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A scream of a good time The ear-splitting shrieks of patient Hailey Munroe and the surge of the electric chair powered by mad scientist Adrien Astill greet travellers along the Spook Trail Saturday during the R.J. Haney Halloween Spooktacular. For more scenes of ghouls and goblins, check out the photo essay on page A3. lAchlAn lAbere/ObServer
City initiates action on cell towers Policy: Concerns from Hillcrest residents prompt council to seek improved consultation.
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The city of Salmon Arm will be pursuing a policy to guide the future placement of cell phone towers. responding to letters of concern over a possible cell tower going up in the Hillcrest area near the school and residences, coun. Marg Kentel told council Monday that she had spoken with Industry canada and learned the city could have a policy that might give council more say in where
cell towers go in the community. currently, Industry canada only requires council’s input for towers taller than 15 metres. “What he said was that we can have a guideline and they will listen to the guideline if it’s realistic,” said Kentel. “I think just even saying, OK, there’s another location, put it further back on the property so it’s further away from schools and day cares and families, that certainly would be logical.” Kentel questioned why rogers hasn’t responded to
public complaints or the city. development Services director Kevin Pearson confirmed staff have no idea yet as to what’s being proposed. He told council the city of langley has a policy that requires 80 per cent approval of neighbours within 500 metres of a proposed tower site in order to get the city’s endorsement. couns. Ken Jamieson, denise reimer and Alan Harrison were enthusiastically supportive of a policy that would give council, and residents, some input.
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Harrison suggested the policy target towers under 15 metres. “I do think that if we are able to have some say on cell towers that are less than 15 metres, between 10 and 15 metres, I think we should seize that opportunity,” said Harrison, “because they’re not suitable in all places, in my view… and the lyman Hill one is a perfect example. It was in the sight line of everybody who lived on lyman Hill.” Kentel argued council shouldn’t be complacent in this matter and said she liked the langley policy.
She suggested that rogers might back off a bit knowing the city is putting its own policy in place. “As far as the community members that have called me, there is another location, just like there was in canoe,” she added. Harrison suggested the policy could create a win-win situation for the city where cellular service could be provided with towers in more acceptable locations. For more on a neighbourhood protest regarding a proposed cell tower on 20th Ave. Se, see A2.
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Residents protest cell tower Hillcrest: Rogers Communications says agreement not finalized. By Tracy Hughes OBSERVER STAFF
A small group of citizens concerned about the effects of a cell phone tower planned for the Hillcrest area blocked an easement Thursday morning, complicating access for crews trying to work at the site. “We are doing this because we do not believe people are informed about the hazards of these towers and the frequencies and electromagnetic radiation they emit,” said Jean Olsen, who has lived in the neighbourhood since 1983. “I’m concerned about the effects on my grandchildren and all the other little people who go to school and live near here and do not have a voice.” The Rogers Communications tower is proposed to be sited on private property on 20th Avenue SE, which is owned by Don Gona. Hillcrest Elementary school is located a few blocks away from the Gona’s acreage property. “In an effort to bring better service to the Salmon Arm community, Rogers has been investigating the property at 2391-20th Ave. SE. The proposal has not been finalized,” says Luiza Staniec, a spokesperson for Rogers. While the neighbours believed the cell transmitter was being installed that morning, Gona told the Observer the crews were there to check on the siting plans. Gona said the cell tower would not be a new addition to the area, but would be placed on UTDOOR the current BC Hydro LIVING steel tower already in the neighbourhood. Gona attended a meeting Wednesday night regarding the erection Mof cell towers in Canoe and Hillcrest. He said the meeting was entirely one-sided against cell towers. “I’ve studied this myself and from what I have read, the emissions
are less than radio or TV towers. If I thought there would be any health problems from this, I wouldn’t live this close to it myself or allow it to be on my property.” Gona has not yet made a deal with the company, he said, acknowledging that he would be compensated financially if the tower is placed on the hydro easement on his land. He would not comment as to when he might make a decision or when the proposed installation might take place. “My neighbours have turned against me,” he said. “And if they are going to push me, I’m going to push back.” Staniec also told the Observer it is too early in the process for Rogers to put a time frame on it. The location of cell stations or towers is governed under federal legislation, administered by Industry Canada. She confirms Rogers Communications will be following the Industry Canada antenna siting and approval procedures process, which does not provide for the City of Salmon Arm to give input into where cell towers are located as long as they are under 15-metres high. This particular cell station would be under
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Statement: Neighbours of a planned cell tower at 2391-20th Ave. SE gathered Thursday morning in protest of the proposal and used their cars to limit access to the site. the 15-metre limit. If higher than 15 metres, the city would be asked for input, but the authority ultimately resides with Industry Canada, not the municipality. Olsen would like to see the city bring in its own bylaws to require due process on proposed cell tower sites. She says the city needs to look to other places like Toronto and Collingwood, Ont., which have placed regulatory controls on the location of cell towers through bylaws. The protesters say they are not against cell phones or cell towers, but believe there should be more consideration and consultation about where they are located. “I’m not saying don’t bring them in, but they need to do it where it is safer, in isolated areas.
This would be much better up on the side of the mountain,” said Olsen, gesturing to the
back side of Mt. Ida in the background. “This is not the right place for this,” she said.
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They may look great, but their safety is being called into question. The BC Safety Authority (BCSA) issued a press release last Wednesday in an attempt to locate all owners or occupants of “park homes” manufactured by Riske Creek Trailers of Tappen. The organization says 27 Riske Creek mobile homes have been reported to them so far that do not comply with gas or electrical certification standards and may be hazardous for occupants – and they believe there may be more that have not yet been reported. While the Riske Creek’s website advertises their homes as “handcrafted units using superior construction techniques and quality materials,” BCSA says some units have not been properly certified by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), while some others have unauthorized CSA labels, or none at all. “Uncertified installation of gas appliances creates risks such as fire or carbon monoxide poisoning, which can be fatal,” says BC Safety Authority provincial gas manager Wayne Lock. Lock says the independent organization mandated to oversee safe installation of technical systems and equipment in the province, put out a call for owners or occupants of Riske park models because owner Andy Tower has ignored repeated requests since 2011 to provide his records. But Tower says he has addressed all deficiencies, sent required documentation on units that have been worked on and “plans of attack” for what will be done in the future to rectify any other issue.
“We have new units at the shop and we are doing our due diligence to make sure anything we deliver is over and above what is required, using the necessary inspection.” He says his company, which currently employs four people, has been inspected by another “reputable” inspection company, one whose name he will not reveal. But Lock points out that unlike most home construction where each phase of the building is inspected, manufactured homes are constructed in a plant and not inspected until they are in a mobile home park. “What we’re finding with these park mobiles is that they are going out without decals, and when we don’t see them it raises questions for us,” he says, noting Tower is prohibited from using the CSA label. “We don’t feel the records are complete, that’s why we’re asking people who live in them to get in touch with us.” CSA did not respond to a request last week for an explanation as to why Tower is no longer permitted to use their certification. Nor will Tower say why he is no longer getting accreditation from CSA, but he adds he has not delivered a single unit in the past year in order to make sure they comply with all safety regulations. “All units (owners) have largely been behind me and stood behind me, and new customers have faced delays to make sure it’s right.” Lock maintains that’s something Tower should be telling CSA and says that, in the meantime, the safety authority is asking anyone with information regarding the existence of any trailer manufactured or sold by Riske Creek or Andy Tower to contact the safety authority at 1-866-566-7233, or by sending an email to info@safetyauthority.ca.
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Youth arrested Police responded to a disturbance in the area of 30th Street NE and 15th Avenue at 11:41 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 and arrested a 16-year-old youth with 30 grams of marijuana, scales and more than 70 grams of psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms, in his possession.
Mental health When Salmon Arm RCMP responded to an assault in progress in the 300 block of Beatty Avenue NW at 7:21 p.m. Oct. 26, they found a business owner restraining a man who had broken a glass door in order to break into the business. The suspect, who continued to resist as he was arrested and removed from the scene, appeared to be suffering from an acute mental illness. He was taken to hospital and held for assessment.
Drug delivery stopped Also on October 26, the Salmon Arm RCMP General Investigation Section stopped a vehicle leaving a known drug house and arrested the female driver and male passenger of the vehicle after a search located individually-packed crystal methamphetamine. The man and woman are both well-known to police and charges of trafficking will be submitted to Crown for their approval.
car stolen A1993 burgundy Oldsmobile Cutlass was stolen from Fourth Street SE Oct. 26. The vehicle has not been recovered. Anyone having information on the stolen vehicle is asked to call CrimeStoppers or the Salmon Arm RCMP.
Accident nets suspect Police attended a single-vehicle accident on Sunnybrae-Canoe Point Road Saturday, Oct. 27. A vehicle had left the roadway and slid down an embankment coming to a stop on a beach. The driver of the vehicle was issued a violation ticket for driving without due care. The driver was also found to be wanted by police and was arrested for the outstanding charges.
Vandals attack school Police are seeking information from the public following vandalism that occurred overnight Sunday at Shuswap Middle School. Soccer goal posts were moved, graffiti was sprayed on walls and a smashed pumpkin left in the school driveway.
Man held in drug case At 10:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, police stopped a suspicious vehicle on Third Street SE. People within the vehicle are known for drug and property crime. One person fled and was arrested by police following a foot chase. A small quantity of ecstacy was seized. This man remains in police cells and investigation continues into connection to local property crime matters.
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B.c. policy: Couple frustrated as their vehicle remains confiscated. By Tracy Hughes OBSERVER STAFF
A couple whose Ford Explorer was impounded for 30 days under the provisions of a B.C. Government policy remain without their vehicle, despite not having broken any law themselves. Tom and Janice Granger’s vehicle was impounded Oct. 12 after they loaned the car to their grandson who, in anticipation of drinking, left the keys with a friend. Without his knowledge, two people took the keys and the vehicle. The driver was then pulled over by the RCMP in downtown Salmon Arm for suspected impaired driving. The driver received a 90-day roadside prohibition and the Granger’s vehicle was immediately impounded for 30 days, as part of a Ministry of Justice program that requires the immediate impound of vehicles being operated by unlicensed, unsafe or impaired drivers. The vehicle was reported as taken without consent the following morning, but by then it had already been towed and impounded. In addition to being without the vehicle for 30 days, it will cost the Grangers about $672 in towing and impound storage fees. They appealed to the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles but were denied, although they have still not been told why. The ministry said the reasons will be presented to them by a mailed letter, which they have not yet received. The Superintendent
of Motor Vehicle’s office also declined to reveal the reason the appeal was denied to the Observer, citing privacy legislation. They indicated, however, that the RCMP could also authorize early release of the vehicle under the Motor Vehicle Act. They also say the Grangers could try to recoup their financial losses through the court system. Following complaints to MLA Greg Kyllo’s office and the media, the Grangers received a call at 11 a.m. on Oct. 24 from the RCMP indicating the vehicle would be released early. But at 3 p.m., another call from the police indicated this was a communication error between the RCMP and the Superintendent’s office and the vehicle would remain impounded. The Grangers were visited by the RCMP later that evening. They say it was made clear to them that the only way the car would be released early was if their grandson agreed to make another statement to police and sign a document indicating he would appear in court as a witness. Janice says her grandson, who has a prior criminal record, would not agree to appear in court, and indicates she can not force him to do so. “I’m at my wits’ end with all the stress of this. I feel like the RCMP are holding my car hostage. We’re the registered owners here. The only one being penalized right now is us.” Sgt. Carlos Tet-
tolowski of the Salmon Arm RCMP denies the Granger’s allegation. “The release of the vehicle was not cancelled because of the
email to the Observer. “I suppose if we look on the positive side in this, the police took an impaired driver off the road and located their
We are totally innocent. The car was taken and yet we are being treated like criminals here. It’s not right.
Tom Granger Vehicle impounded grandson, nor is it necessarily tied to his appearing in court,” Tettolowski said in an
vehicle before it was seriously damaged/destroyed; plus, nobody was seriously injured
or killed. The cost would have been much higher if we had not.” In the meantime, the Grangers say a family member of the passenger in the car has stepped forward to offer some financial help with a portion of the towing and impound costs. Despite this, the couple are frustrated and say this could happen to anyone. “We are totally innocent. The car was taken and yet we are being treated like the criminals here. It’s not right.” says Tom. The RCMP say the investigation into the situation is continuing.
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Request for Quotation (RFQ) documents may be obtained at City Hall at 500 2 Avenue NE and at www.salmonarm.ca/bids. The closing date and time for receipt of sealed quotations, in accordance with the RFQ document, is Friday November 15, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the address noted below. Quotations received after the closing date and time will be returned unopened. City of Salmon Arm 500 - 2 Avenue NE Box 40 Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N2 For more information please contact Corey Paiement, RPP, Corporate Officer at (250)803-4029 or cpaiement@salmonarm.ca.
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Get ready for the annual time change this Sunday, when everyone turns their clocks back one hour before they go to bed Saturday, Nov. 2 and gets to enjoy an extra hour of sleep on Sunday. Sounds perfectly pleasurable, right. Not if you are a parent of a young child. In that case, your liable to be heard yelling, “Fall back – to sleep please!” People with kids don’t get an extra hour of sleep. Instead they get to get up at 5 a.m. instead of the usual 6 a.m. and try to convince their offspring that their biological clock is all wrong and they actually need to follow the seemingly arbitrary rules set up by people generations ago. How well do you think that goes? These are the same kids who then fight going to bed earlier than their usual bedtime, and, especially if they can read the clock, are willing to dig in hard against any shut eye before the appointed time. Then, instead of waking up the next morning ready for the day and pleased to have an extra hour of zzzs under your belt, you get the pleasure of dealing with sleep-deprived kids, which is a well-known recipe for crankiness. I’m starting to think Saskatchewan has it right by bucking the trend and holding fast to one time setting, year-round. (Although, I suppose the winter temperatures would be enough to keep me in good old time-change B.C.) That being said, the time change also signals another mildly depressing change. The arrival of my “polar night,” as it were. This is when I arrive at work in the dark morning hours, to spend the lion’s share of my day in a windowless office, only to leave again once the sun has set. For a while there, daylight becomes a pretty rare commodity and I start to resemble a mole, looking confused and blinking wildly when I venture out on a lunch hour. While we in Salmon Arm can not, for the most part, complain about the severity of our Canadian winter, the lack of bright daylight in the perennially overcast Shuswap does start to make one yearn for the sunny beaches of Cancun or the deserts of Arizona. For my first few years in Salmon Arm I suffered through the blahs that a good dose of sun might have cured, until I hit upon the most effective winter treatment for me —cross country skiing. Not only is it excellent exercise, but even better, a lot of the time when you make the drive up to the Larch Hills Ski Area, you emerge from the clouds into glorious sunshine, with the sun glistening like diamonds off the snow and the reflection sometimes so bright you might even want sunglasses. Snowshoe trails are also an option for those who might find slippery skis daunting. So if you are feeling the weight of the grey clouds on your shoulders this winter, try heading for the hills.
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Online voting an eventual reality Our municipalities and province likely won’t be using Internet voting to help determine election results anytime soon. That doesn’t mean we won’t eventually be using such a method. An independent panel tasked by Elections B.C. to study Internet voting has recommended that such a system not be implemented in time for the upcoming municipal election, nor the next B.C. vote. But it did suggest that a technical committee be struck to look into the matter further and that the legislature should support jurisdictions that wish to pursue the option in future. The preliminary report offered less than lukewarm support for the idea. It confirms that making voting easier for people in this way has not been shown in other jurisdictions to significantly increase voter turnout. As for the large group of
people who feel their vote doesn’t matter, or don’t care enough to vote in the first place, they present another challenge altogether. That said, the world is fast becoming an alldigital environment, where computers and cellphones can be used for virtually any transaction. While the report states the current system of voting is trusted by those who vote, that factor will become less meaningful as time goes on and generations that have grown up with technology become our communities’ core voters. We may not have the most efficient or systemimproving Internet voting experiences to draw from yet, but now is the best time to begin investigating this option, to be ready for when it is the best alternative. -Victoria News
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Tom Fletcher VICTORIA – With the B.C. and federal governments once again struggling to climb out of deep operating deficits, it’s a good time for the release of Mark Milke’s book Tax Me, I’m Canadian. An update of the same title published 12 years ago, the book retains the history of taxes in Canada, detailing how Canada’s tax system was initially built to mimic the United States system in the late 19th century. Beyond the history, it is mostly new material. Included are chapters on the global meltdown of 2009, the surge of pension liabilities as the baby boomers retire and the flawed logic behind the “Occupy” and “Idle No More” protests. Some readers will immediately note that Milke works for the Fraser Institute and was previously B.C. director of the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation. But the book is not just an argument for cutting taxes. It also dismantles persistent myths that income taxes are illegal, and launches a broadside on what Milke calls “Canada’s corporate welfare carnival.” Many people will be able to identify some top names in the government subsidy game: Bombardier, General Motors, even poor old Rolls Royce Canada. Some will also be well aware that our supposedly tight-fisted Conservative federal government has continued to pour out “regional development” and other funds to every part of the country. But I did not know that Industry Canada grants were handed out to pizza parlours (including the remote pizzastarved village of Kamloops), or to help open gas stations or convenience stores in Kelowna, Vernon and Chilliwack. Milke makes a useful point for B.C. about royalty rates for timber, natural gas and other resources. They are resource rents, and if they are too high the tenants will move out. Reducing them
isn’t a subsidy, especially if it leads to big revenue gains as B.C.’s unconventional shale gas incentives have done. On the Occupy movement: The infamous “one per cent,” who in Canada earn $250,000 a year or more, earned 10 per cent of all income and paid 20 per cent of all taxes in 2010. The bottom 73 per cent of tax filers paid just 17 per cent of all taxes. About a third paid no tax at all. On Idle No More: When Attawapiskat Chief Teresa Spence played to the Ottawa media with her soup strike, former Liberal leader Bob Rae suggested a nearby diamond mine should share more revenue. Milke omits the substantial support and employment that mine provides, and glosses over the misguided blockades that disrupted that and other job-creating enterprises. But he does detail the disastrous effects of passive resource wealth bestowed on impoverished aboriginal communities, and contrasts it with the success stories of reserves that build their own enterprises through hard work. On public sector pensions: Milke notes that historically, public employees traded higher wages for better benefits and job security. Now their wages are generally higher, and taxpayers have to cover their personal pension contributions (as a portion of those wages) as well as the employer contributions, plus the “defined benefit” payout, which has to be subsidized far beyond what the pension fund can support. On the debt-financed welfare state, there are memorable observations, like this one: “For the record, the generous Quebec welfare state and its ostensibly more progressive model are paid for in part with the taxes of other Canadians; Quebec is merely the North American equivalent of Greece.” The recent B.C. political crisis over adoption of the harmonized sales tax showed that there is too much emotion and too little knowledge about how taxes work. This book is a step towards addressing that.
These few people protesting about a planned cell tower are better off to stay inside a remote cabin where there are no communication towers. Towers are located all around town and the province that you would have no idea existed, used for various departments of government, public and private companies for communication. Without towers planes could not fly safely, emergency personnel could not do their jobs, and teenagers would go crazy be-
cause they could not text each other. There are thousands of them already out there, and there is going to be even more. Stay away from Hudson Avenue where Telus has their central office where unbeknownst to you, there is a cell tower on top of it. Don’t go to the uptown Tim Hortons because there’s a tower there too. Stay away from Piccadilly Mall. Don’t go up Fly Hills or Bastion Mountain for a hike.
Two people protesting to the federal government, the corporation and a property owner isn’t going to do much. Grab your tin foil hats and throw out your cordless phones, baby monitors, microwave, cell phones, tablets, e-readers, your Chevrolet truck with OnStar, wireless Internet, computers, the list goes on. Technology is here and it isn’t going away. Dan Faulks
Harper plays patronage game Remember the Stephen Harper of yesteryear, a populist who believed in a triple-E Senate and an open, accountable government? The events of the last week have likely destroyed that image once and for all. But the most troubling conclusion from the scandal has largely gone unrecognized. It is no secret that prime ministers use patronage appointments, such as Senate seats, to reward party insiders. In spite of a lot of talk about Senate reform in his past, Harper has appointed more senators than any prime minister in Canadian history. In exchange for these
plum positions, senators like Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin knew that their job was to use their public image and their oratory skills to raise money for the Conservative party. Mike Duffy alleges that Harper, in a secret meeting, told him, “The rules are inexplicable to our base.” In other words, “You and I both know that senators are eligible for lavish entitlements but the optics are bad.” This would mean that Harper has known that senators can make lucrative expense claims and has done nothing in seven years to change the rules. Moreover, the implication is that the public,
especially Conservative voters, are too stupid to understand the complex role of a senator. Duffy and Wallin held up their end of the bargain. They raised a lot of money and they acted as Harper’s bulldogs in the Senate and media. But when the truth of their unspoken quid pro quo became an embarrassment, Harper has turned on them with characteristic viciousness. If once he had the appearance of a man of high principles, today he looks more like the poster boy for deceit, condescension and corruption in Canadian politics. Larissa Lutjen
Teens put good manners on display I just recently had knee surgery, so before and after this I walked with the aid of a walker, cane or crutches. I want to say how pleased I am with the young teens of this town. They opened doors for me, picked up my cane when I dropped it and made sure not to bump me as they went past.
Twice, in different fast food restaurants, when my friends and I couldn’t find a big enough table, a pair of young gents would offer to give us their table while they moved to a smaller one. Also, my husband and I walk past the skate park every day. At first I was nervous when a
skater would come toward me on the sidewalk, but they always got off their board to pass me, smiling and often offering a “Good day.” It’s wonderful to live in a community where the youth are so caring and polite. Darleen Greentree
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1913
The city electric power plant was turned on and the first movie was shown at the Salmon Arm Opera house. Prices for this were 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.
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1923
Winnifred Bishop, Lily Page, Annie Prescott, Mary Helen Glasgow and Stuart McGuire entertained at a club dance held in the Institute Hall.
1933
The Liberals under T.D. Patullo, swept to power in a provincial election. The old Conservative party was temporarily wiped out of existence, not having one representative among the elected. R.W. Bruhn, who ran as an independent, was returned in this district. Election results were posted at the Observer as quickly as they came in, and a crowd gathered in the muddy street to await results. Through the courtesy of C.C. Barker, a large Deforest Crosley radio was placed in the upstairs room of the Observer and provided splendid music all evening.
1943
Mrs. S.E. Beech received word that her son Pte. S.E. (Ted) Beech had been wounded in action. He was in the Seaforth Highlanders. In a cable to his mother he stated that the wound was not serious. Capt. A.B. Ritchie of the Canadian Forestry Corps, Sgt. L. Robinson, LAC Bob Hautala and Jack Hautala were home on leave.
1953
An increase of three cents an hour across the board went to all lumber employees of Salmon Arm Farmers Exchange, Salmon Arm Planing Mills Ltd. and Saskatchewan Federated Co-operatives Ltd., Canoe Sub-local 1-417. Hon. W.K. Kiernan, minister of agriculture, spoke at the annual meeting of the Farmers’ Institutes at Grindrod. He stressed the necessity of a strong farmers’ organization.
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t was a labour of love that took more than a year to complete, but Salmon Arm Secondary student Reese Ambler is now the author of his very own comic book, The Ancient Wars. The colourfully illustrated 10-chapter comic book is about an evil rabbit who wants to take over the world. The hero, Link, with help from his friends, stops the “Mad Bunny” and sends him off to prison. Ambler who is in the Individual Achievement Program at SAS, has always enjoyed creating and drawing characters. One day Karen Beggs, a certified education assistant (CEA) in the class, suggested that he take his creations and make them into a book, which he could share with others. The idea picked up steam and pretty soon Reese’s teacher, Norma Jean Gomme was working with computer teacher Chris Harrington to set it up so his hand-drawn pencil sketches and writing could be scanned into a computer. Then Reese would go to the computer lab and bring the drawings to life with colour. In order to do this he had to learn to use a computer program called Photoshop. It is very detailed work and Reese said it took him up to a couple of months per page. “Reese is a wonderful artist and is good on the computer,” commented Gomme. “Mr. Harrington has said that Reese can take computers every semester throughout the high
Addition to the collection: Teacher-librarian Tammi MacAulay accepts a copy of Salmon Arm Secondary student Reese Ambler’s comic book for inclusion in the school’s library collection. school years. Reese is learning lots about working with computers and gaining skills that he can use in the workforce.” Harrington is very impressed with Reese’s work and dedication. “Reese is an amazing young man, his perseverance, imagination and talent have enabled him to create a wonderful story. Reese’s book is truly one of the most amazing examples of a student’s work that I have seen in 22 years as a teacher.” Gomme comments Harrington is a master at discovering a student’s individual passion and bringing that passion into a personalized curriculum
in his digital communications class. “This allows students with a wide variety of needs to learn and succeed in a fully integrated classroom.” “Reese is showing genuine pride in his accomplishment, and has been very happy to share his book with friends, peers and staff at SAS,” she adds. Four copies of the comic were published, with one going to the library, one staying in the IAP classroom at SAS and two for Reese. Reese adds that he is thinking about doing a sequel to the comic book – Ancient Wars Part II: The Mad Bunny Returns!
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Facing down a dragon: Marilyn Harford, a partner in Finch and Company LLP, won a contest to ask a question of business guru Arlene Dickinson.
Curiosity pays off for accountant By Barb Brouwer oBSerVer STAFF
Not all dragons are scary. Just ask Marilyn Harford. A partner in Finch and Company LLP on Alexander Avenue, Harford was one of five winners of Scotiabank’s national “Q&Arlene Contest.” Her question to Arlene Dickinson, member of the TV program Dragon’s Den was: “how do you effectively get through the files on your desk; with each one being equally important, which one do you complete first?” It won Harford a trip to Toronto in September to meet Dickinson, an entrepreneur, TV personality, author and Scotiabank Business Champion. “Basically, what she said is, “which one is going to give you
the best return, $500 as opposed to $5?’” says Harford, noting it was something she had pondered before becoming a partner in Finch and Company. “You want to foster relationships with the best return on the money.” Harford was one of five winners and her question one of 4,000 submitted to the Scotiabank contest that allowed entrants to ask up to three questions that were relevant to the success of their small business. Harford, who took colleague Anne Casey along as her guest, also had the opportunity to be part of a roundtable discussion with the dragon herself and the other four winners. This gave the winners the opportunity to share their challenges and best practices for
growing a successful small business. Finch and Company LLP provides accounting services for small businesses in the community. Services include bookkeeping, file compilations, review engagements and audits of not-for-profit organizations as well as corporate and personal tax returns. Harford began her career as a receptionist and book clerk, moving into file prep then personal and corporate tax preparation before moving to Williams Lake, where she earned her CGA through correspondence courses. Harford began working with Allan Finch as a partner this year. “It’s very exciting and rewarding,” she says of her career. “And that’s what I was looking for.”
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She said she would like council’s view on such an incentive. Councillors agreed they would like to hear a preliminary report in order to have some of their questions answered. “Providing a tax incentive in the short term, yes, we want to say we’re open for business, but getting that strategy in place
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Sonic pumpkin boom (Above) Dan Hopkins and Glen Paul of Otter Lake Farms release another pumpkin projectile from the Pumpkinator Saturday at De Mille’s Farm Market. (Below) Cousins Lucas Dekelver and Kayden Dekelver cover their ears while watching the pumpkin cannon fire another gourd off into a big field.
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Almost half of the material going into the Salmon Arm landfill should be going elsewhere. A two-week waste audit performed by Tri Environmental Consulting Inc. Sept. 3 to 18 at four Columbia Shuswap Regional District reveals that while there has been some improvement since the 2006 waste audit, the landfill is still at risk of contamination and a shortened lifespan because of items that don’t belong in the landfill. Columbia Shuswap Regional District waste management co-ordinator Ben Van Nostrand said the recent study looked at loads from the residential curbside program, residential self-haul, the industrial commercial sector and the rural transfer stations. Auditors took 26 samples, each weighing about 100 kg of the various loads that arrive at the landfill. “They go through that with a fine tooth comb, breaking it down into more than 100 primary, secondary and tertiary categories,” says Van Nostrand, “Overall, when you look at all the categories and streams that came in, about 24 per cent of that is compostable organics. We need to move ahead with a compostable food waste system.” Paper and plastic at 17.4 per cent and 17.2 per cent respectively were the next largest categories. Collectively, paper
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Collecting data: Environmental technicians Christine Tether and Reece Anderson sort through refuse while environmental biologist Leandro Torrella makes an inventory during a waste audit conducted at the Salmon Arm landfill site. and compostable organics form almost half of the waste stream arriving at the Salmon Arm landfill. Building materials such as dirt were the net largest contributor at 9.8 per cent, most of which was self-hauled, followed by electronic waste at 9.1 per cent. While electronic waste was found in all waste streams, the greatest quantity was from the industrial, commercial and institutional sector (ICI). Household hazardous wastes were also found in all waste streams, arriving at the landfill, primarily from residential curb side program, ICI and residential selfhaul, mainly consisting of paint and automotive products. “There appears to be higher proportions of compostable organics in the residential curbside program, building materials in the resi-
dential self-haul sector, electronic waste in ICI, bulky objects in material brought in from transfer stations and paper in the ICI and residential curb program,” says Tri Environmental Consulting’s executive summary. “The waste composition for residential self-haul and ICI sectors show a larger standard deviation for all primary waste categories than the residential curb side and transfer station sectors.” Van Nostrand says the findings are in line with other CSRD landfills and other jurisdictions. CSRD plans to review its 2009 solid waste management plan next year and will involve the public. “We want to see how the CSRD is doing with the five-year review of the solid plan,” says Van Nostrand, pointing out the biggest gain will be through the organic
waste sector, something that will coincide nicely with Materials Management BC taking over curb side collection of printed paper and packaging. “We’ll potentially be putting the savings towards a curbside organic waste system, with the hopes of implementing something like that in 2015.” Van Nostrand says the regional district will also work with agencies to better capture items included in various stewardship programs. “Electronic power tools and batteries are free to take back to Bill’s Bottle Depot. There’s no excuse,” he says. “They’re causing contamination at the landfill and shorten its life.” Van Nostrand sees a need for more public education and audits of incoming loads. Is it an education thing or is it an enforce-
ment issue?” he asks. “We try to educate, educate, educate, but at the end of the day, sometimes monetary penalties are needed to change the behaviour.” The full report will be available at www.csrd. bc.ca.
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SilverBacks bring their A game Pair of wins: Coach Troy Mick praises effective power play and defence going on the attack. With as many as five affiliate players in the lineup this past weekend, Salmon Arm SilverBacks head coach Troy Mick wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. What he got was outstanding performances from the young additions and two important wins on home ice with a 4-2 triumph Saturday over Penticton and a 5-2 victory Sunday over Merritt. Max Becker, moved to the top line, scored on a penalty shot 5:32 into the first period against the Centennials and the ’Backs never trailed. Alex Jewell earned first star after scoring two goals in the second period, including the game-winner. Affiliates Paul Biegel, Brady Crabtree, Logan Mostat, Rory Neary and Aiden Silzer-Hooker all saw action and acquitted themselves well. “We brought in some good AP players (affiliates),” said Mick. “I though all of them were good. Neary got his first BCHL point, we had local in Mostat and Biegel from the (Junior B) North Okanagan Knights played well on the back end.” Top goalscorer Alex Gillies has been summoned to the Team Canada West selection camp in advance of the 2013 World Junior A Challenge so lines were adjusted a bit but rather than suffer, the team’s performance was as sound as at any point this season. “This weekend was probably
our most complete weekend of the year,” said Mick. “Against Penticton, they’re a very complete hockey team year in year out but that was probably our best 60 minutes, start to finish.” Power-play goals from Thomas Plese in the first and Evan Anderson in the second gave them a 2-1 edge after 40 minutes, with defenceman Mark Whitely providing the winner in the third and the final tally from Landon Smith. Mitch Ferguson, another blueliner and recent commit to the University of Vermont, assisted on both man-advantage goals. That production highlights two positives for the club – power-play effectiveness and offence from the defencemen. “If there’s one thing we want to continue to work on, it’s the power play,” said Mick. “It’s nice to go 2-for-3 on the power play; we’re just keeping it simple. You can’t score if you don’t get pucks on net and I think we were trying to be a bit too cute before.” With the graduation of Shane Hanna and Brayden Sherbinin last season, Mick is pleased with the current defence corps’ ability to chip in on the attack. “We challenged Ferguson to take on that role and he’s shown it,” said Mick. “He’s now at that goto level. Blake Box as our captain has come a long way in that too, Brendan Kennedy, Andrew Farny has been better than advertised and a nice surprise is 1996-born Cole
McCaskill from Kamloops. He’s been really good… getting lots of ice time and being rewarded.” Mick is also pleased his charges rewarded the fans at Shaw Centre as well. “We’re at the top (of the Interior Division) in scoring goals; we’ve got to be better at not letting them in, but we want to be entertaining,” said Mick. “We want to get more fans in the rink and I think we’re generating more excitement. We believe in this community.” Salmon Arm visits Vernon Friday at 7 p.m. and hosts Victoria Saturday, also a 7 p.m. start.
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Girl power The Salmon Arm female Midget Tier 1 team had a solid 3-0 win over Kelowna on the weekend. The team is prepping for a trip to Richmond for a tournament this weekend.
Froehlich’s a keeper A first-place finish in the regular season has translated into Salmon Arm Secondary grad and TRU WolfPack keeper Travis Froehlich being named best goalie in the PACWest playoffs.
Last bike race The Shuswap Bike club presents Shuswap Cross 2013, the final race of the BC Interior Cross Series, on Sunday, Nov. 10. Registration starts at 9 a.m., B Race at 10 a.m. Kids Race (under 12) at 10:45. A Race at 11:15 a.m. Kids race free and run bikes/pedal bikes are all welcome.
Hybrid hockey clinic Salmon Arm Minor Hockey hosts a hybrid clinic Nov. 2 at Enderby’s A.L. Fortune School. All those interested in coaching at the recreation level in Salmon Arm must pre-register BC Hockey (see website) prior to attending. There will be an on-ice session as well. Take proper attire, including helmet. Contact co-ordinator Darby Boyd at 250-833-1006 for further information, or contact the minor hockey office at 250-832-0095.
Curl for a cause The Canadian Cancer Society’s 18th Annual Fun Spiel, Black and White, takes place Sunday, Nov. 3 at 9 a.m. Entry forms are available at the Salmon Arm Curling Club or the Canadian Cancer Society office in Askew’s Mall. For more information, phone Val McKay at 250-804-0232.
Trail talk A Shuswap Trail stewardship planning workshop and celebration takes place Saturday, Nov. 9 from 1:30 to 7 p.m. Location is yet to be announced. For information, call Phil at 250-804-1964.
Snowmobile club Salmon Arm Snowblazers meet Nov. 14 in the back room of the Hideaway Pub. The meetings are open to anyone interested in snowmobiling or volunteering to help out. Call Robin at 250838-2668 for more information.
Jersey challenge The top politicians from each of the 16 cities with BCHL franchises are taking part in a jersey challenge. Participating mayors will wear the jersey of the team that wins the 2014 Fred Page Cup at a subsequent council meeting. Have a sports event? Write to us at:
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Emmy Sim sprints along a track in an Oct. 16 race. At Valleys on Oct. 22, two Salmon Arm cross-country runners were in the top 20 for both boys and girls. Glynis Sim was sixth and Emmy Sim 20th, while Jonathan Bakker was 14th and Alexander Corbett 20th. Both senior teams finished third, qualifying them for provincials next week. The Junior boys team was first overall.
’Tips on upswing Bantam Tier 2 Silvertips posted back-to-back games against their rivals from Kelowna on the weekend. Saturday’s game started out a little slow but picked up as the game progressed. The ’Tips were down 2-0 at the start of the second period and slid to a 3-1 deficit at the end of the frame. The energy level rose in the third but the ’Tips gave up the game in a 5-3 finish. Goals for Salmon Arm came from Evan Hughes, Trent Thompson and Tyler Chartier. The Silvertips showed up for Sunday’s rematch with a vengeance. The first period was marked by penalties, giving the boys an opportunity to show off their power-play skills. The second period brought a couple of unanswered goals against the team and the period ended 3-2 for the Tier 2 Bantams. The battle ensued in the third, with a late-game goal for Kelowna tying the game.
peewee Tier 3 The A&W Peewee Tier 3 Silvertips played a pair of home games at the Shaw Centre on the weekend, ending up with a 6-1 loss to Kelowna and a 10-7 win over Vernon. On Saturday, the ’Tips fell behind 2-0 in the first period. The team gave up another goal just 44 seconds into the second frame, but got on the board when Ethan Lans tapped in a feed from Caden Sherman. That would be as close as the ’Tips would get, falling to the visitors 6-1. Sunday’s game versus Vernon ended in a decisive win. A blocked shot breakaway deke for Lans came just before a Kai Fazan point shot set up by Henry Lenarduzzi and Damian Earl. Dominic Barbosa’s hat trick and Taylor Howard’s first of the game rounded out the scoring for the Tips in the second. Tyler Bushell had a strong game for the home team with three assists.
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Pentathlon: Season-opener proves to be a reason to celebrate. Shuswap swimmers began the season with remarkable results on the weekend. Thirty-two Shuswap Swimming members travelled to Penticton to attend the KISU Iron Pentathlon at the Penticton community centre. Some 280 swimmers from the B.C. Interior attended the three-day event, which marked the season opener for the Salmon Arm-based team. The challenging meet format gave participants the opportunity to swim in 15 events and to be scored in three separate pentathlons of five events each according to their total time in those events. The events were in each of the five swimming disciplines, butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle and individual medley. Ethan Skofteby, 10, led the 10 and under category, placing second overall with secondplace finishes in each of the three pentathlons. Skofteby is currently ranked second in Canada in the 200-metre
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Recognition: Swimmer Chantel Jeffrey receives a certificate of achievement from Mayor Nancy Cooper during a presentation by city council honouring her success in the Aug. 13 provincial championships. butterfly for 10-year-old boys. Lauren Gridley-Haak was the top Shuswap performer for the girls in this age category, and is also currently ranked second in Canada for 200m butterfly for 10-year-old girls. Chantel Jeffrey, 12, won all three pentathlons for the 11 to 12 girls category on the way to early season rankings of number 1 in
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Canada in six events. Jacob Rambo, 11, placed second overall for the boys and is currently ranked first in Canada in the 200m butterfly. Stephen Moore, 11, placed third in Friday’s pentathlon and won the breaststroke events in impressive fashion, currently ranking first in Canada in the 100m and 200m breaststroke events.
Jeffrey and Moore have stepped up their game moving from the Sockeye summer program into year-round swimming. In the 13 to 14-yearold category, Paige Coutlee, 14, placed third; Morgan Rasmuson,13, placed seventh; and Lauren Hemburrow, 13, placed eighth. On the boys’ side, Ethan Quilty, 14,
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placed third; Ty Webster-Locke, 13, placed fourth; and Olin Mosher, 13, placed ninth. Bree Cooper, 16, won the women’s category and posted times ranking her number 1 in Canada for 16-year-old girls in the 50 and 200m butterfly. On the men’s side, Bryce Molder, 15, and Josh Rota, 16, placed sixth and seventh respectively. Both Molder and Rota are recent transfers from summer swimming in Revelstoke. “This was an outstanding debut of our fall season,” said head coach Jana Montgomery. “It is a very encouraging start, and the swimmers are feeling confident.” Shuswap Swimming next competes in a dual meet versus the Summerland ORCA Swim Club, at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 in the SASCU Recreation Centre Pool.
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Bronzed in Molokai Outrigger canoe: Randy Brooks paddles to a medal. By Leah Blain OBSERVER CONTRIBUTOR
When Randy Brooks joined the Shuswap Association for Rowing and Paddling (SARP) he couldn’t have imagined that one day he would be competing in the world’s most prestigious outrigger canoeing event, the Molokai Hoe Race, and standing on a podium to receive a bronze medal in the Golden Master’s division. Brooks’ team, Kanaka Canucks, did the 42 miles of open ocean from Molokai to Waikiki beach on Oahu in six hours, 25 minutes. “Most teams paddle all year round and practise all year round. As a complete team we never paddled together until a week before the race. That’s the reason we’re so proud of what we did.” The winning team came in at four hours, 57 minutes, and the last one landed in eight hours. “Out of the 99 boats 35 came in behind us. For a seniors’ master crew, we’re the oldest guys there. The Golden Masters are 60-plus. To have 35 younger crews come in after us – it felt really good.” Brooks’ team of 12 was made up of top Canadian paddlers, some former Team Canada members, as well an American from New York and two from Hawaii, including Kimokeo Kapahulehua, an elder who teaches paddling and canoe culture. Brooks had met Kimokeo when went to Hawaii a year ago for a paddling clinic. “My wife, Michelle, and I had gone to Maui and spent a couple of weeks. I spent every day with Kimokeo learning to become a better paddler. He taught me about the history of Hawaiian culture, being one with nature and the water. It made me more confident and gave me an inner strength in ‘the big water.’” At the time, Brooks asked Kimokeo if he
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Paddling effort: Outriggers line the Hawaiian beach before the race, which was 42 miles from Molokai to Waikiki. (Right) Randy Brooks, second from left, celebrates with his team. would consider putting a team together for the Molokai race. “He never really responded to that. When we came back I sent him a couple of SARP T-shirts and emailed him. He emailed back and said ‘Let’s go for it. See what you can do for crew members from Canada and what you can’t put together, I will from here.’” Brooks had agreed to be logistics manager while a paddler in Calgary was organizing a team but he had a lot of training to do. “Only three of us had never done the Molokai before. Some of them had done it six, seven, eight times, and they’d come in second a couple of times but never first.” Brooks had started doing 10-kilometre paddles and these quickly turned into 20 km and then 40 km. He would paddle to Sicamous and back, working at keeping up his pace and stamina. He went in a few team races around B.C., always ranking in the top few spots. The race began at 7:50 a.m. Each of the 99 canoes had an escort boat to carry food, water and extra crew members. Crews in the 50 years or younger cat-
& egory had nine members, those over 50 have 12. Six paddle at a time and when they’re ready to change, they give a 10-minute signal. The escort boat races ahead and those crew members jump into the water and position themselves. When the canoe comes alongside, they grab on and get in as the others go in the water. “We tried not to change that often; we were changing about every hour.” As it happened, Brooks was in the canoe for the last part of the race. Those last miles, they gave it their all. “When we crossed the finish line, I had never been more drained in my life. There was nothing left. I was totally numb.” But as they crossed they heard the announcers call out “Team Canada” and that made it all worthwhile. “It was pretty cool; it was one of those moments I’ll never forget.” Even though they were the oldest racers, they’re not ready to rest on their laurels, or even rest at all. “We’re already starting to talk about next year – what we can do to be better and faster. I’ve already started to train again.”
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A symphonic convergence By Tracy Hughes OBSERVER STAFF
A group of talented young musicians has taken their show on the road for the experience of playing in an orchestra. Carmen, Andrew, Cherish, Madelyn and Nathan Stoney, along with Lara May, Holly and Linden McCallum are all members of the Youth Symphony of the Okanagan (YSO), which practises weekly in Kelowna. Robyn and Antony DeWet are also players in the YSO, but are currently out of the country. In the Stoney family, Carmen plays the viola, learning it specifically to fill a need in the orchestra. Cherish is a violinist, Madelyn a cellist, while Andrew and Nathan play percussion. In the McCallum family, Lara May is a violinist, Holly a cellist and Linden plays percussion. The boys all play piano, but have transferred their skills to percussion, which was needed in the orchestra. “The piano really helps with the orchestra, because some of the most difficult things are reading the music and knowing the proper timing,” says Linden. “You also have to be able to switch instruments, which is not something you do with most of the other instruments.” The young Shuswap musicians are passionate about their craft and the ability to play in a group setting, despite the need to travel down the valley. “It’s a lot different than any other type of music I’ve done. Usually it is just you on your own, but to hear all the different instruments all together, it becomes like a team sport. You work together and you don’t want
to let the other players down,” says viol i n i s t Cherish, 17. The group of Shuswap musicians is mixed, some have played in the orchestra in previous years, for others, this is their first season. All, however, are pleased with the chance to play in such a professional LACHLAN LABERE/OBSERVER setting and in larger Musical collaboration: Carmen Stoney, Lara May McCallum, Holly McCallum, venues, like Kelowna’s performing arts Cherish Stoney, Andrew Stoney, Madelyn Stoney and Linden McCallum are part of the centre. Youth Symphony of the Okanagan. “Because of the repertoire, you have to push yourself do a wonderful job with challenging so well and can show you things, difout of your usual comfort zone, to take each musician to take their skills up a ferent bow strokes or ways to extend on music that you could never attempt notch,” says Carmen, one of the most yourself in your music that you never as a soloist,” says cellist Madelyn, 13. experienced members, who is also a would have got if you learned the muUnder the direction of Dennis Col- registered music teacher. sic yourself,” says Lara May. pitts and Rosemary Thomson, each One of the most popular aspects of This is the youth orchestra’s 25th anmember of the YSO learns pieces to the program for the Shuswap students niversary and it will open the season be played by the orchestra, as well as is the side-by-side program, which with performances on Nov. 3 in Kelowreceiving specialized teaching in their pairs the young musicians with their na at 2 p.m. and in Vernon at 7:30 p.m. particular instrument. In order to par- counterpart player from the Okanagan Tickets are available at the door and ticipate, each musician must take part Symphony Orchestra. This includes are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and in an annual “meet the conductor” ses- practice sessions with the professional youth and $5 for children 12 and under. sion, where the conductors listen to players, as well as the opportunity to More information is available at www. each musician and make determina- perform certain selections at special youthsymphonyokanagan.com. tions about their role in the YSO. Okanagan Symphony performances. “It is run very much like a profes“To hear the professional players sional orchestra. Rosemary and Dennis right next to you, they know the music
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Call us at 250-832-2131, drop in to our office, or use our new, easy to use calendar online. See below. THURSDAY, OCT. 31 HALLOWEEN DOWNTOWN – The annual Treat Trail runs in the downtown area
from 3 to 5 p.m. The Mall at Piccadilly hosts a treat trail of their own at the same time. SPOOKY TRAIL – The Silver Creek Community Park will be the site of the popular annual spooky trail and fireworks from 6 to 9 p.m. FAMILY MASQUERADE – this all-ages family event takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. with obstacle course, games, candy and prizes for the best dressed Bible character costumes at Five Corners Church 3160 10 Ave. SE. HORROR PICTURE – Student Life Committee sponsors of Okanagan College presents a free screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show at midnight at the Salmar Classic. Free but take donations for the food bank.
FRIDAY, NOV. 1
FINE DINING – First United Church Men’s Club annual turkey dinner takes
place in two settings – 5 and 6 p.m. Tickets at $15 each are available at the church office. SILVER SCREEN – The Shuswap Film Society presents the Reel Weekend Film Festival Friday through Sunday, Nov. 3 at the Salmar Classic. Tickets at $7 each or $35 for a gold pass are available at Wearabouts.
SATURDAY, NOV. 2
DINE & BID – Ducks Unlimited hosts their annual banquet and auction at 7
p.m. at Elks Hall on North Broadview, featuring live and silent auctions and raffles. Tickets are $35 and include a book of raffle tickets.
SUNDAY, NOV. 3
BALLET – Live via satellite from London’s Covent Garden, see the Royal
Ballet’s performance of Don Quixote at 1 p.m. at the Salmar Grand. Note the change of venue this month. SOUL MUSIC – The Salmon Arm Gospel Music Coffeehouse takes place at 2 p.m. (also on Nov. 17) at the Seniors’ Drop in Centre on Hudson Avenue. Admission is $2.
MONDAY, NOV. 4
BEE BUZZ– The Shuswap Bee Club meets at 7 p.m. in the Askew’s Uptown
Community Room. The club meets on the first Monday of the month from September to May. Call Beckie at 250- 679-8861 for more information.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6
SAFETY FIRST – Salmon Arm Community Response Network presents Let’s
Be Safe Together to mark National Seniors Safety Week from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Seniors’ Fifth Avenue Activity Centre, featuring free lunch, guest speakers, door prizes. To reserve a seat, RSVP by Nov. 4 to Marilyn at 250-832-9616. WRITE STUFF – Shuswap Writers’ Group meets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the boardroom at the Mall at Piccadilly. Drop-ins are welcome. Call Shirley at 250-835-4544.
THURSDAY, NOV. 7 COUNTRY CALLING – Shuswap Music Hall presents Canadian country star Brett Kissel with special guest Jesse Mast at 7 p.m. at the SASCU Rec Centre. Advance pricing is available until Nov. 2. For tickets, call 250-8324044, or stop by the SASCU Rec Centre.
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Sherry Everett and Jean Walker of Jenuyne Treasures peer through a pile of Walker’s creations while chatting with a potential customer during the Royal Purple Craft Fair held Saturday at Elks Hall.
Contest to challenge students At noon on Saturday, Nov. 16, scores of budding authors will gather on all four Okanagan College campuses to test their writing talents in the fourth annual Three-Hour Short Story Contest. Open to students in grades 11 and 12, and to all current Okanagan College students, contestants are given 180 minutes to create an original literary piece that incorporates a word, phrase, or object revealed at the start of contest. “Having the surprise element meant I couldn’t plan,” says Samantha Wex, last year’s winner. “I went in cold, and got to really see what I can do. It was fun.” Five prizes are up for grabs. Each campus declares a regional winner who receives a $250 Okanagan College tuition credit. A grand prize winner is then selected from among the four regional winners and awarded an additional $250 tuition credit, plus a chapbook publication of their story created
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FRIDAY, NOV. 8
WILD RIDE – Larch Hills XC Jr Race Team presents Warren Miller’s Ticket To
Ride at 7 p.m. at the Salmar Classic, a fundraiser for the more than 60 local Nordic racers. Tickets are available at Skookum Cycle and Ski. Door prizes. SOCIETY SCREENING – Shuswap Film Society presents The Spectacular Now, a coming-of-age film, at 7:30 p.m. at the Salmar Classic.
SATURDAY, NOV. 9
DINNER MUSIC – Shelby Babakioff performs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at An
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Canada-wide hunt on for unique do-it-yourselfers for HGTV show Do you have an unusual approach to home repairs? Do your “improvements” raise everyone else’s eyebrows? If yes is the answer, Mountain Road Productions would like to hear from you. Mountain Road is producing an HGTV Canada Special to be hosted by Steve Patterson of CBC Radio’s The Debaters. The special will be a celebration of the completely unique and utterly outsidethe-box approach to home maintenance, and Mountain Road is looking for homeowners with an eccentric, unconventional “kooky” approach to home repairs. The goal is to uncover great characters
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extreme solutions to home repairs is underway and the company is interested in coming to the Salmon Arm area. Five sets of homeowners are being cast and as part of the special they’ll have an opportunity to get their
offending un-handiwork fixed for free by a team of experts. Un-handy homeowner submissions and nominations can be emailed to casting@mountainroad.ca with the following information: • The story behind the questionable home improvements; • Photos of each of the eccentric repairs; • A photo of you and a photo of the not-sohandy person you are nominating; • Your contact information. Production starts this fall, so anyone who is interested in taking part in this production is encouraged to enter immediately. For more information, visit HGTV.ca/ CastingCall.
Photos record history of Salmon Arm Salmon Arm Art Gallery, in partnership with the Downtown Improvement Association, presents “Downtown in Focus: Photography Then and Now,” featuring historical and contemporary photographs of downtown Salmon Arm. The exhibition invites visitors to tour both the gallery and the downtown exploring the art and architecture of Salmon Arm’s core.
The historic photographs are supplied by Salmon Arm Museum & Heritage Association and the contemporary photographs were taken by Vickie Maurer. The opening reception is Friday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. and the exhibition runs Nov. 2 to 29. “We are immensely pleased to bring this retrospective yet forward-thinking photo exhibit to our com-
munity,” says Cookie Langenfield, president of Downtown Improvement Association. “The black and white photography is just beautiful; it helps us better understand the story of our downtown. “We believe the exhibit will be both interesting and thoughtprovoking to look through the lens of a camera at all the changes our down-
town community has gone through over the last 100 years, and to contemplate where we want to go in the future.” The Coffee Break is on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m., and some of the presenters will be in attendance to discuss the project. The artist trading card session is on Tuesday, Nov. 12 from 3 to 4 p.m, with a “make & trade” table.
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Celebrate with Samhain feast Crannóg Ales and Shuswap Chefs are hosting a special Samhain feast. Each course will be paired with beers from Crannóg Ales. The chefs and brewers have selected ingredients, cooking styles and ales to enhance specific flavours. “It’s a great opportunity to see how the beer and
food work together to make each aspect more interesting,” says Kneen. David Shiner of Shuswap Chefs says he will feature unusual ingredients. Alesmith Brian MacIsaac has created a new seasonal ale which will debut at the dinner. “Maniacal Jack Pumpkin Ale is full
of organic pumpkin, squash and spices. It’s really aromatic, spicy and it has a bit of a kick too – this is most definitely not the over-sweetened pie-in-a-glass pumpkin ale other breweries make.” Tickets at $60 each, are all inclusive and available by calling Shuswap Chefs at 250-832-5019.
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Salmon Arm Recreation is proud to present Brett Kissel, Nov. 7th at 7pm at the SASCU Rec Centre – Shuswap Music Hall with Special Guest Jesse Mast. Tickets: 250-832-4044. Advance Pricing ‘til Nov. 2nd (or stop in at Rec Centre). • the #1 Canadian Country single
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Enjoy a reel weekend Get a film fix this weekend as the Shuswap Film Society presents a Reel Weekend Film Festival at the Salmar Classic Friday, Nov. 1 to Sunday, Nov. 3. Join the fun in a pre-film celebration that will feature refreshments, music and door prizes beginning at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Schedule: • Kon-Tiki – Friday at 7:30 and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. – Based on the true story of legendary Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdal’s epic 8,000 kilometre, 101 day crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1948 to prove that it was possible for South Americans to have settled in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times. This action/drama explores the origin of the idea, the preparations, and what it was like to be the six people on an uncontrollable raft in the middle of the ocean. • Twenty Feet From Stardom – Saturday at 10:30 a.m., Sunday at 3:30 p.m. – A documentary, this is the story of back up singers, most of them female, black and thrust into prominence in the 1960s. They tell their stories, while the audience hears of past vocal glories and smoothly-mixed music clips with remarks by stars like Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, Sting, Bette Midler, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow and others with whom they worked. A behind-the-scenes look at the talent and expertise backing up the stars. • Unfinished Song – Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. – This film is about sweet old people who brighten their retirement years by singing in the community choir.
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be on the Salmar Classic screen Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp feature as the long married couple whose abiding love is never in question. • Teddy Bear – Saturday at 3:30 p.m. – Directed by Mads Matthiesen, this simple film features 38-year-old body-builder Dennis (Kim Kold) who still lives with his mother in Copenhagen. When his uncle marries a woman from Thailand, Dennis decides to try his own luck at finding a wife. As he knows his mother would never accept another woman in his life, he lies and tells her he’s going to Germany. • Much Ado About Nothing – Saturday at 7:30 p.m. – This modern version of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy maintains its humour, its depth of characterization and innovative use of text and landscape. Shot in glamorous black and white, director Joss Whedon uses one main location, his house, the perfect setting in a
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story where everyone is eavesdropping on everyone. • In a World – Sunday at 1:30 – In this comedy/drama, director Lake Bell plays Carol, a vocal coach and expert mimic of accents. She aches to break into the male-dominated universe of the voice-over industry, where specialized artists – never seen, only heard – ply their trade. Carol’s father, a titan in the industry, believes that voiceover work is a man’s job. When she becomes a frontrunner for a gig, a tense father-daughter dynamic ensues. Coffee and conversation will be featured in a closing night event following the showing of Unfinished Song. Stop by the Art Gallery Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a “Reel Lunch.” Tickets are available at Wearabouts or at the door (cash only) at $7 for a single admission, $30 for a five-film pass or $35 for six films.
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OLGA AMES SEPTEMBER 10, 1924 – SEPTEMBER 7, 2013 Olga Ames peacefully passed away in her sleep on September 7, 2013. A longtime resident of Salmon Arm, she was an active contributor to the community through her tireless volunteer work. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Alfred Ames, daughter Shelley Hopkins and husband Fred, son Howard, seven grandchildren, and one great grandchild. EGGLESTON, STEWART LESTER R.I.P. BROTHER Soar through the air let your spirit fly free, and with the catch of an angel this is where you want to be. You are lifted up with grace and taken high above, you are showered with peace and protection but most of all showered with love. For now you have no anger no tears, fear or pain, these feelings you held are released and now happiness is all you will gain. So take their hands of freedom your new life is not to fear, and remember we’ll never forget you as your love will always be near. Stew was born on July 20th, 1953 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta (the month the first man landed on the moon) then Stew passed away suddenly on October 19, 2013 at the age of 60 in Chetwynd, British Columbia. He will be sadly missed by his daughter Jolene Eggleston, granddaughter Angela, father Ron Eggleston, his two sisters Jackie Nolan (Garry, Sean, Liam and their children), Rhonda Pruden (Ralph, Douglas, Gordon and all of their children) all of his cousins, aunts and his Uncle Keith. Stewart was pre-deceased by his Mother Marilou Eggleston. Life will not be the same without Stewart in this world.
DAVID C. BORN January 6, 1935 - October 26, 2013 It is with heart felt sadness that the family of David C. Born announces his passing on October 26, 2013 in Bastion Place, Salmon Arm BC. David is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Shirley and their five children: Guy (Peg) Ian (Judy), Kevin, Paula (Rob), Tanya and their eight grandchildren: Kristina, Jason, Alyssa, Molly, Craig, Jordan, Cindy (Matt), James and one great grandchild: Alexandria. David was born in Manitoba and moved to BC at the age of twenty where he worked in the airline and travel industry, and where he became a gentleman farmer. David & Shirley built their retirement home in Sorrento in 1999 where they enjoyed hobby farming, gardening etc. The family wishes to express their sincere gratitude to the many friends & family who have supported them through this difficult time. Thank you to the many caring & compassionate Healthcare Workers at Shuswap Lakes General Hospital, Kelowna General Hospital & Bastion Place. Special thanks to Dr. Marc Lourens & Dr. Richard Currie for their care & concern. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, The MS Society or the charity of your choice. A celebration of David’s life will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 10, 2013 at Fischer’s Funeral Services with Chaplain Bill Kiesman officiating. Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral Services & Crematorium Ltd., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and share memories through David’s obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.
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ALICE JANE McNINCH January 20, 1935 - October 5, 2013 On Saturday, we lost our best friend and family member of our hearts. Of a most loving and generous nature, she shared those traits with us. Deeply missed by Ralph, Dee-Dee Trefry and family; Jim, Vicki Richardson and family. Survived by daughter Marty Lamb and family, son Roy Dahle and siblings, brother Woodrow Wilson and family. Predeceased by her son, Robert Dahle. No service by request. Cremation. On November 2, 2013 in Chase, a gathering of family and friends will be held over a pot-luck high tea to share memories of Alice. Phone 250-679-7794. LESTER ROGER ERICKSON December 22, 1944 - October 25, 2013 At the age of 68 years, after a lengthy illness, Les passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Shuswap Lake General Hospital. Born in Camrose, Alberta, he was the youngest of seven children born to Charlie and Viola Erickson. Later, the family moved to Fort Assiniboine, Alberta, where he went to school then went on to work in the oil fields. In 1963 he came to BC doing road construction work then on to drilling and blasting. In 1967, Les joined the Rock and Tunnel Workers Union Local 168 and worked in many areas of BC. He continued this kind of work until he was severely injured in 2007 in northern BC. Les was predeceased by two sisters, Esther Baumle and Dorothy Stockman. He is survived and will be missed by his loving wife Elsie and step children and grandchildren and by his siblings Stanley (Joan) Erickson of Daysland, AB, Clarence Erickson of Barrhead, AB, James (Elaine) Erickson of Sicamous, BC and Shiela (Nick) Komisar of Winfield, BC as well as many nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank the staff at Shuswap Lake General Hospital for making his last days comfortable. There will be no formal service by request. Arrangements entrusted to FISCHER’S FUNERAL SERVICES & CREMATORIUM LTD., Salmon Arm (250) 833-1129. Email condolences and share memories through Les’ obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com. JAMES R. MOTTER December 20, 1943 - October 23, 2013 It is with great sadness that the family announces Jimmy’s sudden passing on October 23, 2013. He is survived by is wife Barbara, children Michelle and Shawn, grandchildren Jordan, Noah and Autumn. Brother Alex, niece Jodie, husband Tom, children Jessica, Riley, Bryden, sister-in-law Lorraine. He was born in Melville, SK and spent his life involved with hockey. Taking in billets, working at the concession at the rink. Transferred to Winnipeg, MB with the CN but his passion for hockey continued, watching his friend’s children play, going back to SK to watch the Millionaires play. An injury prevented him from playing, but he knew his hockey. No one knew hockey like him, he knew the players, their stats. He may have moved to MB but his heart remained in SK with the Melville Millionaires and the SK Roughriders, always wearing the green to their football games. Uncle Jimmy, as he was called by many, will be missed by many in the three provinces. A celebration of life will be held at the United Church on Wednesday at 11am. Refreshments to follow. His ashes will be taken back to SK for him to be laid to rest in his home town of Melville. A service will be held in Melville in the summer, date to be arranged. Many thanks to the hospital and staff. Special thanks to Dr Darren Lorenz. On line condolences may be sent to James Obituary at www.bowerservice.com In lieu of flowers, donations can to made in James name to the Canadian Cancer Society.
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An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring dozer and excavator operators. Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call (780)723-5051 Edson, Alta.
North Enderby Timber is looking to hire Lumber Pilers. We offer competitive wages along with a comprehensive benefit package. Please fax resume to 250-838-9637.
SPECIAL needs group home hiring casual/on call staff, must have related certificate/diploma, must be avail. for wkend/evening shifts. email: lynndalelodge@gmail.com
WANTED PROCESSING contractor for interior operation to start immediately. Call 1-604819-3393.
ARBOR Lodge Independent living in beautiful Salmon Arm is seeking a part time Recreation Aide. Responsibilities include, create & carry out recreation programs incl., but not limited to, outings, exercises, crafts, social events, entertainment, games, music, etc. Applicant should have a two year recreation or equivalent diploma; or at a minimum a Residential Care Aide with a recreation/activity certificate. Previous exper. preferred. Please email your resume to hyoung@arborlodge.ca
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STANLEY FREDERICK EUGENE PINYON Novemger 24, 1927 - October 22, 2013 Stan passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013 at his home in Tappen at the age of 85 years. He was born in Wetaskiwin, Alberta on Nov. 24, 1927. He was predeceased by his parents, Eugene and Freda Pinyon. Stan is survived by his loving family. His wife of 61 years, Margaret, daughters Alvina Gooch (Jamie), Vi Smith (Ken), Lorraine Snoek (Nick), Dolores Gooch (Ron) and son Gene Pinyon (Kandy); his brothers Norm (Irene), John (Annie) and Gordie (Margie), sisters Vi, Eve (Jim), Chris, Marge and Betty (Jim) and 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren and numerous other relatives. Stan grew up in rural Alberta, the oldest of 9 children. He was very dedicated to his family and left school at the end of grade 8 to help out on the family farm. He milked cows and did field work. Driving teams was one of his favourite jobs. He later started breaking horses for extra money. In 1951 he met Margaret Bodenham. They were married August 29, 1952. In the first years Stan worked hard; logging, farming and selling firewood to make a living. Their first 3 daughters were born in 1953, 1954 and 1956. Then in 1957, Stan moved his family to BC and worked in various logging camps until they settled in Lone Butte in 1959. In 1960, their 4th daughter was born. In 1961 they moved to 100 Mile House and lived there for several years. Stan worked in various sawmills as a sawyer and their son was born in 1968. The following year they moved to Tappen, a favourite holiday spot where they built their house on a 15 acre farm. Stan worked as a millwright and sawyer at a local mill. In 1978 he worked for Gentry Farms delivering eggs and grinding grain until he retired in 1992. Stan enjoyed many camping, fishing and hunting trips with his family and summers spent on his brother’s farm in Alberta putting up hay with horses. Over the years as his family grew, getting together at reunions and other special occasions made his life complete. Though our husband, dad, grandpa and great grandpa has left, he will always be with us in our hearts. On Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 there will be a Celebration of Life at 3:00 at White Lake Hall. If you would like, contributions in memory of Stan may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 729 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC, V2C 2B5. Arrangements entrusted to Fischer’s Funeral Services & Crematorium, Salmon Arm (250) 8331129. Email condolences and share memories through Stan’s obituary at www.fischersfuneralservices.com.
Supporting children through Change and Loss Workshop being held on
Saturday, November 16, 2013 9:30 - 12:30 p.m. at the Mountainside Complex (across from Bowers Funeral Home)
This workshop will be helpful for any adult supporting a child or teenager who is grieving. The ideas and suggestions can be used and adapted with loss from any life change, such as: death, illness, separation, divorce or moving. Parents and other caregivers (grandparents, etc.) are all welcome to attend this practical and informative session. Handouts will be available. There is no charge. The facilitator, Naomi Silver, has 25 years experience working with grieving children and families. To pre-register or Sponsored by: for more information, call Naomi at 835-2244 or Bowers Funeral Service at 832-2223
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Adams Lake Indian Band INFORMATION SYSTEMS ASSISTANT Adams Lake Indian Band is a progressive and dynamic First Nation Government Organization. The Adams Lake Indian Band is a member of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation that is located between Kamloops and Salmon Arm, along the Trans-Canada Highway #1. We are currently recruiting for the position of Information Systems Assistant. The company offers comprehensive employee benefits and pension plans to the successful applicant. NATURE & SCOPE OF WORK: The assistant would be responsible for performing technical duties for the Adams Lake Indian Band’s Information Systems Department. Duties include, but not restricted to help desk, onsite maintenance, and network administration support. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Trouble shoot, assess software, and hardware problems for endusers; • Answer, evaluate and prioritize incoming telephone, voicemail, e-mail, and in-person requests for assistance from end-users experiencing problems with hardware, software, networking and other computerrelated technologies; • Install, assemble and configure computers, monitors, network equipment, and peripherals such as printers, plotters, scanners, and related hardware; Please submit cover letter, resume to: Fay Ginther, Human Resource Administration trainee Adams Lake Indian Band PO Box 588 Chase, BC V0E 1M0 Email: fginther@alib.ca Fax: 250-679-8813 Deadline for Applications: November 12, 2013 at 4 p.m. Applications received after this time will not be accepted. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Appointment to this position will require a formal criminal record check, the details of which may preclude an offer of employment being finalized.
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ARBOR Lodge Independent Living in beautiful Salmon Arm is seeking volunteers for our senior’s recreation program. If you have an outgoing personality & enjoy interacting with people please contact Heather Young: hyoung@arborlodge.ca or call (250)979-8578
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Are you looking for a great new career opportunity? We are seeking a live-in attendant for an Independent Living facility located in beautiful Salmon Arm. This mature individual should have hospitality experience, great people skills, a passion for service excellence and the skills to manage and maintain quality within an Independant Living facility. email: hyoung@arborlodge.ca
NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED To distribute the Shuswap Market News & Lakeshore News AREAS AVAILABLE 11th Ave. NE Piccadilly Mall area 4th/5th Old Auto Rd SE Foothill & 10 St. SW Call Valerie 250-832-2131
SKIMIKIN Nursery Tappen BC requires Tree Sorters for 2013 Fall Harvest. $11.50/hrBonus-40hr weeks. Submit resume to Rob by fax: 250835-8633; email: rreed@airspeedwireless.ca or in person-Weekdays 8:00-4:00 Ph 250-835-4541 (Ext 27) SUB CARRIERS NEEDED To deliver Shuswap Market News and Lakeshore News Covering carrier routes on Fridays. Car needed as different routes each week. Call Valerie in circulation for more details. (250) 832-2131
OF COMMERCE is looking for a General Manager. Duties include membership recruitment & retention, acting as liaison between the Board of Directors and trade & commercial sector, distribution of information to Chamber members, attending board meetings, drafting minutes, preparing grant applications, generating monthly newsletter, maintaining Chamber website, some event planning and liaising with the Visitor Information Centre. Successful candidate should be proficient in MS Word, MS Excel and website maintenance, possess light accounting duties and be committed to serving one’s community. This is a parttime position, salary TBD. Anticipated start date Nov. 12th. Posting closes Wed. Oct. 31st. Send resume to: #3 - 2676 Fairway Hills Road, Blind Bay, BC V0E 1H2. Only those to be contacted for an interview will be notified.
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Sales Manager Required for Thompson Rivers University Residence and Conference Centre in Kamloops. Seeking a target driven sales leader. Responsible for generating hotel & conference sales. 3-5 years experience. Commission bonus. Apply online at: http://sn.im/thompsonrivers
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Junior Accounting Clerk Canoe Forest Products Ltd., located near Salmon Arm BC has an immediate casual part‐time opening, approximately 20 hours a week, for a Junior Accounting Clerk to join our Canoe team. We are a forest harvesting and plywood manufacturing company located on Shuswap Lake and are a proud component of the Gorman Bros. group of companies. Reporting directly to the Divisional Accountant, the Junior Accounting Clerk duties include: reception, data entry, filing and organizing, and basic accounting knowledge. The successful candidate will have a minimum of two (2) years experience in an office support role of reception and accounting activities with a strong working knowledge of Excel. The candidate should be a motivated team player with the ability to problem solve and emphasis on attention to detail. They should also be able to multi‐task and adapt to a fast‐paced environment. Preference will be given to those applicants who have post secondary education in accounting and/or administration from a recognized educational institute. If you possess the skills and qualifications for this position, please submit your resume with cover letter, in confidence, by Friday, November 8, 2013 to: Human Resources Department Canoe Forest Products Ltd. Box 70 Canoe BC V0E 1K0 E: hr@canoefp.com F: 866‐514‐8773 www.canoefp.com Canoe Forest Products thanks all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Please call with your resume or fax to 832-2194 stating clearly the position you are applying for.
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We are currently seeking a Casual / On Call person to cover shifts for all CMHA Shuswap- Revelstoke Branch programs. Programs include Rehabilitation, Hudson Thrift Shoppe and Housing. Qualifications: • Undergraduate degree in Social Sciences, Human Service Worker Diploma or combination of education, training and recent related experience •
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Current First Aid & Non-Violent Crisis Intervention & Food Safe Certificate Please Submit Resume and Cover Letter by November 4, 2013 to: Dianna Churchill, Program Manager Box 3275 433 Hudson Ave, Salmon Arm BC VIE 4S1 or email: dianna.churchill@cmha.bc.ca Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Thank you
IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.
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HAY Alfalfa/grass mix 1st cut $4.00. Second cut $6.00 Rick (250)833-4523
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GOING ON HOLIDAY? We take care when you’re not there. Home Watch Service. 250-838-7371. Gutter cleaning Shuswap Window 250- 833-2533
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Livestock 1.5 yr old Brown Lay Hens $3.50/ea 250-832-8918 WIENER Pigs for sale 250-832-1089
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Fresh apples, pears, and grapes
Peterson ) ) Orchards Fresh Pressed Apple Juice!
Laura’s Homemade Pies Available frozen Any Quantity 8 am to 8 pm Everyday
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PET GROOMING With Michelle
Monday to Friday
All Breeds including Cats & Large Dogs
Appointments necessary. 271A Trans-Can. Hwy. N.E. (across from KFC) • 250-832-0604
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ANTIQUE AUCTION Sunday, Nov. 17, 12pm Visit: carlinhallauctions.com No Buyer Fee (250)835-2126
Maytag White Washer/Dryer $50 White Fridge $50 Good Cond 250-832-6550
A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53’and insulated containers all sizes in stock. SPECIAL Trades are welcome. 40’ Containers under $2500! Call Toll Free Also JD 544 & 644 wheel loaders JD 892D LC Excavator Ph 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com
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4-205/70r15 Toyo Observe Winters on 5 Bolt Subaru rims $200 250-832-6887
Home & Yard
$100 & Under 2 Goodyear Nordic Tires 185/65R15, purchased midwinter last year, 90% wear at most $75 250-832-6765
•Fencing •Decks •Patios
•Renovation •Repair •Maintenance
QUEEN size bedroom suite $200., tall cupboard w/shelves $50., 2pce. china cabinet $200. (250)838-0153
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Farm Equipment
YARD & Estate sale. Daybreak Sat. & Sun. Nov. 2 & 3 450 10 St SE. Up the no thru Rd. on 10th St.
4 like new Toyo G-02 winter tires, 15” on steel rims, used one winter $600. (250)8327605 7YR. old clothes dryer $70., Calvert wood stove (not Wett certified) $60., 5gal. fish tank & access. $10.(250)832-0265 ANTIQUE high back piano $500., hardly used queen duvet & cover $100., roll top desk $200. (250)832-5060 CLEAR PLASTIC TARPS, approx. 40’x40’, $25.00/tarp, Days (250)835-4541 Evenings/Weekends (250)833-2118 Large white kitchen cupboard size 73”x41”x14” HxWxD Two doors and shelves. Lots of storage space $60 OBO 250832-1976 NIKON D90 Digital Camera Body. 12 Mega Pixels. Excellent cond. $300 250-517-8087 Oak Dining room set. Table w/leaf. 4 chairs 2 arm chairs + China Cabinet $1000 Brand New ceiling fan in box $60 250-832-6689 PERFECTO 2 series oxygen concentrator model IRC 5902 $800. OBO. Portable Simply Go Phillips Respironics, all accessories, 2 batteries, used 2 hrs, new cond. $3200. OBO (250)832-4613 PTi1 Segway, personal transporter, Need wheels? Get mobile! Save those steps at home, on the job. Used 2yrs. $2800. obo Cell (250)5179552 or (250)832-3615 RECONDITIONED wood heaters, birch lumber & saw guides (250)835-8466 STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca Wingback chair custom brown as New $75 Single Bed $75 Exterior doors: Steel (32)$40 Wood (36) $80 250-832-8643
Houses For Sale
Houses For Sale
2009 New Holland Tractor w/lots of extras, approx. 422hrs $9000. (250)838-0153
Food Products FARM fresh free range brown eggs $3.25/dozen (250)832-8918 Hormone free local beef available by 1/4, side or whole $3.25/lb cut/wrapped & frozen ready mid Nov. (250)545-0325 Local Grass fed Angus beef hormone antibiotic and GMO free $3.50lb Cut wrapped and frozen to suit 250-833-5855
Firewood/Fuel WOOD PELLETS delivered (250)675-5433 (250)517-7327
Garage Sales HUGE NAME BRAND CLOTHING GARAGE SALE Black Fridays (beside Hideaway Pub) Lakeshore. Items from $2. Pre Xmas Sale. Clothing, toques, watches, boots, jackets, Too many names to list. Sat Nov 2 noon-4pm SAT. Oct 26/13, 10am-3pm, 645 Badger Road, Tappen Tools, lamps ladies wear, furniture, dishes, lawn chairs, pool table snowblower & much, much more!
HOME BUYING MADE EASY • New home on its own 50 X 100 lot • All landscaping c/w underground sprinklers • Concrete drive & walkway All for only
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Notice to Creditors and Others Re: The estate of Eva Florence Compton, deceased, formerly of Salmon Arm, British Columbia Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Eva Florence Compton are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executor c/o Landmark Law Group 780 – 1333 West Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 4C1 on or before November 29, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.
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USED DOCKS for sale at Shuswap marina. Good condition. 6’x23’ docks and 18’ fingers. No reasonable offer refused. Drop by to check them out 250-675-2250 in Blind Bay
HOUSE sitter, looking for an opportunity in the Salmon Arm area, avail. immed., responsible woman, reliable, animal lover, has own transportation (250)833-2701
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Local Coin Collector Buying Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins etc 778-281-0030 PURCHASING old Canadian & American coin collections & accumulations. 250-548-3670 WANTED : SINGER 5-12 YEARS OLD FOR XMAS RECORDING. 250-832-3338
DAILY, weekly, monthly meals can be incl., single or double private bdrm, living room, bath, incl. sat tv, wifi, & laundry (250)804-5545
Free Items Found and Free to good home 2 litters of Abandoned Kittens. 3-4 mos. Old 4 orange 4 B&W and 4 calico. Absolutely adorable and in need of love. 250-308-5489 FREE: Architect’s Drafting Table (250)832-9736 Himalayan, Calico, B&W Long haired, Short haired adorable cuddly Kittens needing a loving caring home 250-833-0070
Real Estate Houses For Sale HOUSE on 2.78 Acres, 2 bed, 1 bath, Great Hwy Exposure. Move in ready! Very sweet. Fresh paint and Reno’s complete. Offering it at Below Assessed Value @ $319,000. 250-832-8862.
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Rentals Acreage FOR Rent: updated 2bdrm mobile on 20 acres, Grandview Bench area. Set up for horses, detached shop, 3 stall barn, paddocks, fenced, avail. immed., (1-250)862-6249
Apt/Condo for Rent 1BDRM. across from Askew’s DT, W/D, parking, Call Colin (1-604)858-8176 or Jeremy (1-250)253-2404 Avail now 1BDRM. apartment, close to down town, adults, NS, NP, references req.(250)833-6855
1 Bedroom Apartment near Fletcher Park,
Homes for Rent 1BDRM house, full unfinished basement, large yard, 331 5th Ave SE, ref. required. $800.00 call 250-8034600
2BDRM, 1bath by Hillcrest School, F/S/W/D incl., large yard, lots of parking, pets ok, avail. Nov 15, $1150/mo. + util. (250)832-5954 3Bdrm hse SW $900. 3 bed twnhouse S.E, $850. NS, Sheila 250-832-2494 CHASE: 2bdrm, large lot, fruit trees ideal for elderly couple or single person ref’s req., avail. immed (250)981-1757 Eagle Bay Furn or unFurn 2Bdrm W/D NS Pets neg Avail immed Ref’s. $800 incl. Sat. Wood Stove 250-675-5231 GORGEOUS 3/4bdrm w/view 1.5 acres, W/D, util, int, sat incl., avail. Dec1st smoking outside $1350 (250)832-7809 Malakwa-3bdrm home $725 +utils. 2bdrm $650.+utils, 250309-0975.
Super clean, gorgeous sm house, Shuswap Lk, Sunnybrae, avail now til Jun 30/14. Ref’s req’d. $800/mo. $300 DD incl everything but phone & internet. N/S N/P. Resp. tenants only.Call Jackie 250835-4800
Suites, Lower 1BDRM., 1car garage, storage, NS, near downtown, appl., gas & hydro incl. (250)549-9471 (250)838-9394 1 Bdrm Close to town Self contained W/O W/D DW garage & Workshop NS Ref’s $850+Util 250-833-9383 1Bdrm GROUND level, suitable only for 1 person, $500/mo. Also Larger 1Bdrm suitable for 2 $800 Util incl for both. NS NP (250)675-3656 Avail Nov 15. 1BDRM HILLCREST: Level entry, util. Wifi and cable incl., laundry, NS, NP, avail. immed. $650/mo. (250)832-2052 1BDRM self contained, overlooking McGuire Lake, near hospital. $680/mo. util incl. NS, NP (250)832-9875
$650/mo. (1-855)852-5660
3bdrm or 2bdrm, 5appl, near 4 schools, rink, NS, NP, back yard, a/c $900-950/mo. + DD, Or will rent the whole house Avail. now (250)295-5498
Bright, spacious 2 bedroom apartments Close to town, family owned & operated. Includes F/S, DW, A/C, H/W & HEAT, NS, NP. Available Nov 1st $825/month (250)803-1694 Ask about Senior’s Discount LAKEVIEW MANOR Beautiful unfurnished and fully furnished Apts. Viewing Shuswap Lake & McGuire Park. Close to all amenities in quiet adult NS, NP building. *Short term rates avail. Ref’s req’d (250)833-9148 SICAMOUS, 1 bedroom $750/mo. w/utilities + DD. Six appliances. 403-272-0382 or bkharry@telus.net.
Commercial/ Industrial R E C E I V I N G / F O RWA R D / STORAGE warehouse SA Industrial Park 250-253-6642
Cottages / Cabins 2 bdrm cottage, furnished, 5 appl & pellet stove. $900 + util. Caretaker preferred w/ref. 250-836-3131 or leave mess. GLENEDEN small 1bdrm cabin for quiet single person, country living, F/S $475/mo plus util, avail. immed. (250)832-6975 (250)832-0218
1982 Camaro Z28, 305 auto, all factory stock, t-tops, no rust/dents, never winter driven, needs battery $3000. (250)832-0560
SORRENTO: bright 2bdrm. as new, 5appl., NP, no parties, NS, 1bay garage $1100/mo. (1-250)808-9145
fridge, stove, coin laundry
& hot water included, No Pets
Cars - Domestic
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BACHELOR suite, private daylight entr., Util. incl, $600. per mth. Raven subdvs. NS Avail. Nov. 1 (250)832-6494 BLIND Bay 1bdrm now. Walk-out suite. un furn. Utils. $700/mo DD & Ref’s N/S (250)675-2710
available Furn. or included. req. N/P,
DT Salmon Arm large 2 Bdrm W/O. Yard, parking W/D F/S $950 inclusive Avail Nov 15. NS inside or out 250-832-6296 LG. 1bdrm walkout near beach, own patio, 6appl., walk in closet, gas FP, furnished NS NP, Blind Bay avail Nov15, $745 util incl. (250)675-5054
Suites, Upper GARDOM LAKE 2Bdrm+den 2bath Lakefront Gas F/P, 5 appl, N/S, N/P. $695/mo+util 250-804-6027 Looking for a mature responsible person or couple to rent our top floor 1 Bdrm suite. This home is ten min out of town with absolutely no Bus service. $750 incl util NP NS and No Parties 250-832-6268
Cars - Sports & Imports 2007 Toyota Corolla LE, loaded, 90,000km, $11,500. obo (250)832-8418
Off Road Vehicles 1993 Yamaha Kodiak 400 ATV. Nice cond., 1400 km, new battery, new 5’ HD, snow plow, hunting case $4000. (250)832-7886
Sport Utility Vehicle 2006 H3 Hummer, Harley Davidson AWD, fully loaded, heated seats, new brakes & rotors, ex. cond., $13000. obo (250)803-4650
Trucks & Vans
Townhouses
2001 Chevy Silverado, 2WD, V8, good shape $2300. obo (250)832-3615
3BDRM. 1.5bath C/W full Bsmt Close to DT SA W/D avail now, No Dogs, $950/mo. + Util (250)819-6966
SPECIAL on Rebuilding Diesel & Gas Engines. Full warranty. Call AGC at 250-832-1903
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