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Vol.12 • Issue 41

Rebels Show Strong Start to

Season See page 22

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In celebration of national Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day, the Castlegar Parks and Trails Society hosted a mountain bike skills clinic at Kinnaird

Park on Saturday. For more on the event see page 15.

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Communities in Bloom blossoms again

Castlegar has once again received high honours

sium. During the event held on Oct. 3 in Kam-

loops, Castlegar Communities in Bloo

awarded with � ve blooms, the

rating. � ey also placed second in the Class of

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Get ready, summer readers

The Castlegar library’s summer reading program is

swiftly approaching. See page 9.

Citizens of the Year named

After 20 years of handing out awards, Don and Irene

Hill � nally receive one of their own. See pags 4-5.

2015 Miss Castlegar crowned

The new Miss Castlegar princess and queen were

chosen Friday. See page 3.

Annual celebration lives up to its name

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This little guy tried to supply some cooling refreshment to the crowds he passed from his spot on a jungle-themed � oat during the Sunfest parade on Saturday. Castle-

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Vol.12 • Issue 38

Wooden bat tournament

See page 22

Sculpturewalk call for artists

See page 3



Rebels take home win

See page 14

Should be quite

a show!

Should be quite

a show!

Should be quite Bears invade

Castlegar

An ever increasing

in� ux of bears over the

past few weeks is becom-

ing quite the problem for

residents, conservation

o� cers and bears alike.

WildSafeBC com-

munity coordinator for

Castlegar Jenny Wallace

stated, “� e bear situa-

tion is Castlegar right now

is crazy. It is very di� erent

from the last two seasons.”

She blames the increase on

the hot dry summer and

the failed huckleberry crop.

“� e root cause of most

human wildlife con� ict is

food,” continued Wallace.

“Food conditioned bears

are potentially very danger-

ous bears.” � e improper

storage and management

of attractants like garbage,

fruit trees, compost and

recycling lies at the heart

of the problem. Many of

the current con� icts in-

volve unpicked ripe fruit.

With as much educa-

tion e� orts as have been

done by WildSafeBC

(formerly Bear Aware)

and the City of Castlegar,

it is hard to believe that

which is still an attractant

because of the smell, even

though it does not end up

as a reward for the bear.

At their last meeting,

city council discussed in-

structing sta� to be more

aggressive in ticketing the

bylaw breaking action in

order ensure residents are

limiting the attractants.

Unfortunately, there is

no local source for bear re-

sistant garbage containers.

However, Home Hardware

will order in Ty-Dee bins

for residents interested in

a bear proof garbage stor-

age locker. Another option

comes from Rollins Ma-

chinery in Langley, they of-

fer a 32 gallon bear resistant

cart for $175 plus tax and

delivery or a 64 gallon ver-

sion for $195 you can see

these containers at www.

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Conservation officer

Tobe Sprado reports that

his office has received

about 100 bear complaints,

with most of those occur-

ring in the last few weeks.

� is has resulted in the

necessity of putting down

seven bears. “� at is one of

the most distasteful parts

of our job, having to put

down wildlife,” said Sprado.

Conservation o� cers

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Final � ight before retirementJazz pilot Captain Rob Gordon chooses Castlegar as

his last career � ight. See page 13

Castlegar News editor wins awardCastlegar News Editor

Greg Nesteroff wins

national history writing

award. See page 9Kinnaird receives $25,000

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but Canadian voters are now in the longest election

campaign in recent history.Sunday marked the beginning of the 2015 federal

retiring, the � eld was le� open.� e three current challengers for the riding are

Denesiuk, Marshall Neufeld for the Conservatives,

Richard Cannings for the NDP and Brian Gray as

an independent. � e Green Party have yet to name a

candidate, but say they plan to � eld one.Cannings said he expects the riding will see a hard

Political pundits atthreehundredeight.com have

South Okanagan West Kootenay heavily slanted to

the NDP, projected to win 47.5 per cent of the vote.

� e Conservatives are projected at 29.4 per cent, and

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Breaking news at castlegarnews.com

Vol.12 • Issue 29

Lisa Nicole’s busy summer

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Annual Blue Grass Festival

Annual Blue Grass Festival

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The City of Castlegar held a public meeting Nov. 3 to explain the proposed plan for the future of solid waste and recycling collection. The meeting included a presentation by civic works director Chris Barlow, posters explain-ing the changes, the reasons behind them and an opportunity to ask city staff and councillors questions.

The proposed changes are the culmination

of a process that has been going on for a year and a half. City staff considered over a dozen possible service combinations before deciding on the proposal they have put forward. As tip-ping fees for using landfills continue to go up year after year (40 per cent over the last 11 years) staff and council felt it was necessary to examine the current system and look for changes that would result in cost reductions for garbage collection and motivations to in-crease recycling.

The city initiated a feedback survey early in

2015. Over 400 residents responded showing that: 93 per cent agreed that waste reduction and recycling are important priorities, 77 per cent support a waste diversion goal of 50 per cent or higher (we are currently at 27 per cent), 65 per cent supported a switch to biweekly col-lection, 49 per cent are satisfied with the cur-renct recycling program since the launch of MMBC, 93 per cent supported the continuation of the current yard waste program, 80 per cent preferred access to subsidized back yard com-

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City of Castlegar talks trashCorazon Choir, from Nelson, was one of six choirs from all over western Canada that joined together Saturday night at the Brilliant Cultural Centre for a concert that was the culmination of the Voices West youth choir festival.

Voices from Voices from the westthe westFull story and photos on page 2Full story and photos on page 2

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

Shaylynn was born Feb. 22 in Van-

couver with several heart defects.When her mother, Madaline Huss, had her 20-week ultrasound, doctors knew something wasn’t quite right. Grandmother Ruby Perepolkin said they knew it was her heart and since Jan. 12, the family has been staying in Vancouver for specialized treatments.

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

stay here forever.”Perepolkin said people have been approaching her, asking how they can help. Now they have a secure way to help out, via a newly created account at Kootenay Savings.“It’s been hard, with Madaline having

to stay down [in Vancouver] without her husband. He’s in Castlegar looking for work right now,” Perepolkin said.

“It’s pretty hard being in two places at once. He came down for the baby’s birth and then had to go back for a job interview.”

Any money donated to the family will go towards living and medical ex-penses.

Going for the titleThe Selkirk College Saints defend their BCIHL

The Selkirk College Saints defend their BCIHL championship at home this weekend. See page 16.

championship at home this weekend. See page 16.

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Low levels Low levels Low levels Low levels on the Arrow Lakes

Arrow Lakes disrupting disrupting disrupting local business

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Anyone taking a drive by the Co-

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row Lakes should notice the drastically

low water levels. � ese low levels have

taken an especially large toll on Scot-

tie’s Marina, perhaps forcing them to

cancel their annual � shing derby.

“We lost revenue, we’ve lost busi-

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pay for their stalls.”� e decline in water levels is due

to several factors, including the Co-

lumbia River Treaty dams, which hold

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amounts of water through BC and into

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level was 424.9 metres. It is expected to

reach a minimum level in the range of

421.5 to 423.6 metres by February 28

before starting to slowly � ll in March.

� is is not good news for the ma-

rina.“� ere was no warning,” Imeson

said. “I mean we get the same weekly

email that everyone around here re-

ceives, saying what they have planned

from Friday to Friday. But we didn’t

get any warning in January, ‘Hey the

water’s going to drop 20 feet.’”

Imeson said there’s nothing they

can do now but make sure boats don’t

become grounded and damaged. � e

marina’s space depends on water that

is quickly running out.“Our � shing derby’s coming up on

the 21st and we might have to cancel

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tions for the 10th annual derby and

prizes have been purchased, so it’s

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interests, goals and reasons for joining the program. Due to the fact that there are 15 contestants, the pageant will be held in two phases. The speech portion will be

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Kootenay Society for Community

Living is asking the city to donate lots

to build a multi-unit 5,800 square foot

residential group home in Castlegar.

� e society appeared before city

council Tuesday to provide an update

on the project. � e property in ques-

tion is already owned by the city and

consists of 861, 867 and 873 8th Ave.

� e project budget is currently set

at $1.57 million. If approved, most

of the funding would come from BC

Housing, which is currently reviewing

the application. � e society is seeking

additional funding from the Columbia

Basin Trust’s community initiatives

and a� ected area programs, RDCK

Areas I and J and would mortgage

the remaining balance.

� e home will be a two story com-

munity care facility that will support

24/7 residential care on the top � oor

and a� ordable housing on the bot-

tom � oor. � e new home will house

a total of ten residents. � e building

plan is based on a similar project in

Fort St. John that has already proven

to work well.

Kootenay Society for Community

Living executive director Kathleen

Elias explained: “We support indi-

viduals with developmental disabili-

ties as well as other individuals that

just require a� ordable housing. So we

thought, let’s combine it.”

According to Elias and a 2013

needs and demands study, there is a

great need for this type of housing in

Castlegar. Elias reported all of their

nine current homes are � lled to ca-

pacity and that they have had to rent

an additional home. � e spaces in the

new units would be � lled immediately

upon completion. � e society would

like to begin building this summer.

� e society currently assists 110

adults and 20 children. � ey main-

tain homes in Castlegar, Trail, Grand

Forks, Creston and Nelson.

Elias concluded: “We are really hop-

ing the city supports us, they have

supported us in the past. We have

a residential senior home that they

did work with us on. We have a good

working relationship with the City

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Left: CUPE workers are back just in time. The snow began to pile up early this week and crews were out in full force clearing the streets and alleys. Right: The City of Castlegar and CUPE Local 2262 reach agreement ending strike.

Back to workThe City of Castlegar and CUPE Local

2262 have officially come to an agreement over strike issues and signed a new six-year deal, ending the strike.

Consistent issues had been around since before August 2014, and while an overtime ban was launched mid-August, full-fledged strike action was not taken until Nov. 8. The strike was the first of its kind in Castlegar in more than 60 years.

The new agreement is retroactive to February 2013 and includes a 10.3 per cent total wage increase over six years. Specifically it provides a 35-cent-per-hour increase for the first year followed by an-nual wage increases.

It also includes a 15-hour-per-month cap on city paid time for union investi-gation and settling of union grievances, improved benefits, an expedited grievance review process. As well, the two parties have agreed to take action on outstand-ing grievances and participation in a BC Labour Relations Board sponsored rela-tionship enhancement program.

Job security language as recommended originally by the mediator in November

was placed into a Letter of Understanding to the Collective Agreement.

CUPE 2262 members do a wide range of jobs including keeping roads and sidewalks clear, maintaining public parks and outdoor rinks, the water treat-ment plant and services for the public at city hall.

Sentenced to five monthsThe man accused in the robberies of

the Nelson and District Credit Union, Kootenay Savings in Castlegar, Johnny’s Groceries in Robson, and Kootenay Currency Exchange in Nelson has been sentenced to five months in jail for an escape attempt last fall.

Judge Don Sperry sentenced Andrew Stevenson, 34, Tuesday in Nelson Provincial Court. The jail term was a month longer than what Crown counsel and defence jointly sought. Stevenson, who admitted to the crime, still faces trial on another 20 charges related to the rob-beries.

On Sept. 15, while deputy sheriff Dave Zarikoff was escorting Stevenson into the Nelson courthouse for an appearance, he threw off his crutches — which he was using after suffering a hip injury while being arrested the previous April — and ran several blocks before being tackled.

In handing down his sentence, Sperry told Stevenson: “You’ve been well repre-

sented by [defence lawyer Ken] Wyllie and fairly treated by [Crown prosecutor Sunday] Patola. The thing that troubles me most is the question of whether you were exaggerating the extent of your injuries so as not to be shackled and manacled.”

Sperry said the sentence had to de-nounce Stevenson’s conduct and send a message to other prisoners that “conse-quences are certain and very real if you try to escape from the sheriffs. You put the sheriff at risk. He had to chase you. You put yourself at risk and the general public.”

RCMP arrest three suspectsCastlegar RCMP have arrested three

suspects alleged to have committed mul-tiple offences in the Castlegar area.

In total, the three men — Leonard John Huyghebaert, Andrew Genner Pike and Gregory Alan Smith — are facing a total of 16 charges including theft under $5,000, possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, fraud under $5,000 and possession of drugs.

Huyghebaert and Pike are from the Grande Prairie area and Smith has been living in Castlegar.

The incidents are all believed to have been committed within 15 hours of the three males coming to Castlegar.

Investigation also showed the suspects travelled from Alberta in a truck reported stolen from Grande Prairie.

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In the latest issue of Route 3, Black Press’ quarterly lifestyles magazine, you’ll read about a freeride skier liv-ing his dream, an aboriginal sculptor, the role credit unions play in our communities, winter fishing on area lakes, and how local martial artists are having a global impact.

In the cover story, Tyler Harper profiles Trace Cooke, a 20-year-old Nelson skier set to make his debut on the Freeride World Tour in January in Europe.

Joan Thompson writes about David Seven Deers, a Grand Forks

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Chelsea Novak looks at the his-tory of four local credit unions — Heritage, Kootenay Savings, Nelson and District, and Grand Forks — and how they give back to the communi-ties where they operate by support-ing organizations and events.

Jim Bailey takes to local water-ways with guide Kerry Reed to learn about the many winter opportuni-ties for anglers and what it takes to catch a giant rainbow or bull trout.

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Fatal shooting on Castlegar highwayA man who was allegedly driving while

impaired near Castlegar last week, died after an RCMP officer fired a shot. Several members of the Castlegar RCMP and West Kootenay Traffic Services acted on a com-plaint regarding an impaired driver in the Castlegar area on the evening of January 29.

The police did eventually locate the alleged impaired driver on the Kinnaird Bridge, however, during the traffic stop matters soon turned sour and the RCMP officer ultimately fired his service pistol at the suspect. Exact details are limited as of now, but officers have confirmed the driver was transported to hospital for treatment; however, the man did not survive his inju-ries. No one else was injured.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of the man to be Waylon Jesse Edey, aged 39, of Yahk.

The BC Coroners Service and the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) continue to investigate this death.

The mandate of the IIO is to investigate whether any offences under the Criminal Code may have been committed by the police officers involved.

The mandate of the BC Coroners Service in such cases is broader, and the coroner’s investigation may look at the events that led up to the final fatal outcome and whether there are reasonable and practi-cal recommendations that could be made which might prevent future deaths in simi-lar circumstances.

Where’s the water?Anyone taking a drive by the Columbia

River and up towards the Arrow Lakes should notice the drastically low water levels. These low levels have taken an espe-cially large toll on Scottie’s Marina, perhaps forcing them to cancel their annual fishing derby.

“We lost revenue, we’ve lost business. People can’t access their boats and they’re getting scared,” said manager Debbie Imeson. “Now they’re pulling those boats

and don’t want to pay for their stalls.”The decline in water levels is due to

several factors, including the Columbia River Treaty dams, which hold back spring runoff and then allow set amounts of water through BC and into the US.

BC Hydro explained they are releasing the allowed water just as they have every other year, but this year there has been less moisture.

According to Hydro, as of Feb. 3 the Arrow Lakes Reservoir water level was 424.9 metres. It is expected to reach a mini-mum level in the range of 421.5 to 423.6 metres by Feb. 28 before starting to slowly fill in March.

BC Hydro insists the water levels will stay within their guidelines: “While these levels are unusual relative to recent opera-tions, similar or lower levels occurred prior to and including 2003 and will remain within BC Hydro’s water licence range.”

Homeless after Pass Creek mud slideThe recent flooding in the Regional

District of Central Kootenay not only re-sulted in power outages and the closing of many roads, but has destroyed the home of one Pass Creek resident.

Winnie Watson, 73, may have lost her home in a mudslide caused by the large amount of rain, but she is fortunate enough to have caring family and friends willing to

go to great lengths to help her out.Watson has lived in that home since

1986 and now with it destroyed, she said her insurance company is not giving her a thing.

The whole event wasn’t sudden, but rather took place over a few days.

“I had friends call me on Sunday morn-ing about a house in Slocan Park that had mud come down onto it.” Watson’s friends only brought it up because it used to be their old house before selling it. “So I said ‘That’s too bad.’ Then some instinct made me go and look outside.”

Watson noticed some of the trees on the hill behind her house were leaning in a different way. “So I got my binoculars and took a look up the mountain. I said, ‘Oh my God.’ Part of the whole mountain — it was like a shelf — broke away.”

Watson phoned the provincial emer-gency number, explained the situation and a representative from Nelson arrived to check the soil.

Upon inspection, his words to Watson were, “Get out of here as quick as you can.” The bank was unstable and fit to come down any moment.

Over the next couple of days more and more of the hill came down until it finally swept over and through her home on Tuesday.

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Year in review

Celebrate our SaintsSelkirk College’s Saints were front and centre

Wednesday afternoon among a crowd of proud family, friends and community members.

The occasion: a well-deserved celebration rally at the college for the Saints’ amazing three-peat. The Saints are the first team in the BC Intercollegiate Hockey League to win three championships in a row. The team defeated Simon Fraser University this month to take the top spot again.

Mayor Lawrence Chernoff was on hand to offer his congratulations and express his respect for the players, “You should be extremely proud of your-selves for all that you’ve accomplished this season. You are all a great source of community pride.”

The cause for celebration doesn’t end with the championship victory.

Selkirk College forward Ryan Edwards has been named the BCIHL’s 2015 playoff MVP.

Edwards was at the centre of Selkirk’s offen-sive attack in series sweeps over the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser, scoring six goals in four games — including three game-winners.

“Ryan was a key member of our team all season and he played his best hockey when the games counted most,” says Saints head coach Alex Evin. “He established himself as our MVP over the sec-ond half and stepped up and scored the big goal whenever we needed it.”

Edwards’ six tallies tied a BCIHL record for goals in a single postseason, matching former SFU star Jaime Laprise, who set the mark in 2009.

Castlegar residents fight bill C-51In defiance of Bill C-51, rallies were held in many

communities across Canada, including Castlegar.Gathered outside city hall and the RCMP build-

ing, nearly 100 people hoisted signs along with their voices, in objection to the proposed legislation.

“We are here today to tell our government we will not become a police state,” said Gail Hunnisett, reading from a letter by local MP Alex Atamanenko.

Bill C-51 was introduced by the Conservatives in January. Harper insists it will play a vital role in stopping terror plots well before they unfold but opponents believe it is an insidious way for the government to tighten its grip on ordinary citizens.

They say the legislation would grant CSIS un-precedented powers, including the ability to hold secret trials for “offenders,” expand no-fly lists and collect and share data on individuals with ease.

A major concern raised at Saturday’s rally was who decides what constitutes as terrorist activity and who is a terrorist.

Business tip leads to Sapriken’s arrestA man wanted by RCMP on a series of outstand-

ing warrants has been caught and jailed.Russell David Sapriken, 45, was arrested March

6 thanks to a tip from a Castlegar business. He ap-peared in court five days later and was sentenced to 10 months in jail followed by one year of probation and a number of fines.

In late January, RCMP appealed for the public’s help to locate Sapriken, who had ten warrants for his arrest for driving while prohibited, breach of recognizance, theft under $5,000, and failing to appear.

The charges stemmed from a number of inci-dents between October 2013 and November 2014 in the Trail and Castlegar areas. The warrants were issued after he was a no-show in court. Police said they thought Sapriken was still in the area but hid-ing.

Robson singer nominated for awardLocal singer Reiss Zibin has been nominated

for Best Pop Performance in the International Portuguese Music Awards for her song “For the Rest of My Life”, which she co-wrote with her pro-ducer, Martin Acousta.

Reiss’ dad, Andrew Zibin, submitted her song and after not hearing anything back, thought noth-ing was going to come from it. Then one day Reiss noticed the IPMA liked her Facebook music page. The next thing she knew, she was making plans to attend the award show, which will be held April 25 in New Bedford, Mass.

The IPMA recognizes outstanding achievement in the music industry by those of Portuguese ances-try. Nominees are judged by a panel of music indus-try experts. The awards will be televised worldwide via RTP International.

MarchThe Selkirk College Saints showed off their BCIHL championship banner during a celebration in Castlegar Wednesday. Photo by Chris Stedile

Protesters gathered outside of city hall to voice their concerns over Bill C-51. Photo by Chris Stedile


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“Buying the Farm”Meaning: To die.

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Year in review

Kinnaird receives $25,000 foreco-friendly efforts

Kinnaird Elementary has been rewarded for its environmental efforts with a $25,000 prize.

In the Staples Canada’s Annual Superpower your School Contest, the students at Kinnaird went up against over 600 other schools across the country. Their task was to highlight what initiatives they have done in the past and are currently doing to save the planet.

Six years ago, School District 20 cut down all of the mature trees on the grounds to build a parent parking lot. Pick-up and drop-off was made easier, but the grounds were left barren with only grass fields. One year later, Kinnaird established a school-yard greening committee with students, staff and parents banding together to establish a five-year plan to green the school grounds.

Since then, 40 mature trees have been planted, five large shrub gardens were installed along with an enclosed vegetable garden. A statue was acquired to accompany the greenery. Additionally, indoor grow-lite stations were purchased, a school-wide com-posting and recycling program was put in place and funds were acquired to support curriculum writing for the gardens and pond.

Robson residents boil no moreResidents of Robson and Raspberry have been on

a boil water notice for 18 years, but that has finally ended.

A new water treatment plant is finally operational and will provide clean, potable, tap water to the com-munities.

The original problem arose mainly from livestock and wild animals using the water and surrounding areas. A strain of E. coli was found in the water many years ago and a boil water notice has been in place ever since.

The project was so large that the improvement district acquired a total of $3.2 million from the Royal Bank of Canada through funds set aside for small communities such as Robson.

This project has been ongoing for over four years and was finally operational in October 2014.

The boil water notice was removed just last week after a series of criteria set by the health authority were confirmed to have been met.

British Columbians and the Great WarGreg Dickson and Mr. BC himself, Mark Forsythe,

spent this past weekend making their rounds through the Kootenays, introducing residents to their newest book, From the West Coast to the Western Front: British Columbians and the Great War.

This book, published last September, is all about BC’s contributions to the First World War. No prov-ince participated more greatly in this war than BC, which sent 55,570 of the 611,000 soldiers who fought from Canada. Of these soldiers, 6,225 died in battle — a substantial number for a province that then

barely had 400,000 people.The presentation filled the Rossland museum and

Castlegar library.Of course, a great source of Rossland pride and

heritage, the mines, served a major purpose in the war effort by funding many activities and keeping the troops equipped.

The Doukhobors caused quite a stir as well dur-ing the war.

“These people entered the country with the un-derstanding that they would not have to fight,” Dickson said. “They were pacifists and that was an agreement that the Canadian government hon-oured.”

However, there was a lot of resentment towards them from non-Doukobor farmers whose children had no such exemption and were off fighting the war.

To try to stem some of those feelings, Doukhobor leader Peter (Lordly) Verigin donated a carload of jam to Canadian soldiers convalescing in hospitals. They also donated money.

West Kootenay trade shows seesunprecedented numbers

The West Kootenay Trade Show was a huge suc-cess this year, not only setting visitor records, but boosting the profitability of the entire city.

With great weather, great food and an even better crowd, Chamber of Commerce executive director Tammy Verigin-Burk said the show this past week-end was phenomenal.

With over 130 vendor booths and 95 unique ven-dors, this show was the largest in its history.

The main purpose of the trade show each year is to bolster economic development and encourage visitors to make Castlegar their permanent home.

Not only did those involved directly with the event see prosperity this weekend, but all sorts of business in Castlegar boomed including hotels, gas stations and hardware stores.

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The Kinnaird Elementary gymnasium was filled with applause as a Staples representative announced to the stu-dents that the school had won a $25,000 prize.

The Turning Pointe Performance Company put on a dazzling display of dancing for a packed crowd at the Brilliant Cultural Centre. Photo by Chris Stedile


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This early (ca.1915) view of the Edgewood Lumber Company Sawmill (later, Wm. Waldie & Sons) is intriguing as it shows the unaltered river shoreline before the site filled with mill waste. The mill was relocated from Edgewood in 1909, and soon ser-viced by a trestle siding. I believe the Toad Mountain Trail board-walk, being built here in 1889, would have run to the shallows just starting to show in the left bottom corner of the photo. My Waldie Island Trail boardwalk covered the same ground.

It’s amazing what you think you see until a magnifying glass is put in front of you. All of a sudden you realize how you thought you saw something is not the case at all.

I remember being eight years-old and going to the eye doctor who promptly told my mother I needed glasses. I never under-stood at 8 years old and in third grade why it was the teacher would make me sit at the front of the class. I was a quiet girl, a frightened and insecure mouse who found it hard to understand what behaviour it was, precisely, which would land me up front and centre under the watchful eyes of the teacher. All I hoped was that whatever it was I did would not culminate in a phone call made to my parents. My father told my siblings and I that should we ever end up in trouble at school, that

we could expect worse and more severe punishment at home. Trust me, I believed every word of that threat.

Then the dreaded day arrived; without explanation my teacher gave me a note and sent it home with me for my parents. I thought I was in trouble. I was afraid to show the note to my folks and of course I did not dare peek at the letter. Believe me when I say I wanted to. My fingers itched all the way home. If I was going to be punished for something I had a right to know exactly what infrac-tion I was being accused of.

I didn’t open the letter though because I also knew that if my parents discovered I had done something so devious, my punish-ment would be worse than I could ever imagine. And so with a heavy heart I slowly trudged home cer-tain that that day was my last day

on earth. Or, in the least, the last time I would ever be able to sit comfortably.

I’m sure you can imagine my tremendous relief when I discov-ered the letter was simply to let my parents know that my teacher

thought I needed glasses. I sup-pose the habitual squint and the less than stellar grades I was pull-ing in was a dead giveaway.

Much to my annoyance my parents insisted on making an ap-pointment with the local optom-etrist who immediately let them know that I needed glasses pronto.

Back then, wearing glasses wasn’t a fashion statement. Name calling, such as, Four Eyes, fol-lowed those who wore glasses. I preferred to remain inconspicu-ous, thanks.

But what’s interesting is what happened after I got the glasses. I remember getting into the car for the drive home with those new glasses perched awkwardly on the bridge of my nose. For the first time in my life, that I could recall anyway, I finally and fully saw with clarity. Everything was so crisp. The outline of leaves

etched over the sky as they flut-tered gracefully from the tree’s limbs. The deep shade of blue of the cloud specked sky. Even the brightness of the sun was mes-merizing.

Every once in a while I think back to that day. It had such an impact on me that it is one of the few memories I can recall and thus cherish it even more.

When I think back to that day and turn it over and over in my mind, I feel the bubbling up of an analogy and sense there is some life lesson in the simplicity of discovering that sometimes things aren’t always as they seem and that if we care to look at them through new and open eyes, there is some-times something more than that what meets the eye.

Isn’t it funny how life can some-times reach back from many years ago and teach such a lesson?

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CHOLESTEROL RISK RATIO:� ere are all kinds of ways of making us feel good about our health. It used to be that the number we were proud of was the total cholesterol. � en it was the HDL. � e ratio of total cholesterol to HDL is another although doctors seem to be now targeting the LDL to get it below 2.0. Our liver produces about 75% of the cholesterol in our bodies while the rest comes from diet. I was watching a PBS show on health and back in the 60s, a doctor � rst publicized the dangers of high-fat foods. It started an avalanche of publicity to encourage people to eat leaner foods. � e show implied the research was a bit skewed that it painted a more desperate picture of the American diet than it deserved. However, it did spawn the discovery of the statins which has done the job of keeping our cholesterol levels in check. � ere are some that think that statins should be put into the water supply. (I’m not one of them), so everyone can bene� t.

HELP FOR CELIACS:� e main researcher is Dr. Hoon Sunwoo, an associate professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in at the University of Alberta. � ere seems to be a huge increase in gluten sensitivity in North America today. Dr. Sunwoo is hoping his product will help those with true celiac’s disease so they can ingest some gluten without su� ering from it. Dr. Sunwoo and his colleagues will be starting a trial of 200 patients from Edmonton and Calgary in June 2016.

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As energy emissions seem to be taking a large role in our world news recently I thought it would be appropriate to share what the City of Castlegar has done and is doing to lower the communities’ carbon footprint.

The City of Castlegar signed the BC Climate Action Charter back in 2007. Thereby commit-ting to the goal of becoming carbon neutral for the munici-palities operations, and to work toward creating a greener, more

compact, energy efficient com-munity. Part of that charter was commitments to measure and re-port those emissions and to pay a carbon tax on those emissions.

The city has taken those Climate Action Revenue Incentive tax funds and exclu-sively used those funds for proj-ects that result in a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions within our community.

Reductions of our greenhouse gas emissions take many forms and maybe one of the most no-ticeable was the change out of our streetlights from high pres-sure sodium to LED lighting. We were one of the first mu-nicipalities in Canada to do a complete change-out like this. Not only did this lower our car-bon footprint substantially but the savings in electricity costs directly impacted our munici-palities operating costs. There have been many, many other efforts, some you may see and some you may not.

Our reduction efforts didn’t stop there. Biofuels for our equipment, walking and cycling paths, City Hall taking advan-

tage of a geothermal heating sys-tem, variable drive motors for our pump systems, smart car for our bylaw enforcement of-ficer and recycled non potable water from Millennium Ponds irrigating our soccer fields. Even our solid waste plan incorpo-rated elements designed to lower our emissions. In fact there have probably been hundreds of changes which seemingly may seem insignificant but when you add them all up the reduction to our contribution to greenhouse gas emissions has been substan-tial.

Moving forward, the mu-nicipality has recently under-taken with the assistance of the Community Energy Association, Columbia Basin Trust, FortisBC and a host of local organiza-tions developing a Strategic Community Energy and Emissions Plan. This will help provide the municipality with a much more focused plan in reducing our carbon emissions even further all the while gener-ating health and social benefits for our community, including better air quality.

Rebels and Nitehawks Battle to a 1-1 Tie

Rebels fans were treated to a great game Tuesday night as Castlegar travelled to take on rival Beaver Valley in regular sea-son KIJHL action.

After 60 minutes of regulation time, over-time solved nothing and the two teams fin-ished the hard-fought competitive game 1-1.

With the tie, the Nitehawks remain in first place in the Neil Murdoch Division of the KIJHL. The Rebels sit in second, just eight points behind Beaver Valley.

For the Rebels the game was a good one and broke a four-game losing streak against Beaver Valley.

Despite the low score, the game was anything but boring. The Beaver Valley arena was filled to capacity with stand-ing room only. Both team’s goalies had to work overtime; literal-ly and in the shots they took on net. The final tally was 43 shots for the Nitehawks and 37 for the Rebels. Rebels goalie Logan Sawka was awarded the Away Star and Nitehawks Goalie Tallon Kramer

the Home Star.The first period was

scoreless.The second peri-

od the Rebels hit the gas, taking advantage of four successive Nitehawk penalties. The Rebels opened the scoring three minutes into the second peri-od. Zach Smith fired a low slow shot from the blue line which re-bounded off the goalie and into a scramble of players. Mike Bhatoa got a stick on the puck five feet from the net. With a backhand from Bhatoa, the puck hit the top bar of the net

and bounced in.The Rebels contin-

ued the pressure for the remainder of the sec-ond period. However, the Nitehawk’s goalie made several impres-sive saves to keep the Rebels from scoring again.

With 3:24 on the clock Kramer stopped Rebels Tayden Woods who received a beauti-ful pass from team-mate Chris Breese. Woods was setup close to net as he moved first to the right and then to left to try and outsmart Kramer and slip a backhand past

the goalie. But the Beaver Valley goalie was up to the task and made a great save to keep the score 1-0 after two periods.

The Nitehawks would manage to tie up the game in the third period. Tyler Ghirardosi would score for Beaver Valley, assisted by Ryan Terpsma and Sam Swanson five minutes into the pe-riod.

This Sunday will see a rematch of the two clubs at the Castlegar Complex Arena. Puck drop is at 2 p.m.

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No 19 Mike Bhatoa would score the Rebels only goal in 1-1 tie with the Nitehawks Dec.29. Jonathan Schwarcz

Don and Irene Hill citizens of yearAfter 20 years of handing out trophies,

plaques and awards it was finally time for Don and Irene Hill to receive an award of their own. The Hills were acknowledged as Castlegar’s 2014 Citizens of the Year by the Castlegar Knights of Columbus at a cer-emony held last Wednesday.

Don and Irene have lived in Robson since 1962 and have always been involved in the community in one way or another.

Event host Brian Bogle stated in his intro-duction: “For 20 years, Don and Irene have volunteered their time at Pass Creek Fair and Pass Creek Park. From construction projects to landscaping and everything in between, they have helped create the beautiful facility it is today.”

They were the main carpenters behind the construction of the two riding rings, 36 box stalls, exhibition pavilion, amphitheatre, concession, entrance gates and public wash-rooms.

It’s estimated they put in 1,500 volunteer hours per year for the past 20 years, many involving the organizing, setting up and cleaning up afterward of the fall fair which won the Best Small Fair in BC award in 2013.

The Pass Creek Exhibition Grounds is also home to the bluegrass jamboree, horse shows, clinics and dog shows as well other public events.

Kalawskys honoured with lifetime achievement award

Neil and Darlene Kalawsky were recog-nized with a new Lifetime Achievement Award as Castlegar’s business community gathered Saturday evening for the Chamber

of Commerce Business Excellence Awards Gala. The awards are the culmination of a public nomination process followed by vot-ing by chamber members.

The most prestigious award, which went to the Kalawskys, recognizes someone who has made a significant contribution to the Castlegar economy and community and has owned and operated their business for at least 25 years.

The Kalawsky family has three car dealer-ships and an auto body shop.

In 1989, they purchased the dealership at the corner of Columbia Ave. and 17th Street that is now Kalawsky Chevrolet Buick GMC. They added a Toyota dealership in 2001 which moved to its current location at 1530 Columbia Ave. in 2008. The fam-ily’s Hyundai dealership opened the fol-lowing year. They are also tireless commu-nity boosters, with Darlene volunteering her time extensively, especially towards the city’s beautification.

The award was sponsored by the City of Castlegar and presented by Mayor Lawrence Chernoff who said “Anyone who knows them will tell you that Neil and Darlene are some of the hardest working people you have ever met. Their commercial success certain-ly reflects that. But they have also worked on trying to support growth and promote their entire community for decades.”

There was a tie for the Business Person of the Year Award. Both Rauni Naud of Sunlife Financial and Brian Bogle of Safeway took home trophies. The award goes to a dedi-cated leader whose personal conduct and that of their business is above reproach with regards to ethics, quality and service.

War hero returns home after 70 yearsMore than 100 people gathered at

the West Kootenay Regional Airport on Saturday to pay their respects to Sgt. Eric Mitchell Honeyman, a US airman whose

plane went down Dec. 23, 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge.

Representatives from the US and Canadian militaries, RCMP, Royal Canadian Legion, Air Cadets, Castlegar city coun-cil and Honeyman family joined grateful citizens as they honoured the World War II soldier.

Others lined up along the route of the procession waving Canadian flags.

The wreckage of Honeyman’s plane wasn’t discovered until six years ago in Belgium. After several years of research and recovery efforts, Honeyman’s remains, along with those of five other members of the B-26 crew were returned to their families, and on Saturday escorted from a DNA testing facil-ity in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to Castlegar to be met by the formal receiving line.

Honeyman was buried with military honours Monday in Trail alongside rela-

tives. Although the lost soldier grew up in California, when the family was asked where they wanted his remains to stay, they decided on Trail, where his grandparents are buried.

Divine evening in CastlegarOver 200 women attended the Find Your Divine

event in Castlegar last week. The evening was filled with great food, informative displays, inspiration and lots of laughs.

Many women were moved by CTV anchor Tamara Taggart’s speech. Taggart shared her trials and tri-umphs in dealing with the Down syndrome diagno-sis of her son and her own battle with gastrointestinal stromal tumor cancer.

As a fellow cancer survivor, local resident Lesley Killough was pleased to get to meet Taggart. “To me it was great, as I also have GIST cancer like Tamara had,” she said. “So I knew what a good advocate she was for it. It was really good to hear her story and how positive she is. How to move forward in life and be your own advocate. I really enjoyed it. It was a real privilege.”

Others were similarly impressed.“She’s very real,” said Leona Rizzotti. “She is a celebrity … she spoke from the heart and

made everyone think about whatever situation we are in we need to act on it and not just settle for what we are doing if it is not right.”

Church rises from the ashesSaint Rita’s Catholic Church opened the doors to its new building this weekend.Father David John was excited to see the building complete and likened the experience to

the birth of a child, “What I hadn’t realized was that over the last two years of designing and building the new church I had already built up an attachment to it — even before it was built!

I don’t know how a mother feels when for the first time they see the baby that they have known for nine months but have never held in their arms, but I think there was a bit of that feeling in me as we celebrated our first weekend in the new church.”

The congregation is looking forward to worshipping in the building for many years. Father David added, “To be honest, I am pleased about the buildings acoustics, its function-ality and its good looks, but ultimately we built it as a place of prayer.”

The previous church on the same location was built in the 1950s and destroyed by fire in March 2013.

Sculpturewalk goes globalCastlegar’s sixth annual Sculpturewalk launched Saturday with a gala at the Kootenay

Gallery. This year’s collection has sculptures from as far away as the United States, Cuba, Iran and Australia.

There are 32 new sculptures this year, but a record number of artists attended the opening.“I am proud of the vitality it has brought to the community,” said Sculpturewalk president

Charlene Covington. “We’ve come a long way in a short time.”Sculpturewalk has expanded to neighbouring cities, namely Nelson and Rossland, which

are leasing sculptures after they are exhibited in Castlegar.

Viceregal visitBC’s lieutenant governor spent most of Wednesday touring through the Castlegar area as

part of a multi-day visit to the West Kootenay.Judith Guichon’s day began with a stop at Twin Rivers elementary school where she ad-

dressed students. She offered a short presentation on what it is she does and why she does it, and then moved on to environmental awareness and thinking about the future.

Continuing on with her day, she stopped at Castle Wood Village to meet and share lunch with folks there. The next several hours of her stay consisted of touring the Selkirk College campus and the Doukhobor Discovery Centre. Guichon then traversed the path laid out by Sculpturewalk before ending the day at the Brilliant Cultural Centre and a performance by the Doukhobor Men’s Choir.


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While out enjoying Sculpturewalk, Andrew Smith found he had something in common with the Beaver sculpture. Photo by Betsy Kline

June

An honour guard met the plane that carried the remains of Sgt. Eric Honeyman, an airman whose plane went down in 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge. Photo by Betsy Kline

Neil and Darlene Kalawsky, who have oper-ated car dealerships in Castlegar since 1989, received a lifetime achievement award dur-ing the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards. Photo by Betsy Kline

Storm hits hardResidents all over Castlegar are still busy clean-

ing up debris left over from Monday evening’s storm.

Trees, branches, power poles and lines were down all around Castlegar blocking roads, dam-aging houses and disrupting business. The worst damage occurred in the Kinnaird area.

Not one, but three trees fell on the Fourth Ave. home of Wally and Jean Borsa. First they heard a crash when the top of one tree blew off onto their roof. Moments later a fir tree came down followed by a large cedar. “We had just come in the house from being at the side, putting up the blinds. We just missed getting schmucked.” said Jean.

The storm wreaked havoc all over the Southern Interior resulting in 10,000 customers losing power. Power was restored by Tuesday morning to most homes; however, about 1500 customers were still without power Tuesday afternoon. Most of those customers were found in pockets in the Castlegar area. According to a Fortis spokesman, ten three member crews are out working in the area and they hope to restore power as quickly as possible.

Castlegar stop part of 85 day journeyKate MacEachern, two riders on horse back and

the rest of The Long Way Home team were escort-ed into Castlegar last Tuesday by representatives of the Castlegar Fire Department, RCMP, military, first responders and a string of emergency vehicles.

The Castlegar stop is part of an 85 day journey the retired Canadian Forces Corporal is taking from Nipawin, Saskatchewan to Chilliwack, BC as part of a fundraising and education mission.

The Long Way Home is a non-profit organi-zation created to help support victims of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The benefi-ciaries from this year’s walk are organizations that train service dogs for victims of PTSD and the Wounded Warriors Weekend, an organization that brings veterans together to honour, remember and salute. During the weekend resources and

professionals are available to begin a relationship of support with those that attend and help as they transition at home.

Castlegar RCMP Constable Steve Smith worked tirelessly in the weeks leading up to the arrival to plan a fundraiser and reception for MacEachern and her team.

The event had everything you need: food, live music (provided by Ruckus), community spirit and a good cause.

Flag flies at entrance to cityCastlegar Communities in Bloom (CIB) has

once again further beautified our city.You can now see a Canadian flag flying proudly

on a tall flag pole at the north end of Columbia Ave. just before the Robson bridge.

The flag pole was the brainchild of CIB member Kathy Gregory who thought it would be a great way to welcome people to Castlegar.

Part of her inspiration was the fact that this is the 50th anniversary of the current design of the Canadian Flag.

Fundraising efforts began in February and the project came together quickly.

“I would truly like to thank all that donated and helped me through this.” said Gregory.

Communities in Bloom judges tourCommunities in Bloom judges arrived in town

Sunday afternoon and spent the next few days touring and evaluating Castlegar.

This year’s judges are Gaétan Deschênes from Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Québec and Steve Preston from Brampton, Ontario.

Preston was one of the CIB judges that came to Castlegar in 2010, the year of the flooding. He stated that things look a bit different this year. In 2010 while touring Millennium Park, the path-way had to be pointed out only by the lampposts that marked the way. He was excited to see all the changes that have come in the past five years. One thing he found particularly moving was see-ing the completed restoration of the Doukhobor Suspension Bridge in Brilliant, on his previous visit it was still under construction.

This is the first time Deschênes has visited Castlegar but he said, “My first impression is very good. I would like to come back some time.”


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AugustFederal election campaign begins

The date for the next federal election hasn’t changed, but Canadian voters are now in the lon-gest election campaign in recent history.

Sunday marked the beginning of the 2015 federal election cam-paign, 11 weeks ahead of the scheduled election date of Oct. 19.

“Eleven weeks is a long time for people to listen to the campaigning and to see the signage litter-ing the countryside,” said South Okanagan West Kootenay Liberal candi-date Connie Denesiuk. “I think it is going to be wearisome for the public, but at the same time I am excited to be kicking off the campaign locally.”

The new riding sees

Castlegar, Greater Trail, the Slocan Valley and the Boundary join Oliver, Osoyoos, and Penticton.

With incumbent Conservative MP Dan Albas choosing to run in the new Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola riding, and Alex Atamenenko, NDP in-cumbent for the former BC Southern Interior rid-ing retiring, the field was left open.

Email scammers use Selkirk rental listingAn email scam is cur-

rently targeting local peo-ple advertising rentals for Selkirk College students.

Those working the scam appear to be get-ting information from the Selkirk College web page listings of rental units available in the area. The college hosts a space

where those providing or seeking accommoda-tions can post informa-tion, similar to a classi-fied advertisement. The college is not involved in arranging these accom-modations, that is left to the landlord and student. “This is a great service for both parties. We have received good feed back from landlords and stu-dents,” said Cathy Mercer, Selkirk College Director of Student Enrollment Services and Registrar.

Unfortunately, some-one has decided to take advantage of the listings with a version of a cheque cashing scam. Wendy Voykin has received four of these fraudulent emails since posting her rental listing. “I was surprised at how far the contact with these people went,” said Voykin of the exchange that involved numerous emails from a potential renter claiming to be from England, payment arrangements made by her businessman father through a third party and finally a cheque for

$5000 arriving at her home. The cheque was made to appear to have come from UBC, includ-ing a legitimate address. The father then claimed there was a mistake and UBC should not have sent her that amount and requested that she cash the cheque, keep the deposit amount, and send the remain-ing funds back to the student.

Voykin was not taken in by the scam, noticing several red flags along the way including some im-proper uses of English, that did not seem to fit with the scenario of a student and businessman from England.

BC crews battle Stickpin fire

Smoke from the Stickpin wildfire in Ferry County, Wash. is vis-ible from the Boundary region as BC Wildfire Services helps fight the flames.

As of Wednesday morning, the fire was 5 k.m. south of the Canada-U.S. border and was esti-

mated at 19,240 hectares.A press release sent

out Saturday from the BC Wildfire Service says that the organization “is working closely with fire agency representatives in the United States to coor-dinate wildfire response for this incident.”

A 33-unit sustained action crew was sent to Washington Saturday night, and three officers and two pieces of heavy equipment with opera-tors were sent Sunday morning, to help contain the northern flanks of the fire. The crew, equipment and officers were all prep-ositioned in Grand Forks before being deployed.

“The firefighters crossed the border last night, and then officers and heavy equipment were over there this morning,” said Fanny Bernard, fire information officer for the Southeast Fire Centre on Sunday af-ternoon. “And we’ve been working closely with the U.S. and Canadian border services, and they’ve been extremely cooperative.”

The candidates: (L-R) Richard Cannings, Marshall Neufeld, Connie Denesiuk.

BC Wildfire Services is working with fire agency representatives in the U.S. to fight the Stickpin fire 5 k.m. south of the border in Washington.

Photo courtesy of BC Wildfire Services.

Celgar Pavilion officially openedA ribbon cutting ceremony marking the official opening

of the Celgar Pavilion at Millennium Park was held Friday. A good sized crowd filled the pavilion and enjoyed refreshments served by Castlegar Rotary Club members while waiting for the speeches to be made and the blue ribbon to be cut by shiny golden scissors.

The opening brings to completion three years of hard work by the partners and contractors involved in the project. What was originally an idea for a multi-use facility by Rotary mem-bers quickly became a larger project when an overwhelming response by funding partners resulted in more money coming in than was needed for the original plan.

Zellstoff Celgar managing director Kevin Anderson was on hand for the festivities and shared the company’s enthusiasm for the project, “We are very proud to be able to support this project and very grateful to have the honour and privilege to have it named as our namesake, the Celgar Pavilion,” said Anderson. “We believe it will be a great meeting place for the community to come together. We hope the pavilion will be a lasting legacy to demonstrate Celgar’s place in the community, its ongoing commitment to be here and continue to support this community.”

Mayor breaks tie at city council meetingIn what is an extremely rare situation for Castlegar city coun-

cil, Mayor Lawrence Chernoff had to cast a deciding vote when councillors were split three to three on a decision at Tuesday’s meeting.

The issue at hand was the awarding of a contract to Castlegar and District Community Services Society (CDCSS) to run the concession services at the new Celgar Pavilion at Millennium Park.

Councillors Vassilakakis, Chernoff and Rye were opposed

to rewarding the contract. Many of their concerns involved the small number of proposals to choose from. They expressed a preference that the issue go back out to proposal again, with a longer period of time for interested parties to respond.

Along with Tassone and McIntosh, Councillor Heaton-Sherstobitoff voted in favour of the motion, bringing the resolu-tion to a tie until Mayor Chernoff joined them resulting in the motion being carried and the contract being awarded to the Castlegar and District Community Services Society.

Bears invade CastlegarAn ever increasing influx of bears over the past few weeks is

becoming quite the problem for residents, conservation officers and bears alike.

WildSafeBC community coordinator for Castlegar Jenny Wallace stated, “The bear situation is Castlegar right now is crazy. It is very different from the last two seasons.” She blames the increase on the hot dry summer and the failed huckleberry crop.

“The root cause of most human wildlife conflict is food,” continued Wallace. “Food conditioned bears are potentially very dangerous bears.” The improper storage and management of attractants like garbage, fruit trees, compost and recycling lies at the heart of the problem. Many of the current conflicts involve unpicked ripe fruit.

With as much education efforts as have been done by WildSafeBC (formerly Bear Aware) and the City of Castlegar, it is hard to believe that there is still a large problem with residents putting their garbage out the night before their scheduled pick up. Some residents have been keeping their garbage in, but put-ting their recycling out early, which is still an attractant because of the smell, even though it does not end up as a reward for the bear.

At their last meeting, city council discussed instructing staff to be more aggressive in ticketing the bylaw breaking action in order ensure residents are limiting the attractants.

Bank robber gets 10 yearsAndrew Stevenson was sentenced to 10 years in jail

Wednesday in Nelson court for his spate of armed robberies in the West Kootenay in the spring of 2014.

The time Stevenson has already spent in custody will be taken into account, leaving him eight years and four months to serve.

Earlier this year, Stevenson pled guilty to eight robbery and weapons charges after armed hold-ups at the Nelson and District Credit Union and Kootenay Currency Exchange, in Castlegar at Kootenay Savings, in Robson at Johnny’s Grocery, and break-ins at two Castlegar pharmacies.

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September

Top: Pavilion proj-ect co-chair Dave Kraski (left), Mayor Lawrence Chernoff (center) and Zellstoff Celgar manag-ing director Kevin Anderson (right) cut the ribbon marking the opening of the new Celgar Pavilion at Millennium Park.


Bottom: Bank robber Andrew Stevenson arrived at the Nelson court-house Wednesday morning to learn his sentence. Photo by Will Johnson

School district enrollment lower than expected

Enrollment in School District No. 20 is lower than anticipated so far this year.

Monday night the school board met in Trail and an update on enrollment was part of the agenda.

The board usually looks at enrollment, but this was the first report for this year and it showed that so far the district has 18.652 fewer full-time equivalent students than expected.

How full-time equivalent students trans-late to actual students is a tad complicated.

Students from kindergarden to grade 9 are counted once per student, but while the report shows a head-count for students in grades 10 to 12, the number of full-time equivalent students is based on the number of credits each student in those grades is registered for.

“What the ministry does is from grade 10 to 12 … we get .125 for every course a student takes, so if they take eight courses, we get 1.0 full time equivalent students,” explains Greg Luterbach, superintendent of schools. “But if a student takes band off the timetable or after school, or strength and conditioning before school, what we get is in some cases we’ll have kids that will take nine, ten or eleven courses, and we get

funded appropriately.”Communities in Bloom blossoms

againCastlegar has once again received high

honours at the Communities in Bloom National Symposium. During the event held on October 3 in Kamloops Castlegar Communities in Bloom was again awarded with five blooms, the highest bloom rating. They also placed second in the Class of Champions (medium population size) cat-egory, the second highest level in the com-petition. “I’m really pleased,” said Castlegar CIB president Darlene Kalawsky. “We have a fabulous team. We are very enthusiastic and we are definitely going to keep moving forward.”

In addition Castlegar received the Natura Tidiness Award, an outstanding achieve-ment award given to only one community in the entire competition. “It’s really great to be recognized that way for sure. I think it will really drive our tidiness efforts more with things like the adopt a road program. People will realize it’s important to have a tidy community,” said Kalawsky.

Castlegar turns HollywoodCrews and actors are being seen all

over the Castlegar area and production has begun on the film Hollow in the Land. Directed by Scooter Corkle, a Castlegar na-tive and Stanley Humphries grad, filming commenced this week.

Local casting for the movie took place several weeks ago and many area residents will be making their debut acting appear-

ances in the film. Lots of youth were needed to fill roles, as were large groups of extras for several scenes including one to be filmed in the hockey arena.

The lead role will be played by Glee star Dianna Agron. Other actors include Shawn Ashmore known for his appearances in The Following and X-Men, and Michael Rogers known for Beyond the Black Rainbow.SD20 sells Blueberry Creek School for $1

After what has been a long and develop-ing relationship between School District 20 and the Blueberry Creek Community Society (BCCS) the school board finally re-leased to the public Monday night that they have sold the Blueberry Creek Community School to the society.

The board released an in camera mo-tion dated October 27, 2014 stating: “That the Board sell the building and land to

Blueberry Creek Community Society for $1 with caveats regarding first right of refusal for the repurchase of the land and/or build-ing for $1 and a non-competitive clause if and only if the Minister of Education ap-proves.”

They also released a motion dated April 13, 2015 stating: “That any legal or other costs related to the disposal of Blueberry Creek site be the responsibility of the Blueberry Creek Society.”

The release included a statement from the board reporting that negotiations were completed successfully, the documents have been signed and that the new owner has officially registered all titles. Although the vote was not unanimous, the statement concluded with: “We wish Blueberry Creek Community Society all the best with their new asset.”

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Castlegar Communities in Bloom gladly accepted the Tidiness Award at the National Symposium.

Brake for turkeysThe City of Castlegar has installed two

turkey crossing signs on Columbia Ave. to remind drivers to look out for rafters of wild turkeys and avoid accidents.

“People for over a year have been telling some of us council people that they had to slam on their brakes because turkeys were crossing and then it had the reaction where everybody’s slamming on their brakes,” said Councillor Sue Heaton-Sherstobitoff. “Some people had little minor fender benders. A couple of people actually had hit the turkeys and they actually came up on the windshield and cracked the windshield.”

The signs are also meant to help protect the animals.

As there were no turkey crossing signs commercially available, the city had to have the signs specially made.

Youth voices wowNearly 300 youth raised their voices in

beautiful harmonies Saturday night in a concert that completely wowed their audi-ence. The concert was held at the Brilliant Cultural Centre for a sold out audience, which means that including the concert participants, about 1,000 people filled the centre.

Castlegar’s own Vision of Peace Choir opened the evening by welcoming the par-ticipating choirs, explaining a bit of their heritage and presenting several traditional Doukhobor numbers.The performance was part of the the Voices West youth choir festival which brought

together six of western Canada’s most vi-brant youth choirs for a weekend of song. Voices West takes place every two years and this year the event was hosted by Corazon, a passionate youth choir from Nelson, BC directed by Allison Girvan.Castlegar receives $24,500 rebate cheque

Making a departure from the usual rou-tine, Castlegar city council received money instead of just spending it at Monday’s coun-cil meeting.

Representatives from FortisBC were on hand to present the city with a rebate cheque for $24,500. The city received the money for the energy efficient improvements it made to the South Sewage treatment plant. This cheque is the first half of the incentive. FortisBC will verify the actual savings over one year and present the city with a second incentive next year.

“The city of Castlegar has really demon-strated they are really forward thinking in reducing operating costs through improve-ments,” said Doug Lamminen, FortisBC en-ergy management technical advisor.

By modernizing the venting system at the plant with variable speed drives and controls on the compressed air system, they are now able to control and adjust venting to meet the need and avoid venting heated air, which wastes energy. The upgrade will save an estimated maximum electrical savings of 490,000 kilowatt hours per year, saving up to $38,000 per year at current electricity rates.

The example Lamminen gave was that the previous system would be similar to overheating a home and then opening a win-dow to adjust the temperature. Technology has improved so these systems can now be replaced with more efficient equipment and better controls. In a sense they can now adjust the thermostat, instead of throwing

open a window.2015 Sculpturewalk People’s Choice win-

ner announcedThe 2015 Sculpturewalk Gala was held

at the Element on Saturday night, and there residents of Castlegar learned which sculp-ture had won the People’s Choice Award and would therefore be purchased by the city.

This year’s winner was “Regeneration” by Christopher Petersen and Spring Shine from Argenta, BC.

The sculpture is made from 1300 feet of logging cable sculpted into a hollow stump with a bench inside. It weights around 1300 lbs.

“We called it regeneration because we put a small cedar tree growing out of it and we wanted to kind of celebrate the way that the forest has supported our communities,” explained Shine. “Our cities, our communi-

ties have grown from the wood that we’ve harvested, and yet this new life is growing out of it.”

“And the materials that we used are liter-ally used to harvest logs,” added Petersen.


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Christopher Peterson (right) and Spring Shine (second from right) won the 2015 Sculpturewalk People’s Choice Award for their sculpture “Regeneration.” Charlene Covington, president of Sculpturewalk and Mayor Lawrence Chernoff presented Peterson and Shine with the award. Photo by Chelsea Novak

The City of Castlegar has installed two turkey crossing signs on Columbia Ave.

Photo by Chelsea Novak

Castlegar residents call for climate actionIn support of global climate marches

that took place around the world, about 50 marchers gathered at Castlegar’s city hall on Sunday. The group walked to Millennium Park and were joined by another 150 people. “We hope to encourage the leaders that are gathered in Paris to make a full commit-ment to help us transition from a fossil fuel based economy to an economy that is fair for all people based on renewable energy,” said organizer Greg Powell.“Some of us have gathered early to march down and show that the people power is behind it.”

The group heard speakers from a variety of backgrounds and ages including First Nations,Doukhobour, high school students and seniors.Messages from politicians and music rounded out the schedule.

Powell was pleased with the turn out. “It shows the concern for climate justice is very widespread, and I see a lot of optimism and hope for a future based on 100 per cent re-newables that is fair for all people,” he said.

Changes coming to waste collectionCastlegar city council has awarded a gar-

bage and recycling collection contract to Waste Management for a term of seven years. The company has held the city’s garbage con-tract for a number of years.

The contract marks the beginning of changes to the city’s waste collection system. The new system is scheduled to roll out in April and will see a switch to bi-weekly garbage collection. The city will be purchas-ing bear resistant carts that will be issued to residents. The funding for the carts will

come from the Gas Tax Reserve Fund. The standard size for the wheeled carts will be 64 gallons, but residents can request a smaller one if they find it too large for their needs. Arrangements can also be made to purchase an extra cart if residents find the 64 gallon one is not large enough for them.

Recycling collection will remain bi-weekly. The change will be that it will now be a dual stream system meaning that the recycling is separated by the home owner into two separate blue boxes that will also be supplied by the city. Glass will no longer be collected, but a centralized collection bin will be set up.

There will be no change to yard waste col-lection, curbside collection will occur twice annually and the drop off location behind the Castlegar Complex will remain in operation. In addition council will be considering sub-sidizing compost containers during the 2016 budget process.

A substantial communication and educa-tion program will be undertaken to help resi-dents understand how to handle waste within a bi-weekly collection program and how the recycling changes will affect them.

All aboard the Holiday TrainHundreds of Castlegar residents lined the

railway tracks on Monday afternoon to wel-come the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train to town.

The train brought with it musicians Kelly Prescott, Jim Cuddy, and his son Devin Cuddy, who put on a great show for the crowd.

The train’s visit was a great success not only because it seemed to bring so much joy to kids and adults alike, but because mid-way through the performance Deb McIntosh from the Castlegar Community Harvest Food Bank, Mayor Lawrence Chernoff, and MLA Katrine Conroy were brought onstage

to receive a cheque for $6,000 to the food bank.

McIntosh was very pleased with the sup-port shown by the community.

“Tons of donations came in monetarily and grocery-wise,” she said. “It’s put us over the hump I think as far as what we needed to accomplish this year, so our first few months in the new year are going to look okay.”

In total the food bank received the $6,000 from Canadian Pacific (CP), $3,500 in mon-etary donations and four truckloads of food.

Presenting the cheque from the CP was Steve Sugars, manager of digital media at Canadian Pacific.

He said the Holiday Train has been a big success this year.

“The crowds have been amazing,” said Sugars. “They’ve been coming out and actu-

ally the donations have been exceeding what they’ve been expecting, so it’s been an amaz-ing experience this year.”

Monday afternoon’s crowd in Castlegar is one of the biggest he’s seen so far.

“It’s huge,” said Sugars. “I couldn’t believe it when we pulled up and I just saw all these people waiting.”


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Religion

Glorifying God In 2016“Whether therefore ye eat, or

drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” – I Corinthians 10:31

The end of one year and the beginning of another affords us an opportunity to evaluate our lives. It is a healthy exer-cise to consider things you did this past year that you want to continue and other things perhaps you want to change. There is one overriding prin-ciple that guides how I evaluate the past and set goals for the future: “Do All to the Glory of God”. This ought to be the theme of every believer’s life. This is one of those large, all-encompassing principles that if practiced all other things would fall into place. In other words, if you desire to please God, to accomplish His will for your life and to be a good Christian, make this your aim and you’ll succeed at the rest.

If you do all to the glory of God, you’ll fulfill the purpose for which you were created. Look at what God says in Isaiah 43:7: “Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.” When someone wanders through life with no sense of

purpose, life has no meaning and they often become de-

pressed and feel hopeless. One of the greatest thrills of my Christian life has been learning the reason for which God cre-ated me.

If you feel empty or feel like something is missing in your life, perhaps it is because you have yet to discover the true purpose for your existence. God created me to bring Him glory and life is always at its fullest when I glorify my cre-ator. For example, helping oth-ers can be very rewarding and gives a sense of purpose but it is somewhat hollow when it is done for our own glory or the glory of man. But to be a bless-ing to someone and at the same time bring God glory is fullness of joy.

God sent His Son to die for our sins, He has blessed us with untold blessings yet the Bible describes the response of many, “When they knew God, they glorified him not as God, nei-ther were thankful.” (Romans 1:21). My friend, will you ac-knowledge all God has done for you; will you receive Christ and give Him glory? Dear Christian, will you join me this year and do all to the glory of God?

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EddIE MountaIn dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OT PTS GF/A Sx-Kimberley Dynamiters 33 26 4 0 3 55 +68 W1Creston Valley T. Cats 32 19 10 1 2 41 +39 L1Fernie Ghostriders 32 19 10 0 3 41 +27 L1Col. Valley Rockies 35 19 16 0 0 38 0 W3Golden Rockets 34 4 27 1 2 11 -107 L3

nEIL MurdocH dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A Sx-B. Valley Nitehawks 32 24 5 1 2 51 +57 W7Castlegar Rebels 32 21 10 1 0 43 +37 L2G. Forks Border Bruins 35 15 17 0 3 33 -29 W1Nelson Leafs 34 14 19 0 1 29 -22 L1Spokane Braves 34 5 25 0 4 14 -82 W1

doug BIrKS dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A SKamloops Storm 36 23 9 0 4 50 +26 W1100 Mile H. Wranglers 34 21 9 0 4 46 +31 L1Chase Heat 32 18 10 3 1 40 +21 L1Revelstoke Grizzlies 31 14 14 1 2 31 0 W1Sicamous Eagles 34 6 22 1 5 18 -67 L1

oKanagan dIvISIonTEAM GP W L T OTL PTS GF/A SOsoyoos Coyotes 31 23 7 0 1 47 +58 L1Summerland Steam 32 21 10 0 1 43 +36 W1Kelowna Chiefs 34 17 14 2 1 37 +4 W1N. Okanagan Knights 34 9 20 1 4 23 -34 W3Princeton Posse 33 8 24 0 1 17 -63 L1

Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS PIM1. Rainer Glimpel OSO 31 17 33 50 322. Jason Richter KIM 31 25 24 49 43. Cole Keebler FER 24 24 24 48 10 4. Jared Marchi KIM 33 16 31 47 185. Alec Wilkinson CVT 31 9 38 47 286. Eric Buckley KIM 33 15 31 46 777. Jordan Busch KIM 33 6 39 45 268. Micheal Cardinal CVR 33 19 24 43 739. Zach Befus FER 30 20 21 41 4110. Carson Cartwright CVT 31 22 18 40 22

Goaltending Leaders (min. four games played)Player Team GAA SP W L T SO 1. Tallon Kramer BVN 1.75 .949 4 0 0 02. Jacob Mullen SUM 1.75 .936 10 4 0 03. Matthew Huber SUM 1.83 .926 10 4 0 64. Brett Soles OSO 1.89 .937 15 4 0 35. Tavin Grant KAM 1.90 .931 8 3 0 16. Tyson Brouwer KIM 1.94 .930 20 4 0 57. Joshua Tetlichi KEL 2.20 .913 6 4 2 38. Joseph Mcleod CGR 2.25 .934 13 6 2 59. Spencer Eschyschyn KAM 2.28 .910 11 8 0 310. Nic Bruyere CHA 2.29 .928 14 7 2 1x = clinched playoff spot*Does not include FER at KIM (Monday, Dec. 28)

cEntraL dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Lethbridge Hurricanes 35 24 11 0 0 48 +43 W4Red Deer Rebels 35 23 12 0 0 46 +23 L1Calgary Hitmen 37 22 13 1 1 46 +8 L1Edmonton Oil Kings 36 14 19 3 0 31 -19 W1Medicine Hat Tigers 34 12 19 2 1 27 -26 W1 Kootenay Ice 36 6 28 2 0 14 -84 L12 EaSt dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Brandon Wheat Kings 35 21 11 1 2 45 +32 L1Prince Albert Raiders 34 20 11 2 1 43 +6 W2Moose Jaw Warriors 34 17 12 4 1 39 +10 W1 Regina Pats 35 15 15 3 2 35 -14 OTL1Saskatoon Blades 33 13 17 3 0 29 -36 W2Swift Current Broncos 34 10 20 3 1 24 -31 L3

B.c. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Kelowna Rockets 35 25 9 1 0 51 +32 L2Prince George Cougars 34 21 11 1 1 44 +23 W1Victoria Royals 35 21 12 1 1 44 +32 L1Kamloops Blazers 32 17 11 3 1 38 +16 W2Vancouver Giants 36 12 19 3 2 29 -25 W1

u.S. dIvISIonTEAM GP W L OTL SL PTS GF/A S Seattle Thunderbirds 33 19 11 3 0 41 +14 W1Everett Silvertips 32 19 11 0 2 40 +19 L1Spokane Chiefs 34 17 13 3 1 38 -3 W1Portland Winterhawks 33 16 16 1 0 33 +5 OTL1Tri-City Americans 34 14 19 1 0 29 -25 L1

Scoring LeadersPlayer Team GP G A PTS PIM 1. Tyson Baillie KEL 35 23 35 58 402. Brayden Burke LET 35 9 41 50 163. Adam Brooks REG 35 17 31 48 144. Kailer Yamamoto SPO 34 14 34 48 145. Reid Gardiner PAR 34 20 26 46 246. Parker Bowles TCA 34 19 27 46 247. Dryden Hunt MJW 34 20 25 45 188. Egor Babenko LET 35 19 25 44 249. Jon Martin SCB 32 26 17 43 3910. Ivan Nikolishin RDR 35 19 24 43 10

Goaltending Leaders (min. 660 min played)Player Team GAA SP W L OT SO 1. Carter Hart EVT 1.97 .925 19 10 2 62. Ty Edmonds PGC 2.17 .932 11 6 1 23. Coleman Vollrath VIC 2.47 .911 16 10 1 14. Ian Scott PAR 2.62 .915 9 3 0 15. Jackson Whistle KEL 2.63 .918 18 6 1 26. Jayden Sittler LET 2.67 .910 11 5 0 17. Jordan Papirny BWK 2.76 .898 12 10 3 28. Logan Flodell SEA 2.79 .895 12 7 3 0 9. Patrick Dea EDM 2.81 .905 11 13 2 010. Rylan Toth RDR 2.88 .904 18 10 0 2

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Funding provides incentive for employers to invest in training

Employers in the West Kootenay-Boundary can access government funding to help bolster a trained workforce and prepare their sectors for the future.

The Canada-BC Jobs Grant provides eligible employers access to two-thirds of training costs in an effort to increase participation of British Columbians in the labour force. With grants of up to $10,000 per employee trained, the goal is to help individuals develop the skills necessary to find and keep a job.

“This is a key program that helps enhance the competitiveness and efficiency for employers in our region,” says Carol Currie, Kootenay workforce development coordinator. “In 2015, the funds were exhausted quickly so it’s important that those interested in taking advantage of the funding act quickly.”

Applications for the construction sector are being accepted now and the application process for other high priority sectors opens on January 4, 2016. The high priority sectors under this program include: agrifoods, Aboriginal peoples and First Nations, forestry, manufacturing, min-ing and energy, natural gas, small business, tech-

nology and green economy, tourism, and trans-portation. Application forms are available online now (workbc.ca/Employers/Run-your-business/Canada-B-C-Job-Grant.aspx) and training must start by March 31, 2016.

Selkirk College is one of the post-secondary options in the region that offers programs and training in many of the areas identified by the Canada-BC Jobs Grant.

“There is a multitude of programs and cours-es at the regional college which would fit well into this funding,” says Currie. “Selkirk College’s Community Education and Workplace Training (CEWT) has many different options and other programs at the college provide exceptional train-ing which employers can investigate further.”

While businesses can submit their applica-tions directly to the province, there are also a number of contracted delivery partners who can assist in the application process. In the West Kootenay-Boundary companies can also obtain as-sistance in creating comprehensive training plans through local colleges. Those interested in options through Selkirk College can contact Carol Currie at 250.301.9225 or [email protected].

Selkirk College offers many programs that fit well into the Canada-BC Jobs Grant program which provides employers an opportunity to access funds for two-thirds of training costs. One of the sectors identified as a high priority area is the construction industry.


Publisher’s note: We are happy to announce that we are launching a wine column in the Castlegar News as part of our Crave section. We are thrilled to welcome Chantal Boisvert to the Castlegar News. Chantal has been pas-sionately involved in the B.C wine industry since 2007. We think it is going to be a great addition to our Crave pages. Let us know what you think.

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Holiday shimmer is everywhere, so why not invite some of that sparkle into your glass. B.C wineries are producing some illustrious sparkling wines that would be great to celebrate this holiday season with.

How does the fi zz get into the bottle?Sparkling wine goes through two

fermentations (a process of converting sugars to alcohol). The fi rst creates a still wine and the second creates the fi zz. By adding yeast and sugar to the still wine, carbon dioxide is created. If you keep this in the bottle or tank, you end up with bubbles.

The second fermentation can take place in a tank or in the bottle.

In a tank, the yeast and sugar create the CO2 , the wine is fi ltered out and bottled under pressure. This is an effi cient and inexpensive way to produce a fresh and

fruity bottle of sparkling wine.In the “traditional method” of produc-

ing a sparkling wine, the sugar and yeast are added directly into the bottle creating a second fermentation. It is these dead yeast cells (called Lees) that create the much sought after bready notes in great sparkling wines. By freezing the neck of the bottle the Lees are removed and then the wine is topped up and proper-ly capped. This is a time consuming, laborious and expensive method that produces a high quality and age worthy sparkling wine.

Look for these traditionally made B.C sparkling wines locally!

Sumac Ridge Steller’s Jay $24Sumac Ridge produced Canada’s fi rst

traditionally made Sparkling wine, re-leased in 1989. The blend is consistently Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir,

produced in a dry, Brut style.

Summerhill Cipes Brut $30In 1992, Summerhill introduced their

fi rst bottle of bubbles. Cipes Brut, the backbone of their portfolio is a blend of Riesling, Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay. It has received over 7 Gold medals this year, including Sparkling Wine of the Year at the B.C Wine Awards. It opens with toasty aromas, apple and citrus on the palate and a creamy fi nish.

Blue Mountain Gold Label $30Blue Mountain Sparkling wine has had

a cult following since it’s fi rst release in 1991. This blend of Pinot Noir, Chardon-nay and Pinot Gris is outstanding value. It displays lemon and toasty aromas that follow through to the palate.

Prices may vary and does not include tax.

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Celgar was pleased to support Castlegar Community Harvest Food Bank. Kevin Anderson (right), Managing Director of Celgar presents a cheque to director Deb McIntosh (middle) with helper Risa Hatanaka (left). Submitted photo

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With no confirmed sightings since the first one, the BC Conservation Officer Service is no longer actively searching for a cheetah on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake, but the in-vestigation isn’t over.

“We have spoken to a person of interest regarding our investigation into this,” said Insp. Joe Caravetta on Monday. However, he told 103.5 Juice FM “The person of interest is not co-operating with us and that is mak-ing the investigation more difficult. We are working with the province of Alberta and the province of Ontario on this as well.”

Residents of Crawford Bay and Kootenay Bay were asked to be wary after a cheetah was spotted on Highway 3A near the two communi-ties. The witness photographed the animal, which was wearing an orange cloth collar. The incident made na-tional and international headlines.

Speculation also ran rampant on social media that the cheetah may have been one of a pair that an Ontario couple proposed to bring to Kaslo in 2013. Those animals, a male named Robin and a female named Annie Rose, were never approved to come to BC and were subsequently taken to Discovery Wildlife Park in Innisfail, Alta., a zoo that takes in or-phaned wildlife and exotic animals.

The CBC quoted an official there who said the cheetah on the East Shore resembled Annie Rose. Doug Bos said the markings, collar, and other details matched Annie, who was at his facility until October 2014.

“I don’t know 100 per cent for sure if [it is] the same cheetah,” he told

CBC News. “But the chances of [it] not being the same cheetah are very unlikely.”

Bos indicated Annie and Robin left the facility partly for safety reasons — Annie seemed likely to stalk chil-dren — but he didn’t say where the animals went.

Creston RCMP worked with the Conservation Officer Service since the sighting in an attempt to safely locate the cheetah. Despite concerns raised on social media, the service plans to keep the animal alive and has arranged for a new home.

“We have no plans to kill the chee-tah,” said Caravetta. “We fully intend if we find it to have it taken to the Calgary Zoo.”

The Conservation Officer Service said in a news release last week that a cheetah is typically shyer and less aggressive then other members of the big cat family, such as lions, tigers and jaguars.

Caravetta said the animal pres-ents no immediate safety risk to the public. However, if the animal is spotted, authorities warn observ-ers not to approach it but instead to call the controlled species unit of the Conservation Officer Service at 1-877-952-7277 to report the sighting.

With cold, snowy weather over the weekend, he said the cheetah may have found a warm place to stay, so it’s possible that it may still be at large.

“They’re not made for this climate,” he said.

He was impressed by the assistance the BC Conservation Officer Service received from area residents.

“We really want to thank the people in that area for helping us,” he said. “It’s been a tremendous support.”

With files from Bill Metcalfe


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John Terence (Terry) Cormier

John Terence (Terry) Cormier passed away suddenly December 18, 2015 at Trail Regional Hospital of a massive stroke.

He was born in New Richmond, Gaspe, Quebec September 28, 1935.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Fran; children Valerie, Estelle (Leenane), Ken (wife Lisa, children Tim and Natalie), Matthew (wife Roxanne, son Jakob). He is also survived by sisters Alice, Florence, Etta (husband Fred Jones) and brother Robert (wife Rose).

Heartfelt thanks are extended to all attending staff at Castlegar Health Centre and Trail Hospital.

A memorial service will be held during the Easter season 2016 in Castlegar.

In lieu of fl owers, donations to the charity or missions of your choice are encouraged and welcomed.

Having received Jesus Christ as his personal saviour, Terry would want to encourage us all with Jesus’ words (John 14):

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in me. I am preparing a place for you that you may be where I am. I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Violet Nault passed away peacefully on Dec. 19 at

6:35 pm with her family at her side comforting and

wishing her well on her journey into eternal heavenly kingdom.

Violet was born February 27, 1947 in Trail, BC. She was the daughter of the late Bill Kabato� and still surviving Helen Kabato� . She lived most of her life in Castlegar, and throughout the years, has touched the lives of so many people. She was a � ghter, and kept � ghting right until the very end.

Also surviving are her daughter Cindy (Wayne) Cross, son Bradly (Danielle) Nault - grand-daughters Ava and Lyric Nault, son Steven Nault, sister Elaine (Fred) Sherstobito� , brother Ken (Nadia) Kabato� ; Auntie Winnie (Walter) Rezanso� , and many other relatives.We would like to thank all the Doctors, Nurses, Care Aids, and sta� at KBRH for doing a very professional and personal job.A celebration of life will take place privately at a later date. All donations can be made to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital 3rd Floor Medical Center.

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Search for loose cheetah called offWILL JOHNSON

Castlegar News

Conservation officers have stopped looking for the cheetah sighted last week near Crawford Bay but are still wondering where it came from.


DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FINANCEThe City of Castlegar, a community located in the beautiful West Kootenay region of British Columbia, is seeking a Deputy Director of Finance. Castlegar is the West Kootenay’s commercial service centre, including the West Kootenay Regional Airport and Selkirk College’s main campus.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIESReporting to the Director of Finance, the Deputy Director of Finance assists with the management of all functions related to the statutory duties and responsibilities of the position of Director of Finance. The Deputy Director of Finance is responsible for the accurate flow of financial information and ensuring adherence to accounting pol-icies and procedures. He or she will assist with monthly and annual reconciliations, process and cost time records, prepare annual financial statements, municipal financial reporting forms and assist with the implementation of new systems and procedures such as a city wide water meter program and asset management.

The Deputy Director of Finance will be expected to take on complex roles by produc-ing financial reports and implementing and streamlining systems and procedures that will enhance service excellence to departments, staff and Council.

QUALIFICATIONS:The successful candidate will have accreditation in or be working toward, a profes-sional accounting discipline (CPA), along with proven experience in local government related services.

A competitive compensation package will be provided including an attractive salary and excellent benefits. Please visit our web site at www.castlegar.ca for a full job description as well as additional background information on our community.

Qualified applicants are invited to submit their detailed resume in confidence by 4:30 p.m. on January 16, 2016 to: Personnel Officer, City of Castlegar 460 Columbia Avenue Castlegar, BC V1N 1G7 Phone: 250-365-7227 Email: [email protected] Web site: www.castlegar.ca

We wish to express our appreciation to all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position and advise that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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