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n School District #83 students including Eagle River Secondary Student Noah Gathergood, at left, had an opportunity to try their hands at different trades, including welding, during the Spotlight on Trades event held Friday, Feb. 26 at TA Structures and Twin Anchors Marine.

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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 Proj-

ect, 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 four-laning 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

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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.

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Politicians call for federal funds Continued from front • 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 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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Thank You… The family of the late Racille (Rae) Oliver wish to thank those who helped in making Mom’s life in Salmon Arm interesting and fun. The staff at Andover Terrace was exceptional – she truly enjoyed her new home.

Her medical care here was notable – from beginning to end. Thank you Julie Parenteau, Dr. M. Lourens, and especially Dr. Barb McKinnon and Dr. Chris Weickder. Thank you, too, to the second floor staff at SLGH. Bastion Place staff were so caring and compassionate, we truly appreciate the respect they showed to our mom.

Finally, many thanks to our friends and neighbours who warmly welcomed her, visited with her and made her feel an important part of her new community.

Gary & Cheryl Cruikshank & family, Doran Oliver & family

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Hatching a plan for chickens Sicamous: Resident wants bylaw to allow for birds.

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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

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n Sicamous is currently without a bylaw for chicken coops in residential areas. 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 of 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 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 to keep her busy.

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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 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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Friday, March 4, 2016 Shuswap Market News

On the puck

n Samantha Maric of the Salmon Arm Midget A hockey team takes control of the puck behind the net during a weekend game at the Shaw Centre. The team qualified for provincials which will be played in Kamloops March 27-30 as part of the Women’s World Cup events.

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Meetings set for proposed school closures

By Tracy Hughes

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Community members can have their say on potential school closures in the region at two upcoming meetings.

The first is for Silver Creek Elementary and will be April 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the school. The second will be for the proposed Armstrong

Elementary School closure on April 11 at Pleasant Valley Secondary School starting at 6:30 p.m.

The board of education voted Feb. 9 to initiate a 60-day consultation process to close both schools for September 2016.

Due to declining enrolment and no additional funding from the Ministry of Education,

the board needs to cut $1.3 million from its operations to balance the budget for the upcoming school year.

The school district has also released information packages for the school closures to answer questions about the impact on class sizes, renovations and cost savings.

They are available on the School District

#83 website at www. sd83.bc.ca Closing Silver Creek Elementary is expected to save roughly $213,000 from the operating budget and closing Armstrong Elementary would save approximately $509,000.

The school board vote on school closures is planned for a special meeting on April 26.

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CSRD off base on composting It was good news to read that the CSRD is beginning to implement a food waste reduction program. In fact it should be called an organic waste composting program. As is well known, most of the material going to landfills during the summer is lawn clippings.

When Salmon Arm councillor Chad Eliason proposed curbside garbage pickup, I suggested to him a more logical move was to

implement a composting program. Finally we are seeing this become a reality. However, I am puzzled by where this will first be implemented. Why choose to do it in the rural areas where most people have a garden or some animals that can easily utilize waste food?

May I suggest to the CSRD that this program begin in the major urban areas such as Salmon Arm, Golden, Sicamous, etc. Collec-

tion is less costly and it removes tons of perfectly good compost from the garbage collection process. Why do it in rural areas where it is not really needed and is bound to prove a failure or at best a mediocre success?

The metropolis of North Vancouver has a mandatory composting program. The CSRD may benefit by taking a look at their policy.

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‘Dark days’ ahead for Canada I am very much in favour of attracting immigrants – we need them. This policy has made Canada the great country that it is. We welcomed ‘newcomers’ and they, in turn, accepted what we had to offer and worked hard to become proud Canadians. They did not come with a list of demands which is what we keep getting from our Muslim immigrants.

Instead of being grateful and

thankful for Canada’s generosity, they want ‘us’ to change. No other group of immigrants has had the effrontery to do this (and our weak-kneed politicians keep giving in.)

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One only has to look ‘across the pond’ to see what is taking place in England. I am far from

the only Canadian who feels this way. We are being led down a ‘slippery slope’ by people we elected who promised to safeguard our values. Now these values are being compromised.

To complicate matters we have a Prime Minister who is woefully unqualified to lead Canada.

There are ‘dark days’ ahead.

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Budgeting prosperity at our expense

Friday, March 4, 2016 Shuswap Market News

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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 hardearned money. Or a government that believes it can’t be beat in the current two-party system of this province because it’s the only right-of-centre option.

The last point is probably true.

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Locating gold with a metal detector We’ve all seen them, walking the beach in sandals and baggy shorts, with their Tilley hats, patterned shortsleeved shirts and pasty white legs, waving their metal detectors back and forth, oblivious to the world.

Perhaps it’s only coincidence that a fair number of them are about two years or so into retirement. Apparently that’s just about how long it takes for some people to become really bored.

As it happens, I’m about two years into what I like to call ’semi-retirement’ and, if the truth be told, I also own a metal detector.

However, don’t expect to see me anytime soon walking along the beach, looking for quarters or anything else someone may have lost.

I use my metal detector to look for gold. Not that I haven’t been pleased to have it in the back of the vehicle when I happened upon the remains of an old miner’s or trapper’s cabin out in the middle of nowhere. My point being that so-called relic/coin metal detectors are also useful tools in locating areas where there is at least some gold. While I have yet to locate a nugget with my

The GreaT OuTdOOrs James Murray detector, I have found areas with concentrations of black sand, small flakes and flower gold. (My approach to prospecting for gold is simply this: it all adds up.)

Different metal detectors work in various ways.

The type I own is referred to as a very low frequency (VLF) metal detector. It is a general-purpose detector which contains a coil of wire (wrapped around a circular disk at the end of the handle) known as the transmitter coil. When electricity flows through the coil, a magnetic field is created around the disk. As the detector moves over a metal object, the magnetic field affects the atoms inside the metal. It changes the way the electrons (tiny particles orbiting around the

atoms) move. When a metal detector moves over a piece of metal, the magnetic field coming from the detector causes another magnetic field to appear around the metal. It is this second magnetic field, around the metal, that the detector picks up.

The metal detector has a second coil of wire in its head (known as the receiver coil) that is connected to a speaker. As the detector moves over the piece of metal, the magnetic field produced by the metal cuts through the coil. As the detector moves over the metal, electricity flows through the receiver coil, making the loudspeaker beep. The closer the transmitter coil is to the piece of metal, the stronger the magnetic field the transmitter coil creates, and the stronger the magnetic field the metal creates in the receiver coil, the more current that flows to the speaker and the louder the beep.

Now I certainly do not profess to understand a heck of a lot about all the electronic theory that goes into metal detectors, but I do know that the depth at which an object can be located depends on a number

of factors such as the size of the metal object and the amount of iron and mineral content in the soil. I also know objects such as pull tabs from beverage cans, coins, nails, metal relics and particles of gold all emit magnetic signatures.

Learning to recognize the subtle difference between them can be a challenge.

Most general-purpose metal detectors can locate small objects such as coins to a depth of up to six inches, and larger objects (with higher magnetic signatures) down to a depth of five feet and sometimes more.

General-purpose metal detectors are not typically designed to detect metal objects as small as a particle or flake of gold (maybe half the size of a grain of rice), but they do offer far superior trash metal rejection compared to detectors designed specifically for gold prospecting. Having said that, better quality general purpose detectors usually have a setting which can effectively ‘discriminate’ gold from other metals.

The trick, though, is to remember that “gold is where you find it.”

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Constructing the CPR in the Shuswap

SHUSWAP PASSION Jim Cooperman Just prior to completing the final revisions and additions to the last chapter of Everything Shuswap about the history of settlement, I rediscovered some material about the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) through the Shuswap in my history file cabinet. These papers were obtained during a visit to the CPR archives in Montreal back in 1988, when my focus was on local history. The information was significant enough to warrant including some excerpts.

The building of the CPR was key to British Columbia joining Confederation and it was an essential part of nation building for Canada. It was a monumental task to construct the railway through the mountains and over the many canyons and waterways, and much of it was accomplished with hand labour. William Cornelius Van Horne, who later became CPR president, was in charge of the project. There were two major contractors in B.C., Andrew Onderdonk in the west and James Ross in the east.

It was not until the summer of 1884 that work began on the section between Sa-

vona and Chase Creek under the supervision of Henry Cambie and to the east, by Major A. B. Rogers. In early September, Van Horne wrote a letter to the CPR directors outlining the status and estimated cost of the project: “The section to Griffin Lake, at the summit of Eagle Pass (113 miles) is estimated to cost not more than an average of $16,000 per mile, making the average cost per mile from the west end of Kamloops Lake to Griffin Lake, a distance of 128 miles, $21,565 dollars per mile.”

“The hot and dry midsummer of 1885, which had so much trouble with forest fires in the Selkirks, produced the same effect in the Shuswap region.”

A November 1, 1884 handwritten letter from Andrew Onderdonk, an American construction contractor for the railway, to W.C. Van Horne provided even more description: “At Salmon River, I found seven gangs of Chinamen working on the fill, which will be finished in about 2 weeks. The work was well advanced. The bank is quite heavy, about 1½ miles long and in some cases 16 feet high. When this is done some of these Chinamen will work at a heavy earth cut all winter 8 miles west of Salmon River and the

balance be sent to the rock work west of the Summit. Sinclair was building winter quarters for five gangs of white men to work on this rock and by this time I think the men have gone up being about through on the Kamloops Lake.

I found the two tunnels 3 and 8 miles west of Chicamose [Sicamous] well stocked with flint, powder and provisions sufficient to complete the tunnels with their approaches.....

Bray has three gangs of white men, all first class. I think his tunnels are sure to be finished in April.”

The book Van Horne’s Road by Omer Lavallée describes how there was a warehouse and store for the “Chinese” at the west end of Shuswap Lake, and a smaller store for the “whites” in Blind Bay. Once the excavation work was done and the bridges and trestles were completed, the actual laying of the track progressed quickly at the rate of one mile per day.

This book also provides some other interesting details: “The hot and dry midsummer of 1885, which had so much trouble with forest fires in the Selkirks, produced the same effect in the Shuswap region. A stockpile of ties, estimated to number between 12,000 and 15,000 was completely consumed as the railway was being built eastward from Kamloops in July. As a result, when the railway was advancing

over Notch Hill and even though new ties were being delivered to replace those lost, the supply was far behind the demand.

Major Rogers noted with dismay that only half the required number of ties were being placed in the track, in order not to impede tracklaying. Ties were thus laid on a 42-inch spacing, rather than the specified 21-inch spacing.

The delays in construction in the Selkirks in the summer of 1885 put Ross far behind schedule, and Onderdonk completed his section first. On September 28th, 1885, ran out of rails two miles west of the north fork of the Eagle River, on the west slope of Eagle pass. Ross’ forces were still 43 miles to the east, about five miles west of Albert Canyon.”

Onderdonk dismissed his employees on September 26, 1885, while Ross continued work until the last spike was driven on November 7th at Craigellachie.

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The relationship between income and health LIVING WELL According to a recent report about income-related health inequalities in Canada, on a national level we collectively spend more than $200 billion a year on our publicly funded health-care. systems.

Here in British Columbia, our healthcare programs equate to almost 50 per cent of our provincial budget. But despite all this spending, those who are richer continue to enjoy better health and live longer than those

who are poor.

Our health is most impacted by social determinants – things like stable housing, having a job, access to education and a steady income can make us healthier.

It’s all connected – if you have a job and a steady income, you are more likely to be able to find the resources to improve your education or the education of

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With an advanced education, you are more likely to have a higher income and be able to afford safe and stable housing.

If you have affordable housing, you are less likely to have to choose between buying healthy food and paying the rent, and that means you can eat a healthier diet.

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like obesity, smoking rates and child mortality paint a picture of two different worlds – the poorest Canadians are challenged by these problems much more than those who are economically advantaged.

Universal health care, like we have in Canada, is a cornerstone to a more equitable society in terms of access to health care.

We can also help decrease health inequities by investing in affordable housing, improving access to education and supporting poverty reduction planning programs in our communities.

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Three exercises that work your core and come with an added bonus (NC) Doing crunches and planks will work your core – not exactly an earth shattering statement.

What many people don’t realize is that there are other exercises that work your core muscles and may even be more effective at working your abs. With a strong stable core, your everyday movements are made a lot easier.

Kim Lavender, national director of Team Training for GoodLife Fitness has been helping people achieve their fitness goals for over 25 years. “Having a strong core is more than just flattening your tummy or getting a sixpack. It protects your organs, diminishes back pain and enhances your posture,” says Lavender.

“A strong core helps you with everyday movements; whether it’s bending down to put on your shoes or picking up groceries.”

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Salmon Arm: Commission wants demolition review.

By Lachlan Labere

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The city’s Community Heritage Commission would like to review applications for the demolition or removal of registered heritage homes before municipal council decides their fate.

While the city is willing to accommodate this request, council is reluctant to put it on paper in the form of a bylaw amendment.

The commission’s request came out of a meeting at which it discussed procedural requirements pertaining to the demolition or removal of buildings on the community register.

“As buildings on the register have been carefully selected for their historical significance to the community, the commission would greatly appreciate the opportunity to review and provide recommendations on their potential demolition or removal.”

Under the Heritage Register Procedure Bylaw, issuance of a permit that would involve the demolition or removal of a structure

in the register must be withheld, and the matter referred to council’s next regular meeting.

At that point, council can order the temporary protection of the structure for up to 60 days under the Local Government Act. This would give the city

The commission’s resolution was forwarded to the Feb. 16 regular council meeting.

But at a development and planning meeting, councillors expressed no interest in changing the city’s bylaw.

Coun. Chad Eliason, whose own house

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time to determine the heritage values of the building and the potential future works and costs required to maintain it in its heritage form.

A staff memo to council notes there are no provisions under the Local Government Act that allow the withholding of a demolition permit so it can first be reviewed by the heritage commission but adds, time permitting, the commission could meet prior to the council meeting.

is in the registry, said a key element to getting people to approve their buildings being included in the registry was that the city would not stand in the way of

their development, demolition or rebuilding.

“It was very much a courtesy bylaw, and I know that many people who are on the registry, had they known that council was going to change the rules after the fact, they probably would not have gone on the registry,” said Eliason. “So I urge the heritage commission to trust in council and staff.”

Coun. Alan Harrison concurred, adding it is unlikely council would commit any money towards a building given temporary protection.

He suggested the commission’s resolution be amended to say any applications ‘involving demolition or removal be referred to the commission for review and comment,’ and leave it at that.

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By Tracy Hughes

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Conservative Mel Arnold spent more than $113,000 funding his winning campaign to represent the North Okanagan-Shuswap in the 2015 election.

Arnold won the riding with 27,490 votes or 39.3 per cent.

That was followed

by Liberal Cindy

Derkaz at 20,951 or 30 per cent, Jacqui Gingras with the NDP at 17,903 or 25.6 per cent, and Green Chris George at 3,609 or 5.2 per cent.

According to publicly released information by Elections Canada, Arnold received $63,500 from the North Okanagan Shuswap Conservative Association, $10,553.64

from 48 contributors, $38,346.75 from the Government of Canada and spent $7,321.99 in personal expenses.

The last-place candidate in the riding also submitted his election expenses.

Chris George of the Green Party of Canada spent a total of $11,736 on his campaign. He lists $10,000 in transfers to his election

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Liberal Party Candidate Cindy Derkaz and New Democratic Party candidate Jacqui Gingras have yet to file and have their financial information made public.

The election expense limit for this riding is $255,664.

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More access to training grant funds Obtaining the B.C. Training and Education Savings Grant is now easier for residents of the Shuswap.

Since its introduction in August 2015, more than 9,000 applications have been approved for the B.C. Training and Education Savings Grant. This $1,200 grant from the provincial government helps parents plan and save early for their child’s post-secondary education.

Now even more children are eligible.

As announced last week in Budget 2016, the B.C. government is investing $39 million to extend the grant to eligible children born in 2006. The families of these 40,000 additional eligible children will be able to apply for the grant later this year.

The one-time grant of $1,200 per eligible child will be deposited into a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) upon approval of the application.

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n MLA Greg Kyllo, daughter Sarah and granddaughter Siddah (middle), promote the B.C. Training and Education Savings Grant with the help of SASCU Credit Union CEO Michael Wagner and Uptown branch manager Christine Thiessen at the Uptown SASCU Credit Union on Friday, Feb. 26.

To be eligible for the $1,200, children must have been born in 2006 or later, and they must reside in B.C., along with a parent or guardian. Families have three years to submit an application for the grant when their child becomes eligible.

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Parents in Salmon Arm, Sorrento, Sicamous, Enderby and X

Armstrong can go to SASCU Credit Union, Enderby and District Financial, VantageOne or Valley First Credit Union to kick-start their savings.

Applications can now also be made at any branch of BMO Bank of Montreal. It is anticipated that the other major banks will begin offering applications in the coming months.

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n Sandra Baumgartner teaches the basics of Arabic language and culture to more than 15 eager individuals during the free public event at Okanagan College on Saturday, Feb. 27.

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Event to highlight plight of refugees Members of the community are invited to an educational evening of films and discussion at 7 p.m.

Monday, March 7 at the Salmar Classic Theatre.

The films, one with a young girl whose family fled Syria, will make people aware of why Syrians are looking for a safe place to start their lives over.

Recreation Sites and Trails BC NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Recreation Sites and Trails BC, Columbia Shuswap District, is seeking qualified contractors for the upcoming 2016/17 season. Submissions will form a select invite list and contractors will be contacted for various projects including, but not limited to: • Installation of outhouses, signs and tables; carpentry services; painting/staining; garbage removal; cleaning; brushing • Wildlife/Danger tree assessment and abatement • Equipment Rental (dump truck, excavator, loader, etc.)

• Site/trail maintenance in remote areas • Site/trail inventory, assessment, layout, design, and/or construction • Onsite structure design/construction (bridges, platforms, boardwalks, etc.)

Applicant contractors should have a 4x4 vehicle to access work sites and must provide all tools and equipment necessary to carry out the work. Some projects may require transporting of large, heavy structures such as sign kiosks and log tables. Applicants must have a means to load, transport and unload these items without damaging the structures.

Standards will be provided and must be followed for each project. All contractors must have Workers Compensation Board coverage and carry adequate liability insurance.

Interested contractors must submit details of their company, including hourly rates. Please highlight qualifications from the list of projects above, and specify what project types you have experience with. Include a list of equipment, tools and number of personnel.

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Highlights from the provincial 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.

Budget 2016 announced changes to MSP and premium assistance effective Jan. 1, 2017, which will help lower-income families, individuals and seniors with the cost of living.

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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Being more remains a work in progress In PlaIn VIew Lachlan Labere Don’t be a bystander.

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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 and half of Canadian women have experienced physical or sexual violence by 16.

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 scantilyclad Felions cheerleading squad.

But cheerleading is a football institution you say? Maybe, but it also illustrates how a oneoff 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 In-

ternet, 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, reports of sexual harassment involving university students, men making lewd remarks to women journalists and more.

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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CHASE Heat victory talk of the town

By Scott Koch CONTRIBUTOR

Just like that, in their fifth year on the ice, the Chase Heat win the opening playoff series, and they do it against the Kamloops Storm.

It took only five games to win the bestof-seven series, and each game brought more tension and excitement for all the fans bit by the hockey bug!

Harkening all the way back a week to Tuesday, Feb. 23, the two combatants were in the Big City for Game 1. Kamloops got on the board first in the first, before Braden Hughes scored a power-play marker from Kolten Moore and Michael Fidanza.

Thirty-eight seconds later, Pat Brady gets one from Zachary Fournier and Travis Beaubien.

Kamloops ties things up in the second, and then takes the lead in the third. But with one-anda-half minutes left, Josh Bourne brings the team even, from Mason Palaga and Beaubien. Off to overtime, the Storm pop one in for a nail-biter 4-3 win.

The next night, the 24th in Kamloops, was a different kettle of fish.

Kamloops got the opening score, but that was it.

The Heat scored six unanswered goals to claim a 6-1 victory and tie up the series. It was Austin Willier in the first from Bourne and Alex Durbeniuk. In the second, Trevor Okino got a pair, the first from Beaubien and Palaga, the second from Beaubien. The third period saw Rylan Van Unen get a single from Tommy Brown and Hughes. Fournier got an unassisted empty netter and then Hughes on the power play from Okino and Brown put a huge star beside this one in the win column.

Back in Chase on Friday the 26th, Game 3 saw the Heat open scoring, Beaubien from Fournier and Kaden

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It was Durbeniuk from Bourne and Willier, and Moore from Spencer Farstad and Brady. In the first three games, Nic Bruyere saw 122 fired at him while stopping all but six!

Game 4 was Saturday night the 27th at the Art Holding Memorial Arena. No scoring in the first, Kamloops got two in the second before Hughes started the comeback from Bourne and Okino. In the third, Black tied it up and, with nine seconds left in regulation, Beaubien got the winner, a redirect off his chest from Durbeniuk and Farstad.

If you thought the first four games were a thrill a minute, it is impossible to explain the tension-filled drama in Game 5, Monday, the 29th.

The Heat get the only marker of the first, Brown from Hughes and Moore. In the 2nd Kamloops pops in a couple. In the 3rd, Moore notches things at 2-2, from Van Unen and Brown. Off to sudden-death overtime for 10 minutes, nothing

resolved. In the second 20-minute overtime period with the Heat having domination, who else but Beaubien scores from Fournier and Black with 1:02 left in the period. The 150 to 200 Chase Heat fans in attendance in Kamloops jumped out of their pants in celebration and the lads were loudly cheered off the ice in recognition of their superb effort and gamesmanship.

Next up is the division’s Number 1 seed, the 100 Mile House Wranglers. That series will start in the Cariboo and return to Chase

for games three and four. Watch social media sites for dates. All games will be at 7 p.m.

Overtime: Bruyere faced 214 shots in the five games, only letting 10 sneak by. Game 3 saw 428 fans, and Game 4 – 341 fans – watch their hometown junior hockey stars rock the rink. Beaubien is second KIJHL-wide in scoring with three goals, four assists for seven points along with his boom boom 18 minutes in the sin bin. Don’t miss what is coming up, eyes wide open, mouth wide open, end to end flash, dash and crash is

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By Tracy Hughes

MARKET NEWS STAFF

It’s no joke. Really.

So says a reward sign being put out by the North Shuswap Health Care Society about their offer to dole out $5,000 cash to anyone from the public who can provide them with information that leads to the relocation of a doctor to work in the Scotch Creek clinic.

The board, comprised of 10 community directors, decided to offer the reward last year but put $1,000 on the table. Now they are sweetening the pot, hoping their unusual marketing strategy pans out.

“Last year we offered that $1,000 for information that leads to the capture of a doctor for our community and we ended up with six or eight leads,” says Jay Simpson, society vice-president. “None of

them panned out, but it was the best response we’d had so far, so we thought let’s up the ante.”

The Scotch Creek clinic has been without a doctor since its previous husband and wife team retired two years ago.

The two doctors divided the full-time practice.

Last year, the community rallied to purchase the clinic building at a cost of $130,000.

It’s got exam rooms, reception areas and lab capabilities, but is still lacking an MD to provide service to the residents.

Currently the community has a nurse practitioner who works out of the clinic twice a month.

For some in the area, seeing a doctor means a 90-kilometre drive to the nearest physician in Chase. The group has tried a number of strategies to recruit a doctor, including profession-

n Poster advertises for a physician for Scotch Creek. al recruiting companies, with limited success.

“We are not a lot different from a lot of communities out there who are looking for a doctor,” said Simpson. “We decided this $5,000 reward would be less expensive than

some of the recruitment agencies and we’d rather get the public involved. We hope the reward will catch people’s attention and get them talking, to find out that so-and-so’s sonin-law is a doctor who might want to come here and enjoy the Shuswap lifestyle.”

Simpson says they would also pay out the $5,000 to a doctor who came in on their own initiative. The clinic building carries no mortgage and they are willing to be flexible with arrangements.

“We could still manage the building, they could lease it – we want to work with a doctor to come up with an arrangement that works,” says Simpson.

To contact the society, email info@nsheathcentre.ca, view the website at www.northshuswaphealth.ca or call 250-3775462.

Scotch Creek man faces theft, drug, weapon charges A Scotch Creek man is one of three people charged in connection with a spree of break and enters and thefts.

Police report the crimes took place since January in several communities in B.C. and Alberta.

On Feb. 25, Edson, Alta. RCMP, with

Highway upgrade A $3.34-million contract has been awarded to Green Roads Recycling of Fernie to resurface two sections of highway east of Chase.

The province says the work will use innovative, made-in-B.C., hotin-place paving technology that produces 50 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions as it reuses and recycles existing pavement.

A 14-kilometre section of the Trans-Canada Highway from Chase Creek Bridge east to Cruikshank Point, and approximately 18 kilometres of Squilax-Anglemont Road from the north end of the Squilax Bridge to the entrance of Scotch Creek Provincial Park will be resurfaced.

Work is expected to be complete by the end of June.

assistance from the Penticton RCMP detachment, arrested two men and a woman in a Peers, Alta. residence on four outstanding warrants from B.C. Police say the three were suspects were subsequently linked to a crime spree. Along with possessing stolen

property, the accused were charged with trafficking methamphetamine.

Waylon Faulhafer, 22, of Scotch Creek,Bree-Anne Buhler, 21, of Kelowna, and William Gaddy, 25, of Osoyoos jointly face 17 charges including: possession

of stolen property over $5,000; possession of stolen property under $5,000; possession of explosives; possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose; unsafe storage of a firearm; possession of a firearm while unauthorized; and possession of methamphetamine for

the purpose of trafficking.

An additional charge was laid against Faulhafer of possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order.

The investigation continues and the RCMP report additional charges are anticipated.

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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Enjoy stick curling at Chase curling club Chase and District Curling Club enjoys the added component of stick curling in all league play.

The “stick” is used as an extension of the arm and the curler walks behind the rock.

All aspects of the game are essentially the same when used in four-person curling. The league also follows Curl Canada Stick Rules when playing two-person stick league.

Some tips when curling with a stick are: •Wear a non-slip gripper on each foot; •Position yourself in the hack the same as regular delivery, but standing.

• For the in-turn, delivery position is at 11 o’clock.

(Not the normal 10)

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n Stick curler Pat Jones from the Chase and District Curling Club delivers a stone while Karen Oshdchuk begins to sweep.

• For the out-turn, the delivery position is at 1 o’clock (Not the normal 2)

• Place the stone on a line from the centre of your body to the brush.

• Place the curling

stick on the handle of the stone. Remember that the curling stick is simply an extension of your arm.

•Keep your delivery arm reasonably straight as you move forward.

•Walk forward at an appropriate speed to deliver the stone with the speed or weight that the skip has requested – always on the line to the brush.

• The stone must leave the curling stick before the stone touches the hog line. • Continue walking forward as a follow through, after the stone has left the curling stick.

• For an in-turn, keep the handle of the stone at 11 o’clock until you get four feet from the

Great year for juniors, funspiel Saturday The Rolling Stones, skipped by Michael Davis, third Nic Leduc, second Zane Hallam and lead Brad Anderson/spare Scott Mewhiney, won second place in the finals of the division playoffs for Inter City.

It was a nail-biter final end when the game finished in a tie. This

forced both teams to draw to the button for the win. Outstanding shot for shot! Congratulations to Kamloops, whose last rock by their skip was inches closer to the pin for the win and first place.

The Rolling Stones’ coaches expressed pride at the team’s remarkable improvements this

year, on and off the ice!

Help replace old equipment by making a donation to not-forprofit Junior Curling, giving used ‘curling shoes,’ or by dropping your bottles at the Chase bottle depot in the name of Chase Junior Curling. Make sure you get a copy of the receipt and provide it to the club by

e-mail or contact Alice Nagy directly for receipt pick up.

The Annual Chase Curling Funspiel is this weekend, Saturday March 5, 10 a.m. Dinner will be preceded by the AGM. Have some fun, a little exercise and great food!

– submitted by Alice Nagy

What’s On in Chase Evening of Music with James D. Bryan, Liam McIvor Tyner & Dirty Luke, Friday, March 4, 7 p.m. at Lakeview Centre in Angelmont, tickets at door, concession, call Lena at 250-804-5377.

“From Head to Toe,” Chase Excellence Program fundraiser, sell your gently used clothing, shoes, purses and accessories, rent a table for $20, Chase Community Hall, March 12, 10 to 3 p.m. Contact Jacquie Everett, 250-6752574 for more info.

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point where you want to release the stone. Then slowly turn the handle of the stone to 12 o’clock over the last four feet.

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The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure gives notice pursuant to Section 60(2) of the Transportation Act that a portion of Goose Lake Road #2024, being an approximate total of 6.8 km, is to be closed through the NE1/4 of Section 34, Township 18, Range 18, W6M, KDYD to the SW ¼ of Section 18, Township 19, Range 17, W6M, KDYD. A plan showing the proposed road closure may be viewed at the Ministry’s Thompson Nicola District Office during the office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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ROBERT “BOB” MICHAEL BILLICK MARCH 2ND 1952 – FEBRUARY 25TH 2016

Obituary to follow.

Celebration of life To Be Announced.

Please email condolences and share memories of Robert Billick through the obituary at www. bowersfuneralservice. com

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OLIVER, RACILLE ELIZABETH (RAE) Rae Oliver, recently of Salmon Arm, passed away at Bastion Place on Feb. 26, 2016 at the age of 94 years, surrounded by the love of her family.

Born Nov. 21, 1921 at Claresholm, Alta. to pioneers Nat & Mamie McIntyre, Mom moved to Calgary after graduating from high school. She married the late J. Darrald Oliver to whom she was married for 57 years and together they had 3 children.

She was predeceased by Darrald in 2000 and by Terry, their oldest child, in 1974 as well as by two sisters and a brother.

Left to cherish her memory and to celebrate her life are daughter Cheryl Cruikshank (Gary) and their children, Shannon Johnson (Neil Stahl) their children, Tyler, Hailey, Cole and Cameron; Jeff Cruikshank (Kristy) and their children, Fynn and Nate; her son Doran Oliver and his daughter, Meghan Rae Oliver.

Several nieces and nephews also survive her. Many friends, both old and new remember her with respect, grateful for the opportunity of knowing her.

Always trying to make her world a better place, Mom volunteered in Calgary as opportunities were presented - from establishing a Brownie, Girl Guide pack in her community, to helping establish a new church in Haysboro, and offering her time in the area of Pastoral Care at Rockyview Hospital. She was honoured by the Calgary Hospital Region for her 30 years of service and she was an active and founding member of St. Andrew’s United Church in Calgary and was recognized as a charter member of the United Church Women.

After Dad’s passing she took a giant leap and sold her home and her beloved garden and moved into a condo. At Sierras of Heritage, she found a whole new community of friends and was active and engaged in the social club, aquafit, crafts, pool and cards.

Her friends there remember her zest for life, and her “just do it” attitude. She loved to walk and hike and received great pleasure from her travels. Always game for something new, she wasn’t going to be left behind! Her on going tug o’war with the computer was evidence of her persistence and her drive to “keep up”. She was a principled woman, and has always been a strong, steadfast example of a decent human being living their life.

She loved flowers and she loved shopping! There is at least one ladies store in Salmon Arm that was a frequent destination!

Health issues started to arise and in 2015 she reluctantly, but bravely, sold her Calgary condo and moved to Salmon Arm. One of the first residents of Andover Terrace Resort, it didn’t take her long to renew, strengthen and establish new friendships.

Health issues continued to dog her but she fought hard to maintain her independence. Behind her walker, she set a pace that spoke to a sense of purpose! However, the body can only endure so much and she was hospitalized. Staff at Salmon Arm Hospital knew her as stoic as she faced her final fate. She was transferred to Palliative Care at Bastion Place and was cared for in a most compassionate way by the staff there.

Our family is very grateful for the wonderful medical care she received while in Salmon Arm – from physiotherapy (Julie Parenteau) to pain management (Dr. M. Lourens) and especially by Drs. Barb McKinnon and Chris Weicker.

Following Mom’s wishes, there will be no service.

Her ashes will be returned to Calgary and placed with those of her husband and son.

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

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LANK, SHAWN JEREMY Mar. 8, 1972 – Feb. 13, 2016 Shawn passed away suddenly at the age of 43 years doing something he loved: riding his Harley.

He is survived by his common-law spouse of 13 years, Lana Sadler (nee Indridson), son Donovan, parents Patrick and Dolores, siblings Jason and Kim, nephews Dane, Kayden, Noah and Isaac, numerous relatives as well as many friends and extended family members.

Shawn was often referred to as a “Gentle Giant”; he was a big guy with a huge heart, often buying a coffee or a meal for a homeless person and paying it forward to others in need along his trucking route to various destinations.

He began his trucking life as a Tow Truck/Vehicle Recovery driver which after a few years found him in training for the Big Rigs. He took to the Highway Transportation Industry like a true professional. His time off the highway meant relaxing at home, catching up with friends and spending time with Lana and their little dog Trixie and of course riding his bike when weather permitted.

A casual Celebration of Shawn’s life will be held Sunday, May 15, 2016, at 1860 20th Ave. SW, Salmon Arm, B.C. between 12 - 4 pm.

In Lieu of flowers please donate to your local food bank or to a Riders Toy Run in your area.

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

Norma NORMA LiLiaN LILIAN oweNs OWENS may 23, 1935 – February 22, 2016 May It is with heavy hearts It is with heavy hearts and lots of love we and lots of we announce the love passing announce the passing of Norma Lilian Owens of Lilian Owens intoNorma the arms of Jesus at into the arms of Jesus at Shuswap Lake General Shuswap General Hospital onLake 22 February, Hospital on age 22 of February, 2016 at the 80.

2016 age of 80. by She at is the pre-deceased She is pre-deceased by her father, Walter George her father, Walter George Robertson, mother, Lilian Robertson, Lilian Hilda Wrightmother, and brother, Hilda Wright and brother, Walter Robertson.

Walter Robertson.

She is survived by her She ishusband survived by her loving Ralph, loving husband Ralph, children Colin (Gail), Gary children Colin (Gail), Gary (Charlene) and Gillian (Corey), six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

(Charlene) and Gillian (Corey), six grandchildren and Norma was born in Bootle near Liverpool in England. four great-grandchildren.

She met was and married Ralph near on 19Liverpool March, 1955.

They Norma born in Bootle in England. sailed from to Canada crossed

by They train She met andLiverpool married Ralph on 19and March, 1955. straight to Salmon ArmtoinCanada July 1966. sailed from Liverpool and crossed by train She quickly found a special education straight to Salmon Arma injob Julyas1966. assistant, working in Salmon Arm She quickly found with a jobchildren as a special education Elementary, Salmon with Arm West andinCarlin Schools. assistant, working children Salmon Arm She was alsoSalmon very involved with Shuswap Theatre in all Elementary, Arm West and Carlin Schools. areas of production and was presented a lifetime She was also very involved with Shuswapwith Theatre in all membership.

She was member of Shuswap areas of production anda was presented with a Singers lifetime as narrator for many concerts.

In 1979 she produced membership. She was a member of Shuswap Singers and directed of Music in Church. as narrator forSound many concerts.

In the 1979United she produced She also narrated for some of the Christmas Cantatas and directed Sound of Music in the United Church. at the Baptist Church.

She alsothanks narrated for some theatChristmas Cantatas Many go out to theof staff Bastion Place and at Baptistfor Church. thethe hospital the compassionate care in her final Many thanks go out to the staff at Bastion Place days. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made toand the the hospital for the compassionate care in her final Shuswap Hospital Foundation. days.

In lieu of flowers, to the A celebration of lifedonations will be may heldbeatmade Shuswap Shuswap Hospital Community ChurchFoundation. on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 1 A reception willwill follow p.m.

A reception followthe theservice serviceinin the the Church Church hall allowing friends to continue hall allowing friends and and family family to continue sharing sharing memories. memories.

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

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PAPOU, JENNIE TAHNA March 14, 1937- February 13, 2016 We are saddened to announce the sudden passing of our beautiful mom Jennie Papou of Pritchard, BC on February 13, 2016 at the age of 78.

She is survived by: Daughters Elizabeth (Troy) Armstrong of Kamloops, BC and Marlene (David) Pisarewski of Chase, BC. Granddaughter Kristina Ulmer. Step-granddaughter Amber (Jeremy) Lessard. Step great grandchildren Santana, Karma, Sophia, Jaydin, and Taylor. She was pre-deceased by her husband Bill in 2000.

Jennie was born to Annie and Fred Popoff in Eugene, Oregon on March 14, 1937. She was adored fondly by her grandparents who created her greatest childhood memories. Mom lived through WWII and had recalled many stories of what this had been like for her and the hardships it brought. Soon after, mom and her family moved to Canada and settled in Cloverdale, BC where she blossomed into a beautiful young woman and attended Lord Tweedsmuir High School. Mom met out father (Bill} on her parent’s farm when she was 16. During her early years while still dating our dad she worked in the heart of Vancouver at White Stag clothing and Reitmans. She then got a job at Home Oil as a key punch operator where she worked for many years and made close lifelong friends.

Mom and dad were married in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho in September 1960. Soon they started a family with Elizabeth (lisa} being born in 1969. Dad decided it was time to move up to the Interior to raise the family. Soon they were living in the house dad had built and the farm soon followed. Their second daughter, Marlene, was born in 1974. This made their family complete.

Mom was always tending to her garden, animals, and us kids. She was a hard worker and passed this on to her daughters. She loved to experiment with all sorts of recipes and add her own twists at times.

She could make a meal out of nothing, and it was fantastic. Mom’s passions were her farm, gardening, flowers, and recipe books. Mom loved baking and we all enjoyed these treats. Over the years we enjoyed homemade birthday cakes and always looked forward to the magical unveiling of each one.

Mom loved her pets and farm which always kept her busy and entertained. She didn’t care much for TV, so her books were her world at night and most mornings.

She always rooted for her team, the BC lions, when they played whether they won or lost. Mom enjoyed spending time with her family and going on a variety of fun filled outings.

Mom, we will miss you with all of our being. Your beauty, laughter, and spirit will always be with us.

“Dasvedanya” - until we meet again.

There will be a Celebration of life for mom on Saturday March 19, 2016 in Kamloops. For details please contact lisa (250} 579-2134

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US capable Class 1 Drivers required immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualified drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacific Northwest, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude.

Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

Education/Trade Schools INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT SCHOOL. Hands-On Tasks. Start Weekly. GPS Training!

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Write your own Pay Cheque Set your own hours. Now is the time to get into Real Estate.

Call for an information session and learn everything that is involved in becoming a Realtor.

Call Anna-Marie 250.550.2112

Executives Realty Ltd.

As an Account Manager I with Interior Savings you are a key contributor to the financial success of our company.

You actively grow the business and lead initiatives such as campaigns; seminars and networking with external centers of influence.

Through a comprehensive advisory experience, you increase members’ financial confidence by helping them achieve their financial goals. You provide the appropriate advisory service and make the necessary referrals to ensure the members’ needs are met. You are responsible for creating and executing business plans that grow your book of business. You are results oriented and are responsible for meeting and/or exceeding the specific individual portfolio growth targets while contributing to the success of Interior Savings as a whole. You are entrepreneurial in spirit and implement retention strategies with value added activities. You proactively network with a diverse range of members focusing on developing and acquiring those with a high investment complexity as influenced by market locations and perform other duties as assigned.

Career Opportunities Alberta Cheese Company is seeking qualified candidates for a full-time Cheese Maker located in Calgary Alberta.

This individual will be responsible for making cheese products uniformly and accurately to quality standards. Must have a keen attention to detail while monitoring each batch during the cooking process, performing necessary testing for temperature, PH and acidity, pumping curd to the finishing tables & updating and recording daily cheese making. Must observe gauges, computer print outs and video monitors to verify specified processing conditions, set up and adjust processing & packaging machines. Job is physically demanding. Experience in dairy and cheese making is essential. Salary $26.00 to $28.0 per hour.

Apply with resume to: mike@albertacheese.com

Office: 250-832-5428 www.shuswapfoundation.ca

Closing Date: March 20, 2016

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School District No. 73 KAMLOOPS/THOMPSON School Bus Drivers, Chase BC School District No. 73 (Kamloops/Thompson) is currently accepting applications for a Relief School Bus Driver in Chase, BC. The successful applicant must possess a valid Class 2 Drivers license with an Air endorsement and have three years proven previous driving experience.

Applicants must be able to successfully complete the School District’s road test.

Those individuals who have submitted an application in the last six (6) months will be considered and need not reapply.

Applications should include, but are not limited to, the following information: • Work history • Indication of a valid Class 2 driver’s license • An Air Brake Endorsement • A recent driver’s abstract If you have the above qualifications, please submit written applications by 4:00 pm. on March 15, 2016 to: Dave Mell, Manager of Transportation School District No. 73 (Kamloops/Thompson) 710 McGill Rd Kamloops BC V2C 2A0 E-mail to Dmell@SD73.bc.ca or fax: (250) 372-3170.

for children (8-14), help with French homework. Prepare Caribbean meals. Creole speaking an asset. Email: guerline33@hotmail.com

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED To distribute the Shuswap Market & Lakeshore News AREAS AVAILABLE SALMON ARM -Auto Rd & 20th St. SE -Auto Rd/15th/12th SE -10th Ave 20th (Across from Hillcrest School) -28 Ave./30th St NE -20th St. NE (Near Bastion School) SICAMOUS -Shuswap Ave. -Downtown Sicamous Call Valerie 250-832-2131

SEASONAL part-time employment is available at Mara Lake Provincial Park. May 6 – June 17 would be (approx.) 12 hours per week June 18 - Sept 5 would be (approx.) 28 hours per week Sept 5 – Sept 25 would be (approx.) 12 hours per week Wage $15-$16 per hour. Pruning, painting, cleaning, mowing, weed whacking, raking, picking up litter are some of the duties. Preference will be given to those with Provincial Park, grounds maintenance and cleaning experience. Preference given to some who lives close to the park, or has own RV and willing to live on site. (power/water/ some form of sewar available) Applications can be found on our website at www.campokanagan.com or by emailing your resume to info@campokanagan.com Sorrento Centre Requires Front Desk Staff Seasonal P/T, starting March Apply by email: conference@sorrento-centre.bc.ca

MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT Obituaries

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

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

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OFFICE ASSISTANT P/T BJ Design Interiors, a full service interior decorating and design company in Sicamous, BC. The successful candidate will assist with day to day administrative support. You will need to be incredibly organized and be able to multi task in a deadline driven environment. Excellent Word, Excel and Outlook skills are required. A professional attitude and the ability to communicate well in a customer service driven industry is a must. Submit resumes to:brenda@bjdesigninteriors.com. Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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PRODUCE CLERK – PART TIME Our Salmon Arm Uptown Produce Department requires part time help. You must be available to work days, evenings and weekends. If you are energetic, enthusiastic and want to be part of the Askew’s team, we want to hear from you.

Please forward resume in person, to; Mike Medwid, Produce Manager – Uptown Store or by email to mike@askewsfoods.com

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF S.D. NO. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap)

Power Sweeping Services Quotation Process School District No. 83 is advertising for interested parties to submit a quotation for Power Sweeping Services for the 2016 School year.

Quotation documents, addendums or corrections for this quote can be obtained from the School District No. 83 Works Complex located at 5911 Auto Road SE., Salmon Arm, B.C. or downloaded from the School District website at www.sd83. bc.ca.

Quotation process closes at 12:00 pm March 9, 2016.

Further information can be obtained via email to sbennett@sd83.bc.ca

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HELP 4 U ASSIST SERVICES Offering: House Cleaning, Welfare Visits, Airport Transfers, General Errands and Much more. Efficient, friendly and always punctual. Always there to lend a helping hand.

Call Darlene @250 838-7520 Email help4uassist@outlook.com Rates are $25.00/hr.

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Price incls. Cloverdale High Performance Paint. NO PAYMENT, until job is completed!

USED furniture in good condition. (250)803-9936 Cell: (250)833-8886

Garage Sales WHITE Lake: Huge Indoor Garage Sale, Sat.,Mar 5, 8-3, 3655 Parri Rd

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF S.D. NO. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap)

CASUAL BUS DRIVERS School District No. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap) requires Casual Bus Drivers to work on a casual basis in All Areas.

The work involves the operation of school buses used to transport students within the district and on field trips.

Applicants will have a demonstrated safe driving history as presented by a Driver’s Abstract from the Motor Vehicle Branch. Practical working knowledge of school bus maintenance and repair requirements, along with the ability to deal in a friendly, courteous and effective manner with a variety of passenger situations is required. Drivers must also possess a good knowledge of the North Okanagan-Shuswap Area.

The successful applicant will have a valid B.C. Class 2 Driver’s license with an air brake endorsement and at least one year work experience in the operations of passenger buses.

The rate of pay is $24.79 per hour.

Interested individuals are invited to submit their resume with full supporting documents (proof of qualificaions must accompany application), including three professional references and send to apply@sd83.bc.ca.

We appreciate the interest of all applicants, but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

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DAN DEGLAN EXCAVATING Professionally Beautifying Properties for Over 27 Years. • Rock Walls • Utility Services • Site Prep • Terracing • Drainage • Pools

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Misc. Wanted Buying Collector Coins, Accumulations, coin collections & Old money. US Canada & world coins.

Plus anything made of gold or silver. Todd’s Coins. 250-864-3521 I can make House calls!

Local Coin Collector Buying Collections. Gold Silver Coins Estates 1-778-281-0030 Chad

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Pets

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LGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-804-5364.

Commercial/ Industrial SICAMOUS: Commercial bay, 1300sqft., overhead door, office space, TCH frontage, $863/mo. (250)804-8806

Mobile Homes & Pads SICAMOUS: SMALL 2 BDRM mobile home, fenced yard, very private, newly renovated with new paint and flooring, has boot room attached, washer & dryer, sm. pets okay, clean and neat, year to year, $650/mo. + utilities, must have references. Call 1-403650-4612, or email to bruce@precisionlabelltd.com

OfďŹ ce/Retail Quality ofďŹ ce or retail space in busy downtown Salmon Arm Ground floor, level entry, store front, wheelchair accessible, HVAC, lots of free parking.

2500sqft. currently set up as offices, could also be retail.

High traffic, high visibility location. $12 per sqft. 3 or 5 year lease. Call Keith (250)832-6060 or kchancellor@shaw.ca

Rooms for Rent SORRENTO. Shared accom.

Prefer mature, working roommate 1 (250)571-0484

Suites, Lower 1BDRM (brand new) avail Feb 1, w/d/f/s, NP, NS, $800/mo. + util. (250)803-6868

Transportation

Cars - Sports & Imports 2011 Camry LE V6 auto, silver colour, must see car 104,000kms $14,000 (250)517-9549

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

Houseboats WANTED to buy 24-32’ Houseboat with trailer.

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QUIET private strata unit for sale in the perfectly secluded Florence Grove Estates in downtown Salmon Arm. 2bdrm., 1.5bath, large single car garage, ample storage, bright open floor plan large enough for both kitchen & dining room eating area. Living room opens to patio with private lawn area. Central location to downtown, malls & senior centre.

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SAGE 99 Fly Rod, 8 WT. , New in metal tube, never used $350. Call (250)5178087

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Blind Bay Village Grocer, located in the interior of British Columbia is accepting resumes for the following position. Deli counter clerk/cook.

Candidate must have 3 years in the hospitality industry.

Must be customer service oriented and suggestive selling an asset. Ability to work in a high volume kitchen as a positive team player. Able to take direction and accomplish tasks in a time effective manner. Product and cuisine knowledge is essential, mostly Canadian cuisine including soups, salads, home replacement meals (lasagna, cabbage rolls, stroganoff, etc.).

Variety of sandwiches and creativity on daily lunch and dinner specials. Certified food safe or equivalent of is a requirement. Comply with sanitation and safety standards.

Benefits available, Apply with resume, Attn: Doug storemanagerbbvg@telus.net 250-675-2046

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Real Estate STAFF PHARMACIST Part time Pharmacist needed for 2 days per week in a busy pharmacy in downtown Salmon Arm. No evenings or Sunday shifts. Focus on Pharmacy Services and Injection Services is required.

Respond with resume and cover letter to the Pharmacy Manager at rx244@forewest.ca.

No phone calls please. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Best rate 5yr-2.84%OAC

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BRIGHT 2bdrm suite in seniors oriented building, in town.

Avail April 1. Balcony, A/C, insuite storage. $800/mo HW & heat incl (250) 832-5858

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Friday, March 4, 2016 Shuswap Market News

Downtown cleanup planned for April

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Salmon Arm’s downtown will be getting a Fresh Start to Spring – and everyone’s invited to participate.

On Saturday, April 23, Salmon Arm Downtown and Askew’s are co-hosting a community cleanup day. It will begin with orientation at Ross Street Plaza at 9 a.m., when volunteers will be organized into teams and given a work plan for two to three hours.

Everyone will return to the plaza at noon for lunch.

A letter to city council from Downtown Salmon Arm notes that it complements Earth Day on April 22, and everyone is encouraged to participate.

Volunteers can sign up at the Downtown Salmon Arm website or just show up.

Council agreed to provide $500 towards supplies for the event, in response to a request from the DSA for items such as work gloves and garbage cans.

“I want everyone to be aware of the proposed clean-up day,” remarked Coun. Kevin Flynn, moving that the city provide funding. “I think this is a very good initiative, and it will probably save us some staff time.”

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Blue Penguin Plumbing & Heating was established in 2015 by owner and operator Matt Chursky. He is centrally located at 580 Old Auto Road in Salmon Arm, BC. Matt specializes in new homes, renovations, service work, water meters and gas fitting, hot water tanks and furnace replacement.

Locally born and raised, Matt has worked in this community since his youth. His father taught him the value of work ethic and customer service, so working hard to please his clients and neighbours is his aim.

Matt is passionate about his career and loves the diversity that each day’s work brings and he looks forward to serving your plumbing and heating needs in the future.

For further information, please call Matt Chursky at Blue Penguin Plumbing, 250-804-8383.

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n Above, skip Matt Schiman of Vernon delivers his final stone with help from Vernon’s Adam Raber (left) and Salmon Arm’s Andrew Cowell in the gold medal game. Below, ringette players Alexa Hadath, Jordan Turner, Jade Lutz and Stephenie Martin earned gold for the Thompson-Okanagan.

Parkland Dental Center We are proud to be a part of the community.

We are dedicated to providing the highest quality of dental care with honesty and integrity in a relaxed, calm environment.

Dr Prokopetz is accepting new patients & believes that your oral care is important to your overall health & well being. We look forward to serving you & your family’s needs.

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It was medals all around for the ThompsonOkanagan at the BC Winter Games in Penticton last weekend.

Alexa Hadath, Jordan Turner, Jade Lutz, Stephenie Martin and head coach Cathy Lipsett claimed the ringette gold medal for the Thompson-Okanagan.

On the judo mats, second-time BC Games competitors Casey Bourassa and Reese Richardson took home bronze medals in their respective weight class.

Speed skater Laura Hall raced to a third-place finish in the Super 1,500-metre U14 Final.

In the curling rink, Andrew Cowell and his team took home the silver medal.

Liam Westermann narrowly missed the podium in the Juvenile big air competition.

Eight skiers from Larch Hills helped propel the Zone 2 team to the top spot in the cross-country ski competition.

Maggie Beckner, Lucy Elliott, Maggie Rodwell, Julia Brown, Rachel Bates, Natalie Wilkie, Stephen Moore and Calvin Hepburn all qualified and attended the games.

On Friday, Moore reached the podium, finishing third in the midget boys 3.5-kilometre classic event, and Beckner took home the gold medal in the girls division. Brown raced to a second-place finish in the juvenile girls 5-km event.

During the sprints on Saturday, Beckner placed second and Moore placed third, while Brown placed second.

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Ski season not over yet All for One TRAIL TALES Marcia Beckner With this wet, ugly weather here in the valley, one may think the skiing in the Larch Hills is over.

Wrong.

This past Tuesday the race team was greeted by five centimetres of new snow when they arrived at the chalet for their practice after school.

There was rain down here but not on the hill.

The road is muddy but fine. So keep on skiing – the season isn’t over yet!

At the February Larch Hills Nordic Society meeting, the announcement was made that we have reached the coveted 1,000member mark.

Track skiers, backcountry skiers, snowshoers – it all adds up to make a vibrant club with a superb facility.

Listening to all the reports at that meeting, one realizes how fortunate we are to have such a gang of volunteers who coach the 99 race-team members, coach the 140 Jackrabbits, organize the School Ski hosts, run the tracksetters on a daily basis to give us exemplary track set trails, keep the chalet and outbuildings in great shape, organize the many events over the ski season – like the Lantern Ski, Larch Hills Fun Race, Reino Keski-Salmi Loppet, Pirate Loppet and Midget Championships, keep the parking lot in decent shape, work on the ski and snowshoe trails to keep

them free of overhead hazards, etc.

And we are so thankful for our caretaker Pauline Hickson who for six years has been such a presence on the hill. This year she was joined by Diane, who has been a huge help.

We are closing in on the final events on the race team schedule. It has been a busy season with trips to the various Okanagan clubs for Okanagan Zone meets, then BC Cup races, then the Western Canadian Championships in Prince George two weeks ago.

Last weekend, for ages 13 to 14, Midget and Juvenile, were the BC Winter Games in Penticton. Cross-country ski races were held at Nickel Plate where the ski conditions are superb.

Larch Hills Nordics had eight skiers on the 34-member Thompson-Okanagan team.

Jim and I took in all the cross-country races and it was so exciting to see Larch Hills racers do so well. There were many medals plus lots of fourths which shows great depth and strength in the team.

The ThompsonOkanagan team dominated the cross-country and came third overall in the Games’ medal total. Great showing!

We managed to take in not only nordic skiing but ringette for one game and speedskating for a few races. BC Games is a wonderful multi-discipline event.

Next on the calendar are the BC Championships in Whistler/Callaghan Valley, March 4-6. This is the Larch Hills Nordics’ opportunity to bring home the championship banner for the fourth time in five years. With 90 LHNS members attending the race either as a racer, coach and/ or parent/grandparent

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(most of the coaches and parents have signed up to race as well), we have the largest club at the meet.

With points given through to fifth place in each race in each age category, we will likely do well. There are more than 400 skiers registered from around the province. It promises to be a great finale to the season.

It’s not the end of the season though for those Larch Hills Nordics skiers who are

going to Whitehorse during spring break for 10 days to compete in the Canadian National Championships. Our best to these athletes.

The annual general meeting of the Larch Hills Nordic Society is on Tuesday, March 15, Room 1 at the Salmon Arm Recreation Centre at 7 p.m. Election of officers and discussion of the ski season will take place. All current and prospective members are welcome.

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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

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

FRIDAY, MARCH 4

available or bring your own. Kids and teens welcome.

KNITTED WEAR – The Grandmothers to Grandmothers sale

of knitted goods takes place on the first Friday of every month at the Mall at Piccadilly.

GALLERY SHOW – Salmon Arm Art Gallery presents the

multi-media works of students at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops during the month of March. The exhibition opens on Friday, March 4 at 7 p.m. with live music and refreshments and continues until March 26, 2016. The show also features an artists’ talk on Thursday, March 17 at 2:30pm.

PRAYER – The interdenominational World Day of Prayer

takes place at 1:30 p.m. at Crossroads Free Methodist Church, 121 Shuswap St. SW.

NORTHERN LIGHTS – The Northern

Lights Chamber Choir perfoms Songs of Hope, Joy, Despair, Love, Longing at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church and again at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday March 13. Tickets are available online at Acorn Music or northernlightschamberchoir. ca.

FILM FEST – The ninth annual ’80s

Film Festival presents 12 classic movies from March 4 to 6 at the Salmar Classic Theatre. Prizes for best ’80s costumes. Net proceeds go to the Canadian Cancer Society. For film details, visit Salmon Arm ’80s Film Festival on Facebook.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 TAI CHI – A two-day introduction

WOMEN’S DAY –This year on International Women’s Day,

Thursday, March 8, you’re invited to join the SAFE Society at Java Jive Neighbourhood Bistro (on the corner of Alexander and the Trans-Canada Highway) for a fun and casual evening coffeehouse, 6 to 8 p.m. Live music

by Desert Rose Duo

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 LIVE MUSIC – Ryan McMahon from The Lion The Bear

The Fox is performing solo at the Barley Station Brew Pub from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. No cover charge but patrons are encourage to donate to the artist.

Spring Tire Sale

of Diego Kohl, trumpet and vocal stylings of Mark D’Angelo and the lead guitar and vocals of band leader, Alex Alegria. Kelly and Blu Hopkins are special guests.

Tickets are available at Acorn Music, 250-832-8669.

LIBRARY LINES – Colouring Book Night at the Salmon

Arm Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library in Piccadilly Mall. Drop in Tuesday between 5 p.m. and 7:30. Colouring sheets, pencil crayons and markers available or bring your own. Kids and teens welcome.

SERVICE – Spiritual Healing offered by Spiritualist Church

of Salmon Arm. Free opportunity the third Tuesday of each month at the Hudson’s St. Senior’s Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Healing begins at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome Contact Rev. N. Russell @ 259-804-0442 for more information.

THURSDAY, MARCH 17

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CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK’S DAY – The Shuswap Association of Writers is hosting a St. Patrick’s Day Ceilidh as a fundraiser for the 2016 Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival at Intermission Restaurant at the Shaw Centre. Doors open at 5:30 pm. The band Circle of Friends will be back to provide some Celtic music. Tickets are $35 including a complete buffet dinner and entertainment and can be purchased at Hidden Gems Bookstore on Alexander Street in Salmon Arm. SNOWMOBILERS– Salmon Arm

Tire Storage Available – Limited Space

SnowBlazers Monthly meetings to be held every 3rd Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Curling Rink to discuss Chalet, Trails, Preservation of Fly Hills Recreation and Fundraising.

FRIDAY, MARCH 18

to Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi Conditions apply. See your dealer for details.

COFFEE HOUSE – Acoustic open mic at takes place from noon to 5 p.m.

1250 Trans Can Hwy SW, Salmon Arm 250-832-8053 the Little Mountain Fieldhouse. Doors Saturday and from 1 to 5 p.m. open at 7. Admission is a tune or a Sunday, March 6 at Elk’s Hall, toonie.

Everyone welcome.

3690 30 St. NE. Start a path of training that can help calm the ALL WRITE – The Shuswap Writers mind, cultivate the heart and Group meets at Choices Restuarant, THURSDAY, MARCH 10 improve balance, flexibility and strength. For more 40 Lakeshore Drive, from 7 to 9 p.m. Guest speaker is information, email salmonarm@taoist.org or call 250author Gerty Shipmaker.

JAZZ CLUB – The Jake McIntyre-Paul Quartet plays from 7 832-9038. p.m. to 9 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)at the banquet SATURDAY, MARCH 19 room at Shuswap Chefs, 551 Trans-Canada Highway.

LIBRARY FUN– Origami for beginners will take place from 3 FILM FARE – The Shuswap Film Society presents The Admission by Donation. Drinks and tapas menu to 4 p.m. at the library branch in the Mall at Piccadilly.

Legend of Barney Thomson about a socially awkward available.

Register online at www.orl.bc.ca or by phone at 250-832Glasgow barber who reluctantly stumbles into the role of 6161.

SOAR – Steel Workers Organization of Active Retirees will vicious serial killer at 5 p.m. at the Salmar Classic. meet at 10 a.m. in the Canoe Seniors Centre. For more SUNDAY, MARCH 6 SUNDAY, MARCH 20 information, call Ted Byers at 250-832-2603.

SUPPORT GROUP – Separation/Divorce Care, a 13-week QUARTET CONCERT – The Fraser Valley Quartet will play FRIDAY, MARCH 11 program to help with the trauma of marital breakdown, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Shuswap Community runs at 4:30 p.m. For information contact 250-832-3121.

CONCERT SERIES – Voice of the Shuswap presents folk Church - 3151-6th Ave. NE. Admission by donation. artist Tony Turner at the Downtown Activity Centre MONDAY, MARCH 7 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 library at 7 p.m. For more, contact 250-463-5026.

REFUGEE COALITION – The local Refugee Coalition presents CAMPUS HAPPENINGS – The Salmon Arm campus of SUNDAY, MARCH 13 an educational evening of films and discussion to Okanagan College celebrates Multicultural Day. acquaint members of the community with the dire need CHOIR PERFORMANCE – The Northern Lights Chamber SATURDAY, APRIL 23 of Syrian refugees at 7 p.m. Monday, March 7 at the Choir appears at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church at Salmar Classic Theatre.

2:30 p.m. For info and tickets go to www.

FRESH START – Askew’s and the Salmon Arm Downtown northernlightschamberchoir.ca.

TUESDAY, MARCH 8 Improvement Association are hosting a community clean-up day on Saturday, April 23. This event will begin TUESDAY, MARCH 15 LIBRARY LINES – Colouring Book Night at the Salmon with an orientation at Ross Street Plaza at 9 a.m.

Arm Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library in FIESTA MUSIC – El Mariacho Los Dorados bring the joyful Everyone will reconvene back at Ross Street Plaza for Piccadilly Mall. Drop in Tuesday between 5 p.m. and music of Mexico to Carlin Hall at 7:30 p.m. celebrating lunch at noon. Contact Downtown Salmon Arm if you 7:30. Colouring sheets, pencil crayons and markers their latest CD Si Tu Te Vas, with the bass guitar stylings are interested in participating at 250-832-5440.

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