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Chase’s community paper for 25 years! Issue for the week of Friday, April 3rd, 2020 • Vol. 25, Issue 14
ROTARY SPRING FOOD DRIVE
submitted by Chase Rotary he Chase Rotary Club Spring off food donations. You can also make Food Drive was scheduled for a monetary donation to the Chase April 18. Unfortunately we will Hamper Society at Box 137, Chase, BC not be conducting the Food Drive this V0E 1M0, or at Interior Savings or the Spring due to the current state of the Royal Bank. COVID-19 health situation. In the meantime, please stay safe and Our club has made a $500 donation practice social distancing for everyone`s to the Chase Hamper Society to help benefit. What we do today will make them buy much needed food supplies tomorrow a better place for all of us. for those in need at this time. There Thank you citizens are many families with no income at of Chase and area the present time, with no end in sight. for your continued We are asking the people of Chase to support as we all work please help out in any way you can. to help make our There are food bins at PharmaChoice community stronger and at Safety Mart where you can drop and safer.
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Chase Country Quilters
Due to the sudden shortage of face masks at the Chase Health Centre and Parkside, the Chase Country Quilters got out their sewing machines and started sewing face masks. Normally when we do a community project we all get together for
the day and sew, but this time every quilter is sewing from her home. We arranged for pickup of all completed masks and made the first on many deliveries today. Thank you everyone working in Health Care.
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Virtual Easter Contest Awards will be given out for different categories
Chase
1. Decorate your house, inside or out 2. Decorate your bike, car, wagon, or anything with wheels
3. Creative Easter craft that you did at home ie: Easter basket 4. Seniors category: Complete any one of the above items Join in, and have some fun, Easter doesn't have to be boring this year. Decorate away, show your Community Spirit, make our town cheery looking. Take a photo, email your photo entry to chaselions67@gmail.com or post a picture on the newly created Chase Lions Club Facebook page. Please include your address and phone number. If you see someone who has done a nice display and maybe can't email. Help them out by taking a picture and sending it in for them.
The Chase Sunflower invites stories, recipes, comments, photos, jokes and any other information that would be of interest to readers. We reserve the right to accept or refuse submissions and edit for content and length. We also reserve the right to refuse advertising that in our opinion does not reflect the concept of the newspaper. The opinions expressed in Letters and Columns do not necessarily reflect the views of this newspaper. Due care and attention for accuracy is used in checking advertising copy, but no warranty is implied by the publisher. The Chase Sunflower is copyrighted and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of the publisher. The Chase Sunflower is independently owned and operated by Shuswap Prairie Publishing. 1500 copies are printed weekly and distributed around Chase, as well as to Pritchard, Sorrento, Squilax, Jade Mountain, and Adams Lake. The Sunflower is available FREE for readers because it is advertiser supported. Please support the local businesses that advertise in the Sunflower; shopping locally enriches our community.
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!
Note: Some ads might not be up to date due to COVID-19. Call to confirm business hours, and other info. Thank you for reading!
Chase Lions
Box 12, Chase, BC V0E1M0 250-679-8470* chaselions67@gmail.com Meetings are every 2nd & 4th Thursday, at Parkside. New members welcome Call 250-679-8470 for all Chase Lions projects: *Chase Lions RV Park For medical equipment or pull tab donations please call Karen Bassett 250-318-4527
400 Club Weekly Winner: Dolores Phillips $100.00
OFFICE: 838 Shuswap Avenue, Chase BC Hours: 10 am - 4 pm Monday - Thursday PHONE: *(250) 320-3050* (250) 679-8880 EMAIL: info@chasesunflower.ca WEB: www.chasesunflower.ca ** Alternate drop-off location at Willows Natural Foods ** MAIL: Box 524, Chase BC, V0E 1M0 Publisher/Editor: Kelsey Snelgrove
Blessed Sacrament No Mass at this time. Important phone numbers and updated information are available at the front door of the church.
Chase Evangelical Free Church 295 Shuswap Ave
Chase Rotary Box 73
Pres: Doug Everett 675-2574
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 107 515 Shuswap Ave, Chase * For info / hours phone 250-679-3536 *
COMPLYING WITH THE PROVINCIAL HEALTH REGULATIONS REGARDING COVID19 CHASE LEGION BRANCH 107 WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
*All physical gatherings cancelled due to COVID-19*
Pastoral support available at 250 679 3226 or Tyler@ChaseChurch.com
The Light of Life Native Fellowship Pastor Joseph #1.250.457-3845 Shuswap Community Church
has canceled all gatherings and program for the time being and moved all of its services online. More info on our Facebook page Chase Shuswap Community Church. Online services are Sunday at 9:30 am. www.aplacetobelong.ca or call the church office, (778) 824-0383.
Shuswap Victory Church
641 Shuswap Ave, Chase BC All services cancelled until further notice. Please call for prayer requests.
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Chase Community Fellowship Cancelled until further notice
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Life in Chase Submitted by Village of Chase
The Village of Chase wishes to thank for food donations – and cash donations everyone for respecting the physical are always welcome. Cash donations can distancing measures that are so important be dropped at Interior Savings and the right now in this very strange time. Royal Bank locations in Chase. And thank you to all of those people Let’s all continue to work together by who are providing the essential services staying apart and at home as much as that we all need. possible and by checking in with each Please ensure that you check in with any other regularly by phone and the internet. of your neighbours who may be alone, Only with 100% commitment can we seniors, or others who may need help beat this virus! during this trying time. And please don’t forget to continue to support our local Hamper Society – more than ever, the less fortunate and vulnerable people in Chase and area need us all to work together to help each other! There are drop boxes at both Safety Mart Chase BC, Photo by Ann Steenhuysen Photography and PharmaChoice
LET’S ALL DO OUR PART!
“STAY SAFE!”
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Dan's Plumbing & Gas People all over the world have been placing handmade rainbows on their windows to spread joy during the global outbreak. Consider putting a rainbow in your window! Give passerbys something to smile at!
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BUSINESS LISTINGS Todd "The Coin Guy" Buying coin collections, sets, old money, bullion, jewelry, old silver & ALL things gold & silver. 1-250-864-3521. DESIGN HAUS - INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PAINTING, HEDGING AND PRUNING. REGISTERED AND INSURED, CALL TODAY FOR A FREE ESTIMATE, 250-852-2298 HALL’S KENNELS - Pritchard *First time boarders receive one free day. *Special rates for long term boarders. Transportation available. 250-318-8367 Small engine maintenance and repairs - Certified technician Call 250-320-6082 all outdoor power equipment serviced. Lawnmower, weed whackers, rototiller, quads, motorcycle, snowmobiles, generators, boat motors etc. Ask for Jarrett. Chase Upholstery – 323 Willow St, Chase, BC. 679-3923. Furniture – Auto – Boat tops and seats – RVs
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In Memorium Rod McConnell June 26th, 1955 - March 31st, 2015
It's five years already. We all love you and miss you more every day. If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever, and we will always love you to the moon and back. - Mom and all your family.
Obituary Paul W Relland 1939 - 2020
Paul was born February 2, 1939, left to be with the Lord February 26, 2020. This is a very sad time for his wife Sharron and his family. Paul was born in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, the youngest of 7 children. He married his first wife Judy there and together they decided to move to B.C. He worked at various jobs over the years, including for a time at Mica Dam, near Revelstoke, as a heavy duty mechanic. They had 5 children. Unfortunately, in 1972, they lost their son Mark to leukemia and then a year later, Paul lost his wife Judy and 3 children (Leslie, Jason and his sweet little daughter Simone) in a car accident. He carried on in life with his eldest son Dodd, later marrying his second wife Sharron. Paul was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was a kind and gentle man and a good friend to many. Paul devoted many hours volunteering in Chase: COP (Citizens on Patrol), Parkside Assisted Living Center, was Vice-President of Creekside Seniors Center and President at the time of his passing. He had just received a lifetime membership at Creekside 2 months ago. Paul is survived by his loving wife Sharron, son Dodd and wife Maureen, granddaughters Emily (Drew), Erin (Ben) and Megan and greatgrandson Caleb, all of Langley, and his sister Suzanne of Nipawin, Saskatchewan, as well as many cousins, nieces and nephews. Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the B.C. Cancer Society in memory of Paul Relland.
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~~~ GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD ~~~ submitted by Chase Environmental Group
Have you ever had sun-kissed, just picked strawberries, raspberries or tomatoes from your garden? Talk about an explosion of flavor! We’re just past the spring equinox where days are equal parts light and dark – what better time to be outside and take notice of things coming to life as the soil warms. Even if you don’t already have an existing garden, it is so easy to dig up a corner of your yard and start growing the simplest of vegetables like peas, radishes, lettuce and kale to mention a few that are cool weather lovers. If you wonder about the amount of labor, not to mention water, it takes to keep a lawn looking good, plough or dig up some of it up and reap the benefit of seeds you have sown. Get the kids involved - they love seeing things grow but their reaction to kale might not get the “yippee” you’d hope for but that vitamin rich ‘green’ fits right in to what we realize is the way to go to maintain or boost our health. Probably one of the easiest vegetables to grow is peas. No big decisions to ponder on this choice as there are 3 basic types: English, snow and sugar snap. After you decide what kind you and your family would most like and you have them in hand, soak some in a container of water for about a week or so and watch as that little sprout makes it’s way out of what was a hard, dried pea. Don’t forget to rinse and give them fresh water every day or so or it’s going to get a little stinky! When you have that perfect sunny spot dug up, plant those sprouting peas about 1-1 ½ inches apart and ¾ to 1 inch deep, cover with soil and pat down as the birds will be watching from above and have been known to dig them up to gratify their hungry tummies. Planting can continue in two week increments with more sprouted peas, spacing them between the greens that have already bumped through the soil. Bonus: you can plant again in
late summer for a fall crop. Support To summarize: Let’s go play in the dirt! of the plants may be needed for a taller A collaboration of ideas from an growing variety. Easy peasy! If you environmental group here in Chase as can lay your hands on some straw, spread well as Silvana in Winnipeg. it around those planted peas. A twofold reason for this: 1) the birds Crowning Touch will be foiled Dog Grooming Services 2) the straw will keep the much needed Darla Crown 6188 VLA Road, Chase BC moisture from Village Yard Entrance e vap orat ing 250-804-3987 too quickly. darla.crown64@gmail.com Tons of information Duck Range Plumbing & Heating on the internet and one that caught my eye is: www.outdoorkingdom. duckrangeplumber@gmail.com vegetable then click on “growing on the wall”. You will be amazed at this video. With this Covid-19 still upon us, Your Local Plumbing & Gas Professionals you might consider planting a Victory Garden. Space doesn’t allow to give a whole lot of information on this unique and timely idea so if you are curious, search this site to find out more: https://www. mercurynews. com/2020/03/20/planta-victory-garden-tocombat-coronavirusfears-and-isolation/ If this is your first PARKSIDE CLOSED TO PUBLIC garden, don’t go crazy planting everything you love the first year as Due to recent global events, Parkside will be weeding and care might closed to the public until further notice. take some of the shine We thank you for your kindness off the idea. Take it slow, and understanding. try different varieties, add to the garden next Contact us at 250-679-1512 or 250-320-0400 year, try raised beds, live@parksidecommunity.ca experiment, gather 743 Okanagan Ave, Chase information from all sources and most of all – enjoy your gardening experience. They say talking to your plants helps – go for it!
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COVID-19 – Rising Above It
by Carolyn Parks-Mintz, Author and Journalist It is said that crises bring out the best and on the doorsteps of those quarantined or breweries now ‘brewing’ disinfectant worst in humans—and also that societies unable to shop for themselves. Donations alcohol, stiff regulations, orders and are judged by the care extended to the most to food banks and charities are being made, penalties, physical distancing, as well as vulnerable in their midst. Evidence of both financial and otherwise. Understanding travel restrictions designed to quash the of these is presently all around us. that the clerk or cashier in a supermarket is spread of COVID-19, are examples of Some of the worst cases of human failure not to blame for shortages goes a long way meeting a disaster head-on and refusing to at this time are represented by those who to dialing down the rhetoric and reactions. be run over by it. flaunt government isolation orders designed Chefs and owners preparing and providing Provincial and Federal Medical Officers, to protect others, as well as by individuals free meals while their restaurants are dark the Prime Minister, and infectious disease stockpiling and grasping at essential and closed. specialists are keeping Canadians informed, products, some of whom then attempt to Music from balconies, “We’re in this up-to-date on the what, where, how and why sell such items at exorbitant prices. together” handmade posters in windows, of all that is taking place. It behooves each What hoarders fail to recognize is that by Canadian flags flying from front verandahs, of us to pay attention, to do what we can, depriving others of protective merchandise, hearts on windowpanes to thank frontline and to appreciate all those in the trenches they put such people at risk of contracting workers, internet concerts, and chalk of what has become an incursion by an the virus and in turn, infecting the hoarders. messages of encouragement on sidewalks invisible enemy, bravely being defended The circle is small. are some of the best panaceas for the stress against. The world has become a global village, and and fear which has permeated our lives and Not since the 1918-1920 erroneously this has never been more evident than right which arrived so quickly. named Spanish Flu—it did not originate now. What we do, what we ascertain, what As someone who knows a thing or two in Spain—have world populations been we say, what we write or post will determine about ‘isolation,’ Canadian astronaut so assailed, indeed besieged, by a similar whether we learn from the epidemic or not. Chris Hadfield has made five constructive pandemic. However, scientists are now Any discussion of this pandemic must suggestions: know the risks; set a goal; take capable of isolating and understanding make mention of the dedication and bravery action; do something different; and take viruses more effectively and will develop in our midst. There are many who soar care of others. a COVID-19 vaccine in due course. It above the mayhem with service to others, Concrete financial steps put in place is encouraging that human trials are as well as individuals who, through small provincially and federally to assist Canadian underway. acts of kindness, make a difference—all businesses and citizens to weather this Canadians are often depicted as stalwart, this to help people in need and to mitigate viral storm will do much to maintain an fair, unselfish, and determined in the face of unprecedented harm. economy and a society that has been so danger or challenges. There’s a reason for Essential services are being maintained widely impacted. this—because the majority of us are. We’ll by those who hear the call of duty loud and Specific assistance to Indigenous come through this, while sympathetically clear,who put others first—medical teams, communities and the homeless is imperative empathizing with those who have lost loved pharmacists, police forces, firefighters, EMS and is underway. No one must be left ones. personnel, truck drivers, care home PSWs, behind. And worldwide, countries, governments, food store staff, broadcast teams, as well as Additional federal funding is being and citizens will have learned some tough postal and municipal employees, to name a extended to the Kids Help Line for young lessons about keeping each other safe. It’s few. people, to New Horizons for seniors, and what we can do and what we must do. And within communities worldwide, to shelters for those escaping abuse or the Sharing the good, the bad and the ugly— including Chase, neighbours are helping streets. and recognizing the difference—makes us neighbours. People are picking up groceries Assembly lines re-tooling to produce stronger, makes us better. and prescriptions that are dropped off personal protective devices and clothing, Sponsored by Todd
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Thank You Chase Pharmachoice for supporting the Chase Food Bank!
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RECIPE: EASY TORTILLAS Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup water 3 tablespoons olive oil
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Directions In a large bowl, combine flour and salt. Stir in water and oil. Turn onto a floured surface; knead 1012 times, adding a little flour or water if needed to achieve a smooth dough. Let rest for 10 minutes. Divide dough into 8 portions. On a lightly floured surface, roll each portion into a 7-in. circle. In a greased cast-iron or other heavy skillet, cook tortillas over medium heat until lightly browned, 1 minute on each side. Keep warm. Tips • Other fats work in place of olive oil. Traditionalists use lard, but shortening or coconut oil can be used as well. Just cut it into the flour before kneading. Relax springy, hard-to-roll dough by resting it a few more minutes. The key to making tender tortillas: Keep a keen eye on them and adjust cooking time or temp as needed. If they're too crisp, reduce heat a notch, or stop cooking a few seconds earlier. For homemade chips, cut tortillas into wedges and bake at 350 degrees until crisp. Add a touch of oil and seasonings of your choice