime happens to have a penchant for good honey, and he was a little put off when I first came to bed smelling like vinegar, but even he has seen a difference and told me so – much to my delight.

I guess there is something to this whole “natural skin care” thing. I am now a believer.

So, if you are like me and have tried everything else, I recommend the honey, vinegar, coconut oil regime. It’s easy, it works and it’s the epiderm-y of inexpensive skin care – sorry, couldn’t resist!

“If you have read my

writing before, you know that while I strive to write introspective and well researched editorials, I also love to share the crazy/funny/ weird/awesome things that happen in my life.

It’s my way of sharing some insight into me with you, dear reader, with the hope that we can get to know each other better.

And so I begin what will likely become a series of rants with the topic of skin care and my struggles with it over the years.”

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Barrel racers saddle up in Golden

by Carrie White &EJUPS t (PMEFO 5IJT 8FFL On May 30 and 31, riders come from up and down the valley – and beyond – descended on Golden to take part in the Delbert Johnson Memorial Barrel Jackpot.

The event, put on by the Golden Light Horse

Club, is in its third year and club president Shelley Black says it was a great success.

“The weekend was fabulous, we had amazing riders and some really great times,” she says. “We had a lot of return riders who said they would come back because we put on a first class show and that’s all thanks to the volunteers and the people that were a part of it.”

Black says the club hopes to be able to host the event for many years to come.

“I’m very proud of our community, from the businesses we had behind us to the support we got from spectators and the bike club. We’re going to continue to do this as long as we can and keep the west coming to our town.”

There was a strong local showing at the

event, with Erica Pfisterer taking first place in 4D PeeWee Barrels for both days and Lukas Pfisterer nabbing first in 4D PeeWee Poles on May 30 and first in 1D polls on May 31.

See more photos on pages 9-10.

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photos by Carrie White

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In Mint Shape!

Wake up your tastebuds with fresh mint. It makes an amazing smoothie, together with lime juice and other ingredients.

by Judith Thibault, Eat Pure Mountain Market Special to Golden This Week

Peppermint owes its distinctive flavor and therapeutic properties to menthol, which leaves a fresh taste in the mouth.

The compound is absent from spearmint, which is used only for taste and has no effect on digestion. (The two species, however, are often confused.)

Peppermint (Mentha piperata) has purplish green stems and lance-shaped leaves veined with the same colour. Small violet flowers grow at the tips of the branches.

Peppermint is the strongest tasting of all mint species.

Spearmint (Mentha spicata), sometimes called garden mint, has shiny grayish-

green leaves and a strong odour. Almost round, they have very little down. The flowers are purplish.

Peppermint essence can contain up to 92-per-cent menthol, which is believed to have a number of medicinal properties. It is said to alleviate colic, gallbladder problems and spasms, to be an antiseptic, a tonic, an expectorant, a stomachic, and a digestive.

Mint grows so profusely in temperate regions that it can become a nuisance.

There are about 25 different species. Mint plants can intermingle and “interbreed� quite readily, so if you grow more than one type, you can end up with all manner of mints - most of which won’t taste or smell as nice as the parent plants. They won’t be as medicinally active either. So attempt to keep your mints separated or at least in different beds or pots in the garden; they are not good bedmates.

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On May 31, Golden’s girls got to spend the day with four Olympians at the second annual Fast and Female Camp Chat.

The event, held at the Golden Arena in association with Golden Sport 4 Life, saw girls aged eight to 18 dance, play and be motivated and inspired to live a healthy life. The young ladies were treated to some one-on-one time with luger Alex Gough, short track speed skater Jessica Gregg, long track speed skater Danielle Gregg and long track speed skater Heather McLean.

Co-organizer Vicky Wilson says the event was a great success this year, with 50 girls coming out to participate.

“Having four ambassadors was great as we were able to place one with each group of girls, allowing the participants to spend the full day with an Olympian,” says Wilson.

Wilson says the girls put a lot of energy into all of the activities.

“They all had big smiles on their faces, and we had some great questions for our ambassadors from ‘Have you had any big crashes?’ to ‘Where was the best place you competed at?’ My favorite comment of the day from one participant was ‘This is awesome. I wish we could have more of these like three times a year, no once a month, no every week!’ ” Wilson says the ambassadors enjoyed themselves too, commenting that they wished there had been a similar program when they were growing up.

“And, we are very fortunate to have some amazing women in Golden who truly stepped up to the mark and volunteered their time to make this event a success.

Nicky Mac and her instructors from Shape Up Fitness lead the Zumba and circuits, Kisa Glaiser and some of the women’s hockey team members took on the girls in ball hockey and Jessica Pyper wrapped the day up with an amazing yoga wind down.”

Wilson says Golden Sport 4 Life would also like to acknowledge IGA, Overwaitea, Kicking Thyme Catering, DJs Paper Place, Blue Bird Cafe, Golden Dollar Store, Off the Wall, Minaldo’s, Brent’s Board Shop, Darkside, Kicking Horse Embroidery, Higher Ground, Jungle Room and The Wolfs Den. “We definitely want to build on the

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success of this event and are considering hosting similar events in the future,” says Wilson.

“... we are very

fortunate to have some amazing women in Golden who truly stepped up to the mark and volunteered their time to make this event a success.”

Anyone who would like to get involved in similar events is encouraged to contact Golden Sport 4 Life via Facebook.

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Photos by Carrie White and Mark Baxendale

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Fast and Female continued from pg 13

Photos by Carrie White and Mark Baxendale

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Kicking Horse passholders receive discount down under Resorts of the Canadian Rockies partners with Treble Cone Ski Resort in Wanaka, New Zealand Submitted by Matt Matt Mosteller Senior VP Marketing & Resort Experience, Resorts of the Canadian Rockies Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, Canada’s largest privately owned mountain resort operator, is proud to announce a new partnership with Treble Cone Ski Area in Wanaka, New Zealand. All 2014/15 and 2015/16 Fernie Alpine Resort, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Kimberley Alpine Resort, Super Pass and RCR Rockies season passholders will receive 50% off single and multi-day lift tickets at the partner resort during the 2015 and 2016 Southern Hemisphere season. Members will be able to simply show their season pass at the partner resort to obtain the discount.

“... Treble Cone shares a passionate audience of international skiers and riders with Resorts of the Canadian Rockies.”

Resorts of the Canadian Rockies operates six destination ski resorts, featuring some of the best variety for terrain in North America as well as the most snow and most vertical in the Canadian Rockies.

As the largest ski area on New Zealand’s south island, with 700m of leg burning vertical, a reputation for fun natural terrain,

spectacular views over Lake Wanaka and the snow-capped Southern Alps, and having been awarded NZ’s Best Ski Resort at the World Ski Awards in 2013 and again in 2014, Treble Cone shares a passionate audience of international skiers and riders with Resorts of the Canadian Rockies.

C.A.A.T.S.

Columbia Area “A” Television Society

Annual General MEETING Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:00 p.m. at College of the Rockies

‘We’re excited to partner with RCR to align Treble Cone with the reputation, terrain, snow and overall experience offered by mountains including Kicking Horse and Fernie, and to assist our passionate local skiers and riders and also RCR’s to enjoy some of the best available off-season

skiing’ Nick Noble, Treble Cone Marketing Manager.

Other member benefits include special package rates for lodging, lifts, activities and air through Ski Travel Company.

Please visit the Ski Travel Company website for more details and special packages.

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Golden Hospital’s newest nurse ‘glad to be home’

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There’s a new face at the Golden Hospital. New, but definitely familiar. It’s that of Karmela Tress, a recent graduate of the Registered Nursing program at University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO) in Kelowna.

Karmela (daughter of Glen and Chiara Tress) grew up here in Golden, graduating from Golden Secondary School in 2010.

When considering where to apply for university, she chose Kelowna because it was a smaller city, and she had at least some degree of familiarity there because they had spent a lot of time in the area growing up - camping, skating - typically three weeks every summer. She and her family love the area, making UBCO an obvious choice for schooling.

“The environment at the Golden Hospital is very supportive...�

Despite loving the Okanagan, Karmela is happy to be finished with school. “I’m so glad to be home,� says Karmela. “I like Golden, and I missed my family. Saturday nights at Grandma Maria’s (Maria Longo) are the best, and it’s often a pasta night.

There’s nothing better in the world than my grandma’s sauce. Sometimes she makes fresh pasta and some pesto, but it’s the sauce that is the secret. She cooks all day, and I love it. She would always make food for me so I could have it when I was away at school, but there’s nothing like sitting down to the table at Grandma’s for a home-cooked meal.� “My interest in nursing really began in 2007,� she said, “when my dad was in a bad accident and had to be hospitalized in both Golden and Calgary. I was able to observe first-hand the experience of a very serious situation, and the role a nurse plays in caring for patients. He was hospitalized again in 2010, due to more complications from the accident, and overall he spent a fair bit of time in the hospital. The local nurses we have here in Golden are amazing, and now I get to work

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Karmela did part of her practicums in hospitals in Kelowna and Vernon, and gained experience observing in such rotations as ’acute medical, pediatrics, maternity and psychiatry.’ She also spent time in the surgical unit and the public health centre.

Working in Golden has been great so far, she says of the practicum opportunities here in the Golden Hospital. “Doctors and nurses are all different, everyone has their own individual way of doing things.�

As part of the nursing program, Karmela did some practicums at the Kelowna and

Vernon hospitals, observing in wards like paediatrics, maternity and physiatric, to name a few, and in 2014, completed the ESN (employed student nurse) program of 28 shifts, here at the Golden Hospital.

Fortunate to have had the opportunity to fulfill some of her required practicums locally, rural medicine is Karmela’s ‘specialty’ of choice. “Working in a rural hospital like this one, there’s so much more opportunity to experience a wide variety of situations, and to broaden my skills.�

Karmela is currently participating in what’s called a “New Grad� program,

where the hospital receives funding designed to give new graduates some practical experience, somewhere in the neighbourhood of 144 hours.

What’s the best part of the day? When I say goodbye to my patients, and they ask ‘are you going to be here tomorrow?’ That makes me feel like I’ve made a positive difference, like I’ve done something good.

There can be lots of challenges too for a nurse, and there’s one in particular for Karmela that she takes seriously. “Working in my own hometown is an added responsibility for me. Not only are people patients, but many are people I’ve grown up with, they’ve been part of my life as far back as I can remember. It’s personal for me, and I want to do my best in every situation.� “But I love working here, in Golden. The environment at the Golden Hospital is very supportive, everyone works as a team.

And truly, nursing is about teamwork. The doctors and nurses here are amazing, and I feel like they have a special commitment in always learning, and an interest in helping me learn. Things have to be delegated and prioritized during any shift, and often re-prioritized, but learning is always important.� “There might not be a long-term opportunity here for me just yet, but this is definitely where I want to be.�

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Celebrate ‘Transformation’ at upcoming festival

by Carrie White &EJUPSJ t (PMEFO 5IJT 8FFL

“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.” – Lao Tzu, philosopher and poet of ancient China.

From June 26 to June 28, all “heartcentered and open-minded people” are invited to attend the first annual Conscious Goddess Festival in Parson, B.C. at the Go Organic Sports Ranch. The three-day grassroots event will feature speakers, workshops, vendors, performers, artists, shamans and yogis. This year’s theme is “Transformation.”

Festival co-creator Tammra Broughton says along with keynote speakers from Vancouver, Calgary and Ontario, the event will offer quite a few workshop presenters.

“We had over 40 applications for the presenter spots but, as it is a first year grassroots festival - meaning no loans, investors or commercial sponsors - we are starting small so we could not even accept even a quarter of the applications, which made it really tough to choose.”

Tammra is a Registered Nutritional Consulting Practitioner, a Neuro-Linguistic Programming Master Practitioner, an Advanced Time Line Therapy Master, an NLP Advanced Counsellor and a Certified Hypnotherapist. She produced a live online radio show for five years called Living Proof Radio and has been a professional DJ and event planner since 1998. She also mentors and coaches individuals on how to live healthy and create more

choices and flexibility in their lives using personal development techniques.

“We have an opening and closing ceremony with Grandmother Kaariina and yoga with local Chandika Yoga teacher Melissa Knoop, and of course we have some wonderful performances with some of your favorite local talent and even international talent.”

The festival is also hosting a few live art installations, a tea house, a chill/ integration tent and a few sacred wisdom circles for journaling, healing and processing with self and with each other.

“And well, there is nature for days, and time in nature, is time with pure beauty and soul.”

Tammra feels it’s important that everyone knows that The Conscious Goddess Festival is not just for women “It is not a feminist rally, it’s not a retreat or a women’s camp – it’s a festival and a safe place for us to celebrate the rising of the Divine Feminine and the grounded Sacred Feminine Inner-G,” she notes.

“And because this is a Conscious Goddess event, it wouldn’t be balanced if we did not celebrate the Divine and Sacred Male Inner-G; our protectors and our Warriors.

We all have female and male aspects to our being and we are celebrating all of that.”

Tammra is the “FoundHer” and visionary and her festival partner and co-“foundher” is Rebecca Mears, owner and life coach with Catching Fire Coaching.

“Rebecca is helping me with everything from graphics, coaching, facilitating, organizing volunteers and workshops. That is only just a small part of what she has

already done and will do,” says Tammra.

“This festival wouldn’t have made it to this stage without her and I am very grateful.”

Tammra explains that the concept came from a combination of her own life experiences. She spent years putting on events with Golden Delicious and DJing, while also facilitating workshops and being a holistic health practitioner.

“We had over 40 applications for the presenter spots but, as it is a first year grassroots festival - meaning no loans, investors or commercial sponsors we are starting small so we could not even accept even a quarter of the applications ...”

“I really started to feel like I wanted to melt all of these worlds together,” she says.

“I decided that I no longer wanted to drink alcohol in 2011 because, well, I really sucked at it and you never knew which ‘Tam’ you were going to get – and it wasn’t aligned with my practice as a holistic health practitioner,” she says candidly.

Tammra didn’t want to give up celebrating, dancing or DJing, though.

“I started to wonder if there were other people out there like me who wanted to go to a festival and simply tune in and be fully present and conscious.”

Tammra admits that choosing to host an event like The Conscious Goddess doesn’t mean she doesn’t still enjoy those wild and crazy parties. In fact, she says she still attends many festivals as a performer and facilitates workshops at them.

“I love people, their stories, and respect their journey,” she says. “I just want to go to one [a festival] where we get high on life and drunk with love.”

Call it cheesy, flaky or too “new agey,” she says, but when Tammra really gave thought to hosting her own festival, she couldn’t deny her heart’s calling.

“When thinking about a festival like this my heart burst wide open and said ‘why don’t you put this event on then?’ My inner critic responded immediately with something like: ‘this would be too difficult, no one would really want to come because it wouldn’t be cool’ and that I didn’t have enough money, but to be honest, the enormous hit of pure creative love joy that came along with this idea was beyond anything I had ever felt before.”

Tammra says she suddenly realized the event was not about her.

“I always made it about me in my ‘past’ life in Golden-town: ‘Am I cool enough, am I doing enough, am I witty enough, funny enough, styley enough, crazy enough.’ I made it all about me, me, me . . .”

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“And it’s about moving towards, not away from, oneness and consciousness.

And well, the rest, so far, is her-story,” says Tammra. She also admittedly loves word-play and incorporates in her talks and workshops.

“... and then spent 11 years in Golden, and also because I made many friends and acquaintances in the area through the events I helped co-create with the Golden Women’s Centre (Starlight Soiree) and Golden Delicious Productions, it made sense to start the event in the Golden area.”

This is the inaugural year for The Conscious Goddess Festival, though Tammra says she has been thinking about the event for years.

“Because I lived in Lake Louise back in ‘94 and then spent 11 years in Golden, and also because I made many friends and acquaintances in the area through the events I helped co-create with the Golden Women’s Resource Centre (Starlight Soiree) and Golden Delicious Productions, it made sense to start the event in the Golden area,” she says.

After an unsuccessful attempt to first launch the festival in Lake Louise, Tammra says she almost quit.

The original artwork for the Conscious Goddess Festival was designed by Jenn Walton.

“Then like a lightning bolt I heard his name in my head: ‘Infinity Solstice the Great Wizard of Destiny’ and within hours the amazing Jenny Jenn Walton - who painted The Conscious Goddess on Canvas - had him on the phone with me,” she says.

Tammra says for those interested in being involved, the Conscious Goddess Festival will accepting vendor applications until June 11.

“The festival welcomes sponsors, volunteers, photographers, videographers and support in any way shape or form.”

The Conscious Goddess Festival also has affiliate membership opportunity.

People can join and then post their specialized link online and make 25-percent commissions.

“This is a co-creative event and we want people to see the true value of what we are offering,” she adds.

Early bird weekend passes are $147 until June 11. After that the investment goes up to $197.

“Keep in mind that most weekend retreats (although, yes this is festival) with multiple speakers and workshops start at $300 to $1000,” says Tammra.

There are also day passes available.

Cash-only tickets will soon be available at Plain Wayne & Jane. For more information, visit TheConsciousGoddessFestival.com

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The most important promises to keep

by Julie-Anne Pearson Special to Golden This Week

Do you keep the promises you make?

Imagine for a moment that you’re invited to a friend’s birthday party. Because you’re a good buddy, you get your RSVP in a week early. You even offer to bring a salad. The party day arrives, but by then all you want

to do is put your feet up and watch TV. It’s been a long week and you’re especially tired today because the neighbor’s dog kept you up last night. To top it off, your husband has a man cold, your boss assigned you another project at work, and your mom called, just to describe her bunions to you in excruciating detail. You deserve a break!

Then, you hear that little voice inside your head. It won’t stop nagging at you.

You promised. You said you would bring a salad! You have to go! What do you do?

The majority of us would suck it up and go to our friend’s party – we might be armed with a (gasp) store-bought kale salad – but we’d go. It’s called being reliable, and it’s what responsible adults do.

Now imagine that you make a promise to yourself.

Do you know what the most common broken promise is? A New Year’s resolution! Each year, optimistic people all over the world begin their year celebrating a blank slate. We all have dreams and visions, so we make resolutions that will

help enrich our lives in some way. Some of us vow to work out more regularly or make healthier eating choices. Some of us promise ourselves that THIS is the year we will earn our next promotion, or that we will be more consistent while working our businesses. These things could ALL benefit us in big ways, but for whatever reason, they are among the first promises to be broken. And friends, these broken promises are holding us back.

“KEEP the promises you make to yourself. Whether it’s a small promise, such as doing five push-ups every morning, or a large one like spending an hour a week to follow up with customers, EVERY promise counts towards the end goal.”

A few days ago, I listened to an audio training recorded by Amber Hunt, a new

Regional Vice President with Arbonne International. Amber spoke on the topic of achieving goals, and she offered tips on how to do it without wasting precious time.

She simply said, “Write this down: I keep promises to myself.” And then she said to do it.

I KEEP PROMISES TO MYSELF. KEEP the promises you make to yourself.

Whether it’s a small promise, such as doing five push-ups every morning, or a large one like spending an hour a week to follow up with customers, EVERY promise counts towards the end goal.

Keeping promises to yourself shows everyone around you that you value yourself. Imagine what children would be like if they all grew up with parents who didn’t give up! Children do as we do. How amazing would it be to give your child that gift?

You can’t help anyone if you won’t help yourself. Keep those promises first.

They will make you a better you. And by becoming a better person, you will be of so much more value to the world.

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Growing through gardning with Cat Gibbs

by Cat Gibbs Special to Golden This Week

In my first column, I mentioned that, before I began gardening, I had to overcome a paralyzing fear of making mistakes so it’s quite ironic that my gardening mistakes (which have been plenty and comical) have been the biggest source of my growth and learning. I don’t think we ever forget the things we teach ourselves the hard way …

Here are a couple of my gardening mistakes (I like to call them ‘self-created learning opportunities’) followed by a wee bit of ‘life as learning’ philosophizing …

Self-created learning opportunity #1: I noticed some beautiful broccoli heads forming in my garden and I went away for the long weekend.

Need I say more?

Somehow I had assumed that broccoli heads grew bigger over time, you know, like a carrot? Oops! On my return, it was impossible to ignore that broccoli heads are, in fact, clusters of unopened flowers

and mine were unopened no longer. The only consolation? My beautiful forest of broccoli flowers attracted a host of butterflies and bees to the garden.

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I don’t have a message or teaching that I ‘need’ to get across to my children, then there is space for me to notice the logic to my children’s thinking and that sometimes their way isn’t necessarily the ‘wrong’ way.”

Self-created learning opportunity #2: My husband installed the grow lights and I started the tomatoes. My first year starting my own tomatoes; how excited I was! I started three flats of them. [Note: an experienced gardner will already be chuckling here and, the funny thing is, I didn’t even realize I had a problem - until it was time to pot up!] For those of you who aren’t gardeners, I’ll let you in on the joke. A potting flat (at least the potting flats

I was using) has 36 little pots in it. And I started three of them… yep, that’s 108 tomatoes! Funnier yet, I did the same the following year with peppers, only two flats mind you, but still … I live in town, for pete’s sake! What on earth was I to do with 74 peppers!?

I’ve made far more gardening mistakes that the two I’ve listed here and several of them have been more heart-wrenching than comical. Despite this, I would insist that, for me, direct experience (and learning the hard way) has been, more often than not, the most effective teacher.

Why not, then, for my children as well?

Truthfully, I’ve struggled for years to let experience by my children’s teacher.

Sometimes the reason has been as simple and genuine as my wishing to spare my daughters future pain or strife and sometimes it’s been something more subtle (and less-than-beautiful), such as when I insist they respect my counsel and it’s more about me feeling validated than me helping them …

Growing through gardening has helped me understand I’ve been doing my children a disservice in trying to protect them from

the consequences of making their own decisions. Judgement and discernment come with life experience and I have been robbing them of that very critical life learning. Perhaps what my children need most from me is to stand by their side, regardless of whether I feel they are making a ‘right’ decision or a ‘wrong’ one, holding a strong inner knowing they have the ability to muddle through and figure things out in the long run.

Not so surprisingly, when I don’t have a message or teaching that I ‘need’ to get across to my children, then there is space for me to notice the logic to my children’s thinking and that sometimes their way isn’t necessarily the ‘wrong’ way. And, when things don’t work out them? Well, their ‘self-created learning opportunities’ provide a valuable education, likely a more valuable and lasting education than the counsel I was so ‘needing’ to share …

Yours in growing through gardening (and peaceful parenting!)

Cat Gibbs For more on some of my ‘bigger’ gardening mistakes, stay tuned for future columns …

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It has a high nostalgic value, people often speak of memories of their mother of grandmother in the kitchen making fudge at Christmas to share with family.

Nowadays there are all manner of fudge recipes, foolproof and otherwise, calling for smart ingredients like corn syrup, sweetened condensed milk or marshmallow creme. The original fudge recipe though was a simple combination of sugar, butter and either milk or cream.

Instructions were basically to measure precisely, cook exactly to the soft-ball stage, and stir constantly. Then beat it to a smooth, creamy consistency while it cools.

Fudge can be tricky however, and it is easy to undercook or overcook a batch and end up with “crystallized� fudge through insufficient stirring. In my experience, having made and sold more than 8,000 lbs of fudge over the past 18 months, the harshest critique of fudge is the texture, gritty or smooth, with smooth and creamy the ultimate goal. Believe it or not, it’s almost more important than the taste, certainly an equal priority.

“My best memory of fudge is not of my grandmother, Edna Anderson, but rather her next door neighbour, Ray Drown. He lived for many years in the same house, and he would often come to visit and bring his famous chocolate walnut fudge. I never asked for the recipe, but I was always so glad to Supporting historical documents show get some of Ray’s fudge when he a female student at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, writing that a made it at Christmas. “ While some food historians peg the creation of fudge as February 14, 1886, it is disputed. According to TheNibble.com, an online magazine about specialty foods, most stories claim that the “first batch resulted from an accident with a bungled (fudged) batch of caramels, when the sugar was allowed to recrystallize�, hence the expression “Oh, fudge!�

schoolmate’s cousin had made a batch of fudge and very successfully sold it at some type of bake sale. She obtained the recipe, made 30 lbs, and had similar success with her sale. Word of the confection spread to other women’s colleges, and the rest, as they say, is history.

In Scotland, they make what’s typically referred to as tablet. A medium-hard, sugary confection, usually made from

sugar, condensed milk, and butter, boiled to soft-ball stage and then allowed to crystallize. Wikipedia says it is often flavoured with vanilla, whiskey, or has added nuts.

Tablet dates back to the 18th century, and it’s most likely cousin, is that of the Quebecois, a product called sucre a la creme. In South America, it is tablet de leech, and in the Netherlands it is borstplaat. There are so many similar confections that came about in similar fashion, a happy accident on the way to

making something else. Caramels, brittle, toffee, and many more ‌ stories for a different day.

My best memory of fudge is not of my grandmother, Edna Anderson, but rather her next door neighbour, Ray Drown. He lived for many years in the same house, and he would often come to visit and bring his famous chocolate walnut fudge. I never asked for the recipe, but I was always so glad to get some of Ray’s fudge when he made it at Christmas.

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