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Christmas Surprise ending: The District of Sicamous kicked off the Christmas season with the annual parade and Christmas tree light-up on the evening of Saturday. Dec. 5. The Main Street parade, which included local emergency service personnel, businesses and others, ended at the Main Street Landing, where it was followed by the tree light up hosted by Mayor Terry Rysz, “Huggy” Shirley Holcomb and the Moose Mouse. Following the light-up, attendees were pleasantly surprised by a fireworks display also arranged by the district. Photos by Lachlan Labere

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District distributing $36,500 in grants

Community Foundation: No issues with new approach to dispersal.

By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News

For 2016, the District of Sicamous will be distributing $36,500 in community service grants.

The amount being disbursed is $17,840 less than the total of requests, but falls under the $40,000 budgeted for the grants. This includes a $2,500 administrative fee for the Shuswap Community Foundation to manage and disperse district grant monies, and $1,000 for a mayor’s

“serendipity” fund, to be dispersed at the mayor and council’s discretion.

This is the first year the district has utilized the Shuswap Community Foundation to oversee the district’s grant process. Coun.

Malcolm Makayev, who sits on the committee tasked with deciding who gets what, said the process worked well. Mayor Terry Rysz agrees.

“I think they did a very good job and I haven’t really had any negative feedback at

this point,” said Rysz.

“It’s in the hands of the community foundation and so far so good.”

Grants were as follows: Community Banner Project for the hanging of banners: $500 requested and approved; Eagle Valley Arts Council, operating expenses and programming: requested $3,500, $3,000 approved; Eagle Valley Rescue Society, training, operational and maintenance: $5,000 requested/approved; Eagle Valley Seniors Meals Society, se-

niors meals: $1,500 requested/approved; Eagle Valley Snowmobile Society, Sno-Cat purchase and marketing: $20,000 requested, $15,000 approved; Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99, operations of upstairs community hall: $7,500 requested, $5,500 approved; Sicamous and District Museum and Historical Society, host and website upgrade: $3,750 requested, $2,000 approved; Sicamous and District Seniors Society, asphalt for parking lot, $4,000 requested,

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Roll up your sleeve: Eagle Valley IDA pharmacist Jeff Primeau administers an influenza vaccination shot to Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo. The vaccine is still available, and is free to seniors ages 65 and over, pregnant women, aboriginals and those with chronic health conditions or compromised immune systems. Photo contributed

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$2,000 approved; Sicamous Beach Park Walk/Run, pavilion: $3,500 requested, $1,000 approved; Shuswap Lifeboat Society, laptop purchase: $5,090.49 requested, $2,500 approved.

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Dredge worthy: A wall along the west bank of the channel is to be incorporated in the District of Sicamous’ official community plan. . District of Sicamous

“Seawall” being added to OCP

By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News

By building the equivalent of a seawall along the channel, there is hope the district may be able to build a better case to get the channel dredged.

At its Nov. 25 committee of the whole meeting, Sicamous council discussed a concept of the channel devised by Coun. Jeff Mallmes. It includes the east side of the channel being shored up and a wall being put in place. Mayor Terry Rysz said this would deal with a few issues.

One, it would provide the base for the continuation of the walkway along the channel.

Secondly, it would provide a definable line up to which to dredge the channel.

Finally, said Rysz,

if something like this were developed, it might improve the district’s case to acquire a permit to have the channel dredged.

“If we could ever pull something like this off it would be amazing,” said Rysz. “I think that would be the answer for that channel, from a walkway point of view, from a dredging point of view, access, it would clean the channel right up.”

Rysz emphasizes however that it is only a concept right now.

But it’s one that will become part of the official community plan.

“The reason they brought it forward is the OCP committee was having a discussion on it and they just wanted council’s approval to put something like that in the new OCP,” said Rysz, adding approval

still has to come from council.

Council has agreed to put $100,000 into the district’s operational budget for the dredging of the channel. District chief financial officer Kelly Bennett said that money could be used for consulting services to assist in facilitating of dredging.

“It’s not necessarily for the cost of the actual dredging,” Bennett explained. “My understanding is it’s more the cost of getting the dredging to occur.”

During the summer, residents from condos along the channel made a presentation to council, asking that an effort be made on having the channel dredged.

They explained how low water this year had reduced the capacity of marinas on the channel by 173 boat slips. In

response, Coun. Todd Kyllo noted a study had been done showing the benefits of dredging, not only for the marinas but also for fish habitat.

“So basically, the study… showed it could be more environmentally friendly for the fish, and it would create the economic setting that drives the channel today, and yet DFO (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) is still sitting on it,” Kyllo explained.

Rysz said there is no cost figure related to the construction of a wall, and that there’s a lot of work to be done before anything like it comes to fruition, including public consultation.

I think it could be doable, I really do,” said Rysz. “It would be a five-year plan without question.”

Area E receives funding for playground gear

By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District has agreed to purchase playground equipment to enhance three beach access parks in Swansea Point.

The lake access park areas are at the end of Cambridge, Oxford and Westminster roads.

According to a CSRD memo, the purchase of playground equipment is intended to, “enhance the public use and experience at these parks.”

In addition, the board also approved funding for the completion of phases two and three of the North Fork Wild Trail De-

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Shootings demand consideration

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eports that the U.S. has logged more than 350 mass shootings this year are shocking.

And, according to details shared by those who have tracked the violence. There have been five such incidents on more than a single day.

It’s no surprise that the gun-control debate is heating up south of the border. The recent killing of 14 people at a San Bernardino, Calif. social-services agency was reportedly the deadliest in the U.S. since that one at Sandy Hook Elementary three years ago, when 26 children and adults were gunned down.

Also fresh in our memories is last Friday’s killing of three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado.

When the issue of gun control is raised in Canada, opponents to such regulations rightly argue the laws make no difference to those with a criminal mind and a determination to do lethal damage.

Regardless of the country, province or state, and regardless of whether there are laws and how strict or lax they may be, the reality is the problem lies more with the people who possess firearms than the firearms themselves.

It can be argued that there is a necessity for such artillery, that completely removing guns from the equation is not the solution.

Those tasked with ensuring our safety need them.

They deal with the worst people in society and must have the ability to use lethal force not only to protect us, but to protect themselves in our service, too.

Fortunately, the reality is the majority of those in law enforcement – in Canada, at least – can go their entire career without ever pulling the trigger, aside from target practice.

Those who hunt for food also argue their right and need to possess arms, although that is often hotly debated itself.

These points are only a few of the numerous sides to the argument. Time and time again, the debate appears to come to an impasse, when weighing whether one’s legal right to possess guns means that they should.

It’s a question that needs serious consideration by lawmakers not only in the U.S., but worldwide, before mass shootings become so commonplace they no longer make headlines.

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Business not as usual on B.C. farmland

By Tom Fletcher News Columnist

Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick has released the latest update to the B.C. Liberal government’s “strategic growth plan” for farm and food products.

After reporting a record $12.3 billion in total agriculture and agri-food sales in B.C. for 2014, the latest plan sets a new goal of increasing it to $15 billion by 2020.

It’s a mostly a status quo plan, continuing current marketing efforts and encouraging higher-value production of a wider range of products.

The ministry intends to hire its first expert in food and beverage production.

It’s a reflection of the fact that fully 70 per cent of that $12.3 billion comes from food and beverage processing. This continues the government’s push to improve economic viability of farms by allowing more food product manufacturing and

sales on Agricultural Land Reserve property.

Letnick says another key strategy is to improve access to irrigation. B.C. has 20,000 farm operations, a number that’s holding steady even as the average age of farmers increases.

Opposition MLAs formed their own agriculture committee to tour the province over the past year, chaired by NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham and independent Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington.

Their report speaks to some of the issues not discussed by the government.

One of those is foreign purchase of farmland, a matter subject to regulation in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba but not B.C. Properties have also been purchased to grow hay for export to Asia, and Huntington says she continues to hear of costly farmland in Delta and Surrey being bought at prices long-established farm families can’t afford.

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We’ve seen a British food and drug conglomerate buy up B.C. Interior farms to plant trees for carbon offsets, a project that was wound down after local protests. Popham and Huntington are calling for a systematic inventory of foreign purchases, to determine if regulation is needed here as climate change shifts growing patterns.

Popham argues that with California enduring years of drought, B.C. can’t continue to depend on imports for more than half its food.

“We have countries that are actively seeking food producing land, because their countries are having difficulties producing under drought conditions,” Popham said. “So before we know it, our farmland could be bought up by other countries that are actively and smartly trying to ensure their own food security.”

Neither Letnick nor the opposition MLAs could produce results from the

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government’s decision to split the Agricultural Land Reserve into two zones, with more latitude for nonfarm activities outside the southwest and Okanagan.

But we’re starting to see signs of the new system of regional Agricultural Land Commission panels working with local governments.

The latest example is on Vancouver Island, where urban neighbours are protesting an established farmer’s decision to clear a forested property for hay growing.

The farmer has been forced to erect a chain-link fence to keep out trespassers who have decided the property is a park that they can use when they like.

The mayors of Saanich and View Royal seem more concerned with appeasing urban complainers than protecting the right to farm. They are being pressed to buy up idle ALR land to soothe urban voters repelled by logging and farming.

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Dec. 10 & 17 Drop in Pickleball 6-9 pm Parkview Elementary school. $4.50, call 250-836-2477 for information.

Dec. 11, 12 & 13 Nanimahoo’s Native Art Gallery Exhibition & sale Opening gala event Friday Dec. 11, 6-10 pm.

250-804-5365 2 km east past Mal-Mar gas station on Malakwa Rd.

The District of Sicamous kicked off the Christmas season with the annual parade and Christmas tree light up on the evening of Saturday. Dec. 5.

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 Monday

Sicamous Three-chord Ukulele Band At the United Church - Sicamous - starting at 1 pm Newcomers please come at 12:15pm to help you get set up.No need to read music, we will teach you how to play. Just bring a ukulele.

For more information call Carla 250-836-4705

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.

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

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

~ 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

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

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.

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

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

Every Wednesday

1st & 3rd Wed. Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red

Malakwa Parent & Tot ~ 10:00 – 12:00 pm

SICAMOUS EAGLES PLAYER PROFILE

i an v i V e Brendan Sim Position: RW

Shoots: Right

Home Town: Golden Height: 5’7” Age: 16a

Weight: 165

Last Wednesday of the month Autism Support Group (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

FRiDAY DEc. 11 Public Skating: 9 am - 10:45 am Lunch Bunch: 12:15 pm - 2 pm Public Skating: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Learn to Skate: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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

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.

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

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.

Recreation Centre

THURSDAY DEc. 10 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

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

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

Sicamous and District WEDNESDAY DEc. 9 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

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Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.

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.

SATURDAY DEc. 12 Sicamous Atom: 10 am - 11:30 am SA Juv: 4:15 - 6:15 pm SUNDAY DEc. 13 Summerland vs Sicamous 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm MONDAY DEc.14 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 DEc.15 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

Rec Centre Gym open 8:00 am to close. Full Membership: $20 a month (250) 836-2283 • arena@cablelan.net • Box 665 Sicamous

2nd Saturday of the month Scrabble Tournament Sicamous library 1 pm 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!

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

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Western winter wonderland: Parkview Elementary had the hot ticket Wednesday night, Dec. 2 with the school’s annual Christmas concert. This year’s show included a western theme. Clockwise from top right: Ryder Gordon, Cashlyn Davidson, Levi Warmenhoven, Isabella Prevost sing and dance; Makayla Kraft and Annika Stroud keep in time; Rielle Walsh thumbs her lapels; Hunter Martin and Nash Rutherford share an exchange; and Kash Skibo focuses on his performance. Photos by Victoria Rowbottom

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Young leaders: Parkview Elementary students Grace Jones, Jasmine Gossen, Payton Kerr, Nash Rutherford, Alex Dunnett, Garrett Dale and Carson Oystryk try their hands as District of Sicamous council.

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Students take council chambers

By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News

Parkview Elementary students studying local government had a taste of municipal politics during a Nov. 24 tour of the District of Sicamous civic centre.

Along with the opportunity to speak with district staff and learn about the different roles at the district office, the experience also included the election of a student

A division of

council consisting of Mayor Payton Kerr, and councillors Carson Oystrk, Garrett Dale, Grace Jones, Jasmine Gossen, Nash Rutherford and Alex Dunnett.

The seven conducted a meeting of council, following an agenda on district letterhead. Included on the agenda, under business arising, were the following discussion points: Safer method of crossing the street from the Tim Horton’s area to the

other half of town; art opportunities for students; different uses of the arena when the ice is not in place (rollerblading, ball hockey, etc.); and park area that includes soccer field, ball hockey area exercise/play equipment for older students.

Parkview learning resource teacher Crystal Truscott said each of the topics was debated with guidance by district deputy corporate officer Julia Payne.

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of learning that says you have to do this now, and if you don’t get it you’re a failure. Because that’s what the message is right now.”

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pounding through something at home because your son is upset because he can’t quite understand it, and he’s got to understand it by tomorrow and you’ll be doing it, but you’ll be going, ‘Why are we doing this?’” said Hooker.

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He was also cutting cedar cants for a re-saw mill along with beams and timbers for many homes that where built in Sicamous and the area.

Alan and Kim operated this mill for seven years. Over time, the orders kept increasing and the old mill could not keep up with the increase of large oversized timber and beams.

In 1990, Kim’s father (Merv Siegrist) and mother Anne had moved to Sicamous to become a partner. Alan and Merv bought a new mill large enough to fill the orders of the beams and timbers that the old saw mill could not handle.

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letter grades, as they still have to take provincial exams for core courses (English, socials and math).

Edgell and Hooker note discussions are occurring between the ministries of education and advanced education, however, about how these assessment practices look in the future.

“If reporting and assessment practices and processes don’t change, then it’s very difficult to have any meaningful change in curriculum,” said Hooker.

A particular benefit of the new curriculum for Eagle River is how it accommodates a timetable that offers students a wide range of paths to take to achieve educational outcomes.

“For us, the way we have designed the timetable with the core classes and the new curriculum has given kids lots of options to take classes of interest to them. That’s worked really well,” said Edgell.

This is in line with what Hooker says about the focus of education shifting to honour the learning that’s taken

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They say it’s not the destination but the journey that matters.

This philosophy would appear to be at the heart of the new curriculum that’s been rolled out in public schools throughout B.C. According to the Ministry of Education, the curriculum redesign is intended to help teachers create learning environments that are both engaging and personalized for students. It has been in development over the past three years through a small number of schools, including Sicamous’ Eagle River Secondary in School District #83, and continues to be a work in progress. This year is considered an implementation period, while all B.C. public schools will be expected to transition to the redesigned curriculum for the 2016/17 school year.

Key to the new curriculum for kindergarten to Grade 9 students is a focus on the “big ideas.” Spelling this out in layman’s terms, School District #19

to memorize something,” said Edgell.

“We’re asking them to think harder, think deeper at a higher level.

That’s taken a while for some kids to learn. I think we’re still working as a school to fine tune things as they come up and be proactive – because there’s nobody else in the province farther ahead than we are.

So we’re solving some curricular issues as they come up and others are learning from us.”

Along with the curriculum redesign has been an exchange on the relevancy of the letter grade, and whether or not it provides an accurate reflection of what a student knows.

Eagle River Secondary principal Val Edgell says her Grade 8 and 9 students do not receive letter grades. Instead, they’re graded on the number of core competencies they’ve mastered.

New curriculum for students in Grade 10 to 12 just rolled out this September and is work in development. Edgell says her Grades 10 to 12 students are graded on a mix of percentages and

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(Revelstoke) superintendent Mike Hooker (a passionate advocate of the changes ahead) says it’s about putting a greater emphasis on the development of what is called core competencies (skills): communication, thinking and personal/social. This, he explains, is to be done through a more cerebral process than looking something up on an electronic device (as has become the norm), memorizing “facts” and taking a test. Instead, students will be encouraged to explore and understand the context behind those facts.

“My social studies was colouring maps,” said Hooker. “Social studies now is understanding short- and long-term causes, unintended consequences of certain events and looking at different stakeholders in social issues.”

Offering her school’s experience, Eagle River Secondary principal Val Edgell says some students love the new approach, while for others, it’s a process of learning a new way of learning.

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Rockets ignite in third to curtail Eagles’ lead

By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News

The Sicamous Eagles were served a series of upsets on the road last weekend.

On Friday, Dec. 4, the Eagles lost 6-5 overtime in a comefrom-behind victory for hosts the Golden Rockets.

Sicamous dominated the first frame, chipping in three goals

in the process. These came from Ian Jarvis, off Bradley Whitehead and Bryce McDonald; Tyler Collins off Nathan Plessis and William Mizuik; and Cameron Flinton off Landon Fuller. The Rockets managed to add one of their own in the period’s last quarter.

Both teams added singles in the second period, with the Sicamous marker coming

from Mizuik off Alex Astasiewicz.

The third period was a rougher affair that wound up hurting the Eagles the most.

McDonald potted a power-play conversion early in the frame off Whitehead and Jayden Hay. The Rockets potted one at 6:15, but the Eagles were able to hang on to a 5-3 lead until the last minute of the game. With the

man advantage due to roughing and interference calls on Eagle Nicholas Cuglietta, the Rockets were able to tie the game up before the buzzer, and win it in overtime.

On Saturday, Dec. 5, the Eagles headed west from Golden to play the Revelstoke Grizzlies.

The game saw great back and forth action in the fist frame, with the Grizzlies finding the

back of the net twice.

The score remained at 2-0 until the second half of the third period, when the Grizzlies added two more. Sicamous rallied to add two of their own, with goals

by Ian Jarvis off Danny O’Donnell and Hay off Evan Hughes. But the Eagles were denied all further attempts, and the game ended in a 4-2 win for Revelstoke.

On Sunday, Dec. 5,

the Eagles suffered a 5-1 defeat in a matinee game versus hosts the Summerland Steam.

Sicamous’ single was scored at 7:29 in the second frame by Tyler Collens off Mizuik.

Following a Saturday, Dec. 12 contest versus hosts the Chase Heat, the Eagles will be back in Sicamous on Dec. 13 to once again face off against the Steam. This is also the

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Christmas in Sicamous 2015 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.

SASCU December ATM Fundraiser Support local food banks every time you use a SASCU ATM. For the entire month of December, ten cents from every transaction on all SASCU ATMs is collected and donated. The proceeds help support food banks throughout the Shuswap. Don’t be surprised if your SASCU ATM withdrawal includes a $50 instead of a $20! Random $50s will be loaded in each ATM to thank the community for supporting the campaign and local food banks.

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.

Until December 18 Community Light Up Challenge. Let’s light up the town! Challenge your friends, family and neighbor’s for bragging rights “who has the best light?” To enter the challenge contact the District Office with your address to be judged on December 18. Open to all of Sicamous, Malakwa, Swansea Point and Cambie Solsqua residents.

Dec. 9 Lions Club Food Bank Bingo doors open @ 5:30 Early Bird 6:45 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 14 planned day trip. Make sure to dress warm as we are going on a sleigh ride in Notch Hill. After our sleigh ride,

Hot Chocolate and Treat we will head to the Salmar Classic to watch the Classic Christmas movie White Christmas. The trip includes transportation, sleigh ride, admission to the theatre, with a small popcorn and drink. All for $40 per person. (Minimum of 15 people required). Trip runs from 9 am to 3:00 pm stop by the District office to sign up.

December 15 - “Wheels to Meals” Christmas Dinner at the Eagle Valley Haven, Noon. Phone Dorothy at 250-836-2437 to reserve or arrange for home delivery.

December 16 Holiday Train and Food Bank Drive The CPR Holiday Train is

arriving at 5:45 pm at the Houseboat Kiosk. The Eagle River Jazz Band will be performing before the train arrives. Entertainers this year are Kelly Prescot, Jim and Devin Cuddy and Chice Jammie.

Show starts at 6:00 pm. Donations for the Food Bank greatfully accepted. The Eagle Valley Resource Centre will once again have their bus for those who need a warm place to watch the train.

Please call 250-836-3440 to reserve your seat today.

December 18 Christmas Light Up Challenge Tour. Hop in the bus and be a part of the judging of the Christmas lights. Seats are $5 per person and are open to everyone please reserve your seat at the District Office. Bring a cup of Hot Chocolate and your Christmas Spirit. Bus leaves the senior centre at 6:30 pm.

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 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 9 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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