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Lizzie the dog will likely be on a very short leash for some time to come.

On Saturday, about a month after she went miss-ing in the Old Town Bay area, Lizzie was found and returned to her owners, Liza, Dean and Melissa Yaretz.

The dog was found by Wayne Pedersen, who had been at the beach in Old Town with friends and fellow Lang-don, Alta. residents Teresa

Sutherland, Kerwin Abram and Loretta Pitt, working on his houseboat. Pedersen said they saw the dog walk onto the beach and initially thought it belonged to another person whose car was parked nearby.

“We went to leave and saw a poster of a missing dog,” commented Pedersen. “The dog came up to us and met the description and hopped in my truck.”

Lizzie was returned to the Yaretz’ on Feb. 20. The family

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BC Hydro will provide some � nancial help with the district’s $900,000 Shuswap Avenue im-provement project that includes the construction of a sidewalk and the burying of power and utility lines.

District town man-ager Evan Parliament con� rmed BC Hydro will be paying one-third of the $300,000 cost of putting the hydro lines underground along Shuswap from Finlay-son Street to Martin Street.

News of BC Hydro’s contribution was shared at the Feb. 10 coun-cil meeting, part of a recommendation that council authorize staff to amend the existing engineering design for Shuswap to accommo-date the underground work.

Public works supervisor Darrell Symbaluk explains in a memo to council that the design amendment was to accommodate provisions for the burying of BC Hydro, Telus and Mascon cable.

“To date, we’ve engaged TRUE and asked them if they could do it,” said Symbaluk. “We haven’t talked about a price on getting the additional engi-neering done. I would expect it would fall in line with the rate of what they charge us to do the side-walk – it would be the same rate.”

Coun. Jeff Mallmes said he would like to know the price beforehand.

“I’d hate to just say… charge us whatever you see is � t…,” said Mallmes. “I think it would be wise to ask them to give us a price to complete this. Then at least we know where we’re at on it so there’s no surprises.”

Traction made on sidewalk project

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I’d hate to just say… charge us whatever you see is � t. I think it would be wise to ask them to give us a price to complete this.

Jeff MallmesDistrict council

BC Hydro: Utility to fund one-third of cost to bury overhead cables.By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Missing dog returns after month in the bushBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

See Family grateful on page 2Reunion: Dean Yaretz holds his family’s dog Lizzie tightly after her return. Photo contributed

Mobile command: Sicamous Fire Chief Brett Ogino sits at the wheel of the Sicamous Fire Department’s new command vehicle. Though not quite ready for action, the vehicle will be used to transport people, equipment and supplies during training and emergency responses. Photo by Evan Buhler

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is grateful to Pedersen and company, and to all those who spent hours climbing and searching the area where Lizzie went missing.

“We had people in groups out there searching and hiking the mountain… day and night. I mean, I couldn’t have asked for better,” said Liza, who is amazed that Lizzie was returned, but adds she never gave up hope.

Though Lizzie is one of the family, she’s especially fond of Me-lissa who is relieved to have her canin com-

panion back. “I just want to thank

everybody that helped out,” said Melissa. “I’m glad Lizzie is home safe. My dad was worried – he looked for her with help from ev-erybody. I’m happy to have my Lizzie back.”

Liza said Dean was out taking Lizzie and another family dog for an evening walk when Lizzie broke away and disappeared.

Search efforts have been going on since, with help from numer-ous family friends in-cluding Debbie Fortin of K9-1-1 Animal Res-cue and Vikki Myers of

Grandma Vikki’s Dog Grooming.

Myers, who cares for Lizzie’s mother and three brothers, said she was determined to find the dog as soon as she received word it had gone missing. This, said Myers, involved a lot of climbing.

During the search, Myers said the faint sound of a dog barking could be heard, but no one could determine exactly where it was coming from. But like Liza, Myers said she never gave up hope, inspired by the story of a golden retriever that was missing for two

years before it returned home.

“There was hope in that story,” said Myers.

Liza says Lizzie’s good health before she went missing likely helped her to survive in the bush. Though Lizzie lost weight dur-ing her backcountry experience, Liza says the dog is doing well.

“We’re all glad she’s home and it’s going to be a slow road to re-covery but we’re going to get her there,” said

Liza. “She’s showing all good signs. She’s spirited, she’s happy, she’s back into her rou-tine – just very low en-ergy.”

The relieved Liza called it a learning ex-perience for her whole family, Lizzie includ-ed. It’s one, however, that won’t be repeated as Lizzie may find her-self fitted with a GPS collar for future walks.

“She’s not going to be doing that again,” laughs Liza.

Instead of tabling the request, Parliament and chief financial offi-cer Kelly Bennett sug-gested council could approve an amended recommendation so that the project could proceed to tender after the additional cost is determined.

“Rather than start all over, we certainly have the marching or-ders from council to sit down with the engi-neering firm and make sure we keep it tight and come back with a figure we’re comfort-

able with,” commented Parliament. “I believe by, we’re talking two weeks from today…we should have an op-portunity to give you a ballpark figure you’re comfortable with to get the tender docu-ments out there for the $600,000 to build the sidewalks and the $300,000 to bury the power.”

During question pe-riod, Mayor Terry Rysz explained the side-walk project is one of a couple concepts for a pedestrian pathway along Shuswap. The second, he said, would

involve an extended asphalt walking path going in the opposite direction from where the sidewalk will end on Martin.

From the gallery, Fred Busch asked that such a path be kept at a one-degree grade, noting how in some places, “if you were to walk along that all the time, eventually one leg would get longer… it is rather awkward, especially when you get to be a senior and you’re not very steady on your feet anymore, it certainly does make a difference.”

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Family grateful for support with search effort

Events meeting drums up suggestions

Music in the park, a heri-tage hockey weekend, base-ball tournaments, Canada Day celebrations and the Summer Stomp are among the numer-ous events in the works for Si-camous this year.

There’s room for more though, and District of Si-camous recreation planner Jamie Sherlock was all ears, welcoming input for other pos-sibilities during an public open house held last week in district council chambers.

After a welcome and in-troduction by Coun. Gord Bushell, the meeting got un-derway with a brief presenta-tion by music promoter Shan-non Sternloff of Revelstoke’s GetLiveMusic. Sternloff ex-plained how he could pair up bands with whatever the need, and budget, might be.

Sherlock then began to go over the events the district is working on for the year. These include a Halloween party, an Easter Hockey Tournament, Canada Day celebrations and a Sicamous Heritage Hockey Weekend. For the latter, Sher-lock explained how Sicamous has the highest number of professional hockey play-ers to come from a Canadian community. The goal for the Heritage Hockey Weekend is to invite those players – Shea Weber, Cody and Cain Fran-son, Ron and Rob Flockhart, Colin Fraser and others – back to the community for a week-end of celebration that Sher-lock said could include clos-ing off Main Street for road hockey games. She added this could lead into another appli-cation for Sicamous to become the next Kraft Hockeyville.

Sherlock said there’s inter-est in bringing back the Fungi

Festival, while an organizer and help is being sought to run this year’s Easter Egg Hunt event at Finlayson Park.

“Our hope is we fill up ev-ery weekend or have some-thing each week,” said Sher-lock, noting volunteer support would be needed for the events.

Wade Stewart of the Sum-mer Stomp was on hand to take input. He welcomed the suggestion that the Stomp in-clude more activities kids can get involved with.

Another suggestion was for a Miss Sicamous competition. Jake Dewitt cautioned, how-ever, that the district would have to be prepared to support the successful candidate who would serve as an ambassador to the community. Referring to his own experience organiz-ing baseball tournaments in the community, Dewit offered some advice for other events: start small, keep building and

don’t give up. Speaking for the Sicamous

chamber, Michelle Wolff said the chamber is in the process of arranging a Music in the Park series, primarily intended for Beach Park, that would have performances on six Mondays during the summer. She said the chamber has another even in the works, but wasn’t ready to provide details.

Legion president Chris Wil-son briefly explained what the legion is up to, and what it can offer to support the commu-nity.

Two things the meeting’s attendees expressed an inter-est in seeing: more recogni-tion for local volunteers and a mobile-device friendly web-site that could serve as a hub for community events, where all events are listed along with links to the different commu-nity groups and organizations involved.

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Parent Information Meetings for French Immersion Programs

The meetings will be held on Tuesday, March 1 at 7 p.m.at École Élémentaire Bastion Elementary (early immersion) and L’École Intermédiare Shuswap Middle School (late immersion).

It is essential for all parents interested in the early French Immersion program to attend these information meeting on March 1st at 7 p.m. If the numbers work out then registration will be taken at this meeting. If the numbers do not work out, we will continue with registration on Wednesday, April 6th, 2016, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Registration will take place at the District Education Support Centre (DESC) located at #341 Shuswap St. SW, Salmon Arm on a � rst come � rst served basis.

Please Note: Transportation to and from the French Immersion programs is the responsibility of the parent. It may be possible to ride the bus but it is not an absolute. Questions about the meetings? Please call the education of� ce at 250 804 7826.

To � nd out more about French Immersion opportunities in our schools, and to possibly register your child for French Immersion, it is essential to attend the information meeting which pertains to your student!

Please note there is new registration practice for both EARLY and LATE immersion. Please read carefully!

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MLA Greg Kyllo will be in Malakwa on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 10 - 11:30 a.m. at the Malakwa Cafe, 3769 Malakwa Rd. Malakwa. Coffee will also be at Grandma and Grandpa’s in Sicamous (1133 Eagle Pass Way) from 12 - 1:30 p.m.

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District of Sicamous council had an oppor-tunity to assess BC As-sessment’s recent revi-sion of how foreshore properties in the Shus-wap are assessed.

Prior to BC Assess-ment’s Feb. 1 appeals deadline, council had raised concerns regard-ing the 2016 assess-ments – in particular, the changes faced by own-ers of residential and commercial waterfront properties with docks or marinas. Responding to a subsequent invita-tion to visit council, BC Assessment’s Katrina LeNoury, deputy asses-sor for the Thompson-Okanagan region, and Blaine Porsnuk attend-ed the Feb. 10 council meeting to offer some explanation.

LeNoury took the lead on breaking down what happened with residential foreshore properties. She said in 2015, there was a re-view of all licensed res-idential, private moor-age properties in the Okanagan region. The intent, she explained, was to separate water-front properties with different owners previ-ously assessed as one, so as to be in compli-ance with the prov-ince’s Assessment Act. This means separat-ing upland residential properties from water lots/foreshore property owned by the Crown.

“That foreshore area, because the Crown is the owner of that par-

cel… we cannot have the upland parcel and the foreshore parcel re-flected on the same as-sessment notice,” said LeNoury, noting dock structures were looked at and re-evaluated to reflect current value/de-preciation.

This residential foreshore project, as LeNoury called it, re-sulted in 1,800 new property folios being created for the Okana-gan, with 19 in the District of Sicamous. However, LeNoury said further work is being done with the use of satellite imagery of the region’s major lakes to identify properties already assessed and those that were missed for next year.

Prior to Porsnuk ex-plaining how BC As-sessment undertook a similar program of revi-sion in 2015 for com-mercial marinas, Coun. Jeff Mallmes began to grill LeNoury over how some of those commer-cial marina property owners now find them-selves with a leased wa-ter lot valued at more than their upland prop-erties. He argued that assessing the value of improvements on the water, such as docks, is one thing, but includ-ing the water leased from the Crown in that amounts to double taxa-tion.

“Commercial water lots… those leases are $25,000 to $40,000, and now you’re assessing a water lot as a million, a million-and-a-half dollars. And there’s the

property tax on top… you don’t think that’s a financial hardship on any of these business-es?,” said Mallmes.

“If I was renting a property, a house that myself and my family lived in, even though I pay rent… somebody still has to pay taxes on it,” offered LeNoury in explanation to Mallmes. “This is very like First Nations land where you rent the land which is owned by the Crown, but because you are an occupier, you still have to pay property taxes on it unless you’re a First Nations person. We have to reflect all of the forms of ownership.”

Regarding the re-view of commercial marinas, Porsnuk said 30 were looked at and revalued in the District of Sicamous. Result-ing from the review, their total value rose

from 2015 to 2016 by 6.6 per cent, or from $23,795,100 to $25,375,800.

Coun. Gord Bushell recommended BC As-sessment look at moor-age buoys in the Shus-wap, noting there’s about 2,000 of them, all for private use.

“They’re popping up all over the place and people are not sup-porting the marinas, mooring their boats in marinas where you’re taxing them…,” said Bushell. ”They’re go-ing out into the bay and they’re tying up to them and sitting there all winter, and they’re going to roll upside down and cause all kind of environmental issues. So you should probably take a look at that. Those are the guys you should be going af-ter so they can get into the marinas.”

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Big adjustment: Commercial and residential waterfront proper-ties with marinas in the Shuswap and Okanagan were targeted last year by BC Assessment for revision of how they’re assessed. Photo by Evan Buhler


Council supports funding applications

District of Sicamous council is backing four applications for region-al funding for 2016 to the tune of $450,000.

Council recently ap-proved recommenda-tions from the district’s select finance commit-tee directing staff to submit three separate applications for funding via the Sicamous and Area E Economic Op-portunity Fund, admin-

istered by the Columbia Shuswap Regional Dis-trict.

One of those appli-cations is for $150,000, to go towards the $300,000 structure pro-posed to be built on the Highway 97A/Main Street roundabout. Construction of the roundabout is expected to begin this year.

A second application is for $75,000 for the purchase of a portable stage. The third applica-tion is for $100,000, to

go towards construction of a public boat launch in Old Town Bay (see the Feb. 10 Eagle Valley News).

Council is also sup-porting an application from the Eagle Val-ley Snowmobile Club for $12,500 in funding from the Economic Opportunity Fund. The money will help the club replace both sets of tracks on its two Snow-cats. Because the cost is approximately $25,000 per Snowcat, the club

has stated its intention to apply again for the same amount next year.

“A ‘letter of sup-port from the District of Sicamous would be a tremendous help to the EVS Club with our application to access these necessary funds,” writes club president Dan Morin in a letter to council.

Coun. Gord Bush-ell did not vote on the snowmobile club appli-cation due to a conflict of interest.



The B.C. Liberal gov-ernment made a big show of selectively easing Medi-cal Services Plan fees in its budget for the coming elec-tion year.

In what is becoming a pattern for Premier Christy Clark, the biggest beneficia-ries are single parents. The new MSP is calculated for adults only, so a single par-ent with two children saves as much as $1,200 a year.

Premium assistance is expanded, with discounts for single people making up to $42,000, rather than $30,000. But for singles, couples and seniors who don’t qualify for discounts, the rate is going up another four per cent effective Jan. 1, 2017.

With population growth, the finance ministry expects its take from MSP pre-miums to rise every year, reaching $2.5 billion in coming years.

MSP revenue covers about 17 per cent of B.C.’s health budget, and Clark and Finance Minister Mike de Jong insist Canada’s only direct health-care charge is a vital signal to people that health care isn’t free.

This argument has failed.One seldom-discussed

fact is that for half of the people charged MSP, it’s paid by their employers. In private sector terms, it’s a hefty payroll tax, creating one more obstacle for busi-nesses to hire full-time staff with benefits. So most full-time employees don’t re-ceive this supposedly vital signal, unless they get laid off because their employer is losing money.

Also note that politicians and public sector employ-ees have never paid MSP premiums. Their employ-ers, taxpayers, pick up the tab for them.

People who have to pay out of pocket are what the bureaucracy calls “pay direct accounts.” Jordan

Bateman of the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation re-cently revealed that nearly 400,000 of these accounts are currently in arrears by more than 30 days, owing a grand total of $457 million.

Of course this is Canada, so even if you haven’t paid or even registered for MSP, you still get treatment at the hospital. Another potential signal lost in the noise.

For people who lose their jobs, MSP is like be-ing kicked when they are down. Their employer stops paying, and the slow-mov-ing bureaucracy charges them based on their income from the previous year.

There was a fuss in 2004 after the B.C. Liberals con-tracted out MSP adminis-tration to a Virginia-based back-office specialist, de-lightfully named Maximus Corporation. Now Maxi-mus goes after delinquent MSP accounts with collec-tion agency tactics.

Opposition parties decry the continued inequity of

the MSP premium system, which charges the same for a single person making $45,000 or $450,000 a year.

NDP leader John Hor-gan rails about inequality and accuses Clark of using MSP revenues to establish her prosperity “slush fund,” but he stops short of calling for the elimination of MSP premiums.

Perhaps this is because workers for this unneces-sary Maximus machine re-main members of the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union.

Green Party leader An-drew Weaver has it right. He staged a popular peti-tion drive to roll MSP pre-miums into income tax. Scrapping MSP and raising income tax rates on higher brackets to compensate would fix the private sec-tor payroll deterrent, make salaried employees (includ-ing me) pay their share, and end a tax break for the wealthy.

Don’t hold your breath.

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What events do you want to see in Sicamous?

This was one of the questions residents had an opportunity to respond to last week during an open-house meeting in district council chambers on community events.

There was a good turnout by locals, some of whom shared which events/performers they’d like to see return, such as Elvis impersonator Adam Fitzpatrick who, to paraphrase, has moves that even had men in the Sicamous Legion audience whistling.

Needless to say, it wasn’t exactly your typical meet-ing in council chambers.

District recreation programmer Jamie Sherlock orga-nized the meeting and used it to gather input, encour-age volunteerism and go over some of the events the district is helping to organize for 2016. These include a couple of big hockey events, one playing up the unusually high number professional hockey players who hail from the community.

The Stomp will be returning and representative Wade Stewart, also in attendance, welcomed input. He was particularly enthusiastic towards a suggestion of having more events during the Stomp weekend for kids to participate in.

Michelle Wolff also got to share a few details of what the chamber has in store, including a music in the park program in the works for this summer.

Speaking of music, while some in the crowd would liked to have seen Brad Paisley stop and perform in the community, as opposed to just driving through, they also recognized there are financial limitations to what can be done.

Some suggestions weren’t about particular events, but instead focused on how Sicamous does things as a whole. One was to have a single website serving as a mobile-device-friendly hub, listing all events and link-ing the different community groups/organizations. Another was to do more to recognize and celebrate volunteers.

Sicamous has some terrific resources for events, including Finlayson and Beach parks, as well as the rec centre. How about a day-long, all-ages yoga event at the beach, or a party for dog owners at the dog park?

There’s plenty that can happen with the right people and support.

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Hard work and determination will pay off for Shea Weber in February when he suits up in the red and whites of Team Canada.

The 24-year-old Sicamous product was tagged last month to represent the nation in the 2010 Olympic Games. It’s a goal Weber had been working towards, and an opportu-nity he’s proud to be part of.

“The Olympics are a very special event, not only for hockey but for winter sports and to be able to play for your country and compete for a medal is kind of neat,” says Weber.

The 6’4”, 234 lb. Nashville Predators defenceman will be sporting the maple leaf with other big names in hockey like Scott

Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks), Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks), Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers) and Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Pen-guins).

Apart from a camp held last summer, We-ber guesses the team may have a couple of days to gel in February before hitting the ice in Whistler, and he’s interest-ed in seeing how everyone fi ts. But Weber’s mom and dad, Tracy and James, don’t ex-pect Shea will have any problems.

“Whatever they want him to do, he’ll do it,” said James. “He’s a team-fi rst guy, he’s not a selfi sh player at all.”

Both parents share what could be described as a subdued excite-ment for their son and the hon-our that’s been bestowed up on him.

“Shea phoned home and said ‘I’ve been chosen

to play in the Olympics, and I said ‘okay,’” Tracy commented, explaining it’s kind of a family trait not to overreact – one that Shea

shares. But she and James who, with Shea,share roots in Sicamous minor hockey, are defi nitely excited, and are hoping to attendat least one of their son’s games.

Sicamous Eagles manager Wayne Marchis also pretty excited by the news that Shea, an Eagle alumni, will be playing forhis community and country at the Games.March says Shea has been totally focusedthroughout his career on what he wanted todo: make it to the NHL. In the process, Sheahelped the Eagles win the KIJHL West-ern Canadians in 2001-02; he helped takethe Kelowna Rockets to three consecutiveWHL Memorial Cup championship games,including the win in 2004; and, after signingwith Nashville in 2004, he helped the Ca-

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Feb. 26 & 27 $2 bag sale at Sicamous United Church Thrift shop. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Clothing & shoes.

Feb. 1-26 C o m m u n i t y Street Banner Project The 2016 theme is Birds of a Feather. Banners can be painted between 10 am and 4 pm upstairs at the District Recreationb Centre (Evening hours can be arranged). Registration fee $15, pick up your design form from the District Office on Main Street.

Feb. 27 Street Banner showing tea 1-3 pm. See the new street banners.

March 9, 16, 23 & 30 Lego Builders For kids ages 6-12. Limited space, please register at the library or by calling 250-836-4845

Monday to Friday Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446

Mon., Wed. & FriSicamous Strongstart 8:15-11:15 Parkview Elementary 836-2871

EvEry MondaySicamous Three-chord Ukulele Band At the United Church - Sicamous - starting at 1 pm Newcomers please come at 12:15pm to help you get set up.No need to read music, we will teach you how to play. Just bring a ukulele.For more information call Carla 250-836-4705

Chair Aerobics Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre. 10 am. Everyone Welcome

EvEry TuEsdaySicamous Baby Talk 9 - 11 am Free drop-in program for parents & babies to 12 months of age. Sicamous health unit

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.

Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in the Common Room at the Haven. Delivery available if required, phone Dorothy at 250-836-2437.

Sicamous Strongstart 12:30-3:30 Parkview Elementary 836-2871

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WEdnEsday Malakwa Parent & Tot ~ 10:00 – 12:00 pm ~ Malakwa Preschool Building. For more information call Gwyneth 250-836-3440

Dody’s Art For Everyone Meets Every Wednesday At The Red Barn, 10 a.m. To 3 p.m. Everyone Is Welcome . For More Info Call, Dody At 250 836 3112 Or Jean At 250 836 3511.

Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 2:15 pm at Parkview. Brownies - 3:30 pm at Legion. New members welcome! Leaders needed. 250-836-3366 or online: girlguides.ca

United Church Thrift Store Open 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.

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: Bev 836-3435 or Ed 836-4133

T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets 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.

1st & 3rd Wed. Parkinsons Support Group Contact Don at 250-838-0794.

1st & 3rd Wed. Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.

LaSt WedneSday oF the Month Autism Support Group 6:00-7:30pm at Sicamous Health Unit

EvEry Thursday Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.

Sicamous Strongstart 12:30-3:30 Parkview elementary 836-2871

Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in the Common Room at the Haven. Delivery available if required, phone Dorothy at 250-836-2437.

Chair Aerobics Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre. 10 am. Everyone Welcome

every 2nd t h u r S d a y Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors

Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788.

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 4th t h u r S d a y monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:00 in the Learning Centre Library.

EvEry Friday Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at the Sicamous Resource Center. Free Drop-in program for parents & children to age 6. Active play, crafts and socialization. 836-3440.

Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone wel-come! For info call Carol 250-836-3135 or Amy 250-836-4756. w w w. e a g l e v a l l e y -brushandpalette.com

Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pm

1st Friday oF the MonthSicamous Seniors Ctre general meeting 11 am followed by a great pot luck lunch. We encourage everyone to join us.

2nd 3rd and 4th Friday Wii Tournament at 10 am at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Everyone Welcome.

Lunch at noon. Everyone Welcome. At the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue.

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United Church Thrift Store open 10:00 am to 3 p.m.

2nd Saturday oF the MonthScrabble Tournament Sicamous library 1 pm

sundays every 4th Sunday Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 1 p.m.

Birthday Tea (formerly the OAPO) for members and friends at Seniors Activity Ctre 1:30 pm. Everyone is Welcome.

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OPINIONTherapy dogs offer unconditional support

If you’ve ever had a dog you likely un-derstand why they got the title of ‘man’s best friend.’

There is little to compare with the loyal and loving presence of a canine companion. On a rough day, their furry presence can pro-vide a lot of comfort.

Dogs have been used to provide this sense of comfort in hospitals, nursing homes, and other settings for sever-al years. Therapy dogs are generally very pop-ular and credited with bringing some joy into difficult places.

Three Canadian uni-versities are currently involved in a study ex-amining the benefits of matching dogs with people experiencing mental illness and ad-dictions.

For this study, the University of Saskatch-ewan, the University of Regina and McMaster University are collabo-rating to determine the effects of therapy dogs.

Three organizations working with home-less, mentally ill and addicted clients in Sas-katoon received regular visits from St. John’s Ambulance therapy dogs.

Results to date have been positive and participants say they

appreciate the non-judgmental and uncon-ditional love of the dogs as well as the authentic-ity of the animals.

Staff at the organiza-tions report that their clients enjoy visits from the therapy dogs. Many of the participants have experienced difficult circumstances and the animals seem to help some people come out of their shells.

If you have ever tak-en a dog for a walk you will know how easy it is to meet other people and start up conversa-tions with strangers in the presence of your dog.

Many people will approach and initiate interaction with a dog

and their owner when they would not do so in the absence of the dog.

They also provide something to talk about that takes the focus off the owner.

It seems reasonable to assume that a thera-py dog might well also aid in the development of responsibility and motivate an increase in exercise.

The dog needs to be walked and walking the dog will make the ex-ercise more interesting and also associate the exercise with meeting other people who are out walking their dogs.

Results have been consistent among youth, seniors and even groups of people.

Researchers say they would like to take their work farther by expanding to other animal species such as horses.

More research is likely still needed in order to establish an overall ‘pet effect’ on health, but there is little doubt that having posi-tive interactions with animals can be a com-fort and solace.

The unconditional companionship can also do much to dispel loneliness and feelings of isolation in those who may have a hard time functioning in so-cial situations.

Paul Latimer is a columnist with the Kelowna Capital News.

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HAPPY NEWS • Birth Announcements • Engagements • Weddings • Anniversaries • Retirements

Hugh WilsonLong time resident and business man celebrated his 90th birthday with family and friends on Valentines Day.Family travelled from Saint Albert, Stettler, Calgary, and Kelowna to spend time with Hugh. He was pleased to see Sicamous and area friends who dropped in to say “Happy Birthday”. Hugh is a longtime member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Br. 99, He served in the Canadian Armed Forces

for 21 years. He was awarded War Medal 1939-1945,UNEF Medal and the Canadian Forces Decoration.As a member of the Sicamous and District Chamber of Commerce, (Hugh and Ione owned and managed the Sicamous Sports Shop) he volunteered many hours to the Sicamous Chamber of Commerce and other community events. The O.A.P.O and the Sicamous and District Seniors Centre also bene� ted having him as an active member.Hugh Wilson is a very quiet person, always ready to give a helping hand and very committed to his family, friends and community.

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Was born at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton on January 23, 2016 weighing 5 lbs 14 oz. to proud parents Ti� any and Chris Swank. First time grandparents are Gloria & Joe Stammers and Carol & Bill Swank of Salmon Arm. Great grandparents are June Stammers (Salmon Arm), Fred Yamamoto (Salmon Arm), Ruby and Dave Trouton (Sicamous) and Muriel Swank (Enderby).

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Food waste is next on the regional district’s menu of items to divert from land� lls.

A 30-week food waste diversion trial will take place in some electoral areas of the Columbia Shuswap Re-gional District.

The board had en-dorsed an organics di-version strategy at the November board meet-ing which includes a strategy to achieve a CSRD-wide food dis-posal ban by 2020.

At last week's board meeting in Salmon Arm, directors were asked to approve $25,000 from the Elec-toral Area D Communi-ty Works Fund to place and process receptacles for the weekly collec-tion of food waste at transfer stations in Falk-land/Salmon Valley/Ranchero, North Shus-wap, South Shuswap, Rural Sicamous and Rural Revelstoke.

E n v i r o n m e n t a l Health Services team leader Ben Van Nos-

trand told directors that Area D director Rene Talbot supports the re-moval of food from land� lls and was agree-able to coughing up the money for a trial pro-gram.

The trial will not be open to everyone.

Van Nostrand ex-

plained that people who want to take part will be given instruction along with kitchen catch-ers for their home bins and a key to access the locked bins.

"We’re looking for homeowners who want to divert food waste," he said of the bins that will be located at Falkland, Skimikin, Glenemma, Malakwa and Scotch Creek transfer stations as well as the Sorrento Recycling Depot and

land� lls in Salmon Arm, Sicamous and Revelstoke. "According to the research we’ve done in other regional districts, direct involve-ment with homeowners with supplies and a key for the bin is that they become the champions. It’s not a free for all."

North Shuswap di-rector Larry Morgan was concerned that 70 per cent of the popula-tion in his area are ab-sentee owners, but Van Nostrand assured him visitors had taken to re-cycling programs well.

Salmon Arm direc-tor Chad Eliason said he was glad a local company, Spa Hills Farm will be gathering and processing the food waste as they already do in several municipal locations

"Spa Hills does a great job and hopefully we can work out the kinks and can offer it in Salmon Arm," he said. "It's an exciting step moving forward for the CSRD."

Area E director and board chair Rhona Mar-tin wanted assurances

testing will be done with regard to contami-nation.

"They’ve been doing this for a while," replied Van Nostrand. "I think by restricting access at the bins, contamination will be low."

Martin then ques-tioned why Talbot was paying for the trial in total. She told directors she would be willing to put in $10,000 from her

community works fund."Then we should

have all area directors involved put $5,000 in," said South Shuswap di-rector Paul Demenok.

"Thanks for coming forward, you guilted us all into it," said Martin, drawing laughs from di-rectors.

"This seems more successful than I thought it would be," replied Van Nostrand.

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Puppy love: Four-week-old golden retriever puppies try to get their mother’s attention on Sunday, Feb. 21. Sicamous golden retriever breeder BJ Clancy plans to sell the CKC-registered puppies once they are eight-weeks-old.


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Special guest: New Brunswick’s Rob Swan teams up with Brenda Davos of the Sicamous Curling Club dur-ing an open house at the local rink Friday, Feb. 19. Swan is playing rinks across Canada, raising awareness about the sport as well as funds for his hometown rink. See Swan’s vid-eo from his local stop at www.facebook.com/Curlingacrossthe-nation.Photo by Kelly Dick

SPORTSSeason a learning experience for Eagles

It’s been a while since the Sicamous Ea-gles haven’t made the playoffs.

Twenty-two years, says team manager Wayne March.

“But hey, somebody has to not make the playoffs,” said March with a chuckle, not at all upset with the team’s performance through-out what proved to be a challenging season.

The Eagles last week of action included a 6-4 loss to the Chase Heat, and back-to-back loss-es of 2-1 and 5-3 to the Revelstoke Grizzlies.

March admits the season had some bumps, including some questionable officiat-ing from time to time (including during that 2-1 loss to the Griz-zlies), as well as losing three of the team’s se-nior defencemen. This left the Eagles a pre-dominantly young Jr.

B team for much of the season.

“For the kids learn-ing and maturing and getting better, we had a great season that way,” says an upbeat March, particularly proud of all the players who re-turned after the Christ-mas break and stuck it out until the end.

“I expected a few kids not to come back, but all 23 came back, so what does that tell you. Now, we have 16 kids that want to come

back for next year. So that will give us a hell of a core group.”

One Eagles alumni to be moving onward and upward next sea-son is this year’s MVP, Nathan Plessis. March is hopeful the Salmon Arm native will con-tinue to play locally.

This season also marked Ty Davidson’s first year as the Eagles’ head coach. March said it was a learning expe-rience for Davidson in the competitive KIJHL.

“That’s something he learned right off the bat,” said March, not-ing Davidson has the franchise’s full support. “He’s a good coach, he’s a player’s coach,

he doesn’t yell, rant and rave – he’s calm cool and collected. You can see it on the bench… I was quite happy with the way he handled things.”



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LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23Communication improvements with your romantic partner have you feeling optimistic about the future, Libra. Don’t make any definitive plans, but start thinking ahead.

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NOTICE OF EXCLUSION APPLICATIONRegarding Land in the Agricultural Land ReserveI, ........................................................................

of........................................................................

intend on making an application pursuant to Section 30(1) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act to exclude from the Agricultural Land Reserve the following property which is legally described as,........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

and located at .................................................Any person wishing to express an interest in the application may do so by forwarding their comments in writing to,................................................................................................................................................

by .............................................., ...........

Kyllo Properties Ltd.(full name, or names, of registered owner)

(mailing address)

(street address if applicable)

PO Box 318, Sicamous, BC V0E 2V0

Lot 3, Plan KAP69699, Section 1, Township 22, Range 8, Meridian W6, KDYD, Except Plan KAP84628

675 Old Town Road

District of Sicamous, PO Box 219, Sicamous, BC V0E 2V0

(name and mailing address of the local government)

March 9 2016

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A-Steel Shipping Storage Containers. Used 20’40’45’53’ insulated containers. All sizes in stock. Prices starting under $2,000. Modifi cations possible doors, windows, walls etc., as offi ce or living workshop etc., Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 or 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for SalePOLE BARNS, Shops, steel buildings metal clad or fabric clad. Complete supply and in-stallation. Call John at 403-998-7907; [email protected]

REFORESTATION NURSERYseedlings of hardy trees, shrubs and berries for shelter-belts or landscaping. Spruce and Pine from $.99/tree. Free shipping. Replacement guar-antee. 1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397. Make money and save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock, ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: 1-800-566-6899 ext: 400OT.www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT

STEEL BUILDING Sale. Real-ly big sale, extra winter dis-count on now!! 21x22 $5,190 25x24 $5,988 27x28 $7,498 30x32 $8,646 35x34 $11,844 42x54 $16,386. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422; www.pioneersteel.ca

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HouseboatsWANTED to buy 24-32’ Houseboat with trailer.250-788-3798 or 250-788-3400

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Legal NoticesWAREHOUSE Lien Act Notice is hereby given to Darren Wil-fred Large of Box 191 Saddle Lake, AB T0A 3T0 and Lien holder Go Auto Finance of 10220 184 Street Edmonton AB T5S 0B9. Registered own-er of 2011 Dodge Ram 1D7RV1GPXBS522052. To recover Storage charges of the above mentioned vehicle under the provision of the Warehouse Lien Act in the amount of $4000.00 as of Feb-ruary 5, 2016, the above noted vehicle has been stored at Ea-gle Rock Towing 1233 Titus Rd, Sicamous BC since June 10, 2015 and will be disposed of on March 2, 2016. Call 250-546-8290.

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