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December 13, 2013 Vol. 10/Issue 50

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 1 December 13, 2013

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Prolific young page painters at Pynelogs A trip to the Pynelogs Cultural Centre on the morning of Thursday, December 5th resulted in a fresh batch of Christmas art made from scratch by Mrs. Whittick’s Grade 7 students from Windermere Elementary School. Under the guidance of Black Star Studios owners Natalie Ruby and Jen Abra, the young artisans painted onto the pages of hardcover novels, leaving only a few select phrases and images untouched. Clockwise from top left: Katie Kirkpatrick paints a cutout of the Hawaiian Islands on her page; Gracey Nichol uses a hair dryer to cure the paint around the outline of an oak tree; Mya Wiegert converts her page into a sunset, while Jullian Meadows draws a golden apple onto his page. Background: a snapshot of a few of the finished products (Natalie Ruby photo).

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VALLEY NEWS

Budget passed, deer cull deliberated on

By Steve Hubrecht Pioneer Staff Invermere council passed the district’s 2014 budget, gave three readings to three bylaw amendments relating to garbage, sewage and water rates, and discussed urban deer management at its most recent meeting this week.

Council members unanimously voted at the Tuesday, December 10th afternoon meeting to adopt the budget discussed at the November 21st council meeting. The budget includes operational spending of $8.36 million and capital spending of $8.13 million.

A major part of the capital spending is the $5.6 million the district will borrow to build a new community centre, but the borrowed funds will carry into coming years rather than all being spent in 2014. The budget projects more than $9 million in revenue for the district, with property taxes being the major source of that revenue.

The bylaw amendments given three readings at the meeting involve a $3 per user annual rate increase for garbage and recycling collection, a $7 a year per single family dwelling sewage rate increase, and a two cents per cubic meter increase in water rates. If adopted, all three amendments would take effect in April 2014. Invermere director

of finance Karen Cote told council members that all three amendments are revenue neutral, meaning they essentially are just to cover inflation.

Council also discussed urban deer issues at length during the meeting.

“What do we want to do about a deer committee? Do we need a new committee?” asked Invermere mayor Gerry Taft.

The previous committee members all resigned one by one during the fall.

“I don’t know if it’s fair to throw some of our residents into the fray (by having them join a committee) on something so polarizing,” said councillor Paul Denchuk.

“I’m not sure what a new deer committee would do, beside the deer count,” said councillor Greg Anderson, who thought it premature to advertise for a new committee.

“I don’t think the time is right, right now,” said Mr. Anderson, adding the last committee quit in part because members felt frustrated by lack of action, and a new committee might feel the same since the issue is still not really moving forward.

Council members agreed that although a deer committee is not necessary, the annual deer count the committee carried out is useful and passed a motion to contact the Rod and Gun Club, the Invermere Deer Protection Society and

members of past deer committees to find volunteers to continue the count.Talk then turned to culling deer.

“If council decides it wants to do a cull, we should get to the point were it’s operational on an ongoing annual basis instead of becoming a heated, political circus each year,” said Mr. Taft.

Mr. Denchuck suggested culls be targeted and complaint-based, focussing on neighbourhoods from which the district received multiple calls of aggressive deer.

Councillor Spring Hawes suggested letting the cull issue drop for awhile.

“I don’t feel there is an urgency at this time,” she said. “I don’t feel personally prepared to go through that process at this time. Maybe the community needs some time to calm down from this divisive issue.”

Opposite sentiments were expressed by councillor Justin Atterbury, who suggested the cull issue shouldn’t be left on the back burner.

“I’d hate to have it passed on to the next council — it looks like we got bullied out of it,” said Mr. Atterbury.

The November 2nd referendum in which more than 70 per cent of Invermere residents voted in favour of using a cull as a tool to manage urban deer gives the district a strong mandate to move forward in a timely manner, he said.

Break and enter and assault trial set for new year

By Pioneer Staff A valley resident facing multiple charges of break and enter and assaulting a peace officer has pleaded not guilty and will go to trial some time in the new year.

Invermere lawyer Buffy Blakley tendered a not guilty plea on Monday, December 9th on behalf of Kellen Rider Viret in Invermere Provincial Court. Mr. Viret is facing a total of ten charges, including two

charges of break and enter, two charges of assaulting a peace officer, one charge of mischief to property, one charge of causing disturbance, one charge of willfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer and one charge of possession of for the purposes of trafficking.

Mr. Viret was not present in court.

Judge W. Grant Sheard, crown prosecutor Andrew Mayes and Ms. Blakley agreed that Mr. Viret’s next appearance in court will be on Monday, January 13th to fix a trial date.

Another Invermere man — Kris Weller — charged with arson in relation to last winter’s Columbia Eagle condominium fire in Fairmont Hot Springs had his case adjourned again and will make his next appearance in Invermere Provincial Court on Tuesday, February 11th.

The former Columbia Eagle condominium block had been standing roughly 50 per cent complete in Fairmont for several years until it was burned down to concrete foundation and rebar in an intense fire in December 2012.

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Holiday roadside checks Saturday, December 7th was the day police across the country did an impaired driving road check blitz. A road check in Invermere resulted in approximately 73 vehicles checked.

Only one driver blew a fail. His licence was suspended for 30 days and his vehicle impounded for 90 days.

With Christmas outings and staff parties during the holiday season, plan in advance on a safe return home.

Citizens on Patrol The detachment is looking for volunteers to come forward to participate with Citizens on Patrol. I would like to have six to eight volunteers for Invermere. We are looking for at least four to six for Radium.

If you are interested and wish more information as to what is involved, give me a call at the detachment.

• On Wednesday, December 4th at 3:20 p.m., the Columbia Valley detachment attended to an attempted theft of a motor vehicle (a Honda Civic) in the Sobeys parking lot. The vehicle was left unlocked and the ignition was tampered with.

• On Thursday, December 5th at 1:24 a.m., detachment members were called to a complaint of domestic assault in the 700 block of Copperhorn Drive in Radium Hot Springs. A 31-year-old female was arrested for assault.

• On Thursday, December 5th, the Columbia Valley detachment received a complaint that two units at the Wayside Motel in the 4800 block of St. Josephs in Radium were broken into. The doors were forced open and walls in the units were damaged. If you observe any activity around this abandoned building, contact the detachment.

• On Friday, December 6th at 7:55 p.m., the Columbia Valley detachment responded to a complaint of vandalism near Windermere Beach. On attendance, it was discovered that local fishermen had moved barricades to get the fishing shacks on the lake and made sure the barricades were put back up.

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A wedding to remember While stationed in the Lower Mainland, we had a young fellow who we got to know quite well due to his criminal behaviour. One of his charges resulted in a warrant for his arrest. He left the area and disappeared for a considerable amount of time. However, he did come back for his sister’s wedding.

Just to show we are not that heartless, he was stopped the evening before the wedding while he was en route to a family gathering. The officer who dealt with him showed compassion. This fellow agreed that if the officer let him continue on to the family outing and not arrest him, he would show up before the wedding to receive some documents.

Did he show up the next day? No. We knew that after the wedding our chances of seeing him again would slip and we would have to continue to look for him. We also knew from a conversation the night before that he was in the wedding party.

So, off to the church the officers go. They don’t interrupt the blessed event, but once church was over, the boys arranged their own reception and the arrest was made. Tuxedo and all, into the cells.

When I arrived for work, I could hear a disturbance in the lobby of the detachment and observed a bride in a wedding dress losing it on our supervisor. I thought the least we could do was have the reception in the cell block.

After a large deposit of money was put down to guarantee his appearance in court, he was released into the custody of one ticked off bride.

From observing his sister losing it on him, I thought he just might turn around and ask to remain in jail.

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Hope on the slopes The Invermere Special Olympics group (seen here in these shots from Panorama in February 2013) is back in action this winter, with its alpine skiing program set to hit the slopes this weekend and its new bowling program already underway.

The group is open to any kids or adults who have intellectual (or, in some cases, physical) special needs. It offers alpine skiing at Panorama on Sundays, curling at the curling centre on Fridays, bowling at Valley Alley twice a month on Tuesdays as well as cross-country skiing, snowshoeing (dates and times to be announced) and off-season visits to the hot pools at Fairmont Hot Springs.

The group kicked off its winter with its first bowling day and a Christmas party on December 4th.

“We hope to see all our athletes return to the snow,”

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Christmas Centerpieces said program coordinator Gee de Ruyter, adding that the group’s volunteers redeserve a big thanks. For more information on the group or its programs, contact Andrea Haworth at andreahaworth@shaw.ca or 250-342-4808.

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Local band L8 played at the Smoking Waters Cafe in Fairmont Hot Springs on Saturday, December 7th. But Santa was the main attraction — a star-struck Liam Hetherington, 3, from Edmonton tried to remember his wishlist during a chat with Father Christmas.

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December 13, 2013

PERSPECTIVE Historical Lens

Sense and Sensible BC

By Greg Amos, Pioneer Staff

The push to reform B.C.’s enforcement of laws around marijuana possession has puffed out, gone up in smoke, burned out — there’s no shortage of metaphors for this one.

In a failed campaign that had a distinctly different result from the anti-HST frenzy that resulted in a successful citizens’ petition two years ago, Sensible BC’s push for change got stalled around the stigma many feel when signing a petition that has to do with marijuana.

It’s ironic that the local organizer saw how much interest the petition was getting through social media, but how few of those Facebook hits translated into people getting out and signing the Columbia River – Revelstoke riding petition form in person.

Many might have felt safer supporting the cause online, rather than putting pen to paper on the form that would wind up in the provincial government’s possession. But the reverse is true — most actions on social media become part of a person’s “digital tattoo”, as David Thompson Secondary students no doubt learned at an Internet safety talk held at the school on December 4th.

There’s an image that’s gone viral on the Internet in recent weeks, of a foreign aid volunteer delivering a bundle of Facebook likes to starving African children — as though the “likes” add up to anything more than good intentions. It’s an image one should keep in mind if they want to make a real difference.

ICE UPDATE

Frozen foraging, 1940s In the 1940s, before the advent of the electric fridge, two men brought their horses and a sleigh to Columbia Lake, where thick blocks of ice were being collected for the preservation of edibles in “ice houses”, a common outbuilding for homes of that era. Through passive cooling, the ice houses kept the ice blocks cool enough to last all summer. If you have any more information, e-mail us at info@cv-pioneer.com .

Photo A1429 courtesy of the Windermere District Historical Society

Invermere’s deer dilemma: A high school student’s perspective Dear Editor:

The District of Invermere will begin providing Lake Windermere ice thickness measurements in mid-December.

For now, a reliable source tells us the ice is 12 inches thick offshore from Kinsmen Beach and 12 inches thick on the south end of the lake.

This letter is to everyone who is for or against the deer cull. I am neither of them because I believe this conflict is pointless! Yes, it’s true that the deer were here before us, but they are far from being wild now.

The don’t fear us and don’t even care if we are ten feet or less away from them, while real wild deer would run away before a human was a kilometre away. This

is a problem because it makes it harder for people like me to take a walk without having to turn around or take another way. I’m so sick of this “war” – it needs to stop! We either do something and make the valley a better place for us and the deer, or we do nothing and continue to endanger children, dogs, cats and people, who just want to walk!

Jaime Jenkinson, Invermere

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LETTERS

Give the gift of interchangeable jewellery this Holiday Season.

Remembering a 1975 Christmas miracle Dear Editor: Many years ago — 1975, I think — my family was going through some serious struggles, some of them financial. Things were particularly tight that Christmas. It was the first Christmas I really remember being conscious of.

On Christmas Eve, someone in the family noticed a large box at our front door. We opened it to find food and treats and small gifts. Even at four years old, I remember feeling an amazing mixture of emotions and feelings about this box that had been left by an anonymous group of neighbours or a local organization.

I was excited because there was a gift for me — it was an old-fashioned top! I was confused and a little ashamed because I knew that this box meant that we were poor. I’m not sure how I knew those feelings at that age; I just remember feeling embarrassed.

I wonder what it felt like for my mom — I’m sure there was some level of relief

at being able to provide for her four kids, but I know this can’t be one of her favourite memories of our childhood. Moving ahead to December 2013, I feel incredibly fortunate in my life: I have so many things and people in it to be thankful for. I am incredibly grateful for that memory from Christmas 1975, because how would I know what that feels like otherwise?

It is so important to help those who are less fortunate in our communities, especially at a time of year like this, when because of the dark days and tougher economic concerns, people can feel alone and feel great despair. Give big if you can, give a little if you can, give to our local Christmas Bureau or Food Bank or just drop something off at someone’s door.

Help create memories, not just of happiness, but of the concept of giving when you have something (anything) to give, even if it is simply a warm smile!

Happy Holidays to all!

Kim Baker Windermere

Deer correction

In the story titled “District decries appeal to deer lawsuit” in the Friday, December 6th edition of The Pioneer, it was incorrectly stated that Shane Suman is a former

Invermere resident. Mr. Suman still maintains a property in Invermere and voted in the November poll question on the deer. The Pioneer regrets the error.

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December 13, 2013

Wishing you a blessed Christmas Season and a Happy New Year

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he Christmas Bureau of the Columbia Valley is now ready to accept applications for FOOD GIFT CARDS AND ANGEL GIFTS for Christmas 2013, to be distributed Thursday, December 19th.

Application forms are available at The Family Resource Centre, Columbia Valley Employment Centre, Invermere Public Health Unit, Akisqnuk Health Centre, Shuswap Band Office, Canal Flats Headwaters Centre or 250-342-6752.

Deadline for requests is Wednesday, December 11th.

To sponsor a family hamper, call Gail at 250-342-6752 or Helen at 250-342-6789; or email Gail at hghoff@telus.net or Helen at hw6789@telus. net to register your commitment by Sunday, December 15th.

To donate an Angel gift, visit the children’s and seniors’ Angel Tree in The Book Bar (1046, 7th Ave., Invermere) after November 23rd or the children’s Angel Tree in Dairy Queen after Saturday, November 30th.

Return wrapped and labelled gifts to the stores by the December 15th deadline.

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Our Family Counsellor supported 65 families in 2012/13. With 4 months to go we have already supported 77 families in 2013/14.

Help be a part of the solution.

Support local families by donating your time, expertise or resources.

Call 250-342-5566

www.familyresourcecentre.ca Myth: Change your ads all the time. Readers get tired of the same thing.

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RIGHT TO SKI — Manuel Osborne-Paradis leaves the start gate at Lake Louise during a downhill training run on Wednesday, November 27th.

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Valley downhill skier now a Right to Play ambassador he said. “I kind of knew I was getting the wooden spoon but (fellow Canadian skiers) Jan (Hudec) and I and Erik (Guay) are all skiing well – we are all there.

Invermere’s Manny Osborne-Paradis is the new- It’s just putting it together at the right time.” est ambassador for international charity Right To Play, As well as becoming an athlete ambassador for and capped his new status by narrowly missing the Right To Play, Mr. Osborne-Paradis is sponsoring the podium at last weekend’s World Cup race. charity — which is driven to use sport and play to Mr. Osborne-Paradis finished fourth, narrowly educate and empower youth to overcome the effects of missing third place by a mere four-hundredths of a poverty, conflict and disease around the world — by second, at the men’s Word Cup downhill in Beaver wearing its logo on his helmet.

Creek, Colorado on Friday, December 6th.

“I was having a hard time finding a corporate “Another fourth. It’s just a matter of time before sponsor for my helmet, then I was talking with a board I get a podium,” said Mr. Osborne-Paradis, a three- member for Right To Play and I realized it would be a time World Cup winner who was also fourth in the great fit,” Mr. Osborne-Paradis told The Pioneer. “This downhill in Kvitfjell, Norway, at the end of seemed like another direction and a charity that had last season. a more worldly impact than “I’m skiing better and what I was already doing.”

“Th is seemed like another direction and a I’m skiing faster and more Manny also made an initial charity that had a more worldly impact than confidently,” he said. “It’s donation of $25,000 to Right what I was already doing.” really just about putting to Play, and is giving bonuses it all together. My run was based on his race results (the Manny Osborne-Paradis pretty clean. I made a misbetter he does, the more he dotake on the pitch and came nates). out a little low and that Mr. Osborne-Paradis and probably cost me the race, fellow Canadian skier Mike but that’s racing.”

Janyk already run an annual “Mike and Manny” ski Mr. Osborne-Paradis produced a superb run on camp in Whistler, B.C. for up-and-coming racers who a ski hill that hasn’t been kind to him (his previous might not otherwise be able to afford such training, best result at Beaver Creek was a 23rd-place finish in and Mr. Osborne-Paradis will soon appear for Right 2008). He was sitting in first place at the end of his To Play at an event in Collingwood, Ontario. run, but skiers racing behind him eventually pushed He said that although he’d really like to do a bighim back off the podium. ger trip to see some of Right To Play’s programs in “I finished off last year with a fourth and today I action, that will have to wait for a while as the 2014 got a fourth on a course I normally don’t do well on,” Winter Olympics in Sochi are firmly in his sights.

By Steve Hubrecht Pioneer Staff

December 13, 2013

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LETTERS

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The true meaning of Christmas Dear Editor: It is so comforting to discover once again the generosity and empathy that lives in the hearts of the people of the Columbia Valley.

After the craft show was over this weekend in Invermere, I had to make arrangements for the food bank donations to get to the food bank. Having been bitten by the flu bug, I forgot to do this prior to the sale.

Gail Hoffman’s name came up in discussions of what to do with the food on a Saturday evening. I was lucky enough to find her home, though on her way out the door. I rushed over with the largest amount of donations we’ve received in 20 years. This to me was impressive enough, demonstrating the kind of caring people our valley is made of. This was to be shown up.

Gail and her husband are such sweethearts. They’re not even part of the Christmas hampers or food bank anymore, but took in the trunk plus back seat load of food and said they’d put it in the right hands.

Upon finishing, Gail said to me, “Come in here.

You’ve got to see this.” She proceeded to lead me to a room that had no furniture, but you still could not step into it. The floor was filled with boxes of stuffed stockings.

She said the quilters club in Fairmont had sewn them and the Lions Club and bowlers of Fairmont had filled them.

This came from a needy person in the valley mentioning in time past that they’d never had a Christmas stocking.

There were also wrapped shoe boxes for women and other odd presents that were donated by these kind folks.

I had to make a quick exit as the tears were welling up, trying to thank them at the same time for being so kind and helpful.

Our cup runneth over in this little community. The warm hearts and true bountiful generosity of the people is beyond words. I am very proud to say that I live in the Columbia Valley, a place that understands the true meaning of Christmas.

Merry Christmas all and thank you for ensuring that everyone who lives here can also have one.

Carolyn Barzilay, Fairmont Hot Springs

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Cultural crusader West Vancouver native Wade Davis spoke to a full house at the Invermere Community Hall on the evening of Tuesday, December 10th. Named by National Geographic as one of their Explorers for the Millennium, Mr. Davis is an Explorer in Residence for the society, as well as the author of fifteen books, including the international bestseller The Serpent and the Rainbow. During his presentation, Mr. Davis expounded on the need for diverse cultural wisdom in the world and the alarming rate at which languages — and, as a result, cultures and their ancient wisdom — are becoming extinct, a rate far faster than that of plants and animals, he said. The Book Bar owners James Lazarus (centre) and Josh Delasalle Foy (right) supplied the books for the book signing that took place prior to the Wildsight-sponsored presentation.

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Rockies player profile

#19 Damon Raven Damon Raven is a three-year veteran of the Columbia Valley Rockies. Born and raised in Invermere, Damon began his hockey career at the age of seven. His dad, Wes, took him to watch the Rockies play and made road trips to watch them play the Kimberley Dynamiters when he was about ten; so he had visions of becoming a member of the team one day.

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“That really opened my eyes up to the fun and I learned a lot,” he said.

He made the team the following season and was part of the under-17 squad. The best part of hockey, he says, is being part of a team and finding ways to improve his game.

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Steamboat strummers Edgewater trio Sheberdean (left to right: guitarist Aaron Sherban, vocalist and mandolin player Sylvia Power and bass player Dean Kendrick ) recently won the second annual Steamboat Mountain Music Bursary, a $1,000 award that will allow the trio to build their musical prowess at the Nimble Fingers Music Camp in Sorrento, B.C. next summer. Catch the band playing in the valley this month at the Christmas in the Valley CD release party at Pynelogs on December 14th and 15th, and at the December 20th grand opening of Safta’s restaurant in Invermere.

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Movie Review: Despicable Me 2 Reviewed by Lizzie Midyette In the second instalment of the Despicable Me series, our intrepid supervillain-turned-family man Gru (Steve Carell) is thriving in suburbia with his three wonderful daughters.

Surrounded by adorably cute minions who manage everything from wielding a vacuum cleaner to keeping the wifi open, he has given up his life of crime in favour of creating his own line of jams and jellies. The movie opens to a scene of Gru’s youngest daughter’s birthday party, and the former dastardly villian’s biggest concern is if the fairy princess he has booked will be able to

make it on time!

All is not well with the minions, however. Strangely, they’re disappearing. Caught up in the whirlwind of raising three daughters, taking on a new job with the AVL (Anti-Villain League), nervously navigating his emerging romantic feelings towards his new AVL partner, Gru has far too much on his plate to notice the supply of minions is gradually dwindling. Far more concerned with his daughters’ attempts to set him up with an online dating profile, Gru simply has no time. What could be going on with the minions?

Creatively envisioned, beautifully animated, and seamlessly executed, this movie gives us a terrific balance of story

and comic relief. The ratio of action to pure minionappreciating goodness is perfect. There is a balance of cute, funny and heartwarming goodness that is sure to bring a smile to everyone.

Despicable Me 2 is a gem that will appeal to movie fans of all ages (perhaps not very young children; the film is rated PG). There is enough laugh-inducing minion action to make even the worst stresses of the holiday season vanish for an hour or two, the story is engaging enough to keep adults captivated, and there are some beautifully touching moments as a family becomes complete. What’s not to love?

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Toby Theatre • Closed until December 26th.

Friday, December 13th • 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.: Friday Night Shopping in Fairmont. Prize draws, fantastic shopping, specials at your favourite stores, and delicious snacks.

• 4:45 p.m. - 10:10 p.m.: Windermere Valley Minor Hockey Atom Tournament. Runs December 13th 15th at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena. Blue team plays: Friday, 4:45 p.m. - 5:55 p.m.; Saturday, 7:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. and 12:40 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

Orange team plays: Friday, 6:10 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:50 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. Final games on Sunday, December 15th, TBA. • 5:30 p.m.: Celebrate “Christ in Christmas” at the Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church, 712 12th Ave. 5:30 p.m. Pasada, 6:30 p.m. Live Nativity. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and the CWL. • 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.: Knit your own cuffs at the Summit Youth Centre.

Saturday, December 14th • 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Santa is in Fairmont at the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort.

• 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Canterbury Carols Christmas Market at Interior World in support of the Family Resource Centre. November 30th to December 22nd on Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and Sundays, 12 4p.m.; and Friday, December 20th, 5 - 8 p.m.

• 4:00 p.m.: Panorama Mountain Freeride Club AGM at the Jack Pine Club, Panorama. Open to all skiers

ages 5 - 18. Park/Air, Freestyle/Moguls, Big Mountain/ Freeski. For info call Dave at 250-341-1967 or go online to pmfc.ca.

• 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.: Mexican Empanada night and a Spanish movie at the Summit Youth Centre.

• 7:00 p.m.: Christmas in the Valley CD release party at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. Live performances of music from the CD. Tickets $10 for adults, $5 for kids, available at The Book Bar. Proceeds go to the Food Bank. Also December 15th at 1 p.m. CDs are currently on sale at local businesses.

Sunday, December 15th • 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Photos with Santa at Copper Point Resort in room UTC-07. Cost is $15 with a portion of the proceeds going to Whiteway and ICAN. • 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.: Annual Children’s Christmas Party (appropriate for ages 1 - 10 years), hosted by the Radium Hot Springs Volunteer Fire Department.

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• 5:30 p.m.: Christmas Dinner for Seniors at the Best Western Invermere Inn. Brought to you by the Rotary Club of Invermere. Must have RSVP’d by December 6th. Call 250-342-5566, Monday to Thursday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Monday, December 16th • 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.: Nativity Scene Display at Christ Church Trinity, Invermere (110-7th Ave) will be set up to display a wide variety of nativity scenes. Viewing times are: Monday, December 16th, 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Tuesday, December 17th, 12:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. and Wednesday, December 18th, 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served Tuesday evening.

• 7:00 p.m.: Christmas Bingo, Canal Flats Civic Centre.

Wednesday, December 18th • 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Keurig Ski race at Panorama Mountain Village. Runs until December 23rd.

• 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.: Christmas craft and snowman building at the Summit Youth Centre.

Thursday, December 19th • 5:00 p.m. -9:00 p.m.: Swimming at Radium Hot Springs with the Summit Youth Centre. Leaving the Summit at 6:00 p.m. Please register in advance.

Friday, December 20th • 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.: Christmas Fiesta at the Summit Youth Centre. Games, snacks and surprises!

• Winter Radiance at Radium Hot Springs. Immerse yourself in a dazzling display of ice and frost. Through to January 1st. Call 250-342-9485 or go to hotsprings. ca for more information.

• Fairmont Ski Area, including the new Tube Park, opens for the season.

Saturday, December 21st • 9:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Windermere Valley Minor Hockey games at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena. Novice vs. Kimberley, 9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.; Initiation vs. Golden, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Midget Girls vs. Cranbrook, 12:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. (league); and Initiation vs. Canal Flats, 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

• 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Santa is in Fairmont at the Fairmont Hot Springs Resort.

• 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.: Open House at the Crossroads Collective, across from Tim Hortons. Live music in the evening, Christmas treats around the bonfire, and a raffle for a U-Brew cider kit to be held. Donations to the Food Bank gratefully accepted.

• 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.: Community Christmas Party at the Canal Flats Civic Centre.

• 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.: Pyjama night, a Christmas movie and popcorn at the Summit Youth Centre.

Tuesday, December 24th • 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.: Torch Light Parade & Fireworks at Fairmont Ski Area.

• 8:00 p.m.: Christmas Eve Fireworks in Conrad Kain Park, Wilmer. Bonfires and free hot chocolate.

• 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.: Christmas Karaoke in the lobby of Fairmont Hot Springs Resort.

Thursday, December 26th • 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Decorate a holiday cookie at Smoking Waters in Fairmont Hot Springs. Also December 27th and 28th.

Friday, December 27th • 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.: Hang out night at the Summit Youth Centre.

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Arrowhead spikes beer with coffee the brew offers the fresh smell of coffee, the caffeine content is negligible, Mr. Tegart said.

To keep their lineup of products The beer will be returning for its fresh, Invermere’s Arrowhead Brew- second year, and is expected to last loning adds seasonal brews to compli- ger this time. Restrictions were in place ment special occasions, and with the last year, but with a greater supply nearly holiday season almost here, the brewmas- ready for this year, Arrowhead will make ter has once again put together a Christmas the Christmas Coffee Porter available Coffee Porter. through refills of the growler (a two-litre “It’s just bursting with flavour,” said glass bottle). Last year, Arrowhead sold owner and brewmaster Shawn Tegart. the special ale in new growlers only.

“People generally tend to drink darker The seasonal brew will be available beers in the winter — the fruitiness goes by Monday, December 16th at Arrowreally well after dinner and head, and will cost $18 with dessert.” for a full growler. It’s their He said the porter most expensive beverage on recipe is loosely based tap, but Mr. Tegart said it off Arrowhead’s Blackprovides the greatest value. jack Irish stout, but is “It needs more than much stronger. twice the ingredients than It has “more malt, the Blackjack, and (takes) and it has a lot of remore than twice as long to ally deep chocolatey flabrew, because there’s somevours,” he said. thing about that process The 1,000-litre batch I’ve found that makes it Arrowhead staff member Alex required seven pounds incredibly smooth for being of coffee from Kicking Naubert adds the coffee kick to a 7.9 per cent alcohol beer,” Horse Coffee, and while the batch. Submitted photo he said.

By Dan Walton Pioneer Staff

A friend to all creatures On behalf of the late animal-loving Harry Kashuba, family and friends of his donated $1,500 to the Invermere Companion Animal Network (ICAN) in lieu of flowers on Saturday, December 7th. Top row from the right, Cayle Kashuba, Garrett Kashuba, Rylan Kashuba, Sylvia Walker (with dog Sparky, who’s available for adoption) and Mara King. Bottom row: Anne

Futa, Melissa Kashuba (with cat Mercredi), Maddie Hromadnik, Krystal Chasse, Bella Chasse (with cat Limerick), Syvlia Schultz, Lana Banham, and Kaydn Chasse holding the cheque.

Harry’s family members all agreed that a donation to ICAN would be the ideal way to keep the funds in the valley, helping local animals.

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Needle disease impacting trees

By Steve Hubrecht, Pioneer Staff With a needle blight savaging Christmas trees throughout the valley, it might be a Charlie Brown Christmas for those putting up a local tree this year.

The needle disease — rhabdocline pseudotsugae — is a fungus that leaves evergreen trees alive, but causes their needles to lose colour and fall off, making them unsellable as Christmas trees.

“It’s having a huge impact on Christmas tree producers in the valley,” said Super Valley Christmas tree producer Doug Goodwin. “We’ve seen it before, but it does seem to be hitting us especially hard this year.”

The number of sellable trees Mr. Goodwin has been able to harvest from the area of Spur Valley he holds a Christmas tree tenure for is down 80 per cent from what he normally gets.

The blight is always present in the valley to a small degree, but has been particularly bad the last few years, according to local Christmas tree producer Rory Hromadnik.

“Virtually all of the Christmas tree operations in the valley (about 10) had it to some degree this fall, some worse than others, but it’s a problem,” he said.

Mr. Hromadnik has Christmas tree permits for two areas in the valley and this year has only been able to get 10 to 15 per cent of the normal number of trees from one of his areas, and

absolutely none from the other.

Some producers are taking a loss by not selling any trees this year, according to Mr. Goodwin. Even without the sales income, producers still need to be out spacing, thinning, pruning and getting their permit area ready for next year.

The fungus spreads in the spring.

Normal Upper Columbia Valley conditions — a relatively hot and dry April and May, followed by a mildly wet June — tend to contain the fungus, but a wetter-than-average April and May (such as this past spring) leads to heavy outbreaks of the blight. The blight usually last for at least two years, with needles showing spots of yellow in the first year and then whole needles going red or yellow in the second year before falling off — giving the trees a scorched, scraggly appearance.

“There’s no point selling Christmas trees if the needles are going to fall off. Not too many people want that much of a Charlie Brown tree,” said Mr. Goodwin.

“You really have to let it (the blight) run its course,” said Mr. Hromadnik, adding the fungus can be treated, but since that involves serious chemicals and multiple treatments to the hard-to-reach underside of the needles it’s only really an option for commercial tree farms.

“In a wild Christmas tree situation like we’ve got (in the Upper Columbia Valley), it’s impractical,” he said.

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Ingredients • 12-15 lb. ham (bone-in or boneless) • 3 cups orange juice • 1/2 cup brown sugar • 1/2 cup mango chutney

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Eight groups form valley’s new Trail Alliance

By Greg Amos Pioneer Staff An all-hands-on-deck approach is expected to result in more trails and better signage in the valley next year, after eight outdoors-related groups comprised of more than 500 members recently joined forces to form the Columbia Valley Greenways Trail Alliance.

“The alliance began by getting like-minded people from different outdoor groups who had not worked together in the past to expand and maintain our trail network together,” explained Mark Halwa, who chairs the new alliance.

The former Columbia River Greenways Alliance, along with the Columbia Valley Cycling Society, Summit Trail Makers, Toby Creek Nordic Ski Club, Purcell Mountain Bike School, Crazy Soles running group, Nipika Mountain Resort and most recently, Panorama Mountain Village, have come together to form the trail alliance.

In addition, the Fairmont Trails Society and a Canal Flats trails group have been invited to join.

“In our initial meetings, we observed how many redundant activities each group was performing, and paying for, so it made economic sense to coordinate our efforts and begin working as a team,” said Mr. Halwa. “Everyone felt the key areas were building, funding and maintaining trails to reduce competitive funding requests, consolidate our insurance needs and have one land use agreement which could be used throughout the Columbia Valley.”

“Our activities revolve around creating trails in an open partnership with public and private land managers, ensuring proper signage exists and documenting the trails so residents and visitors know where the trails are and

won’t get lost either finding, or using them,” he added.

The new partnership will directly aid the completion of a paved spine trail between Invermere and Radium Hot Springs, said Mr. Halwa. The route, already partially completed between Dry Gulch and Radium, will form a gently-graded connector that will benefit people of all fitness abilities, and will be wide enough to accommodate people on roller skis or those walking or running with baby strollers.

It will also provide access to more difficult hiking and biking trails located along the corridor.

The alliance was spurred by a trail building conference held in New Mexico in October 2012, where about 350 people from all over the world attended to find out how small towns build big trail networks. It gained momentum Mark Halwa from a grant earlier this year from the Columbia Valley Community Foundation, which allowed the trail alliance to purchase a cargo and tool trailer, “enabling us to store and use each others’ equipment for summer trail building and maintenance,” explained Mr. Halwa.

Realizing that the Greenways group was a federallyregistered charity with a 13-year history of successful projects and a functioning web site and online payment system, the groups decided to coordinate their activities under the Greenways umbrella, while sharing a single bookkeeper.

TRAIL TAG — Valley residents can expect to see the new Trailways Alliance logo on trail signage next summer.

Submitted image Taking cues from already-existing trail alliances in Fernie and in the Shuswap region, a new trail alliance board was formed, allowing each of the eight groups to have two members on it. One seat has been saved for a David Thompson Secondary student interested in gaining some experience as a working member of the board.

This winter, the shared trailer will be used by the Toby Creek Nordic club to transport skis and equipment to race venues throughout the province, and will serve as a waxing shed at events.

It will also be used to transport the cross-country ski track groomer from the Whiteway to Lake Lillian.

“If anyone is interested in getting involved, just join any one of the member groups and participate through that organization,” added Mr. Halwa. “We have big plans for 2014 and will have plenty of activities for full and parttime residents to get involved.”

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YOUR MONEY

Carefully leaving money to adult children Let’s face it: some people are good with money and some people aren’t. For many retirees, there can be a dilemma of how to leave money to their children in a way that will provide for them while preventing them from potentially misspending the money.

Why it’s important Some retirees watch their adult children exercise a lack of financial discipline and worry how that might translate to their inheritance. Others worry about their adult children falling prey to unscrupulous partners or other parties who may want access to their inheritance money. Both these situations have the potential to render adult children in a worse position after their inheritance than they were before, especially those who are used to getting monetary help from their parents.

Classic method In years past, people could purchase an annuity to ensure estate capital wasn’t used up too quickly and to ensure income was paid to their beneficiaries over the long-term. While annuities are simple to set up and administer, they haven’t been a great solution the past few because interest rates are so low. The interest rate on annuities is derived primarily from current interest rates, which means that the best time to buy annuities is when interest rates are high, or at least at historical averages.

A new idea While these methods have worked for years and continue to be valid options, there are other ways people can leave money to kids who aren’t so good with money. One method is the new G5/20 program from CI Financial.

Originally generated for people approaching retirement, the G5/20 program can also benefit an estate.

Through the G5/20 program, a person deposits a sum of money which is invested in a balanced portfolio of mutual funds. The first 5 years are called the Accumulation Phase. During this time, the program will not pay any income. At the 5-year mark, the portfolio will shift to the Distribution Phase, during which it will pay out 5 per cent income per year for the next 20 years, based on the market value of the portfolio or the original deposited amount, whichever is higher.

If the markets go up and the portfolio grows over the initial 5 years the investor will get their income based on the higher amount. If the markets go down or are neutral, they are guaranteed to still get 5 per cent based on the initial investment. Income payments are guaranteed by the Bank of Montreal. Any market value at the end of 20 years will be returned to the investor.

Any time before their death the original owner can sell out of the product and take their market value.

This program is good for an estate because it will provide one’s beneficiaries with a predictable, sustain-

able 5 per cent guaranteed cash flow. By doling out the money in equal increments, the beneficiary can use it to fund their lifestyle. For an estate, the G5/20 can also ensure some capital preservation and allow for potential capital appreciation over the long-term depending on how the investments perform.

Testamentary trust To use the G5/20 for estate purposes, it would have to be set up prior to death by establishing a testamentary trust in the will. The trust can be established by adding a codicil to one’s will specifying that the investment is to remain in place and that the income be directed to one’s beneficiary. The testamentary trust can also be established by re-writing one’s will to include the same instructions.

Final thoughts It can be uncomfortable for a retiree to discuss concerns about their estate, especially when it involves criticism of their children. This is understandable but the truth is, most people know their kids, and if they feel their kids aren’t ready for a large sum of money, they are likely correct.

If you are concerned about your estate and would like to discuss your options, speak with a financial advisor or lawyer, who can help guide you in the right direction.

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December 13, 2013

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 19

Tires make nice handbags UNDER THE HOOD

By Steph Van de Kemp Pioneer Columnist A couple of years ago, a group of Wildsight volunteers cleaned up over two hundred scrap tires that, over time, had been dumped in the Wilmer wetlands. When the water froze, they hauled them across the ice to a location where they could be picked up, transported and properly disposed of. If you were one of these volunteers, we salute you!

A few weeks ago, I was rolling a set of scrap tires out to the growing pile behind the shop and I started thinking about the aforementioned tire-slinging superheroes of the Wilmer wetlands. Obviously, tires don’t belong in our wetlands, forests, lakes or oceans; and I’m pretty sure they don’t decompose — ever. So what happens to tires once they’ve fulfilled their use? Where do the 26 million tires that are sold each year in Canada end up when their days are done?

Tires are durable, built to withstand extreme environments, and these same qualities make them hard to dispose of. Historically, tires were piled in landfills, causing a number of environmental hazards. Thankfully, times are a-changin’. In B.C., for every new tire sold, the tire retailer collects an Advance Disposal Fee (more commonly known as an eco fee) from the consumer. The retailer then remits this fee to Tire Stewardship British Columbia Association (TSBC), a not-for-profit society that was formed to represent tire retailers. The idea is that end-of-life product management should be the responsibility of the producer of a product and the consumer, not the general taxpayer or local government.

If you’re in B.C., your retired tires are trucked off to a faraway place called Delta in the Lower Mainland, where two companies then turn them into other useful things.

Most tires are recycled into crumb rubber, which are granules of rubber with the steel and fibre removed. Crumb rubber is used to create athletic tracks, synthetic turf, play-

ground surfaces, flooring for industrial use and rubber landscaping mulch. Rubber mulch is becoming popular — it’s long-lasting, comes in a wide range of colours, and is more wipeout-friendly for falling kids. There are, however, some concerns about the use of recycled rubber in gardens and playgrounds. For example, as the rubber heats up, it releases fumes and toxic gases such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Personally, I like a garden that smells like a garden — and doesn’t make me hallucinate.

Apart from rubber gardens, 20 per cent of all scrap tires generated in Canada are used as tire-derived fuels (TDF) in cement kilns and paper mills. Some tires are being recycled into rubberized asphalt, now being used on highways all over the world.

Instead of grinding rubber into new materials, which is an energy-intensive process, Re-Tread Products is taking a different approach. This company uses a low-tech process that involves simply slicing and rolling the tire into a rubber log, which they call “tire log.” The tire log is used as a replacement for chemically treated lumber in a variety of civil engineering projects, including sea walls, highway noise barriers and earthquake-resilient buildings.

If you think tire recycling is all function and no fashion, check out IndoSole, an Indonesian company on a quest to save one million waste tires from Indonesian landfills.

Inspired by the resourcefulness of Balinese crafts people, IndoSole is transforming tire waste into something purposeful: shoes. I especially like the description of the Banana Weave sandal: “This model is like a ‘72 Honda motorbike, designed for urban cruising.” Of course, every good pair of shoes requires a co-ordinating handbag — Toronto-based KASTd makes designer handbags from recycled automotive inner tubes. Who knew tires could be so chic?

It seems tires are being recycled into everything but the kitchen sink. Oh, but wait a minute —Minarc, a California-based design firm, has created sinks made from recycled tires. To create the RUBBiSH sink, tires are melted, purified and then formed into a sheet, which is stretched over a frame and anchored to the drain to form the sink. It sure doesn’t look like RUBBiSH. As a matter of fact, you would never guess it was once just a regular old car tire.

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - it all adds up!

Holiday Recycling Electronics Recycling There is a new, permanent electronics recycling depot for the Columbia Valley!

Invermere Bottle Depot 133 Industrial Rd. #2 Phone: 250-342-7272 Hours: Tues-Fri 9:00am-4:00pm Sat 10:00am-5:00pm

They accept • Televisions • Computers & peripherals (keyboard, mouse) • Monitors • Fax machines • DVD/VHS players • Scanners • Stereos, MP3 players Discman

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Earphones Microphones Telephones Speakers Radios Cable, satellite and PVR boxes Vehicle audio and video systems

Batteries One of the items people seem to stock up on at this time of year is batteries. Both alkaline and rechargeable batteries are recyclable.

The drop off location in the Columbia Valley is: Selkirk TV & Appliance, Invermere

Glass Recycling Glass goes in the yellow bins marked GLASS ONLY. The ONLY glass accepted for recycling is container glass.

That means jam jars, salsa jars, wine bottles, olive oil bottles, etc.

NO other glass (including dishes or drinking glasses) is accepted. If in doubt, please leave it out.

Glass bins are located at the Columbia Valley Landfill, Edgewater Post Office, Fairmont Transfer Station, Invermere Industrial Park, Invemere Bottle Depot, and Radium Liquor Store

Recycling Basics Wrapping Paper - all paper based wrapping paper can be recycled in the yellow bins or Invermere’s blue bag program. Foil based papers cannot be recycled and should be thrown in the garbage if they can’t be saved and reused. Please consider paper based paper when purchasing gift wrap.

Ribbons & Bows - cannot be recycled. They can be saved and reused. If they can no longer be reused, they go in the garbage.

Aluminum Pie Plates & Roasters - cannot be recycled. They can be rinsed and reused. If they are not longer usable, they go in the garbage.

Cardboard Boxes - all cardboard and boxboard (like cracker and cereal boxes) are recyclable. Please flatten them to conserve space in the bin or blue bag.

Tin Cans - all tin food and beverage cans can be recycled. They must be rinsed out.

Labels can be left on if they are difficult to remove.

Styrofoam - Even though Styrofoam is marked with a #6, it is NOT recyclable in our program. It should go in the garbage if it can’t be reused.

Plastics - all plastics with the triangular recycling symbol and the number between 1 and 6 (except Styrofoam) can be recycled in the yellow bins or Invermere’s blue bag program. They must be clean and every piece of plastic must be numbered. Lids often are a different type of plastic, and if there is no number on the item, it goes in the garbage if it can’t be reused.

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Plastics Not Accepted: • #7 plastics, dirty plastics, plastics with no number. They go in the garbage if they can’t be reused.

Holiday Hours COLUMBIA VALLEY LANDFILL December 24 9:00am-5:00pm December 25 Closed December 26 9:00am-6:00pm December 31 9:00am-5:00pm January 1 Closed All other days, the Landfill will be open from 9:00am to 6:00pm.

COLUMBIA VALLEY RDEK OFFICE The RDEK Columbia Valley Office is open Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm (closed 12pm to 1pm). During the holiday season, the only change to those regular hours is as follows: December 24 December 25 December 26 December 31 January 1

8:30am-3:00pm (closed 12pm-1pm) Closed Closed 8:30am-3:00pm (closed 12pm-1pm) Closed

For more information, contact the RDEK at 1-888-478-7335

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Behind the veil The Winter Radiance ice festival display is now taking shape at the Radium Hot Springs pools. Parks artist Donna Cook and her team are now hard at work creating the ice falls. With an unveiling set for Friday, December 20th, the ice and LED light installation is bound to be an inspiring sight for visitors to the pools.

Photo submitted by Friends of Kootenay National Park

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Kootenay Paving

• Serving the valley for over 30 years • Commercial • Industrial • Residential • All work is guaranteed • Free estimates

• Gel Nails & Pedicures • Coloured Gel • Nail Art Call Judy ~ 250-341-5245 • Days, Evenings, Weekends Invermere and East Kootenay Region

1756 Hwy 93/95, P.O. Box 2700, Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0 Phone: 250-342-6500 • Toll Free: 1-888-341-2221 • Fax: 250-342-3484

Kitchen cabinet & counter top SpecialiStS

New Home Construction

• Journeyman Carpenter • Contracting • Framing/Siding/Finishing • Timberframe • Custom Log Railing & Decks Scott Wilisky

Westridge Cabinets Dealer ~ Granite and Quartz Counter Tops Come visit our showroom,

492 arrow rd., unit 1b 250-342-hoMe (4663)

stwcarpentry@live.ca • cell 250 270 0745

• Furnaces • Heat Pumps • Fireplaces • Full Heating and Ventilation Systems Call for your FREE consultation and estimate

Sales ~ Service ~ Installation

UNIVERSAL DOORS & EXTERIORS Arnold Scheffer 250-342-6700

unidoorext@live.ca • unidoorext.ca WETT Certified

■ Lockout Service ■ Lake Recovery ■ 24 Hour Towing ■ Prompt Service

SHOLINDER & MACKAY EXCAVATING Inc.

Also offering FREE year-round pickup of unwanted vehicles

Warbrick Towing & Salvage warbrick@shaw.ca • Cell: 250-342-5851

Industrial ~ Commercial ~ Residential

Wildland Custom Construction • Renovations • Fine Finishing • Custom Woodwork

Brian Smith

Journeyman Carpenter 250-272-6740 wildlandconstruction@gmail.com

VJ (Butch) Bishop Owner/Operator

4846 Holland Creek Ridge Rd. Invermere, BC V0A 1K0

• Excavators • Mini-Excavators • Bobcats • Dump Trucks • Water Trucks • Compaction Equipment • Snow Plow • Sanding Equipment • Crane Truck • Mobile Pressure Washing & Steam Cleaning • Underground Services • Site Prep & Demolition • Road Building • Land Clearing • Controlled Burning • Rock Walls • Rip Rap • Top Soil • Sand & Gravel

CONTRACT OR HOURLY MACHINE RENTALS AVAILABLE

GLD

Landscaping Ltd.

December 13, 2013

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 25

PIONEER CLASSIFIEDS

• • • •

ANNOUNCEMENT

WHERE IS THE USED BOOK STORE? Downtown Invermere behind Thredz, across from Gerry’s Gelati, below River Gems

Voice Lessons in Invermere

Chuck Bisset 28 years teaching experience, 15 years of professional performance in classical and broadway.

250-919-0073

Al-Anon. Are you concerned about or affected by someone else’s drinking? If so, please join us. Al-Anon meets EVERY Monday in Invermere at 7:15 p.m. at the Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church, 712 – 12th Ave (behind the Invermere hospital). For information, please call 250-3428255.

Do you really want to that plastic conifer out from under the stairs and put it together again? Have a real Christmas tree instead!

Phone: 250-341-6299 Fax: 250-341-6229 Email: info@cv-pioneer.com www.columbiavalleypioneer.com

ANNOUNCEMENT

CHEERS & JEERS

CHEERS & JEERS

LOST AND FOUND

SUITE FOR RENT

Narcotics Anonymous meeting now available. Thursdays at 8 p.m. Call 250-342-1071 for more info.

Cheers to everyone at From Scratch for the incredibly delicious feast at our staff Christmas party.

Cheers to Sandra of Bruce for saving my butt at the Calgary airport Dec. 3rd.

Lost: Trailer ramps in Columere Park. Call 250-342-1520.

Invermere: affordable 1-bdrm and 2-bdrm apartments. $600 - $800/ mo. Includes all utilities. 250-3411182.

Alcoholics Anonymous. If alcohol is causing problems or conflict in your life, AA can help. All meetings are at 8 p.m. For more information, please call 250-342-2424. Columbia United AA, Invermere: Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at the BC Service Building, South End – 624 4th St., Invermere.

Radium Friendship Group: Friday at the Catholic Church, East Side of Main St. With the exception of Tuesday, all meetings are open.

Cheers to my wife. I have run out of superlatives with which to describe you. You are the sprinkles on a perfect cupcake.

Jeers to pro curlers who play amateur league and kick our butts.

CHEERS & JEERS

Cheers to AG Foods for keeping their Seniors discount with no limit to spend.

Cheers to Rob and the others for stopping and helping me when I hit a deer on Highway 93 on Mondayt, Dec. 2nd.

Cheers to Dr. Fleet and the super team at Invermere Medical, you have gone above and beyond to deliver outstanding care. Please know how appreciated you all are!

Cheers to Ross Bidinger for going the extra mile to make sure my daughter’s Suzuki was running.

Jeers to the lack of Christian Christmas cards sold in Invermere.

S IN MEMORIAM S Gerald (Gerry) Wayne Miller June 3rd, 1940 December 14th, 2010 Three years since your passing we continue to be strengthened by your constant love. Your wisdom, compassionate support and loving care. Though we miss you with every single day we find joy in the memory of your laughter, rich humour, sense of adventure and the twinkle in your eyes.

With deep love and fond memories, Bendina, Barb, Mike, Cole, Adam and Pam, Chris and Sam.

Jeers to the cold that tried to freeze our NCC Christmas Tree Event and cheers to the volunteers, Kicking Horse Coffee, Invermere Quality Bakery, Dave and Donna Rae, the Columbia Valley Rockies and the team from Nipika for making it a “warm fun event”.

Cheers to all the hearty Canadians who woke up on Saturday morning, looked at the thermometer and said “Awesome! It’s only -28C”.

Cheers to Canadian Tire for opening late this month. Late night shopping makes it much easier to shop local.

Cheers to Lori and her team at Sign Artists for their incredible service.

We appreciate you helping us build our business.

Jeers to coworkers who publicly poke fun at people on their birthdays!

A sincere cheer to all who supported our annual Tea and Bake sale. You coming out in the cold and making our event such a success is greatly appreciated. The generosity of this valley is truly amazing. Our Auxiliary will once again be in a position to help others in this community through our work with Columbia House.

Cheers to Amanda and the great performers from Peak Danceworks who thrilled the crowd with their energy and smiles. It is great to know that there are young people out there who volunteer their time.

Cheers to the many wonderful folks who gave their time, energy and enthusiasm to make Santa’s Den come to life! Shelley, Sona, Susan, Perry, Kimberley, Heather, Virginia and the rolling elves!

Cheers to Big Al from Total Heating and AC for coming to fix my furnace at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning. It was getting mighty frosty. Unbelievably excellent service, it’s great to have you in the valley.

LOST AND FOUND

NEWHOUSE MULTI STORAGE Various sizes available.

Now with climate-controlled units.

Call 250-342-3637.

STORAGE SPACE – assorted sizes, easy access, immediate availability, long-term or short-term. Deck Properties Warehouse, Industrial Park: 250-342-3166.

COMMERCIAL SPACE For Lease: Micro office space, Panache Bldg., 250 - 300 sq. ft. each.

All new, available immediately.

Phone 250-342-5805.

Retail opportunity in Invermere.

2,100 sq. ft. located on Main St. Rare vacancy in the busiest area of town. Don’t miss out on this golden opportunity, call now 250-2700570, ask for Josh. Short or long term okay.

NEW HOUSE MULTI STORAGE 20 x 25 heated shop $450/mo, first and last D.D. required.

24 x 36 shop power included, propane heat at tenant’s expense, $650/mo first and last D.D. required. Contact New House Multi Storage • 250-342-3637.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

Cheers to the Edgewater & Radium Hospital Auxiliary. A wonderful circle of friends who make me smile every day!

Cheers to Cindy and her staff at SMOKING WATERS CAFE in Fairmont for the entertaining afternoon with Santa. The music was great, the cookies and beverages were super. The sleigh ride was a big hit.

Both children and adults enjoyed a lovely afternoon. What a great way to get into the Christmas spirit.

STORAGE

Private room, phone, laundry access, internet, and all utilities included, $400/mo + $200 D.D., N/P. 1-866-222-0325.

Lost: Green Foam Arch with Alien used for Fairmont Ski Hill kids area. Lost between Invermere and Fairmont on the Hwy. Please call 250.345.6063 if you have any information.

Downtown Invermere by the Lake: groovy 4 + bdrm, 3-bath home, fully furnished. Very healthminded roomies looking for two more to share a cozy cottage. Nonsmokers only, N/P. $450/mo to $550/mo, available Dec. 1st. Phone or text 250-342-5937.

Radium: 4-bdrm, 2-bath basement suite. W/D, N/P, N/S, no partiers. $1,100/mo, + utilities. References required. 250-342-6010.

Radium: Fully furnished units for rent. Bedsitting, 1-bdrms, 2-bdrms.

N/S, pets negotiable. Call Joan at 250-342-7517 to view and check availability. Rent includes heat, hydro, cable and all linens.

STARTING AT $500/mo.

Brand new large, bright, 2-bdrm basement suite in downtown Invermere. Private entrance and enclosed patio, all new appliances, N/S, $775/mo + utilities. Available immediately. Call 403-874-0483.

Downtown Invermere 3-bdrm, 2-bath walk in suite, W/D, available immediately, $1,000/mo all utilities included. Call 250-3411650 or invermerehomerentals@ gmail.com.

2-bdrm furnished suite in Riverside, Fairmont. All appliances, N/P, N/S, Available immediately. $700/mo + half utilities, includes internet, 587-435-1346 or 778-525-0525.

Black Forest Heights: 2-bdrm, ground level, open concept. Bright, comfortable, nice yard and views, 7 appliances including central vacuum. N/S, no partiers, quiet, small pets considered. January 1st. $850/mo including utilities. Call Rick 250-342-3057 or cell, 250341-5572.

Clean, bright bachelor suite on ground level available in Invermere January 1st. Furnished and fully equipped. $500/mo includes everything; hydro, cable, internet, or $450/mo without cable & internet. Call 250-342-1597.

Located on the Panorama bus route.

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SUITE FOR RENT 2-bdrm, fridge and stove. Close to hospital, N/S, N/P. Min. 1 yr. lease. $800/mo + utilities. 250-4099801.

HOUSE FOR RENT Newly renovated 3-bdrm, 3-bath house. 7330 Copperhorn Drive, Radium. Rent $1,295/mo. Rentto-own or purchase with seller financing. Customizable payment plans available. Call to discuss, Ron 403-561-1626 or ron@rpmteam. ca .

Home available in Indian Beach Estates. Comfortable 2-bdrm, 1-bath home with den. Can be used as third bedroom. Fireplace, gorgeous views of the Fairmonts.

Four minutes from private beach in Indian Beach Estates. Please call 435-901-1600 or email onrerth@ gmail.com with inquiries.

Invermere home for rent, 6-bdrm, 3-bath, close to downtown, N/S, fenced yard. $1,600/mo, for info please call 250-342-1249.

4-bdrm 2-bath house in Invermere, fully furnished, $1,500/mo all utilities included. Call 250-3411650 or invermerehomerentals@ gmail.com.

Edgewater acreage 1-bdrm home. $695/mo, utilities included. N/S, W/D, call 250-342-3381.

Downtown Invermere half duplex.

2-bdrm, 2-bath, garage, 2 decks, beautiful lake views. N/S, N/P, $1,100/mo + utilities. Available Jan. 1st. 250-342-8662 or lake@ shadybrookresort.com.

Newly renovated 4-bdrm, 2 full bathroom house in Invermere, near schools and town. Stainless steel appliances, large back yard, lots of parking, in-floor heating.

Pets negotiable. $1,100/mo. Has a separate attached suite with quiet tenant. Available Jan. 1st. Call 250342-1063.

Please email classified ads to info@cv-pioneer.com

December 13, 2013

CONDO FOR RENT

CONDO FOR SALE

VEHICLES FOR SALE

FOR RENT

Riverstone Villas Condo in downtown Radium. 3-bdrm, 5 appliances, fireplace, large soaker tub walk in shower, garage. Priced 10% below assessment, will take quad or camper as down payment, $177, 000. 250-342-7608.

1996 Honda civic, 4-door, 316,000 kms, newer engine approximately 150,000 kms, 2 sets of rims and tires, one set is near new Nokian winters, new windshield, car is in great shape, $1,800, 250-342-5224.

INVERMERE

3 bdrm. home. Downtown, 2 level + car port. $1,250/month plus utilities.

Downtown, 1 bdrm. suite. $700/month plus utilties.

3 bdrm. furnished home in Pineridge Mountain Resort. $1,650 /month.

RADIUM

2 bdrm. furnished condo in Copper Horn Towne $1,050/month.

2 bdrm. unfurnished condo. $900/month plus utilities.

FAIRMONT

2 bdrm. home on the river. $1,150/month. Available long-term only.

Eric Redeker 250-342-4040

FirstChoiceRentals.ca

Canal Flats: 2-bdrm, 1.5-bath with in-suite laundry.

1,000 sq. ft. of beautiful, comfortable, living space in quiet neighbourhood. $700/ month + utilities. Available immediately. Call 403-873-8158 or e-mail canalcondo@live.ca.

Serious inquiries only.

3-bdrm, 2.5 bath, 1,400 sq. ft. townhome with single garage in Borrego Ridge Radium. Two years old, $1,000/mo. Call 403-8750214.

Fully furnished town house in Radium, 2-bdrm, 2.5-bath, large bright kitchen, A/C, fireplace, deck and BBQ, N/S, N/P, available immediately, $800/mo. 403-2409357 or otis27@telus.net.

Invermere furnished condo. Close to downtown, 2-bdrm, 2-bath on two levels. N/S, N/P, no partiers.

References, $1,000/mo + utilities.

Call 403-978-4559.

Blackforest Village unit available for rent. 2-bdrm, 1.5 bath and 5 appliances. Single garage, N/S, pets negotiable. $1,100/mo, water/sewer included. Available immediately. Please call Keith to view 250-341-1400.

MISC. FOR SALE Hay and green feed round Bales. $50 - $90/bale. Elkhorn Ranch, 250-342-0617.

245/7516 winter tires new, only 1,200 kms, $550, call 250-3456231 or 250-688-1325.

CHILDCARE The Dragonfly Discovery Early Education Centre is now excepting registration for 2014. For more info visit dragonflydiscoverycentre.com.

SERVICES

Adjustable bed, twin model, lifts head and feet, massage feature. $1,000, call 250-342-6288.

kimberleyrae.ca

HIDE-A-BED Not your regular boring hide-abed. GORGEOUS curved front.

Queen. Has to be seen! $450.

Linda 250-342-0394

photography studio & custom picture framing

TREADMILL Customize your own fat burn, cardio or warm-up programs.

VERY lightly used machine. $500, Linda 250-342-0394.

FIREWOOD Support Rockies Hockey firewood.

Larch, fir, and pine split and delivered. Call 250-342-6908.

Firewood for sale, cords and half cords. 250-342-9390.

Dry fir, pine firewood. Cut to length. $200/cord, $100/half cord.

Free delivery Spilli to Windermere.

Seniors discount. Call 250-6880280.

VEHICLES FOR SALE 1990 Ford Club Wagon XL van great condition no rear seats $1,500 O.B.O. 250-342-2104.

2006 Subaru Outback, 126,000 km, excellent condition, one owner. $13,900, all maintenance records available. Call 250-342-3381.

1996 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer, good condition, good tires, great winter vehicle. $4,200 O.B.O. Call 250-409-4344.

MISC. FOR SALE

ContraCtor Handyman’s EstatE salE! saturday, december 21st (Of the late Dave Hamm)

•1973 Manor mobile home 68’ fully operating. Must be sold and moved. $8,000 by April.

•Many electrical and hand tools ( best offer).

•Drywall tools and supplies.

•1990 pick up truck (Dodge Dakota) $900.00 o.b.o., running condition.

•$3000 in large bulk firewood logs asking $1500.00 and will assist loading.

•Assortment of cedar-framed windows (3’ by 3’).

•Table saw, $200.00.

•Log splitter, $200.00.

Please call after December 15th.

Call 250-342-4660 • Cell 604-753-6478

…look for the red door behind the Invermere Dry Cleaners!

Rockies West Realty Independently Owned and Operated

492 Highway 93/95, Invermere, BC

250-342-5102 Home Building and Renos Chuck Newhouse Builders 250-342-3637 chucknew@telus.net

•Scaffold and wheels, $500.00.

•2 wood stoves: 1 modern/ 1 larger with brick inlay! $500.00.

•Stihl chainsaw (logging type), $500.00.

•Gas generator, $150.00 o.b.o.

•Small – Medium drill press, $75.00.

•Grinder, $75.00.

•Large air conditioner, new in box, $200.00.

•3 buildings (10’x10’x 10’). Free if you remove them!

•50’ Heavy-duty electrical cord, $350.00.

Kim Collens

Representative

toll free: 1.877.342.3427 cell: 250.342.1671

kim@rockieswest.com www.kimcollens.com

Recipe Of The Week CRANBERRY FETA PINWHEELS

Dryer Vent and Furnace Cleaning and inspections. Call AQUAIR today!

250-342-5089.

1 pkg (170g) dried sweetened cranberries 1 tub (250g) cream cheese spread

Water treatment and purification, includes drinking water systems, softeners and conditioners, iron filters. Call AQUAIR, 250-342-5089.

Combine all ingredients except tortillas, mix well.

Divide and spread mixture evenly among tortillas.

Roll up tightly, wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least one hour.

To serve, cut into 12 slices.

A nice variation is to add thin slices of ham on top of the spread before rolling.

See all my recipes at recipes.kimcollens.com

Heaven’s Best Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Environmentally friendly products.

Dry in 1 hour! Call 250-688-0213 or visit www.heavensbest.ca . *The Price is Right* “The best investment I ever made!

I purchased two blinds for each window. A shade with an outward view and 97% UV and a beautiful wood blind, a great combo. Thanks Shannon. Diane Roberts (Canal Flats) New – “Drapery and much more” Phantom Retractable Screen Doors *Shannon’s Blinds & Designs* 250-342-5749.

1 cup crumbled feta cheese ¼ cup green onions, chopped 4 large tortillas, flour, wheat or spinach

Home Of The Week Peaceful Setting at the Aspen!

Beautiful, furnished 2 bedroom condo is an affordable retreat the family will love. Large deck overlooks a green space for added privacy. Just in time for Christmas!

$179,900

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Pioneer Classified Advertising 250-341-6299

December 13, 2013

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 27

Radium Chamber welcomes new faces

By Dan Walton Pioneer Staff Two major decision-making bodies in Radium Hot Springs have seen big turnovers, as three of seven seats on the Radium Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Radium boards have been claimed by newcomers.

“Three members did not run again, which saw their seats replaced by three new contenders,” said Tourism Radium manager Kent Kebe.

One election is held in Radium to determine the members of both boards.

Because there were seven nominations for the seven seats, the positions were filled by acclamation.

Mr. Kebe said that no major decisions have been made by the new board yet, but he anticipates the adoption of the first budget, which must happen before January 1st, 2014.

New to the board are Michael Anderson of True Key Hotels and Resorts, Joe Evanoff from the Radium Resort, and Mountainside Market’s Ryan Haynes.

“We have an excellent group with expertise in advertising and marketing; I think

we’ll really be able to get Radium on the map — it’s exciting,” said Mr. Haynes.

Returning members include treasurer Nazir Rahemtulla of the Park Inn, secretary Arnie Wassing of Big Horn Gifts, vice president Cathy Chow from Fire’d Up Burgers and Breakfast, and president Doug McIntosh of Chattan Holdings.

The Chamber of Commerce board will be at the Village of Radium Hot Springs’ regular council meeting in January, as the group was tasked with studying the effects of proposed changes to sign bylaws.

A presentation will be made to reflect any proposed changes that Radium businesses would like to see.

“There have been a number of surveys delivered to the local businesses in the community, asking for input on some of the prohibited signs the village has in their bylaws,” Mr. Kebe said. “We may make major proposals to ask council to change their bylaws, but there may be nothing.”

While the boards’ elections are bi-annual, held every other year, Mr. Kebe said by-elections are common should one or more members step down in between elections. But according to Mr. Kebe, this likely won’t be the case for the current term.

“The new board is very gung-ho,” he said.

VOLUNTEER/DONATION

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

The Dragonfly Discovery Centre in Radium is now accepting donations of volunteer time, supplies and funds. To find out how you can help this essential community service (preschool programs) contact us at d ra g o n f l yd i s cove r yce nt re @ gmail.com .

Strands is seeking a chef with 3 to 5 years experience in European and Canadian fine dining to start immediately. This is a hands on position. Apply to Tony Wood at tony@strandsrestaurant.com or 250-342-6344.

Office Assistant/Receptionist required part-time with the potential for a full-time position.

Experience an asset, but willing to train. Please forward resumes to: Hubbard & Blakley, Box 639, Invermere, B.C., V0A 1K0 or e-mail: handb@telus.net.

Fairmont Gas Plus and Subway is seeking P/T and F/T employees.

Please apply via email jaypark4929@gmail.com.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Do you have an interest working from home? Want to have extra income? Please visit www.123funwork.com.

HELP WANTED RADIUM PETRO CANADA is seeking for full-time cashier, wage $11.50. Please apply in person or email to rpetro@live .ca Helna’s Stube is looking for an evening part-time server. Please call 250-347-0047 or email mail@ helnas.com.

Citadella Restaurant in Radium Hot Springs, BC is looking for two Hungarian Ethnic Cooks for a full- time seasonal work position from April to October 2014. A minimum of two years experience as a Hungarian cook is requested. Salary offered is $15/ hour. Duties include preparation of ethnic Hungarian dishes. Please send resume to Steven at info@ milliondollarview.ca .

Invermere Petro-Can is currently accepting resumes for F/T and P/T employment. Apply in person to 185 Laurier Street, Invermere between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Fiona Wilfley, AEP Intuitive Reader

250-342-1713

Meditation Mondays with Allison Bowen

Defining Yoga Studio, Invermere 7 p.m. • 250-341-5788

Please email classified ads to info@cv-pioneer.com

Sales Representative

Creative

www.ekemployment.org

YOUR LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS EK Employment – Columbia Valley is part of a network of four WorkBC Employment Services Centres offering a range of services for FREE! • • •

Local/regional online job board • Self-serve area (with computers, phone, fax, printer/scanner) • Workshops

Wage subsidy placements, Training, and self-employment Individualized supports and Community Referrals

EK Employment– Columbia Valley is delivered by The Family Resource Centre of Invermere.

PH: 250-341-6889 • EMAIL: cvinfo@ekemployment.org Visit us at1313 7th Avenue, Invermere (above the Thrift Store)

( 1 year maternity leave)

Employment Services Centre

DoInvermere you love computers?

Are isyouseeking creative?an Advertising The Valley Echo Would you like to combine two skills Sales representative for ourthose weekly newspapers and into a career as an ad designer?

Then weValley. might We have magazine publications in the Columbia anhave opening for a full-time, one maternity the perfect job for you.

Theyear Golden Star leave fill position commencing immediately. is currently seeking a full-time ad designer for our award-winning newspaper. Excellent

We are looking for someone with prior experience in a typing skills are needed, and preference will be sales position, with a strong knowledge of sales and given to candidates advancedtrack computer marketing and with awith successful record; someone skills in programs such as Adobe InDesign and who has strong written and verbal communications, Photoshop. However, ability to think outside relations organizational and an exceptional customer skills; profias ciency in team MS Offi the box,knowledge be flexible and work part our arece/MAC OS is aimportant requirement. candidate equally skills inThe thisideal position.

We are must be motivated and taketoinitiative sellcandidate. multiple products, definitely prepared train the to right work with existing customers and find ways to grow This is a full-time, Monday to Friday position. sales and income.

Black Press is Canada’s largest privately held, A valid driver’s licencecompany and a reliable independent newspaper with morevehicle are a must. than 150 community newspapers and associated publications and 19you, dailies, located in B.C., If this describes please submit your resume and Alberta, Washington State, Ohio and Hawaii. If cover letter to the attention of: you are community focused, success-oriented and Publisher want to live Rose-Marie in one of B.C.’sRegitnig, most beautiful areas PO Box #8,Send 108-8th Avenue we want to hear from70,you. resume with V0A1K0 cover letter andInvermere, work relatedB.C. references

by June publisher@invermerevalleyecho.com 11, to: Janet Crandall-Swaffield, Publisher The Golden Star ALLEY 413AN 9th Ave. N. (Box 149) E W S PA P E R CHO Golden, B.C. V0A 1H0 • Fax: 250-344-7344 e-mail: publisher@thegoldenstar.net

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The Employment Program of British Columbia is funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia.

Join our winning team!

When you work at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort you don’t just get a job, you get a passport to all the amenities of our facility. Enjoy complimentary golf, hot springs and skiing — as well as generous discounts at our spa, retail, seven restaurants and other ski resorts. Here are some of the positions available immediately:

• Lifeguards • Massage Therapist • Assistant RV Park Manager • Dishwasher While experience is desired for certain roles, the key requirement for all positions is a positive attitude, relentless enthusiasm and a passion for great service. We can teach you many things, but we can’t teach you that!

Interested? Please forward your resume with references to the attention of David Sheedy: hr@fhsr.com, fax 250.345.6616, or call 250.345.6004. fairmonthotsprings.com

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Food & Beverage Manager

RadiumResort.com

December 13, 2013 Radium Sources Hot Springs thermales Radium parkscanada.gc.ca parcscanada.gc.ca

The Food & Beverage Manager is an integral contributor to the successful operation of our restaurants, on-course outlets and conference space. The F&B Manager is responsible to direct, coordinate and plan the organization of the food and beverage outlets and work closely with the Executive Chefs to ensure consistency, quality and financial controls are in place.

Do you possess the following?

• a strong business acumen with the ability to maintain a budget, inventory management and cost controls; • a proven ability to manage and develop BOH and FOH employees through ongoing recruitment, performance evaluation, training and development; • a minimum of 5 years progressive experience within the hospitality industry with a minimum of 2 years experience in a management position; • experience in menu preparation and production; • experience in a multi-outlet facility including banquets; • strong organizational and communication skills; • a self-directed ability to work independently and provide motivation to employees; • an ability to multi-task and change priorities in a fast-paced environment; and, • the desire to work in a team-environment.

If yes to the above, we invite you to apply for the Food & Beverage Management position at Radium Resort.

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This is a permanent, year-round position with employee health benefits, staff privileges at two 18-hole golf courses, access to on-site fitness facility and hiking trails.

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Sauveteur/sauveteuse GS MPS 05

Radium Resort is located 4 kms south of the Village of Radium Hot Springs, B.C. Please visit the website at www.radiumresort.com to discover more.

Canadian Rockies Hot Springs For more information and to apply, visit our website: pc.gc.ca/mpcareers

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Email your resume and apply directly to Wilda Schab, General Manager, wschab@radiumresort.com.

We will accept applications up to and including January 6th, 2014. This position will commence February 3rd, 2014 or other mutually agreed upon date.

Housekeeping Manager

RadiumResort.com

The Housekeeping Manager is an integral contributor to the successful operation of the Radium Resort rooms division and is responsible for planning, organizing and coordinating room attendants and laundry personnel to deliver high quality guest experience. The Housekeeping Manager is responsible to adopt strategies to optimize housekeeping operations, and provide daily supervision of staff to uphold the highest standards of cleanliness, safety and conduct.

Quitting smoking? Losing weight?

Starting a new exercise regimen?

Do you possess the following?

• • • • • • • •

2 years of Supervisory experience managing a 10+ housekeeping and laundry team; an ability to anticipate guests’ needs, change direction quickly and multitask; a working knowledge of a room management system; an advanced knowledge of housekeeping processes and procedures; the ability to maintain a budget; the capability of using independent judgment/solid decision making skills; a proven job reliability, diligence, dedication and attention to detail; and, proven experience of effectively interacting with all levels of management, guests and associates.

Let us know and we will publish your goals in our

New Year’s Resolutions

If yes to the above, we invite you to apply for the Housekeeping Management position at Radium Resort.

This is a permanent, year-round position with employee health benefits, staff privileges at two 18-hole golf courses, food discounts in our restaurants, access to on-site fitness facility and hiking trails.

Radium Resort is located 4 kms south of the Village of Radium Hot Springs, BC. Please visit the website at www.radiumresort.com to discover more.

feature running Friday, January 3rd!

Your resolution(s) will only be accompanied by your initials.

Deadline for submissions is Wednesday, December 18th.

Email your resume and apply directly to Wilda Schab, General Manager: wschab@radiumresort.com .

We will accept applications up to and including February 3, 2014. This position will commence March 3rd, 2014 or other mutually agreed upon date.

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For more information contact Dean at 250-341-6299 or e-mail ads@cv-pioneer.com to participate.

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PIONEER ON THE ROAD

DISTRICT OF INVERMERE

914 – 8th Avenue, PO Box 339 Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0 Tel: (250) 342-9281 • Fax: (250) 342-2934

SNOW REMOVAL District of Invermere’s Traffic Bylaw requires all property owners to remove snow, ice or rubbish from the sidewalk and footpaths on a road right of way adjacent to the property within 24 hours of the accumulation.

To be a good neighbour, here’s how you can help... ❐ Clear snow and ice from sidewalks as soon as possible after a snowfall to ensure that they are safe for all residents. Lend a hand to those who may not be physically able to shovel. ❐ Do not park on the street during a snowstorm or while snow clearing operations are underway.

Parked cars make plowing difficult, and sometimes impossible. With your help, winter maintenance crews can plow snow faster and more efficiently and you will reduce the chances of having to dig your car out of a snow drift. ❐ Please make sure that your car is parked within your driveway. Please do not let it extend onto the street or sidewalk. ❐ Keep children safe - don’t let them play in snow piles, or build snow forts in the snow banks at the side of the road. ❐ Snow plows have no place to push the snow except to the curb or shoulder of the road. Sometimes this happens just after you have finished shoveling. We appreciate this can be frustrating; however, we ask your cooperation in clearing this snow without placing it on the roadway. If you hire a private contractor to clear your driveway, make sure the contractor does not push snow into the traveled portion of the roadway, or fill in sidewalks. ❐ Pile snow on the right side of your driveway (when facing the road) if possible when shoveling.

This helps reduce the amount of snow created by the snowplow at the end of your driveway. ❐ Remove snow from around fire hydrants on or near your property to enable quick access by emergency personnel if the need arises. ❐ Do not place your garbage cans on top of snow banks. If possible place them on your driveway near the edge of the road.

Valley voyageurs

The District thanks you for your cooperation!

Pictured, clockwise from top left: Sharon Muir, Cindy McKay, Jane Tames and Marlene Chabot in Sedona, Arizona; Ken and Cheri Hann in Las Vegas; Raymond and Kerry Cabelguen at the lighthouse in Port Tudy on the island of Groix, France; Diane Critchley from Edgewater poses with the Amazing Race scarecrows at the Mahone Bay Scarecrow Festival in Nova Scotia.

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PIONEER ON THE ROAD . . . ‘Valley voyageurs’ from page 29 Pictured, clockwise from top left: Fern Oglestone enjoys a trip to Fort McMurray in July, when she visited her granddaughter Kaleigh. The wheel belongs to one of the large machines used to dig into the tar sands; Skip and Connie Watson and Lynda and Les Tutty spent an afternoon travelling by train through the Verde Canyon in Arizona; Trich and Thorsten Gaul on Maho Beach, Filipsburg, Sint-Maarten, Dutch Antilles in November. Their Royal 160,000 tonne cruise ship is in the background; Jayson Prest and Bryanne McGeough in Pitigliano, Italy; Katie and Nolan Watt at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam in November; John and Carol Prest from Windermere in Porto Santo Stefano, a seaport town on the west coast of Italy (Tuscany).

Travel World, our local travel agency in Invermere, has generously donated a night at a Calgary hotel and two tickets to a Calgary Flames game to the winner of our annual Pioneer Travel Photo Contest. Simply take a copy of The Pioneer with you when you are away on holidays, send us a copy and have it published in The Pioneer. At the end of the year, we will draw the winning name. Submit your photos online at www.columbiavalleypioneer.com, email them to info@cv-pioneer.com, or drop by our office, #8, 1008-8th Ave. Invermere.

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FAITH

The marvelous grace of Christmas

By Father Gabriel St. Joseph’s Catholic Church In December of each year, the birth of Christ is celebrated all over the world as Christmas. The Bible exalts the all-time historical, glorious, mysterious and miraculous birth of Christ in a special and splendidly marvelous way.

The child of Christmas is God himself and his birth heralded a new era in human history in which people were able to behold the human face of God himself in the person of Jesus Christ.

St. Paul in Galatian 4:4 captures this reality in a picturesque situation: “When the fullness of time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, to redeem the people,” and John in his gospel 3:16 gives a profound explanation for the birth of Christ: “God loved the world so much that God sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but through Him to save the world.” Jesus Christ is the “Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, He is the Beginning and the End” as per Revelation 22:2 and “He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David.”

(Rev 4:5) “He is Immanuel, God with us” wrote Isaiah 7:14.

The birth of Christ is made colourful every year through the exchange of gifts, festive lights and decorations, melodious music, carolling, connecting with our loved ones through Christmas cards, special meals, nativity scenes, advent wreaths and garlands, and lighted Christmas trees towering high in the sky. These and other small or large traditional and creative endeavours accelerate the mood of Christmas and announce the glorious birth of our Saviour. Santa Claus with the red and white costume amuses the children surprisingly with his generous and unexpected visit and gifts.

Each human birth brings inexpressible joy and delight to the family. The birth of Christ not only brought joy and happiness to his mother Mary, but to the whole world. Women in their motherhood take legitimate pride, because they are not only able to see their progeny in their child, but also experience the gracious benevolence of the power of the Almighty God in their lives.

Child is a gift and motherhood is a blessing. The feast of Christmas not only celebrates the birth of Christ child, but also celebrates and honours the motherhood of Mary.

On this grace-filled feast of Christmas, we wish all the newborn children all over the world God’s choicest blessings, and pray for their parents for honouring life.

There are innumerable children who are so very vulnerable in our world along with their mothers. Can we become the voice of these voiceless and defenceless, and protect their rights through our caring nature and nurturing spirit on this happy occasion?

Wishing everyone a holy and grace-filled Christmas. . . . ‘Tires’ from page 19

Turkey traffic in the neighbourhood The wild turkeys of Invermere have made their return. A flock of about 20 of these sociable birds were seen searching for snow-free patches of ground to graze on while walking down 7th Avenue in the Wilder subdivision on Sunday, December 8th, and have been in seen in parts of the neighbourhood for more than a week.

The Merriam’s wild turkeys, as they are called, arrived in the valley several years ago after being introduced from the Fort Steele area.

Photo by Greg Amos

These days, the Dword (“disposable”) is becoming a dirty word. More and more, we see products up-cycled, re-cycled or repurposed. The same goes for your old tire — no longer abandoned in a landfill, but instead, destined for greatness as a whole new product; and being a handbag is much more glamorous than being a tire.

Stephanie and Aaron Van de Kemp own Cleanline Automotive (www.cleanlineautomotive.com), an earthfriendly, full-service automotive maintenance and repair business in Invermere.

LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH Sunday, December 15th 10:30 a.m.: THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT, Worship And Life Instruction, ‘GOD Is....Just’...

Pastor Trevor ministering. “K.I.D.S.” Church for children age 3 to Grade 1, and Grades 2-5 during the morning service.

Pastor Trevor Hagan 326 - 10th Avenue, Invermere 250-342-9535 • www.lakewindermerealliance.org WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY ANGLICAN-UNITED 9 a.m.: Worship at All Saint’s, Edgewater 9:30 a.m.: Bacon, Friends and Faith (All ages) 10:30 a.m.: Worship at Christ Church Trinity, Invermere Reverend Laura Hermakin 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere 250-342-6644 • www.wvsm.ca VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Sunday, 10 a.m.; Worship service. Kids’ Church provided.

Pastor Murray Wittke 4814 Highway 93/95, Windermere 250-342-9511 • www.valleychristianonline.com ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Saturday, 4:30 p.m.: at St. Anthony’s, Canal Flats.

Saturday, 5 p.m. and Sunday, 9 a.m.: at Canadian Martyrs’ Church in Invermere Sunday, 11 a.m.: at St. Joseph’s Church in Radium.

712 -12th Ave., Invermere • Father Gabriel • 250-342-6167 ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN MISSION OF INVERMERE Worship services every Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Christ Church Trinity, 110 - 7th Ave., Invermere Pastor Rev. Fraser Coltman • 1-866-426-7564 RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Sunday 10 a.m. Worship service Pastor Wayne and Linda Frater • 250-342-6633 No. 4, 7553 Main St. Radium • 250-347-9937 CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS Worship Service, Sunday, 10 a.m. • Relief Society, 11:15 a.m.

President Barry Pratt • Columbia Valley Branch 5014 Fairway, Fairmont Hot Springs • 250-341-5792

You can remember someone special with your gift to the Canadian Cancer Society To donate In Memory or In Honour: www.cancer.ca | 250-426-8916 or call toll-free 1-800-656-6426 or mail to: #19, 19th Avenue South Cranbrook, B.C. V1C 2L9 Please include: Your name an address for tax receipt Name of the person being remembered Name and address to send card to

Let’s Make Cancer History

www.cancer.ca

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