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Winter fun: Winterfest, the annual snowmobiling fundraiser for children with disabilities, was held Sunday in the Northway family field. Clockwise from top left – Margaret Jacobson is helped up by LeaAnne Cox after her inaugural run on a snowmobile ended abruptly in a nearby snowbank; Brittany Northway and brother Braden zip around the family field; Jason Oistryk makes his way across the field to help sledders with mechanical issues; Layla Gyokery has a little fun at the handlebars of a parked sled. Photos by Lachlan Labere
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Assault victim comes forward to police • Jan. 27, 1:43 p.m., police receive a report of an assault that occurred in December. The subject now wishes to proceed with a criminal investigation and charges. • Jan. 18, 11:22 a.m., police receive a report of threats. • Jan. 18, 3:15 p.m., lost rare licence plate reported. • Jan. 18, 4:26 p.m., single vehicle accident, no injuries. • Jan. 18, 11:27 p.m., intoxicated couple causing problems at a local residence, refusing to leave; police attended. • Jan. 20, 2:46 a.m., report of disturbance, a loud group of people outside a motel. • Jan. 20, 6:28 a.m., theft of snowmobile from local motel,
2011 800 pro RMK, red with black vents, running boards, marked with PB racing. • Jan. 20, 6:45 a.m., suspicious vehicle. • Jan. 20, 6:54 a.m., report of abandoned auto. • Jan. 20, 8:01 a.m., report of injured deer. • Jan. 21, 1:12 a.m., singlevehicle accident, no injuries • Jan. 23, 5:24 p.m., singlevehicle accident, no injuries, • Jan. 23, 5:30 p.m., singlevehicle accident, no injuries. • Jan. 23, 8:25 p.m., vehicle driving around Sicamous without valid insurance – vehicle could not be located by police who will continue to watch for it.
• Jan. 23, 10:15 p.m., vehicle parked on highway causing traffic hazard, police attended and vehicle removed. • Jan. 23, 10:47 p.m., youths on top of elementary school. • Jan. 23 11:26 p.m., youths throwing snowballs at passing vehicles. • Jan. 24, 8:26 a.m., report of hit and run in a service station parking lot. Victim unable to provide particulars of truck responsible; no witnesses. • Jan. 24, 3:51 p.m., found wallet. • Jan. 24, 6:29 p.m., vehicle driving with illegal headlights. Police located and spoke with driver. • Jan 25, 9:17 a.m., single
vehicle accident west of town, vehicle rolled into ditch causing extensive damage. The driver was transported to hospital with minor, non-life-threatening injuries. • Jan. 25 8:53, vehicle driving around town with unlicensed driver. Police located and stopped the vehicle. • Jan. 26, 1:17 a.m. report of a loud party on Finlayson Street. • Jan. 27, 3:22 p.m. domestic disturbance at a residence; police attended to keep the peace. • Jan. 27, 1:15 p.m., white transport truck with Saskatchewan licence plate driving erratically.
Shuswap hospital better prepared for stroke victims By Barb Brouwer Eagle Valley News
Eighteen months of groundwork has culminated in a new designation for Shuswap Lake General Hospital and better care and outcomes for stroke patients. Last week, the hospital was designated as a thrombolytic centre for the treatment of stroke. Patients who arrive at the local emergency department with an acute stroke will now be able to receive thrombolytic drugs used to clear blocked arteries instead of travelling to Kamloops for treatment – if the treatment is appropriate. Dr. Darren Lorenz, head of the hospital’s ER department, says stroke patients first undergo a CT scan.
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“We want to make sure there is no bleeding on the brain,” he says, of the drugs which are also known as clot-busters. “If there is blood in the head, we don’t want to make them bleed more.” But the treatment and care for patients who have suffered strokes goes way beyond clotbusting drugs. As well as having 24-7 access to the CT scanner, recognizing the type of stroke a person is having and caring for them post-stroke are critical to successful outcomes. Nurse Rob LaBelle is a member of the hospital’s five-member stroke team. He is one of a group of nurses who have taken “Hemispheres Stroke Competency” training, enhanced specialized training for stroke care.
“It goes above and beyond basic stroke skills,” says LaBelle, noting care is provided in a special “stroke-preferred bed” with special equipment and space to accommodate several caregivers. “If they receive (thrombolytic) drugs in emerge, they’ll stay there until they’re stabilized, then move to ICU for a minimum of 12 hours so they can be monitored, then move to the stroke-preferred bed,” says LaBelle, pointing out the importance of having dedicated trained nurses and a designated place so everyone knows that the bed houses an acute stroke victim. “We hope patients will recover more quickly and more fully.” Lorenz says the hospital worked with
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the BC Stroke Collaborative for 18 months to reach the goal of providing a more efficient and consistent care for TIA (transient ischemic attacks) and strokes in Salmon Arm. Lorenz says the program began with providing information to members of the public through brochures at doctors’ offices and training ambulance paramedics on how to assess and care for stroke victims. “We ask a lot of the ambulance (paramedics) and they’re doing a great job,” says Lorenz, who noted consistency is another important factor in providing topnotch care. “We introduced standardized order sheets and audit charts to make sure that was done.” While he describes
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the ability to provide optimum ER care as “exciting and a glamorous,” he emphasizes the importance of the poststroke care. “The fact we are now able to offer this treatment opens up a lot of doors for a lot of the area including Revelstoke.” Stroke is the third leading cause of death in Canada, 50,000 strokes occur per year in Canada and 300,000 Canadians live with the disability resulting from stroke. Everyone could help reduce these statistics by remembering ‘FAST: Face, Arm, Speech, Time.’ If the face is drooping on one side, or there is weakness in one arm, or if speech sounds slurred or strange, it is time to call 911 – fast.
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Council to consider acquiring curling rink By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Sicamous council will be looking at whether or not the district should take ownership of the community’s curling rink. About two years ago, the Sicamous Curling Club proposed that the district take responsibility of the facility, which sits on district property in Finlayson Park. Club president Bruce Ritchie expects this proposal to come before council at their regular meeting on Feb. 13. Ritchie says the club hopes to be able to rent the facility over the winter months, and the district can use it for the remainder of the year. This proposal, says Ritchie, was prompted by declining club mem-
Proposal: The Sicamous Curling Club hopes the district will take over ownership of the Finlayson Park rink. File photo bership and increased costs of maintenance and upkeep. “There’s been a lot of equipment problems in the last few years that have escalated the costs, and the club, with declining membership,
it’s been difficult,” says Ritchie. That said, Ritchie notes how a grant for $314,000 from the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development has helped to transform the aging fa-
cility into what he considers to be a community asset. The money was spent on upgrades to the building’s heating system, lighting, bathrooms, entry way and external stairway. It will also fund the in-
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stallation of a concrete floor, which will allow for year-round use of the facility. “I think it’s a good deal,” says Ritchie. “I’m hoping it will be done before the summer so the district can use it for the summer months.” Ritchie says the club has received some assistance with their proposal from the district’s new recreation and wellness co-ordinator, West Martin-Patterson. He is hopeful this will help district council see what it stands to gain. “The district would be gaining a multi-use facility for the balance of the year, and hopefully can help us to promote curling to attract more members,” says Ritchie.
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Rural B.C. has been in decline economically for the past 50 years. Can the once-properous, well-populated rural areas recover? Yes, according to a report prepared by the Southern Interior, Cariboo-Chilcotin and Omineca beetle action coalitions. But it will take cooperation between the coalitions, First Nations and non-First Nations people, economic development organizations, other stakeholders and all levels of government – not just to create a long-term strategy for economic and social development, but to fund it properly with an investment rather than subsidy approach. The three regional beetle action coalitions released a discussion paper last Friday as part of their Rural B.C. Project The Pathway to Prosperity in British Columbia Runs Through its Rural Places is the final paper in the Rural B.C. project, and makes recommendations to assist with rural economic development throughout the province. The report points
out that many rural B.C. areas, particularly those dependent on forestry, went from having the fastest growing populations between 1961 to 1985 to the slowest since then. “In these places, average individual incomes, once among the highest have slipped to below the provincial average,” says the report, that notes in the past 50 years economic development has been oriented to the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and the Okanagan. “The limited growth and decline of population in some rural regions is not merely the outcome of changes in the practices and conditions of resource industries,” notes the report. “Nor can it be attributed to people moving because they prefer urban places. Rather, these trends reflect the lack of opportunity.” A Long-Term Strategy for Rural Development sets out 20 recommendations, including the formation of a leadership group to partner with the government to produce a long-term work plan based on shared principles, establishment of an ongoing revenue stream to fund the plan
and deliver services, and the designation of a cabinet minister with responsibility for rural issues. Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition chair and CSRD Elec-
Rhona Martin toral Area E Rural Sicamous director Rhona Martin says the idea for the project came from Reversing the Tides, a regional economic development conference held in Prince George four years ago and attended by people from all over the world. “It fell off the rails a bit, everybody gets busy,” Martin says, pointing out the difficulties of people from all over the province trying to work on a project. “We persevered, came up with recommendations and what we’d like to see happen in a provincial strategy.” While Martin maintains good work is being accomplished, much remains to be
done, and many communities lack the necessary infrastructure, financial resources or expertise. “And we can’t have something that’s developed only in Victoria; we need government’s help to create a strategy that reflects the needs of rural B.C. And with that strategy, we need an implementation program,” she says. “This is for all of B.C., First Nations and non-First Nations. The problems we are dealing with are everybody’s problems. We’re all in it together.” Martin says a lot of time has gone into preparing a really good
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hen B.C. launched Canada’s toughest drinking and driving laws in 2010, not everyone embraced the initiative with
open arms. A year after police were given powers to suspend a licence for 90 days on the spot and impound the vehicle for 30 days, with little recourse for appeal, a judge ruled the laws went too far and violated the charter of rights. Last May, the provincial government eased up on those regulations, slightly, and gave people a better chance to fight what are significant financial penalties for drinking and driving. The Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles is reviewing 1,200 cases of people caught under the immediate roadside prohibition (IRP) system just prior to the laws being thrown out in 2011. But for everyone else, the tough rules are the law of the land (at least until another constitutional challenge) – blow a “fail” and you’ll lose your licence for 90 days, your car for 30, be forced to install an ignition interlock system, take a driver education program, and face fines. All told, the fines and fees add up to about $4,040 at minimum. The courts in B.C. had to deal with thousands fewer drinking and driving cases last year. Instead of those criminal cases gumming up an already calcified court system and costing taxpayer money, the financial burden has been downloaded to the accused drunk driver. Being criminally prosecuted for drinking and driving certainly comes with financial penalties, the potential for jail time and a criminal record, but due to the overwhelming caseloads in many jurisdictions, there is always a chance that the case could drag out and eventually be thrown out of court due to a lack of a speedy trial. The pendulum of law, it seems, has distinctly swung to the side of law and order rather than the assumption of innocence, in terms of drinking and driving. Statistics over the past decade show that drivers in B.C. weren’t getting the message. Perhaps they will now. -Victoria News
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VICTORIA – Like a bad reality show about a dysfunctional family, B.C. School Wars has lurched to life again for the 2013 election. Coming soon to billboards and buses across the province: staged pictures of sad-faced kids crammed into dirty classrooms by a heartless government. It doesn’t even matter which government. This ritual combat went on through Social Credit and NDP governments too. Premier Christy Clark opened the new season with her promised pitch to restructure bargaining. It suggested splitting up bargaining into traditional wage and benefit talks, and a separate table and fund for classroom size and support. Cast in her familiar role of the sullen, rebellious teenager, BCTF president Susan Lambert staged a news conference to distort and mock the government’s offer.
A 10-year deal if we give up bargaining wages and classroom conditions? “Ludicrous.” What’s ludicrous is her characterization of a formula to link teacher pay to nurses, post-secondary faculty and other government workers. Nurses are renowned for getting raises when no one else does, so this should be an opportunity for these powerful unions to co-ordinate. But the BCTF can’t get along with other unions any more than it can negotiate with any discernible competence. Lambert falsely claimed there was no consultation on the proposal. This reminded me how she low-balled the costs of her union’s demands by hundreds of millions during what passed for negotiations in last year’s strike season. Behind the scenes, the BCTF executive and the school district bargaining agent had just settled on a mutual costing model. What this means is the school districts, which have to make payroll and balance bud-
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gets, have convinced the BCTF to stop misrepresenting costs. I’ll believe that when I see it. Before Education Minister Don McRae had even spoken, BCTF vice-president Glen Hansman was growling his reply on Twitter: See you in court. That message presumably also goes for premier-in-waiting Adrian Dix, unless he replaces the hated B.C. Liberals in May, then quickly kneels before the BCTF and extends the key to the provincial treasury. Two generations of British Columbians have been bullied by this bad drama, since Bill Vander Zalm decided an industrial union bargaining structure was just the ticket for public schools. Students are taught by example, if not by blatant propaganda in classrooms, that all problems are solved by demanding more money from the government. After this conditioning, older students are sometimes pressed into service as union pickets.
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To state the obvious, Clark and McRae staged this as a pre-election event to frame the issue. They knew their effort would be greeted as a declaration of war. The main reason the BCTF agreed to a contract extension with a wage freeze last year? It wasn’t the blindingly obvious fact that every other public sector union had already taken two zeroes. It was strictly tactics. The delay sets up the latest rematch of these old warriors in the spring election. The plan is to get the dreaded B.C. Liberals out and then start working over the weaker, more union-dependent NDP. That’s who caved in earlier and gave the BCTF broad control over staffing levels, the proverbial key to the treasury. Along with basic math and economics, a point the BCTF seems unable to grasp is that its strategy is self-defeating. Those sad kids are making more and more parents seek a better deal.
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community Hat tricks: Daphne Miller was the winner of a Subway gift card at the Crazy Hat Skate event held Thursday at the recreation centre as part of the Unplug and Play festivities for Family Literacy Week. Photo by Gwyneth Gau
Tools for the trade: Eagle River Secondary student Adam Bird, second from left, is presented with a set of tools for having successfully completed his first 90 hours as an apprentice with TA structures. With him is TA production manager James Bergen, president/CEO Greg Kyllo and electrical department head Ken Favel. Photo submitted
Student shows commitment to trade A commitment to the trades has already begun to pay off for an Eagle River Secondary student. Adam Bird recently completed his 90-hour probationary period apprenticing with Twin Anchors Manufacturing/TA Structures. Adam, who is enrolled School District #83’s apprenticeship program with TAS, will now continue his apprenticeship as a paid employee. Adam is one of the first students to benefit from the school district’s new partnership with Twin Anchors.
The resulting program was an initiative of the company’s president, Greg Kyllo, who saw to its creation with the assistance of school district career supervisor Mark Marino and ERS career co-ordinator Sandy Moody. “We couldn’t be happier with the success of the program thus far, which can be largely attributed to Sandra Moody and Mark Marino for their efforts in establishing the program, and the raw talent and eagerness of the students to participate…,” says
Kyllo. Students interested in taking part in the program must first go through an application process with both the school and Twin Anchors. “We do have apprenticeship relationships with some of the other businesses in the area as well, so by no means do I want to demean what they’re doing by promoting Twin Anchors, but Twin Anchors has so many opportunities under one roof for our kids – electrical, plumbing, welding, carpentry,
cabinetry,” Moody told the News in January. “It’s going to be an absolutely wonderful opportunity for them and we have quite a few kids already who are quite excited.” Twin Anchors’ partnership with the school district will broaden next month when the company hosts a daylong spotlight on trades event, promoting careers in the welding, plumbing, carpentry, joinery and electrical trades. The day begins at 9:15 a.m. with a safety presentation and tour of the plant.
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Remembering a friend and fellow gardener For the last couple of months, my life has been surgeries and home care appointments, gore and gauze. But who am I to lament? My cancer was removable and I am OK, but my friend’s, sadly, was not, and she succumbed to her illness this past December. I will not only miss her as a friend, but also as a gardening buddy. So, with permission from her family, I’d like to take this opportunity to remember and honour a fellow gardener, Michelle (Mika). Michelle and her husband bought their small acreage at the base of the mountain in the Cambie Solsqua valley a number of years ago because they loved the natural setting of the property with the river running alongside, the large pond below the home and the forest that surrounded it. Together, over time, they enhanced the property with more shade and sun gardens, along with some small food garden plots in their backyard. The front entrance to their home would always have a beautiful floral display of roses and brightly coloured annuals, along with interesting birdhouses, rock features and plant containers. The inside gave them away as gardeners too. The living room bay window was a jungle of plants, and the coffee table and shelves held stacks of gardening magazines and books. Michelle was proud that their property was toxic-free, and that there was an abundance of frogs and pollinators enjoying their yard unharmed. Every spring she’d hustle off to the garden nurseries and stores – like a racehorse breaking out of the gate – and buy more plants
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than she had room for. She’d even buy extras for other gardeners too, just to get it out of her system. She loved to support her neighbour’s hanging basket business every year by not only buying from her, but also happily volunteering her labour and time when she knew help was needed, despite her own busy schedule. She was a master at getting the perfect gardening gift or plant for those lucky enough to receive them, and she could put together the most beautiful bouquets for people or for special occasions. Michelle was an incredible cook and had an unabashed love for good, fresh food. It was always a pleasure to let her cruise my garden for whatever goody caught her eye, because I knew that whatever she did with it, it was sure going to taste good. She, like me, would show up at the end of the school day with her hair disheveled, hands and clothes dirty and happy as a clam because she’d just spent a good day mucking about in the yard. School field trips and sport practices sometimes allowed us time to sneak off to prowl the local garden store, catch up on our garden magazines or stroll around the block to check out other people’s gardens to just admire them or get some new ideas. Once, we chanced upon a gal who was working away in her beautiful flower
gardens and we got yakking. It turned out she was sadly considering throwing in the trowel and giving them up due to a busy work schedule. Michelle’s knee-jerk response came from the very depths of her gardening soul when she blurted, “You can’t do that! I’ll help you with it rather than kill it.” She meant every word of it too. This was a poem that we spotted on one of our outings together, which she loved: The kiss of the sun for pardon The song of the birds for mirth One is nearer God’s heart in the garden Than anywhere else on earth. So we salute and honour you – our fallen gardener. Thank you for bringing so many smiles and wisdom to all the people you have touched in your life. We will miss not only you, but your love of all things ‘gardeny,’ your humour, your sass and your class. Your garden gifts are scattered around our homes and yards to remind us of you, and the plants you gave us live on as you do in our hearts. We truly hope that wherever you are now has a beautiful garden that needs tending with your loving and skillful hands. You are our garden angel now Michelle, and you will never be forgotten.
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Young entrepreneur building good reputation By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
A young Sicamous entrepreneur is quickly building a solid reputation as a consummate craftsman in the Shuswap. In five years time, Brad Gibbard has progressed from an awardwinning carpentry student at Eagle River Secondary, to a red seal carpenter and owner of Rigid Construction. He was also named Young Entrepreneur of the year in the Sicamous Chamber of Commerce’s 2012 Business Excellence Awards. Gibbard started Rigid Construction in 2009. He had been working with Classic Builders when the economy went sour and work slowed down. “I decided to go out on my own and try it, so I started this company up,” says the 23-year-old Gibbard, who decided to stay in Sicamous because there weren’t a lot of builders in the area. “It was hard to do but now that we’ve built it up here it doesn’t make sense to leave. That was kind of my plan, to stay in the Sicamous area and work around the Shuswap.” While work fluctuates with the season, Gibbard says his company has kept busy.
Homework: Pictured is a home built from the ground up in Sicamous by Rigid Construction. Photo submitted Rigid’s focus is renovation and new construction, and projects to date have included everything from kitchen renos to the construction of three houses from the ground up. Gibbard has also ventured into tendered projects with the Interior Health Authority and Columbia Shuswap Regional District. “That was a good tender to go through,” says Gibbard of the latter, noting how he had to each himself how to submit a business proposal for a government bidding process. While being his own boss means a lot of work and long hours, Gibbard says it’s worth it. Asked what the greatest challenge has been in starting his own business, Gibbard says it
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has been his age. “It would kind of throw them off, especially when I was first starting out, it was really challenging,” says Gibbard. “But now, I’ve made a name for myself and kind of built up a rapport.” Ken Spohr, maintenance supervisor with the Interior Health Authority, is one of those who was initially surprised by Gibbard’s youthful appearance after Rigid had been contracted to build a bus garage for Bastion Place care facility in Salmon Arm. “My initial reaction when I saw him was, ‘Is this guy old enough to be out of school?’” laughs Spohr. “He did look very young, but as he proceeded, he was
very professional, very courteous and he did a great job… we wanted it to be a building that could be use for more than just parking the bus, and it turned out really well.” Hamish Kassa’s initial reaction to meeting Gibbard was similar to that of Spohr’s, but the CSRD environmental services co-ordinator was soon impressed with the young contractor. “I’d say he’s done everything that was in the tender and did a great job. We came in on the project on budget and we’ve got a very good building…,” says Kassa of Gibbard, who was hired by the regional district to build a storage facility. “He was really easy to
work with and open to any changes and looking at the scheduling, and that was a real benefit.” Gibbard’s knack for carpentry was evident in Grade 8, and by high school he was apprenticing with Custom Builders. During that time he won a silver medal in a BC Skills Competition for constructing a saw horse. Gibbard’s commitment to the trade was evident to then Eagle River Secondary woodwork and joinery instructor Phil Lepine. “Not only did (Gibbard) take carpentry here at Eagle River Secondary, he also took it upon himself to take a residential house construction program…,” said Lepine at that time. “So he’s actually had a more focused program than what a regular high school student would have, and that’s one of the things that’s led him to his success.” Gibbard says his experience at Eagle River was a positive influence for him and where he’s ended up. Looking to the future, Gibbard hopes to do more commercial work. For more information about Rigid Construction, visit the company’s website at http://rigidconstruction.ca.
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No matter how hard they played last week, the Sicamous Eagles couldn’t get a break. The Eagles wound up on the losing end of three consecutive contests, one away and two at home. Last Wednesday the Eagles lost 4-2 to their Armstrong hosts, the North Okanagan Knights. The Knights were first on the board at 16:44, with Sicamous scoring on the rebound a minute later. The goal was by Michael Bell, assisted by Connor Buick. The Knights put in a second marker at 3:45 and, with eight seconds left in the frame, Corbin Marcotte potted Sicamous’ second and final goal of the evening, assisted by Nicholas Astasiewicz and Alex Dartnall. The Knights put in their final two in the second frame.
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Shots on net were equal at 25, and Sicamous played both of their goalies, Jack Surgenor and Kris Joyce, who made 12 and nine saves respectively. Friday night the Eagles were back at home to face off against the Kamloops Storm. While the Eagles gave an all-out effort, they were unable to suppress the Storm. The only goal in the first period came from the Storm on the power play. Steven Powers tied things up early in the second period, assisted by Bell and Brenden Devries. Dartnall, with less than two minutes on the clock, was able to put Sicamous in the lead with a goal assisted by Bell and Aidan Nisse. The next goal of the night came at the halfway point in the third period from Eagle Brad Crump, assisted by Steven Powers. The 3-1 lead, however, quickly slipped through the Ea-
gles hands as the Storm was able to convert the remainder of the frame into a 4-3 victory. Things didn’t improve for the Eagles Saturday night, when the Beaver Valley Nitehawks made off with a 4-2 win. Sicamous’ first goal, by Dartnall, was sandwiched between two markers from the Nitehawks in the first frame. The assist went to Cam Olson. Corbin Marcotte potted the Eagles’ second goal, the only one of the second period, assisted by Olson and Quinn Rempel. While Sicamous managed more shots on net in the third period, the Nitehawks were still able to break the tie and end the game with a two-goal lead. The Eagles will be looking for a different outcome when they host the Nitehawks tonight at the recreation centre.
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Aye, ski: Parkview Elementary student Courtney Wilby wears her pirate regalia proudly on the crosscountry ski trails of Larch Hills during the Pirate Loppett, held last Friday. Fourhundred and seventy-five students from throughout School District #83 attended this year’s event Photo by James Murray
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KENNEDY, AUDREY BEATRICE 1929 - 2013 It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Audrey Beatrice Kennedy at the age of 83 on January 15, 2013 at the Shuswap Lake General Hospital. Audrey was born April 11, 1929 and raised in Standard, Alberta. In 1949 Audrey married Andrew Kennedy and in 1966 they moved to Salmon Arm where Audrey was the first person hired by Canada Manpower where she worked till her retirement in 1988. Audrey is pre-deceased by the love of her life Andy in 1999. She will be sadly missed by her children Andrea, Angela (Don Farquhar), Anita (George Bouchard), Andrew Dale (Cindy Turner), Allan Terrance (Brandi Fast). Her 10 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren all knew the love of a grandmother who lived her life for her family and friends. Audrey was the constant of their lives in an ever changing world. An open house for Audrey was held on Saturday, June 19, 2013 where family and friends came together to honour and pay tribute to this special lady. On Mother’s Day, May 12, 2013 a Celebration of life service will be held at the family plot in Mt. Ida Cemetery at 11 a.m. with Jack Bowers the funeral Celebrant. On line condolences may be sent to Audrey’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com Arrangements are in the care of Bowers Funeral Home and Crematorium, Salmon Arm, BC A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands at rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best. The leaves and flowers may wither, The golden sun may set. But the ones who loved so dearly, Are the ones who won’t forget.
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FOSTER – Harold Edward (Ted) February 1, 1932 – January 16, 2013 Harold Edward Foster (Ted) passed away peacefully in Salmon Arm, BC on January 16th, 2013 with family at his bedside. Ted will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 56 years, Marion, and by his six children: Anita (Frank), Ron (Debbie), Cec (Kisshelle), Rose (Gary), Marilyn (Robin), and Marina (Alan). Grandpa will be greatly missed by his ten grandchildren: Doug (Kirsten), Vanessa (Mike), Adam, Lindsay, Robert, Susan, Evan, Jilaine, Sarah, and Kissandra and by his six great-grandchildren – Alyssa, Alden, Hazel, Logan, Xander, and Zoe. He is survived by his sister Kathleen (Len) Stusrud of 100 Mile House BC. Ted was born in One-Four, Alberta in 1932. He was one of eight children (Mabel, Jim, Bob, Sarah, Bill, Bert and Kay) born to Evelyn and Bert Foster. He was nicknamed Teddy by his beloved Aunt Mabel and a shortened form of the name stuck so, he was known to almost everyone as Ted. He spent his childhood on the prairies of southern Alberta and his youth in the foothills in the Cowley-Pincher Creek area. He never lost his deep appreciation of the foothills and mountains that surrounded him as he grew up and that connection to the land stayed with him for life. He also developed a love of animals and there was rarely a time when some adoring pet cat, or dog or bird was not by his side. In the 1950’s he left Pincher Creek and started a career in the oil patch. He was a mechanic and a seismic and water well driller in Saskatchewan, Alberta, BC, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. It was while he was on one of his first assignments that he met his wife, Marion Cooper, in Mankota, SK and they married on October 29, 1956. They spent their early years together moving with his job, finally settling back in Mankota, SK as their family grew to include five children. In 1965, Ted and Marion moved to Calgary, AB where he worked in the seismic industry and for the City of Calgary and where their sixth child was born. In 1973, the family moved to Hinton, AB when Ted took a job at Cardinal River Coal. His dream was always to live in BC’s interior and in 1975, he and the family relocated to Sicamous, BC. When he retired, Ted and Marion moved back to Calgary but they eventually decided that city life was not for them and went back to calling Sicamous home. Family and friends were the most important thing in life to Ted. He was reserved, sometimes gruff, often funny, and always decent and kind. He was strong and determined and one friend describes him as having “the toughest exterior I ever saw on a Teddy Bear.” He was generous and was always there for his friends - to lend an ear, or perhaps a few dollars, or to deliver some well-considered advice when asked. He was an enduring source of strength and wisdom for his family who benefited from his unwavering love and steadfast support. To us, his family, he was an everyday hero who just quietly got on with the business of living and looking after us; never asking for or expecting accolades or rewards. We will miss him dearly. True to his generous nature, Ted has donated his body to science to help generations to come. In accordance with his wishes, no funeral service will be held. The family will be having a day of memory for him in the future. Thank you to Dr. Bonthuys, Curtis Horne, the Bastion Place Staff, and the Home care staff, especially Colleen, for their care and compassion. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to an SPCA Humane Society or Veteran’s charity of your choice. To send condolences go to www.remembering.ca
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• Housekeeping • Marine Technician • Maintenance Applicants may apply by email to dont@twinanchors.com or by Fax to 250-836-4824 Attention HR Manager or drop off your resume at 101 Martin Street, Sicamous, B.C.
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INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN
Graymont’s Pavilion Plant is accepting applications for an Industrial Electrician. Candidate must possess current B.C. Red Seal certification. Preference will be given to well-rounded individuals willing to also perform other nonelectrical maintenance work as part of the maintenance team. A background in lime or cement industry along with computer and or PLC skills is preferred as well as a proven track record of developing and maintaining a safe work culture. Additional skills required: t &MFDUSJDJBO XJUI JOEVTUSJBM FYQFSJFODF SFRVJSFE UP XPSL BU UIF (SBZNPOU 1BWJMJPO Lime Plant. t .VTU CFDPNF FOHBHFE JO DPOUJOVPVT JNQSPWFNFOU BOE XJMMJOH UP XPSL JO B UFBN environment. t 3FHVMBS TIJGUT XJMM CF IST EBZ GSPN .POEBZ UP 'SJEBZ o TUFBEZ EBZ TIJGU t .VTU CF XJMMJOH UP XPSL PWFSUJNF XIFO SFRVJSFE t 8BHFT BOE CFOFÜUT BT QFS UIF DPMMFDUJWF BHSFFNFOU t -PDBUFE JO 1BWJMJPO # $ TJUVBUFE CFUXFFO $BDIF $SFFL BOE -JMMPPFU # $ Qualified applicants please submit your resume to: jking@graymont.com or Graymont Pavilion Plant Attn: Dan Buis P.O. Box 187 Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0
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SICAMOUS: 1 BDRM. Questview Apts. $550/mo. some util. incl. Avail. now, ref. required. (250)312-3344.
HOUSE RENTAL Hummingbird Beach Resort, Swansea Point near Sicamous. Monthly or longer off season rental of Cabin! $1,500 per month. Contact Steve at 403-6501600 or s.caissie@insitesolutions.ca SMALL HOUSE IN Green Acres Mobile Park, Malakwa. Only $400/mo. 250-836-2778.
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Friday Feb 1st
Saturday Feb 16th
Saturday Feb 2nd & Sunday Feb 3rd
Sunday Feb 17th
Cabin Fever Dinner & Auction ERS School Buy advanced tickets $25@ Mac’s Machine or Snowmobile Club.- Held by the Snowmobile Club. Call Michelle @ 250 -833 - 9335 for more information.
- Banner Project begins, Theme, “Flower Power”. @The Rec Centre (upstairs). Call Victoria@ 250 -836 -3537 for more information.
A Winter Wellness Weekend Wellness Spa Night - Enjoy Wine & Cheese, relax and get pampered. Stay over night for the Day Retreat. Wellness Day Retreat (Sunday 9- 4) - Meditation, Yoga & more. Watch for more details. Events held@ Owlhead Creek Bed & Breakfast. Call Pam@ 250 515-1692 for more information.
Snowmobile Club Ladies Ride Call Michelle @ 250 -833 - 9335 for more information.
Friday Feb 22nd & Saturday Feb 23rd - Royal Canadian Legion Bonspiel. Call Murray Williams @ 250 -836 -5302 for more information.
Sunday Feb 10th & Monday Feb 11th
Downtown Snow Sculpture (Sunday lOth 10-2 pm) Call Malerie @ 250 -836 - 4258 for more information Front Yard Snow Sculpture & Light Up Sunday 10th -yard sculpting begins. Monday 11th -Yard Sculpture Judging & People’s Choice. Contestant addresses to be posted @Askew’s, SASCU and on Snow Days Facebook Page. (3 pm) - Best Daytime Sculpture (7pm) - Best Light Up Presentation Entry deadline is Sunday Feb lOth @ Downtown event or register@ Sicamous Visitor’s Center until Feb. 8th. Call Pam @ 250 - 515 -1692 for more information.
Saturday Feb 23rd (6 pm)
Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary Dinner. By advanced ticket sales only, $15 each @ The Legion.
Saturday March 2nd
(11 - 1 pm) - Open House Banner Project held @ the Rec Centre (11 - 4 pm) - Road Hockey Tournament @ The Rec Centre parking lot. Call Wayne @ 250-836-2283 to register (1 pm) Awards Event for: Snow Daze Photo Contest, Photo Treasure Hunt Campaign & Front Yard Snow Sculpture Contest@The Red Barn, Riverside
Sunday Mar 3rd
(1 pm) Eagle Valley Photo Art Club Slide Presentation @The Red Barn.
Want to get Come Out & Play! involved? Call Pam 250 - 515 - 1692 OF SICAMOUS pbeech@telus.net DISTRICT 250-836-2477
Come check out the
Road Hockey Tournament!
Saturday
March 2 Call Wayne @ 250-836-2283 to register Sicamous and District Rec Centre www.sicamousreccentre.com
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Dental • Medical • Vision Care Alternative Health New to you: Yoga, I Am Yoga Coming soon: Nurse Practitioner All recommend Sicamous Snow Days Activities for your wintertime health!