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Officer may face charges

Independent investigation: Report says Crown should review fatal crash. By Martha Wickett OBSeRVeR STAFF

A Salmon Arm police officer might face charges in connection with the death of a cherryville woman in the Salmon Arm Industrial Park in June. The Independent Investigations Office (IIO), which investigates deaths or serious injuries that are potentially police related, has forwarded a report to crown counsel regarding the car crash that killed 21-year-old courtenay Brianne eggen on June 21 of this year. The IIO’s chief civilian director has the option of concluding

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Aftermath: Officers investigate the scene of a crash which killed Courtenay Eggen. Her crumpled car is in the background. that no officer committed an offence and will close the file with a public report, or will conclude that an officer may have committed an offence. A news release is-

sued Friday by the provincial government states: “chief civilian director Richard Rosenthal has completed his review of the See Questions on A2

Murder arrest made, search on for body By Tracy Hughes OBSeRVeR STAFF

Two men and a woman from Alberta have been charged in connection with the alleged murder of a Salmon Arm man last seen at a Barrhead, Alta. gas station on July 17. The body of 45-yearold Valentine (Val) degenhardt has yet to be recovered, but RcMP

investigators now believe they know where to search for his remains. On Saturday, edmonton Major crimes unit investigators arrested two men and one woman in relation to the disappearance of degenhardt, who had been reported missing by his wife on July 19. On July 17, he was last seen in videotaped clips at a Barrhead,

Alta. gas station. Norman “John” Jerrett, 46, is charged with first-degree murder, robbery, break and enter and indignity to a dead body; Norma McAllister, 45, is charged with accessory after the fact, as well as break and enter; and carl McAllister, 29, is charged with accessory See Hikers on A4

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Shuswap Air Cadet 222 Squadron Sgt. Rylie Schuetze stands on guard during the Remembrance Day ceremony held Monday, Nov. 11 at the Salmon Arm Cenotaph. Hundreds came to pay their respects. To view more images of the event, look to the slideshow at www.saobserver.net.

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Questions raised about pursuit VOTE Continued from front investigative file and has forwarded a report to Crown counsel… This occurs when the Chief Civilian Director considers that an officer may have committed an offence...” According to the IIO, at 11:54 p.m. on that day, a uniformed, on-duty member of the Salmon Arm RCMP was monitoring a four-way stop sign at Auto Road and Five Corners. The officer reportedly observed a vehicle proceed through a stop sign on Auto Road without stopping. The officer began to follow the Chevrolet in an attempt to catch up and pull over the vehicle. After a brief pursuit, states the IIO, the pursuit was ordered terminated. Shortly after, the RCMP officer reported having gone off the road near Auto Road and 50th Avenue. At the same location, the

other driver lost control and slid sideways into the side of a dump truck. The female driver died at the scene. Neither the name of the officer involved nor the charges that may be considered will be made public until Crown counsel has made a decision on whether to proceed with charges. States the news release: “The Chief Civilian Director does not make a recommendation on if or what charges he believes Crown counsel should consider. Crown counsel maintains full jurisdiction over the charge assessment and charge approval process. In approving charges, the Criminal Justice Branch must be satisfied not only that an offence may have been committed, but that the commission of an offence can be proven in court beyond a reasonable doubt. Criminal Justice Branch policy

provides that in making this assessment Crown counsel will apply a two-part test: 1. There must be a substantial likelihood of conviction based on the evidence gathered by the investigating agency. 2. A prosecution must be required in the public interest. Under these circumstances, no public report will be issued by the IIO and no further information will be provided.” In the industrial park the morning after the crash, the crumpled Chevrolet could be seen beside a large dump truck at the edge of the parking lot of the Country Kitchen Restaurant. On the opposite side of Auto Road, a police car sat wedged between a building and a grassy embankment. Investigators were checking tire marks where it appeared the cruiser had gone over the edge of the road and down the

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short slope. Two tires on the police cruiser were blown out and its trunk was damaged when it collided with the building. The IIO had been alerted to the situation at 12:30 a.m. and dispatched investigators to the scene, including a traffic reconstructionist. This was the first time the Independent Investigations Office had been called to look into a case in Salmon Arm.

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Injured cyclist recovering A 14-year-old Salmon Arm boy remains in BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver after a bicycle accident last Wednesday afternoon. Police report that on Nov. 6 the boy was riding his bike down the steep hill on 10th Avenue SE – sometimes called Shoemaker Hill – near Second Avenue when he lost control of his bike and fell off.

He fell into the oncoming lane and collided with a vehicle travelling in the opposition direction. The boy, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered trauma to his head and was taken to hospital by ambulance and then transferred to Vancouver. According to updates on the family’s Facebook page, Cole

Waines is progressing. He underwent surgery to deal with the swelling in his brain, but awoke from the coma and was able to recognize his family. He has since been chatting and joking with family and even sitting and standing briefly. He will still have to undergo reconstructive surgery once the swelling subsides.

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Unsolved murder weighs on family

Homicide: Pam Jones,73, was found dead in her carport in 2011. By Tracy Hughes OBSERVER STAFF

Family members of Pam Jones, who was found murdered in the carport of her residence in August 2011, don’t want people to forget her, or the fact that the case remains unsolved. Jones’ son Lance was in Salmon Arm last week to inter his mother’s remains at Mt. Ida Cemetery and expressed his frustration that his mother’s killer remains free. “This is causing a lot of pain in the family. Every day that goes by, you feel the weight of not knowing, of not having answers to why anyone would want to hurt mom, to hurt a little old lady who couldn’t defend herself and who spent her life helping people in this community,” says Lance. “I just don’t want this shelved.” Police and ambulance were called to

Pam’s home at 4780 10th Ave. SE at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 11, 2011. She was found facedown in the carport of her residence and she could not be revived. After the completion of a forensic autopsy, her death was determined to be suspicious. The cause of death is being withheld by the RCMP. Police are also refusing to speculate on a possible motive and will not say if they have any suspects. “I feel for the family,” says Staff Sgt. Kevin Keane of the Salmon Arm detachment. “Unfortunately the lack of updated information is often interpreted as no action. This is not the case. The file continues to be investigated by E Division Serious Crime Unit.” Pam was a retired typing and business teacher who taught for years at Shuswap Junior Secondary and Salmon Arm Senior

contact the RCMP or Crimestoppers. “Someone out there knows something, maybe even something small, but it could help. We are tired of not having any answers, of thinking that there’s a killer out there who has gotten away with this.”

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Our 5th Annual Knock Out Hunger was a huge success this year thanks to the generosity of the people of Salmon Arm. On Halloween night over 2500 lbs. of food was donated to the Salvation Army Food Bank to help them prepare for the needs of the upcoming Christmas season. We were encouraged having volunteers from a variety of groups, and we give them our sincere thanks. ~ Lakeside Community Church

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Marker: Chase Johnson, Shannon Thompson and Lance Jones quietly pay their respects at Pamela Jones’ memorial in Mt. Ida Cemetery. Secondary. She was also a single mother to five children. “How many lives did she touch? How many people did she help? The community needs to remember and not

let this go unsolved,” he says. Lance is hoping that further attention to the case might bring new information to police. He encourages anyone with information to

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Air ambulance required A mother and her son were trapped inside their vehicle Wednesday morning after it crashed on Salmon River Road. Police report that officers were called to Salmon River Road near the firehouse about 8:30 a.m. Nov. 6 after a vehicle with a Silver Creek resident and her nine-year-old son left the roadway and crashed. The Road Rescue Unit responded and was able to free the pair. They were flown to Kamloops Regional Hospital by air ambulance where they are described as having serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Police say the driver reported that she became distracted and looked away from the road just prior to the crash.

First Walmart thief Just over an hour after it opened to the public, the Salmon Arm Walmart had its first shoplifter. The store opened for business at 8 a.m. and at 9:13 a.m., RCMP arrested a 33-year-old man from Vernon. What did he steal? A balaclava.

excessive speed At 11:30 pm, on Sunday Nov. 10, police witnessed a vehicle travelling in excess of 150 km/h on the Trans-Canada Highway. The 17-year-old driver was ticketed and the vehicle, belonging to his mother, was impounded.

inappropriate snooze The RCMP are too hospitable to let someone sleep in their shrubbery. At 8 a.m., on Friday Nov. 8, an intoxicated 18-year-old man was found sleeping in the bushes outside the police detachment. He was moved inside and given a warm place to sleep in cells until he sobered up.

impaired driving At 3 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10, police stopped a vehicle on Fifth Ave. SW. The 38-year-old driver from Salmon Arm was found to be intoxicated. His driving privileges were revoked and the vehicle was impounded.

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Continued from front after the fact. All three are from Barrhead, Alta. and are being held in police custody to appear in court on Nov. 26. During the investigation, it was learned that hikers came upon Degenhardt’s 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee in a remote area off Highway 32 between Whitecourt, Alta. and Swan Hills, Alta. about two hours northwest of Edmonton. Degenhardt’s family and friends, who described his disappearance as out of character, had established a $5,000 special reward fund with Crime Stoppers to encourage anyone with information to step forward. His spouse, Robyn Schmitke-Degenhardt, travelled from Salmon Arm to Edmonton in August and gave a press conference pleading for information about her husband’s whereabouts. She spoke of how the couple had matching wedding tattoos of a yin-yang symbol that marked the date of their Valentine marriage. The couple Degenhardt had been married a year victim at the time. Degenhardt has numerous family and work connections in Alberta. The details of what he was doing the day he disappeared are still being investigated and police would not comment further on a possible motive, although early on in the investigation Degenhardt’s disappearance was regarded as suspicious from the beginning. “There’s an element of criminality that coincides with his disappearance, and that is why the major crimes unit is involved in this investigation,” said Sgt. Josee Valiquette at the time of the missing person release. “Just north of St. Albert area on July 30, a burnt-out SUV was seen on a flatbed truck around the same time that Degenhardt disappeared.”

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CSRD approves water program funding By Barb Brouwer OBSERVER STAFF

It won’t look the same, but a successor to the Shuswap Lake Integrated Planning Process (SLIPP) will move forward. Five of six Columbia Shuswap Regional District electoral area directors voted last week to approve funding up to $240,000 for the successor organization that will address water quality and safety issues in the Shuswap Watershed. Funding will be taken from the regional district’s joint gas tax pool – not from individual electoral area gas tax funds or from taxpayers’ pockets. Area F North Shuswap director Larry Morgan was vehe-

ment in his opposition to SLIPP before last Thursday’s meeting in Salmon Arm and the only one to vote against continuing the program in any form. But on Friday, Morgan said he had aired his concerns and was now “toning down the rhetoric.” “After discussion with some people there that work with me on the North Shuswap, I decided to work with the decision that’s been made,” he said. “I will work with the directors regarding SLIPP and will do what we can to help make this work.” Morgan said his decision is based on the fact it would be counterproductive to continue opposing SLIPP and that he wants to ensure some of the North

Shuswap’s core needs can move ahead. Area C South Shuswap director and chair of the SLIPP steering committee, Paul Demenok says he is

Larry Morgan North ShuSwap CSrD DireCtor looking forward to collaborating with all stakeholders to develop the best possible plan of action for the Shuswap Watershed. Demenok says the proposal has yet to be approved by the whole

CSRD board, something he hopes will take place tomorrow. As well, he says the plan itself needs to be approved at the Dec. 4 SLIPP steering committee. Demenok said the reason the proposal had to be brought forward at last Thursday’s electoral area meeting was because of upcoming budget considerations. Work can now begin on a successor organization to SLIPP, to be designed to take water quality and safety co-ordination in the Shuswap Watershed to the next level including remediation. It will be made in the Shuswap Watershed, for the Shuswap Watershed, with broad public input.

City supports ALR protection By Lachlan Labere OBSERVER STAFF

Advocates for B.C. agriculture are concerned the province may do away with the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) in an attempt to save $50 million from the 2014/15 budget. B.C. Energy Minister Bill Bennett, who oversees a cabinet working group with a mandate to find ways of cutting back government spending, says the province has no intention of “blowing up’ the ALC or bringing it inside government,” and assures the commission will continue to decide on applications to amend the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), established 40 years ago to protect farmland from development. Bennett’s comments are in response to cabinet documents leaked to the Globe and Mail, in which steps are outlined for Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm to facilitate giving greater control over what happens on agricultural land to local governments and the BC Oil and Gas Commission. BC Food Systems

Network co-chair Brent Mansfield calls any move to dismantle the ALC and prioritize oil and gas over food security “shortsighted.” Which is why he says it’s excellent that local governments, such as the City of Vancouver and, most recently, the City of Salmon Arm, are writing to the province, asking that the ALC not be touched. Salmon Arm council’s decision to speak out in the ALC’s defence stemmed from an Oct. 28 request by the city’s Agricultural Advisory Committee to write Bennett and ask that it be left out of any possible budget reduction actions. Coun. Chad Eliason said Bennett wouldn’t care and suggested council not support the committee’s request. But Couns. Ken Jamieson, the committee’s chair, and Alan Harrison were able to sway opinion in favour. “The budget of the Agricultural Land Commission, compared to other budgets in the province is minute, it’s extremely small, and I know in our dealings with the ALC, they are trying to be proactive, but in fact, I found they

can only be reactive…” commented Harrison. In light of the leaked documents, Shuswaparea agriculture advocate John McLeod, who sits on both the city committee as well as the Columbia Shuswap Regional District’s Shuswap Agriculture Steering Committee, hopes the city’s letter will stress the need to preserve both the ALC and agricultural lands. He argues that even land of low-soil quality in the ALR is still suitable for agricultural use, noting the rocky terrain

in the Okanagan being used for vineyards. “The ALR and ALC are now under attack behind closed doors, with no democratic process of public input or process. I thought, wrongly I guess, that democracy was for the people not the few,” says McLeod. “When we work to defend the core review beliefs of a few, we risk becoming blind to the evidence that could tell us we’re wrong.” -With files from Black Press

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Mike Simpson, senior regional manager for the Fraser Basin Council-Thompson Region and SLIPP program manager, is also pleased SLIPP hasn’t sunk beneath the waves of controversy. “I think it’s a posi-

tive move to look at a new program with everybody’s interests and everybody’s input,” he said. “What we’re hoping for is a year of engagement to make sure we develop a program that’s effective, that

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City News and Public Notic es City of Salmon aRm notiCe of puBliC HeaRing Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Salmon Arm will hold a Public Hearing in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, 500 - 2 Avenue NE, Salmon Arm, BC, on Monday, November 25, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. 1. Proposed Amendments to Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 4000 to accommodate Detached Suites: • Amend Section 8.3.14 of Low Density Residential Policies to add new text; • Delete Sections 8.3.25, 8.3.26 and 8.3.27 of Diversity Policies; and • Add new Section 8.3.25 in Diversity Policies. 2. Proposed Amendments to Zoning Bylaw No. 2303: • Add a definition for “Detached Suite”; • Add new Section 4 GENERAL REGULATIONS for Detached Suites; • Amend Section 13 – R-8 – SINGLE FAMILY/ SECONDARY SUITE RESIDENTIAL ZONE to incorporate a new zone title and regulations for detached suites; and • Amend APPENDIX 1 – OFFSTREET PARKING AND LOADING, amend Table A1-1 Required Offstreet Parking Spaces to read: Secondary Suite or Detached Suite

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Applicant: City of Salmon Arm Proposed Use: To accommodate Detached Suites in R-8 – Single Family/ Secondary Suite Residential Zone Reference: OCP4000-15 / Bylaw No. 3995 and ZON-996 / Bylaw No. 3996 The files for the proposed bylaws are available for Inspection between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays from November 13 to November 25, 2013, both inclusive, in the office of the Corporate Officer at the City of Salmon Arm, 500 - 2 Avenue NE. THOSE WHO DEEM THEIR INTEREST AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED BYLAWS ARE URGED TO REVIEW THE FILES AVAILABLE IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT (OR TELEPHONE 803-4000) TO OBTAIN THE FACTS OF THE PROPOSALS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. Corey Paiement, Corporate Officer

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Emperor well-dressed He was personable, entertaining, straightforward and fullyversed in the figures at hand. BC Finance Minister Michael de Jong has been spreading his message, which he brought to Salmon Arm last month, telling business groups about the provincial budget, explaining that B.C. will prosper with LNG – liquified natural gas – but only if the province acts quickly. I would love to relax in the knowledge that he is right – and the province and all its natural bounty and all of its treasured citizens will indeed flourish under the plan. But, in order to agree with him and his colleagues, it’s necessary to ignore evidence to the contrary. The emperor is, apparently, fully clothed. In other parts of the country, valid concerns are being raised. The Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities just passed a resolution supporting a provincewide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing. The coalition of 54 municipalities wants a better look into the impacts of fracking, particularly with regard to the disposal of its toxic wastewater as well as impacts on fresh water. Newfoundland and Labrador did the same last month. These are in addition to conflicts in New Brunswick, where First Nations’ concerns about fracking’s effects on water have been ignored. In B.C., the Site C Dam, repeatedly rejected because it will flood more than 5,000 hectares and 100 kilometres of the Peace River Valley that include wildlife corridors and habitat as well as agricultural land, is being floated again and will apparently provide the energy needed for B.C. to frack away. Burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change, and fracking, in particular, uses huge amounts of water and fossil fuels to create – more fossil fuels. Why aren’t we pushing hard for more widespread use of proven technologies like geo-thermal, solar power and wind power? Jobs and environmental protection are not mutually exclusive. In fact, it will cost billions in the future to repair environmental damage done today – if it’s reparable. Last week we also saw B.C. government plans leaked about diluting the power of the Agricultural Land Commission and placing it partially under the domain of the Oil and Gas Commission. It doesn’t take the psychic powers of Madame Rue to predict how agricultural land would fair in a duel with oil and gas pipelines. Hand in hand with that goes the surprise announcement last week from B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Alison Redford that they have reached an agreement on the movement of energy resources – ie: pipelines. Amidst these emperor-like moves comes the view from many provincial and federal politicians that citizens who raise environmental concerns are somehow anti-progress and anti-business. I would love to buy into the notion of oil and gas as saviour. Unfortunately, though, it’s one where damage to the air, water and, indeed, the planet that sustains us, will escalate. It should be difficult, I think, particularly for anyone with children or grandchildren, to accept. Because, like older citizens, those young people will require food to eat, air to breathe and water to drink.

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Uncertain fate for B.C.’s farmland British Columbians can be forgiven for believing their provincial government may not be entirely sincere when they claim to support local agriculture. Energy Minister Bill Bennett stirred up suspicion a while back when he hinted the Agricultural Land Commission may be looked at in a core review he’s heading up to find $50 million in savings. The future of the ALC, the independent body tasked with overseeing the protection of agricultural land, became increasingly cloudy last week when cabinet documents leaked to the media were made public. These were reported to reveal a strategy drawn up for Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm to bring the ALC under the ministry’s jurisdiction and break up the province into two agricultural zones, including a vast northern

zone where the province’s Oil and Gas Commission would have greater say in applications to remove land from the Agricultural Land Reserve. Ironically, Pimm is now under fire for attempting to interfere with the ALC. The agriculture minister, a former oil and gas man of 25 years, tried to intervene in an application to turn a parcel of viable farmland in the ALR into rodeo grounds and a campground. The commission turned down the application and, in its decision, took the Peace River North MLA to task, suggesting he was trying to politically influence their decision. It should be no surprise then, that Pimm and the B.C. government would seek to put the ALC out to pasture and open up the ALR to a future where local food security ranks even lower than rodeo grounds, never mind liquid natural gas extraction.

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The Observer asked: Should Shoemaker Hill be closed to traffic year-round?

Donna Biggs “They should make it a one-way going up.”

Edna Gowriluk “If it’s that prone to accidents, then they should close it.”

Ernie Kemper “Close it - definitely.”

Kaelin Benty “Yes it should be closed. The number of accidents speak for themselves.”

Valerie Dean “Yes. It’s brutal coming down that hill.”

Sparking ALR needs more support, not less rebuttal I’m surprised that the Observer’s deservedly-respected editor may have succumbed to a “Vancouver Festival of Fire” allure – that is, to the rapidly declining practice of fireworks as a community event. Ordinarily, I wholeheartedly share that respect for our editor’s highly regarded journalism, but in the Observer editorial of Nov. 6, Ms. Hughes promotes an outdated, inappropriate return to fireworks – despite its scientifically well-established reality as an environmentally unfriendly practice, and one being discontinued – not promoted – in many, many communities. As well, the editorial doesn’t tell the “whole story” of the wisely-ended Salmon Arm Canada Day fireworks issue of the recent past. It incorrectly characterizes the issue as being solely concerned with the disturbance that fireworks would cause waterfront wildlife, and that for proposed future fireworks, the disturbed wildlife would have (mostly) “migrated” out of harm’s way by Hallowe’en, anyway...” Certainly, the disturbance impact of fireworks on wildlife was one part of the fireworks issue at the waterfront, but even more so was the toxic metal pollution of the air (that we breathe) and the water (that we drink), generated by fireworks and their chemical debris during explosive combustion. Potentially dangerous fireworks metals include lithium, strontium, zinc, antimony, magnesium, barium, phosphorus and copper – the chemistry of which was published in an Observer Letter to the Editor at the time. Sadly, the air we breathe and the water we drink do not “migrate” south out of harm’s way; the toxic chemical fall-out’ from fireworks may persist, unhealthily, in the air, water and soil ecosystems right here with us. In this, the 21st century, (apparently) an era of ecological, “green awareness”, communities are ill-advised to lapse backwards into a “celebration of dangerous metal pollution”- no matter how deceptively bedazzling and appealing it might appear to our eager, but incautious eyes. Thos. J. Crowley

An open letter to MLA Greg Kyllo: It is vital that oversight and management of the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) remain within the agriculture sector, controlled by appointed people from the agriculture sector. The Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) has been essential to the health of BC’s agriculture for the last 40 years, and it is up to you to ensure that it remains healthy. As owners of both a farm and industrial business in the Shuswap, we are keenly aware of the value of agriculture to our economy and to our community. Farms of all sizes throughout this region create more jobs per establishment than any other type of business, both year-round and seasonal. Farms also support our com-

munity, keeping families together working on the farm, providing essential food to the local community, attracting tourism to our markets, shops and rural areas, and keeping their spending close to home. The value of small and medium-size businesses to local economies has been studied and reported so frequently that it requires no citations. We know that you value the role that agriculture plays in B.C.’s social and economic infrastructure, and that you are committed to ensuring that B.C.’s agriculture continues to feed the province’s families for the long term. The best way to continue to support B.C. agriculture is to protect the Agricultural Land Reserve. Management of the Reserve

must remain within agriculture, not shift in any way to the resource sector. No dismantling of the reserve or reduction in power of the commission will be tolerated by farmers and rural residents in B.C. What you must do in the core review is to protect the ALR by reducing the options for removing land from the reserve, reducing “trading” of agricultural land in different jurisdictions, and reducing alternate uses for land within the reserve. Please represent your constituents and protect the ALR. Do not allow any deconstruction or reduction or trading in responsibilities for the ALR/ALC in any way. Brian MacIsaac Crannóg Ales & Left Fields, Sorrento

Owner shocked at witness leaving the scene On Wednesday, Nov. 6 there was a very serious accident on the corner of our property in Silver Creek. I was at work and hurried home when my neighbour called to tell me what had happened. A car with a mother and child had gone through our fence and landed in a dry creek bed that wasn’t visible from the road. What I am so upset about is that the person who called in the accident left the scene, so

when the emergency personnel arrived they didn’t know where to find the vehicle and its occupants. The police and ambulance went up and down Salmon River Road trying to find them. The mother and child had to wait to be cut out of the car. I can’t imagine how much precious time was wasted trying to find them. I am very impressed with the response of the police, ambulance, fire rescue, tow trucks

and air ambulance. I hope that people who witness an accident will stay until emergency personnel arrive. If they aren’t able to offer assistance, just being there to show where the victims are is a huge help. I haven’t heard how the family is doing but I hope they are going to be okay. L. Goldie

Hockey organizers embody spirit of the game For a number of years now I have been playing senior hockey with a group known as the Canoe Cubs. I had not played a game of hockey since leaving Salmon Arm in my teens, but was welcomed back to the game, by co-organizers Don Hurst, and Dennis Adams. Now one of the two rinks at the Shaw Centre is called Hucul Pond in memory of Salmon Arm’s own “Mr. Hockey” Bill Hucul. From an early age, I skated and played delightfully adult-free hockey on the real Hucul Pond with the Bernie and Gary Hucul, and enjoyed the support and

welcome of Bill and Nancy Hucul. The work of Don and Dennis to provide an opportunity for older players has been a return, for me, to those joyful days of playing on Hucul Pond. I want to thank and recognize them and the other players who have joined them for many years, for how they have brought fun and joy back into a game for players who may have slowed down a little since their younger days, but still would like to skate with a group of like minded individuals. I suggest anyone interested in checking out the work Don, and Dennis, drop by the

Shaw center on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday morning around 10 a.m. and check out Cubs Hockey. As my mother, who has been a SilverBacks junior hockey season ticket holder since year one said, when asked how cubs’ hockey compared to the SilverBacks games, “Well, your game is much easier to follow.” It is also easier to play. Where does all that speed of youth go? John Harper

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Water challenge teaches valuable lesson

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1913

A notice to ratepayers appearing on the front page, read as follows: “At an informal meeting of a number of ratepayers it was considered advisable to endeavor to form a ratepayer’s association for the city, and with that end in view, it is requested that those interested be present at the meeting.”

1923

J.R. Harvey, of Enderby, bought Maloney’s bakery and confectionery store. The name of the new business was to be O.K. Valley Bakeries. Mrs. Maloney was to continue to use half the store until Christmas in order to move the big stock of toys she had put in for holiday trade.

1933

Max Bedford and A.E. Mascall visited camp 375, Sicamous and gave interesting talks on economics and Argentina, respectively. It was noted the boys appreciated the visit very much. A violin was donated by Mrs. Corning, and some playing cards by A. Collier.

1943

The wartime prices board informed the public the butter ration of half a pound would be maintained throughout the winter. A letter to the editor was printed from C.P. Nelson who was in Kiska, Aleutian Islands with the RMR’s.

1953

National honours were brought to Salmon Arm by Brian Veale and John Pincosy, members of the Salmon Arm 4-H Junior Potato Club, at the annual Winter Fair, Toronto. The boys won the championship in the potato judging competition to give B.C. its only win in nine 4-H competitions. Doug Ruth, who was taking the watchmaking course at the Vancouver Vocational Institute, won a $100 scholarship given by the Canadian Jewellers Institute.

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The human body can survive for two to three days without water – and for most area residents, access is as simple as turning on a tap. In other parts of the world, however, getting water can be a long and arduous chore. This is something 85 Grade 4/5 South Broadview students learned in a hands-on experience last Wednesday. Starting at the 10:05 a.m. recess break, the students carted empty buckets down to a pond behind Okanagan College, collected water and hauled it back up Fifth Avenue SE to the school. Once there, they emptied their containers of dirty-looking water into a 1,000-litre aquarium before charging down the hill to fill them up again. The energy, enthusiasm and support for each other was palpable as the nine- to 11-yearolds took turns carrying buckets that weighed anywhere from five to 10 pounds. It was a close simulation to an experience high school students had when they helped gather water in the village of Asemkow in Ghana at spring break, says Wendy Woodhurst, director of instruction for School District #83. “What was so impressive was the impact it had on the kids,” she says, noting the “mamas” in Ghana collect water six times per

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Water walk: Nicholas Homen watches as Earl Dodds pours water into South Broadview student Damian Thomas-Jules’ bucket. day, travelling some seven kilometres daily and carrying 60 to 80 pounds on their heads – in 39 to 40-degree heat. Earl Dodds, one of three enthusiastic Grade 4/5 teachers who organized the experience, was amazed the young students moved 600 litres of water in 90 minutes, raising more than $2,500 in the process. “That was pretty unbelievable and there was not one single negative comment,” he says of the exuberant willingness of the students to do as many as five and six trips. “They were enjoying it, but they also understood the story behind it.” Dodds, who organized the Water Walk with colleagues Janu Smith and Kim Schuert, says two of the We to Me leadership students who had travelled to Ghana, visited the school about three weeks previously. “They (the Grade 4/5 students) took the

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message from that, they could relate to the slide show and the pictures,” Dodds says, noting enthusiasm was also sparked by hearing motivational speaker Spencer West tell them about Free the Children. “They were impressed and amazed.” Dodds says the three teachers had discussed what they could do to make a difference and were moved by the enthusiastic reaction. “It was pretty special to see all those kids working together,” and when Wendy told them this water looks exactly what those people in Ghana were drinking, there was another click and the kids were like ‘Wow.’” Dodds was also moved to hear some of the students voicing their beliefs that they can make a difference, particularly in a world where kids are often reported in the media for negative behaviours.

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“A number of kids were walking up the hill and dropped their buckets. They just came back down and said, ‘we spilled it and we’re gonna go again,’” Dodds says. “It was impressive to see they didn’t give up, they just came back.” Dodds says he, Smith and Schuert were thrilled with the support given them by principal Carl Cooper and by the school district, support that has allowed them to take their students on 12 other outings so far this year. “We’ve been on several different field trips because we want kids to learn in a different way,” he says, noting the kids have been to Little Mountain Park a number of times, where they learned about plants, made their own medicine, learned about GPS and geocaching and put the knowledge to use with cameras on a day trip to the Craigellachie

gorge. “We will probably do 35 field trips with the 85 kids… It’s a lot of extra work but there is nothing better than real hands-on outside.” Cooper expressed his pride in the teachers as well as the students. “You can talk to kids about it or read it out, but to actually experience it, to put your hands on the water bucket and walk up the hill... I did a couple of trips and I said this wasn’t easy,” Cooper says, noting he heard many comments from the kids that showed they understood. “One boy who has some challenges said ‘Oh, I can’t believe people in the world have to do this every day. I get it, we are so lucky and we don’t realize how lucky we are.’” Cooper says other students realized the value in being able to go to school as well as having easy access to water. “That just encourages me as a principal when kids understand the value of education, of what they’re doing – they participate and they want to learn.”

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Donor covers impound costs By Tracy Hughes OBSERVER STAFF

An anonymous donor has lifted the spirits of a couple whose car was impounded after it was taken without their knowledge by an impaired driver last month. Janice and Tom Granger were going to have to pay $672 in towing and storage fees to retrieve their Ford Explorer after the car was automatically seized as part of a Ministry of Justice program that requires the immediate impound of vehicles being operated by unlicenced, unsafe or impaired drivers. The Grangers’ 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 later 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 Grangers’ vehicle was immediately impounded for 30 days. The vehicle was reported to Salmon Arm RCMP as taken without consent by their grandson the following morning,

but by then it had already been towed and impounded. After reading the Observer’s article about the Grangers’ plight, someone decided to take action to help the couple. “I had a call from Ben’s Towing telling me that someone went and paid the whole thing,” said Janice. “I almost fell off my chair.” The couple, who live on a fixed income and are dealing with Tom’s medical disabilities due to a stroke, said the fees would have been a financial hardship. “I can’t tell you how grateful I am to this person. It is such a relief,” says Janice. “I was already dreading picking up the car next Wednesday and having to pay that bill. Now that weight is off my shoulders.” The Grangers had appealed the impoundment, but their appeal was denied by the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles who was unconvinced that the couple did not give permission to the man found driving the SUV. The Superintendent of Motor Vehicles suggested the couple pursue legal action against the driver to try and recover their losses. The grandfather of the passenger in the car that night had offered to pay a portion of the fees,

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For more Information visit us at www.schafferresidences.com We are pleased to re-open after a 6 month renovation to provide a broader range of seniors’ services: • Residential or Complex Care (nursing and full care provided); • Assisted Living (meals, laundry, cleaning and light care); • Respite for short term stays; and • Schaffer Seniors’ Recreation Centre for day recreation (pick up drop off available) We are now accepting residents, taking names for a waiting list and providing tours of the facility.

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Appreciative: An anonymous donor paid the impound bill for Tom and Janice Grangers’ SUV, which was seized after a driver took it without consent. but the couple would have still been on the hook for nearly half the amount.

Contact: Nihal Maligaspe (Director of Care) 250-832-6767 250-819-1451 (Cell) 9455 Firehall Frontage Rd, Enderby, BC nmaligaspe@schafferresidences.com Directions: From Salmon Arm OR Enderby take Hwy 97B Location: Opposite Gardem Lake Turn off Look for Schaffer Residence – Green Roof Building.

Each year, local communities embrace the moustache and jump aboard the Movember Train. The young, the old and everyone in between gets their community involved. Sports teams, small towns, bands, leagues, hobby groups, fire halls, theatre groups and more, all growing mo’s and talking about men’s health. Support these citizens of our community who are helping to raise money and wareness for prostate cancer and other men’s health issues. Go online and visit their MO Spaces to check their progress and contribute to their campaigns.

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New site for tourism info? By Martha Wickett OBSERVER STAFF

It’s only an idea at this stage, but a plan has been launched to build a tourist centre at the west end of town. Gary Arsenault of Green Emerald Investments Inc. has been floating a proposal to build a tourist centre on property near Buckerfield’s that was purchased by the city to accommodate a future intersection near the former Canadian Tire. He visited the Salmon Arm Chamber of Commerce, outlining the proposal that could potentially include the Visitor Centre, the Chamber of Commerce office, Economic Development, a service station and a sani-dump. “It would make it very convenient for RVs – they can’t stop at the (current) tourist info centre, there’s no parking…,” he said, noting that recreational vehicles are gaining popularity, even with young families. The site would be ideal when the road to Buckerfield’s, 17th

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Co-sponsored by the Salmon Arm Observer and the Salmon Arm Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society. Thank you to the following silent auction donors: • Askew’s Foods • Ovino Winery • Napa Auto Parts • DeMilles Farm Market • Larch Hills Winery • Fountain Tire • Shuswap Lake Estates Golf • Sunneybrae Vineyards & Winery • Apple Auto Glass • Salmon Arm Golf Club • Braby Motors • Jacobson Ford • Club Shuswap • Kal Tire • Centerpoint Automotive • The Salmon Arm Observer • Salmon Arm Curling Club • All My Flowers • Flowers by Fimmy • Toliver Design • Shuswap Film Society • Roots & Blues Festival • Mt. Ida Pharmacy

• Munro’s IDA Pharmacy • Natalie Jobe • Neptune Pools & Spa • Marlin Travel • Shoppers Drug Mart • Twin Anchors Houseboats • Lifetime Fitness • Shuswap Massage Therapy • Harbourfront Massage • Pro Active Fitness • Curves • Prestige Inn • The Candy Vault • Starbucks Coffee • Boston Pizza • Dairy Queen • A & W Restaurant • MacDonald’s Restaurant • Shuswap Chefs • Yan’s Restaurant • Sedo’s Old Fashioned • Butcher & Deli • Village Grocer • Buckerfield’s

• Shuswap Spinners & Weavers • Hanna’s Orchard Farm Market • Pinz Tatoo • Salmon Arm Silverbacks • Skookum Cycle • H204U • Salmon Arm Home Building Centre • Salmon Arm Floor Store • Puzzle Factory • Bonnie’s Skincare & Esthetics • Salmon Arm Stationery • Van Houtte Coffee • Terrael Vigue • Lordco • Julie Galleria Hair Design • Gem Set Studio • Adams River Rafting • A Flower Shop on Okanagan • LA Sign Shop

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Idea: Developer Gary Arsenault is suggesting a piece of city-

owned property in west Salmon Arm be used for a new tourist visitor centre. Street SW, is closed off to accommodate a new intersection, he says. “It would be a perfect location and would really help put Salmon Arm on the RV map.” His concept would complement the shopping centre proposed for the Adams Lake Band’s Lot 7, between the rear of the Mall at Piccadilly and the Trans-Canada Highway, possibly including a portion of that land as well. That project is being headed up by Mike Fowler of Richmond, who took over from Glen Bury of Full Circle Shopping Centres Ltd. Jim Kimmerly, presi-

dent of the chamber, said the chamber would be interested but the plan is speculative at this point. “It would make good sense if it did get built; it would be a good location…” Mayor Nancy Cooper agrees a tourist centre would be an option. “When Gary talked to me, he was talking about the Adams Lake Band Lot 7 development and an idea of a tourism centre on that property... As part of our conversation, I said the city property you are asking about might be an option someday for some type of Visi-

tors Information Centre,” she wrote in an email. “The property near Buckerfield’s was purchased by the city because the long-term TCH plan includes, as future development occurs, traffic signals in that area. “However, the property required for traffic signals will not utilize the entire property, leaving choices for a future council to decide how best to use it. This council has talked about some general possibilities, realizing it may not be up to them to determine but rather, as I said, the decision of a future council.”

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City blooms with pride By Lachlan Labere OBSERVER STAFF

Walmart welcomes

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(Above) Lloyd Cosens makes the first purchase at Salmon Arm’s new Walmart store from cashiers Dawn Foster and Sydney Brown on opening day, Friday, Nov. 8. (Below) Store manager Lorrie Blackmore, assisted by Walmart staff, cuts the ribbon to mark the official opening of the city’s largest® retail outlet.

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When it comes to aesthetic appeal, Salmon Arm is an award-winning novice with potential to bloom. The City of Salmon Arm was the recent recipient of a BC Communities in Bloom Criteria Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement in specific evaluation criteria. The city’s award pertains to its floral displays. BC Communities in Bloom liaison Shirley Fowler said the award recognizes not just the work of city staff, but community service clubs, businesses and residents who have input into the design, planning, execution and maintenance of floral displays. During the summer, Coun. Debbie Cannon and parks supervisor Brad Ackerman took BC Communities in Bloom representatives around the city, which was being judged as a participant in the organization’s novice program. Fowler was not surprised by Salmon Arm’s successful outcome. “When I found out you were in the novice program, and being judged as a novice program, I thought this is crazy. Why aren’t you doing the whole program?” asked Fowler. “You’re ready. And sure enough, the judges came, judged you as a novice, and were appalled this community hadn’t been involved in our program before. So congratulations on taking that first step.” Cannon commented on the extent of what the city was judged on, noting their tour included a visit to the city recycling facility and water treatment plant. “And looking at our evaluation form… I think there’s lots of things in there we could build on if we continue to do the program.”

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By Martha Wickett OBSERVER STAFF

Large inviting cushions, writings about hope, giant stuffed animals. This is the office of the SAFE Society’s Children Who Witness Abuse (CWWA) program, where young people who have been exposed to domestic violence receive help. The office is one of the places where program co-ordinator Colleen Making can provide support and education. She sees about 25 children per week there, with the waitlist for after-school appointments about six months long. To reach more young people, she also works from the schools. “We try to find creative solutions...” The society received a grant from the BOAG Foundation earlier this year, which has aided her work in the school district. “It is a sad statement – we value children and prevention, but we don’t fund it. However, grants like the Boag Foundation allow us to expand the existing services and reach out to isolated and vulnerable children,” Making says, explaining that the SAFE Society’s reach includes the North Shore, Sorrento, Silver Creek, Salmon Arm, Grindrod, Sicamous and Malakwa. “We have a great office space for the kids in Salmon Arm who can access it, but lots of kids never get to come here,” she says, noting that it’s the support of the community and of grants that allow her to drive to outlying communities. “The Boag Foundation – it’s a yearlong project and the goal is to reduce the risk of bullying and violence in young relationships. And it is that prevention piece.” The SAFE Society kicked off the project with the Robb Nash event in May. Nash is a dynamic musician and speaker who has made it his mission to

tell youth that no matter what their struggles are, they have a purpose and the ability to create change. He will be coming back to Salmon Arm in June next year. “We want people to come to that, we want parents to come to that,” says Making. “A couple of school counsellors said we saved a couple of kids’ lives; they disclosed their suicidal thoughts.” Making is in demand at schools from Sicamous to Silver Creek. Her focus depends on the age of the students and the particular concerns of the school, and can vary from better communication to healthy relationships. She has also facilitated several groups, such as a summer camp for young boys to help them cope with anger. During Making’s 19 years with the program, the need has not decreased, but issues have changed. “I think definitely there are societal changes I’ve seen, versus what is acceptable and unacceptable. Cyberbullying seems easier, and ‘what’s the big deal – she deserved it’” is a more common reaction,

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Who Witness Abuse program, holds the SAFE Society’s new logo, which promotes strength, courage and hope for Shuswap families. Making says. She points out that with the Internet, there’s no cooling-off period. “It’s awareness about prevention, it’s taking a second thought before you post something – because it is forever.” She also notes that: “Children want to be heard. If they’re not being heard at home, they’re going to be heard somewhere else.” It’s important for youth to stand up against bullying, she adds, a facet of the training she provides. “I know there have been instances at school

where a boy has shoved his girlfriend into a locker. We need other boys to say, ‘hey, that’s not cool.’” The Boag Foundation grant also helped with an updating of the SAFE Society’s website as well as a new logo, redesigned with help from Salmon Arm Secondary students. It promotes strength, courage and hope for families in the Shuswap. Overall, prevention is key, Making says. Statistics from 1999 showed that 79 per cent of the inmates at the Kamloops Regional

Correctional Centre came from violent homes, she notes. She says the CWWA program couldn’t exist without the community’s support, and she would like to see the government understand better the value in prevention. “I have passion for the program that I do, and I know the prevention does make a difference. You plant seeds and children think, ‘Oh, I don’t have to be this way... and that creates a bigger chain of events of change, a bigger change.”

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Leg power: Clockwise, top left, Peter Watson, Joe Wessel and Martin Bojesen lead the pack at the start of the 2013 Shuswap Cross bike race held Sunday at Klahani Park; Darrin Caruso pushes to keep in front of a group of riders; Kira McClennan heads for the finish line; Selkirk Thompson breaks away from the pack at the start of the 12 and under category; Sheila Gariepy, Mark Carson and Tanya Pauls make their way along the course. For results from the race, see page A16.

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WolfPack earns silver The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack men’s soccer team battled to a silver medal at the 2013 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Men’s Soccer National Championship. In the gold medal game, the Kamloops team faced the defending champion Humber Hawks, who are also the four-time defending Ontario Colleges Athletic Association champions. Travis Froehlich, a Salmon Arm Secondary grad, was in net for the WolfPack. Humber scored once at the 29th minute and again in the 50th minute for a 2-0 win.

Bronze for Gillies Salmon Arm SilverBack Alex Gillies was a member of the Canada West team at the 2013 World Junior A Challenge that just wrapped up in Yarmouth, NS. Canada West brought home a bronze medal, falling to the U.S. and Russian teams. Gillies scored a goal in the first game versus Switzerland, who Canada West went on to beat in the bronze medal game.

Kilmartin on fire The UBC Okanagan Heat women’s crosscountry team placed four runners in the top 23 on their way to a 2013 New Balance Toronto Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Cross Country National Championship team gold medal in Etobicoke, Ont. on Nov. 9. Salmon Arm’s Sandra Kilmartin ran a blazing five-kilometre race, staying with the front runners the entire distance and finishing fourth, just 13 seconds behind the winner “Today I learned what I was capable of with my running,” a jubilant Kilmartin said post-race. “This is my best performance of the season and I’m very excited to continue to see what I’ve got in me. This was such a great experience.”

’Tips sparkle The Scotiabank Tier 2 Bantam Silvertips had an amazing showing this weekend. Versus Vernon, the ’Tips came out flying in the first period and never seemed to relent. The Vipers should be happy with a 3-0 loss as their goaltender had a fabulous game. Ryan Freed, goaltender for Salmon Arm, played a determined game and earned a shutout for his efforts. The three goals came from Jason Herd, Aaron Plessis and Evan Hughes. The second half of the weekend was at home against West Kelowna Warriors. Salmon Arm has had trouble with this team and Sunday was no different. The first period proved to be the best period the ’Tips have played this year. The second period began tied at one goal apiece and the hard work continued, but some bad luck and a shorthanded goal put this battle out of reach for the boys. The final score was 3-1 for the Warriors. Special mention goes to Dylan McBeth for a great goal, and hats off to Devon Blackmore for his play between the pipes. Have a sports event? Write to us at:

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Dubois keeps his MMA title Rick Dubois of Intrepid Mixed Martial Arts in Salmon Arm returned from California last week after successfully defending his world title. Last year Dubois won the Absolute (no weight limit) and Weighted divisions at the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation No Gi World Championship and, this year, he dropped into a younger division with competitors several years younger than he is. Dubois submitted one of the top-ranked brown belts in the semis and then won a close decision in the final over the man who went on to win the absolute division. This follows Dubois’ two outings to NAGA (North American Grappling Association) events in the U.S., where he placed first and second. Intrepid purple belt Matt Blair also went to Worlds; despite an excellent match, he lost to a solid opponent. Marcus Blair, another purple belt, won his division at NAGA Portland with two great submissions.

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Experiencing the joy of speed on ice By Leah Blain OBSERVER STAFF

It all began at the Salmon Arm Fall Fair parade last year. The Salmon Arm Speed Skating Club was handing out fliers as they walked along and gave one to eight-year-old Aila Norlin. “I got the flyer. It said ‘Learn to Speed Skate.’ I was interested right away. Sometimes when people give you flyers they’re interesting.” Aila tried the sixweek session and she was hooked. “She loves to skate,” says her mom, Kelsey. “She loves to skate fast at the public skating so we thought it would be a good fit.” “It’s really fun,” Aila adds with emphasis, “because you get to skate in circles and you get to go fast.” Her love of speed plus her background in gymnastics, ballet, swimming, soccer and ringette helped her take to the sport quickly. “I’m starting to skate

with the older group because I’m one of the fastest.” After a year of taking Aila to the arena and sitting in the stands, Kelsey thought she would try it too. “I did a bit of hockey. I enjoyed getting back on the ice but I’m terrible with the stick,” she says laughing. Even though she used to figure skate and enjoyed family skates at the rink, trying this new sport was a little intimidating. Like Aila, she started with the sixweek learn-to-skate session. “I must admit I was nervous the first time I went out. I’ve used hockey skates the last seven years and going to long blades and the whole body position was different.” The body position is all about staying low. The young ones sometimes go under obstacles for practice and the adults have to touch the ice as if they’re picking something up. “I’m getting a good

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They’re off: Salmon Arm Ice Breakers’ Kelsey and daughter Aila Norlin practise their starting position. workout, doing a squat for 45 minutes,” says Kelsey. “It’s nice to get back in the rink instead of just watching and cheering.” For the first three weeks Kelsey was in Aila’s class and she had to get used to the new dynamic of being teammates: “I was just trying not to be the mother when I was in the lesson, I was trying to hold back the mother part.” The kids thought it was great to have

Kelsey practise with them, and one little girl was particularly excited to have an “adult girl” in the class. As Kelsey started getting faster, she was moved to the adult class. “I’m enjoying it. It’s a nice group of people, very supportive and encouraging for beginners. I have a lot to learn but I haven’t had a wipeout yet.” Aila, in the meantime, has attended three competitions and placed well, and earned

‘Most Improved’ trophy for the 2012-2013 season. Kelsey is still debating if she will get up the nerve to compete in an upcoming competition in Salmon Arm in January, but Aila has already decided that competition and speed skating will be part of her life – almost forever. “I want to do the Olympics. I saw a picture of the Olympic circle and it looked really fun to skate on. I will probably keep skating and skating until I’m 80 or something and then retire. I will definitely retire by the time I’m 80.” Like Aila says, speed skating is open to all ages and abilities. The Salmon Arm Ice Breakers offer a six session, learn to speed skate program. Skaters need a helmet, neck guard, shin and knee pads and leather gloves. Skates will be supplied. To register, call Kimm at 250-8043083, or email info@ salmonarmspeedskating.com.

Shuswap Cross racers pedal to success The Shuswap Bike Club hosted the inaugural 2013 Shuswap Cross cycling race on Sunday. It was Race 7 in the Interior Cyclocross Series, with local riders competing with riders from Vernon, Kelowna,

Kamloops, Penticton and Canmore. The total of 57 racers could compete in one of three divisions: Open Women, for women of all ages; Men’s A, for competitive athletes who must race on a cyclocross

bike; and Men’s B, for recreational riders on a mountain bike or cyclocross bike. Salmon Arm cyclists placing in the top 10 were as follows: • Women’s Open Thea Peasgood, 10th. • Men’s A - Ron El-

lis, 10th. • Men’s B - Nelson Kleer, 1st; Keith Hepburn, 2nd; Warren Staff, 4th; James Hardy, 6th; Dan Holmes, 7th; Phil Wallensteen, 8th; and Aidan Hepburn, 10th. The ‘A’ race was a 45-minute race plus

one lap, while the ‘B’ race was a 30-minute race plus one lap. A 15-minute Kids’ Race was held as well. “The event turned out great and we are looking forward to next year’s event,” said organizer Doris Mills.

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Tough defeat Salmon Arm Secondary Golds soccer player Nick Chesney heads the ball while Ben New provides support during the Golds 1 - 0 loss to the South Kam Titans Tuesday, Nov. 5 at Blackburn Park. Although the Golds had defeated South Kam in their previous two meetings, some unlucky bounces contributed to the semi-final defeat, ending the Golds’ season. South Kam went on to defeat Kelowna in the final, so will be heading to provincials in Burnaby later this month.

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Shuswap strokes past ORCA Twenty swimmers from the Summerland visited Salmon Arm Nov. 3 as the SASCU Recreation Centre became the site of the annual Shuswap Swimming vs. ORCA dual meet. After 165 events, Shuswap Swimming emerged victorious with final scores of 1,241 points for the visiting ORCA team and 2,378 points for the host Shuswap club. Individual swimmers were allowed four official events at this meet and three Shuswap swimmers took full advantage by winning all four. These swimmers were Bree Cooper, 16; Chantel Jeffrey, 12; and Jenna Tiedeman, 11. Cooper established

a new B.C. AAA time standard in the 200m individual medley, swimming a time of 2:32.58, currently ranking 25th in Canada. Jeffrey sped to a new Canadian AgeGroup Championship standard in the 50m butterfly with a sizzling time of 31.14 seconds, currently ranking second in Canada. Jeffrey added a time trial effort of 10:19.33 minutes in the 800m freestyle currently ranking her third in Canada in this event. Tiedeman grabbed two new B.C. AAA time standards in winning the 50m freestyle, at 31.43, and the 100m backstroke, at 1:21.87. Five Shuswap swimmers won three of their four events. Thomas

Flahr, 16, won the 50 free in B.C. AAA time and added wins in the 100- and 200m freestyle races. Molly Fogarty, 11, won the 100m butterfly in B.C. AAA time, and the 100m freestyle, finishing with the 200m IM. Lauren Hemburrow, 13, sprinted to the wall first in the 50m backstroke, and the 50100m freestyle events. Stephen Moore, 11, won the 200m IM and the 50-100m breaststroke events, the latter two in times which rank him number two in Canada. Jacob Rambo won the 50m freestyle and the 50-100 butterfly combo with the 50m freestyle notching a B.C. AAA standard.

Rambo also swam a 800m freestyle time trial in 11:10.41, currently ranking him second in Canada. B.C. Championship AAA time standards were also achieved by Bryce Molder, 15, in the 200 IM; Olin Mosher, 14, in the 50m freestyle; and Ethan Stofteby, 10, in the 50m freestyle. PARA swimmer Maggie Manning, 13, swam a very strong debut performance with the Shuswap club, establishing six personal best times. In all, 38 Shuswap swimmers took part in the Sunday morning event. “Dual meets are all about the team performance,” commented Shuswap Head Coach

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BCHL: Tight race in Interior division ups the pressure to perform. For some, it would be easy to look at the Salmon Arm SilverBacks results last weekend that brought three of a possible four points on home ice and feel pretty good about things. But with the way it’s shaping up in the BCHL’s Interior Division, head coach Troy Mick can’t afford to be easily satisfied after a 3-2 win over the Trail Smoke Eaters and a 3-2 double-overtime loss to the Prince George Spruce Kings. “I’m too competitive (so) it’s never enough,” said Mick. “Three out of four is better than zero; it was parents’ weekend and we put on a good show so that’s important.” Each year, the team invites all players’ parents to Salmon Arm for a weekend and this past weekend was well received by all. They saw a Trail team taking shape under new bench boss Nick Deschenes that put up a stiff challenge, taking a 2-0 lead at one point in the second period. Landon Smith started the ’Backs rally in the second and a pair of goals from Jeff Kennedy in the third completed the comeback win. Mick says it was good to see his line, along with Alex Jewell and Bryden Marsh, get rewarded

for their blue-collar play. “Everyone knows we have a very good top line (but Kennedy and linemates) are our meat-and-potatoes line,” said Mick. “They were finally rewarded; they’re always working hard and they’ve got to get goals the old-fashioned way through hard work.” Salmon Arm outshot Trail 39-23 for the game but former SilverBacks goalie Dustin Nikkel was strong against his former team. “The shots were indicative; we were going at them pretty hard,” said Mick. “We could have sat back and said ‘Poor us,’ but we came back and made it entertaining and it sure made the (parents’) meet-and-greet enjoyable afterwards.” On Saturday, Prince George made their lone stop at Shaw Centre for the season and managed to skate away with two points on Brogan O’Brien’s winner with 1:31 left in double overtime. The visitors forced extra time when Karan Toor scored on a power play late in the third period. “It was just a very good game; I’m not going to say woulda, coulda, shoulda but we were up 2-1 late in the third and you should never relinquish that,” said Mick.

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A $3,000 grant from the Community Foundation is firing imagination and brewing surprises at the Salmon Arm Arts Centre. Based on the premise that art is for everyone and is found in unexpected places, director/curator Tracey Kutschker and Shuswap District Arts Council Board member Louise Wallace are working together to bring the community into an exhibition that will run for two months next spring. “Louise’s brilliant brainchild took on epic proportions,” says Kutschker of 2012’s well-received bike exhibition that attracted many people who had never been to the art gallery. “It took off, and then we thought, we need to do to another show about an object and how it affects our lives. It’s all about our relationship to these objects.” With the belief that art is everywhere, including in the objects we use every day – like bicycles, books, movies, greeting cards and more, Wallace and Kutschker committed to having a least one show every couple of years that focuses on an everyday object. Another goal is to demystify the art gallery, to make people of all ages, walks of life and interests to feel a sense of belonging and acceptance at their art gallery. “The show was originally about books, then we decided that wasn’t enough, so it’s about storytelling,” laughs Wallace, a local publisher. “And now, like the bike show it’s taking off.”

What the women also realized was that the project goes beyond the art gallery, including more individuals, more organizations and more opportunities to reach out through art and deepen the connection to others. “And it’s also about building new relationships with storytelling, because we’re in a rapidly changing world, so the role of technology and how it plays into storytelling can also be part of this project,” says Wallace. “Storytelling is in a very experimental phase right now – do we talk, text, Facebook? Do we blog? And how does that compare to how we told our stories in the past? And how will we tell our story in the future?” Everyone has a story and all art is storytelling, says Kutschker, noting the exhibition will be one of many parts and many surprises. “It will have a very collaborative feel and even the visitors will be asked to be part of the story,” she says. “One of the coolest ones is that we’ll have a live Twitter feed projected onto a wall of the gallery and anyone anywhere in the world can contribute.” Also hanging in the gallery will be the work of 11 artists who will be commissioned to design a book cover for the as-of-yet unwritten story. And the theme is “The Best Story Not Yet Told.” “The artists will only be told there will be an unfolding Twitter feed story, so they will imagine what will appear on the Twitter feed,” says Wallace. “It will show their take on storytelling in the 21st century.”

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Curioser and curioser: Louise Wallace and Tracey Kutschker are planning a two-month exhibit that fosters community involvement and a sense of belonging at the art gallery. Another non-original, but new to Salmon Arm idea, is a living library where two strangers meet and one is the book and one is the reader. The reader asks the book questions, and that could be asking questions of local scientists, artists, performers, First Nations and more. It might be a young person posing questions to a senior or, a senior rapping with a young boarder. The project will be getting underway soon and will include sculptural seat installations – some inside and others outside – in customary and unexpected places. “The outreach piece is important and will include the school district, Trail Alliance, Literacy Alliance, artists, authors, publishers, school kids, seniors and First Nations,” says Kutschker. “There might be a chair with books up at the rink; it’s about connecting with new people in new ways.” “The only thing we can tell you for sure is, be prepared to be

surprised,” adds Wallace. “It’s definitely experimental and unexpected.” About eight large installations are under consideration now, but as the project is a collaborative one, the women are prepared to be open to change and adaptive. The project will culminate in an ebook and hard copy if there is demand. Wallace and Kutschker are excited about the project and the $3,000 Shuswap Community Foundation grant that allows them to invest in an exhibition financially for the first time. Kutschker and Wallace attended the Art Summit in Vancouver last June where several arts groups were invited to help create a framework for a provincial cultural policy. “One of the things we took away from that was the need to experiment, to try new things, take small risks, adapt quickly, make mistakes and not get stuck,” says Kutschker. “Innovation is what we’re good at in the art sector, so if that’s our

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FRIDAY, NOV. 15 BENEFIT – The 22nd Annual Sleigh of Hope Music Jamboree to benefit the Salvation Army Food Bank runs Friday from 9:45 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., and Saturday from 9:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., with continuous entertainment. Take an unwrapped toy for newborns to age 16 and non-perishable food items. COFFEE HOUSE – A tune or a toonie gets you into an all-ages coffee house at the Little Mountain Field House from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. For information, call Gerri at 250-833-4024, or Connie at 250-832-8088. SYMPHONY – The Kamloops Symphony Orchestra opens their new Salmon Arm season with Spanish Airs, featuring the pulsating rhythms of Spanish and Latin American music, at 7:30 p.m. at the SASCU Rec Centre. Tickets at $27 are available at Kamloops Live Box Office at 1-866-374-5438, or cash only at Wearabouts or at the door. CONCERT – The Shuffle Demons and the Salmon Armenians perform in Cluster Fun, a benefit concert for the Shuswap Environmental Action Society at 8 p.m at Gleneden Hall, 4901 50 Ave. NW. Tickets are available at Acorn Music. POWER PLAY – The film, Take Back Your Power, a documentary investigating the “smart grid,” runs at the Salmar Classic at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door. Advance tickets are available by calling 250-5505499.

SATURDAY, NOV. 16 SILVER SCREEN – Shuswap Search & Rescue presents the Banff Mountain Film Festival at 7 p.m. at the Salmar Classic, a fundraising event for the volunteer organization. Tickets are available at Wearabouts. DINNER AUCTION – The Shuswap Rotary Club hosts an auction and dinner featuring a buffet catered by Aquatico at 5 p.m. at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort. Tickets are $50 per person. Call Rob at 250-8327871. COUPLES DANCE – Dance to the music of the Shuswap Connection from 8 to 11 p.m. at the legion. Admission is $25 per couple and includes snacks and prizes. Doors open at 7:45.

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Questers host circle of healing Shuswap Questers has invited Theodore Bromley to convene a Huna Healing Circle next Wednesday evening. “If you or a loved one needs a healing, I suggest you attend,” says Tyhson Banighen, director of the Canadian Society of Questers, dowser and member of the Shuswap branch. Bromley, an Ashton Creek resident, owns and operates The Crystal Man Gallery with his wife Lee and is known as the “Crystal Man.” “Huna is the name given to that body of knowledge that is the essence of ancient Polynesian, particularly

Hawaiian spirituality,” says Banighen. Bromley began studying Huna in 1970, when he lived in Vernon. In the 1980s he was a member of a Huna study group in Edmonton. After moving back to B.C. in 1991, he facilitated Huna study groups in Vernon and Enderby where he made his home. The most popular part of those gatherings was the healing circle that always ended the evening. In the intervening years, the Huna Healing Circle has evolved and expanded as Bromley has been guided. It has become the main

focus of his Huna work. Bromley has facilitated Huna Circles at the Spring Festival

Theodore Bromley HUNA HEALER of Awareness and at Questers conferences. A circle can be requested by anyone and Bromley will convene one as soon as he can. “Besides being an

excellent model to facilitate healing for people and situations, this circle is a powerful and blissful experience,” Banighen says. “The results have been gratifying for everyone, many times spectacularly so.” The Huna Healing Circle takes place Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the Downtown Activity Centre at 451 Shuswap St. SW. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the presentation takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. Admission is $5. If you cannot attend in person, you or your loved one can be included in the circle by phoning Banighen at 250-835-8236.

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Author brings sequel to town Patricia Donahue, an award-winning Vernon author and past workshop presenter at the Shuswap Writers Festival, ‘baptized’ her sequel novel, Mighty Orion – Secrets in the Atlantic salt-chuck this summer in Dalhousie, NB, the story’s setting. On Saturday, Nov. 16, Donahue will talk about her novels and sign them from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bookingham Palace in the Mall at Piccadilly. Mighty Orion – Secrets picks up where Mighty Orion – Fate (2010) left off. With crusty old sailor, Percy, at the helm, the Kilkenny family saga continues, spanning four generations. The story weaves in, and out, as personal disclosure spurs further disclosure, and understanding leads to emotional healing. With the sympathetic ear of his son Joe, a salmon fisherman from the B.C. coast, and the love of his wife, Clara, Percy opens up about the hardships of his life; his running away to sea

at age 13, and the harshness and adventures that followed. Having run his household with a sea captain’s firm hand, Percy has bridges to mend with his now-adult children who show up with problems of their own. The stories, within stories, harken back to Canada’s early history when tall ships were used in commercial trade on East and West coasts. Merchant sailors hailed in large numbers from Atlantic Canada where ship building was prolific. “In those days, 45 per cent of the ships on the Seven Seas were constructed in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia,” says Donahue. “The Bank of Canada, and our economic development, was founded on this industry.” Donahue’s novels are set in the 1970s touch on the issue of nursing home placement of our elderly. Adjustments by family members and societal attitudes are examined. Donahue comes from

a bilingual New Brunswick family of mariners. “We never owned a car, but always there was a boat to take our family of nine on the Bay de Chaleur,” she says. “My father was ‘our Captain’ and he made sure there was always a large cabin to shelter the ‘little ones’

Patricia Donahue Author in bad weather.” Following tradition, Donahue earned her Level 1 Seamanship in 2004, aboard a 180-ft. tall ship, Bark Europa, registered in the Netherlands. She is a registered nurse, educator and counselling psychologist with a masters from UBC, who has taught writing at UBC Okana-

gan for four years, including summer writing camps. The winner of the 2012 Okanagan Literary Arts Award, Donahue has presented at writers’ fairs, edited and participated on writing panels. Her short stories have appeared in a Kelowna magazine and in several anthologies. A recent contributor to the new, Chicken Soup for the Soul: O Canada, The Wonders of Winter (the hairraising story, Bruno’s Bruin), Donahue will be happy to sign copies of this Chicken Soup edition at Bookingham Palace on Saturday, as well. This edition is devoted to Canada and the Canadian lifestyle. “Twelve years ago, the first, Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul, hit the New York Times Best Seller List in a flash,” Donahue says. Donahue leads inspirational presentations, professional development workshops, and educational assignments.

Churches host women’s events Laura Lyn Tyler Thompson, co-host of the 700 Club Canada and author of Relentless Redemption, will speak on the “Power of One Desperate Housewife” Friday, Nov. 22 and “Born to Reign - Every Woman’s Destiny” Nov. 23 at Living Waters Community Church at 180 Lakeshore Drive. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Friday and 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Special music on Friday will be performed by Gratiela Pachmann. Tickets are $10.

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Horoscope ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your attention to detail will pay off making you feel efficient and empowered. You start seeing gradual improvements in your daily life. Nevertheless, all that effort was worth the wait and the sweat. You will finally manage to create some arrangement in terms of resource sharing. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You strongly believe that you can have it all, whatever its price. There is no doubt that you will go to any ends just to get what you believe you truly deserve. The main obstacle seems to be related to an unresolved issue from the past or unforeseen expenses. The law may not favour you now. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): After a period of continuous disruptions and irritations, you can resume your usual work and concentrate on your errands. Things seem to slowly pick themselves up and give you more room to breath. Being and functioning at your normal speed brings you back to life! CANCER (June 21-July 22): Partnership negotiations will start making more sense now and perhaps, you may need to restart something you had initiated recently. Only this time, you are certain that you got all the facts gathered and on solid ground. You are confident about your available options. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will want to make some kind of long-term investment. Deep down inside, you regain your usual confidence, which allow you to gain loads of peace of mind and serenity. Help comes to you from a person from your past. This will provide you with an emotional state that is both healing and liberating. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your sign functions best when it can express itself in a very eloquent manner. You are regaining your communication powers and your normal flow settles in. You will experience more gratifying partnerships, devoid of discrimination or blame.

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Sports & Recreation HUNTING Firearms Safety courses. C.O.R.E. & P.A.L. required for Hunting/Firearms Licences. Call Trevor Holmes at (250)832-4105 www.huntingandfirearms.com

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Yamamoto (NEE (nee ISHIKAWA), IshIkawa), YOSHIKO YoshIko YAMAMOTO march MARCH 4, 1932 - october OCTOBER 28, 2013 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing passing of of Yoshiko Yoshiko Yamamoto. Yamamoto. Born Born in in Stave Stave Falls, Falls, BC BC to to parents parents Mitsu Mitsu & & Zenichi Zenichi Ishikawa. Ishikawa. PredePredeceased by by son son Lorne Lorne and and daughter-in-law daughter-in-law Judy. Judy. ceased Yoshiko will will be be sadly sadly missed missed by by Fred, Fred, her her loving loving Yoshiko husband of of6262years, years, daughter Kathryn (Peter); husband daughter Kathryn (Peter); son son Barry; daughter Carol (Bill); daughter-in-law Barry; daughter Carol (Bill); daughter-in-law KathKathleen; 7 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren leen; 7 granchildren; 3 great-grandchildren and sister Nobu. Thank you to the caring and staffsisat ter Nobu. Lake ThankGeneral you to Hospital the caring staff at Shuswap Shuswap with special thanks Lake Hospital with special thanks to Dr. to Dr. General John Wood. No service by request. In lieu of John Wood. No service request. Hospital In lieu ofFounflowflowers, donations to thebyShuswap ers, donations to the Shuswap Hospital Foundation. dation.

LAWRENCE “LORNE” HARLOW LONG 1919 - 2013 It is with sadness that the family of Lorne Long announces his passing in Vernon, BC on Sunday November 3, 2013 at the age of 94 years. Lorne will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by his wife Isolde; children, Pat (Randy), Donna (Michael), Darlene (Ed), Marilyn (Wolf), Irene (Gary), Sherry (Hero); grandchildren, Lori, Chad, Evan, Erica, Grayson, Derrick and Sasha. A celebration of life service was held on Saturday November 09, 2013 at 2:00 pm from the Deo Lutheran Church, 1801-30th Street NE, Salmon Arm, BC with Pastors’ Eric Bjorgan and Bill Kiesman officiating. A reception followed the service allowing family and friends to continue sharing memories. Online condolences can be sent through Lorne’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com Funeral arrangements are in the care of Bowers Funeral Service, Salmon Arm, B.C.

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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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UNDERHILL, FLORENCE EVA Florence Eva Underhill, jazz and opera lover, feminist, incredible cook who loved entertaining, passionate and stubborn defender of those in need, voracious reader, stylish dresser, pillar of strength, witty storyteller, trusted friend, one of a kind. Died of congestive heart failure November 6, 2013, Salmon Arm, BC. Born April 17, 1924 in Montreal, Florence Eva Underhill (née Ricciardi) was one of 8 children (6 boys and 2 girls) of proud Sicilian immigrants Guiseppe Ricciardi and Annunziata Sgroi who had arrived in 1913 from the small village of Ucria. Guiseppe landed a job at CN rail, built a house in NDG, planted a garden and grape vines and made sure that there was always bean stew, bread and salad on the table even during the depression. Florence was active all of her life and as a girl played baseball, cross country skied in the Laurentians and went to the beach with her brothers and sister Fran. When she was just 8, her mother tragically perished in a car accident. Her eldest sister Fran became the matriarch of the family and they had a close bond all their lives. She met husband Ellery Lawrence Underhill in 1939 when he was shipped from New Brunswick to Montreal to train for World War II. They fell in love and exchanged letters throughout the war, marrying upon his return. Larry and Florence left Montreal in 1946 when he enrolled in the University of New Brunswick in the forestry department. Her 3 children Judy, Michael and Richard were born in New Brunswick and they lived first in Fredericton and then in St. Stephen. In 1966 Larry looked to expand his work opportunities so the family traversed the country by rail to Salmon Arm, BC where he became woods manager at Federated Coop. The Underhill’s bought a house and were enjoying Salmon Arm life when tragedy struck again. Larry was felled by a stroke in 1971 and Florence found herself alone with two young adults and a 10 year old. Drawing upon her experience in the office at Seagram’s in the 40’s, she returned to work as secretary for School District # 83. She worked at Salmon Arm Elementary until her retirement in 1989. A stickler for grammar and spelling, she excelled at work and survived the many early attempts at computerizing the office. She made many lifelong friends in the teaching community and loved engaging with children and passionately defended those who she thought needed help. Florence loved arts of all kinds. She was an avid reader, green thumbed vegetable gardener and loved her daily walk on the wharf. She was warm-hearted and compassionate and would do anything for her children and grandchildren, family and friends. She was sharp of mind and wit with a dry sense of humour and spoke from the heart. Florence (Nonna) is greatly missed by her daughter Judy(Rod), and sons Michael (Ellen), Richard (Suzanne), her five grandchildren Cara, Keagan, Jocelyn, Adriene and Carmen, brothers Emanuel(Betty) and Michael, and nieces and nephews. The family is grateful for the excellent care given to Florence at Shuswap General Hospital, Bastion Place Palliative Care Unit and the caring support provided by the Shuswap Hospice Society. Donations may be made to the Shuswap Hospice Society, Second Harvest, the Jazz Society or the Salmon Arm Transition House. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday November 16th 1:00 pm at Bowers Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent through Florence’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservices. com

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GORDON LUNDY McDONALD Gordon Lundy McDonald 86, died peacefully and on his own terms on November 3, 2013 at Bastion Place. He is survived by his loving wife of over 60 years, Olive, his two children Fraser McDonald (Danijela) and Janice Nicol (Brian). Gordon was especially proud of his three granddaughters, Lindsey, Gabrielle and Tamara. He is also survived by his brother, Don (Sheila) and family in Cranbrook, BC. Gordon received his teaching degree from UBC in 1969 and taught in Surrey, New Westminster and Langley where he was a school principal for the last 15 years of his career. He and Olive retired to White Lake where they enjoyed many happy years. A celebration of Gordon’s life was be held at Bowers Funeral Home on Saturday November 9, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. Donations in memory of Gordon can be sent to the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada. Online condolences can be sent through Gordon’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice. com Funeral arrangements in the care of Bowers Funeral Service, Salmon Arm, BC MERTZ, GRACE LINTON Grace Linton Mertz passed away at Salmon Arm, BC on November 6, 2013. She was 92 years years old. Grace was born at Wyevale, Ontario on April 6, 1921. She trained as a registered nurse and nursed in Midland ON, Three Hills AB and Enderby BC. She married Clarence Mertz on April 10, 1950 and they were blessed with five children. They were married for 58 years when her beloved Clare passed away in March 2008. Grace will be deeply missed by her family: Mary (Brian) Crumback, Ruth Anne (Mac) Davidson, Joe (Sandy) Mertz, John (Joanna) Mertz and Grace (Paul) Euler, 14 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. We thank God for her life and testimony. A Celebration of Grace’s life was held on Saturday, November 9th at 1:30pm at Little Mountain Bible Chapel, 3481 - 10th Ave SE, Salmon Arm, with Ken Spohr and Brian Crumback officiating. Thank you to Jeremy Menzies and the wonderful staff at Piccadilly Terrace. Thank you also to the palliative care nurses for your compassionate care. Condolences may be sent through Grace’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com Arrangements are in the care of Bowers Funeral Home, Salmon Arm.

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VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 22 (VERNON) MANAGER OF MAINTENANCE School District No.22 (Vernon) invites applications for the position of Manager of Maintenance whose main focus will be planning and managing maintenance operations for district owned facilities. Reporting to the Director of Facilities, this position is responsible for the efficient implementation and management of maintenance programs and services, including coordinating and overseeing the activities of a variety of resources including unionized staff, contractors and consultants. Additionally, the Manager needs the vision to develop the department’s strategic and operational plans. The ideal candidate will have a diploma, trades qualification, or a degree related to construction or facilities management along with significant experience in facilities leadership, construction and maintenance management in a unionized environment. A complete job description is available on the district website www. sd22.bc.ca. Follow the links to Human Resources, Opportunities, Administrative positions. Resumés, including references and a statement of your leadership philosophy must be received by the undersigned by 2:00 pm Friday, November 22, 2013. Please include a reference from your current supervisor. Manager of Maintenance Job Search School District No. 22 (Vernon) 1401 - 15 Street Vernon, B.C. V1T 8S8 Email: ljameson@sd22.bc.ca While we thank all individuals who have submitted applications for this position, only those shortlisted will be contacted.

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF S.D. NO. 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap) THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 83 (NORTH OKANAGAN-SHUSWAP) is inviting applications for our on call spare list for Strong Start Coordinator and Early Childhood Educator positions. This is a Union position; rate of pay is $22.73 per hour. Qualifications include: • SA diploma in Early Childhood Education • A current Community Care facilities Branch B.C. License to Practice • A valid Child Safe First Aid Certificate • 2 years experience in creating, planning, implementing and budgeting. Please submit your resume with full supporting documents (proof of qualifications must accompany application), including three professional and three personal references, to: Darlene Chambers, Human Resources, Box 129, Salmon Arm, B.C., V1E 4N2 by 12:00 noon, November 29, 2013, Fax No. (250) 832-9428 or email dchamber@sd83.bc.ca We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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• COLLEGE PROFESSOR, INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES (SOCIAL WORK) Arts & Foundational Programs – Salmon Arm Campus Part-time Term Appointment Posting No. 0001207 Closing date: November 18, 2013

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Community Developer/Program Coordinator required by Shuswap Regional Better at Home Program. Duties will include connecting to community stakeholders, developing community advisories, completing inventories of community assets and needs, and the set up of a seniors non medical support services program for April 1st, 2014 that meets the needs of individual communities within a centralized system for intake, monitoring and evaluation. Strong knowledge of Shuswap communities and cultures will be an asset, as will a solid background in program and community development. Wage range of $25 to $28. per hour dependant on education and experience. Hours per week will be from 24 to 32 dependant on development stage. This position will be a permanent position with a 3 month probation period. Please forward resumes or enquiries to: evcrc@telus.net, Attention Janet McClean Senft. Closing date November 20th, 2013

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Salmon Arm A&W is looking for great Shift Supervisors, full-time Kitchen and Front positions are available. Apply in person or online at www.aw.ca. Apply today – We want to hear from you! Commercial Trailer Repair person needed for local trucking company, Must have experience and be proficient in all types of trailer repairs. Must be physically fit and reliable with own transportation. Wages based on experience. Please fax resume to 250-5460600

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IMMED opening for an Early Childhood Educator, fulltime position (40hrs/wk). Must have BC license to practice, first aid & food safe. Applicants can forward resume to shuswapdaycare@telus.net or mail Box 2105 Salmon Arm BC V1E 4R1. Competitive wages & benefit pkg.

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED To distribute the Shuswap Market News & Lakeshore News AREAS AVAILABLE 11th Ave. NE Piccadilly Mall area Foothill & 10 St. SW 30th Ave./30 St. NE 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 WANTED: Dispatcher for local Transport Company. We require an experienced dispatcher immediately. Must be experienced with the truck mate program. Must have own transportation and be reliable. Wages based on experience. Must be able to work in a fast paced environment and have excellent communication skills. Only those individuals with experience shall be considered. Applications will only be accepted by fax or e-mail no walk ins please. Please fax resume to 250-256-0600, or by e-mail to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com No phone calls please.

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Employment Trades, Technical Civil Engineering Technologist II (Re-Advertisement) District of Kitimat, full time permanent - wage range $37.01 - $44.78 over two years. Civil Technologist diploma required. Reporting to the Technical Services Manager, duties include a variety of infrastructure investigations, surveying, design, contract preparation, inspection and material testing on projects related to the municipality’s water, sewer, drainage and transportation systems. Candidates should be proficient in using electronic survey equipment, computer assisted design using AutoCad 3D, and MS Office. Valid BC driver’s license required. Submit resumes by November 29, 2013, 4:30 pm, to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC, V8C 2H7, Fax (250) 632-4995, or email dok@kitimat.ca

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WOOD PELLETS delivered (250)675-5433 (250)517-7327

Heavy Duty Machinery

ANTIQUE AUCTION Sunday, Nov. 17, 12pm Visit: carlinhallauctions.com No Buyer Fee (250)835-2126

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

$100 & Under

Medical Supplies

2 Goodyear Nordic Tires 185/65R15, purchased midwinter last year, 90% wear at most $75 250-832-6765

Heavy Duty Drop Arm Commode. Weight capacity 400lbs. 250-832-6157

Merchandise for Sale

Auctions

Blonde wood table & chairs $50 Brown rocking easy chair $50 250-833-0481

Motorized lift chair. Power lift, power massage and heat. Like New cond. Medium brown colour $550 250-832-0354

Pet Services

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

Fruit & Vegetables

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

Phone to Order or Drop In

5690 35th St. NE (4 km North on 30th St. NE) • Phone 832-4155 or 832-1347

Misc. for Sale

Real Estate

ANTIQUE AUCTION Sunday, Nov. 17, 12pm Visit: carlinhallauctions.com No Buyer Fee (250)835-2126 CL 6048 Classic Wood Burner made to heat 10,000 Sq. ft. C/W Glycol+extra 45 Gal. W/Insulated line boiler from mech room to house. Heat Exchanger $7000 250-517-9196 FOUR rims for Chevy Cavalier, 14”, 5 bolt, $75. (250)253-2953 Hot tub 8-10 person older but well maintained. $500 250832-8918 IPHONE CASE Brand new, never used waterproof, shock proof, mudproof, phone case for Iphone 4S or 5. Cost $80.00. Asking $15.00. 250-549-1489 or text 250-3068489 for details. RECONDITIONED wood heaters & circular saw guides (250)835-8466 SNOW Tires - 4 Good Year Wrangler LT245/75R16 on Chevy rims, 1yr. old less than 3000km $500. (250)833-9978 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 TOP rated NOK HAKK R 205/70R15 winter tires w/steel rims $600. (250)832-8330 WOLFERMANS’ TREAT Your Friends and Family! Wolferman’s English Muffins! Perfect Holiday Assortment, Variety of Sweet & Savory Muffins $29.95 – Use Code “Favorite” Free Shipping! 1800-999-1910 Or www. Wolfermans.com/go/bb016

Misc. Wanted Local Coin Collector Buying Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins etc 778-281-0030 PURCHASING old Canadian & American coin collections & accumulations. 250-548-3670

FREE: Good homes wanted Tabbies & Calico kittens 8wks. old, please call evenings or leave message (250)832-4079 Himalayan, Calico, B&W Long haired, Short haired adorable cuddly Kittens needing a loving caring home 250-833-0070

Real Estate

Rentals

Houses For Sale

Misc for Rent

Suites, Lower

Want to Rent

DAILY, weekly, monthly meals can be incl., single or double private bdrm, living room, bath, incl. sat tv, wifi, & laundry (250)804-5545

1BDRM., 1car garage, storage, NS, near downtown, appl., gas & hydro incl. (250)549-9471 (250)838-9394 1BDRM close to town, self contained W/O, W/D, DW, infloor heat, garage, workshop NS, ref’s $850/mo incl. util., avail now (1-778)866-8324 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 incl. util, cbl 5appl. Uptown near college & shopping priv. ent. & parking. $800 avail Dec 1 (250)832-9341 1 bedroom - 1 person. W/D, F/S, utilities. Nonsmoker. No pets. References. Near Field of Dreams. $625/month. 250832-8099. Dec. 1. 2BDRM. garden suite, bright near hospital, incl. util., cable, int., own W/D, NS, avail. Dec 1, $850/mo. (250)804-0774 2 bdrm suite in Canoe. F/S, W/D, DW. Internet/TV + Utils included. 1100sq ft. available Dec 1rst. 250-515-2412. 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 BACHELOR ste, private daylight entr., NS, avail. now, util. incl. $600/mo. (250)832-6494 BACHELOR Suite, Tappen Lakeview 4 km from TCH, $400. N/S N/P. 250-832-9179 BLIND Bay 1bdrm available now. Walk-out suite. Furn. or un furn. Utils. included. $700/mo DD & Ref’s req. N/P, N/S (250)675-2710 BRIGHT cozy walkout suite with private entry and lake view. Full kitchen and laundry. 7 appliances. HDTV 1 bedroom + den. NS. Some pets welcome. $750. 250-5179135. TAPPEN 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 RANCHERO/Mellor’s Store area: 2bdrm. $750/mo. + utils. avail. now, NP, W/D/F/S & parking. (250)546-3717

Homeless clean and neat senior man desires to rent room with access to kitchen and bathroom. Willing to do work for partial exchange of rent. $375 maximum please leave message at church office 250-832-3433 C/O Bruno

NO GST .13 acre lakeview lot w/foundation. Services, plans incl $129,900 www.Schmitt.ca 250-832-8875

Mortgages TEKAMAR MORTGAGES

Best rate 5yr-2.89%OAC

Serving the Columbia-Shuswap since 1976. Rates Consistently better than banks

(250)832-8766

Toll free 1-800-658-2345

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent

Homes for Rent 2Bdrm Furn. Small house, Shuswap Lk, Sunnybrae, avail now til Jun 30/14. Ref’s req’d. $700/mo. $250 DD incl everything but phone & int. N/S N/P. Resp. tenants only. Jackie 250-835-4800 2Bdrm quality 14x56 trailer. Rural setting SW SA NP NS 4 appl. $800 250-832-9070 2 bedroom house in Canoe. Comes with large yard & garden. Appliances f/s, w/d. pets welcome. $900 own utilities DD. Excellent references required. 250-515-3600 Blind Bay, gorgeous view, 4 bdrm, 3-1/2 bath, appls, covered deck, NS, ref’s req’d. $1700/mo. Call collect 1-604575-2301

1BDRM. across from Askew’s DT, W/D, parking, Call Colin (1-604)858-8176 or Jeremy (1-250)253-2404 Avail now

CHASE: 2bdrm, large lot, fruit trees ideal for elderly couple or single person ref’s req., avail. immed (250)981-1757

1 Bedroom Apartment

COMPLETELY reno’d semi beachfront, top floor house on 1/2acre. 2Bdrm, new tile in floor heat, new carpet, kitchen & bath, 5appl., lrg deck, 1100sqft. internet, private dock, 20 min. to SA , NS, NP, ref’s req’d, $1000/mo. (604)612-1715 (604)861-6254

fridge, stove, coin laundry

& hot water included, No Pets

$650/mo.

1-855-852-5660 Toll Free 2 BDRM apt., $750/mo + DD, heat incl. NP, NS, Ref. req. (250)836-3933 Bright, spacious 1 & 2 bedroom apartments Close to town, family owned & operated. Includes F/S, DW, A/C, H/W NS, NP. Available Dec 1st $700 & $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

Housesitting

Duplex/4 Plex

MATURE woman to sit pets in SA, Feb. 1st for 3-5months, ref’s avail., (250)397-0252

ENDERBY 2 bed/1 bath, F/S W/D, NP, NS, DD, $700. close to town (250)832-4397

Houses For Sale

HOME BUYING MADE EASY

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 $600.+utils, 250836-2907. NEWER 1/2 duplex with yard. 17th st SE: 3 bdrm, den, 3 full bath, air, view. Avail Dec 1st. N/S, N/P. $1400/mth plus util. Call 250-764-4336 Older 3Bdrm SW home on 1 acre NS, Sheila 250-832-2494 SA clean, quiet, spacious 3/bed house, Walk to Walmart, w/d, perf working couple. $1000 + util. NS, NP, leave message. (250)833-8203

Shared Accommodation *ROOM, wifi, theatre, *STORAGE *SHOP wood heated 250-833-1497

Storage 900sq ft dry secure storage with loading dock. Ranchero $300. per mth (250)832-6929

Suites, Upper 2BDRM, 2 bath, in SA, Exe. suite, furnished, w/d, utensils etc, util. cable, internet included. $1100. (250)833-6268 GARDOM LAKE 2Bdrm+den 2bath Lakefront Gas F/P, 5 appl, N/S, N/P. $695/mo+util 250-804-6027

Townhouses 3BDRM. 1.5bath C/W full Bsmt Close to DT SA W/D avail now, No Dogs, $950/mo. + Util (250)819-6966

• New home on its own 50 X 100 lot • All landscaping c/w underground sprinklers • Concrete drive & walkway

149,900

plus GST

Legal Notices

699

per month OAC

1-877-60HOMES

www.eaglehomes.ca

(604-6637)

Legal Notices

Homeless Senior Man desires to rent a room with access to a bathroom & kitchen. If desired, can do work for partial payment. $375/mo maximum. Please leave message with church ofﬁce for Bruno (250)832-3433 Thank you

Transportation

Auto Financing

Auto

Financing

Dream

Catcher,

Apply Today!

Drive Today!

1.800.910.6402

Auto Services WINTER tire change over special. 4 Change overs & balance $50. Call for appt. (250)835-4632

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 SPECIAL on Rebuilding Diesel & Gas Engines. Full warranty. Call AGC at 250-832-1903

Looking for a house that has it all?

All for only

250-833-4728

Rentals

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.

HUGE 1 bedroom, $850/mo. inc. utilities, garbage. NP, avail. immed. Call Bonnie (250)871-6000

Free Items

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H A T

H U M D I N G E R

FOREST STEWARDSHIP PLAN The Adams Lake Indian Band is preparing an amendment to the Forest Stewardship Plan for the non-replaceable Forest Licence A83389. The amendment is to add a new Forest Development Unit south of Chase. The amendment is publicly available for review and for written comment until January 15, 2014. The amendment is available at the Natural Resources Department at 6453 Hillcrest Road in Chase, B.C. The department is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Monday to Friday. Please call Stuart Parker at 250-8030181. Written comments may also be sent to P.O. Box 588 Chase, BC V0E 1M0, attention Stuart Parker, RPF.

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SIGN&DRIVE LEASE $

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FOR 48 MONTHS

BASED ON A PURCHASE PRICE OF $38,195 (SLE-1 MODEL) OFFER INCLUDES FREIGHT, PDI & PPSA ‡ PAYMENT

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• Completely Redesigned Inside and Out to Improve Functionality and Driving Comfort • A New Family of EcoTec3® Engines Provide Increased Horsepower While Improving Fuel Efﬁciency

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• More Maximum Cargo Space Than Any Competitor in its Class‡* • Standard Rear Vision Camera and Rear Park Assist Sensors

2 YEARS/40 YEARS/40,000 000 KM COMPLIMENTARY OIL CHANGES ON ALL 2014 MODELS**

BCGMCDEALERS.CA

Call Salmon Arm Chevrolet Buick GMC at 250-832-6066, or visit us at 3901 - 11th Avenue NE, Salmon Arm. [License #10374]

ON NOW AT YOUR BC GMC DEALERS. BCGMCDEALERS.CA 1-800-GM-DRIVE. GMC is a brand of General Motors of Canada. */†/^/ Offers apply to the lease of a new or demonstrator 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Cab 4x4 (1SA/G80/B30/I04), 2014 Terrain FWD (3SA), 2014 Acadia FWD (3SA). Freight ($1,600/$1,650), PPSA and PDI included. License, insurance, registration, administration fees and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC GMC Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. † Offer valid only to eligible retail lessees in Canada who have obtained credit approval by GM Financial, have entered into a lease agreement with GM Financial, and who accept delivery from October 11, 2013 through January 2, 2014 of a new eligible 2014 model. General Motors of Canada will pay the first month’s lease payment (inclusive of taxes and any applicable prorate amount normally due at lease delivery as defined on the lease agreement). $0 first month lease payment means no bi-weekly payments will be due in the first month of your lease agreement. After the first month, lessee will be required to make all remaining scheduled payments over the remaining term of the lease agreement. PPSA/RDPRM is not due. Insurance, license, dealer fees and applicable taxes not included. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ‡1.5%/0%/1.9% lease APR available for 36/48/48 months on a new or demonstrator 2014 GMC Sierra 4X4 Crew Cab 1SA/2014 Terrain FWD 3SA and 2014 Acadia FWD 3SA O.A.C by GM Financial. Annual kilometre limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometre. Down payment or trade and/or security deposit may be required. Bi-weekly payments may vary depending on down payment/trade. Offer may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. †Offer only valid from November 1, 2013 – December 2, 2013 (the “Program Period”) to retail customers resident in Canada who own or are currently leasing (during the Program Period) a GM or competitor pickup truck to receive a $2,000 credit towards the purchase, finance or lease of an eligible new 2014 Model Year Chevrolet Silverado Light Duty, Silverado Heavy Duty, Sierra Light Duty, Sierra Heavy Duty, or Avalanche. Only one (1) credit may be applied per eligible vehicle sale. Offer is transferable to a family member living in the same household (proof of address required). This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. The $2,000 credit includes HST/GST/PST as applicable by province. As part of the transaction, dealer will request current vehicle registration and/or insurance to prove ownership. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See your GM dealer for details. ¥$3,500 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit has been applied to the purchase and lease offers of 2014 Sierra Crew Cab, and is applicable to retail customers only. Other credits available on select Sierra models. ‡Offer only valid from November 1, 2013 to December 2, 2013 (the “Program Period”) to retail customers resident in Canada who own or are currently leasing a Chevrolet HHR, Equinox, Tracker, Uplander, Venture, Astro, Lumina APV, Blazer, Traverse, Trailblazer; Saturn Vue, Relay, Outlook; Pontiac Montana/SV6, Transport, Torrent, Aztek, Sunrunner; Buick Rendezvous, Terraza, Enclave, Rainier; Oldsmobile Silhouette, Bravada; GMC Safari, Jimmy, Terrain, Acadia or Envoy, that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six months, will receive a $2,000 credit towards the lease; or a $1000 credit towards the purchase or finance of an eligible new 2014 GMC Terrain or Acadia delivered during the program period. Only one (1) credit may be applied per eligible vehicle sale. Offer is transferable to a family member living in the same household (proof of address required). This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. The $2,000/$1,000 credit includes HST/GST/PST as applicable by province. As part of the transaction, dealer will request current vehicle registration and/or insurance to prove ownership for the previous consecutive six months. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See your GM dealer for details. †*Comparison based on 2012 Wards segmentation: Middle/Cross Utility Vehicle and latest competitive data available, and based on the maximum legroom available. Excludes other GM brands. ‡*Cargo and load capacity limited by weight and distribution. Comparison based on 2013 Wards segmentation: Large/Cross Utility Vehicles and latest competitive data available. Excludes other GM vehicles. **The 2-Year Scheduled Lube-Oil-Filter LOF Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada, who have purchased, leased or financed a new eligible 2014 MY Chevrolet, Buick, or GMC vehicle (excluding Spark EV), with an ACDelco oil and filter change, in accordance with the oil life monitoring system and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 KMs, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four (4) Lube-Oil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM Dealers. Fluid top offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc. are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserve the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Void where prohibited by law. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details.

A28 www.saobserver.net Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Salmon Arm Observer