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Explosive expansion – Sun Peaks in the ‘90s

The 1990s heralded a decade of change at Tod Mountain when extensive expansion laid the foundation for the community that became Sun Peaks.

1990 First paved road from Whitecroft Village to Tod Mountain was laid.

1992 Tod Mountain purchased by Nippon Cable who had holdings at Whistler-Blackcomb and ski resorts throughout Japan.

1993 Tod Mountain renamed Sun Peaks Resort; $12 million invested in new ski runs and lifts.

1994 The first nine holes of the golf course were completed. Servicing for Fairways and Sunburst Drives, and village core completed.

1995 The golf course and Nancy Greene’s Cahilty Lodge opened. Three townhouse developments and four homes were built.

1996 35 million gallon snowmaking reservoir and 2.5 kilometres of the Valley Trail completed. Twenty-five new homes the Sundance Lodge, the covered bridge and driving range constructed.

1997 Hotel development boomed: the Radisson Hearthstone Lodge, the Radisson Fireside Lodge and the Heffley Inn. Phase I of the Sundance subdivision and Sports Centre completed.

1998 Sun Peaks recognized for its unique design by multiple publications. New construction includes 14 restaurant outlets and seven retail shops. Timberline Village, Forest Trails and the McGillivray Lake Outpost built.

1999 Servicing for Phase II of Sundance and Fairways subdivisions completed along with new buildings for the Sports School.

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HISTORY

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At the beginning of the 1990s, Tod Mountain was still little more than a day skiers’ delight, but, as the century was winding down, it was about to undergo an explosive period of expan-sion, laying the foundation of the community we know today.

Laying most of those foundations was Marty White, owner of Diamond Lil’s Trucking. A gravel, excavating and concrete contractor, White moved his operation to Lake Bay Road in the early ‘90s.

“I heard about this place called Tod Mountain and there was a lot of hype up there,” says White. “Things weren’t all that busy (at the time) but there were some pretty good signs it soon would be.”

At the time he owned just one excavator, but when Nippon Cable started the resort’s expansion in the early ‘90s, Diamond Lil’s grew right alongside it.

White recalls, “If Sun Peaks did good so did we. In business, it’s all about timing, to be in the right place, at the right time.”

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Being in the right place at the right time was the key for Konrad Glowczynksi who, along with his wife, Elizabeth, pioneered Sun Peaks’ café culture, estab-lishing Bolacco Café, the village’s first independent coffee shop.

“I bought it from specs; there wasn’t even a hole here,” exclaims Konrad who loved the unspoiled beauty of the burgeoning resort he’d been skiing since the early ‘90s. On a visit to Sun Peaks in the summer of 1996, Konrad was impressed with the development that had taken place over a short period of time and decided to buy the smallest com-mercial site available to cre-ate his own job and a new life for his family.

“I didn’t have any money at the time, so I gave them my credit card and went back to Vancouver, organ-ized the rest and finally, in November, 1996, Bolacco opened,” recalls Bolacco’s chief barista.

Ryan Schmalz, owner of Mountain High Pizza and Tod Mountain Coffee House & Creperie followed a similar path to entrepre-neurial success. An avid ski-

er, Schmalz enjoyed count-less winter vacations in Sun Peaks, but it wasn’t until he was in university that he got the itch to stay permanently.

“In 1997 I was going to university and I took a year off and decided to be a ski bum for the winter of 1997/98, and I never left,” says Schmalz.

With resort development booming, Schmalz thought there was no better time to be part of the Sun Peaks scene.

“I loved it up here and I liked the vibe, it was elec-tric,” remembers Schmalz. “I was trying to figure out how I could sustain a life-style to be able to survive up here.” Schmalz surveyed the landscape and saw his op-portunity.

“There was no pizza place, so I decided to open one.”

Starting a new business is a scary venture. Succeeding in a brand new resort took determination.

“I think for the people that stuck it out, like (the owners of ) Bolacco’s and myself, have the advantage of knowing what you need to survive at Sun Peaks,” he says.

“In the first years, I had no

money, but I loved it,” says Konrad. “If I owned a busi-ness to make lots of money, I wouldn’t still be here. This business is more about life-style; we’re making money, but we’re not getting rich.”

Schmalz agrees the life-style is actually the great-est reward to being a small business owner in Sun Peaks.

“I work in my business every single day, but the life-style lets me go snowboard-ing in the morning and to work in the afternoon. If it wasn’t for the lifestyle, I wouldn’t still have the job,” he says.

Whether for lifestyle or financial rewards, all agree that being part of the resort from its earliest days has been very satisfying.

“We weren’t the only ones (building the resort)” notes White. Statistics show 80 per cent of small businesses fail in their first 16 months, but for these three, at least, their businesses have grown right along with the resort.

“It’s a risk/reward thing. Business people want a challenge,” says Schmalz. “If business wasn’t challenging, I don’t think a lot of people would do it.”

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“The 20th Century belongs to Canada.” — Sir Wilfred Lau-rier.

The hysterically negative reaction by environmental groups opposed to both the Keystone and the Northern Gateway pipelines is typical of their short-sighted ig-norance of economic reality. Whether they like it or not, Canada remains a resource based economy.

In an idyllically green world we wouldn’t need awful things like fossil fuels, but that era’s a long way off. We’re a wealthy country due to com-modities that need to be wrenched from the ground. This wealth allows some the right to bitch about those companies and, in the case of Alberta, those provinces that really have no choice but to use the natural bounty upon which they sit.

Hollywood has-beens like Robert Redford and Susan Sarandon complain

about pipelines spill-ing oil, but they’d be well advised to check on their own country first. America is criss-crossed by hundreds of thousands of miles of generally older pipe-lines that are corrod-ing, posing much more danger of spills than the state-of-the-art installations we may be using. Perhaps Bob and Sue can explain how some Panama-nian tanker bringing dirty or unethical oil from despotic Saudi Arabia or corrupt Nigeria is somehow better than from a friendly, stable, North American neighbour? Celebrity complaints are a bit dubious; these pious people use more fuel in their Learjets in a week than most of us use driving in a year.

Stephen Harper is actually right; we will sell oil, it’s a no brainer. If President Obama hasn’t got the brains to see that the Keystone XL line will deliver thousands of union jobs using American

made heavy equip-ment from a friendly country, depending instead on the enviro vote rather than his other traditional base, he deserves to lose the election. It’s not as if Sierra Club members are going to vote Re-publican anyway. It’s not just lefty Can-adians and ignorant Americans who seem determined to reduce their countries into campground econ-omies where people sing “Kumbaya” all day long. German Chan-cellor, Angela Merkel, with widespread pub-lic support, has prom-ised to wean Germany off nuclear energy by 2020. This will please France greatly since

it’ll be supplying Ger-many’s energy needs.

We in North Amer-ica are cleaner and greener than anywhere else. It perturbs me to go to other countries and see the locals use their homelands as a garbage dump. We have a fair and just society where people, should they be really aggravated about in-come disparities, are quite free to leave for better places; where people can complain and be heard, (as they were during the public pipeline debate).

At the end of the day, people who are against energy and mineral extraction really need to clear their woolly heads and get used to the cold hard fact that their pampered life-styles and clean green spaces are due to oil, gas, uranium, dams, power lines, industrial farming, mega cor-porations and animal killers who get their hands dirty for filthy lucre. That’s what I call a social program.

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It seems to me that more and more these days we’re being bar-raged by news that another recession is just around the cor-ner, or that this or that economy or cur-rency is going to wreak havoc with cer-tain markets, or, to put it way out there, that the end of the world is actually coming on 12/21/2012.

While the world is certainly a changing place these days, look at the dictators and African thugs falling like dominos for ex-ample, is it really go-ing to hell as many are predicting? I think if you truly look around your own world, the answer is “no.” Are times tough in many business sectors, like the tourist sector, that most of us depend on for our livelihood? Yes. Things certainly may not be as rosy as they

were, say, six or even 10 years ago, but if you put it in true perspec-tive, it could always be worse.

Being a cup-half-full person most of the time, I truly feel the key to success in life is staying positive when things are in a state of flux or when they’re not going exactly as we want. We can all do this.

This type of posi-tive attitude not only makes us work hard-er when things are down, it also triggers the laws of attraction. Bad people attract bad

people, good people attract good people, etc. The simple fact is that Sun Peaks as a ski resort, a community, or as a global tourist destination is only as successful as the atti-tude of the people that live and work here. If we all ran around like “Chicken Little,” de-claring the end of the economic world as we know it, then that type of negative attitude would eventually pre-vail.

While skier visits and vacation spending per head may be down over past years, are the foreclosure wolves ac-tually howling at the doors of every home and business in the community? I think not. All one has to do to judge the true suc-cess of Sun Peaks, and those that call it home, is hit the slopes and talk to the guests from far and wide. People

love Sun Peaks and come back with their families year after year after year, and most say it’s the positive at-titude and the friend-liness of the locals that make the difference in where they’re choos-ing to spend their hol-iday dollars.

Now is the time, more than ever, to keep that positive fo-cus and ride the wave it creates. Just stop for a second and actually think about it. We all have an amazing life-style that would turn most people on the planet green with envy and what, if anything, are you truly lacking in your life if you live and work in Sun Peaks? The winds of change are inevitable but if we all stay focused and positive on the products we deliver to our friends around the globe, we can all weather any storm.

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yOu SAYThrill of a lifetimeAs a first time visitor to Sun Peaks, I had the thrill of harnessing and mushing my own dogsled team for a unique ride with Mountain Man Dog Sled Adventures. This is a great activity for adults and kids alike, and offers guests to your lovely resort a memorable winter experience. The beauty of the trails was unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. I’d highly recommend it to any visitors or locals looking for a lasting memory.Erika van Lennep, Sydney Australia

Garbage clean-up appreciatedI would like to express my gratitude to Sue Elder and Lyle Whitmore (and everyone else involved) for getting rid of the abandoned truck and motor home, and other garbage and building supplies that had been dumped at the end of Burfield Drive and at the bottom of the Back in Time run. It’s much more pleasing to the eye to see beautiful Tod Mountain and the Burfield Chair rather than a huge pile of junk with graffiti all over it. The land there belongs to all homeowners at the end of Burfield Drive and the municipality would not take any responsibility for garbage removal so these two wonderful people took on the challenge of cleanup on behalf of all of us. Everyone needs to be responsible for their own garbage and that includes broken down vehicles!I would also like to thank all of the ski patrol on the mountain for their dedication to our safety and for looking after the mountain by picking up garbage and wrestling with snow fences. Brenda Melnychuk, Sun Peaks

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WEATHER FORECASTThe Old Farmer’s Almanac 2012

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Feb. 1 to 6 Mild with snow showers

Feb. 7 to 11 Cold with snow showers

Feb. 12 to 17 Sunny and cold

Feb. 18 to 24 Mild temps with chance

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IN BRIEF

Two years ago Greenpeace launched its “Unfriend Coal” campaign on Facebook to highlight the unclean energy sources used by information technology (IT) data cen-tres. After attracting over 700,000 Facebook users, the campaign has now ended. Facebook and Greenpeace have agreed to collaborate to promote renewable energy solutions.

“Greenpeace and Facebook will now work together to encourage major energy pro-ducers to move away from coal and instead invest in re-newable energy,” says Tzepo-rah Berman, Co-director of Greenpeace’s International Climate and Energy Pro-gram.

Greenpeace states the energy used to power data centres for Facebook, Apple, IBM and others totals more than two per cent of the U.S. electricity demand and it’s projecting that consumption to grow 12 per cent per year.

Data centres often store videos, pictures and other data on “clouds” which de-liver the data to users in real time. According to Green-peace, cloud data centres are often located in regions that are dependent on coal sourc-es for electricity and thus negatively impact people’s health and the environment.

As part of the new collabo-ration Facebook commits to researching energy efficient options for information

technology. “Facebook’s commitment

to renewable energy raises the bar for other IT and cloud computing compa-nies,” says Casey Harrell, Senior IT analyst for Green-peace International.

“The Facebook campaign proved that people all over the world want their social networks powered by re-newable energy and not by coal. Greenpeace will con-tinue to measure, report and campaign on the IT sector’s progress to green the cloud.”

Greenpeace and Facebook will also work to promote ways individuals and organi-zations can save energy and engage their communities in clean energy issues.

Energy efficient housing more affordable through CMHCAccording to Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), more than 17 per cent of the energy consumed in Canada is used to run our homes. To assist consumers in financing a green home or energy saving renovations, CMHC offers a 10 per cent mortgage insurance refund and an extended amortization period when consumers use CMHC financing for their purchase or renovation.If you’re considering buying or building an energy-efficient home, you may qualify for the refund and extended amortization if the house is an energy-efficient R-2000 model, and has an energy efficiency rating of 80 or above. The home must be built under a CMHC energy efficient building program and be 25 per cent more energy efficient than the required by the Model

National Energy Code for Buildings.CMHC suggests that prior to buying or beginning renovations consumers discuss a CMHC insured mortgage with their lender. If all criteria for the refund is met, and the building passes the energy assessment, consumers can apply for the refund online. Energy assessments can be coordinated through National Resources Canada (NRCan) who, for a fee, will evaluate the house to determine its energy efficiency rating on a scale of zero to 100. Those considering energy-efficient renovations to an existing home may also qualify for the CMHC refund and extended amortization by first obtaining an energy rating for the home, prior to construction. A second assessment will be required post-renovation to confirm the home’s energy rating has improved by at least five points and achieved an overall rating of 40.

Earth Day Canada recognizes hometown heroesEarth Day Canada’s Hometown Heroes Award Program is seeking nominations to recognize everyday environmental champions for their commitment to creating greener communities across Canada.Individuals, groups, organizations or small businesses that lead environmental stewardship in your community can be nominated for one of the three award categories.

The Individual Hometown Hero awards the winner $10,000 to donate to a local environmental group or cause of their choice. The Group Hometown Hero Award also offers $10,000 to support the group’s work, while the third category for Small Business Hometown Hero Award allows the winner to use the award and the Earth Day Canada logo for one year to assist in marketing and promoting their business and/or an approved product.Nominations will be accepted until March 30, 2012.

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With the whole world talk-ing about environmental sustainability it’s no surprise that big snowboarding com-panies are focusing on manu-facturing eco-friendly equip-ment. The big dogs, such as Burton, Von Zipper, Drake and Arbor have created entire lines with nature in mind, us-ing components such as re-cycled materials and bamboo cores. Not a bad idea given that we use the Earth as our playground and we’d like to have fresh snow to ride on in years to come.

Burton’s Green Mountain Project uses recycled materials and Earth-friendly weath-erproofing technology in a new line of outerwear. The goal is to create clothing that takes as little away from the environment as possible by preserving the Earth’s natural resources.

Similarly, Von Zipper’s Shift

Into Neutral line of sunglasses and goggles uses a non-toxic, sustainable oil derived from the castor bean. Both compa-nies are making slight chang-es that may not be as drastic as a complete company over-haul, but every little bit of eco-friendly awareness, and every effort, contributes to a brighter future.

Drake’s Hybrid bindings were also created with moth-er nature in mind. They use an eco-friendly, completely wooden high back, natu-ral materials for the straps and non-toxic paint, making them a sophisticated combi-nation of nature and technol-ogy.

One company that goes a step farther than the others is Arbor; the entire company revolves around environ-mental sustainability. Arbor uses renewable resources, such as bamboo, and har-vesting techniques that are less invasive.

Scott Jansen, owner of 5Forty Ski-Board-Skate shop at Sun Peaks sells Arbor gear.

“They’re the most environ-mentally friendly snowboard company that (I’ve) ever dealt with,” he says. “Arbor’s an awesome company, they stand by their product and (their prices) are comparable to any other snowboard com-pany.”

As we now have the option of buying environmentally conscious gear, we should be. We need a clean Earth, with snow, to ride and these com-panies are making changes and focusing on sustainability in order to protect the future of our planet’s ecosystems.

Both 5Forty and Southside Board Shop at Sun Peaks carry these environmentally conscious snowboard compa-nies’ products, giving you the opportunity to make some choices with mother nature in mind.

Gear companies think, and act, green

Sprucing up trees—a good idea?At first glance you’re unsure of what your eyes behold: majestic evergreen trees trimmed with glistening Christmas ornaments, in the most unexpected places throughout the resort. Whether it’s the dozens of decorated trees under the Morrisey chairlift or occasional specimens hidden along a quiet snowshoe trail, spying decorated Christmas trees in the wild gave us pause to wonder—are those decorated trees a good thing? What are your thoughts? Thumbs up or down?

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As we meander along the path toward a calmer and sweeter experience of life we have a ringside seat at the circus of our thinking. Our experience can run the gamut from the delight and amuse-ment of a juggling clown to the heart-stopping terror of a high wire act. Sometimes these extremes can occur within a matter of seconds, often without any change in our world, save for our think-ing.

How powerful is this thought/feeling connection that can move us from tears to laughter so instantly? We seem to be at the whim of each thought, or each act, as it’s under the spotlight.

Things aren’t, however, what they seem. We’re neither a captive audience nor an un-

willing par-ticipant in this mental big top. We’re the cir-cus master, the creator of every moment. And, as much as it may seem oth-erwise, we truly write the script, not of the events but rather of our experience of the events. As much as we might resist the idea that we have a choice and can change our perception, truth is that we can. We have free will.

It’s easy to point to worst case scenarios and “what if ’s.” Of course life is a series of ups and downs, of wins and losses. It’s not that we’re likely

to walk through this journey with-out some adver-sity. What we do know, however, is that we have an innate resiliency and a profound capacity to choose well-being and wisdom regardless of past or current circumstances.

When we feel gripped by worry or anxiety, by self-

doubt and insecurity it’s the perfect opportunity to see how seriously we’re taking our thinking. We’re believing the script. We’re seeing the world through the lens of a thought. It’s then that we can see the myriad options available to us. We can recognize the habits

that we’ve innocently devel-oped and we can let them go.

It’s a lifelong discovery that continues to surprise and delight as we realize that we can free ourselves from think-ing that doesn’t serve us. We can recognize the feeling that tells us, loud and clear, where we’re going with an unwanted thought. We can continue to peel away the layers that keep us from our true nature, one of compassion and love.

We can feel deep grati-tude for the gift of our in-nate health, that capacity to live in a good feeling more of the time. And we can decide where our thinking will take us.

As Sydney Banks reminds us in The Missing Link, “We are all just a thought away from a good feeling.”

HEALTH • MIND & BODY

IN BRIEF

Man in Motion swim challengeThe City of Kamloops is challenging swimmers to complete 1.6 million 25-metre pool lengths to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Rick Hansen’s Man in Motion tour. The goal is equal to the distance Hansen covered in his wheelchair-bound trek through 34 countries and four continents in 1986 to 1987. The tour raised $26 million for spinal cord research and quality of life initiatives. “We’ve set the bar high so we’re going to need all of the help we can get,” says Glen Cheetham, Aquatics Program supervisor with the City of Kamloops. “Our local club and master swimmers will contribute a great deal, but we will need every Kamloops swimmer to contribute to meet our goal and to honour Rick Hansen’s spirit.”Those participating in “Kamloops Swimmers in Motion” can log their laps at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre, Westsyde Pool and the Downtown YMCA-YWCA until March 29, 2012, the day Rick Hansen’s 25th Anniversary Relay arrives in Kamloops. The relay started on Aug. 24, 2011 in Cape Spear, Nfld., and is retracing the Canadian leg of Hansen’s Man in Motion tour. This time, however, one man in motion will be represented by as many as 7,000 Canadians in motion.

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You know it when you see it, yet all too often, it goes unaddressed. “It” is the epi-demic of bullying that’s sweeping schools across the country. Wednesday, Feb. 29 is national Pink Shirt Day, a time when the country comes together to send the message that bullying won’t be tolerated anymore, anywhere, anytime.

The national pink shirt campaign was the brainchild of David Shepherd and Travis Price, two former Grade 9 students from Nova Scotia, who took a stand against bullying by distributing pink T-shirts to the boys in their school in support of a class-mate who’d been bullied.

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Wearing pink to defeat bullying

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www.pinkshirtday.ca

Women’s health clinic comes to Sun PeaksThe Sun Peaks Health Centre will be running a women’s health clinic every other Monday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. beginning Feb. 20. The new clinic will be staffed by a nurse practitioner who’ll provide half-hour consultation appointments.

Contact the Sun Peaks Health Centre for appointments:

250-578-2014

PUBLIC INPUT SESSION

3 to 5 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

Burfield Lodge

The next public input session regarding

Short Term Nightly Rentals will be held:

Results of the survey and last input session are available by clicking on the ‘Survey’ tab at:

www.sunpeaksmunicipality.ca Input and comments can also be submitted to:

[email protected]

The B.C. Coroners Service confirms that paramethoxy-metamphetamine (PMMA) has been linked to five ec-stasy-related deaths in B.C. in the past six months.

PMMA is a rare drug, and one which hasn’t been routinely tested for in B.C. coroners’ investigations. Fol-lowing information from Alberta that PMMA was detected in relation to sev-

eral deaths in that province, toxicology findings were reviewed in all 16 of B.C.’s 2011 ecstasy-involved deaths and two of the three 2012 deaths. PMMA was found in five cases. As with MDMA (ecstasy), there is no known safe dose of PMMA.

The B.C. Coroners Service warns that although PMMA was detected in five cases, there were 13 other ecstasy-

related deaths in the same period that did not involve PMMA. The most recent death is still being investi-gated.

“Ecstasy is in our com-munity and, you don’t know where this stuff is coming from, so we could have ec-stasy that’s no problem this week, but a great deal of problem next week,” says Constable Bernie Ward,

Tk’umlups Rural RCMP. “It’s how it’s made. There’s more than one recipe that can kill you. You’re just an idiot to try it, that’s what it comes down to.”

The Coroners Service concurs saying, “There’s no guarantee of purity in a drug that’s concocted for profit in a clandestine environment and every ingestion of ec-stasy is a risk.”

Ecstasy deaths linked to added chemical

mistake of thinking this is just a phase or a boys’ rite of passage.”

One study found that nearly 60 per cent of males who were chronic bullies in junior high school had at least one criminal conviction by the age of 24. Borba believes the only way to curb bullying is intervention.

“No matter what age, gender, religion, or ethnicity, any child re-sorting to bullying needs an im-mediate behaviour intervention. Set up an appointment with the school counsellor or psychologist. You’ll need a specific plan tailored to your child to stop this behav-iour,” she says.

Jonathan Brady, principal at Barriere Secondary School says the school is honouring the day with a quiet show of support.

“We’ve generally had an anti-bullying day where we promote pink wearing and there’s post-ers and information on our an-nouncements to highlight the day,” says Brady.

Since its inception in 2007, the Pink Shirt Day campaign has grown into an international movement and is now supported by thousands of people in over 75 countries sharing the message “bullying stops here.”

says Price, now 17. “Finally, someone stood up for the weaker kid.”

Bullying takes many forms and can hap-pen almost anywhere, but it’s most prevalent in schools and online. Signs of a student be-ing bullied include feelings of rejection, low self-esteem, poor grades, isolation, social withdrawal, aggressiveness and nervousness. Often, students become fearful of attending school and demonstrate extreme sensitiv-ity. Many parents miss these signs, believ-ing their child is simply “going through a phase.”

“One of the biggest mistakes parents make is assuming that bullying will just fade away,” says Dr. Michele Borba, a parenting and bullying prevention expert. “Don’t make the


Sby Kim Cameron

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She’s almost speechless when asked about her recent expedition to the Antarctic, but when 14 year old Justine

Wild reflects on her journey to the bottom of the Earth, the one word that she keeps repeating is “incredible.”

“It was way more than I thought it would be,” grins

Wild. Wild, along with 60 other

students from around the world joined the Students on Ice Expedition to the Antarctic in December. Now

in its 11th year, the organiza-tion provides students, edu-cators and scientists inspir-ing educational opportuni-ties at the end of the Earth.

Travelling three days to Ushuaia, Argentina, the group boarded an expedition ship to cross the Drake Pas-sage to the South Shetland Islands. Long feared by mar-iners, the Drake has a repu-tation for rough crossings.

“It was pretty bad, every-one was sick,” remembers Wild. “But after we crossed the passage, according to the ship’s crew, we had the best weather in the whole year.”

That weather opened a window on a world very few have encountered and, in Wild’s experience, a world that was untouched.

“I remember we were on the deck one day and a plane

flew overhead. Everyone just stopped to watch this plane and it really showed me, there’s just no one down there.”

Adding to that perception of isolation, Students on Ice participants are required to unplug from the outside world. Wild didn’t mind be-ing disconnected.

“I didn’t feel alone, but I did feel isolated, but in a good way,” explains Wild. “We were so busy during the day; we really didn’t notice it all.”

While the Antarctic may be devoid of humans, the wildlife is abundant. Sail-ing the Antarctic Ocean the group saw plenty of shore birds, seals and, on one oc-casion, a pod of 16 killer whales swam alongside

their research vessel. Out on a hike one afternoon Wild and her fellow students en-countered a mountain of penguins.

“It was pretty cool. We didn’t realize it was penguins until someone gave us bin-oculars and when we looked, (the horizon) was full of penguins; it was incredible!”

It’s a bit early to know what she’ll do for her career, but after taking part in the Students on Ice expedition, one thing Wild knows for sure is that it will somehow involve a return visit to Ant-arctica.

“It really showed me what is out there, and I’d love to go back,” she says. “It’s just incredible.”

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YOUTHFUL CONNECTIONS

Student on ice discovers incredible Antarctic world


BMO Harris Banking recently released the re-sults of a survey examining guardianship among Cana-dians with children under the age of 18. Two thirds of survey respondents didn’t have a guardian named for their children, nor did they have a will, begging the question: who will take care of the children in the event of both parents’ death?

It’s a common misper-ception that if a child has a godparent there’s no need to assign a legal guardian.

“A godparent doesn’t

have legal status,” explains Kamloops notary public Derrick Smoluk. “The bot-tom line is, everyone’s going to die, that’s certain. When you die too early and leave children under the age of 19 behind someone has to have guardianship of them.”

The ramifications of not designating a guardian can be costly and time consum-ing.

“Guardianship powers be-come a court appointment and it’s really the court that decides,” says Smoluk. “The unfortunate part of that is that it takes time, it costs a lot more money than doing a

will and it can cause conflict within families.”

Approximately 80 per cent of the survey’s respondents had considered who they would appoint, with family topping the list.

“It’s good to see that Ca-nadian parents with minor children are thinking about who they’d have take care of their loved ones, but they need to follow through with the next logical step and make it official,” says Sara Plant of BMO Harris Pri-vate Banking. “If something dire were to happen and a guardian has not been ap-pointed, the process can be-

come quite complex.”Smoluk explains the three

key considerations when preparing a will are decid-ing on an executor, allocat-ing the distribution of your assets and appointing a guardian for your children.

“When you do a will, you decide. If you don’t do a will, it’s a court ap-

pointment,” he says. Smoluk believes the court should be the last place an executor, beneficiary or guardianship decision should be made.

“A lot of the tools for people doing their personal planning are being put in the hands of the public by our government so that

people can take care of it themselves. It’s available for you to set up now and in the event that anything happens you’ve taken care of it and you’ve made it easier for the people you’ve left behind.”

When put that way, hav-ing your affairs in order is a small price to pay for peace of mind.

Who will care for the children?

saiLing THe sOUTH seas: Justine Wild, right with penguin hat, and two cohorts from the Students on Ice program pose for the cameras on Antarctica’s terra firma. They spent five days on the cold continent.

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JUSTINE WILD

For more information on students on ice visit:

www.studentsonice.com

Call 250-578-5380 or visitwww.sunpeaksresort.com/tourism

Tourism Sun PeaksCommunity Update: February

The sales department successfully orchestrated the Ski Club of Great Britain’s “Leader in Resort Program,” one of only four resorts in Canada hosting a Leader. The partnership provides Sun Peaks with a platform to reach avid ski travellers in the United Kingdom, whose website alone sees over 1 million visitors each year.

The sales team recently attended the Vancouver Bridal Fair, gaining exposure to over 2,000 “bride-to-be’s.” This audience gave TSP (Tourism Sun Peaks) opportunity to cross- promote winter and summer holidays. TSP will also be attending two new shows this spring, the Vancouver Outdoor Show and the Vancouver Island Outdoor Show.

Sun Peaks Resort was selected as a retreat venue for the Canadian Tourism Commission’s Global Media Relations team this January. Seventeen media relations professionals from around the globe spent a weekend skiing, snowmobiling and learning about the resort so they can pitch the Sun Peaks stories to writers in their respective countries. Representation included Australia, the UK, United States, Germany, Mexico, China, Japan, and India.

During the fi rst week of January, a special package off er was advertised through a new advertising media plan. BC, Washington, and Alberta skiers were targeted through a mix of online, email, radio, TV and print media. The results increased occupancy by 20%. A second promotional wave has commenced and includes Presidents’ Week and Spring Break special off ers.

Central Reservations was very busy in January with the special packages. In total, 352 January Ski & Stay special packages were booked both online and through agent calls by the January 8 book by date, totalling 678 incremental room nights. Results from the second campaign will be available in early February. The team was also busy with the Winter Okanagan Wine Festival, booking and processing a record numbers of ticket sales.

The 14th Annual Winter Okanagan Wine Festival hit record numbers this year, with 11 of the 20 events selling out and the Progressive Tasting selling out seven days prior to the start of the festival, three days ahead of last year!

Planning is also well underway for several new events this summer, including a Women’s Wellness Weekend, September 15–16.

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Freestyle and locals programs taking offYou’ll notice a lot of happy parents at Sun Peaks on Sundays for the next many weeks. Why? Their kids are enrolled in the popular Locals Kids and Freestyle programs, leaving them the time to enjoy the mountains on their own for a couple of hours. This is the first year for the freestyle program, offered by Sun Peaks Resort, and Vincent Lafontaine, sports director for the resort, is pleased with its popularity. “Overall we’ve got 41 kids registered. For the first year, we were really, really excited about the numbers,” he says. “Now we know there’s a market for it, and we’re

going to continue. The goal is to eventually, within three years, have a Sun Peaks Freestyle Club.” The 10 week freestyle program covers technical freeskiing, moguls and terrain park safety, etiquette and skills. The local kids program is also up to record numbers. “Our local kids program has grown again this year. On Jan 8 (the first day) we had, in the local program, 210 kids. We had 90 in the morning and 120 in the afternoon. When you calculate the local and the freestyle we had over 250 kids,” confirms Lafontaine.Both popular programs are taught by fully certified instructors, and will be available again in 2013.

Legal aid funding increasesThe Ministry of the Attorney General will increase its annual legal aid funding by $2.1 million for family and child protection services, boosting B.C.’s legal aid funding to the Legal Services Society (LSS) to $68.6 million. “Our new family law legislation places the best interests of children first and we want

to ensure that the Legal Services Society has additional resources to support families who need assistance to resolve custody, access and other legal disputes,” said B.C.’s attorney general, Shirley Bond.Mark Benton, the executive director of LSS is pleased with the new funding.“It allows us to maintain services that are designed to help families find early and stable solutions to their legal problems, often without having to go to court.”


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When Tate Holowatiuk’s 11-year old son downloaded software for his new Minecraft game he had no idea the im-pact it would have. Opening his online world to the public caused a ripple e� ect felt by every Mascon Cable Systems customer in Sun Peaks.

“We had a customer who installed some game hosting software that ended up causing a bunch of computers from all around the world to start send-ing a pile of data to that one computer,” says Mascon man-ager, Darren Muloin.

� e result of all that data be-ing directed to one computer is known as a denial of service at-tack, which caused a three hour slowdown of Internet service to Mascon’s customers in Sun Peaks on Dec. 22, 2011.

� e slowdown was a � rst of its kind for Mascon. “It’s some-thing that happens every day, but it’s the � rst one we’ve had in the history that we’ve been doing Internet,” says Muloin.

Locating the source of the attack proved to be challeng-ing.

“� e tricky part was there were so many computers in the outside world, all with di� er-ent Internet Protocol (IP) ad-dresses coming in, there was no

real pattern,” explains Muloin. “It wasn’t until we looked in-ward and saw that they’re all going to one IP, that we were able to go backwards and then block it out.”

Holowatiuk was unaware that his IP address was the cul-prit when he called Mascon to report his Internet being down.

“� ey asked if we were run-ning a server on a game called Minecraft and I knew right away who that was, it was my oldest son,” Holowatiuk recalls.

Having identi� ed the user, Mascon asked the Holowati-uks to uninstall the software.

“� ey were great, they didn’t know they’d caused (the at-tack) and they uninstalled it right away,” says Muloin.

Initially annoyed that he had to uninstall his software, Ho-lowatiuk’s son is still able to play the game.

“Mascon has opened up some ports for them to play the game,” says Holowatiuk. “He’s a good kid who likes electron-ics and likes to play games, only now, he’s not allowed to run the server anymore.”

� e lesson here is gamer beware, the third party soft-ware you download may have farther reaching rami� cations than you’re aware of.

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Everyone knows you go to school to get smart! � e teachers at the Sun Peaks Discovery Centre for Bal-anced Education (DCBE) now have another tool in their kit to engage student learning in a fun, interac-tive and “smart” way.

� e DCBE recently ac-quired a Smart Board for one of their classrooms. Like a blackboard on steroids, Smart Boards help teachers engage stu-

dents in lessons interac-tively.

“A Smart Board is an in-teractive whiteboard that, when paired with a com-puter and a projector, be-comes a powerful multime-dia tool for the classroom,” @KOOL teacher, Laurel Seafoot explained.

Everyone has a unique way of processing informa-tion and Smart Boards help instructors customize les-sons for students regardless of their learning style.

“� e Smart Board allows teachers to create visual les-sons quite easily. � e board

is also touch sensitive so students are involved in interactive lessons,” says Seafoot.

� e DCBE students have quickly embraced the new technology.

“� e students love the Smart Board,” says Seafoot. “� ey like to play interac-tive games for math and watch social studies and science videos. � ey all like to write on the board.”

� e Smart Board is an integral part of the school’s music lessons and it helps to bring students together with other students around

the world. In the spring Seafoot is opening the DCBE classroom to stu-dents in New South Wales, Australia via the board.

“Currently two of my @KOOL students living in China participate in our social studies lessons,” explains Seafoot. “We use Skype and our Smart Board to interact with them.”

While new technology is a key component of 21st century learning, Barriere Secondary School princi-pal, Jonathan Bradey cau-tions that new technolo-gies are not a substitute for quality instruction.

“It’s about the learning. While engagement levels increase because the kids are all about technology, Smart Boards are just a tool and they don’t necessar-ily improve instruction,” he says. “Teachers are still re-sponsible for good quality instruction. Smart boards are simply a tool to assist in their instruction.”

Smart tools do not come cheap; the school district invested $2,000 in the technology for the Discov-ery Centre. And, although they’ve only had the Smart Board for three months, teachers and students can agree that for this model, it was well worth the money.

Engaging students the smart way

PHOTO: PETER SMITH

SMARTENING UP: Lesson plans come alive when teacher Jillian Schmalz uses Smart Board technology to demonstrate learning principles to DCBE students.

Environmental law debate—on Twitt er it’s mootOn Tues., Feb. 21 West Coast Environmental Law will hold the world’s fi rst Twitt er moot. A traditi onal acti vity in law schools, moot court is a simulated court hearing. Students from fi ve Canadian law schools will tackle an appeal of the West Moberly First Nati ons vs. Briti sh Columbia case, all in maximum of 140 characters. “Legal argument is not oft en limited to 140 characters,” says Jessica Clogg, West Coast

Environmental Law’s executi ve director. “But Twitt er is the perfect medium to raise public awareness about how the law can help protect the environment.”The Twitt er moot is expected to address questi ons of the environment, aboriginal issues, law and values that result from this case.Andrew Gage, one the moot’s organizers recommends the event. “Tweeps (Twitt er users) interested in law, the environment or aboriginal issues will defi nitely want to follow our Twitt er moot.”

Follow the #twtmoot at: www.twitter.com/WCELaw/twtmoot

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Surge of skiers on Nordic trails

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Nordic skiing has boomed this winter with season pass sales doubling over the last two years and a new attendance record set on Sun Peaks’ trails in December.

This success may be attributed to the resort hiring Phil Youwe, Sun Peaks’ first Nordic coordinator. Youwe is a long-time Nordic skier, whose relationship with Sun Peaks goes way back.

“In ‘93, a friend and I owned a twin track, and we came up and said

would you mind if we set some track for our kids to cross-country ski. Since then we’ve gone to 31 kilometres of groomed trails and a well-established and growing Nordic program,” said Youwe.

The increase in Nordic skiing patrons goes hand-in-hand with a more comprehensive grooming program for the cross-country terrain at Sun Peaks.

“There used to be scheduled maintenance of just one or two days a week, and now there’s

someone out there every day,” said Seth Worthen, slopes manager for Sun Peaks Resort.

“The work done in the summer months to cut back the shrub growth has meant groomers can get out there on opening day of the ski season producing a great product,” he explains.

This consistent approach to grooming has been well received by the Nordic skiers.

“When you’re out on the trails all everyone says is, ‘This is awesome,’” commented Youwe.

Jim Kenney, rentals manager for Sun Peaks Resort said the interest in Nordic skiing has also transferred to record number of Nordic rentals at Elevation Bike, Ski and Board.

“We’ve noticed a definite increase in the last couple of years for Nordic Ski equipment, particularly skate skis,” said Kenney. “There’s been an increase of 15 to 18 per cent on last year.”

Youwe has coordinated a Nordic program with the local school, the Discovery Centre, as he believes it’s important to get people interested at a young age.

“We’re introducing a Nordic Program to their curriculum in February which will consist of three sessions,” he says.

He hopes the school program will promote Nordic skiing in the community and provide enough support from the children and parents to start a Sun Peaks Nordic Club, and establish a dedicated Nordic Centre.

“The club, which would originate from the community, presents the opportunity to have races, social activities and have a strong core of Nordic skiers which could result in a development program for young kids,” said Youwe.

The expanding Nordic program at Sun Peaks this season has included full moon skiing to McGillivray Cabin, a Nordic Ski Camp running Jan. 28 and 29, and the return of the Holy Cow Nordic Race on Feb. 26.

“(The Nordic Camp) is two full days of Nordic instruction. The intent will be to improve your skills, hone your technique, develop some methods for training, and the chance to have some video analysis of your technique,” explains Youwe.

“(The Holy Cow Race) is a unique race, as it starts at the top of the Morrisey Express with some mid-mountain loops and ends very near to the village.”

PHOTO: ADAM STEIN

laying tracks: Phil Youwe and Wendy Gardiner follow the 30 kilometres of trails at Sun Peaks. The growth of Nordic skiing at Sun Peaks is attributed to the excellent grooming and varied terrain.

The Garden Rail Jam drops Feb.12Skiers and snowboarders will battle it out in jam sessions as the Garden Rail Jam, presented by Oronge Board Shop, lands at Sun Peaks for its seventh year. Grom, Junior and Women’s category winners will be determined from the jam session, but for the Men’s Open, the top five competitors will move onto the finals and take their best run of three.Series point leaders will be determined at The Garden and the No Bail Peace Prize will be awarded for Women’s Open Snowboard and Ski, and Men’s Open Snowboard and Ski categories.February’s event marks the final park competition of the season.

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For more information contact Phil youwe:

[email protected]

Change of days for Yoga in the MountainsBeginning, Feb. 7, the weekly yoga classes normally held on Thursdays at the Delta Sun Peaks Resort will be switching to Tuesday evenings at 5:15 p.m. Cost for the class is $12 per person with $2 of each fee going to support Habitat for Humanity. To date, Yoga in the Mountains has raised $100 for Habitat for Humanity.Yoga instructor, Catherine Dupont, reminds people to check the reader board in the lobby of the hotel for the class location each week.

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A Canadian icon

Tod Mountain Coffee House hosted a tasting of Doi Chaang Wild Civet Coffee, the world’s most expensive coffee. Ryan Schmalz, Amy Martin, Dan Cestas and John Gray.

Christine Buss and Catherine Dupont enjoy sampling the fare at “Taste of Sun Peaks,” at the Winter Festival of Wine.

Pramod Thapa, ecstatic at his Silver finish at the Teck Okanagan Zone GS on January 15. Photo: John Cartwright

Powder Hounds’ John Dormer, gets the cocktails flowing at Mixology to Music.

Kari, Karie and Leeanne rock it out at Mixology to Music at Powder Hounds

during Winter Festival of Wine.

SPAC Racer, Evan, rounds the gate in Race 3 of the Teck Okanagan GS.

Photo: John Cartwright

The River City Racers speed skating club spent Jan. 21 training at Sun Peaks.

They remain elusive until the sun begins its quiet descent behind a stand of trees. It’s nearing 5 p.m.; air bubbles appear in the still waters and move in the dir-ection of the lodge. I’m an-ticipating some great pho-tography as I sit motionless on the banks of the pond. My camera’s mounted on a tripod and ready to shoot. Suddenly, head, eyes, ears and nose peek out from the chilly depths. I’m about to photograph a true Canadian icon—the North American beaver.

The light’s perfect for photography at this time of day and I spend 20 min-utes enjoying the beavers as they go about their busi-ness weaving and jamming branches into strategic places throughout the dam or on the lodge.

Tranquille Creek, located just outside of Kamloops near the Tranquille Wild-life Management area is a birder’s paradise, day hikers dream and for me, a bea-ver watcher’s extravaganza. If you’re looking to get in touch with nature and spend some time exercising your photography skills, Tran-quille Creek’s the place. I’ve

often walked the trails in the area and always enjoyed the antics of the beavers. It didn’t take long to realize that this was the spot for early morning and late even-ing beaver watching.

Beavers influence lakes and rivers to meet their own needs. If an agreeable pond isn’t available, they’ll make one. Trees are cut, dragged to the water and pushed into place. Gaps and holes are filled with mud and stone. Only when the water level has risen to the height de-sired is a lodge built. Living space is made above water level and emergency, or es-cape, holes are made under. Occasionally, beavers will

forgo the lodge and simply dig holes in pond or stream banks.

In autumn, the beavers begin the harvest to get them through colder win-ters with an adequate food supply. They anchor bits of tree in underwater channels, leaving them jammed into the mud until needed.

I’ve experienced some amazing feats by the resi-dent beavers at Tranquille Creek, but one stands out clearly in my mind. One of the larger beavers studied a towering tree and a regu-lar trail it used to get back and forth to the water. It then proceeded to cut the tree down. To my amaze-ment, the top of the tree fell exactly on the beaten path made by the beavers. Could this be skill or just luck? Well, I’ll leave that to be answered by the experts, but I must say it was quite the spectacle.

During my beaver watch-ing, I need to be still and quiet as these Canadian icons spook easily. It is how-ever, a true joy to watch them. I highly recommend that you visit this area, take a few photos and watch for beaver signs along the trail.

Peter SulzleWILDLIFE PAPARAZZO

Peter has been contributing to the SPIN since 2009.

His original wildlife images have been used by many conservation

organizations in North America.

www.petersulzle.zenfolio.com

PEEK-A-BOO: Almost half of endangered species in North America rely on wetlands and the beavers who maintain them. This guy poses for the camera while working on his lodge.

www.SunPeaksNews.com 11Vol. 10 Issue 2, 2012 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

EVERY TUESDAYBottoms Locals Nights

Great music, drink specials, and all you can eat ribs!

250-578-0013

Yoga in the MountainsDelta Sun Peaks Resort5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

$12 per person

EVERY WEDNESDAYYoga for Skiers and

Boarders2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. At Nancy Greene’s

Cahilty Lodge. $17 per person

EVERY SATURDAYChurch Service

Roman Catholic Mass. 4 p.m. at the

Delta Sun Peaks.

EVERY SUNDAYChurch Service

Non-denominational Christian service 6 p.m.

Hearthstone Lodge. [email protected]

Mid-mountainChapel Service

Starts at 1 p.m. Dress warmly, the chapel isn't

heated. (Lift pass not included).

Welcome Reception with Nancy Greene7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

At Nancy Greene’s Cahilty LodgeComplimentary

SAT., JAN. 28Sun Peaks Slopestyle

At Rockstar Energy Park.Open to both boarders

and skiersRegistration 8:30 a.m.

to 10:30 a.m. Juniors & Women: $5

Men: $10250-578-5442

SAT., JAN. 28Potluck Dinner and

Membership RenewalAt Heffley Community Hall.

Doors open at 5 p.m., Dinner served at 6 p.m.

250-578-0496

FEB. 3 TO 5Adaptive Snow Sports

FestivalCelebrating the work of

Sun Peaks Adaptive Sports Program.

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SAT. FEB. 4Elli Terwiel FundraiserToonie Race followed by Pasta dinner at Bento’s

Race: 6 p.m. Dinner: 7 p.m.$20 per ticket

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MON., FEB. 6Full Moon Nordic Ski to McGillivray Lake

Cabin

Ski to the McGillivray Lake Outpost Cabin.

5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.$30 per person

Meet at McGillivray Lake Trail

250-578-5542

FEB. 10 AND 11“Let’s Scrap Breast

Cancer” Scrapbooking and Fundraising Event

Two day scrapbooking fundraiser. Westsyde

Fellowship ChurchRegistration $50

[email protected]

SUN., FEB. 12Nordic Lunch Seminar

Join Gunner Rasmussen for seminar & lunch at Delta

Sun Peaks Resort12 p.m. to 1 p.m.$22 per person250-578-5505

SUN., FEB. 12The Garden Rail Jam

Blue Terrain ParkRegistration 8 a.m.

at Village Day LodgeEvent starts at 11 a.m.

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FEB. 17 AND 18Nancy Greene

Corporate ChallengeJoin Nancy for the 16th annual event supporting

area charities.Four-person teams

compete for title spots in Legends, Masters and

Sports categories.$600 per team or $150

per individual. Melanie.smith

@telus.net

SUN., FEB. 1950th Anniversary

Penguin “Belly Slide” Revived for this year only. Participants must be 19 or

older. Penguin suits provided! Registration lim-

ited to 50 participants.250-314-2325

SAT., FEB. 25KendraArt Show

Join acclaimed Okanagan painter Kendra Dixson on the 10th anniversary of

her first art show at Sun Peaks.

Treeline Studios, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Artist on-sitefrom 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

www.kendraart.com

SUN., FEB. 26Holy Cow Nordic RaceResurrected in celebration of the 50th Anniversary. Race starts at top of the

Morrisey Express lift on the Holy Cow Trail.

Starts at 10:30 a.m.250-578-5542

Event Listings Skrillex comes out with another bang

In this generation of carbon-copied sounds, where many an artist wallows around in a pool of similar-sounding artists, it’s exciting to witness a musi-cian develop a sig-nature sound and top the charts with it.

Skrillex, or Sonny Moore, has man-aged to use a number of in� u-ences—from Aphex Twin to Marilyn Manson—to cre-ate a controversial musical formula. � ere are possibly as many Skrillex haters as there are fans, but the same can be said for a lot of really good bands. For some reason, people seem to really love Skrillex, or really, really hate him.

Bangarang, Skril-lex’s fourth EP, still borrows from Moore’s library of signature sounds—creepy chipmunk vocals, grinding bass, and huge dub step drops. Ellie Goulding, 12th Planet, Kill the Noise, and yes, � e Doors are all fea-tured on the album, though they’re all barely recognizable. Skrillex has a knack

for taking vocals and melodies, and shredding them to create a more dis-torted song that sounds as if it’s ripped on nearly too many energy drinks. Bangarang is def-initely going to be club-friendly.

“Breakin’ a Sweat,” featuring bits by � e Doors, includ-ing Jim Morrison’s electronic music prophecy, is one of the better tracks on the album. � e song builds, then drops where you’d expect it to, and blows “Light My Fire” out with some skinny white-kid swagger.

“Bangarang” may feel a little nostal-gic to fans of the � lm Hook. � e title was the battle cry of the lost boys. � e song aims to appeal to 1980s children, ending with, “Hey-yo, I’m eating Fun Dip right now.” � ose were the days, right? It’s a light song, with heavy sound that will have kids shaking to the ground.

One track sound-ed out-of-place, and was surprising considering that it was a collaboration with 12th Planet

and Kill the Noise. “Right on Time,” with its overused synths and relentless beat, sounds � t for a high-school rave.

Whether you like it or not, Bangar-ang is a tight, well-produced album. � e tracks jump around a little from

trance to dub step, all with a heavy hand of glitch, but they all carry Skrillex’s signature sound. With a solid tour schedule, and artists lining up to be remixed by him, Moore has a bright future in the next generation of music.

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Back in the days when Len—remember “Steal My Sunshine”?—band mem-bers lived at Sun Peaks, a new artist was learning the ropes of music production, and now he’s proud to re-lease his debut album and first music video.

Apocalypse, the new al-bum by Kamloops MC Sick Steen, is a hefty 20-tracks produced and mixed by the artist. The video for the album’s “Time to React” was shot by John Hinch, and features many familiar sights from the River City.

“The hardest part was get-ting the shots on the red bridge in Kamloops without getting run over,” says Sick Steen.

MC Sick Steen, a.k.a. Steen Blechingberg, spent many years absorbing ski culture and musical influ-ence at Sun Peaks. While he doesn’t spend much time on the slopes anymore, Sick Steen happily recalls his “golden years” at the resort.

“I’ve very fond mem-ories of Sun Peaks,” he says. “My older sister lived at the

hill, so I crashed either on her couch or in her closet, worked, and partied—al-though I didn’t know it at the time, me being up there at that time helped shape me as an artist.”

Sick Steen’s sister hap-pened to live next door to Marc Costanzo, vocalist and guitarist for the band Len. Costanzo had a huge influence on Blechinberg, teaching him about hip hop and music theory. He also lent Sick Steen his first sampler, an E-mu SP-1200. From there, Sick Steen was hooked.

He grew up listening to music ranging from The Beatles to Nirvana. In Grade 6, he heard his first rap al-bum, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by the Wu-Tang Clan, which opened up a new world focused on lyrical composition.

“I memorized every word from that record and I thought if I can do this, then I should do this—and I did,” he says.

Rap greats such as Nas, Slick Rick, and Big L have

been major influences for Sick Steen, who describes his music as rap, with ele-ments from jazz, rock and roll, electronic, industrial, and world music. He goes with what inspires him at the time.

“I want my music to be a ride, with many twists and turns, but one that doesn’t make the listener sick after being on it too long,” he says.

Apocalypse is now available on iTunes. Despite the title, the al-

bum has nothing to do with the 2012 end-of-days con-spiracy.

“If you look up the def-inition of apocalypse it says, ‘lifting of the veil’, or ‘revelation,’” Sick Steen ex-plains. “It’s a disclosure of something hidden from the majority of mankind in an era dominated by falsehood and misconception.”

The album shows Sick Steen’s serious mastery of the English language. The lyrics are both entertaining and heartfelt, and the fin-ished product is tight and catchy. No live shows have been announced, but Sick Steen has a busy year ahead of him.

“I’m in the process of collaborating with one of the hottest emcees in the game today,” he says. “Any free time I have right now is spent in the studio—my goal is to release four full-length records in 2012.”

That’s a serious New Year’s resolution.

Since I’ve been at-tending school I’ve noticed that my ap-petite for serious films has diminished. “Brain overload” has made fluffy rom-coms and action movies with minimal plot and lots of ac-tion my usual escap-ist speed. However, I realize that it’s been a while since I re-viewed any meaty dramas, and that I miss the genre. To cure this neglect, this edition of Rave Re-views brings you The Debt and Moneyball.

I’ve been excited about watching The Debt. The cast for John Madden’s (Shakespeare in Love) cold war spy thriller is to die for. Three pairs of incredible actors share three roles, playing the younger and mod-ern day versions of the same character. The film’s leading lady, Rachel Singer, is played by Helen Mirren and Jessica Chastain. Brood-ing David Peretz is shared by Ciaran Hinds and Sam

Worthington, while arrogant Stephan Gold is played by Tom Wilkinson and Marton Csokas. As if the star power wasn’t enough, the story’s not your typical black hat, white hat spy movie. Rachel, David and Stephan are mem-bers of Mossad, the Israeli equivalent of the CIA. In the 1960s, the young agents were tasked with hunting down and kidnapping Dieter Vogel, a Nazi war criminal accused of performing hor-rific surgeries on Jewish PoWs dur-ing World War II. The film begins as a celebration of their success—Rachel had shot Vogel after he tried to escape her custody. But as the story unfolds the viewer learns that things didn’t go the way the three agents reported, and the debt they now owe for having lived their lives as heroes has to be paid back at a very high cost. This film is exciting, dangerous and heartbreaking,

and is sure to please drama lovers.

Another movie I missed in theatres was Moneyball, an easy-going biopic of Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt), gen-eral manager for Major League Base-ball’s Oakland Ath-letics. The story cen-tres around Beane’s desire to shake up recruiting practi-ces after the A’s are booted from the post-season by the New York Yankees. Beane meets Peter Brand (played by Jo-nah Hill, and mod-elled after Beane’s real-life associate Paul DePodesta) who convinces

Beane that baseball recruiting has been getting it wrong choosing play-ers based on biases rather than statis-tics. Together, Beane and Brand create a new method for recruitment and at-tract the ire of base-ball traditionalists. I liked, but didn’t love, Moneyball. Much like a baseball game, the pace was slow, peppered with a few moments of guts and glory, and a few big hits. The story was fascinating and well told but not one I would recommend for your must-see list.

With only a few months left in my scholarly career, I’m looking forward to getting my taste back for dramas. Comedies, roman-ces and action films are great, but the calibre of talent at-tracted to dramas can’t be beat. And with awards season heating up, I’ve got a lot of catching up to do if I want to hit up the whole list of best film nominees.

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Winter Festival of Wine, a grape successThe 2012 Sun Peaks Winter Festival of Wine was, by all estimations, a great success. The festival, now in its 14th year, attracted locals and visitors to the village to sample some of B.C.’s finest wine at more than 20 events over the course of nine days.“This year we had more sold-out events than last year,” beamed Melanie Simmons, Tourism Sun Peaks’ media relations specialist. The annual celebration of B.C. wine has become a staple on many people’s calendars.“More people are returning to the Wine Festival after experiencing it in the past,” says Simmons. “It’s becoming part of people’s yearly routine which is what we want to see.”One of those guests was Australia’s Bob Jurkschat who returned to Sun Peaks for his third visit, this time bringing along 17 of his friends.“It’s my third visit to Sun Peaks,” says Jurkschat. “I’ve been to a lot of wine festivals but I think the way this one is set up, the mixture of food, the wine, the music, makes it outstanding.” Many of the festival’s vintners have been coming since its inception and it’s the people and the community that bring them back year after year.“Sun Peaks just has this great energy,” says, Gerrit Van Staalduinen of BC Wine Shop. “Of all the wine shows we do, this is by far the coolest one.”Next year marks the 15th year for the Winter Festival of Wine and, according to Simmons, there are some big plans in the making.“It’s definitely a big year with 15 years of the Wine Festival,” she says. “I expect you’ll see some new events. Stay tuned!”

Variety’s Show of Hearts raises millions for B.C. families in needVariety – The Children’s Charity has a rich history of helping B.C. families by raising funds for children with special needs. The 46th annual Show of Hearts Telethon, the organization’s biggest fundraiser, takes place in February, providing an opportunity for British Columbians to see firsthand the difference their donation dollars are making across the province.Last year’s Show of Hearts Telethon helped raise over $7 million to support B.C.’s families in need. “These children depend on the generosity of British Columbians and Variety simply could not continue without their help,” says Barbie Hislop, Executive Director of Variety – The Children’s Charity. The telethon features 23 hours of concerts and performances by world renowned entertainers as well as moving and inspirational stories by some of the charity’s recipients. Top finalists from the Variety’s Got Talent competition will also appear on the telethon. The telethon airs on Global BC beginning at 7 p.m. February 11th through 6 p.m. February 12th.

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B.C. artist Kendra Dixson will be hosting an art show at Tree Line Studios on Feb. 25, celebrating 10 years of show-casing her work to the Sun Peaks community.

A full-time artist and work-shop instructor, Dixson has been an artist in residence at Mountain Galleries in Jasper and Banff, Alta. Her medium includes both acrylic and wa-tercolour snowscapes.

“My favourite scenes to paint are in the snow which is pure and elegant on its own,” she says. “I’ve found a lot of joy in finding all the different nu-ances of colour that you can actually find in snow and then making them come to life by painting in the shadows.”

Over the last de-cade Dixson’s style

has evolved, becoming much more bold.

“In the early years I painted with faded colours and little contrast, (but) as I gained con-fidence, I started adding darker shades and brighter colours.”

Dixson was one of the first artists to exhibit at Tree Line Studios and owner, George Terwiel looks forward to Dix-son’s return.

“We’ve been doing art shows with Kendra’s for 10 years and we’re really glad to have her come back in February,” says Terwiel.

Dixson’s show will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sat-urday, Feb. 25. Dixson will be at the gallery from 2 to 6 p.m.

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For the seventh year, Serenade in the Snow brought the music of the Kamloops Symphony Chamber Musicians to Sun Peaks.

Organized by Jim and Bi-jou Farrell and Ines Popig, the event was an evening of classical music, food and beverages, hosted in a Sun Peaks residence. Sixty clas-sical music lovers attended the fully sponsored show.

“That we can command

such talent in a little com-munity like ours and such organizational skills, musi-cological skills and culinary skills all in one place, in our living room as it were,” says show patron Roy Fox, “It makes (this) a truly unique community.”

The organization of the concert was revised this year to have its operating costs sponsored. Concert goers were invited to make donations to the evening’s charity, the Sun Peaks Ed-ucation Society (SPES), at

the door; a model that both Farrell and Barb Kupfer-schmidt Linder, president of the SPES, found to be favoured by patrons. The evening raised $4,150 for the school.

Kupferschmidt Linder is appreciative of the signifi-cant fundraising contribu-tion to the Education So-ciety.

“We’re very pleased, it was a very successful event,” she says. “The attendees love this type of event, and the music was excellent.”

Organizer Jim Farrell ex-plains that he and his wife Bijou sponsored the musi-cians for the event, while Petr Duda and Ines Popig, as well as Sun Peaks Lodge and Steakhouse and Bella Italia provided the food. Beverages were sponsored by Michael and Jennifer Howard and chocolates supplied by Peter and Lucy Guido of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

Serenade musicians were Cvetozar Vutev, Kamloops Symphony Orchestra’s con-cert master, on violin and viola, Sally Arai on clarinet, and Naomi Cloutier on pi-ano and harp. Junior musi-cians for the evening were Zana Farrell on violin and piano and Jasper Schoff on violin.

“The two young violinists were stunning,” says Fox. “Zana Farrell did her very best with Rondo Alla Turca by Mozart. A pretty aston-ishing achievement for an 11-year old, flawless.”

The success of this year’s event has organizers look-ing toward the future.

“I think, people really en-joyed it and it was probably our best one yet,” says Far-rell. “We’re thinking about next year’s one already.”

PHOTO: BIJOU FARRELL

the sound of music: Kamloops Symphony Orchestra’s concert master Cvetozar Vutev, right, accompanied by Zana Farrell and Jasper Schoff, performs for guests at the Serenade in the Snow.

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Carbon monoxide: silent and deadlySymptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning mirror those of the flu, resulting in many cases of carbon mon-oxide poisoning going un-reported. The “silent killer,” carbon monoxide (CO) is responsible for thousands of hospital visits every year in North America.

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kills someone,” says Speller. “These tragedies are prevent-able.”

Carbon Monoxide is cre-ated by incomplete burn-ing of natural gas and other materials containing car-bon. Common CO leaks in the home are from faulty or damaged heating appliances, improperly maintained fur-naces, and blocked chimneys.

Sun Peaks Utilities man-ager, Pat Miller stresses, “The real key is to have any of your equipment serviced on an annual basis by a qualified

professional.”To ensure your home is

safe, Health Canada recom-mends installing a carbon monoxide detector with both an audible and visual alarm. Batteries should be replaced every six months, and the device itself every 10 years. Never burn anything in a poorly vented stove or fireplace and don’t use ovens as a heat source. Never use outdoor cooking equipment indoors or leave a vehicle idling in a garage with the door shut.

Ditch the boots before getting behind the wheelSome skiers and snowboarders, especially those in a hurry to get to or from the mountain, often get behind the wheel with their ski or board boots on. While there’s no law expressly prohibiting driving in ski or snowboard boots, it’s not recommended for even the shortest distance.“It’s a really dangerous and unwise thing to do,” says Ingrid Brakop, ICBC’s road safety coordinator. “There’s a possibility you could be charged by the RCMP for driving without due care and attention.”Skiers and boarders should note, no matter the distance or hurry you’re in, take the time to put on proper footwear before getting behind the wheel.

Sun Peaks Facility Survey resultsPreliminary results of the Official Community Plan (OCP) Facility Survey have identified Sun Peaks residents’ top priorities for future projects within the resort municipality. Residents of Sun Peaks and Whitecroft, and guests to the resort, indicated that the recreational facilities they’d most like to see are additional valley trails, a covered ice rink/multi-purpose indoor facility and a fitness centre. When asked to rank social/cultural facilities, respondents put a community centre, an outdoor concert venue and a library/social centre at the top of the list. As for residents’ facilities, a health clinic topped the list at 95 per cent while a new school and employee housing rounded out the top three.The survey also asked respondents to select their top priorities to help gauge the most important projects overall. Topping the list at 82 per cent was a health clinic followed by a covered ice rink/multi-purpose indoor facility at 56 per cent. The respondents then ranked a new school at 53 per cent followed by a gym/fitness centre and a community centre tied at 41 per cent each.Input from the survey will aid prioritizing grant applications and capital planning.

Health centre still a considerationAlmost one year after funding was struck down by the Province, Sun Peaks Municipal Council has organized a committee to research the design and costs associated with building a health centre in Sun Peaks. The Municipality recently conducted a facilities survey and 82 per cent of the respondents indicated having a health centre in the community as a top priority. Once designs have been made and costs determined, council will conduct a referendum to determine whether or not to move forward with building the facility. “Once we know the final design and price tag, we can go out to the community and ask ‘what do you want us to do,’” says Byron Johnson, Sun Peaks Resort Municipality’s chief administrative officer.“If you want us to go get a provincial loan through municipal finance authority, we can build it. If you don’t want us to, we can wait for another government grant to come along and just hold everything in abeyance until such time.” Funding for the design of the health centre will be split equally between the Municipality and the Sun Peaks Health Association.

Grant sought for public arenaSun Peaks Municipal Council has applied to the Province for a $650,000 recreational facilities grant to build a multi-purpose facility in Sun Peaks. The project, which includes a covered arena, ice plant and other facilities, is split into three phases which will be implemented based on the amount of funding received.“We’ve actually submitted for Phase I and II at the same time,” says Byron Johnson, chief administrative officer for Sun Peaks Municipality. “Phase II is the ice plant, so if the government gives us $650,000 we’ll do both phases, however, if they only give out $400,000 we’ll probably only be able to do Phase I.”

Upcoming short-term rentals meetingThe second meeting addressing Sun Peaks’ short-term rental accommodations is slated for Feb. 11, 2012 at 3 p.m. at the Burfield Lodge and will once again be facilitated by the Whistler Centre for Sustainability. All residents and property owners are encouraged to attend to provide feedback on the characteristics, zoning and regulation requirements for short-term rentals in Sun Peaks. Once feedback has been received the Whistler Centre for Sustainability will make a report to Council with their recommendations for short-term rentals.


On Feb. 20, 2012 eight members of the Kamloops Fire Department (KFD) and 10 volunteers are embarking on a humanitarian mis-sion to Nicaragua, opening a village community centre that’ll feed the physical and intellectual needs of its resi-dents.

Operation Nicaragua IV is firefighter David Sakaki’s ninth trip to the tsunami and civil war ravaged re-gion since 2009. Since then members of the KFD have been providing equipment and financial support to help residents rise above their current situation, which for many, involves living in ex-treme poverty and filth at a site shared with the garbage dump.

“It’s just vile conditions, nobody needs to be living in filth like that and it needs to change,” says Sakaki.

This year, volunteers will deliver three fire trucks and

two containers of medical supplies for the new com-munity centre. The centre will host a medical clinic two to three days per week, and will feed up to 400 children who would otherwise scav-enge food from the dump.

Sakaki explains that for these children, an education is out of reach. “These are kids that can’t attend school because if they do, they can’t collect garbage and if they can’t collect garbage, they can’t eat.”

KFD Chief Neill Moroz believes the support they’re providing is priceless.

“To put a value on it would be difficult,” he says. “What-ever the dollar amount is, this equipment, be it medic-al equipment or stuff for the community centre or for the firefighters, it’s like getting a brand new truck or brand new equipment because they have next to nothing.”

“We need financial dona-tions so we can get these kids fed,” says Sakaki. “One

of the plans is if the kids want a meal they have to come and sit down and they’ll get about an hour of education every day. Hopefully we can start bringing that up to a couple hours a day and eventually just get them right out of the dump.”

Although the com-munity centre is only just opening, Sakaki is dreaming of the day when it closes permanently.

“Nothing’s going to make me happier than actually having to walk away from that community centre be-cause there’s nobody there,” he says. “Unfortunately, the only solution right now is a short-term one and that’s to make sure the kids get fed and to start providing them with an education.”

It takes vision, passion and determination to raise funds and equipment for communities in need. Every

project needs a strong leader and Moroz thinks Sakaki is the perfect man for the job.

“David’s a remarkable young man,” he says. “His drive and his energy to help others is never-ending. I’m always in awe of his organ-izational skills and his ability to fundraise, find the need and then take care of things.”

KFD is accepting cheques and cash donations at the city’s fire halls. Interested donors should make cheques payable to Kamloops Fire Department Operation Nicaragua.

Feeding bellies and brains

New business opens its doors at Sun PeaksThe Sun Peaks village stroll, outside the Heffley Boutique Inn, is now alive with vibrant colour and music with the opening of Inka’s World. Featuring handcrafted garments from Otavalo, Ecuador, Sun Peaks’ newest boutique has a rainbow of handmade sweaters, hats, scarves, mittens and ponchos. Partial proceeds from sales benefit children and families in Ecuador. Inka’s World will be open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week throughout the winter months.

PHOTO: KAMLOOPS FIRE DEPARTMENT

NEWS BRIEFS

$20 per ticket, with proceeds going to help Elli fund travel and training for

FIS World Cup events in Europe this spring.

Have a great pasta dinner and help support Sun Peaks’ own

Elli Terwiel in her quest for

World Cup glory and the 2014 Olympics!

Fundraising Dinner at Bento’s Saturday, Feb. 4th at 7:00 pm

including live music, fun ski race and auction.

Tickets available at the Adventure Centre, (VDL) or through the Sun Peaks Alpine Club.

Call Anne Terwiel for info: 250-578-7261

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Society Act discussion paper invites feedbackIn 2009 the Province launched a review of British Columbia’s Society Act that governs the 26,000 non-profit corporations operating in B.C. The review was undertaken to help the Province identify legislative obstacles that may impede societies from operating most effectively. The Province is inviting feedback on its discussion paper created as a result of the review.The discussion paper proposes a number of reforms based on the feedback received from over 200 stakeholders who responded during the initial consultation phase of the review. With the Province targeting new legislation by 2013, the new discussion paper is intended to garner feedback from interested parties on the possible direction of the proposed reforms.The official deadline for submissions is April 30, 2012.

After garnering countless headlines around the world last year for the shocking cull of its sled dogs, Outdoor Adventures Whistler (OAW) has gifted their entire operation to The Sled Dog Foundation, a newly created not-for-profit organi-zation dedicated to improving sled dog welfare. The Sled Dog Foundation will now own and manage all OAW operations.

Joey Houssian, owner of OAW has donated all assets

from the sled dog business, including leases, dogs, kennels and equipment, to the founda-tion and plans to provide con-tinued support to the founda-tion as it establishes its opera-tions.

“The allegations about how the sled dogs were treated came as a great shock to me and my staff,” says Houssian. “After significant consultation with animal welfare experts, academics and others, my team

concluded that we would try to influence positive change for the industry and for the wel-fare of sled dogs. We believe the creation of this foundation is the best way to achieve this.”

Sue Eckersley, who will chair the foundation’s board of di-rectors believes the donation provides a unique opportunity to improve animal welfare.

“The sled dog business will provide a committed source of ongoing funding for various

animal welfare programs and will be the basis for research on sled dog behavior and care,” she says.

The B.C. SPCA conducted an investigation into the cull of sled dogs at OAW and submit-ted its report to Crown Coun-sel in September 2011. They recommended animal cruelty charges under B.C.’s criminal code be laid, however, a final decision on charges has yet to be made by the Crown.

After 23 years of hosting speed demons from around the globe, the iconic Velocity Challenge speed skiing race at Sun Peaks has come to an abrupt halt for 2012.

What started in the late 1980s as a local speed skiing challenge between B.C. racers grew into an International FIS Speed Ski World Cup event attracting racers from up to 10 countries. For the last nine years the Sun Peaks Velocity Challenge and FIS Speed Ski World Cup held the unique position of being the only speed skiing event in North America.

Local support for the event has always been strong, but this year the event funding hurdle was insurmountable.

“Unfortunately, as with many sporting events around the globe these days, we failed to meet our required funding amounts to host a successful

event, and we had to make the very difficult decision to cancel,” explains Adam Earle, organizer and chief of race for the Velocity Challenge and FIS Speed Ski World Cup. “It wasn’t an easy decision, but hosting an inter-national ski race is exactly the same as running a business—if you can’t meet your budget, then you’re out of business. If the cancellation could’ve been avoided, it would’ve been as the Velocity Challenge, for many in the area, is a cornerstone event at Sun Peaks Resort and there are so many volunteers, spon-sors, racers and others involved.”

While the 2012 Velocity Challenge and FIS Speed Ski World Cup at Sun Peaks has been shelved for this season that doesn’t diminish the draw this event has on racers from around the world.

Swedish racer Christian Jans-son vowed a new course record

when the Swedes return to race at Sun Peaks in 2013.

“The Swedish team is really sad to hear that the Sun Peaks race is cancelled this year,” said Jansson. “You should know that the Swedish team thinks that Sun Peaks is a world-class race, we all hope we can come back next year to meet the happy people in Sun Peaks, make new

friends for life and ski fast. It’s time for someone to take a new track record on the Headwalls and we all hope we are welcome to try next year.”

Looking forward, Earle is steadfastly positive about the event’s future in coming years.

“When you look at where we started back in the ‘80s, just a small group of locals with shov-els trying to build a speed ski track, and fast forward to today where we are only one of eight or so ski resorts around the world with the know-how to host such an event. This speaks volumes about the commitment put forth by our volunteers, our sponsors, Sun Peaks Resort and the whole community of Sun Peaks. After 23 years of success this event is not going to just fade away be-cause of an economic burp like we experienced this year, we are going to regroup and come back bigger and stronger.”

No-go for 2012 Velocity Challenge

http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca/cep/fcsp/

society_act_discussion.htm

Whistler’s sled dog business donated

NEWS BRIEFS

Most Sun Peaks property owners will have noticed that the assessed value of their prop-erties has decreased, as per their property tax assessments.

“Most homes in Sun Peaks are down slightly in value com-pared to last year’s assessment roll,” says Graham Held, As-sessment B.C.’s deputy asses-sor. “Most homeowners in Sun Peaks will see changes in the -15 per cent to zero per cent range.”

Last year, properties in Sun Peaks were assessed at $574 million while this year they’re valued at $531 million, with just over $3.1 million added for new construction.

Changes in property assess-ments reflect movement in the local real estate market and can vary greatly from property to property. B.C. Assessment’s ap-praisers take current sales in the area, property size, age, quality, condition, view and location

into consideration when deter-mining the assessed value of a property.

“Property owners who feel their property assessment doesn’t reflect market value as of July 1, 2011, or see incor-rect information on their no-tice, should contact our office as indicated on their notice, as soon as possible in January,” says Held.

If, after speaking to an ap-praiser, property owners are still

not satisfied with their home’s appraised value, they may file a Notice of Complaint (appeal) by Jan. 31 for review by an inde-pendent panel. The panel meets between Feb. 1 and March 15 to hear formal complaints.

Property assessments pro-vide a foundation for local and provincial taxing authorities to raise more than $6.2 billion in provincial property taxes each year with those revenues fund-ing community services.

Burn Awareness Week, Feb. 5 to 11 To mark Burn Awareness Week, Sun Peaks Fire Rescue’s Captain Colin Cannon will be teaching students at the Discovery Centre about the dangers and treatment of burn injuries. Fire and burn injuries are the third leading cause of injury and death for children. A survey by Safe Kids Canada found that 70 per cent of Canadian parents didn’t know that most common cause of burn injuries to children is scalds. “Most adults realize that children need to be kept safe from fire or hot objects like the stove but they don’t realize that hot liquids are just as dangerous,” said Cannon. The most common cause of burn injuries is from hot liquids, such as spilled hot drinks and hot tap water, rather than fire.Because a child’s skin is thinner and more sensitive than an adult’s, their skin burns four times more quickly and more deeply than an adult’s skin at the same temperature. Most home hot water heaters in Canada are set at 60 degrees Celsius. At this temperature, a child’s skin can burn in just one second.If a burn occurs, cool the area with cold water. Don’t use ice or oils, and cool the burn for at least 10 minutes.

For more information on Burn Awareness visit:

www.burnfund.org

Sun Peaks’ property values down for 2012

PHOTO: ADAM STEIN

www.SunPeaksNews.com18 Vol. 10 Issue 2, 2012SPORTS

Telus Nancy Greene Corporate Challenge’s 16th yearThe Telus Nancy Greene Corporate Challenge returns to Sun Peaks Resort for its 16th year Feb. 17 and 18 and, according to Olympic champion and the event’s namesake, it’s a lot of fun for beginner and expert skiers alike.“It’s still as fun as it ever was,” grins Greene. “Even if you can only snowplow a blue run, you’re still welcome to join!”Since its inception in 1997 the event has raised over $350,000 to support the Sun Peaks Health Association, the Royal Inland Hospital Emergency Department and the

Sun Peaks Junior Racers. Teams of four will race a giant slalom with the best individual time counting as the team total. Racers will compete for one of three cups: Rosedale Cup for racers 60 and over; the McSporties Cup for those 50 to 59 and the Telus Cup for racers 19 to 49. This year, Greene is encouraging part-time residents of Sun Peaks to join in the fun.“If you own a home up here I encourage you to register a team,” she says.For $600 per team racers will enjoy a pre-race party, breakfast and lunch, the race and an evening celebration. Registration will be accepted until Feb. 14, 2012.

How do Sun Peaks racers measure success?

Results in competition? Sure. Improvement? Yes. Goals reached and reset? Of course. Having fun? Ab-solutely.

Now how does the Sun Peaks Alpine Club meas-ure success? By watching all of the above happen at the Teck Okanagan Zone GS races on Jan. 14 and 15. The level of skiing showed by our local team was impres-sive, to say the least. There were over 140 racers com-

peting in giant slalom over the two days, and the Sun Peaks Racers dominated the competition. Teams from the Okanagan and Prince George raced hard in three races and, judging by the results, our team is on the right track. Have a look at our K1 girls’ to the right.

Other Sun Peaks Racers that had outstanding per-formances were first year Josh Jacoby with two silvers and a bronze, Evan Monroe with a bronze and a fourth, Claire Madill with a bronze, and Pramod Thapa with a silver. Sage Pavlovich, Brian Buffel, Chase Duff and Anna Bruce all had top 10 performances as well.

The coaches, Bill Rublee, James Clarkson, Matthias Schmid, Michael Lee and Jim Knowles all deserve a huge pat on the back for training the kids well on the hill, and for giving them the confidence to know they

can do anything they set their minds to.

Club parents will remem-ber day two of the Zone race as the day we fought off the temptation to aban-don the kids and go ski the 30 centimetres of fresh powder that fell. Instead, parents and race organizers worked hard to make a safe race track for all the racers and parents. The racers did get to have a pretty sweet warm-up session, getting five powder runs in by 9 a.m.

A huge thanks to Sun Peaks Resort for their con-

tribution to the event, and to Powder Hounds Restau-rant, 5Forty Café and Deli, Jardines, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Mc-Sporties and Canuel Cater-ers and all the volunteers that donated so much.

On the freeskiing side of things, Sun Peaks Racers, Jackson and Sandy Philips and Liam Cartwright com-peted at the Red Mountain Canadian Freeskiing Open. All three guys ripped it up with Jackson finishing 4th and Sandy 6th in the seven to 11 age category. Jackson had the highest scoring second run. Our racers ski hard in all conditions and competitions.

John CrichtonCOACHES CORNER

John has been involved in ski racing for 31 years and coaching for 23.

He is currently the Program Director for the Sun Peaks Alpine Club and the Manager of the Nancy Greene

International Training Center.

[email protected]

IN BRIEF

Instructor training program launches its first yearThe Winter Sports Company has welcomed its first class of ski instructor trainees to Sun Peaks. Steve La Borde is excited to launch his first program at Sun Peaks.“I managed these courses in Jasper where I was approached by (former Sun Peaks Director of Ski School) Allan Brunelle to bring something similar to Sun Peaks,” he explains.Marketed to an international clientele, La Borde’s first class of instructor trainees hails from the U.K. and Australia. Totalling 22 students, the class is made up of a diverse group of people.

“It’s a brilliant age range, from 17 to 56,” says La Borde. “We’ve got people that want to start a (ski instructing) career as a young person and we’ve got one or two that are taking a gap year and are using it to improve their abilities.”The Sun Peaks Sports School provided instructors for the training, and although it’s only the first year working with Sun Peaks Resort, La Borde says the partnership will lead to future employment for some of his students.“The ski school director is going to take on two instructors from our group for next season,” he says.

After somewhat of a hiatus, La Niña seems to be back on track in the Monashees, providing more typical cold temperatures and light dry powder skiing conditions. The end of December pro-vided consistent snowfalls in the Monashees adding a storm slab of over a metre of snow on top of the sur-face hoar and suncrust layer buried in mid-December. This produced a series of avalanche cycles up to size three in the Monashees and Selkirks demonstrating that it was a time to keep it sim-ple and avoid consequential avalanche terrain.

A skiing event on Jan. 19 enforced the lesson of safe backcountry skiing habits. With a relatively simple snowpack of primary con-cerns for recent storm wind-slabs and possible weak bond to a suncrust buried on Jan. 13, potential for large propa-gative avalanches was low. After skiing from a windblown, low angle alpine

summit our group dropped into a treeline glade and re-grouped. Even though ski-ing steep convex slopes the previous day didn’t produce any reactivity in the storm snow the decision was made to ski the tight steep chutes, called DoubleVision, one at a time. The first skier started with a ski cut across the top with no results other than a good shred. As the second

skier entered the 45 degree slope a soft slab cut loose. The skier skied to the side and let the slab run out to the bottom of the chute. This event made the decision easy for the rest of the group; ski the slid chute and leave the second one for another day. It enforced good habits of skiing avalanche terrain one at a time.

With forecasted heavy snowfall for late January, be cautious of more load on buried windslabs in open areas treeline and above, and with it the potential for ava-lanches to release on the Jan. 13 suncrust.

Check the Public Ava-lanche Bulletin for updated conditions and advice for travelling in avalanche ter-rain. Snowpack and ava-lanche information is also available on the ACMG Mountain Conditions Re-port and PowderCloud.

January backcountry report

Aaron CoopermanMONASHEE

BACKCOUNTRY SKI REPORT

Aaron is a qualified ACMG Ski Guide,

CAA Professional & Owner of Sol Mountain Touring

www.solmountain.com

Check these advisories before heading into the mountains: avalanche.ca/cac/bulletins, acmg.ca/mcr and

powdercloud.com/public/report

For more about the Winter Sports Company visit:

wintersportscompany.com

For info and to download the registration form visit:

sunpeaksresort.com/events

Terwiel back on US racing circuitAfter competing in Europe and a brief return to Sun Peaks over the holidays, Elli Terwiel is back on the rac-ing circuit, competing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Skiing Championships at Sunday River, Maine.

Terwiel’s NCAA season got off to a strong start; she finished second in the GS and won the slalom event by 1.2 seconds.

“It was a great start to the season,” says Terwiel

whose racing season contin-ues in the weeks ahead. “I’m excited to continue racing in the NCAA races and then to go to Vail, for the Nor-Ams!”

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Teck Okanagan Zone GS K1 Girls’ results Jan. 14, 2012Giant Slalom, Ladies K1 RACE 11. CARTWRIGHT, Kate (SPAC) 1:07.512. SMITH, Sara (SPAC) 1:07.673. LUKINUK, Brooke (Big White Racers/Kelowna Ski Club)

1:09.304. VAN SOEST, Katrina (Vernon Ski Club) 1:09.395. DUFF, Mackenzie (SPAC) 1:09.476. COSTERTON, Nicola (SPAC) 1:09.857. WHITECROSS, Emily (SPAC) 1:10.008. KOVACS, Shaylyn (SPAC) 1:10.349. FARRELL, Zanna (SPAC) 1:10.3710. JARDINE-ARNOLD, Myka (SPAC) 1:10.93

Giant Slalom, Ladies K1 RACE 21. SMITH, Sara (SPAC) 1:06.382. FARRELL, Zanna (SPAC) 1:08.253. CARTWRIGHT, Kate (SPAC) 1:09.384. DUFF, Mackenzie (SPAC) 1:09.465. KOVACS, Shaylyn (SPAC) 1:09.806. LUKINUK, Brooke (Big White Racers/Kelowna Ski Club)

1:10.097. SCHROEDER, Sophie (Big White Racers/Kelowna Ski

Club) 1:10.278. JARDINE-ARNOLD, Myka (SPAC) 1:10.659. VAN SOEST KATRINA, (Vernon Ski Club) 1:11.4910. WHITECROSS, Emily (SPAC) 1:11.51

For complete Teck Okanagan results, visit:

ww.bcalpine.com

To keep track of Terwiel’s racing follow her at:

elliterwiel.blogspot.com

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY JOHN CARTWRIGHT

mEdlEy OF mEdAlS: Sun Peaks’ K1 alpine race girls dominated the top 10 of the Teck Okanagan Zone GS races in January.

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Adaptive Snow Sports Festival, Feb. 3 to 5The fourth annual Adaptive Snow Sports Festival at Sun Peaks unfolds Feb. 3 to 5. The event features a “Meet and Greet,” equipment demonstrations and opportunity to take a lesson on Saturday, and the popular Guesstimation Race on Sunday, followed by a wind-down and awards at Masa’s Bar & Grill. “Disabled students guess what time they’ll finish their own individual slalom race (in the Guesstimation race) and the closest to their time wins an award at our medal ceremony,” explains Veronica Connors of the Adaptive Snow Sports Program (ASSP). “Nancy Greene often has a race with one or two them and tries to match her guesstimated time. A crowd lines the fence with cow bells to cheer them all on. A highlight is the race with their able bodied family member or friend which they’ve never had the chance to do,” says Connor.Last year 25 racers competed in the Guesstimation race, and many more disabled guests test drove the specialized equipment and took mini lessons offered by ASSP volunteer instructors. “So many wheelchair bound prospective students wanted to try out the sit-skis (last year) we were crazy busy,” says Connors. “They’re hooked on skiing now and rebook each year for the series of eight weekly lessons we offer to locals.”Adaptive snow sports are on the rise, especially at Sun Peaks with the expanded instructional options offered through the ASSP and Snow Sports School. Keep your eyes open for sit-skis, Sno-limos, outriggers and sliders on the slopes.


She competed at big mountain events and at January’s Dew Tour in Killington, Vt., but local freeskier, Emma Whitman had her eye on a bigger prize—making the podium at the 2012 X Games in Aspen, Colo.

“The X Games are pretty much the Olym-pics of extreme sports,” explains Whitman “For a long time snowboard-

ing, snowmobiling and freeskiing weren’t part of the Olympics, so the X Games was started to fill that void.”

Whitman’s journey to the Dew Tour was helped along by plenty of support from the Sun Peaks community who raised $1,200 to send her to Vermont.

“I’m extremely thank-ful for the support I received from the com-munity,” says Whitman

She’s thankful too

that, although she didn’t have the podium finish she had hoped for, she came off the course with all her body parts intact.

“The course was really challenging, and it claimed knees everywhere,” exclaimed Whitman. “More than anything I’m so relieved and proud that I was able to come out of this competition unscathed after watching many of my fellow competitors

get eaten alive by the difficult course and the unpredictable winds.”

Whitman, had hoped a strong finish in Ver-mont would set her up for X Games success and perhaps clear the way to a bigger goal, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi where slope-style skiing will finally be a sanctioned event.

“They just recently al-lowed slopestyle in the 2014 Olympics; I don’t have my eyes set on that, but I’m certainly not going to not try for it,” she explains.

Whitman believes this is her year to make it or break it. While the path to the Olympics might not yet be clear, she does know, “The women on the Olym-pic teams have all com-peted and podiumed at the X Games.”

With her continued dedication to her sport and the ongoing sup-port of her family, friends and the com-munity of Sun Peaks, Whitman may still have a shot at joining that elite group of ath-letes.

X marks the spot for Whitman

PHOTO: RILEY SNYDER

Riding the Rails: With support from friends and family in Sun Peaks, freeskier Emma Whitman hit the Dew Tour hoping to earn a spot at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo.

in BRIEF

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February 17–18: 16th Annual TELUS Nancy Greene Corporate ChallengeThis fun GS race is for skiers and riders of all abilities. Assemble a team of family, friends, or co-workers and help support local beneficiaries: Sun Peaks Health Association, Sun Peaks Junior Racers, and the Royal Inland Hospital Emergency Department.

February 19: Penguin “Belly Slide” Race Join us for this popular Tod Mountain tradition in celebration of our Golden Anniversary. Participating ‘penguins’ will speed through a fun GS course in their provided suits with a unique finish on their bellies! Registration is limited. Special thanks to our event partner, Kamloops Computer Centre.

3D Card Sale Extended!Back by popular demand, 3D Cards will remain available for purchase for the entire 2011–12 winter season. This is the best multi-day lift ticket deal you’ll find anywhere, so get yours online or at Guest Services today!

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Oronge presents The Garden Rail Jam

in the Terrain Park on February 12.

NOT INTO GATES?HIT THE PARK!

Australia wins Family CupThe Canucks and Kiwis were taken down by the Aussies at this year’s Family Cup. The annual event attracts families from around the world to Sun Peaks for a week-long series of ski and snowboarding events. “The numbers for the Saturday race were slightly down, but other events through the week surpassed our forecasts,” says Colin Brost, Director of Sales for Tourism Sun Peaks (TSP). “The participants were very happy with this year’s event.”TSP and event organizers are already making plans for next year’s event which is slated for Jan. 6 to 13, 2013.


#20 The PeaksSouth facing townhouse with mountain and golf course views. 3 level town home features a stone fireplace, 3 sun decks, open concept with new tile floor-ing, plus a non-conforming studio suite with separate entrance. Private hot tub and all furnishings are included. HST not applicable.

$329,900

#32 Crystal ForestBright and clean 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom townhouse with warm pine finishing, 2 secure underground park-ing spaces, fully furnished with private hot tub, cozy river rock fireplace, open & functional floor plan, spacious patio & sun deck, close to village. Mountain views & great ski-in/ski-out access.

$325,000

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activities Sun Peaks Resort has to offer! This is your opportunity to be part of

one of Canada’s top ski resorts.We have the second largest skiable

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admirer of natural beauty, outdoor adventure and all the pleasures of

mountain living. Join the generations of families who call Sun Peaks home.

Fireside Lodge starting at: $111,900

Nancy Greene’s Cahilty Lodge starting at:

$110,000Hearthstone Lodge starting at:

$19,900Sundance Lodge starting at:

$22,500Delta Residences starting at:

$105,000

It’s a pleasure to show this delightful townhouse located in The Peaks. Bright open design with good size dining area and living room that features a beautiful corner rock fireplace. Attractive wood flooring in the kitchen and dining room is a tasteful touch and this home has two private bedrooms and two full baths. Tandem car garage and plenty of extra storage space, offered fully furnished with hot tub and HST is not applicable.

$295,900

February Resort Feature: #26 The Peaks

Village Condo Suites Residential Lots

Limited Time Offer!The Developer is offering next 2 lots at 25% discount

Starting at: $206,250Choose the way you see the mountain.These larger lots are superior with south & west facing orientation that provides desirable sun exposure along with panoramic mountain and valley views. Ski-in/ski-out location, affordable, convenient and scenic . . . what are you waiting for?

#28 Burfi eld HeightsWith true ski-in/ski-out access, this condo was completely rebuilt from the foundation up, w/unique split level design with 4 bedrooms and 2 full baths featuring a clawfoot tub and steam shower, recessed lighting, cozy fireplace with attractive built-ins, heated tile floors. HST exempt.

$289,900

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Luxury condos delivering the highest standard of accommodation and presentation at Sun Peaks. Full concrete structure and advanced stan-dards of environmental efficiency. Conveniently located in the village adjacent to McGillivray Creek & valley trail. These mountain homes are beautifully decorated and ready for immediate possession. Elevator, se-cure underground parking and fantastic location.

Great opportunity to run your own business. Available to lease or buy in Sun Peaks newest luxury development, Kookaburra Lodge, right in the heart of Sun Peaks. High traffic exposure and good storefront visibility. Concrete structure for strength and acoustic and fire qualities. Sprinkler system in place. Phone listing agent for details.

#29 Trapper’s LandingThis superior entry level mountain home has never been rented, and comes completely furnished for your next visit. 4 bedrooms plus large family room compli-ment this exclusive town home. Ski-in/ski-out, with private garage, extra storage, large deck for entertaining with beautiful mountain views. HST is not applicable.

$509,000

#6 WoodhavenImmaculate ski-in, ski-out town home with 2 bedrooms plus bonus room. Adjacent to 15th hole of Sun Peaks Golf Course this home offers a spacious kitchen, dining and living area ac-cented w/luxurious granite countertops in kitchen and cozy rock fireplace. Offered furnished with a hot tub.

$409,000

2 McGillivray Creek4 bedroom plus family room, 3 bath townhouse located adjacent to the Mt. Morrisey chair lift. Convenient access to the valley trail, golf course, skating rink and village. Private hot tub, fireplace, bright, spacious layout, elevated win-dows, granite counter tops and offered fully furnished.

$509,900

1402 Burfi eld DriveImmaculate 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath, 1/2 duplex w/spacious family room & office area. Four level split home has tranquil creekside setting with ski-in access of Mt. Morrisey & convenient ski-out access to the Burfield Lift. Two master bedrooms w/private ensuites make it easy for two families to purchase together.

$409,000

#61 Settler’s CrossingThis 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom mountain home is conveniently located on the corner giving you great light and access to the mountain and golf course. Settle for only the best with terrific ski-in/ski-out access that comes fully furnished with your own hot tub.

$269,000

#15 Forest TrailsThis 3 bedroom level entry ski-in/ski-out town home backs onto green space with a creek. Features single car garage, covered sun deck, heated tile floors & cozy rock fireplace. Just steps from the Valley Trail & village & comes fully furnished to pro-vide you with the convenience of a home away from home. HST not applicable.

$339,000

#2 Crystal ForestCozy upper floor 1 bedroom condo with private sun deck and ski-in/ ski-out location. Underground parking, extra ski storage space, sunny southern ex-posure, heated tile floors in the kitchen and bathroom. Close to village and all amenities, comes fully furnished. HST not applicable.

$189,000

#25 The CottagesInviting home located at Fairways Cot-tages. Main floor features custom, open kitchen w/hardwood & tile throughout. Living room has custom rock fireplace w/timber mantle. Master bedroom features elegant French doors. Full walk-out basement & large deck on wooded creek.

$479,000

#12 WoodhavenThis beautiful 2 bedroom town home offers exceptional finishing detail including timber and stone, heated tile floors, fir cabinetry, large 2-car tandem garage, private decks and a superior location. Ski-in/ski-out convenience, adjacent to 15th fairway of Sun Peaks Golf Course.

$420,000

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