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Ben Bischoff finishes Baja 1000 By Jo Anne Malpass North Shuswap’s own Ben Bischoff finished the internation-al off-road Baja 1000, coming in fifth in his class in the 1274 mile race, the longest race in its 47 year history. Only 131 of the about 240 entrants finished the race. The Baja 1000 took place on Mexico's Baja California Peninsula November 12 to 16, going from Ensenada to La Paz. Several types of vehicles compete in the Baja 1000 on the same course, including motor-cycles, stock utility ve-hicles, buggies, trucks and custom fabricat-ed race vehicles.

Ben competed in the class 19 UTV category, Stock 4-wheel Utility Vehicle.

During the 41 hours it took to complete the race, Ben and his navi-gator, Salmon Arm born Tyrell Leyenhorst, trad-ed off driving duties with Tyler Backus of Mara Lake and his navi-gator Jared L. Esau. Ben and Tyler each drove two sections. Ben has been a fan of off road racing for quite a while and want-ed to race. The UTV class is a newer class, he said, and is growing fairly quickly because it’s not as expensive as

some of the other vehicles. He contacted

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Holz Racing, who builds the UTVs and decided to go ahead with it. Tyler towed the racer from BC to Baja and Ben towed a smaller vehicle to use to pre-run the race. It was a 4600 km drive home from LaPas after the race. A pit crew of North Shuswap’s Ian Walker and Cameron Tennant “came down to help us get to the finish line.” Kyle Boppre of North Shuswap and Jeff Drombroskie of Kamloops were also a huge part of the team.

Ben’s parents, Ian and Leah Bis-choff went to the Baja to watch their son compete and go to the podium. “Ben and his Shuswap team planned, executed and finished one of the toughest races in the world. As a rookie team the fact that they finished at all, was amazing.” Dean, Scott and Mark Acton and their Captains Village Marina team were entered with a Class 15 buggy. Ben said he was hoping everyone would make it but unfortunately their buggy broke down about 500 miles into the race.

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Like any new program, changes to the Columbia Shuswap Regional Dis-trict Recycling depot, effective January 1, has some positive and some negative as-pects to it. It adds some new items that were not accepted for recycling but it will take more room and organization at home to sort into the six categories and some of it is a bit confusing. The new items include Styrofoam, plastic bags, paper cups, frozen food packaging, microwaveable paper contain-ers and aerosol cans. The six categories are containers, paper and cardboard, plastic bags and over wrap, coloured Styrofoam, white Styrofoam and glass. The containers category includes plastic containers and lids, tin cans and lids, aerosol cans and caps, frozen food packaging, paper cups and lids, plastic coated cartons, spiral wound paper cans and lids and microwaveable paper con-tainers. It allows plastic coated milk cartons and soup tetra-pak containers but not stand-up drink pouches. The lids have to be kept attached to tin cans (or put back inside and squeezed shut) but with spiral wound paper frozen juice, coffee or nut cans, you have to put the lids in loose. The microwavable bowls cannot have metal rims. You can put in aluminium foil and aluminum food containers but not chip or foil bags. The paper recycling is fairly straight forward with cardboard, paper, newspaper and magazines but be careful not to in-clude waxed produce boxes, gift wrap,

padded envelopes or books. You’re not supposed to mix plastic with paper but if you put in shredded paper, you have to put the paper inside a clear plastic bag. Plastic bags and over wrap includes bags for groceries, dry cleaning, bread, salad, frozen vegetable bags and over wrap for mattresses, furniture and elec-tronics but not cellophane or cling wrap, zipper-lock bags, garbage bags or biode-gradable or compostable plastic bags. Styrofoam must be sorted into col-oured or white. This includes meat trays, foam egg cartons, cushion packaging used to protect electronics and take out contain-ers. Does not include foam peanuts, pack-ing chips or noodles. The glass category accepts container glass but not glasses or beverage glass. Unless you live in Salmon Arm, where they can still take paper and con-tainers to the curb unsorted, you have to sort it, then take it to the Scotch Creek Transfer station and reach over your head to put the correct items in the correct slot in the new bins the CSRD has spent $100,000 plus taxes for. If all this seems like a lot of work, the CSRD added some incentives when it increased fees for refuse disposal. “New fees are consistent with the user pay strat-egy for refuse disposal and allow for in-centives (decreased disposal fees) for tak-ing the time to separate recyclable waste from the garbage and disincentives (increased disposal fees) for disposing of recyclable or bulky materials at a refuse disposal facility.”


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The Inaugural meeting of the 2014-2018 CSRD Board took place on Friday, December 5th, 2014, in Salmon Arm. Election for the Chair and Vice Chair were held with Director Rhona Martin, Electoral Area E (Rural Sicamous, Swansea Point and Malakwa) being elect-ed as Chair and Director Paul Demenok, Electoral Area C (South Shuswap) being elected as Vice Chair. Directors Comments: Congratulations to Rhona and Paul!! Grants in Aid The Board approved the following Grants in Aid: Area C • Kamloops Symphony Society (Salmon Arm Concert Series) $300 • Pink Piston Paddlers (Paddles and Can-cer Awareness) $600 Area D • Silver Creek Community Association (tables and chairs) $4,500 • Ranchero Deep Creek Community As-sociation (operational costs) $1,900 Area E • Eagle Valley Rescue Society (crew training) $2,500 • Sicamous Eagles (assist with travel costs) $1,498 Note: The Board is again considering grant-in-aid applications for electoral area community groups and organizations. Applications are accepted via the Elec-toral Area Director and/or by the CSRD Financial Services Department. Updated Terms of Reference Shuswap Tourism and Economic Development Shuswap Tourism and Shuswap Eco-nomic Development Advisory Commit-tees now have new updated Terms of Ref-erence (TOR). The new TOR will assist the Advisory Committees in making rec-ommendations for the annual work plan that will be presented to the Board. • Shuswap Tourism (TOR) • Shuswap Economic Development (TOR) For further information on any of the items above, please contact [email protected].

Land Use Matters Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) Application for Subdivision The Board recommended approval of the application from Kim and Theresa Smith for a subdivision of two properties within the ALR, located in the Malakwa area of Electoral Area E. The proposal is to adjust the parcel line between the two properties, creating one lot of 2.02 ha and one lot of 3.98 ha, both properties would remain in the ALR. Development Variance Permit (DVP)

701-58 Exemption to Floodplain Setback Requirements No. 701-10 The Board approved an exemption to the floodplain setback requirements and flood construction level of the South Shuswap Zoning Bylaw No. 701, in re-spect to the existing permanent single family dwelling and existing boathouse for property located at 5615 Eagle Bay Road, subject to registration of a suitably worded covenant that saves harmless and indemnifies the CSRD and the Crown in the event of flood damage. A Develop-ment Variance Permit to relax the front parcel, side parcel and rear parcel setback requirements of the same property was issued subject to the issuance of a setback permit from MOT. Salmon Valley Land Use Amendment

(674816 BC Ltd.) Bylaw No. 2554 Second reading and the delegation of a public hearing was given to Bylaw No. 2554 for property located on Highway 97 and Westwynd Drive in Falkland. The proposed amendment will rezone a por-tion of the property from C – Commercial to RS – Single and Two Family Residen-tial to facilitate a six lot subdivision. The applicant is also requesting "mini storage" be added to the permitted uses in the C – Commercial designation/zone for this property only. Please contact the Development Ser-vices Department for information on the above land use matters. The complete listing and details of all land use items considered at the December 5, 2014 Re-gional Board meeting are available at www.csrd.bc.ca.

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Fatal collisions On December 4, Chase RCMP re-sponded to a fatal three-vehicle collision on Hwy 1, five kilometres west of Chase. An eastbound logging truck and a westbound car collided, which was fol-lowed by a secondary collision when a tractor-trailer unit hit the overturned log-ging truck. The sole occupant driver of the car, Michael David Evenson, aged 37 of Chase, was deceased at the scene. The two truck drivers were transported to hos-pital with non-life-threatening injuries. On December 6, Chase RCMP re-sponded to a single vehicle roll-over colli-sion on Kamloops Shuswap road, approxi-mately 5 km west of Pritchard. The vehi-cle travelling westbound left the roadway on the left, ending up approximately 15 metres down a steep embankment. The driver and one passenger were taken to Royal Inland Hospital with non-life threat-ening injuries. The third occupant, a 39 year old from Chase, identified as Sheila Ignace, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Theft & Mischief Between the dates of December 7th to 16th and December 25th to 29th Chase RCMP received numerous complaints that several mailboxes throughout the North Shuswap, mainly in the Lee Creek area were broken into and damaged. An undis-closed amount of mail was stolen. Chase RCMP is investigating in conjunction with Canada Post security. Anyone with infor-mation regarding these incidents is asked to call Chase RCMP or Crimestoppers. On December 9, Chase RCMP re-ceived a complaint of theft of two 20lb propane tanks stolen from the back deck of a residence on Copper Cove Rd. On the same evening police received a report of a Break and Enter to a resi-dence at T’alana Bay. The report indicat-ed that two structures on the property had been forcefully entered by prying the doors open. A number of electronics were stolen. Police are still investigating.

These thefts should serve as a re-minder to the public to be vigilant of their own and their neighbour’s property. If you see any suspicious people or vehicles in the area do not hesitate to contact police and make note of any details you can gath-er of the people, vehicles, etc. Anyone who may have witnessed these crimes, or has knowledge of them, is asked to call Chase Detachment or Crimestoppers or go online to www.bccrimestoppers.com.

Motor Vehicle Accidents On December 1, Chase RCMP re-sponded to a motor vehicle incident on Highway 1 east of Chase at Jade Moun-tain. The driver of a Toyota Forerunner lost control on icy roads and slid into the cement barricade blocking the road and causing the wheel to sear off. There were no injuries; however the driver was issued a violation ticket for driving with undue care and attention. On December 8, Chase RCMP re-ceived a complaint of a single vehicle collision on Hwy 1 and Squilax Angle-mont Hwy. A vehicle had lost control and went off the highway smashing into a sign and breaking the passenger window. The driver said that one of his tires ex-ploded causing him to lose control. There were no injuries and the driver was not charged. On December 13, Chase RCMP re-sponded to a two vehicle collision at Jade Mountain on Hwy 1. A vehicle travelling westbound was attempting to pass a Grey-hound bus in the fast lane when it clipped the back corner of the bus. This caused the vehicle to swerve across the Hwy landing in the ditch. No one on the bus was injured. The driver of the car was transported to hospital with minor injuries. On December 16, Chase RCMP re-ceived a report of a two vehicle collision at the top of Jade Mountain. Both vehi-cles were travelling east at the end of the passing lane. One of the vehicles was merging into the two lanes when it was struck from behind by a pick-up truck. It was learned through investigating that this accident was a result of a road rage inci-dent. The driver of the pick-up truck was issued a violation ticket for following too closely.

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Docks Very little has happened since the flurry of activity around dock removals that started in the spring of 2013. A very strong public reaction stopped the threatened remov-als but the government has been silent on where we go from here. Recently some derelict docks were removed from Shuswap and Little

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There is some obvious reluctance on the part of gov-ernment staff to start pushing the public’s buttons on this issue. That is the good news. The silence on where we go from here remains troubling however. As stated many times in these articles, we are only asking for two things; make dock authorizations simple and streamlined and extend the process to include semi-waterfront properties. I once again followed up with Minister Thomson and recently sent the following letter. Hon. Steve Thomson Minister of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations 102 – 2121 Ethel Street Kelowna, BC V1Y 2Z6 Dear Sir: Subject: MFL & NRO Plans for Docks Fronting Semi-Waterfront Properties I last wrote to you on July 17th asking that docks for semi-waterfront properties on Shuswap Lake be authorized by your Ministry. You re-sponded to that letter by say-ing that a policy was being developed that would be com-municated with the public soon. Since then a number of docks fronting semi-waterfront properties have been authorized on Paul Lake north of Kamloops by MFLNRO. For ease of refer-ence, these properties are located on Paul Lake Road in the south west corner of the lake. Despite these authoriza-tions, the situation on Shus-wap Lake remains unresolved. I urge you to make a de-cision in favour of allowing semi-waterfront properties on Shuswap Lake to have docks consistent with how your Min-istry has treated Paul Lake residents.

Over Regulation in our Local Government

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all Directors on the Columbia Shuswap Regional District Board who are newly elected, reelected, and returned by acclamation. I would also like to ask them to focus on im-proving our regional economy as a first priority over the next 4 years. One of the most egregious examples of local government regulation that hurts our econ-omy is the 100 m Lake Devel-opment Permit which has worked its way into the Offi-cial Community Plans in Area C and F. I’ve written about this in past articles but I have heard increasing frustration from homeowners and con-tractors over this issue. This is “feel good” regu-lation that on the surface sounds like the lake is being protected but is anything else in practice. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this local gov-ernment regulation, I will briefly recap the requirements. This Development Permit is intended to address the im-pacts of “development beyond a single family residence” on Shuswap Lake. There are three triggers to needing one of these permits. 1. Removal of more than 30% of the vegetation on a lot. 2. A total hard surfacing of more than 450 m2 or 30% of a lot if smaller than 0.10 ha (0.25 acres) 3. Installation, alteration, or replacement of (or a portion of) a sewerage system. If any of these thresholds are crossed, then a report pre-pared by professional engineer who is experienced in hydro-geology is required. These reports typically cost in the order of $4000.



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a turn around area, and park-ing for 4 cars add $4000 to the cost of paving. Now for the third trigger. If you are building a new house within 100 m of the lake you should be putting in a new septic system but do these development permit require-ments encourage people to do the environmentally responsi-ble thing? A homeowner can save spending $4000 on a hy-drology report by using the old septic system if they can keep the number of bedrooms and square footage the same as the old house. If a home owner has a leaking septic tank they have three choices; break the law and spend $500 to fix it and save $4000, ignore the leak and save $4000, or do the right thing and upgrade your system to meet today’s stand-ards. Unfortunately, doing the right thing will add $4000 for a hydrology report to the typi-cal cost of $20,000 on a com-plete system replacement. Our local government should be asking themselves what they are really accom-plishing with this regulation. I also question why our local government is getting this involved in residential sewage disposal in the first place. Their role should be limited to ensuring provincial legislation with respect to sewage disposal is met before issuing building permits. Sor-ry, that’s a bit simplistic. Ac-tually having a building bylaw that requires building permits is a local government respon-sibility, but the bylaw only exists in Area F. Sewage disposal is clearly a provincial responsibility. The province controls the BC Sewerage Regulation and if our local government doesn’t think it is effective then talk to the province. I always hear



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Thank You From the North Shuswap Food Bank

By Alison Elmes The donations of food, cash, time and effort made to our local Food Bank this Christmas season was, as usu-al, outstanding. Such an out-pouring of generosity defines just what a wonderful com-munity we live in. The spirit of caring is truly alive and well in the North Shuswap. On December 17th, thirty five very generous hampers were assembled and distributed to those in need. We were asked to pass along the thanks and appreciation of those receiving the hampers. Sincere thanks to all the volunteers who helped to col-lect, transport, sort the donat-ed food and gifts and fill up the hampers assuring that they were ready for pick up at the appointed time; for the donations of gifts, food and funds from the community at large; to the South Okanagan Humane Society and Sharon Nichol for the donation of pet

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Anglemont Volunteer Fire Department firefighters wish to thank everyone who helped make our annual Fund Raiser/Boot Drive a success. We were able to donate much needed funds to a less fortu-nate family in our Fire Ser-vices Area. We also want to recognize several of our members who assisted in the Annual Food Drive at the North Shuswap Community Hall. We look forward to being a part of this event every year. We are very pleased that 11 of our members have com-pleted and passed their Basic Firefighters exams. Several others are nearing completion. Our Friday morning prac-tices are proving to be a big success with an average of 12 members attending weekly. Practicing in daylight allows us the opportunity to familiar-ize ourselves with the Angle-mont Water System and re-view previous pre-planning for all structures in our region. Congratulations to Duff Overland, our new Safety Of-ficer. With our recent re-organization, Don Lauzon assumes the Hall Captain posi-tion and Dave King moves to a Training Officer Position. We trust that everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. For more information about Anglemont Fire Department, call Graham at 250-955-2173.

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Greetings from the Scotch Creek/Lee Creek Fire Depart-ment! We hope that everyone had a very happy Holiday sea-son. The Christmas Parade appeared to be a huge success. Thanks go from the fire de-partment to Al Christopherson

for taking on the responsibil-ity of organiz-ing this special event. Well done Al. With winter comes the cold and snow. When there is snow and ice, please keep in mind that driving conditions can change in an instant. Be very cautious when walking. Coming from a mild season to below zero weather, we are going to be burning our wood heating devices a little hotter. We hope that you thought about checking your chimneys before the snow landed on your roof. If not, may we sug-gest that at the very least, you purchase a creosote destroyer, either in log form or the con-tainer of powder, and use it as directed. Trust me; I have seen evidence of just how clean your chimney will stay when using these products. Currently our roster still stands at 22 members. We would like to thank the Nicki Podruzny for joining our de-partment. We thank her for her enthusiasm and commitment. For everyone in the com-munities of Scotch Creek/Lee Creek, Celista and Anglemont; please feel free to come out and observe our drills and per-haps consider joining one of the fire departments, our training runs every Tuesday night from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Fire Chief Art Stoll 250-955-2422.

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all part of our positive direc-tion which will continue for years to come. If you have a New Year’s resolution to fulfill, or just need to rid yourself of the winter blahs, consider joining our team. You don't need the ability to leap over tall build-ings in a single bound, just the desire to help out. We will provide all training, whether it's traffic control, hose de-ployment, pump operation, driving or front line Fire-fighting. Our doors are open and welcome to you. Call Roy at 250-517-0540. All of us at Celista Fire Department would like to wish all a Happy, positive and pro-ductive New Year. Remember to be Safe ..think Safety. We're ready...are You?


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By Jo Anne Malpass For current information on events in the North and South Shuswap, a growing number of people are looking at The Kicker’s Facebook page. This is a great spot to get reminders of current events or to see events and news that did not make it into the printed version of the Kicker. We will some-times share breaking news from just outside our area as well. Many people don’t realize this but you do not need to have a Fa-cebook account of your own in order to view our page. Just type in www.facebook/shuswapkicker on your brows-er and it will take you right to us! If you do have your own Facebook account even better! You can post comments on our newsfeed, or send us a message, picture or short video of something you would like us to share. Do you

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Onyx Creek has a large deck where residents can sit out and watch the activi-ties of the horse, donkey, three sheep, 15 chickens, a rooster, three dogs and a cou-ple cats. There are also birds and deer and the occasional bear wondering through the adjacent field. It has been a slow process, taking two years to build. Angela and her husband Mark did most of the finishing work themselves. Angela, Mark and their two children, 14 year old Grace and 9 year old Maddy, currently live in the home. The family will relocate once clients fill the

existing rooms. Mark has kept his job at Adams Lake Mill while the couple builds up the business. Onyx Creek Estates has had two residents staying there but after meeting all the assisted living health and safety requirements, emer-

gency plans, staffing and menu, it has already added one more resident and is set up to take three more. Angela has tried to make it feel like home but knows it isn’t really. “I don’t take it lightly that these people have given up their home and independence.” She and her staff understand the need to be compassionate and understanding of that. Angela has been growing the busi-ness slowly but has plans for a spa room, games room, solarium, paved walking paths to a pond and an area set aside for family and friends to camp for a night or weekend to be closer to loved ones. Call to set up an appointment to tour the facility to see if it is right for you or a family member. The Kicker appreciates the advertis-ing support from Angela at Onyx Creek Estates and wishes her every success in the future.

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By Lena Whittaker Take a leisurely drive along and around the Squilax-Anglemont Highway, and you will notice a building on the lakeshore side of the road, simply marked “Celista Com-munity Hall”. It is where you will find folks from around here, and some who come from afar, gathering together to enjoy a unique blend of live entertain-ment. The evening event is held on the 3rd Friday of every month, from October to May. Local artists and special guests perform a myriad of songs and music, po-etry and short stories, punctuated with a joke here and there for good measure. The acoustic sound is great! It is unhindered any-where that you choose to sit in the room. Along the back wall is table set up for the children to draw. Yes indeed, it is a family affair. Walking through the doors, the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and blueberry tea fills the air. Some of the local artists head backstage. And as the door opens and closes delight-ful sounds escape from the mu-sicians as they get ready for the evening's performance. Browse the list of the performers, and decide if this is the night that you add your name to the list. Head on over to the coffee bar for a cup of tea and a pastry. Shake hands and say hello as you make your way to an empty

seat. Sit back, relax and take it all in. 'Tis the Season of Love and Joy, a Season where family and friends gather together to share glad tidings, music and song with festive happy hearts. It is at the Celista Commu-nity Hall "Coffee House" that you will find that the "True Sea-son of Giving" is never ending, from set up to tear down and all the treats in between. It thrives with the help of all the commu-nity sponsors and volunteers. The December Coffee

House, had a variety of Christmas and Holiday music. Everyone joined in on singing traditional, well re-membered songs as well as some old fa-

vorites presented in a new and unusual way. Jan 16, 2015 is the first Coffee House of the New Year .It is with great pleasure that we announce our featured guest, "Ruby Bruce", a bright young local Artist. The House opens at 7:00 PM., entertain-ment begins at 7:30 PM. A small $4.00 cover charge will get you a great seat. Come join in the fun. May-be you have a song or short story you would like to share. Be brave and be strong and just get on up there.

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By Bev Shea Here we are just a few days into the New Year and many of us should still be excited about all the positive changes we are going to make in our lives this year, and a few of us will have already started to slide back into old habits. How can we keep to our good resolutions? I think it starts with knowing how to set goals and achieve them. I believe that most of us can achieve whatever we believe we can. As Henry Ford said “whether you believe you can or you can’t you are right”. I know that I have written be-fore about the DREAM for-mula for success, but I think this is a great time to give it to you again. D – Define Your Goal – You can go old school and get out a pen and paper to write your goal down, or you can make a note on your phone or tablet – just be sure that it is somewhere you can refer to it often. Be very spe-cific about what you want to achieve and when you want to achieve it. For example: I

will finish my course by June, or I will lose x number of pounds by July. R – Realistic Expecta-tion – We want to be sure that our goals are achievable and one way is to be sure that we are realistic in our expec-tations. You shouldn’t set a goal of finishing your course by June if it is a 2 year course and you are just starting – that is unrealistic and you are set-ting yourself up for failure. Make sure that the goal you have set for yourself in some-thing that can be achieved in the time frame you have cho-sen. E - Effective Effort – A major component of achiev-ing our goals is the effort we put into them. Research your goal and determine what steps are necessary to achieve it. Whatever goal we set for our-self, it is going to take some work on our part for us to be successful. Be willing to in-vest your time and energy into getting the result you desire.


Reinbrecht Trial set for February 10

By Jo Anne Malpass The criminal negligence trial for Celista resident Leon Reinbrecht has now been scheduled to start February 10, 2015 at the Kamloops Court House. It was scheduled to start earlier in the month to be decided by a jury but Reinbrecht has re-elected to have his trial in front of a Supreme Court judge alone. Reinbrecht was charged after a speedboat crashed into a houseboat on Magna Bay following a July 2010 Canada

Day fireworks display. The impact embedded the speed-boat completely inside the houseboat cabin, killing 53-year-old houseboat owner Ken Brown and injuring eight of the 16 people aboard the vessels. Crown Counsel Neil Flanagan said there are two charges, criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm. The trial could last up to six weeks, with a large number of witnesses to be called.


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By Alison Elmes This very relaxed and friendly group of would be artists meet weekly at 10am on Tuesdays. We usually paint until 2-3pm Anyone interested in joining us will be most welcome, experience in art not required. We are most fortunate to have Peter O'Toole as our volunteer resident artist and instructor. Peter, who was born in Prince Albert, Sas-katchewan in 1946, devel-oped his interest in art by the age of 8 and it has been an important part of his life ever since. Peter has commis-sioned works in collections in

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A – Affirmations and Visualization - Affirmations (positive self-talk) and visual-ization (picturing the outcome you desire) are two mental disciplines that can be very effective in helping you real-ize your goal. Write (or type) out some positive affirmations for yourself, that you can re-peat to yourself daily. One of the most famous positive af-firmations is “Every day in every way I am becoming better and better”. Affirma-tions should be in your own words and meaningful for you. The subconscious mind accepts the thoughts that you often repeat. When it accepts them, it changes your mindset accordingly, as well as your habits and actions. This brings you into contact with new people, situations and circum-stances. Creative visualization is the technique of using one's imagination to visualize spe-cific behaviors or events oc-curring in one's life. Create a detailed schema of what you desire and then visualize it over and over again with all

of your senses (i.e., what do you see? what do you feel? what do you hear? what does it smell like?). For example, in sports a golfer may visual-ize the perfect stroke over and over again to mentally train muscle memory. I read that actor Jim Carrey, wrote a check to himself in 1987 in the sum of 10 million dollars. He dated it 'Thanksgiving 1995' and added the notation, “for acting services ren-dered.” He visualized it for years and in 1994 he received $10M for his role in Dumb and Dumber. M – Meditation or an-other spiritual practice – I know that a very important part of achieving our goals is to have a meaningful spiritual practice in place. We must remember that we are spiritu-al beings on a human journey. Take time each day to smell the flowers and marvel at the wonders that surround you, then you will find that miracle follows miracle and wonders never cease and that’s the way it is.


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Submitted by: Karen Boulter Have you ever con-sidered becoming a First Responder? Maybe you are won-dering what might be involved and how often you would be called upon to help. North Shuswap First Responders has been helping people in crisis situations for the past 20 years. The NSFR Society was also formed 14 years ago to help with the administration and fund raising efforts. Today, the Society continues to manage the budget and all the donations, apply for the CSRD grant, approve and pay for all the equipment and training costs, and provide home care equipment and reflective address signs to better fa-cilitate our community needs. The NSFR are trained to respond in emergency situa-tions whenever an ambulance is required. Historically, BC Ambulance dis-patches us to between 90 and 120 calls per year. Each individual First Responder can expect to attend anywhere from 10-40 of these calls per year, based upon his or her own availability. We are all volun-teers and therefore our schedules revolve around and vary with our daily lives. If you plan to become a NSFR you might want to consider the following statistics. Seventy percent of our calls are received in the six month period from May through October. The busiest months within this period are July and August. February is typically the quietest month. Last year, 92% of our calls were ini-tiated by medical conditions such as shortness of breath and chest pains, inju-ries due to falls, allergic reactions and occasional mishaps with power tools. The remaining 8% of the calls were due to motor vehicle incidents. We assisted with four helicopter landings this past year when patients required an air lift to the hospital. The majority of our calls are received during the day time hours, with only 13% requiring a response between midnight and 6:00 in the morning. As well as responding to emergency calls, the NSFR meet twice per month for ongoing training sessions. We organize the training for all new responders and dispatchers, maintain our equipment and manage the paper work for BC Ambu-lance Services. This is a diligent, hard-



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From Pat Danforth The 31st Annual Reino Keski-Salmi Loppet in Salmon Arm’s Larch Hills is quickly approaching and will take place on Saturday, January 17, 2015. With the recent snow, the wintery conditions are ideal for everyone to get out to enjoy some skiing in preparation. This event, one of the Kal-West Interior Loppet Se-ries races, is truly a family event with recreational and competitive distances for all ages. The Loppet is a fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. & Yukon. Getting pledges is optional and they're based on participation, not individ-ual kilometres skied. Depending on the total amount of their pledges, skiers will receive various prizes with details found at www.fitforheart.ca. Over the past 25 years, this event has raised over $385,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. & Yukon.

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By Barry Tannock Health and happiness to all in 2015. The Shuswap Better at Home Program will have a representative at Lakeview Centre in Anglemont early this year to explain their range of services and answer questions. These services include friendly visits, house-keeping, minor home repairs, snow shovelling, transporta-tion, grocery shopping and light yard work. Look for posters announcing specific date and time. Contact Grace McNabb for more infor-mation at 250-955-2555. Our virtual doctor, Dr. Mike Figurski, continues to hold appointments, every Friday morning, by computer link with his Kelowna office. To schedule an appointment, call 250-955-0660 and leave a message. You’ll receive a callback to schedule a date and time. An increasing num-ber of users suggest this works very well. It is particu-larly useful for prescriptions, referrals, (lab work, X-rays, specialists) test interpreta-tions and medication review.

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Congratulations to Marie Buchanan from Kaleden (near Penticton), this month's winner of the $20 Name That Thing prize. Marie correctly identi-fied the object as a sock stretcher. For the early pioneers, natural fibers such as cotton and wool were what was used for clothing. The fabrics pro-duced with them were service-able, durable and, espe-cially desira-ble in winter, warm. Washing the wool gar-ments could be challeng-ing. If you have or have had an article of clothing made of wool, you know what can happen to that article when it is washed - the fibres shorten and you suddenly have a shrunken, misshapen lump. The solution to this, at least for socks, was the sock stretcher.

Once socks were laun-dered, often with a homemade soap, they were pulled over the sock stretcher and hung to dry. The stretchers maintained size and shape, and helped the socks to dry faster because they allowed for a bit of air between the two sides.

Sock stretchers and pant stretchers were not exclusive to early settlers. Before electric dryers be-came a household

standard, those laundering relied exclusively on line drying - out-side whenever possible. The sock stretchers did the job they had always done, and the pant stretcher did the same for dress and work pants alike. Plus, they made the job of pressing pants wrinkle-free with a sharp crease, much easier! Here is the

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Happy New Year Everybody. This year I learned that Christmas Day and New Year’s Day are always on the same day of the week. From my per-spective, I always find there is only one day between Christmas and New Years and the New Year always starts on a Monday. My brain around this time usually turns into a Giant Plum Christ-mas Pudding cooked slowly over a fire of cake, cookies, chocolates, Turkish delight, fudge, coffee, oh and don’t forget the roasted pistachios. I find that I spend all “that day” eating the books I got for Christmas and reading as many chocolates as I can. So December was a great time down at the Hall, and it could not have been so without all the volunteers who make all the events happen. The Friend-ship Dinner has been going on now for over twenty years and it could not exist without the army of people who cook the turkeys, boil the potatoes, put out the tables and chairs and sing the car-ols. Truly the Friendship Dinner, a celebration of community and sitting down to turkey dinner with two hun-dred of your friends and neighbours, is something that cannot be overestimated or overlooked as a force for good in this world. The Lions Kids Christmas Party, held in conjunction with the Kicker Colouring Contest, is another example of the wonderful work that the Lions Club does in our community. Their accomplishments are too numerous to mention. It’s easy to say that when something good is happening some-where around you, the Lions are part of it and working to raise money for it. Big thanks to Janice Delisle who organizes the kids in her class to make the giant Santa Clauses adorning the walls. Lots of the decorations have been

made by kids over the years and get put up every year by the NSCA volunteers. Thank you everybody who orga-nized and set up the two craft fairs be-fore Christmas that allowed local peo-ple to buy local made goods. Both were a big success and everybody came away loaded down with soaps and books and pictures and candles and what have yous. Always fun to have a day out and meet up with people you don’t get to see every day. As for January? It’s time to get down to Nia and let Nancy soothe your Christmas worries and build you back up as a member of the Purple Hat War-rior Society. Nia on Tuesday and Thursday at 10:30 am is an exercise program, but really it is much, much more. Ask Nancy for more details (250 679-8233). Zumba, Tuesday and Thurs-day 9-10, is less esoteric, but if dancing away all your cares is more your style, then get on down and join the crowds for a couple hours of aerobic routines. I say do both though, and you will live a thousand years and a day. The Coffee House in January fea-tures Ruby Bruce, who was last year’s under-eighteen winner of the Shuswap Idol competition at the Salmon Arm Fall Fair. Ruby, age twelve, has the stage presence of a seasoned vet, and when backed up by a host of amazing musicians, her show promises to be a wonder of delights. Memory of the year?.... ok if you missed The Perry Tucker Family Sing-ers sing Rudolf the Rednosed Reindeer to the tune of The House of the Rising Sun at the last coffee house, you missed something special, so get out to see and do everything this community has to offer because it’s always good and sometimes it’s a once in a lifetime.

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By Jan Penner Heather Alison had a rather disap-pointing Christmas. Instead of cele-brating, she was under the weather with the flu. She did spend some time with her ailing father, but her Christmas din-ner consisted of toast. She thankfully recovered soon after. Our snowfall after Christmas al-lowed Heather to fulfill part of her wish for the holidays - she managed to build the bottom of a snowman. It also marked a first for her. Before she was diagnosed with cancer, she had bought herself an Arctic Cat from someone moving away. She had never had a chance to use it and during the holi-days, she started it up and zoomed around her yard on the fresh snow. Sledding was not something anyone she

knows expected her to do and she was very proud of herself for completing her first solo. Heather said the Christmas Ham-pers went very well this year. Though it seemed that the donations were down from previous years, there were lots of thankful residents who greatly appreci-ated the gifts and groceries their fami-lies received. Great job and huge thanks to Heather and all the other vol-unteers who worked so hard on the hamper campaign. Heather plans to take it easy for the next few weeks, storing her energies for her planned family celebration in Feb-ruary. Heather, Happy New Year and best wishes for 2015! May it be the best year yet on the journey you are sharing with us.

I would like to thank all the wonderful people of the North Shuswap for all their support and donations which made it possible to feed 39 cats and 33 dogs at this year’s 2014 Christmas Hamper: Super Valu for their sup-port and delivering the pet food to the Hall, Scotch Creek Bottle depot and Scotch Creek Rona's for their support. I would also like to thank Scotch Creek People's Drug Store, Sunnyside Supermarket in Celista and Rona in Scotch Creek for selling the Okana-gan Humane Calendar's which make it possible for spaying and neutering of some of the

animals in the community as well as the six I had done this year. I can't forget my helpers at the Christmas Hamper who helped bag all of the cat and dog food. I'm sure there were a few sore muscles the next day. Thank you. The Salmon Arm Shus-wap Vets and the Sorrento Shuswap Vets for all their support and help to make all this possible. I wish you and your cats and dogs a happy 2015

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Public Input Sought Submitted by Alice Hucul, Communications, School Dis-trict #83 The Board of Education is seeking public input on the guidelines it is developing to guide the long term facilities plan How will the school dis-trict manage its school facili-ties in order to deliver its edu-cational programs? How should facilities be configured to best support the education of our students? Should space be provided in schools for community programs? What does a school district of 5,500 students look like? Should students transition to a school for only one year? These are just a few of the hundreds of questions which need to be considered in the development of guiding princi-ples for the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District’s long term facilities plan. These principles will be used to eval-uate the challenges, opportuni-ties and long-range strategies for the plan. The school district is ask-ing it’s partner groups and interested members of the pub-lic to check out the proposed guiding principles on the dis-trict’s website and, if they wish, to add their thoughts and preferences for consideration by the Board of Education. Secretary-treasurer Sterling Olson explains seven themes

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and Partnerships Input on the guiding prin-ciples will be collected from now until February 2. These guidelines will then be consid-ered by the board and used to de-velop the long term facilities plan. From this, consultation on any potential significant reorganization or permanent school closure will take place between March 11 and May 12. To read the report and add your input to trustees please go to the district’s website under District News (located on the right hand side of the page). Either click on the link or send an email to [email protected]. For a “paper” version of the report please contact Executive Assistant to the Secretary-Treasurer Bethan Miller at (250)804-7830.

Salmon Arm Snow Blazers By Don Mitchell Fly Hills is located direct-ly west of Salmon Arm and has around 200 kilometres of trails. Because of its easy terrain and the fact that this hill is not prone to avalanches, it is con-sidered a great family hill but there are also some great plac-es for the more adventurous riders to go. The Salmon Arm

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From Pat Danforth This Year’s Annual Larch Hills Children’s Pirate Ski Loppet involves over 400 stu-dents from Armstrong to Rev-elstoke and Enderby to North Shuswap. The event is hosted by School District 83 and a group of volunteers from the Larch Hills Nordic Society, in an effort to encourage youth to be healthy and active while experiencing the natural beauty and pleasure of cross country skiing. The emphasis is on participation with all proceeds returned to local schools to help them build their ski equip-ment inventory. This event is for grades 3 to 7 and experienced younger students when accompanied by their parent. It takes place on Friday January 30th from 10am to 2pm weather permit-

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for the New Year when there is usually lots of snow on the hills. The first one will be our annual fishing derby sched-uled for February 22ndat White Lake then followed in a few weeks by the Moonlight Poker Run on March 7th. More de-tails to follow later. As the dates get closer we will be putting out more infor-mation for these events and any other events we may do.

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Chase Country Craft Sale Submitted by Carol Mackenzie November 23rd saw another outstanding Chase Creek Country Craft sale. JPW Road and Bridge did a great job of sanding and plowing the dusting of snow, but left enough to put everyone in a great Christmas spirit: the busy vendors and vol-unteers and the happy shoppers. Winners of the raffle were: 1 Ken Schnell, Pritchard - a large food basket, including a tur-key, gifts and gift certificates; 2 Jean Pozzobon, Chase Creek - a gardener basket that will keep her busy planting, and a gift certificate; 3 Barb Bulk, Pritchard - a gift certificate and a children’s basket with lots of nice gifts for a child.

All things in the baskets were donated by our good friends and neighbors, the participating craft people were also very gen-erous. Econospan from Chase donated cash gift cards and Bos-ton Pizza gift cards for each basket. Thanks to all who attended and supported our kitchen, bake table, door prize draws and raffle, including MLA Todd Stone and his family and School Board Trustee Denise Harper who came and enjoyed refreshments and a visit. A good time was had by all at the best little craft fair in the region. Happy New Year! See you next year.


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The Family Tax Cut Under Canada's tax sys-tem, federal personal income tax rates increase with the level of taxable income of the indi-vidual. As a result of this, a couple with one wage earner and one parent staying at home with the children often gets unfairly taxed at a higher level than two people working and paying someone else to care for their children. The new budget included a proposal to introduce the Family Tax Cut that will be effective on your 2014 tax return and going for-ward: - A new non-refundable tax

credit of up to $2,000 for eligible couples with chil-dren under the age of 18. The $2000 figure is based on the net tax savings if up to $50,000 of an individual's taxable income was trans-ferred to the individual's eligible spouse or common-law partner. This would take advantage of a spouse's low-er income tax bracket. Transferring less income will mean less of a savings. This may or may not save you a lot in the end but is worth claiming anyways.

Universal Child Care Benefit The budget announcement also includes a proposal to increase the monthly UCCB benefit by $60, from $100 to $160 for each eligible child under the age of 6 years. There was an added proposal of a monthly UCCB benefit of $60 for those children over the age of 6 until they turn 18. Both are effective Jan 2015 and will be automatically cal-

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By Pat Anderson Happy New Year to eve-ryone from the North Shuswap Lions Club! 2014 was a very successful year for our Lions Club thanks to the hard work of our members, many volun-teers and the support of the community. We were able to provide substantial support to many community events and projects both financially and with “sweat” labour by our members. We strive to help the young members of our community and those less for-tunate than ourselves and with the community support, we hope to have a successful 2015. December was a busy month for our club starting with our members financing and serving Hot Lunch at the school on the 3rd. Chuck Fish-er and Ted Danyluk put to-gether the Lions bigger and better float for the December 12th parade. It was a great night to walk the parade route with so many others and to be part of this great community celebration. We congratulate Al Christopherson and all those who worked so hard to put on this event. On December 11th we held our annual club Christ-mas party with great food and fun. Lonnie Cumming orga-nized the gift exchange and “games” (where does she find them?). On December 13th there was a special draw for 10 Christmas turkeys as well as the 50/50 draw at the Cop-per Island Pub. We had a good turnout with everyone enjoying themselves. The

meat draw and 50/50 draw continues in January starting on Saturday, January 10th from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Come out and meet your friends and help support Lions Club projects. On December 14th the Lions Club held our annual Children’s Christmas party in conjunction with the “Kicker’s” colouring contest and gift distribution. The Kicker and friends once again did a terrific job. The event was very well attended with children able to participate for free in the fishpond, face painting, Santa photograph and of course hotdogs, drinks and cookies. The Celista hall was full with happy children, parents and friends. Lion Marlene Kergan organized the afternoon with all Lions avail-able helping out. A BIG thanks to Butch Bouchard, Donna Gallant, Joan Bristow and Nadine Mayer for once again helping make the Chil-dren’s Christmas Party such a fun event. We would also like to thank Red Truck Foods, Super Valu, and Sharon’s Hair Salon for providing baskets for our prize draw. The NSCA again provided us with free use of this wonderful hall. Our recent membership drive has been quite successful but we are always on the look-out for new members who would like to help their com-munity while having some good fun and fellowship. If you would like to consider joining the North Shuswap Lions please call Barry Tan-nock at 955-0559 or any Lions member.


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Who’s Up for Bangers, Beans & A Bonfire ? Submitted By Karen Brown, General Manager YEEHAW! The first of the South Shuswap Chamber of Com-merce events kicks off on January 31st with a great rustic and relaxing time at the Walters’ place in Notch Hill. We welcome the public to come and support the Chamber by attending this great event ! FAMILY TIME ~ The evening will start off with sleigh rides at the Walters Farm in Notch Hill from 4 to 6 pm and as the focus will be on family, there will be no alcohol served between those hours. Your sleigh ride will be followed up with a rustic meal. You’ll roast your own ‘dog’ or sausage over a crackling fire, dive into an ember-roasted baked potato and enjoy some baked beans and a beverage. Please note the sleigh rides will close at 6 pm so for those adults arriving for the social, be sure to come early to get in your sleigh ride. ADULT SOCIAL ~ After 6 pm, the evening will become an adult-only event ~ no minors please. Dinner will continue to be served until 7 pm, after which we invite you to relax around an open fire, taking in the musical guest, and enjoying the cash bar which may include one of the evening’s signature hot drinks, “The Angry Mule”. We will also have some fun stuff planned like a “Toonie Toss” and Silent Auction. Let’s keep the neigh-bors happy and wrap up the evening by 9 pm. TICKETS ~ All tickets are $20 and include a sleigh ride and meal. Drinks served during the Adult Social will be through a Cash Bar. Tickets will be available January 3rd at: The Light-house Market, It’s All Good Bulk & Health Foods, Tappen Co-op & The Copper Island Pub in Sorrento. For more information on this event or membership to the South Shuswap Chamber of Commerce, call GM Karen Brown at 250.515.0002 or drop her an email at: [email protected]


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Submitted by Darla Miller A note of thanks to everyone who came out for the North Shuswap Chamber of Com-merce's Annual Christmas Dinner and Dance on Saturday, December 6, 2014. This year's event was a small venue, but that did not stop 97 people from enjoying a fantastic Christmas Dinner served by the staff at Quaauot Lodge and then working off that great meal by busting some moves on the dance floor. Organizing and running an event like this takes a lot of volunteers so thank you to all who coordinated and helped at the event. A few special acknowledgements need to be made: A special thank you to Scotch Su-per Valu/Esso for their donation of raffle items, being a case of wine (Annette's Picks) and an "Assortment of Spirits”. Spooner Electric also donated a case of wine (Annette's Picks). Thank you to The Kicker for their cash donation. Another note of thanks goes to Julie Lucas and Barb Rivest for their work selling the 50/50 tickets and to Craig Spooner and Lea Bis-choff for selling the Wine and Spirit draws. The raffling off of these items and a 50/50 draw raised $850.00. Thank you to everyone for participating in this draw. A special thank you goes to Donna Gallant for taking photos throughout the evening. All proceeds of this year's event are put toward the funding of wages for the Tourist Information Booth, which is a vital resource for our tourists.

Please join us and bring your ideas to our next Chamber dinner meeting on Monday, January 26, 2015 at Ross Creek Country Store.

Kicker On-line

I have just finished reading the Dec. online version of the “Kicker” I have to confess that I enjoyed it every bit as much as all the previous issues. It may seem a little strange that being only a” seasonal” that I can have an interest of the events in the area year round. I think it comes from the experience of knowing a lot of the are-

as in the items, and in some cases, some of the people, plus the fact you are a “news paper” not a politi-cally slanted opinion rag. Please keep up the good work. Wishing all the staff a very Merry Xmas, and the best New Year!

Stan Woodcock.

Letter to the Editor


Over 200 people packed the North Shuswap Community Hall December 14 for

the Lions Club Kids Christmas Party and awarding of prizes for The Kicker’s 17th colouring contest.

The Lions Club made it a special day for the children of the North Shuswap. They arranged for Santa to be there to listen to the children’s

requests and have their pictures taken with him, to be sent free of charge before Christmas. The Lions set up a fish pond and a face painting booth and gave out hot

dogs, hot chocolate, treats and coffee. And they didn’t forget about the adults, raffling off a nice assortment of donated gift baskets.

Four colouring contest winners in each of the four age categories chose their prizes and then the names of 96 more children were called to come up to select their door prize gifts. As usual the judges had a

difficult time picking the winners his year as there were so many creative entries. Thanks to judges Sue Stone, Cheryl Keuris, Jackie Stewart and Doreen Bourque.

Thank you to the kids and adults in the crowed who helped Tracy Wojciechowski pronounce the names properly when she and Cindy Korchinski drew names for the door prizes. Thank you also to Brenda Buffel and Giovanna Goyan

for helping children pick out their prizes and Giovanna for helping me organize the contest winners

to take their pictures We are very grateful that

Super Valu allowed us to display some of the prizes in the store

and accepted donations on behalf of the Kicker.

The Kicker appreciates the support of local businesses that

really came through and answered the call when it looked like there might not be enough gifts for all. You made a lot of

children very happy. This popular, free community

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6 - 8 yrs

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9 - 10 yrs

(left to right)1st - Petra Simpson, 2nd - Taia Schaffer, 3rd - Kya Scott, 4th - Matty Sangster


Huge Bouquets to the following contributors to the Children prizes this year. Thank you to those who remain anonymous and those who we may have missed.

SuperValu Krista Barker - Remax North Shuswap Plumbing & Gas Norfolk Industries Consulting Pat Geary Doris Hunter Jo Anne Malpass & Allan Young CDL Mechanical Dan & Sandra Patterson Drina Latrace

Shabbits & Oliphant Alanna Stearns Ross Creek Store Robin Bristow Peoples Drugstore Jack & Pat Sheppard A-All Tech Automotive Spooner Electric Trev Manzuik – Remax Chips Away by Vern (McNabb)

By Al Christopherson The theme of the Santa Christmas Parade this year was, “let’s have fun!”, and we sure did. The main thing I took away from the parade was a clear image of community pride from parade entrants, spectators and volunteers. Thank you so much to all involved. Many hands make light work. Trudy Bennett and her crew decorat-ed Santa’s Village with Cedar bows do-nated by Steve and Tammy Moore. The BBQ was run by Harley with Dale and Lesley Jones and members of the Country Kids Play School helping out. The food was donated by Super Valu. Hot dogs by donation raised $380 for the play school. Parade entrants were Scotch Creek Fire Hall, Shuswap Septic, Scotch Creek Super Valu, The Bottle Depot, North

Shuswap Christian Fellowship, Ross Creek Country Store, Crowfoot Mountain Snowmobile Club, Captains Village Ma-rina, North Shuswap First Responders, Salmon Society, Shuswap Security, Cara-vans West, A-All Tech, North Shuswap Lions Club, Scotch Creek Rona, Peoples Drug Mart, Lakeview Community Center, Ralph Bischoff and his horse, Unique Adventure Tours, Celista Fire Hall, Cen-tury 21 Lakeside Realty with Dale Lewis giving Santa a ride in his convertible. Butch from S.O.S+ Septic needs a thank you at this point. My golf cart parade float broke down at the starting line so I caught a ride with Dale and Santa. St David’s Church on the Lake pro-vided four gift baskets and the winners were Allan Bradley, Melissa Jack, Judy Dirksen and Cindy Jona.

Scotch Creek Park Store, Scotch Creek Super Valu, Ecotreats and Yummi-e’s Pizza were all ready to feed us and they did a great job. A personal thank you goes to Donna Gallant for her advice and direction after I took over from her to chair the Parade Committee. If I missed anyone, I’m sorry. Your thoughts and ideas are wel-come. Some comments were to shorten the parade route and/or to alternate each year east to west then west to east. I am so very proud of all of you for showing your community pride by being involved in our Santa Christmas Parade, a good job done by all.

Picture credits:

Peter O’ Toole, Julie Lucas, Scott Hosler, the Kicker

Lindsay Construction St. David’s Church Cynthia Bentley Caravan’s West Debra & Gary Newton Gord and Pat Robertson Hugh and Drina Latrace James & Irene Anderson

Joan Bristow Edgewater Bobcat Ralf Bischoff Contracting Lumberjack Tree Services Scotch Creek Bottle Depot Ed & Giovanna Goyan Lakeside Technical Solutions High Mountain Farms

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School News By Jan Penner With school back in session, we will soon be embarking on a lifelong skills favourite, Ski/Skate Days. Thursdays, January 15th, 22nd and 29th, are the dates intermediates will be heading to Silver Star for the day, while primary students will spend the morning at the Art Holding Arena in Chase. Staff and students alike look forward to these days, when the phys-ical education program shifts to off-campus venues and the opportunity to learn and develop skills which can be used well into adulthood. Our first event in January takes place on the 8th, with a visit by the SASS concert band. It is always a treat

to be serenaded by this fabulous group, to acknowledge previous North Shuswap students, to learn about new instruments, and to be inspired by the wonderful mu-

sic. With a second arrival of winter and snowy conditions, I make an appeal to drivers to watch for student at and on their way to bus stops. In some cases, the roadways are slippery and not cleared suffi-ciently to allow pedestrians to

walk safely on the side of the road. Please slow down when passing pedes-trians and be aware of our children. Ob-servance of the school speed zone by all drivers would also be appreciated. Happy New Year 2015 everyone!

North Shuswap Youth Only Basketball Camp

Submitted by Mike McManamna Hello Folks… we’d like to intro-duce the North Shuswap Youth Only Basketball Camp which will run on Tuesdays at North Shuswap Elementary School from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm com-mencing January 6th, and will run until the end of March or whenever baseball starts. The Camp is open to all students between grades 4 and 8. The intent of this “Camp” is to introduce the game of basketball to youngsters in a fun yet structured environment, as well as encourage team building, good sports-manship and respect for opponents. Practice schedule as follows… 6:00 - 6:15: cardio warm up, stretches 6:15 - 6:30: skills, shoot-around 6:30 - 7:15: refereed fun game 7:15 - 7:30: cardio, cool down, stretch-es, push-ups We would expect players to show up 10-15 minutes early wearing appro-priate gym strip and winter shoes. Runners or indoor shoes will only

be put on in the mezzanine area of school, to ensure we are not tracking muck into the gym (and to keep Jim the janitor happy)! All players will bring a drink (note water only in gymnasium). Players will not wander the hallways, remaining at all times in the gymnasi-

um. All players will show good sportsman-ship and participate in all activities or they will not be welcomed back. Parents are asked to show up a bit early at the end of each Camp and are encouraged to “sit in” for the end of the

game/practice to cheer the players on…. this will also ensure their children are picked up no later than 7:30 pm, as this is not a babysitting service. North Shuswap Youth Only Basket-ball Camp is an independent group and therefore has no affiliation with School District #83 or any of its employees. Please do not phone Wanda at the school, but feel free to call or text Mike at 250-819-0522 for more info.


SOUTH SHUSWAP AUDITION - A Grimm Night for Hans

Christian Andersen - Friday January 9, 2015 from 6:00-8:30 pm at FACES studio in Blind Bay. This play is a comic retelling of many well-known fairy tales such as the Little Mermaid, Swan Prince, The Ugly Duckling and many more. Rehearsals begin January 16. Production is planned for early June in both Blind Bay and Salmon Arm. FMI visit South Shuswap Children's Theatre Foundation (SSCTF) website at www.ssctf.com

CHASE Chase Curling Rink Pancake Breakfast -

Sunday January 11th, 9am to 11am. We look forward to the continued support of you and your families!! Come in and enjoy a GREAT breakfast, drink coffee and hang out with friends and family. It’s a great way to start the day! Enjoy all you can eat pan-cakes, sausages, eggs served with orange juice and coffee/tea. Best deal in town!!

Just to remind you! All proceeds continue to go directly to help pay bills for our struggling Curling Club!

Chase Legion - Dates to Remember Jan. 9 - TGIF Dinner 5:30 Jan 17 - Installation of officers, 7pm Jan 21 - Branch General Meeting.

OTHER AREAS Salmon Arm Snow Blazers - holds their

monthly meetings on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7pm in the back room of Hide-Away Pub in Salmon Arm. Anyone interest-ed snowmobiling is invited to join our club. FMI Don 250-675-2420

Reino Keski-Salmi Loppet - Saturday Jan. 17, at Larch Hills. Deadline for registration is Jan. 16. Family fun event with recreation-al and competitive distances for all ages. Fundraiser for Heart & Stroke Foundation. FMI www.SkiLarchHills.ca

School Pirate Loppet - Friday Jan30th 10am to 2pm at Larch Hills. Grades 3 to 7. Pirate theme, 5 km course, hot lunch, priz-

es. Registration is done through participat-ing schools

Unplug & Play Family Literacy Week - January 24th to 31st. Disconnect from elec-tronics and spend more time playing and interacting with each other. Local organiza-tions and businesses throughout the North Okanagan-Shuswap are hosting free events for families such as story-time, family skat-ing, family swim, books and skating with the Silverbacks and/or Eagles, sliding par-ty, curling, early years fairs, music jams, and many more! FMI go to www.shuswapliteracy.ca/news/

Indoor Farmers Market at Sahali Centre Mall: 10:00-2:00 p.m, 1st & 3rd Saturday until Apr 18, 2015. Meat products, farm produce, baked goods, arts, crafts and more. Open to local vendors, if you: "Make it, Bake it, Grow it." For more info: Andy at 250-577-3810, or [email protected]. Visions Farmers Market Society (non-profit).

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NORTH SHUSWAP CELISTA COMMUNITY HALL

ACTIVITIES Celista Coffee House - Live entertainment, 3rd Friday of the month, Oct to May. $4 admission, doors 7pm, Open mic; 7:30-9pm, feature bands to follow. Refreshments.

Community Association - meeting 3rd Tues of the month, 7pm.

Craft & Needlework every Wed, 10-2. FMI Gerry 250-955-6279

Historical Society - meeting 2nd Thurs of the month, 2pm.

Lions Club - meetings 2nd & 4th Thurs of the month, 7pm. Meat Draw at the Copper Island Pub, Saturdays 3-5pm

Naturalist Club - meet 2nd Tues of the month, 1:30 pm

NIA Dance Fusion Classes - Tues & Fri 10:30am -11:30am. FMI Nancy Parkinson 250-679-8233

N.S. Players - meet 2nd Tues. of the month, 7pm.

NSHCS - meet 4th Thurs of the month, 10am at the Health Centre in Scotch Creek LAKEVIEW CENTRE ACTIVITIES

Achy Breaky Body Parts Line Dancing - Every Wed, 10am for beginners (pls call Donna), 10:30am for advanced. FMI Donna Gallant 250-679-2419

Anglebay Entertainers Chorus practice - Wed. 1pm, Jo 250-955-2282

Arts and Crafts Club - Tues. 10am to 2pm. Bring your lunch. Everyone welcome. FMI call Dolores @ 250-955-0296

Bible Study - Group meeting at 7:00 Thursday evenings at Lakeview Center. Everyone Welcome.

Bridge Night - Wed evening, 7 pm. Coffee and Treats, Everyone welcome.

Carpet Bowling - Mon & Thurs 10-12. FMI Blair Scranton 250-955-0032. Spares list call Ann Chow 250-955-2899

Community Prayer Group - 3rd Thurs of the month, 7 pm. FMI Val 250-955-2117 or Sharlee 250-679-2120.

Cribbage - Thursdays 1 pm Country Gardener’s Club - 3rd Wed of the month, 7 pm. FMI Chris 250-955-6467

Rise & Shine Breakfast - 2nd Saturday of every month at the Lakeview Community Center. 8-11am. Great food, come hungry

Table Tennis - Mon. & Fri. 9:30am, Dennis 250-955-2899

OTHER NORTH SHUSWAP ACTIVITIES

Alcoholics Anonymous AA - Squilax Group Sunday 7 PM. 1 km west Squilax Hotel @qwel room. FMI 250-679-3945 or cell 250-833-2117

Chamber of Commerce Meetings - 4th Mon of the month, Location to be announced

Lions Club Meat Draw & 50/50 Draw - at the Copper Island Pub. Saturdays, 3-5pm. Ten draws for the various cuts of meat purchased from SuperValu. 50/50 Draw

NS First Responders - meet 1st & 3rd Thurs, 7pm at Celista Fire Hall.

Zumba and Yoga - Classes for Zumba are on Tues & Thurs 9am to 10am. Yoga on Wed 9am FMI Jenn 778-988-1459

SOUTH SHUSWAP Al-Anon Meetings - Mondays at 2pm. at St. Mary’s Anglican Church cancelled until March 16

Carlin Hall Monthly Meeting Wed, 7:30pm. Come out and support your Carlin Community. All welcome.

Carlins Card Night Friday, 7pm weekly.

Coffee House - every 1st Saturday. October - May. Come out to enjoy a great variety of music. The KITCHEN is open at 7:30pm.

Eagle Bay Community Hall Quilting Mondays 10-2 (Bring Lunch). FMI call Inez: 675-4531

Crafts Wednesdays 10-2 (Bring Lunch). FMI call Dot: 675-4282

Games - 1st & 3rd Thurs. 1 - 4pm FMI Sharon 675-2408

Darts Fri evenings at 7:15 pm. FMI call Alan: 675-5403

Coffee House 4th Sat of the Month, except Dec, June, July & Aug. 7:30 pm. Performers always welcome! Dave 675-4850 or Gaetane 675-2178

Probus Copper Island - meets at Toad Hall in Sorrento on the second Thurs./mo. at 10 am Coffee at 9:30. For details call Mr. Doug Brown 250 803-8930

Shuswap Rock Club - First Tues

of the month (Sept - June) 7:30 pm at Toad Hall in Sorrento. Saturday workshops 1-4 pm. FMI Pat 250-675-2849.

Shuswap Wood Carvers - Wed & Sat 8:30am - 12pm. FMI Ken 250-675-3316, Norm 250-675-3764. Meeting, 3rd Wed of every month (Sept-June) in the Toad Hall. FMI Ian 250-835-0014

Sorrento Drop in Society Mon: AA & Alanon - 8pm, Glee Club - 9:30am

Tues: Crib -1:30pm, Snooker (men) - 1:00pm, Meals to Wheels 2nd & 4th Tues. at noon

Wed: Snooker 6:00pm, Cards - 1:00pm

Thurs: Foot Clinic (call for appt. 250-675-0065), Quilting - 10:00am Snooker (men) - 1:00pm

Fri: Ladies Snooker- 2pm Sat: Scottish Country Dancing 9:30. FMI 250-675-3518

Shuswap Lake Estates Community Centre: FMI call 250-675-2523

Mon: Line Dance - intermediate 1:00 - 2:30, Sponge Ball 9:30 - 12:00

Tues: Ladies Bridge 1:00 - 4:00, Good Time Quilters 1st, 3rd, & 5th Tues.

Wed: Line Dance - beginners 10:00 - 11:30, Advanced 1:30 - 3:00. Lego Club - every 2nd Wed.

Thursday: Play Group 9:00 - 12:00 Friday: Sponge Ball 9:30 - 12:00, Youth Group - Grade 7 & up 7:00 - 9:00. Family Move Night - 1st Fri. of month 6:00 - 8:00

The Ta'Lana Twirler's Square Dance Club Meet Thursdays (starting Sept.26), at the Blind Bay Hall, 2010 Blind Bay Rd. 7:30pm to 9:30pm. Round & Main Stream dancing. FMI Betty at 250-675-4408

The Piecemakers Quilt Group - Thurs. 10 - 2pm at the Sorrento Drop In Centre. FMI 250-955-2393

TOPS Sorrento #4369 - meets every Wed from 8:15 to 10:00 am at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church. 2740 Fairway Hills Rd. Blind Bay BC (lower level). FMI Gail 250-675-2849

CHASE Chase Duplicate Bridge - Thurs in St. Andrews Church (rear door) Zoë 250-679-8488 Chase Creekside for Seniors

FMI Sharron 250-679-1183 Mon: League darts 7:30pm Tues: Pool 3:30 pm, free meat draw 4-6:30

Wed: Exercise 9am, Line Dancing 10am, Snooker & games 1pm

Thur: Regular Crib 7pm, league darts 7:30pm

Fri: Ladies darts 2pm Sat: Meat draw, 50/50, fun darts 2pm

Monthly General meeting 2nd Thurs 1pm

Monthly Supper every 3rd Friday 5:30pm

Monthly Mini Crib 2nd Fri Coffee House 2nd Friday Movie Night - Chase Community Hall, every Thurs, minimal admission, concession available. FMI 250-319-6302. Parkside Estates - Public Bingo Wed. 1pm, FMI 250-679-4477 Ext. 5 Royal Canadian Legion 250-679-3536 Tuesday Pool, meat draw Wednesday - 3rd Wed of every month Branch General Meeting 7 pm.

Saturday Meat Draw, 50/50, Fun Darts

Sunday - Giant Crib on the first Sun. of every month. All other Sundays closed.

Taoist Tai Chi - Chase Community Hall on Tuesdays from 10-11am and Thursdays from 9:30-11:30 am. FMI Judy 250-679-5425

SUNNYBRAE Community Hall Tues & Thurs: Karate 6pm (250-835-8875)

Mon & Fri: Badminton (250-835-4625)

2nd Sat: Coffee House (except June to Sept)

4th Wed: General Meeting 7:30pm Seniors Hall Sunnybrae Painters Tues 10am (250-835-4625)

Needle Arts Guild 1st & 3rd Thur: 10am (250-835-8842)

Wed Quilters 1st & 3rd (250-835-8255)

Potluck dinner and Meeting 3rd Tues, 5:30 pm(except July/Aug)

Shuswap Needle Arts Guild meet 1st & 3rd Thursday, 10am to 4 pm at Sunnybrae Seniors Centre (Sept. to Jun) FMI are Jo (250)-832-9308 or Sharon (250)-832-4588.

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250-955-6467 CRIMESTOPPERS.. 1-800-222-8477 Crowfoot Snowmobile Club.. Martin & Julie Lucas

250-955-2246 CSRD - Area F.. Larry Morgan 250-955-2567 FIRE DEPARTMENTS

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First Responders.. Andrea Carter 250-679-7746 First Responders Society.. Catherine McCrea

[email protected] Girl Guides .. 1-800-565-8111 Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon..

Cynthia Bentley 250-955-2222 (In Memoriam) Historical Society.. Loretta Greenough 250-955-6431 Imai Ball Park Foundation.. Brian MacDuff 250-955-0981 JPW Road Maintenance.. Attendant 1-877-546-3799, Main office (Armstrong) 250-546-3765, Celista yard

(answering machine) 250-955-2231 Karate Club.. Dale Cundy 250-682-3094 Lakeview Centre.. Fay Hadden 250-955-2488 Lions Club.. Jim Perry 250-955-0839 Meadow Creek Park Assoc.. Don Grimm 250- 955-0262 Naturalists Club.. Claudette Carlsen 250-955-8148 Needle Bugs Club.. Gerry Kendall 250-955-6279 NS Cemetery.. Doug Prigmore 250-955-6454 or

Loretta Greenough 250-955-6431 NS Christian Fellowship.. 250-955-2545 NS Community Association.. Ed Overland 250-955-2844

Hall Bookings – Alison Elmes 250-955-2588 NS Craft & Needlework Club.. Gerry 250-955-6279 NS Elementary School.. Rob Ellis 250-955-2214 NS Health Centre Society.. Anita Misseghers 250-955-0924,

Pat Robertson 250-955-2999 and Jay Simpson 250-377-5462 NS Players.. Judy Weller 250-955-0744 Okanagan Regional Library.. Lee Carreiro 250-955-8198 Parents Advisory Committee.. Angela Simpson 250-377-5406 Parks Commission Contact.. Marcin Pachcinski, CSRD

1-888-248-2773 Police Advisory Committee.. Lynda Sutton 250-319-7797 Ratepayer Associations

Anglemont - Marian Zackery 250-955-0359 Lee Creek - Veronica Bene 250-679-4678 Magna Bay - Alan Nunn 250-679-2565 or 604-522-3346 Scotch Creek - Mary Stewart 250-955-2967 Saratoga - Aileen Brand 250-955-6123 St. Ives - Dave King 250-955-0573

School District # 83.. Holly Overgaard 250-832-6443 Scotch Creek Medical Clinic: for appointment 250-955-0660 Seymour Arm Comm. Assoc.. Bob Reimer 250-833-7610 Seymour Arm First Responders Society.. Sharon Kelly 778-373-6274 Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club.. Wilmer Marks 778-785-2032 Shuswap Environmental Action Society.. Jim Cooperman

250-679-3693 Shuswap Hospice Society.. 250-832-7099 Shuswap Volunteer Search & Rescue.. Tara Stanley 250-308-9248,

shuswapsar.org Shuswap Needle Arts Guild.. Marleine 250-675-2507 or Sharon

250-832-4588 Shuswap Rock Club.. Pat or Gail Bowden 250-675-2849 Shuswap Waterfront Owners Association (SWOA)

[email protected], web: www.SWOA.ca Skmana Ski club .. George 250-679-3688 / John 250-679-8600 South Shuswap Canada Day Committee..

Reuben Pauls.. 250-675-6852 South Shuswap First Responders.. Sherri Mitchell

250-675-2420 South Shuswap Health Services Society.. Sue McCrae

250-675-3562 Taoist Tai Chi .. Judy 250-679-5425 Victim Services.. Brandi Nakazawa 250-679-8638 Whittlers Club.. Marian Zackery 250-955-0359

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The Salmon Society would like to thank our paid staff who worked at the Salute to the Sockeye Festival 2014 including Jeremy Heighton, Salute Coordinator and Dawn Bentley and Sharon Butler, Souvenir Tent Staff. Onsite and offsite, we couldn't have hosted this 23 day Festival without you.

Adams River Salmon Society Thanks You

Adams Lake Lumber (Interfor)

Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition

Shuswap Training Employment Program

Spooner Electric Ltd. Askew Foods (Thanksgiving Weekend Entertainment)

North Shuswap Naturalists Club / BC Nature

Timber Pro Coatings

Quaaout Lodge Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band

Indigo Bay Excavating Canoe Forest Products DC Wood Restoration Scotch Creek Home Hardware

A&W Chase Celista Estate Winery Advantage Roofing

The Board of the Salmon Society is truly thankful for the support received from our partners, community partners, sponsors and volunteers. We wish everyone the best in 2015 and look forward to another successful Salute to the Sockeye Festival in 2018.

Darlene McBain, Jim McLellan, Dana McIntyre, Rosemary Gillis, Blair Acton, Danielle Dufour, Aaron Arnouse, Dale Tomma (LSLIB), Rod Crowe (Village of Chase), Wes DeArmond (BC Parks), and Janna Nelson (DFO).

Our Partners: BC Parks Fisheries & Oceans Canada Rocky Mountaineer Rail Tours

Pacific Salmon Foundation Canadian Wildlife Federation

Community Partners: Shuswap Tourism Kamloops Tourism TRU Students Union

Safety Mart Foods - Chase Askew Foods Super Valu - Scotch Creek Reingold Coffee DeMille's D 'Dutchmen Dairy

Golden Ear Fruit Stand Aarsen City Delivery Peoples Drug Store - Scotch Creek

Squilax General Store

Our Society Sponsors:

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Bugs R Us

Naturalist News By Claudette Carlsen We had good weather this year for the Christmas Bird Count so we were able to get all the areas covered handily. I want to thank all the par-ticipants in this year’s count. Seventeen people participated and even one came out from Nakusp to help and the Salmon Arm Club covered the White Lake area for us. In 2013, one of our major areas was not counted so I will do a comparison with 2012. The number of species was 62 (2012 – 64 species) and the total individuals was 3,176 (2798 in 2012). The area cov-ered is within a 24 Km diameter centered at the Scotch Creek Provincial Park. It includes Magna Bay through to Squilax, Sorrento, Notch Hill, Blind Bay and Balmoral to White Lake, so

you can see why we need so many people to cover these areas. Jack and I do the Magna Bay to Evans Road and all roads above Line 17. We get to know where the bird feeders are and the people who watch out for us. Back to the Count – the largest number was the Canada Goose for a total of 336 – as long as there is open water they seem to stay here. There were no California Quail on the count and Ineke says that her Quails have all disappeared from upwards of 30 in 2013. If anyone would like a summary I could send you one by email. Our next Count is the Swan and Eagle Count to take place on Sunday, January 18, 2015. For more information call Clau-dette Carlsen 250-679-8148.

By Declan Morris Cloutier (grade 3)and Carlos Marosi (grade 2) We started our December Bugs R Us by going outside with binoculars. We looked at anything we wanted. There were four birds flying in the sky. When we looked at them with the binocu-lars they looked like they were really close. When we fin-ished looking we came back inside and had a snack. Declan and Daniel’s moms and Mr. and Mrs. Vervoort brought snack. There was sau-sage, deer pep-peroni, pickles, cheese, crackers and ants on a log. It was good. Next, we dissected Barn Owl pellets. We got tweezers

and a paperclip and used them to get the bones out of the pel-lets. We had a chart that showed all kinds of bones we might find. We looked to see what kind of animal the owl had been eating. We found mouse bones, shrew bones and some bird bones. It was gross

and cool at the same time. Mr. and Mrs. Vervoort gave Bugs R Us $500 from the Senior Natural-ists Club. Louis accepted the card for us and he thanked the Senior Natural-ists and said we very much ap-preciate their donation. Our meet-ing was pretty

awesome. We will meet next on Thursday, January 15th, 2015!

Ineke and Rudy Vervoort from the North Shuswap Sr. Naturalists Club

presented Bugs R Us with a $500.00 cheque. Louis the Senior Member of Bugs R Us accepted the cheque on behalf of the Bugs R Us Club. We

thank the Sr. Naturalists Club for this very generous and kind donation.

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DIRECTIONS 1. Toss the shrimp and 1 tsp Cajun seasoning together, set aside. 2. Toss the tomatoes with 1 tbsp olive oil and 1 tsp Cajun

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4. Add the remaining 1 tbsp of olive oil to the pan along with the onion, jalapeno and garlic. Cook until the onion and jalapeno are tender, stirring often. Mix in the quinoa, tomato paste, ½ tsp Cajun seasoning and tomato chunks. Top with the shrimp and then sprinkle with the fontina cheese.

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Waxing ● Lash & Brow Tints Gel Nails ● Shellac

At the Centre in Scotch Creek Call Doreen to book appointment

250-320-4050

Linda’s Security Checks Worried about break ins? We do

house checks, walk arounds. References available. Lived here since 1981

250-955-2500 Cell 250-819-2500 [email protected]

Dock Doctor We will help keep you afloat. Re-

pairs and maintenance of docks, new wood docks, used docks.

250-955-2500, Cell 250-318-2890 [email protected]

Bdeb Clean Year round cleaning services.

Excellent references. Call 250-679-2164

THOMPSON RIVERS APPRAISALS REAL ESTATE APPRAISALS

Magna Bay

www.trappraisals.ca

250-682-5995 250-372-2599

Pre-purchase and Pre-sale appraisal reports

Mortgage Refinancing? Estate or Division of Family Assets? Depreciation Reports for Strata

Properties

Fully Accredited Appraisers and Depreciation Report Planners

(AACI, CRP)

Woodwork & Wood Furniture Repairs

Custom Cedar Deck furniture Dave Cross

250-955-0065, Celista

Ship Shape Shelter Indoor Boat and RV Storage. Call Gary or Michele at 250-835-4224 or email: shipshapeshelter@ hotmail.com for rates

Chez Nails is now in Scotch Creek.

Experienced nail tech accepting new clients for Gel or Shellac.

250-955-6136 or text 780-881-6912

“Like” Chez Nails on Facebook for 10% off your first set.

SHUSWAP HOMEWATCH & PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Scheduled Security Inspections of

Homes and Recreational Properties

Vacationers, Snowbirds, & Cabin Owners

See our services at www.shuswaphomewatch.com

250-804-6973 Email: [email protected]

Renovations Foundations Framing Finishing

Siding Flooring Roofing Decks

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Construction Design Consulting / Inspections Sewage System Regulation Project Management


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[email protected] www.welcomewagon.ca

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OPEN YEAR ROUND Daily Room Rates 16 Guest Rooms RV & Campsites

Weddings / Reunions Up to 100 persons

CREW RATES AVAILABLE check us out at

www.anglemontinn.com (250) 955-0701

VACATION RENTALS

New & Used Medical Equipment Scooters, walkers, wheelchairs,

bathroom safety, stair-lifts, hospital beds. Free Screening for obstructive sleep apnea, treatment

and follow-up. CPAP masks, parts, and accessories.

Respiratory therapy equipment and home oxygen. Located in

Salmon Arm and Vernon www.lakesidemedical.ca or

1-877-777-2431

FOR SALE OBITUARIES

COMMERCIAL SPACE

For Rent Commercial space available with entrance at back of building behind dentist office in

Scotch Creek. 250-318-4344

LOST/FOUND

Cash for scrap cars. Top dollar paid. Minimum of two vehicles. Text Brendan at 250-574-4679

Bill sadly passed away December 10th 2014 at Shuswap Lake General Hospital in Salmon Arm BC at the age of 75. Bill was born in Red Deer Alberta, January 15 1939. Predeceased by his parents Vera and George Reid, Brother Ken, Sister Florence, Brother-In-law Clarence, and his nephew Ken. Survived by his four children, his grandchildren, Brother Doug Lyons and Sister Mary Einarson, many nieces, nephews, and other family members. He also leaves behind countless close friends and his beloved dog Tundra. He forever loved to be out on the road riding his motorcycle or driving truck. His kind and joyful spirit will never be forgotten.

William (Bill) George Reid

Last month the Kicker print-ed an obituary for the passing of Murray Edwin Keith. It has come to our attention that most people in the North Shuswap knew him as Murray Page. Our hearts go out to the fam-ily and friends of Murray Page who passed away on November 15, 2014 A memorial service will be held in Anglemont in April.

JOYCE, David Leo

It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved, David Leo Joyce on November 7th, 2014. Born on October 9, 1946 in Urnham, County of Lancaster, England. Dave was a gentle man, described by family and friends as kind, loyal, punctual, dependable, sweet, well respect-ed, friendly, great listener, posi-tive, and had a good sense of humor. A Celebration of Life was held on Saturday, November 22, 2014 in Olds Alberta.

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Wed & Thurs Christmas, New Years &

Remembrance Day - Closed

Seymour Arm Saturday 1pm - 5pm.

Statutory Holidays - Closed

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250-955-0788 Email

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1337 Cardy Drive Scotch Creek

Indoor, Outdoor & Covered Storage Easy Access Ground Level Units Short or Long Term Valet Service for your Boat or RV Secure “Your Lock” - “Your Key” Reasonable Rates

BOAT, RV & MINI STORAGE

North Shuswap

Full Refund on all Ready to Drink Containers 1L and under - 5¢, Over 1L - 20¢

Wine & Spirits 1L and under - 10¢, Over 1L - 20¢

All Beer Imports $1.20/doz.

Domestic Beer & Coolers $1.00/doz.

Chase 120 Aylmer Rd.

10 am to 3 pm - Mon. to Sat.

250-679-8408


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