Salmon Arm Observer, September 10, 2014

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Parents march for education

By Martha Wickett OBSeRVeR STAFF

Parents are taking action to get their children back to school, some of them anonymously.

Taped to the entrance of both Shuswap MlA Greg Kyllo’s office and the north OkanaganShuswap Teachers Association office in Salmon Arm on Tuesday morning was a sheet of paper entitled: “Bc students will return to school September 22, 2014.” unsigned, it stated: “We do not want $40 a day for daycare/tutoring, and we do not want to wait for the next court ruling (the hearing does not ever start for more than a month).

“We want our kids back in school, so we are sending them back!

“There has been plenty of time for a settlement to be reached. One could have been reached before the strike started, and it has been almost 90 days without any real movement, and no sign that there might be any...

“We are giving two weeks’ notice. The students will return September 22, 2014. Please be ready for them.”

It’s not known who is responsible as it was signed only: “Parents of public school students.”

In response, Glenn Borthistle, superintendent of schools, said he understands parents’ frustration with the labour dispute and is glad they are letting the parties involved know how they feel.

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Lights in motion

The Observer’s Evan Buhler captures an image of Peter Beyser taking a video of the Kamikaze ride at the Salmon Arm Fall Fair by using a long exposure. Coverage of the 117th annual event runs from page A11 to A14. To view a slide show of fall fair images, go to www.saobserver.net.

Festival desperate for funds Roots and Blues: Organization needs to raise $150,000 this fall.

By Lachlan Labere OBSeRVeR STAFF

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Statement: Parents and children walk around downtown Monday to register their displeasure with the teachers strike.

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The Salmon Arm Folk Music Society is seeking a lifeline from the city and whoever else can help to make next year’s Roots and Blues Festival happen. “desperate” was how music society board member Kelly Moores described the organization’s financial situation to Salmon Arm city council Monday evening during a public input meeting for next year’s budget. But as Moores, and co-presenters

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Brook Roberts and doug Hearn explained, the music society needs help sooner rather than later.

“We need your help if we’re going to continue,” said Moores. “It’s a blunt statement, but it’s the absolute truth. Our operating budget does not allow us to book performers for the 2015 Roots and Blues Festival right now.”

Roberts, the society’s treasurer, explained the organization needs to raise $150,000 this fall in order to continue to pay working staff, pay rent and start booking bands for

next year’s festival.

“What we’re asking for is any help the city can provide to level the playing field with our ‘competition,’” added Moores.

Much of the 45-minute presentation revolved around how the society has wound up in this situation, and what they are looking to do in order to cut costs.

Moores said the initial hit this year came with the loss of the festival’s largest corporate sponsor, Sirius Satellite, and its $50,000 contribution.

The cost of hiring a secu-

rity company – a provincial requirement – was another $20,000 hit (up from $11,500 in 2012). Other fixed costs included site rental ($12,500), porta-potties ($20,000), electricity and staging ($80,000).

“All of our competitors have their sites at no charge,” said Moores. “Most of them even have permanent stages constructed, power, water and, in many cases, washrooms – things like that, which is a huge chunk of our operating budget.”

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Society plans to host a Save-the-Festival concert is no money left in the 2014 budget (in which the society received $45,000), but was amenable to having staff work with them in order to find some short-term solutions. Coun. Ken Jamieson also suggested the society go back to its roots by doing com-

Continued from front Moores said competing festivals in the region had an impact this year, as did the weather.

“When you looked at the forecasts three days prior, two days prior… people made that decision not to come,” Moore explained. “It’s evidenced by our attendance being down 10 per cent – a little under 10 per cent. That really mirrors what our drop in walk-up ticket sales was for the event. And that’s that sweet spot that we needed to hit in order to make the event financially successful.”

For this year’s festival, the artistic budget was cut by $60,000 or 17 per cent from the year prior, and Hearn said the society is looking to further reduce the number of acts, and stages, at next year’s festival.

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one of the acts on the CBC Blues Stage this summer. One option Roots and Blues Festival organizers are considering to save money is to cut the number of stages at next year’s festival, as well as reducing Routes and Blues outreach events. with artist accommodation and volunteers, which he said amounts to $36,000 ($40 per volunteer).

Roberts said one of the challenges is balancing the cost of headline acts with the rest of the festival. He explained how, for this

year’s festival, the society offered $150,000 – half of the artistic budget – to the Tragically Hip, but were turned down. Rejection also came from Sarah McLachlan, who the society offered $100,000 to play plus overnight accommo-

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Hearn said the society will also be looking at cutting outreach programs including Routes and Blues, as well as grants to festival partners.

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Tough fire season spares Salmon Arm

Wildfires: While B.C. saw one of the worst years in terms of loss, fire starts in the Shuswap were down.

By Barb Brouwer OBSERVER STAFF

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Ablaze: A burning barn and motorhome created a huge plume of smoke visible to most of Salmon Arm last Wednesday.

Cause of barn fire remains undetermined

By Barb Brouwer OBSERVER STAFF

A fire that destroyed a hay barn and motorhome on Foothill Road last Wednesday is under investigation.

Originally called in as a brush fire, the status was quickly upgraded to a structure fire, said Salmon Arm Fire Chief Brad Shirley of the call that was received at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 3.

Firefighters from Hall 2 and 3 arrived to find the barn and motorhome fully engulfed.

Crews knocked both fires down quickly, says Shirley, but were on scene for five hours making sure that hay bales stored in the barn were pulled apart and completely extinguished.

Shirley says the homeowner used his excavator to help extinguish the hay bales.

A total of 31 firefighters from Hall 2 and 3 responded along with a large water tender from Hall 4 in Gleneden.

There were no injuries.

“Currently we don’t have any cause, but we don’t think it was suspicious,” he said.

Shirley expressed some concern that several people called the administration office to report the fire rather than calling 911, something that caused a brief delay.

“It wasn’t much of a delay prior to the pagers, but there was certainly some delay,” he said, reminding people to always dial 911 first.

The ring remains unbroken.

But it’s not over yet.

While hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests were burning up fire-loss records in one of the province’s worst fire seasons, the Salmon Arm Fire Zone remained almost unscathed.

Tom Hansen, forest protection officer for Rapattack and the Salmon Arm Zone of the Kamloops Fire Centre, says the zone’s biggest break was a lack of lightning.

“While we had high indices – hot and dry conditions that would sustain fire starts, we just didn’t get the lightning we do some years,” Hansen said.

“And when we did get it, there was enough moisture to keep it under control.”

Hansen says the Kamloops Fire Centre had a lot more rain than normal and periods of cooler weather that helped reduce the wildfire risk.

“We had weather in our favour; we missed most of the storms,” he said.

Kamloops Fire Centre information officer Kayla Pepper confirms the Salmon Arm Zone had the second fewest number of fires (Clearwater had 23) in the large fire centre – 27 fires between April and Sept. 5.

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Air support: This fire season has been one of the most expensive on record in B.C. Of those 27 fires that burned a total of three hectares, 15 were ignited by lightning and the rest were person-caused.

Good fortune also played into the fact that while there were also 22 campfire incidents – 19 of them abandoned campfires – none sparked a wildfire.

Pepper says the remaining three incidents could have included fires that were illegal use or fires that were too big.

The score for the number of fires in the entire Kamloops Fire Centre was almost 50-50 in terms of lightning versus people starts.

Of the total 314 wildfires in the fire centre that burned 3,569 hectares, 162 were caused by lightning strikes while human activity was responsible for the remaining 152.

The campfire ban may have been lifted but all other burning remains prohibited, cautions fire protection officer Larry Osachoff, who says illegal burns have been reported, with Silver Creek being one of the hot spots.

The days are still mostly warm and dry, with a forecast that promises more of the same over the next 10 days, so the wildlife risk remains high.

Open burning at 1,200 metres and above only will be permitted as of Sept. 15, says Osachoff, and tentative plans are to permit open burning at lower elevations on Oct. 1 if weather conditions are favourable.

Osachoff reminds residents and campers that campfires may be no larger than half-a-metre wide by half-a-metre high.

Man drowns after falling from houseboat

By Lachlan Labere OBSERVER STAFF

The BC Coroners Service is continuing the investigation into the death of a 23-yearold Alberta man whose body was recovered from Shuswap Lake Tuesday after he fell from a houseboat.

On Sept. 6, Sicamous

RCMP responded to a medical emergency on the lake near Seymour Arm reported by the BC Ambulance Service. Upon arrival, officers were informed that a 23-year-old man from Innisfail, Alta. had fallen off a houseboat into the lake and did not resurface. Nearby houseboaters who wit-

nessed the incident began searching, and the missing man was located 10 minutes later, not breathing.

Police say resuscitation efforts were started immediately, and the man was transported by boat to land to await the BC Ambulance Service air ambulance.

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Police have notified the family of the deceased and are assisting the provincial coroners service with the investigation.

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Government rejects arbitration Continued from front “Our 6,000 students and their families are caught in the middle here and we would really like to see them back in school.”

Unfortunately, he notes, if there is not a settlement in the dispute it will not be possible for students to return to school on Sept.

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“We appreciate the sentiment of the parents’ letter, giving two weeks’ notice, but if our staff is not back in place it would not be a safe place for our students to be.”

On Monday, a group of about 15 parents and children carrying placards made their way around Salmon Arm’s downtown.

“My kids have a right to public education,” “J’aime l’école,” “Education for all,” were some of the slogans.

Beginning at the Ross Street Plaza, the group took it to the streets, with stops that included Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo’s office, the office of the North OkanaganShuswap Teachers Association and the school board office.

“This is bringing parents and the community together, without taking sides in the dispute,” said Jackie Graham, a parent and president of the parent advisory council for South Broadview Elementary. “We all have a common goal – we want to see our kids back in school.”

Graham said it’s a

way for parents to express their wishes.

“This may not move mountains, but this is more just saying what parents want. I tell my kids, this is an educational field trip. We’re learning to stand up for what we believe in.”

Graham’s son Tanner is going into Grade 6.

“I’m not really happy, I want to go back,” he said. “I don’t want to wait too long, I’m not getting any smarter staying at home doing nothing.”

Parent Kendra Kieft stressed the importance of education and said it should be available to all young people.

“My kids are going to be behind if they don’t get back pretty quick.”

Parent Mary Preston expressed her displeasure with the provincial government.

“I think this government should be honest about its union-busting agenda – some people support that. I’m extremely distressed to have moved from the USA only to discover this cynical, doublespeak politics in B.C.” Gretta Bakewell would like to see more supports for students.

“I don’t think that the government understands the issue of composition and class size. The number of kids with extra needs is growing every year. Services – learning resource teachers, speech therapy, occupational therapy – are getting cut back every year and teachers are being stretched every

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Education Minister Peter Fassbender rejected the B.C. Teachers Federation’s call Friday for binding arbitration to end the teachers strike. However, the BCTF announced Monday it would put the question regarding binding arbitration to its membership on Wednesday.

Once the union has the membership vote, all that will be left to end the strike will be for the government to say yes, said BCTF President Jim Iker.

Fassbender said the BCTF never gave the province a detailed written proposal and the union’s insistence on several preconditions would have tilted arbitration in its favour.

Iker said the union would be willing to leave class size and composition to be settled by the courts, while an arbitrator would decide the rest.

Fassbender said binding arbitration hands over control to a

Message: Student Tanner Graham expresses his thoughts on a sign. third party and risks an outcome that compromises B.C.’s balanced budget and unacceptably damages the province’s finances.

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Iker said his only precondition is that the province drop its proposed E80 clause, which allows either side to dodge the effect of a future appeal court ruling against them on class size and special needs resources.

“Their attempt to bargain their way out of their two court losses has been the biggest obstacle to a settlement,” Iker said.

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Otherwise, the person nominated is deemed to have withdrawn.

Nomination forms are available at the Board of Education of School District #83 (N. Okanagan-Shuswap) from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Statutory Holidays, and also available on the Board’s website at http://www.sd83.bc.ca.

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Lawsuits in legal limbo Sturgis North: Two cases dropped, five still remain.

By Martha Wickett OBSERVER STAFF

The legal action against two of seven defendants in a lawsuit initiated by Ray Sasseville, Joan Hansen and Sturgis North Entertainment Inc. has been dropped.

The lawsuit involves motorcycle events the plaintiffs put on in the North Okanagan-Shuswap.

Just three months after launching the suit in BC Supreme Court in December 2013, Sasseville and Hansen began the process to drop the court action against six of the seven defendants.

However, legal documents did not make their way into the court registry for four of the six defendants, meaning that just the municipality of Sicamous and current mayor Darrell Trouton are free from the court action.

What are called “consent dismissal orders” were not submitted to the Vancouver Court Registry, explains Salmon Arm lawyer Rodney Chorneyko, noting that he has an email sent in May by the plaintiffs’ lawyer saying it had been done. However, it apparently had not.

That means Chorneyko’s clients: Steve Hammer, site manager for the 2011 Sturgis North motorcycle rally; the Sicamous and

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District of Sicamous and its mayor have been dropped, Ray Sasseville, above, and Sturgis North have not completed the legal process concluding those against others, including Salmon Arm’s Steve Hammer.

District Chamber of Commerce; and Bernie Aubin, an entertainment provider, are still in something of a legal limbo, as is Vincent Lewis, a camping provider from Vernon represented by another lawyer.

To further complicate matters for the defendants who remain, Gerhard A. Pyper, the lawyer who initiated the lawsuit on the plaintiffs’ behalf, was suspended by the Law Society of British Columbia. No details on why Pyper was suspended are forthcoming because the complaint is still being investigated.

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“Things went off the rail with the suspension of the first counsel,” he remarked.

Chorneyko’s fourth client in the lawsuit is Renée Charbonneau, who publishes a blog and newspaper for the motorcycle community. The plaintiffs did not offer to drop the court action against her. However, moving forward with her case is also proving to be slow.

A lawyer other than Pyper said he would be representing Sasseville and Sturgis, Chorneyko said, and forwarded a settlement proposal.

Chorneyko responded with a counter-propos-

al. Sasseville’s lawyer said he would have a response back by the end of July.

“That was back in July,” says Chorneyko, noting that none has been forthcoming and the plaintiffs have taken no active steps to pursue the legal action.

One of the steps Chorneyko may take, if he can’t get a new consent dismissal order circulated and filed for his defendants, will be to have the case moved to Salmon Arm for a judge in the city to resolve.

Which legal counsel will be sent the notification remains a dilemma.

“How do I give notice and to whom?” asks Chorneyko. “It’s like nailing Jello to the wall.”

Sasseville and Hansen were behind the Sturgis North Motorcycle Rally and Music Festival held in Salmon Arm in July 2011, and the 2012 event near Vernon at the Spallumcheen Motoplex Speedway and Event Park.

A 2013 event was proposed for Silvery Beach near Chase and, later, Merritt, but was cancelled.

An event went ahead in Merritt last month under the name Sturgis Canada, but ended abruptly Sunday, as the bands scheduled did not take the stage.

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Public Notice is given to the electors of the City of Salmon Arm that nominations for a four year term for the offices of: • One (1) Mayor • Six (6) Councillors • Two (2) School District 83 Trustees will be received by the Chief Election Officer or a designated person, as follows: By hand, mail or other delivery service: City of Salmon Arm, Box 40, 500-2nd Avenue NE, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N2 From 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 30th to 4:00 p.m. Friday, October 10th, 2014 Excluding Statutory Holidays and weekends.

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FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH

Tracy Hughes

Suffering from strike stress I’ve been very reluctant to write about the ongoing strike between the BC Teacher’s Federation and the government, mainly because I don’t know what my position is.

I see valid points from both sides and like many other parents and taxpayers, my head is in a whirl from the constant public relations spin that lurches around like the Tilt-A-Whirl on the amusement park midway.

I know my thoughts should be motivated by the larger issues: What is a valid salary for not only teachers, but all workers in B.C.? How much should taxpayers invest in educating the next generations? What about the many needs currently going unmet for our children, be they kids with special needs or simply your typical student whose school life is impacted daily by issues of class size and composition? But I’m finding it increasingly hard to keep my thoughts to the cerebral weighing of larger issues. I know it’s selfish, but right now, much of my mental capacity is confined to how the strike is affecting me, my household and my children.

My projected day care bill for September, should this strike continue all month, is $1,650. Ouch.

Yes, the government has promised $40 per day for each of my three kids, but not until at least 30 days after the job action is over.

This means our household budget is having to absorb those costs until then. It has meant throwing out our previous carefully constructed budget and using words like “line of credit” and checking payment dates for the MasterCard.

I was awake at 2 a.m. wondering how to deal with this; where to cut back and how to juggle the whole thing.

I am well aware there are parents out there in far worse straits than myself. The personal financial pressures on teachers is also incredibly daunting. I feel for all of them.

I want to be concentrating on the larger issues at stake here. I agree this strike will help determine the future direction of the entire B.C. education system, but it’s sort of like telling a starving person they need to be focused on addressing issues like global income inequality or the root causes of poverty or food insecurity.

It’s hard to look at the bigger picture when you just want to eat.

Now, that’s an extreme example, but it is reflective of where I’m at. My mental energy is working on coping with the impacts of this strike and how to meet the needs of my own children.

I’m frustrated because I want my children back in class, I want them learning. I can tell their brains are begging for it. In a household with two working parents, it’s a struggle to try and plunk everyone down after dinner with some workbooks and feel like you are making much educational headway before baths, bed and making lunches for the next day.

It’s very difficult to try and answer your eight-year-old when she tearfully asks, “Why can’t they just keep the schools open while they work this out?”

“It’s complicated,” I said.

I couldn’t find a better answer for her. I still can’t.

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A legacy of community support A community binds itself together with its traditions and at 117 years and counting, the Salmon Arm Fall Fair is this city’s longest running tradition.

And it is a tradition that remains strong and vibrant – as evidenced by the crowds that flocked to the fairgrounds for a glorious weekend of fun and community pride. The city’s agricultural roots were front and centre with the displays of homegrown fruit, vegetables and the associated products including wine, baking and canned products.

The livestock demonstrated the quality and care invested in our food supply, all highlighted by the special salute to young people in agricultural pursuits with the recognition of the 100th anniversary of the 4-H clubs in B.C.

While most people enjoy their yearly tastes of fair food and a chance to take a turn on the amusement rides, at the heart of the fair is the people.

The fair is a place for people to get together, say hello to neighbours and catch up with friends we may not have seen for awhile.

People supporting the fair by putting down their money at the gate validates the investment made by so many of our other citizens who spend countless hours putting on the three-day event.

A city-wide thank you is owed to all the volunteers who give so generously of their time, putting together displays, demonstrating their craft and the thousands of other tasks that make the event successful.

Our community is richer for your efforts.

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The Observer asked: What was your favourite ride on the midway?

Yvonne Boadway “I would be lying if I didn’t say the Zipper.”

Joy Pothoven “The mini roller coaster.”

Shane Minnis “The Zipper.”

Cadence Snow “I would have to say the Zipper, it’s pretty fun.”

Tanner Mayes “The strawberry one.”

Reader The future of the province rests with education suggests boycott Re: City held hostage by high gas prices – a letter from David Wood, Sept. 3.

The reason for high gas prices in Salmon Arm is that the local gas vendors have not felt any pain as punishment for their gouging.

I have lived in Salmon Arm since March 24, 2012 and I have never bought gas in Salmon Arm. Why? Because I am extremely averse to being strongI have never armed by bought gas in the local Salmon Arm. gas merWhy? chants. I Because I am gas up every time I extremely averse go out of to being strongtown for armed by the local any reason gas merchants. and if I am low on gas I gas up every time and have I go out of town for no reason any reason. to leave town I just drive down to Springbend and gas up there. Not practical you say?

Well it is practical if more local consumers join the boycott.

Sure, the refiners will not feel the pinch during the summer months because they have the tourist traffic to feed on but when winter arrives and there are no locals at the pumps they’ll get the message.

If you want gas prices reduced in Salmon Arm just drive down to Springbend for your gas and send the message that “You are mad as hell and won’t take it anymore.”

G. Larson

A sound education program is a pillar to any democratic society. We teach our young people to be critical thinkers, to question authority and to speak up when they feel an injustice has been done.

I have been allowed to help students in a small way with an athletic program. The outcome I see of the youth leaving the school system and joining society leaves me proud. The students take responsibility, the teachers take responsi-

bility and our community is all the more richer and diverse for it.

I am not a teacher, my children have grown up and finished school and I fully support the teachers in their quest to have classroom size and composition as part of collective bargaining. They must have a say, they are the experts.

We hire them because of the strict qualifications and standards they must adhere to. They help our young shape what they know of the world

and what they can do to make it a better place.

This is what we demand of them, the expectations are high and I have seen the youth in our community excel. So we must let them be part of the discussion on what constitutes an effective, safe and supported learning environment.

We cannot afford to let the government lose sight of what is really important. The future.

Brent Moffat

Citizens need to take action on teachers’ dispute Listening to Christy Clark finally speak regarding the teachers’ strike, it was clear to me whose leading their position on this action. It comes from the top. It reminded my of an old ’50s movie where the head of some corporation was telling everyone where the line was and that was the line they were to follow.

That is how a dictatorship works, not a democracy. Most companies don’t work like that anymore, but our government thinks they can. What motion have they put forward that has been popular with voters? I have not been in agreement with virtually anything they’ve done since they’ve got in. Yet I put up with it.

I, as a student, went through two strikes from

what I recall. I remember when I got into the school system again with my kids, the shock about all the fundraising the PAC’s were doing to fund things that the school system provided when I was a kid.

Strong educational systems build strong societies with less crime and other social problems. One of the first things on the list for a developing country is to get an educational system. What are we doing? Ours is eroding and we, the parent, grandparents and society, are being too quiet. We are voters. We are a democracy. We have the ability to recall our MLAs and possibly vote them out and get our democracy back under control. I’m sure

Christy Clark’s riding of Kelowna, who she promised a new bridge which has yet to be built, might be interested in this. Look through the Elections BC website under ‘Recall.’ Petitions can be drawn up and we have 60 days to gather the required number of signatures to cause the chief electoral officer to call a byelection.

Enough is enough, I don’t want this to continue to happen with our education system.

We are a democracy, and if we don’t like something, we need to stand up and let them know as loudly as we can.

Sidney Couillard

Government needs to get on board with binding arbitration Dear fellow British Columbians: It’s time! It’s now! It’s a must!

As we enter the second school week in September, it’s time right now to repeatedly and relentlessly and rigorously communicate with our provincial government the need for students to begin their 2014-15 school year.

Tell our provincial government that they need to honourably and sincerely agree to begin le-

gal binding arbitration with the goal of getting our students back into the schools so the normal routine of the 2014-15 education year can start without further delays.

Tell them this is what students want, what parents want, what teachers want and what the people of B.C. want. Use your voice, your social media, your typing fingers, your handwriting hands and other acceptable methods to com-

municate the current needs of your children/ family and the collective needs for our future.

Together and en masse we can create movement in the current impasse in K-12 education in B.C. Just do it! Speak and talk. Telephone. Use social media. Email. ‘Snail’ mail. Let your voices be heard. Just do it!

Norm Wright

Wood burning, second-hand smoke negate Terry Fox’s dream Terry Fox would be pleased that, through his effort, many people worldwide recognized the need for intensive research on this dreadful disease.

But would he be so pleased to know that numerous cancer-causing agents still remain in people’s daily lives?

Workplaces and most public places are safer than people’s own neighbourhoods because they are free of secondhand smoke; neigh-

bourhoods are not!

Sadly enough the use of wood-fuelled fireplaces is not yet outlawed – and it should be!

This would provide much cleaner air for people to breathe. It is people’s birthright to breathe clean air, but banning neighbourhood smoke pollution seems to be a political hot potato.

Between wood-smoke and secondhand tobacco smoke – including a few other products

which are hazardous to human health – many neighbourhoods in Canada and the rest of the world could truly be considered a deathtrap.

Cancer-enhancing molecules have to be eliminated from our daily lives or cancer will keep remaining everyone’s health threat. And Terry’s, and everyone’s, efforts to help stamp out cancer will be in vain!

Brie Oishi

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Teen returns after proton treatment

Kenna-Rae: Family must wait to see if brain tumour is shrinking.

By Martha Wickett OBSERVER STAFF

It was a long haul – geographically, physically and emotionally – but it’s done.

Kenna-Rae Stockbruegger and her mom Michelle just returned from two months in Boston where KennaRae, 14, was treated for a benign brain tumour, a rare craniopharyngioma.

It is about the size of a golf ball and sits amongst her optic nerve, her pituitary gland, her brain stem and her hypothalamus.

Treatment involves shrinking the tumour to grape-size and then removing it surgically.

The Stockbrueggers went to Boston because doctors did not want to damage Kenna-Rae’s brain by using standard radiation. Proton radiation, with pinpoint accuracy, was only available in the U.S., explained Michelle.

Before Kenna-Rae could undergo the treatment, doctors needed to plan the route of the proton

beam. Kenna-Rae had to have a CT Scan, an MRI and be fitted for a special mask that would keep her head completely still. Doctors also needed to create an aperture for the beam to go through as well as an acrylic mould to fit the tumour.

The type of tumour she has is often accompanied by cysts, Michelle explains, and when Kenna-Rae went for the initial consultation in Boston, a cyst had grown and was creating pressure in her brain. On July 12 she underwent a surgery in Boston to drain it. Radiation had to be delayed for a week. On July 23 it began, and from then to Sept. 2, she underwent 29 treatments.

The treatments took about 20 to 25 minutes each, says Michelle, most of the time simply ensuring the positioning was exact. The radiation itself lasted about two minutes.

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Stockbruegger, 14, wears a special mask designed to keep her head completely still during the application of pinpoint proton radiation in Boston, Mass. around the patient.

Now that they’re back in Salmon Arm, Kenna-Rae faces a waiting game. The process is slow, explains Michelle, and it could take anywhere from two to nine months for the tumour to shrink.

Once it does, the surgery will be done in Vancouver.

“They said she’s not out of the woods yet,” adds Michelle, but so far so good.

Kenna-Rae is doing really well, although

two months was a long time to be away from home.

They were treated well in Boston, says Michelle, with treats provided including a free day at Fenway Park and at the zoo.

Michelle would like to emphasize her appreciation for all the financial help the community provided so she and Kenna-Rae could go stay in Boston.

“We couldn’t have gone without the support.”

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Go for bulk The newest addition to the SmartCentres development is now open. The Bulk Barn will be open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily except for Sundays, when it will open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The store offers a wide range of bulk candy, baking, spices, snacks and mixes.

Mix and mingle The Chamber of Commerce, Shuswap Tourism and Downtown Salmon Arm invite you to network and connect with your business colleagues.

This casual affair is hosted at the art gallery from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 17.

Complimentary appetizers, cash bar and great conversation are all part of the program.

RSVP to admin@sachamber.bc.ca before Friday, Sept. 12.

New date for luncheon Due to an unforeseen circumstance the September Chamber Luncheon has been rescheduled from Sept. 10 to Tuesday, Sept. 23.

Melanie Hart, marketing director with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks will be the guest speaker and will provide not only all the happenings for the hockey season, but also information on the economic and social value the Silverbacks bring to the community.

More details will be forthcoming but the event will run from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Get noodles now The weather is getting colder and that means the Hungry Panda Curbside Noodles will be closing its doors outside the Salmon Arm Curling Rink for the season. The last day for the popular noodle purveyor is set for Friday, Sept.

19. Owners Stewart and Kristin Fells will be moving indoors to take over the operation of the concession for the curling club.

Marketing tips The Roger Brooks webinar is coming up on Sept. 18 for business owners. The topic is, Getting the Most from YouTube. The webinars are free and run out of the Community Futures office in Salmon Arm at #101 – 160 Harbourfront Drive NE from 1 to 2 p.m. RSVP to: marketing@shuswaptourism.ca.

Salmon Arm is one of 13 municipalities named as finalists for the 2014 Open for Business Awards.

The awards are designed to recognize communities that support small business through localgovernment measures aligned with the BC Small Business Accord.

They are issued by the BC Small Business Roundtable, established in 2005 to be the voice of small business to government.

This year, the roundtable received submissions from all eight economic regions, with seven new community applicants. The applications are evaluated based on how the communities enhance small-business competitiveness, recognize the contributions of small businesses to the community and promote the principles of the BC Small Business Accord. The roundtable noted the 2014 applications are the strongest to date, with the majority of applications coming from smaller communities.

Other finalists are: Delta, Grand Forks, Kelowna, City of Langley, Nelson, Parksville, Port Coquitlam, Revelstoke, Smithers, Surrey, Vernon and Whistler.

To promote an “open-for-business” culture, the province is providing awards of $10,000 to each winning community to support the implementation of measures that benefit small business. Winners will be announced on Sept. 24 at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) annual conference in Whistler.

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Intended to support B.C. food producers, the second annual event has attracted 343 nominees in categories ranging from favourite farmers’ market to favourite local winery.

Anyone living in B.C. could nominate one or more favourites in the 15 categories. Voting is now open until Sept. 16 and can be done by visiting www.weheartlocalawards.ca.

New this year is the “vote sprint,” which means the top five category favourites have two days of quick-fire voting on Sept. 15 and 16.

By voting for your B.C. favourites, you’re automatically entered in a weekly draw to win a $100 gift card to your local farmers’ market. There is also a grand prize which will be drawn Sept. 17.

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Coconut oil – delicious, but is it nutritious?

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Serena Caner I recently saw a client who had started eating spoonfuls of coconut oil to help her cholesterol levels.

In fact, the use of coconut products is a growing trend. Accord-

ing to its advocates, coconut oil is a powerful tool to help many health problems including weight loss, Alzheimers, cancer and diabetes.

Should we all be consuming this superfood?

Coconut is a unique plant, because unlike most vegetable oils, 90 per cent of its fat is saturated fat (compare this with butter, which is about 68 per cent saturated fat).

In our current understanding of fats, saturated fat is one of the fats we want to cut down on. In excess, it is known to raise our bad cholesterol levels.

Most regulating health bodies recommend limiting saturated fat to less than 10 per cent of your calories. This is equivalent to about two tablespoons of butter (or coconut oil) daily.

Unfortunately, saturated fat is also high in meat, chocolate and full-fat milk products.

Most of us easily exceed our daily quota for saturated fat with-

out extra tablespoons of butter or coconut oil.

Currently, a healthy diet can be 20-35 per cent of its calories from fat, but we want most of these fats to be unsaturated fats – fats found naturally in whole grains, nuts, seeds, fish and vegetables.

That being said, is there something special about coconut oil?

There are limited stud-

ies on coconut oil, and the supporting data is either anecdotal or from too small a sample size to be taken seriously.

Coconut oil does contain an unusual blend of short and medium chain fatty acids that may offer some health benefits. Also, being a plant, may have some beneficial chemicals that we have not yet discovered.

However, to date there

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While coconut oil is vegan and delicious, it remains high in saturated fat and calories (one tablespoon has 115 calories and 12 grams saturated fat with little vitamins or minerals). And for $20 a pint, you may want to spend your health dollars elsewhere.

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Salmon Arm Fall Fair 2014

Fair attendance on an upswing

By Barb Brouwer OBSERVER STAFF

This year’s Fall Fair was a success that had organizers, participants and fairgoers smiling.

“We’re up for a third year in a row,” said enthusiastic fair administrator Kelly Weightman. “We had 8,900 paid visitors – that doesn’t include exhibitors – that’s what the gates took in.”

Add in exhibitors and volunteers and the number rises to 12,000.

Not only did the gate increase by 375 over last year, the indoor arena was packed with 88 vendors – “way more than last year,” according to Lori Graham, who is in charge of concessions and commercial booths.

Revved up and ready to roll for next year’s fair on the day after the fair, Weightman was bubbling over with this year’s many successes and plans for the next fair that is some 362 days away.

“This was a recordbreaking year for the

commercial division; Lori did an outstanding job as she always does,” said Weightman. “And with our 4-H beef, there were record-breaking livestock entries.”

Adam Fitzpatrick as Elvis received a very warm welcome to the main stage as did members of the Louisiana Hayride and Shuswap Idol.

On the south grounds, the Pioneer Collector Club was moved to Memory Lane, which brought more traffic to both attractions.

“It was a good fit – a little Haney Village in a sense,” Weightman says. “The Pioneer Collectors Club was happy, we were happy.”

Weightman says organizers were also very pleased with the lumberjack and dog agility shows that filled in the spot formerly home to the pioneer collectors.

“We had Women in Timber and the Poultry in Motion, and Lori

brought in an electric bucking bull,” laughed Weightman.

“We’re trying to grow it over there.”

Weightman said the Global FMX Professional Freestyle Motocross shows on Fifth Avenue were a big hit.

“We scheduled them at night this year and they rose to the challenge,” she said. “It was really spectacular to see making their jumps under the lights.”

Weightman notes the fair is host to sanctioned shows that gives livestock breeders to earn a reputation by showing their breeding stock.

“The more they win, the better reputation they build,” she says, noting the alpaca judge came from California to do the honours while the goat judge came from Vancouver Island, another judge from Prince George and our open horse show judge is from Mexico and Kelowna.

“The fleece and sheep judges are sanctioned

and the open horse show is a qualifier for the Heritage Circuit Open Horse Show.”

One of Weightman’s favourites this year was the active artisan barn that was formerly the responsibility of June Griswold, who died earlier this year.

Sue Moret and Sarah Bradshaw, who were good friends of Griswold’s through Seed Savers, took over for her and also organized Memory Lane, a popular spot initiated by the late Jeanne Pollard.

“We’re trying to make it interactive.

To be there they had to have an interactive display that appealed to children and they had to be demonstrating their craft,” said Weightman of the artisan barn, noting 17 exhibitors took part this year.

“Another big difference is people were allowed to sell. We know how hard it is for active artisans to sell and to have their work appreciated.”

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To make their presence a win for both parties, artisans don’t pay rent but they hand over 20 per cent of their sales to the fair.

“If they had a good show, we had a good show; if they didn’t have a good show it didn’t cost them anything,” she said. “Nonselling artisans were in there for free but they must be demonstrating and they have to have someone there from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.”

Attendance records were also broken over at Shooting Star’s midway.

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Booths exceed expectations Continued from A11 for $25 instead of $35 and had to go back twice to replenish the stock.

“They were absolutely thrilled and they are great to work with; we’re very happy with them,” said Weightman, noting that since Shooting Star took over three years ago, nighttime problems have dropped away.

“They try to buy a new item every two years and next year they’re hoping to get a tilt-a-whirl.”

In the process of number-crunching on Monday, Weightman said that with heavy expenses for entertainment and bringing in judges, she is not sure the event made a profit. But it did make fairgoers and organizers happy.

“People really made a point of coming into the office to say how much they enjoyed the fair,” she said, noting people usually only visit the office when they have a complaint.

Weightman was already scheduling meetings both to review this year’s fair and get a leg up on an exciting event for 2015.

Handing out kudos to general manager Dan Brock, who is responsible for set-up and teardown, Weightman said the entire crew of organizers laughed often, an indication of the level of commitment and organization.

“It’s a lot of fun, but it’s a lot of work and the smoother it runs, the more fun everyone has.”

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Taking a peek: Four-yearold Taitahen Schoolcraft checks out the chicks on display in the Poultry in Motion exhibit at the Salmon Arm Fall Fair.

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A bird’s eye view of poultry

By Martha Wickett OBSERVER STAFF

These chickens do a lot of travelling, but not under their own steam.

The cleverly named Poultry in Motion exhibit nested briefly in Salmon Arm at the fall fair, stopping to provide fairgoers with truths about meat chickens.

Enclosed behind glass partitions in a trailer, young whitefeathered broilers were visible to passing crowds, as were fluffy yellow chicks under warming lights.

Ray Baylis, an Armstrong poultry farmer and a board member with the BC Chicken Growers Association, explained that many people ask about hormones and steroids, substances he says have been banned in broilers since the early ’70s in Canada.

He said people see videos on YouTube or movies such as Food Inc. but don’t realize they’re from the United States, “where rules and regulations are very different from ours.”

No meat birds are caged in Canada, he said.

They’re either “free run,” where they are raised inside a 12,000to 16,000-foot barn, or they’re “free range,” where they have access to outdoors.

The white birds in the Poultry in Motion display are about five to six weeks old and look a bit scruffy, not because they’ve been pecking at themselves or each other, he said, but because they’re

young and haven’t yet completely grown their second set of feathers.

Egg producers use a different breed of bird and are regulated differently, he notes.

Baylis has five large free-run barns in Armstrong where he raises 85,000 meat chickens.

He explains there are no problems with cannibalizing with meat birds.

“They are very social birds,” he says, noting they will form groups in the barns, whose floors are covered in

about an inch-and-ahalf of sawdust.

Every grower gets three audits a year, one focused on animal welfare, one on food safety and production, and one on biosecurity – or disease.

He said he’s seen a number of changes in his 13 years in the industry.

They’ve included improvements to barn density; reduced lighting at night; and better monitoring of humidity, ammonia and temperature.

“As chicken farmers, what we want to focus on is to be proud of what we produce – producing a safe product.”

He points to a spoof trailer for a movie created for the BC Chicken Marketing Board called chickensquad.ca, a ‘squad’ that battles steroids and hormones. It can be viewed on YouTube and Facebook.

“If we don’t get our message out, someone else will and it probably won’t be the right message.”

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1924

The S.S.C.R. Lamb, chartered for the annual Orangemen’s picnic, left the Salmon Arm wharf with a happy crowd and headed for the fox farm up Anstey Arm. Appearing in a Toronto paper was the engagement announcement of Kathleen Dill Coulter and Dr. Charles Usher of Salmon Arm.

1934

Tom Prescott again was persuaded to accept the post of president of the Salmon Arm Choral Society. The resignation of the society’s popular conductor and director, Mrs. W.S. Ackeroyd, was accepted.

1944

Salmon Arm schools reopened, but most of the 179 high school students were to delay starting for a month to help with fruit picking.

It was noted the high school was going beyond its capacity and the board would be compelled to secure another classroom and a sixth teacher. A total of 181 had enrolled at the public school.

A pre-admission training course for men and women discharged from the services who lacked university entrance standing was offered at UBC.

1954

The opening of the fall term saw an increase of 75 students in the enrolment at the elementary school and an additional 50 students at the junior-senior high school level.

Salmon Arm municipal residents voted against the sale of liquor in the municipality under any type of licence in a plebiscite held under the Government Liquor Act. George Jackson acted as judge of the heavy horse classes at the PNE. First prize for a display of 300 pounds of honey in standard containers was won at the PNE by A. Wawrzniak who handled his product under the name Toni’s Honey.

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Say inducted to hall of fame

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Burning a trail: Max Scharf carves down the mountain trail in the MTB Canada Cup Finals at the Crankworx Whistler/Blackcomb venue.

Young rider races for Canada

By Martha Wickett OBSERVER STAFF

Max Scharf is on top of the world.

Scharf just competed in the 2014 Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in Hafjell, Norway as a member of the Canadian team.

“I loved it, it was super fun,” he said from Norway Monday after completing the downhill challenge Sunday. “It was

challenging but really enjoyable. It’s kind of fun to scare yourself, it was just super challenging.”

Although he crashed during his race run, he was able to recover well, coming in 38th out of 65 competitors.

“It’s been cool, really cool seeing all the pros…, getting to meet a lot of people from the Canadian team,” he said enthusiastically.

He doesn’t have his mountain bike racing plans figured out for next year at this point, but he is hoping the year will hold more World Cup competitions.

Max’s dad Greg was among those watching the race from Canada, where he admits to having been pretty nervous.

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Last Friday, three-time Olympian and Canadian record holding swimmer Rick Say, of Salmon Arm was inducted into the Okanagan Sports Hall of Fame in Vernon.

Also inducted were Vernon hockey legend Odie Lowe and basketball guru Mel Briggeman, in the builders category, while the two-time B.C. Junior Hockey League champion Vernon Essos will be entered in the teams category.

“The committee is honoured to select such a worthy group of people,” said hall Rick Say of fame director Roger Three-Time Knox.

Olympian Say was born May 18, 1979 in Salmon Arm, where he swam as a child for the Salmon Arm Sockeyes Swim Club with his two brothers and two sisters. At the age of 18, he began attending the University of Victoria and started to swim more seriously.

Say was a regular on the Canadian National swim team from 1998-2008 racking up 20 national titles, 16 medals in the World Championships, PanAm Games, Pan Pacific Games, and Commonwealth Games combined, five Canadian records in individual events and a large amount of national relay medals.

He has competed for Canada in the Olympic Games, 2000, 2004, and 2008, where he reached the finals of the 200 metre freestyle in 2000 and 2004.

Say also represented Canada in the World Championships in 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007, in which he was an integral part of the relay teams in the finals.

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Speed skating starts up The Salmon Arm Icebreakers Speed Skating Club is offering a learn to speed skate program of six sessions for $90 and registration will take place at the SASCU Recreation Centre on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 3 to 6 p.m. and at the Shaw Centre on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 6:30 p.m..

Speed skates are supplied by the club. For more information, contact Kimm at info@salmonarmspeedskating.com or call 250-804-3083. The website is www.salmonarmspeedskating.com.

Women’s rec hockey league The Salmon Arm women’s recreational hockey league is set to start on Monday, October 13.

Teams will play two out of every three Monday’s at the Shaw Centre. The first half of the season will run until Dec. 15, and the second half will start Jan. 5 and end March 9. Players sign up individually and are placed on a team based on skill level. All women aged 18 are invited to come out to play. The cost is dependent on the number of players that register, goalies play for free. If you are interested in joining the league please contact Jennifer Findlay at findlay40@telus.net or 250-833-2095.

SASCU tennis tournament Salmon Arm’s biggest tennis tournament of the year takes place in less than two weeks, Sept.

19-21 at the Salmon Arm Tennis Club.

Bridge results On Sept. 7 Nan McAdam and Doreen Roberts won the Sunday Duplicate Club’s bridge tournament. Tied for second place was Peggy Petersen and Carol McGregor and the team of Geoff Collins and Orville Cooper. Tied for fourth place was Doug Steward and Peter Budda and the team of Dan Quilty and Gerry Chatelain.

Team play golf results On Aug. 26 the four-man team of John Thompson, George Annala, Doug Adams and Bert Larmand won the senior men’s golf play day at Salmon Arm Golf Club.

The final of the four-man team championship race was played concurrently with the regular play day event. The winning team consisted of Brian Stifora, Al Williams, Al Inskip and Peter McCann. On Sept. 2 the two-man team of Tim Gallant and Doug Adams won the two-man play day event at SAGC, while the team of Clarence Wiseman and Norm Embree were runners-up.

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Shuswap Minor Football was in full force last Sunday playing back-to-back home games at Little Mountain Field against Vernon.

Salmon Arm’s peewee Colts were first to play, winning by a score of 50-18. The Colts were lead by strong efforts by players on both offence and defense.

The players of the game were Sam Hall and Dom Kemitzis respectively. Hall and running back Ryan Berke each scored three touchdowns, with quarterbacks Vaughn McManamna and Brayton Lawson rounding out the rest of the scoring.

The Colts defense was led by Kemitzis and Braidy Parkes holding the slippery Vernon rushing attack to only three touchdowns.

Salmon Arm’s junior bantam Broncos played second against the always tough Vernon side, who started extremely strong in the first half, quickly getting out to an early and substantial lead.

In the second half, the Broncos showed their perseverance and

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Breaking the tackle: Salmon Arm Colts player Landen Sherwood breaks a tackle

from Vernon’s Liam Gombrich in the first peewee football game of the season at Little Mountain Field last Sunday. confidence as they dominated possession and moved the ball successfully. In the end, it was not enough though, as Vernon took the win.

A strong performance was put in by Luke Simmonds who also returned a kickoff for a 70-yard touchdown earning player of the game honors.

Salmon Arm’s bantam Chargers played last with a convincing 46-0 victory over their Vernon rivals.

The Chargers used their speed to rack up 33 points by the end of the first half.

The defense played tough by only allowing five first downs the entire game and recording six sacks.

The player of the game for the Chargers was defensive end Noah Dies.

On Sept. 14 all Salmon Arm minor football teams will play backto-back home games at Little Mountain Field against Kelowna with the pewee’s starting at 11 a.m., the junior bantams at 1 p.m., and bantams at 3 p.m.

Although the first game of the season has been played its still not too late for players to join. Even new players who have never played before are invited to give the game a try.

For registration information, visit www. shuswapfootball.com or come out to a practice to watch and talk to a coach.

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“That’s a pretty intense four or five minutes. We’re just concerned about the finish. The main thing is that he’s under his own power. He may be scratched and bruised, but that he’s under his own power.”

Greg says the Hafjell course is considered

one of the toughest on the World Cup circuit.

“It’s pretty rocky, with some really, really fast sections and some large jumps.”

Max was clocked on one section at 75 kilometres an hour.

Greg is proud of the way Max has held his own with athletes who have undoubtedly had more formal coaching than he has.

He explains that Max and Patrick Lady-

man, both from Salmon Arm, competed at the Canadian Downhill Mountain Biking Championships at Sun Peaks in July. Max was third and Ladyman, 10th.

Then they competed in the Mountain Bike World Cup in Mont-Sainte-Anne in Quebec, where Max crashed so didn’t get a time, and Ladyman finished the run but didn’t qualify.

“The boys got a big huge learning experience. It was the first time ever at that level,” Greg said, explaining that both boys have consistently done well at the BC Cup level.

Based on Max’s Sun Peaks’ result, he qualified for the world championship.

“These guys are probably the least coached and experienced riders out there,” said Greg of the two

Salmon Arm riders.

“Neither has had a formal day of mountain bike coaching in their lives.”

Which makes the Norway performance even more amazing.

“I think at that level, there are a lot of intensely coached athletes,” says Greg.

“The fact that Max has been able to do what he’s done is pretty cool for both of them.”

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Positive start for Silverbacks

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Exhibition play: Coach attributes strong start to team mentality.

By Evan Buhler OBSERVER STAFF

Three exhibition games down, and the Silverbacks have wins against two strong opponents, Prince George and Vernon.

“We are very happy with the progress that we have made, and we’ve got some really tough decisions ahead in regards to our final roster,” said Silverbacks head coach Brandon West.

The Silverbacks played host to Prince George on Sept. 2, and easily disposed of them in a 9-2 blowout at the Shaw Centre.

The ‘Backs came alive in the second period scoring five goals, jumping out to a commanding 6-2 lead.

Despite being outsized by Prince George, the Silverbacks used speed and puck possession to wear them down in the offensive zone.

A fast and efficient breakout provided a quick counter attack, which created many odd man chances and caught the Spruce Kings defence flat footed.

The Silverbacks looked confident, controlled the game, and had goals come from every line in the goalscoring fest.

Last Friday, rival Vernon visited the Shaw Centre in the first game of a home-and-home exhibition play.

Both teams came out flying. The Silverbacks used an aggressive forecheck and physical play to dictate the game in the opening five min-

utes, creating a few shots on net.

‘Backs goaltender, Zach Dyment made a big save mid-way through the first keeping the game scoreless.

The Vipers turned the pace of play in their favour, and broke the deadlock on a shot from the point by defenceman, Kenny Citron, beating Dyment between the legs.

After the Vipers goal, the majority of the play was in Salmon Arm’s zone, and they were out-shot six to twelve in the first period.

Vernon continued the second period on the front foot, but could not find a second goal, tipping the puck just wide, hitting the post and being robbed by the glove of Dyment.

Salmon Arm could not find a goal either, despite holding on to the majority of puck possession.

The Vipers Ayden MacDonald was a constant physical force, racking up three hits in one shift.

On a power play mid way through the second period, the ‘Backs produced three scoring chances, but could not tie the game.

Coupled with not being able to score and playing against a physical Vernon team, the ’Backs became visibly frustrated, and started pushing and shoving after each whistle.

Coach Brandon West rallied the team in the second intermission, and the Silverbacks came out in the third with new life.

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Crashing the net: Vipers goaltender, Jarrod Schamerhorn saves a rebound chance by the ’Backs Cam Coutre during exhibition play at the Shaw Centre on Friday night.

“We just told them to keep getting to the puck, win their battles, and do the little things that they had been doing all game.”

Just one minute into the period, Nick Josephs scored on a weak shot from the half boards that fooled Vipers goaltender Jarrod Schamerhorn.

The physicality of the game reached its boiling point when Salmon Arm’s David Storey and Vernon’s Riley Brandt were kicked out of the game for fighting majors, a rule that only applies in exhibition play.

With seven minutes left in the game Josephs found open ice, and walked through the offensive zone then toe dragged the puck between two Vipers defenders, before feeding a cross-crease pass to Anthony Siderio, who finished the play, netting his first of the exhi-

bition season.

Just two minutes later the Silverbacks scored again on a quick snap shot from the stick of defenceman Phil Middleton that beat the Vipers goalie over the blocker.

The ‘Backs hung on to win the game 3-2.

The following night Salmon Arm travelled to Vernon, where they dropped their first game of the exhibition season, losing 4-2.

“Our overall compete has been great. I think that we have been very good on both sides of the puck, and have really come together as a team,” said West.

With three exhibition games left before the 2014-15 regular season gets under way the Silverbacks coaching staff and GM still have a few cuts to make before they announce their final roster.

“We have 28 guys battling for a spot on

Hike for a good cause this fall Each fall, the Shuswap Hospice Society partners with the Shuswap Trail Alliance for a series of fully guided hikes around the Shuswap.

• Sept. 13, Eagle Pass.

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• Sept. 20, Scotch

Creek and Hlina. The ability level is moderate. It is a six-km round trip, and two to three hours long. Alternate meeting place at the Park Store just opposite the Shuswap Lake Provincial Campground at 9:30 a.m.

• Sept. 27, Mt Baldy.

It is a moderate hike with undulating terrain.

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a is a two to three hours long. Alternate meeting place at the Mt. Baldy trail head at 9 a.m.

• Oct. 5 Adams River Gorge. The hike is a moderate walk along the Adams River. It offers views of salmon spawning, and is fourkm long. The Lower Flume Trail is two-km, with a total hiking time of three hours. Alternate

meeting place at the raft pull-out past the Squilax bridge at 9:15 a.m.

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“There are a few defensive and offensive positions up for grabs, and of course there is still a battle for the back up goalie spot.”

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Winning big at nationals

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Celebration time: Dibblee racks up four medals in 55-plus games.

By Martha Wickett OBSERVER STAFF

Despite having sprained her ankle a couple of weeks earlier, Salmon Arm’s Yvonne Dibblee came home with a fistful of medals from the Canada 55plus Games in Strathcona Country, Alta., Aug. 27 to 30.

Dibblee qualified for the Games at last year’s BC Seniors Games in Kamloops where she excelled in track and field.

Once again she was victorious, claiming a gold at the nationals in her category in discus as well as two silvers – one in shot put and one in long jump, and a bronze in javelin.

“I felt really good,” she said, noting she doesn’t train too much and was expecting to get badly beaten. “If I’m a lazy trainer, it’s much more about meeting some of these people

and doing my personal best on that day, regardless of the weather.”

She said the weather didn’t co-operate, particularly for the discus.

“It was very windy and cold. Throwing the discus, I was trying to have a little pause if the wind would slow down a bit. I was throwing against the wind,” she said. “You just do the best you can, everyone’s facing the same factor.”

She said the athletes from Saskatchewan and the Yukon were the toughest to beat. She surmises that the Yukon team did a lot of fundraising.

“They had matching outfits and they chartered a plane and a bus. People tend to really bond together when they live in the North.”

Dibblee was impressed with one woman from Hannah, Alta.

At 101 years old, she came to throw the

javelin.

“She had one of those walkers you sit on.

When it’s her turn, she goes up to the line and gets up from her walker. I can’t believe her form… It’s absolutely incredible to watch a 101-year-old woman pick up a javelin over her head and throw it.”

The woman had to compete with 85 year olds because there was no one else in her category, and she came in second.

Dibblee would like to see more British Columbians compete in the Seniors Games as B.C. had only 163 competitors compared to Alberta with more than 800 and the Yukon with more than 300.

Overall, Dibblee was just pleased she was able to go.

“The most rewarding thing is to represent our beautiful province and our beautiful city of Salmon Arm.”

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Lucky toss: Salmon Arm’s Clarence Juell competes in the horseshoe event at the 2013 B.C. Seniors Games in Kamloops.

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Seniors head off to provincials More than 70 seniors from the Salmon Arm area will be competing in the 2014 BC Seniors Games, held in Langley from Sept. 9 to 13.

Participants include: Equestrian - Heather Dolema.

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Cycling - Steve Corrie, Ron Lawrence and Mary Ellen Pakka.

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Ice Curling - Kianne Bekker, Trish Probyn, Lisa Schwartzenhauer and Donna Schultz.

Horseshoes - Ted Honkala, Matt Honkanen, Faith Juell, Clarence Juell, Edwin Krieg and Marlene Marshall.

Golf - Fred Horne, Bill Jordan, Monty Kilborn, Lester Kyle, Frank Manning, Brian Mauer, Matt Schmidt and Ingrid Shalley.

Hockey - Jim Beckner, Doug Buchanan, Bruce Cook, Lew Dies,

Jeffrey Fukumoto, Bill Hagardt, Ron Hagardt, Mike Johnson, Dennis La Claire, Len Lega, Jeff Lipsett, Gus Martin and Patrick Ranahan.

Table Tennis - Norma Bischoff, Dennis Chow, Erich Krause, Wilf Pauls and Jarvis Wise.

Tennis - John Calver, Myrna Calver, Mick Ford, Sue Ford, Les Heron, Marg Heron and Shirley Knorr.

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Band wants to drum up interest

By Barb Brouwer OBSERVER STAFF

Jim Johnston’s life moves to the rhythm of music.

And the joy it gives him is something he has long loved to share.

A longtime music teacher, Johnston has been co-directing the Salmon Arm Community Band for the past three years.

Cees Kooyman and his wife Hanne formed the band in 1996 and when Cees, who lives in Vernon, put down his baton, Johnston says it seemed to make sense for him to pick it up.

He will be sharing the band leader role with sax player Kelly Collins, who joined the group in January.

Johnston would like to grow the band and believes there may be a number of closet musicians who would fit the orchestral bill.

“It occurred to me that there are probably people who played in high school and think they couldn’t play in a band,” he says.

In order to ease apprehensions, Johnston is going to teach a five-week band refresher course at Okanagan College from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursdays from Oct. 2 to 30.

“Basically, we’re going to play music and have fun and we’re going to show those people that it’s the bicycle riding analogy – you are a lot better than you think you are

and it will come back quicker than you think,” Johnston says.

“This is a refresher course for people with experience, no matter how long ago, but if there was interest in changing, switching to a new instrument, or starting from scratch, we’d be interested in talking to you.”

If there is enough interest, Johnston says a beginner’s course might be addressed at a later date. And taking part in the refresher course does not mean committing to the band.

High in his praise for Cees and his 18 years conducting the group, Johnston says this is a traditional concert band with wind ensemble instruments, brass, woodwind and percussion.

“Like all large wind ensembles, we’re typically needy of the more exotic instruments – French horn, bass clarinet and alto clarinet, but we’ll gladly accept any and all instruments because all sections can be bolstered.”

Collins and his wife, Nita, retired to Salmon Arm last year from Whitehorse where Kelly directed a community swing band for 23 years.

“I don’t bring a whole lot of concert band experience, but that’s ok, it should be fun,” he says. “I expect it will have some commonalities… It will be a learning experience for me for sure.”

Involved in music since junior high, Kelly describes the ability to play music as a life-

long pleasure.

“It’s always there for you; it’s not a profession, just a passion,” he says, noting that the Whitehorse ballroom/swing group began as a one-time dance event. “We put an ad in the paper and shook a lot of people out of the woodwork – some who have not played for years. We gave them music to practise and it caught on so well it’s been going since 1990.”

Like Johnston, Kelly is quick to urge lapsed musicians to grab their instruments and head out to rehearsal where band members are all friendly and welcoming.

“I am looking forward to it; every conductor is different,” he says. “Jim will have his goals and plans for the season and so will I, and having two conductors can be good, we each have certain things we’ll hear in the band.”

The first rehearsal for the Salmon Arm Community band is set for 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21 at First United Church.

Johnston recently bought 23 new pieces for the band to practise (not all at the same time) and invites

everyone to simply show up or call him at 250-833-8298.

The band’s first performance will be a Christmas concert set for Saturday, Dec. 6.

Enthusiastic about the upcoming season, Johnston again urges musicians, current or lapsed, to make music with him.

As a lifelong music educator, Johnston says in his years of school teaching, he always wished that music education didn’t end at the end of Grade 12.

“When I am sitting in my rocking chair in the home, it will make me so happy if

someone says, ‘Hi Mr. Johnston, you taught me to play the clarinet and I am playing in a community band,” he says. “There’s the fun, the joy of creating music and doing it with the members of the community you live in. And, if we forget that as directors, I hope someone comes up and slaps us and says ‘remember why we’re here.’”

Those who are interested in the refresher course may register online at www.okanagan. bc.ca/cs reg or call 1-888-6380058.

The course code is FA152 and the price is $99.

Making notes: Jim Johnston and Kelly Collins discuss a piece of music, as they begin a season of codirecting the Salmon Arm Community Band.

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A group of citizens is planning a march and rally in Salmon Arm for people in the Shuswap, to take place at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20, starting at McGuire Lake Park near Hudson Avenue.

So far, at least 750 organizations around the world are committed to staging marches and rallies. This public demonstration is happening in advance of a United Nations summit of world leaders in New York City on the climate crisis.

“People are invited to participate and send a signal to our governments, at every level, that we the people take this matter seriously, and expect them to act,” says organizer Warren Bell.

Bell rejects the move by some

nations to reject evidence and expert opinion regarding climate change, and the Canadian government’s apparent determination to exploit the Alberta tar sands to the fullest extent possible.

In an effort to provide a local voice, Bell invites participation in an action plan for next week’s march. He has set up an online Avaaz petition for people to sign on to. It will be used by the global civic organization that promotes activism on issues such as climate change, human rights, animal rights and corruption, to present to the world leaders on Sept. 23 at the UN. The petition can be accessed through the following link: https://secure.avaaz.org/ en/petition/Prime_Minister_ Stephen_Harper_Address_climate_change_with_decisive_ action_now/?fjGFaab.

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Volunteers are invited to take part in the Sept. 20 rally in Salmon Arm: Parade marshals will be needed to help guide marchers through the route; early-morning people are needed to help with set-up at the Ross Street Plaza and helpers are also required for sign-making a halfhour or more before the march at the west end of McGuire Lake.

Artist Lisa Figueroa’s “Salmon With Arms” image will be attached to the signs.

“On the day, we hope to take the names and email addresses of anyone who has not signed the online petition, in order to add their names to the Avaaz list,” says Bell. “We will be asking for donations at that time too.”

Volunteers are invited to an organizational meeting at 7 p.m.

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Shuswap Idol scores another hit

By Barb Brouwer OBSERVER STAFF

Applause and accolades continue for another successful year of Shuswap Idol.

Idol and entertainment organizers Lori and Gil Risling returned from their new home in Saskatchewan to carry on the ninth season of the popular competition that gives wouldbe stars the opportunity to perform onstage to a live audience.

“It was excellent and smooth,” said Lori Monday. “We had 24 contestants evenly split between 18 and under and 19 and over.”

With more contestants entering the adult category this year, Risling was happy to note that four of the six winners had never entered Shuswap Idol before.

In the 18-and-under category, 14-yearold Shaugnessy Rose rocked the audience with her rendition of House of the Rising Sun and Hallelujah –

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Stage presence: Shuswap Idol winners include, from left, Molly Crandlemire, Arusha Bruns, Jan Parada, Jenna Zinger, Shaughnessy Rose, Melissa Wood, Elizabeth Joy and Jesse Johnson. and took home the win and $400.

Arusha Bruns won second place and a cheque for $150 and Jenna Zinger and Molly Crandlemire tied for third place, and each received $125.

Jesse Johnson won hearts and first place in the 19-and-over category with her Miranda Lambert covers.

Last year, Elizabeth

Joy performed Sarah McLachlan’s Angel in a dedication to Shane Gorner, who was killed in an industrial accident just prior to the 2013 fair.

“He was going to enter Shuswap Idol and she asked if she could come and sing a song dedicated to Shane,” says Risling, noting Joy took second place and $150. “She entered

this year as a contestant and sang Celine Dion’s I’m Alive. She did great job.”

Joy, who told her story of singing in memory of Gorner on Friday night, also won the People’s Choice Award.

Melissa Wood won third place and judges David Byers (a judge for nine years), Norm Sargent, Laura Ben-

son and Nathan Fadear awarded Jan Parada an honourable mention.

“The judges did this because she owned the stage, engaged the audience,” says Lori.

“She looked great and dressed appropriately.”

Megan Lauridsen was the only one to audition for the Singer/ Songwriter competition this year, so sponsor Yves Cusson willingly agreed to a new category in Spotlight on Shuswap Idol.

“She’s 16 and already writing her own music,” says Lori. “She did original songs and was excellent.”

It’s good news for the fair in that the Rislings have committed to bring Shuswap Idol back to the fair next year. And so too, will Adam Fitzpatrick, who draws a huge crowd with his Elvis tribute performances.

The couple will be back in Salmon Arm for a Nov. 20 performance of the popular Louisiana Hayride.

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Entrants capture lens-eye view The people viewing the photography exhibit at the Salmon Arm Fair have expressed their opinion and chosen their favourite top 10 photos from the 364 submitted this year.

The first-place grand prize People’s Choice winner, for the second year in a row, is Lorie Moore, this time for her photo “Autumn Magic.”

In second place is Rachel Rowbottom, in the age 14-and-under category, for “I See You” and third place goes to Jennifer Belec for “Crazy Cat.” Fourth is Julia Armstrong for “June Griswold in the Waves” and finishing fifth is Ted Linden’s “Looking at Blind Bay.” Tied for sixth and seventh are Carolyn Morgan for “Simple Beauty” and Gudie Hupfauer for “Salsifi Seed Head.”

In eighth place is Cheryl Peterson with her “First Look.” Finishing ninth is Ted Lin-

den’s “Butchart Gardens.” A three-way tie for tenth includes Terry Smuin’s “What’s Up Duck,” Ted Linden’s “Nervous System” and Ian Clay’s “Oh, Such a Pig.” Three official judges chose the ribbon winners and the Best of Show and Special Prize recipients. Best of Show for ages 14 and under was Rowbottom’s “I See You.” Rowbottom received $25 from local photographer Clive Bryson.

In the New Competitor category, the Best of Show winner was Morgan for “Simple Beauty” and for Intermediate Competitors, the Best of Show winner was Joan Chadwick for “Dogman of Rishikesh.”

Both received a $25 gift card for photo printing, courtesy of Pharmasave Photo Lab. The Experienced Competitor winner was Wendy Clay for “Inle Lake Fisherman,” who

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Winner of Best of Show for Black and White photos was Myrtle Kyllo for Ballestas Island. Kyllo wins $25 courtesy of the Salmon Arm Observer.

Best of Show winner for a new All Levels category this year, receiving $25 from the

Shuswap Photo Arts Club, was Gudie Hupfauer for her sunset photograph titled “On July 2, 2013.”

Special prize winner for the Open Shuswap class, receiving $45 from the Salmon Arm Chamber of Commerce, was Wendy Clay for her photo “Bastion Mountain Viewpoint.”

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MUSIC • VISUAL ARTS • BAR SCENE • ENTERTAINMENT • PERFORMANCE ARTS Call us at 250-832-2131, drop in to our office, or use our new, easy to use calendar online. See below.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10

SUNDAY, SEPT. 14

THURSDAY, SEPT. 18

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will hold its first fall meeting after the summer break.

The luncheon will be at noon at the Fifth Avenue Seniors’ Activity Centre located at 170 Fifth Ave. SE. A list of upcoming events will be discussed. Members, retirees and guests welcome.

LAKESIDE CHURCH & TARNOW’S HAIR & DAY SPA – invite

you to their annual, free back-to-school haircuts and barbecue from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. behind Tarnow’s entrance to Centenoka Park Mall. For kindergarten to Grade 12 students. Call Pamela at Lakeside Church at 250-832-9142 to book your appointment.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 11 SHUSWAP SINGERS – is a mixed choir for ages 16 and over.

SHUSWAP FILM SOCIETY – presents The

Hundred-Foot Journey, a joint presentation with Salmar Theatre, rated G, at 7:30 p.m. Salmar Classic Theatre, 360 Alexander St. Tickets: Single $7; 5-film pass $30, available at the door.

Advance tickets at Wearabouts (350 Alexander St.) Convenience charge applies. Ask about year-long passes. To reserve: Visa or MasterCard reservation line (24 hour): 250-832-2294.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 13 THE COMIC STRIPPERS – A male stripper

parody and improv comedy show will be held at 8 p.m. at SASCU Rec Centre.

Tickets $35 reg., $30 for groups of six or more, available at Wearabouts Clothing or online at www. brownpapertickets.com/event/766190.

MOUNTAINVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH – presents

Ladies’ Breakfast Fellowship from 9:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m. at Mountainview Baptist Church, 1981 - 9th Ave. NE (beside the bowling alley). Food, music, support group, for teens and 19+.

Contact Linda Fredlund at 250-8040781 or ljlavell@gmail.com. Coffee will be on.

Harvest Celebration from 3 to 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 and include three sample tickets to local cuisine from some of the best restaurants, delis, wineries and breweries the Shuswap has to offer. Additional tickets can be purchased for $3 each at the event and can be used to sample any of the food or beverage items on the menu.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 16 HEALTHIEST BABIES – presents a walk to the farmers’

market. The Healthiest Babies program is held Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the basement of Crossroads Church, group entrance at the end of First Avenue SW.

2 to 4 p.m. Enjoy fresh baked cookies and organic coffee. Curatorial talk at 2:15 p.m.

LEARN BREAST FEEDING BEFORE BABY ARRIVES – Shuswap

Family Resource Centre. Register at 250-833-4101.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 20 FALL INTO COUNTRY – presented by TCB Promotions, will

feature Almost Alan Jackson and Basically Brooks in concert at the Fifth Avenue Seniors Activity Centre, 170 5th Ave. SE. Tickets: $35 advance or $45 at the door.

50/50 draw with proceeds to the Salmon Arm SPCA.

SHUSWAP FILM SOCIETY – presents A Most Wanted Man, a

UK/USA/Germany film, rated PG, at 5 p.m. at Salmar Classic Theatre, 360 Alexander St. Tickets: Single $7; 5-film pass $30, available at the door. Advance tickets at Cleaning your furnace & air ducts could be the healthiest Wearabouts (350 Alexander St.) Convenience charge applies. Ask HOME IMPROVEMENT you will ever make! about year-long passes. To reserve: Visa or MasterCard Reservation line (24 hour): 250832-2294.

Weekly rehearsals start at 7 p.m. at New Hope Community Church. All singers welcome. Full details at www.shuswapsingers.ca.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 12

experience healing. Weekly support group from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Call 250-832-3121 for a group facilitator.

SHUSWAP ASSOCIATION OF WRITERS – presents Writing as

Healing, a workshop led by Cathy Sosnowsky, will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Mall at Piccadilly board room.

Registration is limited, so register early. Cost $35 for public; $30 for members of SAW. Contact Cathy at 250-832-2454 or csosnowsky@ shaw.ca for further information.

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ANNUAL CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE FALL BAZAAR & TEA –

takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church (90 First St. SE). Everyone is invited to attend the Bazaar free of charge. Raffles, Fall Fun Fair Tea ($4 per person), fancy sandwiches and dainty desserts served with tea or coffee. Wheelchair accessible. All proceeds support local, regional and international charities.

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COLUMBIA SHUSWAP REGIONAL DISTRICT’S INAUGURAL TRUNK SALE – Looking to sell, trade or give away some

of your previously-loved stuff, but can’t hold your own garage sale? Unclutter your life with CSRD’s Trunk Sale. Deadline to register is Wednesday, Sept. 10. To register as a vendor, contact Carmen Fennell, waste reduction facilitator, at 250-833-5936, or visit the CSRD website at www.csrd.bc.ca. The sale runs from 8 a.m. to noon in the parking lot at the Salmon Arm Okanagan College campus, 2552 Trans-Canada Hwy., located behind the SASCU Recreation Centre.

PARKINSON SUPERWALK – No cape? No problem. You can

be an everyday hero to Canadians living with Parkinsons. Meet at McGuire Lake Park, 599 10th St. NE for a free SuperWalk, for all ages, to raise funds for support services, education and research. For information, call: Doreen at 250-836-2509. More information at: www.parkinson.bc.ca.

GOODTIME QUILTERS – First meeting this fall is 10 a.m. at

the Shuswap Lake Estates, lower, small hall. Then, meetings will be held on the first, third & fifth Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Join us – visitors always welcome. Info: Stephanie at 250-675-4936.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17 WORKING WITH GARDEN ENERGIES – Join us for an evening

of garden learning, stories and adventures with Margo Westaway, Organic Master Gardener. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., presentation 7 to 9 p.m. $5 admission.

SASCU Downtown Activity Centre library, 451 Shuswap St. SW.

SHUSWAP WRITERS GROUP RECONVENES – The writing

public is invited to join meetings held in the boardroom at the Mall at Piccadilly on the first and third Wednesdays of every month, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., beginning Sept. 17.

TO SEPT. 27 SALMON ARM ART GALLERY – will host an exhibition of art

in the 46th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Society of Canadian Artists. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

SEPTEMBER AIR CADETS – meet Wednesdays at South Canoe school,

5710 10th Ave. SE at 6:15 p.m. every week. Youth ages 12 to 18 are welcome. Contact 250 833-0222 and leave message or go to info@222air.com.

GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN – A network for

area grandparents who are raising their grandchildren (or are contemplating doing so) will be held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon. Transportation provided – childminding available. Shuswap Family Resource Centre, 181 Trans Canada Hwy. Call Jan at 250-832-2170 ext 354.

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BELWAY, DAVE On Monday, September 1, 2014 Dave passed away after a long, brave, courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Linda Belway, his brother Fred Belway (Mildred), his four children; Karen (Grant), Barb, Debbie (Kevin) & David Jr (Crystal), eight grandchildren; Ryan, Chelsey, Eve, Tate, Maya, Callie, Justin and Kayla, his great-grandson; Tristan, and many nieces and nephews.

Dave was many things to many people. The middle child of five sons, Dave grew up fast with an unconventional childhood full of mischief and a strong bond between brothers. He was a loyal husband with an incredible work ethic, always providing for his family. To his children he was a pillar; the person who “no matter what” you would call if you locked your keys in your car, ran out of gas, started a project or renovation, or just needed any kind of sound advice regarding life, finances, or major decision-making. He was always the voice of reason in any conversation. He was a good friend to many. He was a great organizer spending countless hours on various community committees, planning family get-togethers, camping adventures, and arranging fishing trips with the boys. Dave brought people together and got things done. He taught his girls how to shoot guns and his son how to “curl like a Belway”.

Dave wore many hats in his time; mechanic, autobody repair, business owner, salesman, real estate agent and property developer. He was an avid sportsman and excelled in baseball, curling, golf and sports fishing. The outdoors was his refuge, whether it be early morning coffee on the deck with his wife, Linda, lining up on the first tee, reeling in the “big one”, or simply watching the sunrise on a remote fishing lake. Dave lived for those quiet moments, and sought them out whenever he could. He was always eager to share those times with the people he loved, and if you woke up early enough to join him you would see a side of Dave that was truly at peace. He was creative and tied professional quality flies for fishing. He had a green thumb and grew beefsteak tomatoes that rivalled any in town, and his homemade horseradish knocked your socks off (ask the grandkids!). It may surprise some, but Dave took great pleasure in maintaining his own backyard bird sanctuary. He could name off all the migrating species and point out his “regulars” whom he had given names.

Dave was a fierce competitor, always ready for adventure and a challenge. As many of his friends can attest, a small fortune has been won and lost on the course/ice, or after at the card table...this also includes Monopoly with the grandkids!

Perhaps what people will remember most about Dave, however, is his sense of humor; quick, sharp, and slightly twisted, no one was safe from it, we were all touched by it, and we all loved him for it.

Dave will be greatly missed.

“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life.

Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.”

Please join us for a celebration of life honoring Dave at the Salmon Arm Curling Club (691-28th St. NE, Salmon Arm, BC) on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made towards the Salmon Arm Junior Curling Program in Dave’s name.

Online condolences may be sent through Dave’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com.

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KATHLEEN ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG 1919 - 2014 Kathleen Elizabeth Armstrong (Beth) passed away on August 18, 2014 at Piccadilly Care Centre at the age of 95 years.

Beth was born at the family farm on April 14, 1919, the daughter of Ted and Betty Chambers.

She lived in Boissevain Manitoba area.

Beth started school at Richview, which she attended until the family moved to Fairburn district. She continued her education through grade 10 which she took by correspondence.

Normal school (teacher training) was taken in Brandon. Her first teaching experience was at Croll School, where she stayed for 3 years, followed by 2 years at Lyonshall School.

On July 12, 1944 she married Herb Armstrong at St. Johns Anglican Church, in Kelsford (Horton).

They farmed on the Armstrong farm north of town until 1947 when they moved to 36-2-20 south of Boissevain, where they lived until retiring to Boissvain in 1976. After the passing of her husband Herb on June 21, 1992 Beth moved to an apartment in 1994, Whitewater Place, Boissevain.

After her children (Gary and Heather) were of school age, Beth spent many years teaching in rural schools. Due to a teaching shortage she resumed her teaching at Fairburn School for 4 years; and spent two at Horton School, nine years at Richview and was principal at Minto School for 14 years.

During these years she attended summer school and night school at Brandon University, attaining a Bachelor of Education degree in 1977.

In 1982 Beth took early retirement and enjoyed many trips and visits with her husband, family and friends in Canada, USA and Europe. Later on cruises were taken to the Caribbean and Mediterranean.

Christmas day and outings to William Lake were happy times spent with Michael, Kelly, Gary, Milly and boys. Many enjoyable and delightful trips to Salmon Arm, BC were taken to spend time with Heather, Dennis, Kurt, Keri and Kristal. They often took great holidays with the Wasney’s (Herb’s sister, brother-in-law and niece Karen) to California and White Rock, BC. They made several trips to Florida where they visited at Sanibel Islands with the Coles, who were friends that were met on a tour but have subsequently passed away.

Square dancing for many years with friends to many places was a pleasure to Herb and Beth.

Good times were enjoyed by both at the Activity centre.

As a family they attended Sunday school and later St. Paul’s United Church Boissevain.

Beth was a member of IOWE serving as regent for a time, belonged to the united UCW and served the Worship Committee; was president of Woman’s Institute for a term and also belonged to the Hospital Auxiliary where she was also president for a term.

In 2004 Beth moved to Salmon Arm to be closer to her daughter and family. Beth resided at Piccadilly Terrace for several years, and then moved a few doors down to Piccadilly Care Centre in 2008.

Beth was predeceased by parents, sister, brother in law, and husband Herb. Left to mourn her passing are her children Heather (Dennis) and their family, Gary (Brenda) and their family.

Service details to be announced at a later date.

Online condolences may be sent through Beth’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

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MINTY, WILLIAM LOWELL “LUKE” May 5, 1931 – September 1, 2014 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of a well loved man.

Luke is survived by his loving wife of 45 years Sharon, children Ellie (Bernie), Ruth (Bruce), Susan (Tom), Brenda (Jordy), Bill, Corrine (Derek) and Shannon (Paul) many loving grandchildren and great grandchildren as well as two brothers Merv (Margaret) and Wayne (Trudy).

Luke was raised in Haney, BC and spent his life there until he retired at 60. Luke and his wife Sharon then moved to Salmon Arm, BC where they lived for 21 years. This is where he dedicated summers to his amazing garden. He always supplied friends and family with great produce. He started working at the age of 15, logging with is Dad in Haney, and continued logging until he became a pile-driver for 23 years. He enjoyed being a mentor to the young pile-drivers and had a great time with all his piledriver brothers.

“Goodbye, goodbye little darlin’” We would like to thank the staff at Bastion Place for their kindness, compassion and dedication to their job. We know how much you like Luke and appreciated his smile.

You are welcome to come remember Luke on September 13th at the Maple Ridge Legion from 2 to 4 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Luke’s name may be made to the Alzheimer Society.

Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral Services & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm 250 833-1129. Email condolences and share memories through Luke’s obituary at www. fischersfuneralservices.com.

WYNESS, EVELYN MAY 1921 - 2014 Evelyn May Wyness, aged 93 years, passed away peacefully at Park Place Piccadilly Care home in Salmon Arm on Thursday, August 28, 2014.

Evelyn is survived by her children: Carrie Wyness (Jim Sale) of Osoyoos, BC, Jim (Rosanne) Wyness of Olds, AB, Rita Wyness (Garth Frostad) of Salmon Arm, BC, Ore Wyness (Valentine Owens) of Red Deer, AB, Randy Wyness (Shelly Bonnar) of Okanagan Falls, BC; 9 grandchildren: Candice, Tammy, Bernadine, Shaundra, Cory, Shane, Gary, Lane, Darcy; 15 great grandchildren: Jet, Jax, Amanda, Ashley, Bernie, Kody, Chantelle, Connor, Autumn, Scout, Callie, Braiden, Brandon, Breanne, Brendan; 2 great-great grandchildren: Bayne, Laykin; and sister: Lottie Wyness of Edmonton, AB. She was predeceased by her husband Jim on May 28, 2007; daughter-in-law Marlene on March 21, 2006; and granddaughter Carmen in 1962.

She lived in the Peace River area for many years before moving to Wetaskiwin and then to Salmon Arm in 1989, residing there ever since.

A private ceremony will be held.

Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the family at www.MyAlternatives.ca Cremation arrangements entrusted to ALTERNATIVES FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES® Armstrong 250-546-7237 & Vernon 250-558-0866

ISAAC, SUSAN CAROL (née Bendicson) November 5, 1955 – September 3, 2014 Susan Carol Isaac beloved mother, devoted grandmother and special person to many, passed away peacefully at the Foothills Country Hospice on September 3, 2014 at the age of 58 years.

Susan’s passion for life, her creative flair, unconditional love and words of wisdom will be deeply missed by many.

After being diagnosed with terminal cancer a year ago, Momma Sue lived life to the fullest every day while fighting her disease, always with a positive outlook and a smile on her face.

Susan is survived by her husband Randy; daughter Julie-Rae; son Chad (Amanda); granddaughter Lilly-Ana; mother Margaret; sister Terry (Bob); brother Paul (Kristine); as well as many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her father Charles, and brother Gene.

Funeral Services will be held at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY (Fish Creek, 14441 Bannister Road S.E., Calgary, AB) on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Forward condolences through www.mcinnisandholloway.com. If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly to the Foothills Country Hospice Society, P.O. Box 274, Okotoks, AB, T1S 1S1. Telephone: (403) 995-4673, www.countryhospice.org.

In living memory of Susan Isaac, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES, Fish Creek, 14441 BANNISTER ROAD S.E., CALGARY, AB Telephone: 1-800-661-1599.

NAYLOR, WINIFRED HILDA 1916 - 2014 Winifred (Win) Naylor passed away at Piccadilly Care Centre on September 6, 2014 in her 98th year.

She is survived by her two children, Bill and Steve (Jan) and her two grandchildren, Stephanie (Stasia) and Scott (Tiffanie).

She is predeceased by her three siblings (Pat, Kelly, and Phil) and her husband Bill.

Win was born in 1916 in Medicine Hat, Alberta.

By the age of eighteen, she had attended Normal School and was out teaching in one-room school houses, a job she did for five years before moving back to her home town.

During WWII, the Commonwealth Air Training Programme sent British airmen to Canada to learn to fly the planes that would eventually win the Battle of Britain. It was a at a dance held in a hangar that she met Bill who was an airframe mechanic. They soon fell in love, but before they could get married, Bill was posted back to England for the duration of the war. In January of 1946, Win set out for England travelling across Canada by train and then by ship to England. The ship made its way up the Manchester ship canal before docking. Waiting for her was her beloved fiancé Bill who climbed up a rope ladder on to the deck where they embraced.

They were married in May of that year.

Bill Jr. was born in 1947 and in 1948, sensing that opportunities were better in Canada, they returned to Medicine Hat where Steve was born in 1950.

Bill Sr.’s jobs took the family to Nelson and later to Castlegar where Win went back to teaching in 1963. Steve went on to university to become a teacher as well. He returned to Castlegar to teach for two years, the first of which was Win’s final year before retiring.

After that, Win and Bill travelled, moved to Victoria, and when grandchildren made their appearance, moved to Salmon Arm where Steve had gone in 1975. They enjoyed their granchildren immensely and became settled Salmon Arm residents. Both very good ballroom dancers, Win and Bill attended many functions and organized the music for afternoon dances at the local seniors centre, the 109. When Bill died in 2002, Win stayed in her condo for a few years then moved to Landers’ Lodge and finally to Piccadilly Care. She was pleased to see her two grandchildren happily married. Win passed away peacefully in her sleep after a long and productive life.

The family would like to thank Dr. Malinowski and the staff of Shuswap Lake Hospital, Landers’ Lodge and Piccadilly Care for attending to Win’s needs so well. A celebration of Win’s life will take place later in the fall.

Wednesday, Wednesday,September September10, 10,2014 2014 Salmon SalmonArm ArmObserver Observer LINDA BECKER November 30, 1949 September 7, 2014 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Linda Becker on the morning of September 07, 2014, after her courageous fight with cancer.

Linda was an avid participating member of the Blind Bay Painters and has been a proud member of her community. Linda was a unique, beautiful soul who always had her wits about her and an infectious laugh.

Her memory lives on in the hearts of her loving and dedicated husband, Larry; her daughters, Jody and Kim; and 4 awesome grandkids; extended family and a wealth of friends. She fought a great fight and now we lay her to rest.

Our heartfelt thanks go to the many people who were there during her battle!

Donations in memory of Linda Becker can be made to the BC Cancer Society.

A Celebration of Life will be held in Blind Bay at the Blind Bay Hall at 1pm on Saturday, September 20, 2014 Online condolences may be sent through Linda’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com

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Gil Havanka Bruce Campbell Pete Yanko Germain Begin Ken Fisher Johanna Giroux Harry Paetzold Elsie Ostensen Leonard Staley Mike Tomljenovic Herbert Johnson

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GERALDINE (GAY) DESIREAU (nee Jardine) October 24, 1932 - August 23, 2014 After a hard fought battle with Alzheimer’s disease, it is with feelings of both sadness and relief that we say good-bye to our beloved mother Geraldine Desireau. Her unconditional love and support was our greatest joy and strength. Her physical presence is gone, but the past and the future remain with us in traditions and lessons. Left to mourn her passing is her husband of 60 years Deane and her four children Deanna (Garth) Jackson, Janis (Bob) Semenoff, Sandra (Larry) Peatt and Ted (Anna) Desireau. In addition her five cherished grandchildren: Natasha (Christopher) Haubrich, Carly (Nathaniel) Sharpe, Nadeane Jackson, Casey Semenoff and Taylor Jackson. And two great grandchildren Beatrice Winter Sharpe and Eloise Haubrich. She was particularly fond of her three son-in-laws and told them numerous times to “go to your room” when they teased her. We will all remember her favourite saying “give me strength”.

She was born in Coronation Alberta and moved to Kamloops in her teen years with her parents Ted and Helen (pre-deceased) and brothers Glen (Ruth) Ross (Arlene) Mac (Louise) Jardine. During her schooling at St. Ann’s academy was proud of her typing trophy she won. Mom then went on to graduate from Kamloops Senior Secondary.

From 1960 until 1970 along with our dad they built and ran Balmoral Store just outside Salmon Arm where she excelled in pumping gas and cleaning windshields. She was extremely fond of the many summers she spent at their cabin on Blind Bay with her family and friends.

She was one of the founding members of the Valleyview Figure Skating Club and volunteered on their executive for many years. Her other volunteer work included her yearly canvassing for the Heart and Stroke Foundation and organizing numerous “Don Busch” hockey schools. She enjoyed radish sandwiches shared with neighbours, gardening, and numerous cups of black coffee. Mom loved riding her bike on Valleyview Drive and always found the time to stop and chat with someone along the way. She was one of those rare people who loved her jobs and her favourite, by far, was her years working in the Drug & Stationary department of Woodward’s. She enjoyed staying in touch with several of her Woodward’s buddies especially Joan Epp, Winnie Holomay and Margo Woloski. One of her greatest heroes was Terry Fox, she was also a passionate Vancouver Canucks fan who felt that every year would be “the year”.

She spent the final two years residing at the Kamloops Seniors Village. Special thanks to Dr. Schumacher her long time doctor whom she adored!! Many thanks also to Don and Sheila Boogie and Jack and Heather Aucoin for being very special neighbours. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Terry Fox Foundation. At her request there will be no service.

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TERRANCE OLIVER “TERRY” EGELY Terrance Oliver “Terry” EGELY passed away peacefully at home in Chase, BC on 28 August 2014 at the age of 67 years.

He is lovingly remembered by his wife of 24 years, Nancy; daughter Erika (Fred) Ross of Barrie, Ontario; grandson, Taisen Colture; granddaughter, Tia Colture; sisters: Evelyn Egely and Lorraine Hermann and by many in-laws, friends, neighbours and customers.

Terry was an auto body technician by trade for most of his adult life. He had a great love and respect for the outdoors and loved to hunt and fish. He ranched in the Chase area from 1987 to 2001. After that time he turned his attention and his talents to helping home owners in the Chase/Turtle Valley area with their home projects.

As was Terry’s wish, no formal service will be held. There will be a private spreading of his ashes followed by an informal gathering after to remember him. The date and location has yet to be set.

No flowers, by request. Donations to the B.C. Cancer Society in his memory would be preferred.

On-line condolences may be expressed at www. schoeningfuneralservice.com Service arrangements entrusted to Schoening Funeral Service (250) 374-1454.

JESSICA LEE WHITEHEAD December 15, 1974-August 22, 2014 A beautiful soul with a heart of gold and a passion for horses.

She loved everyone and every living thing but most of all her family.

She was so proud of her two wonderful boys.

Jessica is survived by her sons; Dallas and Mitchel Mikunda, parents; Gerry and Leah Whitehead, sisters and their husbands; Debbie and Dale Northway, Tracey and Trevor Muir, nieces and nephews; Amy Whitehead, Keara Muir, Devon Northway, Breanna Northway, and her great nephew Landon Northway. She is also survived by many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends that loved her.

RIP beautiful girl, you are missed and so loved.

A memorial gathering took place at Bowers Funeral Chapel from 1:00 until 3:00 pm on Sunday September 7, 2014, where family will be welcoming friends and relatives.

In lieu of flowers donations can be sent to the Salvation Army.

Online condolences may be sent through Jessica’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice. com

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COME CELEBRATE with us 50 years of marriage with Larry and Ena Viers Sept. 20 from 10am to 2pm Open house at their place.

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Here Today – Here Tomorrow There is no better way to create an everlasting tribute than by making a memorial donation to the Shuswap Community Foundation.

Every tax receipted gift ensures that the name of your loved one will be remembered in perpetuity.

Office: 250-832-5428 www.shuswapfoundation.ca Donald Gerald Schinnour Feb. 20, 1938 - Sept. 13, 2013 He only takes the best God saw that he was getting tired A cure was not to be So He put His arms around him and whispered “Come with me” With tearful eyes, we watched him suffer, and saw him fade away Although we loved him dearly We could not make him stay, A golden heart stopped beating Hard working hands rest.

God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes “the best” Forever in our hearts; Yvonne, Shelley (Bill), Dan, Sandra, grandchildren Jayme(Lucas), Ryan(Chelsea), Korey, Kris, Jessica, Bradley & great grandchildren; Evan, Jensen & Hudson.

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CONNECTED CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION A full prenatal series with a focus on the mind-body connection during the birthing process. To register & more info call Holly @ 250 804-1628 www.redraspberrydoulas.ca

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We require qualified US capable Class 1 drivers immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualified drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacific Northwest, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid.

Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

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Bizzy Bee Delivery Inc. is looking for a motivated person to be a Delivery Driver, must be over 19yrs. of age, have cell phone & a car. Wage is by commission.

The job for p/u & deliveries for people & businesses in town. For more details call Doug (250)833-6622

Class 1 Advanced Pro. Driver Training Program • 4 Week Class • One - On - One Training • We train with a standard style transmission 104 total hours of training for $7,390.00. Extra training time it will be billed at a rate of $103.00 per hour.

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Help Wanted An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)7235051.

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FULL line industrial supply company looking for inside counter sales person for our Salmon Arm store. Experience with construction & industrial fasteners, tools and associated products an asset. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Apply with resume, cover letter and salary expectations to: lakesideadmin@shaw.ca LIVE IN FEMALE caregiver/housekeeper for elderly couple. Grd. floor suite w/ private entrance, enclosed garage. Salary dependent on qualifications. Refs. and resume preferred. Ph. 250-8329883.

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED To distribute the Shuswap Market & Lakeshore News AREAS AVAILABLE SALMON ARM -Appleyard NE -27th/28 St. NE CHASE -Whispering Pines SICAMOUS -Cottonwood, Oak Call Valerie 250-832-2131

North Enderby Timber is looking to hire General Laborers.

We offer competitive wages along with a comprehensive benefit package. Please fax resume to 250-838-9637.

ONE LOG home builder, fully experienced and one log builder helper with electric tool experience.

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Feed & Hay SAFETY MART Chase carries Sure Crop Feed. For info contact Bill. 250-679-3261.

Livestock DORPER Cross Sheep flock for sale. 15 ewes and 25 lambs. $4500. Phone 250397-4126.

Pets BIRCH VALLEY KENNELS Daycare, Boarding, Grooming, Training - 250-832-4531, info@birchvalleykennels.ca

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FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928

CANOE: 5161 60Ave. NE across from Randy’s Marina, Fri, Sat. Sept. 12 & 13 9-3, 2001 Dodge Caravan, low kms $2200. 15ft. Scamper holiday trailer, ‘67-’70 GM Body parts, tires, tools, yard tools, 1 Ford LGT 145 runs & 2 Ford LGT 165 needs repair $900 for all 3 lawn tractors, western books, chain saws CEDAR Heights, 2214 Hopes Way, Sat. Sept. 13, 8-12:30 misc. items, good stuff!

DECK SALE: Sat, Sept., 13 8am to 4pm, 120 Okanagon Ave SE, above Westwood Cabinetry (alley). New, used, exc. cond.

DOWNSIZING SALE: Sept.

13 &14, 9 - 3, 1021 Tappen Valley Rd. 4 kms off hwy. Lots of good stuff. NO EARLY BIRDS PLEASE. FRIDAY SEPT. 12 6pm - 8pm Sat. Sept. 13 10am to noon 1070 14 AVE SE NAME BRAND CLOTHING blow out. Nothing over $10 Shoes, shorts, dresses, Jeans.

Complete store liquidation.

Friday, Sept 12, 9-2, Saturday, Sept. 13, 10-2, 2090-11Ave. SE antiques, collectibles, silver age comics, Hot wheels, Tonka, GI Joe, record albums, crocks, depression glass, O.J., Beswick, quack medical devices, vintage baskets, die cast cars, tools household (250)804-2970 MOVING/GARAGE: 2558 4B Ave. S.E. Fri. & Sat. Sept. 13 & 14.

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PROFESSIONAL Housecleaners, yr. round work. Must be bondable & have reliable vehicle. Good wages & group plan. Phone 250-833-1940.

Resident caretaker wanted with hotel management experience. Duties include front desk, housekeeping and restaurant supervision. Please apply with resume at 551-11th Ave, Kamloops or email: scottsinn@shaw.ca or fax: 250-372-9444

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed?

Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple.

Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

LARGE FUND Borrowers Wanted Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts.

We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

ROCK Construction & Mining requires a Heavy Duty Mechanic for work at various job locations across Canada. The successful candidate must be experienced with hydraulic systems and CAT engines.

Preference will be given to applicants with experience in Terex Reedrill and Atlas Copco drills. Must have the ability to work independently and diagnose problems. Competitive wage and benefits package.

Please send resumes to: resume@rcmi.ca or fax to (250) 828-1948 Sorrento Centre Requires a Chef Permanent F/T Application deadline Sept. 15 To apply by email: Or by fax: (250) 675-3032

1-800-222-TIPS

Home Improvements

Serving and caring for families in our community since 1947.

Whether you’re considering pre-planning or have lost a loved one, you can trust our professional and friendly team to support you with meaningful grief services. We provide individualized funeral, memorial and celebration of life services, as well as grief counselling and an aftercare program.

For more information and the answers to many frequently asked questions, visit us online at: Kevin Bolen, Funeral Director

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440 - 10th Street SW (PO Box 388) Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N5

250-832-2223

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Merchandise for Sale

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Merchandise for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

Real Estate

Rentals Misc for Rent

Garage Sales

Misc. for Sale

Free Items

Townhouses

Multiple Family Garage Sale in Sicamous. 8:00 - 2:00 Sat. September 13 @ 734 Whitehead. Furniture, household, collectibles, books, pictures & more.

STEEL BUILDINGS. “Giftcard give-away!”

20x22 $4,358. 25x24 $4,895. 30x30 $6,446. 32x32 $7,599. 40x46 $12,662. 47x72 $18,498. One end wall included. Call Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 or visit online www.pioneersteel.ca

DISMANTLE my shed and the lumber is yours, 2x6, 4x4, 2x8, 2x10, 10x10 (250)803-1404

MAPLE Lanes Townhomes, Phase 1 sold out, now selling Phase 2, different floor plan, 3bdrm, 2.5bath, 600sqft. unfinished basement. $299,900.

150-4St. SE, MLS#10087632 Call your realtor or Roger (250)804-0184

Heavy Duty Machinery SCRAP PAPPY Will pay cash for oversized scrap steel, cats, yarders, saw mill equipment, farm equipment, etc., All insurance in place to work on your property. www.scrappappy.ca 250-547-2584.

STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Misc. Wanted Collector Buying Coin Collections, Native Art, Estates, Gold, Silver + 778-281-0030

Misc. for Sale A- STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’ 53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock.

SPECIAL Trades are welcome.

40’ Containers under $2500!

DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each.

Also JD 544 &644 wheel Loaders Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

FIREARMS. ALL types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation.

Licensed Dealer. 1-866-9600045, www.dollars4guns.com PURCHASING old Canadian & American coin collections & accumulations. 250-548-3670 WANTED: wardrobe, max. 5 ft. wide, prefer real wood. Reasonable price. 250-832-2653.

CLEAR PLASTIC TARPS, approx.

40’x40’, $25.00/tarp, Days (250)835-4541 Evenings/Weekends (250)833-2118

WE Are Still looking For Rhubarb!! Fresh cut & clean for our kitchen. Please call the office staff at (250)832-5243 R.J. Haney Heritage Village & Museum

Excavating & Drainage

Excavating & Drainage

DAN DEGLAN EXCAVATING Professionally Beautifying Properties for Over 27 Years.

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

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

250-832-0707

Farm Services

Farm Services

REIMER’S FARM SERVICE LTD.

• Bark Mulch • Shavings • Sawdust

We Deliver

250-838-0111 or 1-855-737-0110 Garden & Lawn

Garden & Lawn

Bland’s

ALES FARM S • Shavings, Sawdust, Bark Mulch, Wood Chips (bulk/mini bags) PICK-UP • Well Rotted Manure OR • Soils DELIVERY • Extra Clean Wheat Straw

Stanley Bland 832-6615 or 833-2449

Financial Services

Real Estate Houses For Sale Care-free living!

2 bedroom, 2 bath + den townhouse with a garage All one level Overlooks green space and has a lovely porch area Updated flooring, paint, fridge, stove and water heater see pictures at www.propertyguys.com sign#64890 $199,900.

Call (250)832-6765

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent

Rancher - walk to Piccadilly Mall. 1210 sq ft., 2 bdrm, 2 bath, open floor plan. Incl all appliances, easy care laminate floors, garage & RV park compound, adult oriented (55+), strata fees of $60/mo., one sm pet allowed, geo thermal heat.$369,000. 250-8040055. #4, 1231 - 10th St. SW SALMON Arm, 2620 sq ft Level entry home. 5 bedroom, 3 bath, fully finished walk out basement. 250-833-6573

Lots LOTS LOTS LOTS New subdivision in Canoe.

Close to lake. Reduced.

(250)836-4902

Mortgages

1Bdrm across from City Hall.

Adults, N/S, No pets.

Ref’s required. $710/mo.

Call 250-833-0420 after 6pm.

3BDRM apt, 191 4St. SE, top floor, parking, coin laundry, No Pets, NS, $850/mo. avail Oct. 1st (250)804-9627 LAKEVIEW MANOR Beautiful unfurnished and fully furnished Apts.

Viewing Shuswap Lake & McGuire Park. Close to all amenities in quiet adult NS, NP building. *Short term rates avail.

Ref’s req’d (250)833-9148 TASTEFULLY furnished 1bdrm. apt. suited to professional person, priv. entr, walk to town $925/mo. incl. util & wifi, refs req’d (250)832-0251

Commercial/ Industrial

Best rate 5yr-3.29%OAC

WORKSHOP space 17’ x 34’ x 10’. Serious inquires only.

Great business opportunity $400/mo. + util. (250)515-1566 daytime (250)835-4430 eves.

Rates Consistently better than banks

Housesitting

TEKAMAR MORTGAGES

Serving the Columbia-Shuswap since 1976.

(250)832-8766

Toll free 1-800-658-2345

HOUSE sitter/renter for home in Blind Bay, Nov -Apr , cost is $3000. NS, NP (778)654-2674

Pet Services

Pet Services

PET GROOMING With Michelle

Monday to Friday

All Breeds including Cats & Large Dogs

Appointments necessary.

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

Misc. for Sale

Misc. for Sale

NEWSPAPER ROLLENDS

2bdrm, 2bath Home ✦in Shuswap lake Estates, garage, large deck overlooking the lake, minimal yard work 4bdrm, 2.5bath Home ✦in Gardom Lake area, garage, deck, approximately 4 blocks from97B 3bdrm. 2bath Home ✦in Tappen area, garage, deck & view of the valley.

Contact AL BINGHAM (250)804-6216 Royal LePage Access Real Estate

Modular Homes MARA; renovated dbl wide. 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 6 appl., Bi vac, skylights, lg. yd. $950/mo. + DD. 250-838-7670.

Homes for Rent 1BDRM home on fishing lake in Turtle Valley. Long term, mature couple preferred, avail. Sept 1. (250)679-3950 2 BDRM. + den. Newly reno’d, sunroom, w/d, walk to town, on bus rte. Wifi, cable, NS only. Ref. req’d. 250-833-2625.

3 bedrooms 2 bath,full basement, 5 appliances, semi lakeshore in Beautiful Blind Bay. $1250 plus utilities. Also a 2 bedroom 1.5 bath brand new suite with fridge and stove. $800 plus utilities. grand_pillars@hotmail.com or leave a message at 250-8032687.

References required.

5 BED/3 bath with garage in Lakeview Meadow.

Avail.

Sept. 15. $1600. + util. DD NS, NP. (250)804-8128 Ref. Req FOR Rent in Sicamous - 2 Bedroom Rancher style house with carport on Sherlock Road.

Available Sept 1 for year round renter. Fridge, Stove, Washer, and Dryer included. $850 per month plus DD. Ph (403)689-9887 email vermeire@shaw.ca Reno’d 2bdrm cabin on scenic riverfront acreage Grindrod area Oct1-Apr30 $600/mo util incl. NS, NP (250)838-7484

Office/Retail PROFESSIONAL office rental in medical building. Located close to hospital. 1,079 sq. ft. plus shared reception and common areas. Avail. Dec. 1.

Enquiries to contact Cynthia omanager@mapletreemedical.com

Suites, Lower

Rentals

Transportation

Suites, Lower

Auto Financing

1 BDRM. priv. entrance, brand new daylight bsmnt. suite, 7 mins. from SA, quiet setting, 50+, 4 appl., f/p, N.S. Call 250-833-0445.

3bdrm in Falkland, avail now 5appl, incl heat, n/s, n/p, ref’s req’d $800.+DD 250-550-7158 BIG 1Bdrm all incl, W/D in suite, prefer elderly tenant $800/mo. (250)832-4763 CEDAR Heights: Brand New 1000 sqft., 2bdrm., all appl., sep. ent., $900/mo. + half util., (250)675-5322 COZY bsmt., sep ent. shared laundry, 5 min to indust. park. $450 util. incl. 250-804-4895 GROUND level large beautiful suite, huge 1Bdrm. in Sunnybrae, large covered patio & private parking area, beautiful lakeview, w/d, f/s, NS, NP, mature adult, $900/mo. util. incl. + DD (480)243-4510 LARGE kit, newly reno’d, 2 bdrm, DT, lge. fenced den, parking, wifi, W/D, incl. on bus rte, NS, NP, entr. $800-950. 515-5966

1 or garutils priv.

Suites, Upper Blind Bay large, bright 2 bedroom, lake & Mt. views, ground level, deck, separate entrance, NS, NP, 5appl., lease & ref’s req., $900/mo. includes utilities, wifi & sat tv available October 1st (250)675-3250

LARGE 1bdrm, F/S, NP, NS, utilities & cable incl., female 35+ preferred, refs req.

(250)804-6123 (250)832-4827

Townhouses Maple Lanes 4th Street SE High Quality, New Town Homes for Rent 1600 sq.ft. + 600 sq.ft.

basement, garage

3 bedrooms 2.5 baths walking distance to town, one unit has stair lift Minimum 1 year lease

Starting at $1300/mo. + utilities

1Bdrm bright level entry near DT NS NP W/D DW util cab WiFi incl. $800 250-832-5919

Call Tanya (250)804-6436

Legal Notices

Legal Notices

IDEAL FOR: Table covers, crafts, drawing or packing. Various sizes.

IN THE MATTER OF WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIENS ACT:

Available at the SALMON ARM OBSERVER OFFICE • Cash Sales Only 171 Shuswap St. NW, Salmon Arm

Against Chartier, Stanley Neil and Chartier, Diane Carol for $750 for Vehicle Identification Number 2T8T5T22IVI976314 White 1997 Okanagan Travel Trailer Reg. #04978025.

Sale will take place at 951 Rabie Road, Sorrento, B.C. on September 22nd, from noon to 3 p.m.

Homes for Rent

Financial Services Lakeside Realty Ltd.

Homes for Rent

R E N TA L S

2 BDRM. + Den, 2 Bath House F/S, 5.69 acres, NS, NP 8300 Black Road, Salmon Arm

$1300/mo.

2 BDRM., 1 Bath Apartment F/S, W/D, NS, NP 7010 Black Road, Salmon Arm

$750/mo.

4 BDRM., 3 Bath Executive Styled Home F/S, W/D, DW, NS, NP 2152 Country Woods Rd., Sorrento $1500/mo.

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

www.merryanderson.com

Cars - Domestic 2012 5.0 Mustang GT conv., only 13K $34,000 obo (778)489-4448

Recreational/Sale 2007 OKANAGAN camper, 9.6’ w/slideout, full bath, full size fridge, solar panel, exc. cond. $21000. (250)836-2474

Scrap Car Removal #1AA Auto Recycler’s. Scrap Cars/Metal. Will pay for some cars. Scott 1-250-558-8855

Sport Utility Vehicle 2006 Dodge Durango SLT. Full load. Leather, 6 cd, DVD, power everything, 7 passenger, sunroof, heated seats, AWD/4WD, Hemi. 153295 km $9000 250 804-1728

Utility Trailers NEW 2014 16’ LoadTrail Carhauler trailer, 7000lb. axels $3500. (778)489-4448

Boats 1959 Reinell Fiberglass 15’ Runabout on 2010 Karavan trailer, Mercury 30HP 4stroke OB, professionally rebuilt hull (recertified 2011) modern steering, stainless running lights, grab rail, cleats, seats 3 adults Much better than new. $18,500. (250)832-7326

Legal

Legal Notices BAILIFF SALE: 2001 Chrysler Neon, 5 spd. sun roof, leather int. 2000 Hino FB Cube van, 14’ box, 2 ton. Contact Shuswap Bailiffs at 250-503-6897.

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Salmon Arm Observer Wednesday, September 10, 2014

YOUR Crossword

CLUES ACROSS 1. Branch of Islam 5. Spookier 11. April holiday day 14. Assumed authorship 15. Skewered foods 18. Mails 19. A millionth of a meter 21. Intentionally so written 23. New Zealand parrot 24. A light splash 28. Appear to be true 29. Of I 30. 17th Greek letters 32. Point midway between S and SE 33. Stallone nickname 35. NW German river 36. Possessed 39. Common seasoning 41. Integrated circuit 42. Hebrew unit of measurement 44. Take without consent 46. Enlarge a hole 47. 9th month (abbr.)

49. Animal disease 52. Afrikaans 56. Fate or destiny 58. Ester of citric acid 60. Levels classified by criteria 62. Rendezvous 63. Lofty nest of a bird of prey CLUES DOWN 1. A large body of water 2. Belongs to “2001” computer

3. A small island 4. Egyptian sun god 5. Saint Anthony’s fire 6. Election Stock Market 7. Atomic #44 8. Writing liquid 9. Mild Dutch cheese 10. Am. Nobel physicist Isodor 12. Am. football wings 13. Boisterous laughs (slang) 16. Hillsides 17. Lordship’s rights of holding court 20. Entity designation 22. Gable’s wife’s initials 25. Atomic #18 26. The woman 27. The art of preaching 29. Manuscripts (abbr.)

31. No. Canton, OH college 34. ‘63 NFL MVP QB initials 36. German title 37. Nautical vertical position 38. Abu __, UAE capital 40. Initials of GE founder 43. Anabaptist sect 45. Equally 48. Course of action 50. Discharge 51. Psychic medium 53. Solo vocal piece 54. Open threadwork 55. Heavenly body 57. Attempt 58. Early TV tube 59. NYSE for Callaway Golf Co. 61. Atomic #33

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Horoscope ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you are one of those Aries who loses sleep during the Full Moon period, then please get rest before this week starts. Your psychic antenna will be up and you will be interacting with many other individuals now. News will reach you this week that will be surprising and others will definitely be scratching their heads at you. Stability is easily sought by the end of the week.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): This week will be highlighted by a Full Moon in Pisces. This energy will highlight greater truth to emerge for you with others in your life. You will be examining the larger perspective of your true wishes and will come to a final decision by the end of the week. What is true for you and your family might not apply to those relationships and this will need to be sorted.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): This week will be highlighted by a Full Moon in Pisces. There will be a need to sort out the differences within your family unit. Who are your allies now?

This will be understood by the end of the week going forward.

If hosting a party, do be aware that you will have to be more open to accepting others’ heartfelt wishes, and this also applies to romance in your life.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): This week will highlight a Full Moon in Pisces; your intentions with the New Moon in Virgo should be highlighted and will set you on a course towards new discoveries and experiences. There could be some false information being thrown at you now, so be careful to properly sort through all that you hear. End of the week promises stability with creative ventures!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This week will highlight others, significant close relationships in your life. There will be a Full Moon in Pisces that will speak directly to those relationships now. Misunderstandings will arise because you are not accepting the reality of your current situation. The truth will emerge throughout your daily life, keep your ears open. End of the week stability returns!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This week will highlight greater awareness of others in your life. You will most likely understand your true values in relation to romantic interests, and finally come to realize what’s worth the effort or not, when it applies to all others in your life. You will be surprised by those you think are close to you, perhaps simply they might act out of character, or you will see their truth.

YOUR

Sudoku

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This week will be highlighted by the Full Moon in Pisces. Greater awareness of those found within your daily life will be highlighted. What is it that they will be sharing? Well, there will be a greater focus on your personal aspirations. Friends will definitely come forward and highlight a tremendous positive burst for you now. By the end of the week, surprises are in store!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Full Moon in Pisces will highlight your aspirations, wishes and dreams this week. You will be more than able to sort through the details needed to manifest them into tangible reality for yourself. Simply be careful as to what you are actually allotting your money towards, and there might be more than meets the eye. Friends will speak the truth, listen.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): This week will highlight the Full Moon in Pisces. It will bring more awareness of what you can do on a professional and public level. Your career will come into focus and more action will be taken behind the scenes to get things accomplished. Do keep an open mind this week as your dreams and aspirations will shift into a new understanding and new light!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): This week will highlight a Full Moon in Pisces. This energy will encourage you to gain new insight into your current direction forward. More truth will come through discussions with your mother or perhaps even your boss. There will be a need to fully understand who is your mentor or wise counsel this week. Work hard at developing your dreams going forward!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This week will highlight the Full Moon in Pisces. You will be reviewing ways to increase your savings and decrease your spending, if at all possible. The direction forward will highlight it is ok to go it alone. Although mixed reviews will come in through intimate and close bonded relationships, do not worry, positive news arrives at the end of the week!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): This week will highlight a Full Moon in your sign. There will be greater awareness placed upon you now. Realize and be realistic when it comes to the current relationships in your life this week. If not, then there could be needless disputes about simply a vision going forward.

By the end of the week, you will be more able to take concrete steps towards your aspirations!

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