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n Artist Becky Luth works on one of two paintings she recently completed as banners for Advent for the Cornerstone Christian Reformed Church in Salmon Arm.

Would-be thief uses pepper spray On Dec. 17 at approximately 3:11 a.m. police responded to a report that a man had been found attempting to steal items from a vehicle in the 300 block of 23rd Street N.E. The witness had confronted the suspect, who then sprayed the witness with a substance believed to be pepper spray. The suspect then fled the scene on foot.

Police responded immediately and followed the suspect’s tracks to Okanagan Avenue, where it is believed the man entered a vehicle and left. The suspect is described as 5’10”, with a medium build, wearing a camouflage jacket, dark pants and gloves.

Anyone with information should contact the RCMP or Crime-Stoppers.

Assault Salmon Arm RCMP responded to a fight in the 200 block of the Trans-Canada Highway on Dec. 14. On arrival, police found that all but one participant had fled the scene and learned that a male was assaulted by three other males who were not known to him. The victim was not cooperative with police.

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ShuSwap Province supports water upgrade Sicamous: $1.5 million commitment made to fund water treatment plant.

By Lachlan Labere

funding through UBCM for the million and a half. We’re applying now,” It appears Sicamous is $1.5 million said Trouton. closer to a new water treatment plant.

Adding to this, the mayor said the At last Wednesday’s council meet- federal government is also looking ing, Mayor Darrell Trouton read a let- at trying to help the district with its ter from B.C. Community, Sport and share.

Cultural Development Minister Bill Bennett’s letter makes note of a Bennett which, among other things, commitment made by Premier Chrisrelated to his Oct. 17 visit to the com- ty Clark at this year’s Union of B.C. munity when he presented the district Municipalities convention to set SiJames murray/market news with a cheque for $50,000. The fund- camous’ water issues right. ing was earmarked for a pilot project “Darrell, I want you to know this, Picking the perfect ornament that would test proposed water treatbecause Bill (Bennett) has asked me n Nicole and Adrienne Litke pick out a Christmas tree ornament at The Lake Effect during ment technology over a six-month to make sure we set this right. I know Shopping Late till 8 when downtown stores remained open late Tuesday evenings in December. period as the province works with you need that water supply fixed, and federal partners to come up with op- we are going to help you do it,” said tions for construction of a new water Clark. treatment facility for Sicamous.

Asked for his thoughts on the proAfter reading the letter, Trouton posed three-way cost sharing, TrouWhile the incidence of fire inIf buying an artificial tree, up. It is much easier and safer to had some good news for council and ton was appreciative. creases during the holiday sea- make sure it has a label indicat- replace bulbs or entire strands of members of the community. The “You always hope for more; beson due to greater use of natural ing that it is fire resistant. Al- lights on the ground than on the mayor said he had since been in con- cause it’s a disaster situation – a lot of Christmas trees, decorations and though this does not mean the roof. tact with Bennett, and that the prov- the funding is covered 100 per cent, electric lighting, Canadians are tree won’t catch fire, the tree will Don’t overload electrical sock- ince has “come to the plate with $1.5 depending on what’s happening. But taking further risks as more than resist burning and should extin- ets, and never string more than million,” for construction of a new as a major infrastructure part, we need 29 per cent of homeowners admit guish quickly. three sets of lights per single ex- water treatment facility. a water treatment facility,” said Trouthey don’t have a fire extinguishWhat’s been proposed, Trouton ton. “So, with them coming forward Do not leave Christmas lights tension cord. er in their home, according to a on all night. Unplug the tree Closely monitor flame burning continued, is a one-third funding ap- with one-third… it’s pretty good as recent survey. lights and any other lighting be- candles. Avoid using candles on proach, with the B.C. government, well. So I’m pretty happy with the “Between shopping for gifts fore leaving your home or going windowsills; particularly those the federal government and the Dis- outcome.” and attending holiday parties, to bed. The lights could short out that have curtains, as even the trict of Sicamous each kicking in $1.5 Regarding the pilot project, district the last thing you want to worry and start a fire. smallest drafts are capable of million towards the plant. works services manager Grady Macabout is your house being dam“At this point I believe it is a 100- Donald said that so far, indications Choose decorations that are spreading a flame. aged by a fire,” explains Tim flame-retardant, non-combustiMake sure fireplaces and per-cent commitment. Where they’re are that the membrane technology Bzowey, vice president, Home ble and non-conductive. For ex- chimneys are properly cleaned going to get it from, I’m not sure,” being tested will work for Sicamous. & Auto, RBC Insurance. “Luck- ample, do not use metallic orna- and maintained.

Trouton later told the News. “They He expects to have all the necessary ily there are some precautionary ments on the tree, as they could Have a professional inspect felt they have avenues not expropri- data by March. With a commitment measures you can take to help make contact with defective wir- your fireplace annually for any ated in the budget, and that they could for funding, and approval from Intekeep your family safe this holi- ing and become a shock hazard. cracks and always use a screen in come up with that.” rior Health, MacDonald suggested DUET6 day season.”

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Performance in harmony

n Harmony Diane Jewell and Tracy Jones, known as Desert Rose, perform at the Blue Canoe Bakery and Cafe as part of the Downtown Holiday Music Crawl.

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Consider gifts that entertain

By Barb Brouwer

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There are just three days left in which to buy Christmas gifts for the special people in our lives.

While there are many great gift-buying opportunities in Salmon Arm, if your loved ones already have all the material items they need or want, why not give the gift of entertainment.

The snow may be falling, but you can put summer into someone’s heart with the purchase of tickets to the annual Roots and Blues Festival – and you don’t even need to go outside to do it.

Visit www.rootsandblues.ca to order them.

The Salmon Arm Folk Music Society’s Roots and Blues Festival office will be closed Dec. 20 to Jan. 7, after which, tickets may be purchased by calling 250-833-4096.

Special earlybird member pricing is in effect until February. By buying a $10 membership you can vote at the

Jan. 16 AGM and purchase up to four tickets at tremendous savings over gate prices.

Ticket prices for the Aug. 2013 musiclovers’ feast vary, with savings for seniors and youths. Children under 12 are admitted free when accompanied by an adult.

Or, for the film fan in your world, consider a six-movie pass from the Salmar theatres.

The tickets never expire and you will get six tickets for the price of five. They are available at Salmar Grand Cinemas, The Salmar Classic, The Movie Company, Lucky’s in Centenoka Park Mall and Earth Art Studio off the Ross Street parking lot.

Just available in time for Christmas gift-giving are tickets to the always sold-out Shuswap Trail Party and Fundraiser that supports local greenways and trails.

Rocking out Friday, Feb. 1, the annual event features a large silent auction, locally sourced

and prepared appies, a cash bar hosted by the Salmon Arm Fire Department, loads of photos from another year of trail projects throughout the Shuswap, and a whole lot of music, dancing and merriment.

And for those who indulge in too much liquid merriment, rides home will be available by donation.

Scarecrow’s back to pack the dance floor and talented Mike Shaver and Steph Webster of a Million Dollars in Pennies have been added to

the entertainment slate.

Tickets to the deepwinter social are available at Lakeside Insurance, Salmon Arm Financial, Skookum Cycle and Ski, Ridetech and Kula Movement and Wellness.

Another gift option is to create an entertainment “savings” account, a cash gift earmarked for some of the great entertainment opportunities that will be provided by local talents and visiting performers in the year ahead.

Christmas Services Sunday, December 23, Advent 4 – Holy Eucharist 10:00 am Christmas Eve December 24 – Holy Eucharist and Carols with Nativity Play – 7:00 pm – All children present will be invited to be in the Nativity Play.

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Out on the Town MUSIC • VISUAL ARTS • BAR SCENE ENTERTAINMENT • PERFORMANCE ARTS

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Call us at 250-832-2131, drop in to our office, or use our new, easy to use calendar online. See below.

FRIDAY, DEC. 21

SALMON ARMENIANS – The popular band switched their regular Thursday

night gig at the Hideaway Pub to this evening to allow friends and family in town for the holiday a chance to catch some great R&B music at 8:30 p.m. No cover charge.

SANTA’S HOUSE – Santa’s Magical Windows are open at 3331 60th St. NW

every evening at 6:30 until Dec. 23. Take your own camera for pictures with Santa from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Admission is by donation and proceeds go to the Shuswap Hospital Foundation. This year there are dancing lights set to music. Listen from your vehicle on 88.3 FM. WRAP IT UP – In partnership with the Shuswap Hospital Auxiliary and the MS Society, the Mall at Piccadilly will provide gift-wrapping by donation for customers until Dec. 24.

CARAVAN FARM THEATRE – The popular professional theatre company presents their winter show, Old Nick, sleigh-ride theatre for the whole family. Shows at 4 and 8 p.m. No show Dec. 17, 24 and 25. Many shows are sold out. Tickets are available at www.ticketseller.ca or 1-866-3111011.

CHRISTMAS SONG – The Little Mountain Bible Chapel at 3481 10th Ave. SE presents a Christmas Cantata at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

SATURDAY, DEC. 22

FREE MOVIE – Lakeside Insurance presents the family friendly Polar

Express at 3 p.m. at the Salmar Classic Theatre.

Know that the Lord, He is God, it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people. – Psalm 100:3

St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church Interim Priest in Charge Rev. Canon Barbara Stewart

10:00 a.m. Services Sundays and Wednesdays 170 Shuswap Street S.E., Salmon Arm

Tel: 250 832-2828

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Cornerstone Christian Reformed Church Pastor Peter Stellingwerff

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service: Dec. 24, 7:00 p.m.

Enchanting music; Glorious hope!

1191 - 22nd Street NE

250 832-8452, 250 832-0910

DEO LUTHERAN CHURCH ~ ELCIC

Christmas Eve Service 7 pm 10:30 AM • WORSHIP & SUNDAY SCHOOL

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MONDAY, DEC. 31

HAPPY NEW YEAR – Silver Creek Community Hall hosts a New Year’s Eve

dance and fundraiser featuring music by Rock’n Randy, potluck appies, a silent auction and door prizes. Tickets at $15 per person or $25 a couple are available at the Silver Creek Store prior to the dance. Tickets must be pre-purchased. Funds will be used for renovations and maintenance of the hall. To donate items, call Jamie Felhauer at 250-804-8813 or Bernice Hebert at 250-833-4081.

LET’S GO – An Diamo Ristorante italiano on Ross Street serves up a New Year’s Eve party featuring a four-course meal with a choice of entrées and live entertainment. Limited seating. Book beforehand at 250-8329949.

TUESDAY, JAN. 1 ICY DIP – Shuswap Swimming hosts a polar bear swim at Canoe Beach

boat launch at 10:30 a.m.

FAMILY FOOTY – Shuswap Youth Soccer presents a free and fun event with games between parents and kids. Noon to 1 p.m. is for children six to nine years of age, 1 to 2 p.m. for kids 10 to 13 years, and 2 to 3 p.m. for kids 14 years and older and their parents at the SASCU Indoor Soccer Arena. All equipment will be provided.

FRIDAY, JAN. 4

FIFTH AVENUE SENIORS – Monthly birthday lunch at noon. Reserve tickets,

seating is limited. Dance to the Jammers Jan. 6 at 7 p.m.

TUESDAY, JAN. 8

PROBUS CLUB – Monthly general meeting takes place from 10 a.m. to noon

at the SASCU Downtown Activity Centre. Doors open at 9:30 for coffee and social.

SUNDAY. JAN. 13

FLAPJACKS – The Fifth Avenue Seniors Activity Centre serves a pancake

breakfast from 8 to 11:30 a.m. This is a great opportunity to treat your family or friends to a terrific breakfast ( all you can eat ) at a very reasonable rate, and support the centre at the same time.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16

AGM – The Salmon Arm Folk Music Society annual general meeting takes

place at 7 p.m. in the Downtown Activity Centre board room, 451 Shuswap St SW. A $10 membership gives you voting rights and tremendous savings on earlybird tickets for the 2013 Roots and Blues Festival. For more information, go to http://www.rootsandblues.ca.

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Pastor: Rev. Erik Bjorgan 1801 - 30th St. NE ~ 250 832-6160

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian

T.C.Hwy. across from RCMP Rev. Woldy Sosnowsky Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 6 pm Lessons & Carols with special children’s service.

Families welcome.

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Pastors Glen and Roseanne Fraser SUNDAY SERVICE 10:30 a.m.

191 - 2nd Ave. NE ~ 832-9196

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10 a.m. ~ Worship & Communion 11:15 a.m. ~ Classes for all ages sa4Christ.com Phone for Information 250 833-0927

Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m.

Pastors Mel & Joyce Janzen 250 675-3839 or 250 835-8736 4409 Trans Can. Hwy., Tappen www.newlifeoutreach.ca

Mountain View Baptist Church

United Church Ministers: Rev. Juanita Austin & Joanne Koster

Worship: 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School for the whole family @ 10:30 am

First United: Worship with Children’s Church: 10:30 a.m.

OKANAGAN AVE. & 5TH ST. SE 250 832-3860

Pastor Benje Bartley

For info.: 250 833-5636 1981 9th Ave. NE (St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church)

www.firstunitedsalmonarm.ca

If your church would like to advertise their services and location, or special events happening at your church, please call The Salmon Arm Observer at 250-832-2131 for advertising here.

Crossroads Free Methodist Church PASTOR GEORGE FLEMING Sunday Worship: 11:15 a.m.

Traditional Service 250 832-8068 121 Shuswap Street SW

Sunday Family Worship - 10:00 a.m.

Hillcrest School, 1180 20th Street S.E. Office - 331 4th Street N.E., 250 832-9142 www.lakesidecommunitychurch.ca Email: lakesidecc@shaw.ca Lead Pastor: Pastor Ken Dryden

River of Life Community Church Pastor Reuben Pauls - 250 675-3636

Sunday Worship - 10 a.m.

Sunday School - 10:45 a.m.

(Nursery to age 12) 2405 Centennial Drive, Shuswap Lake Estates Lodge, downstairs

Broadview Evangelical Free Church Bob Bartell - Lead Pastor Tamara Peterson - Women’s Ministries Pastor Daron Blenkin - Student Ministries Pastor Rudy Evans - Children’s Ministries Pastor

Worship Service at 9:45 Nursery Care for ages 2 & under Sunday School for ages 3 - Gr. 8 350 - 30th Street NE 250 832-6366

Everyone Welcome!

Living Waters Church

Emmanuel Free Lutheran Church

WORSHIP SERVICE & CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS Sundays 10:30 a.m.

HEALING SERVICE Every Sunday 1 p.m.

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1:30 p.m.

Public welcome!

THURSDAY NIGHT PRAYER at 7 p.m.

#180 Lakeshore Dr. NW Right behind Boston Pizza www.livingwaterschurch.ca

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Joyfully centered on the word of God and lead by the Spirit.

Salmon Arm Mennonite Church 4480 - 30th Street NE

Sunday Worship ..................................... 10:00 am Sunday School .........................................10-11 am Message ............................................... 11-11:45 am Every 4th Sunday evening Hymn Singing 5:30-6:30 pm Every other Thursday Prayer Service & Bible Study 7:30-8:30 pm

Pastor James Baer 250 832-3615

Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church (LCC) 9:30 am Bible Study 11 am Sunday Worship Pastor R. Brown

SASCU Rec Center, Rm. 101 (west side) Phone for Information

250 517-8655 or 250 832-4705

St. Mary’s Anglican/ United Church 1188 Trans Canada Hwy., Sorrento Ph. 250-675-2294

www.stmarysorrento.squarespace.com Tuesday Eucharist 10 a.m.

saintmary@shaw.ca The Rev. Bruce Chalmers SUNDAY WORSHIP - 10 am

Little Mountain Bible Chapel

3481 - 10th Ave. S.E. 250 803-0161 ~ Salmon Arm

• Sunday ~ Worship & Remembrance - 9:30 a.m.

• Family Bible Hour/Sunday School - 11 a.m.

• Thursday ~ Prayer & Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Co-sponsor of Morning Star Bible Camp, Westbank, B.C.

Seventh-day Adventist Church Join us each Saturday ~ All ages

9:30 am. - Bible Study Hour 11:00 a.m. - Worship Service 3270 60th Avenue NE • 250 832-8936 Web: www.salmonarmadventist.ca Study Online: www.bibleinfo.com

10:30 a.m.

Family Service

Everyone is Welcome!

Pastor Ken Finstad

Care Groups for everyone

Wednesday is ‘Family Night’ 6:30-8 pm – Something for every age

3160 - 10 Ave. SE, Salmon Arm • 250 832-3121 www.fivecornerschurch.ca

CATHOLIC CHURCHES Shuswap Lake Area Mass Time: SALMON ARM: St. Joseph’s 90 First Street SE Sat., 5:00 pm & Sun., 9:00 am SICAMOUS: Our Lady of Fatima Sundays at 2:00 p.m.

BLIND BAY: Our Lady of the Lake 2740 Fairway Hill Rd., Blind Bay Sunday, 11:15 a.m.

CHASE: Blessed Sacrament Sunday, 9:00 a.m.

THE SHUSWAP’S MULTI-SITE CHURCH

SALMON ARM

Sundays at 9:00 am & 10:45 am 3151 - 6th Ave. NE

Children’s Ministry & Childcare for all ages, both services

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Sundays at 10:30 am Sorrento Memorial Hall, TCH Children’s Ministry for kids up to 12 yrs

Visit us at: aplacetobelong.ca Contact: 250 832-4004, email office@salmonarmchurch.com

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Talking about tragedy essential The horror of the mass murder at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., will resonate for some time to come.

The fact the killer targeted 20 little boys and girls among his victims only lends more gravity to the incident.

The shooting spree was the worst ever committed in an elementary school in the United States and was, as President Barack Obama noted as he spoke in Newtown on Sunday, Dec. 16, the fourth such mass shooting at a school during his four years in the White House.

While Americans continue to debate gun control and try to explain why their country alone is plagued with so many repeat incidents, the rest of us are left to determine how to explain such horror to our kids.

On Friday, Dec. 17, many schools in the district put out a letter for students to take home.

The letter makes assurances about school safety protocols, encourages parents and guardians to protect elementary-aged children from exposure to news media images and stories relating to the shooting, and provides advice on how to listen and watch for signs your child might need support.

The advice is sound and it comes from experts in the field.

While it may be advisable, as the memo stated, to limit your child’s exposure to social media and news about the Newtown mass murder, we would hope teachers are adopting an open-ear policy for students who wish to talk about the tragedy and ask questions.

Yes, it is terrifying, but we can all help place everything in perspective.

-Kamloops This Week

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McMurtry’s Christmas goose Last week I took part in the annual Fair Exchange of Gifts Benefit Concert for people in need at this time of year.

It is my privilege to be a part of such a worthy event.

A number of people had asked if I would tell my McMurtry’s Christmas Goose story at the concert.

The musical arrangement had already been put together and I was unable to fit the story in, so I would like to offer it here in written form.

Oh yeah, by the way, Merry Christmas – one and all.

Robert McMurtry stood looking out over his pastures – looking for any of his sheep that may have separated from the herd.

He began walking along the fence line. With him was his faithful canine compaion Mac, a mean and miserable looking old border collie-cross. Mac disliked all other dogs, barely tolerated people, and was seldom far from McMurtry’s side.

Robert McMurtry was a solitary sort, a sheep farmer who kept to himself and spoke to few. Somewhere

The GreaT OuTdOOrs James Murray along the line he had come to the conclusion that if you spend enough time in the company of a good dog, you don’t need to spend nearly so much time around people.

A light snow started to fall. It was Christmas Eve morning – a fact that had not escaped McMurtry’s memory... or his thoughts.

McMurtry had come to know loneliness in a way that few men have. He stopped and stood looking out into the distance, beyond the pastures and his property line, past the hills that stretched beyond the purple grey horizon, to a time and place long ago.

He had not noticed that the snow was coming down harder. Nor did he notice that Mac had turned the sheep from the pasture to-

ward the barns. Nor did he notice the pair of Canada geese pecking at the thin crust of snow on the edge of a small pond.

With the sheep now heading toward the shelter of the barn by themselves, Mac turned dutifully towards his master who still stood looking out into the distance. An impatient bark jarred McMurtry from his thoughts. His mind’s eye began to focus on the pond before him. For the first time he became aware of the two geese. He could not help but wonder why they had not flown south with the great flocks that had honked their way across the autumn skies last fall. He turned and followed Mac back toward the house.

When the two geese showed up in the yard a couple of hours later, McMurtry was, to say the very least, somewhat surprised.

Must have followed him in, he thought to himself.

He looked at their footprints in the snow. They had walked the whole way.

The sight of the two was almost as amusing as it was bewildering. McMur-

try was less amused though when he noticed the one bird’s wings were damaged. At some point or other it had been shot. The flight feathers appeared fine, but the wound had healed over in a way that rendered the bird flightless. McMurtry scoffed to himself. He had nothing against hunters, just against stupid ones.

What really got him, though, was the fact that the bird appeared quite capable of flight. It had chosen to remain with its mate.

When the pair followed him right into the barn, McMurtry laughed out loud. He laid out several bails of alfalfa for the sheep, and then, threw down a pail full of seed for the chickens. The geese were quick to respond.

Two more mouths to feed won’t matter that much, he thought to himself.

And then, on a cold and snowy Christmas Eve, Robert McMurtry found himself wishing a “Merry Christmas” to two of God’s creatures that apparently cared more for each other than a lot of people do.

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Make concerns known What kind of government favours selling out the long-term sustainability of its own country’s natural resources, the long-term health of its environment, the health and employment opportunities of its people to provide in-house jobs through refinement and manufacturing?

For what reason? For short-term economic gain? What about the long-term costs to exporting jobs, environmental clean-up after the fact?

What kind of a government ignores the expressions of concern and requests for public and parliamentary consultation by tens of thousands of Canadians in regards to the Nexen Oil sell-out to stateowned Chinese Oil corporation CNOOC? What kind of government also refuses public consultation and/or parliamentary debate on the final ratification of a foreign trade protection treaty or FIPA with China? This pending treaty will lock Canada into a contract for an unprecedented 31 years with China, providing unprecedented access to Canadian raw resources and unprecedented power to secretively sue Canadians at any level of government or organization for block-

age of access to these resources or the ecosystem holding them.

What kind of a government systematically prepares for such invasive foreign investment by first watering down environmental and endangered species protection laws, slashing environmental protection policy, scientific monitoring capabilities and departments like the Pacific Coast Guard?

What kind of a government refuses to learn from the pitfalls of the NAFTA treaty with the U.S.; a treaty already costing taxpayers in legal fees and payouts for Canadian governments refusing access to natural resources and sensitive ecosystems that are suddenly threatened by foreign exploitation?

The answer to all the above questions would be the Harper-led, Conservative government, a government looking and feeling more and more like a dictatorship as each day passes with their refusal to engage parliamentary debate and their behind-thescenes, purposeful policy changes and deregulation around environmental protection and monitoring.

This government is dragging tens of

thousands of Canadians against their will, in the opposite direction to most civilized, environmentally conscientious countries. Is that what you want as a Canadian?

What can Canadians do to take back their power to self determine; to provide for the safe and healthy future of their children and grandchildren?

We can write to Prime Minister Steven Harper and our local Conservative member of Parliament to let them know that we don’t feel they are acting in the best interest of our country or our people and that they won’t have our vote in the next election.

Copy your letters to leaders and representatives of all political parties and government.

Make it an election issue in B.C. as well.

Support organizations like the Council of Canadians, David Suzuki Foundation and Leadnow.ca.

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South ShuSwap Board supports Sorrento study

Support: CSRD will ask province to fund incorporation review.

By Barb Brouwer

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Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors voted unanimously to send another letter to the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development to reaffirm its support for the Sorrento and Area Community Association’s request for an incorporation study grant.

Area C South Shuswap director Paul Demenok told directors at the Dec. 7 board meeting in Salmon Arm that, following a discussion with Shuswap MLA George Abbott, he had written a letter to Bill Bennett, minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development as a followup to a letter the late Ted Bacigalupo had sent a year ago.

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minister. “Could you kindly update me as to your ministry’s progress in your analysis of this funding request?”

Demenok advised CSRD directors that he is still waiting for an official response from province.

In response to a question from Area D director René Talbot on how big a community needs to be in order to incorporate, chief administrative officer Charles Hamilton advised there are incorporated municipalities with as few as 200 residents.

He said studies are undertaken to determine if there is a sufficient tax base to support what residents need and want.

Area E Rural Sicamous director Rhona Martin suggested that with some municipalities now relying on government grants as their sole source of funding, the ministry might be taking a closer look.

“I think they’d be looking at things with a lot more detail to see how successful they’d

Columbia Shuswap Regional District NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED: Electoral Area ‘C’ Official Community Plan Bylaw 725 TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the Local Government Act the Columbia Shuswap Regional District will hold a PUBLIC HEARING regarding proposed Electoral Area ‘C’ Official Community Plan Bylaw 725.

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n Front row: Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors elected Revelstoke Mayor Dave Raven as their chair for the next year. To his right, Rhona Martin will be vice-chair for the one-year term. Middle Row: directors include Salmon Arm Mayor Nancy Cooper, Debbie Cannon and Christina Benty. Back row: directors are Larry Morgan, Doug Stuart – alternate for Area A Rural Revelstoke Loni Parker; Darrel Trouton; René Talbot, Paul Demenok and Garry Habart. be,” she said. “I know some people in your community have been wanting to do this for a long time so I am happy to support this.”

Revelstoke Mayor and CSRD chair Dave Raven added his support considering the population of Sorrento is close to that of his city.

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The Board of Directors of the Regional District has delegated the public hearing to Director Paul Demenok as Director of Electoral Area ‘C‘, being that in which the land concerned is located, or Alternate Director Arnie Payment, if the Director is absent. At the public hearing those persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw will have a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw. The Board of the Regional District will not consider any verbal or written representations or submissions after the public hearing. Please be advised that written submissions received will be available to the public. Written submissions must be received in the Regional District’s office by 4:00 PM (Pacific Time) Monday, January 14, 2013, or may be submitted at the public hearing.

LOCATION AND DATE OF HEARING: An open house and the public hearing will be held at the Sorrento Memorial Hall, 1150 Passchendaele Road, Sorrento, BC V0E 2W0, on: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 Open House: 2:00pm - 7:00pm Public Hearing: 7:00pm At the Open House, members of the public will be able to review the Official Community Plan text and maps and speak with staff. The text and maps are also available on the CSRD website: www.csrd.bc.ca.

PURPOSE OF BYLAW NO. 725: Electoral Area ‘C’ Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 725 will replace Electoral Area ‘C’ Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 700 in its entirety.

The Official Community Plan will designate future land use for all land within Electoral Area ‘C’, introduce Development Permit Areas and provide a community vision and policy guidance for land use within the plan area.

The above descriptions of the purpose and effect of Bylaw No. 725 are only general. The bylaw may have an impact on property owners and tenants in occupation within the area. It is therefore important for all property owners and tenants in occupation to inform themselves fully as to the nature and effect of the bylaw.

INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS: A copy of Bylaw No. 725, and all reports, plans and other documents that have been or will be considered by the Board of the Regional District will be available for inspection at the office of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, 781 Marine Park Drive, NE, Salmon Arm, BC, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM (Pacific Time), beginning December 10, 2012, and ending January 14, 2013, but excluding Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays.

This notice is issued by Marcin Pachcinski, Community Parks & Recreation Team Leader, Columbia Shuswap Regional District. The mailing address for Mr. Pachcinski is Columbia Shuswap Regional District, PO Box 978, Salmon Arm, BC, V1E 4P1. Telephone: 1-250-833-5923; Fax: 1-250-832-3375; Toll Free (BC only) 1-888-2482773.

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Committee to consider agricultural issues Columbia Shuswap Regional District invites residents to participate on a Shuswap Agriculture Strategy Steering Committee from January 2013 to March 2014.

Members would be expected to attend approximately one meeting per month and assist and guide the development of the strategy.

This strategy is meant to support the growth of the agriculture sector in the Shuswap to create a sustainable agriculture economy, promote protection of agriculturally capable land, and integrate existing economic and land-use policies into future CSRD strategic plans.

Committee members must be residents of

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While you’re busy scrambling around, please take the necessary precautions to ensure your holiday cheer isn’t ruined by criminal activity. Here are a few tips to follow in order to keep the season bright.

• Don’t withdraw more money than you need when visiting ATMs. Thieves lurk in parking lots around financial institutions.

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Spread joy, not germs Living WEll For many the holiday season means a time to enjoy good company and good food.

As we spread the joy of the season, we need to be extra careful to not spread food-borne illness causing bacteria. These simple food safety tips will help you prepare a safe and tasty holiday meal: Store and thaw safely: Keep fresh turkey refrigerated no longer than three days before cooking.

There are three ways to thaw frozen turkey in its wrapper: • Under cold running water (one hour per pound) • In a clean sink full of cold water, changing the water every couple of hours • In the fridge (five hours per pound) • Thawing poultry at room temperature is not recommended because it allows harmful bacteria to grow.

• Keep other items, especially those with meat, seafood, dairy, eggs or other moist, protein-rich foods chilled until served.

Clean carefully: Wash your hands,

utensils and work surfaces well before prep work begins.

Once the preparation work is done, clean surfaces in hot soapy water, rinse, then sanitize.

Sanitizing can be done with a diluted bleach solution (30 ml of bleach per gallon of water) that is allowed to sit for two minutes.

Wash your hands well after cleaning the cutting board and before and after working with any new menu items.

Avoid cross contamination: Store raw meat away from food that is ready-to-eat, including fruit and vegetables (and be sure to wash these thoroughly before serving).

Turkeys should be wrapped well and stored on the lowest shelf of your fridge or in the meat keeper to keep blood and juices from contaminating other food.

Ensure only clean utensils and cutting boards are used. Use a separate cutting board to prepare raw meat.

Wash hands after handling any raw foods and minimize hand

contact during final preparation steps.

Cook well: For turkey, set the oven at no lower than 350 °F (177 °C) and cook for about 20 minutes per pound.

Use a good meat thermometer to measure the turkey’s in-

“Health Canada recommends refrigerating leftovers for no more then two to three days.

Put them in the freezer in order to keep them longer. ”

ternal temperature and ensure it’s safe to eat.

All parts of the bird including stuffing should be at least 165°F (74°C) when removed from the oven.

Health Canada recommends an internal temperature of 185°F (85 °C) at the thickest

part of the meat as additional assurance.

Check the temperature in several places to be sure. Cooked food should be kept at 140 °F (60 °C) while waiting to serve.

Refrigerate: Chill food immediately after returning from the store and soon after dinner is complete.

Perishable food should be placed in the refrigerator within two hours of being removed from the oven.

Refrigerate at 40°F (4°C) or in a freezer at 0°F (-18 °C).

Health Canada recommends refrigerating leftovers for no more then two to three days.

Put them in the freezer in order to keep them longer.

Have a happy and healthy holiday season!

- Kevin Touchet, the author of this column, is the Manager of Environmental Health with Interior Health.

Best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season!

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Season’s Greetings!

Dave, Winston and the Staff would like to wish everyone the very best in the Holiday Season and New Year.

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Spirit of giving

n Drake and Wyatt Weissenborn drop off items in the collection box for the Rotary Club’s Christmas toy drive at the Salmar Grand. Donated toys collected for admission will be redistributed through the Shuswap Family Resource Centre.

New navigable water laws cut red tape

From the hill Colin Mayes The Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA) was passed in Parliament in 1880, yes, 132 years ago. At that time, the purpose of the act was to ensure unobstructed watercraft access on Canada’s waterways. Of course, when this act was passed, people travelled by canoe, barge or sternwheeler.

Commerce also relied on these waterways to move goods to market.

Times have changed.

The act regulated things on the water, not in the water or along the water course. Today this act has caused unnecessary red tape, and for years provinces and municipalities have

mental Protection Act, which provides guidelines for works in and around watercourses.

The Opposition has used our proposed amendments to the act as a wedge, accusing our government of compromising the protection of the environment.

This is completely false, and I can tell you we are committed to protecting our natural environment. Your government in Ottawa will continue to protect the environment in a logical

and effective way that balances the interests of all stakeholders in a responsible and sustainable manner.

Finally, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities stated: “The changes announced today will allow local government to spend less time processing paperwork for small, low-risk public works projects by removing redundancies, red tape and project delays that result in higher costs for property tax payers.”

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Shuswap Youth Soccer presents “Free Family Footy” fun soccer day on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2013 from noon ‘til 3pm at the SASCU Indoor Sports Complex.

This event is for the whole family to participate in together, with fun games of parents vs children. We invite the 6-9 year olds to participate from noon-1pm, 10-13 year olds from 1-2pm, and from 2-3pm children 14 years and older.

So, think you can get a goal past ol’ Dad, or, Mom, are you ready to show your child that you’ve still got moves on the pitch? Dress warmly and come on down to welcome in 2013 by kicking the ball about with some of your favourite people, your family!

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asked our government to cut the red tape associated with the Navigable Waters Protection Act. This act has created a black hole, holding up simple projects that do not impede navigation.

Data from the Canadian Hydrographic Service’s nautical charts, Statistics Canada data on freight movement, and historical data from the Navigable Waters Protection Program was used to create a list of waterways that will be exempted from the application of the act.

The installation of a simple culvert under a road previously triggered the need for an application for approval under the NWPA, which was time consuming and unnecessary. The amendments proposed to the act in no way compromise the need for an environmental assessment of works that take place around and in water.

Regulation to protect the environment related to watercourses is covered in the Environ-

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Happy Holidays!

May the magic of the season enrich you and your families throughout the holidays!

We thank you for your business throughout the year and look forward to seeing you soon. ~ Evelyn & MaryAnne

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Cheer and tears at the Breakfast with Santa

n (Top) Aimee Balloun and Santa try to reconcile Elisha Grace Singh who isn’t altogether sure she wants anything to do with the jolly old fellow in red during Breakfast with Santa, held Saturday morning at the SAGA Public Art Gallery.

(Left) Not everyone was feeling shy at the event.

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Happy Holidays!

To our many customers & friends we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best in 2013.

Christmas Drama “Imagine Christmas” A small town, a young man, a beautiful lake, a relentless love, an odyssey to find some sort of understanding: the meaning.

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Poinsettia has historical roots Gaia GardeninG Margo Westaway

One of the Christmas traditions we all love is to own or give a beautiful poinsettia.

I still catch myself calling it a ‘poinsetta,’ which is a hard habit to break from my childhood days when I couldn’t pronounce it properly.

It had never occurred to me that this plant actually turned into something else until I visited a private garden in Kenya years ago and there before me stood a 12-foot high poinsettia tree! That was news to me, and I confess I haven’t learned much about them since. So I’ve dug out some more interesting points about the poinsettias.

The poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a plant species of the diverse spurge family that is native to Mexico and (yet to be confirmed by botanists) in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. They are popular and widely grown in subtropical climates such as Australia, South America

and Africa.

It derives its name from Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first U.S. Minister to Mexico, who introduced the plant in the states in 1825, which now celebrates a National Poinsettia Day on Dec. 12.

It is a shrub or small tree, typically reaching a height of two to 16 feet, and to date there are more than 100 cultivated varieties. The plant bears dark green dentate leaves and the coloured bracts – which are most often flaming red, but can be orange, pale green, cream, pink, white or marbled — are often mistaken for flower petals because of their groupings and colours, but are actually leaves. The colours of the bracts are created through photoperiodism, meaning that they require darkness (12 hours at a time, for at least five days in a row) to change colour and at the same time, the plants require abundant light during the day for the brightest colour.

The flowers of the poinsettia (cyathia), are grouped within small yellow structures found in the centre of each leaf bunch, but are unassuming and do not attract pollinators.

The Aztecs used the plant to produce red dye and as an an-

tipyretic medication.

Today it is known in Mexico and Guatemala as “Noche Buena,” meaning Christmas Eve. The plant’s association with Christmas began in 16th century Mexico, where legend tells of a young girl named Pepita who was too poor to provide a gift for the celebration of Jesus’ birthday, but instead was directed by an angel to gather weeds from the roadside and place them in front of the church altar. Crimson “blossoms” sprouted from the weeds and became beautiful poinsettias.

From the 17th century, Franciscan friars in Mexico included the plants in their Christmas celebrations.

The star-shaped leaf pattern is said to symbolize the Star of Bethlehem, and the red colour represents the blood sacrifice through the crucifixion of Jesus. In Spain it is known as “Flor de Pascua,” meaning “Easter flower,” and in both Chile and Peru, the plant became known as the “Crown of the Andes.”

In 1900, a German immigrant named Albert Ecke landed in Los Angeles and started selling poinsettias. His son, Paul, developed the grafting technique, but it was the third

generation, Paul Ecke Jr., who advanced the association between the plant and Christmas. Until the 1990s, the Ecke family had a virtual monopoly on poinsettias by having created a bushier plant by grafting two varieties together. However, their method was eventually discovered and published, which allowed competitors to move in.

Paul Ecke III decided to stop producing plants in the U.S., but, as of 2008, they still serve about 70 per cent of the domestic market and 50 per cent of the world market.

With care, the poinsettia can be induced to ‘reflower’ after the initial display when

purchased. They prefer a well-lit room with moist but well-drained soil.

Poinsettias are susceptible to several diseases, mostly fungal, but also bacterial and parasitic, and have a mild toxicity level.

I kept one of these plants years ago and it grows like a tall bonsai by my kitchen window, still healthy and happy. Most of us keep them for the season, so when it ends, don’t just chuck it out in the garbage. Honour it by cutting it up and putting it into your compost so it can contribute to a healthy soil supply for this coming gardening season.

Merry Christmas everyone.

GET INVOLVED WITH PARKS AND TRAILS PLANNING AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) is inviting residents of Electoral Areas ‘A’, ‘C’, ‘D’, and ‘E’, who wish to serve on their Community Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission, to complete and return an Expression of Interest Form. The Expression of Interest Form and related information is available on the CSRD website at www. csrd.bc.ca, or by contacting the Environment & Engineering Services Department as listed below. CSRD staff will review all submissions and will schedule meetings with all applicants beginning in January 2013.

The Commission will assist the CSRD by ensuring it receives thoughtful and comprehensive advice from a representative group of individuals with local knowledge and interest in the parks and recreation needs of the community.

Individuals who best satisfy the following requirements will be recommended to the CSRD Board of Directors for appointment: • Interest, leadership and passion for enhancing public enjoyment of parks, trails and green spaces, as well as promoting local stewardship of recreational amenities.

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Please submit a completed Expression of Interest Form by Friday, January 4, 2013 to: Environment & Engineering Services Community Parks and Recreation Columbia Shuswap Regional District Box 978, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4P1 Phone: 250 833-5950 or Toll free: 1 888 248-2773 Fax: 250 832-1083 Email: workservices@csrd.bc.ca

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SHUSWAP AGRICULTURE STRATEGY STEERING COMMITTEE INVITATION FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

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he Columbia S h u s w a p Regional District is inviting Expressions of Interest from individuals interested in participating on the Shuswap Agriculture Strategy Steering Committee (SASSC) for the term of January, 2013 – March, 2014. The SASSC will consist of up to 10 volunteers who will participate in the development of the Shuswap Agriculture Strategy.

The Shuswap Agriculture Strategy project is meant to support the growth of the agriculture sector of the Shuswap region in order to create a sustainable agriculture economy, promote protection of agriculturally capable land, and to integrate existing economic and land use policies into future CSRD strategic plans. Tasks of the Committee and members include: • To develop a Request for Proposal (RFP) and select a Consultant to work in collaboration with the Committee to complete the Shuswap Agriculture Strategy;

• Attendance at SASSC meetings (approximately once per month) and to assist and guide the development of the Shuswap Agriculture Strategy; and, • Attendance at community consultation meetings and to assist in soliciting public comments during the development of the Agricultural Strategy.

Expression of Interest forms is available on the CSRD website at www.csrd.bc.ca.

Interested individuals in the City of Salmon Arm, the District of Sicamous, the CSRD Electoral Areas C, D, E, and F that are interested in participating are requested to forward a completed Expression of Interest form by email, post, and fax or in person before 4 PM on Friday January 4, 2013 to: Robyn Cyr, Economic Development Officer Columbia Shuswap Regional District PO Box 978 Salmon Arm BC V1E 4P1 Email: rcyr@csrd.bc.ca Phone: 250-833-5928 Fax: 250-832-3375

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Ups and downs

n Salmon Arm SilverBacks’ forward Anthony Croston gets tied up going through the Centennials defence during the ’Backs 5-0 defeat Dec. 14 by Merritt at the Shaw Centre. This followed a defeat of the Penticton Vees two days earlier. Salmon Arm has a pair of games before Christmas.

Today they play in West Kelowna and then host the Warriors Saturday, Dec. 22. Both games are 7 p.m. starts. In the new year, the SilverBacks take on Vernon at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4 and Cowichan at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5 – both at home.

South Canoe Trail Systems get facelift One of the region’s most popular recreational trail systems is getting a much-needed facelift. Work began last month to improve the South Canoe Trail System. Two new trails, new trail signs, and improved access at the trailhead will address the growing challenges of safety on the lower trails.

Future work in 2013 includes funding for new signage. As well, planning with the city, the province, Secwepemc First Nations leadership, forestry tenure holders, the Salmon Arm Fish and Game Club, and local residents to decide on appropriate trail use south of the existing system

is pending. Long range plans also identify the desire to work with BC Ministry of Transportation to transform the gravel pit next to the trail system into a fully developed trailhead staging area and park.

All trail users are invited to provide feedback on the South Canoe Trails and any other trail throughout the Shuswap to trailreport@shuswaptrails. com. The same email can be used to report maintenance issues, log volunteer time, or send a request to be added to the Shuswap Trails contact list.

Snowmobiling The Salmon Arm Snow Blazers meet the

second Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. in the back room of the Hideaway Pub in Salmon Arm. The meetings are open to anyone interesting in snowmobiling, joining the club or helping out with work

bees and events. The riding season usually starts the middle of December and goes well into May. For more information, contact Don at 250-675-2420 or Robin at 250-838-2668.

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n Lead guitar and vocalist for the Doc Walker band, Chris Thorsteinson, performs on the stage of the CP Rail Holiday Train during its stop-over Sunday in Chase.

Christmas cheer Prior to the arrival of the CP Rail Holiday Train, the Chase Christmas pageant was a big hit. A great selection of holiday carols left many residents leaving filled with Christmas cheer.

Damon Colgan, curator and archivist for the museum, deemed the event an overall success after the museum filled its seats with about 50 people eager to see the festivities.

“We had most of the acts show up except one who was sick...,” said Colgan, who said the entertainment was fantastic.

Some of the entertainment included Elena Markin and the Silver Belles & Beaux, but the highlight of the night for many were the boys from the Chase Heat who wowed the crowd with a number of carols, including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

“This was definitely a high point in

the event,” says Colgan. “I had heard they’d been practising and they really did a great job.”

The team took to the stage wearing their signature jerseys and Santa hats and introduced themselves before beginning their performance.

This was the first year for the event, says Colgan, and he’s not sure if it will be held again next year. He explains there are currently no exhibits in the museum, so organizers wanted to try something they couldn’t do in other years. Colgan didn’t have the total figure raised available, but he believes the event, which has been in the planning since the beginning of the month, was a great success.

“We would like to thank everybody that took part in the event and for all of the performances; we were also very pleased with the turnout from the community.”

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lines were obscured by heavy snow. Motorists are reminded to slow down when road conditions are poor.

Break and enters On Dec. 14 about 4:30 a.m., two oncoming tractor-trailer units collided on Highway 1, about five kilometres east of Chase.

The impact landed both vehicles in the ditch on opposite sides of the highway. The driver as well as the passenger of the eastbound unit were not hurt, while the driver of the westbound unit was transported to Kamloops’ Royal Inland Hospital with serious injuries. The collision is under investigation

by Chase RCMP. Police report the highway was extremely slippery and the road

Chase RCMP received reports of four break and enters to residences on SquilaxAnglemont Road from Scotch Creek to Anglemont recently, as well as a number of gas thefts.

Added to the list are a number of businesses that were broken into.

They include the Home Hardware in Scotch Creek, as well as the area’s Super Valu which had one of their storage containers broken into and some food items stolen.

No suspects had been identified at press time and it was unknown whether the break and enters have been com-

mitted by the same individuals. The investigation is continuing.

“We advise communities to get together and form a neighborhood watch or citizens on patrol group for those overnight hours,” says Sgt. Gary Heebner of the Chase RCMP. He encourages people to get alarm systems installed or some form of video surveillance.

“Video surveillance is the best means of catching people but the picture also has to be clear and high resolution. Also we need to see the face clearly,” he explains. “While someone in the community might be able to identify a person based on a photo of their back, it will not stand up in court.”

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Please note: Interest on unpaid 2012 utility bill balances will not start accruing interest until Saturday, January 5, 2012. No interest will be charged on outstanding tax balances that are received prior to Friday, January 4, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. Payments can also be made at most Financial Institutions or through online banking. For your convenience, a drop box is located to the left of the main entrance door handle at the Village office at 826 Okanagan Avenue.

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What’s on in Chase

Chase Heat home game, Monday, Dec. 31, 5 p.m. at the Art Holding Arena versus the North Okanagan Knights.

New Year’s Dance at Chase Legion, with band Turtle Valley, Dec. 31, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets $15 at the door or from any legion member. Call to reserve a table.

Polar Bear Swim, Jan 1, 2 p.m., join the Chase Fire Department and

go for the first swim of the year at Memorial Park.

Chase Heat away game, Saturday, Jan. 5, 7:30 p.m., Chase Heat will be taking on the Summerland Steam.

Parents & Tot Playgroup, every Friday from 10 a.m. to noon, basement of the Catholic Church in Chase, children ages 0-5 with parents/caregivers, provided free. For more information, call Hazel 250-679-4465.

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n Chase Evangelical Free Church presented the Alive Nativity as part of the Country Christmas.

Drive below speed limit in poor weather Travellers are being asked to slow down and consider winter driving conditions, for it could be a matter of life and death.

As the winter season is gearing up and the snow is falling down, Chase RCMP would like to remind those taking to the roads to be extremely cautious.

From Nov. 1 until early morning on Dec. 18 there had been a total

of 19 accidents reported in the area.

Of these accidents, two resulted in injury, nine in damage over $1,000, and eight in damage under $1000.

Fortunately no fatalities have occurred in any of these incidents.

However, when people drive recklessly or carelessly in wintry conditions, they not only put their own lives at risk, but the lives of

others on the road as well.

“There is a chronic problem where people continue to drive at or above the speed limits when conditions require them to go well under,” says Sgt. Gary Heebner of the Chase RCMP. “They are driving too close, passing when the roads are slushy, and not giving themselves enough time.”

With new snow fall-

ing almost daily, drivers must prepare ahead of time and plan for the worst conditions.

“Remember to leave early, give yourself extra time, slow down, and arrive safe,” he says.

If you witness an accident while on your travels, the RCMP ask that you pull over, check for injuries and obstructions to traffic, and immediately call 9-1-1.

Beware of nails in parking lot of clinic Crime Stoppers.

Continued from B3 The Chase RCMP have received complaints of someone scattering roofing nails in the parking lot at the Chase Clinic, 826 Thompson Ave., during the night. There have been five to six occurrences over the past two to three months, says Heebner.

Fortunately the area targeted has not impacted ambulances which come and go regularly.

“The nails are generally just where the doctors and staff park,” says Heebner.

No one has reported damage to their vehicles, as most nails have been spotted before they could cause problems.

This, says Heebner, is another circumstance where surveillance would be helpful.

Anyone who may have information about this mischief is asked to call Chase RCMP at 250-679-3221, or

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n Santa and Mrs. Claus wave to fans on the streets of Chase during the Christmas parade. The Shuswap Market News would like to apologize for an error that ran in the Dec. 7 edition in an article entitled ‘Christmas delights mesmerize.’ Santa did not arrive on a fire truck. He instead arrived on a 16-ft. car trailer in his large wooden, red and white sled. We apologize to all the people involved in making the float, and all who volunteered their time to make it a success

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The past couple of weeks for the Chase HEAT have been a bit rough as a window of opportunity that opened up to move up in the standings slowly closed.

For whatever reason, the competition was tough, both in goals against and in the physical element. The result being a number of walking wounded regulars unable to suit up, those jobs taken by a number of different associate players. The

need was never greater for buying a program to know who was on the local side.

Friday the 14th saw the division-leading Sicamous Eagles fly into town on a very snowy night.

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Separatists continue to dream on Global ViewS Gwynne Dyer In other parts of the world, separatist movements are usually violent (e.g. Kashmir, Sri Lanka, the various Kurdish revolts) and they sometimes succeed (South Sudan, Eritrea, East Timor).

Whereas in the prosperous, democratic countries of the West, they are generally peaceful, frivolous and unsuccessful.

Cases in point are the various separatist movements in the European Union.

Scotland will hold a vote on independence from Britain in 2014, while Catalonia and the Basque country in Spain have just elected nationalist governments that promise to hold referendums on independence.

But, it will probably never happen.

The Scots, the Catalans and the Basques tend to see themselves as victims, but nobody else does. They are self-governing in most matters except defence and foreign affairs, they have their own budgets and they maintain separate education systems and cultural institutions.

The Scots get more money back from the central government in London than they pay in taxes, while Catalonia and the Basque country (‘Euskara’ in the Basque language) claim they contribute

more to Madrid than they receive.

But, the sums are relatively modest and, in any case, it is not necessary to break up the country in order to renegotiate fiscal imbalances.

What really drives separatism is emotion, which is why popular support for it is so soft.

Rectifying the historic defeat of (insert name of centuries-old lost battle here) by declaring independence in the here-and-now has great emotional appeal, but most people put their economic interests first.

Nationalist leaders, therefore, always promise independence will change nothing important on the economic front.

The way they do this in both Scotland and the separatist regions of Spain is by insisting membership in the European Union would pass automatically to the successor state. The opponents of secession, however, argue there’s nothing automatic about it.

The arguments are not just directed at the home audience.

Last month, when Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, agreed to terms for the 2014 referendum with the British government, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo promptly declared an independent Scotland would not automatically be an EU member and that any one of the 27 EU member states (Spain, for example) could veto it.

“In the hypothetical case of independence,” he said, “Scotland would have to join the

What are you waiting for?

queue [for EU membership] and ask to be admitted, needing the unanimous approval of all member states to obtain the status of a candidate country.”

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, also said in September an independent Scotland would be seen as a new state and would have to apply to join.

This was furiously disputed by Salmond, who knew his chances of winning the 2014 referendum were nil if the Scots believed they were voting to leave the EU. For months he insisted he had sought the opinion of his government’s law officers, who had confirmed Scotland would inherit EU membership automatically and would not even have to adopt the euro.

Alas, he was lying.

Late last month, it became known Salmond had not actually asked for the law officers’ opinion at all. Now he has been forced by public opinion to pop the question — and he may not like the answer.

An even bigger defeat for Salmond came in his negotiations with British Prime Minister David Cameron, where he had to agree the referendum would ask a simple yes-or-no question: In or out?

This goes against the instincts of all separatist leaders, who prefer a fuzzy, feel-good question that doesn’t mention the frightening word “independence” at all.

The most famous formulation of this question was in the 1995 Quebec referen-

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dum on secession from Canada: “Do you agree that Quebec should become sovereign after having made a formal offer to Canada for a new economic and political partnership within the scope of the bill respecting the future of Quebec and of the agreement signed on June 12, 1995?”

Not exactly clear, is it?

That referendum was very close (Quebecers voted to remain part of Canada by a margin of 50.58 per cent to 49.42 per cent) but, in 2000, the Canadian federal government passed a law generally known as the Clarity Act. It said negotiations between the federal government and any province on secession should only follow “a clear expression of the will of the population of a province that the province cease to be part of Canada.”

This requirement would not be met, it added, if the referendum question “merely focuses on a mandate to negotiate without

soliciting a direct expression of the will of the population of that province on [independence]” or if the question “envisages other possibilities . . . such as economic or political arrangements with Canada that obscure a direct expression of the will of the population on [secession].”

This law drastically reduces the likelihood the separatists could win any future referendum in Quebec and it’s obviously what Cameron had in mind in his negotiations with Salmond on the Scottish referendum.

As for Catalonia and Euskara, the national parliament in Madrid must approve of any referendum on separation and the current Spanish government has made it abundantly clear it has no intention of doing that.

So, it’s mostly just hot air and hurt feelings, really.

-Gwynne Dyer’s columns appear in publications in 45 countries.

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Christmas a community affair ShuSwap paSSion Jim Cooperman Given today’s frenetic shopaholic holiday season, it can be enlightening to reflect upon the way Shuswap’s early settlers celebrated Christmas.

While the focus now for many people is on wasteful, over-consuming, the settlers focused on sharing, helping each other and enjoying the fruits of their labours.

With little money to spend and very few places to shop, Shuswap pioneers looked forward to holiday season parties with their neighbours and especially the annual Christmas concerts and dances held at their one-room schools.

The entire community became involved in these concerts. Students began rehearsing their parts in November and their parents and siblings helped them practice until it was perfect.

Everyone helped

by making costumes, props, sets and decorations. The concert was most always a success and parents were proud of their little angels and wisemen.

Former Celista School teacher Eleanor Nelson recalled her experiences in the 1920s in a 1987 Chase weekly newspaper that was later reprinted in the 1995 Shuswap Chronicles.

One year they put on the gripping drama, Lord Ullin’s Daughter, a thrilling tragedy of two ill-fated lovers eloping as the lord attempted to rescue his daughter.

He arrived in time to find the lovers in a small boat attempting to cross a lake during a raging storm.

Sheets were pulled by students off-stage to represent the waves, and when the cardboard boat sank, the tragedy turned into a comedy.

Often the teachers were also in charge of organizing the purchase of gifts and the candy, nuts and Japanese oranges for their students and the preschool children, using money donated by all the adults in the community.

Using the letters to Santa written by the students, the teacher

would order the gifts from the Eaton’s catalogue.

With winters most often snowy and cold, families arrived at the schools in sleighs singing carols to the sound of sleigh bells. The highlight was when Santa arrived and brought presents for the children.

The concerts culminated with a dance, with the local band making the music and the children taking part as well.

hung to age along with the fruitcakes.

Most gifts were purchased through catalogues and the ordering was done in secret.

Often the presents were items needed for winter such as gloves, scarves, mittens, and wool socks.

Games were also popular and often children found a homemade sled or toy under the tree that was cut in the back 40.

Home and tree decorations were all

“with little money to spend and very few places to shop, Shuswap pioneers looked forward to holiday season parties with their neighbours and especially the annual Christmas concerts and dances...”

As the evening wore on, the babies and younger children were bedded down atop the desks pushed into the corners.

Preparations for the family holiday celebration began months earlier when the best chicken or goose was penned up and fattened, the tastiest vegetables were set aside and the Christmas baking was done.

The plum puddings were boiled inside cloth bags and then

homemade. Instead of electric lights, small candles were clipped on to the branches and these were only lit at special times when the family members were gathered around to celebrate.

In Enderby, Christmas Day was also a time for music. Upon incorporation in 1906, one of the first actions by the council was to give local musicians $100 to form a city band. Every year on Christmas, they would

march around town playing holiday tunes.

One year, there was too much snow and it was too cold for marching, so they hired a team and a sleigh.

As was recounted in Robert and Joan Cowan’s history book, Enderby, “When we started to play, the team took off. They did not like the music and were going to leave it behind. We covered a lot of ground with that carol until the driver got control again.”

Due to the cold, the instruments became frozen and the travelling concert ended early that year.

All too often pioneer life is viewed in terms of the hardships faced by the early settlers.

But as the many articles in the nine volumes of the Shuswap Chronicles attest, there were many good times, especially during the holiday seasons that were filled with community cheer, homemade music and gifts, and good food.

As communities today struggle to achieve sustainability goals and reduce their carbon outputs to address climate change and economic turmoil, there are lessons to be learned from the simpler lifestyles of our pioneers.

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WEISSE, GERHARD ERVIN September 7, 1928 - December 5, 2012 We would like to announce the passing of Gerhard Ervin Weisse on December 5, 2012. He was born in Beisker, Alberta on September 7, 1928.

Our Dad was in the logging industry starting out in the Golden area.

Moving to Calgary where he had his own lumber yard for many years. When he was thinking about retiring, he decided that the Shuswap was where he wanted to be so he found a piece of property in Eagle Bay and for any weekends he would travel back and forth and we would meet him there and we helped build up his property. Over the years he made many friends there and he always gave a helping hand.

All who knew Dad (Gerhard) have many wonderful memories of his time at Eagle Bay. He will be sadly missed by all his family and friends.

As requested there will be no funeral but there will be a Celebration of Life to be announced at a later date.

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DRAKE, ROSEMARY EVELYN March 21, 1928-Dec 10 ,2012 Sadly we announce the passing of our Mom, Grama, GG, Sister and Auntie quietly on Dec 10, 2012.

Predeceased and welcomed into the loving arms of her husband Wally, big sister Doreen (Larry) younger sister Peggy (Bill) and little brother Allen.

Survived by daughter Arlene and son-inlaw Ledio, grandson Jason (Kim) grandaughters Tanya (Wes) and Amanda (Chad) Three great grandsons, Ryan, Dominic, and Gabriel, and 3 great granddaughters Ashleigh, Emilia, and Sofia. As well as her youngest sister Jackie (Walt ) and many nieces and nephews.

Mom was a proud and longstanding member of the Daughters of the Nile both in Dawson Creek and Vernon.

Mom loved all animals but particularly dogs and owned many over the years.

There will be no service by request and Mom’s ashes will be laid to rest with her beloved Wally in Tuscoola Mountain cemetery in the spring. If friends desire, donations to the BCSPCA would be much appreciated.

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KATO, MARJORIE (nee Tsujimura) Marjorie Kato (nee Tsujimura) passed away peacefully with family at her side on December 15, 2012 at the age of 88.

Marjorie, born Jan. 20, 1924, was raised in Vancouver, moving to the New Denver internment camp in 1942. She married George Kato in 1948 in New Denver from where they moved to Albert Canyon then to Sicamous and, finally, Salmon Arm in 1965. Here Marjorie worked at the Salmon Arm Motor Hotel and raised their two daughters, Gail and Terri (Kate).

Marjorie was predeceased by her husband George in 1990. She is survived by her daughters Gail Strudwick (Ron) and Terri (Kate) Horne (Darryl), and 5 grandchildren Christi Chung (Horne), Tiana Strudwick, Jordon Strudwick, Megan Horne, and Micah Strudwick.

To her dear friends in Salmon Arm whom she spoke of fondly, thank you for bringing joy to her life. Marjorie’s family would also like to thank care aides, nurses and staff at Mount Ida Mews who with tender care allowed Marjorie a dignified and peaceful last chapter.

A celebration of life service will be held on Saturday December 22, 2012 at 11:00 am from Bowers Funeral Chapel, Salmon Arm, BC Online Condolences can be sent through Marjorie’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice. com Funeral arrangements are in the care of Bowers Funeral Service, Salmon Arm, BC

COLLIVER, VICTOR PETER May 27, 1957 - December 12, 2012 It is with very heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of our best mate. He was the adored husband of Shelley and proud father of Brock.

He leaves behind his loving family in Australia and Canada. Pete’s family was the most important thing in his life.

Peter passed away unexpectedly at work under the sunny blue skies of Adams Lake. He loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and the bush. His passion for logger sports played an integral part of Pete, Shelley and Brock’s life together.

Peter will be fondly remembered for his humor, love and compassion by many. He is now at rest with his mom, dad and old dog Maggie. His legacy will live on!

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That’s why compassion goes into everything we do. We are prepared to arrange any special request you may have.

• Traditional Services • Cremation Services • Prearrangement Planning • All inquiries welcome 24 hrs.

IS NOW ACCEPTING RESUMÉS FOR A

Tammy & Vince Fischer

FUNERAL SERVICES & CREMATORIUM LTD.

Please forward resumes: Attn.

Branch Manager: rtrowsse@ eaglewestcranes.com or fax (1)250.573.0040

2401 T.C. Hwy, Salmon Arm

Help Wanted

4060-1st Ave. S.W. Salmon Arm, 833-1129 www.fischersfuneralservices.com Serving Kamloops to Golden Toll Free 1-888-816-1117

FOR THE AFTERNOON CUP...

Askew’s is seeking a full time Supervisor and a part time assistant for our Wellness department.

These individuals must be highly motivated and enthusiastic, able to provide customers with friendly, helpful service and support in our new Uptown Salmon Arm store. As a part of the Askew’s team, you must possess excellent customer service skills and have an interest in, and an extensive knowledge of herbs, vitamins, minerals, homeopathies, and special diets. Product knowledge is essential.

Visit our website at www.askewsfoods.com for more information on these positions.

CONSIDER A CAREER WITH

WE PROVIDE: • Competitive wages and benefits • Extensive training program • Profit Sharing Apply in person and drop off your resumé to: The Auto Service Desk 2090 10th Ave. S.W. Salmon Arm, B.C. Attn: Mark Sandau e-mail: service482@shaw.ca

Sex and the Kitty A single unspayed cat can produce 470,000 offspring in just seven years. Sadly, most of them end up abandoned at BC SPCA shelters or condemned to a grim life on the streets. Be responsible - don’t litter. www. s p c a . b c . c a

Only successful applicants will be contacted for an interview.

QUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIAN Lockwood Bros.

Concrete Products (www.lockwoodbros.ca) is currently seeking a motivated, detail-oriented individual to perform the Quality Control Technician duties in our plant in Armstrong. The daily responsibilities include concrete testing, reading blueprints and inspecting precast concrete products. An ACI or CSA Concrete Technician Certificate or a Certified Engineering Technologist Diploma would be considered a great asset but is not required. This is a full-time position (M-F, 40+ hrs/week) with a starting wage of $17 to $22 per hour, in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with opportunities for advancement and training.

Please email your resume to cody.keller@lockwoodbros.ca with “QC Tech” in the subject line.

SURE CROP FEEDS, INC., an innovative leader in the BC feed industry, has an immediate opening for a full-time production worker (shift work).

The successful candidate must possess a 4th Class Power Engineering certificate.

We offer an industry leading wage & benefits package.

Please submit resume to: Production Manager, Sure Crop Feeds Inc., PO Box 250, Grindrod, BC V0E 1Y0 or fax (250)838-6990.

Work Wanted

SERVICE ADVISOR Do you have experience in automotive repair?

Must be committed to providing excellent customer service.

Experience is an asset.

We are a Non - Union Company Offering Employees a Competitive Wage & Benefits Package.

Must be able to work weekends Apply with resume

WELLNESS

CANADIAN TIRE Salmon Arm Location

Crane Operator Eagle West Truck & Crane Inc. is currently accepting resumes for Crane Operator for our Kamloops & Kelowna Operations.

Salmon Arm

seeking FT/PT Housekeeper/Desk Clerk

While we appreciate all applications, Please note only those short listed will be contacted.

HOBAN EQUIPMENT LTD Now Hiring for January • Field Admin Staff • Heavy Duty Mechanics • Rock Truck Drivers • Dozer Operators • Excavator Operators • Surveyors Candidates must have minimum 1 year experience. Drug screening and reference checks may be a condition of employment. Please note this is a camp job and will run on a 20 day in camp and 10 day out of camp rotation Please send resumes to careers@hobanequipment.com Or fax 250-832-1003

Trades, Technical

Eligible candidates will be required to have valid crane certification & must have a Class 1 with clean abstract, and be willing to work in a challenging environment.

Help Wanted

Let’s Make Cancer History

We accept all Memorial Society and Pre-Need Funeral Policies

Employment

CARPENTER with 45yrs. experience, new houses, renovations, drywall, painting & finishing. Excellent references (1-250)878-4460

Welcome Wagon is currently seeking individuals for Welcome Wagon Representatives in the communities of Salmon Arm & Sicamous.

As a Welcome Wagon Representative you will work flexible hours, provide a valuable community service and get paid while having fun!

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, please call OJ Boissoneault 250-379-2829

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4 OUT OF 5 PEOPLE WITH DIABETES DIE OF HEART DISEASE.

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Services

Services

Pets & Livestock

Merchandise for Sale

Health Products

Misc Services

Feed & Hay

Heavy Duty Machinery

DROP ZONE WEIGHT LOSS Target fat with the IDEAL PROTEIN Weight Loss Method Affordable start up FREE consultation. Start Today (250)833-1448 DropZoneWeightLoss.com

Miles’ Mobile Mechanical

Think Snow

Esthetics Services PERMANENT Laser Hair reduction. Call for a free consultation. Sada (250)832-4266 Shuswap Laser Clinic or email: info@shuswaplaser.com

Maintenance & repairs to snow blowers, snowmobiles, quads & chainsaws MILES KENTEL

Cell 804-6869 • 29 years locally

832-4213

Contractors

SNOW REMOVAL Sidewalks,driveways,small parking lots, roofs. Residential or Commercial Shuswap Window Cleaning 250- 833-2533

Custom blueprints.Visit: wwldesigns.ca Save! Save! Save!

Handypersons

Painting & Decorating

CLEAN CUT RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS Home reno’s and repairs, Interior painting and trim Licensed & insured Frank Cell 250-515-3637 250-832-8153

nt iscou $D ting$$ $ ain P • Residential

HANDYMAN FOR HIRE Reliable

& Commercial • Interior/Exterior

semi-retired gentleman will do any household fix-its.

(250)675-3456 email: millwright94@hotmail.com

• Wallpapering • Drywall Repair • Professional Workmanship • Seniors Discounts

For Free Estimate call Lorraine

Cell 833-8009 Home 836-4154

Misc Services DRIVER avail. Anywhere in North America. All travel cost & fuel involves your vehicle.

You fly-I’ll drive and fly back.

Call for a quote & ref. Ed Campbell (250)832-2548 edcamsa@shaw.ca

Excavating & Drainage

Serving Sicamous & Area for 20+ Years

ALFALFA/grass 1st & 2nd cut, small squares. J. Lepine (250)832-2962 GRASS/ALFALFA lst crop $4.50, 2nd crop $6.25, last years hay $3.50, straw $4.00, oat hay $3.50. All good for horses.

(250)832-4160, (250)803-8298 HAY Alfalfa/grass mix 1st cut $4.00 second cut $6.00 Rick 250-833-4523 Shavings or sawdust 150 yard loads.Cedar or Fir.Bark mulch. Delivered. 1 (250)8386630 SHELTER pasture for one or more horses, Foothill Area $50/mo./horse (250)832-6635

Pet Services NEW LAKESIDE GROOMING Certified with over 20yrs. experience. In home one on one care & service. Pick up & del service avail. By appointment only. (250)832-8845

Pets N&T CANINE CARE Daycare, boarding, grooming.

Visit our webpage: www.nandtcaninecare.ca 250-835-0136 With Dignity & Understanding.

N&T PET CREMATION SERVICES call 250-835-0136

Pet Services

Feed & Hay A horse quality orchardgrass, 2nd crop $5 , & 1st crop $4 Al Fritzel (250)832-9070

Firewood/Fuel

PET GROOMING

www.dandeglan.com 981 - 16th Street N.E., Salmon Arm V1E 2V2

With Michelle

250-832-0707

Computer Services

Computer Services

COMPUTER SERVICE

250-836-5300

Repairs and Sales Upgrades and accessories Wireless & home networking

Garden & Lawn

Garden & Lawn

REIMER’S FARM SERVICE • Bark Mulch • Shavings • Sawdust

We Deliver

250-260-0110 or 804-3030

lRMaSnALdES’s B FA PICK-UP OR DELIVERY

• Shavings, Sawdust, Bark Mulch, Wood Chips (bulk/ mini bags) • Well Rotted Manure • Soils • Extra Clean Wheat Straw

Stanley Bland 832-6615 or 833-2449

Monday to Friday

All Breeds including Cats & Large Dogs

Need Help?

KEYSTROKE

Misc. for Sale

Pet Services

Food Products

Professionally Beautifying Properties for Over 27 Years.

• Rock Walls • Utility Services • Site Prep • Terracing • Drainage • Pools

Medical Supplies MOBILITY scooter and walker like new (250)832-7321

FIR DRY Cut split and delivered. (250) 832-2401

Merchandise for Sale FARM Fresh free range brown eggs $3/dozen (250)832-8918

DAN DEGLAN EXCAVATING

A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges / Equipment Wheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & StorageCall 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS / Bridges / Equipment Wheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & StorageCall 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com Will pay cash for oversized scrap steel, cats, yarders, saw mill equipment, farm equipment, etc. All insurance in place to work on your property. 250-260-0217

FUTURE STEEL BUILDING Still in Crate 35’X70’, Profile Shaped Never assembled Phone (250)546-6114 10-15 used portable toilets $50. each, need some repairs Attention: Orchard Growers.

Reliable Septic Services (250)832-8404 CAM’S PLACE Christmas Trees, U-cut, we cut, 1000’s of fresh fragrant photo friendly trees. Mon-Sun 9-4. 1370-20 Ave SE. (250)832-8552

Pets & Livestock

John Schlosar, A+ Certified computer@cablelan.net

Better your odds.

Visit getserious.ca

A1 GRASS hay, no rain. barn stored, excellent quality, delivery available (250)803-8353

Appointments necessary.

271A Trans-Can. Hwy. N.E. (across from KFC) • 250-832-0604

Fruit & Vegetables

Fruit & Vegetables

Peterson ) Apples ) Orchards Fresh Pressed Apple Juice!

4 km North on 30th St. NE 5690 35th St. NE Phone 832-4155 or 832-1347

Misc. for Sale

Laura’s Homemade Pies

Available frozen at Peterson Orchards!

Fresh Daily

Any Quantity 8 am to 8 pm Everyday

Phone to Order or Drop In

Misc. for Sale

B14 www.saobserver.net

Friday, December 21, 2012 Salmon Arm Observer

Merchandise for Sale

Rentals

Rentals

Rentals

Transportation

Misc. for Sale

Apt/Condo for Rent

Homes for Rent

Suites, Lower

Auto Financing

3 bdr/2bath rancher 5 appl, carport, RV prkg, 12x12 wired shop, NS NP DD & ref’s req’d. $1300/mnth +util. Avail immed.

250-832-4115 3BDRM. 2bath Heritage Home near DT SA, NS, NP, DD & ref’s req., avail. immed., $1100/mo. (250)833-6972 4Bdrm Rancher on 2 acres in Ranchero Avail Jan 1st gas heat FS Carport small outbuilding close to school ref’s req’d $1200 250-833-2832 SALMON Arm: riverfront bungalow, mins from town N/S, N/P, adult oriented, $1150/mo. + util. (250)804-9678 SORRENTO nice 3+bdrm house, 2bth, lakeview, near beach/town, , lrg rec room W/D/F/S incl., avail. immed, $1100/mo + util. DD req.

(250)803-1081 TOP floor of executive home w/panoramic view of lake, Appleyard Sub., 2bdrm, 2 full bath, covered carport, all util. incl., ref’s req. $1200/mo., NP (250)832-5041

AVAILABLE immediately Enderby 1 bedroom + Den Neat and clean, recently renovated Shared laundry Utilities included, no smoking, small pet okw/approval $700/month $350 DD. References required Call: 1-250-307-7219

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

832-3320

the Video Man

MEMORIES ON DVD!

Films, slides, photos & video transferred to DVD. Copies for gifts!

ronmarchand@shaw.ca

APPLE iMac: silver 20” Core 2 Duo, 4 gigs ram, wired apple keyboard, wireless mighty mouse, clean install of OSX. Great shape, no issues $650 Call 250-832-6765 CORT acoustic steel string guitar with cutaway, grover tuners and Fishman Pickup.

Beautiful wood and sound.

Must be seen and played to appreciate. $500 Call 250-517-8087 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

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

RECONDITIONED wood heaters and F/P insert. Pellet stove and Dry Birch Lumber 250835-8466

LAKEVIEW MANOR

Deluxe fully furn 1 Bdrm Apt Viewing Shuswap Lake close to all amenities in quiet adult NS NP building $845 plus Hydro ref’s req’d

Ref req’d 250-833-9148

LGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-836-4516.

Commercial/ Industrial 650 SQFT shop in Industrial Park, infloor heat, hydro, taxes inc. $650/mo. (250)804-8840

Misc for Rent 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Condo in Salmon Arm 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath Basement Suite in SA 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath + Den 4 plex in Salmon Arm 1 Bedroom Condo in Salmon Arm 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath House

Shared Accommodation

in Gleneden

Call AL BINGHAM (250)804-6216

Rates Consistently better than banks

Houses For Sale

Willing to pick-up old, unwanted units

(250) 832 3378 PURCHASING old Canadian & American coin collections & accumulations. 250-548-3670 WANTED: newer men’s ice skates size 91/2 in good condition (250)833-1976

Free Items 2 Mini Daschund’s 5 yrs. old 250-804-8263

Real Estate Mortgages TEKAMAR MORTGAGES

Serving the Columbia-Shuswap since 1976.

(250)832-8766

Toll free 1-800-658-2345

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1bd apt. across from City Hall.

Adults, N/S, pets negot., $690.

250-833-0420, 250-253-0606 1BDRM. across from Askews DT W/D, parking, Call Colin (1-604)858-8176 or Jeremy (1250)253-2404 Avail now.

2BDRM avail.immed NS, NP, kids welcome $750/mo + util. .

191 4th St. SE (250)804-9627 3BDRM., 191-4 St. SE, parking spot, coin laundry, NP, NS, $895/mo. avail Jan 1.

(250)804-9627 AVAIL immed, large. 2bdrm.

DT SA, Res or Comm use. $850 +DD ref’s, 250-307-2431 BACHELOR APT. in Sicamous. Incl. cable, hydro, washer & dryer. No pets. Single person only. $375/mo.

Avail. now. 250-836-3233.

BRIGHT 2 bdrm apt. available immed. Central loc. Mature adults.

Pet negotiable. $795/mo. 1 bdrm available Jan 1, $695/mo. Phone 250-8326490 Cambridge Court, 2 bdrm 2 bath, in suite ldry, gas f/p, covered prkg, new carpet & ktchn floor Np/NS. Long term lease with mature adults $900 incl gas/hydro. biggarf@gmail.com 1-778-255-4599 DOUGLAS MANOR 2-bdrm. $825/mo. incl. f/s, d/w, a/c, heat, h/w. N/S N/P. Avail. Dec 1. 250-803-1694

Homes for Rent

Suites, Upper

2001 Buick Century Ltd, great cond., leather, loaded, all access. working, winter & summer tires incl. $4000.

(250)832-3334 after 6pm

1250SQFT. 3BDRM upper floor house in Hillcrest, 4appl., fabulous lakeview, avail. immed, $1000/mo. (250)8032921

3 bedroom 2 full baths for immediate possession. Garage, hardwood floors, natural gas fireplace. Private deck backing onto green belt. Please call 250-423-0160 or 250-5179786 for more info. This is a must see!!

Houses For Sale

MARA: 2bdrm. mobile, addition, deck, creekside, new floors, electric & plumbing, f/s/w/d/ac, elec. heat, $700/mo. + DD avail. immed.

(250)838-7670

Ask how to get $10,000 back from the government.

All for only

149,900

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or

699

$

per month OAC

250-833-4728 1-877-60HOMES www.eaglehomes.ca (604-6637)

Home Buying Made Easy Homesites Available Throughout the Columbia Shuswap and Okanagan Area

No qr code reader?

Text info: 778.786.8271

IDA VISTA is a family orientated housing cooperative located in Salmon Arm. We are now accepting applications for 3BDRM units. Housing charges are $783/mo. with a one time share capital purchase of $1500. Small pet okay. For further information call (250)833-5775 Mon, Wed, Fri, 9am to 3 pm.

Your Dream / Our Team

250-833-4728 1-877-60HOMES (604-6637)

Lots

Lots

Underground Services Installed. Individual Wells, Lots of Water.

INCREDIBLE LAKEVIEWS Ready to Build your Dream Home

5+ Acres ................ $249,000 ........ MLS® 10051042 6+ Acres ................ $249,000 ........ MLS® 10051041 7+ Acres ................ $309,000 ........ MLS® 10051043 15+Acres ............... $469,000 ........ MLS® 10051037 Steven Lewis - Personal Real Estate Corporation

Work: 250-832-9997 Cell: 250-804-8244

Trucks & Vans 2003 Ford F150 4.6 l 2 Wheel dr. Has Matching Canopy.

Needs Tires $4000 250-8321940 GMC SIERRA 1500, 2002 4X4 pick-up. Ext. cab, 5.3L V8. Clean, reliable, well maint., no accidents, full load, heated leather seats, A/C, CD, AM/FM., remote start, on star cap., rocker panels, nerf bars, box rails. $10,000. Call Steve-oh eve. (250) 804-1728

Interior South

Interior South

Seasons Greetings to all my clients, family, friends and businesses.

Happy Holidays and Cheers to a New Year 2013!

Charlotte Hutchinson

Homes for Rent

Lakeside Realty Ltd.

Homes for Rent

R E N TA L S

2 Bedrm., 1 Bath Apartment 4 appliances, N/S, N/P. $ 7010 Black Road, Ranchero 700/mo.

2 Bedrm., 3.5 Bath Lakefront Townhouse $ 6 appl., N/P, N/S #5 Celista Landing, Celista 850/mo.

3 Bedrm., 1.5 Bath Townhouse 4 appl., end unit, in suite laundry $ 900/mo. #601-1451 1st Avenue NE, Salmon Arm 3 Bedrm., 1 Bath House Access to laundry facility, beach access, backs onto golf $ course. N/S, N/P 847 Hysop Rd., Chase 1250/mo.

3 Bedrm., 1.5 Bath House 3 appl., lakeview, avail. Jan. 2013. N/S, N/P $ 980 9th Avenue NE, Salmon Arm 1000/mo.

3 Bedrm., 1 Bath Basement Suite Partially furnished w/common laundry access. $ 2260 4A Avenue SE, Salmon Arm 700/mo.

Merry Anderson 250-833-2799 merryanderson@telus.net

Personal Real Estate Corporation

MANAGING BROKER

at Mara Lake INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

250-836-2223 www.charlottehutchinson.com

CELL: 833-6545 EMAIL: charlotteh@cablelan.net

PHONE

250-836-2223

tor With the Personal Touch”

Many thanks once again to all my family, friends and clients for their continued support in 2012. I wish everyone a very Merry Xmas and all the Best of Health, Wealth and Happiness in 2013. ~Bonnie

BONNIE DAVIES

Call for Details

www.eaglehomes.ca

LOOKING FOR A DEAL ON A NEW VEHICLE? Save up to 40% OFF your next new vehicle...

No games or gimmicks, deal direct with local dealerships. www.newcarselloff.com

Townhouses

HOME BUYING MADE EASY • New home on its own 50 X 100 lot • All landscaping c/w underground sprinklers • Concrete drive & walkway

250-832-6699

Cars - Domestic

Suites, Lower

Best rate 5yr-3.09%OAC

I like to buy $100 coins, coin collections & specialty foreign coins. Todd 250-864-3521 NEPTUNE POOLS & SPAS We want to buy: Good used Hot Tubs

10 minutes to downtown Vernon.

Boat launch, Spallumcheen Golf & Country Club, O’Keefe Ranch – just a few mintues away!!

Custom order your new home today: www.countrysidemanufacturedhomes.com

SEPERATE Level entrance in Hillcrest on bus route 1 BDRM Util, wifi and cable incl. NS Ref’s req’d. Avail Jan 1 $700/mo 250-833-3566 or 250-833-2312

Newly Reno’d ONE BDRM suite util incl. $675/mo, Avail Immed NS. (250)804-0399

10 min to SA 2+Bdrm, 2bath, 2 decks priv. fenced yard. f/p, a/c, sm. pet ok, $950/mo. + util., DD 5appl. Avail. Immed.

(250)836-0034 (250)833-2236 1BDRM home, pleasant location, deck & garden area, gas heat. Vernon, N/P, $750. Avail Now. 250-542-9154 1BDRM waterfront cottage, Sunnybrae, quiet, bright, clean, gas F/P, garage, storage, NS, NP, ref’s req. $795/mo. (250)804-9706 2BDRM Home w/half basement in Canoe incl FS Hydro NS NP $900 250-833-2518 2 bedroom loft on farm in MARA, $650./mo includes utilities. 1-(250)838-6630 PRIVATE 2 Bdrm cottage min to town pet neg $900 incl util 250-804-2934 Avail Jan 1

Misc. Wanted

1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

RANCHERO/Mellor’s Store area: 2bdrm. $750/mo. + utils. avail. now, W/D/F/S & parking. (250)546-3717

BETWEEN SA & Enderby, nice big farm, pets and/or livestock welcome $600/mo. + DD, (250)832-7710 or email ateka77@fastmail.fm

1Bdrm close to Safeway Heat & Light incl. Avail Now. Reas Rent for NS, ND Npartying person/s without a dog 250804-4780 or 250-253-2464 1BDRM., W/D, No Pets, NS, near college, $700/mo. incl. util. (250)832-8962 2BDRM., 5appl., near 4 schools, rink, NS, NP, back yard, a/c $900/mo. incl. util.+ DD, avail. now (250)295-5498 2BDRM. newly reno’d, appl., NS, avail immed., $775/mo. util. incl. (250)832-0013 2 bedroom basement suite.

Walking distance to downtown. Washer/dryer, small pet negotiable, utilities included.

No smoking. $750 per month.

Available immediately. 250253-1554 3 bedroom main floor. Close to downtown!

Fireplace,washer dryer, walking distance to downtown. Small pet negotiable. No smoking. Utilities included. $1150 per month.

Available immediately. 250253-1554 Canoe Small 1 Bdrm suite $625 incl. util. Avail Dec 1 250-549-4366 CANOE: Spacious 2bdrm. in quiet area. NS, NP, $650/mo. for right person (250)833-5029

Mobile Homes & Pads

Mobile Homes & Parks

LARGE 2-BDRM. walk-in basement suite newly renowned, in SA. incl. cable and util. $900/mo. 250-803-1946

“The Real

Ron Marchand

Mobile Homes & Parks

www.bonniedavies.com EMAIL bonnied@cablelan.net Independently Owned and Operated

at Mara Lake

www.merryanderson.com

Shuswap Market News Friday, December 21, 2012

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Season’s Greetings from Salmon Arm’s Industrial Park These local businesses wish you the very best of the season, and thank you sincerely for your patronage in 2012.

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Eat in/Take Out

Have a fun & prosperous New Year! from crewatat fromthe thewhole whole crew

Breakfast Special

Rupp Metalworks

Served till 10 am

2 slices of bacon, 2 eggs, 1 slice of toast, hashbrowns

Railings Railings, Sculpture Fire Pit BBQs Fabrication BBQs & Grills, Fabrication www.ruppmetalworks.com 250-832-7216

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Happy holidays and the very best wishes of the season!

#1 5270 Auto Road, SE

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MANUFACTURING M ANUFACTURING Ltd. Advanced technology technology... Simple solutions.

Season’s Greetings from Gerald, Grant and staff at Valid Manufacturing.

Happy Holidays

www.usnr.com

5320-B 48th Ave. SE Salmon Arm, BC Canada V1E 1X2

Millwide. Worldwide.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2013.

Seasons Greetings & Happy New Year!

OO LINE W DWOR O C

Wolfgang Henz 4181 45th St. SE Salmon Arm

Custom Millwork & Cabinetry • Quality Furniture

Merry Christmas

All

250-803-4181

www.ecoline-woodwork.ca Email: info@ecoline-woodwork.ca

Tel: 250-832-6477 Fax: 250-832-7746

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the best of the Season

BCSPCA SHUSWAP 5850 Auto Rd. SE, Tues.-Sat., from noon to 4 pm

Holiday Stocking Stuffers & Great Gift Ideas!

Merry Christmas from all of us!

5671 Auto Rd. 250-833-4769

Season’s Greetings

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Friday, December 21, 2012 Shuswap Market News

Rick Proznick

Val McMillen

Sue Kreipe

Tracy Hughes

Martha Wickett

Barb Brouwer REPORTER

REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

Penny Brown

Sherry Kaufman

Jennifer Bertram

Tani Rademaker

Joan Thomson

Terry Sinton

PUBLISHER

EDITOR

SALES

FOREMAN

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CIRCULATION

REPORTER

SALES

PRODUCTION

EVN OFFICE

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James Murray

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RECEPTION

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Friday, December 21, 2012 Shuswap Market News

Shuswap Market News Friday, December 21, 2012

www.saobserver.net B9

Braby Motors It’s A Wonderful Ride Holiday Event!

You can Receive up to

$1000

Holiday Cash

What’s Santa Leaving in your Stocking?

2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo X 4WD

2011 Dodge Grand Caravan SE/SXT

2011 Dodge Ram 2500 Laramie 4x4

Leasing is back at Braby Motors 2013 Dodge Ram 1500 SXT

U13-08

25,942 km, Leather , Sunroof, Steering wheel audio controls.

$

From 120

**

2013 Dodge Dart SE

Financing as low as

0%

From

95

$

**

Bi-weekly

Receive a $25 Tim Hortons Gift Card with your test drive during this event

Mike Braby Dealer Principal

Brenda Andreas Business Manager

Derrick Braby Dealer Principal

Chris Davis Sales Manager

$

19,995

2011 Dodge Journey R/T AWD

45,090 km, mega cab, diesel, back-up camera, box liner.

$

54,995

2011 Dodge Ram 3500 SLT Diesel

2011 Ford Focus S

12-147A 55,699 km $12,995 ................................

2010 Dodge Charger SXT

11,995 18,995

12-345A 46,650 km $19,995 ................................

U13-04

170

$

**

Bi-weekly

U13-01

53,083 km. Diesel, tow hitch, power seat/windows/locks.

$

44,995

2011 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT 4x4

36,642 km. Leather, keyless entry, air, cruise.

$

28,995

50,500 km. 4x4 Tow hitch, satellite radio, air, CD.

$

2008 Suzuki Grand Vitara 4x4

44,995

2007 Dodge Caliber SXT

2009 Jeep Liberty Sport

26,995

U13-09 64,275 km .............................................

18,995

2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SE/SXT

11,995

2008 Ford Fusion SE

12-237A 132,404 km ................................................

9,995

2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited X

13-34A

42,62k km. Power windows/mirrors/locks, air, CD, Bluetooth.

$

29,995

2007 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport 4x4

13-28A 87,450 km .............................................

U13-07 • not exactly as illustrated.

32,272 km. Air, cruise, moonroof, leather.

$

19,995

2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4WD

87,417 km. 4 cyl., front wheel drive, air, CD.

$

10,995

2005 Jeep Liberty Sport 4WD

May not be exactly as illustrated.

From

12-363A 18,936 km $29,995 ................................

11-394A 90,580 km $17,995 .................................

U13-05

265

$

17,995

2010 Dodge Challenger R/T

U13-03

2012 Dodge Ram 3500 Crew, Diesel 4x4

19,995

2005 Dodge Grand Caravan

12-263A .

98,392 km ................................................

2002 Pontiac Montana

8,995

13-23A1 .

28,864 km ................................................

8,995

HOLIDAY HOURS…

**

December 24 December 25 & 26 December 27-29 December 30 December 31 January 1, 2013

Bi-weekly

** Payments are bi-weekly. 96 months term @ 4.99%, 0 Down, plus taxes, admin & fees Lisa Honcoop Business Manager

43,070 km. Stow-n-go, air, cruise.

12-76B 46,504 km .............................................

Lowest Prices in over 16 years Huge Discounts up to $15,000

13-47A

2010 Dodge Grand Caravan SE/SXT

From

Bi-weekly

41,995

2011 Dodge Ram 3500 SLT Longbox

BIG

$

U12-37

13-64A

U12-07A

123,595 km. Boxliner, tow hitch, trailer brake controller.

$

21,995

11-344A

136,301 km. Keyless entry, cruise, A/C, tow hitch receiver.

$

11,995

$

11,995

www.brabymotors com 1250 Trans Canada Highway SW, Salmon Arm • 2560-832-8053 or 1-888-832-8053

8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

CLOSED 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

CLOSED 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

CLOSED

95,748 km. Power windows/mirrors, door locks, CD, air.

DL 5099

2013 Dodge Grand Caravan

Never before has there been anything this

Don White Sales

Paula Christensen Sales

Warren Inskip Sales

Allan Martin Sales

Steve Fabro Sales

Justin Braby Sales

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Friday, December 21, 2012 Shuswap Market News

Shuswap Market News Friday, December 21, 2012

www.saobserver.net B9

Braby Motors It’s A Wonderful Ride Holiday Event!

You can Receive up to

$1000

Holiday Cash

What’s Santa Leaving in your Stocking?

2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo X 4WD

2011 Dodge Grand Caravan SE/SXT

2011 Dodge Ram 2500 Laramie 4x4

Leasing is back at Braby Motors 2013 Dodge Ram 1500 SXT

U13-08

25,942 km, Leather , Sunroof, Steering wheel audio controls.

$

From 120

**

2013 Dodge Dart SE

Financing as low as

0%

From

95

$

**

Bi-weekly

Receive a $25 Tim Hortons Gift Card with your test drive during this event

Mike Braby Dealer Principal

Brenda Andreas Business Manager

Derrick Braby Dealer Principal

Chris Davis Sales Manager

$

19,995

2011 Dodge Journey R/T AWD

45,090 km, mega cab, diesel, back-up camera, box liner.

$

54,995

2011 Dodge Ram 3500 SLT Diesel

2011 Ford Focus S

12-147A 55,699 km $12,995 ................................

2010 Dodge Charger SXT

11,995 18,995

12-345A 46,650 km $19,995 ................................

U13-04

170

$

**

Bi-weekly

U13-01

53,083 km. Diesel, tow hitch, power seat/windows/locks.

$

44,995

2011 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT 4x4

36,642 km. Leather, keyless entry, air, cruise.

$

28,995

50,500 km. 4x4 Tow hitch, satellite radio, air, CD.

$

2008 Suzuki Grand Vitara 4x4

44,995

2007 Dodge Caliber SXT

2009 Jeep Liberty Sport

26,995

U13-09 64,275 km .............................................

18,995

2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SE/SXT

11,995

2008 Ford Fusion SE

12-237A 132,404 km ................................................

9,995

2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited X

13-34A

42,62k km. Power windows/mirrors/locks, air, CD, Bluetooth.

$

29,995

2007 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport 4x4

13-28A 87,450 km .............................................

U13-07 • not exactly as illustrated.

32,272 km. Air, cruise, moonroof, leather.

$

19,995

2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4WD

87,417 km. 4 cyl., front wheel drive, air, CD.

$

10,995

2005 Jeep Liberty Sport 4WD

May not be exactly as illustrated.

From

12-363A 18,936 km $29,995 ................................

11-394A 90,580 km $17,995 .................................

U13-05

265

$

17,995

2010 Dodge Challenger R/T

U13-03

2012 Dodge Ram 3500 Crew, Diesel 4x4

19,995

2005 Dodge Grand Caravan

12-263A .

98,392 km ................................................

2002 Pontiac Montana

8,995

13-23A1 .

28,864 km ................................................

8,995

HOLIDAY HOURS…

**

December 24 December 25 & 26 December 27-29 December 30 December 31 January 1, 2013

Bi-weekly

** Payments are bi-weekly. 96 months term @ 4.99%, 0 Down, plus taxes, admin & fees Lisa Honcoop Business Manager

43,070 km. Stow-n-go, air, cruise.

12-76B 46,504 km .............................................

Lowest Prices in over 16 years Huge Discounts up to $15,000

13-47A

2010 Dodge Grand Caravan SE/SXT

From

Bi-weekly

41,995

2011 Dodge Ram 3500 SLT Longbox

BIG

$

U12-37

13-64A

U12-07A

123,595 km. Boxliner, tow hitch, trailer brake controller.

$

21,995

11-344A

136,301 km. Keyless entry, cruise, A/C, tow hitch receiver.

$

11,995

$

11,995

www.brabymotors com 1250 Trans Canada Highway SW, Salmon Arm • 2560-832-8053 or 1-888-832-8053

8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

CLOSED 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

CLOSED 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

CLOSED

95,748 km. Power windows/mirrors, door locks, CD, air.

DL 5099

2013 Dodge Grand Caravan

Never before has there been anything this

Don White Sales

Paula Christensen Sales

Warren Inskip Sales

Allan Martin Sales

Steve Fabro Sales

Justin Braby Sales