Eagle Valley News, March 02, 2016

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How to respond: Eagle River Secondary basketball team members Haydn Gjaltema, Tristyn Davies, Rylan Davie and Brandon Dewes and BC Lions fullback Rolly Lumbala discuss ways of responding to a scenario presented in a workshop entitled, Be More Than A Bystander: Break the Silence on Violence Against Women.

The workshop was preceded by a school presentation on the same subject by BC Lions Lumbala and Matt McGarva. See more on page 12. Photo by Lachlan Labere

District asked to consider residential chicken bylaw

By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News

One might say Carolyn Sims isn’t one to count her chickens before they hatch.

Sims is interested in the idea of having a backyard chicken coop, a small, portable structure with maybe six hens (and no roosters). And while there may be others in Sicamous who have chickens, Sims is reluctant to get her own coop going until the District of Sicamous has a bylaw in place.

“Apparently, at this time, there’s no bylaw in effect to say either way…,” said Sims. “So I thought maybe it would be kind of neat to do that but to have a bylaw in place so if your neighbours came by and said I don’t think this is right and complained, you would have some footing.”

Sims submitted a letter to Sicamous council explaining this dilemma. District community planner Mike Marrs noted there are a number of municipalities in the

province that do allow chickens in areas zoned residential.

“There are a number of conditions that are applicable to those requirements and it is something that staff will be bringing forward to council as we start addressing the zoning bylaw in relation to the OCP as well…,” said Marrs. “Certainly there is reason to support such and from research and everything we’ve been involved with, there has been very little if any negativity from a bylaw enforcement perspective. But there are fees, there are conditions and certain lot sizes that would control it.

And the number of chickens – six hens, no roosters, that type of thing.”

Mayor Terry Rysz supported the idea, provided those caring for chickens are respectful to their neighbours.

Coun. Jeff Mallmes had a different perspective.

“I can respect they want to have chickens for fresh eggs and stuff like that,” said Mallmes. “I’ve been to my See Resident on page 2

Cooped up: Sicamous is currently without a bylaw for chicken coops in residential areas. Photo by Evan Buhler

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Council approves purchases

By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News

Sicamous council recently approved the purchase of a $233,000 loader that will save the district money.

The loader, a 2015 John Deere 624K, is being purchased from Brandt Tractor Ltd. for $233,350, less the trade-in of a 2010 loader for the price of $150,000, bringing the district’s total to $83,360 plus taxes.

District chief financial officer Kelly Bennett explained the trade-in will amount to a decreased tax impact in the municipal budget.

“Previously we had a lease for a 2010 loader with monthly payments of $3,000,

so this is just doing a trade-in essentially, and we have a decrease in payment of $1,500,” said Bennett.

The lease on the 2010 loader expired last October, prompting council and district staff’s deliberation on the upgrade.

Council also approved another public works expenditure – $76,866 plus taxes for three back-up diesel generators from Frontier Power Products Ltd. The generators are for the district’s lift stations at Boutwell, Silver Sands and Sicamous Park estates, which are all currently without back-up power.

Frontier’s quote was the lowest of three provided to the district.

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son’s place and he has chickens and it stinks, quite frankly. So, if we allow this to go on, we will incur bylaw enforcement.”

Marrs reiterated that existing bylaws for chickens in residential areas are very strict.

“It’s something that’s worthy of discussion because there is a need, sustainability for food and that type of thing,” said Marrs.

Sims says Prince George is now moving ahead with a similar bylaw, and she would like to see Sicamous do the same. She says she has kept chickens in the past – when she lived on an acreage, and not her current Oak Street property.

“They’re very easy to keep and now there are a lot of breeds – we used to have maybe four or five breeds and now there’s all kinds, so you can get quite a few smaller-breed chickens so you can kind of put more in a small space than you used to be able to,” said Sims. “It’s just neat to have something like that too, something living and that depends on you and you have to keep going.”

With a half-dozen chickens in the backyard, each one laying about two eggs every three days, Sims expects she’d have more than enough eggs. In addition, there’s the chicken’s manure, which Sims says makes great fertilizer.

But for Sims, having chickens wouldn’t just be about the eggs – it’s about having something

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“I’m retired and my husband has a little part-time job because he doesn’t retire well,” Sims explained. “We got ourselves a little dog too because it gives us a reason to get up and move and do things. I can’t just sit here and vegetate – I have to go out and feed my chickens and walk my dog…

My husband and I have

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travelled quite extensively. So it’s like, we’ve done all that stuff, but I still need a reason to move. And that was the whole thinking in a nutshell.”

If council does pass a chicken bylaw, Sims

says whether or not she gets a coop of her own going, she would love to help others with theirs.

“I would be only too happy to help people with that and help get them started,” said Sims.

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DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS Temporary DepuTy CorporaTe offiCer The District of Sicamous is a vibrant community serving a total of approximately 2,500 residents, with a seasonal population of 8,000. Affordable housing, outstanding outdoor recreation facilities, and great education options within driving distance make the District of Sicamous an ideal location. Please refer to our website at www.sicamous.ca for more information.

Reporting to the Town Manager, the Deputy Corporate Officer is required to assume responsibility for statutory functions set out under the Community Charter, Local Government Act and Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The incumbent is required to take and publish Minutes at Council and Committee meetings, compile and distribute meeting agendas, reports and supporting material, draft correspondence and bylaws, act as Chief Election Officer and FOI Coordinator and manage insurance claims. The successful candidate will be able to work without direction, possess excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, maintain confidentiality, and exercise tact, discretion and sound judgment. Excellent organizational and problem solving skills are required, together with the possibility of some evening work.

The ideal candidate will possess a Degree or Diploma in Local Government Administration, know right from wrong, together with a minimum of three years relevant experience. Knowledge of the Community Charter, Local Government Act and FOIPP is also a requirement, together with excellent computer skills and experience with ICompass is an asset.

A full job description is available on the District’s website under Employment Opportunities.

This temporary position is to cover a maternity leave and offers a competitive salary.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit a letter of interest and resumes by 4:00 p.m., on March 17th, 2016 to: Kelly Bennett, Chief Financial Officer District of Sicamous PO Box 219 446 Main Street Sicamous, B.C. V0E 2V0 Email: kbennett@sicamous.ca The District of Sicamous thanks all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Province behind on promise to four-lane Trans-Canada

By Alex Cooper Black Press

The latest provincial budget contains more than $200 million in spending over the next three years on four-laning the Trans-Canada Highway from Kamloops to the Alberta border.

According to the service plan for the Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure, $48 million is set to be spent this year, $57 million in 2017 and $101 million in 2018, for a total of $206 million.

Only two projects are mentioned in the service plan – phase four of the Kicking Horse Canyon Project, and completion of twinning the 10.5-kilometre stretch from Monte Creek to Pritchard, east of Kamloops. However, the ministry provided a list of projects that are either underway or in

the planning and design phase. They are: • Phase 2 of the Hoffman’s Bluff project, which includes fourlaning 3.1 kilometres of highway at a cost of $61.6 million. The federal government is paying for $26.9 million of that. Construction is scheduled to finish this year.

• Replacement of the Malakwa Bridge and twinning three kilometres of highway, at a cost of $35 million, $13 million of which is coming from Ottawa.

Work is set to finish this summer.

• Four-laning 7.5 kilometres of highway from Hoffman’s Bluff to Chase Creek at a cost of $94.5 million, $18.3 million of which is being paid for by Ottawa.

Design work is complete, but there is no set date for construction to begin.

• Twinning six kilometres of highway through western Salmon Arm. This project is in the planning and design phase, and no cost estimate is available.

• Replacement of the North Fork bridge and twinning 3.5 kilometres between Revelstoke and Sicamous.

The cost and construction start date are to be determined.

• Four-laning of a 2.4 kilometre stretch of highway near Albert Canyon. $34 million was announced just before the federal election campaign started last August. The federal government is contributing $15.5 million towards this project.

• Four-laning 2.5 kilometres of highway 20 kilometres west of Golden. No cost or construction timing has been set.

• The fourth phase

of the Kicking Horse canyon project, which consists of twinning four kilometres of highway just outside of Golden. It has been in the planning stages for years. The budget for this is $450 million, which the province hopes to share with the federal government.

In 2012, Premier Christy Clark announced the province would spend $650 million over the next 10 years on twinning the Trans-Canada Highway from Kamloops to the Alberta Border.

So far it is behind on its promise, having underspent its budget in the first three years of the commitment, according to the service plans and estimates published by the Ministry of Transportation.

In 2012/13, $74 million was budgeted but only $60 million was

BC Hydro seeks temporary rate increase BC Hydro applied Friday for a temporary electricity rate increase of four per cent, starting April 1.

The utility said that would mean an extra

four dollars a month for the average residential customer.

CEO Jessica McDonald said staff applied to the B.C. Utilities Commission to

hike the rate for the next fiscal year because they need more time to update their forecasts in light of “recent events in the mining and LNG sectors.”

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BC Hydro said it expects to continue to see an overall increase in demand for the next couple of decades.

spent. In 2013/14, $59 million was budgeted but only $18 million was spent. In 2014/15, $50 million was budgeted but only $32 million was spent.

Last April, during a debate in the Legislature, Transportation Minister Todd Stone said it would cost $6 billion to finish twinning the provincial portions of the highway from Kamloops to Alberta.

Former MP David Wilks said it would cost $5 billion in 2012 dollars to twin the highway through Yoho, Glacier and Mount Revelstoke national parks.

Norm Macdonald, the MLA for Columbia River–Revelstoke, criticized the government’s spending.

“The much-needed

Trans-Canada Highway upgrade remains essentially unfunded, despite numerous announcements and promises that this was a priority for the government,” he said.

Revelstoke mayor Mark McKee said he doesn’t expect to see big strides in highway

spending until the federal government comes to the table with big money.

“One thing I am confident is that when the feds are ready to sit down at the table and talk Trans-Canada, the province will be there to fund upgrades,” said McKee.

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Hired Equipment Registration Final Notice Okanagan Shuswap District The Okanagan Shuswap District of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is creating its list of registered Equipment for Hire for the fiscal year of 2016/2017, which begins April 1, 2016. This district geographically covers the area from the United States border, east to Osoyoos, west of Princeton and north of Salmon Arm.

All individuals or companies registered in 2015 will have received invitations by mail to re‑register hired equipment for 2016. If you have new equipment to be added to your profile, you can register online at www.bcbid.ca or contact the District Office in Kelowna to obtain the appropriate forms. Any individuals who were not registered in 2015, but wish to have equipment listed are hereby invited to contact the District Office, either in person or by phone, to obtain the appropriate registration forms.

Note that while you do not need to have Commercial (Comprehensive) General Liability Insurance or up‑to‑date WorkSafe BC coverage to register, you will have to meet these requirements prior to working on any ministry projects.

Only owned or lease‑to‑own equipment is eligible for registration. Equipment may only be registered in one area in any given year. Seniority is not transferable from area to area.

The deadline for new registrations is midnight on Wednesday, March 18, 2016.

Late registrations will be accepted, but may appear at the bottom of the open list. Note that there is no charge for registering new equipment, or for changing or deleting equipment information already listed.

Register through the Okanagan Shuswap District Office at: 1358 St. Paul Street, Suite 300, Kelowna, B.C., V1Y 2E1 You can also phone 250 712-3660 or send a fax to 250 712-3669 to have the forms mailed or faxed to you.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Eagle Valley News

OPINION

Prosperity at our expense

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t’s not difficult to be cynical about the B.C. government’s recently released budget, or at least portions of it.

During the 2013 election campaign, Premier Christy Clark promised a “prosperity fund” fed by tax revenue from liquid natural gas (LNG) projects.

Well, the fossil fuel market is in the tank and, alas, there is no LNG from any new plants in any tank in B.C. A promise is a promise, said the MLA for West Kelowna through her finance minister, so we’ll take $100 million in surplus and start this prosperity fund with some seed money.

First thing: this is taxpayer money the province is using, not tax revenue from any increased activity in B.C.’s LNG world.

Second thing: what kind of foolish accounting practices are being followed that build in hundreds of millions of surplus dollars for an operating budget? It’s not difficult: bring in the money, spend it on services.

Or pay off debt. If you are bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars more than what you are willing to pay on services, tax us less. Or take away the sales tax. Or eliminate MSP fees.

Even the most trusting or naive of souls can see how this is shaping up. In about 14 months there will be a provincial election. So, exactly whose prosperity are we talking about with this fund?

This situation reveals a government that believes its electorate is as dumb as a post. Or a government that is so arrogant it believes it can do what it wants, when it wants, with our hard-earned money. Or a government that believes it can’t be beat in the current twoparty system of this province because it’s the only right-of-centre option.

The last point is probably true.

The majority of B.C.’s people don’t believe in big government. They believe in business, even big business. There’s no denying that has been the record in B.C. for the vast majority of its history. However, once in a while, the people perceive arrogance and they see a government or party (Liberals or Socreds, take your pick) that needs to be taught a lesson.

Lesson time might be coming for the B.C. Liberals in 14 months.

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Bowing to the power of judges

By Tom Fletcher News Columnist

One of the enduring legacies of Pierre Trudeau’s time as prime minister is the legal supremacy of the individual, as articulated in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

We are seeing this played out with greater force than ever today, by an activist high court that swatted aside Stephen Harper’s attempts to restrain it, and now orders a meek, politically correct Justin Trudeau government to do its bidding.

The Federal Court decreed last week that people have the right to grow their own “medical” marijuana.

This ruling is unlikely to be appealed, given that Trudeau the Younger is committed to legalizing marijuana for everyone.

There are conditions that show measurable relief from marijuana products, such as glaucoma or

the nausea and loss of appetite associated with cancer treatments. But much of the so-called medical marijuana industry is based on unsubstantiated claims about an inconsistent herbal remedy that hasn’t been studied much because it’s been illegal.

The Federal Court case involves four people from B.C., which boasts more than half of the contested medical marijuana growing licences issued across the country.

One of the petitioners suffers from a vaguely defined condition known as “chronic fatigue syndrome,” which led to a disability pension from a federal civil service job at age 45.

The judge cited no research to support the claim that sitting around smoking dope all day relieves this condition. Indeed it defies common sense that a set of symptoms with no identified cause, which might

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be confused with what we used to call laziness, would be alleviated by chronic consumption of a drug that promotes eating chips and watching TV. But we peasants aren’t supposed to question our monarchs, especially those in ermine-trimmed red robes at the Supreme Court of Canada.

That court has decreed that our charter, which in Section 7 protects the “right to life, liberty and security of the person,” includes a right to have a doctor’s help to commit suicide. Euthanasia has been re-branded as “assisted dying” by all the most “progressive” countries, and Canada has been given a firm deadline to join the club.

A Liberal-dominated committee of MPs and senators has recommended full-throttle implementation, not restricted to terminal illness and including mental conditions such as depression and dementia.

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The majority suggested even “mature minors” should have this new right.

The politicians support allowing doctors to opt out of cases they won’t condone, as long as they provide a referral to another doctor.

B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake expressed the hope that Canada ends up with a consistent policy on doctor-assisted suicide, rather than a provincial patchwork.

The closest Lake came to politically incorrect criticism was to caution that “deep discussion” is needed around the court’s notion of a “competent minor,” someone not yet entrusted with the vote or access to a liquor store.

Three dissenting Conservative MPs went so far as to say the recommendations don’t adequately protect seniors who might be coerced into checking out and passing on their estates.

How old-fashioned.

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

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March 9, 16, 23 & 30 Lego Builders For kids ages 6-12.

Limited space, please register at the library or by calling 250-836-4845

more information call Carla 250-836-4705

March 14 Preschool PALS at 10am at Sicamous StrongStart at Parkview Elementary. Learn how to help your child with early literacy skills at free Preschool PALS (Parents as Literacy Supporters) sessions.

The theme this year is storybook reading, and sessions last about 45 minutes. Children and parents work together on the techniques supported by a LASS teacher and your StrongStart teacher.

Every Tuesday

Monday to Friday Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue.

Internet & related services. Call Diana. 8362446 Mon., Wed. & Fri Sicamous Strongstart 8:15-11:15 Parkview Elementary 836-2871

Every Monday

Sicamous Threechord 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.

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Chair Aerobics Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre. 10 am.

Everyone Welcome

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 250-832-9700.

Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in the Common Room at the Haven.

Delivery available if required, phone Dorothy at 250-836-2437.

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

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 8364133 T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30.

Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-8364041 for info.

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

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 250-836-2437.

Chair Aerobics Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre. 10 am.

Everyone Welcome Every 2nd T h u r s d a y 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 Wed. Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.

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.

Last Wednesday of the month Autism Support Group 6:00-7:30pm at Sicamous Health Unit

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

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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. 8363440.

Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Carol 250-8363135 or Amy 250-8364756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpalette.com Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pm

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.

Sundays 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.

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Highlights from B.C. budget

FROM THE LEGISLATURE GREG KYLLO

Four consecutive balanced budgets. No wonder our province is the envy of Canada.

By promoting and guiding economic growth in our province, we are able to invest $1.6 billion over the next three years into new and increased spending.

Our balanced budget, low debt-to-GDP ratio and triple-A credit rating mean we can borrow at the lowest interest rates in the country. By comparison, if B.C. was saddled with Ontario’s weaker credit rating, we would be spending an extra $2.4 billion a year to service

our debt, instead of going into important programs and services for British Columbians.

Some of the significant investments highlighted in Budget 2016 include new and increased services to help families and individuals with their cost of living, as well as measures to bolster and protect rural communities across the province.

Residents of the Shuswap will benefit from several initiatives aimed at rural B.C. We are protecting communities and citizens by setting aside $85 million to establish a new organization — the Forest Enhancement Society of B.C. — that will work toward wildfire prevention and mitigation through forest fuel management, reforestation and habitat restoration.

There is $10 million for the Strategic Wildfire Prevention Initiative for Community

Wildfire Protection Plans, fire-smart planning activities and fuel management projects.

There will be enhanced property tax relief for those who provide tourist accommodation in our riding.

Agriculture is an important economic driver in the Shuswap.

There is a new Farmers’ Food Donation Tax Credit that is worth 25 per cent of qualifying agricultural products donated to a registered charity providing food to those in need, or helping a school meal plan.

And the new threeyear, $75-million Rural Dividend program takes effect this year to help rural communities reinvigorate and diversify their economies.

This is a great opportunity for the people of each community in the Shuswap to work together to make your economic development goals a reality.

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The B.C. government is investing an additional $70 million annually to enhance premium assistance.

About 335,000 people will see their premiums reduced, and an additional 45,000 people will no longer pay premiums at all in 2017.

As a result of enhancing premium assistance in 2017, a single senior earning up to $45,000 may qualify for reduced premiums.

A senior couple earning up to $51,000 may qualify for reduced premiums. This translates into a savings of up to $480 per year for a senior couple and $324 per year for a single senior.

With this budget, we are able to provide more services and help ease the cost of living for people in the Shuswap.

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Crew aims to cross Georgia Straight in hot tub

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A Sicamous man is hoping to get his name in the Guinness Book of World Records by sailing across the Georgia Straight in a hot tub.

Hot Tub Boat, as it’s affectionately called by its crew and builders – Ed Estabrook, Piotr Forysinski, Artem Bylinski and Sicamous native Marco Bieri – was inspired by the houseboats of the Shuswap, and perhaps several beers.

“One of my best buddies here, Ed – he has a sailboat – we went houseboating in Sicamous and, as you know, they’ve got hot tubs on them, and he was just like, ‘how awesome would it be to have a hot tub on the sailboat,’” said Bieri. “I thought, true, but, just a sailboat moves a lot more differently than a houseboat and the size wouldn’t work. And then, as kind of a drunk joke we thought we should tow one.”

But that’s not what happened. Instead, that vision about two years back became the seed behind the Hot Tub Boat project. Estabrook, Bieri and company picked up an unwanted hot tub through Craigslist and got to work, taking it, as Bieri says, to the next level.

“Most of my friends here are kind of into engineering, physics, whatever – especially people that helped out with this project,” explained Bieri, who has a masters in physics and is currently working as an engineer. “The whole planning of it, that was mainly our friend Piotr. He’s a physicist actually…

He built the model on a computer because that’s what we do.”

Forysinski provided pontoons and a frame was constructed onto which they could be attached. Before that, however, tub had to be retrofitted to function on the water.

“We took the old hot tub and ripped everything out, all the insulation, all the piping…,” said Bieri.

“It was really gross, so we gutted the whole thing and then reframed it, fibreglassed it – that was a lot of work, sanded it, fibreglassed it again, painted it, and then we built the frame around it. It was quite a bit of work, like, hundreds of hours spent in my backyard.”

There were some setbacks to getting Hot Tub Boat seaworthy. Twice the outboard motor broke

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funny but, at the same time, is something the he and the crew takes seriously.

“You know, it’s a big step to go from sitting drunk at Old Town, going, ‘Hey, we should have a hot tub on the sail boat,’ to sitting in the Georgia Straight in a hot tub boat…,” said Bieri. “I think it’s kind of a unique project. I mean, it’s funny in one sense, but once it was built and stuff, it makes logical sense.”

A video of Hot Tub Boat, created to help fund it’s current motor, can be seen on YouTube under the title Hot Tub Boat Kickstarter Video.

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has been taken on shorter, successful runs between Bowen and Little Island.

Given its odd size and slow speed (top speed is about 3.5 knots or six kilometres an hour), the Hot Tub Boat crew is just waiting for the perfect day to set sail and attempt to make history.

“Of course you don’t want to have bad weather and of course you want a bunch of boats with you, so that’s a plan. We’ll probably have three or four boats sailing with us and hope for the best.”

Bieri admits the concept of Hot Tub Boat is

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off the frame, having to be recovered from the ocean bottom. Each time resulted in the construction of better engine mounts. Over time the vessel underwent various tweaks and refinements to get it where it is today.

“Every time you have an extra few hours to blow you just kind of work on it,” said Bieri.

“The same as with somebody who has a car in their backyard – you always try to tweak it.”

Those tweaks include a sound system, a battery and propane

heating system for water in the tub, and the ability to tow a dinghy loaded with a pig roaster (another of the crew’s custom creations).

With their unusual craft more or less complete, Bieri explains he and Estabrook had another vision of sorts, to be the first to travel across the Georgia Straight in a hot tub boat and make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.

“That again kind of started out as a joke…

Ed was like, how cool would it be to get Hot Tub Boat across the Georgia Straight,” said Bieri, noting the boat

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Don’t be a bystander. Be more.

This was the message BC Lions members Rolly Lumbala and Matt McGarva were sharing with Shuswap high school students last week in a presentation called Be More Than A Bystander: Break the Silence On Violence Against Women.

“It’s not enough to be aware of a situation – nothing is going to get done until you say something,” said Lumbala, stressing how the right words can at times be enough to curtail a bad situation – be it a physical altercation, sexist comments or cyber-bullying – from becoming worse.

Intervention doesn’t mean being a superhero, said Lumbala, encouraging students to work together to create an environment where women can feel safe.

“Girls and boys need to work together on these issues because they affect us all.”

Lumbala and McGarva offered several sobering statistics such as: one in three women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime; each year 800,000 children witness violence against women; half of Canadian women have experienced physical or sexual violence by age 16; and women under 25 of every culture experience the highest rates of dating violence.

I can’t deny there’s a bit of irony to messages denouncing sexual objectification and violence against women coming from members of a football franchise that’s accompanied on the field by the scantily-clad Felions cheerleading squad.

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a football institution you say? Maybe, but it also illustrates how a one-off public service announcement – though a positive, even inspiring step – is not nearly enough to address the systemic sexism the BC Lions are trying to address.

The idea of not being a bystander is also positive, but, unfortunately, also systemic and complex. The word “bystander” itself is culturally linked to a famous historic case of sexual violence that resulted in the death of Catherine “Kitty” Genovese. According to the New York Times archive from March 27, 1964, Genovese was stalked and stabbed in three separate attacks over a half-hour period in a Queen’s neighbourhood. About 38 “respectable, lawabiding citizens” reportedly looked on from the comfort of their apartments, some even hearing as Genovese screamed “Oh, my God, he stabbed me!

Please help me!”

Only one witness contacted the police, and not until after the third and fatal knife wound, when Genovese was lying dead on the street.

From this and similar incidents we have the term, “bystander effect,” referring to the phenomenon where individuals fail to offer any means of assistance to a victim when others are present.

When I was a young boy, living in Vancouver, there was a woman who lived for a brief time across the street from my family. I didn’t know her, but my parents spoke with her from time to time. What I remember most about her was that some guy used to visit her and they would yell and fight. During one of these altercations, a more serious one I guess, my dad and another neighbour chose not to be a bystander. They went to the house and told the guy to leave. She told them he wouldn’t leave her alone, that she’d

told the police repeatedly and they couldn’t and/or wouldn’t do anything for her. Soon after she moved to another address and, not long after that, she was killed by the man who had been stalking her.

While I’m proud of my dad and our neighbour for doing what they did, the response from the police was a frustrating and ultimately tragic example of institutionalized sexism.

I suppose some might argue we’ve

come a long way since then. I’d suggest that in some ways, particularly with technology and the Internet, it has become worse.

It’s not difficult to see if you look: we have RCMP whistleblowers speaking out against sexual harassment on the force, hundreds of missing and/or murdered aboriginal women, a myriad of reports of sexual harassment involving university students, men making rude and lewd remarks to women journalists

and more. Then there’s the magazines, TV programs, websites and misogynistic social media groups where women are intended subjects of sexual objectification or worse.

Lumbala and McGarva encouraged students to respect one another, to be more and recognize how everybody is a somebody.

It isn’t a complicated message, but I have to give the BC Lions credit – it’s one we aren’t exposed to nearly enough.

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CONGRATULATIONS!

224 athletes from the Thompson - Okanagan competed at the 2016 BC Winter Games bringing home 92 medals.

Thank you to the coaches, officials, volunteers, and families who support these growing champions.

See photos, videos, and results at BCGAMES.ORG