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Debris left by Fairmont mudslide leaves neighbourhoods in shambles NICOLE TRIGG editor@invermerevalleyecho.com

Residents on Hot Springs Road in Fairmont Hot Springs are still reeling from a second torrent of mud that came through their neighbourhood just days after a mudslide tore through the community on July 15. “When I got here on Tuesday [July 17], water was coming around our house, just a raging torrent of CONTINUES TO 'COLLAPSED' ON PAGE A2

Moratorium to be lifted on marinas District seeking public input on lake zoning plan to guide development STEVE JESSEL reporter1@invermerevalleyecho.com

A four-year moratorium on new marinas on Lake Windermere is coming to an end in August, and an upcoming round of information sessions and public hearings is aiming to create a set of guidelines to regulate any future developments. “The rationale behind the [moratorium] was to allow

PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/THE ECHO Addie Hobbins and Connor Laskoski were just two of a number of participants during the soapbox car races during the 25th anniversary Valley Appreciation Day celebrations. For more photos from last weekend's Summerlude, including bullriding and Pynestock, see page A14.

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Collapsed bank causes second incident for residents CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1

water," Calgary resident Bill Brown told The Valley Echo. “Our backyard is absolutely destroyed, it used to be this beautiful garden with over 400 varieties of wildflowers and now there is three feet of mud all throughout our yard.”

Following last Sunday’s mudslide that resulted from a debris buildup in Fairmont Creek, engineers and geotechs with the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) determined a one-time mountain slough caused the incident at which point building inspectors were dispatched to do damage assessments of properties and a ground search was done to ensure all people were accounted for before crews went to work re-establishing the creek channel.

On the advice of the Provincial Water Stewardship Branch, RDEK crews began at the bottom of the mudslide’s path near the Fairmont firehall area and were working their way up to where the access road to the resort’s RV park had been washed out. But because the ground was so saturated, said RDEK emergency service coordinator Carol Lind, a part of the bank that had been re-established collapsed early Tuesday morning and the water began to pour.

“So the water that came down on Tuesday, that wasn’t flowing from the date of the incident,” she said.

Brown’s elderly parents live in their Fairmont home full time but were in Calgary with their son when the first mudslide hit.

When Brown arrived in Fairmont with his parents on Tuesday to survey the damage, he was horrified to discover a sheet of thigh-high muddy water roaring through his parents’ yard.

“We basically had a river running down the side of our house and across the street,” he said. “The devastation was just incredible.”

Full time Fairmont resident Rory Sinclair heard the sound of water rushing past his head at about 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

“I woke up, I don’t think anybody around here was sleeping very well anyway,” he said. “It was basically a mad rush to try and divert the water because it was going back through the houses.”

Sinclair said the private home owners on the street had to take it upon themselves to save their houses and were extremely frustrated with the lack of assistance they were offered and the amount of time it took for

SUBMITTED PHOTOS Two to three feet of mud fills the Brown's property after the recent Fairmont mudslide, which was followed by a torrent of muddy water that flowed through their neighbourhood 1.5 days later.

sandbags to eventually be delivered.

Brown echoed his frustration, saying they had to make their own road closure signs and were not given any guidance by local officials on how to manage the situation.

“We were basically left to our own devices to deal with it,” agreed Sinclair. “Everybody in the community was unbelievable working together, it was awesome.”

According to Lind, the RDEK heard about the request for sandbags through Gary Burford, the RDEK emergency program co-ordinator who was personally on the scene.

“We had to request funding from the Province so once we got that organized we were able to bring in the sand,” Lind said, adding that one of the residents offered to pick up the sandbags from the public works yard.

She said it’s currently being evaluated to see whether or not the event will be considered eligible for disaster financial assistance, which is a provincial program.

Affected residents can fill out a claim and work with the Province to see if there’s any reimbursement available, she said. If not, it will be the responsibility of residents to clear any debris off their properties. A request has been made to the RDEK board to waive tipping fees at the landfills for this purpose, she said.

“The province is telling us that all we have

the mandate and the authority to do is reestablish the creek,” she said. “Every night before we leave we are continually going back down monitoring all those areas, es-

PHOTO BY NICOLE TRIGG/THE ECHO Calgary resident Bill Brown stands outside his parents' home in Fairmont amidst the work he and the neighbours did to protect their homes from a second torrent of muddy water that flowed down through their properties on Tuesday (July 17).

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pecially those weak points , and making sure that they are holding so that there is no more flood waters coming down.”

By Monday (July 20), crews had re-established the creek up to the Fairmont resort pool area and the access road to the RV park.

“What we’re doing is just clearing debris and making sure that the water will move through there freely,” said Lind. “We’re working with Water Stewardship to see if we need to go further than that point… if not, then we should be done within a couple of days.”

As for the resort itself, the campers who were stranded when the slide took out the access road to the resort’s RV park were given temporary access on Monday, July 23. The RV park has since closed as construction has begun on a more permanent structure. Because the landslide ruptured the main water line to the Fairmont Hot Springs Lodge and the RV Park, these also have been closed but are expected to reopen on Thursday (July 26). A new water supply line is under construction.

Editor’s note: In a previous story, it was incorrectly stated that the RV park and campground affected by the mudslide at the resort was Spruce Grove. The correct name is the Fairmont Hot Springs RV Park and Campground. The Valley Echo regrets the error.

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Wasa community recovering from flooding Sandbags still in place, officials continue to request no boat traffic on lake STEVE JESSEL reporter1@invermerevalleyecho.com

While it appears the worst is over in Wasa, residents are still facing the unwelcome prospect of a major clean-up in the weeks to come.

“We’re just monitoring to see when the levels are reduced down to lake level and are not affecting any homes and then we can move forward with clean up,” Regional District of East Kootenay emergency services coordinator Carol Lind said.

Starting in late June, Wasa was one of the hardest areas hit by a period of heavy rainfall combined with spring runoff from the mountains. On July

SUBMITTED PHOTO BY DOUG CLOVECHOK The heavy rainfall that began in late June caused water levels of Wasa Lake to rise rapidly, flooding nearby homes and properties. Currently, water levels are dropping at a rate of about six inches per week.

12, Wasa was approved for disaster financial assistance from the Province. Lind said over 40,000 sandbags were

delivered to the area, located about an hour and a half south of Invermere, to attempt to aid 17 residences. Only one family

was forced to evacuate during that time — an elderly couple with access concerns — however, they were provided with

emergency social service by the RDEK for a period of time, and have since returned home.

Currently, water levels are dropping at a rate of about six inches per week, but Lind cautions that with constantly changing weather it is unknown when the lake will recede to normal levels.

“So far it has been decreasing steadily, so that’s a positive,” Lind said. “However, with forecasts of rain we don’t know what that will do to the lake levels, as it depends on how much [rain] we get.”

Once water levels recede to acceptable levels, the RDEK will remove the sandbags, while property owners will be responsible for removing any left over sediment on their property.

The RDEK is also still asking for no boat traffic on Wasa Lake as some residences are still affected, however this request is operating on a week-to-week basis.

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the regional district and Invermere time to undertake the Lake Windermere Management Plan, and then to work on the potential for surface zoning which would provide some guidance and regulation around structures and uses,” District of Invermere (DOI) mayor Gerry Taft said. “It has nothing to do with rate of speed or size of vessel or anything to do with that.”

The moratorium had been a joint effort between the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) and the DOI, and now that the principles of the Lake Windermere Management Plan have been adopted by both the RDEK and the DOI, the decision has been made to ask for public input in terms of lake zoning.

At a July 10 meeting, DOI council approved a motion to initiate a public house to present and gather input on the proposed Lake Windermere surface zoning regulations within the DOI boundary. In the current draft, there are four zones for the lake: residential, group moorage (buoys, etc.), institutional (recreation

areas) and commercial. The drafted regulations are similar to what’s been by done the RDEK to maintain consistency and applied to the DOI’s lakeshore, from Pete’s Marina to Castlerock, extending out 200 metres from the shore, which is the official district boundary.

“Right now the RDEK and the DOI are drafting bylaws to do with surface zoning on the lake,” Taft explained. “The intention is that those zones — maybe after some changes and input from the public — will then be adopted in the fall to be used as a guidance when applications come forward.”

According to Taft, there is already a sizable waiting list of applications, from private land owners to community associations. Applications will need to be made to either the DOI or the RDEK depending on the location, and meeting the requirements of the new surface zoning will be the first step before applying to the province for crown tenure or a license of occupation. However, before any bylaws are adopted there will be plenty of opportunity for public input.

The first of these information sessions takes place on Tuesday (July 31) from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Invermere

Community Hall.

“There are information sessions, first, to provide input and guidance, and depending on what comes out of those information sessions, changes might be made to the draft zones and the bylaws,” Taft said. “It’s definitely not being rushed in, and nothing is being hidden.”

Taft also said the district is looking to build a commercial marine and one particular area has been identified. While the space is currently occupied by another business, Taft said there is potential that it could be moved to another location in deeper water, freeing up space for any new developments.

“I think the draft zoning bylaws we have make a lot of sense, they basically identify some areas where it would make sense to have group mooring facilities,” Taft said. “Surface zoning is not new to the RDEK and the local government here... if people have questions they should take the opportunity to get involved and get engaged, and they’ll probably find out that it’s not as controversial as they might think it might be.”

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NOTICE OF OPEN HOUSE Tuesday, July 31st , 2012 Proposed Lake Windermere Surface Zoning Regulations within the District boundary District of Invermere Council invites the public to an Open House: When: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Employees with a private company that produces GMO seeds in the Columbia Valley inspect a conventional canola crop at Elkhorn Ranch. The company conďŹ rmed this particular crop is not GMO, but employees wear protective garb to prevent the transfer of pollen between non-GMO and GMO crops throughout the valley.

Raising GMO awareness Local resident takes a stand against GMO crops in Columbia Valley STEVE JESSEL reporter1@invermerevalleyecho.com

Across British Columbia, more and more communities are pushing to become free of genetically modified plants and trees within their local boundaries and in Invermere, one man has petitioned council to join the growing movement. “I think there should be a full-on moratorium on any use of genetically engineered crops,� Invermere resident Ray Vowels told The Valley Echo. “I’m not opposed to genetically modified crops. I’m just opposed to the current safety measures that we’re taking and the science behind it.�

Becoming a community free of all genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is a near impossible task — some scientists estimate nearly 80 per cent of processed foods contain some sort of GMO. What Vowels is proposing, and what other communities such as Richmond and Nelson have done, is become a community that doesn’t allow GMOs to be grown within district boundaries. The reasons are varied, but for Vowels the motivation comes mainly from the potential environmental impacts caused by GMO production, in addition to biochemical giant Monsanto’s practices with respect to GMO seed production and patenting. “That’s one of my major concerns, is the environmental influence,� Vowels said. “Having been in industrial agricultural use for the last couple decades, it’s now showing signs of

producing super pests, super weeds, and now the results of human side effects as well.�

Vowels acknowledges that while Invermere has hardly any agricultural land, there are at least two companies that deal in producing GMO seeds in the Columbia Valley. One such company, a private enterprise which asked to remain unnamed, said they have been operating in the Columbia Valley for over a decade and deal in both conventional and GMO seed production. One GMO seed they produce in the valley is canola, since the lack of any other commercially grown canola in the region makes it ideal for testing new strains, a company spokesperson told The Valley Echo. “To me, we’re jumping the gun on slamming the stuff into the ground as fast as we can, and we have it here in the Columbia Valley and nobody really knows about it,� Vowels said. “I feel like there’s not enough scientific data to say ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ The independent studies which are coming up are coming up at a very high risk to peoples careers and funding, but because it is of such importance in regards to public safety, people are feeling that it is integral that everyone know.�

When asked to weigh in on the possibility of Invermere becoming a GMO free community, Oliver Egan, the manager of Windermere-based Winderberry Nursery, said he would definitely support the idea. He said that while the production of GMOs in the valley doesn’t necessarily affect the nursery directly, one can’t be too sure about what kinds of seeds these types of companies are producing. One seed he noted in particular is known as the “terminator seed� which pre-

vents any plants grown from it from producing viable seeds of their own. While it’s unlikely that the terminator seeds are being grown in the valley, Egan noted that should pollen from a plant with the terminator gene somehow spread to other plants, the ramifications could be extremely far-reaching. “I think there are some major impacts that people aren’t even aware of yet,� Egan said. “If you can grow a tomato that has a fish gene in it that makes the tomato tougher for transport, well that’s great for the people who are transporting tomatoes, but who knows what that’s doing to the person that’s eating it.�

On July 10, Vowels approached Invermere council with the idea of becoming a GMO-free community. The reasoning behind this request, he said, is that while Invermere likely doesn’t have any GMO crops within its boundaries, it would set a precedent for surrounding communities to potentially follow. At the meeting, council requested that Vowels give a presentation at a future date about other communities that had implemented the program, and Vowels said he is thankful council is asking for more information. “I have two kids, and I just feel something needs to be done,�

Vowels said. “To me, it’s what I can do, it’s an action that needs to be taken and no one else seems to be aware of what’s going on. I just feel like I need to start some momentum and an initiative that could be a positive for everybody.�

Vowels will be available for any questions at a booth at the Invermere farmers’ market on Saturday (July 25). The aim of the booth is to provide further information and education about the issues with GMOs in the Columbia Valley.

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Lake Windermere Memorial Community Hall (Invermere Community Hall) 709 – 10th Street)

What:

To review the proposed water surface zones within the municipal boundaries.

Why?

Council wishes to provide the public with: • an opportunity to view the location and detail of the proposed lake surface zones, and •give an opportunity to speak to members of Council.

This is an open meeting and we encourage all interested persons to attend and provide input on the proposed water surface zones within the municipal boundaries. Information packages are available at the municipal office and if you require additional information, please contact: Rory Hromadnik Director of Development Services District Office 914 – 8th Avenue, Invermere, BC 250 342-9281 or planning@invermere.net Please note this will be an informal drop-in format.

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Opportunity to bid on Fantastic Silent Auction Items To register contact Darren Ottenbreit at Copper Point by calling 250.341.3392 ext#1 or email dottenbreit@copperpointgolf.com or the East Kootenay Foundation for Health at 1.877.489.6481.

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Opinions and Letters Pipeline dreams NICOLE TRIGG editor@invermerevalleyecho.com

Christy Clark's decision to get tough on heavy oil pipeline projects in British Columbia will be perceived as a whimper by those who have been advocating for a complete moratorium. The Province has just unveiled five new minimum requirements that these projects must meet just to make it to the consideration stage. Not the resounding "no" many have been fighting for ever since oil giant Enbridge came to the table with its highly controversial Northern Gateway Project, a proposal that will see bitumen from the tar sands flow across B.C. from Alberta to a port in Kitimat where supertankers will transport it to Asian markets. But a strong stance nonetheless, given how much pressure she's been under federally to do what's right for Canada on its trajectory towards becoming an energy stuperpower under the stewardship of Prime Minister Stephen Harper .

Instead of saluting from the sidelines, Clark has chosen to raise the bar for those in the oil biz with the following new provisions: a project must be given a recommendation by the National Energy Board Joint Review Panel following the successful completion of the environmental review process; consideration must be given to Aboriginal and treaty rights along with the opportunity to participate in the project; fair financial compensation to the province of British Columbia that reflects the level of risk associated to the project; world class oil spill prevention and response on land; and — most importantly — world class oil spill prevention and response for B.C.'s coastline.

"This represents an opportunity for British Columbia and Canada to develop world-leading environmental protection regimes," said Environment Minister Terry Lake.

Here, here. Oil is a money-maker as many Albertans know only too well. But there is an entire coastal economy at risk should a spill actually happen, one that relies heavily on tourism as well as natural resources. In the case of a spill, recovery will be a costly, and lengthy, process. One only has to look to Florida's BP oil spill in 2010 or the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1984 for proof.

Clark is faced with the challenge of mitigating her big business agenda with a sincere concern for the coastline under her care — not an enviable task.

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Bear Aware — Crystal Leonard, Community Co-ordinator

The birds and the bears There haven’t been as many bear sightings reported this summer.

This doesn’t mean bears aren’t around — it could just be that people are not reporting them to the RAPP line. Also at this time of year there is a great amount of food for them in the wilderness such as huckleberries and cow parsnip.

For all you birders out there, myself included, birdbaths, birdhouses, deciduous trees, snags or dead trees, and colourful flowers are some great ways to keep birds in your yard. There are some great resources and options out there to attract birds without attracting bears. Be careful when planting berry bushes as these are also a natural food source for bears which may cause the bear to return year after year. Bear Aware recommends that people take their bird feeders down from March until November. Bears may not come out until April, but taking the feeder down in March gives birds time

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Food is plentiful for birds in the summer months and they don’t rely on bird feeders. For those who refuse to take bird feeders down, or remove berry bushes, there are always electric fences, which won’t harm the birds but are quite effective in deterring bears. One picture I received was of bear scat that contained mostly seeds just outside some condos. Of all the things that bears eat, people seem most shocked when I mention that bird feeders are a bear attractant. But, when you think about it, a cup of bird seed or half a cup of sugar — which you would find in a hummingbird feeder — has approximately 300 calories. That’s an easy high-energy meal for a bear.

Seeds aren’t unusual for bears to eat in the wild. They eat whitebark pine seeds and many fruits that contain seeds such as mountain ash, blackberries and raspberries. When bears eat seeds in their

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natural environment, they actually help the ecosystem. Once the seeds go through the bear’s digestive system they then disperse seeds through their scat, generating more growth of those trees and shrubs. Check out our website or send me an email if you would like more information on preventing bears getting into your backyard.

Remember: the best way to avoid conflict is to prevent it!

BCCF’s Bear Aware gratefully acknowledges funding by the Columbia Basin Trust, the MOE and the Communities of Invermere and Radium. To report a bear sighting or incident call the RAPP line at 1-877-952-7277. For more information on Bear Aware contact Crystal Leonard, Bear Aware Community Co-ordinator at 250-688-0561, invermere@bearaware.bc.ca or radium@bearaware.bc.ca.

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Community Calendar WED JULY 25 •Belly and Bake Sale fundraiser at Frater's Landing, 1 p.m.

Fundraiser for local belly dance troupe.

FRI JULY 27 •Elk Park Upper Ranch Farmers' Market, 3 - 7 p.m.

•Drumming concert, Christ Church Trinity, 7:30 p.m. $10 donation

PHOTO BY NICOLE TRIGG/THE ECHO Vancouver North Shore resident Patrick Podoloski — the winner of Panorama's Dream It Drop It contest — gets air off the newest feature in the resort's downhill mountain bike park. Podoloski designed the feature, entitled "Many Options," which was selected as the winning idea then constructed by bike park staff. Podoloski and members of the public rode it for the first time as spectators looked on during the Rockstar Bike Rodeo on Saturday (July 21).

Puppy love

SAT JULY 28 •Elk Park Upper Ranch Market & Local Artisan Bazaar, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

JULY 2829 • LWDRGC Radium 333 Sporting Clays Competition SUN JULY 29 •Last Sunday Funday pancake breakfast and Junk in your Trunk, 9 - 11 a.m., Edgewater Community Hall WED AUG 1 •Panorama Foundation AGM, CV Chamber of Commerce Hall, 5 p.m.

EVERY SUNDAY •Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.

•Radium Seniors’ Carpet Bowling, 1:30 p.m., Hall.

PHOTO BY NICOLE TRIGG/THE ECHO Reporter Steve Jessel gets showered with affection by Merlin. Valley Echo employee and Global Animal Lovers (GALs) member Jessica de Groot occassionally brings foster animals to the office for socialization and exposure. Merlin is from a litter of labrador border collie cross puppies that GALs is currently finding homes for.

Golf News WINDERMERE LADIES GOLF CLUB: July 4 was Tee to Green, played by 18 ladies. It was a threeway tie for first place for Coreen Rault, Doris Allan and Helga Boker. In fourth place was Barb Journault. Sharyn Schmidt won the Putting Pot and there were no deuces.

July 11, another fine sunny day, the ladies played a Pin Round.

The winner was Mary Jean Anakin with a score of 64 (well done MJ!) and tied for second was Nora Efford and Ruth Gordon.

The Putting Pot was won by Mary Jean, and Gail Cole won two weeks of the Deuce Pot — well worth it!

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EVERY MONDAY •Gentle drop-in carpet bowling, 1:30 p.m., Seniors' Centre.

•Cadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (includes uniform). Info: Rick Dendy 250-341-1509.

•Duplicate Bridge, 6:30 p.m., Invermere Seniors’ Hall, $2/ person. Visitors welcome.

•EK Brain Injury Support Group, 1-3 p.m., Family Resource Centre. Info: 250-344-5674.

1st & 3rd TUESDAY •OPT clinic, 6:308:30 p.m., Inv. Health Unit, 850-10th Ave. Confidential service: low-cost birth control, and STI testing.

1st TUESDAY •Invermere Camera Club 7 p.m. Tanya, tanyadeleeuw65@ gmail.com.

EVERY TUESDAY •Yoga THRIVE- Yoga for Cancer Survivors.

Hot springs studio, Fairmont Village Mall. For info Jan Klimek 250-3421195.

EVERY THURSDAY •Cadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (includes uniform). Info: Rick Dendy 250-341-1509.

•Children's Air Rifle Program, with the LWDRGC, Inv. Community Hall, 7 - 8:30 p.m., free of charge, ages 6-15. Learn

safety, marksmanship, equipment provided.

1st WEDNESDAY •1st Wednesday of every month.

Scrabble Night at Invermere Public Library. 6 - 8 p.m.

Bring your boards!

Call 250-342-6416.

EVERY FRIDAY •Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.

•Preschool Story Time at the Invermere Public Library, 10:30 a.m. For info visit invermere. bclibrary.ca.

•Market on Main, Radium, 4 - 9 p.m.

•Music on Main, Radium, 7 - 9 p.m.

EVERY SATURDAY •Farmer's Market, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., downtown Invermere •Edgewater Legion Open Market, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. For tables, Doreen at 250-347-9550.

•Public Indoor Rock Climbing, Laird School, 5-8 p.m., $5.

•Hip Hop Flip Flop class, Scrappy Do's, 5:30 p.m.

•Music on Main, Radium, 7 - 9 p.m.

2nd SUNDAY •LW Alliance Church Sing and Celebrate, 7 p.m. For more information call Clarence Stauffer, 250-3429580.

Rotary of Radium Hot Springs meets at Radium Resort, Wednesdays at 7 a.m. Ongoing fundraising is going towards the Bicycle Pump Track.

Rotary Club of Invermere meets every Thursday at 11:45 a.m. at the Best Western Invermere Inn. The meeting on July 26 will be dinner at the private home of one of the members.

Kerr McNeil presents the administration budget during a recent meeting.

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NEWS

Imagine Invermere 2030 action items contested Briefs from the District of Invermere council meeting on July 10 NICOLE TRIGG

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MUSIC FESTIVAL

Steamboat Mountain Music Festival thanks everyone who made this event so successful. We really appreciate your efforts.

Thanks also to anyone we may have accidently missed in this list.

ORGANIZATIONS & AGENCIES BC Hydro BC Ministry of Highways - Darin Welch Brisco Community Association Columbia Basin Trust - Katherine Hamilton Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce Columbia Valley Community Foundation CVArts - Chris Evans, Jami Scheffer Edgewater Elementary School Edgewater Legion Edgewater 100th Anniversary Committee Edgewater Recreation Society District of Invermere Kootenay Savings Credit Union Radium Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Regional District of East Kootenay Area G Rocky Mountain School District #6 - Steve Jackson, Norm Julien BUSINESS SPONSORS AG Valley Foods Apple Tree Inn BC Hydro CasaVino Edgewater Hilltop Par 3 Gables Motel Grant’s Foods Home Hardware Hopkins Harvest Lambert Kipp Pharmacy Local View Printer Printing & Design Long & McQuade Music John Wolfe Construction Kicking Horse Coffee Koenig Meats & Sausage Kootenay River Runners Max Helmer Construction Mountainside Market Radium Palliser Printers Pip’s Country Store Prestige Inn Quality Bakery Radium Esso Tim Hortons Skookum Inn Woodex INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS Cathleen Christensen Pip Horn Sharon Kamphuis Wayne Price Joan Shelstrom Gerry & Carol Wilkie

TICKET OUTLETS Brisco Store The Book Bar Invermere One Hour Photo Meet on Higher Ground, Radium Moon River Gallery Golden Parson General Store Pip’s Country Store, Edgewater Skookum Service, Windermere Smoking Waters Coffee Company, Fairmont SERVICE CONTRACTORS Backstage Tent - Verge for Youth, Floyd Verge First Aid - Jessie Young Insurance - Hubb Insurance, Todd Pellerin Sanitation - Bruce Dehart Stage & Sound - Just Music Security - Valley Hawk Security Technical - Invermere Electrical Services, Scott Postlethwaite MEDIA SPONSORS Astral Media EZ Rock CBC Radio Columbia Valley Pioneer Joshua Estabrooks, Social Media E-Know, Ian Cobb Kurt Reichel Signs Scott Ivers, Web Design The Valley Echo MASTER OF CEREMONIES Bill Cropper PERFORMERS Mickey Maione L8 Combo Akimbo Beard’s Creek Bob Benvenuti Abby Wells Marty & Eli Beingessner The Halfsacks Dos Equis Mark Koenig The Kootenay Legends Maria in the Shower George Thierbach II Chris Coole Paige Fuller (Ellingson) The Dry Gulch Ramblers John Reischman & the Jaybirds VENDORS Apple Island Naturals Bliss Beads Canyon Creek Pottery Gigi’s Foods Local View Printing & Design Luxor Creek Catering Pip’s Cool Treats

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And to everyone who attended the festival, you made it all worthwhile.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Anderson reminded the others the sevenperson implementation team was driven by volunteers and that time is of the essence.

Denchuk questioned why chief administrative officer Chris Prosser and Hromadnik were listed as spokespersons for the plan, stating he felt it was an inappropriate designation for district staff and suggested they be replaced

by Councillor Springs Hawes.

Anderson explained they were listed as spokespersons to deal with the technical issues that he, also a spokesperson, didn’t have the knowledge to explain, to which Denchuk replied their designation should then be categorized as “staff support.” The motion to replace Prosser and Hromadnik with Hawes was carried with Anderson and Atterbury opposed.

Imagine Invermere 2030 is now the new name of the Imagine Invermere Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) after council approved a three-part motion outlining suggested steps by the Imagine Invermere 2030 Implementation Team on how to move the ICSP forward. The other two parts of the original motion included receiving and adopting the Imagine Invermere 2030 Implementation Team 2012-2013 Communications RCMP quarterly report Plan as well as adopting nine actions to be In his quarterly report to council, Columundertaken by the team for 2012 and 2013. bia Valley RCMP detachment Staff Sgt. Marko However, the original motion was amended Shehovac said the detachment was down one to include just seven items after Mayor Gerry constable but that a replacement from VanTaft and Councillor Paul Denchuk voiced couver Island had been named and was exconcerns about the action items. The two ac- pected to arrive either in August or Septemtions struck from the original motion were: ber, as soon as his house sold. While some initiating the process to build partnerships to transfers have been cancelled in B.C. because facilitate the creation of a multi-use complex members haven’t been unable to sell their within the community, and; homes, Shehovac hopes commence the investigathis won’t be the case. tion of options directed to- “It's really about partnerThe detachment will also wards the establishment of ships, initiating a process, not be losing two more meman economic development/ guaranteeing anything.” bers come September, he sustainability officer. said, and while one caGREG ANDERSON The nine action items are to det out of Regina is slated DISTRICT OF INVERMERE COUNCILLOR help implement Imagine Into be stationed here after vermere 2030 and get word he graduates in August, out to the community, said Councillor Greg An- it takes six months of working with a senior derson, the implementation team’s chair. officer before new graduates can work alone, But Denchuk said the team was putting the which will restrict operations for that time. cart before the horse and sending the wrong From January through to the end of June, message to the community. Councillor Jus- the detachment received 349 calls, which is tin Atterbury disagreed, stating the long-term up from 283 in 2011, most likely to do with a nature of the plan was obvious. revised reporting system with more accuracy, “There’s a lot more hanging fruit that we can said Shehovac, as well as a brighter economic pick on that would be really great for the com- situation with more valley visitors. munity,” replied Denchuk, adding that lofty The detachment’s main priority will contingoals should be avoided. ue to be dealing with drug and alcohol abuse, Anderson said that beginning conversa- enforcement and education in addition to imtion around partnerships for the creation of proving police visibility in the valley, he told a multi-use complex over the next year and a council, and that an extra $10,000 added to half wasn’t a guarantee to the community that his budget was being used for bike, ATV and the complex would be built in that timeframe. lake patrols when possible.

“It’s really about partnerships,” he said, “iniThe detachment’s commitment to commutiating a process, not guaranteeing anything.” nity involvement was high despite its human “What I find distinctly lacking from this is resources concerns, he noted. The challenges anything to do with our water, the quality and will always be manpower issues, he said, and quantity of our water,” stated Denchuk said, a Citizens on Patrol program was still lacking to which the district's director of develop- in Invermere. ment services, Rory Hromadnik, responded Over the course of the summer, members that water quality improvements had already won’t be able to attend the situations they been initialized which was why they weren’t normally have in the past, such as theft to unon the implementation team’s action list. locked vehicles and break and enters, Sheho“It might just be wordsmithing,” said Taft, vac warned. but the two aforementioned action items also “It’s going to have a bit of an impact,” he said. caused him concern because he had missed “I’m hoping we’re just going to have to do this over several meetings when the ICSP was being summer, just to keep our heads above water.” finalized due to the demands of his business It’s unfortunate the summer population and would require further opportunity for explosion in the valley isn’t taken into acdialogue with the team on the points they had count when it came to staffing numbers, he chosen to focus on. concluded.

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No easy solutions to deer issue Communities agree more science on urban deer needed: Grand Forks mayor NICOLE TRIGG editor@invermerevalleyecho.com

Editor's note: This is the second part of a story on deer agression that appeared in the July 11th edition of The Valley Echo.

A cull may not be an effective solution to Invermere’s deer problem, according to the mayor of City of Grand Forks, Brian Taylor. The city, located in the West Kootenay region just north of the Canada-U.S. border, has a human population of about 4,000 within its city limits, and a deer population of about 300. He said Grand Forks was the first community in B.C. to establish a deer management committee. “We’ve been meeting now for three, four years almost and we haven’t done a cull,� Taylor said. “It’s really hard to justify what we call a harvest, not a cull, how can we justify that when scientific evidence is clear that when you do that without an overall plan, you end up within a short period of time with the same population back again.�

Recent reports of aggressive deer in and around the District of Invermere has drawn attention to the lack of short term solutions available to people who encounter them. In the July 18th edition of The Valley Echo, it was reported a part-time Invermere resident and her small breed dogs were being repeatedly cornered on her property by aggressive doe protecting their young fawns. Scared for her life, the woman told The Echo she was convinced their behaviour was grounds for a deer cull and that neither the district nor the conservation officer service were able to offer her any assistance. “We are having those reports as well,� Taylor said of Grand Forks, “but there is no short term fix at this point for people, we can’t give them any short term solutions.�

That all the reports of deer aggression called in to the Invermere Conservation Office so far this year involve dogs is a fact Invermere Deer Protection Society (IDPS) president Devin Kazakoff finds unsurprising. “Deer are naturally afraid of wolves because that’s what hunts them in the wild so they’re naturally going to be afraid or feel that the dogs are threatening them,â€? he said. “If they’re feeling threatened, they’re going to go after the dogs‌ the fawns are around and the dogs are around and they don’t mix.â€?

When deer aggression is at its peak — in the summer months when the doe are protecting their very young fawn usually born in June — Kazakoff says dog owners should keep their pets in enclosed areas. “Invermere is home to hundreds of deer, they naturally exist here,� he said. “Bringing dogs into the deer’s environment and you’re having a problem with your dogs being attacked by what was naturally here in the first place, it’s not exactly the deer’s fault.�

The solutions his deer protection organization advocates include the use of deer fences around private properties, relocation, contraception, and hazing. With regards to the ongoing aggressive behaviour reported to The Echo, he said relocating those particular animals would be the best option. “I would never advocate putting an animal down because it’s acting aggressive,� Kazakoff said. “They should also not be killed inhumanely; I don’t think she’d appreciate her dog going into a clover trap and having a bolt gun put to its head.� “We’re not against moving the deer out of town, and we’re not against reducing the population of the deer, we’re just against the method they do it by,� he said.

His organization is currently working with the Province to allow hazing in British Columbia. “The province doesn’t allow [it] and that’s what I would suggest if we could haze the deer away from her property or away from town,� he said. “We’ve also advocated for contraception for the deer, that’s also not allowed by the province; that would work best actually, because then they can naturally exist and they’ll eventually die off.�

According to District of Invermere mayor Gerry Taft, one

unwelcome side effect of hazing is that it can actually exacerbate the aggressive behaviour, something the DOI discovered from Waterton, AB, which also has problems with deer. “They use the hazing method with dogs as one of their options to try and manage the deer,â€? he said. “One thing they found with their experience is the aggressive deer started out reacting and becoming aggressive when there were dogs, usually smaller dogs, but generally dogs on leashes‌ but as that aggressive behaviour increased and became more common, the next trigger point became baby carriages and strollers.â€?

There were actually cases in Waterton where deer tried attacking strollers with children in them, Taft said, and in these cases, birth control is simply not an option. “To suggest that birth control is somehow an option when you have aggressive deer in and around your property right now and you’re scared for your safety right now, birth control that may or may not be approved and may or may not work seven to 10 years in the future really doesn’t help,� he said.

And generally the people who believe deer aggression is possible are those who have seen or experienced it firsthand, he said. “Some of these people described themselves before as complete deer lovers, they maybe even have fed the deer, and their whole attitude changes when they experience it first hand,� Taft said, “so that’s one of the tough parts of the issue is that where the IDPO might be coming from, I think they have the best intentions, but they may not have personally experienced what some people have experienced.�

Concurrently, Kazakoff says he was raised in Invermere, has never owned a dog, and has never witnessed aggressive deer behaviour: “Personally I’ve never been threatened by a deer, ever,� he said. “When I hear these stories I feel they’re quite exaggerated.�

Another troubling scenario involving the deer, both prior to and after the cull, involves people taking matters into their own hands, just another example of why the district set up a deer management committee to begin with and part of the reason why the district proceeded with the cull earlier this year, Taft said. “People‌ sort have become vigilante and potentially even poisoned deer or tried to shoot arrows at them and all kinds of other things,â€? he said. “Now obviously that’s something we wouldn’t want to see either.â€?

Other research Taft is aware of comes out of Winnipeg where, based on the number of deer from satellite photos, they have pinpointed the neighbourhoods where people are actively engaging in deer feeding. The number of deer in any given neighbourhood is often the direct result of someone in that neighbourhood feeding the deer, a big part of the issue and so preventable, he said. “If there’s an immediate thing we can do right away, which should be really simple, is to get anyone who is leaving food out or feeding deer to stop immediately, and we’re going to put the bylaw enforcement on that and start looking for it more and actually setting fines,� said Taft. “There are no easy solutions, and we’re still working on it, and we’re still having the new deer committee do more research, but I think this is a great example of just how complex the issue is.�

Deer feeding is also prevalent in Grand Forks, said Taylor. “That’s the most aggravating point of all, is that we still have a lot of people in town who are feeding deer,� he said, “and so that’s certainly a priority for us, is to [stop] that.�

Another factor why Grand Forks has not enacted a cull is the cost which can come to anywhere from $300 to $500 per deer, he said, as was the wall of resistance met from animal rights activists groups when it was rumoured the city would be the first out of the blocks with one. “We dedicated $30,000 to the deer management plan and we’re looking at a number of things that we can do that would to some extent work with the problem, mitigate some of the things that are going on,� he said. “Various communities have identified the need for more science; we need to understand better about the habits and the behaviour of the deer within the confines of the city.�

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WILDLIFE

Stop feeding wild animals: Parks Canada wildlife. Feeding wildlife can lead to habituation, causing animals to lose their wariness of humans and increasing the risk of accidents. There have been reports of visitors feeding wildlife in the mountain parks this spring and summer, including a recent incident on Highway 93S in Kootenay National Park where a wolf was approached and fed.

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Wildlife alert issued after reports of wildlife being fed, bears hit on park roads OMAR MCDADI Parks Canada Communications Officer

Parks Canada is issuing a wildlife alert for Banff, Yoho and Kootenay national parks and is asking motorists to drive carefully and refrain from feeding animals on mountain park roads.

Wildlife face considerable risks this time of year. Wolves and black bears are two species of particular concern. With record-breaking snowfall last winter and a late melt in spring, many remain in valley bottoms in search of food, placing them in close proximity to roads and increasing the probability of accidents.

Seven black bears have been killed on roads in Banff, Yoho and Kootenay national parks this year, with speed believed to have played a major role. All black bear strikes have occurred along stretches of road that have not been twinned or fenced.

“Parks Canada takes the protection of our wildlife very seriously and we are greatly concerned by and regret the loss of these animals,” said Rick Kubian, Resource Conservation Manager in Lake Louise, Yoho

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SUBMITTED PHOTO BY ANDREA RAPCEWICZ This photograph of a wolf-feeding incident on Highway 93 South in Kootenay National Park was taken on July 9. Visitors had pulled over and were apparently feeding the wolf rice cakes.

and Kootenay. “Our dedicated staff work hard to minimize collisions with wildlife, but we cannot act alone — we really need the public’s help.”

“We ask that visitors please slow down, observe speed limits and be extra vigilant on the roads at dawn and dusk when animals are most active,” added Kubian. “Not only can following the speed limit prolong an animal’s life by many years, it also contributes to human safety and has the potential to save lives.”

Parks Canada is also reminding visitors that feeding or harassing wildlife is against the law and visitors should avoid touching, enticing, feeding, or harassing

the-ground management actions to help reduce roadside wildlife collisions and habituation, including the use of Bear Guardians and signage to alert visitors to the presence of wildlife on roads. Parks Canada strongly encourages the public to report wildlife sightings and suspicious behaviour — such as wildlife feeding or hazardous driving — by calling 1-888-WARDENS.

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A major increase in the turbidity was observed at the Lake Windermere Ambassadors’ water quality monitoring site on the south end of the lake on July 17. The significant increase in turbidity is most likely due to the landslide in Fairmont Hotsprings on Sunday, July 15. Heather Fischbuch of Invermere joined the Lake Windermere Ambassadors for this week’s sampling and not only was very helpful, but she also had fun. She stated: “I enjoyed participating in the lake monitoring and learned more about our lovely Lake Windermere. Thanks for including me on such a great sunny morning.”

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Police Files — Staff Sgt. Marko Shehovac

RCMP assist in Fairmont Fairmont mud slide: Detachment members maintained traffic control to secure the area as well as working with Search and Rescue and fire departments to search the area for injured persons or the possibility of potential fatalities who may have been caught in the strong water and debris flow. The RCMP helicopter was utilized to assist in this search. We were very fortunate that to date no injuries or unaccounted people have been reported.

July 13 A 2005 GMC pickup was reported stolen from the Windermere area. The vehicle was unlocked and the keys were left in the ignition. The vehicle was recovered the same day on Forsters Landing Road. The vehicle was torched.

The detachment is receiving numerous complaints of theft from unlocked vehicles in the Windermere area.

Police are aware of three such thefts where a number of articles were stolen. The following were stolen: a Garmin Nuvi 1490 GPS, sunglasses, a phone charger, a cell phone and assorted tools. Anyone with information in regards to these thefts can contact the Columbia Valley detachment. My message never

gets old — lock your vehicles.

That same day at 4 p.m., the Columbia Valley detachment received a report of theft of a Stihl chainsaw — an orange and white concrete saw with a diamond blade — stolen from the 1500 block of 10th Avenue.

Then, at 5:10 p.m., the Columbia Valley detachment responded to a two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 93/95 near Wilmer Pontood Road. A Ford Edge vehicle driven by a 54-year-old male from Germany was northbound and indicated he was going to turn right. At the last second, he changed to turn left and made contact with a 2007 Harley Davidson bike driven by a 54-yearold male from Invermere. The rider took a spill but came out with minor injuries. The driver of the Ford was charged for fail to yield to a passing vehicle.

At 11 p.m., the Columbia Valley detachment responded to a domestic assault complaint on Wolf Crescent.

Investigation revealed that a female had been assaulted.

A 44-year-old male was arrested and charged with assault. The male will appear in Invermere Provincial Court on September 10.

The Columbia Valley detachment was also called in regards

to youths trespassing at the Radium Mill property.

A group of males were found in one of the buildings. Police attended and explained the dangers of entering onto this property that is in production — mores the harm that could be done with all the equipment and vehicles moving around along with trespassing charges. The youth understood and were co-operative.

July 14 At 1:45 a.m., detachment members responded to a disturbance complaint at the Spruce Grove Resort area.

Four visiting males were causing a disturbance. Police advised the males of the possible consequences and suggested they move along. Males opted to co-operate and departed.

July 15 At 9:50 a.m., detachment members were called to a complaint on Fairway Drive in Fairmont in regard to a male acting in a strange manner and possibly a threat to himself or others based on his behaviour. The problem appeared to be a medical issue and the male agreed to be taken to the Invermere & District Hospital and was eventually taken to Cranbrook for further assistance.

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Membership on the Board will be for a two (2) year term from the date of appointment.

To be eligible, you must be a resident of the District of Invermere.

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Successful candidates must possess a strong sense of community service, willingness to work respectfully as part of a team and have good communication skills.

The Urban Deer Advisory Committee shall: • Coordinate an annual urban deer count within the boundaries of the District of Invermere; • Monitor the implementation of management recommendations for reducing the urban deer population; • Seek and implement strategies for the prevention and management of urbandeer conflicts; • Report to Council on an annual basis regarding budget allocation, success of the recommendations and advise of potential changes in implementation for Council to consider.

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Lights, camera, action for RT Rice Young hockey talent from Invermere catches eye of reality show producers STEVE JESSEL reporter1@invermerevalleyecho.com

When Invermere local Robert-Tye (RT) Rice first heard about the opportunity to take part in a brand-new television series called Hit the Ice, he wasn’t quite sure what to think, but prior to leaving on Saturday (July 21) to begin filming, he said he was excited to take part. “I didn’t know what it was about, or what I’d be doing on it,� Rice explained. “First, I found out it was a TV show, and I’m pretty shy in front of cameras, so I was pretty nervous.�

Rice first heard about the reality TV series in April at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Saskatoon where he played for Team BC. Upon returning home, he received the invite to participate in the two-week series, which will air on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network in January

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Invermere Council is looking for citizens with a history of community involvement and a desire to participate within the community development process. Three excellent opportunities are available to serve your community for a three year term.

WHAT DOES A BOARD OF VARIANCE DO? The Board of Variance is a citizen appeal body consisting of three appointed members who hear and then decide upon variances to the Zoning Bylaws of the District of Invermere that cannot be considered by Council.

The Board of Variance provides citizens with an avenue for appeal on the interpretation and the strict application of local government Zoning Bylaws and regulations in specific circumstances as defined in the legislation.

The Board of Variance functions independently from District Council and has its own authority under the Local Government Act.

ECHO FILE PHOTO RT Rice in the 2012 grad parade on June 27.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Invermere native RT Rice will be participating in a new TV series called Hit the Ice this year.

2013. Rice told The Valley Echo he was particularly looking forward to learning from the coaches who have signed onto the program, including an National Hockey League (NHL) veteran with more than 500 games under his belt — former Montreal Canadiens player John Chabot. “Whatever [the coaches] say, you just have to learn from them,� Rice said. “I want to take in as much as I can.�

A hockey player since the age of three, Rice spent this last season playing for the Fernie Ghostriders in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The Ghostriders were one of the top teams in the league last season, making it all the way to the third round of the playoffs before losing to the eventual champion, the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. Rice, a forward, contributed seven goals and twelve assists during the regular season, and said one of the main things he wants to work on this off-season is his speed as being a taller player, he feels like he could become more agile. “I’m looking forward to getting the experience, and getting some different

training,� Rice said. “I’ve been training on my own program, but there’s always new things that I’d like to learn.�

The show itself will feature 20 aboriginal hockey players from across Canada between the ages of 16 and 18 taking part in on- and off-ice training with the help of top-level coaches and current NHL players, including Florida Panthers defenceman Erik Gudbranson.

The series will culminate in a game between the invited prospects and an Ottawa all-star team consisting of midget AAA and junior players. This final game is likely to be closely watched by scouts from a variety of leagues, and Rice is hoping he gets his chance to impress. “I just love playing hockey, I’ve always loved it since I was growing up,�

Rice said. “The skating, the shooting, the hitting, scoring, team bonding... everything.�

Rice said his goal is to one day play in the NHL, and is currently deciding on which Junior A camps he would like to attend. For more information on Hit the Ice, visit their website at www.hittheice.tv.

HOW TO APPLY: Citizens interested in participating on this Board are invited to submit a resume to: Kindry Luyendyk, Corporate Officer District of Invermere 914 8th Avenue Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 corporateservices@invermere.net The deadline for the submission of all resumes to the municipal office is August 3rd, 2012. A copy of the bylaw can be picked up at the municipal office or found on our website at www.invermere.net for more information.

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A new normal There is a special occasion coming, right about now, that not many people are aware of or planning to celebrate. The special occasion is the end of the recession. As 2009 drew to its conclusion, Canada and other nations began to breathe a bit easier and to suggest things were about to return to normal. We were going to find ourselves getting better and better economic results. Each year would be an economic improvement over the year before.

Now, as we pass the middle of 2012, almost three years later, we hear economic experts from all parts of the globe say the economic miracle seems to be further away than ever. We are now well into what should have been our recovery period and should have seen a new level of stability.

Instead, we hear people in government telling us the recovery is ‘delicate’ and ‘unstable.’

There are always reasons given, yet none of them tell us why things are as they are. Yet, if we look closely, they do have one thing in common among them – that is, all of them talk as though recovery was a return to some kind of pre-existing ‘normal’ condition. Often, recovery seems to look like the economy as it was back before the recession.

The difficulty with a return to some sort of normal is that there never was anything we could call normal. There never was a moment of the past that was stable when we really look at it, and therefore there is nothing to which we are able to ‘return.’

While pundits speak of the conditions of normalcy as though it was a return to an imaginary condition of what life was like ‘before . . . ,’ we deeply need the recognition that our world has changed.

It is only when that recognition happens that we can reach a description of what our world is now,

with all the changes that have taken place.

Not only has our world changed since the recession, we see proof all around us each day in the form of jobs that have disappeared. We see it in new occupations for our high school, trade school and university graduates. We see it in whole in-

dustries that have either disappeared or changed radically.

We have always known humans do not readily adapt to changed environments. There is a kind of blindness that affects us when it comes to recognition of changes and the new behavior we need to make our way. We like things to remain the same as they have been and do not take kindly to the necessity to adapt our values or our behaviors.

When what we know no longer works, our first reaction is not to adapt but to pretend nothing is different. What we forget is that change has always been the nature of the world we live in, and that pretense has never worked. The only thing that has worked for us has been clear vision that allows us to see what is different, and intelligent adaptation that allows us to discover what we need to do, now. Add to that a willingness to take action

toward achieving our own deepest needs and desires, and we have a key to what is needed.

What we need is not a return to some sort of imaginary ‘normal.’ What we need is a discovery of whatever a new normal might look like. We need to discover what the entire word economy means as of the middle of 2012, and to find a new balance point at which we can re-establish ourselves in a fluid and flexible new ‘normal’ and then the willingness to act creatively in new conditions.

As we try to help our clients deal with their own financial challenges, we have discovered how important it is to people today – perhaps even more important than ever before – to discover their deepest and most important values, and then find ways to achieve what matters most to them.

Most have never thought about this. In fact, most people have always just gone from one situation to the next, reacting to what hits them hardest or most visibly. They have never stopped and really looked at what they want to achieve and how they intend to go about that achievement.

When you’re in a hole, the deeper and faster you dig the more likely it is that you will not be able to get out again. You will be stuck in the hole you have created.

We are surrounded by mountains that seem to be unchanging. At the same time, we are constantly faced with evidence that those mountains are always changing. Floods, snowstorms, droughts – whatever the event, it is also evidence that we have to constantly adapt to new situations. Why should we ever expect our finances to be any different?

In fact, expecting a return to some dream of ‘normal’ is almost a guarantee we will not adapt to the changes all around us.

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Summerlude 2012

photos by Valley Echo staff reporter1@invermerevalleyecho.com

Columbia Valley Summerlude was a smorgasbord of fun activities and events this past week, starting with Pynestock on Wednesday, July 18 and not letting up until the Lake Windermere Regatta on Saturday (July 21). (Clockwise from top left): The Bullriding in the Rockies event was temporarily rained out, but not before Dace Chisan from Alberta had a chance to last eight seconds on a bull named Wish Bone; the Rocky Mountain Town Crier Nelson Phillips was all over Invermere during Valley Appreciation Day, and here gets a little help from festival organizers Alita Bentley (left) and BobbyJo Weibe (right); the Lake Windermere Regatta provided an afternoon of fun on the beach complete with sailboat races, standup paddle board races and more; Jade Bowen received a warm rendition of "Happy Birthday" from those who attended Pynestock on her 15th birthday on Thursday (July 19); Normand Gagne of the Gagne logging family put on a comedy-laden logging show for kids and parents alike.

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ECHO FILE PHOTO Roughly 200 racers will be competing during the Mad Trapper weekend at Panorama Mountain Village Resort on Sunday (July 29).

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Mad Trapper returns BC, Canada Cup races take over Panorama Bike Park July 28, 29 STEVE JESSEL reporter1@invermerevalleyecho.com

For the third consecutive year, the Canada Cup and BC Cup downhill finals will take to the trails of Panorama Mountain Village Resort for a heart-pounding weekend of mountain biking action.

“It’s a really exciting event for racers and for spectators,” Panorama marketing co-ordinator Jamie Hurschler said. “For racers it’s a new challenge and a new thrill to challenge their technical abilities, and for spectators that technical element really makes it exciting because they can watch how the racers move and see what racers have to do to compete at that level.”

Taking place on the weekend of July 28 and 29, the two events will once again fall under the umbrella of Panorama’s Mad Trapper race event. Roughly 200 of the top racers from all over Canada will have one last chance to compete for coveted points to improve their rankings and vault themselves onto the national stage, but it likely won’t come easy on what Hurschler describes as a highly technical course. The technical aspect of the course is also a bonus

for spectators, as racers are forced to slow down for some of the more challenging features.

“It’s really important for racers to get as many points as they can out of a race like this,” Hurschler said.

Racers will have an opportunity to get a feel for the course on Saturday (July 28) before the races start in earnest on Sunday (July 29) morning at 10 a.m. Individually timed riders proceed one by one through the starting gates, reaching speeds of up to 60 kilometres per hour as they make their way through the bends of the course that is a combination of two popular Panorama bike park trails — Insanity and Quadzilla.

“I love seeing the riders standing up on the podium and getting that recognition, but I always love the butterflies everyone gets,” Hurschler said. “When the first racer is standing in the gates ready to go, that’s always the most exciting time for me.”

Volunteers are still needed for the race, and will be very well compensated for their time with a free lunch, and a free lift ticket for use either at the bike park in the summer or on the slopes during the winter.

“The races can’t happen without volunteers,” Hurschler said.

To volunteer, contact Nancy Brush by emailing nancy.brush@ panoramaresort.com or by calling 1-250-341-4131.

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Editor’s note: This is the fourth instalment of a five-part series on the Tour of the Arts, Invermere’s annual art gala taking place on Sunday, August 5. Each story feature one artist from each of the five tour locations. Artist Tara Mercer's work will be on display at site no. 4.

The force of gravity is not generally regarded as an artistic tool but in the case of Tara Mercer, it’s precisely this physical law that helps create the line of original glass beads she is known for. “To be honest,� the Cranbrook-based artist told The Valley Echo, “the round shape, if you do it right, is all gravity.�

PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/THE ECHO What began with a library book on Tara Mercer, whose work is known as Glass by Tara, is one of the artists featured at site number stained glass has evolved into a pas- four in this year's Tour of the Arts. sion for making beads out of melted glass heated by temperatures up to be solid, but you can wear it, it’s beau- my beads, to again make them different, and one of a kind.�

1800 degrees Farhenheit. Entirely self- tiful,� she said.

While beadmaking remains her pasLarge and ornate, often decorated with taught, Mercer said what captures her imagination about her chosen art form sion, over the years her work has evolved flowers either in or on top of them, her unique beads come in an array of sizes is the overall ability to make something to include silver and metal work. “I found ways to incorporate my with all sorts of metals — copper, silver, amazing and unique. “To melt something that is solid and beads into jewelry,� Mercer said. “I first make something again that is going to started doing the silverwork to go with CONTINUES TO 'PASSION' ON PAGE A17

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gold — mixed in with the glass. Her technique consists of melting glass rods, shaped like long pencils, with a torch run off oxygen and propane. Tools made out of graphite allow her to move the melted glass around without it sticking. “I build up the basic size of the bead that I want and then I will shape it and decorate it with other colours,� she said. “I started doing a line of oneof-a-kind pendants, and that is very popular,� she said. Her pendants, as well as earrings, bracelets, and silverwork will be part of her upcoming Tour of the Arts display.

This year is Mercer’s first with the Columbia Valley’s Tour of the Arts, which takes place on Sunday, August 5 in different locations throughout Invermere. But some valley locals may recognize her

Zany sounds by Cronin Va n c o u v e r- b a s e d band, Sean Cronin’s Columbia Valley Arts Council Very Good, is once again touring Western Canada and will be appearing at Pynelogs Cultural Centre on Tuesday (July 31). Cronin, the band’s lead vocalist and bassist, recently moved form Vancouver to New York City, and is excited to be bringing his music back to his native soil.

He has played a variety of genres with a variety of musicians, and all of his musical experiences have helped shape his own music. With influences including Bjork, Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, Nirvana and Duke Ellington, calling Very Good’s music eclectic wouldn’t do it justice. “If I had to describe it, which I’d rather not, I would say it’s like a trip between various North American approaches to songwriting,� he said. “Songs are a vehicle of creativity. When you mix conventional approaches of songwriting with unconstrained creativity, the result can be pretty explosive!�

The music is at times zany, and is being pegged as “an absurd Molotov cocktail of rock, theatre and jazz that will blow us all back to the motherland.� The rest of the band is made up of Martin Reisle on classical guitar, cello and vocals, Evan Arntzen on woodwinds and vocals, Meredith Bates on violin, viola and vocals, Tom Wherret on guitar and vocals and Andrew Millar on drums. They are currently touring to promote their two recent CDs, playfully titled Sean Cronin’s Very Good? and Sean Cronin’s Very Good!

The show is taking place at Pynelogs Cultural Centre on Tuesday (July 31) at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17 in advance or $20 at the door. For tickets, please call Pynelogs at 250-342-4423.

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Annual Big Christmas Craft Fair. Her work has also appeared at Be Gifted on 7th Avenue in Invermere, and she sells her work to Bedazzled in Creston and the farmers’ market in Cranbrook. Mercer first heard about Tour of the Arts when she joined Art at the Fort in Fort Steele last year. Artists there had been involved with the tour for a number of years, so after looking into it, she applied to have her work juried and made it in.

"Everyone knows me as Glass by Tara," she said. "Everything is one of a kind and that's what I go for the most."

The other artists who will also be featured at site number four — the home of Barb and Red Scott near Lake Lillian — are Caio Paagman, Kyla Brown, Bill Croft, Jessica Gowling, Sara James, Lori Lees-Stout and Cat McDiarmid.

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Announcements

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 The Valley Echo

Announcements

Employment

In Memoriam

Personals

Harry Moore Born in Burkes Falls, Ontario in 1902, as a boy he eagerly listened to stories of Halley’s Comet, of skies black with Passenger Pigeons (now vanished) and the first Aeroplanes (his great love of flying took his whole family to far-flung places in woodenwinged speedster’s!). From a large English-Scot farming family, he followed his father to B.C. in 1923 where he took work saw milling in Wasa and where he met Katharine Alberta Cameron, his wife and help-mate for 67 years. Then the jobs vanished, the 30’s and the Depression hit. Harry Moore never had a job again but never stopped working either. With the help of his wife, family and many of the other strong families, an efficient sawmill grew up in Edgewater, the town he was invited to in 1942 because of he and the crew “could get things done.” And many things were helped along by this tough but soft-hearted achiever - the power dam at Spillimacheen, the new hospital, Edgewater’s high school, airport and bridge over the Columbia-and a quiet, vigorous community flourished. His best time was in the air; farsighted, resourceful and skilled, he was at home with the fliers anywhere.

Happy Landings, Old Pilot!

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Lost & Found Found on highway in front of Bowling Alley about 3 weeks ago, a small black boat tarp with centre pole. Believe to cover the front seating area of a power boat. Call 250-3428838

Travel

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Al-Anon - Are you concerned about or affected by someone else’s drinking? If so, please join us. Al-Anon meets EVERY Monday in Invermere at 7:15 PM at the Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church, 712 - 12th Ave, (behind the Invermere hospital).

For information, please call Carol at (250) 347-9841.

Information ALCOHOLICS Anonymous If alcohol is causing problems or conflict in your life, AA can help. Call 250-342-2424 for more information. All meetings are at 8 p.m. Invermere: Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday groups - Columbia United AA at the BC Services building, south end, 625 4th Street Invermere. Radium Friendship Group: Friday, Catholic Church. All meetings are open.

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Drivers/Courier/ Trucking VJ Bishop Excavating needs truck drivers. Must be experienced. Prefer Class 1. Fax resume to 250-341-6006.

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Births

ON THE WEB: Ethan Baes is pleased to announce the arrival of his baby brother, Aidan Cooper Baes, on June 2, 2012 at 11:38 a.m., weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz.

Trades, Technical

Financial Services

AUTOMATED TANK Manufacturing Inc. is looking for welders. Due to a huge expansion to our plant located in Kitscoty, Alberta, 20km west of Lloydminster. We have openings for 10-3rd year apprentices or journey person welders.

We offer best wage in industry. 3rd year apprentice $28$30/hr, Journeyperson $32$35/hr, higher with tank experience. Profit sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus incentive. Full insurance package 100% paid by company.

Good working environment.

Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine at; (office)780-8462231; (fax)780-846-2241 or send resume to: blaine@autotanks.ca p r o d u c t i o n @ a u t o t a n k s. c a .

Keep your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through inhole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or elevated work platform.

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INVERMERE PETRO CANADA

Help Wanted

TRUCK DRIVER

Certified Faller needed for a local logging contractor. Call Ed 250-344-5300.

Forestry - Skidder Operator needed for Vernon, BC area.

Experience required. Fax Resume with experience and references: 250-503-1148. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Cards of Thanks

Dehart Sewer and Drain Ltd. is still experiencing very positive growth with an expanding client base. We are currently seeking a part-time on call pump truck operator. Applicants must have a Class 3 license with Air certification, be physically fit and mechanically inclined.

A good Drivers Abstract is a must. Good communication skills are important while serving our valued and satisfied customers. We have a great team and are willing to train a successful candidate for this long term employment opportunity and will reward them with an excellent wage. This position is available immediately.

Interested applicants may forward resumes c/w references to the attention of Bruce Dehart at dehartseweranddrain@gmail.com or fax 250-347-2274 Please call 250-342-0286 for further information.

VJ Bishop Excavating is needing a heavy duty mechanic F/T or P/T. Automotive experience is an asset but not necessary. Fax

resume to 250-341-6006

Cards of Thanks

Th a n k yo u !

The Kinsmen Club of Windermere Valley would like to say a big thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Annual Canada Day Fireworks Display such a great success. The show would not have been possible without the help of many different organizations and individuals.

Thank you to the Government of Canada, the District of Invermere and the Columbia Basin Trust for their support and to Stoneset Equity Development Corporation for allowing us to launch the fireworks from their land again this year. To Invermere Home Hardware for sponsoring the Fireworks BBQ; All our local businesses for generously supporting the show again this year and for allowing us to put coin boxes in their stores; and All the members of the public who contributed.

HEAVY Duty Mechanic required with certified inspection license; competitive wages; benefit package; full time; located in Rossland Trail area. Please send resume and or request for further detail to email: impactgroup@shaw.ca or by fax 250-364-9956.

We would also like to thank our local media for their great coverage of the event. The Columbia Valley Pioneer, The Valley Echo, The Valley Peak, CKIR radio, and Shaw Cable. You did a fantastic job of letting everyone know about the show.

Thanks again to everyone, and we look forward to another great Fireworks display on Canada Day next year!

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Legal Services ONE DAY Polar Bear Tours Calgary/Edmonton departures this fall. Jet to Churchill and experience 6 hours on a Polar Bear Safari; 1-866-460-1415; www.classiccanadiantours.com

Cleaning Services

Services

D&G WINDOW CLEANING Affordable services in Invermere and area 403-827-9817 or 403-472 -5025.

Health Products

Hauling & Salvage

SLIM DOWN For Summer!

Lose up to 20 lbs in just 8 weeks. Call Herbal Magic today! 1-800-854-5176

ODD JOBS ENT. HAULING garbage, brush & construction disposal, mulch deliveries Call Dale Hunt 250-342-3569

Financial Services DROWNING IN Debt? Helping Canadians 25 years. Lower payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru Settlements.

Avoid bankruptcy! Free consultation. Toll Free 1 877-5563500 www.mydebtsolution.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.

Business/Office Service

Home Improvements Red Rock Contracting Masonry work, river rocks, rock veneer, glass blocks, etc.

Tile and slate installations, interlocking paving stones, retaining wall systems, repairs etc.

For estimates 250-341-6869 cell 250-341-1220.

Business/Office Service

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Proud grandparents: Lane & Jim Maione and Violet Baes

Services

Help Wanted

is currently accepting applications for full time and part time employment.

Apply in person to 185 Laurier Street, Invermere, BC between 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Welcome Wagon is hiring!

We are looking for a motivated, organized, and enthusiastic individual to visit new families, new parents, and the newly engaged.

Car and computer required.

Sales experience an asset.

Email all questions and resumés to cwickenheiser@ welcomewagon.ca

Employment

An Alberta Construction Company is hiring dozer, excavator and labour/rock truck operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfield road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.

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BUSINESS FOR SALE

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IF YOU’RE Interested in real estate, then take Appraisal and Assessment, a specialized two-year business major at Lakeland College’s campus in Lloydminster, Alberta. Your training includes assessment principles, computerized mass appraisal valuation of properties, farmland evaluation and property analysis. Start September; 1-800-661-6490, ext.

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Services

Merchandise for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

Rentals

Rentals

Transportation

Transportation

Misc Services

Heavy Duty Machinery

Misc. Wanted

Apt/Condo for Rent

Homes for Rent

Antiques / Classics

Auto Financing

Available immediately

Windermere - Available Sept-June, newly renovated house, ideal for single or a couple. References & lease required. $875/mth, plus utilities & DD. N/S, N/P. Please send resume including 3 references, employment & police check to email arkelly@xplornet.com or call 403-542-7353

Cresteel RV Services Appliances, accessories, parts and repairs Mobile Service

250-342-6312 HAVE A PILE OF GARBAGE to get rid of? Give Odd Jobs Ent. a call. 250-342-3569

Window Cleaning WINDOW CLEANING? Call Jim Triple J Window Cleaning. 250-349-7546.

Pets & Livestock

Pet Services Hawt Pawz N Clawz Dog and Cat Grooming. Currently no waiting period. Call Michelle 250-347-2412, Radium

Merchandise for Sale

Auctions RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT AUCTION (New & Used) Wed, July 18th @ 6:00pm, preview same day 9-6, 3953 Hwy 97 N, Kelowna, 1-800-556-5945 www.KwikAuctions.com

A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges / Equipment Wheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs�20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & StorageCall 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale 12’ alum boat w/trailer $300, black canopy for 6’7 box $300, 6’ quad ramps $40, 21 speed bike like new $50, 2 tow chains 15’ & 16’ $40 for both, 30 x 60 heavy duty tarp $50, queen size air mattress like new with frame & pump $50.

Call 250-347-9166 1993 18’ Searay bow rider, 150 hp outboard mercury.

Complete with trailer & accessories, excellent condition. $11,000 or best offer 403-6303556 2000 180 Sea Ray motor boat w/trailer. Excellent condition with very low hours. Lots of extras!! To view call 250-3415331. Asking $8,900 OBO. 2 Window Air Conditioners, Haier 5200 BTU, 150sq ft, digital, timer, remote, new $110 ea Call 250-347-9570

Garage Sales

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

4878 Wills road Fairmont B.C. from 9-2, Sat July 28, collectables, antiques, tools, gardening items, household, etc.

Furniture, lawn yard tools, tile saw, table saw, power tools, etc. Sat. July 28 8a.m.- 2p.m.

4730 Kirk St. Radium B.C.

STEEL BUILDINGHuge clearance sale! 20x24 $4,658.

25x28 $5,295. 30x40 $7,790.

32x54 $10,600.

40x58 $14,895. 47x78 $19,838. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

Floor ReďŹ nishing/ Installations

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Window Cleaning

Window Cleaning

Krystal Klear

I Buy Old Coins & Collections Olympic, Gold Silver Coins etc Call Chad 250-863-3082 Local LOOKING for a futon couch in good condition. Please call 403-620-8184

Real Estate Acreage for Sale Acreages “columbiavalleyproperties.com�

Apt/Condos for Sale 2 Bedroom Furnished Condo Enjoy the stunning views of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort from the 24 ft. 3rd oor balcony. Perfect for all season outdoor enthusiasts; GolďŹ ng, biking, hiking, skiing. Condo is move-in ready. Stainless steel appliances.

Most furniture new within 2-3 yrs. FP in LR with custom queen sofa bed for extra guests. Lots of storage.

Well maintained bldg with elevator. Situated next to the Kicking Horse River in a quiet location near Spirit Square and covered Pedestrian Bridge. $204,500.

Condo price unfurnished $199, 500.

Call 250-344-7430 or 250-272-0434.

2 bdrm, 2-4pc bathroom condo, furnished, Fairmont Riverside Resort, overlooking golf course, laundry & storage in unit. Great mountain views.

1 year lease, non-smoking, no pets. Call Sharon 250-688-1365 CARRIAGE COURT APARTMENTS

conveniently located behind Sobeys within walking distance to downtown.

Two bdrm townhouse units, outside entrance. Sliding glass doors open onto balcony overlook private courtyard.

Fireplace and WD included in each unit.

Long term preferred. $750/month DD. Available now. Utilities extra 250-270-0729 Radium - main oor 103 Pinewood West building. 2 bdrm, 2 bath, underground parking, fully furnished. All inclusive. Avail August 1. $900/mth. Call Lina @ 403-264-2782 or 403-9992783

Fight Back.

Volunteer your time, energy and skills today.

Houses For Sale 107 Westridge Dr. 6 yrs new, incredible views, great location. Large detached garage.

Will consider trade. Asking $590,000 call 250-342-8773 after 6 p.m.

Exclusive MOUNTAIN HOME For Sale - Visit: www.newbuildinglinks.com Windermere new listing: 4758 Government Street $338,000, 4 bdrm, 2 bath, 1500 sq ft, 4 blocks to main beach, best price and fully upgraded.

Agents welcome. 250-342-2428

Other Areas 20 ACRES- Only $99/mo. $0 Down, Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Near El Paso, Texas, Beautiful Mountain Views! Money Back Guarantee! Free Color Brochure.

1-800-755-8953. www.sunsetranches.com

Houses For Sale

Duplex / 4 Plex WINDERMERE Bright 2 bedroom upper unit in quiet 4-plex with beautiful view, large yard separate parking & entrance $700/mth plus electricity plus D/D. N/P Available immediately to mature & responsible tenants.

References required.

Call 403-258-3132

Homes for Rent CHARMING 2 BEDROOM HOUSE! Excellent location, Valley view. W/D, D/W, $850 + utilities. Available. Jeff 250688-1105 FOR RENT in Canal Flats.

3bedroom home with 2vehicle detached garage, N/S, small pet okay. Available Aug.1st, $900/mo plus utilities & DD. Phone (250) 349-5309 or (250)489-8389.

Suites, Lower Bright, clean 2 bdrm suite in Windermere, across from school. Separate entrance, W/D, large storage room, small work shop, fenced backyard. N/S, N/P. $625/mth + util, 1 month damage deposit.

Long term! Call 250-341-5316

Trucks & Vans

Want to Rent

Auto Financing

ELDERLY COUPLE, N/S, non drinkers, no/pets, would like to rent newer condo for next May and June(2013).

Around $700./mo. Invermere area.

John Weimer, #2 2426 Louise St., Saskatoon, Sask. S7J 0P2.

1(306)477 3814

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0� Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

Houses For Sale

1997 Ford Windstar Limited Edition, green, very clean, good running condition, good tires, roof rack. 242,000 km mostly hwy. $1000 obo. Call Lou 403-861-1327.

Legal

1-800-910-6402

www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557

YOU’RE APPROVED Poor, Good, OR No Credit at AUTO CREDIT NOW DL11143 Details and APPLY online autocreditwithbarrie.com OR TOLL FREE 1-877-356-0743

Legal Notices Notice to Creditor: I Carl A Seel am not responsible or liable for any and all debt accrued by Lonie Annette Contentti as of July 18, 2012

Waterfront Property ,OWER ,AKEVIEW 2D s

Window Washing & Snow Plowing

250-342-0450 Serving the Valley for over a decade!

Immaculately kept home, with 4 plus bedrooms, and 3.5 baths. Fully furnished and move-in ready.

Outstanding at lot. Best on the lake. Includes private dock and boat house. May consider Calgary trade.

403-256-8900, 250-342-6026.

CHURCH SERVICES DIRECTORY ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN MISSION OF INVERMERE Worship Services every Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Christ Church Trinity 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere Pastor Rev. Fraser Coltman Pastor Rev. David Morton 1-866-426-7564

WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY ANGLICAN-UNITED 250-342-6644 100-7th Avenue, Invermere www.wvsm.info www.christchurchtrinity.com Reverend Laura Hermakin

9 a.m.

Worship at All Saints, Edgewater 10:30 a.m.

Worship at Christ Church Trinity,Invermere Worship at St. Peter’s, Windermere; 1st Sunday (7 p.m.) and 3rd Sunday (9 a.m.) of the month May-Oct.

CANADIAN MARTYRS CATHOLIC CHURCH

Roman Catholic Parish Pastor: Father James McHugh 250-342-6167 Invermere 250-344-6328 Golden Confession: 1/2 hour before Mass Canadian Martyrs Church 712 - 12 Ave, Invermere Saturday at 7 p.m.

Sunday at 9 a.m.

St. Joseph Church Highway 93-95, Radium Hot Springs Sunday at 11 a.m.

Sacred Heart Parish 808 - 11 Street, Golden Sunday at 5 p.m.

St. Anthony’s Mission Corner of Luck and Dunn, Canal Flats

Saturday at 4:30 p.m. (served from Kimberly)

RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP For more information call 250-342-6633 or 250-347-6334 Loving God, Loving People #4 - 7553 Main Street West, Radium Sundays at 10 a.m.

Bible Studies #4 - 7553 Main Street West, Radium Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Kids’ Church Edgewater Hall Thursday 6:30 p.m.

LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH

326 - 10th Ave. 250-342-9535 REV. TREVOR HAGAN Senior Pastor www.lakewindermerealliance.org

VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Hwy. 93/95 1 km north of Windermere Pastor: Murray Wittke

Sunday, July 29th Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

10 a.m. Worship & Word CELEBRATION SUNDAY Kid’s Church Provided ‌ “Sharing Service.â€? The Lord’s Supper will be served. “K.I.D.S.â€? Church, for chil- Call the office at 250-342-9511 for more information. dren ages 3-7, during the www.valleychristianonline.com Morning Service.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012 The Valley Echo

The Valley Echo has put together a 12 month community calendar for the Columbia Valley. Each month, we'll print the following month's page. To add your community event to the page, email the date, time and location to production@invermerevalleyecho.com by the third Sunday in each month. For additional information about the calendar and participating in the 2013 edition, please call 250-342-9216.

Photo by Jeanette Hendricks

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Wednesday Thursday Scrabble Night at Inv. Library, 6 - 8 p.m.

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Pancake Breakfast!

Edgewater Community Hall Columbia Valley Tour of the Arts

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Seniors’ Day at Inv. Library, 1 - 2:15 p.m.

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Summer Reading Club Gr. 1-5, 1-3 p.m., Inv. Public Library

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Chamber Music Celebration., Christ Church Trinity, 1:30 p.m.

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Rotary’s Loop the Lake 36th Annual Lakeside Paragliding and Hangliding Event

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