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Vol. 53 No. 46 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (HST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.comPM40008236

“Huggy Shirley” honoured with special award

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Eagle Valley 4-H Club wraps up

successful yearPage 6

Honouring the fallen: A solemn crowd attends the Sicamous Cenotaph on Remembrance Day to pay their respects to those civilians and military personnel who lost their lives in the service of their country. Photos by Lachlan Labere

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November 17-Parkview PAC is sponsoring a gift basket raffl e at the Eagle River Craft Fair this coming Saturday. Please come and support our efforts to fundraise for new playground equipment and take a chance at winning a wonderful Chrsitmas Gift basketNovember 17-Eagle River Secondary School 23rd Annual Christmas Craft & trade Fair. Saturday at Eagle River School Gym 9:30 am - 3:00 pm. Christmas crafts, jewellery, pottery, woodworking, baking. Items and gifts for everyone. Reservations: Kathy - 250-836-3267November 17-The Mara Annual Christmas Bazaar at the Mara Hall from 9-3pm. Lunch for $5 and a bake sale table of delicious goodies. Donations of food or cash will be accepted for the Christmas hamper program. Come and fi nd that special gift! For information - contact Frances 838-2121.November 21-Ladies Evening out. 7:00 pm at the Senior’s Activity Centre. Christmas Story, Carols Singing, Door Prizes. Special Music Brianna and Riley. Please bring your donations for the food bank. Admission by donation. All ladies are welcome.December 1- Eagle Valley Artisans Arts & Crafts Sale, 10 AM – 3 PM at the Red Barn in Sicamous, 226 Riverside Ave. For info call 250-836-4613Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday- Sicamous Lions Club meets at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre, 1090 Shuswap Ave, Sicamous. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00 pm. Everyone Welcome. For info contact Joan at 250-836-4876 or Kathy at 250-836-3267

Every 1st & 3rd Wed.- Parkinsons Support Group at First united Church. 20 - 4th Street SE, Salmon Arm at 10 am. Contact Doreen at 250-836-2509.Every 1st & 3rd Wed. Eagle Valley Photography Club starts on Oct 17. Everyone welcome. 7 pm at the Red Barn.Every 4th Mon.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 7 p.m.Third Sunday of the month -Regular meeting of the Eagle Valley Artisans Guild. 3:30 pm - Red Barn, Sicamous. Guests welcome. For info contact Terry Sinton: 250-836-4613.Every Monday and Thursday -Chairbiotics (low impact exercise) Seniors activity Centre 10:00 am. Join us. $2 each.Every Mon. & Fri. - Bridge, Seniors Activity Centre, 1 p.m.Every Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700.Every Tues. - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club rehearsals, 7:00 p.m., Red Barn Arts Centre. 836-4705.Tues. & Thurs. - Carpet Bowling at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at 1 p.m.Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven.

Every Wed. Wednesday Arts for Everyone. 10 am - 3 pm starting September 5. For info contact Juanita at 250-836-3019 or Gail- at 250-836-5472Every 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 ParkEvery 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 @ 250-836-3652

Every 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 pm

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The District of Si-camous might benefi t from a slight addition to its offi cial slogan: The Houseboat Capital of Canada and Home of Shirley Holcomb.

This year’s Sicamous Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards saw the intro-duction of a new award, created specifi cally with Holcomb in mind: Visi-tor Ambassador 2012. Holcomb says she was invited to the event by her friend Terri Sinton, who she volunteers with at the arena. While she expected a fi ne meal and good com-pany, Holcomb says the award was a complete surprise.

“It blew my socks off,” says Holcomb. “I’ve done a lot of things in my life to kind of vol-unteer and help out, but I’ve never ever received anything. I shouldn’t say that because the hockey rink, for volun-teering last winter, gave me a hockey jacket… But other than that, I’ve never received anything, so it was a total shock.”

The award, however, wasn’t for Holcomb’s volunteer work at the arena, or with the Meals To Wheels program, or at the Seniors Centre, or anywhere else you can fi nd her lending a hand. It was for an ini-tiative that she began this spring to promote the community, which has since earned the sprightly 75-year-old the nickname “Huggy

Shirley.” Essentially, when Holcomb saw a new face to the com-munity she would stop them, hand them her card (with her name, a happy face and the re-quest that visitors enjoy themselves in the com-munity), welcome them and give them a hug. Although some were slightly taken aback by this approach, Holcomb says she never received a negative reply.

“For a split second they’re kind of in shock, and then they hug you back,” says Holcomb. “So it’s amazing. I’ve met some wonderful people.”

During the awards presentation for Hol-comb, it was mentioned the chamber had re-ceived feedback from all over by visitors upon whom “Huggy Shir-

ley” had left a positive impression. And it is exactly that result Hol-comb is after in her mis-sion to assure all who visit Sicamous know they’re welcome.

“It’s been amazing, the response from the

Albertans, because they said nobody had ever welcomed them before or even bothered them that much, and they were thrilled,” explains Holcomb. “It was mak-ing them feel they are

important and not just a wallet coming into town.”

In fact, it is, in part, a particular attitude to-wards Sicamous’ Alber-tan guests that prompted Holcomb to take on her ambassadorial duties.

“This couple that said to me – when I was so excited when I had the cards fi rst made – don’t give any of them out to those damned Albertans,” says Hol-comb. “Well, I said you better hope those damned Albertans come. When they’re not coming, we’re los-ing businesses. And

when we lose a busi-ness, that tax has got to be going somewhere else, which goes on your home taxes. And you know what she said to me? ‘I’d rather pay the taxes.’ So there’s

what I’m fi ghting.”Holcomb believes

her fi ght was only mademore necessary by thissummer’s fl oodingevents which, with theaccompanying televi-sion news broadcasts,wound up keeping po-tential visitors away.

“I think it’s fabu-lous,” says SicamousMayor Darrell Troutonabout the work Hol-comb has been doingto promote the commu-nity. “Shirley is alwaysa bubbling personalityand she says it how it isand it’s nice to have herin our community. Themore people we haveout there being warmand welcoming, it’s bet-ter for Sicamous. That’swhat we’re based on,that Sicamous is a greatplace to come to and

Promoting Sicamous one hug at a time By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Huggy Shirley: Senior resident honoured with ambassador award.

See Bikers on page 3

Welcome: Shirley Holcomb comes in for one of her well-known hugs. She was recently hon-oured by the Sicamous chamber for the warm hospitality she has shown to visitors to the com-munity. Photo by Lachlan Labere

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people feel welcomed.”Among Holcomb’s

fans, are many of the bikers who attended this year’s Sicamous Burn-out competition. This includes blogger Belt Drive Betty, who ap-plauded both the com-munity and Holcomb for their effort and hos-pitality.

“Sicamous has the most amazing ambas-sadress in her,” states BDB. “This 70-some-thing gal was walking around handing out ‘Welcome to Sicamous’ cards and hugging the attendees and thank-ing them for coming to visit their fl ood-ravaged region. I can tell you that at least 30 riders told me that Shirley de-serves the front cover of the Busted Knuckle (her Canadian publication for the motorcycle com-munity) – I am thinking they are right!”

A highlight of the Burnout for Holcomb was getting to ride on the back of a Harley.

“One of the lady bikers put her helmet on my head and said to her boyfriend, ‘you give Shirley a ride down Main Street,’” says Hol-comb. “And they did,

and that kind of freaked a few people out. I’m on the bike and I’m wav-ing and my daughter and my granddaughter nearly fell off the side-walk.”

Holcomb admits to being a busybody. She says this stems, in part, from being raised on a farm in Alberta. Hol-comb says her husband was killed when her two kids were babies, and that she had to work two jobs to make ends meet. Later in life, she found employment with a plastics company, and then a neon light-

ing company which al-lowed her to work and be creative with her hands – something she enjoys. For a while she looked after an acreage for her daughter, who later sold the property and had Holcomb move to Sicamous to look after a trailer park. As work became too much, and a back fusion was required, Holcomb says she made an application to move into the Haven, was accepted, and start-ed volunteering right away.

“I can’t stand not be-ing busy. I can’t handle

that,” says Holcomb. Though she is

thrilled to have received the Visitor Ambassador award, Holcomb says she doesn’t feel she de-served it.

“I’m just doing something I thought

needed done – like, I’m not an owner of a business that they acknowledged or anything like that,” says Holcomb. “I feel like mine was pretty small. But I defi nitely was blown away…”

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Bikers, Albertans left with positive impression of town

Spray painters target churches, schoolRCMP REPORT

Sicamous RCMP are seek-ing information in relation to incidents of vandalism at three churches and the elementary school.

Const. Pat Pyper says that sometime overnight between Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 3 and 4, suspect(s) using black and red spray paint sprayed “obscenities, racial slurs and symbols” on walls at Parkview

Elementary, the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness, Sicamous Bible Church and Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church.

Damage to the four build-ings is said to be in excess of $1,000.

Anyone who may have any information that could help in this investigation is encouraged to contact the Sicamous detach-ment at 250-836-2878, school authorities or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Sicamous restau-rateurs are calling on the district to provide some form of tax or utility reduction until a stable water supply is available.

Owners/operators of fi ve restaurants – Moose Mulligan’s, Joe Schmucks, Anchor Pub, Tim Hortons and Husky – have written District of Sicamous mayor and council to

express concerns relat-ing to Sicamous’ ongo-ing water quality issues that have an impact on their businesses.

The letter asks that an incentive be in place to commercial opera-tions that rely on large quantities of water to help them continue to operate during future boil notices until a new treatment facility is in place.

“This incentive could come in the

form of a civic tax ex-emption for a period of two to three years or a combination of such an exemption and util-ity reduction,” the let-ter states, adding the savings from the above could allow for the installation of a fi ltra-tion system as recom-mended by the district, or to install small tanks while absorbing the cost of delivery.

The restaurateurs support the district in

its pursuit of a long-term solution for wa-ter treatment, but note such a project might not be completed for another two to four years. The consortium argues an interim solu-tion is needed immedi-ately for the coming, less-profi table winter months, noting their businesses employ more than 80 people during the winter and well over 100 in the summer.

“The ‘commercial large use water stabil-ity credit,’ or what-ever you wish to call it would be equally as benefi cial to our com-munity if not more so as it will keep doors open and locals em-ployed.”

Council was told last month by district staff that a meeting was being organized with the restaurateurs to discuss the concerns raised in their letter.

Restaurateurs seek credit for water expensesBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

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VICTORIA – Before the 1,200-page, $25-million Cohen Commission report on the Fraser River sockeye salmon fi shery slips beneath the waves, allow me to dip my toe into the river of data that has fl owed by in the past three years.

The whole issue is salm-on farms and whether they are bad or catastrophic.

“Freeze new salmon farms on sockeye migration route: Cohen” said the head-line on a Black Press report. Those who read past the headline would learn that Justice Bruce Cohen recom-mended a freeze on further salmon farms around the Discovery Islands group near Campbell River until 2020. It’s up to the industry to show by that time that the risk is “minimal,” or farms there should be shut down.

A B.C. Salmon Farming Association spokesman said only nine of 70 B.C. salmon farms are in that area. There are no current applications

for more. Let’s say you decide to

plunge in, and download the full report from www.cohencommission.ca. If you go to Volume 2, page 102, you will see a series of graphs that show sockeye runs from rivers other than the Fraser, from Washington all the way up to Alaska.

It’s not a pretty sight. From Washington up to the Central Coast, the Skeena, Nass and up to Yukon’s Klukshu and Alaska’s Alsek, most runs show a de-cline starting in the 1980s or early 1990s.

This includes runs that migrate down the west side of Vancouver Island, away from salmon farms. Alaska doesn’t allow farms, prefer-ring “ranching” – a strat-egy that fl oods the ocean habitat with millions of hatchery fi sh. These are commercially fi shed and marketed as “wild.”

B.C.’s North Coast has never had salmon farms. The area has been subject to a moratorium since an

NDP-controlled legislative committee gave its verdict on the problem in 2008.

The popular villain in those days was sea lice. Skeena MLA Robin Austin chaired the committee that called for an end to open-pen salmon farms in fi ve years. Then-agriculture minister Pat Bell approved one NDP recommendation, a mora-torium on salmon farms in North Coast waters.

This was after the Pacifi c Salmon Forum conducted its own four-year study, led by former fi sheries minister John Fraser.

Similar to Cohen, Fraser concluded that there is no simple answer to this com-plex problem. And they agreed that salmon farms don’t explain it. Cohen’s re-port makes it clear that the problem is far larger than could possibly be explained by salmon farms.

How about logging im-pact? Cohen concludes after much testimony that stream protection has improved sig-nifi cantly during the time of

observed sockeye decline. Impact from extra runoff due to pine beetle infesta-tion couldn’t be evaluated.

Poaching on the Fraser? Cohen didn’t get around to that. His biggest concern was climate change, warm-ing sensitive river waters and affecting ocean condi-tions.

During the Cohen com-mission hearings, the 2010 Fraser sockeye run came in gangbusters, with 35 million fi sh. One leading theory is that ash from an Alaska volcano fertilized the ocean, producing algae that supported more salmon feed.

Could it be that salmon ranching from Alaska, Ja-pan and elsewhere is simply depleting the food supply? That too is inconclusive.

Finally, Tides Canada, a U.S. front group that diverts attention from U.S. salm-on and oil tankers, spent $25,000 to publicize Cohen evidence. But only as it re-lates to B.C. salmon farms, and how bad they are.

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Community will only benefit from open arms

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If you were a visitor to the streets of Sicamous this summer, there’s a good chance you were hugged by a stranger

who, of course, is a stranger no more. Sicamous resident Shirley Holcomb made it

her mission this spring to welcome visitors to the community, offering a card, some kind words and the warmest of greeting, a hug. And she did it without apprehension or discrimina-tion, extending her arms to anyone visiting the town, regardless of whether they arrived by RV or on a Harley Davidson, or if they had a B.C., Alberta or U.S. licence plate.

In a big city like Vancouver, this approach likely would not have gone over as well. But in Sicamous, “Huggy Shirley” Holcomb seems to have made a positive, lasting impression on everyone she met. So much so that the Sicamous Chamber of Commerce honoured Holcomb with a Visitor Ambassador award.

To some, Holcomb’s initiative – promoting the community one hug at a time – may seem odd. But with a warm, sincere and selfless embrace, the sprightly senior has accomplished what some communities spend thousands of marketing dollars to do: selling the community to a tourist market (and here’s the most impo-rant part) who plan on returning in the future. Furthermore, she was able to do this while Sicamous was in a dire state, suffering and than recovering from the ravages of a debris flow and flooding, and a flood of related negative media publicity that did little good for the com-munity.

To say Sicamous needed someone like Hol-comb this summer is an understatement.

Kudos have to be given to the Sicamous Chamber for recognizing the good thing the community has in Holcomb.

It isn’t surprising Holcomb says she feels undeserving of the award. Such a response should be expected from one who is willing to hug a stranger for the benefit of her commu-nity.

By Tom FletcherNews Columnist

No simple solution to salmon farming

Ernie Hesse Sr., 62, had about 35 years of fl ying experience when he taxied his two-tone, single-engine, 1959 Piper Comanche onto the runway of the 108 Mile Airport.

Sept. 8, 2000 was a cloudy day at the small airport just outside of 100 Mile House. The Stratford, Ont. native had just purchased the aging blue and white plane from a local resi-dent and was on the fi rst leg of his journey back to Ontario. His fi rst scheduled stop was Lethbridge, Alta.

Hesse was not famil-iar with his newly-pur-chased antique plane. He’d taken it for a test fl ight the day before and ran into mechanical problems.

Tom Schaff was the manager of the 108 Mile Airport in 2000. He helped Hesse deal with the mechanical troubles.

“It turned out to be a faulty spark plug, and I fi xed it,” Schaff told the 100 Mile Free Press back in 2000. “It’s quite common.”

The problem solved, Hesse paid for the plane and fi led his fl ight plans for the next day. As he lifted off into the clouds at about 1 p.m., he faced a challenging fl ight over the Rocky Mountains. The forecast on his route predicted deteriorating conditions; scattered and broken cloud, rain and thundershowers.

At 6:10 p.m., Leth-bridge Flight Services notifi ed the B.C. Rescue Co-ordination Centre that Hesse had failed to arrive on schedule.

The archives of the 100 Mile House Free Press detail an exten-sive search for Hesse’s plane. At least nine aircraft were involved, conducting a grid search over parts of an esti-mated 20,000 square ki-lometres along his fl ight path.

Offi cials ended the search on Sept. 22, but the pilot’s son, Ernie Hesse Jr., bankrolled a private search after that, including helicopter time.

Nick Holmes-Smith

is the owner and opera-tor of Mustang Powder, a cat-skiing operation located in the Monashee Mountains to the west of Revelstoke.

Back in 2005, he was just establishing his business, which is locat-ed at the end of a service road that connects to the Trans-Canada Highway. He was paying crews to cut snow-cat paths through the forest.

One day, two crew members spotted a wrecked plane. It was snarled in dense bush near the low point of a ridge. The location is between Perry River and Third Creek, about 20 kilometres north of the Trans-Canada.

The workers relayed the story to Holmes-Smith. They’d found an old, antique plane – a historical wreck, they thought.

“We just assumed that somebody found this wreckage, right?” said Holmes-Smith.

He had it in the back of his mind to visit the wreck one day. That day came in early Septem-ber of this year when he bushwhacked off the cat trail to the site.

“It was a small plane, very badly dam-aged,” Holmes-Smith said. “There was still some paperwork sitting among the wreckage. There were the running shoes, a sweater – a few things – and, I think, that’s kind of odd. It’s kind of odd that they didn’t take the paper-work and the personal effects.”

Other than some left-

over clothing, there was no sign of the pilot.

The pilot’s seatbelt was located about 15 metres in front of the plane; the nuts and bolts that anchored it to the frame had been ripped out with it.

“It was a low spot on the ridge,” Holmes-Smith said. “I kind of have the feeling they might have been trying to get from one drain-age to another and were trying to go through the lowest spot – probably in bad weather – didn’t make it.”

He told the story to a pilot friend. She told him to contact the Canadian Transportation Safety Board with the call sign from the wreck.

Sgt. Don McLean is the Operations Super-visor at the 100 Mile House RCMP detach-ment. The historical fi le landed on his desk. He contacted the Rev-elstoke RCMP who, along with Revelstoke SAR, investigated the wreck and conducted a ground search of the

area. However, they weren’t able to locate Hesse’s remains.

“Based on the infor-mation that’s available, it’s pretty clear that it was a pretty violent crash,” McLean said in an interview. “We’re pretty confi dent that the amount of damage that was in the struc-ture of the plane, that he wouldn’t have survived the crash. The fact that his ID was located there indicates that he was there. I don’t think that he walked out.”

The theory is that wildlife – it’s grizzly country – could have gotten to the deceased pilot, removing his body from the scene.

McLean said the RCMP have notifi ed family members and are in the process of clos-ing the fi le, ending a 12-year-old mystery.

Son Ernie Hesse Jr. continued on with a pri-vately funded search for three months in 2000, but came up with noth-ing.

“He was a great pi-

lot. I grew up in the plane with him,” Hesse Jr. said. His father fi rst took him up when he was only fi ve, teach-ing him to fl y over the years. “Flying was his passion.”

The pilot was an ac-tive man who enjoyed playing slo-pitch and racquetball.

“He was a very smart guy,” Hesse Jr. said.

Hesse Sr. was also an electrician, working for the Fram Oil Filters manufacturing company in Stratford, Ont.

His father had fl own in many planes over the years and loved trying out Second World War-era planes. He’d fl own from Ontario to B.C. several times in the past and was familiar with the routes.

When he got the call in September of this year, Hesse Jr. mobi-lized 13 members of the family, who travelled to the Eagle Pass to search for his father’s remains. They fl ew into the area via helicopter from Three Valley Gap. Un-fortunately, they were unsuccessful.

Hesse Jr. is convinced mechanical problems were the cause.

“I was at the airport the day he left,” he said, noting the mechanical problems and repairs on the plane the day be-fore.

“It looked like to me he was trying to fl y down the Perry River and coming back-wards,” Hesse Jr. said. “I think he was trying to get to the (Trans-Canada Highway). We all strongly believe that it was mechanical is-sues with the plane.” They feel he had turned

around and was look-ing for an emergency landing strip when he crashed.

Hesse said there are two outstanding items that need closure.

The fi rst is the me-chanical condition of the plane; he’s con-cerned issues with the plane may not have been fully disclosed when his father bought it the day before the crash.

“I would love if the RCMP would follow

through and try to de-termine the cause of the crash,” Hesse Jr. said. “But looking at the plane, it would be hard to fi nd any evidence now. There’s nothing left of it. It was just a big scrap pile.”

The second is bring-ing his dad’s remains home. He plans to re-turn after the snow melts next season to mount a bigger search.

“I’m sure I will fi nd something.”

Pilot still missing after 12-year-old crash site locatedBy Aaron OrlandoBlack Press

Aircraft enthusiast: Ernie Hesse Sr. stands with his favourite plane, an antique P51 Mustang. Photo submitted

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Dairy and gardening projects enrich lives of 4-H Club membersThe Eagle Valley

4-H Club has com-pleted its fi rst year, offering a variety of activities for its 15 members.

Monthly meet-ings were paired with comparative judg-ing, public speaking, discussion and work on record books and informative talks on gardening focusing on soil types, fertilizing, seed development, plant selection and much more.

Gardening projects for Cloverbuds, ages six to eight, included planning vegetables and fl owers to grow, harvest and then enter in both the I.P.E. Arm-strong and Salmon Arm Fall Fair. Some Cloverbuds partici-pated in a fi eld trip to the offi cial club spon-sor, Willow Mist Farm. This nursery, owned and operated by Ka-gen Sharpe, instructed members on plant se-lection for hanging baskets, and then do-nated plants, soil and containers.

Hanging baskets fl ourished over sum-mer months, and re-sulted in lovely deco-ration for the club’s dairy heifer displays at the attended fairs. Special recognition goes to gardening leader, Alexis Gossen, for many hours spent on the telephone, co-ordinating meetings, outings and work bees with the club members and their families. Lots of wonderful memo-ries were made.

The club’s six junior members also enjoyed gardening projects, which they entered at the I.P.E. and Salmon Arm Fair. In addition, these girls took on dairy heifer calf proj-ects. Several members rode the school bus out to Dari Delite farm in the afternoons, two to three days every week, from February to Sep-tember, caring for, training and recording development of their heifers. Weekly chores built confi dence, taught work ethic and deepened friendships.

The 4-H motto is Learn to Do By Doing, and everyone did just that.

A successful pro-gram is dependent on a strong network of behind-the-scenes people. The club is grateful to John, Nic, Lindy and Steffanie DeWitt for their sup-port in this way. Five out of six heifers came from Dari Delite farm. Comparative judg-ing, showmanship and clipping your heifer for the show ring were all required elements for 4-H members. Nic, Lindy and Steffanie DeWitt, with Alexis Gossen, used their knowledge and experi-ence to mentor junior members and their calves. All came out to cheer on the club on show days.

The club was also grateful for the sup-port they enjoyed from two very special grandmas, Nellie De-Witt and Lorna Reid, who throughout the year supplied choco-late milk (D Dutchmen Dairy, of course), and timely fi scal contribu-tions. As well, mem-bers received pails of cupcakes, brownies and breakfasts-to-go while spending time at the fair.

On Nov. 4, the Eagle Valley 4-H Club held its year-end awards night. A delicious pot-luck supper was en-joyed by all and thanks go out to all the moms and grandmas.

Award results were given as follows:

Cloverbuds, aged six to eight years, re-ceived gardening tools and gloves: Jacob De-Witt, Jasmine Gossen, Teyva Greer, Emerald Hepner, Mason Lar-son, Ali Logan, Daph-ne Miller and Allison Rokosh.

Juniors, ages nine to 12 years, received dairy heifer recogni-tion for projects, re-cord books and their own achievements. In-dividual awards were given as follows:

Participation and dedication: Kristen McMillan; service

award and husbandry – Samantha Koll; service award and sportsman-ship – Bethany Evans; champion calf and high achievement – Taylor Grenier; high achieve-ment in showmanship: Madison DeWittt, who was awarded an en-graved show halter.

Best overall fi n-ish in club achieve-ment went to Brittany Northway with a third in club achievement, a second in judging and

public speaking, and a fi rst in record book. She was awarded a Montana silver buckle. Congratulations every-one.

Registration for the 2013 season is in early January. Contacts are Joni DeWitt, dairy proj-ects: 250-836-2329, and Alexis Gossen for gardening projects at 250-836-3223.

Submitted by the Eagle Valley 4-H Club.

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On the fence: Eagle Valley 4-H Club members show off their clean coveralls before getting down to work. The club has just completed its first year. Photo submitted

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Look up, look up, at any tree!

There is so much for eyes to see:

Twigs, catkins, blos-soms; and the blue

Of sky, most lovely, peeping through

Between the leaves, some large, some small,

Some green, some gold before their fall;

Fruits you can pick; fruits out of reach;

And little birds with twittering speech;

And, if you’re quick enough, maybe

A laughing fairy in the tree!

-Song of the Tree Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker

So many precious trees (and lives) are lost during these big storms, tornadoes, fl ooding and fi res that ravage the earth every year.

Thousands of trees in New York City’s Central Park and all along the eastern seaboard have

been ripped out of the ground, trunks broken in half and their limbs snapped off from the snows and winds. The loss is unimaginable and, in some cases, ir-replaceable.

In the introduction of the beautiful book, The Meaning of Trees – Botany, History, Heal-ing and Lore, author Fred Hageneder says, “Trees and human-kind have always had a symbiotic relation-ship. Throughout the centuries, trees have of-fered us shelter from the cold and the heat. They have provided us with a multitude of nutritious fruits, leaves, fl owers and roots for food and medicine. They have given us wood with which to make our tools, weapons and toys, not to mention timber for houses, fences, boats and bridges. But per-haps most signifi cant of all, trees have provided fuel for fi re which, once it was tamed hundreds of thousands of years ago, became the engine of civilization. Trees are our strongest allies.

“The entire spectrum of human existence is refl ected in tree lore through the ages: from birth, death and rebirth, to the age-old struggle between good and evil,

and the quest for beau-ty, truth and enlighten-ment.

“Our ancestors rec-ognized that there is a vital balance in life: you take and you give. So they celebrated the forces of nature by of-fering them gifts, songs, prayers and blessings to revitalize the natu-ral world – a world of which they felt them-selves to be an intimate part.

“Many cultures saw (and still see) every-thing in creation as im-bued with spirit, which means that all living things are regarded as sacred.”

Every year our trees drop their leaves and needles to replenish the nutrients in the soil, pro-vide food for the micro and macro organisms and protect the roots from the harsh winter conditions. They are a marvellous and free gift to us gardeners because leaves provide most of the nutrients you’ll need to have healthy soil and rich mulches. Layer leaves into your compost bin with wood chips, grass clippings (fi nd piles in vacant lots or remember to store some for next year) needles, rotten apples, Halloween pumpkins, kitchen compost, etc.,

and just see what you get for next year’s gar-dening season: beauti-ful, black, rich, won-derful soil loaded with worms and microbes. Make sure there is suffi -cient moisture between the layers and cover it up so that nutrients are not lost from rains and snow, and keep a handy pile of mowed or shred-ded leaves too for your mulches.

So let’s take a mo-ment to honour and ap-preciate our beautiful, precious trees that grace our streets, parks, gar-dens, public spaces and yards. I can’t imagine what our world – and our gardens – would be without them. I sure hug ’em, because I love ’em.

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Job seekers are in luck when it comes to the commercial road transportation industry in British Columbia. Trucking companies throughout BC require professional drivers, mechanics, dispatch-ers and operations staff right now, which means that job seekers with ex-perience and/or training may fi nd work within their preferred region. For those considering training prior to joining the workforce, demand for skilled workers in the industry is likely to grow – to 2020 and beyond.

There are a number of reasons for this. For truck drivers, the in-dustry is facing a North America-wide shortage because most are 45 years of age or older and nearing retirement (in fact, in Canada, according to a report by the Canada Truck-ing Human Resources Council, 58 percent of long-haul truck drivers fall in this age range). Similar shortages exist

for other jobs, includ-ing diesel engine and heavy duty mechanics.

Aside from worker shortages, economic growth in the Asia-Pacifi c Gateway is also driving demand for workers in transporta-tion. This applies not only to companies in the Lower Mainland, but in other regions as well, since the Asia-Pacifi c “Gateway” is actually made up of an integrated supply chain of airports, seaports, rail and road connections, and border crossings, from Prince Rupert to Surrey, with links sup-plied by trucking.

Today’s trucking in-dustry is an exciting place to be. Equipment in many companies is state of the art, meaning increased comfort and ease for drivers and op-portunities for mechan-ics to work with tech-nologically advanced systems, keeping both their skills and inter-est engaged. Dispatch relies on sophisticated tracking and routing

systems. Others on the operations side also use information technology of many kinds to deal with everything from licences and permits, to customer services, accounting, sales and marketing.

And, people join-ing the industry have many career choices. Drivers, for example, may work close to home as pick-up and delivery or short-haul drivers. Those who like the idea of travelling across Canada or North America can become long-haul drivers for an employer or work as owner-operators. Drivers may haul con-sumer goods, fuel, logs, heavy-duty equip-ment, livestock – most of what we purchase or consume spent some time on the road with a commercial truck!

If you already have experience as a driver, mechanic or operations worker, most compa-nies advertise jobs on their websites. Mem-bers of the BC Truck-

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SICAMOUS EAGLES PLAYER PROFILE

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The Eagle River Sec-ondary Eagles are en route to the Okanagan Valley Senior A Girls Volleyball Champion-ships starting Friday in Enderby.

The momentum can be attributed to wins versus the Vernon Chris-tian Royals in the recent three-team, North Zone fi nals at A.L. Fortune Secondary in Enderby.

The Royals rallied enthusiasm to ground the Eagles, taking the fi rst set 25-23.

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The Sicamous Ea-gles were back on their game last weekend, picking up two wins and dropping one con-test in overtime.

After a dismal show-ing during a three-game road trip through the Kootenays the week-end prior, the Eagles picked up a 2-1 victory against the Kamloops Storm on Friday, Nov. 9 at the McArthur Park Arena. Sicamous came out strong in the fi rst period, keeping Kam-loops netminder Mar-cus Beesley occupied with 18 shots on net. Two of those managed to ripple the mesh, the fi rst on a power play at 12:57 from Kelyn Opel, assisted by Brendan Devries and Jameson Stoski. The second goal was scored by Cameron Berry, off of Stoski and Connor Buick.

The Storm’s single came on a power play in the second half of the second frame. Stoski was named the game’s fi rst star.

The Storm got their revenge the following night, Saturday, Nov. 9, with a 2-1 win on Sicamous ice, though not without having to go into overtime.

The fi rst and sec-ond periods remained scoreless. The Storm was fi rst to light up the board midway through the third frame. The Eagles’ Connor Fynn, with the rebound, scored seconds later,

assisted by Opel and Brayden Taekema.

The game-winner came at 2:29 into OT from Kamloops’ Jacky Lu.

Sicamous was in Penticton on Sunday, Nov. 11, to face off against the Lakers. Fynn potted an early marker in the fi rst frame, aided by Opel and Devries. The next goal of the evening didn’t come until half-

way through the second period – an unassisted goal by Devries.

Penticton fi nally responded early in the third frame, but the goal offered less hope minutes later when Sicamous’ Brett Tro-fanenko added another goal to Sicamous’ lead, assisted by Steven Pow-ers and Devon Quartly. The game ended in a 3-1 decision for Si-camous.

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

Puck stops here: A Sicamous Eagle screens the Kamloops Storm net in away action Friday, Nov. 9. Allen Douglas Photo

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Land Act:Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Mara Landing Strata KAS2052 c/o Gateway Property Management Corporation of Kamloops, BC intends to make application to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Southern Service Region—Thompson Okanagan Service Centre, Crown Land Adjudication offi ce, for a lease for strata moorage amendment purposes covering District Lot 6453 and District Lot 6454, KDYD situated on Provincial Crown land located in the vicinity of District of Sicamous.The Lands File Number that has been established for this application is 0295114. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Section Head, Crown Land Adjudication at 441 Columbia Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2T3. Comments will be received by MFLNRO until December 7, 2012. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit our website http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp -> Search -> Search by File Number: insert Lands File Number for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be provided to the public upon request.

Proponent: Mara Landing Strata KAS2052Description: Strata Moorage AmendmentLocation: Sicamous Narrows

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To our members, patrons from all areas of BC, Alberta & Saskatchewan for your continued support. Also to all the local businesses that have

donated prizes & supported all our tournaments.

Pro-shop items 50% to 70% off for Early Christmas Shoppers

Due to the golf season being short because of the fl ooding this summer, we are offering everyone in all age categories an early payment price of

$700 plus hst (a saving of $280) for 2013 Membershipsif paid in full by December 31, 2012.

Junior Membership will be discounted to $275 plus hst for early payment

Cheques may be post dated to December 31, 2012.

Should you choose to take advantage of this offer, please fi ll in the information form below and mail with your cheque to Eagle River Golf and Country Club, Box 16 in Sicamous, BC V0E 2V0

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Rick, Marianne Jager & Staff