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As winter has started bringing many people to and through Golden, the British Colum-bia Visitors Centre is working hard to help people find their way.

Lynne Romano, the manager of the British Columbia Visitors Centre in Golden, said that now that the season has changed, both local residents and guests to the area, can come to the centre to ask questions about what is hap-pening locally.

“The winter has been lovely. We have just started to get more snow which is great for our skiers. We are very excited to be selling the direct to lift tickets for Kicking Horse Mountain Resort,” she said. “You can come

and pick up your tickets here and go direct to lift at the resort. It is very exciting for people who do not want to stand in lines on Saturday or Sun-day mornings.”

Due to the desire to help people be at the resort when the lifts open, the centre will be opening its doors early on the weekends.

“We have also decided to open at 8 a.m. on those two days to better facilitate those skiers who want to be skiing at 9 a.m., and not buying tick-ets,” Romano said. “I am sure it is only going to get busier. As long as people can get here they are going to not want to leave.”

Romano added that as the winter season con-tinues she feels things are going to become busi-er in the area.

“I think that it is going to grow as Golden becomes more of a tourist destination and people

know about us. People will flock to the resort and Golden because there is so much for them to do.”

In addition to the work with the resort, Romano said the centre offers many services to people passing through the area.

“There are still many things to do in Gold-en. We can direct people to great places to hike or snowmobile. We have trail maps and can help book some accommodations and activities all over British Columbia.”

Romano added the centre is also looking to expand the interpretive program, and take names of people who want to learn more about the community

To learn more about the British Colum-bia Visitors Centre in Golden check out both Facebook and Twitter for the centre’s accounts.

Helping out at the British Columbia Visitors CentrePictured above from left to right are the manager of the British Columbia Visitors Centre in Golden, Lynne Romano, with Kirby Allen. Darryl Crane/Star Photo

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Snowboarder rescued from backcountryGolden Star [email protected].

The Golden/Field RCMP and the Golden and District Search and Rescue (GADSAR) were involved in a backcountry rescue operation of a snowboarder on Saturday, Dec. 22.

At around 4 p.m., the Golden RCMP received information from a group of skiers who were ski touring on some Crown land in the backcountry area adjacent to the Kicking Horse Mountain Resort.

The group explained that they had located a stranded male snowboarder in the Canyon Creek area.

The Golden / Field RCMP immediately activat-ed GADSAR via the Provincial Emergency Pro-gram (PEP).

The skiers advised the RCMP that upon hearing the man’s cries for help, they located and followed the man’s lone tracks in the Canyon Creek area. A male was found in a physical and mental state of exhaustion but otherwise uninjured.

Search and rescue technicians were called out that day and when weather conditions became favourable, the man was flown out of the area via helicopter on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 23.

It was noted that the man was not equipped to either make his way out of the area or to spend any extended period of time in winter backcountry

conditions. In stark contrast to the ill-equipped man, the

group of skiers who came to his aid was properly equipped for overnight touring. A portion of the skiers stayed with the man to await help, while the remainder of the group “skinned” their way out to get aid.

With a timely notification being received, the RCMP in turn activated the GADSAR team who were able to make it to the site at around 8 p.m. On arrival GADSAR moved the man to a safer location and established a base camp for the night.

“A big thank you goes out to this group of back-country skiers and to our professional volunteers with GADSAR, for their help with this most recent rescue operation. We have what is shaping up to be another excellent winter for recreation in the B.C. backcountry this year, all first responders want to see people safely enjoying what is at our door-steps in B.C. If your intentions are to venture out-doors, make sure that you have the gear, the train-ing and area ,” said Cpl. Dan Moskaluk, a provin-cial spokesperson for the RCMP.

Originally from London, Ontario and currently residing in Golden, the 40-year-old man has been a resident and winter enthusiast in a variety B.C. ski communities for several years. The man con-tended to authorities that he had inadvertently ended up outside of the resort marked controlled area boundaries.

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Kicking Horse Culture is starting off 2013 with the Travelling Mabels, continuing the Live Kicks series.

The Travelling Mabels, made up of moth-er and daughter, Eva and Suzanne Levesque, and Lana Floen, are a fold/country female trio full of spirit, spunk, and laughter with a new highly anticipated second CD ready for the touring season.

Winners of the ACMA Group of the Year award for 2011, collectively their songs bring a wealth of life experience to the stage.

Floen on lead vocals and acoustic guitar had already been singing professionally for 15 years before joining the Travelling Mabels, and Suzanne began singing and playing bass at the age of 12 when her mother Eva started a family band.

Singularly, each woman can vocally stand

alone, but once you hear the combined har-mony blend, you will know why these three women came together.

The beauty of the Mabels is that they repre-sent three generations of women. This has opened the door to a dynamic energy both musically and in the rapport with the audi-ences that most wouldn’t experience every day.

Their musical influences range from the Eagles to Bob Dylan to Sheryl Crow, and their comedic, yet often heartfelt, take on life means they more than meet a wid range of audience expectations whenever they per-form.

The trio has had several highlights over the past few years, including opening for Prai-rie Oyster, the Big Valley Jamboree in 2010, a Shaw Cable TV special, and the CBC Slave Lake Fundraiser.

The Travelling Mabels are playing at the Golden Civic Centre on Friday Jan. 25. Tick-ets are available at the Art Gallery of Golden.

A trio of Mabels set to bring a little bit of country to Golden

The Travelling Mabels will be performing at the Golden Civic Centre on Jan. 25. Photo Submitted

Fountain Tire helps out Golden Food BankJames White, assistant man-ager of Fountain Tire in Golden hands a cheque for $459.37 to Barb Davies with the Golden Food Bank. Fountain Tire has been donating five per cent of their labour charge for winter tire changes to the food bank for much of September and October.Jessica Schwitek/Star Photo

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Looking Ahead to 2013 One should look toward a new year with feelings of hope and anticipation, not the melancholy I feel grappling with a topic choice for this article. On average 76,000 people are injured and 320 are killed each year as they use our highways. That is absolutely not something to look forward to in the coming year. Can we as an individual road user make a difference? Perhaps we might ask another question, do we want to make a difference? Are we prepared to be a little less “me” centric and a little more co-operative with everyone that we share the highway with? If you can’t make the connection between your potential to be injured or killed, maybe you can make a connection with your wallet. Remember that about 80% of what you pay ICBC for vehicle insurance each year is spent directly on claims. You might not hurt physically but you do pay a high price each year just to get your vehicle on the road. You are the one in control: make a resolution to be a better driver this year. Focus a little more on the group needs and a little less on individual needs. Slow down, look twice, give the right of way, maintain a space cushion, don’t drive impaired or distracted, yes, all of the things that we hear about regularly but don’t always do. With resolve, you will make a difference!The author is a retired constable with many years of traffi c law enforcement experience. To comment or learn more, please visit www.drivesmartbc.ca..

School is in session at KHMRDarryl [email protected]

The snow has continued to fall at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort and that is great news for people who are looking to learn how to ski or just improve their skills and the Kicking Horse Winter Sports School is there to help.

Wil Comrie is the mountain school director for the Kicking Horse Winter Sports School. He explained the school is a great place for people to have a great time while learning how to enjoy skiing.

“The kids are from all different levels. They go from never skiing, in the younger programs right up to higher levels of abilities,” he said.

This year the school has three different pro-grams for children and three more for adults.

The little pioneers is set up for children ages three to five years old.

“This is big with the locals which has ongoing progression with the same instructors, which is really good for them,” Comrie said.

This program allows children to ski or snow-board and gives parents the chance to watch their child progress each week, while making new friends in a supportive environment.

The “Rock ‘n horse” program is for the six to 12 year olds. This program is for children of all abilities who want to join the instructors and have plenty of fun and some exciting break-through action on the snow.

The free ride connection has two different age groups. The first is from eight to 12 and the second is from 13 to 17. According to the schools website this course will give children the chance to, “Rip up the mountain and shred some great lines, with tips and tricks from our experienced coaches. The focus is on maximizing fun and improving skills in a group setting. Our coaches strive to create lifelong skiers while developing respect for the mountain environment.”

But it is not just a school for children as there are also many adult seasonal programs as well.

Endless tuition, which is for season pass hold-ers only, lets people take an adult clinic every Wed-nesday or Thursday morning or afternoon all sea-son long.

“We have about 40 locals who come up and join their groups. It is usually intermediate to expert skiers and it is a great program. They get lessons for the whole season on Wednesday and Thurs-day,” Comrie said.

Powder room is a women’s clinic which gives participants the chance to get off some of the groomed runs and venture into new parts of the mountain. Comrie explained this is a great way to meet new friends in a fun environment.

“They come in and ski around while having les-sons. It is for all different levels with skiing hap-pening all over the mountain. Skiers will be checking out new terrain and just how to ski the deep and steep stuff,” he said.

The RCR Adult skills clinic is new at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort for Winter 2012-13. This is a course that takes skiing or boarding to the next level, while meeting people with the same passion for skiing and boarding. People can choose from a three-week, six-week or 12-week program and runs the same time as the kids clinics.

“There are some great new instructors along with the returning staff. We are very excited about the new season,” he said. “We have been working hard since September and the product is amaz-ing,” Comrie said. “We never want anyone to go away and not get a good lesson. We want to make you happy and give you that product. The terrain is perfect for learning. The progression as well takes you right from the magic carpet up to the chairs. Our instructors are there and there is a warming hut with hot chocolate for cold days. It is all in one spot now.”

To learn more about the school go to www.kick-inghorseresort.com/mountain/big-mountain/camp.aspx or drop by the office at the resort, located in front of the learning centre and right beside the discovery centre.

Adam SherriffKHRDA President

With financial support from the Columbia Basin Trust the Kicking Horse Rescue Dog Association has recently received new alum-inum collapsible transportation dog kennels.

These kennels will increase the safety of the working dogs during transportation, provid-ed security while dogs are housed in handler vehicles, and allow handlers to bring kennels

when responding to out of town emergencies. Transportation to and from emergencies is

often the most dangerous aspect of a call out for dogs.

By securing kennels within the handlers vehicles this will increase there safety in the event of an accident.

The KHRDA would like to thank the Colum-bia Basin Trust for all the support and provid-ing the safety to these important resources within the community.

New kennels help protect dogsSome of the Kicking Horse Rescue Dogs relax on new travel kennels which were purchased with support from the Columbia Basin Trust. Photo Submitted

Lucky winners

Pictured is Scott Kells of Greenleaf Tree Services accepting the $1,000 cash customer appreciation grand prize from Brent Johnson of Kicking Horse Ford.All Kicking Horse Ford customers were eligible to enter the draw. Thanks for your Support Scott and family! Photo Submitted



Kicking Horse Culture will be starting the new year off with Stories We Tell, which will be showing at the Golden Cinema on Jan. 17.

The film was directed by Oscar-nominat-ed, Canadian actress/director Sarah Pol-

ley and is a personal documentary which looks into a family secret.

The movie centres around the discovery that her biological father was not actually the person she knew as her father.

After learning this fact Polley makes an effort to try and fully understand this long-held family secret.

In an effort to dive into this hidden story,

the director heads out to interview every member of her family.

Polley becomes both the filmmaker and police officer in an investigation into her own life and never really knows where the next question will lead.

In the end the story heads deep into the rabbit’s hole to find out what it truly means to be a part of a family.

The nature of which is something that is always complicated, full of warmth and love. Stories We Tell is a deeply personal film about stories and how they define us both as a singular person but also as a group of people who make up those who are clos-est to us.

Stories We Tell screened at the 2012 Toron-to International Film Festival.

Film Kicks becomes a place where a Canadian story is told

Golden grads receive RCMP bursaries

Pictured above is Const. Chris Wolfram who presented bursary cheques to Golden Secondary School graduates Claire deBoer (above left) and Kirsten Allkins (above right). The bursaries were two of eight given out by the Golden/Field RCMP detachment to local students who are attending post secondary education schools this year. Above left photo submitted. Above right photo Darryl Crane/Star Photo

Pictured from left to right are the Golden volunteer for Northern Lights Wildlife Society in Smithers, Wendy Chambers, and Trish and Stuart Angus who are mak-ing a $1,000 donation which was raised through a combination of donations and profits from the showing of a movie at the cinema. Darryl Crane/Star Photo

Golden Cinema and friends help wildlife societyDarryl [email protected]

The plight of a grizzly bear, which was transferred to Smithers after being picked up in Nicholson, has inspired the owners of Golden Cin-ema and Kicking Horse Movies to try and help out the Northern Lights Wildlife Society.

Owners of the cinema, Stuart and Trish Angus, have started collecting donations for the society and made a $1,000 donation. The family had only been collecting donations for a week when they had raised the $1,000 between what people gave and a spe-cial showing at the theatre in which all the money went to the bear sanctuary.

“I just put the tin out and it just seemed like the right thing to do,” Tri-sh said.

She added that after going on the sanctuary website and seeing what the group is doing was inspiration enough to try and help.

“We did this because we had heard about it and were looking at the pic-tures. When I was thinking about it and saw this poor little bear which had come to humans and it needed help. It was desperate,” Trish said. “Without the help of humans she would have

died. I know people in Nicholson and Parson were feeding her which was awesome.”

Wendy Chambers is the official vol-unteer for Northern Lights Wildlife Society in the Golden area.

“I help them with any bears which can be rehabbed in the Golden area. They rely on donations. They have 27 bears at their refuge in Smithers. The bears will be rehabbed and released,” Chambers said.

She added that the money raised in Golden is going to go a long way to help all of the animals the group is cur-rently looking after in Smithers.

“It is huge. This will cover some med-ical costs, food and shelter. They also have moose there and a lynx has just come in. It is a diverse array of Can-adian animals,” she said.

She also wanted to thank everyone who has donated money.

“We are very thankful to Trish and Stuart for that. We are overwhelmed by it. They have done an amazing job,” she said. “Thank you (to those people who have donated) very much because they are making a great differ-ence.”

The Golden Cinema will continue to take donations for the Northern Lights Wildlife Society.


Public Notice 2013 Grant in Aid Program Application Process Open

Town Council’s Grant in Aid Program provides an annual cycle of relatively small scale allocations (typically <$5,000) of financial assistance to community and non-profit groups seeking support for proposals which will support the livability of Golden. The program gives Council the opportunity to directly provide a limited amount of public dollars toward valuable initiatives of community benefit and support the increasingly important volunteer and community based organizations of Golden.

Program applications will be available as of January 2nd, 2013 at Town Hall or online at www.golden.ca and on our facebook page. They are due by February 28th, 2013 in order to be considered for funding in 2013. For more information about the program contact Viv Thoss, Council Clerk, at [email protected] or at 250.344.2271/224.

A reminder that 2012 funding recipients who have not submitted a Post-Project Completion Report will be ineligible for 2013 and future funding. Note that program funding is subject to Council’s approval of program and budget continuation in the 2013-2017 Financial Plan bylaw.

The attached photo was taken in Palliser at one of the lum-ber camps. Photo courtesy of the Golden Museum

Twenty years ago the people of Gold-en and its surround-ing area, celebrated a rather unique New Year’s Eve.

That was the year the lights went out. For many people it was an experience never before associat-ed with a good time, but if you listen to the way that people refer to that time, you’ll always find warmth in their stories.

People gath-ered in each other’s homes and helped each other with light and heat as it soon become apparent that we were all in the same boat.

We joined togeth-er with other family members at our home, where we cooked supper on our wood heater with a gas lamp lighting the room.

Later the kids read at the kitchen table while the adults played a card game.

We were fortun-ate to have been able to turn the situation into a memorable one, not all New Years Eve’s in Golden’s past have been as happy

and warm.In the early mor-

ning hours of Jan. 1, 1906, a trainman coming into Palliser found a woman walk-ing down the tracks with two small chil-dren.

Mrs. White was carrying an elev-en month old child in her arms and was leading a small boy by the hand.

On this day that came to be known as the coldest record-ed that year, none of them were wearing coats.

Mrs. White herself was dressed only in a day dress with inside shoes.

The little boy was dressed only in pants and a shirt and had no shoes on his feet.

The baby that Mrs. White held clutched to her chest wore only a tee shirt and diaper.

When the train-man found them Mrs. White was hav-ing delusions about being chased by the devil, whom she thought was trying to steal her children.

The trainman led Mrs. White and the children back to the small settlement of Palliser where her husband was called in from the lumber camp and the Sheriff was notified.

It seems that this wasn’t the first time that Mrs. White had suffered from this delusion but never before had it placed her family in jeop-ardy.

Mrs. White and the children were taken to Golden where they were examined by the doctor. The baby, although scarcely dressed, suffered the least from the cold and was released to the care of a family in Golden.

The small boy was not as fortunate. He spent the next 23 days in the Golden Hos-pital suffering from frost-bite to both of his feet.

Mr. White, at the advice of the Doctor and Sheriff, took his wife to New Westmin-ster where she was admitted to a hospi-tal for the insane.

Upon his return to Golden Mr. White, who was unable to care for the children himself, sent the boy to live with a rela-tive at the coast The baby was believed to have been given into the care of a family in Golden called the Townsends.

Mrs. White lived out the rest of her life in the hospital; the family was never together again.

Seems kind of an unhappy story real-ly but after so many years, Mrs. White’s great-grandson returned to Golden to try and find out information about his grandfather’s brother, and the baby that was in Mrs. White’s arms.

After a great deal of research at the Golden Museum, her great-grandson came

across the informa-tion in the old hos-pital records, that eventually led to the family being reunited.

It turned out that the baby Mrs. White gave birth to was a boy, not a girl as the family had always thought. Armed with this information the family set about their search once again and soon found the part of their family that had been mis-sing all these years.

It was a thrill for me when the Tip-pings came back to the Museum to share the news of their reunion with us, and although the story is a sad one, the family has finally been hap-pily reunited.

May the start of this new year give you the opportunity to grow with your family! Happy New Year.

- Turning Back the Pages -By Colleen Palumbo

Celebrating a one of a kind New Year’s Eve in Golden

Lions helpGolden and District Lions Club president Wayne Clark presents a bursary cheque for $1,000 to Taj Manhas. The Golden Secondary School graduate will be using the money towards his education at Mount Royal College. Darryl Crane/Star Photo

A6 www.thegoldenstar.net Wednesday, January 2, 2013 The Golden Star Star EDITORIAL

CMCAAUDITED

As I write this editorial, we are a mere hours from the end of another year, which seems to have gone by a little quicker than the ones before it.

The interesting part of having a paper set up as a year in review is that I, along with the readers, get the chance to look back and see what happened in the area from a different perspective.

2012 was a year in Gold-en that saw people start off with a great celebration, then lead into a summer of battles, and ended with many questions heading into 2013.

Of course, like any type of history, everyone has the chance to look back on the year and see what we can learn from it. The biggest story of 2012 came up out of the blue and involved a debate over what to do between two bridg-es. To be honest, it seemed at times that the town was ready to implode. The nice side of living in a small town went right out the window as people started to take the differ-ence of opinion and turn it into personal wars. The debate was furious and jumped into an even higher gear when an election had to be called. As much as Golden had many issues which needed to be discussed during the election, this one topic stood out and altered the face of politics locally. All of us will have to wait and see if it was for the bet-ter or not?

The game of chicken over road rescue on the high-ways finally ended after months of debates, discussions and general political red tape had been worked through. There never seemed to be a doubt on how this issue would finally be resolved, but yet gain, the song and dance that all groups involved went through should be a reminder to us what happens when logic and working together is not per-mitted in a political room.

Of course there were also many other stories which were good for the area.

Businesses were opened and reopened, in one case, after a fire destroyed a building.

As seen in the early pages of this paper, many groups in Golden have stepped up to help others in the area and beyond. Even a story of hope about a little bear can bring people together for a cause.

But now 2013 is upon us and here is hoping that 13 will be a lucky number.

One thing we know for sure is that there will be another election this year. Only this time it will be a showdown for the power of the province. This spring as the snow starts to melt away, the people will once again have to make the decision on who will lead B.C. into the future.

As for Golden it will be interesting to see where the stor-ies will lead.

What projects will be completed? Will the Trans Can-ada upgrades continues to make it easier and safer to drive outside of town? Who will step up to fight the next battle, because there is always one more battle to fight?

Only time will tell but we all have the chance to look back and see how things could have gone. Take that informa-tion and realize it is up to all of us to do things the right way, to make the world a better place.

Happy New Year

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A letter of thanks

Dear Golden

Six weeks ago and after 15 years in remission, I was unfortunately diagnosed with Cancer again.

May I take this opportunity to sincerely thank all the people of this community and our very dear friends that have shown us an amazing amount of support.

The very genuine offers of help are very much appre-ciated and have made this very difficult time more man-ageable.

It has made us more grateful than ever, that we are so lucky to live in place like Golden, but what makes’s it so special is not just the place, but the people.

Thank you Andrew Commons Golden

A feel good story

The recent story in the paper about the capture and relocation of the young grizzly bear rescue was such a great story of co-operation and concern.

It would not have been possible without the efforts of Frank Strain who notified the conservation officer of the cub’s plight and probability of death by vehicle, star-vation, or gunshot. Wendy Chambers who represents Northern Lights bear rehabilitation became involved, and with her efforts and the local conservation officer was

able to capture the young bear.The Cedar House donated accommodation for the

representatives of Northern Lights of Smithers to trav-el to Golden to pick up the bear and Steve Paccagnan of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort who donated money from the bear refuge to defray some of their travelling costs. Thanks to all involved and to Jessica for the story and to the Golden Star for telling this very feel good “Golden Story”

Gord Barlow Golden

Volunteer awards

David Wilks, M.P. is reminding community members that the call for nominations for the Prime Minister’s Vol-unteer Awards was recently announced by the Honour-able Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development (TBC).

“The Government of Canada is proud of all the Can-adians whose voluntary work enriches our communities and exemplifies all that makes Canada such a great coun-try,” said Minister Finley.

“The Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards are a cele-bration of their leadership, dedication, innovation and expertise.”

The call for nominations is open between December 20, 2012, and March 1, 2013. The regional component recognizes individual volunteers or groups of volunteers, businesses and not-for-profit organizations.

The national component is divided into two categories: one for lifelong achievement and one for new volunteers.

Award recipients will be recognized at an award cere-mony, and can identify an eligible not-for-profit organ-ization to receive a grant for $5,000 (regional award) or $10,000 (national award).

“The Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards recognize the contributions of volunteers, businesses and not-for-prof-it organizations that help make communities stronger,” said Wilks.

“There are many deserving award recipients in this region, but someone must nominate them.”

A nominator may be any person or organization with direct knowledge of the nominee’s contribution.

The first recipients of the Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards were recognized at an awards ceremony held on December 14, 2012, in Ottawa.

Please visit www.pm.gc.ca/awards for more informa-tion about the awards and to access the online nomina-tion form.

David Wilks M.P. Kootenay Columbia


Stars to my brother and sister in law for having me over for a wonderful Christmas.

Stingers to people who use their cell phones in movie theatres. It doesn’t matter if you’re only texting, your phone should be off!

Stars to Joel for fixing my elliptical machine.

Stingers to drivers who cut into my lane too

early, shooting mud and rocks at my windshield.

Stars to the Rockets for winning another game.

Stars to Trish and Stuart and the movie theatre for helping out the Northern Lights Wildlife Society.

Stingers to the people who neglect to say when deadlines change.

Stars to the people who are leaving their

Christmas lights up for a while. They make the town look so nice.

Stingers to people who litter. I know this stinger continues to appear, but people continue to leave beer bottles along the paths.

Stars to friends who come to your house, cook for you, and orga-nize your massive DVD collection. It was very much appreciated.

Email your Stars and Stingers to [email protected]

Do you take advantage of the winter activities in the area?

“Not right now because I’m not working.

Otherwise I would fully, I ski, hike,

snowmobile, all of that.”

“I’m not from here, but I do

come here a lot to go sledding and

snowboarding. It’s a great area for

that.”

Golden point of view

Lach MclevinGreg Smith

Go to www.thegoldenstar.net to have your say.

Laura James“I like to go

cross country skiing up at Dawn Mountain. I do it

every year.”

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A CORE Report

On behalf of the CORE Steering Committee and members I wish to extend season’s greetings to the residents and taxpayers of Golden.

CORE hopes that you and your families had a merry Christmas. We wish you a healthy and prosperous new year.

As we approach the end of 2012, its time for reflec-tion and planning for the future.

CORE wants to thank you for your support and encouragement during the year. We would not be where we are today without you.

CORE also wants to thank the many individuals who have volunteered their time and effort and have agreed to continue to work as volunteers. You will be instrumental in helping us achieve our aims and goals.

In many ways 2012 was a good year for local democ-racy.

CORE, with your help and votes was successful in overturning an expensive and wasteful proposed Bridge to Bridge project.

In the end this project would not have solved our flood control problems.

During the municipal election one of the candi-dates endorsed by CORE won and another came with-in a hand full of votes of winning. Congratulations to Keith Hern and Andrew Commons.

Keith Hern has proven to be an energetic and engaged councillor, bringing many useful proposals to the council table.

CORE championed the opening up of competitive

bidding by engineering firms for all major Town Pro-jects.

We congratulate the Mayor and council on adopting this process.

The days of one firm receiving the lion’s share of the contracts (over $3.3 million in three years) are over.

On the other hand Council failed to grasp the nettle and establish a Standing Committee on Flood Control as proposed by Councillors Hern and Oszust (all other councillors and the mayor opposed the motion). The committee would have enabled the Town to benefit from those citizens who have greater expertise is this area than currently exists in the town administration.

CORE also has a number of initiatives under way and these will continue into the New Year.

One of our major concerns is the ever increasing sal-ary and benefit costs of the Town of Golden.

We are reviewing the financial statements for many like sized communities in British Columbia and Alberta. We are comparing their budgets to the cost structures of our own Town.

While the full report won’t be available until later in the 1st quarter of 2013 there is significant evidence to show that Golden’s costs are too high and out of line with these other communities.

This is especially true in the areas of Senior Manage-ment and other Management positions.

CORE is also looking at various Economic Develop-ment models as the current arrangement with the CSRD is not effective nor cost justified. It is a major tax burden on not only the citizens and taxpayers of Golden but also those in the regional district.

CORE had hoped to have some representation of the Town’s Economic Development Committee.

Unfortunately this has not come to pass. CORE has concerns the Committee, which the Mayor has appointed, lacks representation from the major pri-vate sectors in Town, and indeed from business in gen-eral.

CORE still plans to be active in this process and looks forward to putting forth recommendations that make sound business sense, reduce duplication and costs, lessen the financial burden on the taxpayers and result in meaningful and measurable economic activity.

From a reporting and accountability perspective CORE is working on the development of a new web-site which will allow it to interact with members of the community.

Watch for this early in 2013.CORE remains committed to our community. We want to enhance and protect our environment

while ensuring citizens and taxpayers received max-imum value for their hard earned tax dollars.

We want to see Golden become a leader in providing critical infrastructure and services in the most fiscally responsible manner.

Thank you again for all of your encouragement and support.

We look forward to working with you during 2013 and beyond.

Bruce Fairley Golden


Golden Cinema Presents:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Showing Wednesday Jan. 2 and Thursday Jan. 3 at 7 pm

Life of PiShowing Friday Jan. 4 to Thursday Jan. 10 at 7pm

This Week

Oldtimers Hockey Sunday 7:15 and 8:45pm, Wednesday 9:45pm. Call Russ at 250-344-2734.

Silvertips Hockey (50+) Every Monday 3:30pm and Friday 2pm. Call Sid 250-344-5514.

Winter Walking at Mount 7 Rec Plex every Wednesday and Friday from 1 - 2:30pm.

Wed, Jan. 2Winter Walking at the Mount 7 Rec Plex from 1-2:30pm.

Co-ed Badminton at the Mount 7 Rec Plex from 7 to 9pm. Cost is $7 for adults, $5 for students and seniors.

Golden Youth Centre drop in every Wednesday from 3:30 to 9pm. Jam nights every Wednesday evening.

Free Homework Help Program Wednesdays from 3:45 to 5:15pm at the Youth Centre. For students in Grades 8 - 12. Certified teacher and snacks included. Drop in.

Public Skate every Wednesday, 7 to 8pm at the Golden Arena.

Jam Night - OpenMic at the Rockwater.

Golden Parent and Tot PlayLets parents and kids from birth to five enjoy pre-school type activities. Every Wednesday at the Rec Plex from 10:30am to noon.

Thurs, Jan. 3

Golden Voice Toastmasters every Thursday 7-8:30pm at COTR Rm 121. New mem-bers welcome. For info call Delanee Jmaiff 250-344-0652.

Men’s drop-in basketballEvery Thursday from 8 to 10pm at the Rec Plex. $8 to play.

Bridge Club Every Thursday at the Senior’s Centre from 1 to 4pm. Contact 250-344-5448.

Ben & Eric Jam Night at the Golden Taps Pub.

Mountain Magic Quilters Guild meets Thursdays from 7:30 to 9pm in the Golden High School’s sewing room. New members and guests always welcome, annual membership is $25.

Aquafit exercise class at The Travelodge from 5:30 to 6:30pm. Drop in rate is $6.50.

Food Bank Movie Night at the Rockwater Grill and Bar every Thursday from 8 to 10pm until April 25, 2013. Free admission when you bring a Food Bank donation.

Fri, Jan. 4Winter Walking at the Mount 7 Rec Plex from 1:30-3pm.

Mother Goose ProgramEvery Friday from 10:30 to 11:30am at the public library. Drop in, snacks included.

Sly Business at the Rockwater 10pm to 2am.

Pilates Core and MoreA pilates-based bone building class. Last day this week, noon to 1pm at the RecPlex. Sign up at COTR.

Golden Youth Centre drop in every Friday from 3:30 to

9pm And movie night every Friday from 7 to 9pm.

Bridge Club every Friday from 7 to 10pm at St. Andrews Centre for Peace. Contact 250-344-5448.

Parent and Tot Skate 10am to 11:15am at the Arena.

Public Skate 11:30am to 2pm at the Arena.

Sat, Jan. 5

Karaoke Night at The Mad Trapper hosts a karaoke night every Saturday.

Public Skate every Saturday, 5:30 to 6:45pm.

Toby Creek Nordic Jackrabbit Program starts for kids, Jan 5.

The Golden Rockets v.s Columbia Valley Rockies Jan. 5 at 7:30pm.

M u l t i - d e n o m i n a t i o n a l Serviceheld at the Pentecostal church on 10th St. S. every Saturday evening at 7pm through winter

Sun, Jan. 6Public Skateat the Golden Arena Sundays from 4:30 to 5:45pm. Helmets are recommended, no pucks or sticks allowed on ice during public skate.

Junior Climbing Club at Dogtooth Climbing Gym 12:30pm to 2pm. Booking is recommended 250-344-6444.

Mon, Jan. 7Co-ed Badminton at the Mount 7 rec plex from 7-8:30pm $7 for adults, $5 for students and seniors.

Drop in Shinny every Monday from 9:30 to 10:30pm. Drop in fee $6.50.

Tues, Jan. 8

Pilates Core and More Every Tues until Dec. 21 noon - 1pm at Rec Plex. Sign up at COTR.

Rod and Gun Club AGMTuesday Jan. 8 at 7pm at COTR.

Join the Cadets. This free program meets every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30pm at the Legion Banquet Hall. For young men and women ages 12 to 18.

Aquafit exercise class at the Travelodge from 5:30 to 6:30pm. Drop in rate is $6.50

John Jenkins & Friends at the Rockwater 8pm.

Free Homework Help Program every Tuesday from 3:30 to 5pm in the Lion’s Den below the library. For students Grades 3-7. Just drop in.

Upcoming EventsInterview Skills WorkshopJan. 14 at the WorkBC office downtown. Call 344-5413 to register.

Snowed In Comedy Tour at the Rockwater Jan. 23 8pm to 11pm $15.

The Golden Rockets v.s Kimberley Dynamiters Jan. 12 at 7:30pm.

The Travelling Mabels at the Civic Centre Jan. 25.

Taste WashingtonWinemakers dinner at the Eagle’s Eye on Jan. 26.

The Golden Film Festival Jan. 31 - Feb. 2 2013. Thursday Jan. 31, 7pm to 11pm. Friday Feb. 1, 7pm to 11pm. Saturday Feb. 2, 7am to 11pm.

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Elias Lunny for being very enthusiastic about all we do.

Columbia Veterinary Services is closed for appointments

January 1st, 2013 - February 6th, 2013

General inquiries and appointment bookings for February may be directed to

Cindy at 250-344-6575

St. Andrew’s United Church & Centre for Peace wishes to express their heartfelt appreciation to all the

community and church members who unselfishly donate their time and talents by volunteering in the community work

of our Bargain Basement. And we’d especially like to recognize a

special lady, Annie Wilson, who we just recently lost, as our

“Volunteer Extraordinaire”, for her countless hours of dedication and

her enormous love of helping people.

Come and Join us for a FREE “Food Skills for Families” Program

Space is limited to 12 participants please register early to reserve your space.

Sponsored by: Canadian Diabetes Association,Columbia Basin St. Andrew’s United Church and Centre for Peace

Tel 250 344 6117

6 Fun and Free Classes

5 Free Dinners

SMART COOKING

ON A BUDGET

Over six weeks you will learn how to cook healthy, tasty meals on a budget, prepare and eat a meal each week and learn to shop wisely during a visit to the grocery store.

Bring your children and we will provide child minding, sign up with a friend or bring the family.

6 Saturdays from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. January 19th, 2013 to February 23rd, 2013.

All food and beverages are supplied.

Community Kitchen at St. Andrew’s United Church

901 11 Ave S

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A LONG TIME COMING BUT WELL WORTH THE WAIT

After many years of planning, thousands of hours of volunteer-ing, and almost $3 million, the time came for residents of Gold-en to celebrate the grand reopen-ing of the town's Civic Centre.

SALE CONFIRMED OF KICKING HORSE MOUNTAIN RESORT

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort announced today (Dec. 29) the successful sale of the resort to Resorts of the Canadian Rockies Inc. from Ballast Nedam, the initial owner and developer of the KHMR.

TRAIN DERAILMENT SENDS 25 CARS OFF THE SIDE OF THE TRACKS

The investigation into a train derailment near Golden last week continues.

At 8:50 a.m. on Tuesday Dec. 27, an incident occurred west of Golden, involving a west-bound, loaded grain Canadian Pacific train, in which approximately 25 cars derailed.

MACDONALD CALLS FOR END OF HST IN 2012

Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald believes the BC Liberal Government is not moving fast enough in remov-ing the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST).

DEATH IN THE BACKCOUNTRY JUST WEST OF GOLDEN

A backcountry skier has died in an avalanche just west of Gold-en, in Molars Bowl, making it the second accidental death in the area in less than two weeks.

MIDGET RAMS SET TO HEAD TO PROVINCIALS

Less than halfway through the hockey season, the Golden Rams midget team was told they were invited to this year's midget tier four provincial championships to be held in Nakusp from March 18 to 23.

GOLDEN WELCOMES FIRST BABY BOY OF THE NEW YEAR

It took six days, but Golden finally has its New Year's baby.

Ira Erick Allan Pinkney was born on Friday Jan. 6 at 8:04 p.m. to proud parents Nathalie Ber-trand and Ryan Pinkney.

A MEMORIAL MADE WITH A LITTLE PIECE OF GOLDEN HISTORY

Fire departments all across Can-ada are joining up to help create a Memorial which will eventually be erected on LeBreton Flats in Ottawa.

The National Capital Commis-sion (NCC) and the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation (CFFF) announced in Septem-ber 2010 the winning concept for the construction of the Canadian Firefighters Memorial.

NEW RECREATION MANAGER FOUND FOR GOLDEN

The Town of Golden has found their new Manager of Recreation Services. Jordan Petrovics, for-merly with Kicking Horse Moun-tain Resort, officially began the position with the town on Mon-day Jan. 23.

Mayor Christina Benty cuts the ribbon at the Grand Opening of the Golden Civic Centre during its New Year’s weekend celebrations. Star Photo

January: The Golden Civic Centre celebrates Grand Reopening


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February: Golden athletes head to finals and Special Olympics

March: Fire Rescue keeps busy

NO END IN SIGHT FOR TEACHERS JOB ACTION

A British Columbia Teachers Federation (BCTF) job action that started at the beginning of the school year is now heading into its sixth month and there is no end in sight.

Recently Glen Hansman, 2nd vice president of the BCTF, was in Golden to talk to members about what is hap-pening and let people know where they are.

“Basically I am answering a lot of questions just because this is the longest teachers strike in B.C. history now tech-nically, even though it isn’t a full blown withdrawal, but people are doing a lot of hard thinking about what their priorities are,” Hansman said.

GETTING THE SECRET OUT TO THE WORLD

Golden has the most beautiful backyards in the world, so why shouldn't we let everyone know it?

At least that's what Golden Area Initiatives thinks. And with their new campaign, Live Golden B.C., they are trying to get that message to as many people as possible.

COMMUNITY LANDMARK MAY SOON BE LOST

After 78 years of serving the community, the Parson Hall may be nearing the end of its existence if no one steps up to save it. It was once the centre of community life out in Par-son, but over the years it has lost its usefulness. There are no longer enough events being held there to keep it going.

WALKWAY PETITION PASSED TO COUNCIL

In a presentation to Town Council, Paulette

Bertrand and Luke Nichols spoke about the hopes and goals of a group that has been gather-ing names on a petition dealing with better pedes-trian access to town.

The group had collected more than 600 signatures on the petition which was started by Bertrand.

ATHLETE READY TO FACE NATION'S BEST

After only four years of skiing, local athlete Shelly Poland is gearing up to compete in the Special Olympics in St. Albert, Alberta.

"I am competing in the Special Olympics for skiing, and crosscountry skiing," said the 30-year-old Poland.

THE LIGHTS OF BROADWAY GET A TASTE OF GOLDEN AT 2012 REVIEW

Local performers are busy getting ready for this year’s Golden Broadway Review.

The review, which showcases musical theatre through the decades, features different musicals every year. This time around, they will be performing numbers from Caba-ret, Annie Get Your Gun, the Full Monty, Spamelot, Foot-loose, Marry Poppins, the Little Mermaid, and Jesus Christ Superstar.

ROCKETS GET HOT HEADING INTO FIRST ROUND OF PLAYOFFS

In the final weekend of regular season play in the KIJHL, the Golden Rockets went 2 and 0 against a team they have struggled to beat all season.

BANTOM BOYS RULE ON AT GSS TOURNAMENT

The Golden Secondary School bantam boys basketball team once again showed why they are one of the top teams in the Kootenays when they won their final home tourna-ment of the season. The team put together three straight wins in what was a great tournament leading into the East Kootenay Finals which will be held in Fernie on March 8-10.

WRANGLE THE CHUTE RETURNS TO KHMR

Golden, British Columbia is known for the best in Big Mountain experience, the foremost Big Mountain Freeride Showdown returns to Kick-ing Horse Mountain Resort on March 17 and 18. Wrangle the Chute is a pioneer event and a uniquely KHMR event combining Big Mountain skiing and riding with a “Bucking Bronco” ride on the custom kicking horse.

MAJOR FIRE RIPS THROUGH GOLDEN CONCRETE

A major fire ripped through Golden Concrete Ltd. at 1019 11th Avenue North on the morning of March 6.

Approximately 30 firefighters from both Gold-en and Nicholson attended the scene after a call went out at around 4:30 a.m.

When firefighters arrived on the scene the building was fully engulfed in flames and there were multiple explosions possibly from propane tanks at the site.

TEACHERS TAKE STAND IN THREE-DAY STRIKE

Teachers from Golden stayed out of the class-rooms on Monday as part of a legal strike after serving strike notice the previous week. The teachers will be out of the classroom from Mon-day March 5 through Wednesday March 7 after teachers across the province endorsed the option in a province-wide vote.

ANDRE WINS MAJOR AWARD FROM THE KIJHL

After his last season with the Golden Rock-ets ending earlier than he hoped Darren Andre picked up honours from not only the team but

also the Eddie Mountain Division and the Koo-tenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL).

Andre was named the Most Sportsmanlike for both the division and overall for the league.

SUSPECT FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER FIRE DESTROYS HOUSE

On March 12 at 5:50 a.m., the Golden RCMP, the Nicholson Fire Department and members from the Golden Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire at 1539 Campbell Rd. in Nicholson.

The fire was fully involved upon their arrival, and the residence could not be saved.

In a press release from the RCMP on March 18, details about the investigation were updated. On March 16, an unidentified individual contacted the Golden/ Field RCMP and provided informa-tion which identified a suspect.

LOCAL GYMNAST MAKES PROVINCIALS

The Kicking Horse Gymnastics Club competed in the Key City Fiesta Invitational competition in Cranbrook on March 3 and 4, and returned home with some impressive results.

Fifteen-year-old Kelsey Lloyd qualified for prov-incials, taking place in Vancouver on April 13. “This is the first time I’ve made provincials,” said Lloyd. “I’m pretty excited about it.”

ROAD RESCUE ISSUES AROUND GOLDEN

Golden and District Search and Rescue unani-mously passed a motion that as of May 1 the group will be unable to continue to be the sole provider of road rescue services to rural Golden.

Officially, GADSAR took on the responsibil-ities of auto extrication in May 2001, however over the years the group has found it difficult to be at the forefront for both highway and mountain res-cues.

Golden Concrete went up in flames on the morning of March 6. Star Photo

Golden got all dressed up for the annual Masque Costume Ball. Star Photo


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April: Environmentalists celebrate earth day and protest Jumbo

May: Opposition to Bridge to Bridge project begins to mount

KICKING HORSE FORD JOINS THE DIAMOND CLUB

Kicking Horse Ford is being recognized in a national level. Kicking Horse Ford Dealership has earned the 2011 President's Award by Ford Motor Company of Canada, LTD, as well as a second tier award called the Diamond Club Award.

SUPPORT GROWS FOR PARSON HALL

After a very worrisome couple of months, the Parson Community Hall Society has garnered enough support from the com-munity to keep the hall open.

"We were worried for a while that we were going to have to shut it down. In fact we had really come to that conclusion as a board that that's what was going to have to hap-pen," said Colleen Palumbo, with the Par-son Community Hall Society.

GOLDEN RESIDENTS JOIN JUMBO GLACIER RESORT PROTEST

Nine local residents got up at 6 a.m. to go to the Invermere area and have their voices heard at a protest against the development of Jumbo Glacier Resort.

According to the environmental group Wildsight's website, a delegation of 80 resi-dents were on site as the possible foreign investors toured the region.

GOLDEN TRANSIT COMING TO AN END

After much debate, discussion and brain-storming, the Town Council has decided to terminate its Master Operating Agree-ment with the Province of British Colum-bia, therefore bringing the transit system in town to an end.

"During our budget deliberations, we had fairly significant conversations about how to invest our tax dollars for our muni-cipality. And the first item from the closed meeting was the termination notice of the Transit Service Agreement," said Mayor Christina Benty.

GREAT TURNOUT AT TRADE SHOW

The Golden Curling Club was filled last weekend with exhibitors, shoppers, brows-ers, and people just having a good time at the Spring Home and Lifestyle Show.

"We are extremely happy with the turn-out. The first day, Saturday, we had 600 people," said Lori Baxendale, vice presi-dent of the Kicking Horse Country Cham-ber of Commerce, who put on the trade show.

JUNIOR GOLFERS HAVE NEW CLUBS

Thanks to a little help from the CBT, the Golden Junior Golf program is well quipped for the upcoming season.

"Last year we got a CBT grant for the clubs and so on… I would just be scraping by again this year if it wasn't for their help," said Russ Younger, program co-ordinator.

TEACHERS VOTE TO RESIST BILL 22

The BC Teachers Federation has voted in favour of adopting a resistance strategy on Bill 22.

In a province wide vote last week, April 17 to 19, 73 per cent voted to withdraw from voluntary extracurricular activities," said Bob Wilson, president of the Golden

Teachers' Association. "And teachers do not make decisions like this lightly."

RESIDENTS GATHER FOR EARTH DAY

Kumsheen Park was the place to gath-er on Earch Day this year if you wanted to have your voice heard about environment-al issues.

This year the theme of the event was No Pipelines, No Tankers, as part of the provincewide rally to show the mounting opposition to the proposed pipeline pro-jects in British Columbia.

MARIJUANA PLANTS SEIZED BY RCMP

On April 24, the Golden RCMP execut-ed a search warrant in the 500 block of 11th St. S. in Golden.

They seized mari-juana plants along with growing equipment.

“In my 20 years it is probably one of the best set ups I have ever seen. They had a pro-fessional electrician in there,” said Sgt. Troy Durand with the Gold-en RCMP.

KINGS LEAVE GOLDEN ON A HIGH NOTE

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings had people out of their seats and dancing in the aisles during a spirited performance at the Golden Civic Centre on April 26.

Stephen Fearing's niece, Golden's Suzie Radaschul, opened for her uncle at the show.

DOG ATTACK VICTIM RECOVERING IN CALGARY

More than a week after being attacked by two Karelian Bear Dogs, Isabelle Simard is still in a Calgary hos-pital recovering, and awaiting a skin graft surgery.

TRADES PROGRAM LEAVES A LEGACY BEHIND

The Intro to Trades program at the Gold-en Campus of the Col-lege of the Rockies will be leaving their legacy.

“We’re going to be building the Legacy Project at the college, which is going to be a timberframe cover that covers the walkway from the college doors to the parking lot,” said studen Susan Polland.

SOME SAY NO TO SMART METERS

If you walk around Golden’s residential neighbourhoods you may notice the signs on people’s property telling BC Hydro that smart meters are not welcome.

Citizens for Safe Technology, an inter-national group that

aims to educate and protect the public from unsafe wireless technologies, was in Golden on May 10.

COUN. MAG MAGNUSSON RESIGNS

It was announced at the regular coun-cil meeting held on May 8 that long time Coun. Mag Magnusson had sent in his letter of resignation due to ongoing health issues.

TOY GUN CAUSES LOCK DOWN

A man carrying a toy gun near LGES caused the school to go into lock down mode around noon on May 7.

The man, who is not a local resident but is known to police, was seen brandishing what turned out to be a toy gun near the school.

YOUTH TO HOLD AMAZING RACE

The youth of GSS are getting ready to be amazed on May 24. Golden’s Youth Action Group in collabor-ation with the GSS Leadership class are

hosting an “Amazing Race” style event.

Youth will be fol-lowing clues that lead them to business-es and organizations throughout Golden.

FIELD RESIDENTS UPSET OVER CUTS IN YOHO

Residents in Field are struggling to cope with the news that fed-eral budget cuts will be causing some very sig-nificant changes with Parks Canada.

NEW CD FOR

LOCAL BAND

Broken Down Suit-case has decided to share their brand new album with their local fans, and have a CD release party right here in Golden.

GOLDEN FIELDS HAS NEW OWNER

For some commun-ities, the local Fields Store is their lifeline. Until recently, many towns were facing dif-ficult days ahead with the news that their Fields would close.

FHC Holdings Ltd. has purchased 57 Fields stores, including the Fields in Golden.

SAY NO 2 BRIDGE 2 BRIDGE GROUP

A few frustrated Golden residents have

formed a group to advocate for a more democratic process in regards to the Bridge to Bridge project.

The No 2 Bridge 2 Bridge Group wants to include the Golden electorate in the deci-sion-making process by insisting on a refer-endum concerning the borrowing of up to $2.23 million for its share of the project.

NEW PRESIDENT AT KICKING HORSE CHAMBER

The Kicking Horse Country Chamber of Commerce has found a new president in a familiar face.

The former vice president, Lori Baxen-dale, was elected as president of the Chamber Board on May 22.

Some special guests showed up when the Rick Hansen Relay came through town on Apr. 11. Star Photo

Students had to complete a hard task at the Fire Department before moving on in the Amazing Race. Star Photo


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• brush snow away by hand

• don’t use a snowplow or blower near your meters

• clear a path for the safety of our meter readers

Never kick or hit the meter if ice builds up. Call us for assistance.

To learn more call 1-888-224-2710 or visit fortisbc.com/safety.

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June: Golden receives flood warnings when Kicking Horse risesNO DEAL FOUND ON ROAD RESCUE

The Town of Golden has rejected a plan that would have seen the Golden Fire Depart-ment take over provid-ing road rescue service on area highways.

The hope of getting a deal completed was dashed at a council meeting, when Mayor Christina Benty issued a statement saying that that council does not want local tax dol-lars going to providing what should be a prov-incial responsibility.

JEPSON SUPPORTS LOCAL GRADS

Jepson Petroleum Ltd. held a barbecue in support of the Gold-en Secondary School 2012 Graduation Class.

In total $1,731.50 was raised at the barbecue.

CHAMBER TO POLL MEMBERS ON B2B

The Kicking Horse Country Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors held a spe-

cial meeting on May 30 with the main task of looking at the Bridge to Bridge project.

With most direc-tors in attendance, the group discussed the pros and cons of the project, while also looking at the best way to proceed in regards to taking an official stance, from a business perspective, on the issue.

TRAINS START ROLLING AFTER BACK TO WORK LEGISLATION

After receiving Roy-al Assent on the back-to- work legislation the trains began moving again on Friday June 1, officially ending the CP rail workers 10-day strike.

FALL FAIRE PREPARES FOR A COMEBACK

After a one-year hia-tus the Golden Fall Faire is coming back for its fifth year.

“It was a great and popular event in Gold-en, and we had other

organizations and rep-resentatives from the Town of Golden come to us and say ‘would you be willing to be involved if we were able to promise you more help.’ And we said yes,” said Colleen Palumbo with the Golden His-torical Society.

GRADS FROM INTRO TO TRADES CELEBRATE AT COTR

The Intro to Trades program at the Gold-en Campus of the Col-lege of the Rockies saw eight students cele-brate a graduation from the program on May 31.

“This is a celebra-tion of the students and the program and it is important to look at what they have achieved at the Col-lege,” said manager of the COTR in Golden, Karen Cathcart.

ELITE CELEBRATES A MILESTONE

For the past 20 years, Mike Pecora has been

doing his part to main-tain the health and fit-ness of the community.

As a 25-year-old Pec-ora opened a health food store, and despite many changes over the years, Elite Nutri-tion celebrated its 20th anniversary on June 1.

GOLDEN RESPONDS TO FLOOD WARNINGS

The Kicking Horse River, swollen from last week’s high rain fall, rose to record lev-els (having reached a 20-year water height event), and gave the Town of Golden a bit of a scare, as the Brit-ish Columbia River Forecast Centre issued a flood watch for the region.

The last time the town issued a flood watch was in 2007 when there was signifi-cant ice jamming.

FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR GAI TO END

At its regular open meeting held May 29 the Town of Golden Council gave public notice to the Colum-bia Shuswap Regional District and the Gold-en and Area Commun-ity Economic Develop-ment Society that as of December 31, 2013 it will no longer be a part of the Community Eco-nomic Development Services Agreement that currently binds the three entities.

GOLDEN HOSPITAL GETS NEW EQUIPMENT

After a few delays, the new X-ray machine has finally been installed at the Golden and Dis-trict Hospital.

It replaced a machine that had been there since 1996, mak-ing it one of the oldest in Interior Health.

CYCLING CLUB DREAM FINALLY A REALITY

A couple tons of dirt and 30 plus volunteers can make quite a differ-ence.

The Golden Cycling Club spent the week-

end building a pump track behind the Rec Plex on 10th Street South.

CHANGES STILL DEBATED AT GOLDEN SWIMMING POOL

The swimming pool in Golden was once again a hot topic dur-ing question time at the regular Town of Golden Council Meet-ing held on June 12.

President of the Kicking Horse Coun-try Chamber of Com-merce, Lori Baxen-dale, asked about the lack of availability of evening public swim time. The question came from some local businesses who felt the perception of visitors to the town was that there is not much to do after a certain point of the evening.

STEVE EARLE IN CONCERT

It was a night to remember when Steve Earle came to play a sold-out live show at

the Golden Civic Cen-tre on June 11.

FIRE TRAINING

Students from the GSS Fire Academy pose with their com-pletion certificates. The cadets, known as Delta Squad, complet-ed an intensive four month program learn-ing about structural fire fighting.

FIFTY-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DIES ON RAFTING TRIP

On June 23 a 50-year-old female resident of Calgary was part of a group of people raft-ing down the Kicking Horse River, guided by a Golden rafting com-pany.

She was found deceased in the water after one of the rafts capsized.

LOCAL GOGOS HELP RAISE MONEY TO HELP AFRICAN GRANDMOTHERS

The Rockies for Afri-can Gogos in Golden held a special lunch-eon which also gave people the chance to buy handmade jewel-ery from Africa on June 20.

“We know that every-one is busy in Gold-en and with the rain this year we missed our chance to hold our jewelery sale. With summertime com-ing we got busy and decided to try and do a soup day,” said Dav-ine Dunn, one of the organizers.

VICE PRINCIPAL AT GSS PREPARES TO RETIRE

For the past nine years students and staff at Golden Sec-ondary School have worked with vice-prin-cipal and art teacher Barry Johnson.

At the end of this school year Johnson will be saying good-bye to teaching and starting a new time in his life when he retires.

The Kicking Horse Gymnastics Club finishes up its last sea-son in the Rec Plex. Star Photo

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RESIDENT HONOURED WITH AWARD

For more than three decades this man’s job has been to figure our Mother Nature’s plan, and try to work around it.

Bruce McMahon has just been recog-nized for his 32 years of service at Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks with a Public Service Award of Excellence 2012 for “Outstanding Career.”

CONCERNS OVER KINBASKET DEBRIS

A discussion about the importance of debris management on the Kinbasket Res-ervoir was discussed at the regular council meeting held on June 26. The decision was made to have Town staff send correspond-ence to the Comptroller of Water Rights stressing how debris must be looked after because of the areas importance as a Gold-en public recreation area.

CHURCH WELCOMES PASTOR

The Rocky Mountain Alliance Church welcomes Pastor Tom Fehr, his wife Aud-rey, and their 17-year-old son Levi, to Gold-en. Fehr has been appointed as the senior pastor beginning on July 1.

PARAGLIDER CRASHES NEAR MT 7

A scary incident had a happy ending for a paraglider in Golden on Friday evening.

On July 6 at 9:06 p.m. the Golden/ Field RCMP received a report of a 59-year-old male paraglider who had launched from

the ramp at the top of Mount 7, and crashed into trees on a cliff face on the same moun-tain.

ROTARY SET TO HOST AMAN VIRK TOURNAMENT

The Rotary Club of Golden is hosting one of their favourite annual events, the Aman Virk Memorial Golf Tournament.

The tournament, dedicated to former Golden Mayor Aman Virk, who passed away in the middle of his term, is on Satur-day July 14.

TRANSIT ENDS IN GOLDEN

After the difficult decision was made in

early April, transit in Golden will officially come to an end on July 27.

Kicking Horse Country Transit service was terminated due to a combination of limited ridership and municipal govern-ment financial constraints.

JACKSON RESIGNS FROM COUNCIL

The number of seats up for grabs in the upcoming byelection in Golden doubled with the announcement that Coun. John Jackson has made the decision to resign.

Jackson, who was sitting in his first term in council, informed staff and Mayor Chris-tina Benty of his decision so that the emp-ty seat could be filled in the September bye-

lection.

RESTAURANT SUPPORTS CHILDREN

Once again members of the community have come together to help Cops for Kids help local children.

Cst. Mike Hull, with the Golden RCMP, has been working hard to raise money for the charity and this week Martijn Duijts and Chris Duijts (owners of the Fire Pit BBQ Smokehouse) stepped up in a large way to help out by donating up to 200 packs of locally made jerky.

FIRE HAZARD REMOVED

A unit crew from the BC Forest Service was in town, clearing out some potentially hazardous natural materials from the Sel-kirk Heights area.

The Monashee Unit Crew from Revel-stoke was conducting fuel management between the Selkirk Heights area and the Bowle-Evans Forest Service Road on Thurs-day July 19.

TEEN FULFILLS WISH IN GOLDEN

New York City is a long way from Gold-en, but when the Make a Wish Foundation asked 16-year-old Christina Heinzer where she wanted to go, she knew the answer.

Christina, who has been coping with a diagnosis of Ewings Sarcoma, has been interested in wild animals her whole life, with a particular fascination for wolves, which is why she chose to come to Gold-en.

SUSPICIOUS FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION

The Golden Fire Department responded to a structure fire at the corner of 9th Street North and Kicking Horse Trail at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Friday July 27.

Golden RCMP had responded to what they originally thought was a break and enter call at about 2:20 a.m., and arrived on the scene to see the structure on fire.

NEW GM HIRED AT CREDIT UNION

The Columbia Valley Credit Union's Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Sharon Eddy has assumed the position of general manager as of July 3 after an extensive search.

DOCUMENTARIAN TO SPEAK WITH VETS

Allan Cameron learned the hard way that some stories need to be told, and they need to be told as soon as pos-sible.

The interview he had arranged with his uncle was post-poned for a couple of months, and then Cameron got a phone call saying that his uncle had passed away. That was when he decided to start interviewing Canadian veterans to preserve their stories.

TRANSIT PETITION PRESENTED

A petition was presented to the Town of Golden coun-cil regarding the cancellation of public transit by area resi-dents Paulette Bertrand and Jim deBolebec,

In total 543 valid signatures were accepted by the Town as part of the petition.

A PLACE FOR YOUTH IN GOLDEN

After weeks of searching, the Golden Youth Action Group is proud to announce it has found a new home.

The Youth Centre Advisory Committee chose the store-front space in the Patlar Building, formerly the Crooked Antler, for their new Youth Centre.

COUNCIL PLANS TO RESCIND SOLID FUEL BYLAW

The Town of Golden Council has moved to repeal a bylaw which has been in place since 2005 that deals with solid burning appliances.

Council has directed staff to prepare a bylaw to enable the repeal. Bylaw number 1150 partially states, the installa-tion of solid fuel burning appliances is prohibited, unless it is replacing one that already exists.

CLOvECHOK RECEIVES LIBERAL NOMINATION

Premier Christy Clark was in Golden on July 31 to throw her support behind Doug Clovechok who will run for the BC Liberals in the Columbia River-Revelstoke riding in next year's provincial election.

CELL SERVICE COMING TO FIELD AND YOHO

Construction is under way for the new cell tower in Field.Three years ago, Telus went to a Field Town Meeting, and

formally presented a plan for cell service in Yoho National Park. It was put off for a couple of years, but since July they have had workers installing the hardware.

FATALITY IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK

A 52-year-old B.C. man, Jon Howard Sortome, died after a fall while mountain climbing in Glacier National Park. Sortome, and his son whom he was climbing with, are both from 108 Mile Ranch, B.C.

CANDIDATES FOR 2012 BYELECTION

The candidates for Golden's 2012 byelection, list-

ed alphabetically, are Connie Barlow, Lori Baxendale, Andrew Commons, Jim deBolebec, and Keith Hern.

GETTING READY TO TRANSFORM GOLDEN

On Aug. 21 and 22, one of the major pieces of the much anticipated Columbia Valley Transmission Project was put into place.

An 85-ton transformer, ordered almost a year in advance, made its journey from Korea to Golden.

The Hyundai transformer took a boat from Korea to Vancouver, hopped on a train from Vancouver to Golden, and was then taken by a 128-wheel truck up to the new BC Hydro substation just off Kicking Horse Trail.

July: Coun. Jackson resigns leaving two seats open for byelection

August: Youth Action Group chooses location for new home

The 2012 graduates of Golden Secondary School celebrated their prom at the Golden Civic Centre. Star Photo

The Golden Light Horse Club held several Fundays throughout the summer. Star Photo


THIRD TIME’S A CHARM

Connor Beauchemin scored a hat-trick in the third period of the game against the Dyna-miters on Sept. 28, helping the Rockets win the team’s first of two games on the weekend.

TO THE CORE

The newly formed CORE (the Committee of Respon-sible Electors) had their inaug-ural meeting on Sept. 25.

Thirty-four people attended the meeting, including three Town staff members, five for-mer councillors, and one for-mer mayor.

The group evolved out of a group of people who worked to defeat the alternative approval process bylaw for the $2.4-mil-lion Bridge to Bridge borrow-ing.

FUTURE TIMES

Retired Master Corporal Paul Franklin may be retired from the Canadian Forces, but he was in Golden on Sept. 28 to give a speech at the Royal Can-adian Legion Branch 122.

Franklin, who lost both his legs in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan on January 15, 2006, has since become ana-tionally-known advocate for amputees.

IT ‘SHORE’ LOOKS CLEANER

Golden participated in a nationwide environmental initiative, the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.

Organized by Wildsight, Golden residents went down to Confluence Park, located near the airport, on Sept. 26.

LOVING GOLDEN

Joel Plaskett had people sing-ing along to some of his biggest hits at a live show at the Golden Civic Centre.

GETTING CHIMPY

It was a great start to October for Shelley Zajsek who is the manager of the Little Chimps Preschool and facilitator of the Golden StrongStart program.

Zajsek has received the Prime Minister’s Award for Excel-lence in Early Childhood Edu-cation honour.

A NATURAL WONDER

Children in the Blaeberry will soon be able to escape into a mys-tical woodland when the new Tom Kelley Memorial Park opens.

ONE HOUSE AT A TIME

A local businessman recently

received a special award for his humanitarian work.

David Ratzlaff, owner and president of HR Pacific Con-struction Management Ltd., accepted the Herman Rebneris Award at the Canadian Home Builder’s Association (CHBA) of BC Presidents’ Night.

SHOTS FIRED

Golden/Field RCMP responded to shots being fired on Holmes Deakin Road in the Blaeberry on Oct. 6. There were approximately six shots fired at around 6 p.m.

There was an unconfirmed report the incident may have involved a cougar shooting.

SHRINERS AID STARS

Local Shriners aided chil-dren’s hospitals and STARS with the funds raised from their annual charity golf tour-nament. The group was able to make three separate donations.

HAPPY 50

Joyce and Roy Nixon had a get together in September to cele-brate their 50th anniversary at the Golden Seniors Centre. They were joined by six other couples, all of whom have been married for 50 or more years as part of the big day.

LEAVING HIS MARK

He left this world better than he found it. When Paul Ham-bruch recently passed away at the age of 85, Golden lost one of the area’s most dedicated volunteers.

GETTING DUMPED

An illegal dump site near Nicholson was the scene of a huge clean-up by volunteers,

Wildsight and the Colum-bia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD).

The CSRD had received a number of complaints about the site and felt it was necessary to remove it and post it as a “no dumping” zone.

THRILLING TIME

Dancers put the thrill back in Halloween

Zombie dancers in Gold-en took part in the “Thrill the World” event on Oct. 26.

October: Golden loses a longtime volunteer who left his mark

APES students got more than they wished for when out for a run. The students spotted a black bear near the school. Star Photo

September: Multiple honours bestowed on local residentsNEW FACES ON COUNCIL

The official results are in for the Town of Golden byelection and the referendum for the future of the proposed Bridge to Bridge diking project. In the end, Keith Hern and Connie Barlow were elected to council and the referendum on taking a long term loan for the diking project was voted down by the people of Golden.

YAG GETS A HOME

The Golden Youth Action Group is working hard to get get their new youth centre up and running. The Golden Youth Centre was also excit-ed to announce that their first-adopter of the Youth Centre is the Golden Star.

The Adopt the Youth Cen-tre campaign provides needed funds to support youth engage-ment, provide programming and supplies, and other centre operations.

A PLACE FOR MITTENS

For almost a year now, Little Mittens Animal Rescue Asso-ciation has known that their resources fall short of their needs, and that a larger facility

to house cats was needed.On Sept. 4, a solution was

found when the Town Council decided to renovate the Town’s Dog Pound to create an animal shelter, suitable for the care of feral cats, as well as abandoned dogs.

McTIGHE HONOURED

It was a fun day at the Fall Faire this year and a special one for local resident Don McTighe who received the Diamond Jubilee Medal from Member of Parliament David Wilks.

A TIGER COMPLEX

People in Golden were lining up to take a photo with a local celebrity. Shyster is a poodle mutt who has been dyed to look like a tiger, and his popularity is only growing. Dianne Fiala, owner of the Funky Dog Spa in Golden, spent about 15 hours in total copleting the work on Shyster.

COPS HELP LOCAL KIDS

The cheque for the final $11,500 for a new pediatric crib was presented in front of the Golden Hospital on Friday

Sept. 14. Mike Hull represented Cops

for Kids who donated the final amount. Maryann Schick, representing the Mountain Magic Quilters Guild donat-ed $500, and Shauna Speers, representing the Ambulance Paramedics of Golden, donat-ed $1,500.

ICONS COME TO GOLDEN

54-40 played many of their hits while playing at the Rock-water Grill and Bar on Sept. 15.

GET THE MESSAGE

The Town of Golden Council has decided to send BC Hydro a letter requesting that they allow residents of the town to have “opt out” options regard-ing smart meter installations on their homes.

MAG IS HONOURED

Former Town of Golden Councillor Mag Magnusson receives the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award, presented to him by Senator Nancy Greene-Raine. The Town of Golden Council was honoured to nom-inate Magnusson for the award.

TO FAST

A vehicle was seized by RCMP on Sept. 17 for excessive speed-ing. The vehicle was moving at 149 kilometres per hour on the main strip in town.

40 YEARS TOGETHER

Doug Parkinson and the staff down at Parky’s Heating are inviting the community to come

and celebrate what Doug’s fath-er started 40 years ago.

GO WEST

Highway workers, past and present, dignitaries and cit-izens from the towns of Gold-en and Revelstoke invaded the new Donald Bridge to cele-brate the 50th anniversary of the Trans Canada Highway opening.

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A hazmat crew was in Gold-en on Nov. 29 to clean up a sub-stance which had been dumped in an empty lot along side the Trans Canada Highway.

Veron Novosad, an environ-mental emergency response officer, made the trip up to Gold-en to take a look at the scene. He said it looked like the dump may have been made by some-one driving a larger vehicle who had to dump product to make it legally across the scales on the highway.

BROWN RETIRES FROM KHC

A familiar face has recent-ly retired from her position as office manager for Kicking Horse Culture. After six years of working with the group, Thelma Brown is looking towards what will come next for her.

CHARITY FOUND

At only five years old, Makayla Bodie spends her time worrying about children her own age on the other side of the world.

“We’re raising money for clean water because kids are getting sick and dying,” said Bodie, who is collecting pennies for Free the

Children’s We Create Change project.

MOTHER GOOSE SUPPORT

A special presentation was made by Time Hortons in Gold-en to the Early Childhood Development Coalition to con-tinue funding for the Mother Goose Program. In total, Tim Hortons sold more than 2,000 special Smile Cookies and was able to make a donation of $2,121 to aid the program.

LEAPING LANNY

The Golden Minor Hockey Association’s atom home tourna-ment had a special visitor show up when Lanny McDonald dropped by. The Hall of Fame player came to town as a guest coach for a team from Whitefish, Montana, where his grandson Calder Townsley was a player.

PENNIES BRING GOOD LUCK

A lucky winner of an iPad mini was named at the Colum-bia Valley Credit Union as the prize was awarded to Jerry Bak-ken as part of a campaign to donate pennies in aid of the Golden Women’s Resource Centre. In total $1,040.28 was

donated at the credit union.

CAR STOLEN IN CRASH

On Dec. 6 there was a report of a single vehicle accident by Heather Mountain. When RCMP arrived on the scene a vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Calgary, was found in a ditch.

HOCKEY HEAVEN

A trip to remember for the Golden Nationals hockey team

A group of hockey players from Golden have returned home after a successful Euro-pean tour which was about hockey and friendship.

“It was perfect,” said Jim Oseychuk, captain of the team.”

LUCKY TIMES

Diana Fakla and Matt Fen-nings welcome the newest member of the family, Jayde, who was born at the Golden District Hospital at 12:12 p.m. on Dec. 12, 2012.

GOLDEN GRINCH

A report was made to the RCMP about a break and enter

which happened on Dec. 13 at approximately 12:15 p.m. A thief was trying to make off with an armful of Christmas presents.

APES ISSUE

Alexander Park Elementary School is looking to upgrade one of the playground struc-tures on the school’s grounds.

ROCKETS IN 1ST

A long week of hockey sees the Golden Rockets move into first place.

It was a night to remember as the Golden Rockets moved into first place in the Eddie Moun-tain Division of the KIJHL with a 4-0 win against the Fernie Ghostriders.

November: Spirited away and a diamond presentation

MOBILE VENDING IN GOLDEN?

Various community groups, residents, business owners, and stakeholders came together to look at all sides, pros, cons, and possibilities associated with one issue—mobile vending in Golden.

NATIONAL COMMERCIAL

We all know that Golden is one of the best places in the world for winter sports enthusi-asts, and one of Canada’s largest sporting goods retailers agrees. Sport Chek picked Golden as the location for their latest com-mercial entitled “Let it Snow.”

SPIRITED PURCHASE

The Town of Golden Council has advised staff to move ahead with pur-chase of a small but special piece of land in Spirit Square.

CRT CONSULTS IN GOLDEN

Golden residents are being given another opportunity to voice their opinions on the Columbia River Treaty.

At a series of workshops (the second such series, the first round having been held in spring 2012) Columbia River Basin residents are encouraged to help shape the future of the long-term Col-umbia River Treaty (CRT).

KICKING GOOD TIME

The inaugural Kicking Horse Cup was an extremely successful event bringing cyclists to Golden and the Kicking Horse Mountain Resort from all over Western Canada to compete in the five cycling event series that took place in 2012.

A FOCUS ON BUSINESS

Considering that 98 per cent of all

businesses in British Columbia are small business, Naomi Yamamoto, Minister of Small Business, has a very big job. She was in Golden on Nov. 14 as part of her tour of B.C., talking and getting feed-back about the state of small business.

OVER JOYED

Overwaitea Foods in Golden is once again stepping up to help out the Gold-en Food Bank. Customers were able to sponsor the donation of a bag of food items which are needed at the food bank heading into the Christmas season.

A BRIEF MOMENT IN GOLDEN

Mark McIntyre is a testicular cancer survivor who is doing a unique fundrais-er for below-the-waist cancer research in his gitch.McIntyre is hitchhiking all the way to the Stanfield’s factory in Truro, Nova Scotia, in support of men everywhere.

ROCKETS FAMILY AFFAIR

It was a great weekend for the families of the Golden Rockets players to come to town as the team won two exciting home games in front of large crowds at the Golden Arena.

BEARS APPEAR

2012 saw the most bear sightings reported through the RAPP line for Golden and area since 2008. There were more than 100 calls in total, most

reporting bear sighting associated with residential garbage or fruit trees.

A SAFER HIGHWAY

It was in May that the Golden and Dis-trict Search and Rescue decided to stop providing road rescue operations out-side the municipal boundary.

The province and the Town of Gold-en have finally reached an agreement to fill that gap.

Council has approved a resolution that will enter the town into a memoran-dum ofunderstanding for the Road Res-cue Financial Analysis Project.

TRAIN DERAILS

Eight cars from a CP train went off the tracks near Field at 3:05 a.m. on Nov. 23. There were no injuries and no danger to the town. The track was re-opened by early afternoon on the same day.

A JUMBO ISSUE

The Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, Bill Ben-nett, announced that the cabinet has approved the incorporpation of Jumbo as a mountain resort municipality..

A DIAMOND PRESENTATION

Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald was on hand at a Rotary Club of Golden meeting to make a special presentation to the family of Paul Hambruch.

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Chrystal Ruth Dolen passed away in Golden Hospital in the early hours of Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at the age of 82 years.Th e Mass of Christian Burial was held from the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Golden, on Friday aft ernoon, December 28th at 1 p.m. with Father Cecil Nunez the celebrant, with words

of remembrance by Duane Crandall.Interment followed in the family plot in Golden Cemetery, followed by a reception at the Golden Legion Hall, catered by her friends with the Legion Women’s Auxiliary.Pallbearers were; Matt and Brian Benedict, Jay Watson, Chris Dolen, and George and Charlie McElderry.Born in Truax, Saskatchewan on July 7, 1930, where she grew up on a farm. She worked in Revelstoke as a Telephone Operator prior to her move to Golden in 1971. Chrystal was a very dedicated mother and grandmother, a friend to all and is fondly remembered for her knitting, crocheting, and years of work in the community with the Women’s Auxiliary to the Legion.She was predeceased by her husband, Jim in 1997, daughter and two sons.Chrystal leaves her large family of 11 children; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews; sisters and brothers.Memorial donations may be sent to the BC Heart and Stroke Foundation in memory of Chrystal Dolen.On line email condolences may be sent to Chrystal’s obituary at www.hindmanbowersfuneralhome.comFuneral arrangements were in the care of Hindman/Bowers Funeral Home, Golden

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CHMELYK, RoseMarch 7, 1927 - March 3, 2012

Rose passed away peacefully on March 3, 2012. Rose was born in Spedden, Northern Alberta. She grew up with her fi ve brothers and four sisters on a homestead farm near Vilna. She married Nicholas Chmelyk in 1946. Rose and Nick, along with Nick’s brothers, moved to the North Peace area to pioneer vast grain farms near Cecil Lake, B.C. Daughter Judy and son James were born during this period. In 1955, tired of the unpredictability of farming life, they moved to Coquitlam. Nick found a long-term job at Fraser Mills in Maillardville. Son Gerald and daughter Sherry were born soon after. Nick and Rose separated in 1969. She lived for a number of years in New Westminster, working for a Ukrainian restaurant and at Monarch Foods. She then relocated to Edmonton to be closer to her siblings and worked at McGavin Bread. In the 1990’s, she moved to the Surrey/Langley area. Then due to declining health, she went to Kelowna to be under Sherry’s care. Rose had innumerable friends; she touched many with her straight talk and passion for life. She danced at the Kennedy Hall in Whalley and the Legions in New Westmin-ster, Coquitlam, Edmonton, Cloverdale and Langley. Rose was predeceased by daughter Judy in 1970. Rose is survived by daughter Sherry (Mike), sons James (Yolanda) and Gerald (Faye), granddaughter Julia (Jon), grandsons Jerry (Erika), Jamie (Mandy), Chris (Kaysee), Dan (Delaine), Mitchell and Nick, great-granddaughter Sophia, great-grandsons Jeron, Seth, Lukas and Carson. A private family gathering will be held at a later date. In lieu of fl owers, please send donations to the Alzheimer’s Society of B.C.

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Cards of ThanksThank you friends and family for attending today to celebrate my grandmother’s life. I have never done anything like this before and found it very diffi culty to write so please bear with me. I have often been told that I’m a very strong person and that I cope well in tough situations. I would often wonder about this. I would walk away thinking...wow really? I couldn’t help but ask myself: Am I strong? Where does this strength come from?After some refl ection I realized my strength came to me some time ago, built up over the years along with heartache and many tears. It has come to me in the form of LOVE. The people who have cared for me, loved me, helped me in times of need and have showed me that I will always be worthy of their love. These people in my life have given me my STRENGTH; the strength to love even when you think you have nothing left to give, to stand up for yourself, and to know you’re worthy of being loved. I have learned that I have the strength to be sad, to be happy, and to be ok even when things don’t go the way we had planned. In discovering my strength, I have learned to let go and forgive, and of course to have faith; faith to know that no matter how tough things may be God will always take care of us. My Grandmother was one of these people who taught me about strength. I was blessed to have her in my life for 28 years, she loved me unconditionally. She was always there when I needed her, to talk to or just visit with. She believed in me, no matter how diffi cult the situation, she trusted everything would always work out. She always found the strength to be happy for me, even if my decisions weren’t what she would have chosen for me, Even in deciding to move to the other side of the world to pursue my life, my dreams, I had her sup-port. I know she may have felt she was missing quality time spent with me, not being able to talk to me whenever or as often as either of us may have wanted. Even so, she just kept smiling and telling me how happy she was for me, saying I should live the life I want and go and explore the world. I knew that this wasn’t easy for Grandma, I could see the sadness in her eyes. Though, it was her LOVE and encouraging words that gave me the STRENGTH to pursue my dreams.

Now Grandma has passed and though I’m not here to see her on her new journey I know that she would want me to continue on the path I have started. So from half way around the world, from Sydney Australia, I’m sending her my LOVE to give her the STRENGTH to move on as she has done for me. With love, and great appreciationAmanda.

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Cards of ThanksThank you to Doctor Virginia Clark for all the loving tender care in the last few years for our mother Chrystal Dolen.

The nurses who looked after our mom, you ladies are truly angels in disguise. Thank you.

To the Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Axcellors, the tea was wonderful. Thanks.

We would like to thank John Collison for all the beautiful music at the church.

Thanks to Deb and Dianne at Flowers from Home, your fl owers were stunning. We are grateful - The Dolen Family.

To all our family and friends, we greatly appreciate all the loving support we have received. Thank you.

Thank you to Hindman Bowers Funeral Home for the kindness and care of our mom Chrystal Dolen.

- her Family.

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Chrystal Dolen - Eulogy (By Duane Crandall)

Be ore eg n y thoughts today n regard to the ele rat on o Chrystal s l e though ould g e you a l ttle ture o ho t nto th s a ly s ture since most of you who were in Chrystal's kitchen over the last 30 years would not have seen or heard much of me.My connection with Chrystal's family began not with the Dolens, but with Chrystal's own family, the McEllderrys, in Wilmer, just down by Invermere, in the 1950s. I was about 12 or 13 when the McEllderry moved there, and I remember Chrystal's parents buying a house about a block away from where we lived. I also remember Ken and Dave and Ted and Gay and Sharon. I also knew Allan and Marg very well because Allan did mechanical work and my folks were in the sawmill business and Allan did most of the work on their trucks. I also got to know Dorothy very well during the years when I was MLA and Dorothy was a big help in our political campaigns. My memory does not serve me well in regard to Leonard and Laura, but it may have been that they did not move to Wilmer with the rest of the family. Chrystal Ruth McEllderry Dolen's life began on a farm near Trossachs, Saskatchewan on July 7, 1930. Trossachs is a farm community 17 km straight west of Weyburn in southeastern Saskatchewan. And 1930, well we all either know or can imagine what life on a farm was like in 1930, very soon after the beginning of the great depression. Within the McEllderry/Dolen families probably only Leonard has a very good idea of what it was really like. I can guess, however, that it is probably unlikely that there was electricity in the home that Chrystal was born into. I doubt that there was central heating or inside plumbing. Almost certainly, there was no telephone. There would have been a wood or a wood/coal stove and after sunset when you couldn't see to walk around in the house anymore, someone would light the coal oil lamp or they would pump up and then light the gas lamp.There would most probably have been cows to milk, other stock and chickens to feed and wood and water to carry. All in that Saskatchewan wind.A prairie farm had lots of houses in those days. In addition to the family house, there would have been a chicken house, a dog house, maybe a milk house where the cream separator was located, and some farms had an ice house where ice was kept in sawdust for the hot days of summer. And, of course, every farm had an outhouse where in December and January it didn't matter whether the temperature was in Fahrenheit or Celsius.That was the kind of Canada into which Chrystal McEllderry was born. And regardless of the many challenges that people of that day faced, she thrived, went to school and graduated from high school there in Trossachs in 1947. She got married that same year to Don Watson and she and Don were blessed with six children: Anne, Linda, David, Jim, Howard and Doug. They lived in Weyburn, where Chrystal was a telephone operator, and later moved to Assiniboine and later still to Medicine Hat.Chrystal and Don later went separate ways and Chrystal married Jim Dolen in 1961. From that union there were four children, Darcy, John, Tammy and Lee. Eight of Chrystal's ten children survive, along with fteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Chrystal sadly lost two sons, Howard and Lee. She also lost her husband, Jim, a man with tremendous musical talents, in 1999.After Chrystal and Jim were married in 1961 they followed her Mother and Dad to Athalmer where they lived for a couple of years before moving to Revelstoke. Jim had a cedar shake business there and Chrystal again worked as a telephone operator. They were there for ten or twelve years before the shake business brought them to Donald in 1971. They had many good years in Donald, most of which, in addition to her homemaking work, Chrystal also operated a small country store and ran the ost f ce.Jim and Chrystal sold their place in Donald and retired to Golden in 1991. During her years in Golden, Chrystal had enjoyed knitting, crocheting, and especially, gardening. She also served as treasurer of the Golden Legion and was much involved in her service to the Catholic Women's League. As I mentioned previously, Jim was a very accomplished violin player and in their retirement years, Jim was an important part of the Golden Seniors orchestra. His ddle is very much missed. And while Chrystal wasn't playing an instrument, she was there every time enjoying the company and the music.So this is somewhat the kind of path that Chrystal Dolen lived during her time with us. But there is often more to the path than what the circumstances of life present. Doors often open and close for different people in different ways. We don't all share the same opportunities or the same trials. But the way we react to those that come our way is what determines the impact of the footprints we leave behind.Chrystal left footprints of care and love for her family and friends. She cared for Jim the last several years of his life. He never lived in a care facility because he had the best of care at home.Chrystal had a kind and forgiving nature. Her son-in-law, George, said that while mother-in-laws are often not very popular, he has only good memories of his mother-in-law.And so as we celebrate Chrystal's life it is nice to recognize that her's was a life well lived. She was a good daughter, a good wife, a good mother, a good grandmother, a good neighbour and a good friend. In short, Chrsytal's life mattered to many people.Chrystal loved her family and she loved the God who created us all. I don't know if, just prior to her passing, Chrstyal knew her time on earth was short. But I do believe that if she did know, she would have been at peace with Him, the One who had cared for her during her time with us.


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Golden Rockets VS. Fernie Ghostriders Friday, January 11 in Golden


After starting the season in Invermere with the Columbia Val-ley Rockies, James Price has found a new home with the Golden Rock-ets.

The 18-year-old from Langdon, Alberta had 19 points for the Rock-ies this season when he was taken off the the team roster.

Head Coach of the Rockets, Ty Davidson, said he felt he was lucky to get the chance to pick up Price in a move that has helped the team over the past nine games.

Since joining the rockets Price has been in on six goals and and played solid two way hockey for the team.

“It has been awesome to come to a first-place team. It was a big

change and you can’t complain about winning,” he said.

Since coming to Golden, Price has spent time getting used to a new home and team.

“It has been great. Ever since I got here everyone has been real-ly friendly. They introduced them-selves right away and I felt right at home,” he said. “It is a lot of fun. It is a small town which is quiet. It is something I am not used to because I spent time in Calgary. But this is really nice.”

As for the way the rockets play, Price feels it is a system which he is well suited to.

“To be honest, I think it is more my style of play. I get to be a lot more creative than I have been used to. I like it a lot,” he said.

The young forward sees himself as a playmaker on the ice and has

been enjoying working with his new line since joining Golden.

“I am definitely more offensive than defensive,” he said.

In a game against Creston, Price showed his scoring capabilities when he scored the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over the Rockets ‘Eddie Mountain Division rivals.

“I just saw all five of their guys rush (Coltin) Berard. He just tossed it up the middle and I skated into it. He made a great pass that made it over four guys’ sticks and I got a little lucky,” he said.

As for the rest of the year Price is looking forward to working hard with his new team and becoming a better player.

“Ty really shows me what I need to work on. He has been awesome to work with and is helping me become a better player.”

Rockets forward celebrates after scoring the winning goal against Creston. Darryl Crane/Star Photo

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The Golden Rockets managed to hold on for the win against the Creston Val-ley Thunder Cats on Saturday Dec. 29, despite a lack lustre effort from both sides.

Each team netted a point in the first period. The first came on the Rockets power play. Shane Rutherford snuck one past the goalie with the man advantage.

Creston answered back quickly, scor-

ing two minutes later off the stick of Angus Johnston.

The second period, although offering power plays to both teams, resulted in no goals.

It looked as though the third was going to be as uneventful as the second, with shots for the period being 5-1 in favour of the Thunder Cats. But a cross-ice pass from defenceman Coltin Berard gave his teammate James Price a breakaway almost half way through the period.

This resulted in the Rockets second,

and final goal of the evening.Golden had to hold on at the end of

the period when they were forced to kill a four minute penalty. Carter Cochrane got called for the double minor after spearing an opposing player with six minutes left in the game.

The buzzer went, leaving the score at 2-1 for the Rockets.

Head coach of the Rockets, Ty David-son, said the sloppy play was not to be unexpected with players coming back from their Christmas break.

“I went in with some sort of expecta-tion that there was going to be a little rust tonight and there was. Our legs weren’t there tonight but they will be on Wed-nesday. We are going to have some very spirited practices and extra off ice stuff to make sure we are game ready,” he said.

“Having said that, it might not have been the prettiest of wins but we were really good in the third when we had to be. We killed some big penalties in the third and were able to get out of here win a 2-1 victory which is great.”

Golden Rockets continue to win heading into 2013

Creston Valley Thunder Cats goalie Tyler Moffatt slides across to make a save against Golden Rockets player Coltin Berard. The Rockets also made their $9,000 draw which was won by Aaron Warnock of Golden (pictured above right with Golden Rockets President Curt Thorne). Darryl Crane/Star Photo


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