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JULY 4, 2017 | Volume 30 No. 79
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First in a three-part series
Sun Rivers Golf Course to be sold CAM FORTEMS
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WHAT HAPPENED TO WOLF?
In May of last year, Wolf Sellmer — a seemingly wealthy accountant with a medical supply business, a million-dollar home on Shuswap Road and properties in Kamloops and Vancouver — was in a jail cell at the Kamloops courthouse after failing to produce documents sought by his creditors. Two weeks later, Sellmer was found dead by his daughter, killed by a single gunshot wound. Through court documents, extensive interviews with the family and a review of text exchanges in the days before his death — including a threat relayed by a man once described by prosecutors as an Independent Soldiers affiliate — Kamloops This Week looks at the circumstances surrounding the millions in debt and the death of this beloved family man. THE FIRST IN A THREE-PART SERIES BEGINS ON PAGE A6.
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An agreement in principle has been reached for the sale of Sun Rivers Golf Course to Big Horn Golf and Country Club LLP, led by Sun Rivers resident Bill Amy. As reported in the June 29 edition of Kamloops This Week and online at kamloopsthisweek.com, the sale involves Amy securing about 600 people investing $5,000 each for shares in the venture, with $3 million needing to be raised. The investment group will comprise golf members, Sun Rivers residents and local businesses through their investment in Big Horn, which will be headed by a seven-member board of directors. “We are pleased that ownership of the golf course will remain with the local community,” said Rick Siemens, CEO of Sun Rivers Limited Partnership. “The ownership group is committed to maintaining and expanding the golf course and clubhouse facilities, which will be a benefit to the Sun Rivers Community and to current and future residents at Sun Rivers.” The sale involves only the golf course and the facility housing Hoodoos restaurant and the pro shop. It does not include the realestate development side of Sun Rivers. Sun Rivers Partners indicated in 2015 it was putting the entire resort on the market. It listed the golf course
The transaction involving the golf course involves about 600 people buying shares for $5,000 each. KTW FILE PHOTO
for sale separately early in 2016. Amy and a business partner first tried to purchase the golf course last year, along with Hoodoos restaurant and the pro shop. The partners completed some renovation work, but the deal later collapsed. They regrouped and emerged with the share plan, which Amy said in April was getting close to its 600-member goal. In return for the investment, members will receive a 10 per cent credit on spending and other discounts at the course and associated restaurant. Amy said he has held 17 town hall meetings to explain his vision and the structure of the ownership. Money will be put in trust until a deal is executed. “The support so far from the community and golfer members has been tremendous,” Amy said. See COURSE, A4
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