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By Larissa Lutjen Y2K had nothing on New Year's Eve of

2020. By mid-day December 31, people across the southern interior were trying to stay on top of a heavy snowfall that made roads impassible and cut the power to as many as 160,000 hydro customers at the peak of the outage. The North Shuswap was hit particularly hard, especially in the higher elevation regions.

For a few on Thompson Hill, including the Kick-er's own Tracy Wojciechowski, the power went out with the beginning of the snowstorm, on the evening of December 30. By the time the storm was over, more than 100 trees would topple on Thompson Hill weighed down with snow. Some fell across Squilax-Anglemont Road bringing down power lines and hitting at least one car.

For many others along the north side of the lake the power went out on the morn-

ing of December 31. All of the North Shuswap was in the dark on New Year's Eve. By January 2nd, BC Hydro declared that 93% of customers had had their power restored but for those in the “7%” that was small comfort as they went into day five with no power.

In Lee Creek, Sue Allan spent the night of December 31 in the dark listening to trees falling all around her. By morning ten

trees had come down near her house, including two that fell on small outbuild-ings. Neighbours in upper Lee Creek reported that about three feet of snow fell in two days. Power was re-stored after 30 hours but would go back off again for several hours on January 3rd. In Celista, Cyn-thia Bentley was prepared when the power went out on December

31. With wood heat, a camp stove, a power pack inverter and a BBQ she was fairly

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The upper part of Allan Rd. in Scotch Creek was snowed in for 6 days. Thankfully neighbours with bobcats were

able to clear the way for residents and emergency vehicles. A similar situation played out in many other North Shuswap neighborhoods. Kicker staff photo

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comfortable but not knowing how long the power would be out, she rationed gas for her generator just enough to keep the fridge and freezer working. For water she melted snow for a couple days before visiting a neighbour for a larger supply on day three. Many people with generators were caught off guard by the fact that the local gas pumps were not running for the first two days due to the lack of power.

In Meadow Creek, Jody Jakubowski

measured 34 inches of snow on New Year's Eve and another five inches the next morning. She and husband Joachim Steinbrecher had to shovel a path 7 feet wide by 340 feet long so that he could get to work. They were without power for close to 90 hours. Ralph Bischoff personally worked for hours to clear Mead-ow Creek Road and the six foot high banks of snow left behind

in driveways after one pass of the grader. In the face of disastrous conditions,

people came through to help their neigh-bours with snow removal, showers and meals. In Celista, Tallington Drive, Meadow Creek Road, Stephens Road and Evans Road were all cleared, or partly cleared, by local volunteers. In Scotch Creek, The Hub had their generator up and running by the second day of the outage. They let people know over social media that there was free soup and showers available for anyone without power. In the future they would like people to know that they should be open for people to get warm even if the power is out. In Anglemont, Lake-view Centre opened as a warming centre on Friday January 3rd.

Some of the aftermath will take longer to repair, including the damage incurred to the cabin at Tsútswecw Pro-vincial Park where two trees have fallen on a portion of the roof. The park is closed to the public until an assessment of the building and the removal of many fallen trees are finished. In addition, the trail to Margaret Falls in Sunnybrae, which had just reopened to the public after previous flood damage, was also badly damaged and is closed until further notice.

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In the fall I spent a couple hours helping to sort a mountain of cans and bottles as part of the bottle drive to raise money for the grade 7/8 class at school. I learned two things from that experience. First, a lot of people need to refresh their information about what counts as a refundable container - con-trary to what seems to be popular be-lief there is no deposit on a cereal box-es or deflated balloons! And second, there has been an explosion of choice in the 'alcopop' category of alcoholic beverages. Alcopop refers to alcoholic drinks loaded with sugar and flavoured to mimic candy or soft drinks. Sometimes they have lower alcohol levels but of-ten the sugar and flavourings are there to make an alcohol content similar to beer more palatable. A few contain caffeine as well as alcohol. The pack-aging is often colourful and the prod-uct names can be whimsical or edgy. In short they are a youth magnet. About 20 years ago, as govern-ments started to hold cigarette compa-nies accountable for the damage they had caused, a number of restrictions went into place to make cigarettes less appealing. Advertising was banned, health warnings were added, and car-toon characters like 'Joe Cool' were exposed as blatant attempts to attract kids to smoking. Cigarette companies briefly tried to circumvent these efforts with fruit and candy flavoured ciga-rettes which the federal government subsequently outlawed. Likewise we can see how easily the candy flavours and slick packaging of vape products has made them irresistible to teenag-ers. In 2017 there were 101 deaths caused by consuming alcohol in Cana-dian in youth aged 12-17. 14 year old Athena Gervais of Laval, Quebec drowned after drinking a single can of

something called FCKD UP which contained the equivalent of four serv-ings of alcohol. Although it was not definitive that alcohol played a role in her death the province removed the product from stores and Health Canada issued an alert. There are several ways in which increased regulation could help protect children from the lure of the alcoholic equivalent of a gingerbread house to unwitting Hansels and Gretels. First, limiting the amount of alcohol in pre-made alcopop drinks would decrease the risk of youth alcohol poisoning. Limiting the sugar content would also make alcopops less appealing. If com-panies switched to containers with re-sealable lids it would mean that the consumer could drink a single serving over a longer period of time. Higher prices, whether industry led or through taxes, for these products would reduce the amount that young people will buy. And finally restrictions in advertising and incremental moves toward plainer packaging would go a huge way to reducing all alcohol consumption but especially in susceptible young people. Now that cannabis is legal, protect-ing children from early cannabis use is top of mind. And vaping among teens, and vape-related illnesses, seemed to come out of nowhere to keep parents awake at night with worry. Alcohol, a Group 1 carcinogen and the substance responsible for the deaths of nearly 15,000 Canadians a year, is no less a threat to our young people. Govern-ments are partly implicated in the harm because they raise millions off alcohol taxes. However, Health Canada will be announcing both amendments to cur-rent food and drug regulations and a new national substance use strategy this summer. Hopefully measures to address concerns about alcopop will be included.

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Kickin’ it up with Jay at NorthShuswap.Info

Jay Simpson- Director, Electoral Area ‘F’ (North Shuswap & Seymour Arm )

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As I write this (Jan. 22) we’re enjoying a period of unusual warmth, immedi-ately after a period of unu-sual cold, and unusual snow. It almost seems like this is something we should get used to. We are discuss-ing these recent events at the CSRD Emergency Ser-vices level to determine if our response was appropri-ate and what changes might need to be made.

Right now, we’re dis-cussing the 2020 budget. You’ll find links to budget documents on my website under Your Tax Dollars at Work, www.NorthShuswap.Info, and an invitation to attend a board meeting where we’ll discuss the budget. Very dry stuff, but very im-portant.

Looking ahead we have a number of things coming up that will impact the com-munity, I’d like to say in the short term, but ‘short term’ in the political con-text is a minimum mid-term, sometimes longer. The first thing coming up is a grant application to move ahead with a small-scale water system in Scotch Creek, in the Captains Vil-lage area. Our bigger plans were sidetracked when, in discussions with affected residents, it became clear we would likely not get approval from those in-volved. The grant deadline is February 26th and we may not be notified of the result until later in the fall. Once approved, work would begin at the next available opportunity.

Last October we sent a

letter to the Minister of Mu-nicipal Affairs to approve and partially fund a Com-munity Issues Assessment study. This stems from a long-standing desire on the part of many North Shus-wap residents to determine if there might be changes to our relationship with the CSRD as our governing body, and/or, if there is in-terest and opportunity (a sufficient tax base without significant tax increases) to incorporate an area of the North Shuswap. We’ve been trying to get this to happen since 2017 and I hope to hear a positive re-sponse from the Minister this spring. Remember, this is a STUDY not a decision on incorporation. We need accurate information before any decisions can be made, and YOU will be involved in all those decisions.

Also this spring, my fellow directors – Paul De-menok in the South Shus-wap, Rene Talbot in Falk-land/Silver Creek, and pos-sibly Rhona Martin from Malakwa, and I – will be moving the Economic De-velopment portfolio from the CSRD to an independ-ent society focussed exclu-sively on Economic Devel-opment in these areas. In the past, Ec Dev, has been in a CSRD department with Shuswap Tourism, and we have felt that the efforts spent towards Ec Dev have fallen short of our expecta-tions. We hope a separate organization dedicated to Ec Dev will provide more tangible results.

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events I’ve held a couple of town hall meetings. One back in March of last year, and another last November. That means that we’re due for another in March. I’m looking at Sunday March 22 from 2-5pm at the Scotch Creek Hall. It seems there’s no right time for meeting (evenings, weekends, people are always busy), so we’ll see how this goes. Possible topics of discussion will be Emergency Preparedness, Roads, Crime, Tourism & Ec Dev, the Future of our Community, other topics of community interest. I think the last TH went well where we spent a half hour on each topic with a speaker/presenter, so we’ll use that plan again. I’m con-sidering using Scotch Creek Hall for this one as we haven’t needed all the space that Celista Hall has and Celista requires insurance and other paperwork in order to use that hall. I’m sure you’ll let me know if you think this is a prob-lem.

I’m trying to be more active on my website and FB in order to keep infor-mation coming out to the community. It would be great if you would sign up for newsletters on my website www.NorthShuswap.Info , click Sub-scribe Now to sign up. Or follow me on my FB page at NorthShuswap.Info. I’m also reachable at [email protected] or 250-517-9578.

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By Jo Anne Malpass Leon Reinbrecht, the driver convicted of driving a speedboat that

crashed into a houseboat on July 3, 2010 in Magna Bay, killing Ken Brown and injuring several others, has been denied parole, according to a report in Kamloops this Week.

The Kicker applied for a copy of the Parole Board of Canada decision but had not received it by publishing day.

The Kamloops this Week report says Reinbrecht first applied for parole in August 2019 but was denied. In its decision, Parole Board of Canada officials described Reinbrecht as having “little victim empathy” and, in-stead, viewing himself as the victim.

Reinbrecht appealed the August decision, but his appeal was denied by the Parole Board on Jan. 16.

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The first meeting was held January 29, but a second meeting is set for Wednesday, February 26 at 9:30 am at the CSRD office, located at 555 Har-bourfront Drive, Salmon Arm.

Interested members of the public are invited to visit the CSRD Board-room for an opportunity to speak di-rectly to the Manager, Financial Ser-vices and the Board of Directors re-

garding the proposed Five Year (2020-2024) Financial Plan.

The public will be given a chance to speak and ask questions about any of the CSRD's projects, programs or tax spending.

All directors get a budget binder with information to help them make spending decisions. The contents of that binder are also available to the public online.

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Threatening to Jump On January 23, Chase RCMP were called to the Pine St bridge in Chase, to assist with a male who was threatening to jump off the bridge into the frigid waters of Little Shuswap Lake. Po-lice attended and closed the bridge for a short period of time and spoke with the male, who agreed to climb back over the safety railing and on to the safe side of the bridge. Police were then able to transport the 50-year-old male to Royal Inland Hospi-tal for medical treat-ment.

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On January 23, Chase responded to the Sorrento area for a report of a break and enter in progress. When police arrived, they discov-ered the suspect had fled, but that the suspect had entered a residence and assaulted both occupants inside before fleeing. Police tracked down the suspect at his residence and arrested the suspect for Break and Enter and Assault. While escorting the sus-pect to the police vehicle, the suspect suddenly lunged forward and head butted one of the attending officers in the face, which resulted in the officer breaking a tooth and suffering a laceration to his face. The officer was treated for his injuries at Royal Inland Hospital and

released. The 35-year-old male suspect was also examined at Royal Inland Hospital for a previous medical condi-tion. The male was subse-quently released on an Un-dertaking for Break and En-ter, Assault, Resist arrest and Assault Police Causing Bod-ily Harm. The male is scheduled to appear in Kamloops court on

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Celista. Police provided Crown with their investiga-tion report into the recovery of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stolen prop-erty from around the prov-ince, which was located on the property. Crown has re-viewed the report and has requested further infor-mation to verify some details of that investigation. That information has been provid-ed to Crown and a decision is expected soon on charges. Anyone with information regarding a crime is asked to contact the Chase Detach-ment at 250.679.3221 or Crime Stoppers at 1.800.222.8477. Photographs or video of suspicious activity can be emailed to [email protected]

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By Jan Penner Mike Sanderson of MMD Drywall

Systems has been in the Shuswap for close to 12 years. He was raised in South Surrey and spent almost 4 years in Chetwynd before joining our com-munity. From the age of 7, he spent many summer vacations in St. Ives, so was very familiar with the area before making his home here.

Mike Sanderson was raised in a family whose business is drywalling. He learned his trade by work-ing with people who have years of experience and knowhow. He learned well and has himself become, with 35 years of experi-ence, a tradesman who pro-duces quality workman-ship.

As well as installing drywall, Mike Sanderson, under the banner of MMD Drywall Systems, offers painting ser-vices – both exterior and interior. He is happy to consult with customers regard-ing colour schemes and can offer ideas and advice for those who want a change but are unsure of what direction to take.

Mike enjoys the challenge of reno-vation work. One can never be sure of what they will find when moving and removing walls, adjusting room layouts or revitalizing a space. Mike has worked through many reno scenarios and can help with planning and execu-tion.

Whether he is working on new board he himself has installed, or a reno project or painting surfaces already in place, Mike Sanderson and MMD Dry-wall Systems get the job done right. Mike tells his customers that if they do not like what he has done, they should

let him know and he will do his best to adjust whatever they are not satisfied with.

When he has down time and the lakes are open, Mike loves fishing. In the winter, he sometimes takes himself off to an area ski hill for a little snow-boarding. He also enjoys working out with his snow blower but like the rest of us, this year he finds the novelty has

worn off! Mike Sanderson loves the North Shuswap. He finds both the surroundings and the people to be very dynamic. He is community oriented and loves to interact and help the wonderful people around him. He has been an active member of the Anglemont Volunteer Fire Department for years. In the summer-

time, he works with the Shuswap Emer-gency Program. When the mobile sprinkler system is needed to help pro-tect homes threatened by wildfire, Mike is part of the crew setting up and over-seeing operation of the system.

Mike Sanderson of MMD Drywall Systems is very friendly, approachable and easy to talk to. If you are building and need drywall installed, working on a reno that needs replacing of materials, or are looking at a painting project, give Mike a call and check out MMD Dry-wall Systems. Mike, while a local busi-ness person, is flexible with regard to location and willing to venture out of the area to meet customer needs.

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We will contin-ue to serve Chase and the sur-rounding area through our branch of-fice at #4-834 Shuswap Avenue.

You can reach our office by phone (250)679-3180, fax (250)828-6697, or email at [email protected].

Thank you for your continued support during this transition. Our best wishes go out to all our clients in 2020.

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By Greg Kyllo, MLA for Shuswap

On February 11th, all 87 MLAs in B.C. will sit in the legislature once again and listen to the government de-liver their speech from the throne, and later, their budg-et for the coming fiscal year.

For both the Official Op-position and the Government these are two of the most im-portant events of the legisla-tive year. The throne speech lays out the government's agenda, what they hope to accomplish, and the budget shows how they plan to allo-cate funds to achieve those goals. In opposition, we closely examine the budget as it demonstrates the gov-ernment's true priorities and lays bare the state of the province's finances.

This year's budget is par-ticularly important as the government has been creep-ing ever closer to running a deficit. It's important to re-member: this is a govern-ment that inherited a $2.7 billion surplus when they came into power, and added an increased 19 taxes in that short time. Surprisingly, the government has somehow managed to leave B.C. with a razor-thin surplus. Trou-blingly, this margin will con-tinue to worsen as the gov-ernment repeatedly loses ex-pensive court cases in their

efforts to block important re-source projects like the Trans Mountain Pipeline. As such, we will be watching closely to see if the govern-ment continues to lead the province in this worrying di-rection.

The main role of the Of-ficial Opposition is to hold the government to account, and that is demonstrated clearly in the process re-ferred to as estimates, which takes place following the re-lease of the budget. During this time, opposition MLAs meet with each ministry and can ask questions of the min-ister and their staff about the contents of their budget, en-suring that the proper fund-ing is going to important lo-cal issues.

While estimates debates are not necessarily as grip-ping as something like Ques-tion Period, they are a vital part of our parliamentary de-mocracy and an important way to look out for the inter-ests of my constituents and their tax dollars.

I look forward to return-ing to Victoria and having more opportunities to serve the people of the Shuswap as your MLA. I promise to keep you updated on the work that my colleagues and I will be doing on your be-half in the legislature this spring.

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Emergency Preparedness: Lessons Learned for Next Time

By Larissa Lutjen After surviving the huge wet snow-fall that started the year, many people have stated the obvious: “it could have been even worse.” At least tempera-tures were relatively mild for people with no way to heat their houses, for example. Events like “snowmageddon 2020” encourage us to think about emergency preparedness for the future.

As President of the Lakeview Com-munity Centre, which is designated as a local emergency centre, Jim Dingeldein was contacted on January 3rd by the CSRD seventy-two hours into the pow-er outage. That evening and the next day about 25 people gathered to get warm, heat up food and have a free cof-fee before most people's power was restored the next day.

However Dingeldein wants people to know that the Lakeview Centre stays heated with their generator back-up in any power outage, and he urges people who need warming to come down when needed regardless of the 72 hour wait-ing period before the CSRD state of emergency protocol is activated. Fol-lowing this experience, the centre will put up signs letting people know how to gain daytime entrance to the building, which is generally locked to non-members, in a power outage lasting longer than a day.

As a member of the Anglemont Fire Department, Dingeldein spent January 1 and 2 with others going door to door in Anglemont checking on people and helping to get generators up and run-ning. Some people owned generators but had never used them before. The department was called to four fires dur-ing the height of the storm, three of which were related to prolonged burn-ing in fireplaces that were not designed to be a house's primary heat source. Luckily all the fires were accessible from the Squilax-Anglemont Road. Had fires started on roads that had not been cleared, the department would not have been able to respond.

One lesson learned from the storm in terms of emergency response was the limited utility of landlines and cable internet when those lines come down. Cell phones and internet accessed by phone were more reliable and it sug-

gests that sharing cell contact infor-mation is important when it comes to preparing for future emergencies, alt-hough cell towers are also vulnerable to storm damage. CSRD Director Jay Simpson reminds people that a battery-operated radio is also an essential part of everyone's emergency kit.

As Simpson explained, the Celista Hall and the Scotch Creek Firehall are also emergency warming centres which can be opened after 72 hours without local power. 72 hours is the span of time in which people are expected to be prepared to fend for themselves. The CSRD opens warming facilities follow-ing requests from the public, so even if an outage lasts longer than 72 hours the local buildings will not be opened un-less there is a demand for it. In the fu-ture it is important that people remem-ber to ask for this service when needed.

The CSRD is working to create Neighbourhood Emergency Programs (NEPs) in the North Shuswap where one contact person in a neighbourhood takes on the job of checking on higher needs neighbours and acting as the con-tact person for the CSRD's emergency services. There are currently 5 NEPs in Anglemont and one in Celista. People in other neighbourhoods might consider working on this in preparation for the next emergency.

Finally, there is the issue of the road maintenance and hydro repairs. Accio-na Infrastructure Maintenance Regional Manager, Gabriel Nava described the conditions in early January as “extreme”, with snow plow operators reporting that they encountered condi-tions they had never experienced in their career. That said, many locals re-port feeling that the service was unac-ceptably poor and did not meet the terms laid out in AIM's contract. Diffi-culties opening up roads meant that BC Hydro crews were not able to access problem areas, but at the same time Hydro was also dealing with outages over a huge area.

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By Larissa Lutjen Members of Turtle Valley

Against Biosolids celebrated before Christmas when they got confirmation that the planned application of 35,000 bulk tonnes of Class B biosolids onto a 31-hectare property in Turtle Valley would not proceed. The ma-terial, created from sewage originating from the city of Kamloops, was destined for the logged portion of a bison ranch located along Chum Creek which feeds Chum Lake in the valley.

Interested locals learned a lot about the regulation of biosolids in Brit-ish Columbia as a result of this con-troversy. Every year the volume of dry biosolids created through municipal waste water treatment processes in BC would fill a football field 25 meters deep. Biosolids are allowed as a 'soil amendment' to be applied to agricultural land in the same way animal manure and chemical fertiliz-ers are. As a 2016 British Co-lumbia Ministry of the Envi-ronment report into biosolids management states, “The is-sue is not whether the nutri-ents contained in human sew-age should be returned to land, but how and where it can be done safely and sus-tainably”. Biosolids are rou-tinely spread on rangeland, pasture land, forestry land and mine tailing sites. As of 2016 there was no central reposito-ry of information on the amounts or composition of biosolid applications in BC.

However, there are a number of concerns about using biosolids as a soil amendment, including heavy metal, chemical and pharma-ceutical contaminants; pollu-tion of water ways; and path-ogen (bacteria, viral and par-asite) hazards. Many of these

concerns are pertinent to the application of animal ma-nures as well. In recent years opposition to applications of biosolids by locals who live near planned sites has been growing. As a result the pro-vincial government is cur-rently undertaking a review to update the Organic Matter Recycling Regulation process in order to improve public notification, increase trans-parency, mandate engage-ment with First Nations and make the authorization pro-cess more rigorous.

The Turtle Valley Against Biosolids group wrote

letters, met with public officials, held protests and tried to get a court injunction in response to their con-

cerns about airborne particles, odour, water

contamination, inadequate testing, and the sheer volume of material that was planned for application. The group maintained a blockade to keep Arrow trucks from de-livering the material to the ranch up until last May when Arrow was granted an injunc-tion against the blockade. At that point two groups, Secwepemc Elders Sacred Fire and Women's Sacred Fire Council, took over the roadblock until November when the roadblock was not needed because spreading biosolids on snow-covered or frozen ground is not allowed.

According to Kamloops-Matters.com the city of Kam-loops has 23,000 tonnes of stockpiled biosolid matter that needs to be dealt with. Plans to distribute Kamloops biosolids onto the Talking Rock golf course in Squilax were also delayed in 2019 due to the need for federal approval. The results of the OMRR review are scheduled for release in the spring of 2020. @celistacabinetry

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By Jo Anne Malpass Fire chief appointments

were made for 12 of the Co-lumbia Shuswap Regional District’s 13 fire depart-ments at its January board meeting, but no applications were received for the Scotch Creek/Lee Creek depart-ment.

CSRD fire chiefs are appointed for a three-year term; the most recent ap-pointments for January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022. SC/LC fire chief, Mike Eng-holm, stepped down as of December 31, 2019.

With no suitable candi-dates available, the SC/LC fire department will be headed by Sean Coubrough, Fire Services Coordinator with support from Derek Sutherland, Team Leader until a replacement can be found.

A CSRD staff report says a suitable candidate for fire chief of the Scotch Creek/Lee Creek Fire De-partment will be appointed as soon as possible to limit the amount of CSRD staff time and resources that will need to be allocated during this transition.

Area F Director Jay Simpson encourages anyone interested in joining the fire department to attend one of their Tuesday evening prac-tices or call Sean Coubrough at 250.833.5955, email [email protected]

In other business at the January Board meeting, Shuswap Watershed Council (SWC) - In draft minutes of the SWC Meet-ing of December 11, 2019, received for information, SWC Chair Paul Demenok explained that the CSRD’s service bylaw that enables the SWC will come to an end on December 31, 2020. Voter assent will be required and must be concluded by

September 2020 for service taxation beginning in 2021.The Chair proposed that the Council endeavor to have all the local govern-ments in the watershed par-ticipate as a funder.

After a discussion, De-menok said residents of the CSRD would need to be provided with information about the SWC in advance of voter assent. He suggest-ed that an additional Council meeting take place this win-ter to develop a strategic plan. Community Charter Sec-tion 57 Notice- The Board authorized filing a Notice in the Land Title Office against property at 7517 Castle Heights in Anglemont. On May 16, 2018, CSRD staff became aware that the own-ers of the property had com-menced construction in the absence of the necessary Building Permits. Despite numerous correspondence with staff, the owners failed to apply and obtain the Building Permit required. In addition, work has pro-gressed through a posted Stop Word Order, and a Compliance Letter.

A Section 57 Notice notes the structure’s poten-tial non-compliance to the BC Building Code and CSRD building bylaw and serves as a disclosure mech-anism to potential future owners. Okanagan Regional Li-brary – Don Nettleton, Chief Executive Officer of Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) was in attendance to provide an update on ORL. Plans for the library include continuing programming expansion to all ages, in-creased digital literacy train-ing, increasing digital col-lections and transitioning of space to provide community

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hubs and gathering. A Grant – in – aid of $1,600 was approved for the North Shuswap Slo-Pitch League (Ball fields base replace-ment) Bristow Road Boat Launch –The CSRD has applied for a foreshore licence over a por-tion of Shuswap Lake adja-cent to the Celista property in order to facilitate a dock, boat launch, and dry hydrant. A resolution was passed by the Board on February 15, 2018 supporting the applica-tion. The Ministry of Forest-ry, Lands and Natural Re-sources now requires a spe-cific resolution that confirms the CSRD’s support of the licence over a 20-year period, which the Board approved. Formation of New Shuswap Economic Development Society - The SED program has been delivered by in-house personnel, supplement-ed by extra consultants. The in-house staff were also re-sponsible for Shuswap Tour-ism and the Shuswap Film Commission. At the In Cam-era Meeting on August 15, 2019, the Board resolved to support in principle moving forward with the establish-ment of an arms-length, non-profit society for the delivery of SED programming, with an anticipated start date of January 1, 2021. Workshops will be held with service par-ticipants for further discus-sion.

The Board also received correspondence from Area E Director Rona Martin, serv-ing notice of withdrawal from the Economic Develop-ment Extended Service By-law No. 5268, effective De-cember 31, 2020. Official Community Plan Amendment (Okaview Es-tates Ltd.) Bylaw No. 830-20 - The applicant at 5581 and 5587 Squilax-Anglemont Road has applied to re-designate a portion of the subject property from AG-Agriculture to WR –

Waterfront Residential and to create a new site specific density policy designation to facilitate a two lot subdivi-sion of 0.5 ha and 0.4 ha each. The Board gave first reading and referred the amendment to agencies and First Nations for input. Official Community Plan Amendment (Dodge) Bylaw No. 830-21 and Scotch Creek/Lee Creek Zoning Amendment (Dodge) Bylaw No. 825-42 - The applicant at 1722 Lee Creek Drive would like to subdivide the subject properties into nine lots with a minimum lot area of 2 ha. In order to facilitate the proposed subdivision, the applicant is proposing to amend the OCP designation from RSC –Rural Resource to RR –Rural Residential and amend the zoning designa-tion from RU1 -Rural 1 to CR -Country Residential. The amendment received first reading and referred the amendment to agencies and First Nations. Three Development Vari-ance Permits were ap-proved. (Blair) 6514 Squilax-Anglemont Road, Magna Bay - Minimum setback from the front parcel bound-ary from 4.5 m to 4.2 m, for the foundation and to 3.0 m for the projections and eaves of the single family dwell-ing. (Nevokschonoff) 2868 Squi-lax-Anglemont Road, Lee Creek - Minimum setback from the front parcel bounda-ry from 4.5 m to 1.3 m, for the foundation and from 4.5 m to 0.36 m and setback from the south interior side parcel boundary from 2.0 m to 1.29 m, for the eaves of the acces-sory building, (Sierens) 2356 Hillen Crescent, Magna Bay - Minimum setback from the north interior side parcel boundary from 2.0 m to 1.25 m, for the eaves and to 1.96 m, for the posts of the acces-sory building.


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Well a new year has start-ed, and the North Shuswap Chamber is busy once again planning workshops, meet-ings, events and ways to help bring business to our commu-nity. With the crazy winter storm we had over the holi-days, the Chamber had no choice but to cancel the New Year’s Dance due to power outages, road conditions and down power lines. It was a tough decision but at the end of the day the community’s safety is the most im-portant. Hopefully we will plan something in the next couple months to celebrate 2020 and the year we have ahead. In the meantime, we have been organizing other activi-ties. We are planning a CRA workshop on Feb 26. Tax ad-vice for your small business, always a good idea! Scotch Creek Community Hall 10-12. To register contact Deb Sey-mour at [email protected] We will be doing our busi-ness awards mixer at the Quaaout Lodge March 28. Nominations can be filled out at The Hub from Feb 12 to March 10. Criteria and ballots available for submission, get out and vote!! The Chamber has also ap-plied for additional kiosks to be added up the lake! They have been a huge asset to our tourism sector and a great way to showcase our North Shus-wap. Deb Seymour has been working hard with Kari Wil-kinson for our tear-off maps for the Kiosks and other key locations. They will list every current chamber member. I should also add that memberships need to be paid by end of January to be in-cluded in the tear-off map. Make sure you have done that, so you don’t miss out on this opportunity.

We also have been coordi-nating with other organiza-tions in the community to streamline activities and events to try not to double book the best we can. It’s the Google Calendar and it’s working well. The invite had gone out to a number of groups that may have an inter-est. Not all have replied. It’s

currently being used by the Chamber, the Hub, the Lions and the Lake-view Community Cen-tre. The calendar itself works but more im-

portantly, it’s the com-mitment from the groups to work together. For more infor-mation contact Deb Seymour at [email protected]. The biggest event coming up fast is the 2nd annual Win-ter festival and it’s just around the corner! It’s the Family day long weekend Feb 15 and 16 and the whole weekend is packed with activities. Do you have a bed to race? A snow sculpture in mind? Want to skate or make some chilli? Perhaps join in the indigenous activities happening at the Quaaout Lodge? There is something for everybody. We have a family dance on Satur-day and fireworks on Sunday! Fun fun fun for the whole family. Check out the full-page ad in Kicker for more details. Wanting more info on how to enter for some events, contact Deb Seymour at [email protected] As it’s the start to our year, we will be continuing to bring you business workshops, tour-ist activities and much more. Thinking about joining the chamber? It’s a fantastic way to network and get your busi-ness noticed. Our next meeting is at the Scotch Creek Com-munity Center/Firehall on Feb 24 at 6:30pm. Bring a small appy for the table and your own beverage. Hope to see you there!!

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By Gail McNeil-Oliver Executive Director

It’s the month of the heart! Do you know the signs of a heart attack, car-diac arrest or stroke?

Since 84,000 genes and countless combinations af-fect our risk of heart disease and stroke, knowing our family history gives us the best indicator of our inherit-ed risks. Chronic health conditions caused by life-style factors, genetic causes and health issues early in life can increase one’s risk of developing heart disease and stroke.

Fact: if the heart stops for any reason, blood is no longer getting to the brain, heart or the vital organs and death can occur within minutes.

Fact: thousands of Ca-nadians die from heart at-tacks each year. If you rec-ognize the signs, act quickly. You could save a life!

Fact: signs can vary and may be different for men and women.

Signs of a heart attack: • Chest discomfort – pres-

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• Sweating • Upper body discomfort –

neck, jaw, shoulder, arms, back

• Nausea • Shortness of breath • Light-headedness

If you see or experience signs of a heart attack:

• Call 9-1-1 • Stop all activity • If you take nitroglycerin,

take your normal dosage. • Chew and swallow an As-

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• Rest and wait for help to arrive

Women’s signs of heart attack: chest pain or dis-comfort are the most com-mon signs of heart attack, but women can experience heart attach without chest pressure. Women may ex-perience shortness of breath, pressure or pain in the lower chest or upper abdomen, dizziness, light headedness or fainting, upper back pres-sure or extreme fatigue.

Signs of cardiac arrest: • A collapse • Unresponsive to touch and

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gasping sounds If you Witness signs of

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• Start CPR (push hard and fast in the centre of the chest)

Don’t be afraid of do-ing it wrong. You can’t hurt. You can only help!

Because we live in a ru-ral community, some days it even feels a bit remote, it’s especially urgent to learn CPR. Here is a great video that shows just how easy it is to learn: https://www.heartandstroke.ca/get-involved/learn-cpr.

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*If you have a health condition or take regular medication, always keep a list of your medications in your wallet and by the phone. Emergency per-sonnel need this infor-mation.

405,000 Canadians are living with the effects of stroke, but researchers are working on a new drug in-novation to pause the brain during a stroke. Dr. Michael Tymianski, head of the Divi-sion of Neurosurgery at Uni-versity Health Network in Toronto, has been develop-ing an injection that can buy more time to keep brain cells alive and dramatically reduce damage!

Nine in ten Canadians have at least one risk factor

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Controllable Risk Fac-tors: Diet, Stress, Weight, Alcohol, Physical Activity, Smoking.

Simple lifestyle changes like eating healthy, being active, and living smoke free can reduce your risk.

The Heart and Stroke Foundation has an easy to take risk assessment that will help you assess your controllable and uncontrolla-ble risk factors. Visit their website at: https://www.heartandstroke.ca

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Revitalization of our Community Hall Floor

Disclaimer: Al Christopherson is affiliated with CENTURY 21 Lakeside Realty Ltd. and the opinions expressed herein are his own and not those of the company.

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Last year our Real Estate Board (OMREB) ended publishing the

Real Estate Review paper.

Since then an interesting turn of events has occurred.

We now find a lot more Real Estate shoppers on the front porch of

our office looking at the window displays of properties we have for sale.

These same shoppers can and do find the info online, but still

prefer to look at paper not a screen.

And, if they should have any questions … we are right there to

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The value of our window displays to both buyers and sellers has

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By Pat Bauer & Loretta Greenough

The North Shuswap Com-munity Hall, then known as the Agricultural Community Hall, opened in 1934. The original floor was laid by Alan Shepard and his son Ed-gar. It was all hand nailed and hand sawn. The Bruhn Com-pany supplied the edge grain fir wood for the floor.

The floor has been sanded and refinished several times over the eight-five years of its busy life. The last time we were told that it couldn’t be done again as it had been sanded almost down to the tongue in the tongue and groove and the nails were popping through.

The discus-sion about the type of floor began over a year ago. There was much dis-cussion about what type of floor to be put down. Finally, a questionnaire was sent out to all our members and the response was overwhelm-ingly to replace the floor with edge grain fir to keep the his-tory of the hall alive.

Karl Bischoff and Loretta Greenough called a meeting

of local experienced crafts-men over a year ago. Karl volunteered to spear head the project. He began his search for edge grain fir and found a supply in Horsefly. Subse-quently, Karl and Loretta pro-posed a budget and applied to the Columbia Shuswap Re-gional District and to the Shuswap Community Founda-tion for grants. We were for-tunate to receive $40,000 from the CSRD and $5000 from the Shuswap Communi-ty Foundation.

Jack Brown John from Horsefly, BC drove the load of lumber to Salmon Arm in November to Pete Igley to be planed and tongue and grooved. Jack only had 3200

board feet of ¾ inch 3 ½ inch width. We bought another 400 board feet from Rick Hoff-man of Salmon Arm. The lumber had to be re-moved by hand at Pete’s. Then it had to be reload-ed by hand and moved to Rick’s

for kiln drying. On December 14th the lumber was moved into the Clubroom of the community hall. The desire to keep the original


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Even with no power in their homes and no snow re-moval completed, Karl and his team of volunteers showed up promptly at 9:00 a.m. on January 2nd to work on the floor. They began re-moval of tile and particle board. A decision was made to leave the old floor in place and lay plywood over the whole floor. Much thought went into how the various levels of the floor could be evened out. They meticulous-ly measured and remeasured the floor and the height of the various areas. On January 10, the laying of the floor was completed. They worked dai-ly except they stopped to watch Canada win the gold at the World Juniors. We had to get our priorities right!

Some equipment was sup-plied by the volunteers and whatever else we required we rented.

There has been much dis-cussion about the colour of the wainscoting. We tried to match the window frames but after testing it with 1 quart of paint and two coats it was not acceptable. (We had a special name for it!) We have decid-ed to keep it the same colour. A team of volunteers will be doing the painting, however, at the time this article goes to print it is not completed.

Much work is still to be done. The new stairs which had to be built to keep the steps at the correct height and the baseboards which re-quired replacing along with the tile laying are yet to be completed. The sanding and finishing of the floor will be completed by Len Bickert of Len’s Wood Flooring in Kamloops during the week of January 13th to 17th. It will be a clear semi-gloss finish.

Coffee, tea, cookies and lunches were provided similar to a community bee.

The North Shuswap His-torical Society will be pub-lishing a full history of the North Shuswap Community Hall in the near future.

A special Thank You goes out to Karl & Leona Bis-choff, Jody Evans, Veb Farr, John Watson, Brian Taylor, Joseph Berger, Terry Zinck, Al Christopherson, Jay Simp-son, Mitch Hewitt, John Bar-ton, Andy James, Loretta Greenough, Dan Chamber-lain, Ian Bischoff, Glen Hobbs, Carson Bischoff, Tom Barnhardt, Rob Weaver, Bob Kendal, Mike Torpe, Alison Elmes, Graham Swann, Cam Holland, Dan Roane, Jamie Wellard, Jake & Kyla Hewitt, Maddy La-gore, Darryl Hicks, Dave Noakes, Darcy Eshpeter,and Rick Horner What a wonder-ful community!


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When the body gets super-heated, blood vessels dilate to help cool the body, blood diverts to the skin, away from the core, and the heart rate and pulse increase to counter-act a drop in blood pressure. Normally, these events help us regulate our body temper-ature and do not cause prob-lems. However, if you have an existing cardiovascular weakness, these events could overtax the heart and lead to a number of problems for the body. These include a loss of adequate blood pressure (if your heart can’t pump enough blood throughout the body), increased blood pres-sure (if you have narrowing and hardening of the arter-ies), dizziness or feelings of faintness, nausea, abnormal heart rhythms, inadequate blood flow to the heart or body and heart attack. Medi-cations prescribed for heart conditions, such as beta-blockers and diuretics, can also contribute to these ef-fects.

If you do have a diag-nosed heart condition, check with your doctor before using a spa or sauna. For those of us who don’t know if we have a pre-existing condition or susceptibility to a future problem, being aware of your body and using common sense can keep you safe

while you soak. Make sure the water temperature is not too high (maximum 101 F/38 C), stay hydrated (sorry folks…..that means water not alcohol) and engage in the activity for a short period of time (10-15 minutes is plenty of time to warm up without getting over heated).

If you do notice any of the early warning signs of over-heating, such as feeling uncomfortable or too hot, even before you would start to feel dizzy, listen to your body. It is time to get out. Other times, rather than im-mersing the entire body, con-sider keeping the upper torso out of the tub most of the time so your system can shed the excess heat. This often helps to prevent that dizzy feeling.

Following these few pre-cautions can help make sure you have many more years to enjoy a relaxing soak in the tub.

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Some people have PC’s and others have Macs. If a person has not had experi-ence with both, then they may be curious as to the difference. In reality, the term PC means Personal Computer so really both are PC’s. In this article, I hope to provide some insight into the differences (and similar-ities) between the Windows PC and the Mac PC.

You might be surprised to learn that there is very little difference between a MAC and a PC. They share the exact same components. They both have a processor, memory, hard drive and some means to communi-cate with all the peripherals such as a monitor, mouse, DVD drive, printers, scan-ners and so on. Mice and keyboards are interchangea-ble but hard drives and USB flash drives are not. Data format is different so you can’t copy a file onto a flash drive and try to move it from one to the other.

The biggest thing that makes Mac and PC different is the BIOS and operating system. BIOS is built into all computers and controls the basic function of the machine including loading of the operating system, which in most cases is Win-dows for PC’s and macOS for Macs. Current versions are Windows 10 for PC’s and macOS Catalina for Mac’s.

So what’s the differ-ence? Well, for one thing, lots of companies make PC’s but only Apple makes the Mac so they have com-plete control over how it works and what programs can run on it. This is good

and bad. Good be-cause tighter con-trol can help to make the computer safer and easier to use but bad because it limits the flexibility for those who might want to exploit the power of their computers. It’s important to note that programs designed for Mac will not run on a PC and vice versa so if you are switching, you must buy all new programs. It also af-fects the price. Mac prices are controlled by Apple whereas PC prices are con-trolled by the marketplace. Lots of competition means competitive pricing.

Both have virtual assis-tants. Mac has Siri and PC has Cortana. Popular brows-ers such as Chrome and Firefox work on both as do cloud services such as Drop-box and Google Drive. Doc-uments created with Mi-crosoft Office are compati-ble but again, can’t be moved physically with a USB flash drive. Transfer-ring files must be done through other means such as email or cloud.

There are more viruses written for PC’s than for Mac’s. That might be be-cause there are many more PC’s than Mac’s in the world but may change as the population of Mac’s in-creases.

At the end of the day, the choice between Mac and PC comes down to a question of personal choice. I have both and can tell you that there are pluses and minuses on both sides.

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Before making comments and providing a recommendation on a can-nabis retail application, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District must first gather the views of residents in the ar-ea. For this application, the CSRD is conducting a survey.

The objective of this survey is to gather the views from residents who feel their interests may be affected by

the opening of a cannabis retail store at 3-3968 Squilax-Anglemont Road in Scotch Creek. The data collected from this survey will be provided to the CSRD Board of Directors to assist in informing their decision to either sup-port, or not support the issuance of the proposed cannabis retail store licence. This decision will then be communicat-ed to the LCRB for their consideration in approving, or not, the cannabis retail licence.

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By Angey Lea Happy Valentine’s Day from the

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February 15th and 16th. The centre will be open from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on February 15th for people to play pool, table tennis, carpet bowling, foosball, and air hockey. Please come to the centre for some fun. The Angle-mont Fire Department will be serving hamburgers and hotdogs from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, by donation.

“Rise and Shine” Breakfast Feb. 8 - Lakeview Centre’s breakfast happens every 2nd Saturday of the month From 9:00 am to 11:00 am. We are happy to announce Hidden Treasures Thrift Shop from Scotch Creek as our sponsor

this month. We would like to thank Al Christopherson of Century 21 Realty for sponsoring the January breakfast. If you are interested in being a sponsor of, and/or helping with breakfast in 2020, please contact Jim Dingeldein at 250-682-6235.

Coffee House February 15 - Doors open at 6:00 pm and open Mic starts at 6:30 pm, with main act at 7:00. The Coffee House is held the third Saturday of each month until May.

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We would also like to thank SEP (Shuswap Emergency Program) and everyone who helped at the centre during the power outages at the be-ginning of January.

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Exciting season ahead for Friday Night Live!

By Jim Cooperman This coming summer

promises to be a very fun one with some fabulous bands booked to play for Friday Night Live. Throughout the Shuswap, there are outdoor summer concerts nearly every evening from Chase to Sicam-ous to Enderby. However, the North Shuswap event is the only one that has an open mic, an opening act, includes a night market and offers beer and wine.

Given that the entire line-up of bands has yet to be final-ized, we are ready to publicize one of the acts. On July 17, Friday Night Live is proud to announce we will be hosting a six-piece band that will be on tour all the way from White-horse: Major Funk and the Employment. I heard this amazing group at the 2018 Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival and have been hoping that one day they would return to B.C. and play in our community.

Major Funk and the Em-ployment combine a dynamic rhythm section with a creative collection of guitars, horns, keys and passionate vocals. They create extraordinary per-

formances with their unique blend of funk, ska, blues and jazz; thus creating a vibrant and raucous party atmosphere. It is difficult to sit still during one of their shows and un-doubtedly many in the crowd will be up dancing the night away.

Behind the Friday Night Live summer series is the Fri-day Night Music Society, a non-profit organization that manages the events. This soci-ety is holding its annual gen-eral meeting on March 19 at 4 pm at the Hub and everyone in the community is welcomed to join the society and help bring great music to our community during the summer.

Friday Night Live would not be possible without the generous support from its sponsors, especially the Co-lumbia Shuswap Regional District. Local businesses and individuals are also welcomed to sponsor shows this coming season. If you are interested in helping bring live music to the North Shuswap and at the same time promote your busi-ness or organization, contact Sharon or Angela at The Hub, 250-955-2002.

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By Laurie Jones The British Columbia

Snowmobile Federation select-ed Julie Lucas of Crowfoot Mountain Snowmobile Club (CMSC) as a Hometown Hero in November 2019. The BCSF Award recognizes individuals who have contributed count-less hours volunteering their time and skills, who have gone above and beyond with tireless dedication to their respective clubs and associated non-profit organizations.

Julie’s accomplishments with organized snowmobiling include being a Past President of Coquihalla Snowmobile Club, and numerous positions with Crowfoot Club over the past 20 years. Throughout the years she has balanced her work life as an Executive Di-rector of a laser eye centre, ophthalmic assistant, fitness instructor and bookkeeper while continuing to volunteer. Julie now works full-time with her husband in their renova-tion/carpentry business. “It helps when you have the pas-sion and love of the sport, it keeps you going. After so many years, I see it as one big family.”

She is currently Secretary/Treasurer/Director of the CMSC, as well as club liaison for Search and Rescue. If a rider becomes lost or does not return at the end of the day, Julie obtains all pertinent in-formation and delivers it to the

right people, orchestrates club rescue teams, and assists the Provincial search and rescue squad and RCMP. Julie also helps comfort the family and friends of lost riders. The longest rescue took two and a half days before it was re-solved. Time is of essence in search and rescues, including working through the night when needed.

Her journey into snowmo-biling happened by chance. She and her husband were bored of snowboarding on groomed trails and thought of Heli-skiing as a way to access fresh powder. However, while at Silver Star Mountain 23 years ago, they noticed a snowmobiling tour being of-fered and took one. They sub-sequently bought a snowmo-bile, (a two-up) with the inten-tion of bringing them closer to fresh powder on their snow-boards. It took 10 minutes on the snowmobile before they were hooked. Two weeks lat-er, they acquired a second snowmobile and snowboard-ing became a distant memory!

Two years ago, Julie switched to snow-biking. “A snow-bike is a dirt bike, in-stead of two wheels you have a track on the back and one ski on the front.” Julie and her husband felt the need to con-quer the challenge of a “new sport”, snow-biking was a


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great fit, and suddenly snowmobiling became another distant memory!

Julie likes Crowfoot Mountain as it has varied terrain for everyone. It doesn’t have massive hills and bowls that you will find at Revelstoke, it’s more gentle, with rolling hills and a few steeps and deeps here and there, where the locals and experienced riders seek out (and keep it a secret!).

It’s approximately 13 km from the Parking Lot to the main cabin. Riders can take the historic Sheep Trail, or stay on the Forestry Road to ride up. De-pending on the rider’s ability, they choose from Easy Street or the more challenging route known as “The Face”, to The Bird’s Nest Cabin. From the cabin, there are marker stakes across the top of the mountain for approx. 8 km, leading to PlayPen 2. In the event of fog, (Crowfoot is often referred to as “Fogfoot”), riders can follow the mark-er stakes back.

Julie recommends packing extra food and water, to be prepared to spend at least a night or two on the mountain in the event of an emergency. Mother nature can be harsh at times. Before heading out, always check the rated Avalanche conditions for where you are planning to ride. Avalanche transceiv-ers should always be worn, along with the necessary probes and shovels and reliable communication equipment, such as “In Reach” or “Spot”...and more importantly, know how to use all your equipment! Cell service is limited up there and batteries can die quickly in cold weather, but always carry your cell phone. Be prepared!

For Julie, a perfect day is fresh pow-der, a temperature of -5 and a clear bluebird day. It’s like riding on a cloud. Going with a good group of friends who look out for each other and help you get unstuck is always best, she laughs. After passing the cabin out to the alpine, you rarely see riders other than your group. It’s unbelievable, the beauty of the snow covered mountains, the snow ghosts, (trees encased in fro-zen snow), truly a winter wonderland, it’s quite surreal at times.

CMSC has been going strong for 41 years. It has a land management agree-ment securing the area for snowmobil-ing, providing a chance to meet like-minded outdoor enthusiasts and offer-ing avalanche training courses. For fur-ther information on snowmobiling at the Crowfoot Mountain Snowmobile Club, or becoming a member, check out the CMSC website. (https://cmsc-bcsf.silkstart.com/join).


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Membership fees: $20/family, $10/individual

By Pat Bauer & Loretta Greenough

Wow! Mother Nature hit the North Shuswap on New Year’s Eve causing the North Shuswap Chamber to cancel their dance – so un-fortunately what was going to be the last dance on the old floor didn’t hap-pen.

Karl Bischoff and his crew of workers started sharply on Janu-ary 2nd to begin work-ing on the new floor. Many volunteers have spent nu-merous hours donating their time and energy to the pro-ject. A special thanks to Karl who has spent count-less hours on the phone or-ganizing and researching materials. A special thank you will be extended to all the volunteers once the pro-ject has been completed. A detailed write up on the floor is outlined in another article in this Kicker.

A special Thank You to both the CSRD and to the Shuswap Community Foun-dation for their grants to help pay for the cost of this project.

Bingo will begin again

on Feb. 10th at 7:00 p.m. Come out and see the new floor. Bingo helps to support the running of the hall as well as providing a fun time for the community members

who enjoy an evening out. The Winter Festival is being organized by the Chamber and

several local groups for February 15 and 16. The Family Dance will be held on Sat. Feb. 15 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., the first dance on the new floor. There will also be face painting by Michelle Cyr for the young-sters in the Clubroom of the hall starting at 4:00 p.m.

Our annual membership drive will begin in March. Renewal of membership or new members are a great way to support our hall.

The board of the N.S.C.A. thanks everyone who has worked so hard to support the community hall.

Looking forward to an-other exciting year at our North Shuswap Community Hall.

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By Jan Penner This is indeed a dreaded

leg-hold trap. Congratula-tions to our winner this month Bob Hart, who takes home the $25 prize.

Trapping has been a way of life for many for hundreds of years. People trapped ani-mals for food and in order to use the pelts for clothing. In the 1600’s, much of North American exploration and settlement was linked to the European Fur Market and the rich animal pelts harvested in the colder climates of Rupert’s Land. The leg-hold trap has been in existence for about the same length of time. When its design was first conceived, some blacksmiths were kept busier con-structing traps than they were making horse-shoes!

Just as it says, the trap is meant to secure an animal by its leg until such time as the trapper retrieves it. It does not kill the animal but merely keeps it in place. The ani-mals starve, freeze, are eaten by other animals, or some-times chew off a limb to es-cape. While still a legal de-vice for harvesting animals, it is widely agreed by trappers and non-trappers alike, that the leg-hold trap is inhumane and should no longer be in use.

Trapping can be an eco-nomic venture. It is highly

regulated, and more than 50,000 licenses were issued to Canadian trappers a decade ago when statistics were last compiled. Trappers mainly collect pelts to sell in the fur market, though some use the

meat as well. Trapping is also done to cull “nuisance” animals, control a species population, eradi-cate diseased ani-mals, relocate ani-

mals to avoid overpopulation

and to reintro-duce a species to an area. Traps used in these situations are usually some kind of live trap, which does not harm the animal. If the animal is diseased or a nuisance, it is destroyed in a more humane fashion than being left to suffer. The practice of trapping

wildlife is very controversial. Both those for and against have valid arguments. At best, for many it is seen as a necessary evil to control ani-mal populations and provide an income for those who choose it as a way of living. If there is respect for the ani-mals and regulations, and if more humane systems are used for trapping, that may be the closest the two sides can come to reaching com-mon ground.

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Lions Skating Party

By Larissa Lutjen The North Shuswap Lions

held their annual Skating Par-ty for the community at Far-rell's Field on January 18.

It was a smaller turnout this year due to the weather but the hot dogs and hot choc-olate by donation were appre-ciated by everyone who came out, and the ice surface was declared excellent by happy skaters.

According to 7-year-old, soon to be 8, Khali Bomford, this year's skating party was the best ever because it dou-bled as her birthday party. Appreciative Mom, Tracy said, “The Lions are amaz-ing,” adding, “not to mention Karen and Brian for all their hard work”. When asked what he liked best about the skating party, 8-year-old Mikhail Bil-ski declared that “the best thing is falling on your bum!”

There was a fair amount of snow to clear before the skat-ing could begin. Jessica Farr

was part of a big group of volunteers who arrived early to help shovel, a task that was made easier by the fact that Karen brought muffins to share.

Brian and Karen Ruddick have the contract with the CSRD to maintain the rink. Brian explained that the 85x200 foot surface needs 50 floodings before it is ready to be used. The process was in-terrupted this year by the huge New Year's snowfall. There was the equivalent to “125 dump truck loads of snow on the ice that had to be re-moved,” according to Brian. Equipment from Lewis Gravel and JayKel Landscaping pushed all that snow from the rink surface, past the parking lot and beyond the parking lot into the field behind. Surface-friendly bobcats were not up to the job so bigger machines were needed, which unfortu-nately, damaged the ice sur-face and it had to be rebuilt.

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By Jan Kudelka and Lena Whittaker We are so happy that so many musi-

cians and volunteers made the trek through Snowmageddon to play at our January coffee house, now moved to Lakeview Centre from Celista for the 2019-2020 season.

Who was there? We had the wonderful members of

the Lee Creek One Tribe Sunday Choir, and between them presented a wide gen-re. Dave Allan (Mr. Comedy when it comes to set up) presented a Latin influ-enced slow beauty of a song. Lorn McCausland's achingly beautiful violin stylings were marvellous on that piece. Lorn is our next month’s Feature.

And the Mary Lou and Julie’s voic-es! …. so fine, those harmonies. David “Miko” Balser, beloved songster and his original WINDS OF HISTORY, always holds great space. A long trek we know, but please keep coming.

Through out the night there was a definite theme of sing-along. Favourites were heard like Get Together, Ride Me High and a fabulous Jo Groves "THE SONG about IT”. We all joined in. This song was crucial to her spirits when she was in hospital in France last year.

DOUBLE FEATURES - First: THREE DOLLAR BILL, the revival of which after 40 years was by specific in-vitation. Glad they agreed to ramp it up again. Nicholas Hutchinson, Jude Bas-tien and Richard Owings. Gotta say, hearing Gram Parson’s “Grievous An-gel” again was a heartfelt moment

BIRCHBARK never fails with their Irish tunes and western poetics. The rusty heart song written by Alan Bates was great! There was viola, fiddle and bass on that stage. Jean Brighouse, you amaze!

But the capper was the dancing. Jack Lewis claimed a dance floor at the back that eventually came to the front thanks to the enthusiasm of more willing cou-ples and partners joining the evening’s overall Celtic and old country beats.

AND, it all ended with Sue Kyle call-ing a Virginia Reel for what was left of the whole herd of us … as the last trian-gle sandwich and square were eaten A great night, dusted and done.

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Once again our fabulous community

has stepped up and put on the 27th

Annual Friendship dinner. Each of the

following volunteer groups and people

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dinner. A huge thank you to our spon-

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cookers, Diane, Doug, Geri, Lori, Bren-

da, Rosemarie, Jan, Rita, Lynn, Ursula,

Laurie, Caroline, Karen, Jude, Pat,

Leslie, Karla, you did such a great job

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a turkey dinner for 180 people, certainly

not a small feat. You are the best Doug!

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By Gerry Shea and Ted Danyluk

The North Shuswap Lions Club would like to thank all the anonymous volunteers who got out their chain saws and helped clear the roads for the residents and the BC Hy-dro people at the beginning of January. Hopefully, we never have to ex-perience this type of disaster again.

GREAT NEWS. For the 10th year in a row our Club has re-ceived a Community Gaming Grant from the Prov-ince. Congratulations to Mar-lene Kergan, our Club Treas-urer, for hitting the mark eve-ry year in the completion of a very detailed application pro-cess. The $23,000 Grant goes a long way to benefit the North Shuswap as well as regional, provincial and na-tional organizations; last year’s recipients included Camp Grafton, Canadian Dia-betes Association (Camperships), Canadian Red Cross, Lakeview Community Centre, Lions Foundation of Canadian Guide Dogs, North Shuswap Community Associ-ation, North Shuswap Ele-mentary School PAC, Royal Inland Hospital Foundation, Shuswap Lake Hospital Foun-dation, Shuswap Search and Rescue and Shuswap Trail Alliance.

The Lions’ trailer was dug out of the snow so that it could make it up the hill to the Annual Lions Skating Party at Farrell’s Field rink on January 18. A small crowd of about fifty people had a good skate on a great rink as well as en-joyed the culinary delights of the North Shuswap Lions Bar BQ’d hot dogs. Thank you to everyone who made a dona-tion towards their hot dog or hot chocolate; $122 was col-lected. A huge pat on the back to Brian and Karen Ruddock for keeping the rink open un-der extremely adverse weather conditions.

The North Shuswap Win-ter Carnival will be held at various venues on the week-end of February 15 and 16. Lions will be sponsoring the Bed Races being held on Sun-day, February 16. This year there is only one division. The races will be held at the park

entrance. The only age requirement for racers is a minimum age of 15. Prizes will be awarded for Best Theme Decorated and the Race Winner. Entry forms and regu-

lations are available from the Chamber website and follow the link to Upcoming Events OR contact Brian Knipstrom at 250-299-7981 OR email for information at [email protected]

Congratulations to our newest Lion member Clay Stevenson. Clay was voted into the Club at the December 12 meeting. Our club meets at 7:00 pm on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month (excluding July and August) in the Committee Room at the North Shuswap Community Hall (Celista). New members are always welcome. For membership information, con-tact Pat Anderson at 250-955-2432.

As members of Lions Clubs International, the North Shuswap Lions hold to the same motto as Lions all over the world, “We Serve”. Within the Lions International Foundation, the organization has its focus in eight areas.

1)Vision-Improve the lives of the visually impaired and prevent avoidable blindness.

2) Youth-Young people are vital to everything we do as a foundation; they are con-sidered and represented in every program and initiative we support.

3) Disaster Relief-Whenever and wherever dis-aster strikes, The Lions are often among the first to offer aid.

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4) Humanitarian- Lions identify the world’s most cru-cial needs, and we support them in humanitarian efforts that transform the lives of people around the world.

5) Diabetes- Establishing initiatives and programs to improve the lives of those who are living with diabe-tes and helping prevent others from developing Type II dia-betes.

6) Hunger- Lions offer grants, programs and initia-tives to help make huge strides in providing meals and nutrition for those in need.

7) Environment- Help

clubs that take on large scale projects that will create a sus-tainable and healthy future for generations to come.

8) Pediatric Cancer- Pro-vides funding support and has developed strate-gic partnerships to help im-prove outcomes for children with cancer.

Our weekly Meat Draw and 50/50 Draw happens eve-ry Saturday at The Hub from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. This function provides an opportunity for residents of the North to get together, support the Lions and perhaps win some meat and cash.




North Shuswap

Christian Fellowship Worship & Sunday School,

10:30 am

Potluck 3rd Sunday after service

4079 Butters Road,

Scotch Creek

Pastor Scott Ross

St. David’s by-the-Lake Anglican/United Church Sunday, 11am

5518 S-A Rd, Celista

www.stdavidschurch.info

Rev Brian Smith

Shuswap Community Church

- Sorrento Campus

Sunday, 10:30 am

At Sorrento Memorial Hall

1159 Passchendale Rd.

250.835.4004

Sorrento Evangelical

Free Church Sunday, Adult Bible Class,

9:30am

Sunday, Worship 11:00am

Cedar Heights

Community Hall

Pastor Tim Hill

250-304-7578

Catholic Services Our Lady of the Lake -

Blind Bay

Sunday, 11: 15 am Blessed Sacrament - Chase Saturday ,4pm

CHURCH SERVICES

Experience the love of Jesus and pass it on to others

Join us for worship Sundays at 11:00

St. David’s by the Lake on the highway in Celista

• Celebrate Heart Month with Inspirational messages, song and fellowship

• Holy Communion 2nd and 4th Sundays of this month

• February 16, birthday Sunday • Pot luck lunch served after

each service

Something for everyone!

Contact us at [email protected]

or 250-679-2157

Check out our website

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By Jan Penner February will no doubt fly by, as we

have 2 non-instructional days and Fami-ly Day in what is already the shortest month.

Our ski/skate days hit a bump right off the bat, as our first scheduled date was pre-empted by the cold weather. Warmer weather al-lowed us to continue with pro-grams as scheduled for the next two sessions and venues were able to accommodate reschedul-ing for the third day. It is always a joy to see the progress our students make on these days. Completely non-skiing/non-skating participants, without fail, devel-op at least minimal skill levels and are often inspired to continue with these lifelong sports after the school programs are finished.

With all the snow we have had this year, we look forward to using our snowshoes to traverse the field. Snow-shoeing is a relatively easy and econom-ical activity and another lifelong out-door sport we love sharing with our stu-dents.

Our Hot Lunch and Breakfast pro-grams are continuing. Thanks to every-one involved in these programs, which look to ensure students can indulge in a hot meal which is nourishing and filling. Special thanks to Scotch Creek Market staff who prepare the lunches, and to the

North Shuswap Lions, PAC, and senior students, who rotate through the serving schedule each month. Many in our community have commented on the snowy, nar-

row roads resulting from weather condi-tions. Please be extra careful when passing children walking to and from bus stops. Hopefully, they are aware of traffic but in some cases, snowbanks make it very difficult to get off the road and there is no shoulder to walk on. Being cautious will only add a few sec-onds to your journey but may mean a difference to the safety of a child.

Pink Shirt Day is February 26th. Wear your pink shirt in support of Anti-Bullying!

Have a great February and enjoy the Winter Festival!

School News

I would like to thank the North

Shuswap first responders and Ambu-

lance EMT’s who responded to my 911

call when my wife Phyllis Mader col-

lapsed while eating breakfast in her

mother’s kitchen. They behaved profes-

sionally, arrived quickly in adverse

snowy conditions, and did resuscitation

on an unresponsive patient.

I am sure they knew very early on

that their efforts would be futile, but

their work allowed me hope for a posi-

tive outcome just a little longer. My

thank you includes everyone, even the

gentleman I had words with when I was

wandering around outside in bare feet.

Jim Mader

Thank you NS First Responders

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North Shuswap Winter Festival

Feb 15-16, various locations. X-Country Skiing, Cultural Activities, Snow Sculpting, Bed Races, Fireworks and more!

February 15 • Lakeview Centre Games Day from 10am to 2 pm for pool, table tennis, carpet bowling, foosball, and air hockey. Anglemont Fire De-partment serving hamburgers and hotdogs, 11am to 1pm by donation.

• Ski Skmana X Country & Snowshoe Trails - 11am-3pm. Bring a lunch, sit by the fire and en-joy a sweet treat from the Club. Tours at noon & 2pm.

• Quaaout Lodge hosting C7istkten Story Telling 1:30-2:30pm in their Kekuli. Archery 2:45-3:45 over age 15. Both events drop in by donation.

• Celista Estate Winery - Snowman building contest, hot dogs & hot choc. 11am-3pm

• Farrell’s Field - family skate, hotdogs & hot choc. 1-4pm.

• Face Painting - NS Community Hall 4pm • Family Dance - NS Community Hall 5-7pm

Feb. 15 & 16 • Drop in Curling NS Community Hall 9am-5pm

February 16 • Bed Races - Participants arrive 1pm, Race be-gins 2pm Shuswap Lake Provincial Park

• Chili Cook Off - 4pm The Hub. Outdoors with firepits, free glow sticks, ice cream, beer gar-dens.

• Fireworks - 7pm behind the Hub. Bring a chair.

NORTH SHUSWAP • Lions Club Meat & 50/50 Draw - Saturdays 3-5pm, weekly at The Hub.

• Daveton & Jon - Feb 1 at the Hub. • Bachata Dance Lessons - Let's Move Dance Studio coming to the Hub, Wednesdays start-ing Feb. 5, 7-8pm. Learn basics and progress together. Solo, couples, friends. 250-955-2002

• Rise and Shine Breakfast - February 8, 9am at Lakeview Community Centre. Hidden Treasures Thrift Shop sponsoring.

• Business Award Mixer - Nominations - Feb. 12 - Mar. 10. Forms available at the Hub.

• Bingo - begins again at NS Community Hall on Feb. 10 at 7:00 p.m. Come see the new floor.

• Valentine's Dinner - with a Live Guitar Solo, Feb. 14 at the Hub 250-955-2002

• Live Music with Twin - Feb. 15 at the Hub. • Doctors in the Clinic - NS Health Centre. Dr. Sasha Nyirabu Feb. 18- 21. Dr. Janet MacPhail Feb. 24-28. 250-955-0660 for appointment.

• Duelling Piano’s Rockin' 88's – Feb. 21 at the Hub. 250-955-2002

• Coffeehouse Club - Feb.15 at the Lakeview Centre. Doors open at 6pm. Open mic at 6:30pm. Feature Lorn McCausland and Friends, at 7:30.

• Chamber Meeting - Feb 24, 6:30pm at Scotch Creek Community Hall/Firehall. Bring a small ap-py for the table and your own beverage.

• CRA Workshop - Feb. 26, 10am-12pm. Scotch Creek Community Hall. Tax advice for Small Business. To register contact Deb Seymour at [email protected].

• Stiff Whiskers - Feb. 29 at the Hub SOUTH SHUSWAP

• Sunnybrae Hall Coffeehouse & Dinner - Feb. 8 Doors open at 6:30pm.

• Small Hall Music Crawl Concert #1 - Feb 15 at Carlin Hall. Featuring The Jordan Dick and Jake Verburg Band. Opener Ari Lantela, FMI shus-wapculture.ca

• Tuesday Night Jam - Feb. 18, 7pm at Blind Bay Hall. Join the fun with the Blind Bay Blues Band.

• Small Hall Music Crawl Concert #2 - Feb 22 at Sunnybrae Hall. Featuring The Eisen-hauers. Opener Steph Clifford. FMI shus-wapculture.ca

• Eagle Bay Hall Coffeehouse - Feb. 22, 7:30 to 9:30pm at Eagle Bay Hall.

• Small Hall Music Crawl Concert #3 - Feb 29 at Sorrento Centre. Featuring Josh & Bex FMI shuswapculture.ca

• Ski/Snowshoe & Concert Weekend Retreat - Feb.29-Mar.1, Sorrento Centre and Skmana Ski Club. Enjoy a weekend of outdoor activity and live music. FMI sorrentocentre.ca

• Learn to Fly - 2-day Fly Tying workshop with Steve Maricle, Feb. 29 and March 1. Blind Bay Memorial Hall Phone 250-253-5200. Register: [email protected]

• Carlin Hall Coffee House - March 7, 7pm • South Shuswap Library - Lego For ages 3-12. Just drop-in. Baby Talk resumes Feb. 7. Social and interactive hour, variety of topics. Fridays at 10:15 am. Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020. Ages 18 months and under with caregiver. Drop-in. Free. Pyjama Storytime Fun with songs, stories and fingerplays. Light snack served. Tues. Feb. 11, March 10, April 7 from 6:00-6:45pm. Create a Valentines Card Sat. Feb. 8 at 1 pm. Please call to register. “Adult Events” - Laughing Yoga! You will feel re-freshed, invigorated and relaxed. Call to regis-ter. Bring a water bottle and yoga mat. Tues,

Feb. 4, 18 and March 3 from 1:00-2:00 pm. In-troduction to Reiki. 3 session series. Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. Pre-registration is required. Wed., Feb. 13, 20, 27, 1pm- 2:30pm. English Paper Piecing (EPP). Yes,hand sewing can be fun! Materials provid-ed, but feel free to bring your own supplies. Wed, March 10, 10am-1pm and Tues. March 17, 1pm-4pm. Pre-registration required.

• Loose and Animal Acrylics - with Anita McComas. Capture the feeling of an animal in a realistic style, using expressive strokes. March 21, 10 to 3 pm. Contact Agnes at 250-253-5200 or email [email protected] For more South Shuswap events see the South Shuswap Scoop to deliver Feb. 7th

CHASE & AREA • Chase Curling Club Pancake Breakfast - Sun Feb. 9, 9 to 11 am. All proceeds to the volunteer run Chase Curling Club. Cheap rent-als: We have shuffle board, food safe kitchen facilities, catering, bar with bar tenders and music.

• Chase Library Events - Valentine's Day Craft - Feb 8 11am-1pm. Family friendly craft and scavenger hunt. Drop-in. While supplies last. 250.679.3331. Windows 10 Operating System Class - Feb 15, 11am-12:30pm. Participants should have Basic Computing Skills. Register 250.679.3331. Tech 30 minute One-on-One - Feb 18, 11am-3pm. Register. Tweens Design your own button - Feb 21 3-3:45pm. Snacks and play Question Ball. For ages 9-12 years old. Drop-in, bring a friend. Garden Chat - March 5, 4-6pm Every other Thurs. Join a group of garden enthusiasts.

SALMON ARM & AREA • Shuswap Trail Party/Fundraiser - Feb. 7, 6:30pm at SASCU Rec Centre. Shawn Lightfoot Band, DJ Partico Patrick Ryley. Silent Auction. Tickets at Skookum Cycle. FMI www.shuswaptrails.com

• Salmar Classic Theatre: HD Live from the Met Agrippina Feb. 29, 9:55 am. Der Fliegende Hol-lander - Mar. 14, 9:55 am

• On Screen Bolshoi Ballet “Swan Lake” - March 1, 1pm at Salmar Classic.

KAMLOOPS • Meet & Greet with the Rust Bros. - Thursday-Feb. 6, Doors open at 6 pm at Cascades Casino for a fundraiser for Kamloops Hospice Associa-tion. Silent auction, raffle prizes and a 50-50 draw.

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Adams River Salmon Society.. [email protected] Anglemont Estates Waterworks

After Hours emergency 1-877-996-3344 Regular hours 250-832-8194

Anglemont Ladies Golf.. Bev Shea 250-955-0365 Anglemont Men’s Golf Club.. Rob MacDuff at 250-505-

2781 Artistic Community.. Lynn Erin 250-955-6234 Arts Council for the South Shuswap.. Karen Brown

250.515.3276 AWE Society.. email: [email protected]. Baseball Club.. Mike McManamna.. 250-819-0522

or 250-955-0688 Blind Bay Garden Club…Susan 250-835-2351 Camp Grafton.. Judy MacPherson 250-374-5115 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

North Shuswap - Angela Lagore 250-320-2012 South Shuswap - Karen Brown 250-515-0002

Chase - 250-679-8432 Chase Fish & Game Club.. Helen 250-679-8019 COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS

Lakeview Community Centre ♦Hall Bookings ..Jim Dingeldein 250-682-6235 NS Community Association.. Pat Bauer 250-955-6463 ♦Hall Bookings – Kim Morgan 403-819-0863 Seymour Arm Comm. Assoc.. Bob Reimer 250-833-7610 Sorrento & Area Community Association (SACA) – Barry Stokes, 250-675-3306

Country Kids Play School.. Alanna Stearns 250-679-3005

Country Gardens Garden Club.. Chris Trueman 250-955-6467

CRIMESTOPPERS.. 1-800-222-8477 Crowfoot Snowmobile Club.. 250-682-3350 CSRD - Area F Director.. Jay Simpson – 250-517-9578 FIRE DEPARTMENTS

Anglemont - Graham Lucas - 250-318-7157 Celista - Roy Philips - 250-804-3349 Scotch Creek/Lee Creek - Colton Barker 250-253-2020 Skwlax - Keith Power - 250-679-4472 Fire Services Coordinator - Sean Coubrough, 250-833-

5955 FIRST RESPONDERS

NS First Responders Phyllis Shrum 250-955-2949 NS First Responder Society.. Catherine McCrea [email protected] SS First Responders.. Debbie Edwards - email: [email protected].

Girl Guides .. 1-800-565-8111 Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon..

Cynthia Bentley 250-955-2222 HEALTH SERVICES

NS Health Centre Society.. Kris Jensen 250-955-0383 Scotch Creek Clinic - 250-955-0660 Chase Medical Clinic - 250-679-1420 Chase Health Centre - 250-679-1400

SS Health Services Society - Sue McCrae 250-675-3562 Sorrento Health Centre – 250 803-5251 Sorrento Health Centre Society – Marilyn Clark, 250-

675-2449 Historical Society.. Loretta Greenough 250-955-6431 Imai Ball Park Foundation.. Brian MacDuff 250-955-

0981 Karate Club.. Dale Cundy 250-682-3094 Lions Club.. Pat Anderson 250-955-2432 Needle Bugs Club.. Gerry Kendall 250-955-6279 Notch Hill Cemetery Society - Louise 250-253-5776 NS Art Group.. Alison Elmes 250-955-2588 NS Cemetery.. Doug Prigmore 250-955-6454 or

Loretta Greenough 250-955-6431 NS Christian Fellowship.. 250-955-2545 NS Craft & Needlework Club.. Gerry 250-955-6279 NS Elementary School.. Paul Rosman 250-955-2214 NS Players.. Judy Weller 250-955-0744 Okanagan Regional Library.. North Shuswap.. Lee Carreiro 250-955-8198 South Shuswap.. Leigh Schaffer.. 250-675-4818 Parents Advisory Committee.. Sabrina Beyerly 250-955-

2214 Parks Commission Contact.. CSRD 1-888-248-2773 RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION

Anglemont - Magna Bay - Alan Nunn 250-679-2565 or 604-522-3346 Scotch Creek - Mary Stewart 250-955-2967 St. Ives - Miki Andrejevic 780-405-5571

School District # 83 Trustee Marty Gibbons [email protected]

Seymour Arm Snowmobile Club.. Markus Schrott, 250-307-4360, [email protected]

Shuswap Community Foundation .. 250-832-5428 www.shuswapfoundation.ca

Shuswap Environmental Action Society.. Jim Cooperman 250-679-3693

Shuswap Hospice Society.. 250-832-7099 Shuswap Lake Aero Modelers.. 1-866-293-3851

www.slams.ca Shuswap Needle Arts Guild.. Gerry 250-517-7111 or

Sharon 250-832-4588 Shuswap Rock Club.. Pat or Gail Bowden 250-675-2849 Shuswap Theatre Society.. http://shuswaptheatre.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Shuswaptheatre/ Shuswap Volunteer Search & Rescue.. Luke Gubbles

250-803-1095, shuswapvsar.org Shuswap Waterfront Owners Association (SWOA)

[email protected], web: www.SWOA.ca Skmana Ski club .. Email: [email protected] /

Web: ski-skmana.com South Shuswap Canada Day Committee.. Tammy

Packer 250-463-2495 shuswapcanadaday.ca Taoist Tai Chi .. Judy 250-679-5425 Victim Services.. Guy Ramsay 250-679-8638 Whittlers Club.. Marian Zackery 250-955-0359







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NORTH SHUSWAP CELISTA COMMUNITY HALL 5456 Squilax Anglemont Rd

• BINGO - Postponed til Feb. 10th. Monday (except stats). $1000 Progressive Jackpot (must be legal age). Doors open at 6. Games start at 7. FMI Sue at 250-517-7240 (license #92155)

• Community Association - 3rd Tues. at 7pm. • Historical Society - meeting 2nd Thurs at 2pm. • Lions Club - meet 2nd & 4th Thurs 7pm • NIA Dance Fusion Classes - Tues & Fri 10:30am -11:30am. FMI Nancy 250-679-8233

• NS First Responders Society - meet 2nd Tues. of the month at 1pm

• N.S. Players - meet 2nd Tues. of the month, 7pm. LAKEVIEW CENTRE ACTIVITIES

7703 Squilax-Anglemont Rd, Anglemont • Anglebay Entertainers - Wed. 1pm - 3pm • Arts Group - Tues. 10am - 2pm FMI Alison 250-955-2588

• Carpet Bowling – Mon & Thurs. 10am to noon. • Country Gardeners - 3rd Wed. 1:30 - 3:30 pm • Coffee House - 3rd Sat. Set up is 530. Doors open at 6. Open Mic 6:30 Feature Act 7:30

• Cribbage - Thurs. 1pm to 3pm. • Dance Lessons - Wed. 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm • Fitness Classes - Mon. 8:30am, Wed & Fri 9am.

• General Meetings 2nd Tues. 2:30pm • Jam (drop-in) - Thurs. 7pm FMI 250-682-6235 • Rise N Shine Family Breakfast - 2nd Sat. 9-11am • Table Tennis - Mon & Thurs 1pm

OTHER NORTH SHUSWAP ACTIVITIES • Business Lunch Talk (BLT)- 3rd Thurs 12pm to 1pm. North Shuswap Christian Fellowship Church. 4079 Butters Road. Scotch Creek

• Chamber of Commerce Meetings - last Mon of the month, Location to be announced

• Fitness classes at Quaaout Lodge - Mon, Wed, Fri - Yoga at 8:30am and Aquafit at 10am. FMI 250.679.3090 (cancelled Oct 14-18)

• Lions Club Meat Draw & 50/50 Draw - Saturdays at the Hub in Scotch Creek 3-5pm.

• Kids Klub - Tues. 2 - 4pm at NS Elementary School. FMI 250-955-0071

• Neighbours Seniors Club - Wed. 12 to 3pm. Lunch, games, entertainment, coffee/dessert & fellowship. N.S. Christian Fellowship FMI Marion 250-679-2369 / Sherri 250-955-0036.

• NS First Responders - 1st & 3rd Thurs, 7pm at Celista Fire Hall.

• NS Health Centre Society - Call Kris 250-955-0383 for meeting information.

• Pickleball at Rose Clifford Park in Scotch Creek - daily 9am to 11am. FMI & to inquire about lessons call 250-371-7567

• Yoga at Life Force Centre at Gateway Resort in Lee Creek-Mon-Sat 9am Hatha, Deep Stretch Yin & More. All Classes, All Levels. Visit lifeforceenergy.net/yoga for full Yoga Schedule & more info or call 250-679-4411.

• The Shuswap Nature Hikers meet Fridays to hike the North and South Shuswap trails. To join, contact them from their website: http://www.thethirdhouse.ca/contact/hikers.php

SOUTH SHUSWAP • Notch Hill Town Hall Assoc. - 1st Mon. at 7pm (bank holiday 2nd Mon). Info 250-803-5206

• Probus Club of Copper Island - 2nd Thurs.10am (coffee, 9:30) at Cedar Heights Community Hall. FMI Mike Murrell at 250-675-4495

• Shuswap Rock Club - First Tues of the month (Sept - June) 7:30 pm at Sorrento Drop in Society. Saturday workshops 1-4 pm. FMI 250-675-2849

• Shuswap Wood Carvers - Wed 9am to noon at Sorrento Drop in Centre. FMI Ken 250-675-3316.

• Sorrento Lions Club Meat Draw - Fridays 5-7pm at Copper Island Pub in Sorrento. 50/50 draw FMI Wayne, 250-675-2616

• The Arts On-Site with Lady Nature meet Mondays at 9am to create outdoors in the forest, near Sorrento-Blind Bay. FMI: 250-675-5097, www.thethirdhouse.ca/theartsonsite

• TOPS Sorrento #4369 - Wed - from 8:15 to 10:00 am at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church. 2740 Fairway Hills Rd. 250-803-5206

BLIND BAY MEMORIAL HALL 2510 Blind Bay Rd,250-675-3139. Email:

[email protected] Facebook: Blind Bay Community Hall and Reedman Gallery

Website: blindbaymemorialhall.ca • Blind Bay Painters - Tues. 9:15am - 3 pm. FMI

Gail Boden; [email protected] • Blues Night - 3rd Tues. 7pm, Oct 15 - Apr. 20.

250-675-2865 • Zumba - Thurs. 56:30pm (till Mar.26)

CARLIN HALL - 4051 Myers Rd., Tappen To book call 250-835-8577. web: carlinhall.net

• Tues: Beginner acoustic jam - 7pm to 9pm. • Wed: Intermediate acoustic jam - 7pm to 9pm • Coffee House 1st Sat. Oct - June, 7pm

SOUTH SHUSWAP LIBRARY Blind Bay Market. 250-675-4818

www.orl.bc.ca/branches/south-shuswap • Blind Bay Garden Club - 3rd Wed. 10:15-12pm FMI 250-835-2351 or 778-490-5008

• Knitting & Crocheting Group: 1st & 3rd Friday, 10 am – Noon. Bring a project! Meet new friends

• The Writers’ Nook: 2nd & 4th Wednesday from 10am – 12pm. All welcome!

• For a full list of adult and children’s events visit the library or check out their website.

EAGLE BAY COMMUNITY HALL 4326 Eagle Bay Rd.

• Quilting Mondays 10-2 (Bring Lunch). FMI call Inez: 675-4531

• Crafts Wednesdays 10-2 (Bring Lunch). FMI call Dot: 675-4282

• Fitness - Tues. & Thurs. 9-10. Sharon: 675-2408 • Darts Fri7:15 pm. FMI call Alan: 675-5403 • Coffee House 4th Sat of the Month, except Dec & June - Aug. 7:30pm. FMI Gaetane 675-2178

SORRENTO DROP IN SOCIETY 1148 Passchendaele Rd. 250-675-5358

• Mon: AA 7pm, Glee Club 9:30am • Tues: Men’s Snooker - 1pm, Meals to Wheels 2nd & 4th Tues. at noon

• Wed: Carvers - 9am, Five Crowns 1pm, Snooker 6pm • Thurs: Quilting - 10am, Snooker - 1pm • Fri: Ladies Snooker- 1pm

SHUSWAP LAKE ESTATES COMMUNITY CENTRE: 2404 Centennial Dr, Blind Bay

FMI call 250-675-2523 • Mon: Line Dance - intermediate 1-3pm, Sponge Ball 9-12pm

• Tues: Ladies Bridge 1-4pm, Good Time Quilters 1st & 3rd, 9am-3pm, Sponge Ball 9-12pm

• Wed: Line Dance (beginners) 10-11:30am, (Advanced) 1:30-3pm. Ballroom Dance 7-9pm. Lego Club 2nd Wed 6:30-8pm

• Thurs: Play Group 9-12pm, Shuswap Pipers1-4pm • Friday: Sponge Ball 9-12pm, Youth Group (Gr. 5-7)6:30-7:30pm - (Gr. 8 & up)7:30-9:30pm, Scrappy Quilt Chics 9-3pm

CHASE • Fish & Game Club - 3rd Mon. 7:00pm at Chase

Creekside • Movie Night - Chase Community Hall, Thurs,

minimal admission, concession, FMI 250-319-6302.

• Parkside Estates - Public Bingo Wed. 1pm, FMI 250-679-4477 Ext. 5

• Taoist Tai Chi - Chase Community Hall on Tuesdays from 10-11am and Thursdays from 9:30-11:30 am. FMI Judy 250-679-5425

CHASE CREEKSIDE FOR SENIORS 542 Shuswap Ave - FMI Sharron 250-679-1183 • Mon: Exercise for guys/gals, 8:30am / Bridge (with lessons), Canasta & Snooker, 1pm

• Tues: Bingo, 1pm • Wed: Exercise for guys/gals, 9am / Canasta & Snooker, 1pm / Jam session 7pm

• Thurs: Wood carving, 9am (lessons & help avail.) • 2nd Thurs: Monthly General Meeting, 1pm • Fri: Cribbage, 1pm • Exercise for guys/gals, 9am • 2nd Fri: Mini-Crib, 10:30am register, 11am start • 3rd Fri every other month (starting Oct 2015): Full course meal, 5pm. Happy hour, 4:15

CHASE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION 515 Shuswap Ave - 250-679-3536

• Mon - League Darts 7pm • Tues - Meat draw, 4-6:30 / Pool,3:30 / Fun darts • Wed. - 3rd Wed of every month Branch General Meeting 7 pm. (except July & Aug)

• Thurs - Regular Crib (downstairs) 7pm / League Darts (upstairs) 7pm

• Fri - Open 1pm to 8pm • Sat - Meat Draw, 50/50, Fun Darts - 2pm • Sun. - Giant Crib on the first Sun. of every month, 10:45 am. All other Sundays closed.

SUNNYBRAE COMMUNITY HALL - 3585 Sunnybrae Canoe Pt. Rd.

• Tues & Thurs: Karate 6pm (250-835-8875) • Mon & Fri: Badminton (250-835-4625) • 2nd Sat: Coffee House (except June to Sept) • 4th Wed: General Meeting 7:30pm

SUNNYBRAE SENIORS HALL • Sunnybrae Painters/Crafters Mon 9:30am (except statutory holidays) FMI 250-803-8890

• Potluck luncheon - 3rd Wed, noon (except July/Aug) • Shuswap Needle Arts Guild - 1st & 3rd Thursday, 10am to 4 pm (Sept. to Jun) FMI Jo (250)-832-9308 or Sharon (250)-832-4588.

Regularly Scheduled Events NOTE: some classes take a break in the summer. Check before you go. To add a meeting/event call 250-955-0534, email [email protected]


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1. Crust: Melt bu er, mix in pecans and almond meal. You may add 10 drops of liquid Splenda to make it nice and sweet. Pat into 9" spring form pan

2. Cheesecake: Mix eggs, cream cheese, Splenda, and a drop of vanilla extract un l creamy. Pour on top of crust.

3. Op onal: Make your own jam by pu ng a pat of bu er in a hot pot, a cup of raspberries, Splenda to taste, and a few drops of lemon juice. S r un l boiling. Chill in fridge and then pour on top of cheesecake ba er, swirl or mix it as you please.

4. Bake at 350F for 20-25 minutes or un l it is firm. Chill in freezer for an hour or two or leave in refrigerator overnight

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Cheesecake: • Two 8oz packs of cream cheese room temp • Two eggs room temp • 2/3 cup Splenda or equivalent

Crust: • 2/3 cup almond meal • 1 cup raw pecans, crushed in large chunks • 1 s ck of bu er

Raspberry topping: • 1 pat bu er • 1 cup raspberries • Dash lemon juice & Splenda to taste

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Celista Hair Studio Helga Terwoort

For all your hair-care needs call 250-955-6195

5205 Tallington Rd, Celista

Celista Esthetics Courtney Meier

Manicures, Pedicures, Waxing, Facials

250-682-6910 5205 Tallington Rd, Celista

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Magna Bay

www.trappraisals.ca

250-682-5995 250-372-2599

• Pre-purchase and Pre-sale appraisal reports

• Mortgage Refinancing? • Estate or Division of Family Assets? • Depreciation Reports for Strata

Properties

Fully Accredited Appraisers and Depreciation Report Planners

(AACI, CRP)

SERVICES

Intuitive (Quantum) Healing

Fresh Herbs * Plants * Original photos * greeting cards * Prints of Shuswap area * Workshops … and more

Rachelle 250-679-2145 [email protected]

Anglemont

Red Seal Journeyman Plumber Bonded B Gas Fitter

778-257-0572

SERVICES SERVICES

Serving the Shuswap & Surrounding Area

[email protected] 250-679-0001

24 HOUR SERVICE

• Foundations • Framing • Finishing • Renovations

• Siding • Flooring • Decks • Additions

Serving the area since 1981 References available

250-955-2500 Cell 250-819-2500

[email protected]

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call or text 250-517-7717

North Shuswap

Dale 250-679-7652

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Repairs & Maintenance of Docks NEW WOOD DOCKS OR USED DOCKS

Brush with Greatness Painting 250-679-2164 (Cell) 250-320-6820

/ Kyle Lessey Ship Shape Shelter

Indoor Boat and RV Storage. Call: 250-835-4224

cell: 250-852-2900 or email: [email protected] for special introductory rates.

Custom Cutting (all bandsawn wood)

Cedar Siding - Fascia Board - etc.

Beams Kiln Dried T&G available

Tom Barnhardt 250-955-2301

Paint Drywall Small drywall repairs Ceiling Repair Stain removal

Professional & Superior Workmanship

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House Cleaning Call Debbie 250-299-3851

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February by Appointment Only

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Daily Room Rates 16 Guest Rooms RV & Campsites

Weddings / Reunions Up to 100 persons

CREW RATES AVAILABLE check us out at

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Reading Tutoring Boost your child’s confidence with fun & interactive sessions

Linda Rightmire Literacy Specialist

K-12 Teacher, LART & University instructor

Flexible Scheduling Spaces Limited


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RENTALS

WANTED

Canadian Firearm Safety Course (P.A.L)

Downstairs R.C.L. 107 Chase Feb 15th & 16th 2020

Cost $130.00 Phone Ivan 250-679-2758 for info & Pre Registration

Hunter Training Course (C.O.R.E)

Downstairs R.C.L. 107 Chase Feb 29th Mar 1st 2020

Cost $150.00 incl course exam & loan of manual

Phone Ivan 250-679-2758 for info & Pre Registration

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Finishing Carpentry Cabinet Installations General Carpentry

Terry Hickey 1- 403-978-3508

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Contact Andy or Kayla Bowie

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Located in beautiful Blind Bay BC, Finz Resort requires a Seasonal Resort Operations Supervisor. This is a term position from April 1 to Oct 30, 2020. Duties include but are not limited to:

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• Respondent should have basic electrical, plumbing, mechanical and landscaping knowledge and be able to make minor repairs as required.

• Responsible for greeting customers in both the Campground and Marina, managing and facilitating marina rental equipment, parking and retrieving customer boat trailers and operations of dock-based fuel sales.

• Maintaining and landscaping of the grounds including campground and parking areas in pristine condition.

The standard working hours will be from 8 am to 5 pm for 5 to 6 days a week but can vary depending on needs of the operation. Compensation package based on experience. On-site seasonal campsite possible as part of compensation package.

Please submit resumes to [email protected]

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Ministry Contact 1-250-503-3664

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Working Together

To Prevent Crime

Chase Detachment Office 250-679-3221

If you have any tips on local crime call

CRIMESTOPPERS 1-800-222-8477

Anglemont Waterworks After Hour Emergencies

1-877-996-3344

North Shuswap Library Located at the Centre in Scotch Creek

250-955-8198

Open: Tues Noon - 5,

Wed & Fri 11 - 4, Sat 11 - 4 3867

Squilax-Anglemont Rd.

TRANSFER STATION Scotch Creek

Fri - Tues 8am - 2pm

Closed Wed & Thurs Christmas, New Years &

Remembrance Day - Closed

Seymour Arm

Saturday 1pm - 5pm

Closed Statutory Holidays

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