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Montrose voters will be back at the polls in a few weeks after four people threw their hats into the byelection ring.

Former Coun. Don Berriault is up for another go after being out of the position for one year; Lynda Bouthillier, is ready for another try after being nar-rowly edged out in last year’s civic election.

Dwayne McDonnell and Mike Walsh round out the group of candidates vying for the one seat made available in late fall following the with-drawal of Coun. Mark Reid.

Over the next few weeks, the village will be printing ballots, finishing notices and getting set up for advanced polling oppor-tunities, confirmed Montrose Chief Election Officer, Bryan Teasdale.

Residents can cast a ballot at the village hall Jan. 6 from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., Jan. 14 and Jan. 15 during regular office hours, and then on General Voting Day, Jan. 16 from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.

“The (candidate) names are currently posted at the vil-lage office,” Teasdale added. “Further information on the election in general, such as the Notice of Election, (will be published) on Dec. 23 and Dec. 30.”

With three years left in the four-year civic role, Montrose was required to fill the empty councillor seat by acclamation or through a byelection if more than one person applied for the position.

Village costs are estimated to be approximately $4,000.

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FIRST DAY OF WINTER

Irene Harding rewards her hors-es with a treat after returning home from a morning trail ride.

The owner of Harding Heights Ranch said winter is her favourite time of year to explore the moun-tainside. But with the first day of winter on the calendar, the animal lover sharpens her focus on her ex-tended family to ensure her brood stay healthy throughout the colder months.

“You have to make sure your horses are in good health going into the winter, and the majority of that comes from observation,” she said. “In the cold weather, they burn more calories to keep warm, so they need extra food.”

Water is also key for the horses, donkeys, sheep, chickens, pea-cocks, ducks, rabbits and cats and dogs that live on the Oasis prop-erty.

”I can’t ever see myself without a horse or this kind of environment,” said Harding.

She considers her animals like her children, she knows them all too well, their personalities and quirks, and can tell when some-thing is off.

“I have one horse that doesn’t like to drink from the tub if the heater is in it,” she said. “If I wasn’t watching him, he would have gone without water.”

She’s interrupted when her youngest of 16 charges at the oldest during feed time, but the pecking order is settled when a protective leader trots over to the vulnerable and her German Shepherd circles back through the field to organize the herd.

Her dog Tasha “oversees” the family-owned horseback riding business, which also opens up to the public for special events.

“She’ll herd just about anything,” Harding laughs, including children during birthday parties.

The Hardings have called their slice of paradise home since 1984 but started the business out of ne-

cessity in 2005 when a horse res-cue led them to supplement their income.

The ranch life was not a stretch for Harding, who grew up on cattle farm but didn’t get her first horse until later in life and it just snow-balled from there.

Now she cares for 16 horses, her youngest a spunky six-year-old and her eldest a hard working 25-year-old named Patch.

The latter is a Clydesdale in his element since the Horse Drawn Christmas Light Tours started this past weekend.

“When he’s in harness, he’s in his own world,” said Harding. “He knows exactly what to do: he knows how to back into all of his equip-ment, he knows when it’s hooked up … he knows everything.”

Pulling a wagon of up to 10 adults is no sweat for the horse

that is well over 1,500 pounds. But Patch isn’t only muscle, “he knows where to walk when it’s slippery, and he knows to go around the manholes,” Harding adds.

Not all of her animals are quite in tune with adjusting to wintry conditions and that’s where keep-ing a watchful eye is crucial.

The temperature was expect-ed to be mild today on the First Day of Winter with Environment Canada predicting a few flurries and the temperature steady near -1 degrees Celsius.

According to the Canadian Farmers’ Almanac, this winter is looking like a repeat of last year’s, at least regarding temperatures with unseasonably cold conditions over Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario.

Very cold to downright frigid

temperatures are once again on tap for Quebec and the Maritime Provinces. Much of central Canada will see near-normal tempera-tures, including western Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. In these areas, Mother Nature will mix intervals of unsea-sonably mild temperatures with pe-riodic shots of bitter cold. Farther west, over British Columbia, mild-er than normal temperatures are again expected.

Precipitation-wise, snowfall is expected to be above average for Quebec, Ontario, the Maritimes and the Prairie provinces.

Meanwhile, near- to possibly below-normal winter precipita-tion appears on tap for British Columbia and near-normal amounts of snow are predicted for the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.

Change of seasons keeps local rancher busy

Irene Harding offers a treat to Patch, her 25-year-old Clydesdale who loves to work. The ranch is celebrating the holiday season with Patch at the helm of wagon rides through Glenmerry.

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A 28-year-old Fruitvale man was pronounced dead at the scene of a sin-gle-vehicle accident in Fruitvale early Saturday.

Fire and ambulance responded to a call at nearly 1 a.m. at the top of Nine Mile Road, where the fatal acci-dent occurred. Driver

Tyler Tjader rolled his truck and was pro-nounced deceased at the scene but his pas-senger walked away from the accident, ac-cording to RCMP.

“He was just a young guy, it’s just a tragedy,” said Cpl. Darryl Orr of the Trail and Greater District Detachment.

“It looked like the truck had been taken off road, and somehow that played a contrib-

uting factor,” he ex-plained.

Trail RCMP con-tinue to investigate the cause of the incident, which is a rare one on

Orr’s account.“An off-roading

accident in the win-ter, in my experience, is somewhat rare,” he added. “You hear

about people getting into Ski-Doo accidents but off-road vehicles at this time of year, you don’t hear much of that.”

The City of Grand Forks and the union have come to an agreement that will save three full-time union jobs within the city. The announce-ment came in a press release sent out by the city on Monday.

“The City of Grand Forks and CUPE local #4728 are happy to an-nounce that on Dec. 17 an agreement was reached that sees no job layoffs to the current outside works staff,” the release said.

“The agreement includes not fill-ing two currently vacant union posi-tions, allowing for two outside work-ers to maintain their jobs. The third position will be absorbed through attrition (retirement) in 2016 and not immediately through a layoff.”

The release said that the deci-

sion continues to respect the Asset Management Investment Plan (AMIP), which identifies significant financial gaps that exist.

“The AMIP presents a balanced approach to reach annual funding goals in the amount of $300,000 per annum that will be achieved by re-ducing operational costs,” the release also stated. “This is part of the $1.7 million needed to replace the city’s aging infrastructure.”

Sukie Lawrence, CUPE Local #4728 president, said the union is very pleased at being able to come to an agreement with the city and save the jobs.

“After three arduous months of negotiations and late night planning sessions, the union is overjoyed to fi-nally have reached a mitigation agree-ment with the City of Grand Forks,” said Lawrence.

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With no confirmed sight-ings since the first on Dec. 17, the BC Conservation Officer Service is no longer actively searching for a cheetah near Crawford and Kootenay bays, but the investigation isn’t over.

“We have spoken to a per-son of interest regarding our investigation into this,” said Insp. Joe Caravetta Monday morning.

Residents of Crawford Bay and Kootenay Bay were asked to be wary after a cheetah

was spotted on Highway 3A around 4:30 p.m. Thursday near the two communities. The witness photographed the animal, which was wearing an orange cloth collar.

Creston RCMP worked with the Conservation Officer Service since the sighting in an attempt to safely locate the cheetah. Despite concerns raised on social media, the ser-vice plans to keep the animal alive and has arranged for a new home.

“We have no plans to kill the cheetah,” said Caravetta. “We fully intend if we find it to have

it taken to the Calgary Zoo.”The Conservation Officer

Service said in a press re-lease last week that a cheetah (Felidae Acinonyx) is typically shyer and less aggressive then other members of the big cat family (Felidae Pantherinae, which includes lions, tigers and jaguars).

Caravetta said the animal presents no immediate safety risk to the public.

However, if the animal is spotted, authorities warn ob-servers not to approach it but instead to call the con-trolled species unit of the

Conservation Officer Service at 1-877-952-7277 to report the sighting.

With cold, snowy weather over the weekend, he said the cheetah may have found a warm place to stay, so it’s pos-sible that it may still be at large.

“They’re not made for this climate,” he said.

He was impressed by the as-sistance the BC Conservation Officer Service received from area residents.

“We really want to thank the people in that area for helping us,” he said. “It’s been a tre-mendous support.”

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The Grade 4/5 class at Rossland Summit School have been busy. As a part of a fundraiser they created called “Project Christmas,” the students put out a call for warm winter clothes. The class decided that they would hold the Warm Winter Clothes Drive and then donate the collections to the Women’s Transition House in Trail. The event was held the week of Dec 7-10 and each day the kids took shifts in the school foyer before school, at recess and at lunch. Pictured in the photo below: Erin Thomas’ Grade 4/5 Class (RSS) and Allison Williams from the Women’s Transition House.

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NDP leader John Horgan sat down with Tom Fletcher for a year-end interview in his

Victoria office Dec. 10. Here are excerpts. For the full version, see the Opinion tab at trailtimes.ca.

TF: In the recent federal elec-tion, national NDP leader Thomas Mulcair rejected the Trans Pacific Partnership sight unseen, endors-ing letters from Unifor and CUPE saying this is a bad deal. Is your party seen as against Pacific Rim trade?

JH: No, I don’t think so, and what I said at the time was that I support trade. We’re a trade-cen-tred province. We’re looking across the ocean at the largest market the world has known, and I support getting our products to higher-priced markets.

But having said that, the B.C. Liberals embraced TPP without even having seen it.

TF: The NDP and unions have historically been protectionist. Do you see any need to modernize the B.C. party?

JH: When it comes to trade,

I think we have m o d e r n i z e d . And who was the first pre-mier to go on a trade mission from British Columbia? It was Dave Barrett. And now there has been a suc-cession of pre-miers make regular visits to other markets to try to stimulate economic activity here at home.

TF: Your party supports the car-bon tax now, but not the revenue neutral approach. Do you support increasing the rate?

JH: I’ve looked carefully at the report tabled by the premier’s [advisory] group, a vast array of British Columbians, and there was a lot of water put into the wine to get to the position they got to. What I’m comfortable with is that the date that they’ve selected for a ramping up of the carbon tax is 2018, which will be a year after the next provincial election.

So if I’m successful and form a government, I’ll have time to look at tax policy broadly to see if we can make improve-ments in the carbon tax.

For me, and I think for most British Columbians, the model that Alberta has adopt-ed of taking revenues and driving them into industries, or activities like transit, that will re-

duce emissions over time.TF: Natural gas price and vol-

ume continue to go down, along with commodities generally, and supply of oil and gas keeps going up. What’s your take on the pros-pects for LNG after the year we’ve had?

JH: Not good. I’ve always said price will determine whether in-vestors drop down multi-billions of dollars in a far-away place to provide a product that is not de-veloped here. Brownfield oppor-tunities have moved very quickly in the U.S. Changing LNG import facilities to export facilities is a

whole lot easier and cheaper than starting from scratch.

Getting to the coast is a chal-lenge for fossil fuels, and the last LNG price point I saw delivered in Asia was $5.70 a unit. You’re not going to make money at that price, even with rock-bottom prices here in B.C.

TF: We’ve just had a couple of announcements as part of the government’s Jobs Plan, $100 mil-lion in financing for tech start-ups, which your critic was pleased about, and an agriculture and food strategy. Are we going to see more Jobs Plan advertising in the new year?

JH: It’s the Christmas season, the federal election is over, there are two sets of ads running now. I think these ads are self-promotion. These are not informing the public on information that they really need.

If it’s just smiling people with hardhats on, I think we’re going to have something to say about that.

Tom Fletcher is legislature re-porter and columnist for Black Press.

Horgan on trade, carbon tax and LNG

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Thursday, December 24Christmas EveSt. Rita’s Parish (Fruitvale) 5:00 pm Family MassHoly Trinity Parish (Trail) 6:30 pm Caroling 7:00 pm Family Mass 11:45 pm Caroling 12:00 am MassSacred Heart Parish (Rossland) 7:30 pm Family MassFriday, December 25Christmas Day Mass 9:00 am Sacred Heart Parish (Rossland) 10:00 am Holy Trinity Parish (Trail) 11:00 am St. Rita’s Parish (Fruitvale) 1:30 pm Sacred Heart Mission (Salmo)

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph Saturday, December 26 5:00 pm Sacred Heart Parish (Rossland) 7:00 pm Holy Trinity Parish (Trail)

Sunday, December 27 9:00 am Sacred Heart Parish (Rossland) 8:30 am Holy Trinity Parish (Trail) 10:30 am Holy Trinity Parish (Trail) 11:00 am St. Rita’s Parish (Fruitvale)

Thursday, December 31New Years’ Eve 7:00 pm Mass Followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament until 10:00 pmFriday, January 1, 2016New Year’s Day Mass 9:00 am Sacred Heart Parish (Rossland) 10:00 am Holy Trinity Parish (Trail) 11:00 am St. Rita’s Parish (Fruitvale) 1:30 pm Sacred Heart Mission (Salmo)

‘Stars Wars’ sequel dominatesTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES - To say that the force is strong with this one isn’t nearly enough.

Studio estimates on Sunday say “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” brought in a galactic $238 million over the weekend, making it the biggest North American debut of all time. Almost a galaxy away, the animated “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” came in second with $14.4 million In third place, the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler comedy “Sisters” earned $13.42 million.

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LETTERS & OPINION

Abu Muhammad al-Golani is an Islamist fanatic, a head-chop-per (although only in

moderation), and the leader of the Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda af-filiate that is classi-fied by the United States as “terror-ist”. He spent al-most a decade killing American occupation troops and Shia civilians in Iraq as a loyal member of the Sunni extremist organisation that is now called Islamic State before going home to Syria in 2011.

He was sent home to create a Syrian clone of what was then called ‘Islamic State in Iraq’, on the orders of Abu Baqr al-Bagh-dadi, the leader of Islamic State and now the self-proclaimed “Caliph” of all the Muslims. Golani named the Syrian branch the Nusra Front, and it did so well that he broke with Islamic State and went out on his own in 2013.

There was a three-month turf war between Islamic State and the Nusra Front in Syria in early 2014 that killed an esti-mated 3,000 jihadis. Islamic State won it and now controls most of eastern Syria (and all of west-ern Iraq). Golani managed to hang on to northwestern Syria, where the Nusra Front and an-other extreme Islamist organisa-tion, Ahrar al-Sham, now com-pletely dominate a rebel alliance that also includes several smaller “moderate” outfits.

So you would not expect Golani to favour a peace deal that left the brutal Assad regime, sec-

ular in form but Shia-dominated, in power in Damascus. And in-deed he does not: in a rare inter-view recently, he condemned the peace deal being cooked up by the US and Russia as “unaccept-

able”. It was, he said, a plot to merge more mod-erate rebel fighters with Assad’s forces in order to fight extremist groups like his own and Islamic State.

Golani was right to be suspicious, and yet he may go along with the deal in the end, because it isn’t really a perma-

nent peace settlement that is being discussed. It’s actually just a ceasefire that will leave all the players in Syria in control of the territory they now hold – except for Islamic State, which they can then all concentrate on destroy-ing.

You can’t admit that that’s what you are doing, of course, so you talk in terms of a peace settlement. That’s what Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Foreign Secretary John Kerry were doing in Moscow on Tuesday, and the result is that a United Nations Security Council resolution endorsing the Syrian peace process will probably be passed on Friday.

The current round of “peace talks” began in Vienna on 23 October, with no Syrians present, just Russia, the United States, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. It sub-sequently expanded to include about twenty countries, and the organizers are now decid-ing which Syrians can attend the next round of talks, probably early in the new year.

On one side, obviously, will be

the representatives of the Assad regime. On the other side will be some of the leaders of the armed opposition, but not all of them. Islamic State won’t be there, of course, and at the mo-ment the Nusra Front says it won’t be either. Since those are the two most powerful groups fighting the Assad regime, what’s the point of talks?

But the Nusra Front’s close ally, Ahrar al-Sham, did show up at last week’s meeting in Riyadh where decisions were being made on which groups could attend the peace talks. At one point it walked out – and then, after some further thought, it added its signature to the joint declara-tion.

The Islamists of the Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham are clearly in two minds about a ceasefire (disguised as a peace agreement). On one hand, it would leave the Assad regime in power.

On the other, it would give them time to consolidate their control over the territory they now hold, and maybe to elimi-nate their most dangerous rival, Islamic State. So in the end, they may go along with the idea.

It wouldn’t be perfect, and it wouldn’t necessarily be perma-nent either. But it would stop most of the killing, it would at least contain if not eliminate Islamic State, and it might even let some of the refugees go home. It’s basically a Russian initiative, but Moscow is wisely letting the US take the lead now. If anybody has a better idea, please let us all know.

Gwynne Dyer is an indepen-dent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Syria: Not a peace, but maybe a ceasefire

An editorial from the Toronto Star

North Korea, the unlovable Hermit Kingdom, is hungry, and even the United Nations’ small-scale efforts to help feed it are faltering for lack of international support. Millions are malnour-ished and 70 per cent of the people face food shortages.

Yet what cruel thanks does a Canadian Christian cleric get for his selfless, decades-long effort to help by supporting a nursing home, a nursery, an orphanage and helping people to grow their own food? Life in prison, at hard labour.

The sentence imposed last week on Toronto’s Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim after a brisk 90-minute trial in a Pyongyang court is an outrage. Ironically, by North Korean standards it’s lenient. The prosecutor wanted him executed.

Such is the vicious reality of life under Kim Jong-un, who rose to power in 2011 as the third hereditary ruler of an au-tarkic atomic-armed police state, and who has executed 70 top officials on his watch. The vic-

tims include his uncle, the No. 2 figure in the power structure, the defence minister (reportedly ex-ecuted by anti-aircraft gun), and the head of military operations. Even compared to normal North Korean practices, his repression of the country’s elites is stunning.

Little wonder that the assas-sination-conscious Kim has just taken delivery of an armoured Mercedes that can stand up to mortar fire.

Apart from expressing “tre-mendous concern” at the harsh sentence and urging Rev. Lim’s release, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should serve notice that this will discourage any organi-zation that thinks of delivering aid to the regime. Ottawa should also urge China, Kim’s patron and protector, to seek his release.

Rev. Lim is pastor of the Light Korean Presbyterian Church, with a congregation of 3,000. He traveled to and from North Korea more than 100 times since 1997, without incident. Yet suddenly, for reasons that only Pyongyang begins to understand, Lim was declared an enemy. He appeared

at a news conference and admit-ted to plotting to overthrow the regime. Though his confession was no doubt coerced, a sham trial and verdict were duly ar-ranged.

Like other religiously motivat-ed humanitarians who have been used as pawns of the regime, Lim was charged with harming the dignity of the supreme leader-ship, using religion to subvert the system, propagandizing against the regime and helping the United States and South Korea lure away defectors.

All that, in addition to run-ning two churches in Toronto and helping North Korean’s el-derly, infants and orphans.

In Pyongyang’s fevered imagi-nation, he was a very busy cleric.

North Korea’s cruel thanks for a Canadian pastor’s help

GWYNNE DYER

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Hawks exorcise Ghostriders, beat BruinsBY TIMES STAFFTrail native Blake

Sidoni netted his first hat trick as a Nitehawk to lead Beaver Valley to an important win over Fernie on Saturday.

The Nitehawks won a set of road games on the weekend, beating Grand Forks 2-1 on Friday before heading to Fernie to exorcise the Ghostriders 6-2.

Hawks goaltender Tallon Kramer stopped 42 shots and Sidoni tal-lied what proved to be

the winning goal at 9:50 of the second period to put the Hawks up 3-1.

The Nitehawks jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a Braden Fuller power play goal at 13:20 in the opening frame, despite being outshot 11-9. McKoy Hauk and Jace Weegar worked the puck to Fuller who sniped it past Fernie goalie Jeff Orser.

The Ghostriders tied it at 16:17 of the sec-ond when Justin Peers finished a pass from Montrose native Mitch Titus on the power play. But Michael Pruss

scored his 12th goal of the season, with assists to Tyler Hartman and Jake Yuris at 11:08 to take a 2-1 lead. After Sidoni’s goal, Allan Pruss took a feed from Devin Nemes and wired it by Orser to with less than two minutes re-maining in the second period.

Sidoni netted his sec-ond of the game short-handed on a great in-dividual effort to make it 5-1. After Keagan

Smoke Eaters split weekend gamesJIM BAILEY

Times Sports EditorThe Trail Smoke Eaters six

wins in nine matches is its best December since 2004, as they head into the Christmas break just one point back of the Vernon Vipers for the fourth and final playoff spot in the BCHL’s Interior division race.

After skating to an exciting 6-3 victory over the Salmon Arm Silverbacks Friday in front of a hometown crowd, the Smokies traveled to Merritt where they fell 5-2 to the Cents Saturday.

The win over the ‘Backs mo-mentarily put the Smoke Eaters ahead of Vernon, who lost to Merritt, 3-2, the same night. However, the Vipers erupted for four goals in the final period on Sunday to overcome a 3-1 deficit and beat the Powell River Kings 5-3 to move a point ahead of Trail in the playoff hunt.

On Saturday Merritt jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead and never looked back as they beat the Smokies for the first time in four tries this season with a 5-2 victory.

“We came out flat and the Centennials were on a high after defeating Vernon in Vernon, the night before,” Trail coach Nick Deschenes said on the Smoke Eater website. “We were playing our sixth game in nine days and a lot of that has been on the road. It’s no excuse but I think it finally caught up to us. By the 3:27 mark of the first period we were down 3-0 and despite competing we couldn’t find the net.”

Tyler Ward scored twice in the first two minutes and 47 seconds and Colin Grannary netted the next two including the winner midway through the second pe-riod to give Merritt a 4-0 lead.

Kyle Star got Trail on the board after a Cooper Leitch set up at 10:35 on the power play, but the Cents Nick Fidanza would restore the four-goal lead with 5:35 to play in the middle frame. Leitch rounded out the scoring with less than three minutes to play on the power play blasting a Connor Brown-Maloski pass by the Cents keeper.

“Despite the loss I feel pretty good about our last few games,” said Deschenes. “After a much needed break we should be primed to continue on this latest path of success.”

On Friday, Trail kept its mo-mentum going, after beating the Vipers on Wednesday, in a 6-3 win over the Interior division’s second place team, Salmon Arm.

Smokie defenceman Ryan Swanson scored the winner with 4:22 remaining in the second period to give Trail a 4-3 lead. Connor Brown-Maloski took a pass from Ross Armour, then fed Swanson who beat Michigan State commit Angus Redmond with a blast. The win was the first for the Smokies in three games against the Silverbacks this sea-son.

“The team played a well structured game against the Silverbacks and had a great start,” said Deschenes. “The early sec-ond period lapse allowed Salmon

Arm back into the game when they scored two goals.”

Leitch and Ross Armour scored for the Smoke Eaters in the first period, before Josh Blanchard and Jared Turcotte tied it 3:16 into the second. Lucchini grabbed the lead back for Trail rifling a shot top corner on the Silverback goalie to notch his first goal of the season. But Salmon Arm’s Chase Zieky tied it again 3-3 on a set up from Taro Hirose and Carson Bolduc.

Following Swanson’s goal, Leitch and Kale Howarth would round out the scoring in the third for the Smokies’ 17th win of the season. Lucchini assisted on both goals for a three-point night, the biggest output of his Smoke Eater career. The Trail native returned to action Dec. 16 after missing almost a month with concussion symptoms and has four points in three games since returning.

Trail outshot Salmon Arm 32-30, and went 1-for-4 on the power play. CBM was named the game’s first star, while Lucchini took second star honours, and Turcotte third star. Bailey MacBurnie was again solid in net for Trail, and was the Fortis Energy Player of the Game.

“The boys played the best third period of the season and were tenacious from start to fin-ish,” added Deschenes. “It was nice to win three home games in a row.”

Trail’s next game goes on Dec. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cominco Arena against the West Kelowna Warriors.

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Now a member of the Nashville Predators, Fruitvale native Barret Jackman returned to St. Louis, where he played for 13 seasons, on Thursday night to much fanfare and a video scoreboard tribute to the former Beaver Valley Nitehawk.

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BY TIMES STAFFFormer Trail Smoke Eater player

Tim Fragle coached Team Canada West to the World Junior A Challenge title on Saturday.

For the fourth time in the tourna-ment’s 10-year history, Team Canada West won the gold medal, defeating Russia 2-1 in the gold-medal game at the Cobourg Community Centre.

After a scoreless first two peri-ods, Bobby McMann took advantage of a turnover deep in the Russian zone to open the scoring early in the third, Tyson Jost of the Penticton Vees scored the eventual game-win-ner with three minutes to go, and the Canadians held off a late Russian push, backed by 26 saves from Spruce Grove goalie Matthew Murray.

“When [the Russians] played us in exhibition I don’t think they were prepared for us, but today they were

a different team” said Canada West defenceman Cale Makar from the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. “I think our speed and physicality wore them down, and that’s the reason we got gold.

“I thought [the Russians] did a great job blocking shots. The first time we played them they didn’t get in the lanes; tonight they did, and their goalie was exceptional,” said Fragle who coaches the Sherwood Park Crusaders in the AJHL. “We were trying to shoot from different angles and make it difficult on him. It’s an unbelievable feeling right now; after all the work we put as a staff, and the players, it feels very good to be rewarded.”

“We can’t say thank-you enough to our volunteers and the host com-mittees in both communities, as well

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Kingwell made it 5-2, Sidoni completed his hat trick with an empty netter with 46 seconds left on the clock to score his seventh of the sea-son to go along with 14 assists.

The victory puts the 24-5-1-2 Hawks eight points ahead of the Castlegar Rebels who uncharacter ist ica l ly lost to the Grand Forks Border Bruins 5-2 on Saturday, while Beaver Valley broke a three-game losing streak against the Bruins on Friday with a 2-1 vic-tory.

Down 1-0 in the third, Karsten Jang blasted a shot by Border Bruins goalie Anthony Galliart to tie it at 14:49. Then 2:37 later, Nolan Percival scored the win-ning goal converting a Weegar pass to notch his fifth of the season and fourth in eight games for the Hawks.

Kramer closed the door after that, stopping 31 shots on the night, while Galliart blocked 43 in net for the Border Bruins.

Beaver Valley’s next game goes on Tuesday, Dec. 29 when they host the Castlegar Rebels, and play Nelson in a home-and-home start-ing Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at tthe Hawks Nest.

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GTMHA BANTAM 3 TEAM TAKES TOURNEY

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Greater Trail Bantam Hockey 3 team recently won the Coeur D’Alene Bantam House tournament earlier this month defeating Spokane #2, 12-0, and Spokane # 1, 17-1, before falling 3-1 to Lewis Clark in round robin. However, with a bet-ter goals-for-against average, the Trail Bantams advanced to the final game and defeated the host Cristeros with two shorthanded goals for a 2-0 win. Back row from left: David Ferraro (coach), Hayden Livingston, Griffin Hogarth, Kirby Epp (Trainer), Adam Doskoch, Cameron Cosbey, Melanie Simister, Griffin Byres, Shawn Brandt (coach), Samuel Knight. Middle Row: Kai Birks, Derick Ferraro, Josh Epp, Tessy Brandt, Luca Livingston. Front row: Samuel Elwood and Jayden Bowcock.

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as the incredible support we received from Hockey Canada and the Ontario Junior Hockey League,” said Marc Mercier, co-chair of the Cobourg orga-nizing committee. “The Towns of Cobourg and Whitby can be proud of how they welcomed the world; this was a terrif-ic event, the fans went home happy, and the players and team staff members had an amaz-ing experience they will not forget.”

On Friday night, the United States defeated Team Canada East 7-1 in the bronze-medal game in Whitby, Ont. Lucas Batt (Lewisporte, N.L./Carleton Place, CCHL) scored for the Canadians late in the second period, but

the Americans won a medal for the ninth year in a row.

Following Saturday’s gold-medal game, the World Junior A Challenge MVP and tournament all-star team were announced:

World Junior A Challenge MVP:

Tyson Jost (Canada West)

Tournament All-Star Team:

Goaltender: Mikhail Berdin (Russia)

Defence: Keegan

Ford (United States)Defence: Cale Makar

(Canada West)Forward: Tyson Jost

(Canada West)Forward: German

Rubtsov (Russia)Forward: Max

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long-time resident of Rossland, BC passed away Monday, November 30, 2015 at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail, BC surrounded by family and friends. Judy is survived by her

loving and devoted husband of 48 years Danny William Castle Sr., their children; son, Danny Castle Jr. and his family; spouse, Natacha Watson, children Elizabeth Castle, Danny Castle III, Ali-Marie O’Connor-Watson and Tanner O’Connor-Wat-son, daughter, Tina Reid and her family; spouse, Devon, sons Jarod and Eric. Judy is also survived by her sisters Mary Peterson of Bossburg, WA, Helen (Butch) Barber of Elk, WA, Donna (Jim) of Ray, ND and Debbie (Randy) Bluher of Kennewick, WA, her sister-in-law Georgine (Raymond) Melatini of Penticton, BC, brother-in law John (Willene) Castle of Seymour Arm, BC, brother-in-law Tom (Carolyn) Castle of Topley, BC, uncle, Tom Carroll (Donna) of Wenachee, WA, and uncle, Bob Cunningham and family of Colville WA. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews and cousins. Judy was predeceased by her mother and father Margaret and Fred Carroll of Bossburg, WA.Judy met the love of her life in the summer of 1965; they were married two years later on August 5, 1967 in Marcus, WA. She then moved to Rossland where she resided until her death. Judy was employed at Com-inco (Teck) in Trail. She started her career in 1976 in the lead re� nery, worked as a security guard for a short time, and � nished as a timekeeper in the smelter area.Judy found her happiness in her family and friends and loved everything outdoors. She was an avid hunter (she could out shoot Dan), � shermen, camper and equestrian. She loved going home to the farm and spending quality time with family and friends. Judy was loved & cherished by all who knew her. She always had a smile on her face, a song in her heart (tapping � ngers & toes included) and some-thing positive to say to all she met.� e family is requesting no food or � owers please, but donations to � e Heart & Stoke Foundation, under Judy’s name are welcome.You are invited to leave a personal message of condo-lence at the family’s online register at www.myalternatives.caJudy Kay Castle ~ Always Loving & Forever Loved. You are forever in our hearts. May you ride forever in peace.

Judy Kay Castle (nee Carroll)

Ernest Howard Kirby

23 March 1923 ~16 December 2015

Ernie was born in Hull, Yorkshire and emigrated with his beloved wife Doris and son David in 1948 to Trail, BC. He commenced work as a machinist at Cominco where he was renowned for his well-honed skills and keen wit. Ernie hung on to his love of English rugby and cricket but soon became a passionate hockey fan, many a winter was spent in their favourite corner of the Trail rink with his pal Paul Baryluk who cheerfully munched on peanuts throughout the Trail Smokeaters games. Dad’s favourite home pastime was watching NHL games. He loved the game. He also coached minor hockey for a time when David was young. He enjoyed curling and skating in his younger years.Dad’s other great love was � shing with his friends. He taught his children the great skill of how to cast a salmon-� y or grasshopper, which was attached to a home-made � oat, into the Columbia River, without hooking his head too many times (daughter Kath was good at doing just that). Ernie would walk with his daughter Susan all the way down the � ats and across from Rock Island, quite the walk just to hook a � sh! Ernie never drove a car due to an inner ear imbalance but walked his entire life from Daniel St. up to Cominco and back home again. He would walk over the ravines and mountains surrounding his home, sometimes accompanied by his own dog or strange dogs that wanted to tag along! Ernie liked to get out in the boat and go camping with Susan and Steve where he used to get up at the crack of dawn, before anyone else was even awake and take Suze’s dogs a mile or two down the road. He would be back in time to go early morning � shing for those Kokanee that he loved to eat. He lived in the downtown Trail area for the past � ve years and continued (up until last week) to walk to Ferraro’s daily for his shopping and to have a chat with his friends. He was

enthusiastic about life, always positive and reassuring in telling us everything was and always will be alright. He would often tell us that you should pass a good deed on whenever possible to those in need.His daughter Susan and Steve were at Dad’s home almost daily, enabling him to remain in his apartment at Jubilee, where he loved to reside. � e managers there made him and all the residents feel like family. He loved his Esplanade walk each day, and was so happy (as were we) that he was able to live there until a few days before his passing. We could not ask for better than that! He loved to play dominoes. Ernie was most loved and cherished and our memories of his smile and humour will always bring a fond smile to our faces. He encouraged us to never snack between meals, and to always walk each day- twice a day, to have a good life and good health. A very special thank you to the kind, compassionate Doctor Behrens who helped Dad in his last years. Dad loved to visit him. Ernie is survived by his daughter Susan (Steve) Scaia of Trail, Kath (Chris) Hubbard of Sydney, Australia, and their children; Martin of Trail and Sarah (Siua) Nisa of Sydney as well as his late son David (Judy) Kirby’s children; Michael (Claudine) Kirby of Whitehorse, and their children; Christine of Kamloops, David of Ontario and Samantha of Whitehorse. Also by Dave’s other son Steven (Laura) Kirby of Nelson and their children Kieran and Liam; Steve Kirby and Rhonda Kirby’s daughter Katie of London, UK. Ernie is also survived by his loving sister Gladys Wirsch of Trail and her extended family.Ernie was a very proud, humble and very intelligent Yorkshireman who taught us so much about honour, respect and love of life. Ernie took a broken piece of our hearts when he passed on and he will be remembered each and every day for the rest of all of our lives.“ ‘Til we meet again - we love you xoxoxo”.

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Karen Mooney(Driscoll) on December 16, 2015. She is survived by her loving husband, Gordon; her daughters, Linda (Art), Katherine (Robert); her son, Michael (Rosemary); � ve grandchildren, six siblings, and many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her son, Patrick; her parents, Michael and Beatrice Driscoll; and two siblings.Karen was born in Osoyoos, British Columbia on August 24, 1937. When she was 17 years old she le� her home in Rossland and travelled alone by train to Quebec where she joined the Air Force as a clerk typist and met Gordon. � ey married, had four children, and se� led in Rossland to raise their family. She worked for 30 years as the receptionist in the dental o� ce in Rossland. � ey retired to Kelowna and had many adventures travelling around Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Karen loved to travel and see new things but also enjoyed a local Sunday drive.She was an extraordinary woman: big of heart, adventurous, determined, and kind. Her energy, enthusiasm, and happiness were contagious. She had

a true gi� of friendship and enjoyed many wonderful friends throughout her life. She believed strongly that volunteerism contributed to the quality of society, was involved in many organizations that helped others, and always gave sel� essly of her time. She will be greatly missed with loving memories.� ere will be a service at Sacred Heart Parish in Rossland and a memorial at Holiday Park in spring 2016.We would like to thank all the sta� at � e Hospice House for their kind and compassionate care in looking a� er Karen so well. If you wish, please send donations to � e Hospice House at 2035 Ethel Street, Kelowna BC V1Y 2Z6.

(Winnifred) Karen Mooney (nee Driscoll) 1937-2015

Passed away Nov 23, 2015 at Mountain Lake Seniors

Community.Dad was born on July 11,1928 in

Orillia Ont. After he fi nished grade 7 he decided to leave home and make his way to BC to see the mountains. After working in local mines and on the Moyie Dad realized to get anywhere you had to know math, so he taught himself algebra. He became a very successful electrical contractor getting lots of work from the Department of Highways.Jim is survived by his wife of 43 years Marie and by his daughter Nancy Ferguson (Tim LeRoy) and her children Sherry Johnson (Clint) and Patrick Hergott (Sam) and his son Robert Ferguson (Donna) and their children Becky Pepin (Andy) and Joey Ferguson, and twelve great-grandchildren.Dad is predeceased by his son Steve Ferguson and survived by Steve’s wife Diana Ferguson and their children Cam Ferguson (Keri), Daniel Ferguson and Garett Ferguson. He is also survived by Marie’s two kids Steve Knowles and Marjorie Knowles.Dad had a great love of the outdoors, animals and a passion for photography. He spent hours with his camera and took some pretty amazing pictures.A lot of people will remember Jim riding his scooter down to the dog walk with Toto then Hazel strapped in the basket.Dad spent this past year at Mountain Lake where he received wonderful care from the staff and Dr JanzWe would like to invite family and friends to a Ceremony of Life on Dec 21 from 2-5p.m. at the Adventure Hotel in Nelson.Funeral arrangements are under the direction of � ompson Funeral Service.On line condolences may be expressed at www.thompsonfs.ca

Passed away Nov 23, 2015

James Joseph “Fergie” Ferguson

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLAS VEGAS - The Colombian contestant was

already wearing this year’s Miss Universe crown when host Steve Harvey returned to announce on live television that he had mistakenly read from a cue card, and that the contestant from the Philippines was actually this year’s winner.

In the following moments, the crown was re-moved and placed on the head of a mystified Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach of the Philippines, other contes-tants rushed to console Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo of Colombia and a sheepish Harvey felt compelled to apologize on Twitter and to reporters assembled backstage.

“I feel horrible for this young woman,” he said.Harvey said it was his mistake and that he would

take responsibility for not correctly reading the card, which said that Wurtzbach was this year’s winner and Colombia was actually the first runner-up. He held up the card for Fox network cameras to see up close.

“Nobody feels worse about this than me,” he said.Wurtzbach appeared stunned as she walked to

the front of the stage alongside the crown-wearing Arevalo before last year’s Miss Universe from Colombia removed the crown and placed it on Wurtzbach’s head.

Wurtzbach later said she felt conflicting emo-tions as the mistake happened: joy when she was told she had indeed won, concern for Colombia contestant Ariadna Gutierrez Aravelo and confu-sion at the whole situation.

Wurtzbach said she tried to approach Aravelo onstage afterward, but the Colombian was crying and surrounded by a crowd of women. She said she realized it was, “probably bad timing.”

“None of this was done on purpose. It was an honest mistake,” she said, apologizing on behalf of the organization she now represents. She said Harvey told her afterward that she “should just enjoy the moment.”

Harvey also apologized on Twitter.“I’d like to apologize wholeheartedly to Miss

Colombia & Miss Philippines for my huge mistake,” he wrote. “I feel terrible.”

Miss Universe host’s mistake initially gives

crown to Colombia, not Philippines

SOLUTION

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has smashed box-office records in Canada.Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Canada

says the latest instalment in the epic space drama surpassed projections and reached $18.6 million in ticket sales this past weekend.

According to Disney, that’s the biggest open-ing weekend of all time in this country, ahead of Marvel’s “The Avengers” at $15.6 million and Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” at $13.8 million.

Disney says the film also had the biggest Friday and biggest single-day box office gross ever in Canada at about $8 million. And the movie had the biggest opening weekend of all time in Quebec, with $3.27 million in ticket sales.

‘Star Wars’ boffo box office sales extend to Canada

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question18 Kauai feast19 Peal of thunder20 Clairvoyance21 Fat, to a chemist23 Dance moves24 First veep26 Origins27 Mini-vise (hyph.)29 -- -de-lis31 Sketch32 Ram, in astrology33 Tackle a slope36 Sporatic (hyph.)40 Toady’s answer41 Find quarters42 Makes a choice

43 Blair and Danza44 High-fliers (2

wds.)46 Pizzerias’ needs48 Inca’s -- Picchu49 Fully conscious50 Oater action52 -- -Magnon man55 Treasure-hunt aid56 Marble streak57 Set a price59 Blanc and Gibson60 Smokehouse

hangers61 Castle that

danced62 Grammy winner

-- James63 Do some welding64 More unusual

DOWN1 Mushroom2 “Dukes of

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composer25 Consarn it!26 Lagoon protector27 Jade28 Film29 Swamp chorus30 Carbon-based

forms32 Gibb or Rooney33 Kind of

woodpecker34 Wind catcher35 Part of MIT37 Solo38 Charged particles39 Roman invader

43 Nobelist nun44 Chat45 Cream-filled

pastry46 Young screecher47 Bank feature48 Pastor’s abode

49 Summit50 Admirer51 Tire supports53 Descartes’ name54 Baltic tributary56 Channels 2-1358 Madrid Mme.

TODAY’S CROSSWORD

LEISURE

Dear Annie: Please help us with an upcoming dilemma. Our son, daugh-ter-in-law and grandchildren all live in another state. We spend Christmas with them every other year.

In October, our daughter-in-law told our son she was leaving him, but would wait until after Christmas to tell the children so as not to upset them during the holidays. She has decided that she would rather run around with her single girlfriends from work, but right now, she still remains in the home they own. She has already said she does not want to take the kids and is leaving them with our son. She did the same thing five years ago, but then decided to re-turn and our son let her back into their lives.

Our daughter-in-law knows that we are aware of their situation. How can we possibly give the same very generous Christmas gift to someone we know is walking out the door on Jan. 1? -- Stuck in the Middle

Dear Stuck: You do not have

to give your daughter-in-law the same gift you have in the past. You don’t, in fact, have to be generous to any-one, and can decide only to give presents to the children. However, since Ms. Flighty has left be-fore and returned, there is a good possibility she will do the same thing again. If so, will your stingier gift create a problem at that time?

We suggest you talk to your son about this. Ask him how he would like you to handle the situation, and then follow accordingly. Your daughter-in-law sounds immature and selfish. Be grateful that she prefers to leave the children with their more stable father.

Dear Annie: Two months ago, I became a grandmother for the first time. But I’m not allowed to see my grandchild nor is anyone in my family. Yet my son’s father, who has not been in his life for more than 20 years, is apparently welcome to

visit the baby any time.This is causing a lot of fighting

in my family. My other children are worried that I did something to upset my son and his wife. But believe me, I have done nothing to cause either of them to

act this way. I am incredibly hurt and don’t know what to do. -- Looking for Answers in Pennsylvania

Dear Pennsylvania: These sad circumstances are only too com-mon. We wish we had a magic po-tion to make family relationships smoother, more loving and more rational, but we don’t. There could be old hurts that you are unaware of. Your son may be looking to include his father now that he is a father himself. Your ex-husband could be poisoning your son’s mind with tales about you, or he could demand that you be excluded. Your daughter-in-law may simply not like you or someone else in the family. Unless you can speak to

your son, you will not know. Please try to contact him, without judg-ing or being angry, and ask what you can do to fix this. You might also enlist the help of any friend or family member still in their good graces to get to the bottom of it.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by

Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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City of TrailInvitation to Tenderers

The City of Trail invites tenders for the installation of decorative lighting on the Victoria Street Bridge.Invitation to Tender documents are available on the City’s website under Bid Opportunities at www.trail.ca or by request to Bernie Penner at 250.354.0112 or bernie@pennco.ca.Tenders will be received until 2:00 pm local time on Tuesday, January 19, 2016.

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We value our relationship with you and look forward to working with you in the year to come.

From all of us at Re/Max All Pro Realty.

We wish you a Happy Holiday Season and a New Year fi lled with Peace and Prosperity.

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The Christmas tree varieties and care

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An evergreen tree decked out in lights and ornaments is one of the univer-sal symbols of the holiday season. The Christmas tree tra-dition is believed to have originated in Germany in the 15th or 16th cen-turies, when trees were decorated with edibles, such as nuts and fruits. They were later decorated with candles and eventu-ally lights.

Through the cen-turies, people have trekked to forests, Christmas tree farms a n d c o m m e r c i a l lots to pick the per-fect trees for their holiday displays. The National Christmas Tre e Ass o c i at ion says more than 33 million real trees are purchased each year, making the tree busi-ness a billion-dollar industry. While there are scores of ever-

green varieties, cer-tain tree types are more popular than others and thus more available for pur-chase. The following are some of the more popular trees come Christmastime.

• Eastern Redcedar: Branches of the tree

are compact and form a pyramid-shaped crown. The trees should be a dark, shiny green color. The eastern redcedar is not a true cedar tree, but a member of the juniper family. This tree can make a great cut tree with a homespun look and a pungent fragrance.

• Leyland Cypress: This cypress is one of the more popular Christmas trees in the

southeastern United States. The tree will be very dark green to almost gray in color. It has little aroma. Some people choose the Leyland because it does not produce sap, which is great for those with sap aller-gies.

• Colorado Blue Spruce: An attractive blue-green foliage and a good sym-metrical form is what attracts many people to the blue spruce. The Colorado Blue Spruce has an excel-lent natural shape and requires little pruning to look like the perfect Christmas tree. It’s not very fragrant, but the tree needles may give off an unpleasant odor when crushed.

• Scotch Pine: A classic conical shape and very good needle retention help make the Scotch pine a popular tree to cut for the holidays. Scotch pines also are quite prevalent thanks to the tree’s adaptability to a wide range of climates.

• Eastern White

P i n e : A d e l i c at e green color and long needles are found on this tree. Another popular pine, the rich fragrance of the white pine may make it preferable to those who like their homes to smell of evergreen.

• D o u g l a s F i r : The Douglas fir is one of the foremost Christmas tree spe-cies in the United States. It has soft needles that are dark green in color. Those needles radiate in all directions from the branches to give the tree a full look. The needles, when crushed, have a sweet fragrance. Douglas firs tend to live long when cut.

• F r a s e r F i r : Another popular fir for Christmas is the Fraser fir. The needles are bicolored, with dark green on top and silver on the bot-tom. More fragrant than its cousin, the Douglas, the Fraser also boasts a slender profile, which makes it suitable for smaller rooms.

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Breakfast is a great time to relax and catch up when hosting guests during the holiday season. The holiday breakfast table provides a casual setting to share a good meal and a few laughs with your guests. While some guests might prefer omelets and others may like French toast or a simple bowl of cereal, few won’t enjoy a slice or two of freshly baked bread. Hosts who want to satisfy their guests’ hunger pangs and give them something to enjoy with their first few sips of coffee can prepare the following recipe for “Steamed Spiced Brown Bread” from Andrew Schloss’ “Cooking Slow” (Chronicle Books).

Coat the inside of the bread mold(s) lightly with vegetable oil spray; set aside.In a large bowl, whisk together the rye flour, cornmeal, whole-wheat flour, ginger, cinnamon,

mustard, allspice, cloves, baking soda, and salt. Toss in the raisins to coat. In a separate bowl, beat together the coffee, yogurt and molasses, and then stir the yogurt mixture into the dry ingredients just until a smooth batter forms.

Pour the batter into the prepared mold(s). Cover the top of the mold(s) with heavy-duty alumi-num foil and secure around the top with kitchen string or a rubber band.

Position the baking ring(s) in a Dutch oven or saucepan wide or deep enough to hold the mold(s). Put the mold(s) on top of the ring(s) and pour the boiling water around the mold(s) until the water comes about halfway up the sides but does not touch the foil. Cover the pot and steam the bread over low heat, adding more water if the level drops by more than half, until the top of the bread is dry and the center feels springy but soft, about 21⁄2 hours.

Remove the mold(s) from the water and cool for 5 minutes. Take off the foil. Run a knife around the edge of the bread and invert onto a plate. Serve warm in slices with butter, if desired.

Homemade bread for holiday guests

Makes 4 servings

Vegetable oil spray1 cup rye flour1 cup blue cornmeal1 cup whole-wheat flour2 teaspoons ground ginger1 teaspoon ground cinnamon1⁄2 teaspoon dry mustard1⁄4 teaspoon ground allspice

1⁄8 teaspoon ground cloves2 teaspoons baking soda1 teaspoon fine sea salt2 cups raisins1 cup black coffee1 cup yogurt3⁄4 cup molasses Boiling water as needed Unsalted butter for serving (optional)

Steamed Spice Brown Bread

There are numerous end-of-year holidays. Thanksgiving, C h r i s t m a s , C h a n u k a h , Kwanzaa, and New Year’s Eve are celebrated this time of year, but there’s another holiday that’s celebrated in December. Each December 23, legions of “Seinfeld” fans and many oth-ers who are familiar with the popular series pay hommage to “A Festivus for the Rest of Us.” This contrived, alternative holi-day was a plot line developed for the beloved Costanza fam-ily on the series and was billed as Frank Costanza’s creation. Festivus debuted on December 18, 1997, on the episode, “The

Strike.” Instead of a tree, candles or carols, Festivus celebrations involve a metal pole, the air-ing of grievances and feats of strength. Many believe Festivus was simply a television creation, but the holiday is loosely rooted in fact. Daniel O’Keefe, a former writer for “Seinfeld,” reluctantly admitted that his father, Dan, actually invented Festivus in 1966. O’Keefe told CNN that his little brother let the Festivus tra-ditions slip out, and other writ-ers for the show, including Jerry Seinfeld, felt it would make for a great episode, particularly because the holiday wasn’t beholden to anything political

or religious. That was the reason O’Keefe’s father developed it in the first place. The real Festivus had few similarities to the TV version. While there was an air-ing of grievances, the pole and feats of strength were absent. In addition, Festivus would be celebrated any time between October and May. O’Keefe has written that his father would also nail a bag containing a clock to the wall each year, but he doesn’t know why his father did this. Since 1997, the holiday has become a worldwide cel-ebration, with people gathering around their own metal poles in late December every year.

For the rest of us...

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Chair McGregor and Members of the RDKB Board of Directors wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.

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Gobble up turkey nutrition facts

Turkey contains roughly 34 calories and 1 gram of fat per ounce (33 grams) of meat. It is low in saturated fat and is a good source of protein. In fact, just one 3 to 4 ounce serving of turkey provides 65 percent of a person’s recommended daily intake of protein. Protein helps fuel the body and can help a person feel full longer.

People who are customizing their diets to protect against can-cer may want to include turkey on the menu. Turkey contains selenium, which can promote healthy function of the thyroid and boost the immune system. Selenium also helps to eliminate free radicals in the body through its antioxidant power.

Those who need to increase their B vitamin intake also can turn to turkey. According to Livestrong, a serving of turkey has 36 percent of the daily allow-ance of vitamin B3, which helps process fats in the body. It also contains 27 percent of the RDA for vitamin B6, which helps

maintain steady blood sugar lev-els, among other things. In addi-tion to these vitamins, turkey also is rich in many minerals, including iron, phosphorous, potassium, and zinc.

While turkey is healthy, the way it is prepared can affect just how beneficial it is to one’s diet. For example, slathering the meat with butter or dousing it in rich gravies may negate some of tur-key’s positive attributes.

One of the most popular ways to cook turkey is to roast it. Let fresh herbs and a citrus juice marinade add the desired flavor. Place the turkey on a roasting rack so that any fat will drain to

the bottom of the pan. Baste the turkey with fresh marinade to keep it moist.

It’s best to cook any stuffing outside of the turkey so there is no potential for contamina-tion by bacteria. Make stuffing healthier by using whole-grain rice, vegetables, dried fruits, and nuts in lieu of a heavy bread base.

Leftover roasted turkey can be ground and used to make tacos and burgers or chopped and turned into turkey salad. The possibilities for leftover turkey are endless, especially for cooks willing to try their hands at something new.

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Hi Santa, Merry Christmas!! How is

it going? You are the best. I would

like the Paw Patrol Training Centre and

Gordon’s Hill Train Track but I will be

happy with whatever I get.

Happy Flying and say Hi to the

reindeers and Rudolph!!

From Caleb Babcock - Age 5

Merry Christmas Santa! I am very

excited for you to come! I would

like a Captain America shield and

mask and a Captain America stuffie.

Say Hi to the reind

eers!!

From Brandon Babcock - Age 3

Dear Santa,My name is Callum, and I’m three years old. I have been a very good boy this year. For Christmas I would love a play kitchen, and some play food. I also love Peppa Pig and all the Peppa friends.We will leave some cookies out for you, and a carrot for the reindeer. Thank you, Love Callum

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Wishing everyone the very merriest season!

From The Board of Directors and Staff of the Trail & District

Chamber of Commerce.

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We’re building best wishes for a great Christmas & a super

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Holiday season meal tips when you’re pinched for time

Much of the holiday season can seem like a blur, during which busy men and women spend much of their time running here and there. Holiday supplies need to be purchased, homes need to be decorated and gifts must be bought and wrapped.

During the busy holiday season, men and women pressed for time may be tempted to turn to the convenience of fast food come mealtime. While these fast foods may be convenient, the cost of dining out each night and the lack of ade-quate nutrition may not justify the convenience. But no matter how busy men and women may be during the holiday season, there are still ways to eat healthy meals that don’t take much time to prepare.

Prep workMeal preparation can take a lot of time. But

buying ingredients in advance, and saving the trouble of last-minute trips to the grocery store, can make prep work go much more smoothly and quickly.

Devote some time on the weekend to stocking up on ingredients you will need for the week ahead. Stock up on storage containers so that food can be packaged into the refrigerator or freezer. Prepare rice and parboil pasta to use as a starchy and filling base to some recipes. Peel, dice and chop vegetables and store in containers for later use during the week. Separate meat and poultry into smaller, meal-sized containers so you only thaw out what you need for a given meal.

Have a planCreate a menu plan so you will know which

recipes to create and when. Build room into your meal plan for really quick meals, such as a soup and sandwich night or breakfast for dinner.

Planning a meal weekly meal schedule saves you time because you won’t be searching for recipes each weeknight. Such planning also helps you to ensure there’s plenty of variety in your weekly meals.

Seek help from slow cookersA slow cooker can be a real time-saver during

the holiday season. Slow cookers can be set to cook while you’re out of the house. When you return, you will find the meal ready and waiting.

Slow cookers are very popular, and as a result it’s easy to find recipes both online and in cook-books. Slow cookers can be used to prepare sauces, soups, roasts, casseroles, and so much more. To make slow cookers even more con-venient, prepackage ingredients for recipes in advance, storing them in a plastic zip-top bag. Then simply pour the ingredients into the slow cooker in the morning before leaving for work.

Expand your horizonsA meal need not always be a three-course offer-

ing. On days you expect to be particularly busy, plan for a no-heat meal. Cold cut sandwiches and salad can fit the bill. A platter of finger foods, such as cheeses and crackers, fruit, and vegetable sticks with dips, can be filling as well. If the kids are requesting a bowl of cereal, let them have it and save time. Eggs and reheated leftovers and quick and easy to prepare.

Nothing can guarantee the health and appearance of a tree after it is brought into a home. But choosing a recently cut tree that has good needle retention can help. Here are other tips for a long-lasting tree.

• Use a sharp saw to cut an inch off of the trunk base to remove the sappy covering that forms from cutting. This will improve water intake.

• Fill a tree stand reservoir with warm water. Expect the tree to drink heavily in the beginning.

• Keep the reservoir filled every day and check to see how much water the tree is using.

• Place the tree far from heaters or other drying sources.

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Holiday films hold a special place in many people’s hearts, and perhaps no holiday movie of the last 30 years has resonated as much as “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” The oft-quoted holiday favorite turned 25 years old in 2014, yet the film remains as popular as ever.

Fans of “Christmas Vacation” can no doubt quote their favorite lines from the film, but the following are a few tidbits that even the most ardent “Vacation” fan might be unfamiliar with.

• The movie is based on a story titled “Christmas 59,” which was writ-ten by the same man, John Hughes,

who wrote and produced the film. The film pays homage to this story when Clark Griswold is rummaging through the attic and finds a movie reel named “Christmas 59.”

• Frank Capra III worked as an assistant director on the film. In one scene of the film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” which was directed by Frank Capra III’s grandfather, is on a televi-sion in the background.

• Actress Mae Questrel (Aunt Bethany) provided the voices for Betty Boop and Olive Oyl in the 1930s. “Christmas Vacation” would be her final film.

• “Christmas Vacation” featured

a handful of “Saturday Night Live” alumni. In addition to the film’s star, Chevy Chase, SNL alums Randy Quaid, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brian Doyle-Murray appeared in the film.

• The role of Cousin Rocky had no lines in the film.

• In the “Lampoon” films that pre-ceded “Christmas Vacation,” Rusty was the older child of the Griswold clan. However, he is the younger sib-ling in this film.

• “Christmas Vacation” marked the directorial debut for Jeremiah Chechik, who went on to direct “Benny & Joon” and 1998’s “The Avengers.”

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Counting down the hours until the new year can be exciting, as the world anxiously antici-pates the adventures in store for the months ahead.

Celebrating the new year dates back thou-sands of years to the ancient Babylonians, who celebrated a new year come the first full moon after the spring equinox. The new year is now commemorated in various ways across the globe. According to History.com, one million people gather in New York City’s Time Square to watch the famed crystal ball drop each year. Across the pond in London, celebrants watch thou-sands of individual fireworks launch over the Thames River.

In Sydney, Australia, roughly one million people line the shore-line each year to watch a fireworks show over the famed harbor.

To match the excite-ment of New Year’s fes-tivities, each year party hosts and hostesses are on the lookout for inno-vative ways to entertain and ensure everyone has a blast. The follow-ing are a few ways to do just that as you and your guests prepare to close the book on 2015 and usher in 2016.

• Go bowling. New Year’s Eve probably isn’t a big league night, so it’s likely you can reserve a number of lanes. Book in advance to take advantage of affordable food and drink packages. Some

alleys now offer more than just bowling, with live music or deejay entertainment as well. You do not have to be a professional bowler, either, as the goal of bowling with friends is to simply have some fun and make some lasting memories.

• Try a “first”. There is a first time for every-thing, and why not try something you have been thinking about doing for some time on the first day of the new year? Maybe you’re ready to tap into your adventurous side and try skydiving. Or, you may be looking to travel abroad to experience something you have longed to see, such as the Egyptian pyramids or the city lights in the romantic city of Paris.

• Cheer for every time zone. Thanks to the var-ious time zones across the globe, “Happy New Year” is shouted mul-tiple times throughout the night on New Year’s Eve. TimeandDate.com notes that, depending on how you define the time zone and if you include the International Date Line, there are 24 or 25 standard time zones. That gives revelers 25 opportunities to usher in the new year. Choose

a country in each time zone, and then employ that country’s cultural traditions to celebrate the new year.

• Design a scavenger hunt. A fun activity for both adults and children, scavenger hunts can send guests in search of clues and answers based on things that happened over the previous 12 months. Include photos and other mementos when preparing clues.

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