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School board to review proposed changes/closures
Sicamous: Plan suggests partial closure at Parkview, middle-school model for Eagle River. By Tracy Hughes
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School board trustees are considering plans that could see the closure of several elementary schools and the re-organization of others to deal with declining student enrolment and budget pressures. The long-term facility plan makes a number of recommendations for the 2015 school year including the closure of Silver Creek Elementary for September 2015 and reconfiguring the grade levels at Ranchero Elementary, Parkview Elementary in Sicamous, Falkland Elementary and North Shuswap Elementary. The 10-year plan focuses on dealing with the budget impacts and meeting the needs of
5,500 students, down from 8,000 a decade ago. “We have to take a look at what this means,” says board chair Bobbi Johnson. “We have half-empty schools.” The school board will not be making an immediate decision on the recommendations at, but instead will be deciding whether to initiate the 60-day community consultation process on the proposed changes. “Nothing will be decided right away, but we have to put these options out there as part of the process. We might decide to do some, we might decide not to do any. I can’t say what we will do, but we have to do something with all these empty spaces,” says Johnson.
Nothing will be decided right away… I can’t say what we will do, but we do have to do something with all these empty spaces. Bobbi Johnson SD#83 School board chair
Public meetings will be held in each of the affected areas to allow for community input. A final decision on any school closures and reconfigurations will take place at the board meeting in May.
The decision on whether to proceed with the consultation process on the recommended changes was made at Tuesday evening’s school board meeting which took place after the News’ press deadline. The five options being considered for the 2015 school year include: • Convert Parkview Elementary in Sicamous from a K-7 to K-5 school, close a “significant portion of Parkview Elementary and create a Grade 6-8, “middle school within a school” program using existing space at Eagle River Secondary; • The closure of Silver Creek Elementary. The report indicates the school district will review redistributing the Silver Creek elementary students to either Hillcrest or See Parkview closure on page 2
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Council looking into curbside program By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
The District of Sicamous is once again looking into the option of curbside garbage and recycling collection. In January, municipal council heard from Columbia Shuswap Regional District operations manager Darcy Mooney and environmental service leader Ben Van Nostrand regarding recycling in the region. During that presentation, council raised concerns with the current set up for the collection of recyclables on Main Street, with Mayor Terry Rysz stating he would like to see the bins removed without question. This led to discussion about a past effort to bring a curbside
garbage and recyclable collection program to the community, why it was turned down, and what’s transpired since, including the inception of Multi-Materials B.C., which has taken over the collection of recyclables, resulting in the cost of related programs being shifted from the taxpayer to industry. At its Feb. 25, meeting, council received a letter from resident Amy Boutwell. In it, she asks if the district considers a curbside program, it should look at a per-bag fee structure, as opposed to a weekly/ monthly rate. “Sicamous has many seasonal residents. There are also may single-person households who do not require weekly collections,” writes Boutwell. “A
weekly/monthly collection fee might be a hardship to those on fixed incomes who do not need regular pick-ups; but, would be willing to pay
Mallmes notes MMBC provides a refund to the City of Salmon Arm for overseeing a curbside program. That program includes the
If they actually picked up Sicamous’ garbage, they’d have a full fiveday week, which would be to their advantage, Salmon Arm’s advantage and our advantage. Coun. Jeff Mallmes for services rendered.” Coun. Jeff Mallmes, who leads the public works portfolio, said he’s begun looking into a curbside program for Sicamous for a few reasons, one of them being the Main Street bins, where illegal dumping is known to occur.
collection of one bag of garbage a week (tags are available for additional bags at $2 a piece), and unlimited recyclables every second week. “I haven’t got the numbers yet. I’m trying to set up a meeting with them and the company that’s doing the work.
But early indications are that, let’s just say you pay a dollar a week to have your garbage bag picked up, and it’s one bag…,” said Mallmes, later explaining a partnership with Salmon Arm could benefit both communities and the contractor involved. “That’s what I’m hoping to accomplish, is getting us garbage pickup,” stated Mallmes. “The numbers may vary slightly and may get better slightly because the company that’s picking up the garbage in Salmon Arm is working 3.5 days… If they actually picked up Sicamous’ garbage, they’d have a full fiveday week, which would be to their advantage, Salmon Arm’s advantage and our advantage.”
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South Broadview Elementary, while the middle school-aged students would attend Shuswap Middle School; • Convert Ranchero Elementary from a K-7 to a K-5 school and transfer the Grade 6 and 7 students to Shuswap Middle School; • Convert North Shuswap Elementary from K-7 to K-8 school; • Convert Falkland Elementary from K-7 to K-8 school. The most dramatic change proposed is the closure of Silver Creek Elementary, which currently has 36 students, and whose enrolment over the next few years is projected to be as low as 22 students. In a report
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presented to the board at the last meeting, staff indicated closing the school would save the school district $375,000 per year. Many parents in the area are opposed to the closure, with the school’s Parent Advisory Committee supportive of a recent initiative to convert the school to a Montessori model. In a letter the board, they obtained 20 confirmed intentions from Salmon Arm parents to register in such a program at Silver Creek, which would boost the current enrolment level. Another suggestion from the PAC was to possibly convert Silver Creek into a K-8 school. In addition, the facilities re-
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port makes a number of other recommendations for the next 10 years, however, the board will be looking at deferring any specific community consultation on those points until some point in the future. These deferred motions have significant long-term impacts on the structure of education in the district and include: • Consideration of amalgamating all Grade 9 to 12 students at the Sullivan campus within five to 10 years; • Consideration of converting Eagle River Secondary to a K-12 school and closing Parkview Elementary within an additional two years; • Consideration of closing Len Wood Middle School
and converting Pleasant Valley Secondary to a Grade 6-12 school for September 2017; • Consideration of closing Grindrod Elementary and converting M.V. Beattie in Enderby to a K-5 school and A.L. Fortune Secondary to a Grade 6-12 “middle school within a secondary school” for September 2016. Grindrod Elementary students would be redirected to M.V. Beattie or Ranchero Elementary. While the above four recommendations are part of the report, the motion indicates the school board will set them aside for the time being, and will only begin consultation on the recommendations that involve changes for the September 2015 school year.
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Highway improvements, rail trail among portfolio pursuits Focus: Council reports provide opportunity for insight on new district portfolio responsibilities. By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Though still new to the job, Sicamous councillors are working fullspeed ahead with their respective portfolios for the betterment of the community. Councillors’ reports is a standard item on the regular Sicamous council agenda. Typically, it’s an opportunity for individual councillors to share what they’ve been up to since the last meeting. At its Feb. 25 meeting, however, council took this item to a new level, with each councillor providing lengthy, detailed reports about what they’ve done and are doing, largely in relation to the portfolios they were recently assigned. First up was Coun. Todd Kyllo, who leads the economic development portfolio. Kyllo said he had an opportunity to meet with a local cat skiing operation, K3 Cat Ski. He said the company employs 23 people, and brings about 1,000 skiers to the area annually. “It was just good to see a small company like that out of Sicamous can create their own ski line,” said Kyllo. “I think their tenure is 30,000 acres, so it’s a pretty big area. They’re only utilizing a certain percentage of that for sure. It was actually good seeing there are some other employment factors that I don’t think we think about here.” Next up was Coun. Janna Simons, who leads the school/education portfolio. Simons
said she attended the recent district-organized cooking class, adding, “Hopefully in the future we can continue with the cooking classes without a recreation director.” She also commented on attending the Feb. 17 inter-agency meeting, and how her eyes were opened to the challenges of applying for social assistance. She noted Parkview Elementary is compiling a cookbook to fundraise for playground equipment, and the school board meets on March 10 to discuss potential school closures. Coun. Gord Bushell, who leads the parks and recreation portfolio, said he, Mayor Terry Rysz and Coun. Malcolm Makayev attended a recent meeting with the Splatsin regarding the ongoing effort to establish a North Okanagan Rail Trail. “It was a really momentous meeting that they had there, and we’re working to put together a team to actually acquire the rail trail,” said Bushell, who is also working with on the Regional Shuswap Trail Strategy to link communities via trail systems. In addition, Bushell said he and Coun. Jeff Mallmes met recently with Jake Dewitt regarding three upcoming softball tournaments. “One of them is May 22 to 24, which is the Sicamous Ladies open, 12 to 16 teams; June 19 to 21, there’s the Okanagan Valley Championships, that’s 19 and under age, 16 girl teams;
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and Aug. 1-3, there’s men’s provincial championships, which is 12 to 16 teams,” said Bushell. “So we have some work to do to our ball diamonds, and we’re looking forward to hosting that and helping Jake out.” Makayev, who leads
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the transportation and infrastructure portfolio, commented on a recent meeting he had with Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure staff, who came to town to discuss proposed changes to the TransCanada Highway/Highway 97A intersection. “They’re getting close to having a public consultation with our community, so hopefully that will be in the near future…,” said Makayev, later adding he’s also been involved in in-camera meetings with MOTI regarding the Bruhn Bridge.
As lead on the health care and seniors portfolios, Makayev also attended a recent meeting in Blind Bay on the recruitment of doctors. He noted it went well, and council has committed money in the budget. Tourism portfolio lead, Coun. Colleen Anderson, spoke of her attendance at the recent Sicamous and District Chamber of Commerce AGM, and took a moment to congratulate the new board president and directors in the audience. She also attended a Shuswap Tourism workshop, and spoke to the important role the houseboat industry plays in the region’s economy, as well as snowmobiling. “We have bragging rights to sledding in the morning and boating in the afternoon,” said Anderson. “Not a lot of locations have that ability and we need to share that. We need to start being really proud of what we have here.” Mallmes, who leads portfolios for waterfront and public works, said he continues to investigate the possibility of Sicamous acquiring a head lease, that could potentially give the district control over its marina frontage and the ability to collect head lease funds. He stressed proceeding on this will depend on revenue potential. As the district’s
ed the meetings with MOTI staff, Mallmes took a moment to praise Makayev. “He’s the guy that’s bringing this stuff to this town and these people respect him and they like to work with him…,” sad Mallmes. “They’re very forthcoming with him, they’re very open, it was a very interesting meeting with them.” Before going into the mayor’s report,
Rysz took a moment to share some praise of his own. “As you can see, by the reports from our councillors, with their portfolios in hand, the direction that this group is going and how they’re going to benefit this community,” said Rysz. “I’m thoroughly thrilled with the reports and support and the energy and effort that they’re putting into all the portfolios….” Ye a
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representative on the Okanagan Regional Library board, Mallmes also reported on his attendance at a recent ORL meeting, and the cuts the board is undertaking at local library branches. “A place like Salmon Arm, they got cut $307,000 of their funding because they were being over-serviced. Sicamous was cut by $3,000,” said Mallmes. “I did ask if they considered library usage at all in their formula, and that wasn’t really a calculation that they were using.” Having also attend-
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chool trustees across B.C. must be scratching their heads at their premier’s apparent lack of awareness about what’s going on in their schools and administration offices. Christy Clark has suggested school boards grab a step-ladder and start picking some “low-hanging fruit,” to the tune of nearly $54 million over the next two years from district administrative costs. Later, Education Minister Peter Fassbender clarified that districts must find efficiencies to get administrative costs down to six per cent, where they were 10 years ago, which requires 0.5 per cent savings this year and one per cent the year after. While there is a concern that trimming administrative costs will eat up valuable dollars that must go to the classroom, the province should lead the way by showing where this cost-cutting should be made. BC School Trustees’ Association president Teresa Rezansoff has been quoted as saying Clark’s comments ignore the fact that school districts are already working together to save money and have been doing so for years. Among the ideas being touted is converting school board meetings to a paperless model and moving professional development workshops outside school hours, thereby saving in substitute teaching costs. Bulk buying, sharing services — many of these measures have been tried with more or less success, depending on the district and the circumstances. One area that has been discussed is the high cost of legal services. CUPE has argued the district could do more to cut arbitration costs but clamping down on legal charges has been difficult given the large number of Freedom of Information requests, and districts are also paying higher legal fees to resolve student-related issues. Everyone hates waste, but instead of making off-the-cuff comments, would the premier please show school boards exactly where the hidden cache of cash is located? – Black Press
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Seniors not tapping into programs By Tom Fletcher News Columnist
VICTORIA – B.C.’s new seniors’ advocate has issued her second report, and the media mostly ignored it. When this new office was promised by a campaigning Premier Christy Clark two years ago, I suggested B.C. already has 85 seniors’ advocates. They’re called MLAs, and inquiries go to their local offices. Much to the chagrin of the opposition, Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s mandate is not to pursue individual cases, and so she won’t be serving up a fresh assortment of horror stories to embarrass the government. Instead, it is to look for “systemic challenges” and recommend ways to deal with them. The latest report is based on a survey of more than 500 seniors from around the province, and the key finding was not what she expected.
“We were surprised to learn of the lack of awareness among seniors, particularly low-income seniors, of government programs and the subsidies available to assist them,” Mackenzie said. The survey found that 60 per cent of seniors living on $30,000 or less annual income didn’t know they are eligible for discounts on Medical Services Plan premiums. For income less than $22,000, the entire $864 cost of individual MSP premiums is waived. Other frequently overlooked programs are a monthly rent subsidy called Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER), grants for disability modifications called Home Adaptations for Independence, drug cost assistance called Fair Pharmacare, property tax deferment and the federal Guaranteed Income Supplement program. Those older than 75 with income of less than $30,000 reported the lowest aware-
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ness of assistance designed specifically for them. But you don’t get these benefits unless you apply and show that your income qualifies. The survey also found the biggest fear of lowincome seniors is that they won’t be able to afford to stay in their homes. See home adaptation, property tax and rent subsidy programs above. Awareness and usage of the SAFER program was lowest in the north and highest in urban areas, perhaps not surprising since the B.C. government exists more in theory than in fact in many remote places. So what should the government do about this? Well, it could advertise these programs. The government does lots of advertising, but not about old news like the SAFER program, which dates back to the 1970s. Clark’s government did a whack of advertising in the election year, 2013. Much of it was about the
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B.C. Jobs Plan. Last year, the government’s big ad campaign was around the teachers’ strike. Education Minister Peter Fassbender is still bragging about the response rate for $40-a-day parental strike pay, which was snapped up by almost 100 per cent of eligible parents. This demonstrates the government can indeed give away money with great efficiency, just by telling people how to get it. The NDP’s version of seniors’ advocacy is to find the most tragic problems from complaints coming into constituency offices, and use those to ambush the government. A popular choice is an elderly couple who have to be separated because their medical needs are too different to keep them in the same facility. TV news loves that one. People cry on camera and denounce politicians for being heartless. Maybe this seniors’ advocate wasn’t such a bad idea after all.
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Premier’s ‘lazy teenagers’ shtick falls flat
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What kind of message are we sending to our kids? B.C. Premier Christy Clark posed this question when she berated the parents whose 11-year-old children were allowed to join in the Kinder Morgan pipeline protests at Burnaby Mountain. In November, Kate Fink-Jensen, friend Naomi Cech and mom Kim Fink-Jensen were arrested for crossing the police barrier established through a court injunction for the benefit of Kinder Morgan. The women were released soon after without charges. In fact, the BC Supreme Court threw out all initial civil contempt charges because the injunction granted to Kinder Morgan was based on incorrect GPS
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was also in the vehicle. Secondly, the decision to run the earlymorning red light was premeditated. Hamish challenged his mother to go through the light, to which she replied, “I might. Don’t test me.” As the goading continued, Clark replied, “Would you go through? You know you shouldn’t because that would be breaking the law.” With the car now
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passing beneath the red, Hamish replied, “You always do that.” What kind of message does that send to our kids? Well, here’s another one from the premier: teenagers are lazy. Speaking at a recent BC Liberal fundraiser, Clark apparently threw her 13-year-old son under the party bus for cheap laughs and political points. “My son is 13, and when you look at a 13-year-old, a teenager, generally. I don’t know about you, but the first thing that comes to my mind is lazy,” said Clark, who, ultimately, was setting up for a BC NDP take-down. “When your son is 31 years old and he’s still sitting on the couch and he’s asking you to clean up after him and he doesn’t want to get up and do anything, and he doesn’t have any ambition for the future… he is no longer a teenager. He’s a New Democrat.” Though I’m not yet the parent of a teenager, the generalization that teenagers are “lazy” doesn’t sit well with me. It’s tactless stereotyping of a demo-
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data provided by the company. While this didn’t speak well for Kinder Morgan, Clark chose to shame Kate and Naomi’s parents instead. “Teaching your kids that it’s OK for them to break the law when they’re 11 years old isn’t OK,” she commented. While the girls’ parents did not comment on the social legitimacy of the controversial law utilized by Kinder Morgan, they did take offence with the premier’s criticism. Kim said her daughter had her own reasons to oppose the pipeline proposed to go though their community, and her daughter’s presence at the protest followed thoughtful consideration at home. “Finally she said, ‘Mom, I’m not old enough to vote and people don’t listen to kids. The strongest statement I can make is crossing that line,’” Kim told the media, adding she finally relented on the grounds that she would accompany her daughter to ensure her safety. Kim did take a return shot at the pre-
graphic already dealing with a lot of pressure and change, both socially and physiologically. That said, I’ve chatted with and photographed many kids/ young adults in that age range from Parkview Elementary and Eagle River Secondary who have bowled me over with their energy, ability, heart, initiative and general awesomeness. The message I get from the Fink-Jensens, the Cechs, and all the amazing youth I’ve had the pleasure to meet/ write about in my career is maybe it’s time to lower the legal voting age in B.C. I’d be interested to see how Clark’s shtick goes over with an audience of “lazy” 16-yearold voters. C
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The process of acquiring hearing aids has opened Juanita Etson’s eyes, and ears, to the Internet’s potential for the provision of medical services to rural communities. It began when Etson saw a notice with a phone number at the Sicamous Medical Clinic for a free hearing test. While she didn’t think there was anything overly wrong with her hearing, Etson says one of her ears seemed plugged all the time (which she later learned to be an indicator of a hearing issue). So she gave the number a call, and eventually connected with NexGen Hearing in Vernon, and owner/registered hearing instrument practitioner, Bea Jackson. Etson then learned that Jackson has a space at the clinic where she
interviews people for hearing tests. “We’re very fortunate she’s able to come here and do this and Dr. (Jack) Beech gives her space in his building to use. It’s a good partnership I think,” said Etson, who has since acquired hearing aids through NexGen. “It certainly does bring a service to Sicamous that wouldn’t be here otherwise.” Equally impressive to Etson is the followup service Jackson offers through the Internet via virtual care software, Medeo. The program, Etson explains, allows her to communicate from home with Jackson in Vernon. “I remember before I changed the batteries in my hearing aids, Bea Jackson and I had a conference… she was right there just as clear as can be…,” said Etson. “Ordinarily, I’d have had to go to Vernon to see her… In this
case, it was as though she was sitting in front of me and showing me exactly how to do that. Now that’s a really interesting thing, isn’t it?” Jackson says she’s received a fabulous response from Sicamous,
really, one of the first things it affects is the memory, and now it’s linked to dementia,” said Jackson. “And so there’s a lot of contributing factors to hearing loss that go untreated, that the general public
Ordinarily, I’d have had to go to Vernon… In this case, it was as though she was sitting in front of me and showing me exactly how to do that. Now that’s a really interesting thing, isn’t it? Juanita Etson where seniors aren’t always able to drive long distances to get the medical services they need. Cost, she says, is also a huge factor, noting many people put off dealing with hearing loss to more pressing needs. “They may not deem hearing as important as something else, when
isn’t aware of.” Regarding Medeo, Jackson said she’s been using the program for about a year and a half, and she’s been approached by the Sicamous Seniors Centre to set it up on computers there. “Juanita is my oldest person who was able to walk through that. She’s
amazing. So it’s a huge support,” said Jackson. With Dr. Rosemary Kelsall retiring and no longer serving Sicamous, Etson sees great potential for Medeo in the community and others dealing with doctor shortages. “A patient may have to ask about something that does not require a doctor’s visit at all, and you and the doctor can sit there and talk, and the doctor can say, ‘it’s nothing to worry about; things are going to be OK; or, ‘you should come in and see me.’ You can get a lot of that preamble done through this software on your computer…,” said Etson. “And it would be great for a lot of our seniors who don’t get out that easily, but may have access to a computer.” For more information about NexGen, visit http://www.nexgenhearing.com.
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Neil Diamond tribute returns to legion Performing the songs of Neil Diamond has put Jason Scott on stages across the nation, and soon it will put him on the silver screen. Scott brings his oneman show, Diamond Forever, back to the Sicamous Legion stage for a dinner/concert on Saturday, March 14. Last time Scott was in town, he performed to a sold-out audience. The March 14 show will be different in two ways. One, it will be a St. Patrick’s celebration of Neil Diamond. Second will be Scott himself, who is buzzing with excitement over his part in an upcoming motion-picture documentary featuring a select few who have managed to carve out a career singing the songs of Neil Diamond. The movie is entitled, Play Me, after one of Diamond’s songs, and will feature 12 other artists from around the globe. Scott will be the only Canadian performer in the film. “The movie isn’t about who’s the best one, it’s what goes on in our lives to do this, what drives us to do it,” Scott said. “Most of us have got, if not a heartbreaking story, then a motivational story that has culminated in us finally doing what we are all doing now. What our story line is.” What separates Scott from the rest is that he doesn’t use a live band. “I use tracks, I’m a one-man show and I carry an audience for nearly two hours by myself, without a band and no nets,” he said. “So it’s kind of like a high-wire act.” Scott explained the motion picture and
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Play me: Jason Scott and his one-man show will be featured in an upcoming documentary film on the behind-the-scenes lives of Neil Diamond tribute artists. Photo contributed what he was hoping to accomplish with his act. “We struck up a deal,” Scott said. “I wanted to have a show that illustrated what I do when I go and perform on the road.” Scott said he strictly performs at Royal Canadian Legions now. He used to play venues like the Key City Theatre and Royal Theatre in Nelson, but liked the atmosphere and audience at the Legions. “I come from a military family, going back to my dad’s dad, who was in four wars for Canada — he fought from the backs of horses to the backs of tanks, and he survived it all. So it’s kind of special to me to be playing the Royal Canadian Legions.” Scott has been a professional singer since 1979, and was part of the West Coast rock music movement, the one that spawned Loverboy, Sweeney Todd and Bryan Adams. “I know all those guys. We were part of the same family. We were all playing the West Coast. We were all playing in rock-androll cover bands.” He was working with Brian “Too Loud”
MacLeod from Headpins on a band called You Are One Too. “We were working on the fourth song of a nine-song album, and Brian up and died of cancer. It just killed him in six months.” At that point, the U.S. side of the record label dropped all distribution. “That was it,” he said. He looked in the mirror, wondering if he’d just wasted the last two decades of his life and wondering what he was going to do now. “You can’t start again. You can’t go back to playing bars on Hastings Street,” he said. He eventually made his way to Cranbrook to help a friend run a
bar. “I had this one experience with my family where we ended up in a karaoke bar,” he said. His sister asked him to sing Love on the Rocks by Neil Diamond. The bar had the Canucks game on and most people were watching that with the sound off, while people sang. “I started singing and I got to the second line and I hear this scream from the crowd. I thought the Canucks had just scored,” he said, but the crowd was looking at him. “It hit me that Neil Diamond was falling out of my face.” He thought that maybe he wasn’t done with his old life yet. That led to his new ca-
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Opposition swept: Eagle River Secondary recently won the won the inaugural School District #83 Floor hockey tournament. The boys went undefeated in the round robin, then defeated Pleasant Valley 5-1 in the semi final, and host AL Fortune 6-4 in the final. Pictured are Rory Taber (teacher/sponsor), Kaylen Kerr, Austin Miller, Karter Anderson, Jay Schroeder, Nick Woodbridge, Mytch Blight, Colby Sherlock and Josh Johns. Photo contributed
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The Sicamous Eagles Junior Hockey Club has announced Ty Davidson will be the team’s new head coach. Eagles general manager Wayne March says Davidson brings with him a strong skillset, both as a teacher and a recruiter, and a good rapport both within the KIJHL and the WHL. Plus, there’s the fact that he’s local. Davidson, a Salmon Arm resident, recently stepped down as head
coach and general manager with the Golden Rockets. Prior to that, he served as head coach with the Salmon Arm Silverbacks and assistant coach with the Princeton Posse. A highlight of Davidson’s time with Golden was taking the team to its first playoff series in 2012/13. His stepping down was motivated largely by a desire to be back home with family, including his two daughters, ages 12 and nine. “I’ve been apart from them, well, not totally apart, the better
part of five winters,” said Davidson. “So this is giving me an opportunity to be much more in their lives when it comes to the winter months.” As for joining the Eagles, Davidson says he’s excited to have been given the opportunity and about getting started. Asked to describe his coaching style, Davidson referred to himself as a “player’s coach.” “I really focus on the player. We have systems and all that stuff too, but I really focus on the players,”
said Davidson. “I try to get a relationship with each and every one of my players, and I think my players, for the most part, like me and they like playing for me.” Davidson will be taking over coaching duties from Blair Robinson, who was the team’s head coach for 18 years. “Blair did a fantastic job for us over the years,” said March in a news release. “He did a great job of recruiting and ensured we made playoffs every single year. The team that
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