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A Christmas gift:
Parkview Elementary students give an early present to family and friends: the school’s annual Christmas concert – a mix of theatre, music and dance, performed last Wednesday to a packed and appreciative house. Clockwise from top right – Jillian Latosky, Angela Foster, Rease Martin and Algeria Koch sing of Carols Past; Rylee Primeau awaits the next number; Ty Sigvaldason, Cydney Byron and Everan Horwood discuss their grumpy elf boss in the play, It’s Christmas, Carol; Teyva Greer, Tyler Hilton and Kaily Jeffery look for familiar faces in the audience; snowmen Owen Dewitt and Jacob Sigvaldason wave while leaving the stage; Mikki Horsfield delivers a line with ease.
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Council reserved on trails partnership Need Help?
Trail Alliance: Proposal relies on funding from local governments. By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
A funding commitment by local government partners will be key in determining how future development of the Shuswap’s trail systems takes shape. Since its inception, what’s known today as the Shuswap Trail Alliance has been responsible for establishing 58 greenway trail projects and the completion of 70 kilometres of new trail in the Shuswap, valued at more than $1.2 million. This includes seven “signature trail systems,” including the Larch Hills Traverse from Salmon Arm to Sicamous. All of this work has been done through fundraising, volunteer and in-kind contributions. But, as trail alliance chair Winston Pain explained in a recent presentation to District of Sicamous council, the organization can no longer function on volunteer time alone. “Basically, Phil (McIntyre-Paul, trail alliance project co-ordinator) has been doing that job at about 40 per cent of being paid… and after six years, we just hit a point where we just had to go back to our partners and ask for a commitment,” said Pain. The commitment sought is a partnership with local governments, who would help fund the alliance’s operations costs to the tune of $100,000 annually over
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the next three years. The City of Salmon Arm is onboard with their requested share of $40,000 per year, as is the Regional District of North Okanagan Area F and the City of Enderby with $10,000. Pain said things are looking favourable regarding the Columbia Shuswap Regional District committing $40,000 per year. The request to Sicamous is for $10,000 per year, for three years. Pain said with these commitments, as well as funding from other partners, including Shuswap Tourism, the trail alliance can secure a director (McIntyrePaul), who can then go out and find leverage that will help bring the priorities of the alliance and its partners to fruition. Without the support of local government, Pain said the alliance would likely shrink to a stewardship role, no longer developing trails. Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trouton questioned if the $30,000 would go toward replacing the Sicamous Creek Falls trail, which was devastated in this summer’s debris flow. (Only two years ago the trail had undergone a substantial upgrade through a partnership between the district, the CSRD and the trail alliance.) McIntyre-Paul said the trail is a priority, and the alliance has been working with CSRD parks on that, but the alliance current-
ly doesn’t have the capacity to help them plan and look for funding. “The one good-news piece is that it’s my understanding there is a potential at this point for making a request to the province for repair work based on the damage from the flood,” said McIntyre-Paul. “Now is the time it needs to hap-
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pen. It’s in play.” Council did agree to forward the trail alliance’s request to their budget deliberations. For Trouton, however, the biggest concern is the economy, and making sure the district is getting “bang for the buck.” Asked if the he has any data that ties trail use to economic generation, Pain admitted this is a weak point for the alliance. McIntyre-Paul noted, however, that they do have secondary research compiled in 2004-05, based on the 2002 Shuswap Tourism Opportunity Strategy. “The trail strategy, and trail alliance itself was an economic development initiative when it first started,” explained McIntyrePaul. “Interestingly, the Sicamous and District Chamber of Com-
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 250836-4876 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. Third Sunday of the month -Regular meeting of the Eagle Valley Artisans Guild. 3:30 pm - Red Barn, Sicamous. Guests welcome. For info contact Terry Sinton: 250-836-4613. Every Monday and Thursday -Chairbiotics (low impact exercise) Seniors activity Centre 10:00 am. Join us. $2 each. Every Mon. & Fri. - Bridge, Seniors Activity Centre, 1 p.m.
merce… had been one of the leading proponents in developing trail infrastructure because of the tourism strategy…” The trail alliance, McIntyre-Paul added, is working with Thompson Rivers University on possible grant funding that would help get students “on the ground” and collecting the data both the alliance and the district are interested in. McIntyre-Paul then touched on the close partnership the alliance has with Shuswap Tourism, who together have been marketing the Shuswap and its offerings at trade shows, adding there will be a push on winter activities such as snowshoeing, which has seen an “unprecedented explosion” in popularity. “The Enderby Cliffs, the upgrades we did there, that trail is being used for 12 months of the year now rather than just the summer, and primarily it’s snow-
shoers,” said McIntyrePaul. “The Sicamous Switchbacks is also one of the destination trails that make a great winter trail system.” While supportive of the trail alliance, Trouton stressed the need for data relating to usage and spinoffs. McIntyre-Paul later told the News that he recognizes Sicamous values trail building – as is evident with the new community walking path along Highway 97A. But he also respects the financial stress the district is under, and says that no matter what council’s decision is, the community will always be a partner/stakeholder in the Shuswap Trail Alliance. But, he adds, if council should vote against the funding request, the alliance would be “obligated to prioritize and focus efforts on projects that are directly linked to priorities” identified by partners with funding commitments.
DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS NOTICE TO HOMEOWNERS If you have not already claimed your 2012 Homeowner Grant and are eligible to claim it for the 2012 year, please claim it on or before December 21st, at 4:30 p.m. Even if you do not pay your taxes, please make application for your Homeowner Grant. Fill out the bottom portion of your 2012 property tax notice and return it to the District office. If your property tax notice has been misplaced, a duplicate can be printed at the District office.
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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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Now Making our own
Good attitude: Salmon Arm author Shelley Palik (second from right), joined by aunt Lucienne McNutt (left) of Sicamous, donates a copy of her children’s book, Bad Attitude, to Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trouton, and a cheque for $100 to Canadian Red Cross fund manager Jan Bowden. Inspired by the catastrophic flooding events in Sicamous, Palik turned the sale of her book into a fundraising effort, with a dollar from every book sold up to Nov. 2 going to the Red Cross. The money will go help residents with “practical needs” resulting from the flooding. Photo by Lachlan Labere
Cell tower now operating along highway By Aaron Orlando Black Press
A new Telus tower between Revelstoke and Malakwa is now operating and another is expected to be completed in January. Together, the two towers are expected or bring wireless service to a total of about 35-kilometres of the TransCanada between the
two communities. The tower now in service is located about 30 kilometres west of Revelstoke. The second tower will be located roughly 20 kilometres west of Revelstoke north of the Mt. Griffin Ecological Reserve, which is located near Griffin Lake and Three Valley Lake. It is expected to be operational in January.
Steve Jenkins is the Telus general manager for the Southern Interior. “Our significant investment in a site serving Highway 1 gives motorists, as well as area residents and businesses, the convenience of making hands-free wireless calls along a well-travelled stretch of highway,” he said. “[It] expands access to 911, and allows for
great broadband service where it may not be possible to build wired Internet access.” The project is part of an agreement between Telus and the province of B.C. The 10-year program aims to add wireless service to 1,700 kilometres of highway in B.C. The wireless towers will improve emergency services on the highway; motorists
currently have to get to a landline to report incidents in the area. First responders such as police often have to route communications through radio dispatchers instead of calling directly. In addition, the towers will provide some cell service to backcountry in the Eagle Pass area, a popular snowmobile destination.
Council opts for open communication with staff By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
District council has voted against a proposed internal conduct policy so as to keep lines of communication open with staff. Council turned down the Roles and Responsibilities policy, presented by
district chief administrative officer Heidi Frank last month, after Coun. Greg Kyllo questioned the potential it sets for district staff to be reprimanded for sharing information with the mayor or individual councillors directly without first going through Frank. “I think if it’s signed
into policy, the potential could be staff could be… reprimanded for sharing information with council without it being vetted through the CAO,” said Kyllo. “I don’t know if that is really going to help with open communications… between council and staff.” A graph contained
in the policy, as well as a chart specifying the roles and responsibilities of the mayor, council, the CAO and staff, specifies that staff is to “submit all items for council consideration via the administrator.” Frank noted the policy came out of council’s strategic planning
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Be kind to those stuck having to work on Christmas
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ho wants to work on Christmas Day? Certainly, there are those who don’t mind it and/or who could use the money, as there are others who may prefer the distraction. But there are also cases where choice isn’t an option – not unless you want to risk upsetting your employer in these tenuous economic times. If the boss schedules you to work on Christmas Day, you’re going to work. Not a big thing? That depends on the individual. Obviously, the day for many is steeped in tradition and nostalgia. A big part of that is family, and spending time with them, be it opening gifts at the crack of dawn in front of a brightly lit tree, or gathering around the supper table in goofy paper hats, sharing a labour-intensive feast. Christmas is that one day of the year when families can put aside any differences, get together and be a little silly. How could anyone want to sacrifice this for a day’s work? There are always going to be people out on Christmas Day in need of gas, or wanting to dine out, or who forgot to buy a gift and are in dire need of the most suitable item the local convenience store has to offer. And then there are medical emergencies and motor vehicle accidents and all the other potential holiday horrors that require paramedics and police and doctors and nurses and firefighters and all those who provide emergency services without fuss or hesitation, every day of the year. Oh, and if a waterline breaks or snow is coming down in heaps on Christmas Day, you can expect municipal and/or provincial staff will be out there taking care of things. So on Dec. 25th, if you’re out on the town and should come across a gas station attendant who’s looking a little blue, a cashier gazing longingly out the window, or anyone stuck having to work that day, please extend what warmth and kindness you can. Let them know they’re appreciated. It may go a long way to helping them have a Merry Christmas too.
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Province pushes unsustainable LNG production By Tom Fletcher News Columnist
VICTORIA – On Friday, as the federal government was giving the green light to a Malaysian investment of billions more into northern B.C.’s liquefied natural gas mega-project, Coastal First Nations chiefs held their quarterly board meeting in Vancouver. A major topic was the Haisla Nation, the Kitimat partner that abruptly quit its voluntary association with the Haida, Gitga’at and other communities over its plans to develop LNG exports. This discord comes at a bad time. Premier Christy Clark has bet heavily on LNG, not just for her government’s future, but the industrial and economic direction of the province for decades to come. Initial press reports were misleading. One had it that Haisla Chief Councillor Ellis Ross, the B.C. government’s key ally on LNG,
was “buddying up” with the Harper government on the Enbridge oil pipeline proposed to go to Kitimat, in the heart of Coastal First Nations territory. Not so. Both Ross and Coastal First Nations executive director Art Sterritt confirmed to me that they remain solidly against the Enbridge proposal. The disagreement is over how to power the processing of LNG, which the Haisla are pioneering with provincial assistance. Sterritt said the Haisla and the rest of the group were in agreement until a few weeks ago. The plan was to follow Clark’s solemn vow to make B.C. LNG the “greenest” in the world. All parties acknowledge that some of B.C.’s shale gas will have to be burned to process and ship LNG to Asia. The initial idea was that one or two natural gasfired power plants would be built, eventually backing up wind, small hydro and other
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renewable supplies. BC Hydro has 600 megawatts available from its dams, which would require new transmission capacity up to Kitimat to help run the first two LNG plants proposed in partnership with the Haisla. Then the play got bigger. The B.C. government transferred Crown land on Douglas Channel to the Haisla for an LNG project planned by Shell, PetroChina and Korea Gas. And Sterritt said he started getting signals from Victoria that the industry doesn’t want to buy power from outside producers to drive LNG cooling and compression. Instead, they wanted to power it directly with gas, using equipment called “mechanical drives” rather than electrical drives. In a letter to Haisla members explaining why he quit the Coastal First Nations, Ross said he was insulted by Sterritt’s comments that the Haisla were choosing “the dirtiest way possible” to ship LNG. Ross noted that emissions would be
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about the same if gas is burned in the LNG plant or in a power plant nearby. That’s true, but Sterritt points out a critical difference. If LNG producers are allowed to use singlepurpose mechanical drives, no renewable energy can ever be added. And as more LNG producers rush into B.C., reserves that would have lasted 75 to 100 years could be depleted in 30. And when the gas is gone? “These big, hulking plants that are going to be in Kitimat are just going to be sitting there, rotting,” Sterritt said. B.C.’s clean energy plan envisions extending the BC Hydro grid, developing runof-river and wind farms such as the big offshore proposal off Haida Gwaii, and ultimately a future beyond oil and gas. Now, in their rush to develop LNG, Clark and Energy Minister Rich Coleman seem poised to abandon that strategy.
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A one and a two: The Shuswap Singers fill the Red Barn Art Centre with songs of the Christmas season during a Sunday concert. Photo by Victoria Rowbottom
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Around 52 years ago, Esther Erikson took over running the Family Christmas Concert at Cambie Hall. And each year, she says, it’s the children who make this concert a success, whether it’s two or 20. “The children, with the parents’ help, practise at home and some parents participate alone or with the children,” explains Erikson. “When all the acts are over, we sing on stage with the children until Santa arrives. “When
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Good break: Sicamous and Salmon Arm students of Sicamous-based instructor Holly Raczynski of Provincial Martial Arts took part in their first board breaking event Saturday at Elks Hall in Salmon Arm. Left – Tommy Bland uses a side-kick to break through two boards at once; Gabriel Walsh has a successful go at a blindfolded elbow strike.
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Sicamous Eagles poised to end year on winning streak By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
The Sicamous Eagles appear determined to end the year on a winning streak. The team was back in the Kootenays Friday night, and had a much better experience than the last time, defeating the Castlegar Rebels 5-2. The following night, they were in the Okanagan where they enjoyed a 5-1 victory over the Princeton Posse. Castlegar may not have scored in the first period (or second), but they certainly kept Sicamous netminder Jack Surgenor busy with 20 missed opportunities on net. Sicamous managed
11 shots, with two of them rippling the mesh. The first goal came in the first minute of the frame from Brayden Taekema, assisted by Brendan Devries and Steven Powers. The second goal, scored in the second half of the frame, would be the first in a Brendan Devries hat trick. It was assisted by Taekema and Nathan Grieve. The sole goal of the second period was a repeat performance by Devries, once again in the first minute, and assisted by Connor Fynn and Taekema. It wasn’t until the second half of the third frame that fans of the home team were treated
to a pair of goals from the Rebels, one of the markers coming from former Eagle Matt Reed. These, however, were, scored around two more Sicamous goals. The first was by Kelyn Opel, aided by Corbin Marcotte and Nicholas Astasiewicz. With 39 seconds left and an empty Castlegar net, Devries potted his final goal of the evening, assisted by Taekema and Marcotte. Game first star went to Devries, with second star going to Taekema and third to Surgenor. Any hope the Posse had of defeating their guests seemed to be dashed after the first period. Well, actually
the first minute of the first period, when they potted their single for the evening. The period ended with Princeton on a 1-0 lead, but Sicamous replied early on in the second frame with a power-play marker from Jameson Stoski, assisted by Devries. At 7:13, Marcotte used the power play to put in goal number two for Sicamous, aided by Stoski and Opel. The last minute of the period saw two more goals for Sicamous, the
first by Opel, assisted by Grieve and Alex Dartnall, and the second by Quinn Rempel, with the assist going to Steven Powers. Scoring ended with a single near the half point in the third period from Jordan Harder, aided by Marcotte and Taekema. Opel and Stoski were named the game’s first and second star, respectively. Sicamous remains on top of the Doug Birks Division with 41 points, and five points
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If the idea of being paid to get some exercise while enjoying a little high school basketball appeals to you, Barry Dearing is the one to talk to. Dearing, who oversees basketball refereeing in the school district, says there are currently only eight officials available to serve Salmon Arm, Sicamous, Enderby and Carlin. “If you have one game at each site, that takes eight officials right there,” says Dearing. “And in Salmon Arm, we could have games at the Sulli-
van campus, Jackson campus and Shuswap Middle School. So that would take six officials, minimum, to cover those games.” Dearing notes this is a paid position, and that officials tend to cover a lot of ground per game. “You run between three and five miles a game,” says Dearing. “So if you want to get paid to get into shape, basketball refereeing is not a bad option.” The only other commitment involved is an hour-and-a-half meeting on Monday nights, from 7 to 8:30, at Hillcrest Elementary School in Salmon Arm. “We go over the rules and what we call
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‘mechanics,’” says Dearing. “Mechanics is where you need to be on the floor at any given time.” Dearing says he’d like to see some of the kids back from college or university who used to play high school basketball put the stripes on. But he recognizes it’s not for everyone. “Refereeing is not the most glamorous job in the world I would say, although we don’t get things thrown at us… ,” Dearing explains with a laugh. Anyone who is interested in the job, or wanting more information, may call Dearing at 250-515-1562.
MONDAY DEC 10 Public Skating: 9:00 am - 11:30 am Pre Novice: 5 pm - 6 pm Atom: 6 pm - 7 pm Pee Wee: 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm Old Timers: 8:30 pm - 10 pm
the Eagles, including a home game versus the Spokane Braves on Saturday, Dec. 15.
The Commission will assist the CSRD by ensuring it receives thoughtful and comprehensive advice from a representative group of individuals with local knowledge and interest in the parks and recreation needs of the community.
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THURSDAY DEC 13 Public Skating: 9:00 am - 11:30 am Lunch Bunch: 12 pm - 2 pm Public Skating: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Salmon Arm: 5 pm - 6 pm Pee Wee: 6 pm - 7 pm Midget: 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm Eagles: 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm FRIDAY DEC 14 Public Skating: 9:00 am - 10:30 am Malakwa School: 11:00 pm - 12:00 pm Lunch Bunch: 12:00 to 2:00 pm Public Skating: 2 pm - 4 pm SATURDAY DEC 15 Pre Novice Game: 9:00 am - 10:30 am Atom Game: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Sic Eagles vs. Spokane: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm SUNDAY, DEC 16 Pee Wee Game: 9:00 am to 10:30 am Blues: 7:00 to 8:30
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