golden star, october 03, 2012

Shorelines in Golden get a clean-up................................12

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Things get sweet in Golden.............................14

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Connor Beauchemin makes a break for the net against Kimberley Dynamiters player Joel Wells. Beauchemin scored a hat-trick in the third period of the game against the Dynamiters on Sept. 28, helping the Rockets win the team’s first of two games on the weekend. For more on the story go to page 17. To see more photos check out The Golden Star website and Facebook pages. Darryl Crane/Star Photo

Third time is a charmThird time is a charm

Golden takes back the nightDarryl [email protected]

A large group of residents turned out to show their support for the annual Take Back the Night walk in Golden.

Director and Outreach Co-ordinator for the Gold-en Women’s Resource Centre Linley McLean spoke to those in attendance before the walked started

“I just want to say a few words about why we’re

here. Take Back the Night has been an on-going International demonstration to raise awareness about violence against women and the right that everyone has to live without fear. Tonight, we will be walking together as part of the effort to end violence within our community as well as around the world,” she said.

McLean also spoke about violence towards women in Canada, in B.C., and in the community.

“Right now I want to talk about the women I work

with who experience violence. I can’t say much because of confidentiality, but I can tell you that violence against women happens here, in Golden, around us. Whether it’s violence within a relation-ship, sexual assault, or harassment. I have sat down with women, I have heard their stories. I have com-forted crying women. I have helped women learn about their rights, and I have assured women that the violence they experienced is not their fault.”

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CORE ready to start evolvingJessica [email protected]

The newly formed CORE (the Committee of Responsible Electors) had their inaugural meeting on Sept. 25.

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

“The group evolved out of a group of people who worked to defeat the alternative approval process bylaw for the $2.4-million Bridge to Bridge borrow-ing,” said Bruce Fairley, one of the founding members of the CORE.

“The group decided to stay together and continue working on issues involving the Town of Golden.”

The group will focus on issues surrounding fiscal responsibility, including Town staffing within the Town office, five-year financial plan (especially the $1.7 mil-lion planning and development budget), and the entire area of economic development.

“Lots of people think the Town is just spending too much money. The people in our group think that, and want it addressed,” said Fairley. “Bridge-to-Bridge I think, was seen as symptomatic of a ‘spend spend’ men-tality that people don’t think is appropriate at this point in time.”

The CORE members will do research and develop position papers that will eventually be presented to council.

“We’re going to operate in much the same way the Say No to Bridge-to-Bridge committee operated. We never had a chairman or that kind of organization. We operated through email and Facebook,” said Fairley. This means that both members and non-members will have the opportunity to look at, and provide feedback on, any position paper developed by the CORE.

“So other citizens, councillors, Town staff, whoever wants to comment will get their opportunity when things move onto Facebook.”

Fairley says that he expects some of the Town staff and councillors probably think the CORE will sim-ply be a thorn in their sides. But he and the group insist that they do not intend to be confrontational.

“Most of the people there recognize that we don’t want to get into a confrontational stance with council, then it’s just us butting heads with them and we’re not going to get anywhere,” he said.

“We don’t intend to be a thorn in their side, but at the same time we expect the issues that we’re bringing to them to be addressed. We’re not prepared to just be brushed off. We think we represent a significant slice of opinions right now for the town of Golden.”

Fairly hopes that council will be open to what the group brings them, and thinks that the research that they present will be helpful.

The CORE will be writing a mission statement and anyone who signs onto the mission statement will be added to their email broadcast list.

Michael Bortolotto was in Golden this week to talk to students about the effects of bullying. Pictured above is Bortolotto during a speech at Alexander Park Elementary School.

Darryl Crane/Star Photo

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

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

“Firstly, we are here to support the legion in Golden. Small towns sometimes need outside support to show there are great things happening in the community,” Franklin said. “The other thing is to talk about Afghan vets and the Amputee Coalition of Canada.”

Franklin explained the Amputee Coalition of Canada is a charitable organization which uses 90 per cent of funds raised for programs that help improve the lives of people who have limb loss.

“First, there is peer support. We match amputees to amputees to get them to talk to each other. Instantly this changes their mentalities. It helps prevent post-traumat-ic stress disorder,” he said. Franklin added that the char-ity also is working towards reasserting issues which dir-ectly affect the lives of amputees.

“We could figure out things like what are the best legs to run on? What is the best arm to have to play golf? What is the best arm to use for a guy who is below or above the elbow? All that stuff is done by companies but not by research in a true medical professional sense. That is really where we want to go,” he said.

Franklin explained how the change starts the healing process right from the first day of the injury.

“The idea behind this was the soldiers themselves were able to, with medical professionals, change rehabilitation in Canada. Instead of just accepting that we are injured and are going to being in hospital for eight to nine weeks and then off to rehabilitation and hope to get better, the importance now is from day one of your injury we start the rehab,” he said.

There needs to be a change in attitudes, according to Franklin, from both the patients and medical profes-sion.

“It is like screaming at a brick wall,” he said add-ing that even though it is difficult, once people see the results, they start to see the benefits.

Even though the science is only being developed Franklin said that amputee soldiers heading back into the field has been one of the most impressive things to see.

Adjusting to his new life has had its ups and downs. “It can be challenging, there is no doubt about it. Any-

where from a one inch step in a door and I can’t get in,” he said. “It is frustrating that I can do anything I want but a one inch step is my nemesis.”

Meeting other amputees has been a great benefit for Franklin overs the years since the bombing in Afghan-istan.

“It has been very enlightening and powerful. Peer support works both ways. When you meet someone and their reactions are positive then you live off that positiv-ity,” he said. “I almost died six years ago and now I am alive and just having a good old time. That is the point of life to have fun, help your family and help others.”

Anyone interested in learning more about the project can go to www.amputeecoalitioncanada.org.

Working towards a brighter future

Retired Master Corporal Paul Franklin gave a speech at the Royal Canadian Legion in Golden. The event raised $1,185.00 for Paul Franklin’s, Amputee Coalition Canada fund. Darryl Crane/Star Photo


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Plans continue for four lane Trans CanadaGolden Star [email protected]

Premier Christy Clark has released plans to provide support for local communities which would include the four-laning of the Trans-Canada Highway from Kam-loops to the Alberta border.

“We are taking some very important steps to drive the BC Jobs Plan forward,” Premier Clark told dele-gates to the annual meeting of the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. “By planning to replace the George Massey Tunnel and maintaining our commit-ment to complete four-laning of the Trans-Canada, we are supporting the communities that depend on them and growing our economy.”

Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Mary Polak explained that the goal is to see the entire Trans-Canada Highway four-laned from Kamloops to Alberta.

“We’ll be working with our federal government to seek matching funds to improve this corridor, which

connects our Pacific Gateway with the rest of Canada. “And we’ve heard the concerns from the commun-

ities south of the Fraser River about congestion through the Massey tunnel. My ministry will engage these local governments in the initial discussions on what a replacement might look like,” Polak said.

Premier Clark also announced $207 million in new capital investments for transportation, housing, educa-tion and health facility projects to improve services in communities across the province.

“These are new projects that we can get started this year but this capital investment is not new money. It is money we have saved from pinching our pennies. I am very proud of that,” added Premier Clark.

“We wholeheartedly support the government’s efforts to continue these much-needed improvements to the Trans-Canada Highway and we look forward to working with the Province as projects are prioritized and as work moves forward to improve safety for local families and all highway users,” said Revelstoke May-or David Raven.

Time to get dressed up for the galaDarryl [email protected]

The time is near to get your tickets and be a part of the Commun-ity Excellence Awards in Golden.

This year will see some new awards which will provide even more enter-tainment to an evening packed with fun.

“This year we have added the Golden Nug-gets Awards, fun awards to acknowledge more people and places. It will be interesting to see where the Best Place to Propose is, who has the Best Hanging Baskets, or who the Best Appren-tice is. There will be cer-tificates and decals for the winners,” said Ruth Hamilton, manager of the Kicking Horse Chamber of Commerce.

This year, the Gala has a special theme which will mix an old time feel

with glamourous attire.“We love to take a

decorating theme and run with it for the Com-munity Excellence Awards, this year is no exception as we are host-ing a Kicking Horse Barn Dance. Come out to see the Mount 7 Rec Plex be transformed into an old fashion barn … back into the days of when the barn was swept out and became the dance hall for the night. That does not mean jeans are the attire of choice for the evening, we want every-one to put on their ‘Sun-day finest’ and celebrate community excellence,” Hamilton said.

The menu this year will be served by Kickin’ Thyme Catering who have been selected the 2012 caterers for the Community Excellence Awards. The menu will consist of appetizer plat-ters of fig and goat cheese

oat cakes, bruschet-ta, smoked salmon and caper crustini.

There will be a buf-fet dinner of herb-crust-ed stuffed barron of beef with balsamic glaze and au jus; thyme roasted chicken; herb-roasted baby potatoes, rice pilaf, vegetarian quinoa stuffed peppers and two season-al vegetables. Salads will consist of mixed mesclun salad with house made dressings, caesar salad, spinach salad with blue cheese, hazelnuts and sour cherry vinaigrette.

For dessert guests will have many choices to choose from. There will be pumpkin mini cheese-cakes, pecan tartlettes with bourbon sauce, lemon cream napoleon, triple chocolate brown-ies, and coffee and tea.

Tickets are available at the Kicking Horse Chamber of Commerce office, the Golden Star,

or from any board mem-ber.

There is an early bird price until Oct. 5. You can get two tickets for $90, after that they will be $50 each.

There will also be a superb line-up of local musicians throughout the evening according to Hamilton.

“Tony Bell will be the first musician up with songs and ballads throughout the con-versation and cocktail hour. We will mellow to some quieter tunes dur-ing dinner with classic-al guitarist Leo Downey. After the award cere-monies Willhorse will be striking up some dance music to celebrate with the Community Excel-lence Award champions. DJ Stylings by Mihajic Touch will follow to keep the dance music flowing until the midnight buf-fet.”

It will be a fun night out in Golden at the Community excellence Awards. Star Photo

Terry Fox Run

Students at Alexander Park Elementary School took a run on Friday September 28 in honour of Terry Fox. Darry Crane/Star Photo


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RCMP Report: Woman assaulted in GoldenGolden Star [email protected]

On September 26, at approximately 8:30 p.m., a 17-year-old female was assaulted as she loaded her groceries into her green van at the Overwaitea Foods parking lot.

A male, as yet unidentified, grabbed her from behind and placed her in a “bear hug” until she was able to free herself by elbowing him.

The male was last observed by the victim at the intersection of 10th Street South and 10th Avenue South.

The attacker was described as a 25-30 year-old male, medium build, 5’8” tall. The victim recollected a very pungent odour of cigarettes on the man.

The Golden/Field RCMP are investigat-ing this incident, and at this time, are unable to ascertain a motive for the attack.

Anyone with any information is being asked to call the Golden/Field RCMP at 250-344-2221 or the East Kootenay Crime Stoppers at

1-800-222-8477 or by internet at cintek.com/crimestoppers.

Theft of bicyclesGolden/Field RCMP were informed about

the theft of bicycles from Lady Grey Elemen-tary. The bikes had been left on school prop-erty overnight. Parents are reminded to make sure children have their bikes in a safe place on their property.

Bears destroyed by conservation officers

RCMP assisted conservation officers in the destruction of two bears in Golden on Sept. 28. The animals were put down in the area of 5th Street South. Residents are reminded to keep attractants on their property down to a minimum at this time of the year.

Cows on tracksGolden/Field RCMP responded to a group

of cows who were on the CP Rail tracks at Anderson Road Crossing. The animals had

wandered on to the tracks before the owner was contacted. By the time Golden/Field RCMP arrived on scene the animals had been removed causing no further delays.

Accident on Selkirk HillA car went off the road coming down Selkirk

Road on Sept. 21. Just before reaching the bot-tom of the hill, the car lost control and rolled over the embankment. No one was injured in the incident but Golden/Field RCMP officers wish to remind people to take their time when driving up or down local roads.

Investigation ends in dog attackGolden/Field RCMP have concluded their

investigation about a dog attack that hap-pened at the Northern Wildlife Wolf Cen-tre in April. The RCMP confirmed that two dogs had been put down after the attack. The RCMP also said they were not going to be for-warding any charges and that there were no indications of criminal negligence. The police file on the case is concluded.

Ducks get ready to take on Kicking Horse


The Golden and Dis-trict Lions Club is getting prepared to let 500 rub-ber ducks loose on the Kicking Horse River.

The 24th annual Duck Race will be held on Sunday, Oct. 14, start-ing at 2 p.m.

President of the Gold-en and District Lions Club, Wayne Clark, said the event has been hugely successful over the years because of the support from the community.

By purchasing a tick-et people help the Lions continue their work in the community.

“In the past year we have helped people who had visional impair-ment,” Clark said.

Lions members will be selling tickets at Sobey’s and Overwaitea, usual-ly between the hours of 4 and 6 p.m. most days of the week.

Tickets can also be purchased at Elite Nutri-tion, Tru Hardware, and Race Trac Gas in Nicholson.

This year there will be two $1,000 prizes for the first ducks to reach the finish line, and a spe-cial prize for lame duck as well.

The event has brought out many onlookers in the past and is expected to do so again this year.

“The citizens of Gold-

en and many tourists drop by to find out what it is all about. They line both banks of the river,” Clark said.

Clark would also like to thank the Golden Fire department mem-bers who come out and help fish the ducks from the river.

“They do a fine job. We have not lost a duck since they took over the collecting duties,” Clark said.

Younger club mem-bers, the Leos, follow the river and help throw ducks, which get stuck on the shores, back into the race. As for the ducks, Clark said they have been working out very hard leading into this years race.

“We have been work-ing them out regularly since last year. They are in better shape than last year.”

Pictured is the President of the Golden and District Lions Club, Wayne Clark (left) and Lions Member, and one of the Duck Race organizers, Orlando Pecora. Both men, along with other members of the Lions Club, will be selling tickets for the upcoming Duck Race in Golden. Darryl Crane/Star Photo

Lions members prepare to hold 24th annual Duck Race in Golden

DARRYL CRANE

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A6 www.thegoldenstar.net Wednesday, October 3, 2012 The Golden Star Star EDITORIAL

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It is always a funny feel-ing to go from living some-where to then becoming a tourist in the place you call home.

Over a two week period I finally took the time, for the first time in almost four years, to really go out and see many of the sights that bring people from all over the world to the area.

From the Columbia Ice-fields to Lake Louise, Banff to Revelstoke, Fairmont to Emerald Lake and every-where in between, I became a tour guide for my parents, who have never had the chance to see these places.

Simply put, it is easy for people who live in an area like this to forget how lucky they are.

While on our tour we spent a great deal of time snapping photos and stopping along the highways just to take a look at the mountains, lakes and the occasional Lamborghini or Model A ford that passed by us.

You really never do know what you will see on the moun-tain highways.

Over the two-week period, I had the chance to once again experience the mountains through the eyes of people who had never seen them before.

This is healthy, I think, because sometimes I do forget just how different this part of the world is for most people.

The second week, as I returned to work, my parents had the chance to explore Golden on their own.

They walked around much of the town, attended many a yard sale and met many people in the area. Once again there was nothing negative to say.

The town itself has been through a great deal over the past few months, but one thing is for sure, Golden has a great deal to offer people who want to come to our backyard to take a break from the hustle and bustle of every day life.

This is a great benefit for the town and needs to be nurtured heading into the future. It is easy to enjoy things as they are and wish that they never change.

However, change happens. It is inevitable. The world will keep spinning, governments will come and

go, and in the end everything must evolve if surviving is going to be in the cards.

The question is, how do we make this change a smooth and wanted goal of the people who call a place home?

The answer, it would seem, is simple. People need to work together towards a goal that will give people a reason to not only come here, but also a reason to stay, for a day or for the rest of their lives.

Though it sounds simple, as many of us know, these dreams and goals are tough to reach when people cannot break down walls and work together. That is an answer which may be found in the future.

As for now the one piece of advice I can give to people is the following:

Take a little time to go for a drive to see some of the natur-al wonders we are surrounded by. If you can, take someone who has never had the chance to go out in the area with you because before the end of the day it just may give you a differ-ent perspective on the people, the land, the food, and the area we all call home.

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Writers Need a DictionaryFirst of all I’d like to congratulate Thelma Brown for having

the good fortune to have lived in Golden for 61 years. I’ve been fortunate to have lived here for close to 12 years and certainly have do not have any plans of leaving any time soon... it’s just too beautiful!

Thelma complains in her recent letter that she thought my Let-ter to the Editor was nasty.

Webster’s Dictionary defines nasty as being disgusting, filthy, physically repugnant, indecent, obscene and morally offensive.

I can’t help but ask myself what did I say in my letter that fits the definition of the word nasty?

It can’t be the fact that I congratulated the citizens of Golden for coming out in increasing numbers to exercise their demo-cratic right to vote in a free and fair election.

I don’t think it can be the fact that I congratulated all five can-didates for standing for office and taking part in an exciting and important election.

It certainly can’t be the fact that I congratulated the Connie Barlow and Keith Hern on their election victories.

Surely it’s not the fact that I congratulated the citizens of Gold-en for rejecting an unnecessary and terribly expensive project by

an overwhelming majority (nearly two to one).Perhaps Thelma thinks it’s nasty because I pointed out that

Mayor Benty and Councillors Hambruch, Moss and Pecora were losers in the election process. They have spent tens of thou-sands if not hundreds of thousand dollars on the B2B project only to see it soundly rejected by the citizens of Golden.

Maybe it’s the fact that I pointed out that Councillor Ham-bruch not only lost the referendum issue but that the candidate he whole heartily endorsed didn’t even finish in the top three.

My letter merely stated the facts and my commentary is no different than what we all see and hear on radio and television news and political commentary shows every day. Surely if the CBC, CTV, Global and other major broadcasters can make sim-ilar political comments we in Golden can do the same.

If Thelma wants to see some truly nasty letters I suggest she ask Mayor Benty or Councillors Hambruch or Moss to show her some of the recent correspondence sent to all of our elected offi-cials by Councillor Pecora.

This correspondence and the attached cartoons from Council-lor Pecora about myself and other citizens of Golden truly do fit the definition of the word nasty.

Yours truly Bob Munro, Golden, B.C.

Kamloops to Golden project continuesPremier Christy Clark has

announced that the provin-cial government is committing $650 million to the Kamloops to Golden highway project.

The initiative to make that stretch of highway four lanes is nothing new. It is a project that the Ministry of Transportation and Intrastructure has been working on for years.

The nearly completed Don-ald Bridge is part of that pro-ject.

I have to say that the media attention to this announcement has been a surprise. The gov-

ernment committed to this pro-ject years ago.

It seems to me that the prov-ince has simply announced that they are going to continue to fund what they have already promised they would fund.

Although, with the funding cuts announced in other sec-tors this year, such as Parks Canada, I suppose we should all be grateful for every penny they will not be taking away.

And I must say, this is a pro-ject I will be happy to see com-pleted one day.

I am a Golden resident,

whose family lives in Kam-loops. I drive that stretch of highway often.

And as I’m sure most of you know, it is not always a fun drive.

Golden’s emergency service personnel are kept very busy by that stretch of highway.

I’m not saying that four-lan-ing will necessarily cut down on traffic accidents, but it couldn’t hurt.

So even though this $650 million was more of a “non-announcement,” I’m still very glad to hear it.

In my last MLA report, which was the first in a multi-part series on prov-incial budgeting, I laid out a number of methods that governments use to raise revenue including taxes, royalties, dividends, fees, and the sale of assets.

And I talked about how the choices that govern-ments make have real effects on people.

I mentioned that since 2001, MSP premiums have increased by 85 per cent and that BC Hydro rates have increased by 36

per cent And I talked about

how, since the implemen-tation of the HST in 2010, billions of dollars in taxes have been shifted on to consumers.

But despite the fact that regular British Colum-bians are paying more, the actual state of British Columbia’s books is more dire than it has ever been.

I believe that it is vital that you know the truth, even though the truth, in this case, is hard to take.

Since the BC Liberals

took power, the total gov-ernment debt has risen by $23.5 billion.

That’s an increase of 70 per cent The estimated debt by March 2013 will be $57.4 billion. But this is only a small part of the story.

Under the BC Liber-als, other contractual obli-gations or off-book debt have skyrocketed.

The total of this type of debt, which we as taxpay-ers are obligated to pay, is a phenomenal $96 bil-lion.

A portion of this debt is for privatized govern-ment services and priva-tized infrastructure pro-jects.

But I think you will be surprised to find out where more than half that $96 billion will be going.

You will remember the opposition local residents raised to the destruction of our rivers and streams for private power produc-tion.

Although only a few of these projects have been built, the environmental

and economic costs to the province have been great.

The owners of these pri-vate river diversion pro-jects have signed long-term Energy Purchase Agreements with BC Hydro leaving ratepayers owing $54.9 billion.

And what will we receive for all this money?

Overpriced power that is produced during the spring freshet when we don’t actually need it.

As I speak to people across this area, I hear consistently that people

are optimistic that we can build a better future. And I agree with them.

But as we look to that better future, we must be honest about our current financial situation.

While it will be diffi-cult to overcome these extreme financial chal-lenges, I feel confident that we can work togeth-er, establish our priorities and make real progress towards making British Columbia an even better place to live.

This is the second in a three-part series on prov-incial budgeting.


A star to Jepson petro-leum for bringing fuel to my home in Nicholson so quickly when I was empty.

Stars to the organizers of the Joel Plaskett concert. It was a great show.

Stingers to people in apartment buildings who decide to stay up all night and annoy neighbours. Think about others!

Stars to the owners of all those well behaved dogs.

Stars to the bartender who accidently made me a double.

Stingers to the lost drivers going 10 km an hour while they’re looking around. Pull over, figure out where you’re going, then drive.

Stars to the ladies at the Spilli Bean for making that amazing peanut butter pie.

Stingers to the people who don’t clean up the

fruit from the trees in their yards. It attracts bears.

Stingers to the people who just don’t let things go.

Stingers to the impatient drivers who go way too fast on the highways.

Stars to the people in Golden who are choosing to be positive, and not dwell on all the negativity that is plaguing the town right now.

Email your Stars and Stingers to [email protected]

Do you think the four-laning project from Kamloops to Golden will have any impact on the town?

“Yes, I think it will be good for

Golden. I think it’s true that it could

bring more tourists into town.”

“I don’t think so. It makes it a lot nicer for the tourists to travel, but I don’t think it will make

a difference to the town.”

Golden point of view

Loraine NygrenBev Tallon

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

Dennis Daley

“I don’t think it will have any impact

on the town. It will be nice, there are some rough spots

on that highway, but I don’t think there will be a whole lot

of impact.”

Star EDITORIAL AND OPINION

- MLA Report -By Norm Macdonald

Ian RobinsonPrincipal Lady Grey/Field

Believe it or not we have completed our first month of school. Our School Growth Plan was discussed with our School Planning Council (SPC) meeting last week and was presented to our Gold-en School Board Trustees on Oct. 2.

Our research questions are: 1 Would three times a week pull out, using the Read Naturally Program, with our most vulnerable readers improve the reading fluency by at least one grade level? 2. Bullying behavior at the Grade 4-7 level is a concern.

With the recent delivery of the Red Cross Beyond the Hurt workshop, and class participation in the No Put Down Books, would direct teaching follow up, regular class lessons along with a school wide goal in the fall reduce bullying behavior?

Teachers have met collaboratively over the last two weeks to make these goals a reality. Look to our next month’s article

to explain further: “You Matter – Community of Awesome” YMCA.

For lunch hour activities we are currently offering running club, boys and girls wrestling, Mrs. Tresierra crafts etc., street hockey, Circus Arts, and Operation Fresh Air activities.

All of our students have just completed their Sept. District Write. Teachers will be marking these next week to help guide them in planning for instruction in Language Arts.

September ended off with Mrs. Kelly McArthur’s class doing an excellent job of organizing our school Terry Fox Run.

Upcoming events include Student/Parent/Teacher interviews on Oct. 15-17 and photo retakes on Tuesday, Oct. 23.

The PAC is also off and running and are looking forward to an active year in supporting

The Hot Lunch Program and other activities. Next PAC meet-ing is Monday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. in the library.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the students,

staff and parents who make Lady Grey such a great place to be.

Field School HappeningsAt Field School, the little school in the mountains, we’ve had a

great start to the year. As the weather has been so fantastic, we’ve spent a lot of time

hiking and enjoying the outdoors. Our trip to Lake O’Hara was very memorable because there

was fresh snow and the children were able to make small snow-men! They scampered along the trail like seasoned mountain goats with not one word of complaint. One of new moms was surprised by how ambitious the hike was and commented, ‘ This Field trip is hardcore!’ Our days of water, sand, rocks and mud are winding down, so we will be ready to start swimming and gymnastics lessons in Canmore next week. We will also celebrate the wonder of living in such a beautiful place at our Thanksgiving lunch on Friday.

Better future begins with honest appraisal of current financial situation

Lady Grey You Matter - Community of Awesome ‘YMCA’


Golden Cinema Presents:

LawlessShowing Wednesday Oct. 3 and Thursday Oct. 4 at 7 p.m.

Hotel Transylvannia 3DOpens Friday Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday matinee at 2 p.m.

This WeekGentle WomenArtist Babe Wanamaker will be showing his paintings of women at the Art Gallery of Golden from now until Oct. 23.

The Community Garden at the Ruth Wixon House is looking for volunteers to drop in on Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 3 p.m. and Wednesdays from 8 to 9 a.m.

Job Readiness SkillsFree program running Sept. 24 to 28, daily from 9 a.m. to noon at Work BC. Program prepares adults for the workforce.

Creative SeedsExplore Acrylic Painting. Choose structured class (starting Oct. 10), or drop in (starting Oct. 5). Runs six weeks. Contact Janis Dyck at [email protected].

Wed, Oct. 3Co-ed badminton at the Mount 7 rec plex from 7 to 9 p.m. Cost is $7 for adults, $5 for students and seniors.

Golden Parent and Tot PlayLets parents and kids from bir th to five enjoy preschool type activities. Every Wed-nesday at the Rec Plex from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Golden Cycling Club group ride and instruction. 7 p.m. Instruction from Andy Bos-tock at the new Pump Track. To learn more at www.golden-cyclingclub.com Also check out the GCC group ride and instructions.

Golden Golf Club Men’s Day every Wednesday starting at 1:30 p.m.

Public SkateEvery Wednesday, 7 to 8 p.m.

Thurs, Oct. 4 Men’s drop-in basketballEvery Thursday from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Rec Plex. $8 to play.

Start RightFree six-week program for par-ents and children ages three to five in the StrongStart room at APES. Learn how to support your child’s learning. Call 250-439-9324 to register.

Ben & Eric Jam Night at the Golden Taps Pub.

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

Free Belly Fit classesEvery Thursday evening until end of October, Belly Fit with teacher in training at 7 p.m. at LGES gym. Times subject to change.

Aquafit exercise classAt the Days Inn from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Drop in rate is $6.50.

Fri, Oct. 5WTF Party at TapsFriday Oct. 5, hear Dr. Paul Kershaw talk about struggles of raising children in today’s society, and what we can do about it. Followed by dancing with DJ Mihajic. Starts at 5:30 p.m., no cost.

Sat, Oct. 6Karaoke Night The Mad Trapper hosts a kara-oke night every Saturday.

Golden Rockets vs the Kimber-ley Dynamiters7:30 p.m. at the Golden Arena

Public SkateEvery Saturday, 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.

Sun, Oct. 7

Public Skate at the Golden ArenaEvery Sunday from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. Come skate with family or friends. Helmets are recom-mended, no pucks or sticks allowed on ice during public skate.

Mon, Oct. 8Co-ed badminton at the Mount 7 rec plex from 7-8:30 p.m. Cost is $7 for adults, $5 for students and seniors.

Drop in ShinnyBring your friends for a good old game of hockey. Every Monday from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. Drop in fee $6.50.

JW JonesCanada’s top touring blues-man will be at the Rockwater at 8:10 p.m.

Tues, Oct. 9Join the CadetsThis free program meets every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Legion Banquet Hall. For young men and women ages 12 to 18.

John Jenkins & FriendsLive acoustic mountain folk, Rock, Reggae, improv. This week, a special patio set from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Rock-water Grill & Bar.

Aquafit exercise classAt the Days Inn from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Drop in rate is $6.50.

Free Homework Help ProgramEvery Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Lion’s Den below the library. For students Grades 3 to 7. Just drop in.

Golden Golf Club Ladies Day every Tuesday starting at 2:30 p.m.

Pilates Core and MoreA pilates-based bone build-ing class focusing on posture, core strength, fracture preven-tion and balance. Runs Tues-days and Fridays from now to Oct. 12, noon to 1 p.m. Sign up at COTR.

Upcoming EventsCurling Club Registration

On Oct. 10 and 11, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Golden Curing Club.

Reach a Reader CampaignBuy your Golden Star by dona-tion on Wednesday Oct. 10, and the proceeds will go to lit-eracy programs in Golden.

Monsieur LazharThe first Film Kicks show is on Oct. 11 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Golden Cinema.

Indigo JosephHigh energy blend of blues-pop meets dance-rock, at the Rockwater on Oct. 11.

Kicking Horse Country Cham-ber of Commerce Community Excellence AwardsSaturday Oct 20, 2012 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. 2012 Com-munity Excellence AwardsContact: Ruth Hamilton 250-344-7125.Website: www.golden-chamber.bc.ca

Wide Mouth MasonThe show is at the Rockwater on Oct. 14, tickets are on sale now at the bar, and Plain Wayne and Jane.

GrimskunkPunk, metal and hard rock on Monday Oct. 15 at 11 p.m. at the Rockwater.

Wedding Party and Gift ShowOctober 14 at the Golden Rec Plex. Whether you’re planning for a wedding, staff function, birthday, anniversary celebra-tions or any kind of party.Vendors are now being accepted. Admission to the event will be $2 or a donation to the Golden Food Bank or Little Mittens. For more information go to www.91sheep.ca or 250-342-7625

Duck RaceTickets on sale for the Lions Club fundraiser at Elite Nutri-cion, Nicholson Store, TRU Value, and from all Lion Club members. Only 500 tickets printed, $10 each. Race will be held on Oct. 14 at 2 p.m.

Big Sugar coming to Golden on Oct. 24 at the Golden Civic Centre. Tickets available at Jita’s Cafe, Plain Wayne and Jane, and the Rockwater.

Events & Entertainment Calendar• For more information... go to www.thegoldenstar.net

This week's achievement

award goes to... Stop in by October 10, 2012

to receive your small blizzard

Brooke Chapman for being a great leader at Field School.

Partners In Brine Seafood!Orion’s Fish Bus will be in Golden at the

Petro-Can card lock this week, Friday, October 12th

70 peeled Tiger Prawns $20! 2/$35!! 3/$50!!!

Stop by the truck and join our email list to get tasty

Seafood Recipes and a FREE BONUS every $100!

Health approved. Good prices.

Great selection. Really Good Seafood!

Tercon Construction Ltd.*Notice of Construction*

Tercon Construction Ltd. would like to inform the travelling public of our construction project 4 km East of Golden, B.C. on the Trans Canada Highway. The project currently has an expected completion date of November 2012. We appreciate your patience during this time and request that you please watch for our crews and obey all construction signs.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Site Safety Office at: 250-344-6768.

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ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE GRANTS AVAILABLE

The deadline for CBT’s Environmental Initiatives Program’s large grant stream is October 26, 2012. Applications are available now. Learn more at www.cbt.org/eip .

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

(AGM) Saturday October 27, 2012

10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Brisco Hall

Everyone welcome!

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Golden Moments: A house was built that became a homeDarryl [email protected]

Ray and Margaret Olson came to Golden in 1957, from the Okanagan, when the com-pany Ray worked for opened a mill in town and offered him a position.

The couple had met while Ray was serv-ing in the army in Winnipeg during the Second World War, and have been married for 66 years.

Ray ended up buying a piece of land on what is now 11th Ave. N. where he built the house he still lives in today.

“The main thing was I figured I would build my own house. I bought a piece of land near work and a place where the kids would have lots of room to play,” he said. “The ori-ginal house I built was just one floor but then the girls got bigger and needed their own rooms. I built the upstairs on so they could all have a room and now they are all gone and we have the whole house to ourselves.”

The land the family built on was not even a part of Golden for a number of years.

Ray bought an extra half acre of land since his first purchase and now lets the birds use it because he likes it the way it is.

He spoke fondly of when both his chil-dren and other kids in the area would come by and play in the water.

“There is water all around there,” he said. “It is water which is backed up by bea-ver dams and made a little lake in there.”

“This is where the children played and we didn’t mind that. We always had a yard full. One time we were away on holiday for three weeks and when we came back there was still a yard filled with kids,” Margaret added.

Over the years Golden has changed a great deal for the Olson family.

“The town wasn’t even incorporated when we came here. The dirt roads were downtown. There were no big roads and it was as dusty as the dickens,” said Ray.

“The road out of town, you had to go on the big bend or the terrible road up the can-yon. It is pretty good now compared to what it was,” said Margaret.

They also said back in the day they never locked a door and it was a simpler time in many ways.

“We never thought of the security that you have to think of now,” he said.

The couple now have grandchildren who have started graduating from uni-versity. Ray explained, in his opinion, the grandchildren got their smarts from their parents and grandmother.

The family has been involved in many different clubs and organizations over the years including helping get the Golden Museum up and running.

They said they are also very lucky to live in an area where people do what they can to help.

“There are a lot of people here who make a difference,” Ray said.

One thing he does try to do is make people who are visiting the town feel wel-comed. An avid traveller, he takes his own great experiences and brings them home.

“I think the town should be involved. When people travel they remember those people who came up and spoke to you. It wouldn’t cost the town anything if people were more like that. I think it would get people into the downtown area,” he said.

Pictured are Ray and Margaret Olson who have called Golden home since 1957.Darryl Crane/Star Photo

Just this week the Gold-en Museum received a parcel in the mail from a past resident of Golden, Jean Blaine, which con-tained many treasures! Included in those treasur-ers is a history book that Jean complied on the Ber-genham family, filled with pictures and great infor-mation about their early arrival in Golden.

The expression “Use a picture. It’s worth a thou-sand words” appears in a 1911 newspaper article quoting newspaper editor Arthur Brisbane discuss-ing journalism and pub-licity. That phrase is so true in the business that I work in. The first thing we do after having a close look at the photo is turn it over to see if there is any information written on

the back. Then we look for clues within the photo itself. If it’s out of doors are there any landmarks, or mountains. We can’t change the mountains so they are a good indicator as to where the photo was taken. We look for build-ings or people and in the case of the photo that is here we, which came with this gift from the Bergen-ham family we see a build-ing in the background with part of a name on it. As we know the Bergenham family lived in Moberly it’s not hard to connect the two.

These photos are so important to our under-standing of our most recent history and I worry that we won’t be leaving the same evidence behind for people looking back in 100 years.

Today we see more photos and share more photos than we ever have before, but there is a dif-ference. We seldom print the photos we take any-more. Our shelves are no longer filled with photo albums, or boxes of pic-tures waiting to be placed in photo albums. Why is that? Digital cameras!

We no longer have to wait for the film to arrive in the mail, or to send the film out for printing. We just shoot and can view the pictures right away. Most digital cameras come with large cards that can hold hundreds if not thousands of pictures and cellphones with cameras make it even easier to capture images. We send those captured images off to other family members who view them on their cell phones and this happens all in a mat-ter of minutes. We have no reason to print the pic-tures because everyone you would have shown has seen it.

Most people who are using this technology today have their photos backed up onto their home computers or hard drives but consider this: 83 per cent of us use photos to connect with past memories, yet 65 per cent of us do not print and keep our photos anymore.

77 per cent no long-er make photo albums and 37 per cent have lost important images through loss of digital data.

Amongst 16-24 year olds, a startling 70 per cent

report having lost import-ant images through a reli-ance on digital cameras that have either failed or been lost.

When was the last time you printed off your favor-ite pictures from a week-end away, a wedding or other family event. When was the last time that you

made a photo album of a family holiday or stuck a nice portrait on the mantelpiece?

The three main reasons that people don’t print pictures anymore are less cost, less time and less storage but at what cost? In 100 years’ time what photographic history will

you have left behind for your family to bring to the museum?

How can you help insure that the museum has something to show your grand-children? Email copies of your photos to the museum. Special events around town, construction of new

buildings, changes to old ones, weddings, concerts, openings!

Email them to [email protected] or bring them in on a stick and we will make transfers to our hard drive.

All photos will be cred-ited to the original photog-rapher.


- Turning Back the Pages -By Colleen Palumbo

CNIB LION’S TOURNAMENTThank You to the many sponsors of the

Alpine Auto CenterBacchus BooksBargain ShopBean Bag Coffee RoastersBeaverFoot LodgeBest Western Mountainview InnBNW Contracting LtdBody QuestBrand Source Barrault Home FurnishingCanadian Timber FramesCanyon Creek PotteryCarol PennoCecile GosselinCedar HouseColumbia Basin TrustColumbia Diesel LtdColumbia Valley Credit UnionCountry Comfort B&BDJ’s Paper PlaceDr Jim Booher CorporationEleven 22 Grill & LiquidsElite (Health Food)Ewan & McKenzieFalkins Insurance GroupFas GasFountain TireGlacier Raft Company LtdGolden BakeryGolden Concrete LtdGolden Dairy QueenGolden Dental CenterGolden Eco Adventure RanchGolden Installations

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Treasures found in a special delivery to the Golden Museum

Men stand on a rail cart in Moberly. Golden Museum photo archives


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On Wednesday Oct. 10, buy a copy of the Golden Star and help support literacy programs right here in Gold-en.

This is the second year that Black Press and the Col-umbia Basin Alliance for Literacy have partnered on the Reach a Reader campaign.

Newspapers will be on sale by donation that day, with all the proceeds staying right here in the community for CBAL programs.

“Last year the funds were allocated to the One-To-One Children’s Reading Program, and we’ll probably do the same again,” said Monica De, Golden commun-ity literacy co-ordinator.

The One-To-One program helps children in Grades 1 to 6 improve their reading skills by working one-on-one with volunteer tutors. Volunteers get trained, and are then asked to donate an hour and a half of their time a week.

“It only takes one hour a week to make a great impact on these kids,” said De. ‘It helps to improve their flu-ency, word recognition, comprehension, especial-ly confidence, and an enjoyment of reading. Parents always write on feedback forms that they see their child reading more at home.”

Last year the program helped around 75 children from Nicholson Elementary, Alexander Park Elemen-tary, and Lady Grey Elementary. The program has sev-eral volunteers, but is always looking for more. If you are interested you can contact De at 250-439-9665, or contact the schools directly. There is a training session

for new volunteers on Oct. 11.Although the Reach a Reader funds will be mainly

used for the One-to-One reading, CBAL has several other literacy programs that focus on adults, children, parents, and even babies.

“We’ve got a Books for Babies program, so every new parent in the community gets a bag with a book and some information about how important it is to read with their kids right from the start,” said De.

“There’s also a Strong Start program. It’s for parents of children ages three to five. And basically it’s an oppor-tunity for parents to discuss how their children learn, and how they can help them with their skills at home.”

There are a few after school homework help pro-grams, including one for high school students at the new Youth Centre. They offer PALS (parents as literacy sup-porters), which brings parents into the classroom, where the teachers explain what their kids are doing and how they can support them at home.

There are adult literacy programs, including a Job Readiness Program. CBAL has a new office, located next to the Work BC office. This allows them to work more closely with adult learners.

“We’ve also partnered with the Women’s Centre, and we’re offering a Writing out Loud program, it’s kind of a journaling program,” said De. “We did it last year and it was very successful, so we’re going to do it again.”

De will be having a Grand Opening of the new office on Oct. 10. So after you buy your newspaper go check out the new space on 9th Avenue North, and enter to win some prizes.

Go to www.cbal.org/golden to learn more about the many literacy programs offered in the community.

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Do you have two ways out?That is the question the fire depart-

ments in the Golden area will be ask-ing students during Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 7 to 13.

During the week, fire fighters will be visiting Alexander Park Elementary School to talk about fire safety.

“The focus will be on having a home fire escape plan with two ways out of everywhere in your home,” said Lieu-tenant Eddie Leigan with Golden Fire Rescue.

“When a student comes home from school we urge families to go through the books and activities we send home with the students, there is a lot of infor-mation in these items for the parents to help keep their home fire safe.”

Having two ways out may be this year’s theme, but there are several points that Golden fire fighters will be teaching the students.

They will be telling them why it is important to always have a working smoke alarm in our home, keep items such as matches and lighters away from small children, have fire extinguishers in the home, and a meeting place once you do get out of your home, and know your address.

Many people underestimate how quickly fire spreads, so it is import-ant to have a plan. In 2010, home fires were reported every 85 seconds, kill-ing 2,640 people and injuring 13,350.

In the past year there have been a few major fires in the Golden area, burn-ing a business (Golden Concrete) and a vacation home to the ground. Luckily no one was injured.

Have two ways out for

Fire Prevention Week

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A bounce in your step

John Oszust goes in for a basket against Ryan Chambers at the walk-in basketball night at the Mount 7 Rec Plex. All players are welcomed on Thursday nights starting at 8 p.m. Darryl Crane/Star Photo


Négociations du Conseil de traité des Ktunaxa-Kinbasket (CTKK) Le Conseil de traité des Ktunaxa-Kinbasket, le Canada et la Colombie-Britannique ont réalisé des progrès dans les négociations sur l’entente de principe dans le cadre du processus de négociation des traités de la Colombie-Britannique.

Les négociateurs des trois parties invitent la population à une séance d’information lors de laquelle des renseignements sur les négociations relatives au traité seront disponibles.

GOLDEN Jeudi 11 octobre 2012 Les portes ouvrent à 18 h 30. La présentation commence à 19 h. Foyer du Seniors Centre 1401, rue 9e Sud

Pour de plus amples renseignements :

Affaires autochtones et Développement du Nord Canada Diane Gielis 1-800-665-9320 www.aadnc.gc.ca

Ministère des Relations et de la Réconciliation avec les Autochtones Bill Armstrong 1-800-880-1022 www.gov.bc.ca/arr/

Conseil de traité des Ktunaxa-Kinbasket Garry Slonowski 250-919-2848 www.ktunaxa.org

Séance d’information publique

Ktunaxa Kinbasket Treaty Council (KKTC) Treaty NegotiationsKtunaxa Kinbasket Treaty Council, Canada and British

Columbia are in the advanced stages of negotiating

an Agreement-in-Principle under the British

Columbia treaty process.

The three parties invite the public to a meeting

where information about the treaty negotiations

will be presented.

GOLDEN Thursday, October 11, 2012 6:30 pm Doors Open 7:00 pm Presentation Seniors Center Hall 1401 - 9th Street South

For more information contact:

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada Diane Gielis 1-800-665-9320 www.aandc.gc.ca

Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Bill Armstrong 1-800-880-1022 www.gov.bc.ca/arr/

Ktunaxa Kinbasket Treaty Council Garry Slonowski 250-919-2848 www.ktunaxa.org

Public Information Meeting

The Art of TransformingJessica [email protected]

Learn how to make over your mind, body, and soul with a new program, the Art of Transformation.

“This course will help you master the ability to transform any area of your life, whether it be personal rela-tionships, business/career, health and fitness; or simply fulfill a wish for more inner peace and harmony,” said Laura Shaw, who will be teaching the course with her partner Liza Hindmarch.

The Art of Transformation course will unfold over 10 weeks, every Thurs-day evening, starting on Oct. 11 and running until Dec. 13. It will consist of 2-hour group gatherings, home study exercises, coaching support, and all rel-evant course materials and journal.

“The philosophy that underpins the Art of Transformation course is that what we are looking for, whether it be more joy, happiness, peace, or love, it already exists inside us. We just need to uncover its existence allow it to radi-ate,” said Shaw.

The program will try to offer its par-ticipants the tools to go with the flow, be led by a sense of curiosity and won-der, eliminate stress, connect with their life’s passion, have a positive impact on the world, release destruc-tive beliefs and old habit patterns, and to relax and enjoy their lives as they are now, not in some imaginary future.

The two teachers bring a broad

and diverse background to the pro-gram. Hindmarch has been facilitat-ing people’s personal growth in one capacity or another for more than 20 years. Originally teaching children with emotional and behavioural prob-lems, she moved into a world of hol-istic coaching after studying homeop-athy.

Shaw, on the other hand, has been teaching and guiding people for more than 15 years in the wilderness and academic settings. Early on she began coaching her students to take time to reflect on what they really wanted in life, and started sharing creative vis-ualization techniques to support them in moving towards their goals.

Hindmarch now owns Munay Holis-tics in Golden.

“In my work as a holistic life coach I have noticed again and again that people’s healing breakthroughs and even life-changing shifts in conscious-ness would occur effortlessly and instantaneously when the conditions were favourable. In this course, Laura and I are excited to share our trade secrets and provide you with many, many favourable conditions gath-ered over all our years of experience of working with people of all walks of life,” said Hindmarch.

For more information on the pro-gram, times, and cost go to www.munayholistics.ca and click on the events page, or email Hindmarch at [email protected].

Residents come together to keep Golden’s shorelines cleanJessica [email protected]

Golden participated in a nationwide environ-mental initiative, the Great Canadian Shore-line Cleanup.

Organized by Wild-sight, Golden residents went down to Conflu-ence Park, located near the airport, on Wednes-day, Sept. 26, to clean up garbage along the shore-line.

The event ran for two hours, with volunteers coming and going at various times.

“In total, we collected 98 lbs of garbage and five lbs of recycling with 19 volunteers for 1.5 hours,” said Sanne van der Ros, co-ordinator for the Wildsight event.

“We cleaned from the wastewater treatment facility to the Conflu-ence along the Colum-bia River and the trail and road, and along the Kicking Horse River from the railroad bridge

downstream to the Con-fluence.”

Volunteers enjoyed piz-

za, donated by Wildsight, and helped keep Gold-en’s shorelines clean.

Every year, tens of thousands of Canadians take action against aqua-

tic debris by participat-ing in the Great Can-adian Shoreline Clean-up, which is presented by Loblaw Companies Limited.

Jointly led by the Van-couver Aquarium and the World Wildlife Fed-

eration (WWF), this initiative focuses on edu-cating and empowering people to make a differ-ence through commun-ity cleanup events.

Today, the Shoreline Cleanup is one of the largest environment-

al events in Canada and the third largest cleanup in the world.

Since 2003, more than 400,000 participants have removed nearly one million kilograms of garbage from Canadian shorelines.

It was a family affair at the Golden Confluence Park shoreline cleanup on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Jill and Don Corcoran along with their son Seth helped clean garbage up from the shorelines of the Columbia and Kicking Horse Rivers. Jessica Schwitek/Star Photo


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The students at Lady Grey Elementary School dressed up in pink, and spelled out YMCA in the school’s playground on Wednesday, Sept. 26. It was all part of LGES’s anti-bullying campaign which uses the acronym YMCA (You Matter - Community of Awesome). Jessica Schwitek/Star Photo

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Sugar makes things delicious in Golden on October 24Jessica [email protected]

Golden Delicious is bringing the Sugar.

Big Sugar is coming to Gold-en to play a show at the Golden Civic Centre on Wednesday, Oct. 24.

You may remember the 90s Canadian rock band for their hit singles “Diggin’ a Hole,” or “Turn the Lights On.”

“Big Sugar just came out with a new album last year. They have a new single out this year as well,” said Pat Légaré, mem-ber of Golden Delicious Pro-ductions, an organization that focuses on putting on events in Golden. “It was a huge band in the 90s, but have definitely had a few albums out since,”

It is the same group respon-sible for bringing us Elliott Brood in August.

“Elliott Brood was our first show at the Civic Centre. It was a dry run, to see how every-thing was going to go with the sound and security and the bar. It turned out to be really good,” said Légaré.

“One of the reasons we want-ed to do it at the Civic Centre is so people can be home by mid-night. So people who might not go see them in a bar because you’re not home until 2 in the morning, will be able to come.

It gives us a wider variety in the audience, so it’s good.”

Golden Delicious has been around for more than a decade, and are known around Golden for not only bringing in talent, but also throwing parties and hosting shows at various loca-tions around town, as many of

their members are DJs.They are starting to bring in

some major acts for the winter season, and it is beginning with Big Sugar.

“The first band that is going to perform is the Balconies. They are pretty awesome. I had never heard of them until

we signed Big Sugar, so they are doing the whole tour with them,” said Légaré.

The Balconies will take the stage at 7:30, and then get ready for a loud show when Big Sugar comes on at 8:30 or 9 p.m.

“They’re usually a five-

piece band in the studio, but they do play the live shows with about eight or nine per-formers on stage. And I think they are bringing in Wil-lie Williams. He’s a reggae legend, and he is doing the first part of the tour with Big Sugar, and that includes the

Golden show.”Tickets are $35 and are pre-

sale only. They are available at Plain Wayne and Jane, Jita’s Cafe, and the Golden Taps. The concert will feature a full bar, with some of the proceeds going to the Golden Nordic Club.

Big Sugar is coming to Golden to play a show at the Golden Civic Centre on Wednesday Oct. 24.Photo Submitted


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MONDAYS NY Steak Sandwich w/ fries or greens $7.75 OK Springs 1516 sleeves $3.75 or pitchers $12.50 Highballs $3.75 Dbls $6.25

TUESDAYS Bison Burger w/ fries or greens $5.25 Sleeman Original Draught sleeves $3.75 or pitchers $12.50

Wide Mouth Mason Sunday , October 14thTickets on sale at Rockwater, Plain Wayne & Jane in Golden and Her Public Boutique in Invermere


The White Swan and Black Swan will have a battle of ballerina egos in a show in Golden on Monday, Oct. 15, at the Golden Civic Centre.

Ballet Kelowna will be returning to Golden as part of the troupe’s 10th anni-versary with a program of contrasts and collaborations.

It is a time for good versus evil in Swan Lake.

Ballet Kelowna was incorporated on November 7, 2002, as the Kelow-na Ballet Society. Under the leadership of Founding Board President Myles Bruckal, Founding Artistic Director David LaHay, and Honorary Patrons Annette Paul, Brian Macdonald, C.C. and Arnold Spohr, Ballet Kelowna gave its first performances with six profession-al Canadian dancers in the fall of 2003.

Ballet Kelowna commissions new work from emerging and established Canadian choreographers and presents masterworks from the Canadian ballet

legacy along with ballets and excerpts from the Classical and Romantic eras.

Ballet Kelowna will be taking their breathtakingly bold and beautiful per-formances to the stage at the Civic Cen-tre and will attempt to captivate audi-ences with their mosaic of classical and contemporary dance. The group’s per-formances are well known for being intimate and carefully crafted.

The vision of the group as stated on their website, is as follows: “Capturing the entertainment interest of all members of the family, Canada’s Ballet Kelow-na performs to sold out audiences. Bal-let Kelowna enhances the image of bal-let, making the art form more inviting, fun, and personally meaningful. Proud-ly ‘made in Kelowna’ this boutique ‘inno-classical’ ballet company is a dedicated community partner.”

To learn more about the group go to www.balletkelowna.ca. If you are inter-ested in purchasing tickets for this or any of the Kicking Horse Culture shows drop by the Art Gallery of Golden at 516 9th Ave. N.

Ballet Kelowna is preparing to return for a new show in Golden.Photo submitted

Ballet Kelowna set to return

Legendary blues man coming to GoldenGolden Star [email protected]

One of Canada’s top bluesmen, JW-Jones, is on the move and will be playing at the Rockwater Grill and Bar on Monday, October 8, starting at 8:10 p.m.

His 7th release, titled “Seventh Hour,” Jones teamed up with multi-Juno award winning artist/producer, Steve Dawson, to mix the album.

Jones has been featured on a Guitar World Maga-zine CD called “Guitar Masters Vol. 2,” which put him alongside guitar stars B.B. King, Jimmy Page, and Car-los Santana among others. This led him to an endorse-ment deal with Gibson guitars.

Though Jones keeps one foot planted in his roots, the Maple Blues Award winner works to create music which will be appealing to younger audiences.

Jones tours with Jansen Richardon on drums and Laura Greenberg on bass which brings added power to any performance.

His last few CDs have hit #1 on B.B. King’s Bluesville on Sirius-XM Radio in the U.S.A. and Jones continues to win over audiences across the globe with his high-energy live performances.

JW-Jones is preparing for a special show at the Rockwater Grill and Bar in Golden. Photo Submitted

Loving this town

Joel Plaskett had people singing along to some of his biggest hits at a live show at the Golden Civic Centre on Sept. 26. To check out more photos go to the entertain-ment section of The Golden Star website. Darryl Crane/Star Photo


Even though gas sta-tions line the highway

through Golden, there is only one place in town to refuel an electric vehicle.

This past year, Sun Country Highways, a

company that provides electric vehicle infra-structure, along with the Province of BC (as part of their Clean Energy

Vehicle Program), start-ed installing charging sta-tions along major high-way networks.

Home Hardware was chosen as the charging station in Golden, and is currently the only Home Hardware in the country with a station. They offer charge-ups for free.

On Sept. 26, a Salt Spring Island man on a road trip stopped by the store to charge his vehicle. Vincent Argiro is the first person in British Colum-bia, and the 47th person in Canada, to own a Tes-la Roadster.

He sat in his two-seat-er car, passing the time on his iPad, while he pow-ered up his roadster to about half charge. That was more than enough to get him to Canmore, where he said he would top it up a bit to get to Cal-gary. To charge his car up completely would have taken about three hours, and would have provid-ed enough power to drive for 400 kilometres.

Less costly electric vehicles, such as the Chev-rolet Volt, can travel about 120 km fully charged.

Before this network of charging stations, there was no way for electric vehicle owners to take road trips throughout the

province, and the coun-try.

Tesla is coming out with a more family friend-ly vehicle, the Model S

four-door sedan. Argiro expects to be the first in B.C., and the second per-son in Canada, to own the model.


Attention Parents of Birth to Six Children and Siblings

Our early learning team invites your family to join us for:

READY,SET, MUSICAL FAMILY

Thursday, October 11th 2012 4:30pm – 7:00pm in the APES Gym

4:30 – 5:30 Play time & musical activities

5:30-6:00 Dinner provided 6:00 – 6:40 Music Fun

Featuring: Jacquelyn Ohnander From: Music for Young Children

Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity for your child to play and explore music.

If you would like more information please feel free to

contact: Shelley (250) 439-9324

Vincent Argiro stands with his Tesla Roadster electric car at the charging station at Home Hardware, one of a network of charging stations across the country. Jessica Schwitek/Star photo

Golden is now a stop for electric vehicle road trips


The Golden Welcome Wagon is back up and running.

The previous co-ordinator had to let it go when she got too busy with other things, so it has not been operating since the spring.

Mary Kay consultant Ellen Hatlevik decided to pick it up.

“I think it’s really important for new residents to the community to really feel welcomed, especially by the business community. It’s a very important ser-vice,” she said.

“I think it’s important for the business sector to show new residents that we do have something to offer, that they don’t have to shop in other places. We may be small but we have a little bit of every-thing.”

A few of the previous sponsors have pulled out while the service was not run-ning, so Hatlevik is currently working building the basket back up. She has already started canvassing businesses in the area, and will continue to do so over the next little while.

Although she is keeping a list of new-comers who need to be welcomed, she doesn’t want to start making visits until she has at least 20 to 25 gifts in the bas-ket.

“As a sponsor I know that it has been very good for my business. I’d really like to encourage the business sector, if I haven’t already contacted them, to call me. I’d like to offer a variety of restau-rants because we have such fabulous eat-ing establishments,” she said.

“Whatever the store happens to have around that will be of interest. It could

even be something that they no longer carry but still have in the back, if it would make a nice little gift. Coupons and gift certificates also make a great basket item.”

The baskets not only offer gifts to new residents, they offer businesses fantas-tic advertising opportunities. As a Mary Kay consultant, Hatlevik would put in a gift as well as a catalogue.

Any business interested in being a Welcome Wagon sponsor can contact Hatlevic at 250-344-4799, or [email protected].

“If anyone who has a new neighbour or coworker, please give them my name,” she said. The Welcome Wagon is also offering baskets for new babies and wed-dings, so if there is anyone who just had a baby, or is getting married in the next year, call Hatlevik.

Welcome back the wagon

Ellen HatlevikWelcome Wagon Co-ordinator


Golden Rockets VS. Kimberley Dynamiters Friday, Oct. 5th in Kimberley

VS.

Golden Rockets VS.

Kimberley DynamitersSATURDAY, OCTOBER 6

7:30PM IN GOLDEN

Golden Rockets win two and earn first shutout of the seasonDarryl [email protected]

The Golden Rockets ended their early season funk, recording the team’s first two wins of the sea-son. On Sept. 28 the Rockets won 7-5 win against the Kimberley Dynamiters.

The Dynamiters jumped out to an early lead but the teams traded goals to end the first in a 2-2 tie.

The teams continued the high scoring affair in the second with Rockets forward Jacob Bergeron netting two goals in the period.

As they moved into the third the Rockets came out flying. Rocket’s forward Conner Beauchemin caught fire in the third, netting a hat trick in the per-iod.

Rockets Head Coach Ty Davidson said, “It was fantastic” to win the game. “Everyone knows how competitive I am. Not winning was eating at me the last couple of weeks and we finally got it done,” he said. “Even though we were 0 and 3, I never lost confidence in this group. This is a good group of hockey players and I think people are going to see exciting things out of them in 2012-2013.”

Then, 24 hours later, the Rockets sent their fans home with another win after they defeated the Col-umbia Valley Rockies 2-0.

After a scoreless first period where the Rock-ets were out shot 15-9, Rockets forward Carson George netted an unassisted goal to give the Gold-en team the lead.

The Rockies got themselves into penalty trouble multiple times in the second period. Jordan Stimp-son and Brendan Sage picked up 14 minutes in penalties in the period and Josh Haley received a game misconduct and a two minute minor before the period ended.

On the ensuing power play from the Haley pen-alty, Rockets captain Brett DeFrias scored with only 13 seconds left in the period.

The Rockets slowed the game down in the third period and never let the Rockies get close to a comeback.

In the end, new Rocket’s goalie Danny Todo-sychuk earned the team’s first shutout of the sea-son, stopping all 23 shots taken by the Rockies.

After the game Davidson said he was pleased with the way the team performed on the weekend.

“We just came to play. We competed a lot hard-er to put it simply. Obviously having Danny Todo-sychuk here in net brought in a lot of confidence for our guys. They know where he is coming from, so it was a big lift for our guys as well,” Davidson said.

He added the way the Rockets played in the third period was something he was very happy with.

“If you look at our end, there is not a lot of scratches on our ice. We played the whole period in their end which is what you want to do when you are defending a lead. Hats go off to all the boys this weekend.”

Golden Rockets blue liner Michael Anderson slams Columbia Valley Rockies forward Stephen Pratt into the boards on Sept. 29. Darryl Crane/Star Photo

Youth Bowlers in Golden hit the lanes for a new seasonYouth Bowlers are back at Down Memory Lanes with the start of a new season of bowling. Pictured (back row left to right) are Sam Dondaneu, Petra Sutter, Jo-Mary Crowchild-Fletcher and Santana Jones. (Front row) Dallas Mason, Devon Tress and James Crowchild-Fletcher. The boys team is named the Cutie Mark Crusaders and the girls named their team The Losers. Anyone interested in learning more about the YBC league or any of the other leagues starting soon can drop by Down Memory Lanes at 517 8th Ave. N.

Darryl Crane/Star Photo


Aquatic Fitness Instructors (Temporary/Casual)

The Town of Golden requires two Aquatic Fitness Instructors for the winter season as members of our Recreation Services Department team. These positions provide safe, effective instruction of public aquatic fitness programs at the Sportsman Lodge Hotel Pool as well as routine facility maintenance, public relations, and program registration. Primary responsibilities include providing safe and fun activities for patrons, a pro-active approach to preventing accidents and injuries, routine maintenance, program registrations, completing and submitting daily reports, and portraying an outstanding public relations image on behalf of the Town of Golden. Our minimum requirements for candidacy of this specialized position include: Education and Experience

Current and valid Drivers Licence. Water Safety Instructor accreditation. National Lifeguard Service accreditation. Standard First Aid, Aquatic Emergency Care or equivalent accreditation. CPR “C” accreditation.

Specific Skills

Ability to deal effectively with emergency situations involving injuries. Knowledge of basic exercise science as it applies to Aquatic Fitness. Knowledge of a variety of aquatic games, relay, and activities designed to promote fun.

Possession of a Level 1 Standard First Aid certificate and completion of courses specializing in activity and play leadership will be an asset. We are interested in good team players, communicators, and positive influences in our organization, committed to provide enthusiastic service and support to the public. One position will be classified as Temporary, meaning the incumbent will follow a pre-set work schedule over the term of employment. The other position will be classified as Casual, required on an as-needed basis. Fall programs run from October 16th to November 15th and winter lessons run from January 15th to February 14th. Both positions are subject to the provisions of the CUPE Local 2309 Collective Agreement and the wage rate is $20.04/hour.

Applications must include a cover letter, resume, and copies of current certifications. Applications may be delivered by post, fax, hand, or electronically, and will be received until

4:00 pm (Mountain Time) Friday, October 5th, 2012 by:

Jon Wilsgard, Manager of Corporate Services Town Hall – 810 9th Avenue South, P.O. Box 350, Golden, BC V0A 1H0,

Fax: (250) 344-6577, E-mail: [email protected]

Candidates with lesser qualifications may be considered. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted

We reserve the right to collect both direct and indirect information about any applicant selected for an interview.

NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT

The Council of the Town of Golden hereby gives notice that it will consider a resolution to issue a Development Variance Permit for the property noted below at its Regular Open Council Meeting held:

TIME: Tuesday October 9th 2012

PLACE: Town Hall Council Chambers (810 9th Ave South)

PURPOSE: A Development Variance Permit has been requested to reduce the interior side setback in the Town of Golden Zoning Bylaw 911, 1993 from 3.0m to 1.5m on the subject property to facilitate the construction of a single storey Single Detached Dwelling on the subject property.

SUBJECT PROPERTY: Civic: 716 11th St South Legal: LOT 19 SECTION 12 TOWNSHIP 27 RANGE 22 W5M KOOTENAY PLAN 5147

A copy of the proposed Development Variance Permit and background material including Staff Reports, and the application package may be inspected at the Town Hall from Wednesday September 19th to Tuesday October 9th from 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday excepting statutory holidays.

All persons who consider themselves affected by the adoption of the proposed Development Variance Permit and who wish to register an opinion may do so by:

a. Appearing before Council at the said Council Meeting; and/or

b. Forwarding written submissions for Council consideration to the attention of the Corporate Officer by any of the following means:

By post: P.O. Box 350, Golden B.C V0A 1H0; By fax: 250-344-6577; By email: [email protected] Any submission made to the Corporate Officer must be received no later than 12:00 pm (noon) on the Wednesday prior to the Council Meeting held September October 9th 2012.

Dated September 19th, 2012 Jon Wilsgard, Corporate Officer

SUBJECT PROPERTY

Local boy gets to play at homeDarryl [email protected]

In his first full season with the Gold-en Rockets, Braeden Allkins is trying to do everything he can to help the team succeed.

Allkins is excited about the upcom-ing season and said “It feels good,” to be in the Rockets uniform on a full-time basis.

“Just playing in Junior is great because in Midget things were slower. I am also looking forward to the higher level of hockey,” he said.

One of the things Allkins got to do last season was to go out on the road with the team.

“I like heading out on the road with

the team. I had a taste of the KIJHL last year as an affilated player,” he said.

Playing in front of the home-town crowd is also a big thrill for the young players who grew up playing minor hockey in Golden.

“It is nice to be in the community with all of the fans. Most of them know me so there is a lot of support here,” he said.

Allkins grew up watching the Rock-ets, so having the chance to put the jer-sey on full time is extra special for him.

“I moved here when I was young and hockey was always a big thing for the area,” he said.

As for a personal goal this season Allkins said with a smile he does hope to beat his teammate and friend Daniel Dahlin in points.

Braeden Allkins/ Golden Rockets Darryl Crane/Star Photo

Old Rockets vs Young Guns

Former Rockets from around the province came back to Golden to participate in the annual Golden Rockets Alumni Game. Jessica Schwitek/Star Photo


Aquatic Workers (Temporary/Casual)

The Town of Golden needs two Aquatic Workers as members of our Recreation Services Department team for the winter season. Our Aquatic Workers provide for the safe, effective instruction of the public utilizing the Sportsman Lodge Hotel Pool as well as routine facility maintenance, public relations, and program registration. Primary responsibilities include providing safe and fun activities for patrons, a pro-active approach to preventing accidents and injuries, routine maintenance, program registrations, completing and submitting daily reports, and portraying an outstanding public relations image on behalf of the Town of Golden. The Aquatic Worker 1 minimal qualifications include: Education and Experience

Water Safety Instructor accreditation. National Lifeguard Service accreditation. Standard First Aid, Aquatic Emergency Care or equivalent accreditation. CPR “C” accreditation.

Specific Skills

Ability to deal effectively with emergency situations involving injuries. Knowledge of a variety of aquatic games, relay, and activities designed to promote fun.

We are interested in good team players, communicators, and positive influences in our organization, committed to provide enthusiastic service and support to the public. One position will be classified as Temporary, meaning the incumbent will follow a pre-set work schedule over the term of employment. The other position will be classified as Casual, required on an as-needed basis. Fall programs run from October 16th to November 15th and winter lessons run from January 15th to February 14th. Both positions are subject to the provisions of the CUPE Local 2309 Collective Agreement and the wage rate is $20.04/hour.

Applications must include a cover letter, resume, and copies of current certifications. Applications may be delivered by post, fax, hand, or electronically, and will be received until

4:00 pm (Mountain Time) Friday, October 5th, 2012 by:

Jordan Petrovics, Manager of Recreation Services Town Hall – 810 9th Avenue South, P.O. Box 350, Golden, BC V0A 1H0,




Skate Leader/Cashier (Temporary)

The Town of Golden needs a Skate Leader/Cashier as a member of our Recreation Services Department team at our arena. The Skate Leader/Cashier coordinates and leads all public skate sessions including games and activities, and ensures a safe and fun environment for all participants.

Primary responsibilities include receiving payments for admission to regularly scheduled and special public skating events; keeping attendance records; leading skating activities; enforcing rules and dealing effectively with emergencies; undertaking routine janitorial tasks, and assisting other arena staff as appropriate. Minimal qualifications to be considered for the position include: Education and Experience

Level 1 First Aid Certificate; Valid and current Driver's Licence; Handling of cash and associated duties.

Specific Skills Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and to deal courteously, tactfully, impartially and firmly with the public; Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision; Demonstrated skating ability; Knowledge of age-appropriate games and/or skating activities;

Possessing a BC Safety Authority Refrigeration Safety Awareness Certificate and WHMIS certifcation would be preferred, though not mandatory. We are interested in a good team player, communicator, and positive influence in our organization, committed to provide enthusiastic service and support to the public. This is a Temporary Position subject to shift work totaling approximately six hours per week. The position is subject to the provisions of the CUPE Local 2309 Collective Agreement and the wage rate is $19.44/hour.

Applications must include a cover letter, resume, and copy of current certifications. Applications may be delivered by post, fax, hand, or electronically, and will be received until

4:00 pm (Mountain Time) Friday, October 3rd, 2012 by:

Jordan Petrovics, Manager of Recreation Services Town Hall – 810 9th Avenue South, P.O. Box 350, Golden, BC V0A 1H0,




Local musician finds happiness in the music of lifeDarryl [email protected]

Anyone who has dropped by the Farm-er’s Market, or any-where music is played in Golden, has heard Dave Whyte sing some tunes to entertain the people in attendance.

Whyte came to Gold-en by way of Calgary and New Jersey.

It was in New Jersey where he started play-ing music in elementary school, when he was in

Grade 5.After living in Alberta,

Whyte made the deci-sion to do something new with his life.

“I came to Golden when I needed a change of pace. It was a great change out here. It is a healing area,” he said.

A lover of the moun-tains, Whyte describes his life in Golden as if he was camping every day.

As he got older, he has continued to play music at different local events.

At one point he was a

drummer in a band, but as time has moved on, he now plays with just his guitar.

“I always liked to sing, so I had to learn how to play guitar to play along with it,” he said. “I like to play what people like to hear.”

Playing at the local markets is something

Whyte enjoys because not only does he get to sing, but also he gets to meet many new people along the way every-time he performs.

Whyte feels very for-tunate to have so many great local musicians in the area.

“There is an incred-ible amount of talent-

ed people in Golden. It is unreal. I have a lot of respect for what they sing and play,” he said.

Whyte added that he cannot see a time where he will want to stop per-forming.

“As long as I can keep singing and people ask me to, I am keep going to keep playing,” he said.

Local musician Dave Whyte. Darryl Crane/Star Photo

Researcher shares bear facts in GoldenSadie ParrGolden Bear Aware Co-ordinater

The Golden Bear Aware Program hosted Carnivore Research Ecologist Dr. Michael Sawaya.

Sawaya presented his work on bear population trends and landscape connectivity in Banff National Park.

In summary, Sawaya informed listeners that grizzly bears prefer wide open highway crossing structures over underpasses, and that using the structures was learned behaviour over time.

Sawaya said this behaviour is then taught to off-spring, who use the crossing structures as well if they survive other challenges they face.

Sawaya’s results demonstrated that the wildlife crossing structures were effective at showing that both black bears and grizzly bears use the crossing struc-tures, allowing genes to flow across the highway.

Sawaya’s research also indicated that population trends can be monitored for both black and grizzly bears using bear rub trees and hair snags.

Carnivore Research Ecologist Dr. Michael Sawaya at the Golden Civic Centre. Darryl Crane/Star Photo

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She went on to add that she was sharing this point of view because, “these women are living in Golden. They are friends, sisters, co-workers, lovers, wives, mothers, daughters, neighbours. They are part of the fabric of this community. And they feel scared. They feel alone.”

In her speech McLean said the theme, “Together we can make a difference,” was a way to let people who are

not safe, know that they are not alone and that people do care.

“There is power in numbers and tonight our group makes a statement. Together we’re saying violence, homophobia, and sexism are not okay,” she said. “And that we want our community to be a safe one, where people can thrive. Together we are stronger. If we are going to make a difference, it cannot be the Women’s Centre alone saying things need to change. We need you, all of you, if things are going to change.”

Event brings support for those in need

A group of citizens take back the night on the streets of Golden. Photo submitted


Wednesday, October 10

The Golden Star and the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy are partnering on

a great new event for Golden.

On Wednesday, October 10, some of Golden’s highest profi le people will be out on the

street with our newspaper asking for donations to help support literacy initiatives in

our community. Along with your donation we will give you a copy of your community

newspaper for FREE (plus there might be a few extra promos to go along with that).

Absolutely all funds raised from the day will go towards CBAL and all funds will stay in

the community in which they are raised to support literacy programs in our community.

Reaching readers creates literacy planning as a community eventBlack PressSpecial to the Star

Today we are surrounded by infor-mation. It is everywhere, and in many different forms. We use literacy skills constantly as we check our email, shop for groceries, pay our bills, read the news, and many other daily tasks. Not only must we be able to inter-pret the written word, we need the skills to evaluate this information. What does the food label ‘light’ really mean? When is an email from a stran-ger legitimate, and when is it spam? How do interest rates really affect me as a consumer? The ability to answer these questions hinges on one thing: literacy skills.

“Literacy skills impact our lives and communities in ways that might sur-prise you,” said Ali Wassing, CBAL (Columbia Basin Alliance for Lit-eracy) Executive Director. “Studies show a strong correlation between high literacy levels, good health and low unemployment. Ultimately, a community is more resilient when its citizens have strong literacy skills.”

Since 2003, community literacy organizations throughout BC, such as CBAL, have had provincial support to develop community literacy plan-ning committees. They discuss, plan and take action on literacy develop-ment for all ages and all needs.

Decoda Community Literacy Plan-ning Guide says: “It is in communities themselves that literacy is practiced and sustained. Therefore, commun-ity engagement is essential to creating

an environment in which literacy pro-grams can be successful.”

Council of the Ministers of Educa-tion, Canada (2009) Literacy : More than Words; Progress Report on Lit-eracy.

In 2007, the province asked boards of education to be more actively involved. They are now responsible for submitting District Literacy Plans to the Ministry of Education. This comprehensive, annual document combines community literacy plans into one document for each school district.

Community members repre-senting public health, school dis-tricts, colleges, municipalities, Cham-bers of Commerce, Early Childhood Development teams, libraries, com-munity services, employment agen-cies and many others come togeth-er as Community Literacy Planning Committees to discuss local needs.

“Interesting partnerships develop and important resources are shared at these community planning meetings,” said Betty Knight, CBAL Regional Program Manager, East Kootenay. “Everyone benefits.”

Books for Babies, Luv to Learn, Par-ents as Literacy Supporters, Parents Reading, Children Succeeding, One-to-One Reading, Young Parents Edu-cation Program, Seniors Comput-ers and English Conversation groups are just a few of the programs intro-duced through the community plan-ning process.

As awareness grows around health and financial literacy, and of how

many aspects of daily life are impact-ed by literacy, the need for these com-munity collaborations becomes more important.

This year, the Community Literacy Planning Committees are opening their doors wider, hosting open dis-cussions about literacy service gaps, assets and possible solutions.

“We hope these meetings will draw more community members into a

broader discussion of literacy and lifelong, life-wide learning,” said Desneiges Profili, CBAL Region-al Program Manager, West Kooten-ays. “Everyone should be involved in literacy planning, because literacy affects everyone.”

If you are interested in being a part of your community literacy planning process, visit www.cbal.org and con-tact your community literacy coordin-

ator.Please support the Black Press and

CBAL Reach-A-Reader campaign (Wednesday, Oct 10) in your com-munity. The funds you donate when you buy a paper will go toward local literacy programs, and community literacy planning. Your donation will change your community!

By learning together, we will grow stronger together.

Reach a Reader staff take time for a photo at the Grand Forks planning session. Photo Submitted

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 The Golden Star A21 www.thegoldenstar.net

© Tim Hortons, 2009

Smile Cookies are gone, but the smiles they’ve left in

our community will last forever. Thanks to your

support, Tim Hortons will be donating the entire

proceeds to Ear ly Chi ldhood Development

Coalition, right here in Golden.

Auction Notice September 28, 2012

Bids are now being accepted for the following surplus items. LOT - #1 Unit 331, 2005 GMC 2500 4x4 extended cab. Approximately 188,800 km.LOT - #2 Unit 332, 2006 GMC 2500 4x4 extended cab. Approximately 63,100 km.LOT - #3 Unit 372, 2000 Ford F250 4x4 extended cab. Approximately 249,336 kmLOT - #4 Stihl FS90R Brush SawAll items are, as is, where is, please inspect, highest or any bid not necessarily accepted.For appointment to view, please call 250 344 8852 or 250-344-8800. Sealed bids can be submitted or mailed to: LP Administration Office 800-9th Street North PO Box 170 Golden B.C. V0A 1H0Bids close 4:00 PM, October 19 2012

Finding a place for curry and coffee at Jita’s Cafe in GoldenDarryl [email protected]

In 1987 Kuljit Jaswal came a long way to start a new life in Golden.

Raised in India until she was 12 years old, Jaswal moved with her family to join up with her father who was already living and working in Golden.

“He was working at the mill in town. He came over first and then we came after,” she said.

About 10 years ago, she made the decision to open her own cafe in the town. Jita’s Cafe has been a fixture ever since.

“I worked at a cafe before and I really enjoyed the work. I got to know a lot of people,” she said. Jaswal added that opening her own business gave her the chance to stay in Golden on a year round basis.

“I loved the town and

the people in it,” she said.

Jita’s offers a very dif-ferent variety of food compared to many other cafes.

“The food is healthy, good home cooked food. We wanted people to be able to come in and grab something quick that was not deep fried or greasy food. It had to be tasty as well,” she said.

Jaswal added that her background also brings a special flavour to many of the dishes served at the cafe.

“I am from India so I wanted to get some of the curry flavour in there. I put a couple of different curries on the menu and other items like sam-osas,” Jaswal said.

Over her time in the business many things have changed for her.

“I still enjoy it as much as I did on the first day, but it is the people who make the job worth

doing,” she said. “It has been interesting watch-ing the town change. You see that when you are working in a coffee shop.”

She has also enjoyed the fact that many times she feels like she is head-ing home when she goes to work because of all of the customers who come to the cafe all of the time.

Recently, with the birth of her son, she has taken more time off from her business.

“My life has changed

a lot with having a baby. My staff has been very important to keeping this going while I spend more time at home to

bond with my child,” she said.

The cafe is open Tues-day through Sunday from 7 a.m to 6 p.m.

Pictured above is Christy Snel, one of the key workers at Jita’s Cafe. Pictured below is owner of the cafe Kuljit Jaswal and her young son Bruenor Shiv Hamre. Darryl Crane/Star Photo

GOLDEN CURLING CLUBREGISTRATION

October 10th & 11th

7:00 - 8:00 pmSign up as individuals or sign up as a team! Curling will start the week of October 15th.

For more information, call: Phyllis 344-1304 or Greg 344-0644

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

Sand, Gravel and Landscape

Materials available

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Locally owned & operated. Stop at Jepson Petroleum Bulk Plant and book your

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We can help prevent chimney fires

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Appliance Service& Repairs

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Residential & Industrial Vacuum ServiceHydrovac (Nondestructive Excavation)

Portable High Pressure Steam CleanerPortable Toilet RentalsSeptic Tank & Field Cleaning

Licenced Potable Water TruckSnow Removal

“Largest plumbing and heating inventory in the area” Quality Service with Integrity

Call or stop by our shop Mon-Fri 8am-5pm 805-9th St. N

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Sassy’s is proud to be serving the town of Golden again!Inviting all clients, old and new to come check out the new location.

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Tough guy or sweetie pie - We board them all.Individual care, lots of play and exercise.You will appreciate our reasonable rates.

Boarding for cats and dogs

StarBUSINESS DIRECTORY

Engineered Septic Systems

ConstructionOil Tank Removal

Concrete WorkLandscaping

DrivewaysWater lines

RenovationsFencing/DecksSnow Removal

Brian JacksonCell: 250 344-0574

Jeanette JacksonCell: 250 344-1075

Backhoe, Bobcat and Mini Excavator

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Tara, Rick and big brothers Chance and Dirk

are happy to announce the safe arrival of

Harper Virginia Potuinon September 8th, weighing 9 lbs. 1oz.

In Loving Memory of

Jenny Barbour Harold Rauch

We cried when you passed away.We still cry today.Although we loved you both dearly,We couldn’t make you stay.Golden hearts stopped beating,Hard working hands at rest.God broke our heart to prove to us he only takes the best.

Love

Colleen, Ed, Jim, Roxy, Lana All your grandchildren and great-grandchildren

Thirteen years have passed dear father, grandfather and great grandfatherSince you were called to eternal rest

God took you home to HeavenAnd freed you from all the pain

God’s house must be so beautiful for He only takes the bestNow you and our dearest mother are together again forever

Give Mom a kiss and hug from us.We miss you both and always will so very muchGod blessed us with a wonderful Dad like you

You were always so generous and kindYour heart so full of compassion and love

Your were always there to help and support all of your family and friendsWe always knew we could depend on you

Not a day goes by that we don’t think of youMissing you is something that will never go away

There’s a place in our hearts that no one can fillThe memories you have left us

We cherish forever in our heartsOne day we will all be together again

And never part again.We love you forever Dad

Maria, Erle, Derrick, Jarred, Brittany, Filomena, Kim and Chris

O nosso amor por ti querido pai e por toda eternidadeToma conta da nossa querida mai

In Loving Memory of

Jose P. De SousaPassed away

October 5, 1999

Born on August 20 1920, May passed away peacefully in Golden on September 14, 2012. She will be greatly missed by her brother Tom and sister Audrey, her extended family, and a long list of friends made over 92 years of living. Although it became difficult in the last year, May enjoyed the outdoors and worked very hard at doing for others. She was predeceased by her first husband Joe in 1963, second husband Bill in 1984, brothers Jim and Bobby, and her sister Florence. May was very proud to have been born and raised in Golden, and was always very active in the community, serving the Golden Ladies Hospital Auxiliary and St. Andrews United Church for many years.Donations in May’s name can be made to the St. Andrews United Church and Centre for Peace Memorial Fund in Golden.

May Yurik (nee Sime)1920 - 2012

George Peter (Jiri Petr) Faltuspassed away at his home in Golden, BC on Monday September 24, 2012 at the age of 68 years young after a short illness with cancer. George was born in Rychnov, Czechoslovakia on December 14, 1943. He moved to Canada in 1968 and lived in London, Dundas and Orkney, ON before moving to Golden, BC in 1990. George had a rare spirit and his extraordinary curiosity and love of life made him stand out. He deeply appreciated even the smallest things and delighted in sharing them with those he loved. "Let's go!", he would always say. George loved skiing, snowshoeing, mushroom hunting, camping, hiking, berry picking, traveling, gardening, photography and bee keeping. He had an uncommon strength of character and determination and was captivated by nature. He was generous, extremely hard working and held an intense love for his family. George was a healthy eating pioneer and loved to drop and do pushups followed by deep breathing exercises. Beloved husband of his wife Cleanthe Barbara - Golden. Dear father of Romana Faltusova - Freiburg, Germany, George Ben - Cloverdale, Silas Josef and wife Rumiko Shoji - Los Angeles, CA, Cleanthe Marika Mint and husband William Britton - Maple Ridge, and Jesse Lee - Vancouver. Loving grandfather of Olina Drapakova, Romana Zemanova, Sky Taiga, Noah Hinata, and Jana Marika. Brother of Pavel - Czech Republic, Josef and wife Elvira - Chicago, IL, Jaroslav and wife Brigitte - Germany. Dear uncle of Jitka Nemeckova, Patrick, and Michael. Predeceased by his parents Josef Faltus and Vlasta Faltusova, by a sister-in-law Anna and a nephew Pavel. A memorial gathering for family and friends was be held at the Faltus home on Saturday September 29 at 1:00 PM. Online condolences can be sent through George’s obituary at www.hindmanbowersfuneralhome.com

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Cards of ThanksA special thanks to Dr. Clark and the nursing staff at the Golden Hospital,and also to doula Rebecca Malaka.

From Rick, Tara & Harper Potvin

Coming EventsALZHEIMER Society of B.C. one-day workshop: “Tips for the Dementia Journey.” Com-ing to Creston, Oct. 18; Inver-mere, Oct. 19; Cranbrook, Oct. 20. Runs 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Pre-registration required. Call Darryl Oakley at Interior Health, 250-417-6162.

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Details can be viewed at www.cbt.org/careers or requested from Debra Stewart at 1.800.505.8998.

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REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY A FULL TIME BULK FUEL DELIVERY DRIVER

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Requirements: • Valid B.C. Class 1 or Class 3 Clean Drivers license. • Current drivers abstract • Minimum 3 years mountain winter driving experience• Previous propane and bulk fuel delivery experience

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OWNER RETIRING. Heating Service Business for sale, 3400 clients, $20k inventory. Campbell River, BC. Call Alan at (250)480-6700.

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D&J Isley and Sons Contracting Ltd. in Grande Prairie, AB. is look-ing for BUNCHER, SKIDDER, FORWARDER and PROCESSOR Operators If you are looking for full time work, please submit your re-sume to [email protected] or fax 780-532-1250

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Help WantedAn Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring Dozer and Exca-vator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodg-ing and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.

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Firewood/FuelFIREWOOD for sale. Call 250-344-7677.

Moberly Wood ProductsPellets - $235/ton - Tax incl.

Birch, split & dry - $40/pallet = 1/5 cord. Lots of lumber shorts,

clear 1x4, good for hobby projects.

250-344-5119

Garage SalesGarage sale Sat. Oct 68:00 am - 2:00 pm927 MacBeath Rd

Heavy Duty Machinery

A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS /

Bridges / EquipmentWheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & Storage-Call 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Merchandise for Sale

Medical SuppliesWALK-IN Tubs, Wheelchair Baths, Roll-in Showers, Seats. Ask howto get a free reno! 1-866-404-8827

Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?STEEL BUILDINGS - Cana-dian made! - Reduced prices now! 20x22 $4,455. 25x26 $4,995. 30x38 $7,275. 32x50 $9,800. 40x54 $13,995. 47x80 $19,600. One end wall includ-ed. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

Misc. WantedPrivate Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Chad: 250-863-3082 in TownWanted to buy older video camera, must take 8mm cas-settes. 403-443-1164 (Golden area)

Real Estate

Business for Sale

The Timbermill Restaurant

For Sale In Golden

Contact Don Rosodi 250-344-0733.

Rentals

AcreageGrazing /Farm land available for lease. Approx. 200 acres south of Golden on Highway 95. Telephone 250-344-6710.

Apt/Condo for Rent3 Bdr. Apt close to Lady Grey school. Newly renovated. Avail now. $850/mth. 250-344-8205 or 344-0725AKISKINOOK resort - 1 bdrm fully furnished condo, indoor pool, hot tub. $725/ month includes cable. Call 403-281-3991

Available immediately

2 bdrm, 2-4pc bathroom condo, furnished, Fairmont

Riverside Resort, overlooking golf course, laundry & storage in unit. Great mountain views. 1 year lease, non-smoking,

no pets. Call Sharon250-688-1365

LARGE Newly reno’d 1 and 2 bdrm apt. N/S, no pets, no parties, laundry facilities. Walking distance to all amen. Util inc.DD req. $750/$850 (1-250)344-0780Two Bdr apt available now. Non smoking. Age 55+ apartment building. Call Laura 250-344-6233.

Apartment Furnished

1&2 bdr. furnished suites. Utilities included. Close to amenities. No pets, parties. DD. Internet available. 250-344-8429, or 344-0604.CLEAN, new and nice base-ment suite. Furnished if need-ed. Avail Oct 1st. $700/month. 250-344-2246 or [email protected] FURNISHED all inclusive bachelor suite. View at Mount7.ca or call 344-7001.

Commercial/Industrial

GoldenCOMMERCIAL BUILDING

3100 sq. ft. of Retail Space

Located DOWNTOWNExcellent High Traffi c Area

Plenty of Parking250-344-6710

Cottages / Cabins2 Bdr Chalet. Kitchen, fi re-place, sat tv, high speed inter-net. Util incl. N/S. $900/mth, (based on dbl occ.)344-7874 evenings.

Duplex / 4 Plex3 bdr upstairs 1/2 Duplex. Clean, in town. W/D, dishwasher & garage. Avail Nov 1. $1075, util incl. Refs. No pets. 250-344-5398.

Rentals

Duplex / 4 PlexNewer 4 Bedroom, 2 Bathhalf duplex with garage, balco-ny, propane fi replace. Appli-ances including dishwasher.$1495/month plus utilities. No pets, no parties. Long term mature reliable tenants pre-ferred. Damage Deposit and references required. Please telephone 250-344-6710.

Misc for Rent

Property Management Division

Alice Dahlberg, CPM250-344-2418 or

250-344-8581 (cell)

Each of ce is independently owned & operated.

Visit our website forcomplete rental listings

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FOR RENT

Homes for Rent2 Bdr bsmt (Av. immed.) 2 Bdr ground level(Av. Oct.15),both have W/D, all appliances,N/P. References required. 1112

and 1116 12 St. 250-344-5626

2 Bdr House for rent, across from Overwaitea, avail. Oct 1. References required. Please call 250-344-64112 Bdr house in Nicholson, fur-nished $950/mth, unfurnished $850/mth plus util. Avail. early Oct. Propane, Bickl cabinetry throughout, NS, NP preferred. DD and references required. Large fenced yard and garden, 2 greenhouses. 250-344-2335 or 250-344-01302 Bedroom house on acreage at Castledale on Hwy 95, south of Golden. $825/month plus utilities. No parties, no il-legal activities. Long term ma-ture reliable tenants preferred. References and Damage De-posit required. Please tele-phone 250-344-6710.2 Bedroom renovated older house, downtown Golden. No pets or parties. References and Damage Deposit required. Long-term preferred. $950/mth + utilities. Located on a large commercial lot and is suitable for business use also. Telephone 250-344-6710.3 Bdr, 2 Bath house with elec-tric heat. $1000/mth + utilities. Heated detached garage. Ref-erences, NP, NS, long term, adults only. 250-344-62343 Bdr house in town with fridge & stove. Also 1 Bdr suite. No pets. Avail now. Call 344-1599 or 344-84293 Bdr House on 6 acres for rent in Blaeberry. Great views, clean, recently reno’d. F/S/W/D. $1000 + util & DD. Pets, incl. horses negotiable. NS. References. 250-833-14984 bdrm trailer in town. Fenced yard. Walking distance to all amenities. Avail. immed. 250-344-5450.5 Bdr 2 Bath house on 2 levels in Golden. Large yard. Long term preferred. Damage Deposit and References required. $1495/mth + utilities. Telephone 250-344-6710.#7 Parkland GardensCompletely renovated, 3 Bdr, 1 1/2 bath, new cabinets, new fl ooring & paint throughout. $950/mth + util - electric heat, dd $475, references required, no pets. Call 250-344-5508.

Beautiful mountain home for rent. 5 Bdr, 3 bath. Spacious

deck and yard. Large shed/workshop. For more info visit www.goldenhome.me or

call 250-439-8099For Rent - 716 8th Street - Main fl oor 3 Bdr, 1 1/2 Bath, f/p in living rm, laundry rm

downstairs, electric heat, car-port, mature tenant, no pets.

$1200/mth, DD $600. Call 250-344-5508

New 2 Bdr basement suite, clean, close to all amenities.No pets. $700/month. Please call 250-344-5648

Rentals

Homes for RentBEAUTIFUL NEWER

HOUSE FOR RENT IN THE SLOCAN LAKE AREA.

AVAILABLE OCT 1st• 4 Bedroom-2 Bath on 2 Acres• Red Mtn. Road above SILVERTON w/ Valhalla views + quiet privacy• N/S , Open to animals• 10 min. drive to Slocan

Lake and Village amenities

• Storage, treehouses, good access all year round

• Minimum 6 mnth Lease• W/D Hookups, F/S plus

Earth -Woodstove• $1100 negotiable with

proper care of house, land + gardens• Open to work trades on

property• References Required• Secure Income Essential• Serious Inquiries Only

Call: 250-362-7681 or Mobile 250-231-2174

Email:monikas_2010@

hotmail.com

Looking for a winter retreat?2 Bedroom cottage on Blae-berry River perfect for peace and quiet. No smokers, NP,pets maybe, furnished, inter-net, woodstove. $850/monthplus utilities. Available Nov 1 -Apr 30. Call 250-344-2114.

MARK Creek Crossing 1/2 du-plex for sale, with cherry hard-wood, large deck, fi nishedbasement, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. (2767 Rotary Dr) Asking $359,900. Tara Sykes, Royal LePage East KootenayRealty, 250-427-0070, 250-427-6496 cell. www.tarasykes.com

Newer 1 Bedroom cabin with loft, sitting on a full basementon an acreage south of Gold-en. $925/month + utilities. No parties, no illegal activities.Long term, mature, reliabletenants preferred. Referencesand damage deposit required.Please telephone 250-344-6710.

Perfect for seasonal workersor vacationers. This fully fur-nished, all-inclusive home has3 bdrs, 2 full baths, lrg laundryroom and lrg covered deck. Willing to rent unfurnished tolong-term renters. A must see!N/S. Great backcountry ac-cess.Just 10 mins. south ofGolden. Avail now. 344-0110.

Unique little cabin for rent onBlaeberry River. Nov 7 - Apr30 for a quiet winter retreat.Great for one person or a couple. $750/month includesutilities. No smokers, NP, petsmaybe, furnished, internet. 250-344-2114.

RecreationRenting our week at FairmontResort Villas at a great price!Jan 21st to 28th 2013. 1 Bdr /sleeps 4. 344-3663 or 344-2366

Shared Accommodation

1 bdrm avail in bright, 2 bdrm, downtown apartment. Close toall amenities. $425 incl heat,power, internet. Avail immed.1-250-608-0527, 1-250-226-7277.

StorageDry secure storage space Suitable for RV, boat, etc. 250-344-6234

Secure Storage - pickups, boats, campers, etc. Ph; 250-344-6581 or 250-344-0046

S TA S H YO U R S T U F F. C O MStorage spaces of differentsizes starting at $40/month including heated units. 250-344-3104.

Suites, Lower2 Bdr. basement suite. No pets, no parties, N/S. Laundry facilities. Available Oct 1.250-344-0604

Lg 1 Bdr suite for rent. Pri-vate entrance, private backyard. N/P, N/S. $800/mth, dep.on occupancy + DD, referenc-es. Avail Oct 1. Leave msg 604-356-2543.

Suites, Upper1 Bdr partially furnishedbachelor suite. Main fl oor. 5 mins. south of town. Matureperson or couple, N/S, no pets, no parties. Avail Nov 1. 250-344-2695.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

PROPOSED TELUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY 70 METRE SELF SUPPORT TOWER STRUCTURE

PROPOSED STRUCTURE: As part of the public consultation process required by Industry Canada and the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, TELUS is inviting the public to comment on a proposed telecommunications facility consisting of a 70 metre self support tower, ancillary radio equipment, powerline and road situated on Provincial Crown land, containing 1.0 hectare (communication site) and 3.78 hectares (powerline and road) more or less.

LOCATION: Crown land in Electoral Area ‘A’ within the Columbia Shuswap Regional District. 3680 Beaverfoot Forest Service Road (FSR), in the vicinity of Fraser Creek and Yoho National Park, Kootenay District (southeast of Golden), British Columbia.

COORDINATES: 51.177305 N, -116.579250 W.

ANY PERSON may comment by close of business day on November 5, 2012 with respect to this matter.

TELUS CONTACT: Further information can be obtained by contacting: Kiersten Enemark Director, Land & Municipal Affairs Standard Land Company Inc. Agents for TELUS Suite 610 - 688 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6B 1P1 Tel: 1 (877) 687-1102 Fax: (604) 687-1339 Email: [email protected].

Location of Telecommunications

Facility

NOTICE OF INTENT

RE: LIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING ACT

HOURS OF SALE FOR LIQUOR PRIMARY LICENSE

An application has been received by the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch, Victoria, BC, from Horse Power Hospitality Inc., operating the Extreme Peaks Food and Drink, at 1549 Kicking Horse Drive, Golden, BC, to change the hours of sale on Monday through Sunday nights from the currently approved hours between 11:00 am and 12:00 midnight, Monday through Sunday to 11:00 am and 2:00 am Monday through Sunday.

Residents and owners of businesses located within a .8 kilometre (1/2 mile) radius of the proposed site may comment on this proposal by writing to:

THE GENERAL MANAGERLIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING BRANCH

P.O. Box 9292 Stn Prov GovtVictoria BC V8W 9J8

PETITIONS AND FORM LETTERS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

To ensure the consideration of your views, your letter must be received on or before October 20, 2012. Your name and address must be included.

Please note that your comments may be made available to the applicant or local govern-ment officials where disclosure is necessary to administer the licensing process.

Rentals

Suites, Upper2 Bdr partially furnished. 5 mins south. $700/mth. No pets. Refs required.

250-344-2417.One Bdr Executive Suite in town. Fully equipped (Linens to Dishes), hot tub. Private en-trance. $900/mth. $800 DD. 3 Bdr House, fully equipped. $1800/mth, $1500 DD. Avail. immediately.No pets, No parties, N/S. Must sign contract. Refs required. 250-290-2042 or 250-344-1324Two Bedroom walk-out suite with garage FOR RENT. Fur-nished $1100 (all incl.) Across from Nicholson school. NS/NPCall Evelyn at 250-344-1372.

Townhouses3 BDR 2 bath Townhouse. Balcony & propane fi replace. Appliances incl. dishwasher. Family preferred. References & Damage Deposit. $1495/month plus utilities. Telephone 250-344-6710.Furnished townhouse in town. Util.incl. W/D, internet, sat TV. Oct 1. Couples pref. 519-566-1132 or [email protected]

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts

TRUCK Rims: Excellent condi-tion 6 Chev 17”/8 bolt pattern Chrome slotted Mags with new set of 4 centre caps and 3 spares. Bought @ $225 each, $450 takes all. Call 250-489-0113. email: [email protected]

Transportation

Auto Financing

DreamCatcher Auto Loans“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-910-6402

www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557

Legal Notices

Transportation

MotorcyclesJUST IN TIME FOR FALL 2012 Gas Gas ec 300 Electric start 2 stroke Enduro Race Bike. MSRP $8950 ON SALE now for $8199. Available in Kimberley @ Meadowbrook Motors. (250)427-7690 mea-d o w b r o o k m o t o r s @ h o t -mail.com

Reduced $1400 OBO was $3800 new. Gas Highway

Bike150cc, 498 km. Kept in garage.

Like new. Great commuter bike Top speed 140 km.

250-344-6002

Legal Notices

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PUBLIC NOTICE 2013 Proposed Permissive Tax Exemptions

In accordance with the notice requirements and authority of ss. 227 and 224 of the Community Charter, the following properties are proposed by bylaw, for permissive property taxation exemption for the 2013 calendar year. Also included are required estimates of exemption amounts for the following two years. Places of worship are typically exempted for five year periods; all other properties must renew applications annually.

Estimated Exempted Municipal Taxes

Property Holder Organization Address Roll # 2013 2014 2015

Golden Sikh Cultural Society (Sihk Temple) Golden Sihk Cultural Society 603 13th St S 186005 1,933 2,010 2,015

President of Lethbridge Stake (Church of Jesus Christ of the LDS)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

1529 LaFontaine Rd 196070 2,902 3,018 3,138

Christian & Missionary Alliance Christian & Missionary Alliance Cdn

Pacific District 710 10th St S 227000 527 548 570

Christian & Missionary Alliance Canadian Pacific District

Christian & Missionary Alliance Cdn Pacific District

712 10th St S 229000 1,066 1,108 1,152

Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (Pentacostal Church)

Golden Pentacostal Tabernacal 717 10th St S 269000 1,254 1,304 1,356

Trinity Lutheran Church of Golden Trinity Lutheran church 909 9th St S 371007 1,739 1,809 1,881

Synod of the Dioceses of Kootenay (St Paul's Anglican Church)

St Paul's Anglican Church 911 9th St S 371008 238 247 257

Church of England (St Paul's Anglican Church)

St Paul's Anglican Church 913 9th St S 371010 955 993 1,033

Trustees of the Congregation of the United Church of Canada

St. Andrews United Church 901 11th Ave S 393000 1,455 1,513 1,573

Trustee-Golden Jehovah's Witness Golden Jehovah's Witnesses 1218 South 9th Street 404009 1,391 1,446 1,504

BC Corp. Seventh Day Adventist Church 7TH Day Adventist Church 913 11ST S 441020 1,061 1,103 1,147

Sacred Heart Church Sacred Heart church 808 11st S 590150 4,626 4,811 5,003

Trustees of the Golden Baptist Church Golden Baptist Church 1343 Pine Drive 660045 3,051 3,173 3,300

Interior Health Authority (Golden Hospital) Interior Health Authority 835 9th Ave S 345025 24,159 25,125 26,130

Interior Health Authority (Durand Manor) Interior Health Authority 803 9th St S 345026 9,244 9,614 9,998

Interior Health Authority (Mountain View Assisted Living)

Interior Health Authority 750 8th Ave S 345023 7,940 8,258 8,588

Interior Health Authority Interior Health Authority 825 9th St S 289020 7,901 8,217 8,546

Golden & District Senior Citizens' Society (Purcell Apts)

Golden & District Senior Citizens' Society (Purcell Apts)

806 12St S 501000 2,533 2,635 2,740

Rocky Mountain Housing Society Rocky Mountain Housing 601 11St S 234000 1,294 1,346 1,400

Synod of the Dioceses of Kootenay (Abbeyfield House)

Abbeyfield House Society St Paul's Golden

915 9thSt S 372000 3,882 4,038 4,199

Golden Community Resource Society (Patlar Holdings Ltd)

Golden Community Resource Society 106, 107 & 205,218 -421 9th Ave N 141000 2,077 2,160 2,246

Golden Area Initiatives - Golden Youth Action Network (Patlar Holdings Ltd)

Golden Area Initiatives - Golden Youth Action Network

102-421 9th Ave N 141000 1,086 1,129 1,174 New

Golden Family Centre Society (Patlar Holdings Ltd)

Golden Family Centre Society 208-421-9th Ave North 141000 3,255 3,385 3,520

Kwiatek, Deborah Lynn Golden Women's Centre Society 419C - 9th Ave N 143000 1,932 2,010 2,090

Golden District Arts Council (0798724 BC Ltd.)

Golden District Arts Council/Kicking Horse Culture (NFP)

516 9th Ave N 160000 3,847 4,001 4,161

Golden Light Horse Club (Golden Rodeo Grounds)

Golden Rodeo Grounds (Golden Light Horse Club)

1700 Reflection Lake Rd 193008 2,237 2,326 2,419

Town of Golden (Golden & Region Seniors Branch #150)

Golden & Region Seniors Society 1401 9 th St S 193015 4,304 4,476 4,655

Golden Pacific Branh #122-Royal Canadian Legion

Royal Canadian Legion #122 1011 11 Ave S 426010 563 585 608

Golden & Distric Historical Society (Museum)

Golden & District Museum 1302 11th Ave S 554020 1,081 1,124 1,169

Golden & District Chamber of Commerce (CP Railway)

Kicking Horse Chamber of Commerce 500 10Ave N 595009 2,105 2,189 2,277

Crown Provincial (Golden & Area Community Economic Development

Society)

Golden & Area Community Economic Development Society

Initiatives 111 Golden Donald Upper Rd 655015 13,229 13,759 14,309

Golden Food Bank Society (Marie Lynn Simard, Ann Elizabeth Galligan)

Golden Food Bank Society #102 1115 9th St S 348000 1,401 1,457 1,515

Golden & District A Search & Rescue (0767826 BC Ltd)

Same 210 Fisher Rd 98940 378 393 409

Kicking Horse Gymnastics Club (Mertex Construction Ltd.

Kicking Horse Gymnastics Club 907-10th St. N 583001 3,743 3,893 4,048 New

TOTAL ESTIMATED EXEMPTION VALUE 120,388 $125,203 130,135


For further information contact us at:

T: 1.877.489.6481www.aclearview.ca

The new digital stereotactic

mammography unit

Your “Clear View” made history one year ahead of schedule. The outpouring of support and financial donations means that the East Kootenay Regional Hospital and its Diagnostic Imaging Dept. has become a center of excellence in breast cancer screening. Thank you for making the dream to bring digital stereotactic mammography to EKRH a reality.

Back Row L-R: Stephanie Selby (daughter - cancer supporter), Sue Selby (breast cancer survivor) Marsha Plant (cancer supporter), Julie Giles (breast cancer survivor), Judy

Dickson (breast cancer supporter) Creston , BC Elva Keiver (breast cancer survivor & supporter) Heather Morissette (breast cancer survivor & supporter) L-R: Sheila Tutty (breast cancer survivor), Stuart Tutty (cancer supporter) Lisey Lalonde (breast cancer survivor), Jason Romani (husband - breast cancer supporter) Evelyn Cutts (cancer survivor), Susan Schmitz (sister - breast cancer supporter)

Film Kicks starts with Oscar nominated taleDarryl [email protected]

Films Kicks is getting ready to start another series of great films which will be shown at the Golden Cinema.

This year the first movie will be shown on October 11 when the critically acclaimed Monsieur Lazhar hits the screen.

The movie centres around a Montréal public grade school and an Algerian immigrant who is hired after a tragedy occurs at the school.

The new teacher, Bachir Lazhar (played by Mohamed Fellag), a 55-year-old Algerian immigrant, finds himself in an establishment in crisis.

The film takes a look at the many levels of struggles that not only Lazhar is facing, but also the children, other workers, and many of the characters in the film. Along with the strong performances from the adults in the cast, the children too have the ability to bring a view-er into their world.

The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards

Live Kicks is part of Kicking Horse Culture and is dedicated to bringing independent movies from the Toronto International Film Festival to our community.

To learn more about this film or upcoming films check out www.kicking horseculture.ca.

Monsieur Lazhar will be shown at the Golden Cinema on October 11. Photo submitted

A passion for women makes beautiful artDarryl [email protected]

The Art Gallery of Golden will be showing the works of international figure artist Babe Wanamaker until Oct. 23.

Wanamaker has been painting for more than 50 years, and has painted more than 1,000 women over that time.

At a young age, Wanamaker fig-ured out what he wanted to paint, and has never really looked back.

The first time he showed one of his paintings of women, he was 18 years old.

He has spent his life studying the human form so he could bring his work to life.

Wanamaker has developed a wonderful water colour and liquid graphic technique which helps cre-ate the sensual body quality and gentle colouring that can be seen in his work.

He has enjoyed his time travel-ling and showing his work all over the world.

“Women are the same every-where. All I need is a model. I always use live models. I have been to 78 countries and prob-ably left drawings behind in all of them,” he said.

Wanamaker said that he loves the work he gets to do.

“When I was 21, I knew every-thing there was to know about women. By the time I was 25, I

realized I didn’t know anything about women, and that’s the way it has gone ever since,” he said with a laugh.

Wanamaker allows the models to do whatever they feel like when he works with them. He also said none of the figures painted are pro-fessional models.

“I have painted psychologists, people in the parks system, a nurse practitioner, another owns a car dealership,” he said.

The gallery wished to advise anyone thinking to drop by the show that there is a parental advis-ory as some of the painting have a mature theme or content.

A show of the artwork of Babe Wanamaker will be at AGOG until Oct. 23. Darryl Crane/Star Photo

Help WantedVJ Bishop Excavating needs

truck drivers and excavators. Must be experienced. Prefer class 1.

Fax resumé to 250-341-6006

Opening Wednesday, October 3 10% off everything in the store

Wednesday only! (Look for us where you used to fi nd Scrappy Do’s)

Th e little scrapbook store1206 - 7th Avenue, Invermere Ph: 250-342-7238

Monday - Saturday 9:30 - 5:30, Sunday 12:00 - 4:00


RE/MAX of Golden 250-344-7663

remaxgolden.comBarry Klassen

(250) 344-0262

Marlon Chambers

(250) 344-0735

Bob Tegart

(250) 272-4321

Dan Veselic

(250) 344-1435

Flec Demmon

(250) 344-8451

Norma Crandall

(250) 344-0275

Garry Oddy

(250) 344-7234

644 Golden Donald Upper Road3 bedrooms 2 baths 1,736sqft 1.08 acre

$311,6003071 Tegart Road

5 bedrooms 2 baths 2,060sqft .66 acre

$378,900

1333 Pine Drive4 bedrooms 2 baths 2,696sqft

$389,0001224 Horse Creek Road

5bdrms 3 baths 3,024sqft 1.15 acres

$334,900888 Canyon Creek Road

3bdrms 1 bath 1,736sqft .58 acre

$269,000623 - 5th Avenue

6 bedrooms 6 baths 4,000sqft

$719,000

509 - 7th Street4 bedrooms 3 baths 1980sqft

$289,000Golden Donald Upper Road

72 acres

$349,0001502 Poplar Street

3 bedrooms 2.5 baths 3,768sqft

$450,000Highway #95, South

5.8 acres

$199,900

1065 King Crescent4 bedrooms 3 baths 1,430sqft

REDUCED $174,000

Southridge Road17.26 acres

$339,5001421 Birch Crescent


$359,500514 - 7th Street


$299,900

1129 Golden Donald Upper Road3bdrms 3 baths 2,300sqft 1 acre

$399,900

#3, 433 - 5th Avenue2 bedrooms 2 baths 1,388sqft

$322,0003009 Golden Donald Upper Road

23.2 acres

$285,000

1735 Oberg Johnson Road3 bedrooms 1 bath 1,788sqft 1.5 acres

$289,000Blaeberry Road

155 acres

$799,0002238 Neville Road

80 acres

$495,0001233 Golden Donald Upper Road

3bdrms 1 bath 1,697sqft 3.7 acre

$247,700

Lot 2, Campbell Road2.5 acres

$189,0001221 Alexander Drive


REDUCED $245,000

1611 Lafontaine Road.52 acre

$178,000

#4 Parkland Gardens3 bedrooms 1.5 baths 1,152sqft

$179,000

1409 Granite Drive .47 acre

$97,000Cromac Ridge

4 Acreages Available

to $260,000 from $210,000

1402 Deere Ridge Road.35 acre

$119,900Kootenay Ridge

5 Acreages Available

from $219,900 to $239,900

1160 Highway #95, South20 acres

$215,600

787 Nicholson Road5bdrms 1 bath 1,936sqft 1 acre

$269,900

SOLD

#1A Kicking Horse Village MHP2 bedrooms

$75,000406 Riverglen Drive


$369,000

SOLD

#1, 1248 Campbell Road2 bedrooms

$91,6001761 Short Road


$149,000

SOLD

985 McBeath Road40 acres

$399,900713 - 9th Street

2 bedrooms 1 bath 1,491sqft

$149,900

SOLD

1402 Adolf Johnson Road9bdrms 9 baths 5,929sqft 12.2 acres

$990,0001013/1015 King Crescent


$215,000

SOLD

Lot 1, Mitchell Road2 acres

$104,900

1871 Blaeberry Road3bdrm 2.5 baths 2,230sqft 5 acres

NEW $319,9001601 Golden Avenue


NEW $1,395,000

1314 Pine Drive3 bedrooms 2.5 baths 2,884sqft

REDUCED $258,600

3767 Sanborn Road2bdrms 1 bath 738sqft 97.17 acres

$550,000

2166 Blaeberry Road

REDUCED $599,000


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