Eagle Valley News, August 06, 2014

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Moose Mouse Days:

Sun, song, sand and surf were enjoyed during the Moosemouse Sandfest held Saturday at Beach Park.

Clockwise from top – Ben Haarmann tries to keep his balance as he walks along a tightrope, while Neil Reynold, Rob Pritchard and Steve Wnek wait their turn; Jennie, Blake and Cody Smith, along with Ryan Thomas, team up in a game of beach volleyball; two-year-old Hailey Laforge takes aim with a water cannon; Carter Lawrence, Reef, Greer and Griffin Paetsch, with Mason Heuvel watching, work together to make a sandcastle; Cohen Lewis and Parker Specka battle it out in the inflatable gladiator ring. Photos by James Murray

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Delays expected with protocol agreement

By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News

Development and temporary use permit applicants may be waiting longer for approvals as a result of the recently-signed protocol agreement between the District of Sicamous and the Splatsin councils.

At the July 23 committee of the whole meeting, district community planner Mike Marrs said staff is beginning to see the results of the agreement, signed June 20, and have made collaboration with the band office a priority.

“We have done that with the last few projects that we’re dealing

with. It will slow us down a bit… but I think it’s going to work well,” said Marrs. “That will be hit and miss – it really will depend on what we have proceeding and where it’s located…,” Marrs explained, noting he has one application for a temporary use permit (TUP) where the band is seeking permission from the applicant to conduct some historical research on the subject property prior to permit approval.

Coun.

Charlotte Hutchinson asked what rights the band has regarding private property. Marrs, in response, said he understands where the band is coming from, that they have historical land claims

that are important to them, and they want to have that input on those lands. Regarding the TUP application, Marrs said the property already has a seasonaluse development on it.

“Frankly, they’ve been doing it for a number of years – they’re just getting around to legalizing what they’re doing,” said Marrs.

“We agreed to keep each other in the loop.

How far can this go?” pressed Hutchinson, to which Marrs replied it could get quite complicated. Regardless, Marrs said he is supportive of the agreement, as is Coun. Terry Rysz.

“I think this is still a proactive way to elimi-

nate historical resistance that we’ve had with First Nations,” said Rysz.

Mayor Darrell Trouton said the agreement also speaks to signatories not holding up each other’s business, and argued that referrals to the Splatsin be treated as referrals to other government agencies in terms of specified response times.

“If they find something else, maybe then they have jurisdiction to hold us up a little bit,” said Trouton. “But, ultimately, I think we should take the stand that we give everybody a reasonable amount of time with a timeline and, if they don’t respond, they need to

know we’ll be moving forward.”

Marrs said he agrees, and that this is what is typically done.

However, with the protocol agreement, Marrs suggested meetings between district staff and their counterparts at the band office are in order to discuss the handling of smaller or existing applications.

“I certainly can see new developments having to go through the more extensive review with them,” said Marrs.

“But existing projects or any existing work that’s been through the process prior to – and I’m thinking in particular of Old Town Bay – I do have some concern there.”

Collision results in non-life-threatening injuries partment members were also at the scene to assist police with traffic control, due to the heavy volume of traffic.

Police continue to investigate the collision and no charges have been laid at this time.

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Damage: One of two the vehicles involved in an Aug. 1 collision at

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Sunday, August 10 - Gospel Quartet, Porter’s Clay at Parkview School at 10:30 am.

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RCMP REPORT On Aug. 1, Sicamous RCMP and BC Ambulance Service responded to a two-vehicle collision on the Trans-Canada Highway/Highway 97A intersection.

Police say the driver of an eastbound vehicle, attempting to turn left onto 97A, failed to yield to an oncoming westbound vehicle.

The driver of the westbound vehicle and a passenger of the turning vehicle were transported to Shuswap Lake General Hospital for undetermined, but non-life threatening injuries.

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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.

Every Wed. - Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Esther 8364373.

Every Wed. - T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for info Every Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

1st & 3rd Wednesday - Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.

Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250836-3652 Every Thurs.- Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in

Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.

Every Thurs.- Malakwa Thrift Store between the 2 churches Open every Thursday 10-5.

Every 2nd Thurs. - Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788 or just drop in to one of our meetings where you will be welcome.

Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.

Every 2nd and 4th Thurs. Options For Sexual health from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., The Sicamous Health Unit Every 4th Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:00 in the Learning Centre Library.

Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at the Eagle Valley Resource Centre. 836-3440.

Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Carol 250-

836-3135 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpaletteclub.com Every Friday - Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pm Every 2nd 3rd and 4th Fri. Wii Tournament at 10 am at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Everyone Welcome.

Every 2nd 3rd and 4th Fri. Lunch at noon. Everyone Welcome. At the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue.

Last Sat. of the Month - Ladies’ Auxiliary Dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion at 6 pm. Tickets sold until the Friday before at the Legion. No tickets at the door.

Sundays - Candlelit Karma 6:30 pm. Warm & Gentle. Class by donation. Funds go towards community causes.

Every 4th Sun.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 1 p.m.

Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 pm Every Sat. - Morning Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion Brach 99 tailgate market – Everyone welcome – sell anything – for details call Murray @250-836-2224.

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District sanitary system nearing capacity

New development: Splatsin and Hyde Mountain keen to connect.

By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News

Proposed development and expansion will put a strain on the district’s sanitary system which, according to staff, is already nearing capacity.

At the district’s last committee of the whole meeting, community planner Mike Marrs told council that he’d been in communication with Splatsin administration, who are moving forward with development across the channel and have expressed interest in connecting with the district’s water system and sanitary services.

“They’re not in a particular rush, but we’ve been trying to get in touch with them in order for us to anticipate what may be required and insuring that our new sanitary sewer system going in over

there is adequate for the purpose, as well as any work on our water system,” said Marrs.

In addition, Marrs said he and staff have been in ongoing communication with Hyde Mountain Golf Course, and they are also interested in the potential of connecting to the district’s water and sewer systems.

The two requests, Marrs continued, has staff thinking about long-term planning and servicing requirements.

“We all know that the sanitary service system and the plant is nearing its capacity, and certainly something of this nature, and further new developments – we also have Wiseman Creek coming on stream at some point and my negotiations and discussions with Old Town Bay, all of that will be coming forward, so it is an issue.”

“I know you call it an issue but it’s awesome to hear that we’re growing and developing,” commented Mayor Darrell Trouton.

District operations manager Randy Hand

state they have to get connected after a certain time period,” said Hand.

Coun. Fred Busch provided a brief overview of district’s historical involvement

We know the sanitary service system and the plant is nearing its capacity, and certainly something of this nature, and with further new developments… it is an issue.

Mike Marrs Community planner said True Consulting is looking at the sanitary system’s current capacity, noting data indicates it will be reached in a couple of years “We are nearing capacity now as more and more people get connected, and our bylaws

with Hyde Mountain regarding potential residential development there. He noted development was restricted by the province for access concerns related to the Old Spallumcheen Road/Trans-Canada Highway intersection

on the west side of the Bruhn Bridge. To this, Marrs recollected development, up to about 125 units, could occur at Hyde without addressing the bridge/ intersection matter. He said this was based on the provision of an onsite sanitary system, which is very expensive.

“So I can see and understand why they want to connect to ours. So there is potential there,” said Marrs, noting lines would have to cross First Nations land. Marrs said this could be done as, according to the province, the district would have rights to a “wagon trail… the width of two wagon wheels” through the reserve land.

“That in itself would have to be part of negotiations to obtain… a right of way through reserve lands,” Marrs commented.”

BCTF and province getting back to negotiations

By Tom Fletcher Black Press

Negotiators for school districts and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation are getting together Aug. 8 to seek a settlement in their long-running dispute before school starts up in September.

A brief statement from the BCTF announced the resumption of talks Friday afternoon, a day after the B.C. government announced a contingency plan to pay strike savings to parents of younger students if the

strike keeps schools shut in September.

The government saves an estimated $12 million a day when teachers go without paycheques, enough to pay parents $40 per missed school day for each child under 13 in public school.

Recreation centres are preparing to extend summer camp and activity programs into the fall.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong announced the contingency plan Thursday after several weeks

for July 2

without movement in the long-running dispute that shut schools for the last two weeks of June.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender has said the union’s demands are far beyond settlements with other public sector unions, particularly on benefit improvements.

The B.C. Public School Employers’ Association estimates the union’s benefit demands alone represent an additional $225 million a year. Those include increases to

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DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS JUNE 2014 METERED UTILITY BILLINGS HAVE BEEN MAILED Property Owners (especially new owners) who have not received their utility notice should contact the District of Sicamous Office at (250) 836-2477.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU RECEIVE A UTILITY NOTICE, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE PROPERTY OWNER TO PAY YOUR UTILITIES BY THE DUE DATE IN ORDER TO AVOID A PENALTY. JUNE METERED BILLING • June metered billing payments are due on or before August 29th, 2014 • A 1% penalty per month will be applied to outstanding balances at the close of business on August 29th, 2014 • Meters are read twice a year June 30th and December 31st, with billings processed the following month PAYMENT OPTIONS • To avoid waiting at the Municipal Office, you are encouraged to pay your Utility Bill early • Post-dated cheques and partial payments are welcome • Payment is accepted at the Municipal Office, 446 Main Street, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except Statutory Holidays • Payment may be cash, cheque, debit card, or your bank’s telebanking/online bill payment service • A drop box is located beside the door of the Municipal Office, Main Street entrance • Payments can be mailed to PO Box 219, Sicamous, BC V0E 2V0. Please note that postmarks are not accepted as proof of payment If you have any questions, please contact the District office at (250) 836-2477.

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DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS ELECTION OFFICIALS REQUIRED – 2014 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTION The District of Sicamous is currently recruiting Election Officials to assist with the 2014 General Local Election.

Election Officials will be required to attend the General Local Election on Saturday, November 15, 2014, the Advance Voting on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 and a mandatory Election Official training session with date to be determined. Hours of work for the General Election and Advance Voting are 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. Election Officials are compensated by a daily wage.

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Land Act:

Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that District of Sicamous from Sicamous, BC has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Thompson Okanagan, for a license for swimming area purposes situated on Provincial Crown land located within unsurveyed Crown Foreshore being part of the bed of Shuswap Lake and fronting on Lot B, District Lot 452, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 31008 except Plan A15904, containing 0.7 hectare, more or less.

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Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Senior Land Officer, Thompson Okanagan, MFLNRO, at 441 Columbia Street Kamloops BC. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to August 29, 2014. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit our website, http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/ ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information.

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OPINION

Wednesday, August 6, 2014 Eagle Valley News

Education worth more than $40

T

he provincial government’s offer to pay families of school-aged children $40 a day if the current contract impasse with teachers carries into the fall is just another example of the deep-seated enmity between the two sides that stands between a settlement.

On the surface it may seem like a good deal; roll the money the government isn’t paying teachers if they’re on strike straight over to parents to ease the financial burden of making alternate arrangements for minding their kids.

But it’s also another shot across the bow of the teachers, a cynical jab that equates their duties with little more than institutional day care.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong’s announcement of the program last Thursday was short on details.

He said families of the province’s 300,000 children up to age 12 who attend public schools would have to register for the compensation.

He didn’t say where those 300,000 children could go if they still can’t attend school come September.

As anyone who has ever tried to find day care knows, 300,000 spots aren’t going to be created in five weeks.

Nor will $40 a day – a subsidy that could be considered taxable income (here again, the province is short on detail) – go very far to compensate a parent who has to stay home from work to mind their child.

And while de Jong boasted the program would have no net cost to the government, what about the cost of implementing it?

A bureaucracy created in five weeks to design the registration system, vet applicants and dole out the money won’t come cheaply.

Educating our children is worth more than $40 a day.

Those children deserve better than to be treated as ammunition in this senseless trench war between adults who should know better.

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Free-range festival drinking uncorked

By Tom Fletcher News Columnist

VICTORIA – The B.C. government’s move to ease liquor restrictions is undergoing its hot summer test, and music festivals are only part of it.

Premier Christy Clark’s government loves its populist gestures, and as with increasing rural highway speed limits, the negative effects have yet to be quantified.

Free-range drinking, or removing fences from festival beer gardens, is one of the moves that will be undergoing a post-mortem as communities clean up after their big summer parties.

One of the biggest, the Squamish Valley Music Festival with headline acts Arcade Fire, Bruno Mars and Eminem, is still to come. Country fans gathered over the long weekend for Sunfest in the Cowichan Valley, with the Rockin’ River Musicfest in Mission

coming up next.

Early reviews of freerange festivals have been positive. Victoria’s Rock the Shores event went smoothly without a fenced-in area for alcohol sales.

Penticton has had its share of experience with summer bashes gone bad.

For B.C. Day it inherited the Boonstock Music and Arts festival, sent packing from a small community in Alberta after complaints of rowdy crowds and crime, so Penticton officials were understandably cautious.

Boonstock organizers were refused a provincial liquor licence after struggling to arrange security and emergency services.

The festival licence process is likely getting renewed attention these days.

After attending the recent Calgary Folk Festival, where the beer garden was securely fenced and the capacity monitored, I’m wondering what is really achieved by these measures.

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Litter and empties were contained, but since underaged festival visitors are allowed into the serving area, it’s not clear to me whether the fence was ever worth the effort.

It’s unlikely that there will be riots at farm markets as a result of allowing sales of locally made beer, wine and spirits, or from relaxing rules for operation of winery tasting rooms. But there are more reforms to come.

New regulations are on the way for the Agricultural Land Reserve. As it stands, farms are allowed to have a winery or cidery, but not a brewery or distillery. Expect that to be changed as B.C. and other provinces strive to develop their craft beer and spirits industry, trying to emulate the tourism benefits that have come from an expanding wine industry.

One area where the B.C. government has screwed up is its minimum pricing rules, introduced along with the overdue move to allow

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“happy hour” discounts in pubs.

The minimum price of 25 cents an ounce for beer, 60 cents an ounce for wine and $3 an ounce for hard liquor was an effort to balance business-friendly policy with legitimate public health concern about overconsumption.

But the minimum beer price prompted protests from a few watering holes that had been selling pints or jugs of beer for slightly less. Some media made a big deal of this, and the government over-reacted to this tempest in a beer stein with an ill-thought-out cut in the minimum price to 20 cents an ounce – for beer in jugs only.

The pub industry was not impressed with this bit of knee-jerk populism. Encouraging beer jug sales makes it difficult to see if someone at a table of revelers is being over-served, drinking most of the jug himself.

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Trail crew:

Muskoka International Exchange students pose for a group shot at the trail head of Eagle River Nature Park, where they recently spent a day cleaning the trail #3 loop under the guidance of the Shuswap Trail Alliance’s Lori Schneider Wood and Valerie Poulin of BC Parks. Other trails in the park have heavy blow down, and trail #4 is out of commission due to a washout along Yard Creek. The District of Sicamous is partnering with the Trail Alliance to host a trail blitz cleanup day at the nature park on Sept 20. Anyone interested May contact Jillian at the district. Photo contributed

Hikers in good hands during Routes and Blues

By Barb Brouwer Eagle Valley News

Sun-filtered forests, sparkling streams, sweet-scented flowers – just a few of the features of the popular Routes and Blues trails.

“Come hike with us,” invites Shuswap Trail Alliance organizer Joan Mitchell, who has walked every trail on the program that includes fascinating hikes and a great meal topped off by an evening of music.

“I love meeting new people and really find it exciting to introduce them to the beautiful Shuswap, just to let them see what opportunities there are to get out and enjoy nature,” says Mitchell.

Described by Shuswap Trail Alliance executive director Phil McIntyre-Paul as an “uber volunteer,” Mitchell says she became involved with the alliance after hearing him speak.

“I told John Coffey I can’t dig rocks and he said ‘then you can be secretary,’” she says, noting she was secretary for a year, chair for several years and is now treasurer. “I love

the people I work with, they’re so neat and everyone is so focused on being healthy and doing neat things.”

For Mitchell, who was born in Salmon Arm, the Routes and Blues program is also an opportunity to introduce hikers to the rich local history along the trails, which are chosen by her according to the communities Roots and Blues Festival organizers select to host the dinners and concerts.

And, whenever possible, she ensures the history includes a First Nations component.

“This is their land, this is where they live and we’ve all come here,” she says, applauding First Nations’ strong beliefs in preserving nature and being one with the land.

“I think it’s important that we all should be together.”

Three of this year’s interpretive hikes have wrapped up, but there are still opportunities to get out on the festival trails.

On Friday, Aug. 8, hikers are invited to meet at 2 p.m. at the Tourist Information Centre at Belvedere

Park in Enderby for an easy two-kilometre hike.

The hike had to be moved from Kingfisher to Enderby because of the mess caused when Cook Creek broke its banks in the spring.

But Mitchell is excited about the alternative, a hike with local historian Bob Cowan and Randy Williams, a Splatsin elder, to explore the historic Shuswap River and the community of downtown Enderby.

One of Mitchell’s personal favourites is the Albas Falls hike, which takes place Saturday, Aug. 9 at 10 a.m.

Local resident and historian Frank Ryley will lead what is described as a moderate to difficult, 3-km hike.

“It just has to be one of the most spectacular waterfall systems,” says Mitchell, noting old logging artifacts remain in the area. “Frank will talk about what it was like to log up there.”

On Sunday, Aug. 10 at 10 a.m., hikers are

invited to join Mitchell on the Trail Alliance’s newest trail – a moderate 6 km walk uphill through a mixed forest to a great lookout over the lake to Copper Island.

Walking fans have an opportunity to explore Salmon Arm’s foreshore at 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 13 at the Salmon Arm Nature Bay Interpretive Centre at Marine Park for a self-guided tour.

The hikes are free, but all donations to the Shuswap Trail Alliance are gratefully accepted, says Mitchell, noting donations of $20 or more will get a receipt.

Roots and Blues marketing manager Scott Crocker is an enthusiastic fan of the Routes and Blues program that is in its fourth year and growing in popularity.

“I think people love it; the communities love, it pulls the community together,” he says, noting the program is supported mostly by Shuswap

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residents, but is beginning to grow the tourist interest.

“We’re working with good synergy – it’s good for the Trail Alliance, it’s good for the communities and it’s good for Roots and Blues.”

So good, that Crocker says a Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) grant came with ties – that the Routes and Blues program be included in all festival advertising.

“It’s had a lot of attention from TOTA… they saw it as an economic generator,” says Crocker, noting communities are wanting to get on a list to play future hosts to the program.

For information on directions to the location of the hikes, the community meals and the concerts, visit www. routesandblues.ca.

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You are cordially invited to the Eagle Valley Community Support Society’s 22nd AGM! Monday, August 25th 2014 Red Barn Arts Centre, 1226 Riverside Ave. in Sicamous Doors open at 5:30 pm, Dinner and AGM at 6:00 RSVP to 250-836-3440 or evcr@telus.net

Help us to share our successes, honour our supporters, and determine our future. We have board positions open this year, so please contact Janet at the number above if you may be interested in serving on our board.

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DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS APPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS In accordance with the District’s Community Service Grants Policy (formerly Grants-in-Aid), applications are to be received prior to August 31st, 2014 for consideration in the 2015 budget. Application forms and a copy of the policy are available at the District office at 446 Main Street, Sicamous, B.C. or on the District’s website: www.sicamous.ca - click on “Application Forms”.

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Happy home: TK the formerly feral dog is adapting to his new caretakers. Photo by Debbie Fortin ing the dog.”

Around the same time, Fortin says she learned a private company was hired by the district to catch and possibly euthanize the animal.

“We don’t destroy unless they’re a vicious dog,” said Fortin.

“We try to catch them and send them to new homes.”

While TK wasn’t necessarily vicious, he proved somewhat elusive. Fortin says people started volunteering their help to catch TK by sedating him. The first attempt, involving

a triple dose, failed, as did a second attempt when a more potent dose was used.

“Both times we watched him for threeand-a-half hours, and in neither one did he get enough so that he was groggy enough for us to get him,” said Fortin.

In the end, it was amore that brought TK down.

“The following day, somebody coaxed him into the backyard with a female, and we caught him.”

TK is one of three feral dogs picked up in Sicamous currently in

Music and more at Malakwa fundraiser Music in the Park is coming soon to Malakwa, and organizers are excited about how things are shaping up.

Mark Saturday, Aug. 23 on your calendar as an opportunity to hear some great music and enjoy a fun time with the kids.

The lineup of musicians include the Dust Puppets from Sunnybrae (well-known on the coffee house circuit), the Jim Abbott band from Mission, gospel recording artist Lyn Sande, Chris Stevens and his

incredible banjo picking, Dale ‘Bushy’ Bush pickin’ and grinning, an Elvis impersonator and the band Revival with their 1960s, ’70s and ’80's rock ‘n’ roll, blues and pop music.

(Be sure to bring your dancing shoes.)

Great things are in store for the kids too, with a bouncy castle, horse rides, a cake walk, games and prizes.

A special treat will be songs and other entertainment by Happy the Hula-Hooping Clown, with kids hula hoop

contests and lots of surprises.

A silent auction, concession, and 50/50 draws, as well as demonstrations from the fire department are some of the other things to enjoy at Music in the Park in Malakwa Park. Watch for signs on the highway.

This event is a fundraiser for the Malakwa Community Centre Association, with proceeds going to the community’s "hall fund,” that will help with either repairing the existing hall

or building a new one.

Come out and support the community.

Tickets are only $10 for adults, and $5 for youth ages six-to-16.

Preschoolers are free.

Tickets can be purchased at the gate, open at noon. Kids games from 1 to 3 p.m. (maybe more), music from 1 to 11 p.m. Bring your lawn chair. For info or to volunteer, call Audrey at 250-836-2108, or Sandy at 250-8363761.

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out and about in a storm. She discovered his owner had let him go as a young pup, and he wound up spending winter under a shed, where someone started feeding him.

“Come spring, he decided to come out and start looking for his own food. He’s seven or eight months old now and he’s becoming a problem because he’s looking for his own food and bringing his own stuff to his den,” said Fortin, adding she was able to contact the owner, who asked for help in catch-

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TK the street dog’s life on the lam has come to a preferable ending as far as Debbie Fortin is concerned.

After months of a feral existence in downtown Sicamous, TK, a smallish male husky with possibly some shepherd mixed in, is now in Fortin’s care at her K9-1-1 Animal and Rescue Services compound east of Sicamous. Catching TK was a lengthy process as the animal was able to carve out a fairly comfortable niche for himself, partly due to the kindness of strangers.

“He had a huge circuit, he knew where to get food – porterhouse steak at Moose Mulligans, chicken at Askew’s. He was well fed,” says Fortin.

Despite one shortlived escape, TK has since become acclimatized to his new friends, two and four-legged, at K9-1-1, a free animal care and rehabilitation service run by Fortin and partner Doug Nelson.

Fortin learned about TK after seeing him

Fortin’s care. She says the animals are not easy to catch, and warns they can be an issue if people don’t know what they’re dealing with.

“It became a real concern to us because we had a mother holding a young baby trying to grab the dog… she thought, well, I better get it off the road and keep it safe. If she had grabbed the dog, she might have been bitten,” said Fortin. “It is an issue and we do get a lot of calls, whether they’re stray or feral.

People don’t know.

They call us and we go and check it out and find out if there’s an owner or not…

“I think people really got attached to this dog and really wanted to see it wasn’t going to be euthanized because they didn’t feel it was deserving of that.”

Fortin says she’s spoken with district staff, and they are now aware she’s in the area.

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A: We wouldn’t be in this jam if we weren’t caught in the same bed together.

Who bends a knee when violets grow, a hundred secret things shall know. – Rachael Field We’re now half way through summer, which

is really amazing. I thought I’d be hanging out at the beach with our daughter and just resting, but instead, she’s busy working her first summer job and I’m getting as much done as possible while she’s at work.

I had the Enderby Garden Club visit (my first tour!), so it was two solid weeks of prep and cleanup for the 45 minutes they were here.

The yard and gardens have never looked better, so I took a whole bunch of photos (see my blog at Gaiagardening.ca for a peek – under ‘HOME’) because it won’t look this good again for a while.

I’m also keeping busy trying to keep everything alive during this dry spell, which

requires a lot of hose dragging.

So it’s odds ‘n sods this column, because there’s a few things I want to yak about, rather than something in particular.

First, it’s the old “snooze ya loose,” so you don’t miss these things!

• Grab all the grass clippings you can from your yard people, or the pile from your neighbour, and start filling up your compost bins.

Layer it in, about one inch at a time, with wood chips (that you can probably get for free from the tree chipper guys), leaves, small weeds, clean sawdust, food waste, needles, etc., and make sure there’s enough moisture between the layers.

Then cover it and wait for the magic to happen.

• There are piles of dirty sand left from the winter cleanup trucks (the highway pull-outs are good spots), and it’s great stuff for all kinds of projects, as long as it’s not in sensitive areas because it has salt in it.

I use it for building up pathways, fill behind rock walls, making level spots and filling in puddly areas so I don’t have mosquito nurseries everywhere.

• Check out our new CSRD Kickin’ Compost, available at certain landfill sites. “Uload” is $10 per pickup load. “They load” is $30 (Friday and Saturday at the Salmon Arm landfill only, between 9 a.m. and noon).

It’s a great and inexpensive source of humus that can be added to your soils or used to create new gardens.

• Dinoflex is having their annual yard sale for all kinds of rubber products for your yard and patio and it lasts until Aug. 29 (open from 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. in Salmon Arm’s industrial park, across from the SPCA).

I usually grab and stockpile a bunch of the $1.25, easy-to-cut, thin rubber mats, which I use for all kinds of things such as compost and machine covers, barriers behind walls and drastic weed control under my pathway mulch.

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Eagles receive grant A number of sports and arts organizations in town have received grants from the British Columbia Government.

Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo announced that organizations in Salmon Arm received a combined $225,650.

“For sports groups in the Shuswap, these Gaming Grants will help support groups in the Shuswap purchase equipment, travel to tournaments, and expand their program offering to youth throughout our region,” Kyllo said.

The Salmon Arm Minor Hockey Association received $65,000, North Okanagan Minor Hockey Association received $35,000, Larch Hills Nordic Society received $20,000, Shuswap Ringette Association received $19,075, Sicamous Eagles Junior “B” Hockey Club received $15,000 and Salmon Arm Skating Club received $9,075.

The Salmon Arm Folk Music Society also received $55,000 and the South Shuswap Canada Day organization received $7,500.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Now is a great time to research a potential career change, Aries. You’re feeling motivated and ready to try something new, so now might be the time to take that leap.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Good news is on the horizon, Scorpio. It may be a pending promotion at the office or a chance to go out with friends, but either way it will put a smile on your face.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Technology plays a big role in your life this week, Taurus. Your office may be upgrading new equipment, or you have decided to rewire your home.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Expect your life to change dramatically this week, Sagittarius. An intriguing bit of news could have you imagining all sorts of interesting things for the months to come.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, take a deep breath and go with the flow when you find yourself unusually busy this week. A change of plans may find you spending more time at the office.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, if you’re itching for change, look no further than your own family members for inspiration. Good advice is always available if you care to ask.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 You’re in for a nice financial surprise this week, Cancer. Whether it’s a raise at work or some other financial windfall, money is coming your way shortly.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, a busy week ahead will also be a happy week. That’s because you will be busy doing something that you enjoy and the time will fly by. Enjoy the ride.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, expect some unexpected visitors this week. Straighten up around the house and make the most of this unplanned time with a few old friends.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, jump at the chance to get away and enjoy an unplanned adventure. The next few days may provide the experience of a lifetime.

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VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Friends or colleagues at work may introduce you to something that captures your interest, Virgo. You are ready for something new in your life, and this will tickle your fancy.

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AUGUST 1 Jason Momoa, Actor (35)

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