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Winter beauty: Sicamous Creek falls flow through growing ice formations on a frosty Friday morning. Damaged in the 2012 flooding, the falls trail system has since been restored by the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, including the stairway to the falls. Native trees have also been replanted. Photo by Lachlan Labere
District to complete civic centre with green certification By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
The District of Sicamous is going for gold. Municipal council has approved spending $4,500 to verify the municipality’s $4 million civic centre, officially opened in July 2011, meets a gold standard in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), a rating system for sustainable design, construction and operation of a building. Monica Baillie of Landmark Architecture explained to council what went into the building, which includes the municipal town hall, as well as the community’s library and museum, to meet and exceed basic LEED certification and push the structure into gold territory. A point system is utilized, which takes into account a wide range of factors that include everything from the building’s central location, to the geo-exchange system used to heat and cool the facility, to all the locally sourced and/or re-
cycled material used in its construction. The fact that the building can be expanded to include a third floor within the same footprint is another asset recognized under LEED. Final LEED classification will come from the Canada Green Building Council. Baillie said the question arose whether or not the civic centre could qualify for LEED’s highest rating of platinum. She said it’s something that could be looked at, that there may be some way to earn the additional points needed in the LEED rating system. But, she continued, the effort may not be worth the additional cost, as the building already exceeds what was originally envisioned. “I can tell you, when we started the process, we were going for the lowest level possible, we were just planning to go for LEED certified, which is to say, we were going to use resources wisely, use local materials,” said Baillie. See Richardson on page 2
Sustainable building: Recycled steel and local timber was used in the construction of Sicamous’ civic centre. Photo by Lachlan Labere
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Highway 97A among worst roads in B.C. By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Sicamous council will be contesting the honour of the district having one of the worst roads in the province. The SicamousVernon Highway, aka Highway 97A is identified in BCAA’s Worst Roads Survey for 2013. According to an Oct. 29 letter to council by BCAA president Mark Donnelly, the highway was one of 581 stretches of roadway nominated due to poor surface conditions, safety concerns or congestion problems. Specific to 97A are concerns relating to poor road signs and
road markings. Coun. Suzanne Carpenter said the report made her laugh, as she has a different take on the highway’s condition. “That road rocks right now… we’ve got lines everywhere,” said Carpenter, who recommended council send a letter to BCAA suggesting they check it for themselves.” Coun. Don Richardson agreed, adding BCAA “get your head out of the sand.” According to the survey, the number one worst road in the province is Westside Road in West Kelowna. Public voting in the survey ended on May 27.
“But we went with… a better system for heating and cooling delivery, and we got much more. It’s hard to describe the level, but 85 per cent of the material in the ceiling tile is recycled… many things you touch are recycled or local.” Coun. Don Richardson, the only councillor to vote against pursuing gold certification, questioned what benefit the taxpayer will see. “Geothermal is great, but it has flaws in it. There’s the recycled material, that’s great. But if we’re looking at getting points all the time, in the end, what’s
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the real benefit in it,” asked Richardson. “I still think we spent a lot of money on assumptions or feel-good stuff.” Baillie told Richardson that getting bang for the buck is a common consideration of her design team, but that in Sicamous’ case the end result is a healthy, durable building. “It wasn’t my idea to do LEED – In fact, we sat down and said, ‘you know, we charge a premium for doing this. And we’d just as soon reduce that premium for something else,’” explained Baillie. “But, if you want a third party to tell you that we’re doing our
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Easy going: A semi driver navigates a winding stretch of Highway 97A, recognized by BCAA as one of the worst roads in the province. Photo by Lachlan Labere
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job, this is how you do it. And that decision was made. And it’s a valid decision. A lot of municipalities and the province itself have all bought into that, and for a reason. Because it’s one way to say you did get what you paid for.” Coun. Fred Busch took advantage of having the building’s architect in council chambers to comment on the room’s poor acoustics. Baillie said acoustic wall panels were part of the original design, but were removed to cut costs. She added they could still be put in. Unlike Richardson, Busch, said he had no
November 28th & 30th - $2 Bag Sale at Sicamous United Church Thrift Shop. Clothing & Shoes only. Open 10 am - 3 pm November 30th - Crazy Creek Christmas Craft Sale from 10 am to 2 pm in the Crazy Creek Convention Centre. Come out and check out all the different crafts and ideas for your Christmas shopping. December 1st - Sicamouse Fire Department Toy & Food Drive - 12:00 to 3:00 pm. Listen for the sirens! Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays Active After School Kidz. Ages 5-12 - to register or for more info contact Recreation and Wellness #250-8362477 or recreation@sicamous.ca Every 1st & 3rd Wed. - Parkinsons Support Group at First united Church. 20 - 4th Street SE, Salmon Arm at 10 am. Contact Doreen at 250-8362509. Every Mon. Drop in Pickleball 6 p.m. Parkview Elementary Oct.7 - Dec. 2. Call 778-930-0534 Every Mon. & Fri. - Bridge, Seniors Activity Centre, 1 p.m. Every Tues. Stopping the Violence Program in Sicamous - counselling for women who have experienced abuse during childhood or adult relationships. No charge. Call Kathy at 250-832-9700. Every Tues. - Sicamous Amateur Drama Club rehearsals, 7:00 p.m., Red Barn Arts Centre. 836-4705. Tues. & Thurs. - Carpet Bowling at the Seniors’ Activity Centre at 1 p.m.
problem with LEED, and suggested it may even give the district some bragging rights. “You have huge bragging rights considering the size of your community… “ confirmed Baillie. “I don’t think too many other communities this size in B.C. have been forward thinking. They’ve
developed water treatment plants and that kind of thing. But not too much like this.” Coun. Suzanne Carpenter said she loves the building, but questioned if solar energy might have been an option. Baillie said it would have been too costly and the payback period too long.
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Pursuant to the District of Sicamous Council Procedures Bylaw No. 842, 2012 TAKE NOTICE THAT the Select Finance Committee of the District of Sicamous will be meeting on the following dates in Council Chambers, 446 Main Street, Sicamous, BC: • November 20, 27, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. • December 4, 11, 18, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. Please note: Agendas can be viewed on the District of Sicmaous website at www.sicamous.ca. Ph: 250-836-2477 Fax: 250-836-4314 www.sicamous.ca 446 Main Street. Box 219 Sicamous B.C. V0E 2V0
Every Tues. & Thurs. - Seniors Meals provided, 12 noon in Common Room at the Haven. Every Wed. Wednesday Arts for Everyone. 10 am - 3 pm. For info contact Juanita at 250-836-3019 or Gail- at 250-836-5472 Every Wed. Girl Guides of Canada. Sparks - 3:00 pm. Brownies - 4:00 pm. Girl Guides - 5:30 pm. New members welcome Every Wed. Lunch by a donation at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091-Shuswap Avenue at 12 noon. Every Wed. - Seniors Crib, 7:30 p.m., Haven seniors building. Everyone welcome - you don’t have to be a senior. Socializing and coffee served after crib. Info: Esther 836-4373. Every Wed. - T.O.P.S. (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Wednesday morning at the Sicamous Rec. Centre (arena). Weigh in at 9:00 am and meeting at 9:30. Everyone Welcome. Ph: 250-836-4041 for info Every Wed. Zumba Fitness @ Parkview Elementary 6 p.m. Oct.16-Dec. 4.Call 778-930-0534 to register. Every Wed. Drop in basketball at Eagle River Secondary 7:45 p.m. Oct.2 - Dec. 2. Call 78-930-0534 for info. Every Wed.-Sat. United Church Thrift Store 10:00 am to 3 p.m. 1st & 3rd Wednesday - Eagle Valley Photographic Arts Club meets at the Red Barn at 7 pm. Everyone Welcome. First meeting October 2nd
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Every Thurs.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome. Every Thurs. - Chronic Pain workshop for 6 weeks. Thursdays, 1-3:30 starting Sept 17 at the Sicamous United Church. Learn to better selfmanage pain from ongoing health conditions. To register call 1-866-902-3767 or register nine at www. selfmanagement.ca Every Thurs. - Sicamous Crokinole Group meets at 7pm at the Sicamous & District Recreation Centre - upstairs for more info and to join call Dave Reed @ 250-836-3652 Every Thurs.-Ladies shuffleboard at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 in Sicamous. 1pm-3pm. All ladies welcome. Every Thurs.- Crib and darts 7 pm at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99. Everyone welcome. Every 2nd Thurs. - Sicamous Lions Club meeting at the Seniors Activity Centre, 1091 Shuswap Avenue. Doors open at 6:15 and meeting starts at 6:30. Anyone interested in being a volunteer for the community, please feel free to call Mary at 250-5178107, Joan at 250-836-4876 or Pam at 250-836-4788 or just drop in to one of our meetings where you will be welcome. Every Thurs.- Steve Nash Youth Basketball Parkview Elementary 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Oct. 17-Dec.5 call 778-930-0534. Every 1st, 3rd, 4th Thurs. - Keepsake Kwilters meet at the Haven Common room 1095
Shuswap Avenue at 7:00 p.m. For info call 250-8362695. Every 2nd and 4th Thurs. Options For Sexual health from 7 to 9 p.m., Sicamous Health Unit. Every 3rd Thursday monthly meeting of the Malakwa Community Association at 7:30 in the Malakwa Hall. Every Fri. - Parents & Tots, 10-12 noon at Catholic Church. 836-3440. Every Fri. - Eagle Valley Brush & Palette Club meets at the Red Barn, 10am-3pm, Everyone welcome! For info call Esther 250-836-4373 or Amy 250-836-4756. www.eaglevalleybrushandpaletteclub.com Every 1st & 3rd Fri. - Pool Tournament at the Royal Canadian Legion #99 at 7:00 pm. Saturdays - Community Yoga 9:00 am Non-Heated Hatha $5 drop-in All levels Families welcome. Last Sat. of the Month - Ladies’ Auxiliary Dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion at 6 pm. Tickets sold until the Friday before at the Legion. No tickets at the door. Sundays - Candlelit Karma 6:30 pm. Warm & Gentle. Class by donation. Funds go towards community causes. Every 4th Sun.- Royal Canadian Legion Br. #99 general meeting, 1 p.m. Every 4th Sun. - OAPO Birthday Tea for members & friends, Seniors Activity Centre, 2 p.m.
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Snowmobile club to receive $50,000 grant By Barb Brouwer
Eagle Valley News
Snowmobilers are one step closer to getting a high mountain shelter at Eagle Pass. Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors recently voted unanimously to approve
$50,000 in funding to build the emergency shelter at Blue Lake. Information relating to a request for funding from the Eagle Valley Snowmobile Club has been sent to the District of Sicamous Council for approval. The $50,000 will
come from the Sicamous and Area E Economic Development Opportunity Fund. Total construction of the emergency shelter is expected to be approximately $100,000, half of which has already been raised.
An Eagle Valley Snowmobile Club request for funds for their grooming program was not endorsed by the District of Sicamous. The Eagle Valley Snowmobile Grooming Society has submitted a grant-in-aid request to the District of Sicamous
to the tune of $20,000, $17.5 thousand intended for capital projects and the remaining for marketing. District council is in the midst of budget deliberations and have yet to make a decision on the request – one of 10 totalling $64,000.
CPR line won’t be used for sewer connection By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
The former CPR rail line along Sicamous’ west side will not be utilized for sewer expansion. Council has approved funding for smaller pieces of large infrastructure projects, including the awarding of a $105,000 contract for directional sanitary drilling on the west side of the Narrows. This contract was awarded to Ironman Directional Drilling out of Salmon Arm, and relates to the expansion of the municipal sewer system to that side of the channel, including an increase
in size to the forcemain to accommodate a projected “population density increase from 920 to 1,600.” Prior to council giving its approval, Coun. Fred Busch mentioned there is the possibility of the currently decommissioned CPR rail line along the west side of the channel and Mara Lake being sold, and he asked if the district had decided not to use the line. “I am sure that would be much simpler from an engineering point of view and a collection point of view, if the collection line could be down closer
to the lake… then you wouldn’t have to install pumps and so on,” said Busch. District operations
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manager Randy Hand agreed it would be simpler to use the line, but said CPR is asking “an astronomical amount of money for using that.”
“Things may happen with the rail line, but if we waited for the what ifs… so we kind of have to move forward and we decided on option B,” said Hand. The second funding approval was for the release of $20,000 from the district’s 2012 water operating budget surplus to fund the design for a water distribution main replacement along Highway 97A between Kappel Street and Gillis Creek. In a memo to council, staff public works foreman Marty McClean says the current main is about 50 years old and requires replacement.
Mayes drifts into marijuana legalization debate By Tracy Hughes
Eagle Valley News
A campaign to legalize marijuana won’t be getting the support of Okanagan-Shuswap Conservative MP Colin Mayes. In a recent speech to the House of Commons, Mayes spoke of the city receiving funding from the municipal infrastructure improvement fund to replace the 30-year-old boiler for the swimming pool at the SASCU Recreation Centre. “Last Saturday evening, I took seven of my 10 grandchildren to the pool,” Mayes told the assembled MPs. “It was great to watch all the children enjoy the wholesome fun this wonderful facility provides. As I watched everyone, I thought that providing resources to communities for these types of activities for children and families is a priority of good government.” But his speech was
not only to highlight the improvements to the city’s recreational facilities, as Mayes went on to raise the issue of illegal drugs. “Then the thought came to me: why would any political party want to legalize marijuana, which would only destroy children’s lives and families? Is it not
the duty of government to protect the health and safety of its citizens?” he asked. “I said a little prayer while I stood at the pool side. I petitioned that our grandchildren would never live under a government that would legalize marijuana,” he finished. Mayes’ remarks
come following widely circulated statements from Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, in support of the decriminalization of marijuana. Trudeau has also spoken previously about the failure of the war on drugs, the prospect of legalization and the health effects of pot.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013 Eagle Valley News
Carbon Trust an obvious target for core review
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he first move in the provincial government’s core review, designed to reduce overall government costs, targets the Pacific Carbon Trust. But it doesn’t go nearly far enough. The government is planning to move the trust into the ministry of environment, and reduce its staff and administrative costs. It would be far better to eliminate it. Bill Bennett, the minister responsible for the review, says the move will save $5.6 million annually by 2015-16. The carbon trust’s staff will be reduced to five from 18. Unfortunately, the government is still spinning the half-truth that the Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT) is actually reducing carbon emissions. All it really does is boost the cost of government projects and initiatives. New schools, for example, cost more because all government agencies – including hospitals and school districts – are required to buy carbon offsets so that the province can claim that it is totally carbon neutral. Carbon offsets purchased by the PCT, at $25 per tonne, are purchased from the private sector — usually from large carbon emitters to build projects that reduce the amount of carbon they emit. What is left unsaid is that most of these projects would likely be built anyway. NDP leader Adrian Dix, who fumbled on a number of occasions during the provincial election campaign, was strikingly clear on the Pacific Carbon Trust. He would eliminate it. The current BC Liberal government continues to mouth platitudes about carbon reduction, even as it proposes a number of LNG plants that would certainly boost the amount of carbon emitted in the province. However, if the plants are built and natural gas begins to replace coal as the source of electricity in countries like China, worldwide carbon emissions will decrease. That type of effort towards reducing carbon is far superior to the smoke and mirrors of the Pacific Carbon Trust. -Black Press
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B.C. carbon offset scheme slowly sinking By Tom Fletcher News Columnist
VICTORIA – Two days after Energy Minister Bill Bennett announced the demise of the Pacific Carbon Trust, the public accounts committee convened at the legislature to pound a few more nails into its carbonsequestering coffin. Assistant Auditor General Morris Sydor was there to defend his report from last March that concluded the B.C. government was not “carbon neutral” in 2010, because the trust paid $6 million for hastily arranged offset projects that were not valid. An Encana Corp. gas flaring reduction project at Fort Nelson and a forest preserve in the Kootenays would have proceeded without assistance from $25 a tonne carbon fee imposed on hospitals, universities, colleges and until last year, school districts. In fact they did proceed without this
subsidy. The government continues to deny this, but not many people outside the international carbon offset sales racket believe them. The Pacific Carbon Trust’s functions will continue, Bennett said. Instead of a board of directors and 18 staff, five people headed by an assistant deputy minister will evaluate projects and bestow millions taken from college, university and health authority budgets each year. B.C.’s school districts are still paying $5 million a year to offset such nefarious activities as heating their schools. But now the money goes into a “Carbon Neutral Capital Program,” and districts have to apply to get their money back for emission-reducing projects. This is going so well, according to Bennett, that post-secondary institutions and health authorities will be converted to a similar program in the years ahead. How is that school pro-
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gram going? Here are some examples. The Coast Mountains School District around Terrace paid $66,452 for carbon offsets last year. It got back most of its three years of offset payments as a grant to complete a boiler upgrade for its Kitimat high school. Abbotsford and Nanaimo school districts each have to pay about $100,000 a year. They got money back for school boiler upgrades as well, although local school officials say that would not likely have been the top priority for spending, if it hadn’t been for the program that forces districts to spend grants immediately on emission reduction. Vancouver’s pitch this year was for three electric cars. Leaving aside the distortion of spending priorities caused by this restrictive tax-and-spend scheme, what happens when they run out of boilers to upgrade? And has it occurred
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to the government’s “carbon neutral” braintrust that those new boilers are still burning natural gas? Does anyone actually believe that heating hospitals and college classrooms is a key driver of global warming? Presumably our carbon czars know that 40 per cent of B.C.’s human-generated greenhouse gas emissions are from transportation, and a few electric cars aren’t going to change that. In hindsight, this “carbon neutral government” scheme is perhaps the worst single idea implemented in 12 years of B.C. Liberal government. The NDP presented a motion in April 2012 to relieve hospitals, colleges and universities of their carbon offset obligation. The idea was supported by a B.C. Liberal backbencher, who argued that B.C. should also scrap the carbon tax and quit pretending it can change the climate. His name? Bill Bennett.
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District could do better than parking Re: “Proposal request out for hall demolition,” from the Nov. 20, Eagle Valley News, and the district wanting to turn the very valuable taxpayers’ property into a parking lot for 10 to 13 trucks and trailers. Is that a good use for this great lot? When the property is so close to the water, it should be used, I think, for locals and
part-time locals, and our tourists instead, of paving it over for 10 to 13 parking spots. I think it should go into a green space with picnic tables. The beach park fills up really fast so we need more space. This area should be walking-friendly. Parking on this small space would be a hazard for everyone including the seniors. We just let a
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trict board expressed appreciation for Melnichuk’s service to the community and wished him all the best in the future. For more information on the CSRD fire service, contact Kenn Mount, fire services co-ordinator or visit the CSRD website.
ies person and they thought that was just ridiculous. It’s at the same height as the condos, so I don’t think the fish are going to be swimming up there. Maybe we have flying fish. Anyway, I hope the district will give this a second thought. Jake and Nush Gjatima
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Local history: Author and Sicamous resident Alli Graham, with daughter and editor Susan Green, signs copies of her book Life is What Happens at the Revelstoke Museum. Photo by Aaron Orlando were considered men’s neighbourhood, who ing our houses. We had work, such as skidding weren’t happy about a gravel road, it wasn’t firewood and cleaning paying the same taxes a street, there were no chimneys. She attributes as people uptown, for sidewalks, and none that to the way she was fewer services. of the amenities of upraised. “We were being town,” she said. “I used to skid fire- charged the same as “We started a doorwood every winter on people uptown who had to-door quest to find out my parents’ farm,” she sidewalks, paved streets how other people in our said. “I even skidded and finished homes. area felt and there were firewood for the Japa- We were just complet- lots of others in similar nese internment camp when it was open at Yard Creek during the war years.” In March 1952, Graham moved to Revelstoke, where she got a job as a nurse at the old Queen Victoria Hospital. After a few months there she got a new job as a housekeeper for Floyd Graham, a divorced railroader with three children. “I became a sort of surrogate mother and wound up marrying the man,” she said. “We eventually had two more children, so I wound up raising five children.” Graham’s time in Revelstoke was marked by a propensity for stirring up trouble. One of her early campaigns was with Marlene McQuarrie on behalf of citizens of the Farwell Sudoko
When I was first told that former Revelstoke resident Alli Miriam (Luoma) Graham had penned her memoirs, I wondered – what made this woman’s life so interesting that she felt the need to write a book about it? But then people started telling me that I had to speak to her and that any longtime Revelstokian would remember her for her letters to the editor that regularly appeared in the newspaper, her opinionated columns she used to write for the Revelstoke Herald, and her civic activism. “I was a notorious bitch letter writer,” Graham, now 89, told me on the phone last week. Graham was born in Chase, B.C., in 1924, the youngest of three girls. She had three brothers as well, but they all died very young. Her family moved to a homestead when she was three and she grew up on the farm, dropping out of school after Grade eight. She was raised doing tough, boys’ jobs. “I think I was the boy that my father never was able to raise,” she said. “I think from my very early years I was doing boys’ chores, so I think that’s where it all started from when they saw I was capable of doing those jobs.” Her early years took her around the Eagle Valley, from her family’s homestead to Salmon Arm, where she worked packing apples; to Tranquille, where she worked for a winter. Along the way she did may jobs that
situations.” They started a petition that they brought to city hall, where they found out there had been no tax revision in years. “The long and the short of it was we won, so that was one of our crusades,” she said. Graham would become known for her letters she would write to the now-defunct Revelstoke Herald in response to articles by editor Clay Stacey. “We weren’t always on the same page, so I was very much surprised when he approached me one day See Letter on page 7
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Adams tour coming to Vernon Canadian music icon Bryan Adams is coming to Vernon. It was announced Monday that Adams will bring his acoustic the Bare Bones Tour to the Vernon Performing Arts Centre Feb. 25. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 2 at 250549-SHOW (7469), at the Performing Arts Centre, or at www. ticketseller.ca. Tickets are $110, plus service charges, for reserved seating. Adams is one of the world’s most highly
acclaimed musicians whose career has spanned more than three decades. The celebrated rocker is on the road more than 120 days a year, playing his wellknown rock ‘n’ roll hits including “Summer of 69,” “Run To You,” “18 ‘Til I Die,” “It’s Only Love,” and “Somebody” to sold out audiences on six continents. He has achieved number-one status in more than 40 countries. Holder of the record
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and asked me to write a weekly column for him,” she said. “He said,‘Alli, the more controversial, the better.’” One of her columns, about the scouts being kicked out of their drill hall by the city, had her threatened with a lawsuit. The director of parks and recreation de-
manded an apology, but she and her editor stood their ground. “[Stacey] said, ‘Alli, you have arrived. No writer is worth his salt unless he’s been threatened with a lawsuit,’” said Graham. Graham left Revelstoke in 1980, but she has continued writing letters to the editor. She hopes her book will ap-
peal to people interested in the history of the Eagle Valley. She’s seen it change from the Roaring ’20s, through the Great Depression, the war years, the arrival of the Trans-Canada Highway and more. Her memoirs started as a small venture to leave something for her family, and eventually turned into a full-blown,
500-page book, with 240 pictures from her life. It’s titled, simply, Life is What Happens. “I think because so much of the topics are so localized, that’s what people are finding interesting,” she said. “I’m local pretty well all the way along. I really haven’t drifted too far from my early surroundings.”
Christmas in Sicamous 2013 NOW until DECEMBER 25th – CHRISTMAS HAMPER & GIFT PROGRAM FOOD & MONETARY DONATIONS & GIFTS– gratefully accepted at the Eagle Valley Community Resource Centre/Food Bank. Monetary donations should be made directly to the Eagle Valley Community Support Society. Hamper Applications now available @ the Resource Centre/Food Bank 1214 Shuswap Ave. Sicamous & the Malakwa office, Malakwa Learning Centre (school). Call 836-3440.
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Operation Christmas Child is a practical way to plant a seed of hope in children living in countries ravaged by war, famine, extreme poverty or natural disaster. Since 1993, 10 sponsoring countries have contributed 103 million gift-filled boxes to children in 130 countries. Generous families in the Shuswap over the last dozen years have sent, on average, 1500 boxes each year to countries of West Africa, South and Central America and Haiti. You can get involved locally by picking up shoe boxes and explanatory brochures at the following locations: Mall Arkey Financial in Centenoka Park Mall Your Dollar Store with More in Piccadilly Mall The Royal Bank of Canada at 340 Alexander Street Loonie & Toonie & More in Sicamous Shoe boxes can be returned at any of the above locations up until November 24. During National Collection Week. November 18-24, a shipping container will be at the Centenoka Mall parking lot for your convenience. For further information call 250-517-7247
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NOVEMBER 27TH JR ‘B’ EAGLES FOOD BANK HOME GAME NIGHTS…7 pm start Wednesday 27th – Eagles vs North Ok
FRIDAY, DEC 6th – SENIORS CENTRE CHRISTMAS DINNER - Senior’s Activity Centre…Tickets available @ the Seniors Centre, $5.00 each. CHRISTMAS AT THE LIBRARY 6 to 7 pm For all ages…Join us for songs, puppet show, stories &crafts
DECEMBER, EAGLES FOOD BANK HOME GAME NIGHTS …. 7pm game time Dec. 6th - Eagles vs Revelstoke – “Toque Toss” during the 2nd intermission, bring a new toque, mitts or scarf …. Win prizes! Dec 14th -Eagles vs Princeton Dec 20th -Eagles vs Kamloops
DECEMBER 6th, 7th and 8th , 2013 ‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’, A READING (In Costume) of the classic tale – doors open 7:30 pm, Red Barn Arts Centre, 8 pm start, on the 6th and 7th. Sunday, 8th doors open 1:30 pm, starts 2:00 pm Tickets $5 @ IDA. A Sicamous Amateur Drama Club production.
NOVEMBER 23RD Support the MALAKWA PLAYSCHOOL & MALAKWA LEARNING CENTRE FUNDRAISER, a pasta supper followed by an evening coffee house, 5:30 pm. Proceeds to be shared. $10.00 per adult & $5 per child. Please come out and support!
SATURDAY, DEC 7th SICAMOUS CHRISTMAS BAZAAR & PANCAKE BREAKFAST.Senior’s Activity Centre 8:30- 1pm MALAKWA CHRISTMAS BAZAAR ….Gym at the Malakwa Learning Centre…10 to 2 pm CHRISTMAS IN SICAMOUS…lights up! 4:30 – 7 :30 pm Old Fashioned Horse Drawn Sleigh Rides, Hot Dogs & Hot Chocolate compliments of the Lion’s Club. 4:30 – 7:30 pm. from Main Str. Landing. Santa’s Light up Parade 5:30 pm, Main Street to Riverside…Register with the Chamber of Commerce. Caroling, bonfire. & Tree Light up @ the traffic circle, after the parade …don’t miss it! Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, Sicamous Lion’s Club, Sicamous Fire Department and the District of Sicamous.
NOVEMBER 25th – 30th Need help with Xmas gifts for your children? Shop and Wrap early @ the Eagle Valley Community Resource Centres, Sicamous & Malakwa. Mon. to Sat., 10 to 4, call 250 836-3440 for more info or an appointment TIMMY’S CHRISTMAS TELETHON - Until Dec. 6th, make a donation @ Sicamous & District Chamber of Commerce Office NOVEMBER 29TH – Timmy’s Christmas Telethon Campaign donations can be made: @ SUBWAY - $1 of every ft.-long, $0.50 of every 6-inch @ GRANDMA & GRANDPAS- $0.10 of every coffee
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FRIDAY, DEC 13th HOLIDAY TRAIN & CHRISTMAS BONFIRE -- Time: 5:15 PM...Come early don’t miss it! Enjoy entertainment by Melanie Doane & Matt Dusk! BRING A FOOD BANK DONATION Warm up around the bonfire with carol singing, coffee, hot chocolate, hot dogs & cookies. Hosted by the District of Sicamous, Sponsored by CP Rail with the help of the Sicamous Lion’s Club, Tim Horton’s, caring people & entertainers from across the country, on behalf of the Eagle Valley Community Support Society Food Banks, Sicamous & Malakwa FRIDAY, DEC 20th CAMBIE CHRISTMAS CONCERT – 7pm., Cambie Hall, family gathering, bring a dessert item, Christmas Coffee House atmosphere, Santa, Carol singing and local entertainment. Register your act with Esther Erikson @ 250 836 - 4373 SUNDAY, Dec. 22 nd – Christmas @ the HUB, 5 pm TUESDAY, DEC 24th – Candle Light Service, United Church, 7pm everyone welcome. WEDNESDAY, DEC 25 A FRIENDS OF CHRISTMAS DINNER - 1 pm Doors open at noon…No Charge. ...Senior’s Activity Centre. Call 250-836-2446 to reserve your space. Sponsored by caring community, SASCU Credit Union, Sicamous Lion’s Club, CSRD and many others.
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The Sicamous Eagles saw a narrow win and a narrow loss last weekend when they hosted teams from 100 Mile House and Creston. One minute into their Friday, Nov. 22 game versus the 100 Mile House Wranglers the Eagles were on the board, thanks to a marker from Matthew Maetche, assisted by
Darien Head and Carter Hansen. After that the board remained static, with the Eagles on a one-goal lead going into the second frame. The Wranglers were able to tie things up at the half mark in the second, but Stephen Hawco was able to add another goal for Sicamous before the period’s end, assisted by Brady Crabtree and Colin Blake, once again giving the Eagles a one-point lead
moving into the next frame. At the half point in the third the Wranglers tied things up. The Eagles had 12 opportunities on net throughout the frame to increase their lead (as opposed to nine shots from the Wranglers), but couldn’t make any of them count. At 2:45 into overtime, a marker by Head, assisted by Derek Miskiman and Devin Ge-
run, brought the game to an end. On Saturday, Nov. 23, the Eagles wound up on the losing end of a 2-1 tally versus the Creston Valley Thunder Cats. In the first frame, the Eagles had 21 shots on net, and the Cats 10, but neither team was able to put the puck between the posts. The Cats turned up the heat in the second frame and were able to
Activities picking up at Larch Hills Registration for the Larch Hills Nordics Jack Rabbits program continues until Saturday, Nov. 30, providing space is available. All skiers ages four to 12 can participate. Lessons are on Saturdays, beginning Dec. 7, and run from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. for the younger kids and 10:30 to noon for the older ones. Parents are expected to volunteer at least
once over the eight lessons. For more information, visit http:// skilarchhills.ca/jackrabbits, or contact Megan Brooke at megcbrooke@icloud.com, or Carmen Fennell at carmenfennell@shaw. ca. Coming up at the Larch Hills cross-country ski area on Sunday, Dec. 15 is the 18th Annual Santa Cruise, a fun
event with free technique – either skate or classic. There’s a route of approximately 10-kilometres for people 18 and over, 5-km for ages 14 to 17, 3-km for 10 to 13, 2-km for seven to nine, and a 1-km route for six and under. Parents are asked to ski with younger children. Registration is from 10 to 10:55, with an 11 a.m. start. Entry fee is a cash or cheque dona-
tion to the food banks, or contribute an item for the Nordics’ popular Christmas shopping auction and/or bring food to share for lunch. If you pay by cheque to Salvation Army Food Bank, Second Harvest Food Bank or Armstrong Food Bank, you will receive an income tax receipt. For information or to volunteer, call Blaine at 250-833-4008.
get results after the halfway point, scoring two goals. Sicamous’ single was scored by Gerun on a power play in the third frame, assisted by Hawco and Blake. The Eagles are back on home ice tonight, Nov. 27, to take on the North Okanagan Knights, and again on Saturday, Nov. 30, to face off against the Revelstoke Grizzlies. Game time is 7 p.m.
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