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For the Hutchinson family, their lives have been turned up-side down and back again.

“It’s just a brand new world,” says Teri Hutchinson, mother of Baby Britton who underwent a heart transplant on Sept. 3.

Britton was born on May 13 of this year with a rare congeni-tal heart defect called pulmo-nary artesia, meaning the right ventricle of her heart did not de-velop normally.

Because her parents Colin and Teri knew of her condition before she was born, they trav-elled to the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton where Britton could receive special-ized cardiac care.

When it was discovered that corrective surgery would be too

risky for her, she was put on the transplant list. Her parents had no idea how long they might have to wait.

“It was in the beginning the worst case scenario to us, some-thing you don’t even want to consider,” Teri told the News Monday. “Now to see how well she’s doing, it’s incredible, it’s definitely the best route for her.”

They received the call they’d been waiting for on Sept. 2.

“We were at the hospital, be-cause we’d been admitted at the hospital all summer. We were just packing up to go for a five-hour pass for the day.”

Less than 12 hours later, Brit-ton was undergoing surgery.

Wrote Teri on Facebook on Sept. 4:

“The transplant and surgical teams worked through the night performing the miraculous pro-

cedure. The healthy new heart seems to be a very good fit and everyone involved is over the moon with how well she is do-ing. The heart could not have come at a more brilliant time, as little did anyone know Britton’s shunt was clotting again and her stats were dropping moments before the surgery began! Words cannot explain our feelings and emotions at this time. We are overwhelmed and excited as a weight has been lifted.

“Britton’s colour is like night and day and she looks like a whole new baby already. She was extubated less than 11 hours post surgery and her lungs have been working on their own per-fectly ever since.”

Britton’s speedy recovery hasn’t slowed down.

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Aww shucks: Parkview Elementary students Mason Larson and Matt Fehling, above, shuck cobs of corn during the school’s Terry Fox Run and corn shucking event held Thursday, Sept. 17. Below, Jasmine Gossen and Andrew Larson run laps in Finlayson Park. Photos by Kelly Dick

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Last Thursday, two weeks to the day from her transplant surgery, she was released from hospital.

She and her parents and big sister Ayla must remain in Edmonton, however.

“It’s a crazy new life – we still have to be in Edmonton for quite some time,” Teri says, explaining there are medical appointments every day and blood work to be done. “They have to see that the anti-rejection medication is stabilizing.”

The family must take extra precautions so that Britton can be protected from infections and vi-ruses. She said if any-one is at all under the weather, they can’t be

allowed to visit. “She could be re-

admitted in the � rst couple of years to get rehydrated to catch up on � uids. She is always at risk, she has a sup-pressed immune sys-tem for the rest of her life.”

And the heart won’t last forever, Teri says.

“The thing that’s hard for people to un-derstand, myself in-cluded, is it isn’t a cure. A good heart should last her around 20 years, that’s what the statistics are for pedi-atric transplants,” she says, noting the stats are from 20 years ago. “Medicine has come a long way since then… It will get her a lot fur-ther than her old sick heart.”

The Hutchinsons

continue to be ex-tremely grateful for the incredible support they’ve received.

“We just want to continue thanking ev-eryone for the amaz-ing support. It has re-ally helped us a lot. I couldn’t imagine going through this alone,” Teri says, adding that the family is still get-ting cards from people they’ve never met.

They will continue to be grateful for all the support, and for their baby’s good health.

“She’s a thriving normal four-month-old baby right now,” says Teri. “If you walked

past her on the street you’d never know.”

Nikki Stelmak, a close friend of the Hutchinsons, has been overseeing fundraising efforts and providing updates. Online dona-tions in the form of e-transfers can be di-rected to [email protected].

Those wishing to make an anonymous donation can do so by contacting Stelmak di-rectly, either through Facebook or at 250-803-0059.

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A Sicamous Cham-ber of Commerce sur-vey found a communi-ty deeply divided over whether the Summer Stomp and Burnout is a boon or a bust.

The survey, which was put out soon after the 2015 event, noted a very slight majority of businesses, at 51. 6 per cent of the survey respondents, saying the Stomp does nothing for their business or actu-ally hinders it.

On the � ip side, however, a number of businesses, including restaurants, motels, li-quor outlets and pubs, report it was the busiest weekend of the year, including restaurants, motels, liquor and beer sales and pubs.

“Many respondents stated they believe the Stomp could be or al-ready is a wonderful

way to highlight Si-camous as a fun desti-nation,” says the report. “The Summer Stomp and Burnout has the potential to be a much-loved economic driver in Sicamous in the coming years.”

The survey noted the event was enjoyed more by out-of-town visitors rather than lo-cal people, some of whom claimed to have left town or merely tol-erated the event. The survey also noted a large segment of local people who didn’t feel strongly about it either way.

“Though they could see the economic ben-e� t potential, they felt it was poorly planned and organized and many didn’t take part themselves,” says the survey’s report.

Respondents point-ed to a number of areas where they felt im-provements could be

made including: more and better advertising, providing more infor-mation for businesses to give out to custom-ers, sticking to the planned schedule and including more of the

local community and businesses.

As well, sugges-tions were made to enhance a more fam-ily atmosphere, in-cluding assign more family-friendly events to the downtown core, including music, chil-

dren’s games and ven-dors.

Another idea was to create a two-day event in Sicamous’ downtown to make it more “worth it” for participants, vendors and businesses to get involved.

The Summer Stomp has responded to the survey on Facebook, where they offer a sur-vey of their own. They ask for input on several points raised in the re-sults, including how advertising could be more effective, how the family event could be more family friendly, on how to be more in-clusive with the com-munity and local busi-nesses and more.

“Please, tell your friends, to tell their friends, and let’s hear from you Sicamous,” asks the Stomp. “Help us help you, and we can all bene� t from a great event.”

Mixed reaction to Summer StompBy Tracy HughesEagle Valley News

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Family grateful for ongoing show of support

Survey: Residents see greater potential for event.

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There were some barbs thrown, but none of the candidates walked away wounded from a relatively con-genial all-candidates meeting hosted by the Salmon Arm Chamber of Commerce Thursday evening.

Unlike a previous forum in Vernon where Conservative candi-date Mel Arnold got an earful, the crowd was more polite, likely in part because the format did not allow for open questions from the au-dience. While the can-didates did not see the questions before the forum, questions had to be submitted from the public in advance.

Liberal Candidate Cindy Derkaz ad-dressed this issue, say-ing she felt the forum was like a job interview and she wanted people to be able to ask her questions directly.

“I’ll stay and answer any question,” she said, “I’ll answer your ques-tions in the parking lot if I have to.”

The questions cov-ered a wide range of topics from support for seniors, to alternative energy, to the Trans Pa-cific Partnership agree-ment.

While the Green’s Chris George, NDP candidate Jacqui Gin-gras and Derkaz were able to outline their visions for change, Arnold, with the Con-servatives as the in-cumbent party, had to defend his party’s record and point out the benefits of sticking with the status quo.

His oft-repeated message was about the

Conservatives’ record on the economy and “keeping more money in your pocket.” He also warned the crowd about some of the other parties’ platforms on climate change and so-cial programs.

“A carbon plan would take money out of your pocket, and put them towards support-ing a bureaucracy. How many of those dollars do you think would ac-tually go to taking car-bon out of the air?”

He noted Canada produces only two per cent of the global emis-sions, however this was immediately chal-lenged by Gingras, who called Arnold’s claim that Canadians are real-ly not contributing that much to climate change “outrageous.”

“We have 0.49 per cent of the population, so per capita, Cana-dians are some of the

most flagrant emitters of greenhouse gasses,” she said, noting Cana-dians need to hear real scientific evidence, not spin-doctored claims.

Strong reaction also came from the crowd before the candidates even began to answer about their vision for the CBC.

While George, Derkaz and Gingras all pledged support for the all-Canadian broad-caster, Arnold said he wanted to see the CBC continue in a more self-sustaining fashion, “not relying on your pock-ets.”

Another buzz was stirred during a ques-tion about the Conser-vatives restricting the ability of government scientists to discuss their research.

Arnold told the crowd that government muzzling is a myth, which generated an

outbreak of disbelief from the contingents supporting the other three parties. The other candidates came out on the side of increased free speech without ret-ribution and enhanced openness of the demo-cratic process.

George pointed out that any research or in-formation generated by government-supported scientists, census-tak-ers or other efforts be-longs to the taxpayers.

“You have paid for that with your tax dol-lars. It should be acces-sible to all Canadians.”

This was echoed by other candidates.

“I’d like you to think about why this question even has to be asked,” Gingras told the audi-ence.

The meeting ended promptly as sched-uled, but one audience member stood up in an attempt to make a

statement. As the for-mat did not allow for audience participation, the moderator politely interjected, thanking the candidates and the audience for their time and interest.

By Tracy HughesEagle Valley News

Civility prevails in all-candidates debate

Saying their piece: Candi-dates Jacqui Gingras, NDP, Chris George, Green, Mel Arnold, Conservative, and Cindy Derkaz, Liberal respond to questions during Thursday’s all-candidates meeting in Salmon Arm. Photos by Tracy Hughes


The federal election campaign has produced a jumble of conflicting claims about whether or not Cana-da has a balanced budget or a deficit, how it was deter-mined and whether it even matters.

The definitive word on this came out last week, with the release of the Gov-ernment of Canada Annual Financial Report, signed off by Auditor General Michael Ferguson.

“The government posted a budgetary surplus of $1.9 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, compared to a budgetary deficit of $5.2 billion in 2013-14,” the report says.

The Conservative gov-ernment’s pre-election bud-get calculated that last year was in deficit, and this year would be the first in the black since 2008. Ottawa pundits say this “surprise surplus” was engineered with inten-tionally pessimistic budget

estimates, so Prime Minister Stephen Harper would get a boost right about now.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau claimed last year’s surplus was partly gener-ated by cuts to Veterans’ Af-fairs and Aboriginal Affairs. Wrong and wrong. Veter-ans’ Affairs spending was up 13 per cent, and Aborigi-nal Affairs spending rose nearly 30 per cent.

Trudeau has also insisted Canada is in recession now, which helps his suddenly adopted position that a Lib-eral government would run deficits for the next three years to build infrastructure.

Harper ran the biggest deficits in Canadian history after the 2009 crash, bailing out auto makers and build-ing lots of “shovel ready” infrastructure, as did the U.S. and other countries. The question raised by Trudeau’s plan is whether it’s a good idea to keep do-ing that without a financial crisis.

France, for example, has run operating deficits every

year since the early 1970s, although the current So-cialist government vows to balance the books by 2017. France’s operating debt is now equal to 91 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product.

Canada’s net debt-to-GDP ratio is currently around 30 per cent, down from frightening levels in the 1990s before the Chré-tien government finally bal-anced the budget.

(Fun fact: then-finance minister Paul Martin not only cut transfers to prov-inces, unlike the current government, he inflicted the largest-ever cuts to the CBC. Harper’s CBC cuts were part of government-wide reductions, again due to that 2009 crisis.)

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has promised to balance the budget every year of his mandate, should he form Canada’s first-ever socialist government. He will spend the rest of the campaign trying to recon-cile this promise with the grandiose spending plans he

has piled up.Meanwhile in B.C., Fi-

nance Minister Mike de Jong may have benefited from Harper’s lowball budget. In his first quarter update last week, de Jong reported that his February budget forecast is on track, with a $277 million surplus.

This is despite a $300 million bill for forest fire-fighting, thanks to personal and corporate income tax revenue expected to be $374 million higher than bud-geted. B.C. bases its tax rev-enue figures on federal esti-mates, and the ones they got early this year were clearly low.

Understated or not, this is a nice problem to have. De Jong says that at the current pace, B.C. will pay off its accumulated operating debt by 2020.

The last time the prov-ince was free of operating debt was 1982. The big debt peak came during the NDP 1990s, with another spike from 2009 to 2013 under the B.C. Liberals.

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For many communities having enough doctors continues to be a struggle and the impact is being felt by many Canadians.

Canadians have had it pretty good when it comes to health care, and reports continue to focus on how our public health care is becoming increasingly costly and overburdened. Whether the shortage of family doctors is a cause or a symptom is hard to tell.

Brenda Warren, a spokeswoman for Island Health’s physician recruitment and retention pro-gram, cites one reason behind the problem as cutback at medical schools in Canada in 1980s.

We can also look at family doctors and medical specialists being poached from other jurisdic-tions, usually in the U.S., with offers of signifi-cantly higher wages, bonuses and the lure of liv-ing in a major city.

The mid-Island is not only competing with Van-couver, Toronto or Montreal, but also Chicago, Miami and Seattle.

There is also the fact that provinces throughout Canada, including here in B.C., have done their best to lowball doctors whenever talks about pay and compensation come up.

The shortage of doctors in some parts of Can-ada, usually quite remote, is considered serious. Some areas have no family doctors and see chal-lenges in staffing hospitals.

And while the mid-Island offers a great life-style, climate, recreation and much more that may draw more doctors, there is obviously more at play here.

After a shortage of medical graduates, many new doctors are also moving away from family practice, seeking specialization and wanting to remain in larger centres.

There is also a shift in the medical culture, documented several years ago, in which large number of new doctors are now women. Many are having families and are not about to engage in the old system in which work — with lots of grinding hours — comes first.

While Island Health does its best at recruitment, the province has to make sure health-care funding is adequate to support such efforts.

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Pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act and the Community Charter, NOTICE is hereby given that the Council of the District of Sicamous will hold a PUBLIC HEARING in Council Chambers, District of Sicamous Municipal Office, 446 Main Street, Sicamous, B.C. V0E 2V0 on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following application to amend the District of Sicamous Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 750, 2009 and the District of Sicamous Zoning Bylaw No. 101, 1993 as follows:

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1. Schedule “A” of Zoning Bylaw No. 101, 1993 be amended by rezoning property legally described as Lot 1, District Lot 528, KDYD, Plan KAP77037 located at 250 Old Town Road from CDZ.01 – Comprehensive Development Zone 1 to CR - Country Residential as shown hatched on Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of Bylaw No. 896, 2015.

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Attached to and forming part of Bylaw No. 896, 2015 (250 Old Town Road) cited as “District of Sicamous Zoning Bylaw No. 101, 1993 Amending Bylaw No. 896, 2015 (250 Old Town Road). A copy of the proposed Bylaw to amend the zoning of the subject property may be viewed at the District Office or alternatively, may be viewed on the District’s website: www.sicamous.ca under “Bylaws” – click on the proposed amendments to the Official Community Plan and proposed amendments to the Zoning Bylaw.

Zoning Bylaw may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, from September 24, 2015 to October 7th, 2015 inclusive, at the office of the Corporate Officer, District of Sicamous, 446 Main Street, Sicamous, B.C.V0E 2V0. Please present written submissions to the District Office no later than 4:30 p.m., Wednesday October 7, 2015. This is your only opportunity to express comments or concerns regarding this application as Council is not permitted to receive further submissions after the close of the Public Hearing. The District of Sicamous assumes no responsibility for correspondence or emails not received by the District office prior to the Public Hearing.

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I am in receipt of a very nice letter from the District of Sicamous ad-vising me that the dead-line for hookup to the sanitary sewer system is November 30/15.

That is, without a doubt, a great financial burden for many, if not most, of our senior citi-zens. These people are, for the most part, appre-ciated for the achieve-ments accomplished often by them with great sacrifice and effort; but, because they are now old now and defence-less, they can be unfairly taken advantage of by the taxation system and the local governments.

These people worked hard and lived frugal to accumulate enough money to buy a very – and I mean very – mod-est home, and now live in fear they will lose that

home or be forced to sell because the taxes, water charges and sewer charges are no longer within their means.

It is therefore ur-gently requested that the mayor and council review the deadline for the sanitary sewer con-nection and extend said deadline as suggested by me in an earlier mis-sive.

Furthermore, be-ing in a financial bind should not be the only criteria for not wanting a sewer connection.

Also, the vile odour emanating from the sewer plant on hot days proves the system to be in a serious overload condition, and to now add an additional bur-den on the system is a total no-brainer.

From where I stand, I can only see that the

district will convince the taxpayers of the need to expand the system at great cost of course, payable by the taxpay-ers. This in spite of the fact that our individual septic systems are work-ing very well without emitting any noxious odours and are paid for. Now the district, in its infinite wisdom, wants us to destroy our sep-tic systems. As things stand, the water quality presently is worse than it was a year ago. The sanitary sewer system is in a serious overload condition. And the dis-trict wants to charge an additional 80 per cent more of our already ex-

tremely high water bill for the sewer.

It is my duty to also advise the homeown-ers on septic systems that for these systems to work properly, some maintenance is required. For instance, a “must maintenance” chore is to have the septic pumped out once every three to five years.

Last but not least, I and any and all taxpay-ers I spoke to request that the mayor and councillors roll back your pay hike to what the stipend was at the time of the election.

Nick J. Verburg

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One of my most painful decisions is to agree with Stephen Harper because I am at odds with almost all his policies. However, to cover or not to cover is the question.

In Canada, the only reason one might need to cover a face is to protect it from frost-

bite during severe win-ter weather. Women don’t cover their faces in Canada unless they are criminals and hid-ing from the law. For someone who is at-tempting to become a Canadian citizen to demand covering her face is outrageous. Why would a genuine

refugee try imposing the rules of the country from which she alleg-edly fled?

If refugees are truly seeking a better life in a new land then it should be reasonable for them to adapt to new customs and not for that new country to conform to theirs.

Canada’s constitution has gone to hell in a handbasket decade af-ter decade by allowing immigrants to enforce their former country’s religion and customs to override it. If every-thing was that good back there, what was the reason for coming to Canada?

It is long overdue for surviving original immigrants and de-scendants who helped build Canada in the first place, to fight any further erosion of what Canada is truly sup-posed to represent.

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Serious and hard-working are two words Mel Arnold uses to de-scribe himself.

Raised on a farm in Notch Hill, Arnold learned the work ethic early. It’s an attribute that served him well in business, as it led to his first job out of high school when one of his teachers hired him for boat building.

That’s a line of work that stuck.

Arnold, who is run-ning under the Con-servative banner in the federal North Okana-gan Shuswap riding, has operated his Com-plete Marine Detailing business for 26 years.

“I built that from the ground up – I’m not so much hands on any more. Through that I’ve learned the im-portance of balanced budgets and planning ahead for possible hard times. And how to make wise investments in the future growth.”

Arnold and his high school sweetheart Lin-da have been married for 36 years.

“My wife and I are both proud to be life-time residents,” he says.

Personality-wise, Arnold describes him-self as “a listener, very much approachable. Serious. More on the

serious side than on the fun-loving side.”

Arnold’s back-ground includes volun-teering, with two terms as president of the BC Wildlife Federation and six years as chair of governance with the Canadian Wildlife Fed-eration.

Asked about his passions, the outdoors tops the list.

“I like to enjoy the outdoors any time I can. Hunting and fishing are my favourite passions but anytime I can be outdoors. And, oddly enough, governance is a passion. That’s why I was chair with the

Canadian Wildlife Fed-eration…,” he said. “It has been a sideline pas-sion until now. It’s no longer a sideline.”

Asked if he has trou-ble reconciling his love of the outdoors with the Conservative govern-ment’s much-criticized performance on the environment, he says: “My past roles have been as a conservation-ist, not a preservation-ist. I believe in the wise use of resources. The Conservatives have been very supportive of environmental issues. In fact last year, there was $52 million for the conservation plan. That

will go towards pro-tecting sensitive areas and programs aimed at conservation of natural resources.”

Regarding potential pipeline spills, he says, “With 21st century technology, I think the risks are reasonable, especially compared with the risks in rail disasters, like Lac-Mé-gantic.”

As for international criticism of Canada’s position regarding climate change and the Kyoto Accord, he says: “The agreement may have been over-ambitious in light that Canada produces only

two per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. It’s very dif-ficult to reduce those emissions when they’re already at a low level.”

Another issue the Prime Minister has received ongoing criticism about has revolved around muz-zling dissent and open discussion, as well as potential assaults on privacy such as Bill C51.

“Most of the pow-ers in that bill existed already,” says Arnold. “The change is, it will allow different authori-ties to share informa-tion… about risks to

the safety of Canadi-ans, especially here at home.”

The three issues Arnold says he has in his sights are: families sustaining jobs here at home; infrastructure and the highway sys-tem; and advocating on behalf of seniors.

Arnold says he be-lieves he would have a voice in Ottawa, were he elected.

“Yes, I’m a team player, a team builder; my previous roles have prepared me for how to bring people on board with your ideas.”

He said he hasn’t met Stephen Harper but is confident Harper would listen to him. “Caucus is a very open system.”

ELECTION 2015Arnold dedicated to Conservative Party idealsBy Martha WickettEagle Valley News

Team building: North Okanagan Shuswap Conservative candidate Mel Arnold met constitu-ents at the Salmon Arm Fair. Photo by Evan Buhler

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At the beginning of this month, Megan was diagnosed with leuke-mia. She is now in BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver and her mom, Karen Quinton, is staying in her room with her.

Megan has Down syndrome. Megan’s aunt Leslie Stewart ex-plains that because she has special needs, it’s more of a challenge to explain things to her, “so it’s good Karen’s there… They’re in Children’s Hospital, which is great; that’s where she needs to be. It’s excellent care.”

However, it is a big expense and upheaval for the family.

Megan has three siblings: Heather, 19, Courtney, 18, and Con-nor, 14, and Quinton is a single mom. She is a Grade 1 teacher at Parkview Elementary but has also taught at other district schools.

“I think what the concern for family, first and foremost, is for Me-gan to get better. And Karen’s a single mom, with a single income,” says Stewart. “So that’s why we’re trying to fundraise. This puts an-other added expense on the family, on what was already a tight budget.”

To help the family, Parkview Elementary is hosting Family Mov-ie Night fundraiser. The showing of Star Wars: A New Hope on the

big screen at the school will be Friday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 per family (kids must be accompanied by an adult).

At the concession, popcorn and juice will be $2.

Megan is now un-dergoing chemo, and it’s not known how long she will be in hospital. She attended Salmon Arm Second-ary last year, but hasn’t been able to go yet this term.

“It’s one day at a time, how well she responds to it. I think there is a good outlook – I hope things will go well. That’s what we’re praying for. It could take up to two years of treatment.”

Even when she’s not receiving treatment, Megan can’t be far away from the hospital.

Megan’s grandpa as well as aunts, uncles and other family mem-bers are helping out with Megan’s siblings.

“Megan misses her brothers and sisters, her grandma and grampa – she looks forward to going home, but she’s going to be there for a while.”

To help the family, a GoFundMe account on the Internet has been set up under Megan Senn Recovery Fund at http://www.gofundme.com/6q3mrt38.

Donations can also be made at any branch of Salmon Arm Sav-ings and Credit Union, by asking for the ‘In trust for Megan Senn, account 1626480.’ If people wish to write a cheque, make it out to ‘Leslie Stewart, in trust for Megan Senn.’ There is also a dona-tion bucket set up at the front desk at Parkview Elementary.

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In care: Megan Senn is currently at BC Children’s Hospital being treated for leukemia. A movie fundraiser is being held at Parkview Elementary on Oct. 2 to help support her and her family. Photo contributed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Sicamous Ea-gles received a sharp dose of humility Sun-day night when they got schooled 8-0 by the Kimberley Dynamiters.

Eagles general man-ager Wayne March said team injuries received during Saturday night’s home game versus the Princeton Posse, and Kimberley’s veteran lineup, were factors

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Rentals

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SUNSHINE

AWARDHuge basket of thanks to everyone who volunteered their time with the BC Thanksgiving FOOD DRIVE in Sicamous.The food collected will help keep the shelves stocked for the Sicamous Food Bank.An even bigger thank you going out to all the homes who took the time to donate to this Food Drive. What an awesome community to be a part of.

~ Eagle Valley Community Support Society

Sunshine Awards are FREE of charge. 20 words per award, due to limited space. Please do not submit more than two awards per week. Recognize your friend, neighbour or loved one with a sunshine award for doing that extra special good deed! Email to [email protected] fax to 250.832.5140 or phone in to 250.832.2131.

CALENDAROF EVENTS

This is a FREE listing of community events for not-for-profit organizations and paid advertisers. Ph: 832-2131 Fax: 832-5140 Email: [email protected]

DEADLINE: 2pm, Fridays

Sept. 25 Learn to Skate A program that teaches the fundamentals of skating to children. To register or for info contact Jamie 836-2477.

Sept. 25 and 26 - $2 bag sale at Sicamous United Church Thrift shop. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Clothing and shoes.

Sept. 27 5 K Walk/run @ Sicamous Beach Park net proceeds go to a pavilion at the beach park. Call 250-836-2948 or email [email protected] to register or for info.

Oct. 7 Visiting AuthorChildren grades 3-6 (and their families) are welcome to attend an author visit at the library on Wednesday, October 7 @12:45pm. No registration required. Join Chris McMahen as he reads from his light-hearted novels. Drop in or call the library at (250) 836-4845

MONDAy TO FRiDAy Community Access Site at the Senior’s Activity Centre - 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Internet & related services. Call Diana. 836-2446

MON., WED. & FRiSicamous Strongstart 8:15-11:15 Parkview Elementary 836-2871

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

Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700.

Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven.

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

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

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

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

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

Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Bev 836-3435 or Ed 836-4133

T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for info.

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

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

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

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

Malakwa Thrift Store between the 2 churches Open every Thursday 10-5.

Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven.

EVERy 2nd ThuRSDAy Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-517-8107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788.

1st, 3rd, 4th ThuRS. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695.

EVERy 4th ThuRSDAy monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:00 in the Learning Centre Library.

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

Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Carol 250-836-3135 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpalette.com

Pool Tournament at the Legion at 6:00 pm

1st FRiDAy OF ThE MONThSicamous Seniors Ctre general meeting 11 am followed by a great pot luck lunch. We encourage every to join us.

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

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

EvEry saTurday Indoor market at the Red Barn 10 am - 3 pm. Concession from 10:30 am - 2:30 pm

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

Morning tailgate market Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion Branch 99 – Everyone welcome – sell anything – for details call Murray @250-836-2224.

LAST SAT. OF ThE MONTh Ladies’ Auxiliary Dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion at 6 pm. Tickets sold until the Friday before at the Legion. No tickets at the door.

sundays KARMA YOGA (Gentle Hatha) Sundays 5:30 pm @ I Am Yoga. 60 minutes (Studio) KARMA MEDITATION CIRCLE ~Sundays 9:30 am ~ 30 minutes (Main Street Landing green space when it shines, studio when it rains.) * Suggested $5 min. donation or pay what you can!

EVERy 4th SuNDAy Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 1 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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