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Jan 9th- One time event- Sicamous Seniors Ctre general meeting. Guest Speaker –Bea Jackson-registered hearing practitioner/owner of NexGen Hearing. Meeting 11:00 am – Guest speakers presentation 11:30 am followed by a pot luck lunch. Everyone is welcome!Monday to Friday Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446Every 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.Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven. Every 1st & 3rd Wed. - Parkinsons Support Group Contact Don at 250-838-0794.Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcomeEvery Wed. Lunch by a donation at the

Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon.Every Wed. - 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 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.1st & 3rd Wednesday - Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome.Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652Every Thurs.- Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome.Every Thurs.- Malakwa Thrift Store between the 2 churches Open every Thursday 10-5.Every 2nd Thurs. - 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.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 p.m. to 9 p.m., The Sicamous Health UnitEvery 4th Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:00 in the Learning Centre Library.Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at the Eagle Valley Resource Centre. 836-3440.Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Carol 250-836-3135 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpaletteclub.comEvery Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pmEvery 1st Fri. of the month –Sicamous Seniors Ctre general meeting 11:00am followed

by a great pot luck lunch. We encourage every to join us.Every 2nd 3rd and 4th Fri. Wii Tournament at 10 am at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Everyone Welcome.Every 2nd 3rd and 4th Fri. Lunch at noon. Everyone Welcome. At the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue.Last Sat. of the Month - Ladies’ Auxiliary Dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion at 6 pm. Tickets sold until the Friday before at the Legion. No tickets at the door.Sundays - Candlelit Karma 6:30 pm. Warm & Gentle. Class by donation. Funds go towards community causes.Every 4th Sun.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 1 p.m.Every 4th Sun. - Birthday Tea (formerly the OAPO) for members and friends at Seniors Activity Ctre 1:30 pm. Everyone is WelcomeEvery Sat. - Morning Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion Branch 99 tailgate market – Everyone welcome – sell anything – for details call Murray @250-836-2224.

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There appears to be interest in determining if public ownership of another rail corridor can be acquired.

The Splatsin First Nation wants to bring together local munici-palities and regional districts to discuss op-tions for acquiring the abandoned Canadian Pacific line from Spal-lumcheen to Sicamous, and possible long-term uses for the property.

The Splatsin recently obtained 29 acres of the

route after legal action against the federal gov-ernment and CP. Other jurisdictions that will be invited to meet with the Splatsin are Armstrong, Enderby, Spallum-cheen, Sicamous and the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District.

“I’m open to look-ing at it,” said Herman Halvorson, Regional District of North Okan-agan director for rural Enderby.

“It needs to be main-tained as a transporta-tion corridor, but the big question is how to orga-nize the funds needed

and the purchase price.”Between 2010 and

2012, the Regional District of the North Okanagan went through a process looking at the corridor from Spallum-cheen to Grindrod and the net salvage value at the time was $3.2 mil-lion. RDNO did not look at the cost for the line from Grindrod to Sicamous.

“We are prepared to work with them but we’re not sure what they are thinking about for land use yet, wheth-er it’s a trail or not,” said Janice Brown, Spallum-

cheen mayor.The Shuswap Trail

Alliance will also be asked to participate in the discussions.

“We look forward to supporting Splatsin leadership and local municipal, regional and provincial leadership in those discussions, which still include the potential for a continu-ous linear greenway corridor for walking and cycling,” said Phil McIntyre-Paul, Shus-wap Trail Alliance ex-ecutive director.

“We will also be following up with CP

leadership to better un-derstand their plans for dispersal of the remain-ing abandoned rail cor-ridor.”

McIntyre-Paul says his alliance welcomes the Splatsin’s success-ful negotiations with CP and the band being able to obtain 29 acres of the rail line.

“It is an important acknowledgement of the title and rights of the Splatsin commu-nity and the wider Sec-wepemc Nation terri-tory through which the abandoned rail corridor runs,” he said.

By Richard RolkeBlack Press

Four people were sent to hospital with minor injuries resulting from a multi-vehicle collision east of Si-camous.

The incident oc-curred east of Sicamous at the Highway 1 turn-off to Cambie-Solsqua Road on Sunday, Jan 4 at 12:40 p.m. Si-camous RCMP Sgt. Scott West says the roads were snowy and ice covered and visibil-ity poor when the driver of an eastbound vehicle stopped to make a legal left-hand turn. Behind that vehicle, a second

vehicle was able to stop safely. A third vehicle attempted to pass to the right when a fourth rear-ended the second vehi-cle. That fourth vehicle then crossed the centre line and collided with a westbound vehicle.

The driver of a fifth vehicle managed to avoid the fourth vehicle but collided with the same westbound ve-hicle.

Finally, the driver of a sixth vehicle ap-proaching the scene but unable to stop in time and drove into a ditch.

Three of the six ve-hicles involved received major damage. How-ever, West is thankful

injuries to those in the vehicles were minor.

“Everybody was OK – some people did go to hospital, the most seri-ous injury appearing to be whiplash,” said West.

None of the drivers were from the Shuswap and West says the inci-dent is under investiga-tion, with potential vio-lation tickets pending.

Semis collide

On Monday, Jan. 5, police responded to another multi-vehicle collision, this one in-volving four semi tractor-trailers and no injuries.

This incident oc-

curred around 12:25 p.m. along the Trans-Canada Highway near the east end of town. West said the driver of a westbound semi slowed to a stop for a vehicle attempting to turn left off the high-way. West said the driver of another west-bound semi coming up behind the first didn’t leave sufficient dis-tance to stop in time, resulting in a rear-end collision. A third west-bound semi was able to stop in time, but a fourth did not and wound up sideswiping the rear end of the third, damaging the tractor as it swerved into the on-

coming lane. “Thankfully there

was no one coming in the oncoming lane at the time or that wouldn’t have ended well for us either,” said West.

The drivers of the second and fourth semis were fined for following too close.

With the continuing winter storm condi-tions, West is remind-ing all drivers to drive slowly and leave suffi-cient distance from the vehicle ahead.

“The speed limit is for perfect conditions and not the ones we’re seeing right now,” add-ed West.

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Splatsin acquire portion of CP Rail corridor

Injuries minor in six-vehicle collisionBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

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July

Local governments in the North Okanagan and Shuswap launched an urgent drive to save the CP rail line between Sicamous and Arm-strong from potentially being chopped up and sold to private inves-tors. A meeting was held in Salmon Arm at the Columbia Shuswap Regional District offices on June 24 to strategize ways to preserve the line as a transportation corri-dor, initially for hiking and biking and, in the winter, perhaps cross-country skiing or snow-shoeing.

The District of Si-camous announced chief administrative of-ficer Heidi Frank had resigned, and would be leaving the district in August.

Summer Stomp or-ganizers and the District of Sicamous received word from the Agricul-tural Land Commission that the municipal dog park – which is part of the agricultural land reserve, could be used to host the motorcycle event until 2016.

Young people see lots of sexual images and hear lots of sex-re-lated information on the Internet, but they aren’t acquiring fundamental knowledge, said Cathy Johnston, a family life teacher with School District #83 for 20

years. Last year, John-ston’s full-time position was cut to 0.6, now it has been cut altogether.

News the price for the district’s proposed water treatment plant had risen from $4.5 mil-lion to $7.9 million, in-stigated a groundswell of concern among resi-dents interested in less costly alternatives, not only for the end-product but also in relation to water sources. Mayor Darrell Trouton said input had not fallen on deaf ears, and that time and effort was expended to assure the district is moving in the right di-rection.

Sicamous council approved the issuance of a development permit to numbered company 443606002 BC LTD, for the development and construction of a proposed 276-slip ma-rina in Old Town Bay, as well as a breakwater, marine servicing and fu-elling facilities, public and private boat launch-es and more. The mari-na will be developed in two or more phases, and will eventually be the new home of Twin An-chors’ houseboat rental operation.

The body of Kevin Boutilier was recovered, a year after the 25-year-old Calgary man went missing in Shuswap Lake. The BC Coroners Service confirmed the body of Kevin William Boutilier was recovered on July 10.

‘Surprisingly com-plicated’ was how a de-

fence lawyer described portions of the, legal action initiated by Ray Sasseville, Joan Hansen, and Sturgis North En-tertainment Inc. involv-ing motorcycle events they put on in the North Okanagan-Shuswap. After launching the lawsuit in BC Supreme Court in December 2013, in March, Sassev-ille and Hansen began the process to drop the court action against six of the seven defendants. According to the initial claim, Sicamous was named because Sturgis North entered into an agreement to hold an annual event there be-ginning in 2011 called the Sturgis North Burn-out and Festival. The plaintiffs alleged the event was wrongfully taken over and became the Summer Stomp Burn-out.

Tickets for illegal dumping may be issued to those responsible for

the mess left outside the recycling bins earlier this month at the cor-ner of Main Street and Highway 97A. On the evening of Canada Day, the person contracted by the CSRD to maintain the depot was frustrated and angry to find a day’s worth of refuse left on the ground – and the bins completely empty.

Mayor Darrell Trou-ton announced he would not be seeking re-elec-tion in November.

From a policing per-spective, apart from the odd arrest for intoxi-cation and a couple of noise complaints, the Summer Stomp event came and went without a hitch.

At a committee of the whole meeting, District of Sicamous commu-nity planner Mike Marrs informed municipal council he’d received notice of a new applica-tion being submitted to

the federal government for a licensed medical marijuana production facility. Marrs also up-dated council on anoth-er application, this one from 1937 Enterprises Inc., to establish a li-censed medical marijua-na production facility at Waterway Houseboats’ Monashee Frontage Road manufacturing facility. Marrs said the company, which runs the website bcorgan-icbud.com, had not yet been awarded a licence under the federal gov-ernment’s new regula-tions for the commercial production of medical marijuana.

Cody Franson’s fu-ture was no longer an unknown following the

This week the News reviews the headlines from July to Decem-ber.

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Budding business: District council was made aware of two applications for the lo-cal manufacture of medical marijuana, includ-ing an operation on Monashee Frontage Road. File Photo

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VICTORIA – The U.S. has Canada over a barrel on water as well as oil these days, but the tide is turning.

Last week, I mentioned a new book called The Co-lumbia River Treaty – A Primer by members of Si-mon Fraser University’s cli-mate adaptation team. This slim volume makes the case that B.C. has ended up with a shockingly bad deal from this 1964 treaty, which con-cerned itself entirely with flood control and hydroelec-tric power.

In those days there was little or no environmental assessment. Agriculture, fish habitat and aborigi-nal impacts were ignored. More than a decade after the disastrous flood year of 1948, once Ottawa stopped its bureaucratic delays, U.S. public and private power utilities paid B.C. $254 mil-lion to build three dams on the Columbia system.

Those dams (and one at Libby, Montana that mostly floods B.C. land) hold back the huge spring runoff from the Rockies and then dole out water for power produc-tion in B.C. and for the 15 hydro dams previously built downstream in the U.S.

The U.S. payment was for half the power over 30 years, which B.C. didn’t need at the time. Then our American cousins cut us another cheque for $64 mil-lion, an estimate of the val-ue of flood protection from 1968 all the way to 2024.

Boy, did we get taken. The SFU team calculates the value of that flood con-trol to the U.S. at more like $32 billion.

That’s not even the worst of it. The Kootenays were once the leading fruit and vegetable growing area in B.C., bigger than the Okanagan. Now in the Ar-row Lakes and other res-ervoirs, levels rise and fall dramatically to steady the flow south. In addition to

the large areas permanently flooded by the Mica, Dun-can and Hugh Keenleyside dams, this renders more of B.C.’s prime bottom land impassable.

B.C. is paid precisely zero for this sacrifice, while Washington state has de-veloped a $5 billion-a-year farm economy using our stable irrigation source. That has helped their tree fruit growers push some Okanagan orchardists out of business.

It’s worth noting that long before the treaty, the U.S. military-industrial complex had wiped out the Columbia River salmon runs. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its private-power partners dammed everything they could find, exterminating a fishery big-ger than the Fraser that had sustained aboriginal people on both sides of today’s bor-der for thousands of years.

B.C. Energy Minister Bill Bennett and SFU’s Jon O’Riordan both described

to me their experience at the Columbia River Basin con-ference, held last October in Spokane.

Their main impression was that Americans, includ-ing traditional tribes, want those salmon runs restored. Vast amounts have been spent on hatcheries and habitat to speed recovery below the Grand Coulee dam. Should the Americans ever manage to get salmon above their biggest dam, it will largely be up to B.C. to provide sufficient cool wa-ter to keep them alive. That service has an increasing value to the U.S. as well as an ongoing cost to B.C.

Bennett surprised some in Spokane when he said the U.S. needs to pay more for the benefits from the Co-lumbia River Treaty.

The flood control agree-ment expires in 2024. The treaty requires 10 years’ notice for either country to exit. Climate shifts are ex-pected to make B.C. water more important than ever.

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It had appeared that political discussion over preserving public access to the rail corridor from Spallumcheen to

Sicamous had been sidelined. However, the issue is back on the table

thanks to the Splatsin.The Enderby area First Nation is showing

leadership by calling on all local jurisdictions to meet in the new year to determine how to acquire the abandoned rail line from Cana-dian Pacific and what the best long-term use of the property is.

“We are for working together collabora-tively. We all have an interest and want to do what’s right,” said Wayne Christian, Splatsin chief.

The Splatsin have become a catalyst because the band recently obtained 20 acres of the rail line through legal action against CP and the federal government.

Like other local governments in the area, as well as the Shuswap Trail Alliance, the Splat-sin see a number of opportunities that could arise if there is public control over the entire length of the old rail bed.

“It’s important that it be maintained as a transportation corridor,” said Christian.

Among the possible options are addressing congestion on parts of Highway 97A and developing a recreational trail that would attract tourists and bolster the local economy.

Yes, it will take a major financial invest-ment from municipalities and regional dis-tricts to purchase their portion of the corridor from CP, and the ultimate price tag may ulti-mately bring the process to a halt. However, unless all players are at the table and open to discussions, the vision of a public link from the North Okanagan to the Shuswap will never materialize.

The Splatsin deserve praise for bringing the issue back to the table.

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signing of another one-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Franson’s contract was in limbo since last sum-mer when his previous contract, worth $2 mil-lion US, ended, leaving him a restricted free agent.

The Bottle Shop con-firmed Monday they’ve been raising money to help Al Robert, whose home was damaged during a severe storm that ripped through the Shuswap. Police were also called out to a Swansea Point resi-dence where a tree fell on the house and injured a woman inside.

The province an-nounced the replace-ment of the Malakwa Bridge would begin in August, to be completed by the summer of 2016.

A p p r o x i m a t e l y $2,300 in stamps and coins were stolen from the post office. Si-camous RCMP Const. Dusty Miller said the theft was reported on July 25, and occurred sometime overnight.

The district received a $5,000 grant from BC Healthy Communities to engage in the devel-opment of healthy com-munity partnerships and support health and well-being in Sicamous.

August

District council was informed by staff that development and tem-porary use permit ap-plicants may be waiting longer for approvals as a result of the recently-signed protocol agree-ment between the Dis-trict of Sicamous and the Splatsin councils.

On Aug. 1, Sicamous RCMP and BC Ambu-lance Service responded to a two-vehicle colli-sion on the Trans-Can-ada Highway/Highway 97A intersection. Po-lice say the driver of an eastbound vehicle

attempting to turn left onto 97A failed to yield to an oncoming west-bound vehicle.

A brief statement from the BCTF an-nounced the resump-tion of talks, a day after the B.C. government announced a contin-gency plan to pay strike savings to parents of younger students if the strikes keeps schools shut in September.

District council chose to avoid setting a precedent by not reim-bursing the Eagle Valley Senior Citizens Hous-ing Society for expenses related to the recent boil water notice. The soci-ety sought costs for a potable water tank total-ing $1,823.40.

Columbia Shus-wap Regional District electoral area direc-tors (EAD) approved a policy amendment that preventing the awarding of grants three-months prior to election time.

RCMP recovered the body of an Alberta man who went missing in Shuswap Lake follow-ing a boating collision.

A second man in-volved in the incident was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Police were seek-ing a suspect in an at-tempted abduction of a 16-year-old girl that oc-curred near Sicamous. The incident was re-ported to Sicamous RCMP on Aug. 17. The man, described as be-ing in his mid-20s, with chin-length blonde hair and wearing a brown hat and a dark red shirt, asked the girl if she wanted a ride. When she declined, police say the man grabbed the girl. She fought off the attack and fled unharmed to a nearby residence.

Council supported a Remedial Action Re-quirement, as per the B.C. Community Char-ter, for the demolition of a residence at 705 Larch Ave., the site of a

structure fire on July 22, 2013.

The BC Coroners service reported that Kim Alan Edwards, 57, died as a result of a two-vehicle collision near Avoca Road in Craigel-lachie.

Vic Phillips sees a lot of potential for Si-camous and the Park-land Center Mall.

“It’s got a very good future, it’s a very good structure…….it’s in excellent shape, a well-built building in a great location,” said Phillips, the mall’s new owner. He said he was looking to invest in the young municipality, believing it has a great future.

Music in the Park took place Saturday, Aug. 23 at Malakwa Centennial Park. This was a fundraiser for the Malakwa Community Centre Association and the community hall fund.

On Aug. 18, RCMP recovered the body of Darryl John Johnston, 50, of Calgary follow-ing an extensive search that began the day prior, when police responded to a report of a boating incident at Hungry Cove north of Sicamous.

A boating fatal-ity at Hungry Cove has prompted Columbia Shuswap Regional Dis-trict directors to issue a plea for the installation of a navigation beacon to improve safety.

Salmon Arm’s Cindy Derkaz announced her intention to seek the Liberal nomination in the federal Okanagan-Shuswap riding. The federal New Demo-cratic Party selected its candidate for the rid-ing – Jacqui Gingras of Falkland. In the Conser-vative camp, four peo-ple declared their wish to represent the party in this riding. Salmon Arm businessperson Mel Arnold, former Vernon Mayor Wayne Lippert, Vernon businessperson Scott Anderson and for-

mer Lumby councilor Janet Green are all vy-ing for the Conservative candidacy.

September

The first day of school came and went Tuesday in School District #83, with the impasse between the provincial government and the teachers’ union delaying the start of the year to an unknown date in the future. “It’s a very sad day,” is how Glenn Borthistle, super-intendent of schools, de-scribed Sept. 2.

Council received no-tice from the Federation of Canadian Munici-palities that the federal Transportation Safety Board had completed its yearlong investigation into the fatal Lac-Me-gantic derailment of an unattended freight train on July 6, 2013. Result-ing explosions killed 47 people and destroyed 40 buildings. Coun. Fred busch said council should take heed of the incident, noting there are “umpteen trains that come through here and we really don’t know what it is that they’re carrying.”

A report to council from staff contained a recommendation to remove the speed dips on the Eagle River Bridge, and place load restrictions. Couns. Charlotte Hutchinson and Suzanne Carpenter weren’t convinced the dips should be removed. Coun. Fred Busch ex-pressed frustration over having to make a deci-sion based on informa-tion that was handed to him just minutes before the meeting began.

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On Sept. 6, Sicamous RCMP responded to a medical emergency on Shuswap lake near Sey-mour Arm. Upon arriv-al, RCMP officers were informed a 23-year-old man from Innisfail, Alta, had fallen from his houseboat into the lake and did not resurface. Nearby houseboaters who witnessed the in-cident began searching, and the missing man was located 10 minutes later but was no longer breathing.

Coun. Terry Rysz an-nounced he would seek the mayor’s chair. Rysz says his experience as both deputy mayor and chair of the finance committee provided him with the important background needed to make a bid for mayor.

On Sept. 4, Sicamous RCMP responded to a domestic disturbance at a residence after receiv-ing a report of threats being made towards the home’s owner by her son.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender re-jected the B.C. Teachers Federation’s call Friday for binding arbitration to end the teachers strike.

Fassbender later said the province may take extraordinary steps to ensure senior second-ary students’ school

year is not cut short by the teacher’s strike. “Do you put it on the end of the year? Do you take it out of spring break? Do you take it out of Christ-mas holidays? My staff are looking at all of the options.” Fassbender said.

“Cautiously opti-mistic” was how the president of the North Okanagan-Shuswap Teachers’ Association described her reaction Tuesday morning to news of a tentative deal in the teachers strike. “It’s so hard for me to say more until I get more detail,” NOSTA presi-dent Brenda O’Dell told the News.

A temporary bor-rowing bylaw received third reading by council, authorizing the district to borrow up to $4.39 million for building the proposed $7.92 million water treatment facility.

Council supported a motion to restrict load limits on the Eagle Riv-er Bridge and defeated another to remove the dips. Council also agreed they had to begin planning for the bridge’s replacement.

The Sicamous Ea-gles began their sea-son in the red follow-ing losses at home and away. Saturday night’s season-opener wound up being a come-from-

behind victory for guests and rivals, the Revelstoke Grizzlies, who took the game with a 4-3 win. On Sunday, the Eagles were in Ka-mloops where they were shut out with an 8-0 win for Kamloops Storm.

Being a world cham-pion was a new experi-ence for Will Phillips, but one the gold-medal martial arts practitioner seemed to be taking in stride. Between Sept. 3 and 7, Phillips, from Sicamous, and 14 other members of the Provin-cial Martial Arts Asso-ciation (PMA) Shuswap were at the Olympic Oval in Richmond, B.C., taking part in the first TAFISA (The Asso-ciation for International Sport For All) World Martial Arts Games. There Phillip competed in three events in his di-vision: kata, continuous sparring and point spar-ring. It was in the latter competition, a difficult match versus a competi-tor from the U.S., that Phillips earned gold.

What may seem a little thing can mean the world to a child living in poverty. Grace Krauss saw this firsthand during a mission in Costa Rica, where she and other Op-eration Christmas Child ambassadors distributed shoeboxes filled with gifts to children. Krauss said it was an amazing experience, especially

seeing the kids’ faces as they opened their boxes and dug inside. Krauss was selected to take part in the trip by Samaritan’s Purse, the international relief or-ganization that oversees Operation Christmas Child. The program an-nually collects and dis-tributes shoeboxes to children worldwide.

The Shuswap’s Bet-ter at Home program expanded its outreach to better help seniors to re-main independent. The program is intended to assist seniors “with simple day-to-day tasks so they can continue liv-ing at home.” Jeanne Rokosh, general man-ager of Shuswap Better at Home, says her role is to help co-ordinate the delivery of non-medical services for seniors who would like to remain in their homes. These services include things like housekeeping, lawn work, the provision of transportation, minor home repairs, grocery shopping and friendly social visits.

After a rather rough couple of season starter games, the Junior B Eagles picked up three wins in a row, including a satisfying 4-3 rebound versus the Kamloops Storm. On Friday, Sept. 19, the Eagles were at the Revelstoke Fo-rum for another round against the Grizzles.

The end result was a 6-4 win over Revelstoke. On Sept. 20, the Eagles were back on home ice where they earned a 6-5 win over the Grand Forks Border Bruins.

October

A made-in-the-Shus-wap resolution for the B.C. government to take ownership of abandoned rail corridors received unanimous support at this year’s Union of BC Municipalities conven-tion. During this an-nual gathering of local government representa-

tives, held Sept. 22 to 26 in Whistler, Sicamous Coun. Terry Rysz pre-sented the resolution the province “facilitate public acquisition and ownership of aban-doned transportation corridors,” and that the B.C. government work with UBCM to develop a funding mechanism such as a province-wide parcel tax, to help gov-ernments or community groups purchase and maintain corridors for public recreational use.

Severe weather has taken a heavy toll on

a number of the Shus-wap’s premier trails. In the past year or so, the Gorge Creek Loop Trail in Craigellachie, the Upper Bear Creek Flume Trail in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park and the Reinecker Creek Trail west of Margaret Falls in Herald Park all suffered at the hands of nature which, in some cases, caused substantial infrastruc-ture damage that will cost thousands of dol-lars to repair.

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The Okanagan Re-gional Library is consid-ering cuts at 19 branch-es, including those in Sicamous and Salmon Arm, to achieve a bet-ter balance of service levels at its libraries. In total, ORL is looking to reduce 12.5 full-time positions at 19 of its 29 service locations.

Rhona Martin’s term as president of the Union of British Co-lumbia Municipalities ended with this year’s convention in Septem-ber. Martin, who de-scribes her time at the helm of UBCM as an amazing opportunity, will try for a 24th year as Area E Rural Si-camous director.

Pickleball is back in play, and runs Thurs-days from 7 to 9 p.m. at Parkview Elementary.

The Sicamous Ea-gles learned that life on the road can be hard. On Friday, Sept. 26 the team was in Castlegar where they lost 7-4 to the Rebels. On Saturday, the Eagles were south of the boarder to battle the Spokane Braves. Sicamous earned a 3-2 win. On Sunday the Ea-gles were in Nelson to take on the Leafs. Final score: 6-3 for the Leafs.

Despite poor reg-istration numbers and numerous cancellations, Sicamous council is not giving up on summer recreation programming for the community.

Council received a summer program and events report from the district’s new program and events manager, Jil-lian Alexander. Alexan-der noted in the report that out of 29 possible program dates, only three had enough regis-trants to run.

A Salmon Arm businessman will carry the Conservative ban-ner in the 2015 federal election. Mel Arnold was elected the party’s Okanagan-Shuswap

candidate during two days of voting.

A new rural advi-sory council is the key commitment from the provincial government’s new report on rural de-velopment, Supporting Rural Development: Creating a Voice for Rural B.C. The rural advisory council will provide input to govern-ment policy decisions to best support thriving ru-ral communities, while keeping in mind govern-ment’s need to control spending and ensure an overall balanced budget.

The pulse of the Shuswap is strong in many ways, but there is room for improve-ment in others. This is one of the findings contained in a Shuswap Community Foundation report. A total of 10 is-sues were considered in assessing the overall health and vitality in the report that included in-put received from a Vital Signs survey. Survey re-spondents asked for ex-tended hours and further reach of transit service and a regional service to provide better access to education and employ-ment opportunities.

The Sicamous Ea-gles had their work cut out for them when they faced off against two of the best in the KIJHL. On Friday, Oct. 3, the Eagles lost 5-4 to the league’s top team and guests, the Osoyoos Coyotes. On Saturday, Oct. 4, it was Eagles versus Storm in Kam-loops. The Storm won 5-2.

Twelve people were officially in the running for council, while two were vying for mayor

In the mayoral race, incumbent Coun. Terry Rysz was up against former Sicamous may-or, Malcolm MacLeod. Those campaigning to keep their seats on council were incum-bents Fred Busch, Char-lotte Hutchinson, Don Richardson and Joan

Thomson. They were up against Colleen An-derson, Gord Bushell, Todd Kyllo, Malcolm Makayev, Jeff Mallmes, Lynn Miller, Donna Mounce and Janna Simons. Longtime in-cumbent Rhona Martin would face off with po-litical newcomer Dan Letendre in Electoral Are E Rural Sicamous/Malakwa.

Iconic Canadian re-tailer Roots appeared to have taken a shine to Sicamous. A newly released product for the store was an item called the New Sicamous Coat, priced at $228 on the roots.com online store.

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Western continued to live up to its name, receiving the hotel chain’s highest honour.

At the Best Western International’s 2014 convention, held re-cently in Toronto, Best Western Sicamous Inn co-owners Loretta and Tim Corless were the recipients of the M.K. Guertin Award, as well as the Champion Customer Care Award.

The former honour is presented to Best Western properties that demonstrated “excep-tional levels of service, quality, value and com-mitment to the brand.

Sicamous elected a new team to council.

Unofficial results showed Terry Rysz as the community’s new mayor with 545 votes, beating candidate Mal-

colm MacLeod by 200 votes. In the race for council, Gord Bush-ell received the most votes with 682. Next in line was Malcolm Makayev with 565, Todd Kyllo with 518, Jeff Mallmes with 492 and Colleen Anderson with 463. Rounding out the team was Janna Simons, who received 371 votes, a mere three votes over incumbent

candidate Fred Busch. Busch requested a re-count be done. That was completed and the result remained the same.

Malakwa’s Colin Martin was out on bail as he appeals an ex-tradition order to the U.S. on charges linked to a cross-border drug

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smuggling operation.On Nov. 27, the

B.C. Court of Appeal determined Martin was not at substantial risk to re-offend or flee, and that his release was not contrary to public inter-est.

According to the Appeal Court registry, Martin was released on a $400,000 surety. Martin was recently sentenced to two years of jail time, minus 23 months for time in custody, after plead-ing guilty to charges of production of a con-trolled substance and possession for the pur-pose of trafficking.

Two Royal Cana-dian Marine Search and Rescue Shuswap Station 106 crews were nominated for the Ca-nadian Safe Boating Council Rescue of the Year award. The nomi-nation is for the crews’ two-day rescue effort in response to a boating collision on Aug. 17 in Hungry Cove.

The Shuswap Trail Alliance sought the public’s assistance in

the push for govern-ment support of the Shuswap-North Okan-agan rail trail concept that could potentially link Sicamous to other communities along decommissioned rail lines extending to the U.S. border. This in-cludes a connection to the famous Kettle Val-ley Rail Trails.

December

Two Calgarians died when their Honda Civ-ic crossed the centre line and into the path of a westbound semi truck near the Canoe Forest Products mill. The pair were 18 and 19 years old.

Brandon Schweitzer can say he’s accom-plished what few others have – a physical feat his friends find both in-spiring and a bit crazy.

On Nov. 15 and 16, Schweitzer was one of just over 1,000 people in Las Vegas taking part in the year’s World’s Toughest Mudder – a five-mile obstacle course, run repeatedly over a 24-hour period.

He came in 255th place overall but, more

importantly, he com-pleted his 50-mile goal.

Eight art works painted by Eagle Valley Brush and Palette Club members were selected for an interior set in the film Go With Me, star-ring Sir Anthony Hop-kins, Ray Liotta and Julia Stiles, which was being filmed in Ender-by.

Council received a report from All-Span engineering stating there’s another five years of life to the Ea-gle River Bridge on Si-camous-Solsqua Road.

A ceremonial ground-breaking was held at the Dabell Street site of Sicamous’ fu-ture water treatment plant. Participating in

the event were Okana-gan-Shuswap MP Co-lin Mayes, Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo and Sicamous Mayor Terry Rysz – representing the three funding partners behind the $7.9 million project.

District council sup-ported a bylaw amend-ment to extend the sew-er connection deadline

for properties on the east side of Sicamous Narrows.

The amendment, which received three readings by council, extends the sewer con-nection deadline from June 30, 2015 to Nov. 30, 2015.

Legal precedent may trump the district’s desire to have some

control over local mine permit applications.

Shuswap residents saw an unusual trend develop at the gas pump. Over the past month or so, gas prices had been falling steadi-ly across the country. As of Dec. 17, the av-erage cost per litre of regular in B.C. was $1.79 and in Canada $1.9 (in Alberta, gas can be purchased for as low as 82.9 cents). In Kamloops, gas could be had for as low as 96.9 cents, while in the Shuswap, the price was $1.09.9.

While this higher-than-average price may not have been a surprise to locals, a big difference was how it compares to neigh-bouring communities. In Vernon, Enderby and even Kelowna, regular was selling for $1.08.9.

Salmon Arm cham-ber president Jim Kim-merly noted another big difference was the time it was tak-ing Shuswap dealers to drop their prices in comparison to dealers in neighbouring com-munities.

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SPORTS

The Sicamous Ea-gles transitioned into the new year on a cou-ple of wins, only to be followed by a 5-2 de-feat to the Chase Heat.

On Dec. 30, the Eagles were in 100 Mile House where they earned a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the Wranglers. The home team potted sin-gles late in the first and second frames. Come the third period, the Wranglers were losing steam, and wound up spending more time on the defensive. At 17:47, a marker by Ben Camp-bell, off Justin Wilde and Devyn Myck, put

the Eagles on the board. Nicholas Cuglietta tied things up with a late pe-riod power-play conver-sion, pushing the game into overtime. One min-ute into OT, Campbell added his second goal of the night, giving Si-camous the win, and earning the game’s sec-ond star.

For their first game of the new year, the Ea-gles were in Summer-land on Jan. 2, when they put the chill on the Steam with a 4-3 win.

Sicamous started the scoring with a marker at 11:05 in the first period by Nathan Grieve, as-sisted by Riley Jepson and Owen Rowsell. At 8:21, Bradley White-

head delivered an un-assisted goal. Summer-land replied at 5:07 with an unassisted marker, but the Eagles would have the last word with a goal at :01 by Na-than Plessis, assisted by Scott Robinson and Whitehead.

The Steam added a second goal around the half-way mark of the second frame, fol-lowed by the win-seal-ing marker from Eagle Korwin Schewchuk, as-sisted by Riley Cardinal and Arlyn Semeschuk. Summerland added its third goal in the third period.

On Jan. 3, the Eagles were in Chase to once again take on the Heat.

The last time the teams met, Chase wound up on the losing side of a 4-0 shutout. The team was clearly determined not to let this happen again. The home team scored three times in the first frame around Sicamous goals, the first by Cuglietta, as-sisted by Myck, and the second by Campbell, assisted by Myck and Wilde. Though the Heat lost some steam from after the first period, they were able to add two more goals before the final buzzer.

Sicamous netminder Patrick Kasper earned the game’s second star after stopping 39 out of 44 shots on net.

Eagles put chill on Wranglers and Steam, then fall to HeatBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Face the Heat: Carter Hansen of the Sicamous Eagles tries knock-ing the Chase Heat’s Kolten Moore off the puck in the Sicamous zone dur-ing a Jan. 3 contest in Chase that ended in a 5-2 home-team win. Rick Koch photo

New council: Clockwise from top left – Terry Rysz was elected mayor. Elected to council was Colleen Anderson, Gord Bushell, Todd Kyllo, Janna Simons, Jeff Mallmes and Malcolm Makayev.

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Humbug 4. Meaningless talk 10. Conceit 11. Not studied 12. Megabyte 14. When born (abbr.) 15. Placed on a golf ball stand 16. Melekeok is the capital 18. Mischievous 21. Mason’s mortars 23. Spain’s former monetary unit 25. Small fries 27. Article 28. Capital of Yemen 29. Type of Theater companies 31. Plastic, paper or shopping 32. Electronic countermeasures 35. Language along the lower Yenisei River 37. Institute legal proceedings against 38. Beam 39. Old World buffalo 40. Latch onto 42. Physical therapy 43. Conditions of balance 48. Half pro 50. Resounded 52. Sales event 53. Separates seating areas 54. N.M. Pueblo people 55. Bridge building degree 56. Fullback 57. Peyote 59. Afflict 60. Rests on one’s knees 61. Having negative qualities

CLUES DOWN 1. Besmear 2. Genus dasyprocta 3. A male ferret 4. Unit of volume (abbr.) 5. Italian hors d’oeuvres 6. N.W. German city & port 7. Signal sounds 8. Adult females 9. -__, denotes past 12. Gas usage measurement 13. Fishhook point 17. Mauna __, Hawaiian volcano 19. In a way, thrusts 20. Grimm brothers birthplace 22. Withered; dry 24. Genus salvia 26. About senator 30. Livestock enclosure 32. Work units 33. Hebrew name meaning dog 34. A tumor composed of muscle tissue 36. Satisfy to excess 41. Third mast 42. A horse’s strut 44. Tree producing gum (Arabic) 45. Armour carried on the arm 46. Winged goddess of the dawn 47. Ego 49. Hesitancy 51. Young woman of society 55. Founder of Babism 57. Mark (abbr.) 58. Jeans maker’s initials

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Don’t be afraid to embrace your lighthearted side this week, Aries. Laughter is the best medicine, and those around you will enjoy your sense of humor.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, embrace your desire to be close to friends this week. Spend as much time as you can with your friends, especially those you have not seen in awhile.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21A great week with regard to matters of the heart is on the horizon, Gemini. If you have been in a relationship for some time, now is a great time to talk about the future of that relationship.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22You harbor desire to spend some time alone this week, Cancer. You are a social person, but even you need some moments to retreat into your own mind for a while.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23You may be noticing all of the good vibes surrounding you this week, Leo. Expect some positive changes in the days ahead. It may just be a new romantic relationship or friendship.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, a work opportunity could spring up this week if you are willing to expand your horizons. It may be a bit outside of your comfort zone, but you can handle it.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, you are in a relatively optimistic frame of mind this week as you try to see the bright side of things. You may find that many new opportunities are headed your way.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Don’t spend too much time lost in your own fantasies, Scorpio. You need to maintain your focus on the tasks at hand, both at home and at work.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, resist the urge to take yourself too seriously. Instead, lighten up and embrace the “class clown” role for a little while. This departure from the norm is a breath of fresh air.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, your mind is running a mile a minute this week, but do your best to maintain your focus. This breakneck pace will only last for a little while.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Jump into a situation without restraint, Aquarius. You may find it’s refreshing to let go for a change and not worry about the potential outcomes.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20You may receive happy news relating to your partner’s finances this week, Pisces. It could be a salary increase or a good bonus. It’s time to celebrate.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYSJANUARY 7Katie Couric, TV Host (58)

JANUARY 8David Bowie, Singer (68)

JANUARY 9Nina Dobrev, Actress (26)

JANUARY 10Pat Benatar, Singer (62)

Complete the grid so every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively. (For solution see Today’s Answers in this paper).

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