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Frustration mounting with access to health servicesJoel [email protected]

When he submitted his letter to The Golden Star (Apr. 8 issue), Jean-Gas-ton DesCoteaux, chief of staff at the Golden and District Hospital, admits he had reached his breaking point.

The letter, which details the gaps in Goldenites’ access to healthcare ser-vices created a whirlwind of discussion online, and DesCoteaux believes that awareness can only help going forward.

“Make your voice heard. I was hoping, and I think it worked, to encour-age people not to just sit back and take it because we are trying to fight for

them,” he said. Much of DesCoteaux’s concerns have arisen because of inter-provincial

barriers. World-class healthcare facilities are just three hours away in Cal-gary, but many locals are being sent to Kelowna and even as far as Vancou-ver for treatment that they could be getting much closer to home.

“With regionalization…services were pulled away from here and the valley towards Kelowna. We compensated by shifting…or expanding our referral patterns towards Calgary because it made more sense. For a while Calgary was able to handle that but I guess they’re hitting capacity issues also so more and more often they’re saying no,” DesCoteaux explained.

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Casey Courteau (green jersey) takes a shot on net as Kobe Porter chases after him during their game on Apr. 23 at Keith King Memorial Park. Joel Tansey/Star Photo

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Local optometrist Dr. Rebecca Kolbenson returns from eye camp in Ethiopian village

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Perhaps the value of local optometrist Dr. Rebecca Kolben-son’s work in Ethi-opia last month is

best exemplified by the plight of one man.

The gentleman, who Kolbenson says was completely blind due to cataracts and at most in his ear-ly 40s, travelled for five days by himself in order to get treat-ment from the “eye camp” where Kolben-son was working.

“I don’t even know how he made it,” she said.

“We finally got him in on the last day and he was at the point where we had to lead him up the stairs, lead him to the chair and put his hand on the chair so that he could feel it. When I took off the banda-ges he just leaned his head back and he was just smiling in the sun and he walked out of there by him-self.”

Kolbenson was part of a team of doctors who spent five days

in the remote Ethiop-ian village of Dembi Dollo in March, com-pleting 263 cataract surgeries and nearly 1000 eye exams, with Kolbenson hand-ling patients in the pre and post oper-ation phases. Patients received a surgery on just one of their eyes in order to maxi-

mize the number of patients who could have at least some of their vision restored. Through all of those procedures not a sin-gle patient received an infection after the surgery, something that Kolbenson calls an exceptionally rare feat.

“As soon as you’d take (their bandages off) they would start crying. It was amaz-ing…the people were super thankful. The only complaint that they had was that we couldn’t do their other eye,” she said.

A lack of sunglass-es and an intense amount of sun expos-ure has made cata-racts epidemic across

Africa and as Kol-benson explains, the cataract issue is two-fold and it’s not just the individual who is affected.

“If somebody in the family can’t see it’s the kids that have to take care of them. So these kids that are supposed to be going to school are now at

home and leading their mom or dad or grandma or grand-pa around…so they don’t get any formal education.”

Kolbenson’s trip was sponsored by Rotary and was part of Dr. Jim Guzek’s organization Gift of Giving Sight.

Guzek has been conducting trips such as this one for four or five years and an important part of his training is sustain-ability.

“He goes down there to train cata-ract surgeons that are willing to stay in these remote regions of Africa that don’t have any eye care,” Kol-benson said.

Guzek trained a man named Daniel in cataract surgeries on this trip, with the pair conducting about five or six per day as part of the education. Daniel had previous-ly completed a three year eye nursing pro-gram but had no training with regards to surgery. A previous Guzek trainee, Dr. Samuel, conducted the majority of the surgeries across the five days.

This was also not Kolbenson’s first trip of this sort, having travelled to Jamaica in the past to give patients care that they would otherwise have no chance of receiving. Needless to say, it’s an intense-ly rewarding experi-ence.

“It’s a nice refresh. You get kind of spoiled and into your own routine and sometimes you just need to push yourself out of the box,” she said.

“I’ve got a couple of people from the optometry commun-ity that I’ve already told about it that would be interested in doing it…once you get somebody to go once then they usual-ly get hooked.”

Dr. Rebecca Kolbenson was part of a team of doctors that conducted a five day eye camp in Ethiopia in March. The team conducted 263 cataract surgeries in total. Photos Submitted

“It was amazing. The people were super thankful.”

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A year after a success-ful debut event, Tour-ism Golden is getting set to host its second annual Golden Moun-tain Festival with this year’s theme being adventurers of yester-day and today.

Highlighting the weekend-long festival are a meet and greet with local ski moun-taineers The Dog-tooth Rangers, a pres-entation from world-renowned adventurer Will Gadd, and exclu-sive tours of the Griz-zly Bear Refuge at Kick-ing Horse Mountain Resort.

“One of the main objectives that we have is that we’re cele-brating our history as an authentic moun-

tain destination,” explained Joanne Sweeting, manager at Tourism Golden. “Part of that history is first the explorers that first came this way…and then the adven-ture part of it that came after that.

“The activities that we’re most famous for are adventures. They might be soft adven-tures and they might be hardcore adven-tures but they’re out-door adventures.”

And there might be no bigger authority on adventure than Gadd, who is fresh off being named one of Nation-al Geographic’s Adven-turers of the Year. The Canmore resident made headlines ear-lier this year when he scaled a frozen Niagara Falls in January. He will

deliver a multi-media presentation called “Mentors & Adven-tures” on the Saturday evening (May 18) of the three-day fest.

Those who would prefer a more personal talk with Gadd will also have a chance to par-ticipate in an informal climbing session ear-lier that day with he and his climbing part-ner Sarah Huineken at Dogtooth Climbing Gym.

“He participates in everything that is avail-able in Golden so he’s a great example. He’s more hardcore than most but he’s a great shining example of the various activities that you can do,” Sweeting said.

Throughout the three days, festi-val goers will have

the option of col-lecting “explorer stick-ers” from participat-ing local businesses, with each honouring a famous explorer of the past. Collecting all four gets participants entry into a grand prize draw for prizes, which includes a top prize of a three night stay at Pur-cell Mountain Lodge, including helicopter transfer.

Sweeting has ramped up Tourism Golden’s marketing efforts for the festival this year, including a spot on Global TV in Calgary, and hopes to build on last year’s momen-tum. Eventually, she’d like the Golden Moun-tain Festival to be men-tioned in the same breath as other popu-lar events in the Can-adian Rockies.

“In five or 10 years time I want the Golden Mountain Festival to be like the Banff Film Fes-tival. People are plan-ning for it without even seeing any marketing. They already know it’s a great event. It takes years to get to that stage but we’re well on our way with it, hopefully,” Sweeting said.

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Girl Guides do their part for Earth Day with spring clean up Marika Sutter (left) and Sierra Pecora clean up garbage near the Pedestrian Bridge on Tuesday. Joel Tansey/Star Photo

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Golden's two conservation officers are looking for help from the community to reduce bear con-flict this season.

At a presentation to Town Council last week, Officer Dan Bartol requested that there be stronger enforcement of Town bylaws that are already in place to reduce bear and wildlife attractants.

"The bylaw is already in place, and that's a huge step. You're ahead of a lot of other communities that way. But I think it needs to be enforced, and strictly," said Bartol, who joined Officer Alex Des-jardins six months ago when the ministry amal-gamated Golden's zone with Revelstoke's.

"I didn't want to waste any time bringing up a very important issue, and one that I think we can work together to find a solution to."

Much of a bear's behaviour is learned, which is why once they become habituated to garbage as a

food source, it is very difficult to break that behav-iour.

"Bears are smart and lazy, they will always go after the easiest food source," said Bartol.

Options are quite limited once this happens, so education and prevention is the best way to pro-tect both the community, and the bear popula-tion.

“I think there’s a lot more that we could be doing.”

WildSafeBC, which will be operating in Gold-en this upcoming season, is an excellent partner on the education side. But Bartol and Desjardins say that it is best to have the municipality involved as well, in case the provincial funding for Wild-SafeBC is not there in the future.

Last year the conservation officers did hand out a few provincial fines for wildlife attractants, which are $375. Bartol, however, stressed that punishment is not the preferred means of oper-ating. Stronger education would make the big-gest impact.


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Golden’s finest cheeses can be found in an unusual locationMichelle Nagy-Deak, left, and Joy Guyot have opened up a gourmet cheese shop in the campground store where the pair hold the contract as operators. The French Connection Cheese Club has grown tremendously since it first started selling cheese in December. Jessica Schwitek/Star Photo


Gourmet cheeses and camping don't often go together, but these two entrepreneurs have found a way to give Golden a unique shopping experi-ence at a familiar place.

Joy Guyot and Michelle Nagy-Deak have been operating the Gold-en Municipal Campground for almost nine years, but late last year they decided to diversify the camp store and reach out to local customers.

Guyot's ex husband was working in sales at Worldwide Specialty Foods, which gave them opportunity to bring in products you can't find any-where else in town. The French Connection Cheese Club was born.

"We've been selling cheese ever since, and it's just getting better and better," said Nagy-Deak. "We had the grand opening last week, and it was crazy. People were lined up out the door like there was a Harry Potter mov-ie playing or something."

Aside from a cooler (which keeps getting bigger) of gourmet cheeses including everything from brie and aged cheddar, to a large variety of fla-voured creations, The French Connection Cheese Club also carries fine foods like mint and jalapeno jellies, French bread, crackers, and meats.

And although there is some initial confusion when you see fancy cheese at a camp store, the idea is really catching on.

"The locals are really excited to come in. We offer things that you can't get in the grocery store, we like to bring in different things," said Nagy-Deak.

If you're not sure what you want when faced with a wall of cheeses you've never seen before…no problem. At the French Connection Cheese Club, you can test anything you like before making a purchase.

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Memberships can be purchased at the store, and members will receive updates about upcoming tastings.

The shop has grown tremendously in its few short months, but Guyot and Nagy-Deak have visions of it growing even more. The pair have four years left on their contract as campground operators, but their ideal spot for the cheese club would be a downtown location, where they could expand into a wine bar and serve the cheese on location as well as selling the product.

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Those sorts of hurdles have become such sig-nificant barriers that DesCoteaux has even seen some Golden patients decline to make the trip, essentially refusing treatment because of travel expenses and overall inconvenience.

DesCoteaux isn’t alone among the medical community in this fight, as longtime local phys-ician Dr. Trina Larson-Soles has also stepped up and voiced her opinion on this issue.

“Could we do better? Well, first someone would have to decide that rural people really do deserve the same level of care and actively work to overcome these barriers. Better yet, let us pro-vide more services in our rural community when-ever practical to alleviate the need for travel in the first place,” Larson-Soles wrote in an e-mail.

B.C. has billing agreements in place with every province in Canada, and according to the Min-istry of Health, improvements to the relation-ship between B.C. and Alberta are being worked on.

“B.C. is working to put in place an agreement with Alberta to streamline processes and elimin-ate the need for B.C. patients to apply and get confirmation of MSP funding before booking a scan or treatment. However, it is important to note that it is up to the receiving hospital or phys-ician to accept a patient and the medical system in Alberta is also likely facing high demand,” the Ministry said through a spokesperson.

For now, there is a Travel Assistance Program in place between the Ministry and a number of private transportation carriers, which ranges from 30 to 100 per cent off regular fares for those who must travel for non-emergency, physician-referred specialist care.

However, both DesCoteaux and Larson-Soles believe that the program remains problematic.

“I checked with colleagues and the travel assist-ance is rarely used. I’ve never heard of anybody using it. The only public transport out of Gold-en is Greyhound. Plus, there’s no social service staff to speak of to assist people through the maze of bureaucracy,” DesCoteaux said. “Even if transport is partially paid to go to Vancouver, it doesn’t change the fact that you have to take the bus to get there.”

“They do not reimburse the patient for pri-vate travel, which is often more economical. Nor do they cover accommodation or meals. Twelve plus hours on the bus is hard for a healthy per-son,” Larson-Soles said.

DesCoteaux stressed in both his original let-ter and in interviews for this story that he under-stands that Golden can’t have expensive offer-ings such as PET scans and MRI machines, and that those and other specialized equipment and treatments are always going to be central-ized in major centres. But that doesn’t mean that Goldenites should be left out in the cold.

“There’s patients that just decide that they’re not going to go for treatment. I used to work in Calgary and most of your work is around diagnos-ing patients, deciding what to do with them…here most of your work is figuring out how you are going to get them the tests that they need and how you are going to get them treatment.”

In the end, it’s not just patients that are affect-ed. Part of working in the field of medicine is delivering bad news, but when the bad news comes with even more bad news, it leads to frus-tration for both patients and doctors alike.

“We’re all frustrated, there’s no question…(I want) the public to know that we are on their side and we equally as frustrated as they are with the lack of services and we want nothing more than to be able to offer more to the patients here,” said DeCoteaux.

DesCoteaux: We’re all frustrated

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Domestic disturb-ance

Police were called to a disturbance on April 21 after an argument, believed to be fuelled by alcohol, transpired between a couple. No criminal offences were reported to be committed by either party, and the two were separated for the evening to allow things to calm down.

Cocaine delivered to local business

A local business received another par-cel of drugs in the mail this week, addressed to an employee who was fired last week for the same thing. The employer hand-ed over the shipment to police on April 21, which contained what is believed to be a small amount of cocaine.

Drug pipe seized

Police seized a drug

pipe from a vehicle on April 20, after police noticed the driver run over a curb on 9th St. N. “A traffic stop was initiated with the vehicle, and further investigation led to the discovery of a pipe inside the vehicle,” said Golden-Field RCMP spokesperson Cst. Spencer Lainch-bury. No charges are expected in relation to the seizure, and the item will be destroyed by police.

Alleged threats

On April 21, police received a call request-ing assistance after a dispute between co-workers ended up in one allegedly threat-ening the other. “The two co-workers had made an arrange-ment in relation to some property,” stat-ed Cst. Laincbury. “When the arrange-ment went bad, one of the parties alleged-ly told the other one she was going to shoot the other’s husband.” After speaking with police, the complain-ant decided that she

did not wish to pur-sue the matter, there-fore charges will not be forwarded.

Weary travellers

Police assisted two travellers with find-ing a hotel room after police were called to a hotel regarding two people banging on room doors around 12:30 a.m. on April 23. Police attended and determined that the two had missed their bus to Calgary and decided to have a few drinks while they wait-ed for the next one. “After their drinking establishment closed for the night, the two found themselves out-side in the cold,” said Cst. Lainchbury. The two then decided to bang on the doors at a hotel to convince people to give them some blankets.” After speaking with police the two decided it would be best that they get their own hotel for the night, and try and catch the next bus once they were both sober.

Truck driver just under limit

A commercial truck driver almost lost his licence and company vehicle for three days after CVSE officers at the scales detected an odour of liquor on him. CVSE contacted police to obtain breath samples, and the samples pro-vided by the driver, although not over the legal limit, gave CVSE officers the grounds to park the vehicle for 10 hours.

B&E in Parson

Police are inves-tigating after sever-al items were stolen from inside a resi-dence in Parson on April 25. “The owner contacted police after he returned home and noticed his front door open,” stat-ed Cst. Lainchbury. Items missing include a Samsung tablet, a television, tools, and a generator. Any-one with information regarding this break and enter are asked to contact RCMP at 250-

344-2221 or Crimes-toppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Intoxicated female causes disturbance

A 37 year-old female from Calgary found herself in jail over-night after she was reported to be yell-ing in the parking lot of a local conven-ience store on April 26. “Staff from the store became con-cerned when the female, who was clear-ly intoxicated, began shouting that she had lost the keys to her vehicle,” said Cst. Lainchbury. “They believed that if the female were to find her keys she would drive away.” Police responded and spoke with the female and quickly determined that the female was intoxicated. Police attempted to make

arrangements for the female to go back with a friend she was stay-ing with, however the friend refused to take care of the female for the evening. The female was arrested for causing a disturb-ance by yelling and being intoxicated, and lodged in cells until sober.

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The Golden Cit-izens on Patrol (COP) group is seeking vol-unteers. Volunteers with the group con-duct patrols at varied times and report any suspicious behaviour or activities directly to patrol officers. Any-one interested in vol-unteering is asked to contact Cst. Lainch-bury at 250-344-2221 ext. 2261 or by email at [email protected].

Are you happy? A recent study says you

probably should be, with Canada having been named the fifth happi-est country in the world, behind just Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark and Norway (in that order). The study looked at fac-tors such as GDP per cap-ita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, gen-

erosity and perceptions of corruption. Furthering that potential happiness for

Goldenites was another study by Statistics Can-ada that revealed that people in Metro Vancouver ranked last among Canadian cities in life satisfac-tion. Toronto was just a fraction ahead, while small-er to medium sized cities such as Saguenay, Que, Trois-Rivieres, Que. and St. John’s topped the list. Only Ottawa and Quebec City made the top 10 among Canada’s major centres. Golden, of course, wasn’t part of the study but those numbers seem to suggest that people in smaller towns and cities are ahead on life satisfaction when compared to our friends in Canada’s metropolises.

Perhaps that has to do with traffic. Before I moved here my commute to work was well over an hour each way. Now I complain when “the light” turns red on me. That’s about 10 hours a week that I now have that my old lifestyle didn’t allow. That means more golf, more reading, more movies, more ten-nis, and most importantly more fun.

A few months ago I watched a documentary called, fittingly enough, Happy, which explored the idea of happiness around the world and what various governments are doing to increase public morale.

The documentary explained that while money was necessary for happiness in that one needed enough to be able to get by, once an individual’s basic needs were met, there was almost no cor-relation between wealth and happiness. Materi-al things provided short-term happiness but it was not a significant source of long-term happiness.

Interviews included those with a rickshaw driver in India and a family in a group housing facility in Denmark, demonstrating that happiness comes in all shapes and sizes.

Bhutan is possibly at the forefront of the ‘happi-ness’ movement. A developing country, the Hima-layan nation of nearly 800,000 made a bold policy decision to prioritize not GDP, but gross national happiness, which aims to create a balance between the spiritual and the material.

It’s almost shocking to see a country whose GDP per capita sits at an exceptionally modest two grand per person prioritize happiness over pure econom-ic growth. Still, I can’t help but commend them and the UN has taken notice, adding happiness to its list of development indicators back in 2011.

And as much as we tend to focus on the economy, happiness is really what it’s all about, isn’t it? Qual-ity of life can come from having a good job, to be sure, but it’s health, recreational opportunities, and being surrounded by friends and family that really makes the ultimate difference.

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What motivates a volunteer? It could be anything from a sense of duty, a desire to see change, a commitment to the community or younger generation, or simply the satisfaction one gets from doing something for others.

Whatever the motivation is, Golden has no shortage of men, women and youth who give selflessly of their time for the benefit of all of us.

Cyclists and nordic skiers have beautiful trails, young athletes have soccer and hockey programs, struggling students have tutoring programs, travellers, home-owners and outdoor adventurists know that if they crash on the highway, or get stranded in Quartz Creek, a volunteer firefighter or search and rescue member will be coming to help them, and we all enjoy countless activities and programs around town that are made possible by volunteers.

Golden would certainly not be the same without them.Statistics Canada says that 44 per cent of Canadians over the age of 15 volunteered

in some way in 2013. I would bet that the percentage would be even higher here than the national average.

Starting this week, The Golden Star is going to shine some light on the volunteers of this community by featuring someone every week.

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Brian Coles, one of the seven founding members of the Gentlemen’s Leisure Club of Golden, this week.

He told me about the inspiring group of young men, six of whom are not native Goldenites, who decided that there was something missing in Golden. Instead of complaining, or moving onto somewhere else, they decided to make it happen on their own.

Instead of wondering why there was no ski swap in this resort town, they organized one.Volunteerism is often absent for young adults who are more preoccupied with having fun, or getting their

careers off the ground. But this group of twenty-somethings have been spending their time organizing events for the whole community to enjoy for the past almost four years.

At The Golden Star we’re very fortunate to be telling the stories of the people who make Golden what it is, and the diversity of experience and expertise these individuals bring to the community make their stories unfailingly interesting.

If you know of a volunteer in town who makes a difference to the community, please nominate them by emailing his or her name into [email protected].

Has a local volunteer made a difference in your life?

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Stars to the fire department for their speedy response to the fire in behind Riverglen.

Stars to Countrywide for the donation of spring wreaths to brighten the halls of Mountain View.

Stingers to people who do not need to work, but feel they can show up at other peo-ple’s workplaces for an hour of socializing. Our boss pays us to

work, not socialize. If you have so much free time on your hands please go volunteer your services and leave us who must work to do our jobs.

Stars to all of the CBAL volunteers who help adults in the community improve literacy and English language skills!

A museum full of stars to Colleen and Louise for the delightful tea party

to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 89th birthday. Just like Buckingham Palace! We all enjoyed it.

Stars to the One to One Children’s Reading tutors for helping students at APES, NES and LGES improve reading skills!

Stars to Sope and the Riverhouse staff for making Dick Anderson’s service such an awesome one.

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Over spring break, our PAC’s Read-a-thon fundraiser was a success. Thanks to all who participated in reading and donated money. These funds ensure continued sup-port for field trips, special events and other PAC initiatives. Some students won gift certificates to Bacchus Books: Jas-mine Gadd for most minutes read, Rex Baxendale for most money raised, and Samantha Vrooman for the par-ticipation draw. M. Lambert’s class won the ice cream cake for the class that raised the most money.

Our Free the Children Group has been selling raffle tick-ets for a week on items donated by various businesses in Golden. Draws were made today and a total of $367 was raised. Thanks to all who bought tickets and we appreci-ate the generosity of the community members that donat-ed prizes.

Our ‘Lady Grey Has Talent’ Show on April 17th was a great success. Sophie and Tatum reported:

On April 17th Lady Grey showed its talent in various dif-

ferent ways, including all the wonderful piano acts. Speak-ing of piano performers and acts, Danika did a fantastic performance demonstrating the fine arts. There were many singing acts in the talent show that were outstand-ing and admirable, showcasing many different styles and genres of music. Three acts we thought we should men-tion, that we thought were exceptional are: Taylor and Emily singing ‘Summer Nights’ from the classic movie ‘Grease’, Slade on guitar, singing ‘Thinking Out Loud’ by Ed Sheeran and, of course, Tiara singing ‘Torn in Two’ by 5 Seconds of Summer while playing the keyboard. One of the most creative acts we’ve ever seen was Adam and his glowing diablo, who was the very first act but showed that he was not nervous. There was the very last act, a rap by ‘Fresher than Febreeze’, which entertained us all. We would also like to congratulate Forrest for his great job as the wonderfully funny M.C.

With spring weather, there are some new playground opportunities for students. We have two to four playground leaders per day, dressed in brightly coloured t-shirts, offer-ing a variety of lunch time games over the course of the

week. These students participated in an afternoon work-shop with Mrs. MacDougall and Mme Rebecka to learn some games and leadership skills for organizing them.

Mondays are softball days, organized by Mrs. Morris. Many students are on teams and take turns having games each week. Some of our hockey leaders are also organiz-ing teams for a tournament to begin soon. A playground size chess set and new soccer nets have also added to the options over break times.

The first week of May is interim reporting week, so par-ents will be receiving a short written update of student progress, a phone call, or an interview time to meet with the teacher. Please feel free to request an interview if you would like one.

Classes are on the go over the next few weeks with trips to Kicking Horse Gymnastics plus local and out of town field trips coming up. We also have some performances and presentations happening at the school over the next month. Check newsletters for more information and phone the school if you are wondering about any upcom-ing events.

Principal’s Report: Spring PAC Read-a-thon fundraiser a success

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To circumcise or not? To use a pacifier or a bottle? How long to breastfeed? New parents are presented with an astounding amount of decisions.

On top of all this, parents are often bom-barded with conflicting information, mak-ing each decision that much more difficult.

Fortunately, for childhood vaccination there should be no reason for debate. Childhood vaccination is safe, effect-ive and free. It is, as they say - "Your child's best shot." In B.C. the majority of children under two are immunized against 15 vac-cine-preventable diseases. Parents are keen to keep their children healthy.

Ironically, however, the very success of immunizations has caused some of us to for-get the very real harm vaccine-preventable diseases can cause. As well, misinformation and unfettered access to disinformation, has led some parents to skip and sometimes refuse all vaccines for their children despite the extremely low risk they present.

For example, there is a one in one mil-lion risk of a severe (but treatable) aller-gic reaction to the measles vaccine, where-as the risk of inflammation of the brain to an unvaccinated child or adult who gets measles is over 300 times higher. In fact, many vaccine-preventable diseases can cause serious complications and some can be life threatening.

Pertussis, or whooping cough, can lead to

pneumonia, seizures and death for infants and young children. Polio, once one of the most feared childhood diseases, infects the brain and spine and can lead to paralysis, difficulty breathing and death. Measles is highly contagious and can cause blindness, severe diarrhea, pneumonia and brain swelling that could result in deafness or intellectual disabilities and ear infections that could lead to deafness.

Most Canadians don't know what it's like to live in a time and place where diseases like these are common. However, by choos-ing not to vaccinate our children, we are giving these diseases an opportunity to re-emerge. We saw this with last year's measles outbreak in the Fraser Valley, whooping cough in under immunized communities

and in the continuing circulation (and accompanying risk of exportation) of polio virus in countries where people have limit-ed access to immunizations.

Fortunately, we live in a place where most childhood vaccines are free and eas-ily available through public-health clin-ics, doctors' offices and school-based pro-grams. B.C.'s comprehensive immuniza-tion program for children includes cover-age for a wide variety of diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, diph-theria, pertussis, meningitis from haem-ophilus, meningococcus and pneumococ-cus, as well as hepatitis, polio, influenza, HPV and more.

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When you see some-thing missing in your community, do you complain about it, or do you do something about it?

Brian Coles, a founding member of the Gentlemen's Lei-sure Club of Golden, admits he did his fair share of complain-ing before he and six of his friends decid-ed to take matters into their own hands

almost four years ago."Lots of people will

moan about what they want… so we decided to start act-ing on it," said Coles. "We knew we wanted to settle down here, I know I did, so this was a way to make the community what we wanted, and kind of give back at the same time."

The Gentlemen's Leisure Club of Gold-en formed because the seven founding members wanted to

see more organized events that brought the transient com-munity (such as the seasonal workers) together with the more settled com-munity in Golden.

"It started with a ski swap in Brady's (Starr) front yard. That was one of the events we definitely wanted to see, there hadn't been a ski swap here for about five years at that point. So it just went from there," he said.

Major events like a ski swap, movie fes-tival, or moustache competition (the Movember Inter-nationally Acclaimed Moustache Compe-tition to be exact) takes a lot of time to organize, but with the Gentlemen's Club their volunteer hours spent never feel like work.

"We had lived together, and when we all moved out this was a good excuse to all be hanging out in someone's basement again," said Coles. "It's a lot of fun, and it's really reward-ing to be able to do things like this."

And of course there is always a large group of people eager to help the guys out at the events.

"There's a pretty good core group of people who volun-teer and help us out at pretty much every event, we definitely couldn't do it without them."

In the past the Gentlemen's Club has raised funds at their events, either to help fund other pro-jects, or to benefit an individual or group in the commun-

ity. Moving forward, however, they would like to focus their efforts on improving outdoor infrastruc-ture around Golden.

"Outdoor recrea-tion is definitely our main focus, so any-thing we can help build around town for everyone to use, and leave a bit of a legacy, is what we want," said Coles.

In the meantime,

the boys are still at it, organizing com-munity events to keep people social and active. They have started a week-ly horseshoe game at the Golden Horse-shoe Club. Every Monday night at 6 p.m. everyone is wel-come to join the club for a game and a bar-becue.

On May 2 they're also hosting a Bike

and Outdoor Gear Swap at the parking lot by Town Hall from 1 to 3 p.m. To learn more about this and other Gentlemen's Club events, like them on Facebook.

"The commun-ity support has been really great," said Coles. "So as long as people keep coming and giving us good feedback, we'll keep on doing it."


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An online survey revealed that Golden Cycling Club (GCC)

members are hoping to see more organ-ized, social events this season and the club is doing everything it

can do to oblige. The first major

event of the year will be a poker run on May 10. The specif-ic route has yet to be completely finalized, but participants of all abilities will have the opportunity to collect stamps from five different stations in order to be dealt a five-card poker hand later in the evening. The main five stations will be located on eas-ily accessible terrain, while a further three stamps are available at undisclosed loca-tions for riders who are feeling a little more adventurous.

“They could be any-where in the CBT or Moonrakers trail net-work…when you find the first one it gives a hint of where to

go for the second,” explained Steve Wyer, the club’s director of events, rides and races.

Prizes have yet to be determined, but will be given out at the Golden Taps that evening for those who are dealt the best pok-er hands.

One of the benefits of this format is that it allows everyone to complete the circuit at their own pace.

“Once you’re regis-tered you can ride it in the morning, ride it in the afternoon…you can do it all day and then we all play our cards at the end,” Wyer said.

Cyclists of all ages and abilities can regis-ter a week before the event at Derailed or between 10 and 11

a.m. on the day of the event in Spirit Square.

GCC has other events planned over the next couple months, including both an enduro and a cross country toonie race as well as a Strava challenge.

Encouragingly, 20 kids have already signed up for the club’s learn to ride program.

Wyer says that inter-est in these early sea-son events will dictate the club’s plan for the rest of the summer.

“We’re going to re-evaluate as a commit-tee at the end of the spring and the begin-ning of the summer so it’s really import-ant that if people are interested in these things that they attend.”

Cycling Club hosting poker run to kick off season

Golden gentlemen found a way to bring the community together

Gentlemen’s Leisure Club of Golden member Brian Coles, sporting one of the club’s T-shirts, founded the club with his friends to better the community they wanted to settle down in. Jessica Schwitek/Star Photo


Some musicians, especially those who have released numer-ous albums and spent years in the industry, might end up taking their career for grant-ed. A lack of enthusi-asm for the odd show, perhaps a filler song or two on an album. In many ways, com-placency is a part of human nature.

It’s not a part of Ben Sures’ vocabulary, however, as after sev-eral independently released studio albums and countless national and international per-formances, the Winni-peg native and folk art-ist remains as passion-ate about his career as ever.

Sures’ passion was shaped by his upbring-ing in Winnipeg, one of Canada’s top music cities. He got his start in performing at the

Blue Note Cafe at the age of 15, where the cafe’s owner would allow just about any-body to perform at a weekly open mic night.

“Credit to the owner…he let me get up to play my two songs,” Sures recalled.

“Every Friday I’d play my little 10 minute set along with other musicians and it really made a differ-ence…I really learned so much about music from that place.”

The Cadillac of Win-nipeg’s music scene is its annual folk festival, drawing renowned art-ists from around the world for the five day event. It’s also an event that made a huge impression on a young Sures.

“It’s probably what inspired me to enter the least popular form of popular music,” Sures laughed.

Now based out of

Edmonton, Sures has performed at the Win-nipeg Folk Festival 11 times over the years.

“For me, I still want to go back to the Win-nipeg Festival as a mature artist and go ‘this is what I learned, and some of it I learn-ed here,’…it’s excit-ing to play every single time,” Sures said.

“It’s such a privilege and a gift to get those kinds of gigs.”

Sures has per-formed in Golden sev-eral times in the past and will be bringing his unique blend of humour and what he calls “folk aerobics” to town on May 8.

Only 40 tickets are available, mean-ing Sures’ perform-ance will be an intim-ate affair, something that he is all too fam-iliar with having per-formed what he esti-mates to be thousands of house concerts throughout his career.

“The nice thing about house con-certs is there’s no pretending because there’s nothing between you and the audience…if you are

a faker, people feel it,” Sures said.

“You want to bring your best, those people are right there.”

Sures says he plans to

play almost exclusively his own music, with his latest album, the crit-ically acclaimed Son of Trouble, figuring heavily into his selec-tions.

To have a listen to some of Sures’ music, log on to bensures.com. Tickets for the May 8 show are avail-able from Bacchus Books & Cafe.


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Winnipegger Sures brings ‘folk aerobics’ to Golden for May 8 show

Folk musician Ben Sures will be performing in Golden on May 8. Tickets are avail-able from Bacchus Books & Cafe. Photo Submitted/Samantha Blanchette

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Small Town Revival played for the shoppers at the first outdoor Farmers’ Market this year. Jessica Schwitek/Star Photo


Golden Cinema presents:Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 starts Friday May 1 until Thursday May 7 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. 29Golden 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.Kicking Horse Culture pres-ents Live Kicks: Jimmy Rankin Apr.29 at 7:30pm at the Civic Centre.

Thurs, Apr. 30 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.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.

Fri, May 1A.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.

Sat, May 2Meat 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.Smart Cooking on a Budget Apri.25-May.30, Saturdays, 10am-1pm, St. Andrew’s Church. 344-1032 to register.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.St. Andrews United Church and Centre for Peace Annual Plant & Bake Sale, and tea. May 2 at 1pm.

Sun, May 3Sunday Howl open mic at the Wolf’s Den Sundays 4-8pm.Magic the Gathering Game Tournament 12-5pm at Bizarre Entertainment.Golden Rockets Jr. Hockey AGM May 3 at 3pm in the Ramada meeting room.

Mon, May 4Join 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 pro-gram includes dinner, par-ent discussion 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, May 5A.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 Bacchus Books presents Ben Sures May 8 at 7pm.Poetry Reading with Jane Byers May 9 at Bacchus Books. Free!Mother’s Day Tea in the Park at Mountainside Gardens May 10 from 2-4pm. Golden Cycling Club’s Poker Run May 10. Register at Derailed. Sidewalk Sale May 16. Downtown Golden 9th Ave North & 10 Ave South. 10am - close.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 Dolphins Swim Club’s Bottle Drive May 24. Leave bottles on front porch for collection.Golden Light Horse Club’s Delbert Johnson Memorial Barrel Jackpot May 30 at 1pm and May 31 at 10am at the Rodeo Grounds.Aman Virk Memorial Golf Tournament July 11.

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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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Q: I’ve heard a lot lately about “Spring Cleanses.” There are so many prod-ucts and diet plans out there that it is overwhelming. Is this something that I should consider and how do I choose the one that is right and safe for me?

A: Cleansing is a topic I receive a lot of questions about, especially this time of the year. Spring is one of the best times to consider doing a cleanse. Not only are the liver-supporting herbs readily available in nature, the body is more able to handle increased energetic demands. Unlike in spring, the body needs more energy in the winter for heat production and to support the immune system.

To clarify, the body is always detoxifying itself naturally. Organs such as the liver, kidneys, intestines and skin are designed with the purpose of keeping the body in a healthy balance, and that means removing toxins. However, in our less than pristine world, these organs can get overwhelmed and need a lit-tle support from time to time to keep our bodies in optimal balance.

A cleanse can mean many things and take on various forms. I often recom-mend nutritionally based cleanses or short term eat-clean diets because they are economical, easy to do and work with the body in a gentle way. By eliminating potentially toxic foods from your diet, the organs responsible for detoxification are allowed to rest and recover, making their actions more effective. Liv-er supportive foods, such as bitter greens, lemon, dill and beets further aid this healing effect while pro-viding good nutrition.

Nutritionally based cleansing can be supported with organ specific homeopathics and nutritional supplements, which help prevent an extreme detox reaction and further heal the body’s detoxifica-tion system. This approach has a lesser chance of the unwanted side effects (diarrhea, nausea and gut cramps) that result from the rapid release of toxins associated with the improper use of some marketed cleanses. Any cleanse you embark on should be first discussed with a health care professional to review potential side effects and personal risks. Remember, just because it’s natural, doesn’t mean it’s safe!

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School will soon be out for the sum-mer but not before we

have students come to the museum on their annual field trips. It’s always so much fun when they come and invariably I am asked how Golden got its name. This is also the right time of the year to remind people of the answer to that question as the tourism provid-ers are gearing up for a new season of guests and I find that many of them do not know the answer and are spread-

ing the myth that Gold-en was once Silver City. Nope – it never was!

As the CPR was mov-ing its way across Can-ada it was necessary to cut and ready 3000 ties for every mile of track that was laid, which meant that a sawmill had to be employed as part of the process. The sawmill was moved to the end of the track and from there ties were cut and sent down the line until the saw-

mill was about 20 miles from the end of the track at which point they picked up the mill and moved it to the end of the track once again.

Mike Carlin ran one of the sawmill camps and at one point he decided that he would put down roots and quit the sawmill busi-ness. He did that in a large meadow near what is today Lake Lou-ise. His camp, which was known as Carlin’s Camp was quite lit-erally a small group of poorly built struc-tures and a few tents. Believing that his camp would be an important point for settlement he decided to name it. He chose the name Silver City.

It was about 1882 and the first building had been erected in Golden, which at the time was called “The Cache.” These build-ings, which incident-ally stood where the Golden Arms once stood, had been built for use by Major Rog-ers and his survey crew. Here all the sup-plies and equipment that had come from the east were stored. These buildings actual-ly stood until the 1960s.

News from down the line traveled slowly and was hard to come by and it was with delight that that the people

gathered when some-one new came to town. New faces meant news from the outside world.

Bert Lowe came to Golden with the rail-road construction and for the most part, worked as a mail cour-ier for the men along the right of way. He went up and down the line, carrying messa-ges and mail. The mail was sent out from Cal-gary as far as the con-struction cars could carry them and then it was sent by horseback in the summer and dog team and toboggan in the winter months.

It was Bert Lowe who came to Gold-en with the news that Mike Carlin, who had a tie mill along the line near Lake Louise had changed the name of

his camp from Car-lin’s to Silver City. Bert Lowe was relaying this information to Mr. Aylmer, the resident engineer for the feder-al government.

Lowe went to Ayl-mer’s office (a tent on the Kicking Horse Flats) and told him the latest news. Aylmer lis-tened closely to the news and then made

the remark, “Well, we will go them one bet-ter, we’ll call our camp “Golden City.”

Golden’s name had nothing to do with min-eral being found here or our sunsets. Noth-ing nearly as romantic as that. It was plain and simply names to “one up” a tiny neighboring town to the east of us, which no longer exists.

The attached photo is a picture of the seal that was cre-ated by the Canadian Pacific Railway recognizing Golden as Golden City, a name that dates back to 1884. Photo courtesy of the Golden Museum

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Golden was named to beat the neighbouring town, Silver City

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Golden Church ServicesAs human beings, we definitely have an interest in understanding what the Bible says about

punishment for the wicked. Jesus mentions different severities of sufferings for those who ultimately reject Him (Luke

12:47, 48). As an example: One murdered two people, another murdered 200. Both receive the penalty of death, but if that was all; would it have been fair? “God will repay each person according to what they have done.” Romans 2:6.

After their brief-time of punishment, — some more than others, — each sinful person will be ash. They will never be recreated.

“10They will be tormented (burned until consumed)...in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb (Jesus). 11And the smoke...ascends for ever and ever.” Rev-elation 14:10, 11.

When someone burns firewood (or anything else), the smoke rises and disperses for ever and ever. The firewood is not continually burning or existing. It burns for a certain amount of time and then is gone — permanently.

“1‘Surely the day is coming;1 it will burn like a furnace. ...every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,5’ says the LORD Almighty. 2‘But for you who revere My name.... 3...the wicked...will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,’ says the LORD Almighty.” Malachi 4:1-3.

The end result for a sinful person is the same — eternal death. “The soul (person) who sins shall die.” Ezekiel 18:20. Satan himself is promised eternal death — non-existence — at Jesus’ final victory. (Ezekiel 28:19) “10The devil,... 15And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. 14... This is the

second death.” Revelation 20:10, 15,14. The only eternal aspect of hellfire is its outcome — non-existence. Death is the opposite of life, not another

dimension of life: “For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing;...” Ecclesiastes 9:5. When hellfire is brought into existence, the people who refused to follow God’s Word will only have a very brief

period of unrepentant suffering regret. Then, they will be no more. There is no eternal torment anywhere, for anyone.

God’s Gift: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23.The only gift from God is eternal life of happiness! He does not force this gift onto anyone against his or her will.Jesus wants a completely happy, healthy universe when this horrifying experiment of sinfulness is over. (Obadiah

1:16; Revelation 20:5-15) For those who have eternal life, “...God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death,

nor sorrow, nor crying. ...for the former things have passed away.” Revelation 21:4. God’s gift of eternal life is valuable beyond comprehension. May it be yours!

-Pastor Frank Johnson-Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Golden Faith Column: The Bible and Punishment

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He is survived by his sons – Ray Jr. and Dion; his daughters- Marie and Melanie; his grandchildren- Ryan, Jaiden, Graydon, Hailey, Taya, Emily and Mackenzie. Raymond was a long time resident of Golden. He loved to walk, hunt, play the guitar and listen to the Blues. He attended the Trinity Lutherine Church where he made many good friends. The family would like to thank Dr. Tan and the nursing staff for being there in his last few days, and all of Raymonds friends for their prayers, caring thoughts and kind words during this dif cult time. A memorial service will be held: Saturday, May 2nd ,12:00 pmAt the Trinity Lutherine Church 915 9th St S, Golden, BC V0A 1H0In Raymond’s memory, donations can be made to the Golden Hospice Society that provide compassionate and caring support during illness and loss. Golden Hospice Society (250) 344-6300.You will be forever missed by your family and friends. Online condolences may be sent through Raymond’s obituary at www.hindmanbowersfuneralhome.com.

RAYMOND ERNEST BIRD

It is with heavy hearts that

we announce the passing of

Raymond Ernest Bird at the Golden & District Hospital

on Tuesday, April 14th 2015 at

the age of 71.

Harley Kenneth “Buster” Radford

Harley Kenneth “Buster” Radford passed away peace-

fully on April 13 in Penticton where he spent his last days at the

age of 94. Born on December 11, 1920 in McGee Saskatchewan, he was the oldest son of 9 children.

His family moved to Hill Spring, Alberta in 1936 where they farmed. In 1948 Buster helped move his family to Greenwood, B.C. where he and his father began working in the logging industry. His family eventually moved to New Westminster, but Buster put down roots in Greenwood, married Evelyn, and formed his company Buster’s Excavating.

He was an active resident of the community for fty years giving many hours to community events,

minor hockey and baseball. In 1998 he and his wife Evelyn relocated to Penticton where they enjoyed their new home and their great neighbors.

Buster is survived by his wife Evelyn, sons Rick (Iris) and Chris (Rita) and Daughters Liz (Mark), Susan (Jim) and Judy (Michael) along with 11 Grand-children and 11 Great Grandchildren. He is also survived by his sisters Toots and Billie.

A true gentleman, he will always be known for his humour, generosity and love of gardening and singing. He will be missed by all who knew him. Gone, but never forgotten.

A true pioneer of Golden, Maria Carmelo (Mary) Chappelle passed away, with Maryanne at her side, peacefully in Durand Manor, Golden, BC on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at the age of 92 years.

She was born in Golden on May 6, 1922 living a full and active life, with passion. She is well remembered for her joy of dancing, bowling, crib tournaments, bingo, gardening, and love of socializing. She had a special spot in her heart for animals, especially cats and dogs.

A graveside service will be held in the Canyonview Cemetery, Summerland, BC on Sunday, May 24th at 1 p.m. with Jack Bowers the funeral celebrant with a tribute shared by Kelly Chappelle. A reception will follow.

Predeceased by her first husband of 30 years, Frank Pagliaro; her second husband of 30 years, Doug Chappelle, granddaughter, Debbie McGregor and step daughter, Dianna Dreyer.

Mary leaves her children; Roy (Sandy) Pagliaro, Ida (Ken) Hunter, Len (Maryanne) Pagliaro, Ron (Cathy) Chappelle, Lorne (Sue) Chappelle, all of Golden, and Gord (Kelly) Chappelle of Carstairs; 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Mary was the eldest of 9 children, passing prior to her were Annie, Ralph, Yula and George; surviving are Jean, Lou, Hubert and Domonic.

On line condolences may be sent to Mary’s obituary at www.hindmanbowersfuneralhome.com.

Funeral arrangements are in the care of Hindman Bowers Funeral Home, Golden, BC.

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Richard James LaFleur passed away in Golden & District Hospital on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at the

age of 65 years.A celebration of life

service and reception was held on

Th ursday morning, April 23rd at 10 a.m.

with Jack Bowers the funeral celebrant.

RICK LAFLEUR

September 18, 1949 - April 19, 2015

Tributes were shared by family and friends.Born in Chemainus, BC on September 18, 1949, moving to Golden in 1979.

Rick was active in the Logging industry until a serious accident in 1991 forcing him into retirement. He is well remembered and respected for his hard work, his mentorship with co workers, and family, and ability to fi x anything in the bush. At a young age he was a natural athlete, including baseball, golfi ng, pool, swimming, bowling. He enjoyed competition which made for a great contender in Logging Sports competition.

He was predeceased by his father, Laurence, and grandson, Renal LaFleur.

Rick is survived by his loving family; wife, LaVerne; 3 sons, James, Steven and Sean, all of Golden; 3 grandchildren, Miranda, Austin, Sebastian; also his mother, Alice of Chilliwack; sisters, Darlene, Daveena, Glenda; brothers, Carl, Bob, Randy, Laurence, George.

On line condolences may be sent to Rick’s obituary at www.hindmanbowersfuneralhome.com.

Funeral arrangements were in the care of Hindman Bowers Funeral Home, Golden, BC.

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SESELKIRK ELECTRIC LTD.

1135 10th Ave N (250) 344-2530Fax 344-2584Reg. #22652

All Your Electrical Needs

•Sales •Service •Construction •Maintenance •Renovations

“Grave marker sales, installation and refurbishing”Dave & Susan Poland P.O. Box 1741, Golden, B.C. V0A 1H0

Phone: (250) 344-8351

One Call Does It All!“Largest plumbing and heating inventory in the area”

• renovations • new construction • service • septic systems • • pumps • water softeners •

10% Seniors Discount – parts only Showroom @ 805-9th St. N

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TRUSSESENGINEERED FLOOR SYSTEMSPREFABRICATED WALL PANELS

LUMBER PACKAGES

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B U I L D I N G S Y S T E M SSERVING GOLDEN

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www.dogtoothlogandtimber.com

Licensed Home BuilderMike Burns

Cell 250 344 0290Office 250 344 3992Email [email protected]

ConstruCtion

Commercial and Residential Construction

819 9th Street N. Golden, BC

[email protected]

Construction ManagementGeneral Contracting

Licensed BuilderDesign Build

This Space

$25/week**with 12 week commitment

Call us at 344-5251.

Kicking Horse Embroidery~ LASER ENGRAVING ~

Eddie LeiganShop 250-272-2222Cell 250-344-0143

Trophies ~ Plaques ~ Giftware ~ Name TagsSigns ~ Acrylics ~ Wood ~ Plastic ~ Glass ~ Granite

Tile Leather ~ Painted Metal ~ Anodized MetalWE DO IT ALL AND MORE!

Get ready for spring! Call Shaun at 250-344-2215

for a quote to have your parking lot and driveway swept with our JCB Skid Street Sweeper

ContraCting Ltd.

Box 599, golden, BC. V0a 1H0

Gravel Trucks, End Dumps, Log Haul Units Loader and Skid Steer Rentals

Sand, Gravel and Landscape Materials available



ContraCting Ltd.




Call Shaun at 250-344-2215



ContraCting Ltd.




Gravel Trucks, End Dumps, Log Haul, Loader, Skid Steer, Snow

Removal, Sand, Gravel and Landscape Materials available.

This Space

$25/week**with 12 week commitment

Call us at 344-5251.

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Call or email for more details!250-344-5251

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The only collision repair facility in the valley to offer a national lifetime warranty.

The shop preferred by most insurance companies. Proudly serving the Bow Valley for 27 years.

119 Bow Meadows Crescent, Canmore, AB Ph: (403) 678-8818 Fax: (403) 678-8839

Email: [email protected] www.fixauto.com/bow-valley/index.sn

Fix Auto Bow Valley

Fix Auto Bow VAlleyCAnmore, AB

Call or Email us today! 403-678-8818 [email protected]

Guaranteed National Lifetime Warranty

Need collision repairs?! We repair ICBC Claims!

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1 (250) 439-9378 Wood Products

Golden, BCCustom milling of Douglas Fir, Cedar, Poplar, Spruce, Pine, Birch and Larch

www.wrwoodproducts.com

The French Connection Cheese and Fine Foods 250.344.0557 www.frenchconnectioncheese.com

1411 9th Street S • Across from the High School


RE/MAX of Golden 250-344-7663

remaxgolden.comMarlon Chambers

(250) 344-0735Bob Tegart

(250) 272-4321Dan Veselic

(250) 344-1435Flec Demmon

(250) 344-8451Garry Oddy

(250) 344-7234

RE/MAX of Golden 250-344-7663

remaxgolden.comMarlon Chambers

(250) 344-0735Bob Tegart

(250) 272-4321Dan Veselic

(250) 344-1435Flec Demmon

(250) 344-8451Norma Crandall(250) 344-0275

Garry Oddy(250) 344-7234

4905 Castledale Heights3 bdrms 3 baths 2,500sqft 5.28 acres

$495,000

#106, 521 - 8th Avenue2 bedrooms 1 bath 775sqft

$159,900

701 - 8th Street6 bedrooms 2.5 baths 2,810sqft

$339,000

959 McBeath Road2 bedrooms 2.5 baths 1,856sqft

$645,000

863 Barber Road4bdrms 2 baths 2,781sqft 1.6 acres

$349,000

1592 Golden Avenue3 bedrooms 3 baths 2,600sqft

$975,000

586 Lower Habart Road2 bdrms 1 bath 1,344sqft .52 acres

$242,300

3897 Highway #95, South4bdrms 3 baths 3,800sqft 5 acres

$550,000

510 Anderson Road3 bedrooms 2 baths 1.28 acres

$293,000

1114 - 10th Street3 bedrooms 2 baths 2,400sqft

$399,900

1009 King Crescent3 bedrooms 2 baths 968sqft

$289,0001213 - 10th Avenue

3 bedrooms 1+ baths 3,300sqft

$289,000

1208 Alexander Drive5 bedrooms 2 baths 2,084sqft

$250,000


$395,000

#203, 521 - 8th Avenue1 Bedroom 1 Bath 587sqft

$129,900

407 Riverglen Drive4 bedrooms 3 baths 2,216sqft

$369,000

1539 Campbell Road3bdrms 1 bath 980sqft 7 acres

$299,600


$289,900

1510 Poplar Street3 bedrooms 3 baths 3,700sqft

$499,900

1339 Pine Drive5 bedrooms 3 baths 2,800sqft

$480,000

1501 Quartz Crescent4 bedrooms 2.5 baths 1,833sqft

$569,600

592 Habart Road3 bedrooms 1.5 baths 2,100sqft

$299,000800 Nicholson Frontage Road

4bdrms 2 baths 2,600sqft

$345,900

955 McAllister Road3bdrms 2.5 baths 2,430sqft 3.97 acres

$735,000


$265,000


$319,000

1615 Gareb Road4 bedrooms 3 baths 2,860sqft

$349,900


$290,000

#6, 433 - 5th Avenue2 bedrooms 2 baths 1,388sqft

$268,0001500 Quartz Crescent

3 bedrooms 2.5 baths 3,447sqft

$579,600

#404, 1549 Kicking Horse Trail3 bedrooms 3 baths 1,248sqft

$389,000#15, 415 - 5th Avenue

2 bedrooms 2 baths 1,388sqft

$299,900

SOLD

1590 Columbia Valley View6 bedrooms 7 baths 4,500sqft

$1,695,0001593 Columbia Valley View

4 bedrooms 3.5 baths 3,752sqft

$1,195,000

1741 Seward Frontage Road4 bdrms 2 baths 3,438sqft 14.22 acres

$599,900

5256 Ben Hynes Loop Road

$450,000

2bdrms 2 baths 1,500 sqft 67 acres

2732 Golden Donald Upper Road4bdrms 3 baths 3,700sqft 7 acres

$549,900

2328 Holmes Deakin Road5 bdrms 2 baths 3,032 sqft 60 acres

$575,0001739 Oberg Johnson Road

4bdrms 1 bath 2,680sqft 77.8 acres

$949,000


$330,000

Black Bear Drive5 Acreages Available

to $220,900 from $149,900

1507 Fir Crescent4 bedrooms 2 baths 2,430sqft

$319,500NEW1414 Black Bear Drive

2.07 acres

$119,900NEW NEW#101, 1549 Kicking Horse Trail

2 bedrooms 2 baths 960sqft

$229,900NEW

REDUCED

#3, 532 Hietala Road3 bedrooms

$60,000NEW

SOLD

golden star, april 29, 2015

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