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Feedback all positive for Summer Stomp By Jessica Klymchuk Eagle Valley News
Sicamous is welcoming the Summer Stomp and Burnout. The Sicamous and District Chamber of Commerce and the Stomp committee heard positive feedback at their public forum held May 13. About 30 people attended the town hall meeting to update themselves on the events slated for July 18 to 21. “It was 100 per cent positive feedback from the community,” said Steve Hammer, Summer Stomp events chair. “The community is very accepting and embracing the event with open arms.” The committee and chamber took comments, questions and concerns surrounding the Stomp. Chamber executive director Michelle Wolff said the biggest concern that arose was access to Main Street. Main Street will be closed Friday and Saturday to regular traffic to accommodate the carnival-style Burnout event. Traffic will be restricted to bikes, emergency vehicles and necessary traffic for businesses. “There was a misconception that we were shutting down Main Street for four days; it’s technically just slightly over 48 hours including set-up and tear down,” Wolff said. Security has been hired. Wolff said organizers want people to feel comfortable with leaving their vehicles downtown. There will be paid traffic control on standby to assist volunteers. Shuttles will be running between downtown and the Stomp grounds at the dog park to allow safe movement between events. The events downtown are free to attend. Volunteer sign-up and information for vendors is available online as well as a full list of events for Burnout and Summer Stomp. “Everybody seems very excited about the whole situation, so it’s been very positive,” Wolff said. A related noise bylaw amendment will be presented to Sicamous council tonight during their regular meeting. District staff is recommending council approve the amendment, which would allow bands to play until 2 a.m. on Thursday, July 18, 1:30 a.m. on Friday, July 19, 3 a.m. on Saturday, July 20, and 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 21. The amendment spans a nine-day period covering the event, as well as the time needed for setup and tear-down.
Go deep: Malakwa Learning Academy student Ethan Dunham monitors his experiment, Bug Dive Suit, to see if insects can live underwater when provided oxygen (they did) during the school’s recent science expo. The academy is one of the groups currently using the former Malakwa Elementary facility, which the Columbia Shuswap Regional District is in the process of helping the community acquire as a community centre. Photo by Victoria Rowbottom
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Community centre: Proposal will go to referendum for approval. By Barb Brouwer Eagle Valley News
Malakwa is two steps closer to a permanent community centre. Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors supported recommendations to move forward with the process of acquiring the Malakwa school facility and develop a draft Community Property Acquisition Policy. Area E Rural Sicamous director Rhona Martin says a report prepared by Suda Management was well-done and well-received. “Dave Morris (of Suda)
presented the report and thinks it’s a worthwhile project,” said Martin Friday. “Part of that was putting forward a suggested policy because we don’t have a policy for taking over other people’s agencies.” Following closure of the school by School District #83 in 2010, the Malakwa Community Centre Association leased the building using $150,000 from the electoral area’s Economic Opportunity Fund as seed money – money that will be used up by June. The facility currently houses the Malakwa Learning Academy, Eagle Valley Community Resource Cen-
tre, post office, school and pottery classes, and they just started having drop-in floor hockey for the kids about six weeks ago, says Martin. A number of potential community uses and opportunities were expressed at a meeting with current users of the building: • Expanded student base – currently limited by transportation; • Okanagan Community College – need for community learning programs; • Community garden; • Transportation – link with school busing. Feedback Suda acquired
from the school district officials indicated an appreciation of the facility’s value to the community and the potential for a long-term lease arrangement, although they would rather sell the property. Martin says the next step will be to take the matter to Area E residents in a referendum to be held at the end of September. “We will be going to the public to ask them if they would be willing fund the centre,” she says. “We’ll have to make sure we have accurate information to go out to the public first.”
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NEWS Containment: Firefighters from Malakwa and Sicamous quickly contained a blaze at a two-storey structure on Ward Road in Malakwa Monday morning. The fire is under investigation, and is considered suspicious. Photo by Victoria Rowbottom
Structural fire considered suspicious By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
A fire at the site of a former Malakwa grow op is currently being considered suspicious. Reports of a structural fire on Ward Road started coming in around 10:30 Monday morning, says Columbia Shuswap Regional District Fire Services Co-ordinator Kenn Mount, and when the Malakwa firefighters arrived on the scene, the two-storey building was fully engulfed. With assistance from the Sicamous fire department, Mount said firefighters were able to have the blaze contained in about an hour. “The department did a good job of dealing with it, attacking it quickly, and support from Sicamous was a
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injured in the fire. He says the investigation is ongoing and, at the moment, the blaze is being considered suspicious. “It does look suspicious as there has been a history of fires on that property,” said Mount, confirming it to be an old mill site, and the same location as a former marijuana grow where another structure burned to the ground.
“I guess a few years ago there was an incident there from a former grow operation,” said Mount. “There’s still quite a bit of debris from that last incident a few years ago as well.” The previous fire occurred in February 2010. The fire occurred in an 8,000-square-foot steel framed building that had housed what was described by police as a “very extensive” grow operation. Police on the scene of Monday’s fire didn’t see anything suspicious, noting there was no electricity being provided to the property. While the damage was thorough, the dollar loss is estimated at $15,000.
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Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors approved $17,000 to install a Radio Over Internet Protocol (ROIP) system to replace a problematic 911 fire dispatch system. Electoral Area E Rural Sicamous director Rhona Martin says the Malakwa fire chief had told her firefighters could be almost face-to-face with the Sicamous Fire Department and still not be able to communicate by radio. “The ROIP has emerged as a robust and cost-effective approach to provide radio communications that eliminate conventional networks restricted solely for point-topoint radio frequency applications,” environment and engineering manager Gary Holte told directors at the
May 16 board meeting in Scotch Creek. “Instead of attempting to transport radio signals over long distances in their original state, ROIP changes the radio frequency to digital signal at each end.” Holte assured directors the new primary 911 fire dispatch communications system will be substantially improved by the installation of the ROIP technology. A
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They may not get anything more from the province, but Swansea Point residents got support from their local government. After being advised by the province that Victoria is not planning to install a new bridge or culvert at Hummingbird Creek – the site of a debris flow last June – members of the Swansea Point Community Association appealed to Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors to write a letter to Transportation Minister Mary Polak on their behalf. “There is no doubt that the work, some 247 days after the fact and only days before the freshet, is either enough, nor does it by any means complete some sense of safety for our residents,” said an April 4 letter to the board, protesting the provincial stance. Members of the association also took issue with plans to resurface Highway 97A between Grindrod and
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Sicamous. “Should this paving go ahead without the benefit of fixing this problem here on Highway 97A at the culvert, you can be assured that the road will wash out again and no traffic will get through to the Trans-Canada Highway.” Area E Rural Si-
camous director Rhona Martin told directors it is important to take into account residents’ concerns. “I recognize they have done some work and am pleased to see that because there was a time when we thought they weren’t going to do anything,” she said, referring to
remedial work done by the province since the debris flow. “But I am concerned – they talk about water, free-flowing water, but we’ve had debris flows and our emergency department is also concerned about what can come down.” Directors agreed unanimously to send a
District unable to meet carbon neutral target By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Becoming carbon neutral is proving an elusive target, though one the District of Sicamous continues to pursue. In 2009, the District of Sicamous signed on to the B.C. government’s Climate Action Charter, which encouraged the 180 signatory local governments to become carbon neutral (achieving zero carbon emissions through reduction and/or the purchase of offsets) by 2012. The Climate Action Revenue Incentive program was created to help offset the carbon tax for charter signatories. Earlier this month, district staff presented to council the Final Climate Action Progress Report. The report explains the municipality
was unable to become carbon neutral in 2012. But staff notes the district will continue to look at projects to help reduce carbon emissions in 2013, and that the official community plan provides “overall direction in working towards creating a complete, compact and more efficient community.” “The District of Sicamous will not become carbon neutral for the 2012 reporting period, but will be working on reducing the GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions with the improvement of new walking corridors and sidewalks, additional replacement of existing lighting to LED lighting, and the possibility of adding solar generation to some buildings and structures,” states the report. The report states the district produced
310 tonnes of CO2e in 2012, compared to 18,395 tonnes in 2010. The report does not encourage the purchase of carbon credits to offset the 310 tonnes, saying local governments have the option of stating they are “making progress towards carbon neutrality.” District administrator Heidi Frank says the effort to become carbon neutral takes up a significant amount of staff time, and that the district is currently looking into software that will help to meet the province’s reporting requirements. “There have been many discussions and meetings held with the province regarding this program, and numerous municipalities, including ours, are asking the province for either help, or leeway in becoming carbon neutral,” Frank explained in an email.
“The province has been quite respectful of the constraints this puts on municipalities, and has suggested that as long as we work to neutrality that would be acceptable.” Asked if the district would continue the effort towards carbon neutrality should the province scrap the program after the May 14 election, Frank said staff would have to assess the benefits and gains of the program versus what Sicamous already does as a responsible government. The City of Salmon Arm was also unable to become carbon neutral in 2012. To have met the target, the city would have had to purchase an estimated $31,590 worth of carbon offsets. Instead of purchasing carbon credits, council opted to take a “waitand-see approach,” as advised by staff.
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here is no question that the provincial government has neglected environmental protection. While there were four conservation officers in the North Okanagan about 20 years ago, there are now two and a supervisor. In total, the present complement is five field officers and a supervisor for an area from the north end of Shuswap Lake to Peachland. How effective is such a small force going to be over such a vast geographic area, particularly when demands are growing? “We have no protection in our watersheds so mudboggers go in there,” said Mike Macnabb, a director with the Regional District of the North Okanagan. “We are finding illegal dumping all over the place.” Conflicts between people and wildlife are also growing. In 2012/13, there were 1,673 cases of problem animals in the North Okanagan, including instances of livestock being killed. And illegal hunting continues to be a problem. Ministry officials are encouraging the public and local jurisdictions to get more involved, and while that is fine, it should be pointed out that residents already pay taxes for the service, so is further downloading necessary? Also, even if local residents report infractions, will there be an officer available who can enforce the law, let alone respond in a timely manner? There’s no question that as a service is reduced, there are greater challenges to how it’s delivered. The Regional District of North Okanagan is demanding that Victoria place more conservation officers on the ground to protect our natural resource. But that isn’t enough. Our newly elected MLAs — Eric Foster and Greg Kyllo — need to hear directly from residents. –Vernon Morning Star
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Province avoids costly ideological shift By Tom Fletcher News Columnist
One benefit of the surprising fourth term for the B.C. Liberal Party is that the provincial government won’t be subjected to another big, expensive ideological remake. Taxpayers are spared a bill of millions in severance pay for deputy ministers and other senior staff who would be purged in large numbers in the leftright lurch that has defined B.C. politics for a generation. BC Ferries will continue as an arms-length operation, with ferry commissioner Gord Macatee in charge of service levels as well as fare caps. The service rationalization that the government set out in the past year will continue. The NDP platform vowed to “position BC Ferries as an integral part of B.C.’s transportation infrastructure.” Freely translated, that means “suck BC Ferries back into government,” as one of their stri-
dent supporters likes to say. That would conceal the growth of the subsidy and facilitate the kind of political and union interference that resulted in the current structure. There will be no $10 million rehash of the BC Rail sale and subsequent seven-year trial, to enrich elite lawyers once again. The NDP promised an inquiry for strictly political reasons, to drag their opponents through the scandal one more time. It was not a prelude to “nationalizing” the province’s train service, dream scenarios of the NDP provincial council notwithstanding. Costly legal confrontations over development projects have been avoided. The Jumbo Glacier Resort proponents finally won a 20-year fight for permits, and the NDP promised to take them away. A larger ideological battle over private power contracts has also been avoided. The B.C. Liberals have been caught by a sud-
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den shift in power markets caused by cheap, abundant natural gas, but the billions in commitments to independent power producers isn’t the fiasco that critics have described. If all those privately developed run-of-river hydro projects were owned and operated by BC Hydro, the Crown corporation would have to staff them and maintain them all for the next 40 years. There are differing views about the future demand for electricity in B.C., but it can only rise with industry and population growth. A decade of federal and provincial work to end duplication of environmental assessment won’t be undone. NDP leader Adrian Dix’s promise for “made in B.C.” reviews was a strategy to choke resource projects to death under endless procedure, which may yet be the fate the Jumbo resort. We will have a Seniors’ Advocate office, but it won’t be staffed up to duplicate the ombudsperson’s
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role of taking complaints. We have 85 seniors’ advocates now. They’re called MLAs. They have staffed offices in their home communities and in Victoria. Those office staffers try to help people through the labyrinth of seniors’ at-home and institutional care. A new seniors’ advocate can offer advice at the management level to help the health-care system evolve, but only elected politicians are positioned to tell individuals they can’t have what they are demanding. The government should be adding more direct services, not more bureaucrats. There will be many arguments about the failure of the NDP to win against an unpopular B.C. Liberal government that is still weighed down by the harmonized sales tax and other heavy baggage. This election could be the beginning of the end for the old left-right model for B.C. politics.
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Outstanding service: Okanagan-Shuswap MP Colin Mayes and Royal Canadian Legion Okanagan Zone Commander Glen Hill recently presented Sicamous Legion Branch #99 president Cyril Gosse with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for tremendous dedication to the legion and the community at large. Gosse was nominated by the Royal Canadian Legion Provincial Command. Photo Judith Gosse
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Small businesses benefiting from action plan Budget 2013/14 continues measures to help small and large businesses in Canada. Your government has extended and expanded the hiring credit for small business for one year by providing a $1,000 credit for EI payment premiums for new employees of qualifying small businesses. This benefits 560,000 businesses in Canada. The budget also reduced the small business tax rate from 12 per cent to 11 per cent, and increased the lifetime Capital Gains Exemption to $800,000,
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allowing small business owners to keep more money from the sale of their business for their retirement. Small businesses with a taxable income of $500,000 have seen their federal taxes de-
crease from $83,000 in 2006 to $55,000 in 2013, allowing more money for investment expansion. The government of Canada has also taken measures to cut red tape and make dealings with the federal government easier by reducing the burden on small business. The budget continues the accelerated Capital Cost Allowance for new manufacturing machinery and equipment, purchased by large businesses. A number of businesses in my constituency have benefited from this program as well
as from the elimination of tariffs on machinery and equipment purchased from other countries. The Canada Job Grant to assist in skills and trades training will be a key for large businesses to meet their employee needs now and in the future. Your government has also funded key investments in research and technology to ensure Canadian businesses can compete on the world stage. The Canadian Manufacturing Coalition, representing 100,000 companies and 1.8
million workers, stated: “Our organizations have been major proponents and supporters of the government’s recent tax policies, such as the reductions in corporate income taxes and the Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance. We have supported these measures as a key tool to drive business investment and… critical tools to soften the impact of the recent global economic downturn on Canada.” These initiatives are all part of your government’s Economic Action Plan, and it is working.
MP Colin Mayes turns 65, plans to keep working By Martha Wickett Eagle Valley News
North OkanaganShuswap MP Colin Mayes turned 65 in April, but he’s not quite ready to collect his MP pension yet.
“I haven’t made my decision whether I’m going to run for reelection in two-and-ahalf years; it’s one of the things I’m considering.” There is no rule regarding when an MP
must retire. Currently the oldest MP is Ray Boughen from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, who is 76. “My kids would like to see me home, and my wife says, ‘I think you’re too young
to retire.’ I appreciate that,” says Mayes. He notes that his parliamentary committee is studying older workers in the workplace – specifically 55 and older. “There was a gos-
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firming that I’m a few grapes short of a cluster. I blow money on garden stuff, then never use it, and spring for tools, only to lose them. I have a swing, but never sit in it, a hammock, but never lounge in it. I plant a food garden, but hardly eat out of it. I stick a plant in the ground, but don’t water it. My fashion style is thrift store garden grunge and I’m so dirty sometimes that it looks as though I’ve had a play date with a pack of piglets. I flood more motors than I start, I’ve had enough dirt in the car that it sprouted a weed and spiders have weaved their webs along the windows. Am I not a brick short of a full load to still find some sort of satisfaction out of what I do? I’m often disillusioned and defeated, limpy and gimpy, dusty and dirty, harried and hurt, frazzled and fatigued, broken and bandaged and sunburned and sore, yet I still find some warped pleasure in all of this.
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screen, but I still forget them. I buy books, but never read them; take courses, but rarely adhere to them and stare blankly into the faces of those seasoned gardeners who offer me sage advice. If it’s all guts and no glory, then why do I keep doing this? My mind plays like a record in a juke box that’s skipping on the part that goes, “I gotta, I gotta, I gotta,” and that blasted clock keeps clanging loudly in my head going ticktock, tick-tock, like the sound of the bad old croc in Peter Pan. I run around the yard like a chicken with my head cut off and there are times that my workload is so overwhelming that I just stand in one spot – paralyzed – not sure whether to weed or wind my watch. I no sooner build one wall, only to watch another one crumble. I dig in a living plant, only to watch another die. I know I’ve bitten off more than I can chew, yet I keep loading up my plate higher and deeper, solidly con-
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I’ve been bitten by nasty spiders, had blood siphoned off by voracious mosquitoes and been swarmed by ticked-off ants after squatting on their nest. I’ve endured cuts, whacks, blisters, pulled muscles, twisted ankles and headers down the bank. Slivers and thorns have been mined out of tender flesh, eyes deeply probed to extract branch bits and bugs, and heels and hands suffering super-sore splits. Fingers have been squashed and pinched, rocks have been dropped on toes and the face soundly smacked by standing on a rake. I’ve been exposed and assaulted by all weather conditions, enduring sunburns, frozen extremities and soakings to the bone. I’ve been so bent and busted by the end of the work day, that I can barely stand up to make a meal and so bleary-eyed from fatigue I’ve fallen asleep mid-sentence whilst reading a bedtime story. Am I not a carrot short of a full bunch to keep ruining myself like this? My mom warns me about the risks of permanent wear and tear, but I ignore it. My sister shows me stretches, but I don’t do them. A massage therapist insisted I must walk before I work – which I do, but only because our dog demands it. And now my surgeon scolds me about not using a hat and sun-
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A classic: The Sicamous Firemen’s Club continue their effort to come up with a new facility to house their 1928 Gotfredson, the community’s first fire truck. Photo contributed
Home needed for vintage fire truck By Jessica Klymchuk Eagle Valley News
The Sicamous Firemen’s Club wants a place to display a piece of Canadian history. The club owns a 1928 Gotfredson fire truck that is currently being housed in an old building that will soon be demolished. “We would like to give it a home it deserves,” writes Dale Wood, club member. The Vernon fire department used the
truck until 1953 when the community of Sicamous purchased it for their newly formed volunteer fire department. The truck was in service in Sicamous until 1970. It was the first fire truck in both Vernon and Sicamous. “As a club, we want to build a building beside the fire hall to house this gem and have it on display to the public,” Wood writes. The Sicamous Firemen’s Club is currently
taking the truck to car shows to show people what they are trying to save. On May 12 the club showed the truck at the Fintry Landing show and won a trophy for best fire truck. On the May long weekend, the club took it to a show in Peachland. They also plan on showcasing it at the IPE and Salmon Arm fair this summer. Over the August long weekend the club is going to have an antique
fire truck show in conjunction with the Show and Shine in Sicamous. They will be hosting a chilly cook-off as a fundraiser and will be selling T-shirts showcasing the Gotfredson. “We’re really pushing this truck and trying to get it out in as many car shows or parades, whatever we can do to let people know what we have,” said Derrick Brown, vice president of the Sicamous Firemen’s Club.
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Apprenticeship students awarded $20,000 The North Okanagan - Shuswap school board extended congratulations on May 14 to the 20 grads who were recently awarded $1,000 Secondary Student Apprenticeship scholarships. Superintendent Dave Witt commented that proportionate to the number of students province-wide, only four students in School District #83 should have received scholarships. “The 20 scholarship winners are a testament to the fine work of our students, staff, career coordinators and our district career co-ordinator who promote this option and support the students in the program.” The board also con-
gratulated Eagle River, which has so far won $1,000 in a green competition through Majesta and are still in the running for further awards.
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One of the challenges in a smaller high school is to be able to offer students unique options for personalized learning that engages the students. Eagle River Secondary School teachers Curtis Bellows and Rory Taber have tapped into their own passion for the outdoors and are taking their students on “backcountry travels” to achieve just that. At the May 14 meeting of the North Okanagan-Shuswap school
board, Eagle River principal Scott Anderson explained to trustees that by making some changes to the school’s master timetable, the school was able to offer Backcountry Travels, also referred to as Outdoor Education. Currently 28 students in grades nine to 12 are taking the course. Bellows and Taber talked about how the course involves both classroom work (usually two afternoons a week) as well as activities outside of the school (usually two afternoons a week, as well as some weekends). The course helps students gain outdoor skills such as rope work, knot-tying, backpacking, wildlife aware-
ness, environmental stewardship, compass use, and understanding and using maps, as well as providing activities such as biking, hiking, an overnight backpacking trip, paintball and dragonboat paddling. During the course students also have the opportunity to achieve certification, in courses such as basic first aid and swift-water rescue. The big trip of the course will be a fourday, three-night hiking trip to Mount Robson. Anderson said one challenge is the cost of offering the course, especially transportation costs. It was noted that if the activity is within See Program on page 8
Right reaction: Markus Martin is impressed with the exothermic reaction occurring in Owen Willey’s successful elephant’s toothpaste experiment, one of several displayed by Malakwa Learning Academy students during their recent science expo. Photo by Victoria Rowbottom
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Left – Kevin Redman does a wheel stand on his BMX bike as passerby Gordon Norrie watches during a fundraiser for Sicamous and Salmon Arm food banks held Saturday in the parking lot at Pinz Boardshop. Right – Rapper Dalton “Red” Dugdale performs for an appreciative audience. Photos by James Murray
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the Sicamous area the students in the program usually bicycle to it. If it is outside the region, they have had to pay for a mini bus. There is a $50 fee to take the course and sometimes some additional fees for activities. The program has also held a car wash to raise money. However, said Anderson, the school is going to have to come up with a fundraising plan to make the outdoor education program sustainable.
After the presentation, director of instruction Wendy Woodhurst commented that two years ago, she and a group of Eagle River teachers went to the Kootenays to see personalized learning programs in smaller high schools. “What you guys have done for students at Eagle River has been fantastic. It’s a great place to learn and to be.” Chair Bobbi Johnson thanked the group for their presentation, stating the activities and
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Secondary School Apprenticeship (SSA) scholarship winners, current students and employers were honoured at a recognition ceremony recently at Table 24 Restaurant in Salmon Arm. A total of 20 local graduated SSA students were awarded secondary school apprenticeship scholarships valued at $1,000 each. This
is well over the provincial average. In order to win these scholarships, students successfully completed their four secondary school apprenticeship courses, graduated with a C+ average on all Grade 12 numbered courses, and continued working on training full-time in the trade five months after secondary school graduation or have 1,100 hours registered with the Industry Training Authority (ITA). Current SSA students and the employers who sponsor the stu-
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dents were also recognized and thanked at the reception. On hand to help present the scholarships was Larry Espe, superintendant of trades and transitions from the Ministry of Education. Awarded scholarships were: Amanda Dunbar, Pleasant Valley Secondary (cosmetology); Jared Jontz, PVSS (carpentry); David Gau, Salmon Arm Secondary (Carpentry); Nicholas Harrison, SAS (carpentry); Kashtin Mair, SAS (carpentry); Jordan Carmi-
chael, SAS (welding); Caleb LeComte, SAS (professional cook); Jared McLean, SAS (carpentry); Andrew Veerman, SAS (professional cook); Maitland Furneaux, SAS (carpentry); Joel Castle, AL Fortune Secondary (machining); Melissa Drydyk, ALF (dairy production technology); Colton DeBoer, ALF (heavy duty equipment technology); Kelson Turner, ALF (heavy equipment operator); Danielle Blades, ALF (dairy production Technology); Jonathan
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Eagle Valley News Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Professional/ Employment Management SOFTWARE Developer for Engineering Applications Lucidyne Technologies, an industry leader in Automated Lumber Grading is seeking an experienced & talented person to join our software/engineering development team. We offer rewarding challenges, a stimulating work environment, 401K with employer contributions and the college town amenities of Corvallis, Oregon. Our scanning systems include multiple cameras and sensors, electronics, multiple PCs and network equipment. The mechanical and electrical components of the system are highly integrated into the customer’s production flow and equipment. Software developers must understand the underlying technology and also appreciate the perspective of end users (operators, technicians, etc.), to develop efficient applications. We’re looking for a person that will take pride in their work and will help us make our product the best it can be. Job Description Implement and test machine vision algorithms to classify defects in lumber with our senior image processing staff. Validate code changes using regression testing against an archive of customer data Verify sensor performance using custom calibration software and analysis tools Interact with customers to capture requirements for software upgrades Maintain and update C++ code for image processing improvements and computational geometry extensions Experience Must have 3-5 years experience with C++ and a degree in either engineering or computer science. Good mathematics and troubleshooting skills are required. Vision to see big picture and problem solving ability are also a must. Additional desired experience in: Real time systems, Subversion, Xml, Windows OS, PC troubleshooting, and basic electronics skills. This is a real-time software coding position. Your code will control our customer’s production lines so errors are expensive. Please use your cover letter to describe what modern software engineering principles you have used to help you write bug-free code while holding to ontime delivery schedules. Applicants must be fluent in English and have the energy to produce results under time constraints. Salary commensurate with experience and education. Email cover letter and resume to ellenn@lucidyne.com.
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