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Vol. 53 No. 45 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (HST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.com
Father begins fundraising for son’s surgery Tyson Dean: Four-yearold boy expected to undergo heart operation. By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
A Sicamous family is reaching out to their community for a little support this holiday season that will help see them through their son’s open-heart surgery. Four-year-old Tyson Dean, son of Ryan and Colleen Dean, was born with a ventricle septal defect (VSD) – a small hole in a heart ventricle. Such a defect typically gets smaller over time and can close its own. In Tyson’s case, the hole has gotten smaller, but is still present. Furthermore, the healing process has created another problem for the boy’s heart. “What has happened is the hole has gotten smaller, but the heart has worked so hard to heal the hole that he has developed extra muscle bundles, which create pressure on the heart,” explains Ryan. “So they have to go in and remove
Brave faces: Tyson Dean, with mother Colleen, sister Kylie and father Ryan, will be heading down to the BC Children’s
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Hospital in the Lower Mainland next month to see if necessary open-heart surgery can be put off until January so that he can spend Christmas at home in Sicamous. Photo by Lachlan Labere
Greg Kyllo to seek BC Liberal nomination in Shuswap riding By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Having enjoyed a taste of local politics, Greg Kyllo is ready for the next level as BC Liberal candidate for the Shuswap riding. Kyllo, a first-term councillor with the District of Sicamous, decided on Friday to run for nomination to lead the Shuswap riding of the BC Liberal party – a position held by retiring MLA George Abbott since 1996 – into the May 2013 provincial election. Others seeking nomination include former Salmon Arm Mayor Marty Bootsma, former Spallumcheen Mayor Will Hansma and Jordan Ross of Salmon Arm. Along with being a municipal councillor, Kyllo is the co-owner and manager of TA Structures in Sicamous. Both Kyllo and the company feature prominently in the provincial government’s current BC
Jobs Plan campaign. But Kyllo has a longer, deeper connection to the BC Liberals (including his friendship with Abbott), which has, in part, prompted him to try his hand at provincial politics. “The Liberals are certainly free enterprise – It’s all about small business, and the rights of the individual,” says Kyllo, explaining what it is about the BC Liberal party that appeals to him. “Obviously it’s all about job growth, and I lived through the NDP-era through the late ’80s, early ’90s. It was just a disaster for our business. “I think the Liberals have done a fantastic job and I want to see that they retain power. The Conservatives I certainly don’t see as a viable option….” Kyllo says he actually began thinking about running to represent the Shuswap earlier this summer, after he and his
Honours: Greg and Georgina Kyllo, right, were recipients of the May Brown Award at the recent BC Liberal party convention. Malakwa’s Sharon Gerry, standing beside See BC Liberals on page 3 Shuswap MLA George Abbott, received the Super Volunteer Award. Photo submitted