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EAGLE VALLEY
NEWS Wednesday, Feb. 06, 2013
Vol. 54 No. 6 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (HST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.comPM40008236
New equipment will enhance
care at hospitalPage 3
Penny’s value strong in hands of ERS students
Page 8
Keep away: Sicamous Eagles’ Nathan Grieve finds a well-defended Revelstoke Grizzlies net Sunday afternoon at the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre. Sicamous surprised their opponents, and fans in attendance, with a 2-1 win earned in the last two minutes of the game. For more Eagles action, see page 7. Photo by James Murray
Turbidity continues to be an issue for district
Standoff with police ends without injury
A woman was hospitalized after being dis-armed by Sicamous RCMP during a stand-off Sunday morning.
In the early hours of Feb. 3, police responded to a report of a woman with a knife threatening to harm herself in a residence on Eagle Pass Way.
Sgt. Dave Dubnyk says the two responding of� cers had attempted to negotiate with the woman, but “initial at-tempts at negotiation were unsuccessful in resolving the very tense situation.”
“The of� cers were eventually able to gain control of the individual, at which time she was taken into custody,” reports Dubnyk.
Dubnyk says the woman was then taken to hos-pital for assessment.
“This was a very dangerous and high-stress situation that could have had a much different ending,” says Dubnyk. “Fortunately, our of� cers remained calm and focused throughout this ordeal and were able to successfully resolve it with no-body being injured.”
The matter is still under investigation. In other police news, RCMP in Salmon Arm
say the details in the report of a second case where a teenaged girl was approached by a stranger in a vehicle make it unlikely the two are linked. On Jan. 29, a 14-year-old girl is reported to have been approached my a man in a vehicle in the South Ca-noe area, near the South Canoe Alternate Learning Centre.
The witness reports the man stopped his car and told the girl to “get in or else.” The girl ran away, not stopping until she reached Little Moun-tain Park.
The description of the suspect differed from the
Armed: Woman taken to hospital after threatening herself with knife.By Lachlan Labere and Tracy HughesEagle Valley News
to harm herself in a residence on Eagle Pass
Sgt. Dave Dubnyk says the two responding of� cers had attempted to negotiate with the woman, but “initial at-tempts at negotiation were unsuccessful in resolving the very tense
Sgt. Dave DubnykSicamous RCMP
The District of Si-camous is warning the water advisory level may be changing again in response to � uctuat-ing turbidity levels.
A news release from the district states
the water system was stirred up as a result of a � re hydrant leak on Jan. 31. The release explains how sediment was stirred up as a re-sult, requiring a � ush of the system. How-ever, it is also noted that continued � ushing would only make the
matter worse by stir-ring up more sediment. A system-wide � ush-ing won’t occur until the spring, as is stan-dard practice.
“The District of Si-camous water system is not � ltered in any way and is at the mercy of the water quality in
Mara Lake,” states the release. “Currently, turbidity is on the in-crease and may require a change in the water advisory level.”
Sicamous residents are reminded a water quality advisory is still in effect.
As of Monday, Feb.
4, the turbidity level was at 1.31 NTU.
For turbidity levels above one, the Inte-rior Health Authority recommends that wa-ter is boiled prior to consumption by new-borns, or those with compromised immune systems.
See Second teen on page 2
By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News
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CALENDAROF EVENTS
This is a FREE listing of community events for not-for-profit organizations and paid advertisers.
DEADLINE: 2pm, Fridays
Tuesday, February 12 - Pancake Supper at Sicamous united Church, 5 pm. $5. adults. Under 6 is free. Pancakes, sausages & fruit toppings. Tickets at the Thrift Shop. No tickets at the door.
Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday- Sicamous Lions Club meets at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre, 1090 Shuswap Ave, Sicamous. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00 pm. Everyone Welcome. For info contact Joan at 250-836-4876 or Kathy at 250-836-3267
Every 1st & 3rd Wed.- Parkinsons Support Group at First united Church. 20 - 4th Street SE, Salmon Arm at 10 am. Contact Doreen at 250-836-2509.
Every 1st & 3rd Wed. Eagle Valley Photography Club starts on Oct 17. Everyone welcome. 7 pm at the Red Barn.
Every 4th Mon.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 7 p.m.
Every Monday and Thursday -Chairbiotics (low impact exercise) Seniors activity Centre 10:00 am. Join us. $2 each.
Every Mon. & Fri. - Bridge, Seniors Activity Centre, 1 p.m.
Every Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700.
Every Tues. - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club rehearsals, 7:00 p.m., Red Barn Arts Centre. 836-4705.
Tues. & Thurs. - Carpet Bowling at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at 1 p.m.
Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven.
Every Wed. Wednesday Arts for Everyone. 10 am - 3 pm starting September 5. For info contact Juanita at 250-836-3019 or Gail- at 250-836-5472
Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcome
Every Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.
Every Wed. - Seniors Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven
seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Esther 836-4373.
Every Wed. - T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for info
Every Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.
Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652
Every Thurs.-Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.
Every Thurs.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome.
Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.
Every 2nd and 4th Thurs. Options For Sexual health from 7 to 9 p.m., Sicamous Health Unit.
Every 3rd Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:30 in the Malakwa Hall.
Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at Catholic Church. 836-3440.
Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Esther 250-836-4373 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpaletteclub.com
Every Sat. - Outdoor market – back parking lot of Sicamous Legion $10/space. No booking required. No required start or end times.
Every 1st & 3rd Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Royal Canadian Legion #99 at 7:00 pm.
Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 p.m.
Last Saturday of every month -Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion #99 Ladies Auxilliary dinner 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
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Jan. 24 incident. In the most recent one, the girl described the suspect as having gelled hair, which was shorter in the back, a goatee and glasses, with a clip-on sunglasses at-tachment.
The car was described at a dark grey, two-door model.
The incident was reported to police six hours after it oc-curred, making it more diffi-cult for police to try and iden-tify a suspect.
“Without wanting to cre-ate undue alarm, it can be a good time to review safety precautions about strangers with your children,” says Staff Sgt. Kevin Keane. “But these cases do not seem to be con-nected.”
Regarding the Jan. 24 in-cident, police are looking for a man in a late-model beige Oldsmobile in connection with what appears to be an at-tempted abduction of a teen-aged girl.
Police say a 17-year-old girl was walking along 30th Street NE about 10 a.m. on when the man attempted to lure her into his vehicle.
The man initially ap-proached the girl in his car, pulling up beside her and ask-ing for directions.
She did not respond.He then asked if she want-
ed a ride and grabbed her hand. The victim was able to pull her hand away and flee the scene.
The suspect is described as an older man, unshaven with greyish brown hair that is thinning at the top.
The Oldsmobile has some rust and various dents on the side.
Police in Salmon Arm are
asking anyone who may be able to identify the suspect to contact the local RCMP De-tachment or Crime Stoppers.
RCMP Briefs• Jan. 28, 5:21 p.m., re-
port of erratic driver, a blue Chevy pickup driving at er-ratic speeds, no licence plate.
• Jan. 29 5:46 a.m., request from Armstrong RCMP to locate local individual to ob-tain DNA sample as part of a court order
• Jan. 29, 6:23 a.m., single vehicle accident, no injuries.
• Jan. 29, 9:14 a.m., report of vehicle stolen overnight. The vehicle was later recov-ered in Armstrong.
• Jan. 29, 3:38 p.m., re-port of stolen snowmobiles. Thieves made off with trailer containing four snowmobiles and various pieces of equip-ment from a Sicamous ad-dress. Sleds stolen include a 2007 black Ski-Doo 800 Everest 154, a black 2008 Ski-Doo XP-X 800 and a 2003 Ski-Doo MXZ 800.
• Jan. 30, 12:50 a.m., two-vehicle accident in local parking lot, no injuries.
• Jan. 31, 12:52 p.m, sin-gle vehicle accident involv-ing a semi tractor trailer go-ing off the road and into a ditch. There were no injuries.
• Jan. 31, 1:01 p.m., re-port of break and enter at a McLean-MacPherson Road residence. Suspects cut the lock to a trailer on the proper-ty only to find it was empty.
• Jan. 31, 1:20 p.m, Sicamous police received a request from the Enderby de-tachment to obtain a witness statement from an individual.
• Jan. 31, 2:34 p.m., police responded to local business alarm. Attending officers
found that somebody had been there and had unsuc-cessfully attempted to steal some batteries.
• Feb. 1, 1:31 p.m., Sicamous RCMP receive a request from the Revelstoke detachment to be on the look-out for semi tractor trailer driving erratically. The vehi-cle was located and the driver was issued a violation ticket for failing to complete a safe pass.
• Feb. 1, 3:37 p.m, report of threats of harassment.
• Feb. 1, 5:47 p.m., report of possible impaired driver. The vehicle almost hit a ditch and the driver was having difficulty staying in the lane. Police located and spoke with the driver who was not im-paired, but an elderly per-son having difficulty driv-ing. Police say weather and visibility at the time was not good, and likely compounded the issue.
• Feb. 1, 11:04 p.m., report of abandoned 911 from local area pay phone. Patrols didn’t reveal any issues and no fur-ther calls were received.
• Feb. 1, 11:36 p.m., drug information received.
• Feb. 2, 4:51 p.m., report from Temple Street resident. Somebody opened his garage door although nothing ap-peared to have been taken.
• Feb. 3, 6:46 p.m., report of erratic driver, black and burgundy Dodge passing un-safely, speeding and tailgat-ing. Licence plate was not obtained.
• Feb. 3, 10:37 p.m, re-port of a semi tractor trailer with B.C. licence plate driving erratically at unsafe speeds, passing on a corner, cutting off one vehicle and tailgating another.
Snowmobile theftsSicamous RCMP will be
working with the public to encourage a preventive ap-proach to snowmobile thefts.
Sgt. Dave Dubnyk may be new to the Sicamous detach-ment, but he knows the theft of snowmobiles is a chronic problem facing RCMP de-tachments from Golden to Vernon. He says police haven’t had much success in tackling the problem on their own.
“By the time we get the calls, in most instances hours have passed because it’s happened overnight – that’s allowed the bad guys to get well out of the area,” says Dubnyk, adding police need to look at more preven-tive options.
Dubnyk says he plans to work with local, “interested parties” to come up with solu-tions to combat the problem. The goal is to develop an ap-proach geared towards public education and prevention, as opposed to enforcement.
RCMP RePoRt
Second teen approached by strangerRCMP: Salmon Arm police report incidents likely unconnected.
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Columbia Shuswap Regional District
The Columbia Shuswap Regional District has prepared the 2012 parcel tax roll as required by Section 202 of the Community Charter. The parcel tax roll lists the parcels eligible to be taxed for the following services and will be available for inspection commencing February 8, 2013:
NOTICE OF PARCEL TAX ROLL
Electoral Area BGalena Shores Waterworks
Trout Lake Electric
Electoral Area CCedar Heights WaterworksEagle Bay Estates WaterworksMacArthur Heights/Reedman Heights
Waterworks Sorrento WaterworksSouth Shuswap Liquid Waste Management
Electoral Area DFalkland Waterworks
Electoral Area EArea E Liquid Waste Management
Electoral Area FAnglemont WaterworksNorth Shuswap Liquid Waste ManagementSaratoga WaterworksSeymour Arm Liquid Waste ManagementSt Ives Street Lighting
The parcel tax roll may be viewed at the Co-lumbia Shuswap Regional District office, 781 Marine Park Drive NE, Salmon Arm BC, Mon-day through Friday between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:00 pm.
Property owners may request a correction to the parcel tax roll only with respect to their own property and only for the following reasons:
1. there is an error or omission respecting a name or address on the parcel tax roll;
2. there is an error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel;
3. an exemption has been improperly al-lowed or disallowed.
Requests for an amendment to the parcel tax roll must be received in writing and received at the address below no later than 4:00 PM on Monday February 25, 2013.
Peter Jarman, Manager of Financial Services Columbia Shuswap Regional DistrictBox 978, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4P1781 Marine Park Drive NEFax: 250-832-3375
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Doctors in the local emergency room want to provide the best care possible, and they’ve backed it up with their own cash.
About a dozen ER doctors have contrib-uted a great deal of money to purchase a portable ultrasound and other equipment.
“Essentially we’ve given back close to $100,000 for equip-ment to further enhance our ability to care for Salmon Arm patients,” says Dr. Darren Lorenz, head of ER. “That in-cludes a new portable ultrasound machine, a new warming and cool-ing machine which will be very helpful for trau-mas, near drownings and cardiac arrest.”
Lorenz describes the portable ultrasound as providing “an extra physical exam” that can be used for traumas to make sure people aren’t bleeding in the belly and around the heart or check for aneurisms or ectopic pregnancies.”
It gives us a lot more information to make more timely decisions,” he says, emphasizing the new machine in no way diminishes the need for the imaging department.
As well as the doc-tors’ contribution, Shuswap Lake Gen-
eral Hospital received $200,000 from the Brit-ish Columbia Medi-cal Association’s Joint Standing Committee for Rural Issues.
“We want people to know this has helped with physician reten-tion and recruitment,” says Lorenz. “We’ve opened up an extra shift on weekends, especial-ly in summer. This is pretty huge for us.”
The funds have also been directed to vari-ous educational oppor-tunities for doctors and
nurses to keep them at the top of their game.
“Everyone wants to provide the best care to patients in Salmon Arm,” says Lorenz, noting the new equip-ment has other doctors interested in coming to Shuswap Lake Gen-eral Hospital. “There are other improvement we’d like to embark on, but we’ve done a pretty good job.”
Hospital manager Mark Pugh agrees.
“There’s been a good progression in
the past five years; we started doing CT scans in October 2009 and now they’re being done 24-7 and we have the third X-ray room,” he says. “We’ve definitely done a lot of improve-ments in the emergency and diagnostic end of things.”
Another new piece of equipment is allow-ing doctors to examine the colon.
The non-invasive colonography is essen-tially a CT scan that is performed when a
doctor feels a patient should not have a colo-noscopy or when colo-noscopy results are not satisfactory says radi-ologist Kevin Beckner.
Like the ER doctors, Beckner is pleased with improvements to the imaging department.
“It’s nice the public can see the machine (CT scanner) is being used to its full poten-tial,” he says, noting it’s a tribute to the com-munity that raised $1.5 million to buy the scan-ner within one year.
Ultrasound on the go: Dr. Darren Lorenz and Shuswap Lake General Hospital RN Rob LaBelle demonstrate the new portable ultrasound device on hospital manager Mark Pugh. Doctors helped pay for the device to further enhance patient care. Photo by Lachlan Labere
Doctors help fund new ultrasound for ERBy Barb BrouwerEagle Valley News
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VICTORIA – The can-non will roar across the In-ner Harbour on the morn-ing of Feb. 12 to mark the opening of the 2013 legis-lature session.
Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon will inspect the troops and present her in-augural throne speech, set-ting out the B.C. Liberal government’s goals for the coming year.
This ritual will kick off a legislative session that is expected to run until March 14, where the of-ficial parliamentary cal-endar shows a three-week break for Easter. Debate is unlikely to resume in April, as the election cam-paign will be in full roar by then.
This means there will be a grand total of 19 sit-ting days to push through a budget and a raft of leg-islation. Here’s my unoffi-cial preview.
The pre-election bud-get will be presented Feb. 19 by Finance Minister
Michael de Jong. Premier Christy Clark has decreed that it must be balanced, and the government has made extra efforts to ar-mour itself against what will likely be the loudest debate ahead.
First, de Jong held a pre-budget meeting of the gov-ernment’s blue-chip fore-cast council in public. This provided a visual record of what happens every year, when the finance ministry solicits the same sort of in-dependent advice as most competent democracies, and bases its numbers on that.
Then the finance min-istry hired former Bank of Montreal chief economist Tim O’Neill, who will act as an unofficial version of the parliamentary budget officer in Ottawa. Now that we have simultaneous oversight of child welfare and the police, the next step is to extend it to fi-nance bureaucrats.
Regardless of party, the government has to produce a three-year set of forecasts to replace the current one.
A lot of election energy will go into competing claims about who is better at predicting the future.
Another new law to be given high priority is one setting up senate elections, to be run in connection with the May 14 provincial vote. Alberta pioneered this, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recent round of senate appoint-ments included Calgary lawyer Doug Black, who won an Alberta senate elec-tion held last year.
There was no one ap-pointed to replace Gerry St. Germain, who bid an emotional adieu as a Con-servative senator for B.C. last year. St. Germain was instrumental in uniting the splintered federal Con-servatives, but he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75, having been ap-pointed by Brian Mulroney in 1993 after losing his seat as an MP.
Why would this senate reform be so urgent for the B.C. Liberals now? Well, turnout for the 2009 elec-tion fell to around 50 per
cent, a record low for a pro-vincial vote. If that down-ward trend is reversed this year, it will be in large part because people are still mad enough about the harmonized sales tax and a range of other issues to get off the couch and kick some B.C. Liberal butt.
Electing senators re-mains a popular notion, especially with older, con-servative-minded voters in B.C. who identified with the Reform Party. The first-ever senate election looks like the best available shot at boosting turnout among people who are not likely to vote NDP, and who may also be disengaged from provincial politics.
And then there is the provincial sales tax bill. Another kick in the slats for the movie business, for one, and don’t hold your breath for NDP leader Adrian Dix to produce a solution in the wake of his recent trip to Tinsel Town.
The performance of the governing party and the opposition will be scruti-nized as never before.
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Taxation rollback may be necessary for economy
OpiniOn
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alter-natives recently released a report that says if the province returned to 2000
tax levels it could wipe out the deficit, esti-mated at $1.47 billion, in one year.
That’s something to think about.B.C.’s finances are tight because of several
cuts to both personal and business taxes that have thinned the budget steadily over the last decade. If the province collected the same amount in tax revenues as it did in 2000, it would have $3.5 billion more in public funds, no deficit, and the ability to invest in enhanced and even new public services.
While raising taxes doesn’t sound like a great idea on the surface, there is no evidence that lower taxes have stimulated our economy. In fact, the opposite appears to be true.
When the Liberals came in, they gutted the public service and got the province out of the red. But the economy was in a different place then. At the time our resources were selling well globally, the U.S. housing market was booming and the economy was generally in good shape.
Where our taxes come from has altered, too. We are taking less from corporations and more from families, less from higher income earners and more from the middle class.
British Columbians now have to decide what they value more: services or disposable income – or find a balance between the two.
Experience says cut taxes to create jobs, but in poor economic times, governments are not anxious to take those kind of risks.
Whether we have a Liberal, NDP or other government, tough decisions on taxation are going to have to be made.
A huge deficit is a job killer. It leads to con-sumer pessimism and an economic slowdown.
Raising taxes will not be an easy sell for any government, but we may have no other choice if we want to see services maintained.
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By Tom FletcherNews Columnist
Senate election may boost Liberal vote
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It’s high time local governments united in a push for equality – at the pump.
If anything can prompt a lack of con-sumer loyalty it’s gas prices. In the Shuswap, folks are known to hold off on filling up locally when they know fuel can be purchased for less in a neighbouring community.
Case in point: The weekend before last, when gas was 117.9 per litre in Salmon Arm, it could be purchased for 111.9 in Enderby. You can bet folks who were out for bit of shopping in Vernon made sure to fuel up along the way.
While these savings may be good for the consumer, it’s bad for business. Money that could be spent in town, supporting local busi-nesses, is going else-where.
It may seem we are powerless to do any-thing about this. But at the local government level there is, perhaps, opportunity.
For a long time, Dis-trict of Sicamous resi-dents put up with higher gas prices than those in Salmon Arm. Since January 2012, however, Sicamous has seen par-ity at the pump with its Shuswap neighbour.
The change wasn’t spurred by letters to the editor, to your MP or MLA. It was the result of action by municipal politicians.
In the last municipal election, Coun. Greg Kyllo joined forces with the Sicamous cham-ber to determine why Sicamous was paying what it was for gas, while making the point that this was doing the community harm. The
effort was documented in a video posted to YouTube.
“Fuel prices are around 10 cents a litre higher here than they are in all the other sur-rounding communi-ties…,” says Kyllo in the video, uploaded Jan. 5 2012. “It’s definitely causing a lot of concern for local businesses, it sends the wrong mes-sages to tourists and our vacation traffic that are coming through the area…”
Later that month, the issue was brought be-fore the newly-elected council. Council de-cided to contact those companies who dictate pricing to local service stations, and seek an ex-planation for the differ-ence between commu-nities. The story went in the local paper and, the following week, gas prices in Sicamous were on par with those in Salmon Arm.
While the sudden price drop may have seemed the result of some arbitrary decision
making, “local retail forces” are listed by at least one gas company as an influential factor behind the often fluctu-ating prices at the pump.
Now, if Sicamous’ council can plug this source of economic outflow, might it not be worth the effort for Salmon Arm? Maybe the two governments could work together and seek parity with Enderby. Or better yet, bring Enderby onboard and push for parity with Kamloops. We lose dol-lars to that city as well and, as of late, their resi-dents have enjoyed gas prices as low as 101.9 a litre – a 16-cent/litre difference. Talk about inequity.
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A little unity might bring equity at the pump
NDP’s positive message lacks contextThe BC NDP have
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The Old Age Pen-sioner’s Organization, Sicamous Branch #89 became an of� cial charter member of the B.C. Old Age Pension-er’s Organization, May 1964 – just shy of 50 years ago.
Mrs. Emma Gra-ham was the � rst presi-dent of the Sicamous branch. And so, the group began their journey of being very much involved in the community. And what a busy and ambitious journey that was.
After meeting in the Sicamous United Church, it was felt that they needed a build-ing of their own. This would accommodate the various activities of the seniors in Sicamous and the Eagle Valley. The fundraising began – quilting, cooking, and more cooking, as well as other projects became the order of the day. They felt that the funds raised were enough to consider building the senior cen-tre, only to � nd out that a registered society had to be formed to go for-ward with their plan.
This society would build (hold the title) and be responsible for
the maintenance of the facility. Hence, the Si-camous and District Senior Centre Society.
The OAPO Branch #89 presented the Si-camous and District Senior Centre So-ciety with a cheque for $30,000, the � rst
of many donations throughout the years, towards renovations and equipment for the centre. The building was completed No-vember 1984, and it was debt-free.
This Sicamous OAPO was a very ac-tive club, with seniors’ concerns at the fore-front. They had a great deal of fun as they worked hard together to reach their dream: a place to call their own (where persons could meet and socialize).
In 2004, when Dar-rel Duncan was presi-
dent of the Sicamous branch, and Esther Faubert was on the BC OAPO’s provin-cial board, Sicamous Branch #89 hosted a very successful pro-vincial convention.
The support of the OAPO for other com-
munity events was noted and appreciated. Over the years they gave donations to the student scholarship program, Sicamous food bank, legion pop-py Fund, community Christmas Day Din-ner and Variety Club to name a few.
It is a sad time as the Sicamous Old Age Pensioners Organiza-tion folded Dec. 31, 2012.
The traditional socials and favou-rite charities will be continued by the Si-camous and District
Senior Centre Society. They will also carry any concerns of our citizens to the various governments through the strong lobbying group, Council of Se-nior Citizen Organiza-tion.
We, the younger people of Sicamous and area, cannot thank all the volunteers (too numerous to mention) enough for their vision and perseverance for almost 50 years, and look to the Sicamous and District Senior Centre Society to con-tinue for the next 50 years.
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While recent chang-es to the Sicamous Eagles’ lineup may not have been for the best, the team appears play-off-bound, regardless.
Wins outnumbered the losses 3-1 for the Eagles last week, in-cluding a surprise, come-from-behind, 2-1 victory Sunday versus the Revelstoke Griz-zlies. Other tallies in-clude a 5-3 win versus the North Okanagan Knights, a 2-1 loss to the Summerland Steam and a 3-1 win over the Grand Forks Border Bruins.
At 62 points, the Eagles aren’t far be-hind league leaders the Castlegar Rebels at 68 points. But fans may have noticed Sicamous hasn’t been getting the big wins they were in 2012. Team manager
Wayne March attri-butes this to the loss of some key forwards, Connor Buick, who is out with a separated shoulder, Connor Fynn – done for the season with a blown knee, and Kelyn Opel, who hails from Parksville, decid-ed he wanted to return home and is now play-ing with the Victoria Cougars.
With these big gun-ners out of play, March says he’s proud of how the team has kept up the good fight.
“We don’t score those nine or 10 goal games anymore, but the thing is, you only have to win by one,” says March, who is particu-larly pleased to see the Eagles with a 10-point lead over their Revel-stoke rivals.
“We’re going to meet Revelstoke in the playoffs, we know that. It’s either we finish sec-
ond totally, or they do. There’s still six games to go for us and eight for them, so anything can happen.”
Sicamous was strong on the offensive in their Friday afternoon home game versus Revel-stoke, outshooting the Grizzlies 55-27. How-ever, Sicamous goalie Jack Surgenor, and his Revelstoke counterpart Aaron Brandoli, made sure neither team found the back of the net un-til 11:48 in the third period, when the Griz-zlies were at last able to light up the board. This prompted the Eagles to up their effort and the payoff came in the last two minutes of the night. At 1:35, Corbin Marcotte was able to tie things up, with assists by Brad Crump and Alex Dartnall. And with 37 seconds left in the game, Crump potted the winning goal, assisted
by Cameron Berry and Nicholas Astasiewicz.
Scoring was more spread out in Sicamous’ contest against the Knights. The first frame included two markers by the Knights, fol-lowed by a late goal from Quinn Rempel.
Marcotte potted a powerplay marker in the first minute of the sec-ond period, followed by a goal from teammate Dominick Hodges. The Knights tied things up before the buzzer.
Devries broke the tie halfway through the third period. Later in the frame, Sicamous pulled their goalie. The tactic paid off: with 48 seconds left in the game, Berry put in goal number five for the Eagles.
Devries was named first star for the game and Berry third.
Sicamous outshot their Summerland
hosts 43-22 in their Friday contest. But ex-cellent goaltending by the Steam permitted only one goal, an early third-period marker from Jamie Gallo. Summerland’s two goals were scored by Eagles’ alumni Easton Bodeaux.
The Eagles were first on the board in their home-ice bout Saturday with the Bru-ins. Berry scored the goal on power play.
Goals number two and three for Sicamous were scored in the sec-ond frame by Devries and Rempel.
Despite being in-undated by injuries throughout the year, the Eagles persist and March expects there’s lots of good hockey still to come.
“It’s not a write-off season – It’s a good season for us…,” says March.
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Jamie Gallo
Position: Defenseman Home Town: West Kelowna, BCAge: 19 Height: 6’ 9” Weight: 185Prev Team: Peninsula PanthersHobbies / Interests: HockeyPersonal Hero: Jorny NeitschGoals / Objectives: To have a winning seasonFavorite NHL Team: Boston BruinsFavorite Player: Bobby OrrFavorite Music: CountryFavorite Food: Grilled CheeseWhat do you like best about playing hockey in Sicamous:
Playing hockey with the boys on the Eagles
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Pennies still important to ERS studentsBefore putting your
out to pasture, consider dropping them off at Eagle River Secondary.
As of this week, the Canadian penny is be-ing phased out of exis-tence – the reason being the coin costs more to produce than it’s worth.
But the copper-co-loured coin is still high-ly valued at Eagle Riv-er, where students have been pinching pennies for the non-profit hu-manitarian organization Free the Children.
Teacher Desiree Marshall-Peer says students have been col-lecting pennies since October for Free the Children’s We Create Change penny drive. Every $25 in pennies raised, the organization is able to provide ac-
cess to clean water to one person in a devel-oping country for life.
“We’ve managed to raise $150 so far in pennies, and we’re working on our seventh and eighth bags, so I’m very proud of the kids,” says Marshall-
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Share together■ Bringing together your extended family can create a highly memorable and valuable life event. � ey say “it takes a village to raise a child” and many would agree especially in today’s world of working parents and latch-key kids. � e support, experience and interest of your extended family can have a signi� cant impact on your immediate family. Regardless of your de� ni-tion of ‘extended’ family, bringing together those with whom you share history with can have last-ing bene� ts not just for you and your children but for those you invite to share your day.It is common in today’s world to have older children in nuclear families reach their teens before meeting extended family members. Geographi-cal isolation is common for middle-class families who move based on occupational opportunities while family branches retain their independence.Family Day is the ideal occasion to hold family reunions to re-establish and integrate a stronger family connection. � is allows your children to connect with extended family members and to share a better sense of their heritage and belonging. Don’t forget to include senior members of your family. Family reunions and relation-ships inspire seniors to stay active and pursue their well-being. Studies have found seniors feel revitalized when they spend time with families. Your children will bene� t from hearing their oral history and that’s an inspiring experience that won’t always be available to them. Another way to celebrate Family Day is to gather your extended family and friends around something you care about. It might be a shore clean-up, a family walk or a garage sale. You might volunteer at a foodbank. Food is often central to gatherings and with everyone contributing to a family meal afterwards, it becomes a great way to share B.C.’s � rst Family Day.
Create together■ One of my favourite memories was creating an enormous piñata in prepa-ration for a multi-family holiday. We blew up a huge bouncy ball and covered it with papier mache. Our children and those of our friends were young so after my young sons painted the ball white, I drew a score of cartoon characters, shapes and funny animals all around it. Filled with age-appropri-ate, small toys, puzzles and treats, the big white ball became a major activity for everyone in our three-family group. Every age took turns colouring in the shapes through-out the day, knowing when it was completed the ball would be strung up. � e anticipation and excite-ment was heightened because the reward came with activity and was not immediate. Creating something as a family can mark an important time in your family history. It captures the age and ability of your children, your interests and a point in time. By working together on a project your family can develop new skills, collabo-rate on something truly memorable and enjoy what each family member brings to the endeavor. � ink about all the things a family could
create together – a family album com-plete with stories, mementos and funny or poignant memories. Your family might be old enough to handle some-thing more ambitious like preparing a garden, building a dog house or design-ing and painting a family recreation area in your home. Technology puts an amazing array of tools in the hands of today’s families.
You can plan, write, � lm and edit a movie with your everyday computer and smartphone tech-nology and software. Even more fun is sharing your family creation with friends around the world.You might even suggest a � lm festival by inviting families to create their own � lm and have a “popcorn premiere” to show them all. Searching online will
uncover an astounding number of crafts and projects you could tackle as a fam-ily. It can be as simple as building and � ying a kite. Or you may look for some-thing you can recycle or re-purpose into a creative new item – whether a work of art or function. It’s bound to make your family members proud environment stewards as well as treasuring your time and project as a family.
FAMILY DAY 2013
■ � ere is nothing like the fun and innocence of childhood. Whether it’s a game of kick-the-can with the neighbour-hood children or building a tree fort in the backyard, some of our best memories are playful.Board games are a great indoor activity, and Family Day is a great time to dig out some of your old favourites like Monopoly and Clue, and maybe try out a few new ones that are geared towards family fun. Your local toy store will have a wide range of options, along with other family-friendly entertainment such as puzzles and books. Set up a card table, get your favourite puzzle out and spend hours putting together the pieces. Finishing a complicated puzzle will also give your kids a sense of accomplishment.If you’re looking for something a bit more high-tech, your game console or computer is a good place to start. Video games have come a long way from the classic Super Mario and Donkey Kong, and you may discover that your kids have a much larger technical knowledge than you do. � ey might beat you at Wii Sports but it will make for a great story!Getting outside for a game of tag or basketball will check o� two things on your list: play and exercise. Taking a trip to a local play-ground or � eld will give you hours of entertainment for a low cost. Pack a picnic as well for an entire day of fun. Practicing your batting or pitching will also get you ready for the upcoming sports seasons, or maybe compete to see who can run the fastest to the swings.� is year, Family Day is a time to make memories, spend time to-gether and maybe learn a thing or two. Whatever the weather is like outside, you have plenty of options for having fun at all ages.
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The Columbia Shuswap Regional District is in iting proposals rom uali e proponents to e elop an a minister a comprehensi e training program for the Regional District’s 13 rural re epartments within lectoral reas
’ ’ C’ D’ ’ an ’roposals clearl mar e “REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS - FIRE TRAINING SUPPORT SERVICES” will be accepte until 2:00pm lo-cal time on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at the o ce of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District locate at 1 arine ar Dri e
o Salmon rm C 1 1roposal ocuments an further informa-
tion are available online on the Colum-bia Shuswap Regional District website at www csr bc ca C i website at www bcbi gov bc ca Civic nfo website at www civicinfo bc ca an at the o ce of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (at the above note a ress uring regular o ce hoursThis pro ect has a ma imum annual bu get of n uestions regar ing this Re-
uest for roposal ocument can be irecte to hae ra Turner ministrative Services Coor inator at ( 33- 1The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals an to waive any informality in the proposals receive in each case without giving any notice The Columbia Shuswap Regional District reserves the right to accept the proposal which is eeme most a vanta-geous
a submissions will not be accepte The lowest or any proposal will not necessarily be accepte
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FIRE TRAINING SUPPORT SERVICES
Sicamous Inn
or email [email protected]
Our Housekeeping Team needs you!
Drop off resume, or call
250-836-4117
Full Time Seasonal Employment available for the Twin Anchors Houseboat Vacations Team
Resumes are now being accepted for the 2013 season Positions available:
• Housekeeping • Marine Technician • MaintenanceApplicants may apply by email to [email protected]
or by Fax to 250-836-4824 Attention HR Manageror drop off your resume at 101 Martin Street, Sicamous, B.C.
Our website at: www.twinanchors.com, provides job descriptions for these positions. Further jobs will be posted
shortly and are listed on the same website.
Only successful candidates will be contacted for interviews. **Please note that these positions are for the Sicamous location at this time.
H O U S E B O A T S
Help Wanted
Trades, Technical
Employment
Help WantedOUR Growing Security Com-pany Is Looking For An Expe-rienced Supervisor To Assume Site Supervisor Duties At A High Profi le Shopping Facility. The Right Candidate Will Have A Valid BC Security License And A Background In Similar Type Facilities. Please Direct All Serious Inquiries To The Email Listed ([email protected]). Further Details Will Be Given To Qualifi ed Candidates. Thank You.
RECEPTIONIST required for an orthodontic
offi ce in Vernon. Candidates must have good computer,
customer service, communication and fi nancial
management skills. Orthodontic/dental offi ce
experience required. Please email cover letter
and resume to: [email protected]
LabourersPORTAGE College in Lac La Biche, AB, is looking for Maintenance Ser-vice Workers. For more info, visit our website at portagecollege.ca or call 1-866-623-5551, ext. 5597.
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Painting & Decorating
& Area for 20+ Years Serving Sicamous
$$Discount
Painting
$$• Residential & Commercial
• Interior/Exterior
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Merchandise for Sale
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Heavy Duty Machinery
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Misc. for Sale6 PERSON HOT TUB. Not heating. $900.00. Must go. 250-836-4876 or 250-804-9712.
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Real Estate
Business for Sale
Rentals
Apt/Condo for Rent2 BDRM. APT. in Sicamous. NP, NS. $650/mo. plus DD. 250-804-3485.
LGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-836-4516.
Modular HomesLONG TERM RENTAL in Sicamous, this 3 bdrm. MH on a lge. lot is avail. Feb. 15, 2013. $650/mo. plus utilities. NS, NP. 250-836-4816.
Seasonal Acommodation
$449 CABO San Lucas, all in-clusive Special! Stay 6 Days in a Luxury Beachfront Resort with Meals & Drinks! For $449! www.luxurycabohotel.com 1-888-481-9660.
Transportation
Auto Financing
Transportation
Auto Financing
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MoorageWANTED - retired lady looking for affordable moorage on lake for newer 19’ pontoon boat. willing to pay reasonable fees and or trade for boat usage. (250)836-4613
Trades, Technical
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