Dave Waugh looks tired as he sits back in his old leather and steel barber chair, resting his right shoulder that was recently dislocated while working on a pipeline.

Such an injury was never really a con-cern for Waugh during the 16 years he stood behind the chair as the operator of Sicamous’ sole barbershop, Dave’s Bar-ber Styling. But with bills piling up, and his son having grown up and moved away, Waugh had to abandon the barbershop for the promise of better paying work in Rocky Mountain House, Alta.

“It never was so bad before because in the winter times I was coaching hockey, my son’s hockey team, so I needed the week-ends off for that and I could close at four o’clock in the afternoon to get the rink on time, but it’s never been good in the win-ter, fall or spring,” Waugh laments. “In the late spring, early summer, to the end of Au-gust, it’s decent. And then after that… by this time, in November, I mean, just look out there. I’ve been around the shop here

for about an hour now, just puttering back and forth, and there’s just not much going on here at all.”

Regarding his injury, Waugh laughs when he says that’s what happens when you’re a 51-year-old man trying to keep up in a 20-year-old’s job. The work, he says, is good, but hard, noting the days are long

– about 14 hours – and the breaks are few. But the paycheques are good.

“It’s a catch-22,” says Waugh. “When you’re here, you have a more sedentary lifestyle. You go home, you’re in your own house with your animals there, but you’re worrying about the bills and you’re always broke. You go away to work, you’ve got

money in your pocket but you don’t have time to do anything.”

Earlier in the year, Waugh pursued the notion of working up north, but wound up sticking it out at the barbershop for anoth-er summer. When fall came, and business

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Tough times prompting hard choices

Piling debt: Dave Waugh goes through a stack of bills piled up in his barber shop – something that prompted him to close the shop and take work up north. Photo by Lachlan Labere

Call of the north: Community barber closes doors to take work on pipeline.By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

See Families on page 2

Business owner offers students an opportunity in trades

A Sicamous business will be playing a big role in the education of local high school students keen on getting a foothold in trades.

Today is the first day of class at Twin Anchors Structures (TAS) for a handful of Eagle River Secondary (ERS) students with a desire to apprentice in a trade. The program is a pilot project organized by TAS president Greg Kyllo, ERS and School Dis-trict #83, and will provide students with both course credits as well as apprentice-

ship hours towards post-secondary trades training. It will also give students who put in the required 90 hours of work experi-ence, and are willing and able to continue, a paid job in their trade of interest.

Kyllo says this initiative was prompted, in part, by concerns he heard last year while running for District of Sicamous council. He said a lot of people he heard from were concerned for the future of the high school, and what might happen if enrolment con-tinues to decline. He says he was also in-spired by one of his daughters, who he says wasn’t very interested in school until she

enrolled in a hairdressing program offered through the school district.

“Suddenly, it was something that she liked, she enjoyed it, straight As, did really well, got her hairdressing certificate – It helped to keep her in school,” said Kyllo. “I thought, it’s a great program, I don’t know why we can’t do some more programs with trades and things at Eagle River.”

Another concern of Kyllo’s is employee retention, and he says TAS tends to have greater success with “homegrown talent.”

“If we can bring them onboard and get people trained up, we get a really good re-

tention rate,” said Kyllo. “So the thought was maybe there’s an opportunity we can help the school district, help the kids, and at the same time provide a bit of training so we can help improve the retention rates for workers at the factory.

All of this led to a meeting with Shus-wap MLA and former education minis-ter George Abbott, which in turn let to a meeting with school district superintendent Dave Witt. And then things snowballed to the point where they are now, much to the

Apprenticeships: TA Structures partners with School District #83 and Eagle River Secondary.By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

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December 1- Eagle Valley Artisans Arts & Crafts Sale, 10 AM – 3 PM at the Red Barn in Sicamous, 226 Riverside Ave. For info call 250-836-4613December 6 - Sicamous Lions Club will be holding their annual Food Bank Bingo and Raffle upstairs at the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre. Doors open at 6 pm with early bird at 6:45. Please bring a non-perishable item for the food bank. All proceeds will go to the Sicamous Food Bank.Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday- Sicamous Lions Club meets at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre, 1090 Shuswap Ave, Sicamous. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00 pm. Everyone Welcome. For info contact Joan at 250-836-4876 or Kathy at 250-836-3267Every 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 -

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slowed down as it usu-ally does, an opportu-nity presented itself. But Waugh says it still wasn’t easy to close his doors and move on.

“You know, I still love it here. I love the people here,” he says. “My customers and my friends are all here. It’s close to my heart. But I have to work out of town to make ends meet now. I was rob-

bing Peter to pay Paul for too many years now, and it was coming to a point where it was all going to implode.”

Waugh knows his story isn’t unique in Sicamous, particularly with the steady decline of primary industry in the area. In fact, Eagle Valley Community Support Society presi-dent Pam Beech says that in poor economic times, such as what the community is now

experiencing, it is very common for a parent to take up full-time work away from home.

“We do have a lot of husbands having to work away,” says Beech, adding the number of families that are separated in that way has grown even more in the past two years. “It is a difficult thing for families to be separated. It leads to a very high demand, a high level of emotional

distress within fami-lies. It’s not good for the emotional health, the mental health of the community.”

Beech says the sup-port society also fre-quently sees families dealing with the crisis of deciding if a parent should take up work elsewhere, even though they want to keep the family unit together. She says those that can afford to relocate to-gether will, but not all

have that option.One positive for

Waugh is that his cur-rent job is only three hours away from his son. His home, though, is still in Sicamous. And the barbershop? Waugh says he’s go-ing to keep it as is for now, and when there’s a two- or three-month break in the spring, he may be back behind the chair for a short while, cutting hair and taking it easy for a bit.

Families suffer when parent is forced to work elsewhereContinued from front

The sale is final and, apparently, seam-less.

With the announce-ment that Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd. of Westbank has com-pleted its purchase of the Federated Co-operatives Ltd. forest products operation in Canoe, comes little or no change.

“The purchase

agreement provides that all employees will be offered em-ployment by Gorman Bros. Lumber Ltd. on substantially the same terms and conditions as their present em-ployment,” states the news release announc-ing the acquisition.

The sale includes Federated’s plywood plant, sawmill and log harvesting and forestry operations within the Okanagan Timber Sup-

ply Area surrounding Shuswap Lake.

Although rumours have circulated that the planer might re-open, Rick Scott, Gorman Bros.’ chief financial officer, says no.

“We’re not planning on expanding the op-eration. The planer will not be operated. Pos-sibly the kilns will be used, but they only take one or two people.”

The sawmill hasn’t operated since Dec. 21,

2007, due to unfavour-able market conditions.

Scott said the words ‘substantially the same’ in the news release re-ferring to the terms of conditions of employ-ment, means people are receiving the same wages as before.

“Yes, definitely. Things are 99 per cent the same.”

Gorman Bros. Lum-ber Ltd. operates lum-ber production facili-ties in Westbank and

Revelstoke and a pole division in Lumby.

Scott says Gorman Bros. will be spending time making sure the Canoe operation is in synch with the way the other Gorman facilities run.

“It’s already very close to it,” he said of Federated in Canoe. “There are so many similarities to how we do things and how they’re done in Canoe. It’s going to be a joy.”

By Martha WickettEagle Valley News

Transition seamless in Canoe mill takeover

Training provides credits and work experiencejoy of the school dis-trict, including district career supervisor Mark Marino.

“I think it’s a great opportunity …,” said Marino. “TA Structures is making a commit-ment to hire youth and to apprentice youth, and it’s something that our community direly needs, our province dearly needs, our coun-try dearly needs… the crunch is starting to happen, especially in

the Lower Mainland. A lot of tradespeople are moving up north… and I see what Greg is trying to do, trying to provide a reason for youth to stay in the Okanagan.”

Going into detail about the program, Ma-rino says that a student who successfully com-pletes both the school’s and TAS’ application/interview process, and who fulfills their 90 hours, would become a secondary school ap-prentice, who will train in a trade under a jour-

neyman or experienced worker with sign-off authority. Students who complete 480 hours will receive 16 high school credits, while those who complete 900 hours pri-or to graduation would be eligible to receive a $1,000 scholarship. All hours worked will count towards the student’s apprenticeship under the Industry Training Authority.

Work at TAS is com-plemented with techni-cal training through the school district’s Ace-

It (accelerated credit enrolment in industry training) program.

ERS career co-or-dinator Sandy Moody shares Marino’s ex-citement about the ap-prenticeship opportu-nity Kyllo and TAS has opened to students.

“We do have ap-prenticeship relation-ships with some of the other businesses in the area as well, so by no means do I want to demean what they’re doing by pro-moting Twin Anchors,

but Twin Anchors has so many opportuni-ties under one roof for our kids – electrical, plumbing, welding, carpentry, cabinetry,” said Moody. “It’s go-ing to be an absolutely wonderful opportu-nity for them and we have quite a few kids already who are quite excited.”

For now the TAS program is only open to ERS students, though Marino says the idea is to have it open up to the entire school district.

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not be concerned about the controversial Canada-China For-eign Investment Pro-motion and Protection Agreement, says Colin Mayes.

The Okanagan-Shuswap MP offered reassurances about the 31-year agreement, which some have called the biggest since NAF-TA (the North Ameri-can Free Trade Agree-ment).

Mayes contends the FIPA is not a trade agreement.

“We’ve stated as a government that every trade agreement we’re going to sign, we will bring it to Parliament and have it voted on… This agreement with China is simply an agreement that basi-cally states that when Canadian businessmen or business interests are in China, they will be treated the same as Chi-nese business people, they will have to abide by the same rules,” he told the News.

“That also goes for the Chinese… doing business in Canada – they are treated the same as any other Ca-nadian business. The business community (in Canada) has been communicating to the government of Canada

we’ve needed this for the past 20 years... When they go over and set businesses up, they � nd the rules are different for them than the nationals. So that is simply what the agree-ment is – we have 25 or 26 of these agreements in the world…”

Mayes adds that when his uncle and a few other business people went to China to do some placer min-ing, they were told they would have to sell the gold to the government for $50 an ounce and, at that time, it was sell-ing for $350 an ounce.

He said the clause that says 15-year no-tice is needed to cancel the agreement could be renegotiated if it’s problematic, but it adds stability.

“Let’s face it, if a Canadian company spends a billion dollars getting all set up, and then all of a sudden the Chinese government says it’s not interested anymore…”

In response to criti-cisms of Bill C-45, the second of what have been termed omnibus budget bills, Mayes said Opposition leader Thomas Mulcair, when he was in the Quebec cabinet, “forwarded a budget with 600 pages and nobody said boo about it… The word ‘omnibus bill’ is be-

ing used politically to make it look like we’re bulldozing people over – having people fear we’re going to compro-mise the environment. That’s not true.”

Fears about protec-tion of the environment have been central to many criticisms of the bill, particularly re-garding changes to the Navigable Waters Pro-

tection Act – now the Navigation Protection Act.

The act’s scope is being narrowed to protection focused on three oceans, 97 lakes and 62 rivers in Cana-da, just 24 of which are in B.C. In this area, just Shuswap Lake, Little Shuswap Lake and Mara Lake are listed, and no rivers. Mayes argues that the act was created in 1880, needs modernization and was intended to keep water-ways open so people could navigate them.

“It had nothing to do

with the environment.”He said the Environ-

mental Protection Act, which he terms prob-ably one of the most stringent in the world, will take care of envi-ronmental concerns.

Critics have said citizens will now have to take concerns about waterways to the law courts, but Mayes says that’s not accurate.

“That’s why we have elected people,” he said, noting that residents contacted his of� ce when a waterski course was proposed for Mara Lake.

“If you need some information, some clar-ity about what’s hap-pening, you take it to your Member of Par-liament or your MLA, then they deal with it... If you don’t like the an-swer, I guess, well, you have to go to court... But if it’s really, really a problem, I’m sure politically we can deal with it.”

He asks why any government would compromise environ-mental protections.

“That’s absolutely ridiculous, it’s political suicide… I love nature, I love God’s creation – it’s fantastic. I wouldn’t

belong to a party that would compromise our environment...”

Asked to comment on what appears to be a generally low approval rating for the Conser-vative government with regard to openness and accountability as well as the environment, Mayes said people don’t realize, for in-stance, the positive im-pact the oil sands are having on the Canadian economy.

He points to his time as mayor of Salmon Arm and the building of the twin-sheet arena, the courthouse and city hall, the RCMP de-tachment, the seniors centre, and two reno-vations to the sewage treatment plant.

“We didn’t do a single thing without somebody coming along and telling us we didn’t know what we were doing. Especially in this town, there’s a little group of naysay-ers…

“Now people look back and say, gee, those were good in-vestments at the time… When you’re making decisions and leading you are always going to attract some criticism.”

By Martha WickettEagle Valley News

people went to China to do some placer min-ing, they were told they would have to sell the gold to the government for $50 an ounce and, at that time, it was sell-

He said the clause that says 15-year no-tice is needed to cancel the agreement could be renegotiated if it’s problematic, but it adds

I love nature, I love God’s creation – it’s fantastic. I

wouldn’t belong to a party that would compromise our environment.Colin Mayes

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VICTORIA – B.C.’s rit-ual day of shame over child poverty has come and gone once again, with politicians trading blame and time-worn talking points.

The occasion was an an-nual gathering staged at the B.C. Teachers’ Federation office in downtown Vancou-ver. It is organized by First Call, an umbrella group sponsored by the BCTF, the B.C. Government Employ-ees’ Union and a collec-tion of like-minded “anti-poverty activists,” as they describe themselves in their latest report.

The familiar script un-folded. The report  mis-interprets federal income statistics from two years ago and calls for a long list of uncosted, but hugely ex-pensive measures that they assert will make B.C. the first jurisdiction in human history to eradicate poverty.

A sampling: provide raises for employees and contractors at all levels

of government until they are making an unspecified “living wage,” because we all know how public sec-tor workers uniquely suffer from pay and pension in-equality.

Raise the minimum wage again and index it to inflation. Establish univer-sal public dental care, pre-scription drug and eye care programs, and daycare. (Dismiss targeted programs that already provide this.)

Raise welfare rates and expand eligibility for em-ployment insurance. Cut tuition and provide more student grants. Eliminate homelessness.

And so it continues to-ward a socialist Utopia and certain bankruptcy for pro-vincial and federal govern-ments already deeply in the red.

I wrote about these num-bers when Statistics Canada released them back in June. They showed a modest im-provement nationally and provincially in what they measure, which is not pov-

erty, but the relative rela-tionship between income groups. First Call dismisses that improvement as “a dis-mal record.”

My point is not to deny that there are many poor people in B.C. and Canada. There are. But at this point we don’t even have a reli-able way of measuring the problem, let alone effective solutions.

The report states: “Sta-tistics Canada said the child poverty rate in Greater Van-couver was 18.4 per cent in 2010 …” No, Statistics Canada didn’t say that. They said what they always say, that “Low-Income Cut-Off,”  or  LICO figures,  are not an accurate measure of poverty.

Social Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux spoke on behalf of the B.C. Liberal government, and she, too, stuck to a fa-miliar script. The best path out of poverty is a job, she said. This is true, but also obvious.

Then Cadieux went on

about the “B.C. Jobs Plan,” which has its own sorry record of misrepresented federal statistics.

Here’s one of the re-port’s more blindingly obvious section headings: “Child poverty concentrat-ed in big cities.” No kid-ding. The whole popula-tion is concentrated in big cities. 

Herein lies a clue that is missed by “activists” for ever-larger government. Poor people are increasing-ly crowded into the most expensive places.

If I’m on welfare or working in a low-wage job and receiving a provin-cial rent subsidy (one of those things LICO doesn’t measure), should I live in downtown Victoria or Vancouver? Shouldn’t I relocate to a smaller com-munity where housing is cheaper?

There are lots of com-plications to this, but some kind of incentive to relo-cate could help big and small communities.

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Restorative justice programs ease burden on courts

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Volunteers accomplish a variety of tasks in our communities, but those who give their time to restorative justice programs

may do more than meets the eye.Nov. 18 to 25 was Restorative Justice week in

B.C., and was an opportunity to take time to rethink our idea of justice.

Traditional theories of justice run from retribution to deterrence, rehabilitation to incarceration and each has its place in our judicial system. We all want violent offenders off our streets and all criminals made accountable for their actions. We want a jus-tice system that is fair to all of those involved, both offenders and victims.

Too often, a traditional approach to justice fails to change the attitude of the offender, much less give them an appreciation of the harm they’ve done. Those incarcerated may be even more dangerous upon their release and recidivism rates are high. Victims are often left feeling frustrated by the judi-cial process.

When we look at justice, we frequently focus on punishment. Making sure the victim feels the pun-ishment fits the crime and the chance for reparation are often overlooked. This is where restorative jus-tice has the greatest impact.

In cases where the practice is used, the victim plays an active role in how the perpetrator is dealt with. This allows the victim’s voice to be heard from the beginning of the process, unlike the court sys-tem, which often leaves victim impact statements to follow a conviction.

For the restorative justice system to work, how-ever, requires offenders to admit their guilt and show remorse, victims who are willing to use the alterna-tive to the justice system, and a supportive commu-nity for both.

We are fortunate to have volunteers run restorative justice programs in our communities. But with the court system overburdened, it’s time for government to invest in expanding these programs, both to relieve pressure on the courts and to help deliver justice over the long term.

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This summer’s Stur-gis North Motorcycle Jamboree and Music Festival is to be held at Silvery Creek Beach, located on Little Shus-wap Lake.

The Sturgis North organization an-nounced the location on their Facebook page earlier this week after

previously announcing their partnership with the Neskonlith Indian Band for the site.

The site is located in the Shuswap east of Chase.

This would be the third Sturgis North event. The first was set on Neskonlith In-dian Band land west

of Salmon Arm and the Salmon Arm Fair-grounds, while the second was held at the Spallumcheen Moto-Plex Speedway and Event Park near Ver-non.

There still remain outstanding debts from the inaugural event, however, in a press re-

lease, the organization says there will be “a focus on obligations to creditors to be met.”

Joan Hansen, the newly appointed St-urgis North president, and Neskonlith Chief Judy Wilson are look-ing towards a long-term partnership and will include an advi-

sory board made up of both Sturgis North per-sonnel and members of the Neskonlith band.

The dates for the event have been set for Thursday, Aug. 22 to Sunday, Aug. 25, which is the weekend following the popular Roots and Blues Festi-val in Salmon Arm.

One very controver-sial issue being debated is foreign investment in Canada’s natural re-sources sector.

Foreign investment is good. It brings much needed capital for de-veloping a vibrant economy, creating jobs, growth and prosperity for all Canadians.

The Investment Canada Act sets out the criteria used to measure the greatest net benefit to Canadians when for-eign investment enters the Canadian market. This act has been in place for many years and our Conservative government is the only government that has used this to stop for-eign investment that had the potential to compromise our eco-

nomic sovereignty or national security.

In 2008 the Mac-Donald-Dettwiler sale to a USA company was denied as it had the potential to compro-mise our national and intellectual property security, not to men-tion Canadians losing the benefit of the many tax dollars invested in MacDonald-Dettwil-er’s research in devel-

oping RadarSat.Potash Corporation

of Saskatchewan Inc. is the largest producer of potash in the world. Canadians, and espe-cially those living in Saskatchewan, did not want to see the sale of this company to foreign interests. They felt this resource was crucial to food security and feared the company’s headquarters might be moved out of Canada. Based on this, in 2010 your government de-cided not to support the foreign purchase of this resource company.

Recently, your gov-ernment turned down the purchase of Prog-ress Energy Resources Corp, a Canadian oil and gas company, to the Malaysian state-

owned oil company Petronas. Your govern-ment is also reviewing the Nexen (operating in the Canadian oil and gas sector) sale to the Chinese state-owned oil and gas company CNOOC. The issue here – is it in Canada’s best interest for a for-eign state-owned com-pany to have a majority interest in a Canadian natural resource? What are the safeguards to ensure corporate profits will be retained in Can-ada or even that taxes paid on profits will stay in Canada to help pay for services delivered by the three levels of government?

Journalist, Terence Corcoran of the Na-tional Post suggests, “State-owned enter-

prises pose a threat to free market nations.” I agree. We do not want foreign states who do not share our values of law and order, human rights and fair labour principles to dictate market practices or deplete our resources with no net benefit to Canadians. Our gov-ernment has amended the Investment Canada Act to ensure state-owned enterprises adhere to Canadian standards of corporate governance and oper-ate according to com-mercial principles. You can be certain that we will continue to ensure that foreign investment in our Canadian econo-my will balance Cana-dian interests and fair market principles.

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The newest and first inland marine search and rescue station, based in Sicamous, was one of the busiest of 48 stations in B.C. this past season.

Formally known as the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary (Pa-cific), the Royal Cana-dian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR) Shuswap Station #106 began operations on the May long weekend after extensive training in marine search and rescue techniques from December 2011 to May 2012 on the Shuswap, and at training facilities located near Victoria.

The first weekend tested the skills of the crews assigned to Shus-wap Lifeboat One, the marine SAR boat out-fitted for the task. After that it, was all out, re-sulting in 44 successful missions between the May and September long weekends. Every-thing from searching for missing/overdue boats, to broken bones and strokes, says station leader Rob Sutherland.

The Shuswap station crew also had the op-portunity to work with the land-based Shus-wap Search and Rescue unit, located in Salmon

Arm, when two vaca-tioners fell into a gorge at Albas Falls, located on Seymour Arm. One was killed and the other, who tried to save him, broke both of his legs. Sutherland says co-ordination between the two SAR units, as well as the BCAS helicopter crew who evacuated the injured man, was in-tense and well executed – “proof that training was the key to the mis-sion’s success.”

Sutherland says all of last season’s missions are being reviewed for opportunities to learn and improve. And,

based in part on those missions, a winter train-ing program has been developed to further enhance the skill and knowledge of the Shus-wap station’s 24 mem-bers.

“They have shown a lot of dedication and skill since we began last December,” says Sutherland. “All of us are volunteers and it takes a commitment from everyone to pro-duce the results we had over the summer.” That commitment was recognized at the an-nual general meeting of RCM-SAR held

in Richmond, B.C. in September. RCM-SAR president Jim Lee pre-sented the Shuswap sta-tion with a plaque for “Outstanding Achieve-ment & Dedication to Saving Lives on the Water In their First Year of Operation.”

Sutherland accepted the plaque and was given the opportunity to explain why a ma-rine SAR station was required on what is per-ceived by most as safe waters (inland lakes).

Rescue boat crew sees busy first yearcommunity

Safer waters: The volunteer crew aboard Shuswap Lifeboat One attend one of the numerous emergency call-outs on Shuswap Lake received over the summer by Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue Shuswap Station #106. File photo

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Christmas in Sicamous

MONTH LONG ACTIVITIES

Now until Dec 25 - Christmas Hamper ProgramEagle Valley Resource CentreFOOD & MONETARY DONATIONS & GIFTS – accepted at the Eagle Valley Community Resource Centre/Food Bank. Monetary donations can be made to the Eagle Valley Community Support Society. Hamper Applications now at the Resource Centre/Food Bank 1214 Shuswap Ave. Sicamous & the Malakwa of� ce, Malakwa Community Centre (school). Call 836-3440.

Angel Trees at the Credit UnionFood Bank Eagles GameDecember 1st & 7th$1 off admission with a FOOD BANK DONATIONEagles Toque Toss GameDecember 15th. During the 2nd intermission, bring a new toque, mitts or scarf ….prizes!

Saturday, December 1stEagle Valley Artisans Show & Sale10am-3pmRed Barn Arts Centre

Santa Claus Parade3:30pmMain Street

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Thursday, December 6thLion’s Club Bingoupstairs at the Rec Centre6:00 pm

Friday, December 7thChristmas at the Library6:00 pm

Saturday, December 8thChristmas MarketSenior’s Centre8:30 am

Sunday, December 9thShuswap Singers Christmas ConcertRed Barn Arts Centre2:00 pmTickets at the IDA $10.$15 at the door.

Wednesday, December 12Early Years Fair & Skating PartySicamous Rec Centre1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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Eaglevalleynews.comMore of what you want Eagle Valley News 250-836-2570Marine SAR a benefit to all of Shuswap

The Sicamous Eagles picked up an-other win over the weekend and a night off to boot.

On Friday, Nov. 23, the Eagles were in Kelowna to take on K-Town’s Chiefs. The end result was a 6-4

win, which the Eagles had time to relish over Saturday as their game in Armstrong versus the North Okanagan Knights was cancelled due to a scheduling is-sue.

The Chiefs were first on the board in the Friday contest with an early marker in the first frame. The rest of

the period, however, belonged to Sicamous, who potted three more before the buzzer. The first marker came from Corbin Marcotte, as-sisted by Matt Reed and Collin Mathieson; the second from Nathan Grieve, aided by Jameson Stoski and Brett Trofanenko; and the last goal, scored

on a power play with 25 seconds left on the clock, came from Connor Buick, assist-ed by Keyln Opel and Brett Devries.

Halfway through the second frame, the Chiefs were able to tie things up, but the period ended with Sicamous on a one-goal lead, courtesy of

Devon Quartly, with assists by Stoski and Opel.

Kelowna tied things up again in the third period, but Sicamous bombarded the Chiefs’ net and wound up adding two more goals for the win, the first from Buick and the second by Opel.

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“The Shuswap and Mara lake systems are unique in that much of it is not accessible by road,” says Sutherland. “That, coupled with the thousands of house boaters and vacation-ers using the lake and marine parks presents a high risk of accidents. This was proven over this past season.

“Lives were saved and injuries tended to on the spot and some were transported to lo-

cal hospitals. “Our Marine SAR

operations depend on donations and Sicamous businesses came though with their complete support. The plaque represents an achieve-ment that, without sup-port, could not have happened…” As with any organization that depends on donations to operate, explains Sutherland, the RCM-SAR Shuswap Station #106 future has a con-tinuous task ahead of it.

Ongoing effort will be put into recruitment of new volunteers, training and operations, upgrad-ing and maintaining SAR equipment, and as a long-term goal, plan-ning for the replacing the society’s used 1976 Lifetimer rescue boat, which is expected to cost up to $160,000.

“Annual operations costs will be upwards of $30,000 per year, and sustains the station with fuel, maintenance and repairs, repair and

replacement of SAR equipment and moor-age to mention a few,” says Sutherland. “Very generous donations from Sicamous busi-nesses and BC Lottery gaming have started our station, and com-mitments have been made for our next sea-son.

“But this is an op-eration that provides marine SAR for the whole of the Shuswap and Mara lake sys-tems… and thus should

be supported by all that use the lake, that have customers that use the lake, and communities that depend on the lake through vacationers and tourism.”

Those interested in saving lives and/or of-fering monetary sup-port, or wanting further information, may call 250-836-2396 or 250-833-7677.

Submitted by Rob Sutherland, station leader of RCM-SAR Shuswap Station #106.

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Eagles add another win in one-game weekendBy Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

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Sicamous trails best in the westWhile decent pow-

der is only now begin-ning to pile up on the mountains around Si-camous, the sledding season is already off to a platinum start.

SnoRiders West magazine recently re-leased the results of their 14th Annual Rid-er’s Choice Awards. And, like last year, this year’s results clearly show Sicamous to be the hottest sledding area in the province.

Sicamous received a platinum award in the categories of favourite overall snowmobiling area, favourite overall snowmobiling area in Western Canada; fa-vourite scenic snowmo-biling area, favourite mountain riding area, favourite groomed trail riding, favourite powder riding, most challenging riding area (Eagle Pass), favourite resort or motel (Best Western) and favourite area for family snow-mobiling. Sicamous restaurants took the bulk of the awards in the category of favou-rite restaurant – non-chain, with The Burner earning platinum, gold for Joe Schmuck’s Roadhouse and bronze to Moose Mulligan’s. Sicamous and area also fared well in the favou-rite snowmobile dealer category, with platinum going to Sicamous’ H2O Motor Sports and silver to Backus Rac-ing in Mara. Four Sea-son Motor Sports and

Banner Recreation of Vernon took gold and bronze.

Asked why the local groomed snowmobil-ing areas, Queest, Owl-head, Eagle Pass and Blue Lake, have con-sistently received top honours in the awards, Gord Bushell, general manager for the Eagle Valley Grooming So-ciety and Eagle Val-ley Snowmobile Club, chalked it up to a lack of crowds.

“Last year we were up to 11,000 trail rid-ers, and you compare that with Valemount or Revelstoke and the crowds are very, I mean, they’re busy places and people are looking for mountain sledding that’s not crowded and that’s what we have to

offer – And of course, our smooth trails,” says Bushell with a smile.

There’s an irony to Bushell’s response, however, as larger crowds is exactly what the society has been striving for since its inception under the Sicamous chamber in 1999, and its takeover in 2002 by local busi-nesses.

“The club and the society want pretty much the same thing; they want to increase business for the com-munity and create em-ployment for different businesses and for our-selves,” says Bushell.

And, to some extent, the society and club have been successful. Ridership, says Bush-ell, has been increasing

by about 12 per cent each year. And work is underway that will help further boost the num-bers.

Ample parking, says, Bushell, is a huge factor in what sledders are looking for. Riders, he says, want conve-nience, not lineups or situations where they have to park a ways away from the trail-head unloading area. Eagle Pass has already had its parking lot ex-panded. One impact of this, says Bushell, is that it is the area that has seen the greatest in-crease in ridership. An expansion of the Owl-head parking lot was completed this sum-mer, and expansions are planned next year

By Lachlan LabereEagle Valley News

New digs: Eagle Valley Grooming Society general manager Gord Bushell stands of the porch of the club’s new office space at the Owlhead trailhead, eagerly anticipating snowfall. Photo by Lachlan Labere

See Society on page 9

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Society aims to keep businesses open in winter monthsfrom Queest and Blue Lake. The club also has plans to build a cha-let at Eagle Pass, similar to those in the other three areas.

The parking expansions will help facilitate another goal of the society – having riders overnight in Sicamous. Bushell says a lot of rid-ers will stay in Revelstoke and ride in Sicamous, not realizing what the community has to offer. One ex-ample, he says, is its close proxim-

ity to four certified dealers for Ski Doo, Arctic Cat, Polaris and Yama-ha. Bushell is particularly pleased that Joe Schmuck’s owners Mark and Wendy Pearson have come on-board with billboards, two 20-foot long signs worth about $7,500, with a broad banner up top that says, “Stay & Play in Sicamous.” The signs also include the club and society’s new website, www.sledsicamous.com, a topographi-cal map of the sledding area, and space for 10 ads (one of which will

go to the Pearsons) to help raise funds for the society.

“So that’s really exciting when you have a business in town want-ing to donate to the society in that fashion – kind of unique actually,” says Bushell, adding his hope is to see similar signs on the other two hills.

Regarding signage, Bushell says the society is also working on setting up two billboards, one east of Revelstoke and the other west of Golden, that will also promote the

stay and play theme.The push on promotion isn’t the

only initiative the club and society are engaged in this year. Bush-ell notes there is high demand for family trail rides, and recent log-ging activity has opened an oppor-tunity for a potential groomed trail connecting the Owlhead and Blue Lake.

“There’s been a tough valley to get through for years there… but now, with the logging road through there it could be well groomed and

for families,” said Bushell. “It will be more work, but it will be more beneficial for the overall sledding industry.”

Bushell recognizes that not ev-erybody may be supportive of the sledding industry, or that some could be more supportive. He stresses, however, that the soci-ety’s intention is to see Sicamous and its businesses flourish over the winter, instead of there be-ing closed signs on doors for six months of the year.

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Help WantedAn Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring Dozer and Exca-vator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodg-ing and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.

COUNTRY Camping Leisure Products in Salmon Arm BC. Is seeking a Full Time RV Salesperson for the 2013 Sea-son. Applicants must Qualify or currently obtain a Valid BC Salesperson Licence, Be hon-est and able to work as a team member. Sales experience is preferred but we will train the right person. please Email re-sume to:sales@countrytrycampingrv.com and c.c. to:craig@countrycampingrv.com.

Required for an Alberta Trucking Company. One Class 1 Driver. Must have a mini-mum of 5 years experience pulling low boys and driving off road. Candidate must be able to pass a drug test and be will-ing to relocate to Edson, Al-berta. Fax resumes to: 780-725-4430

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Professional/Management

KURT LeRoy Trucking Ltd., of Campbell River is experiencing a 50% growth of new capital expan-sion over the next year with a new division on the mainland. We need a Highly Motivated experienced CGA to complete monthly cost ac-counting for each division. Payroll of 38-45 employee’s. Subcontrac-tors will vary. Excellent salary and benefi ts. Please e-mail resume’s with driver’s abstract to rleroy@te-lus.net or fax to 250-287-9914.

Trades, TechnicalJOURNEYMAN AUTOMO-TIVE Service Technician. Han-na Chrysler Ltd. in Hanna, Al-berta needs a few more good people. Busy, modern shop. $25-$31/hour + bonus, bene-fi ts. Great community. Inquire or send resume. Fax 403-854-2845; Email Chrysler@telusplanet.net

RED SEAL Diesel Truck and Trailer Mechanic wanted in Northern Alberta. Full time, permanent position. Initial ac-commodation supplied. E-mail: johnwb@telusplanet.net for immediate response.

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Trades, TechnicalSURE CROP FEEDS, INC., an innovative leader in the BC feed industry, has an immedi-ate opening for a full-time pro-duction worker (shift work). The successful candidate must possess a 4th Class Power Engineering certifi cate. We offer an industry leading wage & benefi ts package. Please submit resume to: Pro-duction Manager, Sure Crop Feeds Inc., PO Box 250, Grindrod, BC V0E 1Y0 or fax (250)838-6990.

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Pursuant to the Warehousman’s Lien Act, the fullowing item is offered for sale in order to recover moorage & storage costs which amount to $9424.60:

46’ Houseboat “Little Nature”, to be sold “as is, where is”.

Written bids may be sent to 0767874 B.C. Ltd., 113 Weddup Street, Sicamous, B.C. V0E 2V1. For further information or to view, call 250-517-0244.

Date of sale: December 14, 2012. All bids considered

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CORT acoustic steel string guitar with cutaway, grover tuners and Fishman Pickup. Beautiful wood and sound. Must be seen and played to appreciate. $500

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Apt/Condo for Rent2 BDRM. PLUS LOFT fully furnished condo on the water w/ boat slip. 2.5 baths. heated garage. $1200/mo. plus uti-lites. Refs & securtiy deposit required. Call 1-780-223-3985.

LGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-836-4516 or 250-804-5364.

Homes for RentSMALL HOUSE IN Green Acres, Malakwa. Only $450/mo. 250-836-2778.

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Off Road VehiclesATV’S, UTV’s, Dirt Bikes & Buggies. Kamloops Cartsplus. www.cartsplusbc.com 1-888-371-3946. kamloopscart-splus@shawbiz.ca

Trucks & Vans2000 F150, 2whl dr. 4.6lt V8, air, p/w, p/locks, stereo, Sirius radio, recent engine tune-up. Everything else redone. Exc shape. Winter tires on rims. $7499 obo. (250)306-7437

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With the approaching holiday season, Twin Anchors is grateful to those who have helped

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