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SANTA CLAUS waves at the children along the parade route during Saturday’s annual Santa Claus Parade in downtown Kamloops. (Below) Beautifully wrapped presents adorn a fl oat. (Bleow left) Sleeping Beauty (in red) and Cinderella (blue), along with Mickey and Minnie Mouse on their fl oat. (Top left) The Candy Thief attempts to escape from the Key-stone Cops after trying to steal candy from young parade watchers. For more parade highlights, log on to http://issuu.com/jmnews (see page 8 of the online issue).

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HoroscopesDecember 9 - December 15, 2013

Challenging situations when it comes to your dealings with others start now ‘til late July. Right now you can have a vision of how you want to change the future. What you want & what somebody else will agree with maybe 2 different things. You need to accept that things won’t happen quickly.

Anything involving you with a group of people will be comfort-able in many ways. Conversation can be broad ranging as well as reminiscent. Someone may surprise you with their honesty & per-haps prove to be more straightforward than you had previously re-alised. Don’t attempt to work out the future, just go with the fl ow.

You’ll be busy with others, some of which will produce some pleasant surprises in an unpredictable way. There’s not a need to spend a lot of money. Regular commitments aren’t likely to leave you with much to spare. Someone else may have more diffi culty coping with this than you. Don’t let that take you off course.

You can feel as though it’s possible to go back to your old self in some way – that something’s freeing you up, even though there are obligations or some limitations attached. It can make you realise what you’ve learned about yourself & how it’s possible to have happiness from simple things you would have once overlooked.

There’ll be a lot to think about from now to July – some of it clashing with the way you want to get things in place or challeng-ing you to put certain things in place. The more patience you can muster, the better you’ll prepare yourself for benefi cial growth that can be the result. Quiet time for contemplation is necessary.

The changes you’ve made on a personal level since mid-Oct. now move onto the next stage. You need to be careful with money & expect hold-ups. Work on gaining a clear impression of where others stand. It may also be helpful to work out the dynamics operating within a group of people that involve you.

From now ‘til July 26 you’ll have a sense of new beginnings. However, because it’ll go through many changes, creating hold-ups & reviews that’ll likely result in frustrations. Finding a bal-ance will be tested.

You can feel secure about the vision of what’s possible in the long term, as well as fortunate for what you’re learning or have recently learnt on a personal level. Even so, your patience is going to be tested to July. It’ll pay you to employ your natural skills of secretiveness & caution, mainly because you have to let matters surface of their own accord.

You’ll have positive expectations in your mind with a sense that there’s a lot to look forward to. You’re mentally prepared to em-brace change & enjoy any out of the ordinary experiences that come your way. Even so, there’s still some pressure behind the scenes in some way – for the moment, even that’s easing off to a degree.

Dealings & interaction with others can be pleasant & easy going. Conversation will fl ow easily with all sorts of ideas expressed. Any out of the ordinary thoughts you have may be better kept to your-self, even if you’re tempted to shock. There will be much to commit yourself to from now to July. Consistent work will pay off.

You’ll enjoy the company of like-minded people, as it’ll enable you to express your ideas more openly than usual. You can feel as though you’ve found a way to successfully juggle obligations & what seems too much detail attached. Perhaps you’re learning the skill of ignoring things ‘til they actually demand your attention.

You can feel good about what you’ve learned about yourself & how you can utilise this to create more stability in the long term. Enjoying what you do & fi nding ways to be happy forms a large part of this. The more you view things this way, the greater will be your success in turning personal dreams into a reality.

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Matt “The Riotmaker” Baker will be looking

to raise hell in the biggest fi ght of his career thus

far, a World Series of Fighting (WSOF) match

at Vancouver’s PNE Agrodome on Dec. 7.

“This is my fi rst big break,” said Baker, who

recently signed on with WSOF, widely con-

sidered the third-best mixed-martial-arts pro-

motion in North America, behind Ultimate

Fighting Championship (UFC) and Bellator.

“It’s a huge fi ght, especially if I get on the

NBC portion, the main card, if let’s say I have

the knockout of the night and put on a good

show. It’s only up from there.”

The Las Vegas-based WSOF recently bought

one of the fastest growing Canadian MMA

promotions — Aggression Fighting Cham-

pionship — as part of its effort to establish

branches in Japan, Central America, Brazil,

China, the United Kingdom, Mexico and the

Great White North.

NBC Sports Network owns the WSOF tele-

vision rights and the upcoming Vancouver

fi ght night — headlined by former UFC light-

heavyweights Anthony (Rumble) Johnson

(15-4) and Mike (MAK) Kyle (20-10-1) —

will be aired live.

The Riotmaker will be on the undercard

chucking knuckles with a yet-to-be-named op-

ponent — the tilt is not expected to be televised

in its entirety, but Baker can earn valuable air

time with a fl ashy knockout or submission, or

by claiming fi ght-of-the-night honours.

“It’s all about marketing and how you mar-

ket yourself,” said Baker, who boasts a 10-4

record.

“I’ve got as many people that hate me as

they do like me. I work hard at that.”

A win could likely bring in about $10,000

for the Kamloops born-and-bred fi ghter.

“As far as Canadians who fi ght outside of

the UFC, I’m doing pretty good,” said Baker.

The 29-year-old Sa-Hali secondary gradu-

ate is the only Canadian member of Team

Nogueira Rio, a stable of fi ghters that in-

cludes some of the UFC’s biggest names.

Baker has been to Brazil fi ve times in the

past three years, training with the likes of An-

derson Silva and Junior dos Santos.

Due to his involvement in a barfi ght in

2002, Baker was not allowed to try out for the

UFC’s long-running reality series, The Ulti-

mate Fighter, eliminating one potential route

to MMA’s biggest stage.

Luckily for Baker, WSOF Canada’s chief

operating offi cer Darren Owen has had an eye

on the Kamloops product and was quick to

acquire him for the Vancouver event.

“He just came up to me and said they wanted

exciting Canadian fi ghters and they’ve want-

ed me for a while,” said Baker, a stand-up

fi ghter who makes no bones about his prefer-

ence for knockouts over submissions.

“I went to Brazil to learn jiu jitsu because it

was my only weakness but, for some reason, in

my fi ghts I don’t like to use it. I like to fi ght.”

His coach, Bibiano Fernandes, fought for the

ONE FC bantamweight title in Singapore on

Oct. 18 with Baker in his corner.

“This fi ght is very huge,” Baker said.

“World Series of Fighting is the highest

stage any Kamloops fi ghter has reached.”

Baker operates Mata-Leao MMA and Fit-

ness in Kamloops. He has about 30 students

who train with him in Heavy Metal Gym (145

Briar Ave.). Mata-Leao will likely soon be

moving to a new home on Tranquille Road.

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• The Francophone Association hosts its annual CHRISTMAS POT-LUCK DINNER Sat. Dec. 7, at 5:30 p.m., at 448 Tranquille Rd. Ev-

eryone welcome. Call 250-376-6060.

• The Thompson Valley Community Orchestra presents A CHRIST-MAS CELEBRATION with the Thompson Valley Community cho-

rus, Dec. 7, 7 p.m. & Dec. 8, 2 p.m. Admission is $10/adults, $5/

children, $25/family.

• THE COUNCIL OF CANADIANS with celebrate the holidays

with a POT-LUCK SUPPER at 6 p.m. at the Smorgasbord Deli, 225 - Sev-

enth Ave., on Wed. Dec. 11. Everyone is welcome. A short business

meeting will take place at 5:30 p.m. prior to this social event.

• COOKIES & COCOA at Ridgepointe Retirement Residence, Dec.

12, 2 – 4 p.m. Local bakeries will be submitting their best cookies

against Ridgepointe executive chefs cookies; community members

will be the judges. Santa will visit also. Call 250-851-8800.

• STUFF THE CRUISER, Sat. Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Toys

‘R’ Us and WalMart. Volunteers will be working alongside the Kam-

loops RCMP to stuff police cruisers with toys, food, & clothing for

Christmas Amalgamated.

• 16th annual WILDLIGHTS FESTIVAL at the BC Wildlife Park,

Dec. 13 – Jan. 5, 5 – 9 p.m. (except Christmas Day). More than 600,000

lights & 360 rope-light sculptures, Wildlife Express miniature train,

animal encounters, Uncle Chris the Clown, lazer light show, & more.

Adults/$11, seniors/$9, Kids (3 – 17)/$7, Kids 2 & under/free.

• The Kamloops Symphony presents CHRISTMAS WITH THE KSO at Sagebrush Theatre, Dec. 14 & 15. A magical fest of Christmas

carols & sugar plum fairies, with young pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko,

winner of the 2013 Kamloops Symphony Award.

• BREAKFAST WITH SANTA, Dec. 15, at Coast Hotel & Conference

Centre, 1250 Rogers Way. Tickets are $12 in advance at Coast Hotel.

• CHORAL RHAPSODY at Sagebrush Theatre Dec. 17, 7 p.m. A

free community concert with local choirs presenting a delightful selec-

tion of Christmas carols with audience sing-a-longs in between sets.

• HAYRIDE & BRUNCH WITH SANTA at The Rainbow’s Roost, Dec.

22, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Adults/$15.99, seniors/$12.99, children (4 – 12)/$10.99.

• AT THE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTRE: FUNDRAIS-

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with The Good Old Boys. Admission by donation. COMMUNITY DINNER,

Sun. Dec. 8, 5 p.m., featuring a turkey dinner menu with all of the fi x-

ings. Tickets: $12, in advance only, from the front desk. Entertainment

by The Late Bloomers. Everyone welcome. GERMAN CHOIR CHRIST-

MAS CONCERT, Thurs. Dec. 12, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Free admission. BLUE

CHRISTMAS SERVICE, by the Kamloops United Church, Wed. Dec. 18,

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Christmas Amalgamated seeks businesses, organizations to adopt families for Christmas With less than three weeks remaining before Christmas, Christ-

mas Amalgamated has see more than enough toy and present do-

nations come in to the distribution depot, but what staff and vol-

unteers have noticed is a large drop in the number of businesses

and organizations stepping up to adopt familes for Christmas.

Usually about 500 of the approximately 2,000 families registered

for hampers are adopted by businesses, organizations and indi-

viduals throughout the community, but according to co-ordinator

Sally Whitson, only about 250 families have been adopted, which

is putting a strain on the amount of foodstuffs that will be able to

be put in the hampers coming from the depot.

When someone adopts a family, they are responsible for provid-

ing the food that the family will prepare for their Christmas dinner.

This includes the turkey and all the fi xin’s, desert, fruit and nuts.

If you and your organization would like to adopt a family, time is

running out as volunteers will begin to fi ll the hampers next week

in order to make the deliveries before Christmas. It’s still not too

late to adopt a family or donate foodstuffs for the hampers.

Donations can be dropped off at Christmas Amalgamated, which

is located in the Brock Shopping Centre in the old Bodyworks

Gym location at 24 - 1800 Tranquille Rd., between 10 a.m. and

3 p.m. Monday through Friday. More information is available at

250-376-0777.

The following food items can be included in a basic Christmas

dinner hamper. All home-baked and canned food items must be

prepared in an Food-Safe approved kitchen.

If you are adopting a family, ensure there is enough food to

feed the entire family for their Christmas dinner. (Extras can be

included.)

• AT THE BLUE GROTTO, 1 – 319 Victoria St., Dec. 6 – 7: Black-

dog Blue. Doors: 8 p.m. Show: 9 p.m. Admission: $5. Dec. 12: Bur-

lesque Show. Call 250-372-9901.

• SKATE WITH SANTA at Brock Arena Dec. 14, 2 – 4 p.m. Free.

• COMEDIAN BRENT BUTT will be at Sagebrush Theatre Sun. Feb. 9,

at 7:30 p.m., for the Almost a Movie Star comedy tour. Tickets at the Ka-

mloops Live box offi ce, 1025 Lorne St., 250-374-5483, kamloopslive.ca.

• THE BIG LITTLE SCIENCE CENTRE, 655 Holt St. (Happyvale

School), open Tues – Sat, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Daily hands-on fun in the

exploration rooms & interactive science shows Sat. at 11 a.m. & 1:30

p.m. Robotics Club & Girls only Robotics Club, Register at the centre

or mail registration with payment to BLSC, Box 882 Stn. Main, Kam-

loops, V2C 5M8. Call 250-554-2572.

• GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS meetings Thurs, 10 a.m. at Desert Gar-

dens, 540 Seymour St. Call Wally, 250-679-7877, or Sunny, 250-374-9165.

• KAMLOOPS FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY meets the fourth

Thurs of each month at Heritage House, 100 Lorne St., 7 to 9 p.m.

Guests & new members welcome. Call 250-579-2078.

•KAMLOOPS QUIT SMOKING support group meets every Thurs

at Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul St. Call Ken, 250-579-8574.

• KAMLOOPS ALANO CLUB FUNDRAISERS Thurs, 8 – 11 p.m. at

171 Leigh Rd. Jam session open to musicians & singers. Free admission.

Call Paul or John, 250-376-5115.

• RUBE BAND practises most Mondays, 7:30 p.m., at the Old Yacht Club,

1140 Rivers St. New members welcome. Call Bob Eley, 250-377-3209.

• THE COUNCIL OF CANADIANS meets at 7 p.m. on the second

Wed of every month at the Smorgasbord Deli, 225 Seventh Ave. Ev-

eryone welcome. Call Anita or Dalton, 250-377-0055.

• MOUNT PAUL UNITED CHURCH THRIFT SHOP, 140 Labur-

num St., open Tues & Thurs, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

• BEGINNER’S DUPLICATE BRIDGE, Mon, 7 p.m. Lessons

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• CN RAILROADERS CRIB NIGHT on the fi rst & third Thurs of

the month at the Parkview Activity Centre, 500 McDonald Ave., at 7

p.m. Admission is $1. All welcome.

• DESERT SOUNDS HARMONY CHORUS, the local chapter

of Sweet Adelines International, meet Tues. New singers welcome.

www.dshchorus.ca.

• A NETWORKING GROUP for those interested in getting to know

interesting people & share ideas, etc., with others meets Tues, 10 a.m.

at The Art We Are. Call Tilly, 250-851-2670.

• SHAMBHALA MEDITATION GROUP offers meditation in the

Shambhala Buddhist tradition. Sat drop-in 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.; Mon

7 – 8:30 p.m.; Thurs 7 – 9 p.m. with available meditation instructions.

433B Lansdowne St. Call Liz, 250-376-4224.

• VOLUNTEER KAMLOOPS, a charitable organization helping to

provide volunteer placement & support services to community organi-

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• LIEDERKREIS CHOIR, bringing old German folk songs to senior

homes & care facilities; practise every second Thurs, 2 p.m., at North

Shore Community Centre, 750 Cottonwood Ave. New members of

German-speaking background welcome. Call Heidi, 250-372-2973.

• VIVACE CHORALE, a small mixed chorus, meet Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:30

p.m. at Kamloops United Church, 421 St. Paul St. New members wel-

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The Kamloops Storm have

stretched their lead in the Birks

division of the Okanagan/Shus-

wap conference of the KIJHL

with a pair of wins last weekend.

The Storm have 46 points, 16

points ahead of the second-place

Chase Heat and 100 Mile House

Wranglers. The Sicamous Eagles

are 22 points behind the Storm

while the Revelstoke Grizzlies

sit in the basement, 30 points out

of fi rst spot. The Storm are two

points behind the league-leading

Nelson Leafs of the Kootenay

conference Murdoch division af-

ter the Leafs took a 3-1 win over

the Spokane Chiefs in a mid-

week game.

Last Fri. Nov. 30, Josh Rasmus-

sen was the game’s hero scoring

a hat trick in the Storm’s 5-2 win

over the struggling Grizzlies on

home ice. Max James opened the

scoring for the Storm 45 seconds

into the game with a power play

goal to give the Storm an early

1-0 lead. The Grizzlies got that

goal back with 6:35 remaining

in the period to tie the game 1-1

after the fi rst period. The Griz-

zlies took a 2-1 lead 1:00 into

the second frame but Rasmussen

tied the game with a power play

goal 2:13 later, then 4:03 later

he scored the game-winner on

another power play goal to give

Kamloops a 3-2 lead after 40.

Luke Gordon made it 4-2 3:00

into the third period then Ras-

mussen scored his hat trick goal

– on the power play – with 6:30

remaining in the game to give the

Storm the 5-2 win. Wade Moyls

stopped 15 of 17 shots he faced

in the win.

The following night, the Storm

were in Chase where they shut

out the Heat 4-0. Felix Larouche

opened the scoring 6:24 into the

game with his fi rst of two goals

on the night. Addison Bazian

made it 2-0 Storm after the fi rst

period. Larouche scored the only

goal of the middle frame halfway

through the second period to give

the Storm a 3-0 lead after 40.

Rasmussen made it 4-0 on the

power play 3:46 into the third

period. Lyndon Stanwood got the

shut out win stopping all 24 shots

he faced.

The Storm play three games in

three days this weekend. They

will be at Chase as they face

off against the Heat Fri. Dec.

6. Face off is 7 p.m. They host

the Columbia Valley Rockies of

the Kootenay conference Eddie

Mountain division on Sat. Dec.

7. The puck drops at 7 p.m. The

Storm then travel to Summerland

to face off against the Steam Sun.

Dec. 8, in a 2 p.m. matinee game.

Storm take two wins on the weekend

The fi rst weekend of the 17th Operation Red Nose campaign was a success and was the busiest opening weekend ever in Kamloops. There were 90 volunteers who came out to help provide 58 rides on Friday night and 92 rides on Saturday night, and raised more than $3,300 in donations. The Operation Red Nose “Rudy” mascot made many appearances over the past week including Lights in the Night, Kamloops Blazers Game and the Santa Claus Parade (see right). With the help of many ORN volun-teers distributing information about the safe ride home program at these events they helped promote the fi rst

weekend of the service, and made it a great success. Operation Red Nose is always looking for volunteers for the busy holiday season including New Year’s Eve. Volunteer application forms are located at the Tour-nament Capital Centre, RCMP offi ce, Volunteer Ka-mloops and Desert Gardens Community Centre, or by calling Katie at 250-320-0650 or emailing kklassen@kamloops.ca. If you need to get yourself and your vehicle home safely after holiday celebrations this weekend, and ev-ery weekend this month, including New Year’s Eve, give ORN a call at 250-372-5110.

Operation Red Nose campaign starts strong with a busy fi rst weekend

The Kamloops Blazers played

one of their best games of the

year despite a 3-2 home ice loss

to the Kelowna Rockets last Fri-

day.

The Blazers and Rockets played

a good fi rst period as both teams

created chances and both goal-

tenders played. The Rockets had

20-year-old Jordon Cooke in goal

and 19-year-old Taran Kozun

was in goal for the Blazers. The

Rockets got on the scoreboard

fi rst with 1:17 remaining in the

fi rst period. The Rockets were

awarded the lone power play of

the to give the Rockets a 1-0 lead

after the fi rst period.

The second period was likely the

Blazers’ best of the season. They

outshot the Rockets 20-9 and

out-chanced the Rockets in the

period. Despite this, the Rock-

ets made it 2-0 on the rebound

midway through the period. The

line of Matt Needham, Cole Ully

and Chase Souto was reunited

and tallied four minutes after the

Rockets made it 2-0. Souto put a

shot on goal and Needham went

hard to the net scoring on his sec-

ond chance to cut the Rockets

lead to 2-1 after two periods.

The Blazers kept the pressure on

in the third period as they looked

to tie the game up. Tyson Ness

had a great chance as he was set

up by defenseman Josh Connolly

but Cooke dove to make the save

early in the period. The Blazers

tied the game up on the power

play. Needham set up Connolly

who sniped his fi fth goal of the

season to knot the score at 2-2

with 9:56 left to play. The game

looked like it was headed to over-

time until an unfortunate bounce.

A Kelowna shot ripped off the

post and the rebound hit a Blaz-

ers defender, went over top of

Kozun, and landed in the net with

2:40 to play in the game. The

Blazers came out the next shift

and had a great chance, but Ully

fi red the puck over the net as the

Rockets hung on for a 3-2 win.

The Blazers did everything right

but get the end result in a 3-2

shootout loss to the Rockets Sat-

urday night in Kelowna.

The Blazers played a great game

from start to fi nish in this one

out-chancing and outshooting the

Rockets in every period, includ-

ing overtime. The Rockets got on

the scoreboard fi rst in this game

as they got a bit of a break for a

1-0 lead for the Rockets 5:56 into

the game. The Blazers trailed af-

ter the fi rst period but played well

as Collin Shirley was stopped on

a breakaway. The Blazers outshot

the Rockets 9-8 in the period.

A good start to the second pe-

riod led to a goal. Connolly made

a pass to Nick Chyzowski in the

neutral zone. Chyzowski tipped

a puck to a streaking Tyson Ness

as his shot beat the Kelopwna

goalie up high to make it 1-1

5:05 into the second period. The

Blazers had their chances in the

period to get the lead, including

a late power play but didn’t get

any breaks.

The Rockets had an early

power play in the third period

and scored at the tail end with

a point shot that Kozun stopped

but pushed in his net as he fell

back to cover the puck. The goal

came 1:53 into the third period

for the Rockets. The Blazers

didn’t back down in this one

and got a goal on the power play

just under three minutes later to

tie the game up. Needham came

hard into the zone and let a slap

shot go beating the goalie on the

blocker side to knot the score at

2-2. Both teams had their chanc-

es to win this one in regulation

time. Mitch Lipon had a great

chance in front of the Rockets

net but shot it wide as the game

headed to overtime.

In overtime, both teams had their

chances with both goaltenders

having to make diffi cult saves to

send the game to a shootout.

Justin Kirkland was the lone

goal scorer for the Rockets in the

shootout beating Kozun off the

post and in, while Ully, Souto

and Needham couldn’t score on

Jackson Whistle as the Rock-

ets escaped the game with a 3-2

shootout win.

The game was a bitter ending

for the Blazers for the second

straight night as they outplayed

the Rockets but couldn’t get the

win.

The Blazers play their two fi nal

home games before the Christ-

mas break on Fri. Dec. 6, against

the Kootenay Ice, and on Sat.

Dec. 7, against the Everett Sil-

vertips.

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