Trail Daily Times, December 31, 2015

October1 – A bear and her cub shot in Sunningdale

sparks outrage aimed at residents who continue to leave un-picked fruit and garbage as attractants.

3 – Trail earns a five-bloom rating and bronze title in the international category at the annual Communities in Bloom national symposium in

Kamloops. 5 – Elections Canada rescinds a number of voter

cards to Trail residents after incorrect information directed them to Warfield for advance polling.

6 – Over 200 people were at the Cominco Gym for an all-candidates federal election forum. Representatives were on hand to answer a variety of questions from the floor ranging from Bill C-51 to representation in such a large district with varied interests.

12 – A steady stream of voters made their way to

advance polling stations in Greater Trail and across the country. Veteran election workers reported a high advanced voter turnout.

Dive headfirst intowith Polar Bear Swim

Just thinking about plunging into the icy Columbia River this time of year can send a shiver down the most valiant spine.

But for over 30 years, hundreds of brave locals have taken the thought one step further and jumped headfirst into the freezing water to start the new year off with gusto.

For Shane Batch, dipping into the cold became an annual tradition de-cades ago following his inaugural Polar Bear Swim at the river shore in Trail.

“I remember the first time stand-ing on the beach,” says Batch, now a Warrant Officer and Squadron Sergeant Major with the 44 Engineer Squadron and 39CER (39 Combat Engineer Regiment).

He was geared up in fatigues and fighting order (helmet and webbing), but his mind was not so resolute.

“(I was) saying to myself, ‘Shane, what are you thinking?’” he recalled of that day in ‘98. “But being surrounded by 20 of my brothers in arms, I was in no position to back out and be labelled a coward,” Batch chuckled. “We went into the not quite freezing water and I can honestly say, I have never been so awake.

“From there on, I knew this was how I wanted to start every year.”

For the past few swims, Batch had

his number one fans in tow until they reach the water’s edge.

“I have two kids, who every year say they are going to do the swim, but they usually chicken out,” he laughed when speaking about his children, nine-year old Ethan and Kaitlyn, 6.

“They both claim they will be partic-ipating this year but who knows, when we actually get on the beach what they will decide,” Batch shared. “I didn’t have to do much talking for them to want to participate, they have been to the event every year to watch Daddy go in, so it’s only a matter of time for them to want to join in.”

The Trail military members have been organizing the Polar Bear Swim every Jan. 1 since 1988.

“It has been a tradition in Trail, and as a Squadron of 39CER, I don’t see that changing anytime soon,” says Batch. “It’s an event that our members enjoy participating in and we feel that it’s worth the added effort to make sure it gets better every year.”

The Polar Bear Swim begins at noon at Gyro beach, following registration which opens at 10 a.m. the day of the event.

There is no cost, but to be eligible for the prizes, each swimmer must be registered.

All participants are required to sign a letter of consent/waiver, and swimmers under 18 years must be accompanied by a legal guardian to sign the form.

A beach bonfire and hot beverages from the Gyro Park concession will be available to fight off the chill as well as heated change rooms open for use before and after the swim.

“Once you’ve tried it, you will want to do it again every year,” encourages Batch, though he notes the event isn’t just for those with the gumption to swim. “Even if you don’t want to go in,

there’s always people who need some-one to hold their stuff and take lots of pictures.”

Alcohol is not permitted, and Batch reminds swimmers to keep open con-tainers off the beach.

Signs will be posted at the entry points and the regional fire depart-ment will have their rescue boat out on the water.

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As the Trail Times reflects back on 2015, Rossland native Patrice Gordon’s remarkable story stands out. Gordon is the kind of person that gives hope that there are still good people in this world. The nurse prac-titioner’s selfless work led her to helping the Nepalese pick up life after a tremor devastated their country, months after fighting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Gordon’s heart still aches when she thinks about the needs changing, about the colder weather moving in on the people still living in make-shift shelters in Nepal. She gets choked up when she reads her red book and the notes made during her time in West Africa. She hasn’t forgotten the people though her focus is shifting with the rest of the country to millions of Syrian refugees displaced by violent conflict in their home country.

“The refugee situation has been building for years, but a tipping point was hit, and now everyone is talking and think-ing about it,” she said. “I’m in-credibly proud of how Canada is dealing with it; I know there certainly are naysayers out there, but I’m 100 per cent behind the movement of get-ting people here and helping them out.”

While the civil war has raged since 2011, 2015 saw an unprecedented exodus of Syrians, not just out of their home country, but out of the countries nearby. A photo of lifeless Alan Kurdi, 3, on the beach in Bodrum, Turkey, changed the refugee conversa-tion and the image hit even closer to home when it was discovered Kurdi had family in British Columbia.

The reality is at home we are so lucky to live mostly comfortable lives and only watch from afar or not at all if it doesn’t make mainstream news, said Gordon. But when a story feels closer, be it refu-gees coming into Canada or a deadly disease scare, the spot-light turns on.

Gordon lets herself laugh and cry as she revisits her little

red book given to her by the Spanish Red Cross in Madrid when she did her emergency relief training.

She has kept notes of her work overseas with Red Cross as an emergency response unit member fighting the Ebola ep-idemic in West Africa in 2014 and setting off on another four-week stint in earthquake-stricken Nepal in the summer of 2015.

Gordon is at home now for the holidays on Horn Lake in the Chilcotin area, where she finally finds time to revisit, pause and close the book on her work this year.

“I feel so removed from it in so many ways because I’m here living my wonderful idyl-lic life,” she said. “Yet, at the same time, I’m staying con-nected with those people there, following them through their triumphs and tragedies back in Sierra Leone.”

When the last case was dis-charged and the World Health Organization was reporting former “hot zones” Ebola-free this year it “sort of severed that connection to all those people that we’d lost,” she said. That

was when Gordon opened her notebook for the first time.

“I made myself a note: find Alpha a jacket.”

Alpha came into the Ebola treatment centre a 20-some-thing “cool dude” who was full of life. He was fit, healthy and strong and spent his good days spreading positive vibes to oth-ers. But when his symptoms progressed, his health began to deteriorate and he grew cold.

Gordon was quick to dig through mounds of donated clothing until she spotted a metallic jacket. She offered him the shimmery find over the quarantine zone and Alpha was so overjoyed with the gift he began to dance.

The jacket reminds Gordon of his simple pleasures but is also a chilling reminder of Alpha’s death. “I have the image of him lying there on his cot dead and wearing this jacket that he was so attached to.”

Gordon grows quiet think-ing about how Ebola took hold.

The infectious and fre-quently fatal disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, spreads through con-

tact with infected body flu-ids. The deadly outbreak in West Africa hit Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea the hard-est.

“When Ebola is present ev-erything else moves into the shadows,” said Gordon, or that’s at least how it was in the height of the epidemic.

The morgue was overflow-ing when Gordon took a post-mortem swab during one of her shifts. She remembers looking around and feeling hopeless. But just as she was accepting defeat, she was given new en-ergy when she saw how “pow-erful the human spirit” was in the treatment centre where staff and patients laughed, and the mood lightened. Gordon paused and refocused.

That’s often how much time she was given to get it together. The disease swept through vil-lages at an alarming rate and proved that no one was im-mune, killing otherwise young and healthy people.

“Whenever there was a new hot spot everybody would go, ‘Oh no, there has been 70 new cases in this village’ and it sort of almost bulldozed you over,” she said. “But then you charge in there with a whole bunch of educators, and you isolate the people who are in contact and you try to stop the chain of infection.”

Along the way it became clear that traditional burial practices were hindering pre-ventative measures. Relief workers were sensitive to the burial traditions, and began persuading communities to heed their advice and allow trained specialists to handle the bodies of victims.

“Nobody knows exactly what made the switch flip,” said Gordon, but good work by the Red Cross and other organizations finally showed results.

She returned on Christmas day in 2014 with cold symp-toms and spent some time in isolation before she was deemed clear of possible infection. The Interior Health employee was back to work delivering care to eight different health centres in First Nation’s communities in the Chilcotin area.

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Patrice Gordon’s smiling friend, Chupsi, is walking upright now after the Red Cross got him up on his feet with crutches and connected him with another organization to further support his recovery.

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Mexico surrounded by family.Born in Trail, BC on October 26,

1935. Survived by daughter Beverley, grandchildren Matias and Darian, sisters Arvena Dougan and Flora Knowles, brother-in-law Wally Duperon, many nieces and nephews and many friends.

Predeceased by her daughter Sheri (April 2015), husband Verne, sister Joy, brother Ardell and parents Ken and Bessie.

Cremation has taken place. We love you and we will miss you Ardys, rest in peace.

Please keep your sidewlaks clear this winterOur hardworking carriers thank you!But when disaster

struck in Nepal, a quake measuring 7.8 on April 25 followed by a power-ful 7.3 tremor on May 12, Gordon headed to Dunche, Nepal, to act as a team leader at a field hospital.

There was tragedy there, but there was also hope for the people dis-placed and in tent cities. The team made progress by reaching beyond their scope of practice with visits to pop-up commu-nities to investigate what the needs were and edu-cate the Nepalese on hy-giene and other valuable preventative measures. The group also connect-ed with sister organiza-tions, which provided further assistance to in-dividuals with specific needs.

There is joy in her voice as she remembers the friends she made, some she lost and others she still follows through medical correspondence.

When she comes home, the highs of her work are met with the lows. But she is lucky enough to sink back into her cozy home, process what she just experienced and heal. Gordon now awaits the emergency call to lend a hand with the refugee crisis. She owes it to her family, three adult boys, her partner Rob and her dogs, for patiently supporting her along the way.

“I very sincerely feel incredibly thankful that I have the skill to help in these situations, and that I have the training to go and work in an unusual setting,” she said.

She always finds her centre when she’s at home. Stepping outside into the wilderness and taking in the natural beauty is the best kind of therapy and leaves her rested and ready for her next mission.

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New Year’s resolution time for B.C. MLAsIt’s that time of year when many

of us consider making a few res-olutions for self-improvement. In the spirit of the season, it

only seems fitting to suggest five resolutions for the province’s MLAs.

Buy a thesaurusAn online search

in the B.C. govern-ment’s newsroom turned up 148 re-sults for “highly respected,” 361 for “strong economy” and a mind-bog-gling 1,610 for “world-class.”

B.C. is home to world-class infra-structure, world-class safety pro-tocols, destinations for world-class sporting events, world-class winer-ies, and a world-class isotopes re-search tunnel.

It’s as though there’s a control function on the keypads of govern-ment flacks for the term or a prize to see how many times it can be worked into a single news release.

Environment minister Mary Polak may have won in July, with a release that used world-class three times and world-leading once, pre-sumably for creativity’s sake.

Be more discerning in photo-op mates

In three years, Premier Christy Clark has had photo-ops with

Indonesian billionaire Sukanto Tanoto, former chairman and CEO of South Korean-based POSCO, Mr. Joon-Yang Chung, and Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak.

Tanoto is the wallet behind the Woodfibre LNG proposal in Squamish, POSCO has coal interests in B.C., and Petronas – majority share-holder in Pacific Northwest LNG – is owned by the Malysian government.

Either Clark has had a string of incredible bad luck or she’s going to devel-op a reputation for bring-ing it with her.

Shortly before meet-ing Clark, Tanoto was fined US$205million for evading taxes.

A few months after his meeting with Clark, POSCO’s chairman was fired after allegations he – and other former executives – operated a $9 million slush fund.

And Malaysia’s prime minister is under investigation over US$700 million that’s missing from a state-owned enterprise and mysteriously seems to be sitting in his personal bank account.

Can the mantra or live up to itIn 2011, Christy Clark promised

to run “the most open and transpar-ent government in Canada,” which is odd because she was part of Gordon Campbell’s administration who had

also promised to run “the most open and transparent government in Canada.”

In 2013, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil stood outside the legislative chamber and declared he would run “the most open and trans-parent government in the country.”

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne promised that hers would be “the most open and transparent govern-ment in Canada.” Luckily for Wynne, her predecessor – Dalton McGuinty – set the bar low.

Former Alberta premier Alison Redford promised she would run “the most open and transparent gov-ernment in Canada,” until her ex-pense claims got in the way.

Not to be outdone by mere co-lonial interlopers, British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to run “the most open and transpar-ent government in the world,” aptly illustrated by his government re-leasing 400 news releases on the day the Commons adjourned for its Christmas break.

Oh, minor grammatical point, only one government can be the most open and transparent at a time.

Work it out amongst yourselves, maybe odd numbered days for Ontario, even numbered for B.C.

Fall back on 19th century tech-nology for answering media ques-tions and embrace 21st century innovations for backups

For media inquiries face-to-face is best, otherwise try the telephone. It’s quaint, but it works.

Goes without saying, but delete the delete button and build a fire-wall to protect political staff from online threats like Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo.

Stop regurgitating talking-points ad nauseam

This from just one paragraph of a 2010 email by then-transportation minister Shirley Bond: “P3s have a proven track record of saving tax-payers money while being delivered on time and on budget.

There are six P3 projects operat-ing in B.C., all on time and on bud-get. Nineteen more projects are also scheduled to be delivered on time and on budget.”

From a 2015 letter to the editor by Partnerships BC CEO Amanda Farrell: “As taxpayers, we can all cel-ebrate that every project to date has been delivered fairly, on time and on budget.”

Probably not a wise idea to have signed your name to the letter when you were about to announce that one of those projects will be delayed for the second time, particularly when you’re the person in charge of it.

Five resolutions for the political class to ponder. Until then, Happy New Year.

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC.

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A posting on Facebook caught my attention last week. Printed

by the Deltura Repertory Company (whatever that is!), its title is “The Year is 1915 – Just One Hundred Years Ago”.

“The average life expec-tancy for men was 47 years,” begins a list of changes that have occurred in the last century.

“Fuel for cars was only sold in drug stores,” it con-tinues.

What really captured my imagination, though, were some economic and em-ployment statistics. I don’t know how accurate the data is, but it does provide food for thought.

“The average U.S. wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour,” it says. “The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year.”

A “competent accountant” would make about $2,000

annually, a dentist could earn about $2,500, a veteri-narian’s earnings would run from $1,500-$4,000 per year and a mechanical engineer’s wage could reach $5,000 yearly.

So, according to the in-formation provided, an ac-countant made about five times more than an aver-age (presumably unskilled) worker, a dentist about six times more, a vet up to 10 times more and an engineer could count on a multiplier of 12 or more.

How, I wondered, does that equate to today’s work-force? If an “average” full-time employee in B.C. earns just over $1,000 weekly (ac-cording to welcomebc.ca) or about $50,000 annually, an accountant would have to earn at least $250,000 to maintain the spread from a hundred years ago. The dentist would earn about $300,000, the vet at least a half-million and the engi-

neer’s annual income would exceed $600,000.

In some cases, the trans-lation to modern day earn-ings doesn’t seem too far out of whack. But consider that a minimum wage (typically unskilled) employee only grosses about $20,000 when working full-time. That’s only about 40 per cent of average.

Still, though, the general picture remains similar. But things get more interesting when changes in prices are considered. The “average worker” salary has increased

by a factor of more than 100, but the price of sugar, four cents a pound in 1915, has risen by about 35 times.

Eggs were 14 cents a dozen, or about one 35th of what I pay for local eggs in the grocery store. At 15 cents a pound, coffee looks like a steal compared to to-day’s 10 bucks or more a pound, about 70 times more.

I had to venture further afield to get some other comparisons. Steak, in 1915, ran about 25 cents a pound and that price has risen by about 40 times. Milk was nine cents a quart, or maybe a 12th of what we pay today. Overall, 15 cents worth of food in 1915 now costs about $3.50, an increase fac-tor of 23.

A century ago, the price of gas in California was about 12 cents a gallon. The recent drops at the pumps have brought today’s price down to around $2 US, or 25 times more. Of course, a

few years ago the factor was closer to 50.

Going to a movie costs about 100 times more than it did 100 years ago, but the price of shoes has only gone up by about 30 times.

Looking at the big pic-ture, prices really aren’t that much different, com-pared to 100 years ago. But are we better off? Probably not much, if at all, because of the consumer choices we now have. Most of us have monthly costs for telephone, television and Internet, in addition to the expense of purchasing technology.

Personally, given the choice between living in a cheaper, less expensive world, I wouldn’t take it. I like living in an age that brings information and en-tertainment to my fingertips and I am fully aware that work took a much greater physical toll a century ago. We live longer and by most

measures we are healthier, too. But it is interesting to think that 100 years ago, the five leading causes of death were pneumonia and influenza, tuberculosis, di-arrhea, heart disease and stroke. Today cancer and heart disease are the big killers, the flu and pneu-monia are generally minor illnesses, tuberculosis is a memory. and when did you last hear of diarrhea as a cause of death?

My favourite quirky bit of info in the Deltura docu-ment? “Marijuana, heroin and morphine were all available over the counter at drugstores. Back then, pharmacists said, ‘Heroine clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, reg-ulates the stomach, bowels and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health!’ ”

Who knew?Lorne Eckersley is the

publisher of the Creston Valley Advance.

‘The Year is 1915 – Just One Hundred Years Ago’

LORNE ECKERSLEY

This is the Life

Be still my heart. There may be a budding bro-mance between Justin Trudeau and Barack

Obama.During their first

formal meeting in the Philippines, the two leaders ap-peared relaxed and friendly, brushing aside differences over the Keystone XL pipeline and Canada’s stated intention to with-draw CF-18’s from a combat role in the fight against ISIS.

During that meeting, Obama warmly referred to the newly-elected Trudeau as “Justin.” It resonated as a natural and un-forced appellation - in stark con-trast to the rather cringe wor-thy time when former President George W. Bush called then Prime Minster Harper, “Steve.”

Now comes word that “Justin” will have a White House state dinner in his honor sometime early in 2016. The last such time a dinner was given for a Canadian prime minister was for Jean Chretien in 1997 when Bill Clinton was in office.

That the two would find com-mon ground and form a mu-tual admiration is not surpris-ing. Both men ascended to the

highest office in their respective countries at a rela-tively young age - Trudeau at 43 and Obama at 47. Both ran campaigns that promised a reversal of poli-cies and practices of their prede-cessors. Trudeau echoed Obama’s

2008 call for “Hope and Change” with his pledge to Canadians of “Real Change.”

In both cases, those were not just empty and opportunistic words conceived as a snappy campaign slogan. They were an attempt to tap into a perceived genuine feeling in each coun-try that previous leadership had failed in reflecting or realizing core values that a good portion of the electorate held.

Both men likewise faced questions about their readi-ness to lead. Obama sought the Democratic party nomination having not yet served one full term in the Senate.

In Canada, the Conservatives were more dismissive than relent-less in their attacks on Trudeau’s lack of experience - claiming that Justin was “Just Not Ready.”

In many ways, the president and the prime minister have, in theory, reason to envy the other.

Both countries are democra-cies but that democracy is mani-fested in very different ways.

On the surface, the two lead-ers seem to be of one mind when it comes to the importance of fighting climate change, the ne-cessity and obligation of wel-coming Syrian refugees and an overall general philosophy that includes nods towards substan-tive criminal justice reform.

Alas, whatever their common outlooks and political styles, the bromance is destined to be short-lived as Obama will leave office in just over one year.

But, fleeting as it may be, here’s hoping that the coming state dinner is scheduled for mid-February.

After all, on Valentine’s Day, it’s best to be with a kindred spirit.

Troy Media columnist Gavin MacFadyen is a lawyer and free-lance writer living in New York State.

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The Trail Times delivers its final instalment of Sports Year in Review as we look back at the months of October to December, 2015.October1 – Rossland skijorer Dana Luck competes at the 2015 World Skijoring championship in Bristol, Quebec. 7 – The Kootenay Savings Super League is restored to a full eight teams and begins its season at the Trail Curling Club. - Selkirk College Saints forward Dallas Calvin scores a hat trick in his first BCIHL game in a 5-3 win over the Trinity Western University Spartans, and the former Trail Smoke Eater is named Player of the Week.8 – Greater Trail Minor Hockey Association threatens to fold Midget teams if volunteer coaches don’t step up behind the bench. 9 – For the first time in their hockey lives Montrose twins Kellen and Connor Jones begin the season on different teams. Both signed with the New York Islanders ECHL affiliate Missouri Mavericks but Connor cracked the Islanders AHL affiliate Bridgeport Sound Tigers’ line up prior to the season start. 14 – The iconic 1939 Trail Smoke Eater jersey is featured prominently on the front page of The Hockey News as part of its Top 100 Jersey Issue. - The Trail Smoke Eaters welcome a former player back into the fold, as the team hires Curtis Toneff as assistant coach following the departure of Ryan Donald, who left to accept an offer to coach his alumni NCAA team, the Yale Bulldogs.21 – The Vancouver Whitecaps Prospects Academy direc-tor and head coach Bart Choufour holds a series of soccer camps across the Kootenays including one at Kootenay-Columbia Learning Centre gym in East Trail. 28 – Trail native Theresa Hanson becomes the first female Athletic Director at Simon Fraser University. 29 – The Beaver Valley Chito-Ryu Karate Club welcomed Kyoshi Sensei Chris Taneda to their dojo at he Fruitvale Memorial Hall. The head of Chito-Ryu style in Canada is a seventh degree black belt and seven-time National Kumite champion. November1 - Selkirk College Saint forward Ryan Edwards receives PoW in BCIHL for netting 10 points in two games. 4 – The J. L. Crowe Hawks senior boys soccer team just missed a berth into the provincials falling to David Thompson Secondary from Invermere 2-0 in the AA provincial soccer qualifying tournament. The game also marked the end of coach Neil Moon’s long-time tenure as coach, as the Fruitvale native relocated to Edmonton to pursue a job opportunity.

From top: The Trail Smoke Eaters are off to there best start in five years, while Trevor Johnson captains his team to the Coppa Italia. Rossland’s Remi Drolet comes close to making Youth Olympic Games, and Sadie Joyce earns a BC Athletics award.

Trail Times wraps up Sports Year in Review

SUBMIT TEDThe ‘Sno Fun Run will go again this

year with another challenge to ring in the New Year with a run up the Old Cascade Highway.

The run starts at noon on Jan. 1 at the Rossland Museum parking lot and is free to participate. Organizers recommend sensible attire, fit for the elements, and invites everyone to re-hydrate at the Rock Cut following the run.

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BY TIMES STAFFThe Beaver Valley Nitehawks and

Castlegar Rebels put on a show for a packed house at the Hawks Nest on Tuesday.

Despite playing to a 1-1 draw, the game was a heart-stopping back and forth affair with big hits, stellar offensive plays, stingy defence, and phenomenal goaltending.

B.V. goalie Tallon Kramer and Rebels netminder Logan Sawka stopped 80 shots between them to garner player of the game for each

team. Kramer was particularly good in

the second period. After Mike Bhatoa put the Rebels up 1-0 three minutes into the middle frame, Kramer was spectacular the rest of the way, repel-ling a Rebels attack that outshot the Hawks 14-7 in the period.

Tyler Ghiradosi evened the score at the 14:35 mark of the third, tak-ing a pass from Ryan Terpsma and making a slick move to the backhand to beat Sawka high. But the Rebel goalie responded stymieing a relent-

less Hawks attack time and again, through the remainder of the game and two overtime periods, high-lighted by a breakaway save from Kramer in the dying seconds, after Sawka robbed Braden Fuller and Jace Weegar on a 2-on-1.

Tallon stopped 37 shots on the night and Sawka 43 including 10 in the 4-on-4 and 3-on-3 OT periods.

The Nitehawks played the Nelson Leafs on Wednesday night but scores from the game were unavailable at press time.

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“Now when they [the Magi] had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Rise, take the child and his mother, and � ee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him’” (Matthew 2:13).We are now in the beautiful Christmas Octave, the time when our hearts are in Bethlehem with the Holy Family at the birth of the Savior of the world, Christ the Lord, lying in a manger. Magi come from the East to fall down before the newborn King of the Jews and worship him, for they had seen his star in the East.Jews, ever since the deportation of the northern tribes by Assyria and the tribe of Judah by Babylon, had lived in Diaspora among the peoples of the East (in Assyria, Babylonia, and Persia). And the general beliefs of these Jews were well known by these pagan peoples. At the time of Christ, it was known, certainly by the wise men and Magi of the East, that the Jews were expecting the imminent birth of the Messiah who would be a great Savior-King from David’s royal house.Magi, according to the Greek historian Herodotus, were a powerful priestly caste of Persia, closely allied with the Persian kings, and were astrologers. Babylon was also � lled with Magi who interpreted the king’s dreams, according to the book of Daniel.At the time of the birth of Christ, a star appeared in the East, arranged by God in his providence, which certain Magi interpreted as a sign that the Jewish King-Messiah had just been born. They longed to see him with their own eyes, pay him homage, and give him royal gifts. So they set out for Jerusalem, the Jewish capital. Matthew does not say that the star went before them or led them there. They simply followed the normal caravan route to get to the land and capital of the Jews, where they supposed the newborn King of the Jews, the Jewish Savior-Messiah, would be.When they arrived, they asked everyone they met where the newborn King of the Jews was, explaining that they had seen his star in the East and have come to worship him. Word of these strange foreigners and their strange question reached King Herod, who, fearing a pretender to his throne, decided to kill him. So he asked the priests and scribes where the Messiah was to be born, and they told him in Bethlehem, according to the prophet Micah (5:1-3). So Herod called in the Magi secretly to question them about the exact time when they saw the star, and told them that they would � nd the newborn King

in Bethlehem. Herod wanted them to � nd the child for him and then come back and tell him where he was so that he could kill him. So he told them that he too wanted to go and worship him, so they should be sure to report back to him when they have found the child and tell him where he is.So the Magi started out on the short six mile trip from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, and as they went, “lo, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy; and going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh” (Matthew 2:9-11).No natural star can move like this, go before the Magi, and then stop moving and stand still over a house, clearly pointing it out. This was obviously a miraculous star, provided by God for this special occasion. But after worshipping the child, they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, so they went back home without passing through Jerusalem.Herod’s plan to � nd and kill the child failed. He had no idea where the child was. So, angry because the Magi did not keep their promise to return to him, the only way he could kill the child was to kill all the male children in Bethlehem two years of age and under, according to the time when the Magi said they had seen the star, an act very much in character for Herod who killed his wife, children, and many of his other close relatives out of fear that they were plotting against him for his throne.Meanwhile, though, unbeknownst to Herod, the one child that he was seeking was not there, but had escaped to Egypt, for an angel had warned Joseph in a dream to � ee to Egypt, telling him, “Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him” (Matthew 2:13).Today we are also reminded that Christ suffered, even from his birth, and so we see foreshadowed the mystery of his cross that forgives, redeems, justi� es, saves, and sancti� es us, when we put our faith in him, as our � rst reading today tells us: “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin ... If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness ... And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world” (1 John 1:7, 9; 2:2 NKJV).Christ propitiates God or renders him propitious or favorable toward us, despite our sins and unworthiness, by making just reparation for our sins, as the incarnate Son of God, by his suffering and death for them on the cross. The result is that, through our faith in him, we are justly forgiven and made resplendent before God in righteousness and holiness.© Copyright 2007-2009 Rev. Steven Scherrerwww.DailyBiblicalSermons.com

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TORONTO - For a second year in a row, Canadian fitness experts are touting functional fit-ness and high-intensity interval training as top workout trends.

Functional fitness, which was second in Canfitpro’s annual trends survey last year and No. 1 this year, involves exercises that work multiple muscle groups and mimic activi-ties like shovelling snow or carrying groceries.

“Typically, a good func-tional training drill would show evidence of strength, training and balance all in the one exercise, and cre-ating muscle tension or tone throughout the whole body,” said Twist Conditioning founder Peter Twist, a former strength and conditioning coach for the Vancouver Canucks.

High-intensity interval training (HIIT), which was last year’s top trend pick, is characterized by intense bursts of exercise followed by short rest periods. Some experts believe HIIT is a more efficient form of exer-cise that can minimize time spent at the gym.

“Depending on what format you take, it can take you about four minutes after you’ve warmed up to be able to get a very good response from your cardio-respiratory system and get many - if not all - of the same benefits as you would from doing a longer lower-intensity workout,” said Rod Macdonald, vice-president of Canfitpro, whose organization represents fitness professionals, health club operators and indus-try suppliers.

Adding in compound exercises - those that involve more than one muscle group - can also be of benefit, said Macdonald.

“You’re actually going to be incorporating a lot in one single movement. And compounding those exercises can be really powerful in making the most of your time,” he said.

For those looking to lose weight in the new year, exercise alone is not enough, Macdonald said.

“If you’re eating too much, it’s very hard to do enough exercise to work it off,” he said.

“The average chocolate bar has about 300 to 350 calories in it. The average person will maybe burn that many calories if they did 45 minutes on a treadmill.

“Even if they can get through that 350 calories of that chocolate bar, they haven’t done anything to lose that additional weight - and it’s not just a chocolate bar they’re eating that day. Healthy eating programs are critical to ... complement the exercise to ensure that they’re getting the best result.”

South of the border, the American College of Sports Medicine ranked wearable technology as its No. 1 trend, including use of gadgets like fitness trackers, smart watches, heart-rate monitors and GPS tracking devices. Body weight training - involving ex-ercises such as pushups and pullups - ranked second, and HIIT rounded out the top three.

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Dear Annie: I can’t believe your response to the letter from “Between a Golf Ball and a Hard Place,” saying that golf balls shouldn’t be cleaned in the kitchen sink.

We routinely wash fruits and vegetables in the kitchen sink, and they have dirt and chemicals on them. Fighting over which sink to wash them in is like fighting over which way to hang the toilet paper. Get over it! -- EMT

Dear EMT: We were surprised at the volume of mail this letter elic-ited. A lot of golfers must read our column. (And let’s not get into the toilet paper.) Here are a few more comments:

From I’m Not Fooled: I’ve played golf for 50 years and every-one uses the ball washers at each tee or wets a towel and wipes them. Unless a ball is lost or damaged, golfers play with one ball for 18 holes. How hard is it to wash one ball at the end of a round?

Practical Guy: I fail to see the

problem. Cabbage and potatoes are exposed to the same environ-ment as golf balls, and I am sure the wife has no problem wash-ing those things in the kitchen sink. The prob-lem seems more territo-rial than practical. My wife and I both wash paintbrushes and scrub buckets in the kitchen sink. On many occa-sions, I’ve washed dog poop from the soles of our shoes in that sink. Just clean the sink when you’re done, and forget about it.

D: Please tell that Golf (goof) Ball never to wash those disgusting things in the kitchen sink. When he washes the car, he can have an extra pail with hot water, soap and maybe a little bleach and throw in the balls. By the time he’s finished with his car, those balls will be pret-ty clean. His wife should give him information on E. coli and show pictures of necrotizing fasciitis. I

would disinfect the kitchen and tell him I’d never make him another meal unless this stops. (He should take off his shoes before entering

the house, too.) The Villages: There

should not be a big issue with cleaning golf balls. Take a wet towel and clean them after you play.

California: We put a lot of stuff in our kitch-en sink that is disgust-ing, but nobody thinks twice about it -- mostly

fruits and vegetables from our gar-den that are covered in dirt and fertilizer. We simply clean the sink thoroughly with bleach and that’s the end of it. I think she doesn’t want her husband to play golf.

S. Spring: As a health educa-tor and a pesticide reform activist since the ‘80s, it is unfortunate that some folks are still not aware of the toxicity of pesticides that are used on nearly all American

golf courses. Golf balls are con-taminated from contact with pes-ticides on the grass, and most certainly ought not be washed at home, except in a designated pail. Shoes and gloves used for golfing would best never be taken inside the home, and instead left in the

garage or a golf locker. Pesticides are designed to adhere to sur-faces, even during rain, and are highly toxic. Their half-lives are decades long. An online search of “pesticide and golf course” will give your readers some education. Thank you.

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13 – Trail council opts for a change of pace for the 2016 Silver City Days. The city signs a three-year deal with Shooting Star Amusements to op-erate midway rides begin-ning in 2016. That breaks a decades-long tradi-tion of using West Coast Amusements.

14 – The initial step towards the new pedes-trian/pipe bridge began with a ground-breaking ceremony at Rotary Park.

16 – The second an-nual Coins for Change event, which encour-ages participants to sleep under the bridge to ex-perience one night of homelessness, raises over $10,000 in the Greater Trail area.

19 – NDP candi-date Richard Cannings is elected as the fed-eral MP for the newly-formed South Okanagan-West Kootenay riding. Cannings garnered over 24,000 votes, 5,000 more than runner-up Marshall Neufeld of the Conservative Party. Despite a cross-Canada wave that elected a Liberal majority government,

SOWK Liberal candidate Connie Denesiuk fin-ished third with 18,000 votes.

26 – A meeting to dis-cuss a proposal to limit motorized entry into the Pend D’Oreille valley at-tracts a full house at the Muriel Griffiths Room in the Charles Bailey Theatre. While the meet-ing was held to highlight changes to road access, the attendees focused on the need for other solu-tions to protect wildlife

and habitat.26 – School District 20

(SD20) officially confirms it has sold the Blueberry Creek Community School to the local society for $1. Part of the deal al-lows the district the right to repurchase the build-ing and land for the same price should the society put it on the market.

*****November2 – Less than a year

after he was elected, Montrose councillor

Mark Reid resigns from council. Two candidates step forward during the nomination period for a by-election to be held in January.

5 – Rossland and Trail announce that they have failed to reach a recreation agreement. Rossland cites financial constraints due to other pressing projects while Trail said it would have to severely compro-mise its position to make a deal happen. 13 – Fruitvale council-lor Tabatha Webber is in Paris just hours before a terrorist attack leaves 130 people dead. 17 – Citing a desire to keep students focused on exams, J.L. Crowe plans to move the annual grad-uation ceremonies to the end of June.

18 – Teck announces that it will be reducing its workforce at Trail Operations by five per cent by the end of 2016. That equates to approxi-mately 80 jobs.

19 – Wait times for magnetic resonance im-aging (MRI) are expected to decrease after the pro-

vincial government an-nounced a $20-million strategy to reduce the backlog. The Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital shares a mobile unit with Cranbrook and Penticton.

23 – SD20 is forecast-ing a potential $1.35 mil-lion budget deficit for the 2016-17 school year.

25 – The Trail Area Health and Environment Committee (THEC) re-ports blood lead level for Trail remain relatively static since last year. 30 – Trail council gives the green light for the bridge lighting project with Mayor Mike Martin stating that he’s hoping to have the bridge lit in time for the Silver City Days celebration in May 2016.

*****December1 – In an effort to

trim costs of the new Riverfront Centre, Trail’s building committee opted to reduce the size of the proposed building by 2,000 square feet.

1 – Teck Trail Operations names Thompson Hickey as the new general manager, re-placing Greg Belland.

7 – Longtime Trail lawyer Robert Brown is appointed a provincial court judge.

14 – A public meet-ing regarding a proposal to close some main roads in the Pend D’Oreille val-ley draws a rebuke from attendants who asked for better information. People cited inaccurate maps or lack of proper consultation on the pro-cess.

20 - Montrose con-firms January byelection after four candidates enter their names in bid for the one open council-lor seat.

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YEAR IN REVIEW

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Trail hosted its ground-breaking ceremony for the pipeline/pedestrian bridge in Rotary Park.

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