Golden Star, April 22, 2015

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Local hockey fans gathered in Spirit Square Saturday evening to show off their team colours as crews from CTV Vancouver and TSN Radio rolled through town to shoot a segment for the news. The Calgary Flames took a 2-1 series lead over the Vancouver Canucks with a 4-2 win in Game 3 on Sunday night. Joel Tansey/Star Photo

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Golden’s largest Resort Municipality Initiative project to date will get underway shortly as the Highway 1 Boulevard Improvement contract was granted to Sierra Landscaping.

The project, which will include landscaping and lighting features, was scheduled for last year. Only one contract bid came in, and was over budget, so it was delayed until this season.

The first phase of the project comes in at over $600,000, all of which is paid for through the RMI program.

The project is scheduled to get underway soon, and be complete by June 30 before the highway’s busy summer season is in full swing.

In other municipal news the recreation depart-ment is moving ahead with conversations around “cost recovery” for the Town’s recreation facilities.

As the issue has never been tackled head on, Jordan Petrovics, manager of recreation, has

given members of council a survey to gath-er opinion on what a reasonable “cost recov-ery” should be for municipal facilities. In other words, how much of the burden should be on the municipality/tax payer, and how much on the users of the facilities.

“I hope to get this information put togeth-er before the strategic planning sessions,” said Petrovics.

Strategic planning will get underway in the next few months.

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Coun. Eddie Leigan spoke to guests at the Town’s open house budget consultation last week about some of the proj-ects coming up with the municipality. Jessica Schwitek/Star Photo


The public input process is continuing for the Town of Golden Five Year Financial Plan, which included an open house last week where guests could peruse the information and ask questions.

Residents can still provide feedback to the municipality on the budget. Some of the high-lights include a two per cent tax increase ($88,000) which, like previous years, goes into an asset renewal reserve.

This year there is also an increase in water rates (2.5 per cent of $5.88 annual increase) and sewer rates (5 per cent, or $14.16 annual increase).

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The Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) says it all in one statement: “...a person operating a cycle on a highway has the same rights and duties as a driver of a vehicle.” Strictly speaking, both Ardersier Road and the Galloping Goose Trail are highways within the meaning of the MVA. This e� ectively means that the cyclist on the Trail had every reason to expect the driver to remain stopped as they crossed with caution, in the same way that they would at the intersection of two “regular” streets having a two way stop.

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The B.C. government is taking action to protect the province’s bodies of water from invasive mus-sels. Although Columbia River Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald is happy to see the province moving on this issue, he wishes it had happened sooner.

An important first step in the fight to ensure that we defend our lakes and rivers against zebra and quagga mussels, is how Macdonald character-ized the government’s announcement.

“There has been a tremendous amount of pub-lic pressure on government to take responsibil-ity for ensuring that British Columbia’s water-ways do not become infested with invasive mus-sels,” said Macdonald. “Other jurisdictions have been much quicker than British Columbia to take action, and that has been a huge concern.”

Quagga and zebra mussels have become a nightmare in Ontario and Manitoba, and trans-ference of watercraft into British Columbia from these regions could result in a similar infestation here.

Ministry of Environment documents state that ‘if zebra or quagga mussels become established in BC they could decimate sockeye salmon and kokanee fisheries as a result of the irreversible ecological challenges they could induce.’ Rate of threat is classified as high.

“It only takes one contaminated boat to infect

a water body. And once the infestation begins, it cannot be reversed,” said Macdonald.

The strengthened invasive mussel defence pro-gram begins operations in April for the 2015 boat-ing season and consists of:

* Three mobile decontamination units.* Six trained auxiliary conservation officers. * Highway signage throughout the province.* Expanded monitoring for zebra and quagga

mussels.* Report All Poachers or Polluters response line

coverage.* Increasing “Clean, Drain, Dry” education and

outreach activities.Through this program, teams will inspect and,

if necessary, decontaminate boats entering B.C. from Alberta. They also will respond to boats from the U.S. identified as a concern by the Canadian Border Services Agency, as well as U.S. partner agencies. Each crew will be equipped with mobile self-contained decontamination units.

“I’ve spoken many times on this issue because to delay could have devastating consequences. I’m happy to see that the government is taking some action, and that they intend to do so in time for this season,” said Macdonald.

“But the proof will be in the implementation of the plan, and whether or not the government chooses to extend and expand the program. One summer will not solve this issue. A commitment must be made by government to take this serious-ly, not just this year but permanently.”

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Emergency services honoured at annual ball

Emergency service workers and guests got together at the 3rd Annual 911 Emergency Services Ball at Emerald Lake Lodge on Apr. 18. The event raises funds for STARS Air Ambulance, and this year some of the money raised will also go towards a new transport ventilator at the Golden Hospital. Jessica Schwitek/Star Photo

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CP yard disturbancePolice were called to

the CP Rail yard dur-ing the early morning hours of Apr. 13 after employees located an intoxicated male walk-ing around the yard. The male, a short term resident from Aus-tralia, was arrested for public intoxication under the Liquor Con-trol and Licencing Act,

and lodged in Golden RCMP cells until sober. The male was then issued a Violation Tick-et for trespassing on railway property by the CP Police Service.

Tenant evictedRCMP assisted court

bailiffs in evicting an unwanted tenant from a residence on Lafontaine Road on Apr. 13. “The person involved has had sev-eral dealings with land-lords and police over the past few weeks,” stated Cst. Spencer Lainchbury, spokes-person for the Gold-en-Field RCMP. “The resident’s belongings were removed without incident, and he is now looking for alternate accommodations.”

Mailbox break-inPolice are investigat-

ing after several Can-ada Post mailboxes were broken into on Reflection Lake Road throughout the week. “The locks appeared to have been forced open by a screwdriv-er or something simi-lar,” said Cst. Lainch-bury. The owners of the mailboxes are unaware if any mail was stolen. Police are ask-ing anyone with infor-mation regarding this

incident to contact them at 250-344-2221 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Domestic disturb-ance

Police were called to a domestic disturb-ance near Golden Upper Donald Road in the early morning of Apr. 14.

“Once police arrived it was determined that the two were in a dis-pute over legal issues they had been deal-ing with,” said Cst. Lainchbury. “The two declined to provide police with any infor-mation that would sup-port charges in the matter.” The female was provided trans-portation to alter-nate accommoda-tions for the evening. No further issues were reported to police.

Drug charges laidA 24 year-old from

Golden is facing char-ges for trafficking drugs after police located drugs inside a vehicle while con-ducting foot patrols in the downtown core during the early mor-ning hours on Apr. 17. Police seized what they believe to be ecstasy, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia in quan-

tities large enough to suggest that the male was selling the drugs.

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Police assisted a local hotel with evicting an employee from staff accommodations this week after the com-pany received a drug shipment through Canada Post for the staff member. “The employer had received information that the employee had been sending drugs to the business,” said Cst. Lainchbury. “They received a package which was suspicious to them, and the item, which contained 60 prescription Xanax tablets, a small amount of marijuana, and large amount of psilo-cybin (mushrooms).” The items were all seized and police attended the prop-erty to keep the peace while the male packed his belongings. Char-ges are not expected in relation to the drugs.

False alarm at parkOn Apr. 16 police

received a call from a concerned resident after they noticed that a male was parked in a motorhome, and appeared to be watch-

ing children in a park. Police attended and determined that the motorhome was visit-ing an adjacent resi-dence and the man was actually babysitting the child who was play-ing in the park. The owner of the motor-home, which had been parked on town prop-erty for some time, was advised that he would need to find a differ-ent location to park his vehicle if he planned on remaining in the area for an extended period of time.

Drink, drive and runA 31 year-old from

Golden is facing char-ges for Impaired Driv-ing and Obstruction after police allege he fled on foot during a traffic stop.

“Police initiated a traffic stop on 9th Ave. N, the male driv-er then fled on foot towards the pedes-trian bridge,” stat-ed Cst. Lainchbury. “After a small foot chase the male was arrested and brought back to the detach-ment, where breath samples over twice the legal limit were obtained.” The male is set to appear in court on June 16 to answer to the charges.


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From left: Brad Lorriman, Shauna Speers and Greg Bodnaryk are the first recipients of the Ferdl Taxbock Memorial Scholarship. Jessica Schwitek/Star Photo

Scholarship fund supports search and rescueGolden Star [email protected]

The Golden and District Search and Rescue has created a scholarship fund to honour a life that was lost two years ago in Bugaboo Provincial Park.

After a tragic climbing incident in 2013, GADSAR responded to a spot beacon activation and subse-quently performed a rescue of two women and the recovery of the body of climber Ferdl Taxbock.

Taxbock’s family had requested that any donations in his memory be made to GADSAR, and the organ-ization has become the recipient of many donations by his friends and family, which continue to this day.

In honour and recognition of his life, GADSAR created the Ferdl Taxbock Memorial Scholarship, which will be awarded on an annual basis to three active mmbers of GADSAR. Up to $750 will be allo-cated to members who have taken training cours-es in any discipline that relates to GADSAR’s man-date of providing rescue services in the mountain environment.

This year’s recipients are Shauna Speers (GADSAR Manager), and members Brad Lorriman, and Greg Bodnaryk. Speers used the funds towards Advanced Care Paramedic Courses, while Bodnaryk and Lor-riman completed their IRATA Level 1 (rope access training).

Local grateful for dog’s keen sense of smell

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Gibson will certain-ly make more import-ant discoveries in her career as an avalanche rescue dog, but she’s clearly not doing so badly up to this point in her training.

In fact, she’s already saved one grateful Goldenite nearly $700.

On Apr. 9, John Lush was skiing with his brother in-law and niece at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort when they stopped for a bite to eat at Eagle’s Eye.

When it was time to pay, Lush unzipped his jacket pocket but found only his keys, having forgotten his wallet at home.

After lunch, Lush and his group skied into Crystal Bowl - his broth-er-in-law having cov-ered his portion of the bill - where he decided to pull off a few jumps to impress his niece.

“I launched the

jump out of the bottom there…I came down on it pretty quick and just let my skis loose and caught my right tip,” Lush recalled.

“When I got up I lost my bearings pretty decently and didn’t notice that my coat (pocket) was open.”

At the bottom of the hill, Lush noticed his open pocket and came to the painful realiza-tion that he’d lost his only set of keys for his truck.

“I went up…retraced all of my steps and went right back to that spot. I looked all through and couldn’t find any-thing. It was only about a 10 by 10 foot area…I thought I did a pretty good job of scouring (around).”

After repeated calls to guest services - Lush jokes that they must have gotten sick of him calling - he decided to replace his ignition cylinder, since his truck is fairly old and that

would cost about the same as replacing the keys. The entire pro-cess was due to cost him around $700.

That’s when he got

the call he’d been wait-ing for.

“They were just about to do my truck and guest services called and they found my keys,” Lush said.

“I was pretty happy not to spend that money.”

Gibson was Lush’s unlikely hero.

Kyle Hale, the Moun-tain Safety Manager at Kicking Horse, was in charge of the avalanche dog in-training at the time that Lush’s keys were found.

“We do a lot of train-ing at the hill so we were just looking in our search site…she just ran over to an area in the

snow, gave it a little paw dig and out popped a set of keys,” Hale said.

Hale hopes to have Gibson fully certified by next winter, and if the early returns are any indication, she’ll fare quite well as an ava-lanche dog.

“She’s finding stuff so that’s good,” he said.

And of course, no good deed should go unrewarded.

“I’ve got this sling-shot that I’m going to give to (Gibson) that’s kinda like this ball and slingshot to help [her] go find more stuff,” Lush said.

“The dog saved me 700 bucks.”

Kicking Horse Safety Manager Kyle Hale pictured with ava-lanche dog in-training Gibson. Photo Submitted

Town of Golden PO Box 350, 810 S. 9th Avenue, Golden, BC V0A 1H0 Phone: 250.344.2271 Fax:250.344.6577 Website:www.golden.ca

Notice of Public Hearing Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1353, 2015 – Elkington

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The zoning for 1208 and 1214 - 11th Avenue North is being corrected by rezoning the subject properties from M4 – Railway Industrial to M3 – Heavy Industrial. How can I find out more?

Background material may be viewed at the Town Hall from Tuesday, April 21, 2015 to Tuesday May 5, 2015 from 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday. For more information contact: Phil Armstrong, Manager of Development Services / Planner at 250.344.2271 ext 236 or [email protected]. How can I give feedback?

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b) By appearing before Council at the Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 7:00 PM at the Town Hall Council Chambers (810 9th Ave South).

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Local Representation

Editor,

Regarding your recent story of the Federal NDP candidate, Wayne Stetski’s, visit to Golden, it’s unfortu-nate that I didn’t get to hear his pres-entation. If he truly is as he described himself, a fiscally responsible, liberal minded, Green NDPer, then I think he is what we need in politics today. The hyper partisanship currently coming out of Ottawa is truly a threat to our democratic institutions and indeed the fabric of our Canadian society.

Compare his statement “My job is to represent you, so I want to hear

from all of you”, to our current MP, David Wilks, who couldn’t be both-ered to show up for any of the all can-didates forums or debates in the last election. Or Mr. Wilks’ comment, after the Federal approval of the Northern Gateway Pipeline, where he said “not supporting it would be a political problem, supporting it was easy for me”. Doesn’t sound like someone who is willing to represent his constituents, but rather someone looking out for his job.

At a meeting with constituents in Revelstoke in May 2012, Mr. Wilks stated his belief that the omnibus budget bill should be split into a ser-ies of smaller bills, but that as a back-bench MP, he had to vote in favour of it “because that’s how Ottawa works”.

He pretty much said the same thing when he was in Golden, as reported by the Golden Star, referring to fund-ing for the Trans Canada Highway, how he’s tried and tried to get that funding but to no avail. By his own admission he is ineffective at work-ing for his constituents. Simply put, our current MP is a bench warmer, sit-ting in Ottawa waiting for his turn to say “Yes Mister Prime Minister”.

We need representation of all the people in the Kootenay-Columbia, not someone who will only represent the Conservative party. If Mr. Stetski can show us he will do that, he’s got my vote.

Steve MitchellMoberly, B.C.

Golden HospiceTo the editor,

What is hospice?The Golden Hospice Society has been active in the

Golden area for the past 14 years. The group consists of trained volunteers who offer compassionate caring assistance for a family when one of their loved ones has been diagnosed with a life threatening or terminal illness When this happens the whole family is on a journey. We are here to assist you in walking that journey .

At some time in some way, we must all face the end of life. And most of us share a common hope-that when death comes to us or a loved one, it will be peaceful and free of pain. The care can be in any setting, at home in

hospital or in any other facility. Most of all, hospice care is about living fully to the very end of life with dignity and comfort.

Hospice care can help make a very difficult life passage both manageable and meaningful for both those people facing death as well as their loved ones.

Hospice care in the Golden area can be accessed through a referral from your doctor, nurse, your pastor or a family friend or email: [email protected].

The local group is here to assist you and your loved ones in the journey towards death so that a final passing can be an experience that gives meaning and complete-ness to life.

Julia CundliffeGolden

Despite a lot of opposition, particular-ly in the Columbia Val-ley, the provincial wolf cull moved ahead this year killing a total of 84 wolves.

This was the first year of a five-year plan.

I rarely find myself forming an opinion over wildlife issues, par-ticularly because the issues are almost always more complicated than most people think.

The cull, which is executed with machine guns from a helicop-ter, targets wolves who the government says are endangering herds of caribou that are in danger of disappearing. It is believed that wolf popula-tions have increased (although there is no veri-fied data to confirm this), while the caribou populations in two B.C. regions have decreased.

The South Selkirk program left seven to 10 wolves alive because they were not targeting caribou, and their movements continue to be tracked. That mountain caribou herd is down to 14, compared to 18 last year and 46 in 2009.

The other cull, in the South Peace region resulted in a much higher death toll to protect a much larger herd.

The reason I find myself particularly disturbed by this plan is the low likelihood of success.

The South Selkirk herd is down to 14. That’s a shockingly low number. And it seems to me that these efforts to save the herd are too little too late.

Regardless of whether wolves are the cause of the dwindling numbers, and many people say they are not, when the herd is down to that small a number there are too many other factors that can affect its survival. Even if wolves were def-initely the cause, killing them won’t necessarily save the caribou.

As Columbia Valley activist, biologist, and wild-life photographer Brad Hill put it during a pres-entation in Golden last month, “one avalanche could wipe them all out.”

The herd lost four members in the past year. If that pattern continues the herd will be gone before the province’s five-year plan is complete.

I am not comfortable with sacrificing one spe-cies to save another under any circumstances, but I am absolutely appalled that we are sacri-ficing one species for the very slim chance that it may, somehow make an impact.

And possibly the most upsetting part of the entire plan is the lack of recognition of the opposition. If so many people, many of whom are experts in wildlife management, are con-demning the plan for both ethical and scientif-ic reasons, than why has the government insisted on moving forward?

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A STAR to Ralph for remembering I love that chair!

Stingers to the people who were setting off fireworks at 2:30 in the morn-ing. I thought a train was exploding!

Stingers to poor sports who have no semblance of sportsmanship.

Stars to Kicking Horse Movies for hosting a great

birthday party and for providing descrip-tive audio for those who are visually impaired!

And a thousand exploding Stars to all who came out to experience it with us! We will be sure to do that again in the future. It was awesome!

A hospital full of stars to the doctors, nurses and all the teams at the Golden

Hospital. They are the shining stars in our community.

Many stars of thank yous to all the help-ing hands that have reached out to me.

A pack of stars to Christina for the amazing breakfast on Saturday!

A stinger to certain individuals who only think of themselves and not about oth-ers.

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My report this week is about land. The value of land, the way government decisions on land can benefit their friends, and the way that zoning of land can drastically affect its value.

Recently, the Opposition brought forward facts around the massive selloff of government lands on Burke Mountain, lands that were sold primarily to bal-ance the provincial budget. Selling off surplus lands as a way of making ends meet is short-term thinking that few citizens would support. This becomes even more ques-tionable when it is discovered that these very valuable lands were sold at hugely discounted prices to a friend of the BC Liberals.

These lands were valued through a government-com-missioned assessment at $128 million. Instead of follow-ing the advice of the real estate professionals to keep the lands on the market for the length of time needed to ensure a full value offer, the BC Liberals decided to stop the sale. The whole parcel was then purchased for only

$83 million. That’s $43 million dollars of revenue to the Crown that was lost.

But who was the successful bidder? A BC Liberal donor who has donated nearly $1 million to the party.

This situation reminded me of the importance of prop-er oversight of all government’s dealings with real estate, and the dangers of our current system for managing chan-ges to lands within the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR).

Municipal zoning decisions, for example, are made by elected and accountable officials in a very public process following strict rules. This is the way every zoning decision should be made.

And this is why so many people are concerned about the BC Liberals’ meddling in the ALR. Decisions made around releasing lands from the ALR in the Kootenays are no longer required to meet a strict standard; the rules for changes are now ill-defined and do not put agri-culture as a top priority. Land released from the ALR can increase significantly in value, so these decisions

must be made with the greatest of care.

But to add further fuel to the fire, the people who will make these important decisions are political appointees who will operate without clear guidelines, public pro-cess, or oversight. This could result in decisions that do not put the best interests of the public first.

So much depends on governments developing legislation and processes that ensure that public interest is paramount. Unfortunately, that has not been the rec-ord of this government.

- MLA Report -By Norm Macdonald

BC Liberals can’t be trusted when it comes to land deals: MLA

B.C. gov’t: Human-caused fires cause for concern in North ColumbiaMinistry of Forests, Lands and Natural ResourcesWildfire Management Branch

On Thursday, April 16, 2015, the Wildfire Manage-ment Branch responded to two new wildfires in the North Columbia region, both of which were human-caused and therefore preventable.

These fires were the result of poorly planned open burning:

* Wildfire Management crews were supported by the Golden Fire Department at an 18-hectare fire near the community of Donald. The fire spread quickly in dry grass and at one point threatened sev-eral structures in the area, but they weren’t damaged. The fire is now contained.

* A small wildfire seven kilometres south of Golden

was caused by embers that were blown into surround-ing grass from a previously burned pile.

These two incidents serve as reminders for people to remain vigilant and pay attention with any open burning or recreational activities where fire is being used, and to ensure that they have contingency plans in place to extinguish any fire that may get out of hand.

The recent unseasonably mild temperatures and low relative humidity in southeast British Columbia have increased the wildfire risk in all snow-free areas. Dried grass from last summer has not yet renewed itself due to low overnight temperatures, so it is high-ly flammable.

In British Columbia, the Wildfire Act specifies a person’s legal obligations when using fire in or with-

in one kilometre of forest land or grassland. If an out-door burn escapes and causes a wildfire, the person responsible may be held accountable for damages and fire suppression costs.

Anyone igniting a fire outdoors must take the prop-er precautions, including never leaving the fire unattended, verifying weather conditions prior to starting a fire (especially wind, which can pick up in the late afternoon in the Columbias), making sure that a fire is completely extinguished and the ashes are cold to the touch before you leave the area for any length of time, and creating a fireguard around the planned fire site.

For the latest information on current wildfire activ-ity, burning restrictions, road closures and air quality advisories, go to: www.bcwildfire.ca


Golden Cinema presents:The Longest Ride starts Apr.24 until Apr.31 at 7pm.

This WeekAPES After School Program Mon. - Fri. 3 -5:30pm. $12/day ages 5-11. To register leave a msg 250-272-0425.StrongStart a free, school based learning program birth-5years. Mon.&Fri. 12-3:30pm, Wed. 2-5pm, Tues.&Thurs. 8:45-11:45am. 250-439-9324 for info.

Wed, Apr. 22Golden Public Health pres-ents Baby Talk for new parents and kids every Wed., 1:30-3pm in the Early Learning Centre. 12 months and under. 250-344-3001 for more info.Hapkido Martial Arts Wed., Arena Lounge 6-7pm (kids) 7:15-8:15pm (adults). Parent and Tot Play Group Wed. 10:30am-12pm at the Rec Plex. Follows school schedule. 344-2000 for info.Badminton Wed., 7-9pm at the Rec Plex $5 bring racket.Job Skills 2 Day Workshop Apr.22 10am-3pm, Apr.23 10am-12pm. Free and includes lunch. Cover let-ters, resumes, interview skills will be discussed. 250-344-5413 to register.

Thurs, Apr. 23 Men’s Basketball Thur. 7:30-9:30pm at the Rec Plex. Bridge Club every Thur. at the Senior’s Centre 1-4pm. 250-344-5448.Golden Toastmasters Thursdays, 7:30pm at College of the Rockies.Mountain Magic Quilters Guild Thur., 7:30-9pm in the GSS sewing room. New members/guests welcome, annual membership is $25.Jam Night at the Golden Taps Pub every Thursday.A.A Meetings Thursdays, at the Family Centre, 421 9th Ave N. All meetings are open and start at 8pm.Golden Youth Centre Band Of Guys drop-in for male teens (12-18) every Thursdays 3:45-5:30pm.Cribbage at the Golden Seniors Centre every

Thursday from 1-3pm.English Language Classes, free! Tue. & Thur. 10am-12pm. 344-8392 to register.

Fri, Apr. 24A.A Meetings Fridays at the Lutheran Church basement 915 - 9th St S. All meetings are open and start at 8pm.Golden Youth Centre drop-in Fridays from 3:30-7:30pm.Karaoke Night at The Mad Trapper every Friday night.Meat Draw every Friday at The Legion 5:30pm.Friday Night Bridge at 7pm at St. Andrew’s Centre for Peace. 250-344-5448.Mother Goose Program Fri. 10:30-11:30am at the Early Years Centre. Free and snacks are included.Special Olympics “FUNdamentals” youth pro-gram Fri. 9-10am at APES. For children 7-12 years with intellectual disabilities. Call 250-919-0757 for info.FREE Settlement Services to help newcomers to Canada with English lan-guage training, citizenship, community resources, bank-ing, housing, and more! Fridays from 9-11am. Call 250-344-8392. Soup Day at the Golden Seniors Centre Apr.24 from 11:30am-1pm $6.

Sat, Apr. 25Meat Draw Saturdays at The Legion 5pm.A.A Meetings Sat. at the Golden Museum. All meetings are open and start at 8pm.Food Skills Program Saturdays Apr.11-May 23, 10am-1pm. Learn how to cook healthy meals on a budget. Free meals and child minding. 250-439-9665 to register.Golden Farmers’ Market & Yard Sale Apr.25 from 11am-3pm in the paking lot by St. Andrew’s Church.Smart Cooking on a Budget Apri.25-May.30, Saturdays, 10am-1pm, St. Andrew’s Church. 344-1032 to register.

Sun, Apr. 26Sunday Howl open mic at the Wolf’s Den Sundays 4-8pm.

Magic the Gathering Game Tournament 12-5pm at Bizarre Entertainment.Raygun Cowboys, and The Resignators play at the Rockwater Apr.26.

Mon, Apr. 27Join the Cadets. Free pro-gram meets every Monday, 6-8pm at the Alexander Park School gym. For young men and women ages 12-18.Seniors Day at Reflections Hair Studio Mondays 15% off all regular priced ser-vices, call 250-344-5766. Heroclix League 6-9pm Mondays at Bizarre Entertainment.Picnic in the Park Play & Chat Mondays from 11:30am-1:30pm at the Alexander Park Elementary playground.Family Dinner Play and Learn Mon. 5-7pm at the Early Years Centre. Free program includes dinner, parent dis-cussion with child minding. 250-439-9665 to register. N.A Meetings Mon. in the Library basement. 8pm.Telling Our Life Stories Writing Workshop Mon. 10am-12pm. Techniques to organize memoirs. No writ-ing experience necessary. 250-439-9665 to register. Golden Youth Centre drop-in every Monday from 5-8pm.Nicholson Parent & Tot Mondays from 9-11am at Nicholson School.Crafts at the Seniors Centre every Monday from 1--3pm.Art classes at the Golden Seniors Centre every Monday from 10am-3pm.Hapkido Martial Arts Mon., Arena Lounge 6-7pm (kids) 7:15-8:15pm (adults).Indoor Soccer at the Rec Plex 8:30-9:30pm.Al-Anon Group meets Mondays at the Women’s Centre from 6-7pm. 344-6492 for more info.

Tues, Apr. 28A.A Meetings Tues. at the United Church 901 11th Ave S. Alley Ent. All meetings are open and start at 8pm.Golden Youth Centre drop-in Tuesdays from 3:30-7:30pm.Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Edition Tuesdays 6-9pm at

Bizarre Entertainment.Volleyball drop-in Tues. at the Rec Plex $5, 7-9pm.FREE Settlement Services to help newcomers to Canada with English train-ing, citizenship, community resources, banking, hous-ing, and more! Tues. 1-3pm. 250-344-8392.Golden Shotokan Karate Tues. & Thurs. 6-6:45pm (kids) 7-8:30pm (adults).Bingo at the Seniors Centre every Tuesday from 1-3pm.T.O.P.S (take off pounds sensibly) Family Centre, Tuesdays, 6-7pm. 344-7228, 344-6492 for more details. English Language Classes, free! Tue. & Thur. 10am-12pm. 344-8392 to register.Rockwater Grill & Ba

Upcoming Events Kicking Horse Culture pres-ents Live Kicks: Jimmy Rankin Apr.29 at 7:30pm at the Civic Centre.Kicking Horse Chamber of Commerce AGM Apr.30 at the Kicking Horse River Lodge at 6pm $20.Golden Figure Skating Club AGM Apr.30 at 7pm at Apostoles Restaurant.The Creepshow, and The Penske File play at the Rockwater Apr.30.Golden Hospice Society AGM Apr.30 at 7pm at the College of the Rockies room 118.The Gentlemen’s Club Bike and Outdoor Gear Swap May 2 in the parking lot by Town Hall. 10am-12pm drop off, 1-3 swap, 3-4 pick up. Cash only.Golden Rockets Jr. Hockey AGM May 3 at 3pm in the Ramada meeting room.Mother’s Day Tea in the Park at Mountainside Gardens May 10 from 2-4pm. Golden Mountain Festival May 15, 16, and 17.Golden Swimming Pool opens May 16 from 10am-8pm.The Brains play at the Rockwater May 19.Rotary Annual Gigantic Slient and Live Auction May 23 from 11am-5pm at the Civic Centre.Golden Light Horseclub’s Delbert Johnson Memorial Barrel Jackpot May 30 at 1pm and May 31 at 10am at the Rodeo Grounds.

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A heartfelt thank you to the Rotary Club for organizing the ‘raised garden boxes’ project for Durand Manor, and to HR Pacific for donating the wood, the time, and the energy to build them. The residents here will now be able to help out with the gardening and reap the benefits of fresh vegetables and fresh air!If anyone is interested in volunteering with our gardening projects, we would love the extra hands to help out. Please phone Tanis Brown (residential care coordinator 344-3006) or Coreena Braisher (activities assistant 344-3049).

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Jimmy Rankin has spent most of his life touring Canada both with his family and on his own, but to this day he still enjoys seeing new parts of the coun-try, especially those off the beaten path.

"I have gotten to see some amazing places, places that a lot of people in Canada don't get to see," said Rankin. "I really like getting off the main highways. That's part of the inspiration for Back Road Paradise, the new record."

His career began with the Rankin Family 25 years ago, and it's still barrelling forward with his new album Back Road Paradise, which he describes as the most "country" album he has made to date.

There have always

been traces of coun-try in his music, but this time he decided to jump in with both feet.

"There's definite-ly more of a coun-try sound in there than what I've done before… But I think it's important to keep growing and trying new things. I really like experimenting with different sounds," said Rankin.

With this type of album, it's a great fit to be touring Western Canada, hitting some of the smaller towns around Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. In his long years as a travel-ling musician, Rankin has played every venue imaginable, all the way from stadiums and out-door festivals, to small pubs and community halls. And he enjoys all of them.

"I really do like play-ing the smaller venues, I find these shows are

much more intimate," he said. "It's more of a singer/songwriter kind of vibe. Don't get me wrong, you won't fall asleep. There's still lots of audience par-ticipation, and people can always shout out requests."

A touring musician and father, Rankin says he doesn’t have much free time. “My life is divided between music and children, family life… and writing when I can. It’s a crazy balance; there is no balance. But when I’m home, I’m a dad. I do whatever needs to be taken care of with work and home, and try to write when I can. But there’s taking the kids to baseball games and swimming lessons and school. It is a full time job. There’s no bal-ance. You try to make the best of it and be the best you can be.”

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Kicking Horse Cul-ture's Live Kicks ser-ies with the last show on his tour in Golden at the Civic Centre on April 29. Tickets are available at the Art Gal-lery of Golden.

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Jimmy Rankin will be playing the final concert of the Live Kicks series on April 29 at the Golden Civic Centre. Photo Submitted

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The Grim Reaper squared off against Fischer in Grim and Fischer at the Golden Civic Centre on Apr. 18. Ali Starchuk/Star Photo

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Water levels and ecosystems around Golden affected by climate change

By Natasha OverduinWildsight Golden

When you’re fishing in the Columbia or rafting down the Kicking Horse, global problems like climate change, water scarcity, and declining fish populations seem far-removed and irrelevant.

But Golden is not immune to freshwater woes. In the Columbia Valley, a changing climate, reduced snowpack, dwindling glaciers, drier summers, increased

fire risk, and invasive species are changing both ecosystems and water levels. Increasing resource and munici-pal development means there are also concerns about impacts to water quality and sensitive aquatic habitats.

In Golden and surrounding area, two powerful rivers, as well as many lakes and smaller creeks, are a source for local pride, heritage, fishing, and paddling. The Town of Golden is very fortunate as we don’t have to treat our community water, which comes from a shallow underground aquifer. This is a rarity in today’s world, and something to be celebrated.

At the same time, unpredictable waterways like the Kicking Horse pose serious flood risks – as evidenced by the ice event this winter. In Nicholson, water quality contamination from septic fields is a growing concern. And, Golden’s remarkably pure water supply is vulnerable to contamination from pollutants (like lawn pesti-cide) that flush into our storm drains.

Finding solutions to complex water issues requires that we re-think our systems of decision-making and accountability. Citizens, communities, local organizations, private industries, First Nations, and all levels of governments need to be involved in water decision-making and share responsibility for its management and protection.

Across the Columbia River Basin, citizens are taking action and seeking to have greater influence over land and water-use decisions made in their home watersheds.

Here in Golden, Wildsight is conducting water quality research on Horse Creek, Ventego Creek, and Wash-out Creek, as well as collecting valuable data on wetland waterbirds. In Invermere area, citizens have formed the Lake Windermere Project. The Project collects water quality data during the summer using “citizen sci-ence” and created an advisory board that provides advice to the municipality on water issues. Similar initia-tives can be found in the Elk Valley and West Kootenays.

As the ice melts in the river and sloughs, Earth Day (April 22nd) presents a kick-off opportunity to take action and get involved in giving back to the community, and the environment. Volunteer with a community organization, practice smart water conservation at home and in your garden, and help inform neighbours that our drinking water is vulnerable, and must be cherished and protected.

Wildsight Golden celebrates Golden with their annual community pot-luck and clean-up event at Reflection Lake (5 pm on April 22nd). Volunteers welcome!

Natasha Overduin is the Outreach Coordinator for Wildsight Golden, and a graduate student studying water governance at the University of Victoria.

Wildsight citizens are hard at work researching and collecting data at Horse Creek near Golden. The initiative will collect water quality data that can help municipalities make informed deci-sions on water issues. Wildsight Photos

Wednesday, April 22, 2015


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We will develop achievable, measurable and sustainable goals through environmental assessmentsin order to continually improve our environmental stewardship towards industry and best practices.

All employees have a duty to maintain vigilance and foresight in identifying and correcting hazards in the environment and when necessary, contact their supervisor to take the appropriate steps to remove or mitigate environmental hazards at work.

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Freenergy owner says Golden’s solar response has been encouraging


There’s no renewable energy source quite like our sun and more and more Goldenites are beginning to take notice and buy into solar energy.

Local businessman Thad Mertick, owner of Freenergy, realized a long-time project of his when he began selling solar panels last fall out of his store on Highway 1. The response he’s received since that time has been encouraging.

“There’s been a great response, there’s been a number of littler systems that have gone out with just a couple of panels…we (also) have about five systems that are off-grid systems that we are now going out and sizing,” Mertick said.

Even the purchase and installation of a single panel can be beneficial. Firstly, it can reduce your hydro bill, and secondly, it can help you do your part for the environment.

And for locals who might live outside of town in especially remote areas, solar energy is often the clear cost effective solution to rising energy costs.

“There’s a couple of people that are com-pletely off the grid and in order for them to even have power they’d have to put in a power line into their home. The cost of putting in a power line is quite enormous and takes a real-ly long time, so that becomes no longer a good answer,” Mertick explained.

Mertick has been learning more and more about solar energy over the past several months and has recently completed his certification

from Solar Energy International, meaning he’s now qualified to size solar and energy alterna-tives based on a resident’s power consumption.

It’s clear that solar energy is an intensely strong passion for Mertick.

“I’m in the process of becoming a part of the B.C. solar community…and becoming an advocate for Golden, which means on a month-ly or semi-annual basis, providing seminars, providing courses, and training and educating people about solar,” Mertick explained.

While it is hard to break with traditional energy methods, Mertick stressed that the idea of solar energy shouldn’t sound futuristic any-more.

“As much as (people) are excited about it and it sounds interesting, it sounds futuristic to some people, which can scare people. Educa-tion is really one of the areas that I’m going to be breaking into and providing.”

A switch to solar energy also doesn’t have to be a major, life-altering decision, explains Mer-tick.

“This isn’t something that you have to change your entire life for. You don’t have to start eat-ing granola in order to do this,” he joked.

“You don’t have to change over all of the equipment that’s in your home and things like that. Once they get educated on its potential...then this market becomes a lot easier because people really realize that solar has the lowest carbon footprint, is the easiest source of power for renewable energy that the world has access to and it’s actually a really simple system. It’s a simple technology.”

Local businessman Thad Mertick began selling solar panels out of his local store last fall and says the response from locals has been good, with many beginning to look at solar energy as a way to decrease their carbon footprint. Star Photo

Wednesday, April 22, 2015


Dental Care in 2015 : a Golden View Dr. Jeff Dolinsky has practiced in Golden for the past 27 years with his team. He is a past president of the Kootenay Dental Society, and holds Fellowship with the International Association of Orthodontics, and completed the Diplomate exams with this organization. He was awarded Mastership with the London School of Orthotropics in 2014. Dr. Jeff limits his practice to orthodontics and restorative dentistry.

Golden has come a long way over the past generations and so has dental care. However, recent trends are a concern, and we need to keep in mind the many valuable options available to help achieve the long term beautiful, healthy smile you desire.

Cavities: let’s not get me started! Cavities are generally the result of many factors. Sure, you know that you have to brush and floss, but two other important factors are really important. First: What is that you are eating (or drinking)?Bacteria in your mouth feed on sugars, creating acids. These acids weaken the tooth surfaces and allow bad bacteria to create decay or cavities. If sugary or acidic foods or drinks are in your diet, you risk getting decay.Let’s be realistic here: sugars are nearly everywhere and it is hard to have that great healthy diet without some acids from fruits (as an example). If you moderate your intake of acidic or sugary foods, your risk is a bit lower. Rinsing with water or eating hard cheese right after eating these foods will help reduce the negative effects. Second: Let’s supplement! Other tools we have include fluoride and xylitol. Direct application of fluoride to teeth helps bind calcium to the enamel. Like any supplementary treatment, use of fluoride must be within a careful range: too much is bad for you. However, since the Town of Golden has taken fluoride out of the water system, and we are seeing lots of cavities in our youth. Thus, we recommend that patients at risk of cavities use fluoride supplementally, including rinsing and using fluoride toothpastes.Xylitol is a natural substance which can help lower the effects of the cavity-causing bacteria in your mouth. Chewing xylitol gum or using mints with xylitol is recommended as an alternative to sugared snacks since it improves resistance to cavities. There are many new xylitol products available. Diabetics and anyone prone to inner ear infections may consider exploring the benefits of xylitol.

Hygienist based prevention: a great place to start! Golden Dental is very prevention oriented with over 40% or our procedures being preventative. We are proud of this as it allows us to guide you to better oral health. All of Golden’s hygienists are experts at helping find the right program for each patient, as oral health care is very individual. Early detection and correction of problems is important to reduce future tooth loss. BC hygiene fees are generally far more competitive than in Alberta practices: in some cases, 50% less expensive. We see great value in helping you to keep your teeth!

Resurfacing Teeth: Crowns are an option for heavily worn, weak teeth. Longevity of crowns is generally well over 10 years. An option for teeth that are worn but still strong is resurfacing with white filling material. This is a procedure that is minimally invasive and cost effective.

Beautify your smile: Straighten, whiten and restore! Golden Dental can provide great options for smile enhancement. Restorative options such as tooth colored crowns have improved with greater strength and beauty. Implants can replace missing teeth. We feel fortunate to be operating in a much improved technological dental world. Beautiful, healthy smiles are very important to all our dentists in Golden.

Orthodontics 2015Orthodontic care is radically different than in the past. In young patients my team works to guide facial growth and help alleviate functional problems that could lead to breathing problems.In adults, we are improving smiles with braces and Invisalign. Tooth alignment options are predictable and efficient. It is very rewarding to see our patients morph from hiding their smile to smiling big!

A Word about Sleep ApneaSnoring and sleep apnea are surprisingly common conditions. Sleep is very important and any progressive airway functional problems can interrupt sleep and eventually may cause metabolic problems. These include cardiovascular disease. Sleep apnea can be treated with either CPAP machines or oral airway appliances. They are worn at night. My experience with airway appliances is that most patients find them a great benefit to their health. It is important to have an overnight sleep study to determine if you may have sleep apnea, and have this treated to prevent complications.

Dr. Jeff DolinskyGolden Dental Centre

Opening day at Golden Golf Club

Don Bateman eyes the pin on opening day at the Golden Golf Club. The Club officially opened for the season on Friday with the added bonus of zero tempo-rary greens. Joel Tansey/Star Photo

Glacier Raft owner and guide not concerned about whitewater season


Some locals might have concerns about the upcoming white water rafting season after a warm winter led to an exceptionally early thawing of the Kicking Horse River.

Glacier Raft Company owner and river guide Ryan Johannesen isn’t concerned, however, hav-ing seen similar winters to this one since arriving in Golden in 2002.

“We have some warm weather coming up next week so that might bring the river up a little bit…I’m not super concerned, we can’t predict or con-trol the weather but it seems like the snowpack is there to provide some good rafting,” he said.

According to Johannesen, while the winter snow has long left the valley, the alpine has seen a fair-ly average snowpack and how the season plays out

will depend on the weather from here. “I’m getting asked (about that) all the time now,

it really depends on the weather. If we get a lot of hard, warm rain in right off the bat or very hot weather, it brings a lot of what snow there is down very quick and very early,” he said.

If the rain comes later in the summer or if we get a heat wave in July or August, Johannesen explained, that can help sustain a solid year of raft-ing as well.

In fact, potentially lower water levels could be a good thing for the Kicking Horse’s renowned low-er canyon, which was closed for much of the sum-mer last year due to high water levels. The most intense portion of the typical trip on the river could be open for business much earlier in 2015, as it was in 2011, when companies were able to raft the lower canyon for the entire month of July.

“The last two or three years now we’ve kind of gotten down it in May or early June and then noth-ing until the beginning of August…and the lower’s got a pretty big reputation, people call in and say ‘hey, we want to do the lower’…people have heard about the lower just as much as they have the Kick-ing Horse,” Johannesen said.

Most rafting companies, including Glacier, are scheduled to open in time for Victoria Day week-end on May 16, but before that crews of guides are sent down the river for training runs, regardless of how much experience they might have on this riv-er.

Training for returning guides involves getting multiple runs in on the river to check out condi-tions prior to opening day, as well as a run through of different scenarios and rescue practice.

“Due to the ice in the river each year, we do get subtle, and sometimes bigger, changes to the rap-ids every year…the high water flows and the ice flows have definitely changed some of the rapids over the years,” Johannesen explained.

Golden’s whitewater rafting companies are scheduled to open for business in time for the May long weekend. Photo Submitted

In the Old Testament book of Isaiah we are introduced to a mysterious figure known as the Servant of the Lord. In the course of one of his speeches this person says this: “The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word the one who is weary.” (Isaiah 50:4) There's a principle in this verse about the use of words. Words should be spoken, at least in part, to sustain those who are weary. Everyone is weary, tired, in some way. So many need to hear an encouraging word, a word of grace, a word that would give rest to their souls. The Servant says that he has learned to speak such words to the weary. What if we learn-ed this as well? What if we tried to follow this prin-ciple with all our words? What if we said nothing to tear down another person but only used our words to refresh, to build up, or to encourage others? Some very discour-aged people would be cheered up if we did this. Bullying (cyber or other-wise) would cease to be the problem that it is. Young (and even not so young) people would be encouraged to attempt things that they didn’t think they could do. The benefits would be enormous. That would be nice, wouldn’t it?

But we all know it's not all that easy to “tame the tongue” (as St. James puts it). There is a sad tendency in us to use our words, from time to time, to bring others down a notch (or two!). Using words to “sustain” others doesn’t come easy to most of us. Even the Servant of the Lord tells us this is a learned skill! Followers of Jesus, in particular, are called to learn how to do this: “Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only what is good for building up... that it may give grace to those who hear.” (Ephesians 4:29) What a love-ly difference this would make in our world!

One last word. The Servant of the Lord spoken of by Isaiah is identified later, in the New Testament, as the Lord Jesus Christ. We can always trust Jesus to “sustain the one who is weary”, to give rest to the tired. As he said “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest... and you will find rest for your souls” (Matthew 11:28-29). There's a word to sustain the one who is weary!


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Golden Star Faith Column

The museum has been working on a real-ly great project were we have been recording the memories of some of Golden’s residents, many of them long time but at least one of them, Joan Titus, who is a relative newcom-er. Joan grows a fantas-tic large garden at her house in Donald and believes that growing your own food will keep you healthy and pro-long your life. While I was doing my inter-view with her I was reminded of my dear old friend Harry Smith and the rest of this is about my first garden and Harry.

Harry Erwin Smith was born in Golden, July 4, 1927 to Rob-ert and Lotte Smith. He died at his home in Nicholson Jan. 8, 1989, His passing left a big

empty place in my life.Harry and my father

were close to the same age. They attended school at Mountain Ridge, both served in the Second World War and were never far from each other. Therefore, Harry was very near to us as we grew up. Harry was a heavy drinker. Not that I remember his years drinking, I don’t, I was too young and he worked hard and stayed with his pro-gram and was sober all the years that I remem-ber him.

Harry never mar-ried. When we asked him why not, he said that by the time he sobered up the woman he loved was married to someone else and he wasn’t prepared to set-tle for anything less. He should have had chil-dren. He delighted in holding a new baby or bouncing toddlers on his knee. Harry was a large short man, so the part of his knee that you could sit on was about six inches but we never worried about falling off. Harry always held onto us as if we were gold. And strange as it may seem, even as a child I remember him always making me feel

special, like I was really precious to him.

He was always cranky, cantankerous, some-times obnoxious but always a generous man who loved to fish when he had spare time and putter in his workshop making little gifts from interesting pieces of wood. Probably his big-gest passion was his gar-den. And it was there, buried up to our elbows in dirt and cow manure that Harry and I spent the most time together.

When I first decided that I would like to start a small garden, I made a fatal friend error. I didn’t turn to my life-long friend and men-tor to ask for his advice. I just went blithe-ly along, dug up the ground, planted my lit-tle 15 X 20 foot plot and turned on the water.

Harry came along, took one look at my lit-tle patch of tilled earth and said, “You know it will never grow there, too much gravel.” I explained that broth-er Jim had brought in about 10 truckloads of good dirt and that I had added four bags of peat moss to the whole mix, and Harry grunt-ed his best “we’ll see” grunt and said “How about fixin’ an old fat man a coffee?” I knew I’d screwed up, damn it Col, what were you thinkin’ not asking Harry for his advice? Well now I’d just have

to make the best of it. Harry came every week, all summer long to check out my little spot and I don’t know how it happened but that little garden grew like nobody’s business. In fact, my Aunt Aline called it the magic gar-den. And as we were taking the carrots out at the end of the year, Harry came along, looked the harvest over and said, “Next year we will have to put some manure on there.” Never once did he say that I had done good but I knew that he was proud.

The following spring, Harry came and helped me mix the manure in and said, “You should have some trees in this yard, I’ll go to work on that.” I went to town and bought an oak tree, brought it home plant-ed it near the front of my trailer, and wait-ed for Harry. He came along with a maple tree

that he brought from his mother’s garden in Creston. He looked my tree over and said, “You know that the winter here will kill that oak but it does have pretty leaves and won’t be hard to take out when it’s dead in the spring.”

My oak survived the winter and his maple split in the cold. He came and trimmed back his maple so that it would come up from the bottom, frowned at my oak and we went in for coffee. “It was a mild winter after all, if we had got some real cold weather, that oak would be dead.”

The oak survived the next two winters and each year I heard the dire prediction.

During the winter of 1989, we lost Harry and as if he was going to have the last say, that same winter the oak died and the maple continued strong and healthy.

Joan Titus on her farm at Donald where she and her daughter Joanne have huge gardens. Karen Flewin/Golden Museum

The art of gardening in a small community

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by Kamia Shepherd ATP*Special to the Golden Star

This week, the world is going through an energy transition, where a doorway that allows for the Compassionate rays of light each of us all carry, to reach out and connect more deeply with the world at large. Each person has the ability to look around them and ‘truly see’ other individuals for their beauty, their struggles, and their innocence. We make choices throughout the day, to either acknowledge and respond to the beauty in others or to continue on the path we have determined previously.

What could we all accomplish in our daily lives if we sought to see the spirit and beauty within all liv-ing beings? This is a week for connecting to the wealth of Divine Love we each carry, and sharing it in our own unique way. Sharing compassion can be through simple things like helping an ani-mal cross a busy street, or striking up a conversation with someone we are drawn towards.

The card depicts an angelic light radiating from a very human face. The hands of the figure have light spilling further to infuse the card in a warm gold-en glow. By fostering our own connection to compassion and reaching forward to help others, we create valuable connections that reverberate farther than we often will ever know. Is there a charity or organization we have been feeling drawn to donate time towards? A community garden, or teaching opportunity in a volun-teer capacity, that we are uniquely gifted to facilitate? We each carry gifts, and when they are shared, we are often equal recipients of blessings in unimagined ways.

To those that seek to be compassionate this week, it is with respect, and appreciation, that I thank you for your kindness. May you feel the compassionate light of the universe refueling and expanding throughout your being and self.

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Weekly Angel Card Forecast Summer is coming, get your gear

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Spring is upon us and sum-mer is fast approaching and that means it is time to play outside. Get yourself set up for a summer of fun at the Summer Gear and Bike Swap on Saturday, May 2.

The Gentlemen’s Leisure Club, Derailed Sports, and the Golden Cycling Club are hosting the event, which for the first time will include more than just cycling equip-ment.

Sell your old gear and find yourself a new treasure. Bicycles, camping gear and anything else summer relat-ed. This is the place to buy and sell. Tight budget? Don’t worry, there’s no entry fee or commission. Drop off fees are minimal and gear will be priced to sell.

The swap is located in the parking lot near Town Hall. Drop off gear from 10 a.m. to noon, and the swap takes place from 1-3 p.m.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of

Linda Davis on Wednesday, April 15th, 2015 at the

age of 72.

DAVIS, Linda Irene

Linda was raised in Lumby and moved to Golden, B.C. following her marriage to Jim, her husband of 49 years. After raising their family in Golden, Jim and Linda retired to Falkland and then more recently to Coldstream. Linda’s generosity and conversation will be greatly missed by her friends and family. She is survived by: her daughter, Crystal (Allan) Haller of Prince George; her son, Stuart Davis of Vernon; three grandsons: Mathew, Jordan, and Linden; one sister, Lorna Vanlerberg of Enderby; nieces and nephews. Linda was predeceased by her husband, Jim, in 2014 and by her son, Jason, in 2011.The Memorial Service will be held at Vernon Funeral Home on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. Flowers are gratefully declined. Those friends wishing to make memorial contributions in memory of Linda may do so to a charity of personal choice. Arrangements have been entrusted to Pleasant Valley Funeral Home, Phone: 250 542 4333. Condolences may be offered at www.pleasantvalleyfh.com.

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In Memory of Clif Nolin10 years have passed...

Our Love, Our Friend“You were always there when we needed you

No task too great of small.With a loving heart and willing hand,

For us you did them all.Th anks for the years you gave us,

For the times we shared, We only pray when you left us,

Th at you knew how much we cared.God saw you were getting tired,

When a cure was not to be, So He put his arms around you,

And said “Come to Me.”You didn’t deserve what you went through,

So God gave you a rest.His garden must be beautiful, For He only picks the best.”

In memory of Clif NolinTRAILS Written by Chuck Darbyshire

Truly, I have a lot to be thankful for, For 47 years I have lived in the Blaeberry Valley

or up on Moberly Hill. Friends I have many, enemies few

My heart overfl ows with the good people I knew. But it’s not the valley or the people you know

Or the beauty of the mountains in the cold winter snow.Neighbours drop in and camp by your fi re.

You have a lot in common; almost the same desire.You share the same valley; you share the same hillTh e call of the coyote and the old whippoorwill.

Ducks and geese in migration go by, Gaggling and quacking in the evening sky.

A mother wolf on a hill with her pups in a lairSense that winter is over and spring’s in the air.

She lift s up her head and gives a long cryAt the stars and the northern lights in a moon-fi lled sky.

Th ank you for letting me live in the land that I loveWith the freedom to worship the God hat I know up above.

Please let me walk by the trails by the river and the path by the lake

And from this bountiful land only the necessities of life will I take.

I yell at God for being unfair, but then I thank Him for giving us a beautiful person for a short time. Th ere’s no words that express how much you are missed.Barry and Yvette McBrineDarlene NewtonGrandchildren Wade and Collette Nolinand your loving wife Ernie

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Edu ation uali ations and E erien e• Resident Care Attendant, Home Support

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Position Summary: Reporting to the Site Manager, manages food preparation & service to ensure that special dietary needs and standards for dietary care are consistently met or exceeded. Determines inventory needs through menu planning, then sources and purchases appropriate, high quality products that t within speci ed budgets. Cleaning duties as assigned.

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Dan, Rick, Steve Hautala and their families would like to extend a large thank you

to all the hospital and Durand Manor staff involved

in our mother’s care.~~

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Req’d F/T year-round work for 1 Hotel Front Desk Clerk for Kham’s Holdings Ltd. DBA

Mary’s Motel located at Box 322, 603-8th Avenue North,

Golden, B.C. V0A 1H0. Duties: Maintain an inventory of

vacancies, reservations, and room assignments; Register arriving guests and assign rooms; Answer enquiries

regarding hotel services and registration by letter, by

telephone, and in person, provide information about services available in the

community and respond to guests’ complaints; Compile

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and receive payment. Wage: $13.75/hr. Skills required: Completion of Secondary

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The Golden Museum/Golden & District Historical Society are currently recruiting a book-

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JOB DESCRIPTIONFacilitator – Collaborative Response ProjectEmployment Employee of the Golden Women’s Resource Centre. This position is a 12 month contract (funded by the Ministry of Justice) – Starting May 201520 hours/week; $20/hour. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required• An understanding of systemic discrimination facing women, and the

dynamics of violence against women.• Relevant education and/or work experience in the field of social

justice, preferably in women’s issues/public relations/communications • Computer skills: Proficient with all MS Office programs, data input,

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meetings.• An understanding of group dynamics and the balance of power.• Excellent writing, reporting and researching skills.• Valid Driver’s License.Responsibilities• Adhere to policies & procedures of the organization• Report to the Executive Director and submit monthly reports for review

by the Board of Directors.• Submit program and progress reports to funders as required.• Develop an annual report for Special Project Position for GWRC Annual

Report.• Represent the organization positively and professionally in the community• Basic operational tasks: cleaning, opening and closing procedures, etc. • Project development and grant applications when appropriate.Coordinate the project “Enhancing our Collaborative Response to Relationship Violence and Sexual Assault Project”• Conduct appropriate communications with professionals and

women in our community to implement and oversee activities outlined in a Community Plan developed to address the issue of Violence in Relationships and Sexual Assault.

• Coordinate training specific to building a collaborative response to Sexual Assault and Identifying High-Risk cases of domestic violence (an additional 20 hours of work).

• Facilitate meetings with professionals sitting on the Community Coordination for Safety in Relationships (CCSR) Team.

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The Net Result: 21 & Over disappoints


Like the Hangover movies before it, 21 & Over tells the story of a night of heavy drink-ing and the mystery and con-sequences that follow. Unlike the Hangover movies (espe-cially the smash-hit first film in the series), 21 & Over deliv-ers few laughs, lacks any sem-blance of creativity, and tries too hard to show a certain level of emotional depth.

The “story” centres around friends Miller (Miles Teller) and Casey (Skylar Astin) who visit old high school friend Jeff Chang (Justin Chon) on his 21st birthday. Jeff informs his friends that his overbear-ing father has set him up for a crucial med-school interview

the following morning, but he still agrees to go out for a drink to celebrate.

To the surprise of no one, that one drink turns into two and two turns into several, eventually leaving Jeff com-pletely intoxicated and stum-bling on his way out of the bar.

Miller and Casey, fearing what Jeff’s father might do to them if he found out, scram-ble to get their friend home so he can sober up for his inter-view. Unfortunately, they can’t remember where Jeff lives and their incoherent friend is unable to tell them.

Dragging a passed out Jeff from party to party in an attempt to find someone who can direct them to his house, Miller and Casey meet a host of friendly and not-so friendly

characters along the way. The premise feels a little

played out but originality in a story isn’t crucial when talk-ing about the gross-out slap-stick genre of comedy. What’s really important is, well, actual comedy, and there just isn’t much here. Teller feels like a young, and very poor man’s Vince Vaughn, with his fast talking rants falling flat where the veteran actor’s might have stuck. Astin isn’t bad as the straight-edge, suc-cessful college kid, but the duo really needed a convin-cing performance from Teller to work. Directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore simply didn’t get enough out of him to make the movie funny.

As for Jeff Chang’s story-line, it feels a little unorigin-al to tell the story of the Asian student with the father with exceedingly high expecta-tions. It would have been a pleasant break from a com-mon, rather tired stereotype if the filmmakers went in a different direction there. As it stood, Chang’s final show-down with his father felt rath-er uncomfortable, and cer-tainly didn’t fit in with the film’s raunchy, brainless attempts at humour.

I don’t think 21 & Over would have ever been a great, or even good, comedy, but it certainly should have been funnier and more exciting than the final product.

For that reason, I’ll give it 3 mouse clicks out of 10.

21 & Over provides little in the way of genuine laugh-ter, making it a rather disappointing effort. Relativity Media

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From left: Kayla Lush, Ryla Schacher and Danielle Weigel perform a hip hop routine at Lady Grey’s annual talent show on Friday. Joel Tansey/Star Photo


RE/MAX of Golden 250-344-7663

remaxgolden.comMarlon Chambers

(250) 344-0735Bob Tegart

(250) 272-4321Dan Veselic

(250) 344-1435Flec Demmon

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1011 - 11th AvenueBuilding & Land

$445,000

RE/MAX of Golden 250-344-7663

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(250) 344-0735Bob Tegart

(250) 272-4321Dan Veselic

(250) 344-1435Flec Demmon

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Garry Oddy(250) 344-7234

SOLDSOLD

904 - 14th Street3 bedrooms 1.5 baths 1,251sqft

$229,0001425 Granite Drive

3 bedrooms 2.5 baths 2,032sqft

$899,000

909-14th Street3 bdrm Home w/ 1 bdrm Legal Suite

$349,900

612 - 12th Street4 bedrooms 2 baths 2,000sqft

$284,500

SOLD


$429,000

1309 Pine Drive3 bedrooms 3 baths 2,500sqft

$319,000

730 Nicholson Road6bdrms 5 baths 4,500sqft 1.38 acres

$545,0002016 McMurdo Road

2 bdrms 2 baths 2,300sqft 3.71 acres

$469,000

1286 Horse Creek Road1.03 acres

$89,500

Lot 5, Hedges Road2.45 acres

$135,600NEW405 Riverglen Drive

5 bedrooms 3 baths 2,450sqft

$362,900

1429 Granite Drive5 bedrooms 4 baths 2,700sqft

$570,000

1327 Selkirk Drive4 bdrms 3.5 baths 2,639sqft

$349,900

1613 Gareb Road3 bedrooms 3 baths 2,240sqft

$320,000


$328,300

1130-8th Street3 bdrms 3 baths 2,302sqft

$309,900#204, 521 - 8th Avenue

2 bedrooms 1 bath 813sqft

$174,900#207, 521 - 8th Avenue

2 bedrooms 1 bath 813sqft

$169,900

2014 Alexander Drive3 bedrooms 2 baths 1,750sqft

$330,000

1401 Granite Drive2 bedrooms 2 baths 2,702sqft

$495,600773 Canyon Creek Road

3bdrms 1 bath 1,386sqft .35 acre

$209,600527 - 8th Street

3 bedrooms 2 baths 2,658sqft

$229,9002461 Seward Road

3 bedrooms 2 baths 2,336 sqft 28 acres

$469,900520 - 11th Street

3 bedrooms 1 bath 1,248sqft

$177,000

1398 Harley Road1 bedrooms 1&2 1/2 baths 2,432sqft

$299,900#21 Swiss Village MHP

2 bedrooms

$76,900

SOLDSOLD

MOBILE HOMES #60 Kicking Horse Village MHP ..... ............ 2 bedrooms................................$79,900

#15, 851 Read Road.................................... 3 bedrooms.................................95,000#16 Whispering Spruce MHP..................... 3 bedrooms................................$45,000#8 Mountain Shadows MHP........................ 2 bedrooms................................$66,300

IN TOWN LOTS 1512 Granite Drive.................................1.35 acre............................... $199,900

1416 Deere Ridge Road......................... 75’ x 150’................................$127,0001553 Quartz Crescent........................... 66’ x 207’...................................79,000

506-8th Street.......................................50’ x 130’................................$76,3001608 Gareb Road................................... 71’ x 180’................................$89,9001402 Deere Ridge Road.......................... .35 acre........................................ $99,000

RURAL ACREAGES Lot 1, Golden Donald Upper Road......... 4.99 acres............................................. $119,900

1374 Black Bear Drive........................... 2.03 acres.............................................. $124,900Highway #95 South............................... 40 acres.................................................$209,000Cromac Ridge................................. 4 acreages available......from $210,000 to $260,000646 Lower Habart Rd.............................. 4.8 acres................................................ $399,000Lot A, 3495 Highway #95, South........... 5.8 acres................................................. $189,0002000 Highway #95 South.....................4.22 acres................................................$136,300

985 McBeath Road.............................. 40.52 acres.......................................$349,600Lot 2, Campbell Road.............................2.5 acres............................................... $120,000880 Canyon Creek Road........................ .44 acres..................................................$97,000Re� ection Lake Road.................... 3 acreages available.....from $130,000 to $280,0001382 Black Bear Drive............................2.03 acres.............................................. $140,0001735 Short Road.................................. 4.94 acres.........................................$119,9001516 Black Bear Drive......................... 6.58 acres.........................................$220,900

607 - 6th Street5 bedrooms 1 bath 2,174sqft

$255,000NEW

1282 Horse Creek Road5bdrms 2.5 baths 2,544sqft .98 acre

$268,500NEWNEW

$79,0001556 Quartz Crescent

71’ x 173’

REDUCED

1073 King Crescent3 bedrooms 2 baths 1,275sqft

$209,900NEW

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