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Drawn by the lights: Tyler and Owen Elton stand mesmerized by the festive Christmas light ornaments for sale by Armstrong resident Sue Klassen at the Eagle River Secondary Christmas Craft and Trade Fair held Saturday at the school’s gymnasium. Photo by Lachlan Labere
Council rescinds $13,440 grant advance for sledders
Queest trailhead: Decision puts proposed parking improvements on hold until next year. By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Sicamous council is back-pedalling on a decision to foot a $13,440 advance on a grant-in-aid request from the Eagle Valley Grooming Society. At their Nov. 14 meeting, council voted to rescind their decision to approve in advance, grant money from a $20,000 application to be submitted by the society for 2013 grant-in-aid requests. Council approved the advance at their Oct. 10 meeting, after hearing from staff, and society general manager Gord Bushell, that the money was needed for work that may resolve parking and safety issues along
Sicamous-Solsqua Road near the Queest Mountain trailhead. Bushell explained that property at 1721 Hillier Road was being donated for parking, but accessing it requires construction of a roadway. Works services manager Grady MacDonald explained that concerns had been raised, both by the RCMP and from Solsqua residents, about sledders travelling along the road, and Coun. Terry Rysz referred to the situation as a serious safety concern. But Couns. Fred Busch and Greg Kyllo, who chaired the meeting, said they were uncomfortable approving the grant-in-aid request prior to 2013 budget deliberations. “Personally, I feel it would be premature
at this point to make a commitment on funds without having to proceed with all the applications and going through our budget deliberations,” said Kyllo. District financial services director Ruth Walper said the advance would have to be reflected in the district budget as a grant in aid for 2012, adding that funding had already been expended. District community planning officer Mike Marrs then explained that zoning on the donated property wouldn’t permit a parking area. He suggested the property owner could apply for a temporary use permit. This was the route recommended by staff at council’s Nov. 14 meeting, after the advance was rescinded.
Bushell wasn’t overly upset by council’s decision as he later explained to the News that the project would have to be put on hold for this sledding season. “It was just a shot in the dark,” said Bushell. “Administration indicated, make a pitch to the council and see if it will pass. It did, but I understand where they’re coming from. Council can’t really approve works without approving the budget first.” As an interim measure, Bushell said the society may look at putting up additional signage along the road, with the support of the district. Other than that, he said there’s little else that can be done until the new year.
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A 52-year old Sicamous-area man has been charged with impaired driving after leaving the scene of a single vehicle accident where police found his licence plate. Sicamous RCMP Const. Pat Pyper says that on Sunday, Nov. 18 at around 2 p.m., the detachment received a report of an impaired driver travelling west
through Malakwa along the Trans-Canada Highway. Investigating officers found a damaged utility pole but no vehicle. They did find a front licence plate, believed to have broken off the suspect’s vehicle after the driver veered right off the highway and hit a lamp post, reported Pyper. Pyper said police then received a report of a “guy at a residence
who had been drinking,” and whose vehicle had extensive front-end damage. Police eventually located the damaged vehicle, a green Saturn, with the 52-year-old driver, on Arnold Frontage Road. “He denied hitting anything,” says Pyper, “but the deployed airbag had been cut out and was on the driver’s seat.” Pyper said the sus-
pect had also repaired a front tire, and the damaged tire was found in the backseat. The man’s vehicle was towed and he was administered a 90-day driving prohibition, as well as being charged with impaired driving. Police are also investigating a single motor vehicle incident that occurred on Saturday, Nov. 17 at around 1 p.m. Pyper says the driver,
who had been out hunting, was driving westbound on Highway 1 when he crossed double solid lines, drove into a guard rail and eventually wound up going down an embankment. The driver was taken to hospital and released the same day. Pyper says police are chalking the incident up to fatigue, and the man is being charged with driving without due care and attention.
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District considers partnership with Trail Alliance By Lachlan Labere
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The Shuswap Trail Alliance is seeking a $30,000 commitment over the next three years from the District of Sicamous for maintenance and/or construction of local trail infrastructure. Council received the request in a letter from Shuswap Trail Alliance chair Winston Pain. Included with the letter was a copy of the alliance’s three-year operational plan, which Pain provided to the district for review and input. Speaking to the request, $10,000 over three years from the district, Pain says this would be matched by $90,000 from other core partners to advance the regional trail strategy. “Leadership throughout the Shuswap has worked hard to put shape to this
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plan linking each of our communities under a united trails strategy – one that builds on our regional identity as a centre for active healthy living connected to our natural environment, while serving local partners,” writes Pain. The letter notes how, since 2006, the Alliance has leveraged more than $1.5 million in new infrastructure, including the Larch Hills Traverse and Sicamous switchbacks ($360,000), Sicamous Creek Falls and Eagle River Nature Trails upgrades ($67,000) and annual trail stewardship/maintenance ($60,000). The funding requested from Sicamous and partners would go towards: ongoing trail stewardship, local greenway priorities, including Highway 97A and the Bayview lookout, destination trail priorities including the Joss,
Anstey and Perry River trails, new destination programming and guide content with Shuswap Tourism, and the anticipated Sicamous to
Coun. Greg Kyllo Grindrod rail-trail corridor, expected to cost at least $750,000. Coun. Don Richardson was initially reluctant to support the request, noting Sicamous has other priorities to contend with. Coun. Fred Busch then argued in favour of the partnership. “I think this is also an investment in our program of trying to enhance some of the
November 21-Ladies Evening out. 7:00 pm at the Senior’s Activity Centre. Christmas Story, Carols Singing, Door Prizes. Special Music Brianna and Riley. Please bring your donations for the food bank. Admission by donation. All ladies are welcome. November 23 & 24 - $2 Bag Sale at Sicamous United Church Thrift Shop. 10 am 3 pm. Clothing & Shoes.. December 1- Eagle Valley Artisans Arts & Crafts Sale, 10 AM – 3 PM at the Red Barn in Sicamous, 226 Riverside Ave. For info call 250-836-4613 Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday- Sicamous Lions Club meets at the Sicamous Seniors Activity Centre, 1090 Shuswap Ave, Sicamous. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00 pm. Everyone Welcome. For info contact Joan at 250-836-4876 or Kathy at 250-836-3267 Every 1st & 3rd Wed.- Parkinsons Support Group at First united Church. 20 - 4th Street SE, Salmon Arm at 10 am. Contact Doreen at 250-836-2509. Every 1st & 3rd Wed. Eagle Valley Photography Club starts on Oct 17. Everyone welcome. 7 pm at the Red Barn. Every 4th Mon.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 7 p.m.
infrastructure in our community to make it desirable for people to come here,” said Busch. “It’s not just for the sake of beautifying or something like that. It’s something that would bring some benefit to the community, so I’m rather reluctant to just throw it out.” Couns. Joan Thomson and Terry Rysz added their voices in favour of the proposal. Coun. Greg Kyllo, acting as deputy mayor, agreed with points from both sides, then said what he liked about the program is the potential for Sicamous to leverage funding. “For us to undertake any of these projects on our own would cost us five or six times as much,” said Kyllo. “We’ve got a fairly reasonable parks and rec budget, we’re undertaking a new trail along High-
Third Sunday of the month -Regular meeting of the Eagle Valley Artisans Guild. 3:30 pm - Red Barn, Sicamous. Guests welcome. For info contact Terry Sinton: 250836-4613. Every Monday and Thursday -Chairbiotics (low impact exercise) Seniors activity Centre 10:00 am. Join us. $2 each. Every Mon. & Fri. - Bridge, Seniors Activity Centre, 1 p.m. Every Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700. Every Tues. - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club rehearsals, 7:00 p.m., Red Barn Arts Centre. 836-4705. Tues. & Thurs. - Carpet Bowling at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at 1 p.m. Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven. Every Wed. Wednesday Arts for Everyone. 10 am - 3 pm starting September 5. For info contact Juanita at 250-836-3019 or Gail- at 250-836-5472
way 97A to the tune of $150,000 this year. Finding $10,000 out of our budget moving forward, I don’t see it being too challenging.” Community planning officer Mike Marrs then suggested some of the funding might be covered by development cost charges. “We have a sizeable amount of money sitting there that hasn’t really been utilized,” replied Kyllo, who then asked district administrator Heidi Frank if the funding could be from somewhere other than the district grant-in-aid budget. Frank said staff needed to look at whether those funds would go into the district. Council then chose to defer the matter, allowing staff time to gather additional information.
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Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides 5:30 pm. New members welcome Every Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon. Every Wed. - Seniors Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Esther 836-4373. Every Wed. - T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for info Every Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m. Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652 Every Thurs.-Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome. Every Thurs.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome.
Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095 Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-836-2695. Every 2nd and 4th Thurs. Options For Sexual health from 7 to 9 p.m., Sicamous Health Unit. Every 3rd Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:30 in the Malakwa Hall. Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at Catholic Church. 836-3440. Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club, Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! Every Sat. - Outdoor market – back parking lot of Sicamous Legion $10/space. No booking required. No required start or end times. Every 1st & 3rd Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Royal Canadian Legion #99 at 7:00 pm. Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 p.m. Last Saturday of every month -Sicamous Royal Canadian Legion #99 Ladies Auxilliary dinner 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
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Arnold joins Liberal race for Shuswap riding By Tracy Hughes
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Mel Arnold, a 53 year old lifetime resident of the Shuswap area, has become the fifth candidate to officially join the race to represent the Shuswap riding for the BC Liberals. “I’ve been a resident of the area all of my life, so I know the issues and I know I can make a difference,” he says. Arnold, a previous president of the BC Wildlife Federation and committee chair for the Canadian Wildlife Federation, has worked continuously since graduating from Salmon Arm Secondary in 1976, either as an employee or as a
self-employed businessman. Arnold has operated a successful marine and RV business in Salmon Arm for the past 23 years. “I take pride in the lifestyles in the Shuswap area and want to work with others as partners to build on local and provincial values. I want to contribute to the overall goals of the BC Liberal Party and help bring certainty to business in the area. I also know the environmental challenges facing us in the future and feel I can help find a balance in planning for future growth.” Arnold is an outdoor enthusiast, raised in an angling and hunting family and learned from an early age the
values of B.C.’s resources. Arnold was an appointed repre-
Mel Arnold sentative to the City of Salmon Arm Environmental Management Advisory Committee for eight years and in 2010 was appointed to the Provincial Species at Risk Task Force to review relative provincial, national and global legislation. “We need opportunities for youth in
this area and sustainable growth,” he told the News, suggesting partnerships with business, First Nations and community groups will help accomplish this. The other candidates include former Salmon Arm mayor Marty Bootsma, Sicamous Coun. and businessman Greg Kyllo, former Spallumcheen mayor Will Hansma and Jordan Ross, a Salmon Arm businessman and a former vice president of the Shuswap BC Liberal Riding Association. This makes the race one of the most hotly contested in the province. “We are very pleased with the five candidates we have
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crisis in health care has been looming in Enderby for months, and now the situation has escalated. With three doctors already gone in the past nine months and another departing in January, there is the prospect of only one physician serving more than 7,000 residents. For some people, that will mean travelling to Vernon or Salmon Arm for appointments and that will be extremely difficult for those who don’t have vehicles or live in more rural settings. Additional pressure could also be placed on already overcrowded hospitals. Recruitment may pay off with at least one new doctor by August. But summer is a long way off. The Interior Health Authority and the Ministry of Health must immediately establish a concrete plan to address the expected gap in service. The plan will involve interim doctors, but there must be a guarantee that they will be there consistently. MLA George Abbott, a former health minister, must also get directly involved in the process to ensure his constituents’ needs are addressed. For the long-term, aggressive recruitment is required to ensure that such a serious situation doesn’t arise again. Not only does that mean promoting Enderby as a great place to live, there have to be financial incentives. Specifically, the City of Enderby has asked the Ministry of Health to revisit how doctors are paid because there appears to be a discrepancy between Enderby and other communities in B.C. When someone is considering on where to move, money talks. As Sicamous and Chase residents are well aware, Enderby isn’t the only community facing a shortage. Across B.C., there are towns without sufficient medical care. There are no easy solutions but as conditions in Enderby demonstrate, the time for leadership is now. -Vernon Morning Star
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Foster care system failing B.C. youth By Tom Fletcher News Columnist
VICTORIA – If you find Premier Christy Clark’s campaign against teen bullying to be superficial or even self-serving, I’ve got news for you. It’s potentially worse than that. With the greatest respect to the family of Amanda Todd, her tragic case isn’t representative of teen suicide any more than it is typical of high-school bullying. A clearer and more disturbing picture emerges from the latest report of B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond. It’s a survey of 89 child protection cases from 2007 to 2010, where 15 kids killed themselves and the rest inflicted serious self-injury, in some cases repeatedly. The word “bully” does not appear in the report. It speaks of domestic violence, physical and sexual abuse, addiction and run-
aways targeted by street predators. Three quarters of the kids were removed from their homes to protect them from their parents. More than half are aboriginal. Its key conclusion is that shifting traumatized and mentally ill teens from institutional care to foster homes isn’t working. Earnest but inadequately trained foster parents and social workers can’t cope with kids who need diagnosis, treatment and supervision. Without that, kids are shuffled through foster homes an average of a dozen times in three years, with little attachment to home or school. Some were violent – no surprise given their formative years. I asked Turpel-Lafond about the B.C. government’s recent focus on bullying. She said it’s worthwhile, and there are parallels between Amanda’s case and more com-
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mon teen suicides. One is isolation at moments of crisis. “Say you’re a middleclass parent with a child who hasn’t come out of their bedroom in six months, or you have a boy in foster care who’s in his 14th home,” she said. “They both want to kill themselves, so what do you do?” Ideally, you intervene and get them to a child psychologist. Parents or guardians who can’t afford $150 an hour can wait months for the Ministry of Children and Family Development to arrange it. And in the meantime, our supposedly family-based foster care system sends them to school. “I’m really worried about how [school-based anti-bullying programs] will affect the most vulnerable kids, because you start anonymously reporting someone as being a bully,” Turpel-Lafond said. “Yeah, we know they’re in the
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youth justice system. We know they’re troubled. By the way, they’ve been sexually and physically abused, jumped through 30 foster homes, and now we want to label them again?” This is not to suggest that the existing B.C. effort isn’t substantial. The ministry reports that there are 2,221 front-line staff positions, of which 219 are currently vacant. It’s notoriously difficult to recruit, train and keep child protection workers, especially in remote communities. Turpel-Lafond says her latest figures show the child and youth mental health service has 476 staff, with 21 vacancies and a government-wide hiring freeze. And many of those are doing double duty as community service managers. Those managers don’t even have reliable data on case loads, she said. They just know they’re overwhelmed and many of the kids aren’t being reached.
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From the hill COlin mayes by the person who is gravely ill. We believe that during such times you should not have to choose between keeping your job and caring for your family. We haven’t stopped there. The recent compassionate legislation, which has been put forward includes Bill C-44, the Helping Families in Need Act. This act implements changes which provide EI benefits to parents of critically ill or injured children, and it provides income support to parents of murdered or missing
children. I believe that this is a very commonsense piece of legislation, and had to wonder why something like this had not been previously implemented. I recently made mention of this during committee to the Hon. Diane Findlay, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, to which she commented that; “in fact, we’ve been trying to bring various components of this bill forward for about five or six years now… This bill is one of the benefits of having a stable majority government. We’re finally able to put it through.” There are many other pieces of legislation and policies that we put forward which demonstrate our commitment to supporting Canadian citizens in times of need. We are establishing an “orphan drug” strategy which
supports research and provides resources that will help improve the health of Canadians living with a rare disease. We’re introducing a new approach for the authorization of drugs for rare diseases, and will launch a new web portal to assist patients in finding the information and services they need more easily. Furthermore, members of the Canadian Forces who are ordered to return to duty while on parental leave, or whose parental leave is deferred because of an imperative military requirement, now can access their EI parental benefits following their child’s birth or adoption. And through the Enabling Accessibility Fund, we’re removing barriers for people living with disabilities by improving access to facilities, activities and services
enabling all Canadians to participate more fully in society. This may include renovations, construction and retrofitting of buildings, modifications of vehicles for community use or enhancements to make information and communication technologies more accessible. I am aware of the sentiment that it is easy to be generous with other people’s money, so to be clear, it is with your EI premiums and your tax dollars that these benefits are paid. But after listening to parents who have had their child abducted or murdered, or individuals with close family relatives who are dying of cancer or other lifethreatening illnesses, I am certain that you would agree that implementing these new benefits on your behalf is the right thing to do.
On behalf of the City of Salmon Arm, District of Sicamous and Columbia Shuswap Regional District, the Shuswap Emergency Program (SEP) would like to thank all the people, organizations and businesses who helped us throughout the flooding event this spring. The generous contributions of your time, effort and resources were invaluable in helping our communities in their time of need. SEP is always welcoming new community volunteers! If you would like to know more about volunteering opportunities, please attend the Shuswap Emergency Program Open House on Friday, November 23rd at Piccadilly Mall, across from the library, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Students strive to make a difference On behalf of the Eagle River Secondary’s social justice class of 2012, we would like to say thank you to the communities of Sicamous, Malakwa and Salmon Arm. You were instrumental in making our class such a success. This course was fun and provided us with a great learning experience. We learned so much about our community as well as the satisfaction we gained by volunteering wherever needed. In only two months,
we: collected 36 pairs of glasses for developing countries, six ounces of stamps for the Easter Star cancer fundraiser, picked up 18.5 bags of garbage in the community, collected 27 pairs of shoes for a shoe swap, put together three boxes for the women’s shelter, planted 312 bulbs at the seniors’ centre, volunteered 141 hours in the community, raised $1383.19 for ALS research, collected 7,580 pennies for Water For Life, picked up 165 pounds of garbage in
the annual Great Shoreline Cleanup, filled 26 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, collected $308.07 for Toonie Tuesday, collected 183 pounds of food for the food bank, raised $48.75 for the SPCA, solicited funds for the local food bank with Food for Families, collected 61 books for children in Africa, raised $28.96 for Shannon’s Dream, made 15 stuffed animals for BC Children’s Hospital, raised $135 with the 30 Hour Famine, donated $25 to Kiva to fund an
entrepreneur in Peru, and made brown sugar pucks for a fundraiser with the local youth group’s Advent Conspiracy Well Project. We hosted a beef on a bun fundraiser for the SPCA, sold poppies for the Royal Canadian Legion, we will be manning the Salvation Army Christmas Kettles and plan on
volunteering at Second Harvest and the local United Church Thrift Store. We hope that we made a difference in our small town and that we can continue with this class in future years. Desiree MarshallPeer and the ERS social justice class
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SICAMOUS EAGLES PLAYER PROFILE Position: Forward Home Town: Burns Lake, BC Age: 19 Height: 6’ 2” Weight: 200 Prev Team: Sicamous Eagles Hobbies / Interests: Personal Hero: Mom, Dad Goals / Objectives: Win a Ring Favorite NHL Team: Toronto Maple Leafs Favorite Player: Bobby Orr Favorite Music: Country Favorite Food: Shrimp What do you like best about playing hockey in Sicamous: The fans and the boys
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The Eagle Valley Arts Council is hosting a Christmas concert on Sunday, Dec, 9 for the Shuswap Singers. I encourage everyone to come to this concert to ring in the festive season. By now, the story of the Shuswap Singers is well known. They have been in existence since 1962. It started as an outgrowth of a night school course led by Tom Brighouse (who is still singing with the choir). He reorganized the group as the Salmon Arm Choral Society with a first performance in the Spring of 1962. The choir became known as the Shuswap Singers in 1972 to reflect the membership which came from surrounding areas. The choir will be led by Lori Onsorge. After
some years of absence, she is back and brings so much energy to the choir. Onsorge received her voice training and a choral conducting course at the Canadian Mennonite Bible College in Winnipeg, and later sang with the Vancouver Cantata Singers, and performed with many of the finest choirs in the Lower Mainland as well as conducting community choirs. The pianist is Marlene Engel, who has been with the choir for a number of years and always does a fabulous job. It is quite a special talent to accompany a choir. The choir currently has 50 members, and I am anticipating how wonderful the sound will be in the Red Barn Arts Centre where the acoustics are phenomenal. I know the barn will be filled to the rafters with the wonderful harmonies. The Shuswap Singers will sing a variety of music, from old favourites to new arrangements. Songs such as Now is the Carolling Season, the Appalachian Carol, I Wonder as I Wander,
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Choral Music during performances held in May in Salmon Arm. File photo the traditional Italian, How Unto Bethlehem, and two pieces by choir composer John Rutter – The Very Best Time of the Year and Jesus Child. There will be a medley woven into The Christmas Story, composed by Roger Wagner and narrated by Eileen Kutcha. Some songs will have soloists, trios and Gail Viens will accompany on flute for two pieces. And maybe, just maybe, there will be a sing-along. It promises to be an afternoon of wonderful entertainment filled with Christmas spirit. Please buy your tickets in advance since the choir charges two different rates. At the
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High standards earn Sicamous Askew’s national honours By Lachlan Labere
Platinum pride: Sicamous
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Consistently striving to be the best has earned Sicamous’ Askew’s Foods a National Platinum Award from the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers. The award was handed out in October at the 50th Annual Canadian Independent Grocer of the Year Awards in Toronto. Present from the Askew’s family was Askew’s CEO Davis Askew, Brian Hoshizaki, Colleen Davis and Sicamous Askew’s owner/manager Ron Daniel. “Askew’s has been the model of consistency in the grocery store industry for a long time now,” says Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (CFIG) CEO John F.T. Scott. “We are very pleased that David and his team have been recognized for their outstanding contribution.” A CFIG national platinum award is awarded when a grocer earns an Award of Merit for 10 consecutive years. To do this, the CFIG conducts an annual inspection of member stores to see if certain standards are being met. “What they score you on is a clean parking lot, painted lines… customer service desk, pharmacies, a clean washroom up front, a clean store, that type of thing,” says Daniel, adding that if one award of merit is missed, the count towards a platinum award goes back to zero. “What I’m more proud of than the platinum award… is every year we have rated higher than the average,” says Daniel. “So we have, for 10 consecutive years, been better than the average grocery store that has received an award of merit.” Where the Sicamous store lost points in this year’s inspection, says Daniel, is for not having a pharmacy, and not having per-100-gram pricing on the shelves. This, he says, would make it easier for customers to compare brands and pricing. “That’s one thing we should probably I think Sicamous, look at getting,” says being relatively Daniel, noting he and new, that’s quite his staff are typically an achievement. not aware of what day an inspector will visit David Askew the store. “He could be in a mess, something could have happened, we couldn’t get your order or whatever because of a slide in Rogers Pass, but he still arrives,” Daniel explained. “And it doesn’t matter. He only comes that one day, but we try to keep up the business the rest of the time too. So we look as good in September as we do in April, type of thing.” David Askew credits the continuity of effort Daniel and his staff have made as the reason behind their CFIG honour. “If you’re going to win this type of award, you’ve got to be diligent year after year,” says Askew. “I think that’s definitely the mark of that group, especially owner/manager Ron Daniel. He’s very attentive to all the details and scrutiny that it takes to maintain those standards.” Asked about the economic challenges of maintaining such standards, Daniel says it’s all part of doing business. “And I think most grocery stores that are on the cutting edge all strive to do that,” he says. Askew says all of his stores strive for the same standard, with both the Armstrong and Downtown Salmon Arm stores also having received CFIG awards. But none the platinum award. “I think Sicamous, being relatively new, that’s quite an achievement,” says Askew.
Askew’s Foods owner/ manager Ron Daniel (back, far right) stands with some of his team and the National Platinum Award the store was recently awarded by the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers. Photos by Lachlan Labere Run Date: Nov 21, 2012 Vernon Morning Star (7.333" x 10") B&W EOR#5135
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Eagles dominate in weekend action By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Luck had little to do with the couple of winning sevens the Sicamous Eagles landed over the weekend. A strong third frame helped give the Eagles a 7-4 in their Friday, Nov. 16 contest versus guests the Kamloops Storm. After a scoreless first period, Kamloops was first to light up the board with a marker at 15:44. Sicamous’ reply came after the halfway mark with two closelyspaced goals. The first was scored by Nathan Grieve, assisted by Steven Powers and Brett Trofanenko. Connor Buick potted the second off of Cameron Berry and Jordan Harder. The
last two minutes of the frame saw each team chip in a goal, the first from Kamloops, the second, an unassisted marker, from Eagle Cameron Berry. Following the break, Sicamous came out to dominate the third period. Brendan Devries was quick to round up Sicamous’ lead to 4-2, with assists by Connor Fynn and Brad Crump. Kamloops caught a quick rebound goal, followed shortly after by a power-play marker by Eagle Kelyn Opel, aided by Fynn and Collin Mathieson. Buick added to Sicamous’ lead with a goal at 5:59. With grim prospects for winning, the Storm pulled their goalie. This
helped them add one power-play goal in the last 21 seconds of the frame, but not before an unassisted goal at the 56 second mark from Berry. First, second and third star honours went to Buick, Opel and Fynn. The Eagles saw a good fight from hosts the Osoyoos Coyotes on Saturday, Nov. 17, but that wasn’t enough to stop Sicamous from securing a 7-3 win. Eagle Aidan Nisse took advantage of a power play early in the first frame be the first to light up the board, with assists by Fynn and Devon Quartly. A minute later, teammate Braeden Taekema fol-
lowed suit, with a goal aided by Corbin Marcotte. The next goal came from Devries off of Fynn and Opel. Two following Osoyoos goals sandwiched a fourth marker for Sicamous, courtesy of Fynn, off of Opel and Crump. Opel and Buick chipped in one each in the second period, the latter goal assisted by Berry and Harder. Osoyoos potted their third goal late in the third frame. Last goal of the night, however, was scored with 45 seconds on the clock by Steven Powers, assisted by Nicholas Astasiewicz and Fynn. Opel and Fynn were named first and third star, respectively.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012 Eagle Valley News
Santa Claus & Christmas Light Up Saturday, December 1st, 2012
Parade Start Time 3:30 pm • Light up at 4:30 pm
Parade starts at Eagle River Secondary - down Main Street to the Traffic Circle. WANT TO HAVE A GROUP IN THE PARADE? IT’S FREE! Call the Chamber of Commerce to enter or for more information! 250-836-0002
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Lions Club Chuckwaolagoten Snacks & Hot Choc
A big thank-you to the Sicamous & District Chamber of Commerce and Sicamous Lions Club and the District of Sicamous for contributing to this event.
Sicamous & District Chamber of Commerce
Sicamous & District Chamber of Commerce would like to Congratulate the amazing award recipients and Finalists of this Years Business Excellence Awards! Business Role Model of the Year – Greg Kyllo, TA Structures Finalists in this category – Peter Schrama, Moose Mulligans Pub Kim Hyde – Hyde Mountain on Mara Lake Golf Course Neil Millar – Waterway Houseboat Vacations Todd Kyllo – Twin Anchors Houseboat Vacations Karen Ramsdale – Bluewater Houseboats Creativity in Business - Happy Corkers Wine and Gifts Finalists in this Category – Waterway Houseboat Vacations Nillerah’s Day Spa Inkx Design and Printing Community Involvement - Sicamous & District Recreation Centre Finalists in this Category: Askew’s Foods – Sicamous Yard Medics Eagle River Senior Secondary School TA Structures Artist’s House B&B
Tourism Enhancement - Waterway Houseboat Vacations Finalists in this Category: Eagle River Golf & Country Club Twin Anchors Houseboats Shuswap Destinations Owlhead Creek B&B Sea Dog Boat Sales Artist’s House B&B Young Entrepreneur of the Year - Brad Gibbard, Rigid Construction Finalists in this Category: Ryan Airey, Fruitworld Mike Helfrick, Reds Rentals Melissa Yarmoloy, Sicamous Treats Bradford Backs, Yard Medics
Shuswap Marine Freight Waterway Houseboat Vacations Yard Medics Happy Corkers Wine & Gifts Joe Schmucks Roadhouse Hyde Sawmill Shuswap Lakeside Vacations Sicamous Vacation Rentals Community Service Contributor - Reds Rentals Chamber Outstanding Volunteer - Garry & Brenda Devos Visitor Ambassador: Shirley Holcomb
Service Excellence - Owlhead Creek B&B Finalists in this Category : Inkx Design and Printing Hyde Mountain on Mara Lake Golf Course Happy Trails T-Shirt Company
The Doreen Favel Wilson Volunteer Excellence award – 1st ever recipient Doreen Wilson
Much Thanks to our Event Sponsors for making this an extraordinary evening – Accelerate Shuswap, Argo Road Maintenance – North Okanagan, Eagle Valley News and Lakeshore News.