Eagle Valley News, January 02, 2013

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year in review

Man and sons killed in residential fire This week the News reviews the headlines from January to June.

with council’s termination of the district’s contract with former chief administrative officer Alan Harris, and the retirement of deputy manager Mary Geall. Asked about the position the new council now finds itself in, Mayor Darrell Trouton says there will be challenges ahead, but assures he is up to the task. Trouton said the district is already advertising for an interim administrator, and council has agreed to undertake an assessment of district operations.

January A fire in a mobile home on Green Road south has claimed the lives of three Sicamous residents. Daniel Vollans, 28, and his two sons, Devlin, 4, and Lealan, 3, perished in the fire. Sicamous firefighters responded to the fire about 7 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 1 to find the residence fully engulfed. Kara Wagner, the 25-year-old fiancée and mother of the two boys, was working the late shift at the local Tim Hortons at the time of the fire.

Police do not believe the fire to be suspicious.

Amazing is how Brianna LaRoy describes the outpouring of generosity she has seen for her friend Kara Wagner.

Since then, support has been pouring in from all over B.C. and Alberta, says LaRoy, noting a family in Toronto made a donation after seeing the story in the news.

And a woman in California, she adds, is donating a percentage of all the money she earns this month. Calls of support and donations have also been coming for a benefit auction organized by LaRoy and Niki Stelmak, at the Sicamous Legion Friday, Jan. 20.

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Sorrow: Kara Wagner poses with sons Lealan and Devlin, who died in a fire on Jan 1. File photo

Coun. Fred Busch recommended that letters be written to the gas companies, asking why the price is so high in Sicamous compared to neighbouring communities. As of Jan. 16, gas prices in Sicamous were 123.9 and 124.9. Gas was also 124.9 in Revelstoke. It was 116.5 in Enderby, 119.9 in Salmon Arm and 117.5 in Vernon.

camous are decreasing.

A property in Salmon Arm valued as of July 1, 2010 at $342,000 on the 2011 assessment roll, went down to $336,000 on the 2012 roll. In Sicamous, a $364,000 property dropped to $351,000.

weather than usual. At the Shuswap Lake recording station, December temperatures averaged -1 degrees C while the normal average would be -3 degrees C. In addition to the warm temperatures there has been a lack of moisture.

Sicamous RCMP confirm that unscrupulous scammers are trying to take advantage of people hoping to help Kara Wagner.

Reports recently surfaced that someone has been calling residents in the region trying to take credit card numbers under the guise of making a donation to Wagner.

The Sicamous Eagles are determined to bring home a banner in the new year, though they’re not exactly off to the best of starts.

They played and lost a trio of home games against the North Okanagan Knights (4-3), the Revelstoke Grizzlies (5-3) and the Osoyoos Coyotes (4-2).

Sicamous continues to rank among the top snowmobiling destinations in the province.

Snoriders West magazine has released the results of its 13th Annual Rider’s Choice awards. Sicamous is once again recognized as a premier destination by sledders, capturing 14 awards in 12 categories.

Salmon Arm and Sicamous spent December and now into January with much drier

Administration at the District of Sicamous has undergone significant change, starting

The Sicamous Novice Predators travelled to Chase on Saturday, Jan. 14 to do battle in

Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday- Sicamous Lions Club meets at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre, 1090 Shuswap Ave, Sicamous. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00 pm.

Everyone Welcome. For info contact Joan at 250836-4876 or Kathy at 250-836-3267

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Every 1st & 3rd Wed.- Parkinsons Support Group at First united Church. 20 - 4th Street SE, Salmon Arm at 10 am. Contact Doreen at 250-836-2509.

Every Tues. - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club rehearsals, 7:00 p.m., Red Barn Arts Centre.

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Every 1st & 3rd Wed. Eagle Valley Photography Club starts on Oct 17. Everyone welcome. 7 pm at the Red Barn.

Every 4th Mon.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 7 p.m.

Third Sunday of the month -Regular meeting of the Eagle Valley Artisans Guild. 3:30 pm - Red Barn, Sicamous. Guests welcome. For info contact Terry Sinton: 250-836-4613.

Every Monday and Thursday -Chairbiotics (low impact exercise) Seniors activity Centre 10:00 am. Join us. $2 each.

Every Mon. & Fri. - Bridge, Seniors Activity

Every Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-8329700.

Tues. & Thurs. - Carpet Bowling at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at 1 p.m.

Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven.

Every Wed. Wednesday Arts for Everyone. 10 am - 3 pm starting September 5. For info contact Juanita at 250-836-3019 or Gail- at 250-836-5472 Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcome Every Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.

the Chase Colts Novice Tournament. The Predators’ first game was against the Kamloops Hawks. The Predators came away with an 18-0 win versus the Kamloops Hawks in novice tournament action Saturday. The Predators then beat Logan Lake 13-2. Game three pitted the undefeated Chase Colts. The Preds came away with the championship with an 8-4 win.

The squeaky wheel appears to have triggered a break at the pumps. Less than a week after Sicamous council committed to do something about local gas prices, the price at the pumps dropped from 124.9 to 119.9, putting Sicamous on par with Salmon Arm. Thirty-three thousand dollars was raised at an auction/dinner/ dance fundraiser at the legion for Kara Wagner, who recently lost her family and home in a fire. Brianna LaRoy, a friend of Wagner’s and one of the event’s organizers, was awed by the success of the auction.

The auction puts the total raised for Wagner at more than $48,000.

The Sicamous Eagles went from heroes to heartbreak over the weekend with an OT win against the Revelstoke Grizzlies followed by a 5-1 loss to the Kamloops Storm.

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Every 3rd Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:30 in the Malakwa Hall.

Every Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652 Every Thurs.-Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm3pm. All ladies welcome.

Every Thurs.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome.

Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room

Every 2nd and 4th Thurs. Options For Sexual health from 7 to 9 p.m., Sicamous Health Unit.

Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at Catholic Church. 836-3440.

Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club, Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome!

Every Sat. - Outdoor market – back parking lot of Sicamous Legion $10/space. No booking required. No required start or end times.

Every 1st & 3rd Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Royal Canadian Legion #99 at 7:00 pm.

Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 p.m.

Last Saturday of every month -Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion #99 Ladies Auxilliary dinner 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

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of the whole meeting, formally announced Three Buoy’s intentions to make Mara Lake College a reality.

The Sicamous Novice Predators held their annual tournament on Jan. 20-21. Ten teams from throughout the Okanagan attended and the hockey was outstanding. The Preds conquered the Lumby Rock Stars with a decisive 4-0 win. The Predators’ second game was against Merritt Warriors, with Merritt winning 5-1. The third game against West Kelowna Thunder was a 6-4 win for Sicamous.

Crossing Highway 97A at Parksville Street should be a little safer with the addition of a pedestrian-activated signal.

February Malakwa volunteer firefighter Cam Salmond was left homeless after a fire destroyed his Delaney Road mobile home on Jan. 29. Salmond admits his firefighter training had not prepared him, mentally, for a fire in his own home.

As he was heading out the back door, Salmond’s fire pager went off – he was being paged to attend the fire at his own home.

“I’ll never quit” Salmond says of the notion of leaving the fire department after his personal loss. “It just gave me a better understanding of fire.” Various fundraising efforts were held to help Salmond.

Mayor Darrell Trouton announced that on Jan. 24, council had hired Doug Ruttan as

Daring escape:

Malakwa volunteer firefighter Cam Salmond recalls his experience escaping a fire in his own home. File photo interim district administrator.

Don Richardson would like an opportunity for him and his fellow Sicamous Councillors to seek divine guidance at the start of district committee of the whole meetings.

“I’m not saying church and state mixing. What I’m saying is we set up a process that recognizes a divine power that in my mind, would help direct us,” said Richardson.

A bench will be set up in the Finlayson Park playground to honour the memory of Devlin, Lealan and father Daniel Vollans, who died in

a Jan. 1 residential fire.

On Friday, Feb. 4, the Sicamous Eagles enjoyed a hard-earned 5-2 win against the Kimberley Dynamiters.

A similar scene played out on Feb. 5, when the Storm evaporated before the Sicamous audience, and wound up on the losing end of a 6-3 tally.

Three Buoy’s Todd Millar says there’s already been a lot of buzz behind the scenes about the company’s stalled resort development on Riverside Avenue becoming a post-secondary institution. Talk moved beyond closed doors when Millar, at the district committee

Recently released figures from the 2011 Statistics Canada census show Sicamous bucked the provincial trend of population growth. Instead, Sicamous’ population dropped by 8.8 per cent since the 2006 census from 2,676 to 2,441.

The population of Electoral Area E, SicamousMalakwa also dropped.

From 2006 to 2011, the numbers declined by 12.6 per cent, from 1,528 to 1,335.

By the end of 2011, the Sicamous Eagles were flying high, winning games and growing stronger as a team.

And then they had a two-week break. What emerged from that was a team that seemed to have gone back to square one.

Team manager Wayne March questions whether a twoweek break was in the best interest of the team.

Regardless, the Eagles have since got it together to earn a spot in the payoffs.

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) awaits a ruling from the B.C. Labour Relations board on whether it would be allowed to walk off the job for eight days over a twoweek period. In the meantime, BCTF is preparing to vote on the strike action. Teachers in the Okanagan-Shuswap were out on the streets protesting Education Minister George Abbott’s decision to proceed with legislation that would bring an end to the year-long teachers’ contract negotiations.

The Sicamous Chamber of Commerce has proposed something of a partnership with the District of Sicamous, in the form of a districtfunded position that would be responsible for the maintenance and management of a community events cal-

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nyone questioning the sincerity of Christy Clark’s families-first agenda need only look at the province’s latest demand on B.C.’s school districts.

B.C. Education Minister Don McRae has asked school boards across the province to submit saving plans by mid-January detailing how they will cut 1.5 per cent from their budget to cover the cost of wage increases. This includes their 201213 budgets, passed earlier this year. Furthermore, the cuts must not negatively impact programming for students.

“To be clear, generated savings obtained by boards must not negatively impact the delivery of education programming for students,” states McRae in a letter received by school boards, including North Okanagan Shuswap School District #83.

Not surprisingly, school boards are displeased with what McRae is calling merely a “request” to meet a 1.5 per cent “target.” That target, for SD#83, amounts to $600,000 this year alone, and is expected to double in the coming year.

“We have closed schools, cut staff, re-done our transportation system — we run a pretty tight ship. There’s really nowhere to turn without cutting programs and that means taking away services from kids,” responded SD #83 board chair Bobbi Johnson.

A Sunshine Coast trustee has called the letter “the most inflammatory piece of correspondence we have ever received from the ministry.”

The reaction is warranted. For McRae’s request could easily be construed as an egregious piece of politically motivated government downloading.

One of the ugliest battles faced by the province annually is that between teachers and government over wage increases. What better way to circumvent this – before the looming May provincial election – than shifting the burden to school districts? In doing so, the B.C. Liberal government comes out smelling like a rose, right?

It smells pretty rotten from here.

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The Conservative government’s decision to plod forward with legislation that will compel unions to reveal to all how and where they spend their money is, naturally, making unions angry.

Union officials have argued Bill C-377, which passed the House of Commons and will become law if and when it passes the Senate, is an unnecessary, unconstitutional invasion of privacy that treats union finances differently from other private corporations that benefit from similar tax breaks with respect to taxdeductible donations.

The House of Commons finance committee also learned mandating union fiscal transparency won’t come cheap. The Canada Revenue Agency estimates it will cost $2.4 million to administer the bill for the first two years and about a million dollars per year thereafter.

Of course, that figure is a

very rough estimate, based on fewer than 1,000 submissions, a number even the Parliamentary Budget Office concedes is likely too low.

On a scale of 1 to 10 among issues that are of crucial importance in Canada right now, this private member’s bill on the cusp of becoming law sits at about 11.

However, on a scale of 1 to 10 on the hypocrisy meter, Bill C-377 and its supporters are No. 1 with a bullet.

Consider the Conservative MP who created this contentious bill — South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale’s Russ Hiebert, who spends your tax dollars with as much frugality as a dipsomaniac at closing time.

“I believe there is a genuine public purpose served by requiring financial transparency in all institutions that receive a substantial public benefit,” Hiebert said during the bill’s debate.

This is the same politician who was anything but

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transparent when asked to explain his obscenely high expense tab as an MP in the 2008-2009 fiscal year, when he charged $637,000 to the taxpayer — the highest of any MP in B.C. and second-highest among all MPs across Canada.

He claimed the rich figure was related to his decision to fly his family back and forth to Ottawa (a practice that, while allowed, is nonetheless a grotesque waste of public funds), yet the fact much of the spending ($400,000 of the total) came from other areas prompted many on his election district association to resign last year.

It’s not only Hiebert being the author of Bill C-377 that makes the process so odious.

It extends to Conservative party MPs who voted in favour of this legislation — and only five Conservatives voted alongside opposition parties to oppose it.

These would be the same Conservative MPs who in 2010, along with their Liberal and NDP

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counterparts, vociferously opposed allowing thenauditor general Sheila Fraser to audit their spending habits.

Transparency in how unions spend their money?

Absolutely.

Transparency in how MPs dish our cash? Are you crazy?

The vast majority of MPs reveal superficial information regarding how they spend your money and are still not required to reveal detailed receipts.

In the 2011-2012 fiscal year, Canada’s 308 MPs spent a collective $121.3 million, which is a 34 per cent increase from about a decade ago, when 301 MPs spent a collective $90.1 million.

The dollars have increased; information linked to those loonies have not.

When it comes to union spending, our governing MPs demand the transparency of air; when it comes to how they spend your money, they cling to the transparency of lead.

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Eagles come back to make playoffs Continued from page 3

endar, event logistics, researching new community event initiatives and co-ordinating volunteers and volunteer groups.

The odds may have been stacked against the Sicamous Eagles going into the payoffs versus the Revelstoke Grizzlies. But after two significant wins and one narrow loss, the Eagles are at the top of their game, and their division. Sicamous took a 5-1 win in their first playoff game. The Eagles clinched a 8-5 win in another game on Revelstoke ice. Sicamous hosted game three of the playoffs.

A good crowd showed up to support the home team, but the Grizzlies still managed to take the game with 4-3 win.

March Teachers carried signs of protest as they walked up and down Main Street, smiling and waving as people drove by. A lack of funding has already led to the closure of one school in the area and, Sicamous teachers are concerned what will happen as resources

continue to decline.

“It’s beyond ridiculous the amount of services that have been cut from our schools in the last five years, let alone the last 10,” says ERS math/science teacher Desiree Marshall-Peer.

March 16, 2013, when she flies with Me to We to Nairobi, Kenya. Over 11 days, she will travel to the Me to We camp on the outskirts of the Masai Mara wildlife reserve. To be a part of this rare opportunity, Kennedy needs to raise $5,000 by December.

The Sicamous Lions Club have already helped Kennedy with a $400 payment to guarantee her spot on the trip. The Lions will be working with Kennedy on other fundraisers, throughout the year to get her on her way.

Shuswap Emergency Program co-ordinator Cliff Doherty confirms that a new rescue boat is expected to arrive in April or May. This will be operated by the first freshwater crew of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, whose members have been training steadily since November. The boat and crew will be stationed in Sicamous.

On Monday, the Liberal government ended debate in the legislature over Bill 22, the Education Improvement Act. The bill, expected to be passed with a vote in the legislature on Thursday, will bring about an end to the B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s ongoing job action that escalated with a three-day walk out.

The Eagles toppled the Revelstoke Grizzlies 4-0 in game seven of the payoffs, held early Monday morning in Revelstoke.

Jessie Kennedy hopes to embark on the ultimate field trip, one that will expose her to an utterly foreign way of life, while opening her eyes further to the power of positive change. Kennedy has been selected to take part in a Me to We trip to Kenya. Kennedy’s journey will begin on

Total grant-in-aid dollars being doled out by the District of Sicamous in 2012 amounts to $65,788 almost $10,000 more than budgeted The Ministry of Community, Sport and

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should not feel powerless when it comes to pulling the plug on smart meters. So says District of Sicamous Coun. Don Richardson who, with council, agreed to draft a letter to BC Hydro calling for a moratorium on the controversial wireless devices.

They didn’t win the Okanagan Conference, but the Sicamous Eagles certainly didn’t give it away. The Eagles’ battle for the regional title ended in a 4-3 double-overtime defeat by the Kelowna Chiefs at Kelowna’s Rutland Arena.

Mary Geall can look forward to re-retirement now that she has returned to her former administrative duties with the District of Sicamous.

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Whether you’re looking for a fun-loving roommate, a buddy for those early morning jogs, or a friend who always thinks you’re perfect, your local SPCA can help you make the right match.

We have animal companions in every shape, size, and colour who are desperately looking for loving homes.

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I, Robert Earl, would like to take a moment to write a letter to express my thanks to the people that helped me to put my mother’s home back together.

She has asked me to write on her behalf as well, so here it goes.

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n June 23, 2012 we were faced with one of life’s greatest challenges, how to replace a home with nothing. We were told an act of God took our home. I don’t believe that for a minute. The act of God I experienced came from the kindness of people. Thank God for good neighbours. Mike Whitehead was here right away although he was faced with the same kind of losses. He was needed in such a big way to fix the creek, but yet lent us equipment and was there to help when he found spare moments.

For putting your trust in me, I thank you. I will scratch operating an excavator off my bucket list. Haha! We would like to thank Darin Northway for being there right away when we needed our gravel and being patient with us. We would like to thank Sicamous Electric, Bruce Krahn, you and your men do awesome work. Thank you for your patience as well. To our neighbours, Dave and Susan, thank you and your girls for helping us through our time of need, and for helping Esther Erickson set up a relief fund for Mom. And to those who donated, thank you. Thank you Bruce Alexander for helping with repairs and putting some humour in my life at that point.

We would like to thank the Baptist Church for their generous donations. To the wonderful ladies from the Bible Church, thank you for generous donations and your awesome goodies. To the Mennonite community, thank you ladies for the goodies and to the men, well done! I’ve never seen anything so amazing as the way you work together and your generosity is overwhelming. Thank you. Tarnow Homes for all your patience, understanding and all the extras that you provided. We love the new home. So happy we chose your company.

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A recap of last night’s game.

A listing of this weekend’s open houses. A listing of area job openings. Whatever information you’re seeking, you can find it in The Eagle Valley News.

Cultural Development is writing a cheque to the District of Sicamous worth $314,989. The money, funded through the ministry’s Community Recreation Program, will go towards a number of projects at the curling rink, and to upgrades in Finlayson Park.

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Thank you to Shea Weber and Cody Franson for donating funds to the community for disaster relief, and to Corrinne Cross, Diane Whitehead, Joan Thomson and all the others involved in forming the committee to look after funding, thank you. Thank you to my brother Les, Beth and Cathy for looking out for Mom and I love you lots.

Thank you for the disaster relief funds from the government. If not for that we would not have a home. Last but not least, we would like to thank the Red Cross for coming to our community and helping with all our needs. You really made me smile...Kudos to everyone and may God speed for you all.

Yours truly,

Robert Earl and Dolly Sjodin If I have missed anybody, my apologies.

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Missing snowmobilers found, rescued Continued from page 5

coaching sports teams, assisting with music or drama productions and organizing graduation exercise.

Sicamous RCMP were required to utilize resources of the Provincial Emergency Program twice in response to two reports involving snowmobilers. The first report came at 5:25 p.m. It involved a man who had broken his leg after his snowmobile went over a 30-foot cliff on the Bjorn Glacier, 25 kilometres north of Sicamous. The second report, received five minutes later, was of an Alberta man missing in the Owlhead sledding area, southeast of Sicamous. Police say the man was uninjured, but tired from having walked all night in deep snow.

April 22 to 28 is BC Arts and Culture week.

It is when hundreds of arts organizations and schools across the province will be participating in celebration of the arts. Together with the Eagle Valley Arts Council, the Eagle Valley Brush and Palette Club launches their annual Art Walk during Arts and Culture Week.

The Art Walk is a favourite of our community and there is lots of local merchants who display

Toxic past: Malakwa resident Larry Heal’s story that Agent Orange was used by the province near his childhood home is backed by evidence acquired by CTV News. File photo art work by our local artists. Art, in one form or another, be it music, film, books, visual and media arts or theatre, is part of our daily lives.

With a zero per cent tax increase in 2011, the district’s 10-year financial plan had projected a tax increase of 2.5 per cent for 2012 and 2013.

“We came in at 1.25, and we still accomplished a lot of things that we wanted to get done,” says Mayor Darrell Trouton.

Sicamous has an active 4-H club in its midst. There is a strong enrolment for a firsttime club, with multiple projects. The club’s seven juniors have been lent heifer calves from both DeWitt Holsteins and the Dari Delte farm.

All of the juniors and all

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While the need for food banks remains strong, they alone are not the answer when it comes to providing Canadians in need with accessible, nutritious food. Pam Beech, president of the Eagle Valley Community Support Society, which oversees the operation of the food bank in Sicamous, is concerned with the growing reliance she sees on the food banks in B.C. She believes the provincial government needs to address the matter through the creation of a poverty re-

Gwen Stead was awash with pride in her community Friday morning, April 27 after an army of family, friends and folks she didn’t know worked through the night to keep her Kerr Road residence from flooding.

The rain was relentless Thursday, April 26, pouring heavily throughout the day.

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Position: Forward Home Town: Dawson Creek, BC Age: 18 Height: 5’ 10” Weight: 150 Prev Team: Fort St. John Trackers Hobbies / Interests: Playing Hockey Personal Hero: Blair Robinson Goals / Objectives: To score Favorite NHL Team: All of them Favorite Player: Mario Lemieux Favorite Music: Country Favorite Food: Anything someone else makes What do you like best about playing hockey in Sicamous: I am really close to the rink!

THURSDAY JAN 03 Public Skating: 9:00 am - 11:30 am Lunch Bunch: 12 pm - 2 pm Public Skating: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Pre-Novice: 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Atom: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Midget: 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm Eagles: 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm

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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:

• 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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tions was on location in the Sicamous area filming one of a six-episode series on houseboating, which will be featured on the Travel Channel this fall.

sulted in a rapid rise in stream and river levels in the region, including Owl Head Creek, which runs right behind Stead’s.

Sicamous was well represented in Canada’s largest street hockey tournament, Hockey Night in Canada’s Play On!, held in Kelowna.

There were two teams from Sicamous, including the Sicamous Whalers and the Siccy Swag.

The Whalers wailed on the competition, taking first place in their division, while the Swag pulled through with a respectable third-place showing in their division.

A 36-year-old Malakwa man was shot in the neck early Saturday as he tried to stop the rip-off of a marijuana grow operation. Police say the man drove himself to Vernon Jubilee Hospital about 3:30 a.m. Saturday for treatment of a single gunshot wound. There, hospital staff notified police. Police say they’re confident the shot was a drug-related, targeted attack.

From May 31 to June 3, the Sicamous Amateur Drama Club will stage its annual comedy. This year’s piece is a two-act play entitled, The Blue Bonnet Sisterhood.

FortisBC has begun looking at what it can do to bring its infrastructure into the District of Sicamous.

FortisBC spokesperson Neal Pobran says the company is in the early stages of determining whether the delivery of natural gas to the district is feasible. Mayor Darrell Trouton and district interim administrator Doug Ruttan met with the FortisBC reps when they were last in town. Ruttan and the mayor see the availability of natural gas as giving the community a needed edge in attracting new business.

The temperature’s rising – and so are water levels. Flooding on the Eagle River could become an issue if high temperatures continue into the following week.

And residents who live in areas that have flooded before, should buy and stack sand bags to protect their properties.

Malakwa’s Colin Martin was one of four men arrested last month on U.S. extradi-

Her ship comes in: BC Ambulance Service Sicamous unit chief Kathy Crandlemire expresses her joy over the arrival of the Shuswap’s new rescue boat with a hug. File photo tion warrants. It was reported last week that Martin, James Gregory Cameron, Sean Doak and Adam Christian Serrano were picked up by the RCMP for a court appearance. The four are facing charges in Washington State, where authorities first uncovered a crossborder drug smuggling ring that eventually lead to nine arrests and the seizure of marijuana, cocaine, firearms and helicopters.

North Okanagan mayors are among those demanding marijuana be decriminalized. A coalition of eight B.C. mayors is urging Premier Christy Clark, NDP leader Adrian Dix and B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins to support the strict regulation of marijuana and taxation. Sicamous and Salmon Arm mayors, Darrell Trouton and Nancy Cooper are not part of the coalition.

The standards may have changed, but the water remains pretty much the same. Or so said Sicamous staff in council, in response to a question why the dis-

trict has been seeing so many water-quality advisories of late.

“They’re not boil water advisories, they’re water-quality advisories, and they’re due to the turbidity with runoff and that type of thing,” said district works services manager, Grady MacDonald. “It’s something we have to do; it’s an Interior Health requirement. Until we get a filtration system in Sicamous, we will continue to do that.”

The Malakwa Learning Academy is proud to acknowledge Brooklyn Mohr and Owen Willey for their continued participation in the Legion Poster Contest.

This year, Brooklyn’s poem and Owen’s colour poster were awarded first place at both local and zone levels.

The Sicamous Lions Club held the Winterfest awards dinner on March 20. Congratulations to the 14 riders who raised more than $8,500 for Children with Disabilities in B.C. Curbside garbage pick-up was a reality in Sicamous, but only

for two days, only for certain waste, and it didn’t cost residents a thing. The District of Sicamous followed through with a recommendation of its Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) to initiate a volunteer-run cleanup day, where residents could dispose of metal and yard waste free of charge, in an attempt to help beautify the community for residents and tourists.

is projecting to be down another 250 students next year.

The Sicamous Peewee boys baseball team, now known as the Yellow Jackets travelled to their first game on May 10 to play Salmon Arm 2. Salmon Arm edged out the Yellow Jackets 7-5.

A TV crew was in Sicamous May 11 to film an episode of extreme houseboating – extreme luxury that is.

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The Sicamous Angels ladies fastball team hosted their annual Ladies Open Fastball Tournament on May 26-27 in Finlayson Park. This 16-team, “A” calibre tournament is a favorite for competitive ladies fastpitch teams throughout Western Canada and is free to

The District of Sicamous is stepping up its mosquito control program this year, treating areas of concern that, in the past, were considered off limits.

Sicamous council has agreed to instruct the district’s mosquito control contractor, BWP Consulting Inc., to treat with larvicide certain “grey areas” near the waterfront, where water rises during freshet and drops again later in the summer.

On May 23, at 5:03 p.m. Sicamous RCMP were called out to the single-vehicle incident south of Sicamous near Hummingbird Beach Resort. Police say a woman’s vehicle was seen travelling northbound when, for unknown reasons, it veered left, went off the highway and eventually came to rest on its roof in the lake. She was take to hospital in See Shuswap on page 8

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Summer-like temperatures are forcing rapid snow melt and that has local residents on alert.

“Now is the time to be ready,” said Brent Watson, with North Okanagan Emergency Management, which oversees emergency preparedness in the region. “We don’t expect catastrophic flooding but we shouldn’t be surprised either. It happens every year.”

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The volunteer crew of the Shuswap’s new emergency rescue boat finally had an opportunity to put their extensive training into action over the May long weekend.

While the boat wasn’t to receive its official certification of operation until Friday, May 18, crew members were promptly ready Thursday when they received their first callout. They were ready and the boat prepared to depart in less than 10 minutes. But as it was leaving the dock, a second call came in to stand down, the call out

had been cancelled.

June Efforts have escalated to bring medical lab collection services to Sicamous and alleviate wait times in Salmon Arm. An unsigned letter is being publicly circulated, appealing to Kari Prasad, regional manager of LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services. The letter claims that in January 2011, LifeLabs applied for a licence to provide lab collection services in the Eagle Valley area. A competing application, however, was submitted by Interior Health’s lab services. The letter says IH won the licensing rights in May 2011, and has held the licence

since then. “ They have recently informed Dr. (Jack) Beech in Sicamous that they will not be honouring the licence and placing services in Sicamous and area. The letter states there is now an opportunity for LifeLabs to pick up the licence, and encouraging them, on behalf of all Shuswap communities, to do so.

A Sicamous resident has been identified as one of the thre men who were killed in a helicopter accident near Terrace. The BC coroners Service confirmed Blake Erickson, 48, died on June 1 at 9 a.m., when the helicopter he was on a Eurocopter A-Star 350, went down above the treeline west

of Terrace on Sleeping Beauty Mountain.

A sterling medal of national significance has been awarded to Sicamous’ Jerry Silva for his contributions to Canada. Silva is one of 60,000 Canadians to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, an honour bestowed upon those who have “made a significant contribution to a particular province, territory, region or community within Canada, or an achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada.”

With the melting snowpack and the pounding rains, normally quiet creeks became torrents rushing towards

the Eagle River, which overflowed its banks in numerous spots along its winding path to Shuswap Lake. Residents along Cambie Solsqua Road received the worst of it. Wednesday afternoon, what’s known as Ylisto Creek rose, while the culvert going under the road became plugged. The end result was a massive washout that closed that end of the road for a few days.

Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trouton formally announced that Heidi Frank has been hired to take on the CAO position from interim CAO Doug Ruttan. Frank, who currently serves as the Village of Clinton’s See State of on page 9

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cerns about the highway bridge and area septic systems.

But, he adds, people are safe and the houseboat companies, RCMP, Shuswap Emergency Program and District of Sicamous are pulling together.

“People are safe, we’re getting them out of there.”

Continued from page 8

CAO, is expected to begin work with the District of Sicamous as of Aug. 1.

There’s no need to drive to Banff or Jasper to hike when there are similarly breathtaking trails right here in the Shuswap. The Sicamous area alone has a wealth of unique trail systems that cater to a range of hiking expertise. Perhaps the most well-known trail in the area is the Larch Hills Traverse, which can be hiked, biked or skied from Salmon Arm to Sicamous.

Sandbags were going up fast along the foreshore of Mara and Shuswap lakes to hold off the high water that’s expected to continue to rise over the next week. Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trouton said 10,000 bags had been distributed through the district public works yard off of Sicamous-Solsqua Road. Most of those, he adds, have been used in areas just outside of the district, such as Cambie-Solsqua.

There are another 11,000 bags still at the public works yard, and 12,000 more are on the way, all of which are provided by the Shuswap Emergency Preparedness program. The district continues to make progress on bylaws that will allow for temporary commercial or industrial endeavours. These permits allow a property to be utilized for a commercial/industrial use that is currently not permitted by its zoning.

Caught in debris flow: A mini-van is buried in rock and mud on the side of Highway 97A following the June 23 debris flow at Sicamous Creek. File photo To wrap up the first successful year for the Community Karate & Kickboxing schools in Sicamous and Salmon Arm, the Provincial Martial Arts Association hosted a karate tournament for these clubs Saturday, June 16 in Salmon Arm. According to instructor Holly Raczynski, they couldn’t have performed better.

A state of local emergency has been declared for the Two Mile and Swansea Point areas, and an evacuation order is being enforced

by RCMP, following simultaneous debris flow events on June 23 in Si-

camous and Hummingbird creeks.

The District of Sicamous has also issued a notice asking that residents not use water from the Mara water system. This is a mandatory order as boiling water will not make it safe for consumption.

Heavy rainfall on the evening of Saturday, June 23, caused Sicamous Creek to burst its banks and create a new channel, subsequently impacting residents and businesses in the Two Mile area.

Corey Paiement, information officer in the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) of Columbia Shuswap Regional District’s Shuswap Emergency Program,

says some 40 homes are affected by the evacuation order.

Mayor Darrell Trouton, who was on the scene in Two Mile Sunday at noon, said the devastating flood had already destroyed two or three homes.

“The water flow couldn’t go down to the lake, so it diverted and changed direction, flooding the Waterway Houseboats parking lot,” he says. “If that wouldn’t have happened, the water would have continued flowing to Mara Lake.

It might have been frightening, but we wouldn’t be eyeing the devastation we are now.”

Trouton says there are now con-

Following an inspection by helicopter of Hummingbird and Sicamous creeks, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District’s Shuswap Emergency Program (SEP) rescinded the evacuation order for the Swansea Point Subdivision.

SEP warns in a June 26 news release that an evacuation alert remains in place for Swansea Point.

As for Two Mile, SEP states the evacuation order stands. Evacuees will be given an extension to the support they’ve received for accommodation, food, lodging, etc.

Interior Health medical health officer Dr. Trevor Corneil said while the water is still not safe to drink, the mandatory “Do Not Use” order is being downgraded to a “Do Not Consume” order, adding this applies in Sicamous as well as Swansea Point. Corneil explained public works has to keep water flow going for emergency support (fire), and to keep the city’s water system from collapsing.

The Shuswap Emergency Program is asking boaters to be aware of the height of the wake caused by their vessels and the impact they can have. Boaters should also be cautious of the masses of debris currently adrift on both lakes.

Sicamous’ annual Canada Day celebrations, including the fireworks show, were cancelled. Mayor Darrell Trouton said the event will be held on the August long weekend as a community appreciation celebration. Also cancelled is the Classic Car Show and Shine that was to take place in Finlayson Park on June 30th.

However, the craft fair will still be taking place inside the arena that day, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. as well the Louisiana Hayride concert that evening.

Paddle around the barn: A kayaker paddles around the Red Barn Arts Centre during this summer’s flooding.

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The Malakwa Learning Academy’s second school year came to a close. Sixteen students attended.

And next year looks even better.

Michelle Mohr is a special-needs teacher at the academy, which her own daughter has been attending.

Mohr has been very impressed with what she’s seen at the academy; the interaction between age levels and the high degree of academic performance, with students going above and beyond provincial requirements.

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