Eagle Valley News, November 25, 2015

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Eagle River Secondary was buzzing with activity Saturday, Nov. 21 for the 26th annual Christmas Craft Fair.

Clockwise from top: Tanya Kraft helps daughter Makayla count her change for a purchase; shoppers check out the numerous offerings; Paul Williams photographs Linda Moyer’s festive fairy gardens; Kristie, Spencer and Easton Hilder are sold on Gay Witowski’s wooden toys.

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Semi collision causes power outage

By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News

Sicamous and Electoral Area E residents were left without power for much of Monday after a semi collided with

a power pole.

BC Hydro said the incident took place about 10:48 a.m., when a semi tractor-trailer jackknifed on the TransCanada Highway and hit a power pole near the

Sicamous Husky. About 900 hydro customers found themselves without power as a result. Hydro said power would be restored to most by 5:30 p.m., though it wasn’t fully

restored until 7:39 p.m.

This was one of three outages experienced in the community Monday. Another occurred around the same time in Old Town, but power was restored within

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minutes. A third outage occurred about 6 p.m., and power was restored two hours later.

Semis were reported to have been spinning out on CPR Hill earlier in the day.

Woman pleads guilty in fatal accident

By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News

A Malakwa woman will be sentenced early next year after pleading guilty to a charge of criminal negligence relating to the death of Troy Charlton.

Christina Laforge was arrested following Charlton’s death on Aug. 14, 2013.

On that date, at approximately 2:30 a.m., a Sicamous RCMP of-

ficer patrolling Main Street witnessed a vehicle driven by Laforge travelling in the same lane towards him. The officer slowed to a stop as the oncoming vehicle pulled into the correct lane to pass. Preparing to stop the oncoming driver for a sobriety check, the officer noticed a person lying on the road. The officer got out his vehicle to check the person’s condition.

Meanwhile, La-

forge had stopped half a block down the road and walked back to engage the officer.

Severely injured, the 49-year-old Charlton was transported to hospital in Salmon Arm, where he died from his injuries.

Police investigators learned how earlier that night, Charlton and Laforge had been at the same social gathering, after which he was witnessed riding on the

hood of Laforge’s vehicle.

While police called the incident an accident, Laforge was charged with two counts of impaired driving causing death, two counts of criminal negligence causing death as well as dangerous driving causing death. She recently pleaded guilty to count two of criminal negligence causing death.

Laforge is sched-

The board then gave first, second and third readings to the Shuswap Watershed Council Service Parcel Tax bylaw.

While funding the watershed council has been the subject of debate around the regional district board table, there were very few comments at last week’s meeting other than those that expressed satisfaction.

Area F director Larry Morgan thanked fellow board members for approving a parcel tax in which every property owner will pay the same amount (estimated to be about $11 annually) as opposed to a staff recommendation of a tax based on a property’s assessed value.

The City of Salmon Arm will contribute $40,000 per year for a period of three years to be funded 50 per cent from general revenue and 50 per cent from

the water and sewer funds. Area E director and board chair Rhona Martin said she was looking forward to sus-

tainable funding for the council that will focus on water quality monitoring and safety on the water.

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Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors unanimously approved the establishment of a Shuswap Watershed Council Service at the Nov. 19 board meeting in Salmon Arm. Approval was received because fewer than 10 per cent of eligible electors in electoral areas C South Shuswap, D Falkland/ Salmon Valley/Deep Creek, Area E Rural Sicamous, F North Shuswap and District of Sicamous signed and submitted elector response forms protesting the tax prior to the Nov. 17 deadline.

Only 645 of 1,534 responses needed to kill the tax were received, thereby confirming elector approval of the $180,000 to be collected annually for three years through a parcel tax.

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Teen turns to Internet for help An 18-year old Sicamous resident has turned to an Internet fundraising website to find the means of support to get to medical appointments in the Lower Mainland.

Kourtney Saviskoff’s GoFundMe page is titled Please help raise money for a car. Not a new car, just something that won’t need a lot of maintenance.

Saviskoff says she set up the page because she didn’t know of any other organizations or websites that provide financial support for people like herself living with Byler’s disease. She says she was diagnosed with Byler’s at seven months. The disease, referred to by medical professionals as progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, is described as progressive, leading to liver failure and death in childhood without a liver transplant. Saviskoff said she had two liver transplants at age 9. Ongoing blood work and treatment, as well as visits with specialists in Vancouver, are now a regular part of Saviskoff’s life, as is relying on others for transportation – be it for medical appointments or trips to the grocery store – as neither she nor her partner

has a vehicle and she, for medical reasons, is unable to drive.

“I haven’t heard of anything going on about donating for my type of disease or trying to help,” said Saviskoff. “I’ve heard for cancer and stuff, but that’s about it, and then I saw the (GoFundMe) page and thought maybe I’ll give this a try and see what happens.”

Saviskoff says her illness leaves her mentally and physically drained, jaundiced and struggling to maintain a healthy weight. She notes how since turning 18, there has been a dramatic difference to the way she is treated by the medical system.

“When I was in paediatrics before I turned 18, they would help me with everything that I needed,” said Saviskoff. “I called them, I’d say something was really wrong, and my doctor would admit me into hospital, find out what was wrong and help me deal with it. I was able to get my pills for my bipolar and everything. And here I’ve been waiting almost a year to get my medications, everything except my anti-rejections. I’m still trying to bug the doctors about it but they’re like, we can’t do anything, we can’t push it any further.”

Saviskoff says she has gotten used to re-

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ceiving bad news, having been told since age six that her prognosis is grim. Now she’s reaching out to others to get some good news for herself.

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Tolerance needed for refugees

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ocial media, in case you haven’t yet noticed, has erupted over whether Canada should be taking in 25,000 Syrian refugees.

Lightning rod issues have a tendency to attract the best and worst in us, be it reasoned debate or ill-informed, shallow, name-calling and just stupid comments.

No matter where you land on this deeply polarizing issue – be it that Canada is morally beholden to accept the refugees, or that we are foolishly courting danger by welcoming them in – there are two certainties that must be kept in mind.

The first being, they are coming. The newly elected federal government has decided to make it so, and make it so, it will.

Secondly, and most importantly, we need to remember that these refugees are flesh and blood people, just like even the most selfrighteous amongst us on either side of the debate. And as such, they must be afforded every dignity as members of the human family. They are fathers, mothers, sons and daughters. Not statistics, and certainly not “Them.”

A civilized society, that takes pride in its Charter of Rights and Freedoms, can do no less.

The spotlight, then, is on the federal government to make sure these refugees, once they arrive, are properly supported with the same care in which all Canadians are governed. The onus is also on the media to hold the government true to this task in the months and years to come.

Novelist George Elliot (Mary Ann Evans) wrote that “The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.”

She wrote this well over a century ago, but her words still apply today. Are we wrong or right in welcoming the Syrian refugees into our fold? History will tell.

In the meantime, how we choose to conduct ourselves as individuals, in response, is everything.

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Lights out for opponents of Site C dam

By Tom Fletcher News Columnist

VICTORIA – The fall session of the B.C. legislature petered out two days early last week.

NDP leader John Horgan skipped the last day and headed to the B.C. Institute of Technology campus in Burnaby. There he announced “PowerBC,” billed as the NDP’s “bold, progressive plan for the future of B.C. energy, with a strong focus on jobs.”

Reporters asked, how many jobs? Horgan said retrofitting public buildings and homes for energy efficiency would create jobs all around the province, but he can’t say how many.

How much does the plan cost, and does it include subsidizing homeowners to fix their windows and insulation? “The costing will be more apparent when we get closer to the election,” Horgan replied.

Whatever the cost, the NDP plan apparently rests

on the assumption that the $9 billion Site C dam project on the Peace River can be stopped by an NDP government after the 2017 election. That money would be used to build wind and solar generation, and to install a sixth and final water turbine at Revelstoke dam.

The chances of Site C being stopped are approaching zero. Construction of an access road started two months ago, site clearing and work camp construction a month before that. Energy Minister Bill Bennett says the main dam construction contract will be let shortly, followed by the powerhouse contract next year.

Horgan said remaining legal challenges could slow or stop the project.

The West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations have lost their case against Site C twice, in the B.C. Supreme and Federal Courts, and are appealing. The Doig River and McLeod Lake Indian Bands dropped their challenges, and McLeod

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West Moberly Chief Roland Willson staged a dramatic protest at the legislature last spring, bringing a cooler of frozen bull trout from a river below the two existing Peace dams, telling media they were too contaminated with mercury to eat. Flooding land for hydro dams does elevate methylmercury levels in water, but BC Hydro provided me with the latest study that included fish samples collected by West Moberly members. It shows average methylmercury levels remain below federal guidelines for limiting consumption of commercially sold fish.

It’s an odd coincidence that Willson suddenly made this claim, 47 years after the first Peace dam was completed, when he happened to be in court trying to stop Site C. A coalition of U.S. and Canadian environment

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groups is also demanding that Site C be stopped. According to the Sierra Club and others, Site C is not renewable energy because the (largely idle) farmland it floods is a “carbon sink.”

Forests do store carbon, albeit temporarily, but farmland… This is gluten-free gobbledegook.

They also trot out the claim Site C will be used to power liquefied natural gas operations. Most proponents so far have said they will use gas for LNG processing, and if they don’t have hydro available for ancillary power, they will have to burn more gas.

BC Hydro just finished its latest grid upgrade, a second high-voltage transmission line from Merritt to Coquitlam. It adds disaster reliability to the system that brings power from the Peace and Columbia dams to the Lower Mainland.

If you’re arguing that hydroelectricity isn’t renewable power, you’ve already lost.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS This is a FREE listing of community events for not-for-profit organizations and paid advertisers.

Ph: 832-2131 Fax: 832-5140 Email: classifieds@eaglevalleynews.com DEADLINE: 2pm, Fridays

Nov. 27 Eagle Valley Arts Council 35 Anniversary 7 pm at the Red Barn. Everyone Welcome.

Nov. 27 & 28 $2 bag sale at Sicamous United Church Thrift shop. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Clothing & shoes.

Dec.1 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Open House: Town Centre Revitalization OCP and Town Centre Land Use Options – meet in Council Chambers Dec. 7 Senior’s Trip Join in for a sleigh ride and a movie! Call 250-836-2477 Dec. 16 & Dec. 13 Shuswap Singers Sweet Songs of Christmas St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, Salmon Arm. Tickets at the door and Acorn Music.

Dec. 16 CPR Holiday Train The train arrives around 5:45pm. Please bring a food bank donation.The senior’s bus will be offered. Call the district office to reserve your seat (250-836-2477).

Dec. 18 Potluck Banquet Sicamous Bible Church 5:30. Doris 836-3755.

Monday to Friday Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446 Mon., Wed. & Fri Sicamous Strongstart 8:15-11:15 Parkview Elementary 836-2871

Every Tuesday

Sicamous Baby Talk 9 - 11 am Free drop-in program for parents & babies to 12 months of age. Sicamous health unit Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250832-9700.

Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in the Common Room at the Haven. Delivery available if required, phone Dorothy at 250836-2437.

Sicamous Strongstart 12:30-3:30 Parkview Elementary 836-2871

Every 4th Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:00 in the Learning Centre Library.

Sicamous Christmas Parade and light up will be December 5 this year. If you would like to participate by decorating a car or snowmobile, riding an animal or walking in the Parade call the District office at 250-836-2477

Every Friday

Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at the Sicamous Resource Center. Free Drop-in program for parents & children to age 6. Active play, crafts and socialization. 836-3440.

Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome!

For info call Carol 250-836-3135 or Amy 250836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpalette. com

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Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pm

Every Wednesday

Malakwa Parent & Tot ~ 10:00 – 12:00 pm ~ Malakwa Preschool Building. For more information call Gwyneth 250-836-3440 Dody’s Art For Everyone Meets Every Wednesday At The Red Barn, 10 a.m. To 3 p.m. Everyone Is Welcome . For More Info Call, Dody At 250 836 3112 Or Jean At 250 836 3511.

Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 2:15 pm at Parkview. Brownies - 3:30 pm at Legion. New members welcome! Leaders needed. 250836-3366 or online: girlguides.ca United Church Thrift Store Open 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.

Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building.

Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Bev 836-3435 or Ed 836-4133 T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250836-4041 for info.

1st & 3rd Wed. Parkinsons Support Group Contact Don at 250-838-0794.

SICAMOUS EAGLES JUNIOR B HOCKEY CLUB

2015/2016 GAME SCHEDULE

Home Game Friday, November 27th

Sicamous vs Fernie

Home Game Saturday, November 28th

Sicamous vs Chase

Away Game Friday, December 4th

Sicamous vs Golden Sicamous & District Recreation Centre

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

Last Wednesday of the month Autism Support Group (November 25.

CLOSED December, January 27) 6:00-7:30pm at Sicamous Health Unit

Every Thursday

Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.

Sicamous Strongstart 12:30-3:30 Parkview elementary 836-2871 Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in the Common Room at the Haven. Delivery available if required, phone Dorothy at 250836-2437.

Every 2nd Thursday Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788.

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

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WEDNESDAY NoV. 25 Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45 Lunch Bunch: 12:15 - 2:00 pm Public Skating: 2:00 pm - 3:45 Eagles Practice: 4 pm - 5:15 pm Novice: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Atom: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm SA JUV: 7:45 pm - 9:OO pm

THURSDAY NoV.26 Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45 am Lunch Bunch: 12:15 pm - 2 pm Public Skating: 2 pm - 3:45 pm Eagles: 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Pre Novice: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm SA Midget T2: 6:45 pm - 8:00 pm SA Midget T3: 8:15 pm - 9:30 pm FRiDAY NoV. 27 Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45 am Malakwa School: 11 am - 12 Lunch Bunch: 12:15 pm - 2 pm Public Skating: 2:00 pm - 3:45 Learn to Skate: 4 pm - 6 pm Sicamous Eagles vs. Fernie: 7-9 pm SATURDAY NoV. 28 Sicamous Atoms: 10-11:30 am

1st Friday of the month Sicamous Seniors Ctre general meeting 11 am followed by a great pot luck lunch. We encourage everyone to join us.

2nd 3rd and 4th Friday Wii Tournament at 10 am at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Everyone Welcome.

Lunch at noon. Everyone Welcome. At the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue.

Every Saturday United Church Thrift Store open 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

Sundays

KARMA YOGA (Gentle Hatha) Sundays 5:30 pm @ I Am Yoga. 60 minutes (Studio) KARMA MEDITATION CIRCLE ~Sundays 9:30 am ~ 30 minutes * Suggested $5 min. donation or pay what you can!

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

Birthday Tea (formerly the OAPO) for members and friends at Seniors Activity Ctre 1:30 pm. Everyone is Welcome.

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SICAMOUS EAGLES PLAYER PROFILE

SA Juv: 11:45 am - 1:45 pm SA PWT2: 2 - 4 pm SA Bantam: 4:14 - 6:16 pm Chase Vs Sicamous Eagles 7-9 pm SUNDAY NoV. 29 Sicamous Novice: 9-10 am SA Midget T2: 11:45 am-1:45 pm SA Midget T3: 2-4 pm

MoNDAY NoV. 30 Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45 am Lunch Bunch: 12:15 pm - 2 pm Public Skating: 2 pm - 3:45 pm Eagles Practise: 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Novice: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Atom: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Old Timers: 7:45 pm - 9:00 pm TUESDAY NoV. 31 Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45 am Lunch Bunch: 12:15 pm - 2 pm Public Skating: 2 pm - 3:45 pm Eagles Practise: 4 pm - 5:15 pm Prenovice: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm SA Midget T3: 6:45 - 8 pm

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Roundabout sculpture a likely target Re: Roundabout design.

Dear sirs/madams, The large roundabout on Highway 97A is a welcome feature that will not only solve our traffic problem there, but will also add an attractive feature to

our community. However, we have a number of concerns regarding the proposed $300,000 added expense of the concept design.

It has been known to happen on occasion in other areas where distracted drivers

have plowed or driven through the centre of them, creating a maintenance/repair situation for the community.

It would seem that something more consistent with our town’s nautical theme would be more appropri-

ate than this concept, which has the appearance of a futuristic Stonehenge.

All those walls would seem to be a graffiti magnet.

These considerable available funds we feel could be better spent

on new or existing community features/ projects that have been struggling for funding for years, such as the pavilion at the beach park, sidewalks, etc.

Margo and Rick Charleston

Annual breakfast with Santa event this Sunday For well over 20 years something good has been going on in Sicamous, thanks to the efforts and donations of so many groups and citizens and, of course Santa, who all come together because they believe in the value of the Breakfast with Santa event.

Originally an Eagle Valley Arts Council event, the focus of this annual Christmas breakfast is to provide local children and families the opportunity to “hand craft,” holiday items as gifts for parents and siblings.

The Sicamous and District Chamber of Commerce and the Sicamous Lions Club

got involved to provide support, and the event began to grow.

For several years, the breakfast was managed by a local Beta Sigma Phi chapter, and for the past 10 or more it has been managed and supported by the Eagle Valley Community Support Society and the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre Society.

The event has grown and now includes much more than the breakfast, Santa visit and crafting opportunities. Holiday stories are read, expert face painting, a gift shop and a present wrapping station all help to create a wonderful event, as does the support of the

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“Eagle Elves.”

Sicamous Eagles players arrive faithfully each year to help with setup and take down, serve breakfast, man Santa’s Gift Shop and help children wrap the treasures they have bought.

One organizer’s favourite memory of the event is that of a big strapping young hockey player crouched down to help a little girl of about age three wrap a present. Despite the fact the little one seemed to have as much an idea of how to wrap a present as the young man, they nevertheless thoroughly enjoyed the experience together.

So what does all

this fun and frolic cost?

Well, that depends on what families wish to give. The breakfast and gift shopping are by donation, with no particular amount expected in return. The visit, pictures and gifts from Santa, face-painting, crafts, gift-wrapping materials and help are all free.

This event isn’t about raising money; it’s about giving all area families a chance to spend time together at a relaxed, fun event, for children to use their creative imagination to make a Christmas treasure, to allow children to shop and choose gifts for their family all by themselves, and to have

a visit with Santa without a fee attached. For the many who go each year to flip the pancakes, teach the crafts, face-paint, read, take pictures for families, and tie the perfect bow on a 25 cent gift, it is about the smiles on the faces of the children.

This year’s Breakfast with Santa event is this Sunday, Nov. 29 from 9 a.m. to noon, upstairs at the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre.

The entire community is invited, whether you are a family with children, or just want to enjoy a pancake breakfast and watch the smiles.

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My mom and I had a week to spend with my daughter again for her school break, so a call to the travel agent got us a great all-inclusive vacation to Nuevo Vallarta, (just a scoot north of Puerto Vallarta), on the west coast of Mexico.

I’d only been to the Caribbean side of the country before, so this was going to be a new adventure for me – though Hurricane Patricia just about pulled the plug on the whole holiday!

Our flight took us slowly eastward and right over the Grand Canyon, then miles

over the dry mountains and valleys of southern Arizona and northern/ mid-Mexico until it gradually became lush and green towards the south.

We touched down on the equatorial equivalent of Hawaii, so a blast of tropical 80-plus degree humid heat and sun hit us when we stepped off the plane, and a quick glance around showed that hills and mountains surrounded the area. Our shuttle bus took us through busy streets lined with typical shops made from cinder block construction, over a still muddy and swollen river from the torrential rains that wreaked some havoc in the higher areas and then to the hotel strip, where we were welcomed by the friendly staff at the Grand Marival Resort. The room was lovely, our balcony overlooked one of the three big pools framed by tall palms and pretty garden beds as well as

a view of the beautiful, blue Pacific Ocean that breezed in the scent of salt air. We had a beach that seemed to have sprouted palapas, which looked like palm-frond toadstools.

Clearly we had arrived in paradise, so we wasted no time scouting it out.

Early November is the end of the rainy season and just before the busy high season, so it was a great time to be there. It was too early to see the humpback whales, unfortunately, who come close by in the winter months for birthing and breeding.

We were located in the centre of the sandy and protected Bay of Banderas, which is approximately 100-kilometres long from point to point, and regarded by most geologists as the original attachment point for the southern cape of the Baja California Peninsula before it was rifted off the North American Plate millions of years

ago, forming the Gulf of California. The economy in the area is based on tourism, fishing, and agriculture – the main crops being corn, beans, sorghum, tobacco, rice, watermelon and mango, as well as exotic fruits such as papaya, litchi, and guanábana.

The air was not perfumed like Hawaii with those heavenlyscented plumeria, but any gardener could get a pleasing eye-full around there with those grounds filled with yellow, red and orange hi-

biscus hedges, purple bougainvillea vines that trailed along the whitewashed walls, palms of all shapes and sizes and beautiful garden beds filled with ferns, foliage and flowers.

The bay is alive with all kinds of life such as whales and dolphins in winter, more than 600 species of fish, marine turtles, manta rays and a multitude of birds.

We watched pelicans cruising the crests of waves, saw king fishers, egrets and other shore birds diving for food offshore, funny-

shaped little crabs that came out before sunset and one morning I helped a lone leatherback baby turtle get past the surf and out to sea. There were hardly

We received some help from members of the Eagle River Secondary School Social Justice Group in painting over some unsightly graffiti near the waterfront.

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Atom action: The Vernon Ice Kings’ Jordan Desjarlais stickhandles the puck past an Aldergrove Dekes of Hazard defender Saturday Nov. 21, during the Sicamous Atom Hockey Tournament hosted by the Jr. Eagles.

Eight teams participated in the event from as far away as Port Moody.

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sure was a good sign or not), but at least we didn’t have to worry about malaria-carrying mosquitoes or scorpions.

A wristband was our pig-out or pass-out pass (should you be so inclined), which allowed us to eat and drink anything we wanted almost 24 hours a day at the big indoor/outdoor buffet room that satisfied any taste.

Every sunny day began and ended with

cappuccinos on the beach while watching the sunrise and 6:30 sunset, snack plates were piled with delicious papayas, limes and pineapple and breakfast for me was a healthy helping of heuvos with beans on a tortilla shell, heaped with fresh salsa, feta cheese and a shot of hot sauce, and all washed down with strong Mexican coffee. Yum! The hombres under the thatched-roofed pool bars dispensed delicious juices or drinks

with tempting names like Mango Vice, Pink Flamingo, Banana Mama and Pantera Rosa.

For a little extra fun, an excursion to the north allowed us to see more of the coastline and communities, especially the colourful and funky surfing town of Sayulita, which was our destination for the day.

So it was a beautiful, no-brainer of a holiday we three had for sure -– and a place we’d surely go visit again.

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Christmas in Sicamous 2015 An old fashioned tradition that even the Grinch can’t resist!

November-December 25 Christmas Hamper and Gift Program Food and monetary donations and gifts gratefully accepted at the Eagle Valley Community Resource Centre/Food Bank. Monetary donations should be made directly to the Eagle Valley Community Support Society.

Hamper Applications now available at the Resource Centre/Food Bank at 1214 Shuswap Ave. Sicamous & the Malakwa office, Malakwa Learning Centre (school). Call 250-836-3440.

November 27, 28 & December 13 Sicamous Eagles Boxes of Hope Non-perishable food bank donations accepted at home games: @ Sicamous and District Recreation Centre Saturday, November 28 Timmy’s Christmas Telethon Fundraising Events Subway is donating $1 for every foot long and $0.50 for every 6” sold Sicamous Eagles are donating $1 for every ticket sold Grandma and Grandpa’s are donating $0.10 for every coffee sold November 29 Breakfast with Santa 9 am noon Kids can visit with Santa 10 am - 11 am, make crafts with Santa’s elves and shop for their families in Santa’s Gift Shop@ Sicamous and District Recreation Centre First 2 weeks of December Angel Tree, Gift Tag Campaign Pick up a gift tag from the angel tree at SASCU (Sicamous branch). Drop off gifts at SASCU or the Resource Centre. Call 250-836-3440 for more information.

December 2 Food Bank Bingo 6:15 @ Sicamous and District Recreation Centre December 2 Parkview Elementary Christmas Concert 5:30 pm @ Parkview Elementary School Dec. 4 Christmas at the Library Stories, Songs, Special Guests and more 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Drop in to this FREE program for the whole family!

Dec. 4 Seniors Christmas Dinner @ 12 pm

December 5 Christmas Parade and light up Bonfire & caroling (5:00 pm) Memory tree ornament placements Parade (5:30 pm) Lighting of the tree (6:15 pm) December 5 Seniors Centre Craft Market and Pancake Breakfast 8:30 am December 5 Swansea Point Toy & Food Collection @ 2 pm Fire Hall~ Santa Photos

December 5 Malakwa Christmas Bazaar 10 am at the Malakwa School Gymnasium. Join your friends and neighbours for a social get-together. Malakwa Learning Academy students will have lunch available.

December 6 Malakwa Fire Dept foodbank drive December 6 Malakwa Boys & Girls Club Concert @ 6:30 pm Malakwa Church Sunday, December 6 Sicamous Fire Department Toy Run & Food Bank Drive Noon-3pm Listen for the sirens and watch for the flashing lights as firefighters come to collect your toy donations. Leave donations on front steps for pick-up if you won’t be home.

Tuesday, December 8 Eagle River Secondary Band Concert 6:30pm @ Eagle River Secondary December 13 Sicamous Eagles Toque Toss The Sicamous Eagles’ Annual Toque & Mitt Toss takes place at the game on Sunday, December 13 (a 2 pm start against the Summerland Sting.) So plan to come to the game with toques and/ or mitts in hand, and be ready to toss them onto the ice during one of the intermissions! These will then go to the local Food Bank where they will be placed as gifts in the Christmas hampers.

December 16 Holiday Train and Food Bank Drive The train arrives around 5:45pm.

The senior’s bus will be offered. Please bring a food bank donation.

Entertainment by Jim Cuddy, Devin Cuddy and Kelly Prescott and Eagle River Secondary Band.

Friday December 18 Cambie Old Fashioned Christmas Concert 7pm @ Cambie Hall For concert submissions call Lexi Gossen at 250-836-3223. All levels of performers welcome.

December 18 Sicamous Bible Church Potluck @ 5:30 pm Friday, December 18 Christmas Skate With The Eagles Everyone is welcome to join The Sicamous Eagles for our Christmas Skate from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.

December 19 Spirit of Christmas Craft Sale Eagle River Secondary School 10 am to 3 pm December 19 Blue Christmas Service 4 pm at the United Church for those suffering a loss.

December 20 Black & Bluez Band 10 am at the United Church December 20 Christmas Is 6 pm at Parkview ~ Sicamous Community Church December 24 Candlelight Services Sicamous Bible Church 6 pm, United Church 7 pm, Malakwa Pentecostal 6 pm.

December 25 Community Christmas Dinner 1pm Free @ Sicamous Seniors Center December 25 Our Lady Fatima Service @ 11 am

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Best defence: Tristin Erickson uses a nunchuk defence to disarm Ty Sigvaldason Friday evening, Nov. 20, at the Downtown Activity Centre in Salmon Arm. The two-hour, invite-only weapons defence seminar was put on by local Provincial Martial Arts instructor Holly Racyznski, accompanied by instructors Todd Johnston and Joshua Griffin from Calgary.Photo by Lachlan Labere

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A weekend road trip to the Kootenays didn’t pan out well for the Sicamous Eagles.

Despite the long bus ride, the Eagles were quick to find their legs Friday night, Nov. 20, when the first of three away games began with a contest versus the Creston Valley Thunder Cats. While the Sicamous guests were hot, Cats’ netminder Brock Lefebvre was on fire, stopping everything fired his way throughout the night.

Meanwhile, the Cats’ offence was able to tally one goal per period, including an empty netter at 27 seconds in

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the third. Eagle Cam Flinton was named the game’s second star.

On Saturday, Nov. 21, the Eagles suffered a 4-2 defeat to the Fernie Ghostriders. O’Donnell put the Eagles on the board late in the first with a marker off Astasiewicz and Arlyn Semeschuk. With

13 seconds left in the period, the Ghostriders were able to convert a power play to head into the second at 1-1.

After a scoreless second period, the third saw both teams score in the first minute, with Nathan Plessis potting the goal for Sicamous off William Mizuik.

The third game of the Kootenay run was on Sunday, Nov. 22, versus the Kimberly Dynamiters. The Eagles gave the host team a run for their money, but came up short with a 3-2 loss in overtime.

The game was oneand-one by the end of the second frame, with the Sicamous marker scored by Alex Astasiewicz off Danny O’Donnell, who tied the game up in the third with a goal off Scott Robinson and goalie Kolby Pauwels.

The Sicamous netminder put in a fine performance and was named the game’s second star after stopping 32 out of 35 shots on net.

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Expanded chalet considered for Larch Hills a proposed site of the facility, but noted that other ski clubs have built facilities at lower elevations and moving the existing infrastructure and developing a trail system at a higher elevation would be prohibit ably expensive and does not appear to be warranted at this time.

“If, in the future, climate change is such that the present stadium area will no longer receive sufficient snowfall for skiing, the area will likely be well used by out-of-season groups for many years to come…,” states a Larch Hills Nordics report.

“Our Chalet Expansion Committee is confident that this amazing recreational area will be used for cross-country skiing for many years to come.”

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The cost of the expansion is estimated at approximately $407,000.

The vote will be held Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. in room one of the Community Centre. Only club members are entitled to cast ballots.

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ing many ski team practices, school ski trips and during the Christmas season when many skiers take advantage of the trails.

In a report to the members, the expansion committee notes that Although Larch Hills has one of the highest memberships in B.C., they have a smaller chalet that every other B.C. club except one.

The committee is advocating an expansion that would triple the size of the facility to 3,600 sq. ft The committee also considered the impacts of climate change on

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Don was born in Saskatchewan, the youngest son of William (Bill) and Barbara Balas, both deceased.

The family moved to Penticton and later to Golden where Don grew up. He worked at the Donald Mill until it closed and then moved to Sicamous and worked at Malakwa until his retirement. He bought his Uncle Zoltan’s farm in Mara and remained there until his health deteriorated and he was moved to Bastion Place care facility.

Don will be remembered by his brothers, Dale (Lynda), Gary (Mickey), niece Tracey and nephew Jason, aunts Rose Balas of Penticton and Isobel Neilson of Penticton, numerous special cousins, his long- time partner Joyce Varga, faithful companions Blue and Puddy, and many good friends in the Shuswap and Golden area.

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The benefits to buying local this holiday season Holiday shopping dominates many people’s free time between the day after Thanksgiving and the final days before Christmas. While many people may shop ‘til they drop on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, those days still account for a relatively small amount of the hundreds of billions of dollars that are spent each holiday season.

Shoppers now have a bevy of options at their disposal as they embark on holiday shopping season. Traditional instore retailers are still around, and online shopping continues to grow in popularity with each holiday season. But many holiday shoppers are looking to buy local this holiday season, and such a decision can pay a host of dividends for both shoppers and the communities they call home.

• Buying local benefits your local economy.

Studies from Civic Eco-

nomics, an economics and strategics planning firm, found that independent, locally-owned retailers return a far greater percentage of their revenue into their local economies than national chain stores.

• Buying local creates jobs in your community.

• Shopping local may provide access to more unique gifts. In addition to the economic benefits of buying lo-

cal, shoppers may find merchandise made by local craftsmen is more unique than mass-produced items found on the shelves of national retailers. Recipients may cherish more unique items that they cannot find on their own, and that appreciation may even spur them to visit more local retailers after the holiday season has come and gone, benefiting their own communi-

ties in so doing.

• Local business may provide a more personal touch. Buying from national chains has its advantages, but customer service is not always one of them. Should your loved ones encounter problems with their gift that requires assistance, they might be forced to wait on the phone for extended periods of time as they and thousands of others wait for customer

service representatives to answer their calls. Local businesses do not deal with nearly the volume of customers as national retailers and, therefore, are capable of addressing concerns more quickly and personally than large chains.

Buying local not only benefits small business owners, but it also pays dividends for their customers and the communities they call home.

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