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Vol. 53 No. 29 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (HST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.com

For the NHLers who hit the greens of Hyde Mountain on Friday for the inaugu-ral Sicamous Shootout, the action may not have been as fast as what they’re used to, but the day was still rewarding.

About 40 hockey celebs answered the call of NHL d-men and Sicamous natives Shea Weber and Cody Franson to come play golf in their hometown for a good cause, as did many others. In fact, there wasn’t a golf cart to spare. And, after a full, hot day of day of golf, event orga-nizers estimate more than $100,000 was raised. As planned, a portion of this will be going to the BC Cancer Foundation. However, some of the money will also be going to a disaster relief account set up at the Sicamous branch of the Salmon Arm Savings and Credit Union for those home-town residents in need.

“For a little while there, we weren’t even sure if the event would happen,” comments Weber in a news release. “But the more Cody and I talked about it, the more we were determined to not only go forward with the event, but to make it a resounding success. We know the fabric of the com-

munity, and faced with all the adversity recently, that they would band together to help pull it off.”

For a fi rst year event, Franson said it exceeded expectations, and he is grateful

to all the participants and sponsors and supporters who helped out.

“It really was a team effort and it was great to see so many people play big roles in making this event come to fruition and

support two great causes,” said Franson. Weber says it was great to see so many

familiar faces at the event – family and friends – as well as the many visitors who enjoyed taking part in a good cause.

Golfers give generously at Shootout

Get there: “It’s all about looking good,” laughs Shea Weber after a powerful swing doesn’t quite put the ball where he’d planned at the inaugural Sicamous Shootout, a fundraiser he and fellow Sicamous NHLer Cody Franson held Friday at Hyde Mountain Golf Course. Photo by Lachlan Labere

Mayor Trouton to Alberta: Sicamous is open for business

Sicamous’ Mayor Darrell Trouton is hit-ting the road to let Alberta know the commu-nity is open for business, and that the com-munity cares for its guests.

At last week’s council meeting, Trouton bounced the idea off of council that he would go to Calgary and, if need be, Edmonton and Vancouver, to let their municipal councils know that, contrary to the perception put out by some media outlets, Sicamous is not up to its knees in water.

“We were kicking around the idea of what we else we can do,” Trouton explained. “Myself and many others throughout the community have been on every TV station,

radio station and paper that we can be and I had come forward to try to tell people that Si-camous is still alive, come and visit and holiday here. We’re not underwater.”

The mayor noted that busi-nesses are still suffering from the impact of the June 23 fl ash fl ooding in Two Mile, and fl ooding from high water along the foreshore that has since dropped dramatically, and is expected to be back to normal within a couple of weeks.

Council was supportive of the mayor get-ting a positive message out there.

“That’s a good direction, being the am-

bassador for our community, saying ‘hey, we’re open for business, we didn’t fall off the map as some of the news me-dia tells you, so don’t believe everything you read in the pa-pers,’” commented Coun. Don Richardson.

Coun. Fred Busch was also supportive of the idea, but cau-tioned that inviting people to come to Sicamous while the

beach is underwater might backfi re.“I think it’s a good idea and certainly we

should perhaps aim to have all the public-ity come just before the August long week-end because, if you’re going to say, ‘people

come to Sicamous,’ what are they going to do here in Sicamous? Sitting on the beach is certainly one of the things people come for, and if we don’t have a beach, in my mind we have egg on our face because we’re inviting them to come and they don’t have anything to do.”

Interim administrator Doug Ruttan ex-plained the idea is to get out and start pro-moting the community now, with the expec-tation that it would be roughly two weeks before there’s any impact seen in the com-munity – in time for Saturday, Aug. 4, when the district will be holding a community celebration and fi reworks display to thank everyone who helped out during the com-

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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. 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. - 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 infoEvery Wed until July 25 - Sicamous Mixed Softball League games, 6:30 pm at Finlayson Park

Every Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m.Every Thurs. - Malakwa Thrift Store 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. $2 a bag (clothes sale) Located between the two churches.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 shuffl eboard 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, Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! 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 pmSeptember 29th & 30th - CALL FOR GARLIC VENDORS 9th Annual Garlic Fest & Antique Tractor Show in Lower Nicola. Tables are $25.00 each. Fresh or garlic related products. For more info, pls call Becky 250-378-4199

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Sparks from a mov-ing train are believed to have caused a wild-fi re west of Sicamous.

The blaze started west of Sicamous, on tracks down from the Old Sicamous Road trail. It was reported by the railway crews Wednesday, July 11, at about 12:30 a.m.

Though it was out of the Sicamous Volun-teer Fire Department’s jurisdiction, they were paged to provide the initial attack on what Fire Chief Brett Ogino described as a “low-level fi re,” roughly 100 by 400 feet in size.

“We ran a couple of truckloads of water down to it and basi-cally took it from a low-rank fi re to just

embers and stuff,” says Ogino. “They (For-estry) monitored it for the night and put a crew on it fi rst thing in the morning. They just hammered it and put it out.”

Ogino noted that the fi re was out of the Sicamous fi re depart-ment’s protection area, “but it was a Forestry gig, so we were cov-ered on it.”

Forest fi re season has begun, with this incident showing just how dry the forests are and how quickly fi re can spread, warns the fi re department.

As of Friday, the Kamloops Fire Cen-tre had posted a high danger warning for the Salmon Arm area (there was no data for Sicamous). The Fire Centre has also is-

sued a ban on open fi res, which includes the burning of yard waste, the use of burn barrels and the use of fi reworks. When such a provincial ban is in place, the District of Sicamous’ fi reworks bylaw prohibits the use and sale of fi reworks within the district.

The Fire Centre has not issued a ban on campfi res.

Fire sparked along tracks west of town

A Salmon Arm resi-dent was one of four people injured in a two-vehicle collision last Tuesday afternoon near Sicamous.

The collision oc-curred July 10, about three-kilometres east of Sicamous on the Trans-Canada High-way. Sicamous RCMP Sgt. Carl Vinet says an

eastbound vehicle car-rying two Toronto resi-dents crossed the cen-tre line and drove head on into a westbound vehicle carrying the Salmon Arm resident as well as a resident of Calgary.

“It seems they had broken bones and se-vere bruising, but no injuries have been re-ported as life threat-ening,” said Vinet. “We did call in a re-

constructionist to the scene because of the seriousness of the ac-cident, and two of the four people (one from each vehicle) had to be extricated with the assistance of highway rescue.”

Highway traffi c was temporarily reduced to single-lane, alternating traffi c.

Harley crash Police say speed ap-

pears to be a factor in a motorcycle crash in-volving a 44-year-old Malakwa man in Kel-owna.

The man suffered serious injuries Friday night when his Harley Davidson hit a ditch on Highway 33.

On July 13th at 8:15 p.m., Kelowna RCMP received a report of a single-vehicle motor-cycle crash on High-way 33, about 8 kilo-

metres south of Joe Rich Road.

The driver had been travelling south when he went off the road on a left-hand curve.

The corner is posted with an advisory speed limit indicating for drivers to reduce their speed by 10km/h.

Police say the man was taken to hospital for treatment of “near-ly life-threatening in-juries.”


Four hospitalized following head-on collision on highway


munity’s recent crisis. Regarding Busch’s

concerns, Trouton noted after the meet-ing that while the sand at the Beach Park may still be under water, this hasn’t stopped people from enjoying the area.

Asked about the wa-ter quality at the beach, Trouton says the con-stant fl ow of the chan-nel and the Eagle River helps to keep water in the area clean. He add-ed that earlier concerns of fuel and sewage go-ing into Mara Lake as a result of the fl ash fl ood in Two Mile proved to

be unfounded. “We know, during

the fl ood, there were some large fuel tanks over at Waterway that could have been dam-aged, there were some sewer tanks that could have been damaged. None of it was,” said Trouton. “We know that and there have been tests by Interior Health. There is no arsenic in the water tests and that is why we’re on the Do Not Consume order but you can wash with it and so-forth.”

Interior Health sam-pling of water qual-ity at the Beach Park

completed on July 9 confi rms E.coli and fecal coliform counts are within acceptable limits.

Along with promot-ing the community, Trouton said he also wants to assure Alberta residents that Sicamous endeavours to care for its guests. He referred to reports of visitors who were affected by the fl ash fl oods but were told at the evacuation centre that they weren’t eligible for assistance.

“I found out after the fact that some people from Alberta, because they didn’t live here,

they weren’t set up for any kind of help,” said Trouton. “They couldn’t go back to their homes, the high-ways were closed, they’d just come off a boat, they didn’t have vehicles, the motels in town were full, so they were turned away – af-ter we safely evacuated people, we got them to the centre and they were turned away, and to me that’s unaccept-able.

“I’m embarrassed by that. You can call it policy, you can call it procedure, but that’s not our mandate, and

that’s not the province’s mandate.”

Trouton added that Waterway Houseboats did step up to help care for those from out of province, and said he has since been in-formed by the province that these expenses will be covered.

“The province is coming to the table, and people need to get that message,” said Trou-ton. “But on top of that, Sicamous’ mandate is we take care of people here. That’s what we do and I’m proud of our community for do-ing that.”

Treatment of Albertan guests called an embarrassment Continued from front

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Cadets help with clean-up in Swansea PointTwo busses and

an army medic truck rolled into Swansea Point Friday morning and parked at the Cam-bridge Road beach ac-cess.

Within minutes, the 78 cadets received their instructions and started work imme-diately, hauling drift-wood and debris from the beach access to the side of the road.

By 9:49 a.m., the Cambridge access was fi nished. The cadets split into two groups and were off to clean up the rest of the Co-lumbia Shuswap Re-gional District beach access points.

“The cadets are gung-ho, they are ex-cited,” says Lt. Col. Lyle Johnson, the Commanding Offi cer of the Vernon summer training centre. “When I got here this morning this road was blocked. But now, with the de-bris taken out of the water and moved to the side, it’s cleaned up.”

With offi cers stand-ing close by, the cadets unoffi cially organized themselves into work-ing groups. Some formed assembly lines while others formed bigger teams to bring out the larger logs. Others work individu-ally, hauling smaller pieces.

One young cadet

picked up a slender, round piece of wood a few feet taller than himself. Posing mo-mentarily, he says, “I stand here like Gan-dalf…” referring staff-wielding wizard from Lord of the Rings.

Joyce Balestra, a lo-cal resident, stopped to take a photo of the ca-dets hard at work.

“I think it’s fantastic that they’re doing this; it’s extremely helpful,” she said.

They crew broke for lunch about 11:30, many of them dripping wet from having car-ried water-soaked logs on their shoulders.

“They said we were cleaning up beaches, I

fi gured we were going to be on litter patrol,” said 16-year-old Col-ton Moubert.

“It was a bit of a shock,” he added with a laugh.

The cadets, who come from all over Canada, are attending a summer camp. They had only been at camp for fi ve days before they were told they were going to be help-ing the community of Swansea Point.

“This has been a huge opportunity for team building,” said Major Larry Jeffries. “I’m extremely proud of each and every one of them.”

Jeffries was one of

a team who had come up with the idea of of-fering help. He says it fi ts in with one of the overall goals they’re trying to teach the ca-dets.

“Citizenship wasn’t built into our program (Air Rifl e Marksman-ship Course), but it’s one of the goals of the cadet program,” Jef-fries explained. “Once we got on the ground here in Vernon, we de-cided to branch out to the community to fi nd out what things we could do in the com-munity.”

When the fl ooding hit their neighbouring community, they made some phone calls of-

fering assistance. By this time, the commu-nity of Swansea let the Shuswap Emergency Program know they could use some help with their beach ac-cesses.

“It was a perfect fi t,” said Ed Campbell, a volunteer for the Shuswap Emergency Program who helped organize the clean-up project.

Campbell said he was thoroughly im-pressed with the work ethic of the cadets, who had everything cleaned up by 3 p.m.

Their help has left the Swansea Point res-idents overwhelmed with gratitude says Tina Keely, secretary for the Swansea Point Community Associa-tion.

“Everyone thought it was the most fantas-tic thing, seeing those kids around,” she said. “It is one of those heartwarming stories. We certainly did ap-preciate it. It was just the greatest thing, giv-ing the community a hand like that.”

For Cadet Moubert, it just makes sense that they should come out to help.

“The people fund DND (the Department of National Defense) so it’s giving back to the community. It’s a good thing to do.”

Pile it up: Cadets from the Vernon summer training camp remove debris from public beach accesses in Swansea Point. Photo submitted


VICTORIA – By the time you read this I should be in Vanderhoof, the geographical centre of B.C., to visit relatives.

Born in the Okanagan, raised in the Peace country and working for 20 years in Metro Vancouver, I’ve driven from one end of the province to the other more times than I can count.

A similar trip last year began just as a huge mudslide was cleared near Chilliwack. Other drives have fea-tured mid-summer hail piled 10 cen-timetres deep on the Coquihalla, a near miss between two moose in the Pine Pass, plus the usual blizzards and hundreds of traffi c jams for con-struction, accidents and growing ur-ban volume delays.

This time I’ve got a new tool on board, the mobile version of Drive-BC.ca. Launched two years, ago, the mobile site has taken off with the surging popularity of smartphones.

In the past year, DriveBC’s online traffi c averaged 1.2 million visits a month, about half to the fi ve-year-old desktop site and half from mo-bile users. It’s by far the most popu-

lar B.C. government website. I asked DriveBC technical leader

Nainesh Agarwal for these stats, and he said even he was surprised by the surge in mobile traffi c in recent months. But trying out the mobile site, it’s easy to see the appeal.

With a few clicks, the phone dis-plays incident reports and web cam-era images for my chosen route. We-bcams have been added steadily all over the province, and now watch 18 key locations on Vancouver Island, 93 in the Lower Mainland, 73 in the Southern Interior, 35 in the North and 13 at Canada-U.S. border cross-ings. At a glance, you can check anything from the traffi c at the Li-ons Gate Bridge to the lineup for the Skidegate ferry on Haida Gwaii.

Most pictures update every two minutes, offering a real-time look at traffi c, weather and road conditions. A recent addition is “replay the day,” which shows the last 24 hours of pictures in a few seconds.

Another new feature is an email alert that can be customized. You can subscribe to a particular region or highway and receive notices as soon as they are posted to the Drive-BC network. And of course there is an @drivebc Twitter feed, where be-

tween 6:30 a.m. and midnight, staff update conditions and respond to in-quiries. (Major events are automati-cally tweeted overnight.)

Verifi ed reports are fed from highways staff and contractors all over the province, and co-ordinated through the provincial highways condition centre in the Lower Main-land.

The mobile service now has an option for drivers to report new problems they encounter. After de-termining your smartphone’s loca-tion, the site displays the name and phone number of the local mainte-nance contractor who can take the report.

For those who haven’t joined the smartphone era, there is an old-fash-ioned option. Dialing 5-1-1 any-where in the province gives access to a toll-free line that connects to recorded DriveBC messages.

Agarwal said use of that service has been declining as phones with web access become more popular.

The 5-1-1 system still gets surges of heavy use during major events like the recent fl ooding. The plan is to upgrade the system to allow voice recognition, so drivers can use head-sets to get updates on the move.

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The past few weeks have been hectic, to say the least. The impact from the flood-ing, and the flash floods in Two Mile

and Swansea Point, is still being felt with varying water advisories in place, evacuation alerts and, of course, the ongoing recovery effort. And no chances are being taken. Just this Monday morn-ing, Two Mile residents were being cautioned to be ready to evacuate ASAP as the water level in Sicamous Creek had once again dropped dra-matically and the water was flowing muddy. Highway 97A was closed and a helicopter was sent up so the upper levels of the creek could be assessed for blockages.

It was soon discovered, thankfully, that there was no cause for alarm and the highway was quickly re-opened.

Meanwhile, the weather has once again changed from extreme wet to extreme heat, and regional and local fire officials are urging everyone to take extra caution when enjoying our beautiful back country trails and camping areas. With forest floors covered in an abundance of dried-out fallen fuels, it takes very little to start a wildfire.

Despite all of this, life, as they say, goes on in Sicamous, with great people doing great things in and for the community.

On Friday, Sicamous’ own NHL superstars Cody Franson and Shea Weber held their inaugu-ral Sicamous Shootout at Hyde Mountain, and raised more than $100,000, which will be divided between the BC Cancer Foundation and the Sicamous disaster relief fund set up at the Sicamous SASCU branch.

On the prior weekend, the Sicamous Stingers took the U12 Girls Regional Provincial Champi-onships held right in Sicamous’ own Finlayson Park.

Preparations are underway for a party/fireworks display on Aug. 4 at the Beach Park to thank everyone who volunteered their time or donated items to help the community in its time of need. Yes, Sicamous is moving forward, eager to leave the hectic times behind.

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The hometown Si-camous Stingers came away as champions, defeating the Kelowna Storm 7-5 in the cham-pionship game at the U12 Girls Regional Provincial Champion-ship held in Sicamous July 6-8 in Finlayson Park.

All the teams com-peted in a round robin format and were seed-ed after that. Sicamous had a three-win, one-loss record, with wins coming over Kam-loops, Summerland and West Kelowna, and a tight loss to Kel-owna. This resulted in a second-place seeding after round-robin play and a playoff match-up with the Kelowna Iron Maidens. Sicamous jumped out to an early lead against the Maid-ens behind the strong pitching of Niah Laroy, who had fi ve strikeouts in her three innings of pitching. Sicamous held a 4-2 lead after three innings, and then blew the game open in the fourth inning with fi ve runs on big hits from Jordann Carr, Al-yssa Clark and a fi ne bunt from Taylor Gre-nier. Madison Dewitt came to pitch in relief

of Laroy and promptly struck out eight of the next nine batters. Si-camous won the game 14-2 in a mercy deci-sion.

The win set up a re-match with the Kelowna Storm, who had defeat-ed Barriere to reach the fi nal game and remain undefeated. Stinger pitcher Laroy led off the fi rst inning by hitting a solo home run, her third of the championship. And then Laroy pitched a strong fi rst three in-nings, holding Kel-owna to four runs, with fi ve strikeouts. With the game score 4-2 for Kelowna after three in-nings, the Sicamous

bats came alive in the fourth inning, scoring fi ve runs to take a 7-5 lead. Tiffany Sigvalda-son led off with a single, Laroy with a double and Carr with a double, get-ting the Stingers rolling, with hits also from Gre-nier, and singles from Dewitt, Emily Gordon and Kaitlyn Sherlock, and a double from Al-yssa Clark.

Clark came in and pitched a scoreless fourth inning, getting three strikeouts. Si-camous pitcher Madi-son Dewitt pitched the last three innings and struck out all nine bat-ters to preserve the 7-5 win for the home team.

A great way to fi nish a fi ne season: Regional Provincial Champion.

In the Boys Division, the Sicamous Predators had a great weekend as well, winning the silver medal after a hard fought 13-12 loss to Barriere in the fi nal game.

After a record of two wins, two losses in round-robin play, the Predators faced a tough Enderby Boy-lers team in their fi rst playoff game. Led by strong pitching from Brittany Northway and Julia Wilby, the Preda-tors defeated Enderby 9-2 and advanced to the Boys Division fi -

nal game. Jacob Dewitt went three for four at the plate and Ryan and Sean Spelay each had three hits as well. Tyler Kruger played great at catcher and Matthew Shaw had two hits and played a very strong third base. In the gold-medal game against Barriere, the Predators fell behind early and had to battle all game to catch up. Down to Barriere 13-7 in the fi fth inning, the Preda-tors rallied for fi ve runs to make it a one-run game, but could not score the elusive tying run despite having run-ners at second and third in both the last two in-nings.

Hayden Gjaltema led the defence, mak-ing several great plays at second base. Ryan Spelay was strong as catcher and Dylan Pe-ter and Connor Schmitz contributed several cru-cial base hits to help the offence.

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SPORTSStingers take regional championship

Girls got game: The Sicamous Stingers relax for a team photo with their new hardware after taking the U12 Girls Regional Provincial Championships. Photo submitted


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When he decided to complete his mas-ters of science, Marco Bieri’s number-one criteria was being able to play in a punk band. Particle physics wasn’t on the radar, let alone contributing to the dis-covery of the elusive Higgs boson.

After completing undergraduate stud-ies in Calgary, Bieri chose to complete his masters in the Lower Mainland, largely due to its music scene.

“I didn’t even know what I was going to do – I just applied to school in Vancouver, because I wanted to move to Vancouver, because I wanted to play in a punk band and that was the way to do it,” says Bieri. “And I ended up getting into SFU.”

During an orienta-tion day, when poten-tial professors were showing what they had to offer, Bieri says he was drawn to a pre-sentation by Dr. Mike Vetterli, who offered an opportunity to work with CERN, the Euro-pean Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva. After further discussion with Vet-terli, Bieri committed to working with him and the schools High Energy Physics Group on studies related to CERN’s pursuit of the elementary Higgs bo-

son or Higgs particle, the elusive fi nal piece to the standard model of particle physics.

Peter Higgs fi rst proposed the existence of what became known as the Higgs particle in 1964, as well as the Higgs fi eld where the particle takes on mass.

“Nobody knew 100 per cent… Why does an electron have mass, why does a pro-ton have mass, and of course, why do we have mass?” explains Bieri. “So this guy proposed this theory that particles would travel through this fi eld and interact via this Higgs boson. But nobody could mea-sure if this thing actu-ally exists.”

Enter CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest high-energy particle accelerator, built 100 metres un-derground in a 27-ki-lometre tunnel. While the LHC can and is being used for a vari-ety of experiments, its main purpose was to prove the existence of the HIggs particle.

Between 2004 and 2006, Bieri was travel-ing back and forth be-tween SFU and CERN while working on his thesis, which focused on calibration of a component, the calo-rimeter of ATLAS de-tection apparatus used by the LHC.

“Essentially, what

our machines did, these particle reactions take place, so these particles penetrate material and get stuck, and we want-ed to see how much energy was deposited,” said Bieri. “So then, when they turn on the machine, they can see what kind of reading they get and they can

map that – how much energy was deposited. Based on that, they can see what kind of par-ticle was coming out.”

When Bieri com-pleted his masters, he decided not to carry on in the fi eld of par-ticle physics, pursuing his passion for pound-ing the skins in a punk rock band instead.

“I didn’t continue on because I thought some other things like music were more in-teresting to me,” says Bieri. “But I was lucky, I thought it was really cool to work there for a few years. But in the world of research, there’s a lot of comput-ing, and on a personal level I didn’t want to work on a computer all day. That was my per-

sonal big strike against it.”

After years of drumming with the Glim Project, fol-lowed by extensive touring with Celtic-punk-folk band the Dreadnoughts, Bieri is spending the summer at home in Sicamous with his dad Ruedi

and mom Vreny. And, despite his reluctance to sitting in front of computers, that’s ex-actly where he was on July 4, the day CERN announced their dis-covery (with 99.99 per cent certainty) of the Higgs particle.

“I’d been on emails all day… My old boss is in Geneva right now and got to see the press conference live,” said Bieri. “He said they got up at four in the morning and they were lining up like kids at a rock concert, all the profs there, be-cause I think it started at 9, and they got there fi ve hours before with, like, blankets and whiskey. They were all so happy because they’ve been working

on this forever. It was like the biggest rock concert in the particle physics world.”

Bieri admits he was a small fi sh, one of thousands behind the potential discovery of the Higgs.

“But it’s still kind of cool to say you were part of one of the biggest discoveries in the last whatever years,” he says.

Asked if he thought the Higgs boson proj-ect is worth the $6 bil-lion-plus that’s gone into it, Bieri suggests CERNs recent discov-ery is but a beginning.

“That’s kind of like their holy grail, this discovery, but there’s so much more science that can go on too,” says Beiri. “They have so much data that they can work on, they can test these other theo-ries like string theory and other stuff. These discoveries are amaz-ing, but they push ev-erything.”

“CERN invented the Internet in the late 80s, they invented www because it’s an immense data trans-fer. So I mean, yes, that $6 billion, people are like, ‘Oh, what a waste of money,’ and ‘you could feed half the world with that.’” It’s just a lot of our technological backing originated from proj-ects like that because you always have to push boundaries.”

Small contribution to historic discoveryBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

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I didn’t know what I was going to do – I just applied to school in Vancouver because… I wanted to play in a punk band, and that was the way to do it.

Marco Bieri

Physics to punk: Musician celebrates finding of elusive particle.

Mass effort: CERN workers move a calorimeter in front of the ATLAS detector, used in conjunction with the Large Hadron Collider to detect the Higgs boson particle. Photo courtesy of CERN


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TOLL FREE 1-800-582-8639 CELL 250-833-6545 OFFICE 250-836-2223

Call Charlotte HutchinsonPersonal Real Estate Corporation

2 titles, 1.27 acres, 3 level split, 1595 sq. ft.; 3 bdrms., 2 baths, beautiful 22’5 X 14.5 year round sunroom. new windows thruout! New fi replace and insert! 18X25 carport/storage, 13 X 31 attached carport, fully fenced, paved driveway! 15 minutes to Sicamous lakes, 30 minutes to Revelstoke Ski Hill and in the heart of Sledding country!

4228 Bloomquist Road, Malakwa

MLS®10049832

LOVINGLY MAINTAINED!

$349,000

Serving theShuswap/Okanagan

[email protected]

Skid-Steer Loader * Track Excavator Light Equipment Hauling * Dump Truck

LANDSCAPING / GENERAL EXCAVATING / SEPTIC INSTALLATIONS

ROBIN NIELSEN

Employment

Help WantedLOOKING FOR Sales Repre-sentatives - Canadian Taxpay-ers Federation is expanding our Sales Division in your area. For more information vis-it: www.taxpayer.com Call 1-800-667-7933 Ext 111 or email: [email protected]

Trades, TechnicalAUTOMATED TANK Manu-facturing Inc. is looking for welders. Due to a huge expan-sion to our plant located in Kit-scoty, Alberta, 20km west of Lloydminster, we have open-ings for 10-3rd year apprentic-es or journeyperson welders. We offer best wage in indus-try. 3rd yr apprentice $28-$30/hr, journeyperson $32-$35/hr, higher with tank expe-rience. Profi t sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus in-centive. Full insurance pack-age 100% paid by company. Good working environment. Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine at; (offi ce)780-846-2231; (fax)780-846-2241 or send resume to:[email protected]; p roduct ion@auto tanks.ca . Keep your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through inhole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or ele-vated work platform.

Help Wanted

Employment

Trades, TechnicalQUAD L ENTERPRISES LTD. has job openings for: Certifi ed Utility Arborist’s and Mulcher Operators Please submit re-sumes to: [email protected] or fax (780)538-3949

Services

Health ProductsSLIM DOWN For summer! Lose up to 20 lbs in just 8 weeks. Call Herbal Magic to-day! 1-800-854-5176.

Financial ServicesDROWNING IN Debt? Helping Canadians 25 years. Lower payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru Settlements. Avoid bankruptcy! Free con-sultation. Toll Free 1 877-556-3500 www.mydebtsolution.comGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

www.pioneerwest.comIF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: it’s that simple. your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.

Help Wanted

Services

Financial ServicesINCOME TAX PROBLEMS? Have you been audited, reas-sessed or disallowed certain claims by Canada Revenue Agency? Call Bob Allen @ 250-542-0295 35yrs. Income Tax experience, 8.5yrs. with Revenue Canada. Email: [email protected] O N E Y P R OV I D E R . C O M $500 Loan and +. No credit re-fused. Fast, easy, 100% se-cure. 1-877-776-1660.

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Painting & Decorating

& Area for 20+ Years Serving Sicamous

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• Residential & Commercial

• Interior/Exterior

Cell 833-8009Home 836-4154

For Free Estimate call Lorraine

• Wallpapering • Drywall Repair• Professional Workmanship

• Seniors Discounts

Landscaping

Misc. for Sale

Services

Paving/Seal/Coating

SERVING ALLTHE KOOTENAYS

POWERPAVING

NOTICE

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NO JOB TOO SMALL

Driveways & Parking Lots

FREE ESTIMATES!CALL NOW!1-888-670-0066

Merchandise for Sale

Garage SalesWANTED: a bookcase for our offi ce. Should be 8 ft long, or 2 4 footers. Shelves need to be at least 18” high. Call 250-836-2570.

Landscaping

Misc. for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

Heavy Duty Machinery

A- STEEL SHIPPING STORAGE CONTAINERS /

Bridges / EquipmentWheel loaders JD 644E & 544A / 63’ & 90’ Stiff boom 5th wheel crane trucks/Excavators EX200-5 & 892D-LC / Small forklifts / F350 C/C “Cabs”20’40’45’53’ New/ Used/ Damaged /Containers Semi Trailers for Hiway & Storage-Call 24 Hrs 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for SaleHOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

Misc. WantedI Buy Old Coins & Collections Olympic, Gold Silver Coins etcCall Chad 250-863-3082 LocalPURCHASING old Canadian & American coin collections & accumulations. 250-548-3670

Real Estate

Other Areas20 ACRES- Only $99/mo. $0 Down, Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Near El Paso, Texas, Beautiful Moun-tain Views! Money Back Guar-antee! Free Color Brochure. 1-800-755-8953.www.sunsetranches.comFREE BROCHURE. Kings County “Land of Orchards, Vineyards and Tides”. Nova Scotia’s beautiful Annapolis Valley. Live! Work! Start a business! Toll-Free: 1-888-865-4647 www.kingsrda.ca

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent3 BDRM. APT. In Sicamous. Quiet neighborhood. Lge. deck. $975/mo. util. incl. 250-836-3545.LGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-836-4516 or 250-804-5364.SICAMOUS: 1 BDRM. Quest-view Apts. $590/mo. some util. incl. Avail. now, ref. re-quired. (250)312-3344.

Misc. for Sale

Rentals

Commercial/Industrial

2 BAY SHOP-2160 sq. ft. w/ hydraulic hoist. TCH & Seed Frontage Rd. Sicamous. Next to Gas Plus. For rental inquir-ies call 250-836-0095.

Mobile Homes & Pads

2 BDRM, 2 BATH. mobile in Malakwa. $800/mo. Avail. Sept. 1. 250-836-5559.

Modular Homes2 BDRM. HOME $700/mo. + util. 3 bdrm. home $800/mo. + util. in Sicamous area. 250-309-0975.

4BDRM mobile, fenced private yard & storage shed. located in Mara beside Patula Park. F/S/W/D, $750 mo. + DD. Pets by approval (250)515-0811

Homes for Rent3 BDRM, 2 BATH SicamousHouse 2 car garage heatpump. $1000/mo. plus utilities.Avail.Sept 1. 250-836-4841.

Transportation

Antiques / Classics

Interior South

Transportation

Auto Financing

Need A Vehicle! Guaranteed Auto Loan. Apply Now, 1.877.680.1231 www.UapplyUdrive.ca

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Cars - Domestic2007 Ford GT Mustang-Blue 53,000 kms, 2 sets of wheels,lady driven, exc. shape.$20,000. 250-804-9989

Cars - Sports & Imports

ATTENTION COLLECTORS1980 CAMARO, only 50,000 K on punched 305 eng. 3 spd. Needs some body work. Formore info. $2800 OBO. 1-250-523-9762. (Logan Lake)

Recreational/Sale1993 JAYCO 5TH WHEEL. 30 1/2 ft. lge. slide, beautifulcond. $6600.00 obo. Call Gus 250-836-9460 or 250-463-1921.1999 TRAVELAIRE 22FT 5th wheel in exc. cond. Price re-duced to $4500.00. 12 ft awn-ing. Hitch and tailgate incl.Many other extras. 250-836-3539.

Trucks & Vans‘97 FORD AEROSTAR VAN,AWD, 2 sets of tires w/ rims.250,000 kms. $950.00 FIRM.250-804-5156.

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LUXURY CONDO LIVING ON MARA LAKEOWN A 2 BDRM + DEN FROM $1135/MO.*

MARINA I AMENITIES I RESIDENT MANAGERS

SHOW SUITE OPEN DAILY FROM 11 AM - 5 PM (CLOSED WEDNESDAYS)

326 MARA LAKE LANE - 2 KMS SOUTH OF SICAMOUS ON HWY 97A

*Based on 30 Year Amortization, 2.99% Rate, 10% Down, Strata Fees Paid by Developer for 1 year. Some Conditions apply.

ONLY 3 UNITS AT THIS PRICE

Call Judy at 250.836.4748

eagle valley news, july 18, 2012

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