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By Kevin Nimmock Pioneer Staff So far this year, crews from the Southeast Fire Centre have fought 387 wildfires, more than any of the province’s five other Fire Centres.

Often, only the largest fires reach public attention because the smaller flames are defused in a day or two. It takes a dedicated crew of firefighters to make sure those small fires don’t spread, keeping the public safe without them even knowing about the danger.

Taylor Reidlinger is one of twelve firefighters based out of Invermere. She is in her second year on the job, after spending her first year in Campbell River.

“I ended up liking this job and learning much more than I anticipated,” Ms. Reidlinger said. “I thought it would be grunt work, but I really like being outdoors, seeing things that most people don’t get to see everyday and helping the community.”

In Invermere, firefighters work in crews of four called initial attack crews. Each crew has their own fire engine, which is a vehicle that holds water, pumps, hoses, chainsaws and other necessary tools. During the summer, they work from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., so that they are on shift during the hottest hours of the day. Still, a lot of work happens after their shifts are over.

“We get called quite a bit after work,” Ms. Reidlinger said. “We have 20 minutes to get to the base and get roll-

BLAZE BATTLER — Taylor Reidlinger has been a firefighter for two years. She moved to Invermere this year to work with one of the town’s three four-person crews.

Photo submitted ing, which is kind of a rush. You have to drop everything and leave, so you live in a 20-minute radius from the base.”

This summer, dry conditions and frequent thunderstorms have caused a far higher rate of wildfires across the Fire Centre. For firefighters, this means often working in physically gruelling conditions from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. According to Ms. Reidlinger, this year’s conditions have actually been a thrill for her and her team.

“It is frustrating to be on standby all of the time, watching your phone and hoping you have a call,” Ms. Reidlinger

said. “It is a lot better to be working and to know you have a fire. Plus, all the fires are different, so it is exciting.”

According to Ms. Reidlinger, fires reported by phone tend to be small and relatively difficult to find. Still, she said they are important to quell early because sparks can always spread in unpredictable ways.

“Sometimes it is an adventure just to find the smoke,” she said. “We have had a lot of lightning this year, so often times a single tree has been struck by lightning and there will be a small ground fire. We will put water on it, we will put a guard around it and we will make sure it is out for good.”

When there are not many fires in the area, Ms. Reidlinger and her crew have many other responsibilities to take care of, which the public might not know about.

“If we do not have a lot of fire duty, which is often early in the season, we do a lot of project work,” Ms. Reidlinger said. “You might see us driving around town on those kinds of adventures, doing things like maintaining campsites and signage for the district. If we are lucky, sometimes we will do fitness, so you might see us going for a jog or working out in the field.”

Throughout her time as a firefighter, Ms. Reidlinger has learned a lot about navigation, tree species, field types and ecosystems. She said she has also learned about the value of working with a close-knit team.

“It can be quite a lot, working with the same four people,” Ms. Reidlinger said.

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• On Saturday, July 25th at 3:25 a.m., a 25-year-old male possessing a new driver’s was checked. Although not over .08, his licence classification stipulates 0 alcohol in the body. The driver was issued a 12-hour suspension.

• On Saturday, July 25th at 4:30 p.m., the detachment attended to a single vehicle accident on Highway 93 near Radium. A 20-year-old driver from Calgary was southbound and lost control of his 2002 Nissan on wet pavement. Minor injuries to the driver.

• On Sunday, July 26th at 7 a.m., a 58-year-old driver of a 2015 Indian Chiiv motorcycle collided with a deer on Highway 93 near Radium. The driver was ejected from his bike. The male suffered non-life threatening injuries and checked out of the hospital.

• On Sunday, July 26th at 3:25 p.m., the detachment responded to a single vehicle rollover on Panorama Drive.

A 2007 Saab driven by an 18-year-old male from Edmonton went off the road on a curve. The road was wet at the time and it was observed that the tires on the vehicle had very little tread. The driver was issued with a ticket for driving with bald tires.

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. . . ‘RCMP’ from page 4 Realizing his plight, this officer convinced the highly intoxicated and volatile drunk that if he can pass a sobriety test at the detachment, he would be released. Back at the office, the officer took a piece of chalk and drew a line going straight with a couple of sharp turns. If you have ever seen the “walk a straight line” sobriety test, the intoxi-

cated person places all the concentration one can muster to focus on the line and on his feet, and will not look up.

His goal is to not stray from the line. In this instance, at the end of the line, the intoxicated male turns around and proudly announces “there I did pretty good” as the cell block door slams shut. The only downfall of this sobriety test is you can only do it once on the same person. On some drunks I have dealt with, maybe twice.

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“It is not too hard to be decent at this job, but it is very hard to be good at it,” she said. “It takes a specific personality to deal with the pressure of making certain decisions.”

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Jumbo council is asking the province to wait before giving its mountain resort municipality any more money.

At its most recent meeting, Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality council decided to ask the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development to defer payment of the Small Community Grant, pending the outcome of the resort proponents’ appeal of the B.C. Environment Minister’s non-substantial start decision in June.

The grant, which, for the Jumbo municipality, totals about $200,000 a year, far exceeds current operating expenses and has so far been put into the municipality’s general reserves. The money has attracted criticism from resort opponents.

During discussion on the matter at the Tuesday, July 21st council meeting, Jumbo mayor Greg Deck pointed out that there is no precedent for a community either deferring or sending back payment of the grant.

He said the Jumbo municipality may get criticized by the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) for setting a precedent for deferment of the grant, but pointed out that Jumbo municipality will no doubt also get criticized for accepting the payment and putting it in general reserves, given the uncertainty around the resort project at the moment.

“If we’re going to get criticized, I’d rather get criticized for that (deferring the grant),” said Mr. Deck at the meeting.

He later told The Pioneer that the UBCM had indicated to the ministry it didn’t want Jumbo not to receive the grant since “they don’t want a history of some communities getting the grant and others not. They want it consistent across the board.”

Simply deferring the payment won’t set that precedent, said Mr. Deck, and will save the money from being transferred from the province to the municipality and then back again.

Longstanding Jumbo critic Jim Galloway made a presentation at the council meeting, slamming Glacier Resorts Ltd.’s efforts (or in Mr. Galloway’s opinion, lack of efforts) in keeping motorized recreational vehicles out the Jumbo controlled recreation area, saying the proponents did not install a gate to keep such vehicles out of the Farnham Glacier area until 2013.

“The gate that Glacier Resorts Ltd. eventually did install is far inside the controlled recreation area boundary and is totally inadequate. To make the situation even more ridiculous, Glacier Resorts Ltd. has hardly ever kept it locked,” Mr. Galloway charged. “An effective gate must be installed and since you are now the administrative body governing the controlled recreation area then it is your responsibility to make sure Glacier Resort Ltd. lives up to its legally binding commitment and installs a sturdy, effective gate close to the controlled recreation area boundary and keeps it locked.”

Mr. Deck responded that council would direct staff to research the issue and act as necessary.

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If there’s any doubt as to what a music festival can bring to a small town in a rural area, one only has to look at the Pemberton Music Festival. Estimated to inject millions of dollars into the surrounding region, the festival attracts about 30,000 people to tiny Pemberton over a four-day period in the three years it’s been held. After the initial success of PembyFest in 2008 (the event was cancelled until 2014 and returned for the third time this July), nearby Squamish got in on the lucrative action, holding the first Squamish Valley Music Festival in 2010, which has grown from 6,000 attendees back then to in excess of 105,000 people attending in 2014 alone, “making it the most significant tourism and economic driver in the entire Sea to Sky region,” according to Wikipedia.

Closer to home on a smaller scale, the 16th annual Starbelly Jam took place July 17th to 19th in Crawford Bay, attracting festivalgoers from all over the Kootenays and B.C., who flooded the little community for three days of camping and eclectic outdoor music.

Here in the Columbia Valley, we have two much younger festivals with volunteer organizers working hundreds of hours throughout the year to deliver fantastic line-ups in the valley’s unbeatable natural outdoor setting.

During Saturday’s Steamboat Mountain Music Festival, the visiting musicians told the crowd over and over again how incredible the valley was — and how they couldn’t wait to return next year. Odds are the musicians at the upcoming Invermere MusicFest on August 22nd will be saying the same thing.

What both festivals need, in order to keep this momentum going and to build upon it, is local support. Unfortunately, rain and a thunderstorm cut Steamboat attendance down to the point where organizers had to announce they won’t be able to give out their usual awards and bursaries this year because there simply won’t be the money for them after all is said and done. But despite the lower-than-expected numbers, it was still an incredible day featuring memorable performances by every single act — the audience was mesmerized.

So, please, buy your tickets for the valley’s next fest (www.invermeremusicfest.com) and make a donation to the Steamboat Society (www.steamboatmtnmusicfest.ca) if you didn’t make it out. To reap the benefits of these two local festivals, the valley community first has to help them grow.

Southern Wilmer, 1911 or 1912 In this image, dated 1911 or 1912, the water tower, school and St. Andrews Church are visible in the middle section of the south Wilmer townsite. Water from the water tower was run through underground wooden pipes to all the houses in town. In the foreground is the Barbour home and the photo was taken by Dorothy Barbour. If you have any more information, email us at info@columbiavalleypioneer.com.

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Political bias in editorials critiqued Dear Editor: You can make all the excuses you want, but us out here in readerland are aware of your editorial political bias. Election time is nearing so why not have a more balanced approach?

I think it is incumbent on a small town newspaper to let both sides in. Especially when your company has a media monopoly.

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Editorial applauded Dear Editor: Your editorial “The Party in Power” was right on! Also, what a classy and wellresearched reply you made to Jamie Fisher’s “Crossing the Line” letter. Keep up the great work. Those people need to pull their heads out of the sand or ‘”wake up and smell the coffee” as some would say. It is pretty obvious that the Harper government is pushing hard to buy votes. Don’t forget that this is taxpayers’ money. The recent ‘“child care cheques” are another example. The following segment is copied from an email I received today from a group called leadnow.ca: “Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre raced around the country in an electionstyle campaign to promote Harper’s child care cheques, but there’s one thing he hasn’t told families: the new child ‘benefit’ is taxable. That’s right. Taxable. Which means that the Harper Conservatives are not only trying to buy our votes with our own money, they also plan to take BACK a hefty chunk in April — after the election. Most benefits are taxable, but here’s the catch —

while bringing in the new child “benefit,” the Conservatives also just quietly axed our $2,225 child tax credit. After all’s said and done, that means a typical working parent will receive just $13 a month to cover skyrocketing child care costs. Thirteen dollars.

Not a single child care space, not affordable care and nowhere near an actual plan — just $13. That’s not even enough to buy a pack of diapers. The scary thing is this could work — millions of cheques are arriving in people’s mailboxes right now, and most of the Canadians Harper is targeting simply don’t know that this is a cheap trick to try to buy their votes with their own money and leave them with little to show for it. They’ll see the hundreds of dollars in their bank account, not realizing it’s going to get clawed back at tax time, leaving them barely better off overall.”

Granted, this group hopes to get people voting together to unseat the Harper Conservatives, but it makes a point that most people don’t realize.

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All debates lead to Jumbo Dear Editor: Firstly, I commend the paper for printing Jamie Fisher’s letter criticizing your perceived political bias, although the 200-word-plus Editor’s Note bespokes “thou doesn’t protest too much!”

I don’t really notice a political bias, but that may be as I hold the same views (left wing).

I do, however, see a huge anti-Jumbo bias, as do all my friends who own businesses, create jobs and want Invermere to prosper after the 20 or so recent business closures.

A prime example is the past issue where the ONLY decision in 12 years that could be conceived to be against the proponent was given such HUGE coverage (even a picture of three couples all with pensions celebrating) the

decision.

Not much mention of the countless decisions and judgments the proponent has had over the dozen or so years.

Yours truly, John Nairn Invermere A shorter editor’s note: The photo of the three Jumbo Wild supporters appeared in The Echo, which is currently running a series of columns by BC Liberal regional director Doug Clovechok on the merits of the provincial government’s “Promises Made, Promises Kept” platform. See page A7 for this week’s instalment.

New contractor cares for brain injuries

By Breanne Massey Pioneer Staff The way health care and support systems are being offered to people with brain injuries may be changing with a new contractor serving the Invermere area.

Interior Health will be working in partnership with the West Kootenay Brain Injury Association (WKBIA) to help serve clients from the Invermere and Golden area starting on August 1st. The switch to the WKBIA stems from the resignation of the East Kootenay Brain Injury Association (EKBIA), which has been continuing to cater to its clients until July 31st (today).

“We’ve been crazy busy,” said EKBIA outreach worker Debbie Gudjonson. “The clients are stressed. They’re worried about their service (during the transition).”

Brain injuries are a traumatic and disabling head injury that can change somebody’s life in mere seconds. Most people with brain injuries have survived a severe head injury and continue to live while paying for the damage emotionally, socially and financially.

“Clients who have a brain injury depend on (our) groups, they depend on one-on-one contact and they

enjoy the community involvement that the groups motivate, and they’re going to lose all of that,” said Ms. Gudjonson.

She expressed concerns about how the new hours in the new WKBIA contract will look for ongoing clients with brain injuries. However, the WKBIA is prepared to take on the challenge of serving the entire Kootenay region of B.C. “Our case co-ordinator (Shauna Kainer) has spoken with each client to ask them if they would like to continue receiving services,” said Deborah Preston, Interior Health manager of community integrated health services. “For those who have given their permission, the WKBIA will be contacting all of them about setting up a time to meet. She’s the one who makes the referrals and works with the Brain Injury Society to ensure the client’s needs are being met.”

The process of transferring EKBIA clients to the WKBIA began roughly a month ago.

“Initially, we sent out a letter to each client, telling them we were in the process of putting out a request for proposals after the EKBIA had given its notice,” said Ms. Preston.

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Norm Gagatek expressed his anger and confusion about the health care and support services that are changing this week for people recovering with brain injuries.

The 46-year-old Invermerian has agreed to transfer health care information pertaining to his brain injury from the East Kootenay Brain Injury Association’s (EKBIA) to FAMILY FORTITUDE — Braeden Gagatek, 11, Norm Gagatek, 46, Quinn Gagatek, 6, the West Kootenay Brain and Kimberley Harris, 45, at their kitchen table.

Photo submitted Injury Association (WKBIA) after the EKBIA’s service ended today (on July 31st). about that tragic day. “He was airlifted to the Foothills hos“I’m lucky to have Kim to fight for me,” Norm pital (in Calgary) and about 24 hours later, they discovered typed slowly on his iPad. “If I were left alone, I would (Norm) had a brainstem stroke. The stroke primarily afbe screwed.” fected his sleep centre, so he wasn’t able to stay awake.”

His wife, Kimberley Harris, says Interior Health’s Norm spent a year and a half in hospitals, includdecision to transfer the EKBIA clients to the WKBIA on ing the Foothills Medical Centre and the East Kootenay August 1st to help rehabilitate patients from Invermere Regional Hospital in Cranbrook as well as the Invermere has raised alarm bells for many friends and families. She and District Hospital. added the EKBIA had no choice but to dissolve after an “Put it this way,” said Kim with a stern look on her Interior Health contractor allegedly mismanaged the or- face. “Between the three (hospitals), Norm didn’t leave ganization’s finances to the point of virtual bankruptcy. for 18 months.”

“I think Interior Health is not in the habit of telling Kim and Norm said there has been no end to learnthe truth... it’s a squeaky wheel and that’s why we’re still ing how to move forward with a brain injury. fighting seven years later to get quality care, especially for “First of all, with his stroke, they just said to put him brain injuries.” in an institution and to go on with your life,” she said, But the changing care options for Norm struck a adding that she delivered their second son while Norm personal chord for Kim and their sons. was hospitalized. “They said to put him in an institution “It’s almost like putting another nail in the coffin,” because he’ll never walk. He’ll be on a feed tube for the said Kim, noting that their family has struggled to cope rest of his life — basically, he has no brain capacity. It with Norm’s brain injury and centralized health care for was good times.” nearly two years.

But Norm begged Kim to fight for his right to live.

Their lives changed forever on July 5th, 2008 when “He didn’t want to die,” said Kim. “He told me to Kim — who was pregnant with their second son at the time keep fighting for him, so I did. With that, I was trying to — could not wake up her husband, Norm, in the morning. get him rehabilitated.”

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There was no shortage of criticism from their friends, families and doctors until Norm started making progress.

“Seven years later, he can walk,” said Kim, watching Norm sit down at the table beside us with an iPad to communicate for him. “The biggest disability now is his speech. He has a syndrome called dystonia in his face, which contracts the muscles.”

Norm uses hand gestures to open his mouth to try to speak, but cannot move his tongue well. Kim added that cognitively, Norm is 100 per cent available, but emphasized that his communication was limited after his speech therapy programming was cut off around 2009. Now, Norm uses a comprehensive text-based app on an iPad to type as a primary form of communication until his speech improves, which is provided through Com-

munity Assistance For Youth and Adults.

“Norm’s a pretty normal guy, he’s just a little broken,” she concluded, noting that Norm’s access to rehabilitative specialists has gradually decreased through the changes at Interior Health. “We lost our speech therapist and (Interior Health) centralized it in Cranbrook. They said Norm can do speech therapy through teleconference.”

Norm laughed, and Kim explained that the suggestion was a joke to them.

He commutes to see a community occupational therapist and sees a community physiotherapist who is based out of Invermere.

“The decision to centralize health care services doesn’t work specifically in the valley because logistically, we’re talking about people from Golden having to travel (long distances for treatment),” said Kim. “Basically, our hands are tied... and Interior Health doesn’t get it.”

. . . ‘New’ from page 8 “Some didn’t receive a letter, but we sent a letter out to everyone that we had the correct address for.”

Ms. Preston estimates that roughly 95 per cent of the people who were accessing EKBIA services have agreed to move their cases over to the WKBIA. “Some wanted to take a break,” she added. “I think some had moved, so there was nothing specific to the society. It was more of an opportunity to take a bit of a break.

“They have our contact information and know that if they would like to receive services, we’ll re-refer them.”

There will be roughly 1,500 hours of service offered to the East Kootenay region, shared through the WKBIA-Interior Health partnership, she added, along with the addition of a life skills worker.

“Between Interior Health and the WKBIA, we’re providing approximately 100 more direct client hours per year,” said Ms. Preston. “Interior Health will be hiring the life skills worker.”

In addition, the WKBIA will be hosting open houses to give information to the community soon. However, the plans have yet to be finalized.

“They (WKBIA) will be having an office in Cranbrook, exactly like the EKBIA did,” she said. “The new contract (with WKBIA) has about 1,500 direct client care hours per year for the East Kootenay region.”

The Invermere Optometry Clinic The clinic will be closed August 3rd to August 17th.

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Dr. Mark Moneo, Optometrist 1325A 7th Avenue, Invermere Phone: 250-342-6223

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Book Review: Hail To The Chiefs Reviewed by Andrew Watt Bishop’s Book Store & Coffee Lounge Geez, it sure seems that a person can’t swing a bat around these days without hitting a politician gunning for office.

And speaking of cats and looming elections, the usual hijinks are being coughed up louder and faster than my little Monty’s morning hairballs. But I digress. In short, you know it ‘tis the campaign season (on both sides of the border) when the smear tactics get really greasy and the promises of better times are trumpeted by anyone with a big bankroll and a bad haircut. (I’m not naming names here for fear of litigation, but you all know who I am talking about).

What is it about politics that makes attack ads as Can-American as hockey, baseball, mass surveillance and lynch mobs? I guess being a mean-spirited jerk is a pre-

requisite for a few of those that seek the highest levels of public office. But again, I drift off point. I’m just wondering and hope that you, dear reader, ignore all the mud and focus on the right stuff.

So, with that rant out of the way, I now introduce all you bookworms to Hail To The Chiefs. This clever zinger fires up loads of factual doozies aimed at every U.S. president from Washington up to the younger, dumber Bush and will have you happily grinning whilst racing to the next page. A blurb on the back cover says it all: “Show your patriotism. Laugh at the President.” The genre classification of this book is telling as well — History/Humour. Enough said. The book itself is organized in 43 caustic essays of ten or so pages, every one devoted to the quirks and shortcomings of presidents past.

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On Ronnie Reagan: “... he moved as far right as it gets, and frankly, some of the folks over there can seem, well, mean, but Ron was a pussy cat. He took thought for the poor, as long as they stayed off welfare.”

On Abraham Lincoln: “We even liked his looks. Us good old Americans are no dandified European prettyboys. Face on him like a chunk of firewood. Loaded with character, just like us.”

Add to these examples about a hundred more great observations and you have found yourself a winner in Hail To The Chiefs.

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• 4 - 9 p.m.: Radium’s long weekend Music and Market on Main, July 31st - August 1st. Music on Main starts at 7 p.m. Visit www.radiumhotsprings. com for details.

• 5 - 8 p.m.: Invermere on the Lake Art Walk from June 19th to Sept. 11th every Friday. For more information visit theartwalk.ca.

• 5 - 8 p.m.: Artym Gallery shows Branko Marjanovic exhibition.

• 6 p.m.: Chicken and pork rib dinner at the Invermere Legion. $15/person. Reservations recommended call 250-342-9517. BBQ/Smoker Raffle.

• 6 p.m.: Ted Alexander plays at Farside Inn in Fairmont, no cover.

• 8:30 p.m.: Local band Valley Forged graces the stage at the Hoodoo Grill, no cover.

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Local artist holds first open house

By Breanne Massey Pioneer Staff Visual arts aficionados have been invited to Jack Olson’s backyard for an open house this weekend.

The Garden Gallery Art Show and Sale at 4716 Galena Street in Windermere will be open to the public between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 2nd.

“I have a number of paintings that are accumulating in my gallery, and some extra carvings so I thought maybe I’d have a show to see if I can move them,” said

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Mr. Olson. “This will be my first open house and what we want to do is use the whole yard as the gallery.”

Mr. Olson began carving roughly 15 years ago.

Eight years ago, he began specializing in building custom-made totem poles and sculptures as an exhibiting artist. In addition, he creates custom paintings with original designs.

He will be offering demonstrations in painting and woodworking throughout the daylong open house.

“If people are around, they’ll get to see Jack doing his thing,” added his wife, Yvonne Olson.

Tour offers up slice of Columbia culture

By Breanne Massey Pioneer Staff

ues with art work completed by several returning artisans, and there will also be some new up-and-comers from around the province.

Stretching from the Village of Valemont all the way down to the ColumThe Northeast Basin portion of the bia Valley, artisans are opening up their tour, includes — in the Columbia Valley — the Effusion Art Gallery + Glass studios and art galleries in support of the Columbia Basin Culture Tour.

Studio, Pynelogs Cultural Centre & Art Gallery and the Sandpiper Studio The 7th Annual Columbia Basin Culture Tour, which is a project of the in Windermere.

There will be tour brochures with Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance, will be offering up the opportunity to artist profiles and locations for the comtake a free, self-guided tour of artisan Oil bottles from Sandpiper plete Columbia Basin Culture Tour at galleries and exhibitions through the ba- Studio. Photo submitted the Columbia Valley Chamber of Comsin communities between 10 a.m. to 5 merce and the local participating venues.

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Prairie band brings island sound

By Kevin Nimmock Pioneer Staff Saskatoon-based band The Steadies are bringing their “island rock” sound to the valley for one jam-packed day of music.

The band combines Top 40 sound with reggae influences, fuelled by frontman Earl Pereira, who rose to prominence as a founding member of popular Canadian band Wide Mouth Mason.

On August 7th, Mr. Pereira and his trio are set to play Music and Market on Main in Radium at 4 p.m. and Hoodoo Lounge and Grill in Fairmont around 10 p.m.

“That is a busy day for us,” Mr. Pereira said. “It looks a little insane on paper.”

At both shows, attendees will get to hear the songs from their debut album Starcity Shakedown (2013) that earned The Steadies widespread Canadian acclaim.

“I think they can expect to have a great time,” Mr. Pereira said. “It is very uplifting

and danceable for everyone. It is kind of an international style, so all ages can enjoy.”

In August, The Steadies will be playing 14 shows across western Canada in 15 days. Mr. Pereira said he is excited to hit the road, but the challenge of playing that much music is daunting.

“It is something we have been looking forward to all summer,” Mr. Pereira said. “We got so excited about scheduling it, then we looked at it on paper and thought ‘what are we doing?’”

Mr. Pereira said performing throughout August will be a throwback to his earlier days in music, when he performed with one of Canada’s biggest rock bands at the time.

“In my Widemouth days, I would look at my schedule and see we had done 35 shows over one month,” Mr. Pereira said.

To learn more about the band and their shows in the valley, check out www. thesteadies.ca.

“It is a very energetic show,” Mr. Pereira said. “People are going to love it.”

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Alexander plays Farside

By Breanne Massey Pioneer Staff Classic rock and blues music will lend flavour to the Columbia Valley this weekend.

Musician Ted Alexander will be performing at the Farside Inn Pub and Eatery at 6 p.m. on July 31st and a second showtime at 8 p.m. on August 1st.

He will be offering up an eclectic mixture of grassroots music for locals and visitors alike over the course of the August long weekend.

“I’ve been doing a one-man act for a long time,” said Mr. Alexander, reciting a list of venues he’s performed at over the last 40 years. “It’s been a long haul.”

Mr. Alexander added there would be a mixture of classic rock, blues, country and even some big band music at his shows this weekend. He estimates both shows will last for roughly five hours each night.

“With synthesizers these days, there’s not too much you can’t do with

them, if you put the time into it,” he said, noting the acoustics at the Farside keep him coming back to share his music. “That Farside room sounds excellent as long as you don’t overplay the room. It has a lot of big high ceilings, so if you’re too loud, it’s going to bounce around like a ping pong ball.”

His performance portfolio features several tours with Juno award winning Canadian country artist George Fox and other big names.

“I was with George Fox for a number of years and we did Randy Travis, Ann Marie tours, Willie Nelson — all those guys,” said Mr. Alexander. “We met everybody there. That was in the country genre, and it was a lot of fun.”

He has also spent some time performing in the south.

“It was fun to play,” he said. “It was awfully busy.”

There is no admission fee to attend the show. The Farside is located in Fairmont Hot Springs on Fairmont Frontage Road.

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Photo submitted that loves playing soft and local talent in the ballads to heavy rock. picturesque location of the Kinsmen Beach Greenspace The Invermere MusicFest has grown into a two-day with Lake Windermere as a backdrop. event with Sunday, August 23rd dedicated to musician “This festival is a two-stage event with talent that workshops featuring vocal, drumming and rhythm, just keeps getting bigger and better every year,” said Jami and songwriting classes hosted by some of the musiScheffer, executive director of the Columbia Valley Arts cians showcased on Saturday.

Council, which is hosting the Invermere MusicFest. “We The event is entirely volunteer-run with sponsorhave an amazing venue with lots of room to dance, sing, ships and donations funding over 70 per cent of the and enjoy each musician along with a beer garden, food budget. If anyone is interested in volunteering or donatvillage, local vendors and kids’ corner.” ing to this year’s ‘Fest, please check out our website for The musicians will be more information (www. split between the stunning invermeremusicfest.com).

Lake Stage and Mountain Without ongoing support Stage. Seating setup will be from local businesses and “festival style” with space organizations, these types for blankets and lawn of events would not be chairs, and bleachers will possible for CV Arts to also be available. host.

This year’s beer garden Those attracted to the will be serving fresh and losmall-town charm of Incal brews from Arrowhead vermere, B.C. know it is Brewing Company and Tinthe place to relax, spend horn Creek wines. The Indays at the beach, go ternational Food Village will boating, paddleboarding, not disappoint with reasonmountain biking, hikably priced festival food. ing, golfing, and so much This year’s headliner more. There are many dinis Jay Malinowski and ing options to discover as the Deadcoast — Jay is well as accommodations the front man from Juno from camping to luxury reaward-winning Bedouin sorts. Planning a fun-filled Soundclash who will be weekend around this year’s in the company of VanInvermere MusicFest will couver-based string trio be easy to accomplish!

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Tasquin tour takes her to Invermere

By Breanne Massey Pioneer Staff Cariboo musician who turned Californian, Madeline Tasquin, will be visiting Invermere with her band this summer.

The Madeline Tasquin Trading Company band will be performing at 8 p.m. at The Station Neighbourhood Pub on Sunday, August 9th during a 40-day tour from Berkley, California to B.C. The group started their first Canadian tour on July 17th at Skinny Fat Jack’s in Vancouver, and are travelling throughout the province singing in both French and English.

“I always incorporate some French in my show, but mainly English,” said Ms. Tasquin. “I guess what inspired me to write music is neat.”

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Her brand new track Free Love will be included on the upcoming new album.

“I think one really unique thing about our band is that we all sing,” she said. “So, that makes all of the harmonies really purdy.”

Ms. Taquin released an EP titled Another Trip Around The Sun in 2012, and will be releasing her first full-length album to highlight the importance of environmental stewardship before the end of 2015.

“The (new) CD isn’t going to be released on the tour yet, it’s about fiveeighths of the way done,” she said. “And its name has yet to be revealed, to me.”

But the tone of the grassroots album is focused on making Earth a better place to live for everyone.

“That’s going to be a big theme in this coming album — the waters,” she said. “I shy away from (calling myself an) environmental activist. I think it’s about being a human. That’s a huge part of life, to think about where I try to be an activist to stick up for things that I can dedicate my time and energy as a musician.

“Especially what I grew up around in Quesnel, which is the rivers and bodies of water that I think could really use our representation right now, and our attention and stewardship… It seems like a nobrainer to me, that we should be taking care of our water.”

She explained that performing was a natural fit after experiencing “the magic of a live concert.”

“The fact that it only happens once with those exact people, and those exact notes, in those exact rhythms — that, to me, is really inspiring in terms of the miracle of inspiration,” added Ms. Tasquin.

She is eager to travel to the East Kootenay region to perform in a lake community rooted between the Rocky Mountains and the Purcell Mountain Range with easy access to Lake Windermere.

“I’m so excited about playing in Invermere,” concluded Ms. Tasquin, noting she visited the Columbia Valley roughly a year ago. “It’s been a long time coming… and probably the last one for a long time because we have plans to tour Europe and Australia, so it’s a one-off for at least a while.”

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Should the target inflation rate rise?

Canada’s target inflation rate, which has remained unchanged since 1995, is due for its regular five-year review in 2016. At that time, the Bank of Canada could revise the target away from two per cent.

Some experts theorize the Bank of Canada might consider raising the target to allow for greater economic growth. But how would that work, and how might it affect Canadians?

What does the target do?

Target inflation offers a guide to all market participants by which to set prices. It applies to everything in the economy, including cars, salaries and toaster ovens.

Despite merely being a guideline, the target is a powerful force over market behaviour.

Merely by virtue of existing, target inflation helps keep prices in check. In fact, economists generally agree that countries that set targets tend to have more stable inflation.

That’s why changing it is such a big deal.

Maintaining an appropriate inflation level is essential to a healthy economy.

Among other things, if there’s too much inflation, people can’t keep up with price increases and may lose their ability to buy things.

Too little inflation or worse, deflation, causes wages to stagnate and people to hoard money instead of spending, further stifling economic growth.

Why change it?

Some theorize that raising the target will give the economy more breathing room to deal with unemployment and low economic growth. But how?

To make sense of this, consider how inflation and interest rates work together. To influence inflation, the bank moves its target interest rate up and down.

Low interest rates encourage borrowing, which stokes spending and business investment, leading to higher demand for workers, goods and services. In theory, the extra economic activity should cause inflation to rise.

On the other hand, people are less likely to borrow when interest rates are high because the cost of paying back a loan is higher. Economic activity slows, the inflation rate goes down and growth is muted. Interest rates may cool in response to an effort to stoke inflation.

In today’s economic environment, it may seem counterintuitive to raise the target. Wouldn’t that mean that interest rates would have to remain uncomfortably low for a longer period of time?

Perhaps in the short-term, yes. The Bank of Canada recently stated that it expects headline inflation to be just 1.4 per cent in 2015, well below the two per cent target. At this point, the economy simply needs inflation.

Raising the target would give the inflation a chance to pick up speed before the overnight rate would have to be raised in response.

Real interest rate While raising the target may help create inflation, it can also negatively impact the real interest rate, which is an investor’s net return after allowing for inflation.

This would be detrimental to anyone who holds nominal assets such as government bonds or GICs, as it would erode the purchasing power of their money.

For example, if the inflation target was raised, the real interest rate would likely fall in response, because inflation would eat up more of one’s returns before interest rates are adjusted upwards to compensate.

Final thoughts While raising the target inflation rate would be hard on those with nominal assets, inflation is the friend of those with debt. As asset prices inflate, the value of debt is devalued. Of course, this only works if people abstain from increasing their debt load.

Similarly, inflation also devalues government debt.

The U.S. has tried to create inflation by both lowering interest rates and increasing the monetary supply.

While inflation hasn’t really taken hold yet, it’s reasonable to assume that it will at some point in the future.

One thing is for certain, however: a reasonable inflation level is necessary as it means that an economy is growing and thriving, which is good for all Canadians in one form or another.

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The Volunteers: Part 1

By Arnold Malone Pioneer Columnist In the mid-1980s, I was with the Minister of Grains and Oilseeds to finalize a five billion dollar grain sale to the then-Soviet Union. While the Cold War was thawing, the characteristics of a governmentplanned society were still in abundance.

At the time, most democracies ran between five and twenty percent unemployment; Russia claimed zero percent.

Elderly persons, mostly women, were sweeping streets with frayed brooms. At the hotel, we were handed a small slip of paper with our room number written on it. Upon exiting the elevator, a lady, sometimes sleeping, sat in front of a wall of keys. She would suffer our intrusion and take the paper from our hand and provide a room key. When you left, you would return the key to the Key Attendant. Every floor had a Key Lady.

To purchase an item in a store, you would point to an object on a shelf. A clerk would go to a backroom and get a similar item, wrap it in newsprint, and hand it to another staff member. That person showed you the

item for your approval. Next, you were instructed to go to a third person who took your payment and provided a slip of paper indicating you had paid. You took that paper to a fourth person who studied your payment slip and then handed you your purchase. Yes, the Soviet Union had near full employment, but so many tasks were mundane, inefficient and meaningless activities.

My hotel was two kilometres from our daily meetings. I was provided with a driver/interpreter whose name was Boris. Boris was wonderful. He was fluent in English. He was also kind, considerate and intelligent.

We had numerous warm conversations.

Each day, when Boris drove me to and from the big military building where we held our negotiations, we passed a large playground — a full city block in size.

A six-metre high wire-mesh fence surrounded the playground and the fence was a wall of garbage, packed with paper bags, fast food packages, paper cups, cardboard boxes and newspapers.

Near my last day, I asked Boris: “Do volunteers ever undertake tasks such as cleaning that playground?”

Boris was perplexed. He was proficient in English, but he did not understand the word “volunteer.” I explained that volunteers often worked in self-organized groups with the intent of doing self-directed good. They are not compelled to work, but do so without remuneration except for the good feeling they get from making things better.

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Boris was troubled. He asked: “Why would anyone work for nothing?” He insisted the government would clean up the playground. That argument persisted for quite some time and it was clear that Boris thought the concept was just plain stupid. Later, his eyes brightened as he thought of an argument that would trump any of my contentions.

He declared: “Not only is it foolish to work for nothing but those people — those one’s you call ‘volunteers’ — are taking jobs away from other people.”

En route back to Canada, I had a layover in Stockholm. That night, I laid awake, trying to comprehend that there was a country that did not have volunteers and, worse yet, thought volunteers were harmful.

Years ago, in my home village of Rosalind, the only things that ever got done in the name of the common good was when the locals took charge. Volunteering was how we involved ourselves, it was our source for pride, and it was how our community blossomed. Volunteering was a social moment packed with achievement.

Volunteers are citizens, relying on themselves, designing and building a country, one group at a time. In a democracy, citizens get to build their nation like the owners they are. See next week for Part 2.

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Arresting art at the Artym

By Deanna Berrington The Artym Gallery This evening (Friday, July 31st) at the Artym Gallery, you can meet Branko Marjanovic. He is a prolific painter of the Rocky Mountains and he will be doing a painting demonstration at the gallery between 5 and 8 p.m.

The work of Branko Marjanovic is striking and powerful. His use of vibrant and intense colour to capture the familiar crags and peaks of the mountains between Invermere and Calgary create an unusual, yet appealing, effect. His use of light in the pieces is bold and very directional; almost like a photograph, the light shines from one side of the piece to the other.

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By Steve Hubrecht Pioneer Staff A new staging business is now here in Invermere.

Design to Sell owner Denise Brillon started her business last year, following on 14 years of building, designing and staging her own homes as well as those of family and friends.

“It is a real creative passion that I enjoy doing,” said Ms. Brillon. “My goal in staging is to make a home appealing to the highest number of potential buyers, thereby selling the property more swiftly and for more money for home owners.”

According to Ms. Brillon, Design to Sell is a full home service staging company that works with home sellers and realtors.

“I will merchandise a property’s best features using tried and tested techniques while targeting the buyer. Staging and designing a home will turn it into a warm and welcoming ambience that will emphasize the best features and also update and refresh the home for the buyer, making it sell faster and leaving the seller not having to do a price reduction.”

Ms. Brillon said if the property does not appeal to the buyers, they will either make an offer for less

or move on to a more desirable property as they want to visualize their family and furniture in the home.

All the homeowners Ms. Brillon works with recommend step one of her process — the consultation.

“With the eye of the buyer I identify and prioritize the work using the Staging Professional Room Ready hand book which is included, starting with the curb appeal, then continuing with the interior of the home.

This prepares a list in the hand book of all the recommendations, taking into consideration the budget, timeframe, resources, competition and projects with the best return on investment,” she said, adding that clients can then decide to do the work themselves or hire Design to Sell. Showcasing homes can include arranging of furniture, art, accessories, lighting and adding colour.

“We turn the house into a ready to move in property that attracts the buyer with a wow factor,” said Ms. Brillon.

Design to Sell also offers personal shopping, colour consulting, vacant staging, outdoor living, recommendations on painters, home and window cleaners, furniture rental and carpet cleaners.

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An updated version of the iconic Hikes Around Invermere book will likely be out next spring.

“It’s desperately needed. There’s been a lot of access changes, a lot of road changes, a few trails have been de-activated and there’s actually quite a lot of new trails to add,” said valley resident and book coauthor Aaron Cameron, who confirmed that work has been underway on the updated edition for the past two years and is scheduled to wrap up later this fall, with publication probably coming in spring 2016.

“There’s been a lot of work done in the last 15 years in terms of trail building, and we’ve been able to include some trails that we just didn’t know about or just didn’t get around to hiking in the first edition,” said Mr. Cameron, adding that, all told, the second edition will have somewhere around 30 new hikes not featured in the first edition, as well as complete updates on almost all the old trails.

The current edition, which was written by Mr. Cameron and Matt Gunn and published in 1998, has 79 hikes — the new one will probably feature more than 100. A few of the hikes in the current edition will not make it into the second edition, according to Mr. Cameron.

“There are a few land use issues that will take a couple out, there are some environmental sensitivity issues that will take a couple out, and there are a few that are downright crappy, but in general quite a lot more new ones are going

to go in than old ones are going to come out,” he said.

Mr. Cameron said he frequently hears feedback about the current edition, and that much of this was helpful in putting together the second edition.

“We’re still open to suggestions and offers of information for the update,” he said, adding that the best way to do so is by posting to the Hikes Around Invermere Facebook page.

The last two summers have involved a good deal of hiking for both Mr. Gunn and Mr. Cameron.

“If we know the trail is in good shape and that our description of it in the first book is accurate, then we do a minimum amount to update it, but if we’ve heard our description has some flaws or inaccuracies then we re-hike it until we’re certain we’ve got the problem rectified,” said Mr. Cameron. “Sometimes that means totally re-hiking the whole trail.”

Mr. Cameron and Mr. Gunn came up with the initial idea for the first book while stuck in a tent during bad weather. They were both avid hikers, but couldn’t find much up-to-date information on hikes in the Invermere area.

“We were basically young enthusiasts who wanted to help get other likeminded people out,” recalled Mr. Cameron. Mr. Gunn came up with a pitch and within six weeks or so the pair had a book deal.

The first edition of the book, published by Rocky Mountain Books (which will also publish the coming second edition) went on to sell 15,000 copies.

“We hoped it would do well, but we didn’t realize it would eventually go on to sell that much,” said Mr. Cameron. “Overall, we’ve had a really fun time doing this second edition and I’m really happy we did it. We really want to get it out there, it’s time.”

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Bighorn Meadows Resort continues to build

By Kevin Nimmock Pioneer Staff Nestled in the centre of the Springs Course in Radium, Bighorn Meadows Resort offers stunning views of the Purcell and Rocky Mountain ranges, cozy community amenities, and nearly unlimited four-season recreational opportunities.

“People always relate to Bighorn Meadows as being a development that is on the golf course, but truth is we are right in the middle of a golf course,” said Randy Trapp, president of Bighorn Meadows Resort LTD. “We are bordered on three sides by the 9th fairway, the 18th fairway and the 10th fairway of the Springs Course, which really adds to that secluded and serene setting that our owners love so much.”

Having sold out virtually all of the first nine condo phases, Bighorn is now continuing development with their new phases, known as “The Residences.” Pre-construction sales are now underway and the next eight phases will be exclusively townhouse style vacation properties. Phase 10 construction is set to start by mid-August.

“The units we have built to date are condominium style in three-storey buildings,” said Mr. Trapp. “The new phases are going to be luxury townhomes. They will be in a duplex configuration, so there is really more of a residential feel.”

With the townhomes, families will have access to more green spaces and privacy from other Residences. Mr. Trapp said this building style will fit perfectly in Radium, offering

a slightly different building option, yet still retaining all the fantastic benefits of being part of the Bighorn community.

“The development is bordered on the north by single family residences, so we think the duplexes make a great transition between the single family residential area and our higher density condo development,” Mr. Trapp said.

“So far, we have had close to 200 inquiries for phase 10.

We anticipate selling it by the end of the summer.”

Though phase 10 only includes four units, the balance of the project phases will provide 40 more units for families looking to own vacation residences in Radium.

“By definition, we are a mixed-use resort; we offer rental accommodation, fractional ownership and whole ownership on our property,” Mr. Trapp said. “Our focus for phase 10 and onwards will be whole ownership. We think there is a good demand for nicely finished, wholly owned vacation properties in this valley.”

Bighorn can customize wholly owned residences in many ways, but Mr. Trapp said there is far more flexibility if customers commit early on. He said Bighorn Meadows Resort works perfectly for prospective vacation homeowners because the on-site property management company, True Key Hotels and Resorts, provides groundskeeping services, security, housekeeping, maintenance and rental management services.

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In addition to the new phases, Bighorn will be expanding the on-site amenities available to all guests. Currently, there is a pool, a sundeck area, a playground, a park in the centre of the development and a year-round hot tub facility.

“We will be adding a fitness centre, a meeting room for the use of our guests and we will be expanding our wintertime spa facilities, which are always very popular,” Mr. Trapp said.

The new upgrades will continue to enhance Bighorn’s reputation as the valley’s premier four-season destination.

“This valley has so much to offer in terms of fall, winter and spring recreation,” said Mr. Trapp. “Unless we have some way of attracting people to our resort, they will never have the opportunity to discover the amenities available in the area.”

Bighorn also works with Interval International, which means owners have the option to exchange their vacation residence with over 2,000 destinations around the world, including Hawaii, Palm Springs and Las Vegas. This partnership is just another added privilege available to Bighorn Meadows Owners.

The strongest appeal of Bighorn Meadows has always been its location in stunning Radium. Mr. Trapp said the resort is one of the best kept secrets in the entire valley, adding, “it is one of those things you have to visit to truly understand.”

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July 31, 2015

Valley hosts abundance of farmers’ markets 20th to September 12th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. To learn more check out www.invermerefarmersmarket.net.

By Steve Hubrecht Pioneer Staff The Upper Columbia Valley is full of farmers, ranchers, artisan and craft-makers. When summer hits here, so do the area’s many farmers’ markets. Here’s a rundown of those currently running this summer:

Music and Market on Main (Radium Hot Springs): This popular market and live music performance offers an evening alternative to the valley’s other farmers’ markets, which tend to run in the morning. The market is held at the Radium Hot Springs Visitor Centre and offers homemade and homegrown retail vendors as well as a live band. This Invermere Farmer’s Market: This market is one of the event takes place on Fridays from July 3rd to August 28th, longest-running in the valley and this year it is being held in with the market part running from 4 to 9 p.m., and music a new location, at the Windermere District Farmers’ Instiplaying from 7 to 9 p.m. To learn more, check out www.raditute Agri Park, located across Highway 93/95 from the Black Forest Restaurant. Organizers tout the new location, which MANY MARKETS — The downtown Invermere umhotsprings.com/event/market-on-main. is a field, as the perfect place for kids to run around in while Farmers and Artists Market is just one of five held in Fairmont Farmers and Artisan Market: This market is the rest of the family shops. It features more than 30 vendors, the Columbia Valley during the summer. File photo one of the newest in the valley and is quickly becoming quite selling items ranging from fresh produce and baked goods, to arts and crafts, organic products and more. The market runs every Saturday from June popular, held every Sunday in Fairmont Hot Springs just off of Highway 93/95. It 20th to September 12th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. To see more, check out invermerefarm- promotes local small producers, growers and artisans and puts priority on handmade goods. The market runs from July 12th to August 16th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To learn ersmarket.com. more see www.fairmontmarket.ca.

Invermere Farmers and Artists Market: During the summer, a long stretch of 6th The valley’s longest-standing farmers’ market, the Edgewater Open Market, which Avenue (which runs parallel to 7th Avenue, Invermere’s main street) and part of 12th Street are closed to vehicles, and up spring the vendor stalls for this downtown farmers’ had been running for more than 40 years up to and including last year, is not running market, featuring freshly made food, locally grown produce, handcrafted items and a this year. Organizers told The Pioneer there are only so many vendors to go around in standout performance artist. Enjoy the bustling atmosphere and close proximity to the valley, and with so many new farmers’ markets springing up in recent years, the Invermere’s quaint and cozy shopping area. This market runs every Saturday from June Edgewater Open Market has now closed.

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Art Walk propels Invermere’s art scene According to Ms. Abra, by all accounts, Art Walk has been a success so far this summer. She said it has been extremely gratifying to see her gallery full of people looking to chat and learn Every Friday night this summer, Invermere is lighting up for Art Walk, an open inevery Friday night.

“The first one blew me away,” Ms. Abra said. vitation from gallery owners to explore their “There were a ton of people here and it was a lot of inventory and learn about various forms of art.

Art Walkers are given a passport, which locals checking it out, which was awesome.”

Art Walk is supported by Columbia Valthey can get stamped at each of the nine participating galleries in Invermere and at the ley Arts (CV Arts), making its unofficial home Crossroads. Attendees who get nine stamps by base the Pynelogs Cultural Centre at Kinsmen September 11th are entered to win great prizes, Beach. CV Arts executive director Jami Scheffer like a two-night stay at Fairmont Hot Springs said this is only the beginning for Art Walk. In Resort. However, Art Walk is about much future years, she expects it to grow into one of more than earning stamps and winning prizes.

Invermere’s biggest attractions.

“It is about community in general,” said “It will just grow from other avenues, includJen Abra of Black Star Studios. “There have PAINTING PARTY — ­ Denise Lemaster put on a painting demonstration at ing music, busking, artistry demos on the main been lots of people coming through and The Artym Gallery during Art Walk.

Photo by Kevin Nimmock street and restaurants doing specials for the night downtown is actually lively.” to entice people to come downtown,” Ms. Scheffer During Art Walk, which runs from 5 to 8 said. “It is going to be fun, for sure.” ees walking from gallery to gallery. p.m., many restaurants and shops in town stay open late For the artists and gallery owners involved, Art “It is great for people who come into town a little to capitalize on the market created by the many attend- bit later for the weekend Walk has also had a major outcome unrelated to or people who want to how many people check go out for dinner,” said out their work. According Stephen Lebovits of Efto Ms. Scheffer, Art Walk fusion Art Gallery + has brought Invermere’s Glass Studio. “I think artists closer together than it is a lot of fun, and it ever before. adds vibrance and life to “It is amazing to see all the downtown core.” of us in the same room sitMr. Lebovits said ting together, talking about Art Walk has addressed a art,” Ms. Scheffer said. “I problem he first noticed do not remember ever seewhen he moved to Invering all of us in the same mere four years ago. room together. Now we “I did not understand why things were not open COMMUNITY ART ­­— Three happy Art Walkers stopped are all collaborating, worklater on the weekends, by to paint a small part of large wooden animal cutouts out- ing together and if there is but it was explained to me side of Black Star Studios.

Photo by Kevin Nimmock competition, it is healthy competition.” that if it’s not broke, don’t To learn more about Art Walk, visit www.columbiafix it,” Mr. Lebovits said with a chuckle. “There is no rule JEWELRY JOY ­­­­— Margo Fearn poses with her golden cre- that things have to last forever and there is no rule that valleyarts.com/CVARTS/event/art-walk-invermere-4/ or ations at The Artym Gallery. Photo by Kevin Nimmock things have to stay the same. The only place to go is up.” find it on Facebook by searching ART WALK Invermere.

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Original Loop the Laker readies for start line years away from the valley.

Since coming back, she’s been happy to line up at the starting line once again. This A valley resident who year, she’ll be running the was on the first organizing 10-kilometre race. committee for the Loop the “It’s wonderful to see Lake event will be running how the race has been rein the race she helped create fined over the years. It’s befor its 20th anniversary. come better and better and Pat Brown-John recalls better,” said Mrs. Brownsetting up the first-ever John. “The 10-kilometre Loop the Lake — two dePat Brown-John race is a beautiful course. cades ago — as an exciting time.

I’ve even heard that some “It was really busy. Everybody had people like it so much that they actually go good ideas and it was a huge task,” said out and run again the next day.”

Mrs. Brown-John attributed the Mrs. Brown-John. “It was an all dayevent, going the full day and the full eve- success of the event to the quality of the ning. We had an ultra-marathon, a mara- organization and to its atmospheric finthon, a half marathon, a 10-kilometre ish at Pynelogs, complete with pancake run and a special event for people aged 80 breakfast.

To find out more about the 20th or older. It was great fun.”

Mrs. Brown-John continued to be in- Annual Loop the Lake on Saturday, Auvolved with the event, both as an organizer gust 8th and to register, visit www.loopand as a participant, until she spent several thelake.bc.ca.

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Police are urging boaters and families to be safe and practice caution on the water this summer.

Many swimmers, paddlers and cottagers will be trying to beat the heat on the water over the August long weekend.

The Columbia Valley RCMP has made it clear that everybody needs to take special care to understand the basics of safe recreational boating.

Columbia Valley RCMP Staff Sgt. Marko Shehovac added young children who have limited experience in the water should be encouraged to wear life jackets or seek shade until their families are available to supervise them.

“We’re going to be strict on life jackets,” said Mr. Shehovac. “There won’t be any warnings for life jackets because there will be charges.”

According to the BC Coroners Service report, between 2008 and 2012, 58.7 per cent of drowning

deaths occur between May and August, and 81.1 per cent of drowning victims were male.

Drugs and alcohol were assumed as contributing factors in 40.2 per cent of drowning deaths.

Of the 397 deaths reported nationally, just over 50 per cent (200) were involved in recreational activities such as swimming and boating, 44.1 per cent (175) involved falls into water, or motor vehicle incidents where vehicles landed in water, or deaths in bathtubs; and 5.5 per cent (220) were occupational.

Mr. Shehovac also warns boaters to watch their speed, stay in areas where you’re not alone or let someone know where you’re going, and don’t drink and drive.

“Some of the rules of the road exist on the lake,” said Mr. Shehovac. “I think some people have a misunderstanding of what they are or don’t understand them… be safe and use your judgement.”

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FLYING HIGH — Pilots take in the view from Mount Swansea before preparing to make the journey to James Chabot Provincial Park. Submitted photo

Pilots take flight

By Breanne Massey Pioneer Staff Mount Swansea will be invaded by hang gliders and paragliders who plan to steer themselves swiftly down to James Chabot Provincial Park next weekend at the 39th Annual Lakeside Event.

Max Fanderl, owner of Flying Max, has invited pilots out for a 7 a.m. pancake breakfast before embarking on an historical tradition that dates back to 1975.

“I think this is one of the oldest flying meets in North America (that) occurs on an ongoing basis,” said Mr. Fanderl, noting France slides into a comparably sized event annually. “From the age of the event, it’s quite old and it’s a fly-in, fun competition.”

There are two different targets for both methods of flying: hang gliders aim to land in an inner tube roughly 30 metres from the shore and paragliders shoot for an above-ground swimming pool with an inner tube in the middle.

“We fly straight down to the former Lakeside Pub,” explained Mr. Fanderl, while emphasizing the varying difficulty of each type of target.

“We will drive up the mountain around 9 a.m. and leave at about 10 a.m., then what it’s really all about is target landing, which can be challenging if there are headwinds. In the olden days, when they had the first hang gliders meet, I think they were barely able to make it down to the lake. It was quite a challenge to get there.”

There will be above water demonstra-

tions featuring full stalls, wingovers and loops to amuse spectators.

“If something goes wrong, they can pull on the reserve shoot and land on the water, not on the land,” he explained.

There is a $500 prize for first place winners in both categories as well as a trophy, but Mr. Fanderl added the ultimate prize for competitors is bragging rights.

“Paragliders are landing in a kid’s pool with a target in it and hang gliders land in the lake with a tube, but the only difference lies with landing approaches.

When you land as a hang glider, the water only goes up to your chest, which means the wings stay out of the water. When you land a paraglider in the lake, the paraglider would actually drop or fall into the water which would fill up with water… it would be really hard to pull them out.”

The flights will continue throughout the day-long event, wrapping up around 5 p.m. before everybody is invited to attend a social evening with entertainment at the Lions Hall on Highway 93/95 starting at 8 p.m.

“The (primary) reason why this event is so popular is because it shows off our sport,” said Mr. Fanderl.

“A lot of times when you see serious pilots, besides aerobatic, they have to take off of Mount Swansea, and fly out high from here to Golden or the United States of America so people don’t see them — but this event is unique because (pilots) land at the beach and people can watch it and the family has a nice day on the beach with a lot of activities out there.”

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Six new walking trails unveiled for long weekend

By Breanne Massey Pioneer Staff Walkers, cyclists and runners may have some new terrain to tread over the summer thanks to the newly developed Invermere Trail System.

There are six gravel and asphalt walking trails — totalling approximately 10 kilometres in length — being developed with funding from the District of Invermere (DOI), Imagine Invermere and the Federal Gas Tax Fund (GTF) to highlight the community’s vibrant heri-

tage and the outdoors.

“It was a multi-stage project,” said Rory Hromadnik, DOI’s Director of Development Services. “We received some grant money from the province and some federal grant money as well, through the GTF about three or four years ago now, to do some pathways in the community.”

He added the first phase of the project aims to connect the downtown core of Invermere to the school areas to help families avoid rush hour traffic by creating alternate routes to help keep kids safe.

INVERMERE TRAIL SYSTEM — There are six newly built routes with options for walkers, bikers, runners and families to enjoy year-round. The District of Invermere and Imagine Invermere will be working to complete signage on each route in the future.

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“We wanted to get kids off of the road, creating separate pathways up on 13th (Street) and establishing loops downtown to connect the schools and residential areas,” said Mr. Hromadnik. “That was the focus.”

Later, the Imagine Invermere organization partnered with the DOI to create additional sustainable projects to improve the community.

“One of the (initiatives) that was identified early on was to focus on the trail systems and the signage associated with it,” he said. “That task fell to myself so I worked with a local designer, Will McKenzie, to create graphics and help identify some options.”

Their goal was to create loops that would be accessible to hikers, bikers and runners while featuring the valley’s history.

“We used the trails that we built, and then we established six different routes that we put up signage on with two marshalling points,” said Mr. Hromadnik.

There are maps located at both Pothole Park and Mount Nelson Athletic Park that show different paths to take. “We named each route (and Tony Barryman) created historical stories about each route (to be included in the pamphlets for the trips) with points of interest.”

Mr. Hromadnik remains optimistic the pamphlets for the project will be available to everyone tentatively around the August long weekend. He also hopes there will be an opportunity to expand the project with help from the Columbia Valley Greenways Trail Alliance and business sponsorships.

“We tried to make (the trails) as accessible as possible,” said Mr. Hromadnik, noting the project is still missing some signage work. “The problem is that it takes money, so we bite off what we can chew annually. We found some money for the pamphlets so those are being done.”

The maps will be available over the August long weekend at the tourism kiosk in downtown Invermere, at the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce on Highway 93/95 and at the DOI office.

—With files from Tony Barryman

BRINGING HISTORY TO LIFE — The historical walk concludes at the Canadian Pacific Railroad Lodge, which is located between the tennis courts and Pynelogs Cultural Arts Centre.

Photo by Breanne Massey

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Following the footsteps through valley history and repair cars.

After 40 years of operation, Bud Cleland took over the reins of the business and converted the family’s property into a popular music venue in 1951 — which I paused for a moment at the iconic statue of David still stands in the spot today.

Thompson and his wife, Charlotte, sternly looking out Next, I went up to Strand’s Old House Restaurant over the gateway to Pothole Park. which was built in 1912, where I learned that the house After pausing for a moment to recognize the memohad an equally interesting history that changed it from rial sites of several Pioneer families, I moved forward a medical practice and study for Dr. Filmer Coy to the while scanning the concave green space, toward the town’s first kindergarten, which was ran by Mr. and Mrs. large Invermere Trail System map located on the wall of Ian Weir from 1946 until 1979 when it was sold it Tim the park’s public washrooms.

Strand and chef Tony Wood. It then became a popular I scanned the Downtown Historical trail that inheritage home with featured meals by Mr. Wood, who cludes busy streets and crossings spanning up to four became the sole owner in 1992. kilometres.

I had walked past the quaint house on several ocAs I walked toward stop two on Route 1 — the Pitts casions since I had chosen to make Invermere my new and Hankey Buildings on 7th Avenue — the buzz of home away from the prairies, and had often wondered downtown Invermere began to sound. Then, I turned to what it’s story was. Little did I knew it had a history look upward at the bright red building (now, River Gems) much longer than my own. for the signage that indicates it’s a point of interest.

After taking in Taynton Bay near Kinsmen Beach, I J.C. Pitts and James Hankey opened up Invermere’s ventured over to Pynelogs to search for Lady Elizabeth first general store at the same spot in 1912, which inNorthcote’s grave on the lake’s shore — which was parcluded merchandise such as penny candy and threetially hidden behind the brush. penny nails.

The seventh, and final stop of the Downtown HisMr. Pitt’s daughter, Gladys, helped out around the torical walk known as Route 1 ends at the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Lodge, which was built in 1920 to boost tourism numbers with cabins and a central lodge. Later, the CPR Lodge became a girls’ camp, then was divided and sold off in the 1950s. The Weir family brought the lodge in 1965 to reside in until a distant relative, Nancy Ballard, opted to give the building to the collective community of Invermere.

She donated the lodge to the District of Invermere and, after Bob Kelly raised $150,000 to make improvements to the structure and relocate it to above Pynelogs, it remains a hub for social engagements in the Columbia Valley today, including Soiree en Blanc and the Steamboat Music Festival Launch Party.

My journey was complete and I took solace in the new historical appreciation for some of the buildings that I have DOWNTOWN HISTORICAL WALK — The Invermere Trail System’s first route takes visitors from Pothole Park to the Canadian Pacific Railway Lodge walked past daily since I to learn about the community’s heritage. The historical walk is informative and reveals the lives of former valley pioneers.

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store and then the post office when Mr. Hankey didn’t return from the war in 1914. She helped keep their businesses running until the late ’50s.

I gazed up at the historical building, like I do every day en route to the newsroom, with a new appreciation for the landmark.

Then, I embarked out to Bud’s Bar (formerly the Invermere Livery) for my third stop. I giggled about the fact that the eclectic lounge was somehow included on the historical walk as its third stop.

The marker was hidden beneath a leafy green plants, so I glanced downward at the Invermere Trail System brochure for more information. It informed me that the Invermere Livery was one of the first businesses to open in the community, dating back to 1911.

The Invermere Livery was first used to feed and stable horses, maintain ored wagons after a difficult journey up the Toby Creek Canyo; as well as sales ($24 for a man and horse team for a four-day trip to the Paradise Mine or $125 to buy a horse).

But it didn’t take long for vehicles to replace horses, and when that happened, the Invermere Livery changed with the times. A major transformation occurred to convert the building into the Invermere Garage to sell

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Summertime at the Radium Public Library!

Summer is always a busy time at the Radium Library. As we move into August, we continue to enjoy time spent with visitors travelling through the Columbia Valley. The availability of the library computer and Wi-Fi service are welcome benefits for travellers visiting the library.

On June 14th, the library was the beneficiary of the Horsethief Creek Pub’s “Give Back Sundays” promotion. The library had the opportunity to hold the June board meeting on the pub’s new outdoor patio and then joined friends, families and volunteers for dinner in the restaurant. We received a donation from the pub totalling 15 per cent of all food purchases for the day. A huge thank you to the staff of the pub for providing this great community fundraising event!

The partnership between Adventure Radium and the B.C. libraries’ Summer Reading Program continues to be an added benefit for the kids attending the Adventure Radium summer program. The reading program is staffed by our dedicated volunteer, Ryanne, and is offered to the children as they gather to attend Adventure Radium’s morning and afternoon sessions.

The program encourages children to take time to read during their busy summer months. The kids are able to choose their books, have their reading booklets stamped, and pick up new books that are available from the large collection provided by the library. The program will conclude on August 27th when the children will enjoy lunch and receive medals and certificates based on their participation.

For our adult readers, we now have copies of the newly discovered, hugely popular book written by Harper Lee. Go Set a Watchman has had mixed reviews and we await comments from our patrons.

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dium underwent a rebranding process, which resulted in its adoption of a fresh and vibrant new image for its signage, website and other village-related material.

Last year, the library took its first step towards adopting this new village brand by having its website redesigned to reflect the same colours and style of the village and Tourism Radium websites. This year, the library has proceeded further with this rebranding project by changing its own signage. New exterior library signs have now been purchased and installed. As well, newly designed bookmarks and membership cards have been ordered and in order to carry home all those good reads, our patrons will also be treated to reusable book bags sporting the Radium Library’s logo. We are thrilled with our refreshed new look and feel it reflects our ongoing relationship with the Village of Radium and the areas we serve.

The annual Teddy Bears’ Picnic will be held on Saturday, August 15th at Legends Field at 10 a.m. in Radium Hot Springs. Children from the ages of three

to five years old will search for teddy bears hiding in the trees around the park and there will be refreshments and music for all to enjoy. This is a great event for the young kids so we hope to see you there!

In September, the library will continue with its tradition of donating a new book to each child entering kindergarten at Edgewater Elementary School. The board has supported this donation for many years and looks forward to welcoming these new, young readers to our library!

Beginning Tuesday evenings in September, the Lego Club will be back; and in October, the library will also be hosting the pre-teen author, Vicki Grant.

For up-to-date information on the library, please visit the website (www.radium.bc.libraries.coop) and make sure to follow us on Facebook. We hope you enjoy the rest of your summer, and remember to take time to relax and read.

This week’s column was written by Jane Jones, director of the Radium Public Library, which is located at 7585 Main Street West.

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PERMISSIVE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR 2016 Application forms for organizations which might be eligible for a Permissive Tax Exemption are now available at the Municipal Office, 914 – 8th Avenue and on our website at www.invermere.net (under Your Government, Document Library, Applications and Forms, Permissive Tax Exemption).

A Permissive Tax Exemption is a means for Council to support organizations within the community which further council’s objectives of enhancing quality of life and delivery of services economically. A Permissive Tax Exemption is strictly at the discretion of the District of Invermere Council.

The application forms are for a full or partial tax exemption for 2016 property taxes as per regulations set out in the Community Charter.

To be eligible, nature of the organization must be: • Not for profit organization • Charitable or philanthropic organization • An athletic or service club or association • Care facility or licensed private hospital • Partner of the municipality by agreement under s.225 of the Community Charter • Other local authority • Organization eligible under s.220 statutory exemption (e.g. public worship, senior home, hospital) Deadline for the receipt of applications: August 14th, 2015.

Please call our office at 250-342-9281 if you require any additional information.

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Full steam ahead The Steamboat Mountain Music Festival started with rain and a thunderstorm before proceeding as planned on July 25th after the sun came out, making for a magical day filled with world-class music. Top row: Beard’s Creek and Smarty Pants (Nicole Trigg photos). 2nd row: Young Dog and Old Tricks (NT photo), Eli Beingessner and Abby Wells (Andy Dybalas photos). 3rd row: Dandelions member Shilo Cameron in the audience with her son Finn (AD photo), a couple enjoys the music, and Bob Benvenuti (NT photos). Bottom row: a good turnout depsite the storm (AD photo); The Beagle Boys keyboardist Guy Plecash (NT photo). The Pioneer apologizes to those groups not represented with photographs.

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Agri-fun at the fair Top: Acclaimed Canadian songwriter John Wort Hannam, left (AD photo). 2nd row: McToogle’s Trio (NT photo) and Niki Trigger (Greg Amos photo). 3rd row: Black Snake Moan and Los Morenos guitarist Mauricio Moreno (GA photos). Bottom row: Los Morenos (GA photo).

At the 2nd annual Summer Fair at the AgriPark on Sunday, July 26th, (clockwise from top left) Saskatchewan tourist Grace Pinkney learned about blacksmithing from Gunner Jorgensen; Leisa O’Sullivan performed with her husband Pat, brightening up the rainy day with live music; animals were on hand for families with children to interact with; and Patsy Lussier represented the Edible Acres team with a large pile of locally grown produce.

Photos by Breanne Massey

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Skaters have a disco ball

Top left (clockwise): Sarah Eastick and Jessica Fairhart took a lap around the Invermere Curling Club in roller skates during the Roller Disco on July 25th; Jason Stevens and his daughter, Anna, helped serve up favourite dishes for families to enjoy during the early evening skate; ladies enjoyed having the opportunity to skate in spectacular fashion; Jess de Groot (holding the disco ball) offered skating demonstations to newbies with help from the Killer Rollbots derby team at both the family and adult skates; there was no shortage of costumes at the roller disco, even the Devil made it.

Photos by Breanne Massey

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Windermere class gets ‘creek clever’ Watershed Wanderings

By Megan Peloso Pioneer Columnist Mrs. Gagatek’s Windermere Elementary School Grade 2/3 students are our Watershed Heroes of the month! On their precious last day of school, the whole class teamed up with Lake Windermere Ambassadors to get a closer look at watershed science in their school’s backyard.

In the classroom, students thought up all sorts of “I wonders” about the lake and water cycle. Then, equipped with backpacks of snacks and curious questions, our group of 25 left the school grounds to investigate.

At Windermere Creek, students made sharp observations about how the creek was shaped, the speed at which the water was moving, and the signs of bank erosion where tree roots were exposed along the creek’s meandering path.

We discovered how hydrologists test for dissolved oxygen, a component of water that is critical to fish and invertebrates, and talked about what kinds of upstream activities can affect downstream water quality in Lake

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Windermere, the Columbia River, and eventually all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

Windermere Creek is an important tributary to Lake Windermere and so, naturally, we made our way to Windermere Beach to try out the students’ new scientist lens on a bigger water body.

A game of Lake BINGO had the students searching for aquatic plants, freshwater snails, shoreline garbage, slimy rocks, and evidence of bird life.

Ella Swan, the watershed stewardship assistant for Lake Windermere Ambassadors, set up a station where

WATER SMART — Grade 2/3 students take in a Secchi disk demo (left). A student holds up an item during Lake BINGO. Photos by Eileen Weir students could learn how the Ambassadors test for turbidity (water clarity) using a Secchi disk instrument.

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You can help avoid running into conflict with wildlife by knowing about the area you’re going to visit: • Find out what kind of wildlife you can expect in the area and when it is most active (bears are usually less active in the heat of the day).

• Know if there are berry crops around or other food sources for bears.

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In a reflection circle at the end of the morning, students had the opportunity to share something new they had learned and Lake Windermere Ambassadors shared some tips about how everyone can protect our treasured waterways.

“This was such a great opportunity for the children to explore the water systems in their community,” said teacher Barb Gagatek. “They learned scientific and stewardship facts about Windermere Creek and the Lake through ‘hands on’ experiences. Every class should take advantage of this program!”

Watershed education is a fantastic and fun way to merge applied science, environmental stewardship and place-based learning. Working with a local lake stewardship group helps lend much greater meaning to ab-

• Bear scat — the size and content depends on the season, and will usually be high in plant material (it will be runnier when they are eating lots of berries).

• Bear tracks — all five toes will be present, and claws will be obvious about an inch from the toe pads for black bears (claws are much longer for grizzlies).

• Overturned logs and stumps are a sign of bears in the area, however, it can be difficult to determine how recent the activity is.

• Cougar tracks — four toes without claw marks (they keep them retracted unless attacking prey or climbing trees).

• Cougars take days to finish off their food. They cover it in debris and return often, so it is important to be wary around kill sites.

WARP is a great tool for checking recent sightings in an area. Visit www.wildsafebc.com/warp. Please contact the Conservation Officer Service at 1-877-952-7277 if you see, or have concerns about, wildlife in conflict with humans.

WildSafeBC gratefully acknowledges funding by the Columbia Basin Trust, the Ministry of Environment, the District of Invermere, Village of Radium Hot Springs, and RDEK Areas F and G. For more solutions, check out our website at www. wildsafebc.com and our Facebook page “WildSafeBC Columbia Valley.”

Andrea Smillie is the WildSafeBC Community Coordinator and can be contacted at 250-409-4712, invermere@wildsafebc.com or radium@wildsafebc.com. stract concepts like the watershed cycle.

Depending on the season and grade level, this program can take the shape of a field trip, a classroom presentation, or a student action project. Student action projects incorporate a hands-on assignment like painting yellow fish on storm drains or creating a rainwaterharvesting system. So, when can we join your class?

Much thanks to Barb Gagatek for approaching the Lake Windermere Ambassadors with the idea of a classroom on the lake, and to Eileen Weir for her wonderful support and photography throughout the day. Contact Megan Peloso at Lake Windermere Ambassadors by phone (250-341-6898) or email (info@ lakeambassadors.ca) if you are interested in bringing watershed education to your classroom in the fall!

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Not so small after all: the non-planet Pluto Valley Skies

By Brian Fenerty Pioneer Columnist Down towards the south end of our valley, where the Milky Way bends below the horizon, is a tiny dot of a world — one that’s even hard to find with sky charts — that has caused lots of excitement.

Way back in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh found Pluto. Then, newer telescope equipment found it had a large companion moon so its estimated size (originally determined using overall brightness) was reduced.

As other “nearby” objects were also found out past Neptune, this little dot was treated more and more by some as just another small icy object in the solar system’s outer reaches. So little Pluto was tossed out, some say rightly, as an official planet by those who had certain definitions.

But planetary geologists and others got their dissed planet back as major news this last July 14th as the 2006-launched New Horizons probe bristling with seven special instruments sailed by this “tiny dot.”

Among many findings (more to come, data is slow coming from far away over NASA’s busy space networks) is that Pluto is actually a bit bigger than previously calculated. It is bigger in diameter than much more distant Eris, making Pluto the biggest known object orbiting past Neptune.

Tiny Pluto has been busy clearing its orbit, too, though not maybe enough to convince the International Astronomical Union they should restore it to planet status on that basis. Parts of Pluto and its large moon Charon have regions with many old

craters (from taking other objects in its neighbourhood out of the way). Some web reports of a “lack of craters” on Pluto refer to regions where some sort of geologic processes have covered over the craters with glacial features, along with mountainous regions. Not so inactive a tiny dot!

Close-up views also show what we couldn’t see from Earth: great contrasts in colour and brightness, a busy layered atmosphere, and a moon with a polar cap that is surprisingly dark.

More discoveries will come in over many months from New Horizons’ headquarters at Johns Hopkins University (for the most accurate news and science, go to their website via tinyurl.com/plutokey).

And later this autumn, the local group Invermere Under the Stars plans to discuss the latest news on Pluto as one of three topics at a panel/audience Q&A event. One young panellist is an expert of space probes. It should be exciting.

Other sky briefs: Hidden in Cygnus overhead these nights is a recently found star and planet, fairly similar to our own Sun and Earth; the space station starts coming overhead again at various times of the evening; and the major Perseid Meteor shower is the middle of August.

Meanwhile, the example set by Alan Stern and his fine space-probe team of women and men with their long hard work on bringing Pluto back to us with amazing finds is inspiring. A reminder to old and young: small things can be big.

Brian Fenerty is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Contact him at fenertyb@telus.net.

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These questions were used to create Invermere’s Integrated Community Sustainability Plan, known as Imagine Invermere. The plan was adopted in 2011, and a committee was formed to help move it forward. This committee, called the Imagine Invermere Implementation Team, has been working hard, and several exciting projects have been completed or are underway.

One of the Team’s goals is to develop partnerships within the community with engaged citizens and community groups who are inspired to work together on initiatives that create a sustainable future.

To help these partnerships happen, the Team, along with the District of Invermere, is excited to announce the second round of the 2015 grant stream intake under the Imagine Invermere Granting Program.

Funding is available and will be awarded to registered not-for-profit societies or unincorporated local community associations, groups and service clubs who wish to further sustainability as outlined in the Imagine Invermere plan.

The Imagine Invermere Implementation Team is now accepting grant applications from groups interested in accessing the partnership fund. It is important that any proposals align well with the priorities in Imagine Invermere. The complete document can be found online at http://imagineinvermere.ca/ Imagine Invermere grant applications will be accepted up to August 21, 2015 at the District office, Box 339, 914 8th Avenue, V0A 1K0, or by email at planning@invermere.net For more information, please contact Rory Hromadnik at the District of Invermere, 250-342-9281, extension 1235, planning@invermere.net, or Councillor Paul Denchuk , Councillordenchuk@invermere.net

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“Everyone is shaped different and has a different paddling style, so why should their paddle not reflect that?” asked Maxime Perrin, co-owner of the Cross Roads Collective.

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. . . ‘Book Review’ from page 12 Well, with that, my time is up so I hope you are able to read this recommendation and lighten up a little during these somewhat trying early days of the long campaign cycle.

One final thought to all you out there — whatever you do between now and election day, don’t give up hope, go out and vote.

And while you are swinging the aforementioned bat around, see if you can whack a couple of pollsters over the noggin in the process. I guess my rant on that will have to wait.

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DTSS grad works the trigger in CERN

By Steve Hubrecht Pioneer Staff A former David Thompson Secondary School student with a penchant for physics is now working at the world’s largest particle collider that straddles Switzerland and France.

Savanna Shaw finished high school in the valley in 2004 and now spends most of her days working “on the trigger” (as she calls it) as the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)’s Large Hadron Collider. She’s quick to downplay her job, which she’s had for the past year and a half, as being a lot of writing computer code and meetings, but does concede that it’s code and meetings with huge implications.

“The big picture is definitely interesting, although the day-to-day is not too dissimilar from what most people do,” said Ms. Shaw. “But if you’re into particle collision physics, then, yes, CERN is the place to be at the moment.”

The Large Hadron Collider made headlines when it finally was turned on in

MASTERMIND — DTSS grad Savanna Shaw poses in front of a model of the Tevatron (a particle accelerator outside of Chicago), where she worked prior to beginning her job at CERN in Switzerland.

Photo submitted 2008, after top scientists, engineers and designers spent decades building it. The 27-kilometre long collider, which has been called the largest and most expensive science experiment ever undertaken, is a tube-like machine (as large around as a subway tunnel) buried near Geneva and scientists use it to fire sub-atomic particles into each other with the aim of answering fundamental questions about the nature of the universe.

Prior to the collider actually being switched on, doomsday sayers even raised concerns about the potential of the machine to create a black hole that would swallow Earth (since it mimics conditions present at the birth of the universe, the Big Bang). It’s a topic Ms. Shaw has fielded questions on before at her first particle physics job, working at the Tevatron, a circular particle accelerator outside of Chicago.

“I must have heard that question (about collider creating black holes) 500 times,” she said. “And the answer is no. The reason is because we already have a particle accelerator that is much more powerful than the Large Hadron Collider and that is the sun. Cosmic rays, which are high-energy particles collide with and interact with the earth’s atmosphere all the time, with more force than we can generate in the Large Hadron Collider. So if it was possible that colliding high-energy particles would make a black hole that would swallow the Earth, then that would have already happened.”

The Large Hadron Collider’s initial research run was from 2010 to 2013 before the machine was turned off for a two-

year break. It restarted a few months ago (a moment Ms. Shaw calls the highlight of her time at CERN). Multiple groups of researchers work on various projects at the collider at any given time. The LHCb experiment group recently grabbed headlines with its discovery of pentaquarks.

Ms. Shaw works, on behalf of Manchester University, on the Atlas experiment.

“Generally, what we’re (the Atlas experiment) trying to do is study all the particles we already know and discover new particles,” she said, adding her job “on the trigger” is helping out the system that decides which of the billions of particle collisions happening in the collider each second are interesting enough to record.

Working at CERN is interesting, and being able to live in France and walk to an office in Switzerland is a nice perk, and Ms. Shaw hopes to stay there as long as possible, but the nature of the work results in short contracts, so she has eventual plans to either become a professor or to join one of the many fields (such as data analysis, the insurance business or software writing) in which particle physicists are in high demand.

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Lawrence Bergen August 8th, 1934 – August 1, 2007 We think of you as living in the hearts of those you touched For no one we loved is ever lost, and we loved you so much.

Always remembered and missed, Betty and all your family.

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.

Join us for a general meeting on Tuesday Aug. 11, 2015 at 4 p.m. at the Windermere Community Hall.

We invite you to come and support our Windermere Community Association were you can be involved in shaping the growth of this dynamic and beautiful area of the Kootenays. Meet the executive, find out what we have been doing this last year, and hear what opportunities lie ahead for us all.

Dec. 18th, 1953 to July 23rd, 1978

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THANK YOU The family of Earl Hanson wish to thank: Drs. Dibb and Ross, Home Health Nurse Maxine, Invermere Ambulance, Windermere Fire Department, A & W staff, Lorraine and David from Mark Memorial, neighbours, friends and family for their kindness and caring. Thank you for food, flowering plants and cards, phone calls, prayers, emails and hugs. We truly are supported and blessed at this time of great loss to our family.

s obituary s JOLICOEUR, Mary Elizabeth Mary Elizabeth Jolicoeur (née Mulvihill), died peacefully at home attended by family after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 64. Survived by husband Steve, children Sean and Katrina, grandchildren Elizabeth, Tatiana, Taima, and Josh, and beloved cat Cole. A life-long worker in the medical sector, Mary was valedictorian of her graduating class at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Ottawa. Since the mid-1970s Mary and her family have lived in British Columbia and Alberta. In Vancouver, Prince George, Canmore, Calgary, and Invermere, among other places, Mary worked as a nurse and medical office assistant at medical offices and hospitals. She will be missed by her many co-workers and friends in both eastern and western Canada. An expert baker, Mary was renowned for her pecan pies and butter tarts, and her variation on the Poppycock popped-corn confection. Mary grew up in Renfrew, Ontario, the second of eight siblings, daughter of Dr. Lou and Dorothy Mulvihill. She attended St. Francis Xavier and St. Thomas the Apostle elementary schools, and St. Joseph’s High School.

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Cheers to Ray, the downtown farmers market organizer. Your skills and problem solving are simply amazing, also for your integrity and ability to fix whatever comes, so refreshing!

Cheers to the new coffee shop “Circle Café” and Cheers to the lady who paid for my coffee. I will pay it forward!

Double Cheers to all those responsible in the Village for the fabulous flowers in town, I’d thought we’d go downhill after Sandra left the contract, but it’s gotten better every year! Cheers again.

Jeers to the little red car that blew through the yield sign at the bottom of North St. in Windermere on Tuesday. If I was a little slower slamming on the brakes, you would have t-boned me. To add further insult, you gave me the finger!

Really - you could have caused a serious accident. Double jeers to the RDEK for not putting a stop sign there. Why wait for someone to get seriously hurt?

Jeers to Main Road, which apparently has the contract to cut the weeds along our highways and secondary roads. It has not been done. It’s a mess and dangerous in some areas with restricted vision.

A great big Jeers to the lake shore homeowner (you know who you are) who hired a local contractor, yet only pays a portion of the bill for work done promptly and professionally because they say they are sick of the locals ripping them off. REALLY? Shame on you.

Major Cheers to Andrew of aOS Tech.

Cheers to Roger and Trez for knocking some dead wood down so we could see the light! Great work, fellas!

Cheers to CMFP for the relationship advice.

Jeers to the weeds on the sides of the highways, especially on the Panorama Highway. It’s not only unsightly but, it’s extremely dangerous as you can’t see animals grazing and it’s very hard for cyclists to ride on the narrow shoulder when the weeds are so high!

Jeers to the family and relatives of seniors in residential care who do nothing but complain, whine and bad mouth the facility and its workers. You do not appreciate nurses and health workers who look after your family member when you cannot look after them yourself. Ever wonder why less and less people would like to work in a senior home? It is because of individuals like you. Shame on you.

Jeers to the individuals who don’t understand the meaning of an editorial. Quoted from the dictionary: “Noun 1. A newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.”

Cheers to April Trapp for inspiring ideas and awesome creativity - you are certainly doing what you were meant to do! Design Cents just make sense!

Cheers to the gals at Kootenay Savings! You saved the day on Saturday--we very much appreciate your willingness to help us in a pinch!

Many pie plates full of Cheers to Jeanette. If you’ve never been to the Edgewater Par 3 you don’t know what you’re missing, wonderful food, and the best pie ever. You rock!

A huge Jeers to our local conservation officers. Went camping last week and next to us the young group had a fire. Called it in, and NOTHING was done. Our word against theirs. How’s that for a kick in the teeth, too lazy to do their job. I guess a fire ban doesn’t mean you can’t have a fire, just means don’t get caught.

Jeers to my neighbour for trying to publicly shame me into cutting my lawn. I’m not lazy, I just LIKE long grass. Get a life and worry about your own grass .

9 holes of Cheers to Tammy at the Edgewater Par 3 for taking the time to help our boys get clubs that made the day very enjoyable.

Jeers to our neighbours who don’t appreciate our “natural” approach to managing our lawn. Do you realize how much water you waste when you leave your sprinkler on all night?

Cheers to our favorite local ND, Mike Baker. We think you’re brilliant, caring and just awesome. Keep up the good healing.

Cheers to the kind and honest person who handed in my wallet that I had left in the cart at Valley Foods.

A HUGE CHEERS to Local View Printing for your generosity and amazing design work! CHEERS! Jeers to the person in a grey 2-door pickup truck with high sideboards in the box. I witnessed you driving way too fast and coming awfully close to 2 cyclists on the west side road. Speed kills.

Jeers to the concerned mothers who should be discussing their financial woes with their lawyers instead of hanging their dirty laundry out in our local news print!

Cheers to the organizers, the entertainers and everyone else who made the Steamboat Mountain Music Festival such a great day’s entertainment. A visitor from Vancouver.

Huge and well deserved CHEERS to both papers for your open and honest analysis of government actions and initiatives, regardless of political party. A free, open and critical press is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy.

Jeers to whoever is causing the noxious and suffocating fumes on 7th Avenue. Kindly find a new hobby, as you are clearly not very good at this one.

LOST AND FOUND

Cheers to Carol from Love Your Nails who always makes my nails look so great!

Lost: July 18th at Windermere Beach, men’s gold wedding band.

If found please call 780-996-1609.

Huge Cheers to the swimmers and many supporters of “Jay Swim” Ang., Jul., Kev. and Dunc. for the reflective yoga, the organizing and kind words. The boaters, kayakers and canoers. Great to have the “MOAB” on board, plus Dr. Mike and amazing spotter dog, Lula! Donations to the Cranbrook Hospital Mental Health are a bonus. A beautiful morning of remembrance with family and friends.

Lost: Contact information for the person that delivered the Telephone books to the Invermere Visitor Centre. Please call 250-3422844

Cheers to me because I’m perfect!

Lost: CNIB cane, white with red tip, 250-342-6752.

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

Public Notice

As part of Canfor’s Forest Stewardship Council Certification and Sustainable Forest Management Plan, the public is invited to comment on the updated harvesting and road building plans in the following areas. In addition and as part of the ongoing treatments to limit the spread of Mountain Pine Bark Beetle, small scale harvesting and single tree fall and burn treatments identified in the 2014 Rocky Mountain Forest District Forest Health Overview flights will be implemented.

Forest License A19040- Elko/Sparwood/Cranbrook* Area

Landscape Unit/ Location

Bloom/ E.Wickman

C10 - Bloom Caven

River Road

C012 - Perry

Lodgepole

C15 - Lodgepole

Lower Shepp Cr/Harvey

C16 - West Flathead

Hellroaring

C04 - Hellroaring

Silver Springs Fire Interface

C30 - Cranbrook

Ladner

C24 - Lower Elk RIver

Upper Flathead

C17 - Upper FLathead

Cherry/Gilnockie

C09 - Yahk

Tachtee

C01 - Moyie

West Elk

C23 – West Elk

Forest License A20212- Creston* Area

Landscape Unit/ Location

Little Moyie

K02 - Moyie River

Forest License K1W – Sparwood* Area

Landscape Unit/ Location

Fir - Roberts

C19- Corbin

*Contact Ian Johnson, RPF @ 250-529-7211 ( Ext 220)

Forest License A18978- Canal Flats** Area

Landscape Unit/ Location

Skookumchuk-Torrent

I03- Skookumchuk

Johnson Lake- West

I04-Premier

Mid Lussier

I05- Lussier

Upper Blackfoot

I06-Blackfoot

Kootenay

I10- Nine Mile

Fir Mountain/Findlay

I12- Doctor

Brewer /Dutch creek

I14-Brewer

Forest License A18979- Radium** Area

Landscape Unit/ Location

Middle White River

I07- East/Middle White

Upper Slopes Whiterock

I09- Grave

Lodgepole/Fisher creeks

I20-Palliser

Windermere Creek

I25- Windermere

Greenbarn/Horsethief Ridge

I26-Horsethief

Steamboat South

I29-Steamboat

Brisco East- Body Creek

I30-Kindersley

Mid Luxor Creek

I33- Luxor

Tree Farm License 14- Parson** Area

Landscape Unit/ Location

Upper Vowell Creek

I34- Bobbie Burns

South Bench

I38-Twelve mile

**Contact Ken Streloff, RFT @ 250-529-7211 ( Ext 225)

Please contact the appropriate Forest Planner at the numbers listed above to arrange a mutually agreeable time to review the plans. Comments received by September 18, 2015 will be considered in the planning, permitting and harvesting phases.

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COMMERCIAL SPACE

suite for rent

house for rent

NEWHOUSE MULTI STORAGE Various sizes available.

Now with climate-controlled units.

Call 250-342-3637.

Shop for rent in the Athelmer Industrial Park. 1,000 square feet. $645 + gst. Call Carey at 604-7225342.

Windermere 4-plex: Bright furnished upper level 2-bdrm suite available Aug 1st. All appliances.

Large yard and ample parking. Two blocks from beach with lake views.

Call/text 250-409-7435 or email info@selkirkcells.com.

Windermere: Sept./Oct. to June.

Excellent for couple or single person. N/P, N/S. lovely sun porch, landscaped yard, fully furnished.

Includes Bell, W/D, wifi and water in rent. Request resume including proof of employment, police check, and two letters of reference. $900/ mo. + utilities. Contact arkelly@ xplornet.com or 403-542-7353.

COMMERCIAL SPACE 303 Westridge Place, Invermere, B.C. Beautiful, mountain-view home in desirable Westridge area. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Open, vaulted-ceiling living room/dining room/kitchen with large feature windows and garden doors opening onto full deck. All your living needs on the main floor. Fully finished walk-out basement.

Landscaped yard with trees, flower gardens and vegetable garden.

Spacious living on a quiet cul-de-sac close to all three schools. Ideal family or vacation home. The panoramic views of the Rockies, Purcells and Columbia Valley from the living areas and full-length deck of this beautifully-kept home must be seen to be appreciated. $519,000.

250-342-3791

Adjacent lot also offered for sale.

Rockies West Realty Independently Owned and Operated

492 Highway 93/95, Invermere, BC

Kim Collens

Representative

toll free: 1.877.342.3427 cell: 250.342.1671

kim@rockieswest.com www.kimcollens.com

Recipe Of The Week

HAM AND NAPA CABBAGE STIR-FRY ½ cup Chicken Broth 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil 2 Green Onions, sliced 1 tbsp Cornstarch 1 tbsp Rice Vinegar 2 cloves Garlic, diced 2 tsp Liquid Honey 1 tbsp Ginger, minced 6 cups Cabbage, chopped ½ tsp Five-Spice Powder 1 ¼ cups cooked Ham, diced Pinch Salt Whisk broth, cornstarch, vinegar, honey and seasonings with ¼ cup water.

Set aside.

Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; stir fry garlic, ginger, and onion; add cabbage and ham cooking for 3 minutes.

Stir in broth and cook until thickened.

see all my recipes at recipes.kimcollens.com

Home Of The Week Location! Location! Location!

Overlooking the Riverside Golf Course this beautifully upgraded 3-bedroom condo enjoys a premium location with wrap around deck and views. Priced to sell!

$275,000

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Pioneer Classified Advertising

250-341-6299

For Rent : Commercial Office Space

For Rent October 1st, 2015 Located behind the Dry Cleaners Invermere. $400/mo + GST + ALL Utilities.

Call 250-342-6790 for more information.

535 SF $740/month triple net 285 SF $390/month triple net Panache Building, Invermere Email: info@ panacheinteriorsinc.ca 250-342-5805

aCcommodation wanted

LOOK NO FURTHER Exceptional Location in Radium Hot Springs Off Hwy.93 coming and going to Calgary. Minutes from worldrenowned Kootenay National Park, Home of Radium Hot Springs Pool, as well as many Top golf courses, Panorama ski hill, numerous biking trails, and panoramic view of Purcell mountains. Building, Land, and Equipment. Building was built in 1987 with an addition constructed in 1993, for a total of 5,600 sq. ft. Is fully equipped with all equipment to get started on your adventure. Front part is being used as a Breakfast and Burger Restaurant with seating for 65 people. New deck built in 2013 seats forty people. Total seating for 200 +. Back 3,000 sq. ft. is ideal for a banquet facilities, pub, lounge or office space. Lot size is just under an acre with paved parking for 30 + cars. Bonus 2,500 sq. ft. Selfcontained finished owners suite below, 4-bdrm, two bathrooms and office, complete kitchen, family room and front room. Ideal location for Boston Pizza or Chinese Rest. As well as many other options with a C1 Zoning. Priced for quick sale $775.000. Call 250-270-0280 for more information, serious inquires only please.

I am hoping to be in Radium primarily on weekdays from August 4th to mid September to look for a home purchase. Accommodation without weekends would work.

I am a home owner now and a retired teacher. Sincerely, Kevin 403-607-5082.

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

WALK TO KINSMEN BEACH: Spacious, clean 2-bdrm basement suite downtown, separate entrance, 4 appliances, backyard amenities, N/P, N/S, no partiers, references/deposit required. Rent includes water/hydro/heat. 250342-7590.

SEEKING SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION LOOKING TO PURCHASE HOME

Chill working couple with two welltrained cats looking for a place in Invermere. August or September.

250-341-8027.

acCommodation Windermere lakeside cottage.

Short or long stays, for golf, skiing, relaxing. VRBO.com Property #711685.

Windermere, lovely furnished 4-bdrm, 3 bathroom cabin for rent.

Looking for the perfect couple who will look after it. No kids, N/P, $750/ mo plus utilities. Phone 250-3422135.

suite for rent 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.

Lower half up/down duplex, Invermere, 3-bdrm, private entrance, storage shed, 5 appliances, no smoking, no pets, $900/mo, includes water. Available Aug. 1st. Phone 403-288-5819.

Spacious and bright 2-bdrm lower suite with walkout. Includes 5 appliances, utilities, cable and internet. N/S, no parties. Call 250-342-4436 or 250-341-5695.

References and D.D. required.

house for rent 3-bdrm mobile home, large front deck, awesome view, 5 appliances, Green Acres Mobile Home Park. $950/mo + utilities. Sorry no dogs.

250-342-5146 or 250-342-1700.

Windermere, furnished, 1-bdrm home, lovely yard, N/S, pets considered, references required. $685/mo plus utilities. 403-6191540.

Athalmer unfurnished 2-bdrm home available Sept. 1st for long term rental. Huge kitchen, hardwood floors, good sized bedrooms, yard and pet friendly. $1,000/mo, includes basic utilities.

Call/text 250 341-5639.

Bright 2-bdrm ground level suite, partially furnished, large yard, storage, plenty of parking with great mountain view, quiet street in Invermere. N/P, N/S please, damage deposit $600, $950/mo utilities included. Available midSept. Please reply to; Rental, P.O. Box 362, Invermere, B.C., V0A 1K0.

Stating employment status, ages and references.

condo for rent Condo for rent in Aspen building in Radium, 2-bdrm, 2 bath, $850/ mo includes utilities. N/P, N/S. Underground parking. Available Sept. 15th, call 403-690-3166.

condo for rent Pinewood: 2-bdrm, 2 bath, unfurnished in Radium. AC, W/D and underground parking. N/S, N/P. $825/mo, includes utilities.

Available Sept. 1st, call 403-2853417.

LOT/ACREAGE FOR SALE The perfect duplex lot in a great location. Lot 13, 821 Westridge Way. Approximately .28 A, zoned R-2a, $180,000. 250-342-3147.

HOUSE FOR SALE Central Invermere Duplex with revenue suite. Lake view, close to beach. $389,000. PropertyGuys. com ID #266535.

Over 3,800 sq. ft., near Kinsmen Beach, open concept, lake view, basement suite, $589,000. 403968-9222 or 250-342-8787.

BUSINESS FOR SALE Kootenay Bayou Hot Sauce business for sale. Winner of three Scovie awards. There is a driving need to take this business to the next level, nationwide, currently handcrafted and hand bottled. We can’t keep up with the demand.

Serious inquiries only. 250-3423569 or info@kootenaybayou.com.

wanted Wanted kitten, call 250-341-1153 or 250-341-5146.

MISC FOR SALE Quality Top Soil and Manure $160 per dump truck load, $90 per pick-up load. Well-aged cow manure, $100 per pickup load.

Delivery extra. Call 250-342-1268.

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MISC FOR SALE

vehicles FOR SALE

services

help wanted

1996 Chevrolet 4x4 extended cab, propane powered, canopy, new battery, good tires. $2,300 O.B.O. 250-342-2898.

Your husband out golfing again?

Take a Chalk Painting Workshop at THE PAINTED PORCH! Learn to create and redo your tired furniture!

Contact Teresa 250-688-0388.

GOOD wage! Lawn Maintenance Staff, hard working, good customer relations and reliable. Drivers’ abstract/license and ability to drive truck/trailer an asset. Will train the right individual. Mon. - Fri. P/T and F/T available. balancebobcat@ hotmail.com

PRICE REDUCED: 1995 GMC 4x4, $2,500. 1992 Sea Ray boat/trailer $3,500. Buy both for $4,000. 250 342-8787.

RV Lots 250 US gallon tanks for sale.

Very versatile, plastic w/ metal 6” opening, 2’ discharge, 125 lbs. $150. Call George. 250-347-9500.

Set of 4 new M/S RT/S Wrangler Tires - P255/70R16 only 1800 km on Ford Alloy Rims - complete with chrome lug nuts $999.00. Please call 250-270-1611.

firewood Dry/split firewood for sale. Big or small volumes. Free local delivery.

250-688-3473 or aranwood@ hotmail.com.

Seasoned birch, larch, fir and pine firewood for sale. 250-409-9259.

boats FOR SALE

PRICE REDUCED: 1992 Sea Ray Bow Rider boat trailer $3,500. 1995 GMC truck $2,500.

Buy both for $4,000. 250 342-8787.

2005 17’ Glastron 150hp Evinrude with trailer. Beautifully maintained white boat. Bow rider.

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Fully serviced RV lots for sale, river and wetland access, 45 min. north of Radium. www. columbiariverwetlandsrvpark.ca, 250-348-2094.

childcare Dragonfly Discovery Centre is inviting children ages 2.5 to 6 years old to participate in a fun filled creative summer program located in Radium Hot Springs. Drop-in or reserve a spot. www. dragonflydiscoverycentre.com or call Charlotte at 250-270-0058.

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

Dry in 1 hour! Call 250-688-0213 or visit www.heavensbest.ca .

Private Housekeeper: Are you renting weekly/daily or just need a housekeeper to help you shine?

Trustworthy, efficient and reliable.

Call Jan 250-341-7498.

Shannon’s Blinds & Designs “Blinds, Drapery, retractable screen doors and more.” 250-342-5749.

help wanted 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.

Strands Old House Restaurant is accepting applications for a cook/ chef experienced in fine dining, P/T bartender, kitchen help/ dishwasher and evening servers.

Apply to Tony Wood at tony@ strandsrestaurant.com or 250-3426344.

Come and join our young energetic team, The Old Salzburg Restaurant is looking for wait staff. F/T or P/T. Experience appreciated, but not necessary. Call Ashley at 250-3476553.

Always wanted to work at a golf course? Then this is for you.

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is always looking for enthusiastic individuals, full time or part time to join our Food & Beverage, Golf Shop & Golf Course Maintenance teams.

Apply to David Sheedy at hr@fhsr. com or fax 250-345-6616.

The Old Salzburg Restaurant is looking for kitchen help. Willing to train, starting at $12.50/hr. Call Scott at 250-347-6553.

Boats For Sale

help wanted

Selkirk Cellulars & Office Supplies is seeking a P/T Sales/Telus associate, 12 hours a week to start, F/T in January. Please send your resume to info@selkirkcells.com.

Sonshine Children’s Centre is looking for a permanent part-time Early Childhood Educator to join our team starting September 1, 2015. Please forward your resume to son_shine@telus.net Peppi’s hiring part time dishwasher.

Stop by or email p.fuel@yahoo.ca.

Part-time secretarial, bookkeeping, client follow up, computer skills. Windermere home office.

403-519-8268 or patyesh@gmail. com

Fairmont Creek Property Rentals in Fairmont Hot Springs seek a housekeeping supervisor to join our team. $16/hr + health benefits. Email resume to info@fairmontcreek.ca or call 250-345-6116 Opt 2 for more information. Visit fairmontcreek.ca/jobs for details.

Everett Frater Enterprises now hiring Lawn maintenance employees for Mon-Fri, weekends off. Call 250-342-5645.

The Big Horn Motel in Radium is seeking cleaning staff. Flexible hours. Please contact Bill in person.

VALLEY FITNESS CENTRE: Part-time Desk Agent – 1 or more shifts per week. Seeking a positive, selfmotivated, responsible individual with a love for cleaning! Varied shifts available. Perfect second job.

ENJOY FREE GYM MEMBERSHIP! Apply in person or email helen@ shapeupinvermere.com.

health & wellness

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Enjoy kind companionship Help with transportation, errands and appointments Housekeeping, laundry Any personal and non-medical needs can be met

Stop Smiling.

Beautiful!

1996 Moomba Boomerang With trailer - PCM 5L Engine – Low hours. Asking $7K. Ph: 403-875-1821

[at least until your passport photo is taken]

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camera classes • canvas wraps photography • photo finishing • picture framing …look for the red door behind the Invermere Dry Cleaners!

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SHOP LOCAL and don’t forget to pick up your copy of the

Phone: 250-341-6299 Fax: 1-855-377-0312

N E W S PA P E R

Saunders Family Farm officially has another position available!

We are looking for a full-time, enthusiastic kitchen/production staff member who works well with others. Experience in a kitchen environment is definitely an asset. Come join our exciting venture and learn how to produce, package, and ship our ever expanding line of products. We offer competitive wages, year-round employment, and a fun work environment!

info@columbiavalleypioneer.com www.columbiavalleypioneer.com

ContaCt uS at 250-342-9283

Turf Care Technician We are looking for hard-working, energetic and enthusiastic individuals for positions within our Turf Care Department. If you are looking for a fun summer job and have a passion for golf, the outdoors, and want to lead an active lifestyle in the mountains, please give us a call or send us your resume.

Staff Benefits: • Affordable staff • Golf Privileges accommodation • Seasonal Bonus • Restaurant and Golf • Uniforms provided Shop discounts Looking for seasonal employment from now until late October.

RT HERE A T S S R E E R A C G INSPIRIN EZ NOUS H C E C N E M M O C I IMULANTE QU T S E R IÈ R R A C E N U

Please send your resume and cover letter to Evan Olauson, Golf Course Superintendent at evan@greywolfgolf.com

We are people working together to build strong and empowered families and healthy communities.

Bring your dedication, enthusiasm and willingness to make a difference to be part of our dynamic and history making organization.

Social Worker Windermere, BC

Working in a mountain national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site is not just a job, it’s a lifestyle in a spectacular location.

SITE MANAGER

Canadian Rockies Hot Springs Enterprise Unit Banff Upper Hot Springs (Alberta) - 1 position Radium Hot Springs (BC) - 1 position Wage: $63,861 to $69,006 (under review) Closing date: 7 August 2015 To apply, please visit our website: www.parkscanada.gc.ca/mpcareers Un emploi dans un parc national des montagnes et un site du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO, c’est plus qu’un simple gagne-pain – c’est un mode de vie dans un endroit spectaculaire.

The Social Worker is part of a team of professionals dedicated to the well-being of Aboriginal peoples and their families.

Qualifications: • Bachelor degree in Social Work or related field; • Minimum of 2 years’ Social Work experience; • Experience working with families at risk; • Experience working in Aboriginal Communities.

Please fax or e-mail your cover letter and resume to Darlene Trach, HR Manager, at: 250-489-2438 or dtrach@ktunaxa.org Please review the detailed description on our website: www.ktunaxa.org/careers/current-postings

GESTIONNAIRE DE LIEU

Unité d’entreprise des sources thermales des Rocheuses canadiennes Sources thermales Upper Hot Springs de Banff (Alberta) - 1 poste Sources thermales Radium (C.-B.) - 1 poste Salaire : De 63 861 $ à 69 006 $ (en cours de révision) Date limite : Le 7 août 2015 Pour présenter une demande, visitez notre site web : www.parcscanada.gc.ca/carrierespm N E W S PA P E R

For all your advertising needs, call Dean or Amanda at 250-341-6299

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Otter up!

help wanted

Early in the morning on Sunday, July 26th, valley wildlife photographer Bonnie-Lou Ferris headed out to the Columbia Wetlands on a kayak expedition north of the Athalmer bridge.

Planning to photograph eagles, she suddenly heard a strange noise behind her (“it sounded like a whale coming up for air!”) and, turning around, saw two large North American otters about 10 feet behind her.

“I have seen otters before, but never this large,” said Bonnie Lou. “They looked almost the size of a seal!”

Photos by Lou Ferris Photography

0911611 BC LTD o/a Tim Hortons 496 Highway 93/95 Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K2

Part and Full-time Positions Available Start date – ASAP Year-round Employment Excellent Medical/Dental Benefits Food Service Supervisor Permanent, Shift

Food Counter Attendant Permanent, Shift

No education required One to two years experience required.

Nights/early mornings/weekends $12.40/hour + medical/ dental/group benefits.

No education or experience required.

All shifts available – nights/overnights/ early mornings/weekends $11.50/hour + medical/ dental/group benefits.

Apply in person or via email (timhortons.invermere@gmail.com) for both positions.

Join our winning team!

Summer is here, and Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is still hiring!

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is always looking for enthusiastic individuals, full time or part time, to join our team. We’re hiring: Housekeepers, golf shop attendants, guest services personnel, retail clerks, servers, beverage cart attendants, and kitchen help!

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort offers a competitive salary and benefit package with access to all Resort amenities.

Interested applicants please forward their resume with references to the attention of: Human Resources - David Sheedy Fax: 250-345-6616 or email to: hr@fhsr.com

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Disappointed by Deja Vu closure

By Breanne Massey Pioneer Staff An informational discussion about the recommended Deja Vu singletrack closure recently held by the Columbia Valley Greenways Trail Alliance (CVGTA) drew hundreds of outdoor enthusiasts from all over the Columbia Valley.

Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources spokesperson Peter Holmes urged the CVGTA community to avoid using the Deja Vu singletrack trail area due to the biological impact assessments that have been done to help protect wildlife and plants.

People came to express their anger and confusion about the upcoming changes — as well as to demand more information about alternate routes.

But nearly a month after the confrontation, Village of Radium Hot Springs Councillor Ron Verboom expressed disappointment about the possible closure of the Deja Vu singletrack trail adjacent to the Old Coach Trail from Dry Gulch to Radium at the regular Radium council meeting on July 15th.

“If it does happen, personally, I’m really disappointed,” Mr. Verboom told council. “It’s such a popular trail area, and I think it’s probably one of the most popular hiking and biking trails in the Radium area.”

He added that many local families regularly utilize the Deja Vu singletrack trail to pursue a healthy and active lifestyle.

“They’re pretty mellow (trails) and easily accessible to the (village,) especially for Radium,” said Mr. Verboom. “We’re kind of landlocked, maybe trail locked because, to the north of us, we have private lands that we can’t access and to the east, we have Kootenay National Park, so there’s no biking there, so we really only have to the south directly accessed from Radium.”

He also voiced a concern about the future of the Headbanger Trail Challenge, the cross country running race that started eight years ago and uses the singletrack as part of its course.

The event is coming up on September 26th. Mr. Verboom questioned whether the course would be moved or if the competition would dissolve.

“It would be a huge loss,” he said.

However, CVGTA co-chair Jordie Kirk, who has assumed the responsibilities for the upcoming Headbanger Trail Challenge, says the race will go on.

“We will be racing on the Old Coach Road,” Mr. Kirk responded about the question by email. “Once we are back (from a race) we will finalize the course.

The race will go on.”

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July 31, 2015

More fun from around the valley From skating in rinks to dancing in barns, the valley hosted many thrilling events last week. Clockwise from the top right: a couple of jubilant dancers cut a rug during the Westside Trail Friend-Raiser, an event to raise funds for the Westside Legacy Trail project, held on July 25th; young hockey players from around western Canada converged on Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena for Columbia Valley Hockey School, which is owned and coached by professional hockey players Chris Bruton, Brett Ponich and Kevin Noble; Dandelions played their hearts out in front of a receptive audience during the District of Invermere’s weekly Music in the Park show on July 23rd; a group of moviegoers excitedly waited for Cinderella to start during an outdoor movie screening at Eagle Ranch Golf Resort on July 22nd; Eric Vanderkruk and Bill MacDonald take in the groovy tunes, played by Iron Zipper, during the Westside Trail Friend-Raiser (Photos by Kevin Nimmock).

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PIONEER ON THE ROAD World ramblers Travel World, our local travel agency in Invermere, has once again 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, snap a photo with it, send it in 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@columbiavalleypioneer. com, or drop by our office, #8, 1008-8th Ave. Invermere.

Pictured, clockwise from top left: Rythom on his way to Klemmer Leadership Camp in Colorado and Kookum (a.k.a. Crisanna) on her way to Victoria, from Calgary airport; Heather and Crisanna at the Art Walk piano in Victoria; Carlo and Klara Stiz while cruising to Alaska; Lorine and Paul Bowers from Columere Park at Bangla Road, Patong Beach in Phuket, Thailand; Lyle and LeeAnn Barsby and Diane and Lawrie Mack at Casa Grande, Arizona; Klara and Reto Stiz in Switzerland wtih Mount Pilatus in the background; Tom and Gail MacRae recently visited Dover Castle in England.

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Valley Churches

FAITH Like a Rock

By Pastor Wayne Frater Radium Christian Fellowship Church In the 1800s, Edward Mote wrote a powerful hymn titled The Solid Rock.

It is a hymn sung in many churches, including ours, from time to time.

“My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame But wholly lean on Jesus’ name On Christ the solid Rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand All other ground is sinking sand.”

This hymn, to me, kind of says it all.

Christ is the solid Rock. Christ and the cross are foolishness to some and they stumble and fall. Others stand on the Rock and place their trust in Him and in Him alone.

I have been told that Jesus is only a crutch, but what a crutch! It’s because of Him, His shed blood, and His

Righteousness, that I can face tomorrow and all of eternity. Without Christ, there is no hope.

I like this hymn, it is one of my favourites, and whenever I am going through something tough, it often comes to mind and gives me the hope to get up and get going. I have a faith in Jesus Christ that is unmovable. “Like a rock” kind of sounds like a truck commercial, doesn’t it? I believe there is only one hope: Jesus’ shed blood, and His righteousness.

So take a chance, trust in Jesus. Place all of your trust in Him. Fix your eyes on Him. Follow Him. He is our righteousness. He is our only hope for eternal salvation.

“When He shall come with trumpet sound Oh may I then in Him be found Dressed in His righteousness alone Faultless to stand before the throne On Christ the solid Rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand All other ground is sinking sand.”

Shuswap Band keeps its cool The Shuswap Indian Band remains committed to providing a safe environment for their members by promoting education about fire safety. One of the newest initiatives being offered to the community is the Family Emergency Plan, which included fire extinguisher training.

Columbia Gardens donated their Fire Simulator so the Shuswap community could gain hands-on experience.

Franz Grasegger, who works at Columbia Gardens and is trained on the simulator, provided an evening of instruction.

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LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH Sunday, August 2nd, 10:30 a.m.

Worship and Life Instruction, “A Summer of Miracles - PicNic Time” Pastor Trevor Hagan ministering.

The Lord’s Supper will be served.

Lead Pastor Trevor Hagan • Associate Pastor Matt Moore 326 - 10th Avenue, Invermere 250-342-9535 • www.lakewindermerealliance.org Windermere Valley Shared Ministry ANGLICAN-UNITED Bacon, Friends & Faith, 9:30 a.m. (Sept.-June) Worship every Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Christ Church Trinity, Invermere 1st and 3rd Sunday, 9 a.m.: All Saint’s, Edgewater 2nd Sunday, 7 p.m.: June - October at St. Peter’s Windermere Reverend Laura Hermakin 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere 250-342-6644 • www.wvsm.ca Valley Christian Assembly Sunday, 10 a.m.: Worship and Word 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.

Father Gabriel • 712 -12th Ave., Invermere • 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. David Morton • 250-417-5017 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 Adam Pasowisty • Columbia Valley Branch 5014 Fairway, Fairmont Hot Springs • 250-341-5792

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