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CAPTAIN CARROT — Four-and-a-half-year-old Cruze is getting an early start on gardening thanks to his grandmother, Lila Fodchuk, who’s showing him the ins and outs of green-thumbery at her garden on 10th Street in Invermere. See story on page 2.

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Youngster develops green thumb visit to his garden plot. But more than anything, Cruze is excited about his pumpkins, laughed his grandmother.

“His pride and joy are these pumpkins,” said Lila.

“Every kid likes a pumpkin for Halloween, and he is very excited about his pumpkin patch, which he plans to share with his friends this fall.”

On a tour of his garden, Cruze was very helpful and informative, pointing out the peas that have gone to seed.

“You can’t eat these ones,” he warned. “(His grandfather) has explained they get old and we have to save them for seed next year,” Lila clarified.

“Grandma, this one is too fat!” Cruze exclaimed, pointing at a pea bursting with goodness. “It’s going to be very hard to open.”

Spying a strawberry, Cruze dove into the plants, after Lila removed the protective netting, and emerged with a large, ripe strawberry in his hand and a big, satisfied smile on his face.

“This is his first year doing it,” said Lila,” and this is what I think is so important, the point I’d like to make to other parents and grandparents — teach your children and grandchildren how to grow what they eat. It’s just common sense; some day we may have to survive by growing what we eat.”

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“I was waiting for him to get to that age so I could teach him gardening,” she said.

Lila says she’s always been a gardener, and derives great satisfaction sharing her many varieties of vegetables with family and friends, in addition to her bouquets of flowers with the elderly and ill.

“This season, it was time to start teaching Cruze how to grow what you eat,” said Lila. “We talked about it all winter, because of course every kid likes peas in a pod.”

After roping off a section of her garden for her grandson, she prepared the soil and dug the rows for seeds.

“I explained to Cruze how he could enjoy fresh peas and carrots if he planted some seeds and cared for the plants,” said Lila.

An enthusiastic Cruze then spread and dug in the compost, and planted the seeds of some of his favourite garden treats: carrots, peas, strawberries and — most importantly — pumpkins. He even insisted on covering them.

“It was just priceless,” said Lila. “He’ll never forget that.”

Cruze has eaten all his strawberries (there will be another fall crop, assured Lila) and has enjoyed his peas, proudly showing them off when his mom and dad pay a PEAS PLEASE — Cruze delights in harvesting peas he learned to plant just months ago. Photo by Nicole Trigg

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The Springs set to expand

By Steve Hubrecht Pioneer Staff Plans are being developed to showcase the new exclusive housing development at The Springs golf course in Radium Hot Springs.

“We had a successful summer with lots of traffic through the development and now we are engaged in future planning stages to include a showhome” said Radium Resort general manager Wilda Schab.

The 20-lot Radium Springs Estates community, which is literally centred on the Springs, has been creating talk in the valley, generating buyer interest.

A showhome will help give people an idea of what all the fuss is about and will also set the mountain-home architectural style.

“The showhome would be carefully designed to assist in creating a visual to ensure that the architectural vision is continued and showcased in each custom home that is built,” said Mrs. Schab.

“Radium Springs Estates has a distinct sense of place. Key characteristics of the development are the views, the seclusion, the attachment and sense of belonging to the Springs golf course, and the natural environment connected to the community.”

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overlooking the wetlands, eagles flying above and mountain ranges on all sides is a spectacular setting,” she added.

The electric gate entry to the new community is right beside the Springs clubhouse and the lane leading into the development has been made out of an existing maintenance road.

Natural landscaping elements (including several large, mature spruce trees from Montana) help hide the road from the course.

The P-shape layout of the subdivision ensures the lots feel secluded.

“They’re million-dollar views and million-dollar homes on a million-dollar course, if you know what I mean,” Radium Resort president Bill Newis had previously said of the development. “We wanted to highlight location as much as anything.”

Builders from Calgary who looked at the design guidelines called them the best they’d ever seen, according to Mr. Newis.

Homeowners at Radium Springs Estates will have access to both Radium Resort golf courses, the lodge, pools and fitness club, and will be allowed to have their own private electric power carts on the Springs course. In addition, the homes are situated just minutes away from the first tee.

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August 30, 2013

Looping Lake Windermere

The body of water between Invermere and Windermere was circled by hundreds of athletes during the 18th annual Loop the Lake event on Saturday, August 10th. Two running events took place: a 10-kilometre stretch which was won by Richard Walker of Calgary, and the half-marathon was bested by local Lonnie Matsuno.

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Short course shines at Eagle Ranch

By Dean Midyette Pioneer Staff When I was asked to play and then write about the new Short Course at Eagle Ranch, I was skeptical. I am used to playing championship courses up and down the valley and dialing it back to play Eagle Ranch as par threes and short par fours didn’t seem like a lot of fun. I set off with my 12-year-old son, a fledgling golfer, and two friends and was proven woefully wrong.

The first thing I noticed was how much my son enjoyed the course. The tee placement on the holes is designed specifically to take a lot of the trouble, such as intimidating carries over water or gullies, out of the line of play. Players still have to navigate the greenside bunkering all the while playing on artfully contoured, lightning fast greens. For the beginning golfer, especially kids, taking length and the visual hazards out of the game allows them to have fun while learning. For the seasoned golfer it is a great workout for the short to mid-irons as well as some much-needed short game practice.

The par threes vary in length from approximately 90 yards to 150 yards with the longest par four measuring in at 270 yards. We never played two holes back to back where we were hitting the same club and the changes in elevation on the back nine made for some thoughtful club selection. The 18th hole gives the golfers a choice of

playing the hole as either a par three or par four, with the longer option requiring a carry of just under 100 yards to reach the fairway.

As always, the finishing hole at Eagle Ranch offers a transcendent view of Lake Windermere, Mount Nelson and the Rockies. What I have come to expect from Eagle Ranch is first class treatment and this afternoon was no different, from the helpful advice from our marshal Terry, to the service by Channelle and Richard and the caddies who assisted us from arrival to departure.

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August 30, 2013

Sabina (nee Teneese) Cote: 1937-2013

By Nicole Trigg Pioneer Staff

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fter their mother, Sabina Cote, passed away earlier this summer on June 25th, sisters Barb and Diana couldn’t bear to let the huckleberries she picked last summer go to waste.

Following in their mother’s footsteps, they made seven pies using her frozen huckleberries and gave them all away to people who had attended her wake.

“She was an avid huckleberry picker,” reminisced Diana.

“Sometimes they would be ready at different times, depending on the weather,” explained Barb. “Mum would be out there scouting. Then, before you knew it, she’d be at your door with a pail of huckleberries, so everybody knew it was time to go out.”

Sap-bin, as she was known to her native friends, was born at home on the Shuswap reserve on March 16th, 1937. Her mother, Margaret Arbel, was an Akisqnuk who had married Shuswap band member Adrian Teneese.

“We were all one nation at that time,” said Barb.

“The Shuswap people were part of the Ktunaxa Nation’s seven bands – five here and two down in the States.”

Chief Louis Arbel, Sabina’s grandfather and the last hereditary chief of the Akisqnuk band, in 1902.

Photo courtesy of the Hal Bavin collection

Sabina Teneese at 18 shortly after meeting her future husband, Joe Cote. She’s sitting on the hood of his truck.

The newlyweds moved to Shuswap land, and Adrian and Margaret had five children, Sabina being the youngest. But after her husband passed away – three months before Sabina was born – Margaret moved the family back to her Arbel family land at Akisqnuk near Columbia Lake, where her father, Louis Arbel, had been the last hereditary chief of the Akisqnuk band.

With the help of Margaret’s mother, Madeline Arbel, she raised her five children in a small cabin. “(Sabina) comes from a long line of hereditary chiefs,” said Diana. “In those days, she would have been classified as a princess.”

Growing up on Akisqnuk land, all Sabina knew was the Ktunaxa heritage until she was forced to go to the St. Eugene residential school in Cranbrook at the tender age of six. Sabina attended the school for ten years until she turned 16, just as her mother Margaret had before her. It wasn’t until the Truth and Reconciliation Commission process – started by the federal government in the 1990s in response to the Canadian Indian Residential School legacy and the harm it caused Canada’s Aboriginal peoples – that Barb truly began to understand the pain her mother had lived through.

“She did suffer a lot, it was really tough for her and it was tough for my grandmother who went as well,” said Barb tearfully. “(My grandmother) did keep a lot of her culture, but unfortunately didn’t get to share as much as she wanted to.”

Accompanying her mother to court through the reconciliation process, Barb learned that Sabina had been

separated from her mother for ten months of the year.

“It would take them three days by buggy,” said Barb. “My grandmother would pack up all the kids, she’d make them all new dresses and shoes, and they’d get to Cherry Creek Road in Kimberley, and they’d all start crying because they knew they were not going to see their mother for ten months.”

When Sabina and her siblings finally arrived, the nuns shaved their heads, took all their new clothes away, and made them wear uniforms. The next June, when they got to go home, their clothes were always returned to them but would be several sizes too small.

“I always thought that was just so sad,” Barb said.

“When you look at children who were raised by nuns and priests, there was no love, there was absolutely no love there, and then you have your own children… it was really hard for my mom. I know she loved us, she did the best she could with what she had, which wasn’t much. She had two months of a mother for ten years.”

“They didn’t know how to raise a family, they didn’t know the day-to-day,” agreed Diana sadly. “(The residential school) took all that away.”

When she was 18, Sabina fell in love with the future father of her children when she met Joe Cote, a French-Canadian from Saskatchewan, who was logging near her family’s homestead.

In the early years of their marriage, Sabina and Joe initially lived in Windermere. While Joe worked as a logger for the Wilder brothers (who, at one point, owned Fairmont Hot Springs Resort), Sabina raised not only their four children, but an additional seven –

Margaret Teneese, Sabina’s mother, in the 1950s.

Photo courtesy of the Hal Bavin collection

August 30, 2013 six were her brother Raymond’s children and one was her sister Jenny’s son - who had no place to go because their own parents were no longer capable of taking care of them.

“We were a family of six, and we ended up with 13, and it was almost like it was overnight,” said Barb. “All of a sudden we had our cousins, plus our granny lived with us as well.”

The family rented the old Windermere courthouse; fond memories for the Cote children include swimming lessons in Lake Windermere, snowmobile rides, a great garden, their mother canning, their parents raising pigs, and… a monkey.

“My dad bought him in the White House for $50 one night, and came home with this monkey,” recounted Barb with a smile. “My mother had to look after it during the day when he went to work… so there was my mother

Sabina lost her Indian status and - in the eyes of the Canadian government until 1985 - was not considered native anymore; nor were her children, so the Cote clan, unlike their cousins, were not forced into the residential school system.

When Barb was 12, however, Sabina was permitted to move a trailer onto the Teneese family land on the Shuswap reserve.

“Thirteen of us moved in there, one bathroom,” laughed Barb. “We had seven girls in one bedroom, four and three in a bed, and sometimes we would have friends come over and nobody would know there were extra people.”

Sabina and Joe eventually separated a few years later, in part due to Sabina’s struggle with alcohol addiction, but the pair remained on good terms and continued to raise the brood of children together.

“What happens when people are taken away from Sabina’s father, Shuswap band member Adrian Teneese, and their mother? mother, Akisqnuk member Margaret Arbel, shortly after theyy They are in pain. were married.

Alcohol is the thing that fixes everything, it dulls the pain, and so that’s where everything went awry for Aboriginal people,” said Barb. The problem was made worse by the gene Aboriginals have in their system, similar to the left with this monkey and it would bite. Chinese, whereby they can’t process the It didn’t like women or children.” alcohol as well as Europeans, she said.

Since the monkey wasn’t house“As far as my mother, Miss Happytrained, Sabina would dress it in diapers Go-Lucky, she never ever said poor pitiand a pair of old pants (belonging to their ful me, and that’s why we never heard little brother Joe) with a hole cut in the about it,” said Barb. “She was in a lot back for its tail, plus one of Joe’s shirts. of pain for many years until she was 40, “She’d fight with this monkey, try- and one day, it just hit her. Our father ing to change its diaper,” said Barb, wip- passed away in 1983, and it was shortly ing away tears of laughter. after that that my mother became sober.

Sabina would then hook the monkey She just one day said, ‘That’s it. I’m not to the clothing line outside and all the going to do this anymore.’ That’s when children in Windermere would excitedly I think her life really began for her, and gather to watch it. As soon as the mon- she really lived life to the fullest.” key began biting children, town officials Sabina had also met Laslo Markus, told Joe to get rid of it. After three short who had emigrated to Canada in the weeks, the monkey went back to its origi- 1950s from Hungary. The pair fell madnal owner – who lived in a circus tent at ly in love, and were completely devoted the old Hegan house – and Joe returned to each other. with a miniature boxer pup instead.

“He drove her to pow wows, they “Our father was a character,” said went to elders’ meetings,” said Diana.

Diana with a smile.

“He was just so, so in love with her; they Having married a non-aboriginal, were a team.”

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Sabina Cote surround by her four children, (left to right) Barb Cote, Joe Cote, Sharon Burgoyne and Diana Cote.

“One was never without the other,” of Sabina’s generousity cited by Barb inagreed Barb. volved her buying 45 pounds of asparaAs well as hunting together, Las gus, then dividing it up and getting Las would take Sabina out berry picking to drive her to everyone’s houses so she - she was renowned for her generosity could distribute the goods. with her huckleberries.

“She was fabulous; she was truly, truly “She gave a lot of huckleberries an angel, an absolute angel,” said Diana. away to people who we hadn’t even realSabina was one of the remaining few ized, like the bank lady and the garbage who could speak the Ktunaxa language man or the guy at The Book Bar,” said fluently. Despite having spent a decade Barb, bemusedly. in the residential school system, she still Aside from general labour during spoke it with her family throughout her the strong Christmas tree industry era entire life. in the valley, Sabina supported herself as “Whenever she was with her sister a housekeeper, having worked for many Jenny, who passed away four years ago, of the valley’s most prominent resorts, that’s all they spoke,” said Barb. “We including Radium Resort and Fairmont loved it, even though we couldn’t underHot Springs Resort. stand. It’s such a beautiful language.”

“She just loved to be able to share with According to Barb, Ktunaxa is one us the traditional watskana (dried meat) of 11 isolate languages left in the world, and the elk and the huckleberries and the meaning it is a natural language with bitter root and all of that,” said Diana. “We no relationship with other languagreally appreciated that because that was es. “Right now, there are less than 25 her giving to us… my mother’s happiness speakers of it in the world; my mother came from giving, and from sharing love was one of the last 25.” and from sharing laughter… my mom always laughed. She laughed at herself, she Continued on page 9 . . . laughed at us, she loved to laugh.

She was at peace.

She laughed all the time. She found humour in an ant walking across the sidewalk.”

“And she was an absolutely fantastic grandmother. I can’t even say enough,” said Barb.

Sabina with her loving partner Las in August 2008.

One example

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August 30, 2013 . . . ‘The Legacy’ from page 7 The sisters only became aware their mother was sick in May. A pain in her stomach led to a CT scan at the hospital in Cranbrook, where a doctor broke the news that she was in the advanced stages of liver cancer and there was nothing they could do. But he ordered Sabina off of the blood thinning medication she’d been on since having had a heart valve replaced in 2009, which had prevented her from eating spinach.

“You mean, I don’t need to take the medication anymore? I can eat spinach?” was Sabina’s delighted comment.

“That was her positive attitude,” said Barb.

Chemotherapy was out of the question as it would have made her even more sick, and Sabina and her family learned Sabina had just six to twelve short months to live.

“We were crying,” said Barb. “I don’t think she cried once. Ever. She told us to quit crying.”

“She told us, ‘When your time is up, it’s up; you can’t say no’,” said Diana.

As they were about to leave the hospital, the doctor took the family aside and told them honestly they had only about four weeks.

“And he was right on the money; it was four weeks and she just declined,” said Barb sadly.

Sabina Cote passed away peacefully in the palliative care room at the Invermere and District Hospital, surrounded by adoring family and friends after receiving Catholic last rites from Father Gabriel. The last thing she did before slipping into a coma was make the sign of the cross.

“If you can imagine this woman growing up in an incredibly traditional Ktunaxa home environment life, carted off to residential school, coming out of that and raising an amazingly beautiful family, and then struggling with the substance and the horrors of it all and coming out of that and spending the last 30 years of it as an angel and touching people lives,” said Diana. “It absolutely astounded me that this woman touched so many lives every day; she had friends all over town, and the entire community was in mourning.”

Attended by elders, family and friends, Sabina’s wake – upon her request – took place at the Akisqnuk band hall, starting at 5 p.m. and continuing through the night until 8 a.m. the next morning when the pallbearers arrived to take her body away.

“It was the most beautiful, spiritual experience I’ve ever had in my entire life, helping my mother make her way,” said Diana. “But the most spectacular thing were the northern lights. It was amazing. It was 3 a.m., we were all standing outside in just absolute awe, and we knew it was mum.”

Barb is trying to maintain Sabina’s garden and recently, after hearing a friend had injured himself, left a pail of huckleberries on his doorstep. A cheers appeared in the next issue of The Pioneer: “Cheers to Barb for getting back to her traditional ways; your mother would be very proud.” “(My mother) was the most incredibly beautiful woman, and a really powerful, strong Ktunaxa-Shuswap woman,” said Diana. “I can only be half as lucky to be anywhere near what she was like. She was truly a beautiful person. I think she found peace, and it really showed through.”

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August 30th – September 8th Min Ma & Bayot Heer Exhibition at The Artym Gallery, Invermere. Opening reception on August 30th, 6 to 9 p.m. Daily viewing 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Visit www.columbiavalleyarts. com.

September 6th Fresh Fridays Open Mic Night at Pynelogs Cultural Centre, Invermere. All ages. Admission $2 by donation. 7 p.m. Visit www. columbiavalleyarts.com

September 15th Pavel Kolesnikov (Honens International Laureate) at Christ Church Trinity. Presented by CV Arts. Visit www.columbiavalleyarts. com or phone 250-3424423.

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September 17th – 29th Art Exhibition featuring Pam Ciupa, Pam Williamson, Leslie Cartwright, Brian Fennerty, Stan Lukasiewicz, Sherry Mallach and Brittney Lintick at Pynelogs. Artist opening on September 18th from 7 to 9 p.m. Visit www.columbiavalleyarts.com

September 22nd Giving Back Golf Tournament. Annual charity golf tournament, benefitting the Windermere Community Association Youth Centre, at Windermere Valley Golf Course presented by The Valley Echo.

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September 20th – 21st 2nd Annual Rockin’ on Main, Main Street West, Radium Hot Springs. Friday market from 4 to 8 p.m., Friday music from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday market from noon, Saturday music from 2:30 p.m. Events goes to 8:30 p.m.

September 27th – 28th 3rd Annual Columbia Salmon Festival at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort and surrounding area.

Includes guest speakers, field trips, gala dinner and more. Visit www.fairmonthotsprings.com, or phone 250-345-6000.

September 20th – 21st Columbia Valley Classics 24th Annual Autumn Car Show & Shine in Radium Hot Springs. Registration at Radium Community Hall on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Pancake Breakfast on Saturday from 7 to 10 a.m. at Radium Seniors’ Hall. Car show on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cruise to In-

September 28th 6th Annual Headbanger Trail Challenge in Radium Hot Springs. Part of the Trail Races East Kootenay Series. 12-kilometre trail race plus three-kilometre, family-friendly run/walk.

Visit www.headbangertrailchallenge.ca or phone 250-347-2456.

SEPTEMBER

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August 30, 2013

September 1st – 30th The Windermere Valley Museum in Invermere will be open for visitors from 12 to 4 p.m., seven days a week. Visit www.windermerevalleymuseum.ca.

September 1st Grizzly Challenge 42-kilometre Mountain Trail Run & Relay at Panorama Mountain Village. 9 a.m.

Visit www.grizzlyultra.ca.

Closing day for Bike Park and Mile 1 Quad Chair at Panorama Mountain Village. Visit www.panoramaresort.com or phone 250-342-6941.

September 3rd – 15th Art Exhibition featuring Neal Panton, Cathy Parkes, Cat McDiarmid, Lori Lees Stout, Elizabeth Stuart and Alice Hale at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. Artist opening on September 4th from 7 to 9 p.m. Visit www. columbiavalleyarts.com

September 7th 3rd Annual Parkinson SuperWalk at Pothole Park, Invermere. Registration at 1 p.m., walk at 1:30 p.m. Visit www.parkinson. bc.ca.

September 9th Swinging Senior Open at The Ridge at Copper Point Golf Club. For information, contact the pro shop at 250-341-3392 or visit www.copperpointgolf. com.

September 14th À La Carte with Alex Fong Exhibition at The Artym Gallery, Invermere. Visit www.artymgallery.com.

September 15th 14th Annual Windermere Fall Fair & Scarecrow Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Windermere Community Hall and elementary school field. A jam-packed day of good times with a scarecrow parade, kids’ zone, contests, market vendors and more. Email info@ windermerecommunity.ca.

September 21st-29th Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up. Register at www.shorelinecleanup.ca or call 877-427-2422.

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Foot bridge touches down at resort A new 190-foot (58-metre) steel foot bridge was set in place at the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort (with the help of two giant Mammoet crane trucks) on Thursday, August 22nd, restoring a pedestrian link between the resort’s main grounds and its RV park.

The bridge is expected to be ready for foot traffic across Fairmont Creek by today (August 30th) or tomorrow. With a weight of just under 100,000 pounds (45,360 kilograms) and an inside width of 10 feet (three metres), the bridge is wide and sturdy enough to drive golf carts and even emergency vehicles across.

Photo by Alexandra Carter / Fairmont Hot Springs Resort

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