Shuswap Market News Friday, August 1, 2014
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Music trails open today Vi c t o r i a - b a s e d Maple Blues Awardwinner David Vest has been heating up the summer with his latest release, Roadhouse Revelation. Vest is on the road, touring through the summer in B.C. and Alberta, and will perform at Kingfisher Hall on Aug. 8 and Notch Hill Hall Sunday, Aug. 10 as part of the Routes and Blues outreach program. Enjoy a “Lake Seeker” hike to Mt. Baldy starting at 10 a.m., then at 1 p.m. a self-guided history tour of Notch Hill. A few model railroad enthusiasts will be on hand in the old oneroom schoolhouse. At 5 p.m., a community meal of chicken Parmesan and scalloped potatoes or, for the vegetarians, baked macaroni and cheese, also with scalloped potatoes, both served with Caesar salad and dessert choice of apple pie or apple/rhubarb
pie. Cost $15 and tickets for the meal can be purchased at Conkers in Sorrento. Phone 675-250-3786. Tickets for the 7 p.m. concert are $20 and can also be purchased at Conkers in Sorrento. Other stops on the Routes and Blues trail include: • Friday, Aug. 1 – Mara “Heritage & Agri Walking Tour” at 2 p.m.; beef on a bun or lasagna, with dessert and drink at 5 p.m. Sherman Doucette and TANKful of Blues, at 7. • Saturday, Aug. 2 – Sicamous “Steep Waters” scenic path down to the falls at 10 a.m., turkey with mashed potatoes at 5 p.m. Doug Andrew and the Circus in Flames perform at 7 p.m. • Sunday, Aug. 3 – Falkland “Wave that Flag” hike on Gyp Mountain, 10 a.m., Two of Falkland’s restaurants offer special meals. Sherman
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n Award-winning boogie woogie pianist David Vest will appear at Notch Hill Hall on Aug. 10 as part of the Routes and Blues series. Routes and Blues opens in Mara today, Aug. 1. Doucette and TANKful of Blues perform at 7 p.m. • Friday, Aug. 8 – Kingfisher “Spot the Birdie” hike on the Jim Watt Heritage River walk at 2 p.m., spaghetti with meatballs or Alfredo pasta at 5 p.m. David Vest Band per-
forms at 7 p.m. • Saturday, Aug. 9 – Seymour Arm “Waterfalls & Logging” hike at 10 a.m. at Albas Falls Provincial Park. Perogies and cabbage rolls, plus pancake breakfast, 5 p.m. Seal Skull Hammer and Roots Roundup perform at 7 p.m.
Meet Shuswap heroes in 2015 calendar The Heroes of the Shuswap 2015 calendar, a fundraising project of the Sorrento & Area Community Health Centre Society, is available for purchase for $10 starting Aug. 2. The Society is responsible for providing the space for the health centre, along with reception, office supplies, insurance and utilities. Interior Health pays the salary, benefits and medical supplies for nurse practitioner, Judy
Deringer. Forty “heroes” were nominated by local residents and selected by a panel of judges. They include the volunteer firehalls from Eagle Bay, Shuswap, TappenSunnybrae and White Lake; Sherri Mitchell and the Shuswap First Responders; Jim Chisholm, Sorrento; Keep Fit Instructors from the Cedar Centre (Heather Hargreaves, Catherine Bartlett, Sherri Reimer, Merton Palmer and Russ McLeod); Bev and Norm Martin, Sor-
rento; Karen Angove, Salmon Arm; Alfred Davy, White Lake; Barry Stokes, Sorrento; Jack McInally, White Lake; Dorothy Argent, Salmon Arm; Louise Barber, Sorrento; Jack Lewis and Ron Schrader, North Shuswap; and Barbara Chisholm and Darla Crown, Sorrento. Calendars are available at the Sorrento Village Farmers’ Market, Munro’s Sorrento Prescriptions, Lighthouse Market, the Village Grocer, Sorrento
Hair Fashions and at the Community Health Centre, which is hosting an open house on Saturday, Aug. 9 from 9 a.m. to noon. The $10 raised from each calendar sale celebrates Shuswap heroes and contributes to the success of the Sorrento & Area Community Health Centre, located above Munro’s Sorrento Prescriptions, with access from the rear laneway in the heart of Sorrento. The phone number is 250 803-5251.
Shuswap Branch Saturday, September 6, 2014
Media Release Shuswap Water Action Team (SWAT) The CSRD Board recently rejected Blind Bay Resort’s application to rezone waterfront single family lots into a high-density multi-family “Seasonal Only”trailer park with a massive private dock expansion. However the BB Resort has now reapplied with only two changes to their proposal. Shuswap Water Action Team Directors support higher density and commercial development when directed to Town Centers as specified in the South Shuswap Official Community Plan (OCP). We also agree with the OCP that high-density multi-family developments with large boat marinas are not appropriate. Large waterfront developments produce higher concentrations of sewage with septic systems that discharge close to the water where groundwater runs to the lake. Also, run-off from roofs, driveways, etc. with associated chemicals and other contaminants are concentrated and end up in the water. Large dock systems contribute exponentially and concentrate the number of boats parked in the lake with their bilge discharges, cleaning chemicals and so on. We support the trend of other lake regions moving towards land-based boat storage, similar to the one in Sicamous. We oppose Blind Bay Resort’s “high-density”waterfront rezoning and marina expansion for many reasons, as expressed by our members and directors. Some are highlighted below. What are the Changes? 1. Houseboat Berthing And Commercial Houseboat Operations to be Prohibited. 2. More Dock Berths to be Prohibited. These changes are welcome but do not address many other significant issues. What Has Not Changed? 1. It completely conflicts with our new OCP and vision that states waterfront lots must be “low-density”. Two single-family residentials will become 19 highdensity multi-family “Seasonal Occupancy Only”trailers. 2.
It does not comply with our OCP bylaw or the best long-term interests of our community. It also restricts units to “seasonal occupation”which will increase peak loads in Blind Bay when congestion and overcrowding is already an issue. The community has too many seasonal residents and needs more year-round residents to enhance the community and help local businesses become more viable. Also, approving this rezoning would set a terrible precedent for similar residential rezonings.
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The Private Dock will be expanded far out into Blind Bay in one of the busiest and congested areas on the lake. The approved lease of 348 ft would be extended to 550 ft. It would become the longest dock in the entire Shuswap Lake and would create an unacceptable Boating Safety Threat. With their 2 buoys and boats at the end the incursion it would increase to about 670ft.
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The maximum CSRD bylaw length for a marina is 441ft. The two other public docks in Blind Bay are only about 350 ft.
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The Private Dock would be extensively widened and exceed bylaw 900 minimum side parcel setbacks of 16 ft (and 19ft) from property lines extending into the lake. The dock encroaches well into adjacent property foreshores. That is inequitable and would severely impact adjacent property owners use of their property and foreshore. It would also impact them financially and could result in legal action against the CSRD.
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The dock lease footprint area would be 7,298 sq. metres, which is 30% more than double it’s current lease. This is a massive incursion and not appropriate for our bay.
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A Public Hearing is scheduled for Wed Aug 6, 2014 at 6pm at the Sorrento Memorial Hall 1150 Passchendaele Rd. If you agree with these concerns or have other concerns or comments we urge you to send your comments to the CSRD Board c/o Charles Hamilton at chamilton@csrd. bc.ca and attend the Public Hearing to express your views. All emails and written comments must be received before the end of the meeting. To see additional concerns and details go to www.wateraction.com Contact SWAT at saveourshuswap@hotmail.com