July 31, 2020 - Chase Sunflower

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Issue for the week of Friday, July 31st, 2020 • Vol. 25, Issue 29

Historian David Lepsoe takes a VIP group for a hike in Chase

by Elena Markin

Life’s A Beach Summer is here!

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n July 25, 2020 with Covid restrictions and socialdistancing in place, David met a small VIP group of attendees at the Scatchard Mountain trailhead next to the Chase cemetery. Among the guests were MLA Todd Stone, Phil McIntyre Paul from the Shuswap Trail Alliance, Shelley Witzky (Adams Lake Indian Band), Fred Torbohm (Village of Chase) and other important members of the community in Chase and the area.

Before starting the hike, Shelley Witzky

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said a traditional Secwepemc prayer welcoming the group.

Everyone followed David up the existing Scatchard Mountain trail to the new Rocky Road trail. David explained that the Rocky Road Trail is only a temporary name, until it receives its official Secwepemc name – honouring the Secwepemc heritage and the land. Shelley confirmed that the new Secwepemc name will be unveiled soon.

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Community Bulletin Chase Farm and Craft Market -Every Friday in the green area near Safety Mart between 10 am and 2 pm ATTENTION ALL SNOWBIRDS!!!!!! Are you looking for something to do for the winter? Curling is a fun, social sport that anyone can learn & do. FMI please contact Jan 250-679-4471 or janinchase@cablelan.net The Chase & District Museum & Archives is now open four days a week, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm.

THE CHASE HEAT JUNIOR HOCKEY SOCIETY NEEDS YOUR HELP!! We need Billet Homes for the 2020/2021 hockey season!! Season is September until March. We need you to open your home!

Please help us keep THE HEAT in Chase. Each billet home receives $600.00 per month / per player. Call Lana Adamson #250-574-3681.

Lodge Resort, second prize is a beautiful Hand Made Quilt. Draw will be on September 13th,2020.

FMI please contact Janice @ 250-679-4471 or Diana @ 250-679-3484. All proceeds go toward CIBC run for the cure.

The Chase & District Museum & Archives Society is doing an Epicture fundraiser, selling the Weeknight Dinners package which includes seasoning mixes; Taco, Sweet & Sour StirFry, Pulled Chicken, Southern Blend Chicken, Mac & Cheese, and Instant Chocolate Pudding.

The package is $25 and orders can be placed at the museum during our open hours by CASH or CHEQUE. Orders must be in

by August 8th!

TEAM CHASE RAFFLE TO GO ON!! Tickets 3 for $5 …. tickets are available from all Team Chase Members. First prize is a Stay and Play package for Talking Rock & Quaaout Royal Canadian Legion Branch 107 515 Shuswap Ave, Chase * For info / hours phone 250-679-3536 *

CHASE LEGION IS OPEN TUESDAY 3 pm FRIDAY & SATURDAY 1 pm Closing Hours at Bartenders Discretion Following All Social Distancing, Covid Health, and Safety Regulations August 1st, 2020 MEAT DRAW & 50/50 at 2 pm No Darts, Pool or Burger Nites At This Time

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Pres: Patrick Herba ( 250-702-3677) Zoom meetings 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month Mass at Blessed Sacrament - Mass on Saturdays at the Blessed Sacrament Parish at 4:00 pm. New rules for Covid protocol are posted at the church door and available to read as you enter the church. Looking forward to seeing you there. All are welcome Chase Evangelical Free Church - 295 Shuswap Ave COVID Compliant Gathering @ 10 Visit ChaseChurch.com for protocol.

Pastoral visitation by Appointment 250 679 1676 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.

Chase Community Fellowship Cancelled until further notice

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Search for home for Nature Education program continues submitted by Ashton Sweetnam, Chase and Area Young Learners Society

Ever Wild Explorers, a nature education program run by the Chase and Area Young Learners Society for school aged children, is continuing their search for a year-round home base. The existing location at Aylmer Road beach is flooded in the spring months, and program mentors are unable to set up a winter shelter in the location in the coldest months of the year.

Children can find magic in the most ordinary of spaces. What matters is that they build a relationship to a place, through regular and repeated access to it, in the way that is most fitting to them: through play.

Children at play in nature – that’s at the heart of Ever Wild Explorers.

Skilled mentors support that play and the learning that inevitably emerges from it through close observation.

They follow the child’s interests, probe their theories, ask good questions, offer tools and resources, and get out of their

way! They view children as innately competent, curious, and capable, and see themselves as facilitator, guide, and coconspirator, not expert. Nature educators are committed to place and play-based, emergent, and inquiry-driven teaching and learning.

Families of participants feel that it is important to hold programming close to Chase for accessibility reasons, however potential spaces are limited within our small valley. With COVID-19 safety precautions in place, outdoor education is a safer way for children to interact and learn in small group settings.

If you have any leads on a space very close to Chase that Ever Wild Explorers can use 2 days a week for their outdoor programming, with a possibility of setting op a temporary shelter in the winter, please be in touch with Ashton at chaseyounglearners@gmail.com or 250-319-8468

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SCATCHARD HIKE

Afterwards the group continued back on the Scatchard trail, to the viewpoint overlooking Chase, eating Saskatoons along the way. The next stop on the hike was the new proposed Odin’s lookout, where one will have wonderful views of the Little Shuswap Lake and Chase Creek, including the Bighorn sheep. As the group started going down to the Second Falls on Chase Creek people discussed sustainable trail design that will help to guide assessment and planning of new proposed hiking trails by the Shuswap Trail Alliance.

Residents of the Shuswap, as well as tourists have always liked hiking and biking the trails in the area. Being a longterm supporter and member

of the Shuswap Trail Alliance, Chase’ local historian David Lepsoe has been involved in advocating, building and improving the trails for over 10 years now.

The $7,500 for the planning for the newly proposed trails were provided by: David Lepsoe, Chase Lions Club, The Rotary Club of Chase, Sunshore Golf Course, the Village of Chase and the Province of British Columbia.

Representatives from almost all of the sponsors were on the hike.

David Lepsoe would like to thank Elite Events BC for coordinating this event. As well all the attendees. He is looking forward to see everyone on the trails.

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PARKSIDE REMAINS CLOSED TO PUBLIC Parkside is now scheduling social distanced tours.

Spacious suites starting at $2050. Call Courtney today to discuss protocols and details.

Parkside will remain closed to the public until further notice. Thanks for helping keep our seniors safe.

Contact us at 250-679-1512 or 250-320-0400 live@parksidecommunity.ca 743 Okanagan Ave, Chase

WILLSON PARK FOOTBRIDGE ACROSS CHASE CREEK The Village of Chase is very pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the “Canada Infrastructure – British Columbia Community, Culture and Recreation Infrastructure Program” to build a footbridge across Chase Creek from Willson Park to Village owned property North of Cedar Avenue. The total investment for the project is $150,000, with the Federal contribution of $60,000, a Provincial contribution of $50,000 and a Village contribution of $40,000.

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The footbridge will provide a safe pedestrian connection between Cedar Avenue and the downtown area of Chase.

Currently pedestrians must cross Chase Creek on the Coburn Street bridge which can sometimes be unsafe as there is no dedicated pedestrian pathway on the vehicle bridge deck.

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Shuswap residents invited to join Alzheimer Society Submitted

Each September for the past eight years, committed individuals and teams have climbed North Vancouver’s Grouse Grind® as part of the Alzheimer Society of B.C.’s annual fundraiser, the Climb for Alzheimer’s. Things look different in 2020, and the Society is pleased to announce that the Climb for Alzheimer’s is still going ahead in a virtual capacity, and for the first time ever, will be open to anyone, anywhere in the province.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED VILLAGE of CHASE ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 887-2020 The Village of Chase Council will be holding a Public Hearing pursuant to Section 464 of the Local Government Act, to consider amendments to the Village of Chase Zoning Bylaw No. 683.

The Council will consider amending the zoning bylaw to allow and control the use and siting of shipping containers.

If you feel your property interests may be affected by the proposed amendment and you wish to address Village Council on any matters pertaining to this bylaw, please attend the Public Hearing at the Village Office on:

Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 4:00 pm Your comments/concerns may also be presented in writing, in advance of the meeting by addressing them to the undersigned, or at the public hearing in person, by petition or by attorney.

Sean O’Flaherty, RPP Corporate Officer Village of Chase Note: This is the first of two consecutive Public Notices.

Dated this 31st day of July, 2020 at Chase, BC

The Society is inviting residents from Salmon Arm, Chase, Celista and other Shuswap communities Rock to come together to hike a total of 70,000 kilometres—one kilometre for each individual living with dementia in B.C.— to raise funds and show people on the dementia journey that they are not alone. This year’s event will include hikes across B.C.—from Mount Douglas in Victoria to the Summit Peak Trail in Fort Nelson or the legendary Grouse Grind® in North Vancouver.

The event runs until Monday, September 21, 2020 – World Alzheimer’s Day. “Although the location has changed and adapted, the heart of the event remains,” says Maria Howard, Alzheimer Society of B.C. Chief Executive Officer. “The Climb continues to be a challenging, fun, invigorating event that makes a real difference to people in our province affected by dementia.

It shows people living with dementia that they are not

alone.”

In a time where travel restrictions are the norm, this challenge also offers an opportunity to take advantage of the province’s endless trails, natural beauty and potential for adventure, while raising money and awareness for the thousands of people living with dementia. Participants can register as individuals or as a team and are encouraged to share their hiking and climbing challenges online, which will help to galvanize the community spirit and energy that makes the event so special.

Participants will be raising money to for research and to ensure people affected by dementia can access programs and services through the Society’s First Link® dementia support, which provides support and education for people who are affected by dementia. This programming is crucially important for British Columbian families to feel connected and supported during these unusual times.

If you are planning a hike, please adhere to the current physical distancing recommendations. The Society highly recommends that you check the BC Parks website or another online resource before you leave for your outdoor adventure as some trails may be closed or adapted.

For more information about the Climb for Alzheimer’s, visit climbforalzheimers.ca.

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WHITFIELD LANDING The first home has arrived!! With construction completed, roads paved, and even the post office boxes installed, Whitfield Landing welcomes Chase's newest residents! There are several more homes scheduled to arrive in the coming weeks, with the second one expected in just a few days!

Halston Homes, manufactured home dealer for all the homes currently slated to be installed on site, reports that current delivery time for a new home is only 10-12 weeks from order date. That works very well for people wanting to downsize, as it takes about that same amount of time to list and sell your house in the current fast-moving Real Estate market!

Whitfield Landing embraces the concept of smaller lots for both affordability and ease of maintenance.

The individually owned, freehold lots range in size from 2530sq' to 3875sq' in Phase 1 of the development. Owners can select the brand new home they want to place on the lot of their choice. With room allowed for two parking spaces,

the rest of the lot can be patio, deck, shed, garden, lawn, xeriscaping (rock, etc.), or whatever suits the individual's taste. Whitfield Landing subdivision is a bareland strata, which means that you own your lot and home, and the strata, consisting of all the owners, owns and maintains the common property such as the roads, visitor parking areas, and everything not individually owned.

The strata fee is currently set at $136/month and includes water, sewer, garbage pickup, snowplowing, insurance, contingency fund, etc.

There is no Speculation Tax, no Vacancy Tax, no Foreign Buyer's Tax, and no Property Transfer Tax to pay here. With attractive mortgage rates in place and solid resale values in the market, you can choose Whitfield and live in affordable luxury, whether you are downsizing, a second home or vacation home buyer, snowbird, investor, future retiree or first-time buyer!

There are only 16 lots left! Make the call today!

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Realtor in attendance with information for lots, Disclosure Statement, site tour, and purchase info.

Halston Homes sales staff will also be there with Manufactured Homes information and warranty disclosures. Everyone is invited! Refreshments and snacks available.

Only 16 lots left as of July 30, 2020. Reserve your lot today for only $5000 down!

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OPINION

Slavery Past & Present and the Reality of Racism

by Carolyn Parks-Mintz, Author, Journalist & Freelance Writer

Past articles by this journalist have discussed the vulnerable and those discriminated against within our area and throughout Canada.

However, the marches, demonstrations, and essential change that must happen, which are so much in the news just now, warrant a definitive look at what it means to be ‘other’ in so many parts of the world—and in this country.

Let’s begin at the beginning.

The history of slavery comprises many nationalities, cultures, religions, and countries, including what would eventually become Canada.

Before European contact, some Indigenous nations enslaved those captured in war, for several reasons.

Within bands, complex social customs regulated behaviour without prison systems; hence, dealing with captives meant either killing them, enslaving them, or adopting them ritually to replace band members lost in war.

Indigenous slavery, which distinguished between those who were kin and those who were outsiders, differed greatly from European slave practice which was a racist denial of freedom to those deemed “inferior.”

The eventual enslavement of the Indigenous by Europeans was within the context of discriminatory Doctrines of Discovery which justified imperialization and colonization. Such unfair treatment also included taking First Peoples to Europe as slaves or as exhibitions of ‘exotics.’

Dating as far back as 3500 BC in Mesopotamia, slavery is referred to in the Mesopotamian Code of Hammurabi (circa 1860 BC) as having existed for thousands of years, its origins predating records and the written word.

Bondage and servitude, at that time, were the result of birth into a slave family, debt, child abandonment, war, or punishment. Through battle and

violence in the Middle Ages (500 to 1500 AD), slavery flourished in Europe and Asia. The first slaves transported to the Americas by Europeans were 20 men, brought from Africa to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. Within 60 years, records show that slave trade was booming in all overseas Colonies.

Initially, the majority of African slaves were shipped to the Caribbean to work on plantations, producing sugar and coffee, while others were sold to owners in Brazil and Spanish America for field and household work.

Sadly, despite the efforts of abolitionists worldwide and legislation in many countries that ended and forbids slavery, elsewhere it continues to this day, whether in the form of physical captivity, prostitution, forced labour, or human trafficking. Research indicates 25 million in slave labour, 15.4 million in forced marriages, 4.8 million suffering sexual exploitation, and more than 10 million child slaves.

2018 data on this oppressive practice states that almost three quarters are female and one in four is a child. The Thomson Reuters Foundation reports that modern-day slavery is most prevalent in Africa (Eritrea, Burundi, Central African Republic, Mauritania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and South Sudan), while North Korea possesses the world’s highest rate of slavery: one in ten is enslaved there.

Thomson Reuters Foundation recounts that India has the largest number of slaves globally, followed by China, North Korea, Nigeria, Iran, Indonesia, D.R. of the Congo, Pakistan, Russia and the Philippines.

Human trafficking, with all its ugliness, has become big business, generating an estimated $150 billion annually in illicit profits for traffickers and slave masters.

The existence of such hideous conditions in the world would be unbelievable if it weren’t true. How it can be stopped

seems unsurmountable.

Human inhumanity is apparently without limits.

And then, in theoretically ‘civilized’ society, there exists the overt racism demonstrated by some and the more subtle version of discrimination perpetrated by others. Both exist—and both must end!

Whether committed by law enforcement officers, boards of directors, sports organizations, the military, medical facilities, governments, white-supremist extremist groups, corporations, businesses, or individuals, racist acts happen—just ask anyone who is part of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous or People of Colour) community.

A racism crisis is gripping the world— and it’s about time! Throughout history, little has been accomplished without ‘revolution’ of some kind, without upheaval, without an uprising. To be consigned to a permanent underclass because of one’s race is not only unjust, it is also intolerable to any broadminded, thinking person.

As written previously, this journalist (who has always enjoyed friends from various cultures and races) has lived in a country where I was the wrong colour, where I was an ‘other.’ And although I was relatively safe, I came to know in a small way what it is to feel different, to be in the minority, to be careful, to not step out of line. I cannot imagine living with that in a comprehensive way every day of my life.

The subjugation of Indigenous Peoples within our country is becoming well known, as is the atrocious intergenerational harm inflicted on them at residential schools. It was cruel and the country needs to own up to it—as well as atone for it. The Indian Act is 144 years old, perpetrating segregation, provoking racist comments such as “Go back to your reserve!” So thoughtless, so mean.

Canada was built on their land!

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Page 9 • July 31st, 2020 • Chase Sunflower Continued from previous page... OP ED: The weight of change should not rest solely on the shoulders of people of colour. One of the best ways to combat obliviousness and racism is through education. This has begun to happen.

The history of First Nations and Inuit is being taught as part of curricula.

And advocates, including students, are pushing for black history and perspectives to be included in school programmes across the country. Again, it’s about time!

Diversity in sports hierarchy is almost non-existent in Canada. In the Canadian Football League, for example, 90% of team owners, presidents, general managers and coaches are white. The same is true within the country’s national sport organizations and university athletic departments.

Jeffrey Orridge, the first Black commissioner of the CFL, had no immunity against racism, regardless of his accomplishments.

He states that he could never escape the feeling of being seen as less-than and treated differently because of the colour of his skin. However, Jeffrey reports that it was important that he had that role because others, particularly youth, could aspire to the same achievements. “It was important for me to be the first,” he says.

“What’s more important is that I wouldn’t be the last.”

Lack of diversity followed (and haunted) figure skater Mariyah Gerber during her 22-year career, through something as innocuous as costuming. Sourcing appropriate mesh and tights was an ongoing issue and is to this day. Very few companies sell shades matching all skin tones. Another troublesome issue was that she never saw a BIPOC skater in a traditionally white role. The sport’s environment and standards simply did not reflect skaters of colour. Mariyah is now part of the Figure Skating Diversity & Inclusion Alliance, a new working group tackling a myriad of projects to promote visibility, form support systems, and create inclusive policy.

Another positive move has recently been made within the Toronto Raptors

'Reality of Racism' basketball organization. In addition to their BIPOC President Masai Ujiri, John Wiggins has been hired as the Raptors’ Vice President of Organizational Culture and Inclusion who, according to the club, will lead a group drawn from all parts of the organization to address social injustice, inclusion, equity, and political reform. The team media release states that Wiggins will take charge of internal team-building and external outreach initiatives.

Professional sports teams changing their racially slanted names acknowledges the inappropriateness of past choices and is a constructive step forward.

As a mother, my most fervent wish for my young children was that they not be hurt, that they not be treated unfairly. To be the mother of a BIPOC child and know that simply because of race, her innocent child would be hurt, discriminated against, physically harmed or even killed, simply due to her birth origin, is beyond my comprehension, is so horrifically unjust, so mean-spirited, is enough to make me weep.

As I’ve written before, we all bleed the same, cry the same tears, and feel the same pain.

Let’s demand change, and leave a legacy of caring instead of hate. Do not suffocate others. Do not force them to feel or say “I can’t breathe!”

References: Restavek Freedom website, Wikipedia, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Kerry Benjoe - CBC SK Opinion, Devin Heroux/Jamie Strashin in CBC Sports Report, Jacqueline Doorey in CBC Sports Report, and The Canadian Press, Canadian Encyclopedia online

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Letter to the Editor Hello Chase Sunflower, I am contacting you to talk about the DnT Centre.

I required a blood test and attended the DnT last week for same; however, I was advised I would have to make an appointment. It took a week for that appointment but I was more than happy to accommodate their schedule due to the world wide crisis we are currently in. So, I returned to the DnT yesterday for my appointment to have my blood test done. I waited in my car until I was flagged for my turn to enter the building. I totally respect the procedures in place. I came to chat with several individuals within and out of the building and most are very understanding and accommodating; however, I was extremely sad and ashamed to hear about the terrible

treatment our medical staff has had to experience during this crisis by way of several Chase residents. I cannot believe that folks are yelling, cussing, and being damn rude to the very individuals that we go to for help.

One individual even ripped his Holter monitor from his body and threw it on the ground because he could not be served according to his expectations.

This is so not acceptable. What the h--- is wrong with these people.

I am with hope that via the Chase Sunflower we can get the word out there that we are going to lose our medical services in Chase if we do not stop this behaviour.

Sheryl Fowle

The Chase Sunflower welcomes letters to the editor of 300 words or less. The letters may be edited for clarity, length or general taste at the editor’s discretion. We also reserve the right to refuse to publish submitted letters for the same reasons. All letters must be signed. Letters published do not necessarily reflect the views of The Chase Sunflower, its Publisher, its staff or its advertisers. Send letters to info@chasesunflower.ca

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