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A 20-minute trip to visit family and long-time friends in Salmo has turned into a four-hour excursion for Fruitvale’s Bob Brown.

The 77-year-old, known in the community as Brownie, recently lost his driver’s licence.

So when he chose to make the jaunt to Salmo by bus, the Beaver Valley Manor resi-dent was met with a circuit-ous journey through Trail, Castlegar, Playmor Junction and Nelson, before BC Transit’s wheels ever hit the village’s turf.

“I have been introduced to a new way of life,” he said.

“After 61 years my doctor sent a letter to the Motor Vehicle Branch,” explained Brown. “With my present eyesight I could not drive safely and was thus introduced to the new upgraded transit system.”

Historically, there has never been a bus route avail-able on the 26-kilometre stretch of highway between

Fruitvale and Salmo, and calling a cab would be a wal-let-busting $75 one-way ride.

The shortest distance between all six communities is 132 km but allowing for additional diversions through the route’s drop-off points, the distance grows meaning further delays and time added

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A fundraiser to help survivors in the Philippines after a devastating typhoon hit the island country last month, has left Siony Thompson humbled and a little teary.

Thompson, a retired nurse from Genelle, organized the event on behalf of the West Kootenay Filipino Canadian Society and was overwhelmed with the turnout that brought in $3,300 Sunday afternoon.

“I am so overwhelmed and happy with all the support I feel like cry-ing,” she said. “The weather did not stop any-one from com-ing and the hall was full with so many people who stayed right to the end.”

Thompson said the money will be divvied up between seven families in the affected areas who have relatives in Greater Trail and Christina Lake.

“We have the means to get the money to the affected people right away,” she explained. “We have the families’ addresses and will be sending the money directly by electronic transfer,” said Thompson.

“All we have to do is phone them and within minutes they will have the money.”

According to the latest reports, the Philippine government estimates that nation-wide, the death toll from Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the region on Nov. 8, stands at 3,982 with 1,602 still missing and more than 200,000 homes destroyed, with over one mil-lion people displaced.

“I’ve seen people who live in the affected areas on the TV,” said Thompson. “All they have is a bag of rice and a few cans of sardines for their families to survive,” she continued.

“The money we raised will help to feed the families we know and maybe they can start rebuilding their homes.”

Another fundraiser is planned for this weekend at a local eatery. Carole Dasti, owner of Huckleberry’s Cafe on Old Waneta Road is hosting a silent auction in the restaurant on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. For information call 368-3346 or 693-1576.

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Filipino families

“I am so overwhelmed

and happy with all the support I feel like crying.”

SIONY THOMPSON

B Y S H E R I R E G N I E R Times Staff

Remember when Gene Autry honky-tonked or Judy Garland crooned over the air waves?

Many Poplar Ridge residents lived through those years and with gentle encouragement from Karen Yamazaki, are able to share the songs along with mem-ories of a golden past.

Yamazaki is a music therapist and for five years has brought the extended care seniors together in weekly gatherings of sing-a-longs, percussion ses-sions, and in some cases, one-on-one sharing of melodies.

“Music itself is com-munication about emo-tion,” said Yamazaki. “For people who have difficulty speaking or dementia, when I play a song they’ll recog-nize it and start sing-ing the chorus.

“Quite often a few songs seem to oil things and they are better able to express thoughts and ideas.”

As an accredit-ed music therapist, Yamazaki uses the cre-ative process inherent in musical participa-

tion to assist the sen-iors, many stricken with dementia and neurological disorders, to improve their men-tal, social, and emo-tional well-being.

Yamazaki recalled a gentleman who lives in the Pavilion and carries only a single word into conversa-tions related to chal-lenges with mechanics of speech, including an

inability to move his lips and lack of sup-portive breath.

“But I can play ‘There is a tavern in this town,’ and the fellow is singing with-out effort,” she said. “It is amazing because he is fluent for the entire verse whereas regular speech for him is just one word.”

Yamazaki’s twice a week afternoon ses-

sions are sometimes taken into the resi-dent’s room if the per-son is unable to join the group, and strum-ming songs on the gui-tar specifically selected for the senior provides intimate comfort for sharing of stories.

“The most import-ant thing is the music has to be something you like for the best effect,” said Yamazaki.

“If I can identify a type of music or sing-er, quite a few enjoy old county western, I will share the songs in their room.”

She has heard many stories about decades-old memories such as a country song called “Golden Saddles,” reminding a senior of dancing to her fath-er’s fiddle during hard times growing up in the prairies, or clas-sical Beethoven sym-phonies stirring up another’s memory of attending concerts in England with her mother.

“One of the beaut-ies of music therapy is that it can bring all of the residents together regardless of their level of dementia. And it’s fun for me to see them singing or tapping their foot.”

Research indicates that music therapy can improve physical comfort, lift the spirits and improve responses from those in late stages of dementia, although why this hap-pens remains unan-swered.

“They haven’t fig-ured out why it is working,” she said. “But seeing how these folks really focus in a music session and how they are alive and real-ly bright is just won-derful to see.”

Music helps stir up memories

Fruitvale senior seeks change to bus route

Therapy and songs revitalize

seniors’ ability to communicate

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Karen Yamazaki has been sharing stories and memories through the power of song since 2008 with the residents of Poplar Ridge Pavilion. Yamazaki is a music therapist and uses her craft to evoke memories and improve overall wellbeing of the seniors.

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The bidding: North, in third seat,

has enough to open in any seat. He has twelve points. In first or second seat, North opens one club. In third seat, it is high-ly likely a lead direct bid will be useful. Therefore, North opens one heart, a four-card major. North expects

South to bid as if it were a five-card suit.

East overcalls one spade, and partner raises to four hearts. West doubles, and North pulls the double to four notrump. Because of the double, four notrump is just to play. The opponents are doubling four hearts, so it is highly unlikely, North is thinking six.

South corrects to five clubs, and that where the contract plays.

The Lead: The jack of spades

The play: Declarer does not cover the jack of spades or the ten continuation. East wins the second trick with the queen of spades and cashes the ace. South ruffs with the ace of clubs and draws trump.

Declarer will lose two spades, two dia-monds and a heart. The heart finesse works only once. The jack of hearts holds, but West covers the ten , and wins the nine of hearts.

Four notrump is actually the best place to play. The strong hand is on lead. On a

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Notes: Sometimes, being down is fine. One just wants to be down less than everybody else at duplicate.

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The current Kootenay Connector line runs two days, Tuesday and Thursday, on the final leg between Nelson and Salmo, and the regional service is only available if trav-el arrangements are secured in advance.

“There is only one trip in the morning and one in the after-noon on those days,” confirmed Meribeth Burton, BC Transit spokesperson. “This gentleman certainly raises an excellent point because by the time he gets there, he might only have time for a 15-minute visit before heading back out on the journey home.”

In addition to Brownie’s visual impairment, is a com-plete loss of hearing that further renders the multiple transit connections a burden to the soft-spoken retired contractor.

He contends that after living and driving the distance for dec-ades, when abiding by the speed limit meant “see you in 16 or 17 minutes,” the lack of connectivity between the close-knit com-munities is perplexing.

“I am not interest-ed in a long trip with miles and miles of scenery,” he said. “We have one of the best roads in our area that is flat and reasonably straight and minutes away. But not even the Handy Dart will give rides from Fruitvale to

Salmo.” G e o g r a p h i c a l l y

there could be a better way to connect but the ridership now only sup-ports the twice a week service, said Burton. “If we have an audience and a ridership that is interested we want to provide convenient service,” she said, add-ing, “It happens in

every community. If you have ridership and they appeal to their elected officials then that is how coverage expands and grows.” One person taking Brownie’s lack of dir-ect transport to heart is Ann Henderson, the three-term Mayor of Salmo.

“We’ve known each

other a long time and I am going to submit Brownie’s letter of con-cern and have a talk with Randy Matheson (transit coordinator) at the regional district,” she confirmed after Nov. 26 council.

“They’ve told me eventually there will be transit here,” said Henderson. “Hans

Cunningham (Area G director) and I fought to get the additional Tuesday bus because people were being left behind,” she said.

“Tonight (Monday) I signed a resolution to amalgamate the health connectors. Now we are asking, ‘Where’s our bus?’”

There is some affirmative news com-ing out of BC Transit because Phase 2 of the West Kootenay Transit plan includes the pos-sibility of a bus line between the neigh-bouring communities, although the initiative is a few years away.

“The next phase is scheduled from 2016 to 2020, with a concept of rural connectivity which would include Salmo and Fruitvale,” said Burton. “It is part of the transit’s future plan.”

In addition to improved rural con-nectivity the second phase is based on improving ridership on the highest trav-elled corridors and to connect outlying com-munities to neighbour-ing communities, with new services imple-mented in areas where commuting potential exists.

“I cannot believe this enormous gap in service between Fruitvale and Salmo,” said Brownie. “The two communities have been closely associat-ed for over a hundred years. And with Salmo building a senior’s complex, if you don’t drive, you will have to take up hitchhiking.”

Lack of ridership limits bus routes

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Bob Brown displayed a BC Transit map that clearly outlines the gap in bus service between Fruitvale and Salmo (bottom of map).The two commun-ities have never been linked by bus, which is something the Fruitvale man has brought to the attention of the West Kootenay Transit Committee, in hopes that a route will be added.

B y K i r s t e n H i l d e B r a n dNelson Star

Kootenay Lake School Board approved a sav-ings plan after all and will now return to the table with its CUPE workers with hopes of finally hammering out a contract.

At a special meeting held Monday night, the board took a second look at the savings plan rejected in October in protest of the provincial government not funding pay increases negoti-ated with CUPE employees.

“This has been quite the process we’ve been going through,” said board chair Mel Joy. “We’ve been loud and clear in taking a stand… ‘No impact’ isn’t possible. Every decision we make in the savings plan will have an impact some-where.”

The board was the last hold out in the province and they expressed disappointment that other school districts didn’t stand up with them. The Ministry of Education required local school boards to submit a cost savings plan that wouldn’t impact core services.

“I guess I had this romantic notion. I really thought other districts would come on board with us,” said trustee Rebecca Huscroft. “I really didn’t think we’d be the lone wolf out there.”

Huscroft said the board was put in a Catch-22 situation with any decision having a negative effect on students. Had the board not approved the savings plan, a strike would have likely occurred. With the savings plan approved, cuts will occur.

The school board has a contingency of $500,000 and a surplus of $300,000 to pay for the first year of the pay increase. Past year one, they see a shortfall of about $600,000 in the 2014-15 school year.

The board passed an amended version of the savings plan submitted by staff in October. Funds will be found through loss of CUPE jobs and cuts to services. In September, CUPE signed a Provincial Framework Agreement with the BC government providing a 3.5 per cent wage increase over two years for BC education work-ers. The board and their CUPE employees are back at the table next week but time is running out. They have until Dec. 20 to have any settle-ment ratified.

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November served up

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conditions

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After the first snow-fall warning in the West Kootenay was issued Nov. 7, the rest of the month saw mainly clear skies, cold temperatures and unusual-ly dry ground.

The first snow of the season fell on the mor-ning of Nov. 4, measuring

a minimal 0.2 centimetres, followed by a snowstorm three days later that brought an initial accumu-lation of wet snow which rapidly melted, said Ron Lakeman, weather fore-caster for the Southeast Fire Centre.

Another storm cycle typ-ical for the month brought a mix of rain and snow

from Nov. 15 to Nov. 19, rounding out the month’s total precipitation to 91 per cent of normal, measuring 84.6 millimetres compared to the usual 92.9 mm.

And as the holiday sea-son inches closer, a blast of Arctic air will bring in colder days, with highs of -5 C and overnight lows of -10 C, according to Chris

Cowan, forecaster at the Centre.

“Wind is constantly blowing out of the north,” said Cowan. “This is called the Arctic pipeline mean-ing the air comes down on us right from the North Pole.”

He said the last time there was an Arctic out-break was in 2008, which

at the time buried B.C., particularly the Coast, in more snow than usual.

Red Mountain Resort is on course to open on Dec. 14, with a snow report showing an 8 cm snowfall Monday night, adding to a total snowfall of 131.5 cm since Nov. 1, and a cur-rent alpine snow depth of 92 cm.


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up from the NDP and the Liberals.

With a number of Michael Chong’s Tory colleagues already supportive, the meas-ure could have serious legislative legs.

Among other things, the bill would give party caucuses the explicit right to review and oust their leaders.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau tweet-ed Tuesday that he shared the goals of Chong’s “Reform Act of 2013.”

NDP reform critic Craig Scott said he will personally support the bill and MPs in his

party will be allowed a free vote on the legis-lation.

He said his leader, Tom Mulcair, “wants a system that’s fair, where prime ministers actually don’t have the kinds of levers of power that have been abused under Stephen Harper and have been used in ways that frankly aren’t all that justified by previous prime ministers.”

The parliamentar-ians who showed up at Chong’s morning news conference Tuesday also spoke volumes about the mood in Parliament and the potential suc-

cess of his bill. Chong is a moderate, popu-lar Ontario MP with a long history of promo-ting stronger respon-sible government.

Conservative sup-porters included Alberta MP James Rajotte, Ontario MPs Larry Miller and Stella Ambler and Ontario Sen. Hugh Segal.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and Independent MP Bruce Hyer rounded out the cheering section.

A Conservative source estimated that up to a quarter of the caucus, or 40 MPs, could back Chong’s proposals.

Chong’s bill has three components, the most controversial of which would give party caucuses in the Commons the right to vote to review the party leader and to trigger a leadership race.

If 15 per cent of a caucus applied in writ-ing for a leadership review, that would open the door for a review vote in caucus. A simple majority of 50 per cent plus one would mean a leader-ship campaign.

As well, the bill would entrench in the Parliament of Canada Act the right of a cau-cus to review, eject and readmit MPs.

They would also have the right to elect and eject their caucus chair.

Chong argues that these rights have always existed by con-vention, but have not been exercised for decades. The British Conservative party and the Labour party in Australia use this

procedure.Chong said his bill

is about restructuring the Canadian system.

“I think the decades of changes over many, many years have creat-ed a system where we have imposed a presi-dential style of gov-ernment over top of our Westminster par-liamentary system,” Chong said.

“That needs to rebalanced and that’s exactly what the Reform Act proposes to do.”

The third part of the bill would give electoral district asso-ciations the power to approve electoral can-didates. Nomination papers would no long-er require a leader’s signature.

These measures would theoretically embolden MPs to vote as they want in the Commons, without fear of being turfed from caucus by the leadership or of being dropped as the candi-date in the next elec-tion.

Segal said he is prepared to spon-sor the bill in the Senate should it pass the Commons and he wants a free vote.

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“We’ve heard a lot about the skills short-age in trades that exists in British Columbia and across Canada,” says Obradovic. “At

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“We’re very for-tunate to have these programs right in our back yard that is con-tributing to being part of the solution.”

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Rogers deal might be just what CBC needsAs far as most of

Canada’s sports-writers are con-cerned, the Rogers

Media deal to secure near exclusive Canadian rights to broadcast NHL hockey games is a sort of life-will-never-be-the-same-again cosmic shift.

Hardly.Anyone surprised by the

news hasn’t been paying attention to the enormous change in how we use media, and who provides it for us.

The takeover of NHL broadcast rights by one of Canada’s three major media companies was inevitable.

Bell and Rogers, in par-ticular, have been more than providers of phone, cable, and Internet services for some time now.

They also produce con-tent: TV programming, radio programming, and magazines, among other media. They own all or parts of sports teams. They have money and the means to earn more, primarily

because they can integrate content production and content delivery, through smart phones, tablets, con-ventional TV, the Internet, and in ways that haven’t yet been invented.

The 12-year 5.2 billion dollar contract begins in 2014, assuming official ratification by NHL owners, which is a certainty.

“Sports content is a pil-lar for Rogers, and NHL hockey is the Holy Grail. Two years ago I said I want-ed Sportsnet (Rogers’ sports channel) to be the No. 1 sports brand in Canada; today we’re positioned to do just that.” Rogers’ boss Nadir Mohamed said fol-lowing the announcement.

The NHL is all a twitter about the deal as well.

“The multi-platform (potential) was part of the strategy we believed we needed to use moving forward to embrace, and respond, to digital technol-ogy and the way people are consuming entertainment, particularly sports,” NHL

head Gary Bettman gushed in describing the agree-ment.

Like or hate Bettman, and most Canadians rea-sonably fall into the second category, it’s smart to embrace new and emerging forms of content delivery, which offer options to advertisers in reaching tar-get audiences.

That doesn’t mean that the deal is risk-free. Rogers is investing a lot of money to have NHL hockey as its business development centrepiece, and it will certainly be packaging the NHL with cellphone, and

other services it offers, to engage its custom-ers, while finding ways to charge them for it all.

With the deal, Rogers’ Sportsnet channel becomes the new broadcast home of hockey. Its rival channel, Bell media owned TSN, will be affected in some ways. It has some smaller regional hockey contracts already in place, but it may also eventually partner with Sportsnet to provide some NHL broadcasts as the new deal unfolds.

The CBC will continue to broadcast Saturday night games for the next four years, and some play-off games as well, but Rogers will be in charge of all aspects of hockey broad-cast production, including choosing the on-air hosts.

While it seems like a big loss for the CBC, working with private media partners is a good step for country’s private broadcaster, which simply isn’t able to pay $5.2 billion for hockey broad-cast rights. CBC’s future

rests in doing what it does best – news and current affairs programming – as its core business, and work-ing with other broadcasters to develop alternative types of shows including sports.

With the complexity of the deal, and the range of its impact, it’s curious that the main question being asked is: what does the change in broadcast rights ownership from CBC to Rogers media mean to Don Cherry?

No disrespect intended to the crusty former play-er and coach, but wheth-er he remains part of a hockey broadcast team is profoundly inconsequen-tial in comparison to the deal itself, and what it says about the media world we live in. Only a sports fan would see it otherwise.

Troy Media Columnist Terry Field is an associate professor in the journalism major in the Bachelor of Communication program at Mount Royal University, in Calgary, Alberta.

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Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych had much explain-ing to do at the sum-

mit meeting of the European Union in Vilnius, Lithuania last Thursday. After six years of negotiation on an EU-Ukraine trade pact and political asso-ciation agreement which was finally due to be signed at Vilnius, he had to explain why he wasn’t going to sign it after all.

“The econom-ic situation in Ukraine is very hard, and we have big difficulties with Moscow,” says Yanukovych in a private con-versation with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel that was broadcast by Lithuanian television. “I would like you to hear me. I was alone for three and a half years (since his elec-tion in 2010) in very unequal conditions with Russia...one to one.”

So Ukraine is putting the deal on hold indefinitely – and the EU promptly accused Yanukovych of being gutless. “If you blink in front of Russia, you always end up in trouble,” said the EU’s Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan Fule. “Yanukovych blinked too soon.” At least 10,000 outraged Ukrainians who had reached the same conclusion came out on the streets of Kiev in protest on the following day.

It was starting to look like a rerun of the “Orange Revolution” that had forced Yanukovych out of power after he won a fraudulent election in 2004, so early Saturday mor-ning the riot police attacked the protesters and drove them from the square. But on Sunday the demonstrators were back on Independence Square 100,000 strong, and Yanukovych had to issue a public apology for the attack.

We’ve been here before, haven’t we? The big Russian bully threatens some ex-Soviet country that is now looking west, and the craven local ruler

gives in. Pro-democracy dem-onstrators come out in the streets, and peace, justice and pro-Western policies triumph. Except this time, it’s not like that.

The big Russian bully bit is still true. Moscow has already seen three of its former posses-sions in Europe – Lithuania,

Latvia and Estonia – join the European Union. It sees the future of the remain-ing six – Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan – as a zero-sum game between Russia and the EU, and it plays hard ball.

Of those six, Azerbaijan and

Belarus are dictatorships that have no desire or possibility of making a deal with the EU under their current rulers. The other four have been pursu-ing trade and association deals (which might eventually lead to EU membership), and Moscow has been trying hard to fright-en them out of it and instead force them to join its “Eurasian Union”, an embryonic customs union that bears a curious resemblance to the old Soviet Union .

After secret discussions with Russia in September, Armenia cancelled its association deal with the EU (which was due to be initialled at Vilnius), and joined the Eurasian Union instead. It’s just too dependent on trade with Russia.

Georgia initialled its deal with the EU in Vilnius because it had nothing to lose: since its war with Russia in 2008 it has no trade with its giant neigh-bour anyway.

Moldova came under extreme pressure when Moscow stopped importing Moldovan wines, the country’s most valuable export, but the Moldovans just sucked it up and initialled the EU deal anyway. The big issue, however, was always Ukraine.

Russia has been turning the screws on Ukraine hard, because with 45 million people and a serious industrial base it is the most important of the

ex-Soviet states. Ukraine’s trade in 2012 was almost equally split between Russia and the EU, but over the past year Russian-Ukrainian trade has fallen by a quarter.

“That’s a huge blow to our economy and we can’t ignore it,” Ukraine’s energy minister, Eduard Stavitsky, told the BBC. Stavitsky had asked repeatedly about getting compensation from the EU for the trade with Russia that Ukraine was losing as a punishment for its dalli-ance with “the West” – but “all we got were declarations that Ukraine would profit from a deal with the EU in the medium to long term.”

Unfortunately, politicians have to live in the short term, and Yanukovych’s problem (and Ukraine’s) is that the country is divided down the middle. His supporters are mostly Russian-speakers who live in the heavily industrialised eastern half of the country – and those are the people who will really suffer if Russia cuts off its trade with Ukraine.

Yanukovych would not have spent three and a half years negotiating a deal with the EU if he had no intention of ever going through with it. Why bother? He was trying to cut a deal that would satisfy the aspirations of pro-EU voters, especially in the nationalist, Ukrainian-speaking west of the country, without destroying the livelihood of his own supporters in the east.

Either the EU didn’t under-stand his dilemma, or it didn’t care. It demanded that he choose between east and west, and made no offer to compen-sate Ukraine for its big short-term losses if it signed a deal with the EU.

So Yanukovych has put the whole thing on indefinite hold, but that doesn’t mean he’ll throw in his lot with the “Eurasian Union” instead. If he can ride out the demos that are currently rocking Kiev, then in the longer term he will prob-ably make a cautious return to talks with the EU.

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Proulx is having a banner year with the Selkirk College Saints men’s hockey team as the Saints’ captain counted four helpers in a 10-1 drubbing of Eastern Washington University at the Castlegar Rec Complex Friday.

It was the biggest output of the year for the former Trail Smoke Eater captain, who has counted a point in each of the team’s 13 games this year, making his scoring streak and 20 assists tops in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League this season. Proulx currently sits in a tie for second place in overall league scor-ing with 26 points.

The Saints scored early and often dur-ing a game where they out-shot their oppon-ents by a margin of 55-13.

Another former Smoke Eater, Darnell Dyck opened the scor-ing for Selkirk less than three minutes into the first period when he stole the puck from an EWU defender and beat Eagles starter Jason Greenwell with a quick wrist shot from the low slot.

And the Saints piled on from there as Thomas Hardy, Cody Fidgett and Dylan Smith all scored to build a 4-0 lead by intermission.

“Our starts at home have been very good all season and tonight may have been the best yet,” said Saints head coach Jeff Dubois in a release. “We set the tone with our speed and energy and took control of the game very early. All four

lines were rolling and were rewarded with goals, and we got some good offensive contri-butions from our blue-line as well.”

Connor McLaughlin and Fidgett extended the Saints’ lead to six midway through the second before Tyler Mort put Eastern on the board off an odd-man rush. But Jackson Garrett replied min-utes later to re-estab-lish Selkirk’s six-goal lead.

Hardy and Smith each notched their second goals of the night in the third period before Fidgett capped the scoring with the hat-trick and league-leading 18th goal late in the con-test.

“We weren’t pleased with our results in Victoria last weekend, but tonight was a very positive way to close out the first half of the season,” added Dubois.

The Saints split a pair of road games with the last place University of Victoria Vikings the previous weekend, losing 5-4 in the first match, before eking out a 6-5 over-time win in the second game.

The Saints now take an extended exam and holiday break through December and will return to the ice the week of Jan. 6. The team’s next game comes on Jan. 12 when North Dakota-based Williston State University visits Castlegar for an exhib-ition meeting.

Selkirk’s regu-lar season sched-ule resumes on Jan. 17 with a visit to Thompson Rivers University.

Friday’s win coupled with a Simon Fraser University loss on Saturday assures the Saints of at least a share of first place heading into the break.

The squad currently sits atop the BCIHL standings with a 10-3-0 record, two points ahead of Thompson Rivers University and four points ahead of SFU.

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The Greater Trail Bantam Tier 2 Smoke Eaters look to turn around an ailing start to the season with a healthy victory at their own tourna-ment this weekend.

The Greater Trail Minor Hockey Association is host-ing its Tier 2 Bantam tour-nament at the Cominco and

Beaver Valley Arenas from this Friday to Sunday.

Eight teams will vie for the Tier 2 tournament title including the host Greater Trail Smoke Eaters, the Cranbrook Hornets, Lake Bona Vista Breakers, and Vernon Vipers in Pool A, while Pool B will see the Nelson Leafs battle for top spot with the Spokane Chiefs, Penticton Vees, and Salmon Arm Silvertips in round robin play.

“We’re quite looking for-ward to it, should be fun to play some home games since we’ve been on the road for the last month,” said assist-ant coach Mike Boisvert. “It’ll be nice to get some home cooking.”

The Tier 2 Smoke Eaters play in the Okanagan Mainline Amateur Hockey Association (OMAHA) and currently sit in fifth spot with three wins and seven losses.

While the Smoke Eaters compete hard in the league, Boisvert is concerned about the injury bug that has bit-ten a number of his players this season.

“That’s one thing with this team, if we play well we can hang with or beat any team in this league, but it’s been a struggle with not having our full team since tryouts,” said Boisvert. “We’ve been play-ing short-handed all season, tons of injuries. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

With a little rest this week, Boisvert is expecting a few of his key players back in time for the tournament.

The Tier-2 Smokies are a young squad with seven first-year players and are coached by Darrell Boisvert with assistants Mike Boisvert and Ken Siddell.

Last year’s tournament champion, the Penticton Vees, is again one of this year’s favourites as they lead OMAHA standings with a perfect 8-0 record. Trail faced the vaunted Vees in a pair of games in early October losing a close 3-2 match before falling 7-3 in the second game.

In last year’s tournament, the Smoke Eaters suffered an agonizing 3-2 overtime loss in the semifinal against the previous season’s champion the West Kelowna Warriors.

However, the Vees went on to shut out the Warriors 4-0 in the final to take the tournament title.

Greater Trail will look to turn the tables this time around. The team has had tremendous success running their systems and limiting opposition goals of late, but Boisvert says that the team will need to capitalize on offensive opportunities, par-ticularly on the power play.

“It’s what we’ll be work-ing on in practice a lot this week.”

Round-robin games begin Friday at the Cominco Arena at 2:15 p.m. with Trail’s first match versus Vernon at 4:30 p.m. at the Cominco Arena.

Games start Saturday morning at 7:15 a.m. with Trail playing Cranbrook at 11:45 a.m. and Bona Vista at 4:15 p.m.

Semifinals go Sunday morning at the B.V. Arena at 7:45 a.m. and Cominco Arena at 8 a.m. with the pool winners emerging for the final scheduled for 12:30 p.m. at the Cominco Arena.

“Hopefully we can get some fans out to support this team, because one thing about it, they have that Trail blue-collar mentality and are a really hard-working bunch,” added Boisvert.

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in association with the Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators, unveiled the extreme-retro hockey jerseys to be donned by the teams in the 2014 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic on Mar. 2 at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver, in anticipation of tickets going on sale tomorrow.

The Senators will wear jerseys celebrating the early-NHL-era Senators, four-time Stanley Cup champions in an eight-year span from 1920-27. The sweaters feature historical design prior to 1934. The red and black stripes on a cream background, borrowed from the ‘Barber Poles’ of past jerseys, is used

across the chest, arms, and socks.The Canucks will pay homage to

the Vancouver Millionaires by wear-ing the commemorative Millionaires jerseys. First worn by the team last season, the jerseys celebrate 100 years of hockey on the West Coast and included a large “V” for victory logo front and centre, maroon and cream striped sleeves, and a large cream stripe on maroon socks.

The jerseys are available for pur-chase at Canucks and Senators team stores.

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T H e a s s O C i a T e D P R e s sSEATTLE - Russell Wilson

was so impressed with the way Seattle prepared for its show-down against New Orleans that he made a point of texting coach Pete Carroll about it.

That’s just how Wilson is wired and partly why the Seahawks were the first team in the NFL to clinch a playoff spot with their 34-7 manhand-ling of the Saints on Monday night.

“That preparation was big,” Wilson said. “I really think it showed up tonight.”

Seattle is the first team bound for the post-season. They need to go 2-2 in their final four games to wrap up home-field advantage and make the NFC playoffs go through Seattle.

Wilson finished with 310

yards passing and attempted only three passes in the fourth quarter for 13 yards. His first three quarters were so good he could have become a spec-tator in the fourth. He threw touchdown passes of 2 yards to Zach Miller and 4 yards to Doug Baldwin in the first half as Seattle built a 27-7 lead. Wilson added a pinball 8-yard TD pass to Derrick Coleman in the third quarter.

Wilson completed 22 of 30 passes and finished with a quarterback rating of 139.6. He is 14-0 at home and has 22 regular-season wins in his first two seasons, tied for the most ever by a second-year QB.

“They definitely played the run well tonight, we didn’t run the ball as well as we’d like,” Carroll said. “It allowed us to hit a bunch of other stuff.”

New Orleans (9-3) again failed to earn a signature road victory to prove it can win out-doors on the road late in the season. Drew Brees finished 23 of 38 for 147 yards. Jimmy Graham had three catches for 42 yards. Darren Sproles led New Orleans with seven catches, many of them on check downs. The seven points matched the fewest scored by the Saints since Sean Payton became coach in 2006 and the 188 total yards were the fewest in his coaching tenure.

The Saints were just as flus-tered by their defence and the inability to slow Wilson.

“I don’t even know what to tell you. I don’t even know what happened out there,” Saints linebacker Junior Galette said. “We better watch the films and see what we can adjust.”

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Communications has purchased the naming rights for the future home of the Edmonton Oilers, further increas-ing the telecommuni-cations giant’s reach in Canadian profes-sional sports.

Rogers said in a release Tuesday that the downtown arena,

which is set to open in 2016, will be named Rogers Place.

The announcement comes on the heels of a new 12-year, $5.2-bil-lion media rights agreement between the Rogers and the NHL.

The deal, which is the largest in NHL history, gives Rogers national rights to all NHL games,on all of its platforms in all lan-

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a major player on the Canadian sports scene in the last decade.

It owns baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays and with rival Bell is part owner of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, which counts the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs, NBA’s Toronto Raptors and MLS’s Toronto FC among its properties.

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Mainland Division GP W L T PtLangley 32 19 10 2 41pr. George 30 17 9 2 38Coquitlam 29 14 13 2 30surrey 30 12 17 0 25Chilliwack 29 7 19 2 17

Today’s gamesmerritt at penticton, 7 p.m.

prince George at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s gamesLangley at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

surrey at W. Kelowna, 7 p.m.pr George at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Cowichan at Albern 7 p.m.Vernon at Victoria, 7:15 p.m.Chilliwack at powell River,

7:30 p.m.penticton at merritt, 7:30 p.m.

SaturdayMerritt at Trail, 7:30 p.m. surrey at penticton, 6 p.m.

Langley at salmon Arm, 7 p.m.Chilliwack at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.Vernon at Cowichan, 7 p.m.

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Dear Annie: I have not shared a birth-day, holiday or special occasion with my son for the past five years, since he married. He has two children now.

We always have been close, but I’m so sad that my daughter-in-law won’t let me be a grandmother. Their first year of marriage, they alternated holi-days and combined our families. When they had their first child, however, “Rhonda” said it was too much, and now all holidays are spent with her family. They are won-derful people, but she is not willing to share her toddlers’ time with her husband’s family, including his siblings.

I do not get the priv-ilege of babysitting or having the kids over to my house for the day. I am not allowed to pick them up or bring them places. I live nearby, but they never stop over. Rhonda is socially immature, and I believe she is naive

as well as selfish. She holds all power and control and is judg-mental and unkind. She gives every excuse to avoid us. Her family has tried to reason with her, to no avail.

My son is terribly hurt by this and tries his best to include me for a short visit at least once a month. I am grateful, but not satis-fied. I am fun-loving, happy, giving, appre-ciative and accepting. I make the most of what-ever time I am allowed. But Rhonda is nega-tive, self-centered and rude and does her best to spoil the visit.

I’ve tried several times to discuss this with her, have prayed

and have shared words of wisdom and scrip-ture, but nothing breaks through. My son prefers to avoid a confrontation. Should I also give up? -- Grandmother Missing Out

Dear Grandmother: How sad that Rhonda denies her children the privilege of knowing all of their grandpar-ents. Would your son be willing to bring the kids to your home for a visit without Rhonda? And if you can manage it, consider inviting the entire family, including Rhonda’s folks, to your place now and then. We also recommend you work on ways to warm up the relationship with Rhonda. Surely you can find something to admire about her and keep quiet about the rest. We hope, in time, she will realize that what goes around comes around.

Dear Annie: My hus-band and I frequently go out to dinner with several other couples.

One of the wives is a vegetarian. That’s fine, but she sometimes makes a scene with the server. She argues about the way things are prepared and accuses the waitstaff of lying.

It’s become quite embarrassing, and some of our other friends refuse to go out with her anymore. It recently happened again. My husband and I were mortified when she sent her meal back and accused the waiter of giving her the wrong dish. It ruined our night.

I think we should say something, but my husband thinks it will ruin the friend-ship. Any suggestions? -- Carnivore in Florida

Dear Carnivore: It is not unheard of for restaurants to prepare vegetarian meals with chicken broth or beef stock without declaring it. However, it is rude to accuse the waitstaff of lying and cause a scene. We recommend

you do a search in your area for vegetar-ian restaurants when socializing with this couple. Otherwise, let them know you won’t be going out to eat with them because it is obviously too stressful.

Dear Readers: Sunday, Dec. 8, is

The Compassionate Friends’ Worldwide Candle Lighting in memory of all the chil-dren who have died. Please light a candle in the evening at 7 p.m., local time, and remem-ber them with love. For more information, log on to compassionate-

friends.org.Annie’s Mailbox

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WE CAN SELL YOUR HOME. NOBODY HAS THE RESOURCES WE DO!

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298 LeRose Street, Trail $124,900

Are you looking for value? Look at this 3 bdrm, 2 bath home. Imagine moving in with little to do but put your personal

touch on it. There is a single garage with a 60 amp sub panel, storage above and

below. Upgrades include kitchen and both bathrooms. I doubt you can rent for

less than you can own.Call Bill (250) 231-2710

BILL’S

BEST BUY

1824 Wilmes Lane, Trail

$174,000Very Special Package - this home with

super views has been totally renovated - very tastefully decorated with all kinds of charming features - low maintenance on this home - the views are super - book

your viewing.Call Mark (250) 231-5591

TOTAL RENOVATION

#312 - 880 Wordsworth Avenue, Warfi eld

$78,500Very modern fully furnished 1 bdrm/ 1 bath condo has been totally updated - new windows-sliding door - paint -

fl ooring - this could be your new condo - quick possession is possible - book your viewing and get ready for a maintenance

free lifestyle.Call Mark (250) 231-5591

FULLY FURNISHED

2290 LeRoi Avenue, Rossland $289,000

Fabulous opportunity for this licensed guesthouse. Or, turn it back into a single

family home with mortgage helpers. A very unique property with loads of

upgrades.

NEW LISTING

1205 Green Avenue, Trail $145,000

5 bedroom/2 bath home with new kitchen and awesome views!Call Jodi 250-231-2331

NEW LISTING

85 Forsythia Drive, Fruitvale

$310,000Wonderfully updated home with 4 beds,

2.5 baths, new roof and more.Call Jodi 250-231-2331

or Christine 250-512-7653for more info.

1734 Noran Street, Trail $219,000

Spacious 4 bedroom, 2 bath, character home Over 2900 sq ft of space with

newer windows, upgraded plumbing and electrical panel. There is plenty of parking

accessed through the back alley. Relax and/or entertain outside under the large

covered patio. This is a very special home! Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

2320 McBride Street, Trail $309,000

Plenty of living space here for the whole family! 4 bdrms, 3 baths, open concept,

walk out basement, laminate fl oors, double carport, deck, large rooms, and great view! At this price it will be gone

soon so don’t hesitate! Call your REALTOR® now!

Call Deanne (250) 231-0153

2266 - 6th Avenue, Trail $159,000

4 bdrm home on a quiet street! Home offers good sized kitchen, large shop (20 x 22), low maintenance exterior and fl at fenced lot. Quick possession possible.

Call today!Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

NEW PRICE

314 Montcalm Road, Warfi eld $265,000

This 2-3 bedroom home features remodeled kitchen, newer fl ooring on main and great gas fi replace. Most

windows are upgraded and home is bright and open. Gorgeous yard with private

sun deck and single car garage. Cal your REALTOR® for your personal viewing.

Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

1880A Kootenay Avenue,Rossland

$416,950This is a unique fully furnished

turn-ofthe-century home, featuring 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. This home has been renovated and restored with style and taste adding to its original

character. Call Christine (250) 512-7653

1501 - 2nd Avenue, Trail $199,000

High traffi c corner location. Currently has 3 long term tenants. There is also a second fl oor which has been used as

offi ces but was initially a 2 bedroom apartment that can be quite easily turned

back to an apartment.Call Richard (250) 368-7897

NEW PRICE

112 - 4th Street, Salmo $109,000

Excellent investment opportunity as a rental property, or locate your business

here and live upstairs. Retail and Residential space in a great location.

This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss. Call your REALTOR® today for your

personal viewing.Call Art (250) 368-8818

600 Centre Avenue, Castlegar $209,900

3 bdrm 1.5 bath in a very desirable South Castlegar neighbourhood. Hardwood

fl ooring, single car garage, fenced yard and pool all await you!

NEW LISTING

1450 - 5th Avenue, Trail $205,000

Welcome Home! This completely renovated 3 bdrm 2 bath East Trail

home has nothing left to do but move in. Elegantly fi nished on a no thru street.

Fantastic value!

NEW LISTING

Call Terry A. (250) 231-1101 or Tonnie (250) 365-9665

Ron & Darlene Your Local Home Team

375 Willow Drive, Warfi eld$269,000

Fantastic Lower Warfi eld home.Come and see.

1890 Kootenay Avenue South, Fruitvale $219,000

Affordable 4 bdrm, 2 bath home. This deregistered, double wide mobile home, has had a total makeover and sits on an oversized lot in a private location. Extra clean and move in ready. View this great package you won’t leave disappointed.

Ron 368-1162 Darlene 231-0527

We Sell Great Homes!

1602 Kootenay Avenue, Rossland

$239,000If you are looking for space, this is it!

3 bdrms, 2 baths situated on a 60x100 corner lot. Home offers a covered deck,

single car garage, bamboo fl oors, massive mud room for all your toys and

a large basement space for storage. Nothing to do but move in! Call your REALTOR® today.

Call Christine (250) 512-7653

SOLD

8327 Highway 3B, Trail $519,000

Stunning package! This home features Brazilian Cherry hardwood fl oors, a

great fl oor plan, and amazing mountain views. The home is well maintained

and fi lled with light. The yard is completely private and features an

inground swimming pool!Call Mary M (250) 231-0264

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