golden star, april 23, 2014

■ ARTS & CULTURE:

Concern over new wolf management plan...................................3

■ NEWS:

W E D N E S D A Y, A P R I L 2 3 , 2 0 1 4 VOLUME 124 ISSUE 17 $1.35 INCL. GST

Your Community Newspaper Since 1891

There’s so much more online ... www.TheGoldenStar.net 1$10 off regular rates for the first 6 months. Offer ends February 28, 2014 and is available to new customers who agree to a 1 year term commitment on any Xplornet 4G Residential package. Not to be combined with any other offer. $99 activation fee applies on a 1 year term. Taxes apply. 2Xplornet high-speed Internet service includes a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you are dissatisfied with your service for any reason, you will receive a refund of all amounts paid to Xplornet if you cancel your subscription within 30 days of activation. Xplornet® is a trade-mark of Xplornet Communications Inc. © 2014 Xplornet Communications Inc.

Together, you can count on us for:

• Fast, reliable high-speed Internet with speeds up to 10 Mbps • 100% Canadian Customer Support 24/7 • Guaranteed Satisfaction – or your money back2

Get ConneCted to relIable hIGh-Speed Internet, Call today!

and that’s why Xplornet works with local experts who can provide you with the support and service you need. Give your local dealer a call.

DA B

C 4G

Hor

iz 01

/14

High-speed Internet. Where you live.

1.855.333.7333 | xplornet.com

CALL TODAYGolden Satellite250-344-3553

High Speed Internet

Golden Satellite

250-344-3553 [email protected]

Nirmal Singh

Golden Bakery & Deli

344-2928 • Open Mon - Sat6:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

FRESHHot Cross Buns

like uson.....

follow uson.....

Home & Lifestyle show....................11-14

■ SPECIAL SECTION:

Contact:Ruth Hamilton ManagerKicking Horse Chamber of Commerce250-344-7125 www.goldenchamber.bc.ca

Golden Curling Rink1412 9th Street South

2 DAYS ONLY! Friday, April 25 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 26 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• Over $2000 in door prizes• 50/50 Draws • Music & Demonstrations Every Hour• Free Community Breakfast by the Rotary Club of Golden Saturday from 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Fun for the whole family!

FREE Admission!

& Lifestyle SHOW

GOLDENApril 25 & 26, 2014

A Special Pullout Section sponsored by:

April 25 & 26, 2014 A Special Pullout Section sponsored by:

1$10 off regular rates for the first 6 months. Offer ends February 28, 2014 and is available to new customers who agree to a 1 year term commitment on any Xplornet 4G Residential package. Not to be combined with any other offer. $99 activation fee applies on a 1 year term. Taxes apply. 2Xplornet high-speed Internet service includes a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you are dissatisfied with your service for any reason, you will receive a refund of all amounts paid to Xplornet if you cancel your subscription within 30 days of activation. Xplornet® is a trade-mark of Xplornet Communications Inc. © 2014 Xplornet Communications Inc.





DA B

C 4G

Hor

iz 01

/14


1.855.333.7333 | xplornet.com


at...

816 9th St N, Golden BC 250-344-4688 www.goldenbeachcomber.com

Save on a new hot tub during our 10th Anniversary Celebration! April 23 - 30, 2014.

SAVE IN THE STORE• all Beachcomber chemicals, but 2 get 1 free (of equal or lesser value)

• Hot tub accessories 20% OFF• Napoleon Grills 20% OFF

Come and see our display at the Spring Home & Lifestyle Show at the Curling Rink, April 25 & 26!

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 The Golden Star A11 www.thegoldenstar.netspring home & lifestyle show

McKenzie named AHL Rookie of the Year..................................15

■ SPORTS:

Usher wins Presenter of the Year honour...................................9

1300 Trans Canada FrtgGolden, BC

250-344-4784

Golden A&W is now open until MIDNIGHT! 7 days a week!

Come satisfy your late night cravings.

Jessica [email protected]

The Town of Golden Council has given third reading to the 2014 Tax Rate Bylaw, but not with-out a few reservations from council members.

Out of four tax rate scenarios drawn up by Chief Financial Officer Lisa Vass, council chose Scenario 4 (as was recommended by the Stand-ing Finance Committee), which sees slight decreases for both Class 1 (residential) and

Class 6 (Business/Other) as a whole.Coun. Chris Hambruch, the sole councillor to

vote against the bylaw, did so because he worries that the Town is missing an opportunity, and will pay for it next year.

The increase non-market value in the town (much of which was accounted for by the newly built Holiday Inn Express), picked up a signifi-cant component (approximately $35,000) of the two per cent tax increase ($85,000) that was approved in the Five Year Financial Plan.

On average (not all) property tax bills will not go up this year, and in fact, some may see a decrease.

A typical single detached residence that was, for example, assessed at $295,831 last year, and assessed at $283,872 this year, would see a drop in their property taxes from $1,561 last year to $1,547 this year. (Not all residences will see similar drops, it will depend on the property’s assessed value for this year).

Continued on page 5

Some homeowners may see decrease in 2014 taxes

Clothesline Project

Golden residents got their lunch at Kumsheen Park on April 17 where the Golden Women’s Resource Centre was hosting their annual Clothesline Project display, and fundraising barbecue. The project brings awareness to violence against women, and the money raised goes to the centre’s safe homes program. Jessica Schwitek/Star Photo

A2 www.thegoldenstar.net Wednesday, April 23, 2014 The Golden Star

Buying used? We’re looking out for you. Find out how at WatchoutforWalt.com

“The buyer smelled a bargain. He thought I was the fool!”

I guess you could say I was addicted. Only my drug of choice wasn’t coke or meth. No - it was the thrill of getting away with it all. And the easy cash, of course.Throwing the camper into that last deal was a great marketing idea.And, like last time, I decided to branch out again. There’s so much more than just cars! This time I decided to go with a motorcycle.I purchased it off the internet – I guess you could call it a curber-to-curber transaction. Oh, of course I knew every trick in the book by now. The seller gave me my old story and said that he was the real owner.Did I care? Not a chance. It was a nice Harley. And, it was a steal. I knew I could fl ip it for more.Why? Because I was a better marketer.But I needed to do it fast. And, I had to make sure I had a buyer that was naive enough not to do a lien check through carproof.com, or the province (bcregistryservices.gov.bc.ca).As usual, I put up a generic, one-line Craigslist ad. With a price like mine, I had a buyer within an hour.I made sure the Harley looked its best. I polished it until it sparkled and fi lled it with gas. Hey, what’s a few bucks?Then I ran into a small problem. I found out that my seller was the real owner. Wow. But he sold me a vehicle that was about to be repossessed.

Fortunately, he was in such a hurry that he didn’t make me do the transfer – so it was still in his name.No big deal. Bridging* was my friend.I just used his name and hoped my buyer would never ask me for ID.And I was right. The buyer smelled a bargain and took the bait like fi sh. He thought I was the fool!No lien check, no ID check. Just cash.I was home free, again.And the best part? When the bailiff came for the motorcycle, he didn’t even know my name.

*Bridging – A trick that curbers use to keep their identity secret. Curbers will pay more for a vehicle from an unscrupulous wholesaler or broker if they are not required to immediately put the vehicle in their name.

This keeps their name out of the vehicle registry and makes them impossible to locate when deals go bad. Breaking the law is never a concern for them.

Confessions of a Curber

Located in Brisco PH: 250-341-1087

Open 10-6, Sundays 10-4

Patty’s GREENHOUSE & Market Garden

OPENING SATURDAY APRIL 26TH

OPENING DAY SPECIAL

Natures Gold Compost Gourmet food for your plants!

BUY 5 - GET 1 FREE!

April 26th, 2014Mount 7 Rec Plex

11am - 3pm

Spring Market & Garage Sale

A great place to get mom something for Mother’s Day!

Black PressStaff Writer

After rejecting an offer from the school district bargaining agency for a long-term contract, the B.C. Teachers' Federation has served notice it will begin work-to-rule action April 23.

BCTF president Jim Iker announced Thursday that 72-hour notice has been given, after union members voted 89 per cent in March to endorse a three-stage strike plan. Phase one includes refus-ing communication with school managers, arriv-ing no more than an hour before and leaving an hour after school hours, and refusing supervision of students outside class time.

It does not affect pre-arranged voluntary activ-ities such as coaching, but the refusal of super-vision requires essential service levels that com-pel some teachers to assure the safety of students while they are out of classes. Report card prepara-tion and parent meetings will continue.

Iker said progress at the bargaining table will determine how long phase one action would last.

Phase two of the BCTF plan is rotating one-day walkouts in districts around the province. Phase three, a full-scale strike, would require a second vote by members to authorize.

The BCTF has rejected the government's offer for a 10-year agreement with pay increases total-ling 6.5 per cent over the first six years and addi-tional wage increases to be negotiated for the final four years.

There has been little change to the "lowball offer" on wages and no movement on the long-running dispute over class size limits and special needs support, Iker said.

BCTF negotiators countered with a three-year proposal with three per cent plus a cost-of-living increase in each year. With compounding and current estimates of inflation, BCPSEA calculates that could amount to 13.5 per cent over three years.

Iker said school districts are cutting staff and programs due to ministry budget cuts, and the ministry should at least cover school districts' costs for increase medical services plan premiums and BC Hydro rate increases.

The education ministry says per-pupil funding has increased 38 per cent since 2001, and the min-istry has provided $225 million over three years to hire 500 teachers and 400 new special education assistants for the 2012-13 school year.

Peter Cameron, chief negotiator for B.C.'s 60 school districts, said once stage one strike action begins, the B.C. Public School Employers' Associ-ation will seek an order that the union pay for its extended benefits during any withdrawal of ser-vice. That would cost about $5 million a month for 41,000 public school teachers.

"In order that there is in fact pressure on both sides, BCPSEA needs to respond to any phase one activities with measures that put corresponding pressure on the union," Cameron wrote in a let-ter to Iker.

BC teachers take action this week

Easter Basket Winner

Geoffrey Archibald went home with an Easter Basket from Moose Trax for winning the Golden Star’s Easter colouring contest. Sara Birnie (who was unavailable for a picture) also won a basket for the colouring contest. Jessica Schwitek/Star Photo

The Golden Star Wednesday, April 23, 2014 www.thegoldenstar.net A3

Behind the Wheel

Johnston Meier Insurance Agencies Ltd.510B - 9th Avenue N., Golden, B.C. (250) 344-5201

Sponsored by:

Motor Assisted Cycle or Motorcycle?Whether your mechanical skills are limited to taking the pedals o� of your

motor assisted cycle or extensive enough to attach a gasoline engine to a bicycle, both could land you in trouble with the rules. Making either of these modi� cations will turn your transport into a motor vehicle that requires insurance and licence plates. At $598, the ticket for operating without insurance is an expensive one!

In order to qualify as a motor assisted cycle and avoid the need to buy licence and insurance the machine must meet a number of quali� cations. These include an electric motor with a power output of 500 watts or less and a top speed of no more than 32 km/h on level ground. The most important feature is that it must have pedals to allow you to pedal it!

There has been some past confusion in the tra� c courts about whether modi� ed motor assisted cycles require insurance and licence. You may recall the case of R v Ryan where Judicial Justice of the Peace Gordon held that a bicycle with a gasoline engine could not be licenced and insured, so it must no require them, � nding Mr. Ryan not guilty. Subsequent decisions have followed provincial court rulings and resulted in convictions.

With this in mind, think twice before you take the pedals o� or create something that will put your bank account in jeopardy.

The author is a retired constable with many years of tra� c law enforcement experience. To comment or learn more, please visit drivesmartbc.ca.

Have a Recreational Vehicle Insurance Question?Give Kerri a call - she knows how to get you the best coverage, for the best price, when it comes to ATVs, snow machines, vacation trailers and boats.

The best insurance rates.

Kerri Duce

It’s a boy! Dylan is a big brother! Proud parents Pavi and Neelam Khunkhun are pleased to announce the birth of their newest family member born on February 7, 2014.

Zaiden Sahej Singh KhunkhunA special thank you to all the doctors and nurses who helped with his arrival. Best wishes from all the family and friends.

Annual General Meeting

April 24, 2014, 7-8 PM LOUISIANA PACIFIC BOARDROOM


Late last week, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations announced the release of the Province’s long awaited wolf manage-ment plan.

An initial draft was released in Novem-ber of 2012, and after a large public response with more than 2,500 comments, the final plan was written.

In a press release, the government stated that the plan “fully rec-ognizes that the fun-damental goal of wolf management in B.C., as with all other prov-incial game species, is to maintain self-sus-taining populations throughout the spe-cies’ range.”

The “two-zone” plan allows for sustainable hunting and trapping opportunities in most areas, with controls in place such as specified season lengths and bag limits. While the other zone (where livestock or other wildlife popu-lations are threatened by wolf predation), the plan commits to “responsibly helping stakeholders, ranch-ers and First Nations manage the impacts of expanding wolf popu-lations.”

The Wolf Aware-ness Inc. (WAI), how-ever, believes that the plan disregards the “intrinsic value of these extremely intel-ligent and social crea-tures.” The organiza-tion views the plan as a “wolf kill plan,” and says the government ignored the 1,614 let-ters of opposition to the plan during the draft plan’s comment period.

WAI says that “this means that in much more than half of the province, hunters and trappers can now kill an unlimited number of wolves 365 days of the year. Furthermore, the allowable use of bait, neck snares, and motorized vehicles to kill wolves is com-pletely out of sync with any concept of ‘Fair Chase’.”

The current wolf population is estimat-ed at approximately 8,500 in the province, a slight increase over the 1991 estimate of 8,100, indicating that the wolf population is likely stable. There-fore, wolves in B.C. are not considered to be an “at-risk” species.

However, not every-one is convinced by these numbers,

“Unfortunately, the B.C. government does not have an accurate

handle on wolf num-bers across the prov-ince and admits to major uncertainty as to how many wolves are being killed by people, although they know it is an all-time high since record-keeping began in 1976. The plan is based on flawed science. A two-zone approach is set up to kill wolves a) where they overlap with live-

stock or threatened species, and b) every-where else for recrea-tion or amusement,” said the WAI.

The government acknowledged that the consultation process revealed that there are strongly differ-ing beliefs and values regarding wolf man-agement practices, and says they relied on sound science to make

balanced decisions.Wolf Awareness Inc.

is a non-profit, charit-able foundation dedi-cated to public edu-cation regarding the ecology of the gray wolf. Its executive dir-ector is Golden resi-dent Sadie Parr.

Wolf management plan concerns advocates

The new wolf management plan splits the province in two zones, both of which allow the hunting of wolves. Peter A. Dettling /www.TerraMagica.ca


Opponents of Jumbo Glacier Resort were in an uproar last week as the provincial govern-ment quietly made changes to the Environment-al Assessment Act, no longer requiring environ-mental assessments of natural gas processing plants, and ski and all-season resorts.

The change to the Reviewable Projects Regu-lation under the act applies to both new facilities and modifications.

“It appears to be a stunning attempt to keep the ill-fated Jumbo Resort proposal afloat, fund-ed by the misappropriation of British Colum-bian’s taxpayer dollars,” said Wildsight’s Robyn Duncan.

“If these changes to the Environmental Assess-ment Act are indeed aimed at facilitating the Jumbo Glacier Resort, this would be the second time the government has made legal changes in order to do so. Last year, the province rewrote legislation to allow for the creation of a munici-pality without residents, also in favour of Jumbo Resort.”

The changes remove the need for an environ-mental assessment of new and expanded ski and all-season resorts effective Jan. 1, 2015.

A release from the Environmental Assessment Office stated that the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations has an “estab-lished Master Plan review process: exempting resorts eliminates a duplication of effort and the potential for undue delays in the decision mak-ing process.”

In other words, projects like the Jumbo Glacier Resort are subject to approval process by other government agencies.

Minister of Environment Mary Polak was quot-ed in The Strait saying, “It doesn’t change the scru-tiny. It simply means that they’ll only have to go through the process once.”

“We’re viewing this as another step toward environmental deregulation,” said Anna John-ston of West Coast Environmental Law.

“It’s part of a sliding that we’ve been doing – divesting ourselves of responsibility over respon-sible development and making sure that the environmental and social impacts of industry are properly considered and analyzed before we approve projects.”

Changes to environmental legislation such as this causes great concern to environmental groups who have already seen the province make changes to the Parks Act and the Agricultural Land Reserve this year alone.

Environmental assessments will be removed for ski resorts in 2015

THEGolden Classif ieds250-344-5251 [email protected]


Public Notice for Path Closure for

The Kicking Horse River Dike Repair project

450m on the south bank for the Kicking Horse River dike, parallel to Fisher Road, east of the CPR tracks will be closed from

April 22nd to May 15th

for necessary dike repairs.

Pedestrians will be diverted to Fisher Road during this closure period as shown on map.

F I S HE R

Rd.

PathwayDetour

Closure Location

Public Notice for Path Closure for

The Kicking Horse River Dike Repair project





F I S HE R

Rd.

PathwayDetour

Closure Location

Public Notice for Path Closurefor

The Kicking Horse River Dike Repair Project





SUMMER “SUNNIES” SALE

ONE DAY ONLY - JULY 9th, 2-7pm Downtown Golden 250-344-6268

GOLDEN OPTOMETRY

Regular and prescription lenses & professional � tting.

Over 250 pairs of sunglasses up to 40% OFF and more!

Jeff NagelBlack Press

Business opponents of Multi Material BC are planning a court challenge to reverse the takeover of B.C.’s curbside recycling sys-

tem by the stewardship agency.

They continue to urge the provincial government to freeze the new MMBC system before it takes effect May 19, but are also lay-ing the groundwork for a legal battle.

Kelvin McCulloch, CEO of the Bucker-field’s chain of farm supply stores, is urging other businesses to sign and submit their MMBC contract but then give notice to the government that they won’t pay fees or otherwise cooperate with the new system to collect packaging and printed paper.

McCulloch intends to gather opt-out let-ters from numerous businesses across B.C. and deliver them to the province.

If the MMBC roll-out continues, he said, they will argue in court that the MMBC con-tracts were invalid and they were coerced to join the government-created recycling mon-opoly.

“We’re fairly con-fident at this point it will be struck down,” McCulloch said. “No company in their right mind would sign that contract of their own free will.”

The province con-tends MMBC is volun-

tary and various indus-tries could instead form their own separ-ate waste-collecting organization.

That option is not practical or reason-able, McCulloch said.

“The suggestion that we are able to launch or own stewardship program independent of MMBC is a sham.”

The MMBC pro-gram aims to transfer recycling costs from municipal taxpayers to the producers who generate packaging and printed paper, while collecting more containers and materi-al types than before.

But many business-es argue they’re unfair-ly compelled to pay far higher fees than a similar system run in Ontario.

Critics say MMBC’s three-member inter-im board is controlled by executives with multinational firms like Unilever and Proc-tor and Gamble who have manipulated the launch of the new pro-gram to their benefit rather than the inter-ests of most B.C. busi-nesses.

Questioned by the NDP last week, Environment Minis-ter Mary Polak said she expects a more repre-sentative 15-member permanent board to

be named soon after MMBC’s launch.

Polak said it’s logic-al the biggest indus-tries that pay the most into MMBC get a large role.

A new advisory coun-cil was also recent-ly unveiled by MMBC with reps from several B.C. business groups, but critics say it has no real power.

Pausing the pro-gram and the payment of fees by member businesses would cut off the money MMBC will send to most local cities that agreed to continue curbside pickup.

“Any delay in imple-mentation for those communities would mean a loss of that savings,” Polak said, adding many munici-palities have already budgeted to receive promised MMBC pay-ments.

She said examples of those amounts are $1.5 million a year com-ing to Richmond and $917,000 to Nanaimo.

Mike Klassen, B.C. director of the Can-adian Federation of Independent Busi-ness, said he’s not aware of any cities reducing their prop-erty taxes as a result of the expected MMBC savings.

“That’s one of the

things that’s been most misleading – the idea that this was going to save money for the general taxpayer,” he said. Klassen argues consumers will pay twice – their local taxes won’t go down but they’ll also pay high-er retail prices as busi-nesses pass along the MMBC charges.

He said most mayors and councils are being cautious and aren’t spending MMBC sav-ings until they actual-ly arrive – meaning there’s still opportun-ity to freeze the roll-out.

“That suggests to me they’re also very wary of the program and have a fallback pro-gram in case things don’t work,” Klas-sen said. “The world doesn’t all of a sudden turn upside down if we pause this program and take some time to reflect on how to do this well.”

Small businesses with single storefronts have been exempted by the province from MMBC’s require-ments.

But Klassen said franchisees don’t qualify, leaving hun-dreds of small busi-nesses like meat shops and Subway sandwich outlets facing hefty costs.

MMBC opponents prepare for court battle

CSRDSubmitted

In the next few weeks the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) will be conducting Household Hazardous Waste Round-up events in the communities of Salmon Arm, Revelstoke, Golden, and for the first time Sicamous, to collect a backlog of hazardous household material.

“This is an opportunity for residents to get rid of materials that are toxic, corrosive, reactive or ignitable,” says Waste Reduction Facili-tator Carmen Fennell. “There are so many items that pose poten-tial hazard to human health, such as antifreeze and adhesives, glues and pool chemicals.”

Residents can get rid of all these items, free of charge, on the speci-fied day in their area. This event only happens once every two years, so this is the year for residents to clean their garage, basement, and shed, and get rid of any unwanted hazardous chemicals.

“The CSRD offers residents this opportunity because there are materials that can’t go into the landfill but need to be disposed of. Some products such as pesticides and herbicides are regulat-ed through an Extended Producer Responsibility Program admin-istered by Product Care,” says Fennell. “However, not every com-munity has a Product Care depot, and not all products are accepted as part of the stewardship program, so the consumer is left wonder-ing what to do with their non-conforming leftovers.”

The Household Hazardous Waste Round-up will be in Golden on Saturday, May 3 at the CP Parking Lot.

The round-up will be managed by Newalta, a hazardous waste dis-posal company.

“The handling of these products must be done by trained staff to ensure safe packaging and transport of these potentially dangerous materials. Anyone who has leftover chemicals that require disposal is encouraged to bring them to the free collection.”

For more information on this event, please visit the CSRD website at www.csrd.bc.ca, or send an email to [email protected].

CSRD hosts roundupJessica [email protected]

Parson is kicking off the season with their annual Spring Fling on Saturday May 3.

Aside from the various entertainment, they will be selling spaces for farm-ers market items, garage sale items, and anything else you would like to sell. It is $20 a space and folks need to bring their own tables, chairs etc.

“We will be having our canteen selling burgers, hot dogs, chips, drinks, and goodies from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pony rides, face painting and games will run from noon to 4 p.m. The Pony rides will take a break at 2 p.m. so the kids can participate in the games,” said Trina Wolfenden, an organiz-er of the event. “This year we are selling tickets like a faire. They can buy tick-ets and use them for the pony rides, games and face painting.”

New this year will be a duck race at 3 p.m. on Hogsranch Creek. They have some amazing priz-es that have been gener-ously donated by the local community totalling more than $2,500. First prize is $50 and the priz-es go from there. Tickets will be on sale this week, and there are only 173 ducks so they will go fast.

“With activities for the kids and shopping and eating and visiting I think we have everyone cov-ered in ages,” said Wolf-enden.

The events proceeds support the Parson Hall’s running costs. Over the past three years the Parson Hall went from almost shutting the doors to a hall that sees activ-ities three times a week with exercise classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, church on Sundays, and potlucks once a month. They are also putting on different functions over the season that attract

lots of people.“We have just finished

our floor refinishing which was a huge com-mitment from our mem-bers. I think it has real-ly brought everyone together even more and our sense of commun-ity pride keeps getting

better,” said Wolfenden. “At all the functions I see smiles, laughter and com-munity, it is something that has been decreasing in so many areas and we are so fortunate that Par-son seems to be enjoying the family interactions with everyone.”

Parson Spring Fling kicks off season

The Parson Spring Fling on May 3 will fea-ture pony rides. Star Photo


GOLF

Help Us HELP THE KIDS!

Shriner’s 18th Annual Charity Golf Tournamentat the Golden Golf & Country Club

Best Ball - Fun TournamentSaturday, May 10th, 20148:30 a.m. Shotgun startEnter as a team, couple, or as an individual• $90 entry fee. Entry fee includes : 18 holes of golf, power cart, small bucket of balls, fun, and prizes! Please note *lunch is not included*.Register at the Golf Club in person or by faxing entry form to 250-344-2922. Or call Mark Nagao (Golf Registrar) at 250-344-8255.Last year over $26,000 was raised !

TOUR

NAMEN

T

is now OPEN LATER to help get your taxes

fi led on time!Visit us for your Personal

or Small Business Tax Return made easy.

9 a.m. - 6 p.m.No Appointment

Required1115 9th St S250-344-4742

www.numbersandlettersgolden.com

511 Main Street, Golden BC250-344-2282

Mortgages @ 2.99%• Construction Financing• New Home Purchases• Renovations and

Consolidations

Joel [email protected]

Dog attacks on 10th St.

A woman sustained minor injuries when a dog attacked and bit her on April. 12. It was the second time the woman was bitten by the dog in the span of a couple days. RCMP have deemed the dog to be dangerous and have recommended to the con-servation officer that the animal be destroyed.

The dog was not roaming free, but was said to have gotten away from its owners during both incidents.

The RCMP would like to remind dog owners that they can be charged with criminal negligence in cases where their pet is off leash and attacks an individual.

Distracted driver rolls over vehicle

A local man travelling westbound on Highway 1 sustained a fractured collarbone when his vehicle

crossed into eastbound lanes and rolled over on Apr. 13.

Upon questioning, the man revealed to the RCMP that he had been on his phone at the time of the incident. Luckily, there was no oncoming traffic when the vehicle veered into the other lane. The man was given a ticket for distracted driving, which comes with a $167 fine.

Radium man attempts arson in Spilli

Golden and Invermere RCMP are on the look-out for a Radium man who attempted to light a Spillimacheen residence on fire. When the arson-ist was confronted by the Spilli resident, he hit the individual with a baton and fled the scene. The homeowner sustained minor injuries in the ordeal.

The owner and a friend were able to put out the fire quickly upon its discovery. The incident took place on the night of Apr. 16. The suspect is believed to be a known individual to Invermere police.

RCMP Report: Arson attempt in Spilli

Continued from page 1

The municipality could have implemented a tax increase this year, with a much smaller affect on tax payer (the missed opportunity Hambruch was referring to). Next year however, with no new hotels being built and utilities already at their legal maximum, the increase will have a stronger impact.

Mayor Christina Benty, although voting in favour of the bylaw, said she agreed with Hambruch “philosophically.” Had the Town had the assessment information during budget deliberations, per-haps they would have voted for a higher tax increase she said.

However, she believed this was the right way to proceed under the current circumstances.

Tax increase may be sharper in 2015

Sharon Eddy (third from the left) of the Columbia Valley Credit Union presents Parson Spring Fling organizers (from left) Gale Brownlee, Colleen Palumbo and Larry Malinoski with a $500 donation for Parson’s 3rd annual Spring Fling. The money will help support the event’s duck race, which helps fund the Parson Community Hall. Joel Tansey/Star Photo

Spring Fling donation

A6 www.thegoldenstar.net Wednesday, April 23, 2014 The Golden Star Star opinion

CMCAAUDITED

The Golden Star encour-ages people to write Letters to the Editor on issues that impact our community.

We ask that letters be no

longer than 300 words in length.

We also ask that letters be written only on issues of com-munity interest.

We reserve the right to edit all letters for brevity, clar-ity, length and taste. Please address letters to: editor at [email protected].

Letters to the Editor policy

Leave the car at home

MicheleLaPointe publisher

[email protected]

POLL OF THE WEEKWill you be doing anything to commemorate Earth Day?

Yes 16% No 84%This week’s poll question: Do higher spring & summer gas prices affect your driving

habits? log onto www.thegoldenstar.net to make your vote count

DISCLAIMER: This web poll is informal, not scientific. It reflects opinions of site visitors who voluntarily partici-pate. Results may not represent the opinions of the public as a whole. Black Press is not responsible for the statis-tical accuracy of opinions expressed here.

AliStarchuk

[email protected]

SUBSCRIPTION RATES• $47.00 per year for postal

boxes (within School District No. 6 Rocky Mountain) - Golden Zone

• $43.00 per year if you pick up your paper at The Golden Star Office

• $67.00 per year outside Gold-en’s School zone.

• LOCAL Senior’s Discount 10% ($43.00).

JessicaSchwitek

[email protected]

JoelTansey

[email protected]

AdamZarachowicz

[email protected]

- I SURMISE -By Jessica Schwitek

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage

Ballet KelownaEditor,Golden once again greeted Ballet Kelowna with a full

house at the Civic Centre Friday April 11. And Ballet Kelowna provided us with a very high level of amazing choreography.

Ballet Kelowna is one of eleven professional Ballet com-panies in Canada and Golden is very fortunate to be on the short list of only eight smaller towns visited by this highly talented group of dancers.

Many will be aware that Ballet Kelowna was almost forced to close its doors last year because of funding cuts from the Provincial Government, and the loss of a major fundraising event in Kelowna. However, a new board of directors was formed and the company is now forging ahead with new direction and fundraising initiatives.

If you were at the performance you will know that the battles are not over, that at a local level funding for Kick-ing Horse Culture is under threat also. This could well affect the future return of Ballet Kelowna to Golden.

You will be aware from David LaHay, the retiring Art-istic Director, that Golden is, and always has been, a very special place for the dancers to visit. The audience attend-ance and enthusiasm is superb.

You will also be aware from David that Golden now

has its own family of supporters, as he calls them, a small family of 22 persons who have chosen to become mem-bers and or supporters of Ballet Kelowna. Supporters are always welcomed but membership in itself is very import-ant to societies as funding agencies see a large member-ship as a sign of a healthy organization which has the sup-port of the community, and are therefore more inclined to provide funding.

Membership is $25 per person per year, and yes, mem-bers will asked each year if they wish to continue their sup-port. Membership forms were made available at the per-formance but if you missed this opportunity, or now have second thoughts about becoming a member, and would like to do so, and would like the choice of a free ballet poster from a selection of previous performances as a thank you gift from Ballet Kelowna, then please contact me at 250-340-8433 (leave a message) and I will help you become a valued member of this most deserving Ballet Company.

If you enjoyed their performance, perhaps consid-er supporting these young dancers who have dedicated their lives to dance. $25 is a lot of money these days but a small cost to becoming a part of Golden’s growing mem-bership family.

Bryan Kelly-McArthurGolden

Town CommunicationDear Editor:I was interested to read the editor-

ial in the April 9, 2014 edition of the Golden Star concerning communi-cation and the Town of Golden.

Although I have been a critic of the Town on some fronts, I would not fault the effort which the Town administration makes to communi-cate with its residents.

The Mayor does a commendable job of making herself available for public input, and Town communica-tion includes extensive reports pub-lished in the Star, the Annual Report, the Budget Consultation package, open houses , a user-friendly website and plenty of background materi-al relating to ongoing issues which is available at the Town office.

I should also say that during the

most recent budget consultation process the Chief Administrative Officer, Mr. Wilsgard replied to me personally by email with respect to some specific queries I had with the numbers.

I do believe that some of the exist-ing communication tools could benefit from some refinement.

For example, the Budget Consul-tation package is too short on hard numbers and does not include com-parisons to other communities. Nor does it include year to year com-parisons of expenses within budget areas. The harder numbers are avail-able through the Finance Commit-tee working papers if one takes the trouble to request them and one really needs to study these to get a full working understanding of the budget.

Of course, there is always room to

improve communication with one’s constituents, but I certainly would not be in favour of hiring a dedicat-ed staff member in this area as you suggest, nor do I believe that the resi-dents of Golden would support fur-ther administrative staffing in the Town office at this time.

Where I would fault the current administration on the communica-tions front is the use which is made of public response. My view is that this administration does not really take account of public comment unless that comment agrees with a position the Council has already set. There is a tendency to only want to hear from the cheerleaders.

An example of this tendency was the 2012-2013 budget consultation process.

Continued on page 7

Now that spring has arrived, I am going to challenge myself to start taking advantage of the agreeable weather, and drive less.

This practise will have three substantial bene-fits in my life: It will give me a little bit of extra exercise (probably not a huge amount, but every burned calorie counts), it will reduce emissions from my vehicle, and it will save me some money on gas.

I drove home to Kamloops for Easter this past weekend. As I was staying with family and friends, my only expense for this little trip was gassing up my car (about a tank and a half round trip). But that is no little expense.

I used to enjoy filling up my gas tank in my home town, often known for having some of the cheapest gas in the province. I was shocked this weekend to see that the price of gas in Kamloops was only four cents cheaper than what I paid in Golden before leaving town. And at other stops along the way (Revelstoke and Salmon Arm), the gas was the same price as Golden.

As a highway community, who has the only fuel stations for hundreds of kilometres, we are often gauged at the pump. But it seems the rest of the province is catching up with us.

Gas is not cheap anywhere.These prices aren’t going to go back down, and in

fact, I expect that we have only begun to see the gas price hikes that will continue throughout the sum-mer.

I, like many of us, am quite reliant on my vehicle. And I know that is not going to change. But just because I know I’ll never give up my car, does not mean that I can’t make small changes to reduce my reliance on the technology. And just as importantly,(especially with Earth Day being this week) reduce the amount of pollution I put back into the atmosphere.

I may not be able to bike up to the ski hill, but I can leave my car at home when running simple errands like grocery shopping (if I don’t have too many heavy items), or meeting up with friends.

That’s one of the greatest things about living in Golden, most of the community’s necessities are never more than a dozen blocks away. And the Gold-en climate means it is unlikely you’ll get caught in a down-pouring of rain.

I realize this is stating the incredibly obvious, but the less gas we use, the less we will be affected by price hikes.

And even if we can only leave the car at home for one simple errand a week, it will add up.


Stingers to the person who stole the spe-cial bottle of Brugal rum from my wife’s birthday celebration night. How pathetic is that?

Stingers to the people who shot their rifle and left all their casings and glass practice targets on the Mount 7 road. Be considerate and clean up your mess.

Stars to Brad at Home Hardware for the help

with my new barbecue and the excellent over-all service. Cheers!

An omelette full of Stars to Big Bend Cafe for the delicious break-fast. The food was so good I had to bring my friends there twice!

A load of smelly sting-ers to my neighbours who continually let their dog do its business on my driveway and don’t clean it up. I’ll repay the

favour if this problem continues, and I don’t own any pets.

Stingers to cyclists who take up too much of the road. I’m happy to share the road but for your own safety, make sure you aren’t in the middle and blocking faster moving traffic!

Stars to Kicking Horse Resort for another fine season on the slopes!

Do higher spring & summer gas prices affect your driving habits?

“Most definitely. I tend to walk around town a little more instead of driving.”

“I don’t really drive much in town anyways.

Everything is close enough.”

Golden point of view

Lorraine Daley

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

“Yup. It’s ridiculous. I paid

$1.49 in Sicamous for diesel. I try not to drive any more than I have to.”

Email your Stars and Stingers to [email protected]

Brian Black Heidi Marks

Continued from page 6As this process followed

hard upon the Bridge to Bridge referendum there was significant public input (I believe at least 20 people put their name to submissions).

I attended all of the ses-sions of Council where first, second and third reading of the budget was considered and the only Councilor to ref-erence this public input was Councilor Hern; neither the Mayor nor any other Coun-cilor mentioned a single line of it. My conclusion was that

the input was ignored and not welcomed.

A communication strategy to be effective must not sim-ply consist of the Town broad-casting its message to the residents; it must also take into account the response received so that residents believe that input is truly wel-comed and not just brushed aside. I think this is an area of the Town’s communica-tion strategy which still needs work.

Yours truly,Bruce Fairley

Kicking Horse CultureI would like to take this opportunity to comment on

the issue of funding Kicking Horse Culture.First, I would like to thank all the people that have taken

the time to let me know their position on this matter, for or against, through Councillor Hern’s survey, The Gold-en Star’s poll of the week, the numerous phone calls, let-ters, and email petition, on this divided issue.

My responsibility is to consider all tax dollars spent, and I wouldn’t be doing my job without considering all fund-ing options, I am currently investigating alternative fund-ing sources that perhaps could be drawn upon, which would not involve out-of-pocket property taxation, and would give all taxpayers (including Golden’s) some relief during these tough economic times.

After the Golden Area Initiatives’ funding agreement

was cancelled by the Town of Golden, I agreed to fund Kicking Horse Culture with the Town until Dec. 31, 2014 to fulfill the remaining year of the three-year contract, from the ample and existing Economic Opportunity Funds.

I look forward to discussing this issue and other shared service funding concerns with the Town. This may take some time, as when funding of any sort is increased and services are shared, the responsibility for operations, and management has to be considered.

I hope dialogue with Town Council will bring forward an amicable agreement. If this is not possible, then the fairest way to resolve this issue would be to take all con-cerns back to the taxpayer through a referendum pro-cess.

Regards,Garry Habart - CSRD Director, Area A

Alberta BitumenMy name is David Black. I am the majority owner of

Black Press, the company that owns this newspaper. This is the first of two columns addressing what I see as the great-est threat to the BC environment in our lifetime. I am a reasonably sensible and conservative businessman, not an alarmist. All of the information in this column can be con-firmed from public sources.

The oil industry wants to export Alberta bitumen to Asia via tankers. Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coast-line, together with the fish and wildlife that depend on it, for hundreds of years.

Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not float in sea water if there is sediment present. This has been proven many times, most recently in a thorough Environment Can-ada study published on November 30 2013. Page 51 of the study provides graphic evidence of sunken bitumen. Given that there is an abundance of sediment along the BC coast, the bitumen will sink rapidly and there will be little chance of recovering any of it if there is a spill. By North-ern Gateway's own admission the likelihood of a bitumen spill at sea is over 10% over the next 50 years. Others say that it is much higher. We are in agreement with the pos-ition taken by the Coastal First Nations that even the slight-est risk of a spill of bitumen at sea is unacceptable.

The grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989

is often held up as an example of how bad an oil spill at sea can be, however, a spill of bitumen at sea would be much worse. The Exxon Valdez carried light crude and lost 250,000 barrels, one eighth of a tanker load. The light oil floated and could be removed from the beaches. Even so, after four years of work with up to 11,000 workers and 1,400 boats involved, less than 10% of it was recovered. Roughly 200,000 birds and many kinds of other wildlife were killed. Approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were affected and the fishery has yet to fully recover. Bitumen is very different. It would harden up on shore and much of it would sink to the bottom, making it unrecoverable and killing virtually everything with which it came in contact. Imagine if we lost a full tanker load.

Some say that, with GPS-based navigation and double hulls, spills such as Exxon Valdez are not possible today. They are wrong. Double hulls do not prevent hull frac-ture if there is a collision at speed, only if there is a gen-tle scrape. As for the GPS claim, most marine accidents are caused by human inattention, not by a lack of know-ledge about position. All ships carried systems to indicate their location before GPS came along. The Exxon Valdez crew could have glanced at their instruments to determine their location but they didn’t, neither did the crew on the Queen of the North. Marine disasters regularly occur and a quick search of the internet shows human error is most often the problem. Undoubtedly there will be many more marine accidents in the future. Our grandchildren will not

thank us if we willingly risk the destruction of the BC coast on our watch.

Fortunately there is a solution that is beneficial for all concerned: all we have to do is build a refinery at Kitimat. The refinery will convert the bitumen to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel which float and evaporate if they are spilled. Often little or no spill remediation is required. These refined fuels simply do not cause the habitat destruction of conventional or synthetic crude oil, or anywhere near the devastation caused by bitumen.

The second part of this OPED will run in the next issue. It will discuss the enormous value-added benefits and environmental advantages of a modern green refinery. The pipeline from Alberta and the tanker fleet to export the refined fuels will also be considered.

Let me declare my biases. I am for creating thousands of good permanent jobs in BC. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for government coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a mod-ern tanker fleet that carries only refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers.

If you agree that we should not put bitumen in tankers please contact your local MP and say so. The Canadian government makes a decision on this next month.

David Black


Golden Cinema Presents:Rio 2 (3D) Thursday Apr.24 at 7pm. Matinees at 3pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday.

This Week

A.P.E.S.After School ProgramMonday to Friday 3 -5:30pm. $12/day for ages 5 to 11. To register please leave a message at 250-272-0425.StrongStart a free, school based learning program bir th-5years. Mon&Fri 12-3:30pm, Wed 2-5pm, Tue&Thur 8:45-11:45am. Call Shelley for more info 250-439-9324.

Wed, Apr. 23Parent and Tot Play lets par-ents and kids from birth-five enjoy preschool type activi-ties. Wednesdays at the Rec Plex from 10:30am-12pm.Badminton Wednesdays 7-9pm at the Rec Plex. Adults $7, students/seniors $5. Need your own racket.Winter Walking at the Rec Plex Wednesdays 1-2pm.Job Skills Workshops at the Work BC office every Wednesday at 10am. Call 250-344-5413 to register.Money Skills, a FREE program to help adults understand concepts of money. Wednesdays from 7-8:30pm. Call 250-439-9665 for info.The Safe Teen: Navigating Adolescence presentation Apr.23, 7-8pm, at GSS.Kicking Horse Culture pres-ents The Good Lovelies Apr.23, 7:30pm, Civic Centre.

Thurs, Apr. 24

Men’s drop-in basketballThursdays from 8-10pm at the Rec Plex. $8.Bridge Club every Thursday at the Senior’s Centre from 1-4pm. Contact 250-344-5448.Golden Toastmasters Thursdays, 7:30pm at the College of the Rockies.Mountain Magic Quilters Guild Thursdays, 7:30-9pm

in the Golden High School’s sewing room. New members and guests welcome, annu-al membership is $25.Jam Night at the Golden Taps Pub every Thursday.A.A Meetings Thursdays, at the Family Centre 421 9th Ave N. All meetings are open and start at 8pm.Golden Youth Centre Band Of Guys drop-in for male teens (12-18) every Thursday from 3:45-5:30pm.Art Show at the COTR cam-pus Apr.24 6-8pm.Figure Skating AGM Apr.24 from 7-8pm in the L.P. Boardroom.

Fri, Apr. 25

A.A Meetings Fridays at the Lutheran Church basement 915 - 9th St S. All meetings are open and start at 8pm.Golden Youth Centre drop-in Fridays from 3:30-7:30pm.Mother Goose Program Fridays 10:30-11:30am at the Library. Snacks includ-ed, just drop in!Karaoke Night at The Mad Trapper every Friday night.Meat Draw every Friday at The Legion 5:30pm.Bridge Club every Friday at the Centre for Peace in St. Andrew’s Church, 7pm.Winter Walking at the Rec Plex Fridays 1-2pm.Special Olympics “FUNdamentals” youth program Fridays 9-10am at APES. For children 7-12 years with intellectual dis-abilities. Call Cyra 250-919-0757 for more info.Food Fridays at the Golden Legion 6:30-8:30pm.Golden Spring Home & Lifestyle Show Apr.25 from 2-8pm at the Curling Club.Soup Day at the Golden Seniors Centre Apr.25 from 11:30am-1pm. $5.

Sat, Apr. 26

Meat Draw Saturdays at The Legion 5pm.A.A Meetings Saturdays at the Golden Museum 1302 - 11th Ave S. All meetings are

open and start at 8pm.Saturday Night Chapel at the Pentecostal Church (717 10th St S) at 7pm from Jan.4 - Apr.5.Golden Spring Home & Lifestyle Show Apr.26 from 10-4pm at the Curling Club.Golden Farmers Market Apr.26 from 11am-3pm at Mount 7 Rec Plex.The Metropolitan Opera Cosi fan tutte: Live in HD at the Golden Cinema Apr.26 at 11am.

Sun, Apr. 27

Sunday Howl open mic at the Wolf’s Den Sundays 4-8pm.Magic the Gathering Game Tournament 12-5pm at Bizarre Entertainment.Golden Light Horse Club “Fun Day” Apr.27 at the Rodeo grounds 10am-2pm. Spectators and new riders welcome.Geocaching CITO Event Apr.27, 10am-1pm in Spirit Square.5th Annual Yoga Day Marathon Fundraiser for Amnistry International at Golden Lotus Ayurveda Apr.27 from 9am-9pm. Admission by donation.

Mon, Apr. 28

Join the Cadets. Free pro-gram meets every Tuesday, 6:30-8:30pm at the Legion Banquet Hall. For young men and women ages 12-18.Golden Community Choir, Mondays from 7:30-9:30pm at the Lutheran Church. Member fees $10. For info call Joyce 250-344-6043.Seniors Day at Reflections Hair Studio Mondays 15% off all regular priced ser-vices, call 250-344-5766. Heroclix League 6-9pm Mondays at Bizarre Entertainment.Family Dinner Play and Learn Mondays 5-7pm in the StrongStart room in APES Free program includes din-ner, discussions, and activi-ties. Call 250-439-9665.The Cadets meet Mondays 6:30-8:30pm at the Legion

Banquet Hall.Winter Walking at the Rec Plex Mondays 1-2pm.Golden Youth Centre drop-in every Monday from 5-8pm.Badminton at the Mount 7 Rec Plex Mondays 7-8:30pm. Need your own racket, $7 (or $5 for seniors/students).

Tues, Apr. 29

A.A Meetings Tuesdays at the United Church 901 - 11th Ave S Alley Ent. All meetings are open and start at 8pm.Volleyball Tuesdays at the Rec Plex 7-8:30pm $5.Golden Youth Centre drop-in Tuesdays from 3:30-7:30pm.Aquafit at the Travel Lodge Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:30-6:30pm. Until Mar.13.Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Edition Tuesdays 6-9pm at Bizarre Entertainment.Golden Junior Hockey AGM Apr.29 in the Ramada Meeting Room 7pm.Rockwater Grill & BarR Upcoming Events

Golden Curling Club AGM & Wine and Cheese May 2 at 7:30pm in the Curling Rink Lounge. Spring Recreation Information & Registration night May 5 from 5:30-7:30pm at Mount 7 Rec Plex. Golden Minor Hockey AGM May 5 at 7pm in the upstairs Arena meeting room.Golden Community Choir presents: A Spring Concert May 8 at 7:30pm at the Trinity Lutheran Church.Golden Community Choir presents: A Spring Concert May 9 at 7:30pm at the Golden Baptist Church. Shriners Charity Golf Tournament May 10. Call 344-8255 for more info.Mother’s Day Tea in the Gardens May 11 from 2-4pm at Mountainside Gardens.RCMP Charity Golf Tournament June 9 from 9-3pm.Father’s Day Breakfast June 15, 10-12pm at Mountainside Gardens.

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

This week's achievement

award goes to... Stop in by April 30, 2014

to receive your small blizzard • 344-2220 •

achievement achievement

goes to...

Sierra Crowefor having a great attitude, being a good friend, and always helping others.

www.bcseniorsgames.org“Come Play With Us”

Over 3500 BC 55+ Seniors expected to attend.What’s happening in your region?

Get involved. We’ll show you how.

September9 - 13

www.bcseniorsgames.org“Come Play With Us”

Christopher and Tracey Johnson would like to thank all of our family, friends,

and businesses of Golden that helped get our son Chase to Nova Scotia, with all the

fundraising, and donations. We would never of been able to do this alone. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. Chase has been 6 month seizure free.

Friday, May 2nd, 2014at 7:30 pm at the

Curling Rink Lounge

Wine & CheeseAnnual General Meeting

Buy any 2 Classifi ed Word Ads and get the 3rd for free!

250-344-5251


802-10 Ave. S250-344-5510

www.kickinghorsemovies.com

GOLDEN CINEMASaturday, April 26th 11:00 a.m.

The Metropolitan Opera

Cosi fan tutte: Live in HD

Apr.23- The met opera- Cosi Fan Tutte, showing-APR.26-11am


Bill Usher was given some inspiring words from legendary folk singer Pete See-ger, words he has taken to heart through-out his career in arts and culture.

Seeger told Usher, who spent a lot of time

interviewing famous artists while working on a book in the 1970s, that you don’t find community, you make community.

“It’s interesting how things that are just said to you in a moment as a young person and they just have an incredible weight to it,” Usher said. “You don’t realize how much weight they have until they keep come com-

ing back and whacking you upside the head throughout your life…your life is rewarded the more you give.”

Anyone who has attended one of Kicking Horse Culture’s shows would surely agree that Usher has played a big role in mak-ing this community what it is now, especial-ly when it comes to the arts, and Usher was

deservedly named the Presenter of the Year by the BC Touring Council at their annual awards on Apr. 5.

Usher was presented with the award at the Pacific Contact booking conference and trade show in Burnaby, and said being recognized in this way by his peers was both a wonderful experience and an honour.

“It’s really gratifying and pleasing…it was really sweet.”

This was the second year that Usher was among the final nominees for the award, and comes as decisions regarding the future of Kicking Horse Culture’s pub-lic funding are being made by the CSRD and Area A director Garry Habart. KHC’s contract with local government, totalling $120,000 in funding, is set to expire at the end of 2014. The Town has agreed to chip in its $60,000 if the CSRD agrees to do the same, but a decision from the CSRD has yet to be made.

According to Usher, Golden is a model community for the arts in B.C. and is seen as such by those in the industry. He hopes that the award will help the CSRD take further notice, but says that KHC’s online petition (now at over 800 signees) speaks for itself.

“The comments (from the petition) are profound,” he said. “(People) are all for it.”

Decisions regarding KHC could be made at a CSRD meeting in Salmon Arm later this month.

In the meantime, Usher is busy finalizing the Summer Kicks lineup. The first show is scheduled for June 18 and will feature Juno award winning folk musician Valdy.

“He epitomizes that west coast (musi-cian),” Usher said. “If he was young today he’s be a Jack Johnson, a surfer dude kind of thing.”

The rest of the Summer Kicks lineup will be released in early May and will include a special show to celebrate Canada Day festivities.

KHC’s Bill Usher takes Presenter of the Year honours

Bill Usher poses with his Presenter of the Year award alongside Ballet Kelowna’s artistic director David LeHay at Ballet Kelowna’s Civic Centre show on Apr. 11. Usher was given the award by the BC Touring Council at their annual awards show on Apr. 5. Photo Submitted

A Reel Review: Takedown provides insight into the life of GSP


Takedown: The DNA of GSP takes a look at Georges St-

Pierre, one of Canada’s finest athletic exports of the 21st century. It’s a familiar rags to riches tale that is told well by directors Kristian Manchester and Peter Svatek in this well done documentary.

St-Pierre, if you aren’t aware, competes in mixed mar-tial arts in the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). He grew up in Saint-Isidore, Quebec and was bullied and tormented frequently as a child. As a result, he started learning martial arts as a means to defend himself and fight back.

Eventually, GSP began training at a world renowned academy in New York City and began climbing the mixed martial arts ranks towards the UFC.

His UFC achievements include being a three time Welterweight Champion while owning a lifetime 25-2 record as a professional.

There’s no doubt that GSP’s story is a remarkable one, and one can’t help but wonder what his childhood tor-mentors think now that he has become a world cham-pion.

Manchester and Svatek use a mixture of interviews, UFC footage and re-enactments to capture GSP’s evolu-tion from a bullied student to a fighting machine. Some of the finest, most human scenes of the movie are the interactions between GSP and his parents, especially

when he sits down to dinner with his mom. The directors use a series of sequences involving wild

animals and wolves as a symbol of GSP’s struggle and rise to the top of his craft. For me, it seems very forced and a little unnecessary and lacks in creativity. It’s the only part of the movie that really doesn’t work.

The final fight sequence that shows GSP’s battle with rival Nick Diaz is edited flawlessly. The directors do an expert job in capturing all the emotion and drama of the fight and the sheer determination from both athletes. It’s a great ending to a really solid film.

Takedown probably won’t make you a UFC fan if you aren’t one already (it didn’t change anything for me) but it can be an enjoyable watch regardless of whether you care for the sport or not. In the end, this is a great story that is told extremely well. For that reason, I’ll give it 9 dancing hot dogs out of 10.

Takedown: The DNA of GSP is now available at Kicking Horse Movies.

Georges St-Pierre (left) had to overcome numer-ous obstacles in his career. Triplex Films

Star entertainment


CONGRATULATIONS! Winner of the Columbia Valley

Credit Union Mobile App Launch Draw was Dale Foster, shown here accepting his prize of an iPad Mini.

Congratulations Dale!

• Trash and treasures tables• Farmer’s Market tables• Any other vendor tables• $20 for a space• BBQ Burgers, drinks and chips • Pony rides (12-4) face painting, kids games, baseball

fi elds• Kids activities 2-3 pm• Hall information and membership table• Live entertainment • Duck race at 3 pmIf anyone would like to book a space or would like more infor-mation email Trina fl [email protected] or call 250-344-0495.

3rd Annual Parson CommunityMay 3rd, 2014 11am-4pm


Golden’s Robin Johnston is continu-ing her push toward the Miss Universe Can-ada beauty pageant and locals will have an excellent chance to help her on her way.

Online voting for the annual competi-tion opens on April 28 and the top vote get-ter will receive an auto-matic entry into the show’s top 20. You can vote up to four times a day and Johnston is hoping that the com-

munity will continue to rally around her as the pageant draws nearer.

It’s been a wild few months for the Miss Universe Canada hopeful as she gets ready to fly to Toron-to for the competition. Johnston’s biggest task relating to the compe-tition was to setup and host her own fund-raiser. She decided to host a fashion show in support of Operation Smile, which took place on Apr. 5 and included designers such as Beth Richards and Malika Couture.

The show was tre-mendously successful.

“It was good, it was a success,” Johnston said. “We raised a lot of money for Oper-ation Smile…it was just supposed to be for the pageant but it turned into this huge event and now every-one wants to do it next year.”

Johnston chose Operation Smile as the recipient for the fund-raiser. The charity pro-vides free surgeries to repair cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities for chil-

dren around the world. For her, it’s a charity that hits close to home.

“I had a sister that was born with a cleft pallet and cleft lip, and she died when she was a baby. It meant a lot for me and my family to raise money for those kids and their fam-ilies.”

It’s been a busy few months for her, but Johnston says it has been more than worth it in the end.

“It’s been one of the best experiences, I’ve just been loving it,” she said.

Johnston will travel to Toronto on May 16 in order to get ready for

the competition. The preliminaries will take place on May 22, with the field being reduced to just 20 for the final show on May 24.

Check out John-ston’s pageant profile and keep an eye out for the upcoming online vote at www.missuni-versecanada.ca.

Local continues path towards national pageant

Canadian Parents for French, GoldenSubmitted

Six students from Lady Grey Elementary School par-ticipated in the Concours d’art oratoire, a French lan-guage public speaking contest organized by the Golden Chapter of Canadian Parents for French (CPF) and held at The Centre for Peace last Monday. The students had received top marks for their speeches in their Grade 6 and 7 classes before advancing to the district competi-tion.

Congratulations to the winners: Madelaine Cail in Grade 6 spoke about all the good

things you can enjoy at the Canarval de Québec, the win-ter carnival – especially the food!

Claire Frazer in Grade 7 wove for us the tale of her amazing grandfather and his unusual life experiences.

Merci Beaucoup! A big thank you to the judges, Marie-Hélène LaBonté, Matt Coté and Sandra Thériault, who donated their time to carefully consider the many aspects of what makes a good speech.

All participants received Bacchus Book gift certificates provided by CPF Golden Chapter. CPF also offers a bur-sary for students to attend the provincial competition.

The winners are eligible to go on to compete in the Provincial Concours d’art oratoire held in May every year and hosted by Canadian Parents for French BC & Yukon Branch. This event offers hundreds of prizes to participants including university scholarships, trips to Ottawa, books, medals and merchandise.

Last year, more than 10,000 students in Grades 6 through 12 participated in the concours within com-munities throughout B.C. Almost 300 students pre-sented at the Provincial Concours, and of these, four were chosen to compete in the National Concours in Ottawa.

We are looking forward to the concours in Golden

next year when we hope to have participation from core French students, the high school, and students from other communities in the Columbia Valley. The con-cours is open to all students in grades six to twelve who

are learning French in any capacity. Bonne Chance Madelaine! Good luck to Madelaine

who will be travelling to Surrey in May to address the judges there!

LGES students performed well in French language contest

LGES students participated in a French language speaking contest last week. From left, Cydnee Glazier, Danika Keith, Maeve Wilson, Clare Frazer, Madelaine Cail, and Enzo Soret. Todd Keith Photo

Golden native Robin Johnston will fly to Toronto next month for the Miss Universe Canada pageant. Photo Submitted/Marie Snippa

Contact:Ruth Hamilton ManagerKicking Horse Chamber of Commerce250-344-7125 www.goldenchamber.bc.ca

Golden Curling Rink1412 9th Street South

2 DAYS ONLY! Friday, April 25 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 26 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• Over $2000 in door prizes• 50/50 Draws • Music & Demonstrations Every Hour• Free Community Breakfast by the Rotary Club of Golden Saturday from 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Fun for the whole family!

FREE Admission!

& Lifestyle SHOW

GOLDENApril 25 & 26, 2014

A Special Pullout Section sponsored by:

April 25 & 26, 2014 A Special Pullout Section sponsored by:






DA B

C 4G

Hor

iz 01

/14


1.855.333.7333 | xplornet.com


at...

816 9th St N, Golden BC 250-344-4688 www.goldenbeachcomber.com

Save on a new hot tub during our 10th Anniversary Celebration! April 23 - 30, 2014.

SAVE IN THE STORE• all Beachcomber chemicals, but 2 get 1 free (of equal or lesser value)

• Hot tub accessories 20% OFF• Napoleon Grills 20% OFF

Come and see our display at the Spring Home & Lifestyle Show at the Curling Rink, April 25 & 26!

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 The Golden Star A11 www.thegoldenstar.netspring home & lifestyle show

Free Community Pancake Breakfast sponsored by the

Columbia Basin Trust and prepared by the

Rotary.

SATURDAYThe Golden Fire

Department will be in the parking lot with

their ladder truck and their specialty

equipment!

SATURDAY

A12 www.thegoldenstar.net Wednesday, April 23, 2014 The Golden Star The Golden Star Wednesday, April 23, 2014 www.thegoldenstar.net A13spring home & lifestyle show

Spa Guard Hot Tub Chemicals in stock at

Kardash Plumbing & Heating

Stop by our show room for all of your hot tub needs!!

Show room location: 805 - 9th St. N. Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8-5

Spa Guard Hot Tub Chemicals in stock at

Kardash Plumbing & Heating

Stop by our show room for all of your hot tub needs!!

Show room location: 805 - 9th St. N. Hours of Operation: Mon-Fri 8-5

SHOW SPECIAL!Purchase SPA GUARD PRODUCTS and

receive a BalancePAK100 FREE (minimum $29.99 Purchase)

SEE OUR WORKING DISPLAY

FEATURING EUREKA ZUUM

CENTRAL VACUUMS!

FREE

STOP by our booth and meet your

NEW GRILLFRIEND

819 9th Street [email protected]

Your Vision. Our Craft.

Custom Cabinetry Re� nishing & Millwork

COME SEE OUR BOOTH AT THE SPRING

HOME & LIFESTYLE SHOW

love the

latestlooks?looks?

Then look to Mary Kay. You’ll � nd the latest on-trend colours coordinated for

you with easy-to-apply tips. Ask me how you can get the hottest looks

of the season... and always in style!

Come visit my booth at

this year’s Spring Home & Lifestyle Show!

Ellen HatlevikIndependent Sales Directorwww.marykay.ca/ehatlevik 250-344-4799

KicKing Horse embroideryPH. 250-272-2222

Susan LeiganOwner/Operator

Come see our new line of hunting apparel and clothing samples at the

Spring Home & Lifestyle Show.

Embroidery * Alterations * Seamstress Screen Printing * custom logo hats

[email protected]

Schedule of EventsAll wEEkEnd EntErtAinmEnt on StAgE

Friday 25th

2 p.m - tBA3 p.m - kootenay legends

4 p.m - michaela dunn 5 p.m - tony Bell

6 p.m - Zumba - nicki mac7 p.m - krista & the krybabies

Saturday 26th

10 a.m - tBA11 a.m - Zumba - nicki mac

12 p.m - tony Bell1 p.m - lil Jigeurs mechif

2 p.m - the Pickups3 p.m - Spring Fashion Show with...

Plain wayne & Janewholesale warehouse

Jungle roomBrent’s Board ShopSignature Clothing

Fun for the whole family!Free admission!

Transitioning to a low-carbon future...How to get from here to there?

HELLBENT GEOTHERMAL CAN HELP!

Check out our booth at the Spring Home &

Lifestyle Show!

NEW FOR 2014

Augered Rehau Helix Coils

Limnion Lake Heat Exchanger

HEATING & COOLING808 - 9t h Street N • 250 -34 4-5218

w w w.park ys.ca

•The MOST ef� cient stoves on the market

•Up to 24 hours burn time

•10 year combuster warranty

COME SEE US AT OUR BOOTH AT THE SPRING HOME & LIFESTYLE

SHOW! April 25 & 26.

9:30-11

A14 www.thegoldenstar.net Wednesday, April 23, 2014 The Golden Star spring home & lifestyle show

Superior Propane

Motor Tech Enterprises

EnTrancE doorS

Big Bend Cafe/Kicking Horse River Lodge ConcessionfirE ExiT

Wheel chair ramp KHc

chamber

FLOOR PLANIn the Lobby

ouTdoorBooTHS

Golden fire department

columbiaPool & Spa

Tripod & Grill

cVcu

Golden installations

Mary Kay

firE ExiTfirE ExiT

firE ExiT

Town of Golden

it’s Works! Global

Joel olson Lending Max

chambers Group insurance Plan Shannon Hood

rotary club of Golden/Golden Star

forever Lashes &Jamberry nails

Kat Hadford

cP rail

Mountain Motor Sports

Sarah Jane osadetz

Stage & Sitting area

Kicking Horse Embroidery

Little Mittens

Munay Holistic Life coaching/dancing Zebra construction

GKHaT

Golden Satellite

olson constructionSears Golden

Wholesale Warehouse

Mountainside Gardens

Golden Eco ranch

fifth avenue collection

cal Gas

Kardash Plumbing

Jungle roomScentsy J Jackson

Young Essentials oils

Sunlife Services Baljit rana

Balanced Bodyworks aqua Vitalis

naturopathicLil’ ripper Gripper

Hellbent Geothermal

Parky’s Heating & cooling

arbonne

Proud to be Your Community Newspaper since 1891

413 A 9th Ave NorthGolden B.C

Ph. 250-344-5251www.thegoldenstar.net

A15 www.thegoldenstar.net Wednesday, April 23, 2014 The Golden Star Star sports

Information & Registration Night Showcasing Local Not-for-Profit Organizations

Spring Recreation

Monday May 5th 5:30pm – 7:30pm @ Mount 7 Rec Plex

Spring Swimming

Lesson Registration

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Monday, May 5, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

Upstairs Arena Meeting Room

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS Volunteers do not necessarily have the time,

they have the heart -- Elizabeth Andrew. If you think you have heart nominations are being accepted for President, Vice-President, Registrar/Secretary, Treasurer, Risk Manager, Coach Coordinator, Chief Referee, Special Events Coordinator, Ice Manager. Please refer to the Help Section for Volunteers at www.goldenhockey.com for complete details and a list of other non-elected volunteer opportunities.

2014/2015 SEASON REGISTRATION Registration fees frozen for the second year in a row.

Forms and links at www.goldenhockey.com

Questions or concerns please call 344-8924

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Monday May 5th, 2014, 7:00 p.m.Upstairs Arena meeting room.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERSVolunteers do not necessarily have the time, they have

the heart - Elizabeth Andrew.If you think you have the heart, nominations are being accepted for President, Vice-President, Registrar/Secretary, Treasurer, Risk Manager, Coach Coordinator, Chief Referee, Special Events Coordinator, Ice manager. Please refer to the Help Section for Volunteers at www.goldenhockey.com for complete details and a list of other non elected volunteer opportunities.

2014/2015 SEASON REGISTRATION Registration fees frozen for the second year in a row.

Forms and links at www.goldenhockey.comQuestions or concerns please call 250-344-8924

Golden Junior Hockey AGM

April 29th 2014 Ramada Meeting Room

7 pm start time

Golden native Curtis McKenzie takes top AHL rookie awardJoel [email protected]

As a hockey player, anytime you put your name alongside the likes of Brett Hull and Terry Saw-chuk, you know you’re doing something right. Golden’s Curtis McKenzie has done plenty right in his first full pro season with the Texas Stars, and last week he was named the AHL’s 2013/2014 Rookie of the Year, an honour that was once bestowed on that pair of NHL Hall of Famers.

The award puts a cap on what has been a meteor-ic rise for local product. McKenzie played a sol-id two way game for the Miami RedHawks during his four years of college hockey but produced a modest 29 goals in 158 collegiate games. This year alone, McKenzie produced 26 goals to go along with 38 assists for a total of 64 points. That’s good enough for first among AHL rookies in scoring, and ninth overall.

McKenzie has played much of the season with Travis Morin and Colton Sceviour, a situation that he believes has helped his offensive numbers immensely.

“Playing on the best power play in the league has helped give me a lot of confidence,” McKen-zie said. “(Our line) all compliments each other really well. I just try and get (Morin and Scevious) pucks and that’s helped me produce a lot.”

McKenzie put an exclamation point on his regular season with a hat trick on Apr. 12, a feat he hasn’t achieved since junior.

“That was pretty cool. They weren’t the pretti-est goals, mostly hardworking goals and nothing

fancy, but that’s my game,” he said. Being around professional players this year has

been an eye-opening experience for McKenzie, who has been able to learn what it takes to make it as a professional hockey player.

“We’re an extremely hardworking team and I’ve developed some really good habits because of that,” he said.

Sceviour got called up to the NHL’s Dallas Stars partway through the season and produced a goal and an assist in the team’s opening playoff game last week. McKenzie will be looking to make that jump himself next season, although he knows it won’t come easy.

“I’ll have to have another good summer (of training) and then my goal next year is to make the big club,” he said.

Before his off-season training begins, how-ever, McKenzie will be a big part of what looks like it could be a very promising playoff run for the Texas Stars. The Stars have clinched the best record in the AHL with a 48-17-10 record and are looking to make a run towards the Calder Cup, the AHL’s championship trophy.

McKenzie got a taste of AHL playoff action dur-ing a brief stint late last season, but is looking for-ward to the team’s playoff run this year as an inte-gral part of the Stars’ attack.

“I’m really excited for the playoff push,” he said. “The intensity ramps up quite a bit and the play-ers work that much harder.”

The Stars will take on the Oklahoma City Bar-ons in the opening round of the AHL’s Calder Cup playoffs starting tonight (Apr. 23).

Curtis McKenzie put up 27 goals and 38 assists to take top rookie honours in the AHL. Christina Shapiro/Texas Stars

Shriners set to host annual golf tournament

Mountain Shrine Club #44Submitted

Since Mountain Shrine Club #44 formed in 1989, we have raised over $286,000 which has been distributed to

many worthwhile causes. The Gizeh “Care Cruiser” pro-gram has been the largest benefactor (these are the buses that transport kids and their families from all over B.C. to Shriners Hospitals

and Children’s Hos-pitals in B.C.). Other worthwhile causes have been the local hospital, Alberta Children’s Hospi-tal, BC Children’s Hospital, STARS Air Ambulance, as well as over $37,000

being distributed to local children in the Columbia Valley who need financial assistance for medic-al issues.

Last year, with your help, we raised over $26,000 through our charity golf tourna-ment and those of you who participat-ed will remember what a good time we had doing it. The date for our 2014 tournament is Sat-urday, May 10 at the Golden Golf and Country Club.

The enormous suc-cess of the tourna-ment has been due to the generous sup-port of both local businesses and like minded individuals.

We are seeking your support for this year’s tournament and of course, as in the past, all funds raised are disbursed back to local (Colum-

bia Valley) individ-uals or charities that are linked to helping sick children.

If you would like to sponsor a hole, or participate, please contact Mark Nagao at 250-344-8255.

Members of the Shrine Club stand outside the Golden Golf club during last year’s charity tournament. Star Photo


- Turning Back the Pages -By Colleen Palumbo

Golden Campus

April/May Course Listings

1305 - 9th Street S., Golden BC V0A 1H0 • Phone 250-344-5901 • email: [email protected] • www.cotr.bc.ca/Golden

Please register early to avoid disappointment!!

• email: [email protected] • www.cotr.bc.ca/Golden

Please register early to avoid disappointment!!Please register early to avoid disappointment!!

For more information call: 250-344-5901

OFA Level 1 April 26

OFA TE April 27

S-100 Basic Fire Suppression April 28 & 29

Writing Your Will May 1

Fall Protection May 3

S-100 Basic Fire Suppression May 9

Graduated Licensing May 9, 10, 23, 24

OFA Level 1 May 10

OFA TE May 11

Babysitter Safety May 12 to 15

OFA Level 3 May 26 to June 6

flyers. coupons. deals. savings tips.

Visit

AND SAVE!Browse flyers from your favourite national and local retailers

Featured Retailers


Visit


Featured Retailers


Visit


Featured Retailers


Visit


Featured Retailers


Visit


Featured Retailers

At our regular monthly meeting of the Historical Society in March I delivered a short presentation on an amazing photo of Golden taken in 1912.

And while we were going over the pic-ture, talking about the various build-

ings the history of the courthouse was brought up. Some of our members were not aware that there was an Old court-house before the present Old Court-house.

Here is some of the history of that build-ing.

The first govern-ment services build-ing in our district was built in Donald in 1884 and served a wide area, so large in fact, that it wasn`t long before a mod-ern building had to be erected to accom-modate the growing needs of the area. The building was finally finished in 1890.

The first Gold Com-missioner was a man named A.W. Vowell who became quite well known throughout this area as well as the rest of the province.

The courthouse stood in the main part of town near the library and icehouses on Beasley Avenue, giving it a very central location.

After the railroad made its decision to

move their headquar-ters to Revelstoke, some discussion took place about the buildings left behind and in 1899 it was decided to move the Donald Courthouse to Golden. This was carried out in the ear-ly part of 1900.

Unlike many of the buildings that were brought to Golden, the courthouse was partially dismantled, I believe because of its height. The sec-tions were taken to the railroad by a team of horses and placed on flat cards for the trip to town. Once it arrived in Golden it was simply moved across the street to take up residence close to the railway station.

The building was slowly going back together but had not yet reached the stage where the date the building was actual-ly built was to go up over the door, when a traveler passing through Golden hap-pened to notice the sate sign said 1890.

(The year was now 1900).

The man shook his head and remarked to his companion that he had been in some interesting wil-derness areas before but none that moved as slowly as Golden, which had taken nine years to erect a court-house.

Once re-erected in golden the offices were changed a bit, housing the court-room, judge and jury rooms on the upper floor with the offices of the Gold Commis-sioner on the lower floor.

The grounds were laid out with a profu-sion of flowers neat-ly cared for all along the walkways and the boardwalk that led to the main street.

Behind this first court building was the jail complex and it was often the respon-sibility of the inmates of the jail to care for the gardens. And as part of the sentencing the judge would always ask the sheriff if there was enough work to

keep the men busy in Golden.

They filled the fur-nace room in the basement of the courthouse with win-ter wood, and per-formed community service by chopping wood for widows and the elderly as well as shoveling snow.

Many important trials were held in the old courthouse including at least one murder trial and the fate of many was decided not only from inside the courtroom, but also from the office of the Gold Commissioner.

Mining recorder T.C. Lang built up a fine display of speci-mens taken from the district which, unfortunately, was in the old courthouse at the time of demoli-tion. Not only did his collection include rock and mineral specimens but also some ``interesting`` eggs.

It was decided in 1952 that the court-house had become too small for the

needs of the people of the district and notice was placed in the local papers alert-ing contractors that bids for a new court building would be taken. The tender from the firm of Gab-riel of Vernon was accepted on April 17, 1952 with his bit of $59,887.

While the old court building was being demolished to make for the new one, the court services were moved into moved into the offices in the upper floor of the Thompson Motors building and car-ried on services there until the new build-ing was ready.

Work on the new building went smoothly and the construction was finished in the ear-ly part of 1953. At that time the build-ing itself housed the Government Agent, Court Administrator, Sherriff, Conserva-tion Officer, Proba-tion Officer, Human Resources and Driver`s Examiner.

The Old, Old Government Court House in Golden is pictured above. This building was moved here from Donald in 1900 and served the area until 1952 when the new old courthouse was built. Photo courtesy of the Golden Museum

Old courthouse building moved from Donald to Golden in 1900

SESELKIRK ELECTRIC LTD.

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

All Your Electrical Needs

•Sales •Service •Construction •Maintenance •Renovations

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

Phone: (250) 344-8351

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

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

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

Golden Business Directory

Star business directory

GOLDEN JUNK

• Full Service Junk Removal• Dumpster Service• Deliveries

EDDIE LEIGAN250-272-JUNK (5865)

Owned & Operated by Leigan Enterprises Ltd.

Make your junk our problem!

Call for a free quote250-344-6410

Here for You, Here for tHe environment!

vac truck Services

Service is our business!

Residential & Industrial Vacuum Service•Hydrovac (Nondestructive Excavation)•WaterTankers•VacuumTrucks•Steam Cleaner/acid Cleaning•Flusher Truck•Oil Field Hauling•Portable Toilet Rentals•Septic Tank & Field Cleaning•GreaseTrapCleaning•Wellcleaning•

This Space

$25/week**with 12 week commitment

Call us at 344-5251.


www.dogtoothlogandtimber.com

Licensed Home Builder

Mike BurnsDOGTOOTH LOG & TIMBER PRODUCTS, GOLDEN, BC

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

1 . 2 5 0 . 3 4 1 . 6 0 7 5

TRUSSESENGINEERED FLOOR SYSTEMSPREFABRICATED WALL PANELS

LUMBER PACKAGES

M A R K @ D U S K B U I L D I N G S Y S T E M S . C O M

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

FROM INVERMERE

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

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

ContraCting Ltd.

Box 599, golden, BC. V0a 1H0

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

Sand, Gravel and Landscape Materials available

CONTACT: Ali Starchuk Phone: 250-344-5251

Email: [email protected]

� is Space

$25/week✳

✳with 12 week commitment

Get the word out about your business every week!

1-855-678-7833

RECRUITMENT Professionals Connecting Professionals

Looking for a Super Recruit?

Look No Further






DA B

C 4G

Hor

iz 01

/14


1.855.333.7333 | xplornet.com


High Speed Internet & TV Sales • Rentals • Installations • Service

Golden Satellite

250-344-3553 [email protected]

Nirmal Singh


Notice of Public Hearing Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1332, 2014 – Craft Brewery

What is proposed? The applicant is proposing to construct a craft brewery at 623 - 8th Ave North and thereby, Town of Golden Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1332, 2014 – Craft Brewery, proposes to add the Craft Brewery “use” to both the Mixed Use Commercial - C2 and the General Commercial - C3 zones in Town of Golden Zoning Bylaw No. 1294, 2011. “Craft Brewery” is defined as “a facility for the brewing, bottling and marketing of beers and ciders, which may include a tour reception area, a retail store, a lounge or a liquor primary establishment, a restaurant, and indoor or outdoor seating. The brewing and bottling area shall be limited to 1400m2.” How can I find out more? Background material may be viewed at the Town Hall from Tuesday, April 15 to Tuesday, April 29, 2014 from 8:30am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday except holidays. For more information contact: Phil Armstrong, Planning Tech at 250.344.2271 ext 236 or [email protected]. How can I give feedback?

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed zoning amendment bylaw and wishes to register an opinion may do so:

a) By forwarding written submissions for Council consideration (attention of the Manager of Legislative Services) by post (P.O. Box 350, Golden B.C V0A 1H0) or by email to [email protected] (only emails sent to this email address will form part of the Council Agenda). Any submissions must be received by 12:00 pm (noon) on April 23, 2014; and / or

b) By appearing before Council at the Public Hearing on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 1:15 PM at the Town Hall Council Chambers (810 9th Ave South).

Legal description LOT A, SECTIONS 12 AND 13, TOWNSHIP 27, RANGE 22, WEST OF THE 5TH MERIDIAN, KOOTENAY DISTRICT, PLAN EPP38527

Golden Star [email protected]

Kicking Horse Ford Sales is among an elite group of Ford and Lincoln dealerships to be rec-ognized with the 2013 President’s Diamond Club Award by Ford Motor Company of Canada, Lim-ited. The President’s Award, Ford of Canada’s highest dealership honour, is presented annually to those dealerships who demonstrate outstand-ing achievement in sales and customer satisfac-tion.

For 2013, Ford of Canada is recognizing Ford and Lincoln dealers across the country for provid-ing a superior customer experience in sales, ser-vice and overall dealership experience.

“Earning The President’s Award signifies our entire staff’s dedication to delivering superior customer satisfaction day in and day out,” says Kicking Horse Ford Sales Principal, Dan Maison-neuve. “I couldn’t be more proud to receive this recognition, especially since it comes from the people we value most – our customers. They’re the reason we are able to accept this award.”

Ford of Canada introduced The President’s Award in 2000. Dealers become eligible through excellence in dealership operations and excep-tional customer feedback through survey responses related to their sales and service satis-faction and overall dealership experience.

Kicking Horse Ford Sales has won the Presi-dent’s Award nine times and have received the prestigious Diamond Club three times.

“We are very proud of our staff for their out-standing customer service. Our service satisfac-tion scores ranked number one in B.C. which is a true reflecting of our dedicated staff,” says Masisonneuve.

Kicking Horse Ford receives 9th president’s award

Julian FantinoMinister of Veterans Affairs

A new poll released by the Vimy Foun-dation highlights the importance of engaging young Canadians to remem-ber the defining moments in our nation’s history.

The poll found, for example, that while the vast majority of us are aware of Canada’s brilliant military victory at Vimy Ridge, those numbers start to drop off with younger Canadians.

That’s why I want to commend Jo-Mary Crowchild-Fletcher of Golden for taking up the challenge to remember and honour the service and sacrifice of the 100,000 Canadians who captured the strategic ridge at Vimy over four days in April 1917.

Jo-Mary was among 21 students select-ed by the Vimy Foundation to trav-el to France this past week as part of its annual Vimy Pilgrimage Award. The Award includes a week-long tour of local battlefields and memorials as part of an educational program to raise awareness about Canada’s role in the First World War.

I had the pleasure of meeting Jo-Mary at our international ceremony at Vimy Ridge on April 9, which marked the 97th anniversary of the battle where the four divisions of the Canadian Corps fought side by side for the first time.

The victory is still viewed by many as Canada’s coming of age as a nation.

With students such as Jo-Mary Crow-

child-Fletcher proud to honour our past, we can be confident that future generations of Canadians will keep the

torch of Remembrance burning bright-ly.

Congratulations Jo-Mary.

Golden student travelled to France to honour Vimy Ridge vets

After the ceremony commemorating the 97th anniversary of the Battle of Arras at Vimy, France, Minister Julian Fantino was joined by Christopher Sweeney, president of the Vimy Foundation, guests, and the Canadian stu-dent winners of the 2014 Vimy Pilgrimage Award, including Golden’s Jo-Mary Crowchild-Fletcher. They unveiled a sign indicating the future site of the visitor education centre. Photo courtesy of Vincent Hughes

The Golden Star Wednesday, April 23, 2014 www.thegoldenstar.net A19Golden Star Wednesday, April 23, 2014 www.thegoldenstar.net A19

CAREER OPPORTUNITIESCACA

www.localwork.ca

Professionals Connecting Professionals

Where Employees

Meet Employers

DEGRAZIO, JosephAugust 21st, 1933 – December 5th, 2013

Joe passed away suddenly at home in Kelowna on December 5th, 2013 with his wife Molly close by. A Celebration

of Joe’s life will be held on Friday, April 25th, 2014 at 2:00 PM from the Chapel

of First Memorial Funeral Services, 1211 Sutherland Ave, Kelowna. Condolences

may be sent to the family by visiting www.mem.com, clicking on stories and typing in Joseph Degrazio. Arrangements entrusted

with First Memorial Funeral Services, Kelowna. 250-762-2299

Join us for a Celebration of Life Tea

for Avis Clifford. May 2nd, 2014 at two o’clock

in the Banquet Hall of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Baker WantedCompany: Dusevic Holdings Ltd. o/a

Golden Bakery & DeliLocation: 415 9th Avenue N, Golden, BC, V0A 1H0

Type of Employment: Full time - permanent Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible

Job Description:• All forms of bread and pastry baking.• Minor breakfast and lunch cooking.

Requirements:• Education: Completion of secondary school• Experience: If a candidate does not have at

least 3 years of experience as Baker a Post Secondary Certificate is required

Salary: $13.33 to $15.00 Hourly, 40.00 Hours per week.

Apply by e-mail to: [email protected]

Apply by mail to: Box 1455, 415 9th Avenue N, Golden, BC, V0A 1H0

Our semi-remote lodge, just 55kms West of Golden BC, borders Glacier National Park, so the ideal candidates would be active people who love the outdoor mountain lifestyle. With 23 hotel room and 2 luxury cabins, we host many Weddings, Heli-hikers and tourists. Our relaxed ne dining restaurant is open for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.We hire mainly for personality and work ethic. Serving experience is an asset but training will be given. Please apply by sending your resume to: [email protected]

Servers wanted Heather Mountain Lodge

Starting Mid Junethrough to Mid Sept.

Employment

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

Wanted: Class 1 Propane Haulers, Full-Time Monday

to Friday EmploymentLooking for an experienced

driver to cover Calgary, Golden, Castlegar,

Kamloops & Kelowna bulk propane loads

Monday – Friday.Previous bulk propane

hauling an asset but notnecessary. Ideal candidate

will be fl exible, safetyoriented and have strong

communication skills.Please contact Amy Enger

at: 403 723 9272or via email at:

[email protected] your resume and any

applicable trainingcertifi cates.

Help Wanted

Black Press has a very

unique opportunity for the right person.

We currently have an opening for a sales person to help us with our paid distribution newspapers across B.C. This position means getting out in the community and talking to subscribers about our newspapers and working to build stronger relationships with existing readers of our newspapers. It also includes finding new subscribers for our newspapers and helping introduce them our award winning host of community newspapers. This is not a year-around position and will run from March to October each year. We offer a spectacular compensation package and bonus incentives. Your own vehicle is required, but we cover all travel expenses. This is really a great opportunity for the right person. It is a different type of job, but definitely has different types of rewards. If you feel this position would be the perfect fit for you, then we would love to hear from you. Please email all enquiries to Michelle Bedford at [email protected].

Unique Opportunity

1 - Shop LabourerRequirements: Basic construction skills, minimum 1 year experience, good math

knowledge and work habits.1 - Carpenter

Requirements: 3rd or 4th year apprentice, minimum 5 years experience, good math

knowledge and work habits.Th ese are non-seasonal full time positions.

Hours are Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 pm.

Canadian Timberframes off ers competitive wages and a generous benefi ts package.

Please forward resumes via e-mail at [email protected]

or via fax at 250-348-2241. Attn: Walter Bramsleven, Projects and Logistics

Manager Box 1665, 2108 Hwy 95 South, Golden, B.C. V0A 1H0 Phone: 1-250-348-2231

Your Skills + Your Passion + Our Company = A Great ‘Plan’! We’re growing again, and looking for experienced personnel!

Help Wanted

In Memoriam

Announcements

In Memoriam

LECHNER, Edwin (Ed)Jan 21, 1943 - Feb 28, 2014

Died suddenly at home with his boots on. A popular horseman,mechanic, sports-man, and friend to everyone he met.Ed was predeceased by his father George, mother Susan, brother George, and his ex wife Carol. He is sur-vived by his wife Bonnie Taylor, his daughters Cheri Cooper & Tracy Lechner as well as his 4 grandchildren Natasha Cooper, Chelsea Cooper, Chantelle Campbell, and Cole Campbell. The family invites friends to a celebration of his life to be held at the farm on April 27th from noon til 4:00PM.

Obituaries

Announcements

InformationNew to town? Having a baby? Getting married? Call Ellen Hatlevik, your local Welcome Wagon Representative! 250-344-4799.

Travel

TravelCRIMINAL RECORD? PardonServices Canada. Established

1989. Confi dential, Fast, &Affordable. A+BBB Rating. RCMP Accredited. Employment & Travel Freedom. Free Consultation 1-8-

NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366)RemoveYourRecord.com

Employment

Business Opportunities

GET FREE vending machines. Can earn $100,000 + per year. All Cash-Retire in just 3 years. Protected Territories. Full de-tails call now 1-866-668-6629. Website: www.tcvend.com

Help WantedPonderosa Motor Inn

requires Front Desk Clerk & Housekeepers.

Positions avail. immediately. Exp. preferred, but will train.Apply in person with resume

1206 Trans Canada Hwy.

In Memoriam

Obituaries

Employment

Help WantedBolico Holdings Ltd.

o/a Tim Hortons1020 Trans Canada Hwy,

Golden, BC V0A 1H11421 Trans Canada Hwy,

Golden, BC V0A 1H2Food Counter Attendant

Full Time/Part Time/Shift WorkNights/Overnights/Early

Mornings/WeekendsSome high school education

$10.25/hr + Benefi ts(extended health/vision/dental)

Wage based on experience/availability

Apply via fax 250 439 1963 or In Person:

1421 Trans Canada Hwy, Golden, BC V0A 1H2

PT/FLEXIBLE hours, $11 per hour, 2 - 6 hours per month - merchandiser to service Hall-mark and other clients in Gold-en. Must have computer. We will train. Send resume to [email protected]

Employment Employment

Your community. Your classifi eds.

250.344.5251

fax 250.344.7344 email classifi [email protected]

AGREEMENT It is agreed by any Display orClassifi ed Advertiser requesting space that the liability of thepaper in the event of failure topublish an advertisement shallbe limited to the amount paid bythe advertiser for that portion ofthe advertising space occupiedby the incorrect item only, andthat there shall be no liability inany event beyond the amountpaid for such advertisement. Thepublisher shall not be liable forslight changes or typographi-cal errors that do not lessen thevalue of an advertisement.

bcclassifi ed.com cannot be re-sponsible for errors after the fi rst day of publication of any ad-vertisement. Notice of errors onthe fi rst day should immediatelybe called to the attention of theClassifi ed Department to be cor-rected for the following edition.

bcclassifi ed.com reserves theright to revise, edit, classify or re-ject any advertisment and to re-tain any answers directed to the bcclassifi ed.com Box Reply Ser-vice and to repay the customerthe sum paid for the advertis-ment and box rental.

DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION Advertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids thepublication of any advertisementwhich discriminates against anyperson because of race, religion,sex, color, nationality, ancestry orplace of origin, or age, unless thecondition is justifi ed by a bonafi de requirement for the workinvolved.

COPYRIGHT Copyright and/or properties sub-sist in all advertisements and inall other material appearing inthis edition of bcclassifi ed.com.Permission to reproduce whollyor in part and in any form what-soever, particularly by a pho-tographic or off set process in apublication must be obtained inwriting from the publisher. Any unauthorized reproduction willbe subject to recourse in law.

ON THE WEB:

INDEX IN BRIEFFAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTSTRAVEL

CHILDRENEMPLOYMENT

BUSINESS SERVICESPETS & LIVESTOCK

MERCHANDISE FOR SALEREAL ESTATE

RENTALSAUTOMOTIVE

MARINE

We’re on the net at www.bcclassifi ed.com

A20 www.thegoldenstar.net Wednesday, April 23, 2014 The Golden StarA20 www.thegoldenstar.net Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Golden Star

REQUEST FOR BIDS

The Royal Canadian Legion Golden Branch #122 is now accepting bids for the maintenance of the Legion Cemetery. Duties include:• mowing the grass• watering the grass, • generally keeping the cemetery clean

and tidy.Anyone bidding will have to have their own W.C.B coverage.Sealed bids may be:• Dropped off after 3:00 p.m. at the

Legion. 1011 S. 11th Avenue, Golden B.C.,

• Mailed to: Royal Canadian Legion, Attn: Secretary, P.O. Box 254 Golden, B.C. V0A 1H0.

• Emailed to [email protected] must be received by May 8 2014.

Does your club need a meeting place? Call 250-344-6214. Tuesdays - closed

Fridays - Meat Draw - 5:30Saturdays - Meat Draw - 5:30

All members and Bona Fide Guests Welcome

FAMILY LAW• Cohabitation Agreements • Divorces

• Family Law Litigation • Collaborative Family Law

• Separation Agreements • Mediation

Donald Kawano, QC2nd Floor, 6 - 10th Avenue S.Cranbrook, BC V1C 2M8Telephone: 250-426-8981Toll free: 1-866-426-8981Email: [email protected]

Glazier/Auto glass Technician neededWages are negotiable based on experience. Training available.

Valid BC driver license required.Email resume to

[email protected] ormail to Box 2567 Golden BC V0A 1H0

Employment

Help WantedBLACK JACK HOLDINGS LTD DBA DAIRY QUEEN GOLDEN

1409 Trans Canada Hwy, BLACK JACK HOLDINGS LTD DBA DAIRY QUEEN GOLDEN

1409 Trans Canada Hwy, Golden, BC V0A1H1Hiring 1 Food Service

Supervisor for Dairy QueenPermanent, Full Time, Shift, Overtime, Weekend, Day, Evening $13.00 Hourly,for 40.00 Hours per weekCompletion of high schoolExperience an assetSpecifi c Skills: Supervise and co-ordinate activities of staff who prepare and portion food.Establish work schedule.Estimate and order ingredients and supplies. Ensure food service and quality control.Maintain records of stock, repairs, sales and wastage.Prepare and submit reports.Supervise and check assem-bly of trays. Supervise and check delivery of food trolleys.Establish methods to meet work schedules. Train staff in job duties, sanitation and safety procedures.

Fax resume: 250-344-2220or [email protected]

Mr. Neal VanBeers

Full Time-Permanent Cook needed for 0769323 BC Ltd. o/s Legendz Diner located a

PO Box 676, 1405 Trans-Canada Highway, Golden, BC,

V0A 1H0 Start Date ASAPMain Duties include: Prepare and cook full course meals, Prepare and cool individual dishes and foods, Plan menus, Ensure quality of food and determine size of food proportions, Prepare dishes for customers with food allergies or intolerance’s, Inspect kitchens and food service areas, Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food, Order supplies and equipment, Supervise kitchen staff and helpers, Clean kitchen and work areas, wash dishesEducation: Completion of high school Experience: Minimum of 3 years of experience. If candidate does not have at least 3 years of experience as a cook, a post-secondary certifi cate is required. Salary: $11.50 to $13.50 Hourly, 40.00 Hours per week. Uniforms provided and staff meal program.

Apply by e-mail to: jobs. [email protected], mail (address above), or fax

to: 250-344-5075.

RIVER FLY FISHING GUIDEAVID FLY FISHER, JET AND DRIFT BOATS EXPERIENCE AN ASSET. REMOTE LODGE IN BC. EMAIL RESUME AND REFERENCES TO [email protected]

JanitorialLooking for part time cleaners. 15 hrs per week. Please call 250-344-0492.

Legal

Help Wanted

Employment

SalesSEEKING self-starters to join our team placing Point of Sale displays for mobile accesso-ries into retail stores. Consign-ment sale: retailer never pays until goods have sold. You get $70 for each placement and 14% of refi lls. Exp. selling into retail is good. You need a car. [email protected]

Trades, TechnicalATTENTION: Utility Tree Workers. Quad L Enterprises Ltd. is looking for Certifi ed Utility Arborists and Slasher Operators. Full time work. Email [email protected] or fax 780-532-1250

CONCRETE FINISHERS & Form Setters. Edmonton based company seeks experi-enced concrete fi nishers and form setters for work in Ed-monton and Northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommoda-tions provided for out of town work; Jobs@RaidersConcrete .com. Fax 780-444-9165.

Services

Financial ServicesDROWNING IN Debt? Cut debts more than 60% & debt free in half the time! Avoid bankruptcy! Free consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1-877-556-3500 BBB Rated A+GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

Legal Services

ElectricalAERIAL CONTRACTORS LTD. Power line systems built to BC Hydro standards. EC# 19806. 1-800-661-7622.

Legal

Help Wanted

Services

Misc Services

E&PWINDOW CLEANING

250-272-1194

Merchandise for Sale

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

Garage SalesGarage Sale! Sat. April 26th 1201 11th Ave South, 10-4pm.

Multi-family garage sale Sat. Apr.26, 9am-4pm rain or shine! 920 Canyon Creek Rd Nicholson.

Yard Sale (Riverpointe Apts lobby) 521 - 8th Ave N. Sat. Apr.26, 10-1. Golfi ng/camping, housewares & more!

Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,897 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT

STEEL BUILDINGS. Hot sav-ings - Spring sale! 20x24 $4,348. 25x24 $4,539. 30x30 $6,197. 32x36 $7,746. 40x46 $12,116. 47x72 $17,779. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel Call 1-800-668-5422 or online: www.pioneersteel.ca

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Misc. WantedCollectors Currently Buying:Coin Collections, Antiques,Native Art, Old Silver, Paint-ings, Jewellery etc. We Dealwith Estates 778-281-0030

Real Estate

Acreage for Sale11 & 1/2 acre parcel 10 mins south of Golden, east side of the Rockies, spectacular views! Drilled well, fl at building site, good access. Survey plan available. 1-250-769-4288.

Legal Notices

Real Estate

Houses For SaleSpectacular timber frame mtn. home near Golden. Check mls 2392392. Call

Glenn Pomeroy Maxwell Realty Invermere.

250-270-0666.

Recreational

Recreation Paradise Year Round!

Fishing, hiking, hunting, quadding, snowmobiling or just relaxation. Great access within 3 hours of the lower mainland, 40 km from Prince-ton and steps to Osprey Lake. 2 years new this 3 bedroom, 2 bath open concept chalet has it all & more. Includes a guest cabin with a bedroom, living/sitting area, kitchen & bathroom. New detached garage for storing the toys.

Call Adrienne (Royal Lepage Parkside Realty) at

250-809-6322 for a private viewing.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent2 bdrm w/ storage close to all amnts. Hydro, hot water and heat incld. Security entrance and laundry factls, sorry no parties or smoking indoors.$760/mnth 250-344-8113.

Twin Rivers - 1 & 2 Bdr apts. No parties, N/S. Laundry fa-cilities, security doors. Best deal in town!250-344-8113.

Apartment Furnished

1&2 bdr. furnished suites. Utilities included. Close to amenities. No pets, parties. DD. Internet available. 250-344-8429, or 344-0604.

FOR RENT:(1) and (2) bedroom all

inclusive fully furnished apart-ments. $675-$950 per month.

Visit our Website @www.goldenapartments.caCall or Text 250-344-1825

for more information orto arrange viewing.

Legal Notices

Rentals

Commercial/Industrial

GoldenCOMMERCIAL BUILDING

3100 sq. ft. of Retail Space

Located DOWNTOWNExcellent High Traffi c Area

Plenty of Parking250-344-6710

Cottages / Cabins1, 2, and 3 bdrms cabins/apts 5 mins from Golden furnished pet friendly $700-$850/mnth 250-272-4674.

Cabin for rent. Fully furnished studio cabin at Sander Lake campground. $550/mnt, utls incld, sat. tv, wifi , NS, $275 DD, small pets considered. Avail May 1. 250-344-6517, 250-344-1744, 250-272-1744.

Modular Homes$82,900.00 + GST 2 bdrm, 2 bath home delivered and set up. Only 2 lots available in KHV MHP. Call TARNOW HOMES 250-832-9500 or Kicking Horse Village MHP 250-344-6935

Trailer for rent/sale, rea-sonable price phone 344-5302 or 272-8979

Homes for Rent

Property Management Division

Alice Dahlberg, CPM250-344-2418 or

250-344-8581 (cell)

Each ofce is independently owned & operated.

Visit our website forcomplete rental listings

remaxgolden.com

FOR RENT

1 bdrm chalet furnished full kitchen, sat. tv, high speedinternet, utls incld, fi re place, NS, min. 6 months, avail. May 1st. $650/single $750/double. 250-344-7874 (evenings).

Rentals

Homes for Rent2 Bdr House for rent, across from Overwaitea, avail May 15. References required. No pets. No parties. NS. Please call 250-344-6200.

3 Bdr house (Av. May 1) 1116 12 St. Appliances incl., references required. No Pets,

No Parties. W/D.4 bdrm house in downtown Golden $950/month + utilities. Family preferred. Damage deposit & references required. 250-344-6710.Chalet 2 bdrm furnished W/D, FS, wood+elec. heat, sat. TV, attached carport, 2 mature people only. Avail. Apr.1. 250-344-5064.KHMR - 2 BDRM Executive Condo. Fully Furnished. ALL Inclusive. Avail. May-Nov/14. Amazing View! Many extras. 780-919-1648Large house for rent in quite neighbourhood backs onto green space has large lot and double attached garage. Pls call for further details 780-725-3355

Offi ce/RetailOffi ce Space for rent. Approx. 350 sq. ft. above Body Quest. Call 250-344-7876.

Rooms for RentRoom(s) in house. W/D,

cable, wireless internet. Two blocks from all amenities.

Call 250-290-0110.

StorageS TA S H YO U R S T U F F. C O M Storage spaces of different sizes starting at $40/month including heated units. 250-344-3104.

Suites, Lower2 bdr bsmnt suite avail May 1 bright spacious recntly reno’d big back yard washer incld non smoker pets consd long term prefd. 250-344-0316.

Suites, UpperImmaculate newly reno’d 2 bdrm suite for rent in town, NS, NP, no parties, large yard $850/mnt +utls. Free wifi /sat. tv. Avail May. 1, nice land-lords! Call 250-344-6879.

Townhouses4 BDR 2 bath Townhouse. Balcony & propane fi replace. Appliances incl. dishwasher. Family preferred. References & Damage Deposit. $1495/month plus utilities. Telephone 250-344-6710.

Rentals

Want to RentIn Upper Golden areas: Working person with great references seeks simple, inexpensive cab-in/place on private, wooded area, now or future.250-439-8225

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts

Auto Financing

Recreational/Sale2001 Jayco Quest 24’ 5th wheel trailer, excellent condn, call 344-7457 for details.

Boatswww.one4yacht.com

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 The Golden Star A21 www.thegoldenstar.net

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS

www.the goldenstar.net

Tell us what you're up to!

250 [email protected]

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERSYour Community Newspaper Since 1891Your Community Newspaper Since 1891

StarCROSSWORD

Golden Moments: Chaudhary has lifelong passion for cookingJoel [email protected]

Rafaqat Chaudhary was born in India and grew up in Pakistan, but found a home in Golden in 1976 and has lived here ever since.

Chaudhary was born in 1946, just a year before Pakistan and India gained independence from British rule and became separate countries. At the time, many Muslims, Chaudhary’s family included, moved to Pakistan, where Islam was more widely practiced.

Chaudhary has had a passion for cook-ing since she was just seven years old. Like most girls, she enjoyed playing with dolls and one day she, and her cousin, decided to host a wedding and a party for two of their dolls.

Chaudhary cooked some rice for the celebration, and her passion grew from there.

“(After that) my mom inspired me by telling me ‘oh you did so good, your rice was so tasty’,” Chaudhary said. “My dad was always encouraging me too.”

Chaudhary’s mom died at the age of 38. Chaudhary was just 13 at the time, but she still managed to learn plenty from her mother before she passed away.

“When she cooked anything I helped her and I learned from her. She taught me everything,” she said.

As the oldest of five siblings, Chaudhary was forced to grow up in a hurry after her mother’s death and take on added responsibility around the

house. One of the ways she helped her father the most was through cooking.

“I was the cook and I was in charge of everything,” she said.

Eventually, Chaudhary became a teacher in Pakistan and got married. Her husband’s brother had moved to Golden, and the couple decided to join him in Canada. At first, they weren’t sure if they would stay and thought they’d give Golden a shot on a trial basis. Also around that time, the couple started a family and eventually had three chil-dren.

In Golden, Chaudhary got an ESL teaching job at East Kootenay Commun-ity College (now the College of the Rock-ies). Later she worked for Homesport as a homemaker before taking a job at Durand Manor as a long-term care aid worker. She throughly enjoyed helping the senior citizens that lived at the facil-ity and spent 26 years there before she retired.

“It was a very good job, I really liked it,” Chaudhary said. “(I built) very close relationships with my patients.”

Through it all, however, cooking has remained one of her biggest passions and greatest joys in life. Since her retire-ment she has taught a few cooking class-es at the college, started a small catering business and wrote two cookbooks (with a third on the way shortly). Her favour-ite recipes include both eastern and western dishes. For information on both her cookbooks and catering business, Chaudhary can be reached at 250-344-

5438. Of course, Chaudhary and her hus-

band never did move back to Pak-istan and made Golden their perma-nent home. Their kids have grown up and moved away, but the couple has

remained. “I love this town because we are living

like a community and living like a big family,” she said. “All of my neighbours and all of my friends are always ready to help me.”

Rafaqat Chaudhary, known as Rafa to most of her friends, is seen here with a copy of one of her two cookbooks. Chaudhary has had a strong passion for cooking since her childhood. Joel Tansey/Star Photo


Golden Nordic ClubSubmitted

Biathlon, a sport which joins the bal-ance, co-ordination and aerobic effort of cross country skiing with the marksman-ship and breath con-trol of shooting, is making its commun-ity debut this coming winter thanks to the efforts of three of our cross country ski com-munity coaches.

Over the past sev-eral years there has been an interest from many locals, especially youth, to create a pro-gram here in Golden. Mitchell Harris, a for-mer race team athlete with the Golden Nor-dic Ski Club had such passion to take part in a Biathlon Program that he made the drive to Canmore once a week to learn the sport and train while con-tinuing to race for the Golden club.

“ I think it is a really good opportunity for young people in Gold-en to get outside and start cross country ski-

ing. I think that it may attract a lot of youth to it that may not have ever considered ski-ing before because it involves shooting,” said Mitchell, now at Lethbridge College.

Following on the heels of a community survey conducted in early March, the pro-gram was able to gar-ner an approval rating of 93 per cent.

“We are ecstat-ic!” said Troy Hud-son, the Youth Pro-grams Coordinator and Head Coach for the club. “To see this unique opportun-ity come available to the youth in our com-munity is overwhelm-ing, Biathlon will help bolster our youth pro-grams and draw in par-ticipants that may not necessarily come to our cross country pro-gram. The sport of Biathlon not only is fun but also provides great tools for main-taining mental health, is incredibly challen-ging and a great work-out to boot.”

The club is now

in the planning and development stages. “We have managed to secure seed funds from

the Nordic Club which we are using to lever-age additional money from community, regional and private funding sources. We have been very fortun-ate to attain 10 used air rifles for the program from West Coast Nor-dic Club, a develop-ment group from the Lower Mainland. The air rifles are used on a 10 meter range and will be utilized along side five laser rifles for younger participants”, said Hudson.

Vicky Wilson, a for-mer World Cup Biath-lete who raced for Great Britain, and resi-dent of Golden, has become a critical com-ponent in the develop-ment of the program offering technical shooting coaching.

“I am very excited to be involved in develop-ing the Biathlon pro-gram here in Golden, it a great opportun-ity for me to be able to use some of my experi-ence to help our ath-letes learn a great new sport in a safe and chal-lenging environment. Biathlon not only teaches athletes how to push their physical lim-its but it requires great mental discipline to be able to shoot accur-ately under physic-al and mental stress and just as important-ly it teaches a greater civil responsibility that

comes with the privil-ege of being respon-sible for using and looking after a biath-lon rifle.”

As spring turns to summer, construction plans are to create the range site and the pen-alty loop, a 150m loop that must be skied for every target missed in the range.

“Biathlon races range in distance from a ‘sprint race’ 7.5km to the individual race 15km”, Wilson said. “Typically in a sprint race you will ski three 2.5km loops after the first ski loop you shoot prone position (lying down) and after the second loop you shoot standing position. The shooting range is 50 metres long and the prone targets are about the diameter of a golf ball in size, the stand targets about the size of a saucer. Given that the average time a biathlete spends in the range shooting is approximately 15 seconds there is not much time to recover and if you miss any tar-gets you start to get very familiar with the 150m penalty loop they are building this summer.”

The program is aimed at children from 10-18 years of age but a Masters Program is in the works that will allow adults to become

part of the program. “While we are focus-

ing on youth partici-pation within the club we do not want to leave parents and adults out of the program.” Troy Hudson will be the Head Coach for the Biathlon and Cross Country Program next season. “We want to generate more inter-est in the sport of cross country skiing. Ski-ing is a life long par-ticipation sport and is among the best activ-ities for maintaining healthy bodies. Biath-lon will be another catalyst for generating more active adults and children.”

As the program is new and equipment is both expensive and hard to attain the club will have 15 rifles for the start of next sea-son. 10 air rifles to be used for participants 12 years and older (fol-lowing an interview process by the pro-gram coaches), and five laser rifles which are basically rifle shaped laser pointers that shoot a laser beam at an electronic target.

“The new laser rifles are an incredible tool for teaching youth the shooting skills and safety requirements of being on a biath-lon range. As they do not have a projectile they can be used in a residential setting for

training and demon-strations. We hope to be able to offer some community outreach programming with these rifles during the summer and early fall to create interest,” said Hudson.

With only 15 rifles the club will be cap-ping its youth program numbers at 25 for the 2014/15 season. The program will be avail-able to current club members primarily, fol-lowed by a registration night for the public once all current youth program members are provided the chance to join the program. The Adult Program will run separately, and will have a similar cap-acity for enrolment. The fee structure for the program is $300 for winter only members (from mid October to mid March) and $500 for the full season pro-gram which runs from June until mid March. Included in the fees are an individual member-ship with the GNSC for use of the ski trails dur-ing training sessions.

For more informa-tion, and to be added to the program wait-ing list please contact Hudson, at (250) 344-7489 or email him at [email protected] Registration for the year round pro-gram opens up mid May.

Vicky Wilson and her daughter Lucy Wilson participated in the Golden Nordic Club’s inaugural Biathlon Demo event. Photo Submitted

Golden Nordic Club launching biathlon program next season

Columbia Shuswap Regional District

ADHESIVES ■ ANTIFREEZE ■ MERCURY DEBRISPOOL CHEMICALS ■ WASTE FERTILIZER ■ GREASE

GROUT ■ CYANIDE ■ TAR ■ FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

■ Household Paints & Solvents ■ Pesticides & Herbicides ■ Residential Fluorescent Tubes■ Old Gasoline ■ Smoke alarms ■ Batteries■ Tires■ Small Appliances ■ Power Tools ■ Light Fixtures

Any household material that is toxic, corrosive, reactive or ignitable(excluding explosives and ammunition)

Further details at www.csrd.bc.caor call 250-833-5950

Columbia Shuswap Regional DistrictColumbia Shuswap Regional District

ADHESIVES ANTIFREEZE MERCURY DEBRIS

HAZARDOUS WASTE RECYCLING FAIRGolden

May 3 • 10 am to 3 pmIn the Parking Lot across from 7-11 Petrocan

781 Marine Park Dr. NE • PO Box 978 • Salmon Arm • V1E 4P1 250-832-8194 Toll Free 1-888-248-2773

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 The Golden Star A23 www.thegoldenstar.net

0426 RPGP RN Individualized Program Ad - Jan Zacharias - Size 10.33in Wide x 7in High CMYK - 02 Press Ready PDF

Edited and Formatted only by Gary Leung 2014 604 267 2113

BIZ A RRE

We are open Every Day 12-9pm824 10th Avenue South · Golden BC, 250 344 6633

May 1-5!!

ENTERTAINMENT

ToysMusicArcade Magazines

BooksInternet

CollectablesComicsMoviesGames Electronics

DVD Theatre

Presents

Bizarro DaysMay 1st - May 5th

Sale 5 - 30% DISCOUNT on all MERCHANDISE EACH DAY

4 Magic The Gathering Tournaments (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday)

Free Arcade Day(Friday)

Video Game Olympics with over $300 worth of Prizes (Saturday & Sunday)

Free Comic Book Day & Super Hero/Villain Costume Competition with Prizes

(Saturday)Free Heroclix Day + Free Heroclix Lessons

(Monday)

BUY SELL TRADERENT. ..

Preregistration is necessary for some events call 250-344-6633 or drop in Bizarre Entertainment

for more details and event times.


Geocaching, a popular treas-ure hunting game, has had a presence in Golden for some time now, but soon local Geo-cachers will have a chance to meet up as part of an organized event.

Geochaching uses GPS receiv-ers to direct individuals to the cache, a small waterproof con-tainer that holds a logbook, pen or pencil and some “treasure,” typically a small toy or gadg-et. When a container is found, a cacher signs the log book to indicate that they have found it and can leave a piece of “treas-ure” while taking one for them-selves.

Millions of people partici-pate in the fast-growing hobby and Golden and area has tons of caches of its own, includ-ing one located at the Golden Museum.

The museum’s director Col-leen Palumbo, an avid geocac-her herself, is helping to organ-ize an event that she hopes will bring the geocaching commun-ity together and help clean up our town as well.

The event, known as Cash-In-Trash-Out (CITO), will take place at 10 a.m. on Apr. 27 and will be happening worldwide.

Golden participants will meet

at Spirit Square and clean up lit-ter around the area and in Cen-tennial Park. CITO is seen as a good way for the cachers to show their appreciation for the natural environment.

“It’s also an opportunity for geocachers to get together and discuss new geocaches and things that they’ve found that are interesting,” Palumbo said.

Trash bags will be provided and prizes will be awarded for the largest piece of trash found and the most amount of trash found.

Interested geocachers and non-geocachers are welcome to join in the CITO event as well. For more information on the growing hobby, check out www.geocaching.com.

Golden hosts Cash-In-Trash-Out

Colleen Palumbo, director of the Golden Museum, is organizing an event to bring geocaching to the com-munity. Joel Tansey/Star Photo

THEGolden Classif ieds250-344-5251 [email protected]


RE/MAX of Golden 250-344-7663

remaxgolden.comMarlon Chambers

(250) 344-0735Bob Tegart

(250) 272-4321Dan Veselic

(250) 344-1435Flec Demmon

(250) 344-8451Garry Oddy

(250) 344-7234

RE/MAX of Golden 250-344-7663

remaxgolden.comMarlon Chambers

(250) 344-0735Bob Tegart

(250) 272-4321Dan Veselic

(250) 344-1435Flec Demmon

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

Garry Oddy(250) 344-7234

3411 Highway 95 South4 bedrooms 1 bath 2,385 sqft

$238,0001427 Adolph Johnson Road

3 bdrms 1 bath 1968sqft 3.86 acre

$419,900

602 Habart Road4 bdrms 2 baths 2,541sqft .52 acre

$299,9004905 Castledale Heights

3 bdrms 3 baths 2,500sqft 5.28 acres

$539,0004057 Highway #95, South

4bdrms 1 bath 2,480sqft 143 acres

$425,000714 Kostiuk Road

4bdrms 1.5 baths 2,880sqft 1.73 acres

$339,000

1402 Adolf Johnson Road9 bdrms 9 baths 5,929sqft 12.2 acres

$990,000#12, 2924 Kicking Horse Road

2 bedrooms 2 baths 1,050sqft

$198,900

#111, 1545 Kicking Horse Trail2 bedrooms 2 baths 905sqft

$239,9001596 Columbia Valley

1.871 acres

$205,000

1618 Purcell Woods Close3 bedrooms 3 baths 2,532sqft

$945,000

#15 Whitetooth Trail3 bedrooms 3 baths 1,624sqft

$620,000

RURAL ACREAGES

Lot 1, Holmes Deakin Road 2.4 acres $109,900Lot 1, Castledale Heights 4.94 acres $128,500Highway #95, South 3.74 acres $50,000Lot 1, Mitchell Road 2 acres $99,900Lot 3, 3495 Highway #95, South 36.33 acres $249,900Lot A, 3495 Highway #95, South 5.8 acres $179,000Lot 3, Forde Station Road 3 acres $99,900Lot 2, Golden Donald Upper Road 1.06 acres $59,9003362 Highway #95, South 30.27 acres $199,0001556 Adolph Johnson Road 5.73 acre $199,000Lot 13, Wellstead Road 40 acres $199,0001359 Black Bear Drive 2.4 acres $165,000Lot 2, 2116 Highway #95, South 2.72 acres $129,000576 Habart Road .4 acre $94,9002310 Campbell Road 19.87 acres $197,000Highway #95 South 40 acres $209,900

1735 Short Road4.94 acres

$129,900

#10, 411 - 5th Avenue3 bedrooms 2.5 baths 1,600 sqft

$289,900NEW#11, 1322 Kaufmann Way

2 bedrooms 1 bath 770sqft

$269,5002328 Homes Deakin Road

5 bdrms 2 baths 3,032 sqft 60 acres

$575,000NEW#203 - 1545 Kicking Horse Trail

2 bedrooms 2 baths 915sqft

$234,9002155 Mitchell Road


$569,000NEW

#105, 1420 Palliser Trail2 bedrooms 2 baths 986sqft

$289,9002045 Mitchell Road

24 Acres

$295,000NEW985 McBeath Road

40.52 Acres

$349,600NEW NEW

#410, 1545 Kicking Horse Trail3 bedrooms 3 baths 1,173sqft

$349,900

517 - 12th Street4 bedrooms 2 baths 2,436sqft

$338,300REDUCED2205 Holmes-Deakin Road

3bdrms 1 bath 1,244 sqft 1.29 acres

$189,0001613 Gareb Road


$325,000REDUCED

1742 Seward Frontage3 bdrms 1 bath 1,740 sqft 37.75 acres

$650,000

Canyon RidgeOnly 3 Lots Left

to $55,500 from $47,250

SOLD

#406, 1549 Kicking Horse Trail3 bedrooms 3 baths 1,248sqft

$375,0002039 Birchlands Road

3bdrms 1 bath 3,320sqft 3.6acres

$260,000

2036 Blaeberry School RoadHome and 3 Cabins 4.99 acres

$599,90002016 McMurdo Road


$479,000

1361 Pine Drive4 bedrooms 3 baths 2,532sqft

$449,900711 - 8th Street

4 bedrooms 2 baths 2,200 sqft

$224,000

606 -10th Street3 bedrooms 3 baths 1,480 sqft

$364,9001308 Pine Drive


$330,300

1510 Poplar Street3 Bedrooms 3 Baths 3,700sqft

$525,000NEW

golden star, april 23, 2014

Documents

xplornet communications

internet service

reliable highspeed internet

days of activation

year term commitment

money back2get

day money

special section