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Poaching incidents plague Invermere Four deer affected by illegal hunting in populated areas NICOLE TRIGG editor@invermerevalleyecho.com

PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/THE ECHO The Columbia Valley Rockies Junior B hockey team joined the Fairmont and District Lions' Club for a community clean up on Saturday (October 13). Participants fanned out into small groups up and down the highway picking up garbage, in what's a biannual activity for the club. The Lions' thank Cindy and staff at Smoking Waters Coffee Company for the tasty lunch afterwards.

Wilmer water system upgrade eyed Project could go ahead if Dry Gulch provincial grant is reallocated STEVE JESSEL reporter@invermerevalleyecho.com

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) is currently attempting to move forward with a

$3.5 million Wilmer water system upgrade project.

“I don’t know the age of the (Wilmer) system, but they’ve had a boil water advisory, so there are some issues, like any system that has been in place for a while,”

said RDEK chief administrative officer Lee-Ann Crane.

After it was decided in August that a proposed upgrade to the Dry Gulch water system would be too SEE 'UPGRADE' ON PAGE A2

The local conservation officer service is asking for public assistance after a series of illegal hunting incidents took place in and around Invermere over the last two weeks.

“Hunting and poaching are prohibited within the boundaries of the community and I think it’s very unacceptable for anyone to do that,” said District of Invermere mayor Gerry Taft, “and it’s extremely dangerous with the potential for bullets or arrows to go to private property, potentially domesticated animals, if not a person.”

The first report, called in on Tuesday, October 2, was

about a seriously injured mule deer buck by the Invermere Home Hardware. The buck, walking with its intestines hanging out, made its way to the RCMP detachment where police saw it was seriously injured and put it down. Invermere conservation officer Greg Kruger confirmed it had been shot with an arrow, either from a bow or cross bow.

“It was shot through its stomach and the arrow boardhead was lodged in its ankle,” Kruger said. “We don’t know who (did it) or where that deer was shot.”

Next, a partially butchered first-year fawn was discovered on the outskirts of the Wilder subdivision on the morning of Tuesday, October 9 and Kruger suspects poachers were responsible for the kill.

“The way it was butchered, SEE 'FAWN' ON PAGE A4

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BY PAT MORROW Windermere resident Dominic Hughes at the head of Glacier Creek, a 30-minute hike up from Jumbo Pass Cabin, with Mount Cauldron (left) and Mount Truce (right) in the distance. This photograph was taken on Friday, October 5, shortly after the region's first snowfall.

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While East Kootenay residents wait with baited breath to find out if WestJet will be servicing the region with its new airline service for smaller communities, the airline company has taken another step towards launching the service by unveiling the name for its new regional service: WestJet Encore.

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Expected to launch in the second half of 2013, the service will use Bombardier Q400 aircraft to service smaller communities across the country. Earlier this year, The Valley Echo reported that Fairmont

Hot Springs resort and the Canadian Rockies International Airport (CRIA) just outside of Cranbrook were both vying for the service, and that the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) had sent letters of support stating the CRIA was the preferred destination for any regional service in the district.

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tem upgrade project. The RDEK is also looking at allocating $350,000 from the Community Works Fund Program to increase the total grant funding.

Currently, the RDEK is waiting on a response to their reallocation proposal from the provincial government before moving forward.

“They did not give us a timeline, we’re hopeful that we have an answer in the next couple of months,” Crane said. “It has been helpful that both of the projects to which we have asked to reallocate are located within the same electoral area.”

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Columbia Valley mayors, directors revisit UBCM Interesting results from annual civic leader convention NICOLE TRIGG editor@invermerevalleyecho.com

This year's Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) convention made headlines after delegates voted to support the decriminalization of marijuana as a way to counteract organized crime. The convention, which was held in Victoria from September 24 to 28, saw the majority of elected local leaders from the Columbia Valley attend. The Echo caught up with all three mayors from the District of Invermere, the Village of Radium Hot Springs and the Village of Canal Flats, as well as the two Regional District of East Kootenay directors for Areas F and G to learn how they voted on the resolution to decriminalize marijuana and what other issues were raised that directly impact the Columbia Valley region.

Gerry Taft, District of Invermere mayor, said he would have voted in favour of the resolution had he been present, but was in a group meeting about habituated deer with Minister of Environment Terry Lake at the time, along with officials from Penticton, Grand Forks, Cranbrook, Kimberly and Princeton, "communities that have similar issues," said Taft. "It was a good chance to talk about what happened with the culls in Cranbrook, Kimberly and Invermere and just express concerns over resources and that sort of thing."

Taft also had a private meeting with Lake to go over the deer issue in more depth, but said no breakthroughs or offers of fund-

photo submitted by UBCM This year's UBCM convention in Victora made headlines when delegates voted to support decriminalizing marijuana.

mind the potential Jumbo implications," he said.

Village of Radium Hot Springs mayor Dee Conklin was present for the resolution to decriminalize marijuana and said she voted in favour of it "for many reasons."

With respect to the MRM resolution, Conklin said no one from Radium participated in a formal debate.

"Everyone has the right to their opinions and this was not going to be lost or won on the UBCM floor," she said. "This decision is in the hands of the government at this time."

Her council benefited greatly from the conference, she said, and attended a number of different forums on everything from watershed governance to community policing.

"Infrastructure of course is hugely important to all communities large and small," Conklin said. "Radium is on solid footing in its planning for the future but everything we learn either supports the direction we are going or offers great ideas for helping

ing came out of it.

Of particular interest to the Columbia Valley was a resolution on Mountain Resort Municipalities (MRMs), originally brought forward by the Regional District of the Central Kootenay then amended by Taft himself "to give it stronger wording and make it more specific," he said.

The resolution, which Taft said passed with an overwhelming majority, asked the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development to consider a governance structure for MRMs comprised of elected representatives only for a minimum population of 200, and further (as amended by Taft), that the UBCM would not support an unelected body making decisions for an area with no population.

While Jumbo Glacier Resort was not specifically brought up, those who knew the issue could read between the lines, Taft said.

"To me, it's actually a bigger issue than Jumbo and it is something worth fighting just on the merits of the philosophy, never

us get there."

Village of Canal Flats mayor Ute Juras also voted in favour of decriminalizing marijuana, which she said is a drug that can be compared to alcohol and believes court time and tax dollars would be better spent on hardened criminals.

"I think that decriminializing will help regulate it and I would hope that the taxation generated by this will go to rehab programs and youth education," Juras said.

She was "very pleased" with the outcome of her meeting with Justice Minister Bond and the Fire Commissioner regarding the financial burden of provincial regulations on fire departments in a small municipality.

"They both assured me that there are ways for small volunteer fire departments to work within the regulations without the great expense," she said. "The Fire Commissioner will contact our staff to work with them on that."

RDEK Area F director Wendy Booth voted in favour of de-

criminalizing marijuana and attended two workshops on small water systems and watershed governance, which she said have real impacts on Area F and Columbia Valley.

"I found (them) very interesting and relevant to my role as the director," said Booth, noting that were also resolutions passed on these subjects requesting further provincial support.

RDEK Area G director Gerry Wilkie ("along with about 75 per cent of the other mayors, councillors and regional distinct directors in B.C.," he said) also voted in favour of decriminalizing the use of marijuana. Other resolutions passed that had relevance to the Columbia Valley included restoring funding for the Conservation Officer Service and requiring the Ministry of Transportation to provide signs identifying public access to the province's lakes and rivers, he said.

Wilkie also attended several seminars and meetings at which the following were addressed: the UBCM committee working on possible policy and regulatory changes for small water systems that have difficulty complying with the Drinking Water Act; the Columbia Headwaters Community Forest proposal for a community forest in the geographic area of the former Invermere Timber Supply Area, which the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources supports but formal establishment may have to wait for next year's provincial Timber Supply Review; and the maintenance and safety of Rural Resource (bush) Roads after industrial use is curtailed, and the criteria for closures and/or deactivation given that public use of these roads is an important part of the way of life in BC.

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photo by Steve Jessel/The Echo This black bear cub was spotted eating apples in a tree in a front yard across from Smoking Water Coffee Company in Fairmont Hot Springs.

The cub, its other sibling and mama bear garnered much attention from passerbys on Saturday (October 13.)

Fawn found butchered, meat taken Continued from Page A1

obviously these people knew what they were doing with knives,” Kruger told The Valley Echo on Wednesday (October 10).

A nearby resident had called the RAPP (Report All Poachers and Polluters) line after his dog discovered the carcass on the grassy slope up from the bottom of Kpokyl Road. The resident told Kruger he heard a single gunshot around 10:30 p.m. the night before, but didn’t think it was worth calling in at the time.

“It was likely a small calibre gun, not that loud,” Kruger said, “but it’s hard to say, the gully would suppress a lot of sound.”

He couldn’t find a bullet, but saw that parts of the rib cage had been cut out.

“When it was butchered, it appears that the bullet hole was cut out to cover (it up),” Kruger said. “There was no other reason to cut them out because there was no meat there.”

Despite being so young, the fawn’s hindquarters — what’s regarded as the best cut of meat — had been removed.

Kruger also responded to a call later that same day about a mule deer buck at the end of Walker Lane with its bottom jaw hanging off, but he was unable to find it after it was spooked off by a train. Given the buck was seen within 400 to 500 metres of the fawn carcass, it’s likely it was shot as well, that the two problems are related and that “someone went on a little shooting spree on Monday night,” Kruger said.

The most recent incident was called

in Wednesday (October 10) night at about 8:30 pm when a concerned resident observed a mule deer buck at the bottom end of Johnson road, just off westside road, with an arrow through its back.

“Something’s going on,” Kruger said. “For those three deer from Kpokyl Road, Walker Lane, Johnson Road, it’s all within a fairly close proximity (and) all these four deer all human caused; these are all involved with hunting or illegal hunting.”

At the local level, the discharge of firearms, bows ( longbow or crossbow )or hunting within the district of

“It's total disregard of the hunting regulations.” greg kruger invermere conservation officer

Invermere is prohibited by law and anyone caught and convicted is liable to be fined up to $2000. Enforcement is up to the RCMP and bylaw enforcement officers. Provincially, these incidents falls under the Wildlife Act. “If we were able to apprehend who is doing it, it’s multiple violations,” said Kruger.

Under the act, no one can hunt within 100 metres of a dwelling or 500 m of a school, and shoot from, along or across a public road. In the hunting management area in which Invermere sits, open season on mule deer includes only bucks with four-point antlers, not antlerless deer, including fawns.

Additionally, the legal hunting time

in B.C. is one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise.

“So whoever (is shooting), it’s total disregard of the hunting regulations,” said Kruger. For most of these offences, the minimum penalty is $100 with a maximum of $100,000 and/or one year in jail.

“We would say this is getting to be a bigger investigation,” he said.

Taft said no one should be drawing comparisons between these incidents and a deer cull, which he defined as an organized, targeted provinciallysanctioned operation to decrease the deer population in the most humane way possible.

“Those really upset about the deer population in town, if they see no action from government and their concerns aren’t being listened to, there might be a small number within them that will try to ‘take things into their own hands’ and that’s concerning because I don’t think it’s the right thing to do or the safest thing to do,” he said, “(and) not something we condone or encourage in any way.”

Anyone who knows anything or who witnesses suspicious activity is asked to call the provincial toll-free RAPP line at 1-877-952-7277, which is manned 24/7 and anonymity is guaranteed.

“Last year we had some problems in Windermere but it was more people targeting what we call trophy bucks, the bigger ones,” Kruger said. “Typically what we see is people taking bigger risks for the trophy animals in closed hunting areas. This year and especialy with that fawn we’re a little bit baffled as to what the motives are.”

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Ktunaxa agreement-in-principle presented to public B.C., Canadian governments consulting public on Ktunaxa Kinbasket Treaty Council offer

been involved in the process — a lot of people are saying we’re comfortable with the direction that’s being taken,” Teenese said. “The expectation is that the treaty is a framework for our ongoing relationship far into the future.”

The public consultation sessions for the

NICOLE TRIGG editor@invermerevalleyecho.com

The Ktunaxa Nation is one of nine First Nations in B.C. in the advanced stage of treaty negotiations with the governments of Canada and British Columbia. On October 1, a series of public information sessions to present the most up-to-date information to the public in the Kootenay and Columbia River regions began in Invermere.

“The purpose of this set of public information sessions is actually a consultation being conducted by Canada and B.C.,” Ktunaxa Nation chair Kathryn Teneese told The Valley Echo.

“Canada and B.C. made an offer to us and we’ve conditionally accepted it, which means now that they are involved in a consultation process with their constituents.”

After more than

a decade of negotiations, the Ktunaxa Kinbasket Treaty Council (KKTC) accepted a land and cash offer by the provincnial and federal governments in October 2010 as the basis for continued negotiations in February 2012.

“They ( the land parcels) are part of the land available that we worked together to determine that could be included in the offer,” said Teneese, adding that the parcels were characterized as available Crown land.

“The agreement, what I’ve always said, is not a real estate deal, there’s much more to it than just dealing with the parcels,” she said.

“Agreement on the parcels doesn’t mean that we have an agreement on all of the aspects; there’s a number of other is-

photo by Nicole Trigg/The Echo (l-r) Federal chief negotiator Bryan Smith, Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation acting chief negotiator Shane Berg and Ktunaxa Nation chair Kathryn Teneese at the public consultation session for the Ktunaxa Kinbasket Treaty Council treaty negotiations held at the Invermere Community Hall on October 1.

sues that we’re working on at the table to try and come to some conclusion about.”

Information on the land parcels is currently limited to the series of consultation sessions and will not be publicly available until such time that an agreement in principle is complete.

District of Invermere councillor Spring Hawes, who attended the Invermere session, said that after viewing maps of the specific parcels, she was a little surprised to discover there wasn’t more.

“You hear a lot of rumours around and people are afraid I think, and I was expecting that there would be a lot more land being discussed,” she said.

“It seemed like they went to great lengths to choose, to find parcels that wouldn’t affect any private interests at all and they protected the access across them.

“Nothing that they showed seemed like it should cause problems for anyone.”

According to the BC Treaty Commission 2012 Annual

Report released on October 10, two First Nations in B.C. have implemented treaty agreements, six are in varying advanced stages after completing agreementsin-principle, nine — including Ktunaxa Nation — are in advanced agreementin-principle negotiations, while 23 are engaged in active treaty negotiations.

“What we’ve been hearing from people is that because we’re at the stage we’re at — we’ve been reporting on these things all the years that we’ve

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KKTC treaty negotiations end on Thursday (October 25) at the Heritage Inn Ballroom in Cranbrook.

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Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund Request for Proposals The East Kootenay Conservation Program (EKCP) and Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) are seeking proposals for projects that will benefit conservation in the area from Spillimacheen to Canal Flats utilizing the Columbia Valley Local Conservation Fund (CVLCF). To apply for funding go to www.ekcp.ca and click on the CVLCF tab.

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Eye of the storm NICOLE TRIGG editor@invermerevalleyecho.com

It would seem that in the case of two divisive issues that have troubled residents of Invermere for some time — the deer cull and the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort — time is not the answer. Indeed, it would seem that given more time, these issues are becoming more entrenched, lending to some unexpected, not to mention undesireable, outcomes.

In the case of Jumbo Glacier Resort, which is anxiously waiting for Mountain Resort Muncipality (MRM) status before moving ahead with any development, the Union of British Columbia Municipalities' majority vote against an MRM in an area with no residents that would effectively require an appointed — not elected — mayor and council, reveals a level of opposition to this newly-introduced governance structure not previously aired.

The sentiment raised around the District of Invermere council table back in May after the new legislation was introduced appears to have now spread across the province, and may pick up even more momentum if Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Bill Bennett is successful in his bid to secure MRM status for the proposed resort in the non-populated Jumbo Valley.

We have yet to learn if Ktunaxa First Nation has been successful in its application for a judicial review of the B.C. government's approval of the Jumbo Glacier Resort project, but we do know the nation has raised the issue with the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Now, JGR, as it's come to be called, is being appealed not only on a local level but provincial and international ones as well.

As for the deer cull issue, it's pure speculation at this point that those responsible for the death and maiming of deer within the district of Invermere's municipal boundaries over the last two weeks are acting out of frustration because nothing is being done to reduce the local deer population. Irregardless, these individuals are discharging weapons in public areas with no regard for public safety or the law.

What can we do to protect our core community values and character when presented with these kinds of conflict and crises? Bonding together and strengthening our common connection based on the reasons that drew us here together in the first place should be paramount before our sense of community gets lost in the bigger picture.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Democracy defended Dear Editor, Whether a Mountain Resort Municipality (MRM) in the Jumbo Valley is created by a cabinet minister or by the entire provincial cabinet does not change the fact that it is a stupid idea (and a violation of democratic principles). An appointed council responsible for an area with zero population is not only silly, it is dangerous and expensive. The only purpose for creating such a pretend town (several suggestions for names include the District of Dumbo and Bennett-Ville) is to avoid a public process and a land-use decision that involves elected and accountable people. Whether the puppets who would be appointed to the council in Jumbo are “local” or not is completely irrelevant because they will not be accountable or even autonomous in their decision making.

As it stands right now, the proponent behind the Jumbo resort could apply for rezoning through the RDEK and follow the same public process that every other land owner and developer in the region has to follow — including the ski resorts of Panorama Mountain Village and Fernie Alpine Resort. To circumnavigate proper process will cost us, the taxpayers

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of British Columbia, over a hundred thousand a year to pay for an administrator salary and to set up all of the paper work for the town with no people, and no one can indicate when — if ever — there might be a population and a tax base large enough to allow this white elephant to be self sufficient and hold democratic elections and function like any other local government in the province is expected to do (and any new areas considering incorporation have to prove that they can do from day one).

Some have compared the would be banana republic of Jumbo to several B.C. mining towns that were created instantly a long time ago. The difference between the mining towns (i.e.

Elkford and Tumbler Ridge) is that within a short period of time (usually two years) there was a population base large enough to hold elections, and that the purpose of creating these communities was to provide a home for mine workers and their families to live — not for real estate speculation and resort development. Some of these communities also pre-date the current regional district system, which, if it had been in place, would be a much simpler way to administer the land zoning of an undeveloped area.

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Wilks' support decried Dear Editor, In June, MP David Wilks chose to make significant cuts to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency by voting in favour of the Conservative omnibus budget bill. Liberals voted against these cuts because Canadians deserve to feel confident that their food supply is protected just as our farmers and ranchers deserve safe and stable business.

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Investment pays dividends Editor’s note: This is the final instalment of best for its citizens understands that the best a three-part series on the provincial budget. course of action is judicious and reasoned Just like managing your household finances, investment in the land and in ensuring that managing the Province’s finances is all about the people who care for the land are able to making choices. In my last two MLA reports, do their work.

I spoke about ways that the Province receives Caring for our forest lands pays divirevenue and the Province’s current debt and dends. By ensuring B.C. has healthy forests, financial obligations, which will restrict future we protect our water, our air, species diverbudget decisions for decades to come. sity and mitigate for climate change. And In this report, I will cover the third aspect we provide the foundation for a healthy and of budgeting which is program choicsustainable forest industry. es. Where do you spend money and what Through good stewardship, we will also be benefits do you receive from that investable to maximize the opportunity that new ment? These are the technologies and uses for questions that a governwood fibre will bring.

"A government that is ment must answer.

For instance, new techfocused on what is best for its I want to apply these nologies will allow wood citizens understands that the questions to a specific fibre to be used to make area of spending , the products such as films, best course of action is... reaMinistry of Forests, Lands pigments and bioplastics. soned investment in the land." and Natural Resource But we will miss these Operations. opportunities if we Since 2001, the BC Liberals have cut the continue to underfund and degrade our budgets for land ministries by 52 per cent. forests.

The degradation of our forests and the loss I believe that we must have a government of professional capacity within government that sees our Crown lands as our greatest has had dire consequences. The BC Liberals’ asset and that invests in ensuring that our record on forestry includes out-of-date inCrown lands continue to provide wealth for ventory, the closure of the research branch, our children and our grandchildren. little action on wildfire interface manageNorm Macdonald* ment, mill closures and the loss of 35,000 MLA for Columbia River – Revelstoke forestry jobs.

Opposition Critic for Forests, Lands and While we may have saved some money by Natural Resource Operations not funding resource ministries, the real cost Rural Caucus Chair to our province and to our rural communi*Norm Macdonald will next be in Inverties has been exponential. mere on Friday, October 19 as part of a A government that is focused on what is constituency tour.

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meat recall in Canadian history, spanning all the provinces and territories, plus 41 states.

Alarmingly, the outbreak was first detected by U.S. food inspectors, not CFIA, and it took over two weeks for the first recall to be issued. At least 10 people have fallen ill.

Conservative messaging that everything is fine is cold comfort to those who are sick or were exposed to E coli.

Canadians expected the government to heed the lessons of the 2008 listeriosis crisis, which left 22 dead and 35

others gravely ill. Yet the comprehensive audit of our food safety system recommended by an independent review has yet to occur four years later.

Not only a terrible human tragedy, this may turn out to be the worst crisis in our beef industry since the discovery of BSE, or mad cow disease in 2003, which led to an immediate worldwide ban on all Canadian beef exports. Our cattlemen and food processors are at risk of another financial body blow, yet the Conservatives have just cut farm risk management programs, Agri Stability and Agri Invest.

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Why is Mr. Wilks cutting support for farmers in crisis? Why is he supporting cuts that remove vital resources from food safety professionals and creating a space where the industry is responsible for more and more of its self-regulation?

Waiting for Canadians to get sick is not a food safety strategy. Liberals support our scientists and professionals who are on the front line of food safety and call on Mr. Wilks to do the same.

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The Lake Windermere Players Annual General Meeting Tuesday, October 23 at 7 p.m.

Second floor, common room 604 - 6 Avenue, Invermere New members welcome.

For information call 250-347-9021

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THUR OCTOBER 18 •Chamber of Commerce lunch meeting "The 10% Shift".

Canadian Union of Public Employees B.C. President Barry O'Neil to speak about contributing to building a strong and sustainable local economy. $15 (members), $20 (non-members).

11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

•Blackberry Wood, Bud's Bar & Lounge, 9 p.m. $10.

FRI OCTOBER 19 •MLA Meeting Day with Norm Macdonald, call 1-866870-4188 to book appointment.

•Syndicate Board Shop Ski and Snowboard movie, Bud's Bar & Lounge. Free movie and popcorn and prize giveaways.

•CV Rockies play Princeton Posse, Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena, 7:30 p.m.

OCTOBER 2021 •CV Arts presents "Midnight at the Oasis", dinner and murder mystery.

250-342-4423.

TUES OCTOBER 23 •Hallowe'en Crafts at the Radium Public Library, 7 p.m.

For children 5 years and older. Please register at 250-3472434 or e-mail at radiumpubliclibrary@ hotmail .com.

•Lake Windermere Players Annual General Meeting, 7 p.m., 604 - 6 Avenue, second floor common room. 250-3479021.

SAT OCTOBER 27 •Métis Nation Columbia River Society Annual General Meeting, Brisco Community Hall, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

•Edgewater/Radium Health Auxiliary Halloween Tea and Bake Sale, 2 p.m., $5,

Edgewater Legion.

•Clearly, a Breast Friend's Bash, Black Forest, 6:30 p.m. - 11 p.m., 250-342-9059.

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

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

2nd SUNDAY •LW Alliance Church Sing and Celebrate, 7 p.m.

For more information call Clarence Stauffer, 250-3429580.

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.

•Beavers (5-7 year olds) weekly meetings, JA Laird 6 -7p.m.

•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, 85010th 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 THRIVEYoga for Cancer Survivors. Hot springs studio, Fairmont Village Mall. For info Jan Klimek 250-3421195.

•Shuswap Bingo at the Shuswap Indian

Band Office downstairs, doors open at 5:30 p.m., early bird at 6:45 p.m., regular games at 7 p.m.

• Cubs (8-10 year olds), JA Laird 6 - 7 p.m.

1st & 3rd WED •Scrabble Night at Invermere Public Library. 6 - 8 p.m.

Bring your boards!

Call 250-342-6416.

2nd & 4th WED •Senior's Day at the Invermere Library.

Bus transportation provided.

EVERY THURSDAY •Cadets, 6:30-9 p.m. for boys and girls, ages 12-17. Cost: FREE (includes uniform). Info: Rick Dendy 250-3411509.

•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.

EVERY FRIDAY •Baby Goose program for parents and babies up to 18 months. 9:3011:30 a.m. at Eileen Madson Primary. kandruschuk@cbal. org •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.

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

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

THRIFT STORE •Thursdays 10 a.m.

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Understanding dementia Communication and behaviour Life in residential care Being an effective advocate

Date: Thurs, Oct 18, 2012 Time: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Where: Creston Hospital, Meeting Room A 312-15 Ave. North, Creston

Date: Fri, Oct 19, 2012 Time: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Where: Invermere Health Unit Board Room Invermere

Date: Sat, Oct 20, 2012 Time: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Where: Cranbrook Health Unit, Steeples Room 20 23 Ave. South, Cranbrook

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photo by Steve Jessel/The Echo Firefighters from the Invermere Fire Department visited students at Eileen Madson Primary School in Invermere on Thursday, October 11 as part of Fire Prevention Week. Here, Erik McLaughlin and Jason Roe demonstrate how a firefighter is able to put on their uniform within two minutes, much to the delight of students.

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The Valley Echo is putting together our annual community calendar for 2013, and we need your photos!

All of the Columbia Valley’s community events will be on the calendar. We need photos for each month, and we’re looking to our Valley’s photographers to help us out!

Submit a photo and we’ll select 12 and publish them in the calendar. Our favourite of all the entries will make it to the cover!

Email your digital photo to: production@invermerevalleyecho.com or bring in a high-quality 8”x10” print to our office to be scanned.

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More and more British Columbians are joining a new movement across the province. Called the Ten Percent Shift, it’s a way everyone can help their local economy become strong and sustainable.

The Shift, as it’s now known, was started by CUPE BC president Barry O’Neil, who will be speaking at a lunch meeting on Thursday (October 18) at the Lions’ Hall on Highway 93/95 and all are welcome.

Presented in partnership by the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of Invermere for Small Business Month, the presentation will cover how everyone can become part of the Shift to help out the local community.

What the Shift actually entails is pledging to dedicate at least ten percent of one’s consumer spending to locally manufactured or grown products, and to

locally owned businesses that offer locally produced goods and services. This is based on the theory that for every $100 spent at a nonlocally owned business, only $43 stays in the community with the rest going out to corporate offices around the world; whereas by spending that $100 on a local business, $68 stays in the community, an increase of 25 per cent.

In addition to more money, communities stand to benefit from a ten per cent shift to local spending by way of less empty storefronts, more local jobs and a broader tax base that lends to improved local services for families.

O’Neil’s presentation will run from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday (October 18) at the Lion’s Hall at the Invermere Crossroads on Highway 93/95. The luncheon will be prepared

by Anne Riches of Copper Point Golf Club and the cost for CVCOC members is $15, and $20 for non-members.

To register, contact the CVCOC at 250-342-2844 or info@cvchamber.ca, and to learn more about the Shift, visit the website at www. tenpercentshift.com.

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Unemployed Columbia Valley residents between the ages of 55 and 64 who want to re-enter the workforce can now receive training at the College of the Rockies’ (COTR) Invermere campus to do exactly that.

Starting in November, COTR Invermere is offering a 14week program that will provide targeted training to older workers. The program will comprise of 10 weeks of instruction in areas such as computers, business communication, workplace skills and job-search strategies, followed by a four-week job placement.

The start date is set for November 13 with applications due by Friday, November 2 The added bonus is that participants will be paid for their time. Throughout the 10-week program, participants will receive an allowance of $12 per hour for 25 hours per week that is paid out every two weeks.

For the last four weeks of the program, participants have a choice. If, for the job-placement part of the program, they go to work for an employer, COTR will fund 50 per cent of their wage up to a maximum of $8 per hour for a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 40 hours per week. If they decided on self employment rather than working for someone and go the route of the mentoring or job search program, their weekly allowance of $12 per hour for 25 hours per week will continue.

The training program is made possible by $840,000 worth of funding by the B.C. and Canadian governments through the Targeted Initiative for Older Workers. Starting in October, six sessions will be held throughout the East Kootenay.

Currently, about one quarter of the East Kootenay’s population is in the 55 to 64 age bracket.

For more information on the Targeted Initiative for Older Workers Program, contact the ??Kimberley COTR campus at 250-342-3210 ext. 3752 or email invermere@cotr.bc.ca.

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B.C. goverment Invermere bylaw aiming to aid enforcement ramping up community forests Briefs from the District of Columbia Valley's community forest still in application process but will benefit if successful STEVE JESSEL reporter@invermerevalleyecho.com

A proposed community forest in the Columbia Valley stands to benefit from a new piece of provincial legislation if the concept ever takes root with local and provincial government.

Since 2009, the Columbia Headwaters Community Forest (CHCF) steering committee has been aiming to establish a community forest in the Columbia Valley. Community forests give local government control and stewardship over local forest resources, with the aim of being able to manage these resources as a community sees fit. As of January 2012, there are currently 47 active community forests in the province managing approximately 1.28 million hectares.

“The whole devolution that’s taking place, not only in forestry but in many other areas, is the communities want to manage their capital on a local basis,” CHCF steering committee chairman Rick Hoar said.

The latest legislation, released on October 10, deals with the introduction of a single-cut permit procedure to make it easier for community forest steward organizations to harvest timber.

Currently, organizations that manage community forests have to apply for a permit for each cutting site in their area where they want to harvest trees.

As each permit costs

money, the process can become quite costly for communities. The new legislation ensures that only one permit will be required for an entire community forest, allowing forestry op-

es seemed supportive of the CHCF and that the steering committee would likely be able to broach the subject once again once current timber supply reviews are completed. Currently, the CHCF is presenting to municipal councils and garnering as much support

“Communities want to manage their capital on a local basis.”

RICK HOAR CHCF STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

erations to become more responsive to community and market needs.

“That’s a big win for community forests,” Hoar said. “It was quite hampering every time you wanted to go out and cut some wood, even though you had the plan all laid out you had to have a cutting permit for each site, which was very costly.”

The area the CHCF has been studying stretches from Radium Hot Springs to just south of Canal Flats. Hoar said in this area there are at least 10 community watersheds, close to two dozen scenic viewpoints, and large stretches of land that is susceptible to wildfire.

By local government assuming control over these resources via a community forest, decisions on how to best take advantage of these resources, as well as how to protect them, will result in benefits — financial and otherwise — for the local communities.

Hoar said that, when approached, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resourc-

as they can.

Community forests play a part in the provincial governments’ Forestry Revitalization Plan, which aims to help restore the vitality of B.C.’s forest industry.

Any community group or organization that is interested in learning more or becoming involved is urged to visit the CHCF website at www.chwcf.org.

Invermere council meeting on Tuesday, October 9 STEVE JESSEL reporter@invermerevalleyecho.com

On October 9, 2012 Invermere council passed a resolution regarding a more proactive bylaw enforcement system. First broached at a council meeting in September, issues regarding improper parking in the downtown core and Kinsmen beach were initially the key concerns, however with the shutdown of the Invermere transfer station the issue of waste disposal has since come up and was also addressed. Council moved that the district bylaw enforcement shift to increased proactive enforcement for wildlife feeding and provision of attractants including household solid wastes, dog control at Kinsmen Beach from May 1 to Sept 15, parking regulations in the downtown core and at Kinsmen Beach, and any traffic issue that

poses a health and safety risk to persons.

District staff were also instructed to craft a bylaw regarding improper use of the transfer station, as no such bylaw currently exists.

Lakeside rezoning Following the closure of the Lakeside Pub last month, a zoning amendment bylaw was brought to council regarding rezoning the Lakeside Pub land as residential from commercial. In a 3-1 vote after Councillor Justin Atterbury excused himself due to potential conflict of interest, council decided to not give the bylaw first and second reading, and not move to a public hearing. Discussions over the importance of that piece of land remaining commercial in the long-term played a prominent role in council’s decision and when the final vote was tallied, Councillor Spring Hawes was the only councillor to vote in favour of moving forward with the readings and public hearing.

“It was felt that a public hearing doesn’t change the reality that it’s taking one of the few pieces of commercial property along the lakeshore and changing it to residential,” Mayor Gerry Taft explained.

BC HYDRO IS URGING LOCAL RESIDENTS TO GET POWER SMART BC Hydro’s Power Smart Month takes place every year during October to show British Columbians how easy it is to make smart energy use choices and save money on monthly electricity bills.

All October, three Invermere retailers — Home Hardware, Rona and Sears — are partnering with BC Hydro to offer Power Smart discounts on in-store purchases of energy efficient products.

Depending on the products they carry, retailers will offer different discounts and savings. For example, customers can save up to $6 on selected ENERGY STAR compact fluorescent light bulbs and up to $8 on ENERGY STAR LED bulbs.

For a complete list of all rebates and specials and for more information visit powermart.ca or contact your participating local retailers.

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Film screening to raise GMO awareness STEVE JESSEL reporter@invermerevalleyecho.com

In an effort to raise awareness about the potential dangers that genetically modified organisms (GMO) pose to our everyday lives, the newly-formed GMO Free Columbia Valley will be screening the Canadian premiere of the documentary Genetic Roulette on Monday (October 22) at David Thompson Secondary School (DTSS) in Invermere for their first public event. “(GMO Free Columbia Valley) is responding to the need for an agricultural plan in the valley, and to know what’s happening in the valley on an agricultural front, and to protect the way we grow things, the way we eat and what’s happening to our food system,” said GMO Free Columbia Valley member Baiba Morrow. “I think especially now with the concern about the stuff that’s going on with beef in Alberta people are really looking at what it is we’re putting in our mouths.”

Genetic Roulette is an 85-minute American documentary that explores the relationship between the American government and their own scientists when it comes to GMO crops being introduced into the food supply. According to the group’s press release, the documentary “provides compelling evidence to help explain the deteriorating health of Americans, especially among children, and offers a recipe for protecting our future and us.”

“It seems to me that the term GMO is becoming familiar to people but the bigger picture of its full impact stays hidden,” said GMO Free Columbia Valley member Milena Huebener, who was involved with the making of the film. “I personally thought GMOs couldn’t be that bad, I am sure they are safe for me to eat, and obviously they will not kill me. Only since I lived in the corn fields of Iowa, witnessing the impact they have on the land, and the people did it become clear how ignorant I was.”

The film will be shown in the DTSS theatre at 7:30 p.m. and admission is by donation. For more information on GMO Free Columbia Valley, contact 4nogmo@gmail.com.

PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/THE ECHO At about noon on Friday, October 12, Columbia Valley RCMP and Windermere Fire Rescue responded to a single-vehicle accident on Hwy 93/95, just inside Windermere at the crest of the hill near Copper Point Resort. According to Columbia Valley RCMP Cpl. Brent Ayers, the two occupants of the vehicle were out of the vehicle by the time rescue services arrived, and no major injuries were reported. Both were taken to Invermere Hospital for observation and were released shortly after. Ayers said that it appeared that the motorhome had swerved to avoid a herd of deer after cresting the hill, entered the ditch, and upon re-entering the roadway the driver subsequently lost control of the vehicle.

Vehicle collisions with animals reported Police files from the week of October 3 to 9 RCMP Columbia Valley Detachment

October 3 Around 4 p.m., four tires were slashed in Canal Flats with no solid leads. This file is still under investigation and any new information would be welcome.

October 5 RCMP received dispatch of a single vehicle rollover at Westside Road and Brisco. The driver had swerved to avoid elk on the road and lost control of the truck, which overturned. Only minor injuries were sustained.

RCMP received dispatch of a single vehicle collision on Highway 93 in Kootenay National Park near Kootenay

Crossing. The driver had attempted to avoid an animal and his vehicle went off the road and was heavily damaged.

Warbrick Towing removed the vehicle and the driver was transported to the Invermere District Hospital for treatment of minor injuries to his face.

October 6 A male reported being involved in an MVA with a moose on October 5 on Highway 93 near Vermilion Crossing in Kootenay National Park. The male was driving southbound when two moose entered the roadway. One moose was hit and it ran off into the trees appearing uninjured. The vehicle sustained minor front end damage and no injuries were reported.

October 8 Columbia Valley RCMP were notified by a male driver that his vehicle struck a deer when travelling through Koo-

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Look at me now KATE GIBBS The Valley Echo

Imagine being six years old and waking up not able to walk. This is what happened to Beverly McEwan, a teacher at David Thompson Secondary School. Beverly very clearly remembers being six years old and going to bed one night feeling perfectly fine, and then waking up the next morning unable to walk. She had developed temporary paralysis as a result of contracting Rheumatic fever, an inflammatory disease that develops after an infection that affects the heart, joints, skin and brain.

“It was quite the shock, especially for a little girl,” Bev reflected.

It was that one night that changed everything for little Beverly and her family. Bev was hospitalized at first and then in a wheelchair after that.

She was immobile only for a little while and then gradually began relearning how to walk. When she started out, she had a very odd gait.

It was a struggle for her to walk again and it felt different.

“I felt lucky, and I felt scared; lucky that I didn’t have to be carried or wheeled around anymore, but scared because it wasn’t how I used to be,” said Bev. “It was difficult.”

She couldn’t do any of the activities she used to enjoy and looking a little different made Beverly stand out in class.

On top of her struggles with walking, Beverly also had what the doctors thought was a serious heart defect, which left her feeling extremely tired. Her teachers at school were instructed to keep her from doing physical activities so she wouldn’t get sick. She also had to take naps at lunch, so she wouldn’t get too fatigued.

“I wasn’t very sociable and when you’re a kid, that really stands out,” said Bev. “For the children, it was as if I had become a different person, and for me it had felt like I was another person. My world had changed.”

Beverly didn’t like all the new attention due to her being different.

In order to get less attention, Bev stopped talking in class. She fig-

ured that if she didn’t talk to people, nobody would notice she was different. She was wrong though.

She got noticed even more when she stopped talking. Her teacher noticed, and one day made a phone call to Bev’s parents, telling them she wasn’t talking in class.

When her parents got the news, they took her straight to the doctor.

They were getting scared as they began to realize their little girl was becoming quite different. The doctor told them to take Bev to speech lessons, which were called allocution lessons in those days. Bev started seeing a speech therapist and stayed in speech therapy until she was seven years old.

As she went to more and more lessons, she started to feel comfortable talking to her therapist, and later on to her peers. Bev began to learn that she didn’t have to physically stand up to be able to stand up for herself. She just had to be able to talk. She developed a passion for the art of speech, and when she grew to be an adult, she studied it.

When she became a high school teacher, Bev used her knowledge about speech to her advantage when she began teaching students how to debate. It was important for her to teach kids to stand up for themselves.

“In class, some of my students were afraid of public speaking,” Bev said. “They would tell me that I had no idea how hard it was for them. I would say, ‘Oh, yes I do.

Let me tell you why.’”

Beverly still uses her childhood experience to help kids be the best they can be.

When asked how she sees other children with diverseabilities, Bev replied: “as themselves… as themselves, but that’s because I wanted that too.”

Her advice to children overcoming obstacles is to keep trying and to ask for help.

“I think that our life experiences colour our actions,” said Bev. “I think the only way I am the way I am is because when I woke up one morning when I was six years old, I couldn’t walk.”

Kate Gibbs is a David Thompson Secondary School student writing for The Valley Echo.

Sonnet is a 1 year old Border Collie/Shepard cross.

She is filling out, coat is shiny and soft. She knows sit, lay down and her name. Sonnet is doing well with stay and recall.

She is learning to walk on a leash. She is amazing with children of all ages and loves lots of physical attention.

An ace donation PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/ THE ECHO Access Community Equality (ACE) board members Cielle Cowles, Shirley Campbell, Spring Hawes and Anne Newhouse were on hand at Kinsmen Beach on Saturday, October 13 to thank Catrien Dainard, Scott Morgan and Laurie Ruault from the Panorama Foundation for their generous donation. The funds were used to purchase a mobi-chair, or amphibious wheelchair, pictured here.

The funds were raised in part from the recent Greywolf Cliffhanger Shootout. Back row (l-r): Laurie Ruault, Scott Morgan, Anne Newhouse, Catrien Dainard and Shirley Campbell. Front row (l-r): Cielle Cowles, District of Invermere councillor Spring Hawes.

Ramble On — Marilyn Berry

Accepting schizophrenia I have a friend who doesn’t live in this region ask me if I could write something about the plight of some folks in our society. Her adopted adult son has recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia on top of the fetal alcohol syndrome they’ve been aware of since his birth. She’s trying to lend a helping hand of course but finding it a slippery slope. She recognizes the need for medication — he doesn’t think he requires it; she wants to provide shelter and food for him — he wants to continue to live a life using alcohol and illicit drugs. Setting and enforcing boundaries for mentally ill adults is not something that is easily done. The son has lived on the streets; the parent has offered a home with stipulations. Does he understand those stipulations? Is it possible for him Vespa takes a little while to warm up to new people and surroundings.

She loves hanging out with her brother and best buddy Marcus. Once Vespa warms up to you, she becomes a super-cuddler. She is a total purr machine.

to abide by them or should he have to? So many questions and so few answers.

I was shocked to find out there are more hospital beds in B.C. with schizophrenic patients in them than those suffering from any other disease. One in 12 citizens of the world are afflicted, meaning about 40,000 patients in B.C. The disease strikes young people that are generally aged 16 to 25 and is almost always treatable.

It is a medical condition and not caused by childhood trauma, poor parenting, stress or drug abuse. Some drugs can, however, cause similar symptoms or trigger an episode for the patient.

A diagnosis of a family member causes all kinds of emotions... shock, disbelief, anxiety, shame and blame to name a few. It’s important for those close to the patient to understand they are not

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Early treatment is very important as it is in all diseases.

A typical patient is often not diagnosed for three years after symptoms first appear.

The prescription drugs that are available have come a long way and some side effects have been eliminated.

What does all this mean to you? Well, the statistic is one in 12... you can do the math and calculate how many sufferers likely live in the valley. Could you be more supportive of a patient or a family member of a patient?

Find out what you can about this disease and see how you could help.

Do you have a topic you’d like to see discussed here? I’d be happy to receive an email at maberry7@yahoo.com.

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Arts & Entertainment A travelling trio with tight musical ties Father, son and friend converge in Invermere for two special performances STEVE JESSEL reporter@invermerevalleyecho.com

Family ties will be making music in November, when the duo of Mac Walter and John Cronin is joined

by Cronin’s son Sean for a pair of shows at Pynelogs and Bud’s Bar and Lounge.

“We’re looking forward to the two venue thing, because each night will be really different unto itself,” Cronin said.

“Usually we play acoustic music, but we might bring out some electrical ammunition for Bud’s.”

All three members of the trio are no strangers to the

musical spotlight.

Cronin and Walter have completed two albums — “Cousins” and “Second Cousins” — that are likely already familiar to valley resident. Sean is also a respected jazz bass player in his own right. On the odd occasion that they manage to play together (Cronin lives in Invermere, Walter in Baltimore and Sean in New York City), Cronin said they are always able to mesh their musical styes very easily. “(Sean) fits in really well, he’s just a

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great musician and he really knows our material quite well,” Cronin said. “It’s the best thing, it really

Mac Walter

is. (Sean) is my favourite musician — well, they’re both my favourite musicians, but Sean especially.”

When it comes to the style of music they’ll be performing, Cronin said it was hard to pin it down to just one genre, describing it as a mix of folk, jazz and blues influences, and added that he’s interested to see how it would go over with the younger crowd that usually inhabits Bud’s on any given night.

He suspects the show at Pynelogs will much more resemble the majority of their performances, with a relaxed attitude and atmosphere as the goal.

“I love playing in Invermere,” Cronin said. “It’s interesting

playing for a home crowd, where you look up and you recognize most of the audience.

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You may have noticed some interesting characters in and around town this week, including the Sheikh of Shyster and the Sheikh of Shazam, along with the Sultan of Haberdashery. They are all here to attend a special evening

presentation of the Midnight Genie Bottle in conjunction with CV Arts.

This is your last chance to get your tickets for “Midnight at the Oasis”, a dramatic production and dinner at Pynelogs Cultural Centre October 20th and 21st.

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“It’s kind of good, and kind of in a way difficult; they’ve heard you before and they know you, so there’s a challenge to it, but it’s also a pretty warm feeling to play to a hometown crowd.”

He thinks the trio’s biggest appeal is likely the overall skill of three musicians involved. Cronin and Walter are both well known for their guitar playing skills and, with Sean making a living for himself in New York City as a musician, he has the skill to invigorate an audience.

Cronin said the music really speaks for itself when they take the stage and that, beyond a brief introduction, there will be very little talking involved in the performance.

“There are these

moments where everything is just clicking musically, and you really feel an energy transfer between you and the audience,” Cronin said.

“Everything seems to come in closer and get magnified, and there are moments that are just magical that way.”

The trio will play first at Bud’s on Thursday, November 1 at 8:30 p.m., before they play at Pynelogs the next night, November 2, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Both shows are $20 at the door and $18 in advance, and tickets may be purchased at the Book Bar in Invermere or by calling Pynelogs at 250 342 4423. To sample their music beforehand, visit their website at www.cousinsmusic.com.

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Hold on to your Sherlock Holmes hats, residents of the Columbia Valley, because you are in for an exciting night full of twists and turns and Sultans and Sheikhs as CV Arts prepares to host a murder mystery dinner at Pynelogs Cultural Centre on October 20 and 21.

The event has been in the works since September, and is the brainchild of seasoned mystery writer, Juanita Rose Violini of MysteryFactory.com, a local murder mystery event company that produces original material for each unique event.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Violini will also be directing the dramat- A camel belonging to the Sultan of Haberdashery, who ic performance, which includes local cast is in Invermere for the unveiling of the magical Midnight members Deanna Berrington, who will play Genie Bottle, has been spotted in the valley recently.

Nadia of the Night, Cam Berry as the Sultan of Haberdashery, Tony Berryman as the Sheikh Fairmont-based From Scratch — A Mountain of Shazam, James Lazarus as the Sheikh of Kitchen will be providing the delicious dinner, Shyster, Judy Smith as Samira of the Sunset and attendees will try their hand at solving a and the Arabian Mountain Spice Belly Danc- mystery that evolves in front of their eyes in ers as The Harem. live, dramatic fashion.

The story revolves around a Tickets for Midnight at the fictional genie who must be “The story revolved Oasis are limited. enticed from the legendary around a fictional genie Remember to wear a cosMidnight Genie Bottle. tume that fits the theme for who must be enticed from your chance to win a fabuThe bottle, which has been in the news recently, is said the legendary Midnight lous door prize. to be from Iran, and the ge- Genie Bottle.”

Tickets for the event cost nie who dwells within will $55 and are available at The only emerge if the right perBook Bar and Pynelogs Culson engages in the correct type of dance on a tural Centre. Admission to this special event specific night. also requires the donation of a garage sale If successful, the genie will offer three wish- item, preferably something shiny. es to whoever succeeds, but there will be stiff For more information on the event, or to competition between all of the characters in- purchase a ticket over the phone, call 250volved. This is where the fun begins!

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Whazzup at Pynelogs — Joshua Estabrooks

Hurry down to Pynelogs for the last show!

This is it! The grand finale. The coup de gras. The fat lady is singing. This is the final show of the 2012 summer season at Pynelogs Cultural Centre, and as is fitting for such a successful and inspiring summer, we're going out with a bang.

Included in this final show are five remarkable talents, all of whom are ready to show some of their most recent work in photography, oil, acrylic, and watercolour. The show will run from October 9th to the 19th during regular gallery hours, 11-4 seven days a week.

Fairmont's John Lubbers has spent his whole life fascinated by art and nature. He spent time in his early years sketching in the Netherlands, and has kept up his training even though he is a busy business owner. His landscapes are bold, colourful creations in oil, which will please any audience.

Windermere's Maegan Stanbury is never without her sketchbook, and has a great talent for capturing the emotion of a subject. Some of her work takes on a romanticized appearance, whereas other pieces are entangled in multiple layers of detailed decoration. She works in oil and acrylic, and will be showing her recent work on figures and nudes for this show.

Photographer Kathleen Davies has recently returned to photography after a long love affair with the medium had to be put on hold in favour of her career. Her work for this show focuses on trees and treescapes, attempting to capture not only the line, shape, colour and texture of her subject, but also the energy, vitality and (e)motion they evoke.

Retired mechanical engineer professor, Stanislaw Lukasiewicz spends most of his time along the

shores of Columbia Lake. It is in this pristine environment that he has explored oil painting, and the results are truly breathtaking. He tries to express the beauty and peacefulness of the landscapes he produces, while preserving both the true image and emotional expression of the scene.

Calgary's Ingrid Vincent was actually born right here in the Pynelogs building when it was a hospital, so it will be a homecoming of sorts when she displays her watercolour landscapes. She loves to paint en plein air when she can, and is looking forward to returning to her roots, quite literally, to display some of her recent work.

The artist opening event will be held on Wednesday, October 10 from 7-9 p.m. So come on down and drink in the last show of the season before the desire to hibernate of winter sets in.

Regional District of East Kootenay Windermere Water Valve Replacement Project

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Bylaw Amendment - Toby Benches The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) Board of Directors is considering an application by Robert and Brenda Lamoureux and Pasquia Investments Ltd. to amend the Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw. If approved, the amendment will change the zoning designation of the subject property to facilitate a two lot subdivision. The subject property is located in the Toby Benches area and is shown on the attached map.

Bylaw No. 2394 cited as “Regional District of East Kootenay – Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 274, 2012 (Toby Benches / Lamoureux)” will amend the zoning designation of the subject property from A-2, Rural Residential (Country) Zone to SH-3(A), Small Holding Rural (Open Space) Zone.

A public hearing will be held at: Windermere Community Hall 4726 North Street, Windermere, BC Monday, October 29, 2012 at 7:00 pm The Board has delegated the holding of this hearing to the Directors for Electoral Area F, Electoral Area G and the District of Invermere.

If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may prior to the hearing: • inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the RDEK office in Cranbrook from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays; • mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown below; or • present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.

SUBMISSIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information, contact Jean Terpsma Planning Technician, at 250-489-0314, toll free at 1-888-478-7335, or email jterpsma@rdek.bc.ca.

The RDEK budgeted for some capital upgrades to the Windermere water system in 2012 including the replacement and installation of new valves. This project was tendered in September and has been awarded to B. Wickhorst Contracting Ltd. (BWC).

Work is underway and will continue until the end of November. There will be ongoing water service interruptions during this time.

All Windermere Water users will be affected by a community wide shutdown on : Friday, October 19 from 8:30am to 5:00pm (expected) Thank you for your patience as we work to improve the operation of the water distribution system.

If you would like more information, please contact Elizabeth Ahlgren, Project Supervisor, or Brian Funke, Engineering Services Manager at 1-888-478-7335 or email eahlgren@rdek.bc.ca.

Alternately, Reg Johnson with BWC (contractor) may be contacted at 250-426-9450.

Be part of the community Be part of the excitement Be part of our team Be A Volunteer Firefighter!

Columbia Valley Fire & Rescue is now recruiting and seeking both men & women of all ages to join.

It’s flexible, family-friendly, and fun!

The CV Fire & Rescue covers the Edgewater, Panorama, Windermere, and Fairmont areas.

Drop by your local Fire Hall, or check out the Facebook page, Columbia Valley Fire & Rescue, for more information.

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Columbia Valley Youth Soccer Association invites you to their AGM on October 24 at 7 p.m.

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If anyone knows the dedication and passion it takes to follow one’s dreams, it’s Ian McIntosh. Born and raised in Invermere, McIntosh is today one of the most sought after extreme skiers in North America. With over a dozen films, countless magazines and a couple of top-three finishes on the world freeskiing circuit under his belt, McIntosh – who just turned 31 - was back in the valley recently visiting his family, and took some time out to share the secret of his success with The Valley Echo.

“My parents got me skiing at 22

months old. And I was in the race program at Panorama,” he said, but it was two of his older cousins in Fernie who really opened his eyes to the world of freeskiing.

“They were starting to become kind of legendary in Fernie for things they were skiing,” said McIntosh. “When I was really young, I would see photos of my cousins in Powder Magazine and so on and so forth… I decided it was something I wanted to pursue.”

So he quit ski racing at 13 (“I just wanted to ski backcountry”) and after graduating from David Thompson Secondary School, moved to Fernie where he freeskied for a season before moving to Golden for the opening season of Kicking Horse Resort.

Deciding to ski year round, McIntosh then went to New Zealand for the summer, where he entered a competition called the World Heli Challenge and placed in the top five against some of the biggest names in the sport. He was nineteen.

It didn’t take much for the Canadians competing in the challenge to convince McIntosh to move to Whistler and make a career out of what he loved to do. After returning to Canada, he did exactly that and started competing on the freeskiing world tour, road tripping with other “ski bum friends” to events he could afford.

“After a couple years of glimmers of success I started to realize the only way to do well is to stay on your feet,” McIntosh said, laughing.

Soon he was consistently placing in the top three, and his winning cheques paid for him to keep competing.

“I would go to France and I’d be like, ‘OK, the only way I can get to the next event is if I get a podium,’ and I would and I’d go to the next event and it would be the same thing,” he said. “At the end of year, I finished second in the world and first in North America.”

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Get Ski Fit for Panorama’s Opening Day! It’s almost time for the snow to fly and with snow comes skiing, which is one of the reasons many of us reside in this valley. Skiing is a great way to stay in shape while having fun during the colder months, but since it’s not something we can practice beforehand, getting your body in top shape now will make your experience on the slopes far more enjoyable. If you already have an exercise program in place, there are many different ways to adjust it to make it more activity-specific. If you currently don’t have a plan in place, it’s not too late to start!

Some of the benefits of being physically prepared for the ski season include being able to ski longer without getting tired, reduce the chance of muscle soreness, decrease potential injury due to falls, and improve hip and thoracic spine movement. Since skiing is a total-body form of exercise, it is important to train all areas, although of course some muscles are more in-

volved than others. When it comes to well as making you more agile when legs, the main muscles used in skiing you’re working your way through those are quads, glutes and hamstrings. The tight trees! Having a strong core will best way to train them would be to fo- also help reduce the strain placed on cus on a few different methods. Plyo- the knee ligaments, which is one of the metric (jumping) exercises are great joints most susceptible to injury. While because they mimic choppy conditions you ski, you’re likely to feel an increase or bump skiing. Strength conditioning in breathing and heart rate. This is the exercises can be used to help develop cardiovascular aspect of the sport. The muscular endurance. better cardiovascular This includes isometshape you are in, the “Since skiing is a totalric holds for those longer you can entimes when you want body form of exercise, it joy the snow without to hold that tuck for is important to train all reaching fatigue. a little longer so that Fatigue is what you can pull ahead of areas.” leads to poor techyour friends. nique, loss of control, Leg strength definitely plays an im- and risk of injury. Activities such as portant role, but core strength is also a running, hiking, spinning, and skipmajor factor. By working on your ante- ping are all great ways to increase carrior, posterior, and rotational core, not diovascular endurance. only will your overall strength increase, Finally, yet another component to but so will your balance. With improved becoming ski-ready is flexibility. Albalance comes a greater ability to react though this may not seem as imporand recover from a potential fall, as tant as the other factors, when you

are flexible, your body is able to adapt more easily to sudden change. If, for instance, there is another skier that comes out of left field and is heading towards you, your body will be able to respond quickly but be less likely to succumb to injury as a result of the reaction. Combine power exercises, strength, endurance, balance, cardio, and flexibility into your training program and you’ll be ready to hit the slopes and stay out longer.

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That was 2004. McIntosh began to see interest from sponsors, and though he wasn’t getting paid aside from what he was making as a carpenter in the off season, he was getting gear and a travel budget. After ending up third overall the following year, he began to look at transitioning to a film career. “If you’re a North American free skier, there is no money to be made on the tour; not too many people pay attention to it outside of the core community,” he said. “The way you make a career is you get into the films.”

His impressive portfolio caught the interest of an ac-

tion sports company in the States called Teton Gravity Research that gave him the opportunity to spend a season filming with them locally in Jackson, Wyoming and if he made the cut, he would get a spot in their next film.

“So I went to Jackson basically with a credit card, slept on a couch for three months, and skied for TGR’s cameras,” he said. “It went really, really well.”

Not only did he get a spot in the film, Anomaly, but TGR asked him to go to Alaska with their A-list athletes to keep filming, and McIntosh began to receive contract offers, among them North Face, his biggest sponsor to this day, and Rossignol.

“Anomaly was basically the start of what I would call a professional career,” he said. “Travelling the world

now basically is my job; I do everything from skiing for the films, to avalanche safety presentations to going to sales meetings to talk about product. I’m on the move most of the year now.”

McIntosh was forced to take the last year off to recover from a broken femur, but said he’s now in the best shape of his life with three more film projects in the works. He comes back to the valley two to three times a year to visit family, whenever he can find the time.

When asked about filming in the Purcells, the mountains he grew up skiing in, McIntosh said this might be the year for it.

“I’ve been suggesting it year after year to TGR… the mountains here are amazing.”

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"The guys are doing what we want and are playing the system that we want, and they are having success," head coach Ross Bidinger said. "I think we're a couple of players away yet, and that might change next week."

In what was an action-packed first period, the Rockies had the best opportunity early as Fernie took a penalty just 15 seconds into the game. Unable to capitalize, play evened out as the period went on, with the Rockies getting the better of the puck possession and Fernie Continues to "high-powered" Page A20

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World-class coach joins Toby Creek Nordic Ski Club Former World Cup cross country racer Magi Scallion joins coaching ranks of Track Attack Racing Program for kids STEVE JESSEL reporter@invermerevalleyecho.com

submitted photo The Toby Creek Nordic Ski Club is bolstering its coaching ranks for the 2012-2013 winter season.

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Last year marked two firsts The Toby Creek Nordic Ski Club will be welcoming a world class for the club, as they introduced coach to the fold this season, as the aforementioned Ski S'Kool former World Cup cross country Program and visited the midget skiier Magi Scallion will be join- championships for the first time.

With regards to Ski S'Kool, Gilles ing their coaching ranks.

“I love helping develop the sport said it was extremely well reamongst teens and young adults ceived for their first year, and that and really look forward to work- he was excited to bring it back ing with the Toby Creek Nordic again this year. The program visSki Club this winter.” Scallion said its local grade 3 classes across the in a release. "Hopefully I can help valley, and while club members get some more kids on the trails." groom trails in the schoolyard, Scallion will be coaching as part the kids get to try out some ski of the Track Attack Racing Pro- gear free of charge.

"That was really well received by gram for kids aged 10 and up. The club also offers two other chil- the kids and teachers last year," dren's programs in the JackRab- Gilles said. "It's a really great way bits Kids Ski Program for children to reach all the kids that are in aged 3 to 9, and in collaboration that grade."

On the competitive side, Gilles with local elementary schools, the Ski S'kool Elementary Pro- said that the club was planning on sending kids to competition gram for local grade 3 classes. "(Scallion) obviously has a lot again this year after a great experience last of experiyear, and said ence in being “It's just great to have it was a great coached and another role model for all the way to get kids in coaching, a feel for what so it's just a kids in the club, somebody competitive really great who has performed at an racing is all resource for international level...” about. refining tech"The objecnique," club cam gilles skill development co-ordinator tive is not to go skill developand win necment co-oressarily, but to dinator Cam Gilles said. "It's just great to have give them a really positive racing another role model for all the experience," he said. "That's true kids in the club, somebody who of all the kids, we try and get all has performed at an internation- the kids into at least a fun race, al level, and is there just having a even if it's only a one kilometre loop as part of a loppet. They great time on skis with the kids."

Scallion was first approached by go out, they get a number and a Track Attack co-ordinator Darren cookie and a ribbon at the end, Tamelin about coaching with the and everyone has a great time club, and once the season kicks and cheers them on. It's all a reoff, likely sometime in January, ally important part of building she figures to be out every week their confidence."

While Gilles said the club curhelping the kids improve on their skills. Sessions take place over rently sits at about 45 kids, he nine Saturdays, and once the said it's always growing and that Lake Windermere Whiteway is there is always room for more. in good shape there will also be Anyone who is interested in any some mid-week sessions for any of the programs is urged to conkids who are able to attend. While tact Gilles through the club webthe season starting date hasn't site, www.tobycreeknordic.ca.

"We're certainly interested in been firmed yet, the Track Attack participants are already starting having as many kids that are intheir dry land training to get into terested joining us," Gilles said.

"We're very excited for another shape for ski season.

"As soon as there is snow and great winter with lots of great good skiing, we'll be out there for coaching and lots of great fun events for the kids." sure," Gilles said.

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photo by steve jessel Rockies forward Racey Red Crow (#8) makes a play on the puck during the Rockies' 5-1 loss against Fernie on Saturday (October 13).

High-powered Ghostrider offence sinks Rockies

Photo by Steve Jessel/The Echo Copper Point Golf Club and Radium Resort determined an unusual way to decide who would host the final round of the 2013 BC Amateur Championships — they flipped a coin (actual toss shown here). On Thursday, October 11, Copper Point manager Brian Schaal (left) and Radium Resort Golf Retail Operations Manager Brent Taylor (middle) were on hand as Marketing Director for the Columbia Valley Golf Trail Scott Morgan flipped the deciding coin (visible in between the three men). Schaal won the toss, and despite calls for a mulligan, Copper Point will now host the final round.

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getting the better chances on goal.

That's when the welloiled Fernie hockey machine started to get into gear, and after the Rockies surrendered their first penalty of the game on a cross-checking call against rookie defenseman Jake Fardoe, a brief scramble in front of the net led to Fernie forward Braeden Monk putting home his sixth goal of the season past sprawling Rockies goaltender Brody Nelson. Building on

their momentum from getting the first goal of the game, Fernie also started to apply the pressure defensively, stymieing a number of Rockies rushes to maintain their lead.

Regardless, the Rockies came mere inches from scoring after a shot from the wing dangled dangerously on the Fernie goaline with a few minutes to play in the period, but a quick-thinking Fernie defenseman was quick to react at the Rockies were de-

nied the scoresheet.

They would come to regret that missed opportunity, as just over a minute later Fernie came back up ice and put a quick shot over the right shoulder of Nelson to give them a 2-0 edge. Fernie forward Brendan Burge notched an assist on the play, cementing his status as the KIJHL's second-leading scorer after 11 games with 22 points.

"We're doing some of the things that we're practicing, it's just that Fernie has such a

high-powered offense, our mistakes are capitalizing in goals, and that's the bottom line," Bidinger said. "We need to minimize our mistakes against the better teams."

The second period

gave the Ghostriders a two on one coming back up ice, and after a crisp pass from Derek Georgopoulos Fernie forward Austin Hirano buried his first goal of the season, a shorthanded marker,

“I think that we played strong; we just had a couple mistakes.” brody nelson rockies goaltender

opened much as the first did with Fernie taking an early penalty, but this time a Rockies turnover near the Fernie blueline

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 Oct 18 meeting will be a combined meeting with the CV Chamber of Commerce at the Lions Hall at 11:45 a.m.

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to give his team a 3-0 lead. At this point it would've been easy for the Rockies to quit after giving up a potentially backbreaking goal, but they instead turned it up at the offensive end, getting several quality chances. Rookie forward TJ Millar made an immediate impact with his first game with the Rockies, getting into a highly entertaining fight that lasted nearly a minute with the home crowd in full throat, and the Rockies managed to stay even with Fernie for the much of the rest of the period, un-

til a Fernie breakaway with three minutes left made the score 4-0 and essentially out of reach for the Rockies.

"I think that we played strong, we just had a couple of mistakes that cost us goals," Nelson said. "I think if we just keep working on our systems things will get better from there."

The third period, while largely inconsequential to the scoreline may well set the tone for future matchups between the two division foes, as the bad blood between the two teams was evidenced by plenty of roughhousing after the whistle.

Fernie scored another shorthanded goal with 13 minutes left and the Rockies managed to spoil the Fernie goaltenders shutout when forward Damon Raven scored his second goal of the game with less than 30 seconds left as the Ghostriders headed home with a 5-1 vic-

tory. Final shots on net were 34 to 33 in favour of Fernie.

"We have to drive the net more, and get a little more gritty," Bidinger said. "We need to get grittier in front of the net."

The Rockies also fell by an identical 5-1 scoreline the night before, on Friday October 12 when they visited the Fernie Ghostriders' home ice. That game saw the Rockies outshot 29-26, with defenceman Jordan Stimpson recording their lone goal, a powerplay tally in the second period.

With the pair of losses, the Rockies fall to 4-8-0-1 and are now tied with the Golden Rockets for third place in the Eddie Mountain Division with nine points apiece. Next up for the Rockies is a trip to Kimberley on Tuesday, October 16 before they return home to host the Princeton Posse on Friday, October 19.

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Call Lina @ 403-239-6389 or 403-264-2782

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3 bdrm, 2.5 bathroom house for rent, located at #4, 200 10th Ave in Invermere, at Lochend Lane, right behind Sobey’s. Walking distance to everything. 2 storey, full basement, large master bedroom with ensuite bath and walk in closet, 5 appliances plus garburator, covered front porch, fully fenced backyard patio, side grass yard, single attached garage plus driveway, still like new, built in 2005. Looking for mature couple or single, kids ok, no pets, non smoker. $1100/mth + utilities. $1100 damage deposit. Available after October 1, 2012. For appointment to view, please call 403-472-6684 or email nicolepollock39@yahoo.com CHARMING 2 BEDROOM HOUSE! Excellent location, Valley view. W/D, DW, $850 + utilities. Available. Call Jeff 250-688-1105 FOR RENT in Canal Flats. 3 bedroom home with 2 vehicle detached garage, newly renovated, N/S, pet negotiable.

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Trucks & Vans For Sale: 2007 Green Dodge Caravan. Remote start, 2 sets of tires, new brakes, very good cond. 130,000Km. $7500. Ph: 250-344-6459 or 250-344-8311

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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.ca Reverend Laura Hermakin

9 a.m.: Worship at All Saint’s, Edgewater.

(1st, 3rd and 4th Sunday) 9:30 a.m.: God’s Breakfast Club 10:30 a.m.: Worship at Christ Church Trinity, Invermere. (Every Sunday)

CANADIAN MARTYRS CATHOLIC CHURCH

Roman Catholic Parish Pastor: Father Gabriel 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, October 21st 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Service Worship and Life Instruction, 10 a.m. Worship & Word Kid’s Church Provided “Truth For Today From The Old Testament: God The Lawgiver” … Pastor Trevor Call the office at 250-342-9511 ministering. for more information.

“K.I.D.S.” Church, for www.valleychristianonline.com children Age 3 to Grade 1; and Grade 2 to Grade 5, Sharing Truth during the Morning Service.

Showing Love Following the Spirit

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Building Your Wealth Market Update

Level

Weekly change

Year-to-Date

12,202

-1.7%

2.1%

Dow

13,329

-2.1%

9.1%

NASDAQ

3,044

-2.9%

16.8%

Oil US$/B

$91.86

2.2%

-7.1%

CDN $ Per USD

$0.980

0.2%

-4.0%

S&P/TSX

Inheritance Doesn't Have to Wait The Baby Boomers are making history as the largest retirement migration ever seen.

However, it’s their parents who hold the most massive accumulation of wealth and it's about to transfer to future generations.

Estimated to be well in excess of a trillion dollars, the traditional rules of inheritance may be about to change.

More than half of Baby Boomers are expecting to share in this great wealth transfer, either through inheritance or while their parents are still alive. They, in turn, will need to consider whether they will hold on to it and pass it at their death, or give it to their kids while they are alive.

It is critical to determine, first, that you have more than enough assets to meet your lifestyle needs in retirement before passing funds on to the next generation. This should include a sufficient amount to cushion against market volatility, emergencies, long term care, and your own longevity. Assuming this is all in place, you could consider the advantages of gifting your wealth to your kids and grandkids during your lifetime.

Don't overlook your favorite charities.

Although there is no estate or inheritance tax in Canada, your estate may be faced with a capital gains tax upon your death. You may have some excess tax-paid cash on hand that you can give to children or grandchildren now without tax consequences as long as it is a gift and has no “strings” attached to it.

If you invest your cash, you might be subject to taxes on investment income at the highest marginal rate. If, however, your children invested the cash, the income would be taxed at their, presumably, lower tax rates.

That would leave more to be reinvested for future growth. Consider gifting RRSP contributions for your children as long as they have the contribution room.

More grandparents are taking advantage of the Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) and contribute up to $2,500 each year. This may qualify for a federal grant of $500 and sometimes provincial grants.

Life insurance has always been an effective method of wealth transfer. Instead of giving

cash, you could fully fund a life insurance policy that would eventually provide a multiple of the cash, tax free, to your heirs.

Before embarking upon any wealth transfer, it would be extremely important to communicate your plan to your children and any affected family members. They need to know why you are doing it and what your vision is as it relates to family wealth. Your estate advisors can be enlisted to create and help communicate your plan to your family.

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Remember When

A journey back into The Valley Echo's archives

Advocate • Educate • Provide ICAN: rescuing, sheltering and finding homes for companion animals that are lost, surrendered and abandoned in the Columbia Valley.

Volunteers and donations are always welcome.

The biggest need for our centre today?

People! Please volunteer!

Our all-volunteer rescue and adoption centre has assisted over 700 companion animals since our first rescue in 2007!

ICAN is a registered charity. Tax receipts are issued for donations of $20 or more. To learn more about ICAN or to volunteer:

www.icanbc.com • info@icanhelpapet.com • 250-341-7888 Companion animals can reproduce before 6 months of age. Spay and neuter yours to help stop pet overpopulation.

The Windermere Valley Museum and Archives The Windermere Valley Museum and Archives is managed by a dedicated group of volunteers belonging to the Windermere District Historical Society.

Hours September 2012 hours now in effect Monday to Friday, Noon to 4 p.m.

Winter hours, October 2012 Tuesdays only, noon until 4 p.m. and then again, 7 - 9 p.m.

Or by appointment please Contact Us Admission by donation ECHO FILE PHOTO October 2007 — Rolf Heer and his band of merrymen brought some Oktoberfest cheer to Trudy Jorgensen and the other residents of Columbia House Long Term Care Facility.

A look back at what's happened in the valley over the last 50 years STEVE JESSEL reporter@invermerevalleyecho.com

50 years: Many clubs started to form at David Thompson Secondary School struck a new interest in students like never before, including a hall monitoring club where senior students got to practice being in charge of the youger students. The library was getting ready for another school year.

Mr. Espie’s drama club held an award-winning play for an upcoming festival. School sports were popular and attracted much school spirit.

45 years ago: The East Kootenay Region was welcoming

teachers from across the region for the East Kootenay Fall Conference and Workshop, and with some 600 teachers slated to attend, Invermere was actually facing some physical space problems as the total number of attending teachers had increased by 50 per cent from the lst time the event was held.

A "musical happening" was slated to kick off the event, and teachers were urged to bring their instruments and voices to join in on the social side of the conference.

35 years ago: Federal Liberal caucus members were visiting Invermere to meet with highschool students, a visit to the local Chamber of Commerce and a public meeting. The entire caucus was set to meet the following week in Cranbrook for a round of discussions.

25 years ago: The Minister of Health announced that the new $5 million 25 bed

hospital slated for Invermere would start construction the following spring. Government approval had first been given in 1986 for the construction of the hospital, but the announcement marked the first concrete announcement of when construction would begin.

20 years ago: There would be no more wild meat served to the residents of Mount Nelson Place in Invermere, as fears over potential parasites put the practice to rest. Local conservation officers had gotten into the practice of providing the care home with confiscated wild game meat such as moose and bighorn sheep.

The meat had been served at Mount Nelson for the previous 15 years without any issues, but new regulations from the East Kootenay environmental health protection office prevented this from happening.

250.342.9769 wvmuseum@cyberlink.bc.ca

Radium Hot Springs Sunrise Rotary Club Our commitment is to ‘Service Above Self’ The Club meets at 7 a.m. every Wednesday at the Radium Resort.

Since 2003, the Radium Rotarians have: 1) Built Rotary Park at the junction where Highway 93 meets Highway 93/95, 2) Provided funds for the construction of one of the bridges on the Sinclair Creek trail system 3) Sponsored student exchanges between local high school students and those of other countries such as Brazil and Japan 4) Provided bursaries for graduating students.

5) Partially funded the lovely lights and trees that decorate the main streets of Radium each Christmas time 6) cleaned Radium’s mile-long hill of debris twice a year with local Rotarians and friends 7) Raised funds to support an internationally project to eradicate polio worldwide 8) Helped support an orphanage in Honduras.

Radium Hot Springs Sunrise Rotary Club

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Brain Games Friday Saturday Columbia Valley Weekend Weather

Sunday

October 19

October 20

Cloudy, with showers Temp: 10oC Low: 3oC Precip: 1-3 mm

Snow/rain showers Temp: 5oC Low: -1oC Precip: 1 mm rain 1 cm snow

Crossword October 17, 2012

CLUES ACROSS 1. European Common Market 4. Poetic go quickly 7. Parts per thousand (abbr.)

10. Pigeon pea 12. Sao __, city in Brazil 14. Longest division of geological time 15. __ Alto, California city 16. Small terrestrial viper 17. Coming after all others 18. Penetrate with a sharp fork 20. Still-hunt 22. Chinese frying pan 23. Cave-dwelling salamander 24. Any thick messy substance 26. About the moon 29. AKA Tao 30. Jet cabin requirement 35. Prince Hirobumi, 1841-1909 36. An easy return

VALLEY ECHO T he

October 21

in a high arc 37. Italian commune 38. L. Comfort’s illuminator 44. Foot digit 45. Minute tunicate genus 46. Green regions of desert 48. Direct a weapon 49. ___ de Janeiro 50. Equestrian animals 53. Acress Tomei 56. Head of the RCC 57. Twines 59. Scientific workplace 61. Minerals 62. Hypothetical original substances 63. Hit with the open hand 64. Political action committee 65. Winged goddess of the dawn 66. W. states time zone CLUES DOWN 1. Electronic data processing

Snow

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Temp: 5oC Low: -2oC Precip: 1-3 cm

2. Man or boy (Br.) 3. W. African nation 4. Fault’s incline from vertical 5. Method of birth control 6. City founded

by Xenophanes 7. Legumes 8. Beckham’s spice girl 9. Explosive 11. 1936 Nobel winner Otto 12. Greenbay teammate 13. Brass that looks like gold 14. School graduates 19. Lively, merry play 21. Make indistinct 24. Egyptian mythological figure associated with floods 25. Washing sponge 27. Old name for nitrogen 28. Impounds for lack of payment 29. Radiotele-

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graphic signal 31. MN 55731 32. Sun in spanish 33. Helps little firms 34. Cease living 39. Flames up 40. Egyptian sacred bull 41. To wit 42. Mire 43. Bring two objects together 47. Filths 50. Israeli dance

51. Oil cartel 52. A particular instance of selling 53. Microelectromechanical system 54. Var. of 45 across 55. Goat & camel hair fabrics 56. Soda 58. A firm’s operational head 60. Seaport (abbr.)

Answer to October 10:

Horoscope Four th week of October

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

Last week’s Sudoku answer -->:

ARIES Aries, do not be discouraged if a few things do not go right for you this week. Most people learn from their mistakes or challenges, and you will find a silver lining in this.

CANCER Cancer, many ideas are floating through your head, but nothing will come to fruition unless you write something down and start some action.

TAURUS Taurus, reflect on special times in your life because they can bring happiness. Whenever you feel a tad stressed this week, think positively and know that this, too, shall pass.

GEMINI Gemini, you may be a party animal this week if the social opportunities arise. Just keep your head at all times and remember to celebrate in a responsible way.

LIBRA Sometimes taking a risk is necessary to get ahead, Libra. Now is not the time to take risks, however, Play it very conservatively for the next few weeks and then rethink your options.

CAPRICORN Capricorn, a large purchase has been on your mind, but until now you may not have been able to do anything about it.

Put out feelers and test the water in the next few days.

LEO Leo, when you have doubts about making purchases or splurging financially, trust your gut instinct and you will be alright. You will have a good meeting on Tuesday.

SCORPIO Just when you seem to be coasting along successfully, a few minor bumps may spring up, Scorpio. They won’t be enough to derail your plans, however.

AQUARIUS Plenty of opportunities for social gatherings arise now that you have made a few new friends, Aquarius. Show them you’re always willing to have a good time.

VIRGO Virgo, it can be hard to concentrate when you are being pulled in so many directions. You need to designate special times to handle all tasks so you can stay organized..

SAGITTARIUS Sagittarius, there will be plenty of times for laughter this week, as you seem to cause giggles everywhere you go. It feels good to boost people’s spirits.

PISCES You don’t have to share every detail to be an honest person, Pisces.

It is sometimes advantageous to keep some things personal.

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Valley Life Generous donations for Reach-A-Reader The Valley Echo raises almost $400 in two hours for local literacy programs STAFF The Valley Echo

The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) and Black Press second annual Reach-A-Reader literacy awareness and fundraising cam-

paigns held throughout the region were a "runaway success," say organizers.

Volunteers throughout the Columbia Basin and Boundary

region, from young hockey players to longtime literacy supporters, to Black Press and CBAL staff, worked together to raise funds for their local community literacy programs, trading newspapers for donations.

“We were amazed at the run-away success of our second annual Reach-A-Reader event,” said Ali Was-

Volunteers recognized Invermere Public Library could not have grown without them GINNY WALKER Invermere Public Library

Editor’s note: This is the third article in a four-part series on the Invermere Public Library in celebration of October 2012, Canadian Library Month.

Volunteers, what would we do without them!? The Invermere Public Library could not have operated without them in the past and is still benefitting from this group of people who give their time so generously to the library.

When Liz first started working at the library 30 years ago, it was volunteers who assisted in shelving books, sending overdue notices, and reading to children. There have been countless volunteers working in the library since then. They have filled the place of one to two full-time positions, making it possible for the Invermere Public Library to cope with two staff members for 20 years. The faces have changed but there is still a group of people committed to assisting in providing a happy, helpful atmosphere. Their time is always greatly appreciated.

Our current Friends of the Library group has taken over the huge task of fundraising and we are so grateful. The Literacy Charity Golf tournaments brought in over $200,000 for the valley, but after 15 years it was time for a change. There just wasn’t enough of Liz to spread around to fundraise and run the library. The Friends took on the Christmas Silent Auction, and they fashioned our annual little

book sale into the incredibly successful BIG Book Sale. They take care of the hotdog sales and any other opportunities that arise.

This group is dedicated to improving the facilities and services offered at the Invermere Public Library with the funds that they provide us with.

There are our community members that bring their talents to us!

Artist Paula Cravens of Canal Flats has brightened the library with her art, including the Avian Alphabet and the Teapot series.

Bill Thompson has brought in his unique models to everyone’s delight. Favourites have been the Titanic, the Balfour ferry and the Giant’s Causeway. He has also helped with Adventure Club and the Summer Reading Club.

Grandma Connie has engaged groups of preschool children at storytime with her special talent of telling stories.

Last but not least are our board members. These people are appointed by the District of Invermere, after expressing an interest, and their role is laid out by the provincial government and outlined in the Library Act. There are a few more volunteers that I’d like to mention. Pat Lien still retains the title of longest serving volunteer.

Ray Perino, who we lost in a terrible gliding accident, brought order to our lives. He would come in and “read” our shelves regularly and raised the bar. Stevie Irons is our newest trustee. This is her third time serving on the board in three decades. I think this indicates a life-long dedication to our library.

The library is truly a community affair. Hundreds of people have donated their time to their library. Interested?

sing, CBAL Executive Director. “CBAL delivers over 230 programs to over 7,000 learners in the 77 communities we serve. Funds from this event play a key role in building on this commitment. The support of Black Press is invaluable – and we are grateful.”

Valley Echo staff, Columbia Valley Rockies players and CBAL volunteers raised $376.72 for local literary programs by handing out copies of The Valley Echo to the community on October 16.

“It was a fabulous initiative”, said Valley Echo publisher RoseMarie Regitnig.

CBAL thanks everyone who supported the Reach-a-Reader campaign. All proceeds will be used to fund literacy programs in the valley, from Edgewater to Canal Flats. Visit www. cbal.org to learn more.

Photos submitted by CBAL (top, l-r) Valley Echo staff Angela Krebs, Dave Hamilton, Rose-Marie Regitnig and Renice Oaks join forces with CBAL volunteers Katie Andruschuk (Community Literacy Coordinator), Emilie Bérubé (Strong Start Facilitator), and Hannah Wong (ESL Program Coordinator) for Reach-A-Reader. (bottom, l-r) Rockies players Colton Graves and Stephen Pratt raise money for Reach a Reader with CBAL volunteer Stephanie Healy (Adult Literacy Facilitator).

We’re ready... are you?

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