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Easter fun Happy hunt: D Dutchmen Dairy was hopping on Sunday during the community Easter egg hunt. Clockwise from top left – Kruz Dirks pauses for a pic with the Easter bunny; Natalia Suk, Alegria Koch and Ella Suk are on the lookout for Easter treats; Alania Rich is distracted from the hunt by some farm animals; Alexa Pasacreta feeds one of the cows; Courtney Warger paints whiskers on Randee Unruh. Photos by Victoria Rowbottom
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Council protests proposed service decrease
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Canada Post can expect a letter from Sicamous council protesting the potential closure of the community’s post office on Saturday. At its last meeting, council received a notice from the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association, warning Canada Post plans to cut hours of service at its Sicamous branch. Saturdays would be eliminated entirely, and weekdays would be reduced by a half hour, resulting in the office opening at 9 a.m. instead of 8:30. “If these reductions are implemented, there will be a negative impact on the services as well as the earnings of the affected employee… ,” the union body warns, emphasizing it
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is not in favour of the reduction in service. The CPAA’s letter followed on the heels of an earlier letter to council from Canada Post local area manager Karen Plessis, warning of the potential Saturday closure and realignment of hours
during the week. Responding to the CPAA’s release, Coun. Joan Thomson asked council write a letter to Canada Post, asking that no hours be cut. “I usually don’t go on Saturdays, but some people do, and I think once they start cut-
ting that, then they’re going to start cutting more hours, and pretty soon we won’t even have a post office,” said Thomson. “I’m really worried about that, and I think we need to send a letter to them stating we really don’t want them to cut these
hours.” Coun. Suzanne Carpenter said when she worked in Salmon Arm, the only time she could access the post office was on Saturday. “I think we would be doing a great disservice to our community by not supporting Coun. Thomson and the community, because I’ve been hearing complaints for years and years from people who work in Salmon Arm not having access other than Saturday mornings,” said Carpenter. CPAA also wants to hear from those who take issue with hours being cut at the Sicamous post office. Anyone wishing to voice their concern may contact CPAA president Barb Lincoln at barb.lincoln@cpaabcyukon.com.
Mayes not running in next federal election By Richard Rolke Black Press
A re-evaluation of priorities has Colin Mayes preparing to leave the federal scene. The Okanagan-Shuswap MP announced during a Conservative gathering in Enderby April 12 that he will not run in the next federal election, Oct. 19, 2015. “If I go into another term, I would be in my 70s and I thought, ‘Would I want to be
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there in my 70s?’ It’s time to focus on my wife and family and to be closer to home,” said Mayes, who turned 66 Friday. “I really thought and prayed about it and I’m comfortable with my decision.” Mayes was first elected as MP in 2006 and was re-elected in 2008 and 2011. He says he will complete his term in Ottawa but he hasn’t quashed
speculation that he will run this November for Salmon Arm mayor, a position he held for nine years. “I don’t think I would do that, it’s about 80 per cent no.” He hasn’t considered his long-term plans after politics. “I have thought about doing some writing and taking courses at university. I want something to keep me active,” he said. Mayes’ announce-
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an end. “Serving people in the constituency and seeing things get done, like the swimming pool in Armstrong, and knowing you and your staff played a part in that happening, that’s where I get my high,” he said. While there isn’t an election until 2015, Mayes decided to announce his intentions so the Conservative Party has time to find a candidate.
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Houseboat owners to see fee increase By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Houseboat owners and companies will be paying more per vessel to utilize the District of Sicamous’ sewage system. Municipal council has passed a bylaw that increases the flat sewer usage fee per houseboat from $335 to $435.
The minimum charge per billing period for metered sewer rates has also increased from $167 to $210. The reason for the increase has to do with the strain the effluent from houseboats puts on municipal infrastructure. The additional funding will be put into a reserve to assist with the costs of related upgrades or
repairs. Terry Rysz was the only councillor to speak against the bylaw, noting the houseboat industry is a major economic driver for the community. “I know there are self-owned houseboats that are involved in this as well, and there was indication we would be utilizing this additional
$10,000 to accommodate any possible problems with infrastructure at a later date,” said Rysz. “I think the way the houseboats keep this community and the companies around it… I’m opposing this.” Coun. Don Richardson supported the bylaw, calling the increase a cost of doing business. “We appreciate them
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being here, however, in their due diligence, if they can find some other way to do odour control and deal with corrosion problems, great. But this is one way of working it,” said Richardson. Coun. Suzanne Carpenter said it wasn’t a big cost increase, but it was one she didn’t feel should be on the backs of resident taxpayers.
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Public gives consent to borrow $4.4 million By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Sicamous residents are ready and willing to see the district borrow $4.4 million to construct a new, $7.9 million water treatment plant.
A recently completed alternative approval process was the opportunity for residents to stop the district from borrowing, and possibly push the matter to referendum. To have been successful, counter petitions were needed from
more than 1,273 individual property owners (50 per cent), whose properties total an assessed value of more than $342,237,566. Only 54 petitions (2.12 per cent) were received, however, and, according to district staff, the
majority of those were not from local residents. After going over the petition results, council gave third reading to a bylaw to establish a local service area for the purpose of providing the water treatment plant and mains, and to
Enderby man sentenced for snowmobile theft By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
An Enderby man will be serving jail time in connection to the theft of a pickup truck and two snowmobiles, stolen earlier this year. On April 15, Mitchell Szekely, 34, was sentenced in Salmon Arm Supreme Court to serve 128 days in prison for possession of stolen property, and a month for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle. In addition, Szekely is prohibited from driving for three years, and was ordered to provide a DNA sample. Szekely was nabbed by authorities in Si-
camous on Feb. 23, after police tried to stop a suspicious pickup truck and trailer carrying two snowmobiles Instead of pulling over, the driver attempted to evade police. A pursuit ensued over a short distance, until the suspect lost control of the vehicle and drove into a ditch. The suspect then fled on foot, and was later tracked by police dog to a nearby property where he was found hiding in a motorhome. The truck, trailer and snowmobiles were registered out of Saskatchewan, and has been stolen from Revelstoke earlier that morning.
Szekely was charged with breach of probation, possession of stolen property over $5,000 and attempting to evade police. Throughout this sledding season, Sicamous, Revelstoke and Salmon
Arm RCMP have been making a co-ordinated effort to crack down on snowmobile thefts in the region. This has included frequent road checks of trucks and trailers, as well the use of police bait sleds.
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he angst at the pump this week was predictable. Anytime somebody informs you the cost of living is going up by a few hundred dollars, or more, during the next year, the groans are inevitable. Unfortunately, what also seems inevitable is the resignation. Gas price hikes aren’t new, or unusual. It wasn’t that long ago that prices were under a dollar per litre, and at least half the people reading this are going to remember filling up when that rate was less than 30 cents a litre. Every time those rates jumped, people greeted the jump with the same type of response we heard Thursday. And every time, by and large, people continued to do what they’ve always done — filled up their cars and headed out to the highway. The simple fact of the situation is all of us are slaves to the gas pump. Try as we might to avoid it, our society is built around the automobile and has been for at least 60 years. Where we live, where we work, where we learn, where we eat and where we play are often impractical and sometimes impossible to link without the aid of a gas-powered vehicle. Most of us don’t think we can do anything about it; it doesn’t occur to some of us why we should even try. But we need to. We need to start directing our society away from its reliance on gas. It’s easy for some to dismiss the climate change crowd as intellectual zealots, and the 100-mile diet people as trendy hipsters, but the fact remains: we can’t continue down the path. Never mind the environmental issues, we simply will not be able to afford it financially. The future is coming and our lives are going to be different. Start embracing change before change buries us all. -Cowichan News Leader
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Carbon tax having impact on vehicle emissions VICTORIA – Earth Day 2014 will likely go down in B.C. history as less exciting than last year’s event. That was the day when, in the heat of the election campaign, NDP leader Adrian Dix announced in Kamloops that he doesn’t support the expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline to its Burnaby terminal, because Vancouver shouldn’t become a “major oil port.” As of this Earth Day, it has been an oil port for exactly a century, since Imperial Oil began work on B.C.’s first refinery in 1914, in what is now Port Moody. There were no pipelines then, so crude was moved by rail or tanker. For 60 years, Trans Mountain has supplied the Chevron refinery in Burnaby that is southern B.C.’s last source of fuel. Some of the Alberta crude
is piped south to be refined into fuels and some of that product is barged back up to B.C. to keep our traffic moving. Today, the proposal is to expand and upgrade that pipeline, and to build new oil and natural gas pipelines across the north. In keeping with the educational aspect of Earth Day, here are some things you may not know about energy and the environment. • A recent National Geographic report summarizes the main sources of oil in the oceans around North America. Media coverage focuses on tanker and pipeline spills, but they only account for eight per cent of the total. Fully 60 per cent of the oil load in North American waters is from natural seeps, where oil leaks from seafloor rock. One of the world’s largest is off Santa Barbara, California, where
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20 to 25 tons flows out each day. It’s mostly consumed by oil-eating bacteria that have adapted and proliferated. The next biggest source is leakage from cars and trucks, which collects on pavement and is flushed to sea when it rains. • Earth Day is now preceded by Earth Hour, during which we are encouraged to turn out our lights to join a world-wide gesture of conservation. Many people use the occasion for a candlelight dinner. Given that B.C.’s power is nearly all from renewable hydroelectric sources, and that the paraffin used to make candles is derived from petroleum or coal, this feel-good ritual produces an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. • Unlike Earth Hour, B.C.’s carbon tax on fuels actually appears to be helping to reduce emissions. An update to provincial
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data is due this year, but what we have shows a 5.7 per cent decrease in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases between 2007 and 2011. Environment ministers have conceded that some of this is due to the recession that struck in 2008-2009. But since the economy has recovered and begun to grow again, emissions have continued to decline. • There are simple things anyone can do, without gimmicks or government programs. One would be to stop protesting increased housing density in your community. By far the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in B.C., not to mention old-fashioned pollution, is transportation. By living closer to where we work, shop and play, we can exercise our legs instead of just our gas pedal foot to get around.
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Another Red Barn Java Jam is coming up on Saturday, April 26 from 7 until 10 p.m. If you are a musician or singer, you are more than welcome to come out and join all the other “jammers.” No need to think that perfection is required. Not at all. This is a way to express yourself and hopefully get others around you involved. Jam sessions are improvised performances without extensive preparation. Sessions
Dinner and live music The Malakwa Community Centre Association is holding a pasta dinner and live music event on Saturday, April 26 in the Malakwa school gym. Dinner is at 6 p.m., with a variety of musical groups to follow.
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of 1,500 people, and they all got a turn over time) for a “Session” i.e. jamming session. Here were 40 people or so, crammed into a room no bigger than my living room, all smoking as well. But the atmosphere was terrific. As a foreigner, I was lying low so I would not interfere with the process. There were all sorts of instruments, concertina, bodhran (Irish handheld drum) violin, penny whistle, guitar, harp etc. The session leader (it was hard to detect who that was, but the players knew; I was tipped off about that by my harp instructor) gave the nod and everyone started playing and singing. They played for the pure joy of it, and for themselves. People who knew the tune would join in and one song would lead to another. During a brief break,
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a very aged gentleman stood up and started reciting a long poem which, in the Irish language, I could not understand. But because of his voice and intonation, I did get the mood and sense of what he was saying. The evening carried on with one song following another. Jigs and reels. The pub was just alive. Not because of alcohol but because of the sheer joy of the music. At the time it made me think and giggle to myself, how silly people would think I’d be if I showed up with one of my instruments in one of our pubs here in Sicamous and started playing. Or it would be even weirder if I stood up and starting reciting poetry. What a shame that we in our part of the world cannot let go of our inhibitions and en-
joy ourselves in that way. But once you let go of your self-consciousness, the art of singing or making music is such a fun way to be together and to relax. Now, I hope I have encouraged some of you to come to the Red Barn Java Jam. We are hoping to create a relaxed atmosphere for all to enjoy, as a musician or a spectator. Admission is $2 and performers and children under 10 are free. Performers can sign up at the door. In charge of the music is John Guilbeault, owner of The Music Man on Shuswap Avenue. You can reach him at 250-2533645, or at bwmusic1@ shaw.ca if you have any questions. Or you can contact me by phone at 250-836-4705, or email carlakrens@telus.net with questions or art news.
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School to lose playground equipment By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
The push is on to replace playground equipment at Parkview Elementary. For insurance purposes, the wood playground structures currently at the school are being removed this summer. The school’s parents advisory committee has been fundraising for replacement pieces, and are about a third of the way to the estimated purchase-price goal of $75,000. School principal Val Edgell says the hope is to be able to put in new equipment pieces with ex-
isting funding as the older pieces come out. “We’ll put in as many pieces as we can afford at that time. But we may have a much smaller playground until we get that,” said Edgell. The principal notes that while B.C. schools don’t normally receive school district funding for playgrounds, School District #83 has committed $10,000 for replacement equipment. The school’s students have been raising funds along with the PAC. And while grant money is available, it’s not easily acquired. “Unfortunately, the
funding for playgrounds is never a guarantee,” says Edgell, who went through the challenges of replacing playground equipment when she was principal at Diamond Vale Elementary in Merritt. “There are grants out there, so kind of everybody applies for those same grants and you hope that you get lucky with one of them. “And then, every once in a while, the government will release some funding towards playgrounds. I know the school district has assigned us as very high priority should any of that money come to the district.”
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Shuswap construction professionals honoured By Martha Wickett Eagle Valley News
Hire local. Two Shuswap companies are being recognized for taking this slogan to heart. Shuswap Construction Industry Professionals began a program in January 2013, Get a Local Quote, to help promote the use of local contractors and suppliers for projects. A SCIP board member then suggested it would be good to recognize the local builders in the area who hire local businesses. On Friday night, the results of that idea materialized, with three Shuswap Community Builders awards presented at SCIP’s annual general meeting. The awards recognized winners in three categories: Level 1 - residential projects from $100,000 to $500,000; Level 2 - residential projects from $500,000 to $1,500,000 and Level 3 - over $1,500,000. Winning both the Level 1 and 2 categories was McDiarmid Construction of Salmon Arm, owned by Ian McDiarmid. The Level 3 category was won by Bush Mountain Construction Ltd. of Blind Bay, owned by Gordon Bush. Gift certificates from local restaurants, media exposure and being pictured on the front of the SCIP directory made up the prizes.
Winners were decided based on a point system, which included: • for using a local general contractor - six points; • for each local sub trade/suppliers used - three points. (If from one to 20 - three points, if 21 to 40 - four points, if 41 to 60 - five points, and if more than 60 six points. ); • for using the SCIP plan room to utilize drawings for the specified project - one point; • for a clear prequalification process
supporting local businesses - two points; • for notifying all bidders the results of tender within two weeks of closing one point; • for a wellprepared tender package - four points; • for using local professional offices that contribute to the completion of the project - four points; • for having an open tender versus invitational - two points; and • for providing reference checks upon completion - five points.
In terms of the competition, local includes Salmon Arm, Sicamous, Enderby, Chase and the North Shore. Donna Smith, coordinator at SCIP, says this was the first year for the competition so it’s hoped it will continue and get better known over time. She emphasizes that anyone can participate; builders don’t have to be a member of SCIP. Even a homeowner can par-
ticipate if they’re hiring sub trades. Forms are available at city hall, she said, so builders can pick them up there when picking up building permits. The contest has already been successful in getting the number of local trades better known. “It was amazing the reaction I’m getting…, Smith said, noting people are surprised by how many local trades are in town.
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OP-ED DAVID BLACK
My name is David Black. I am the majority owner of Black Press, the company that owns this newspaper. This is the first of two columns addressing what I see as the greatest threat to the B.C. environment in our lifetime. I am a reasonably sensible and conservative businessman, not an alarmist. All of the information in this column can be confirmed from public sources.
The oil industry wants to export Alberta bitumen to Asia via tankers. Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastline, together with the fish and wildlife that depend on it, for hundreds of years. Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not float in sea water if there is sediment present. This has been proven many times, most recently in a thorough Environment Canada study published on Nov. 30, 2013. Page 51 of the study provides graphic evidence of sunken bitumen. Given that there is an abundance of sediment along the B.C. coast, the bitumen will sink rapidly and there will be little chance of recovering any of
it if there is a spill. By Northern Gateway’s own admission, the likelihood of a bitumen spill at sea is over 10 per cent over the next 50 years. Others say that it is much higher. We are in agreement with the position taken by the Coastal First Nations that even the slightest risk of a spill of bitumen at sea is unacceptable. The grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989 is often held up as an example of how bad an oil spill at sea can be; however, a spill of bitumen at sea would be much worse. The Exxon Valdez carried light crude and lost 250,000 barrels, one eighth of a tanker load. The light oil floated and could be removed from the beaches. Even so, after four
years of work with up to 11,000 workers and 1,400 boats involved, less than 10 per cent of it was recovered. Roughly 200,000 birds and many kinds of other wildlife were killed. Approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were affected and the fishery has yet to fully recover. Bitumen is very different. It would harden up on shore and much of it would sink to the bottom, making it unrecoverable and killing virtually everything with which it came in contact. Imagine if we lost a full tanker load. Some say that, with GPS-based navigation and double hulls, spills such as Exxon Valdez are not possible today. They are wrong. Double hulls do not prevent hull fracture if there is a collision at
speed, only if there is a gentle scrape. As for the GPS claim, most marine accidents are caused by human inattention, not by a lack of knowledge about position. All ships carried systems to indicate their location before GPS came along. The Exxon Valdez crew could have glanced at their instruments to determine their location but they didn’t, neither did the crew on the Queen of the North. Marine disasters regularly occur and a quick search of the Internet shows human error is most often the problem. Undoubtedly there will be many more marine accidents in future. Our grandchildren will not thank us if we willingly risk the destruction of
the B.C. coast on our watch. Fortunately there is a solution that is beneficial for all concerned: all we have to do is build a refinery at Kitimat. The refinery will convert the bitumen to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel which float and evaporate if they are spilled. Often little or no spill remediation is required. These refined fuels simply do not cause the habitat destruction of conventional or synthetic crude oil, or anywhere near the devastation caused by bitumen. The second part of this Op-Ed will run in the next issue. It will discuss the enormous value-added benefits and environmental advantages of a modern green refinery. The
pipeline from Alberta and the tanker fleet to export the refined fuels will also be considered. Let me declare my biases. I am for creating thousands of good permanent jobs in BC. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for government coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a modern tanker fleet that carries only refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers. If you agree that we should not put bitumen in tankers please contact your local MP and say so. The Canadian government makes a decision on this next month.
Reliance on oil-based economy perpuates climate issues
GUEST COLUMN KEVIN PARNELL
Listening to David Black speak in Kelowna this week, it was hard not to get behind his idea of a made-in-B.C. oil refinery that would create thousands of jobs for the hard-done-by communities of Kitimat and Terrace, sparking the B.C. economy and bringing in millions, if not billions of dollars
from China. Black, who owns this newspaper and hundreds of others in communities around B.C., the Pacific Northwest and even Hawaii, spoke about the differences between refined oil and crude oil. He said refined oil and its products of gas, and diesel, would evaporate in an ocean spill, while crude oil would sink and damage coastal ecosystems beyond repair. He spoke of the money ($32 billion) that it would cost to build a refinery and its related pipeline and the tanker fleet needed to ship the oil to China. He said if we don’t build a refinery, China will, adding his refin-
ery would use Canadian technology and would produce half the greenhouse gasses as a Chinese-built refinery. He said China will loan us all of the money to build our made-in-B.C. refinery and the workers there would make great wages, as much as $80,000 to $90,000 a year and our kids wouldn’t have to go to the tar sands in Alberta to make big money. He said so much money would be coming in, the loans from China would be paid back in as little as six years. And he spoke of building such a refinery for B.C. as a newspaperman, as opposed to one of the major oil
companies – conglomerates without B.C. ownership and little care for our environment. A made-in-BC solution, he said, is much better. And to that end, I agree. But what he didn’t mention were any of the impacts of continuing to rely on an oilbased economy. There was no mention of global warming and its disastrous effects on the world. There was no talk about alternative energies or a need to find new ways of doing things. The choice that Black laid out to a probusiness crowd at the Kelowna chamber (you
could hear the ‘wows’) came down to two things: Oil or oil. If, in fact oil is the only way to go, then Black’s idea to refine the oil in B.C. and ship it to China seems a better answer. It will create jobs, stimulate the economy and give our province a boost on the world stage. But is it the only way to go? The answer is no. There are other options. There are innovative ideas, new ways of moving forward, new technologies that can take us away from the oil-based economy the United Nation’s top scientist are warning against. Canada should be leading the way in this
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regard, not following the all-powerful dollar. This month, the United Nations reported that between 2000 and 2010, man-made greenhouse gas emissions ballooned more quickly than in any of the three previous decades and warned this dangerous interference with the climate system will have dire effects. Those effects are already being seen around the globe as major weather catastrophes are happening with alarming frequency. Our reliance on oil and the dangerous emissions it puts into the air have put us on a collision course with disaster.
As a newspaper reporter in Black’s stable of papers, its my duty to ask questions, raise concerns and let the public decide for themselves. I believe in this paper and it’s ability to tell people’s stories and provide more depth to the news than what is currently being generated in this age of what could be called surface-journalism. And there are no bigger, no more important questions that need to be raised: Is this the way to go? Can we stop global warming? Can we stand up and make a difference? The answers aren’t as easy to find. But we all need to start asking these questions.
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LECHNER, Edwin (Ed) Jan 21, 1943 - Feb 28, 2014 Died suddenly at home with his boots on. A popular horseman,mechanic, sportsman, and friend to everyone he met.Ed was predeceased by his father George, mother Susan, brother George, and his ex wife Carol. He is survived by his wife Bonnie Taylor, his daughters Cheri Cooper & Tracy Lechner as well as his 4 grandchildren Natasha Cooper, Chelsea Cooper, Chantelle Campbell, and Cole Campbell. The family invites friends to a celebration of his life to be held at the farm on April 27th from noon til 4:00PM.
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the Si’t a good thing for Word of mouth wasn snowmoit came to curbing camous RCMP when r. winte last bile theft ider what ous council to cons Upon asking Sicam 2013, Sipriorities will be for their list of policing ved a tip Dave Dubnyk recei ity will camous RCMP Sgt. prior one as to what from Coun. Greg Kyllo the ongoing issue of snowd raise he when be likely the community. in s theft r traile mobile and up our snowmobiling “We’re trying to build a business and when the guy shows up for sled weekend and has his ds stolen, that story sprea it’s really quickly, and negabrought in a real ltive view of snowmobi said ing in Sicamous,” there Kyllo, asking if community e polic Wolff said the There are initiawas something ng a much By Lachlan Labere could look at hosti tives we can try… could do about this. recting ed Eagle Valley News larger event, even resur “Absolutely,” repli and we can certainly rela- make it one of our chamber Moose Mouse days. The Sicamous the community’s Mouse Days has of the deose P one “Mo see RCM to ities. new like prior tively would popular been gone for, I think, 15-plus ander, tachment comm community’s most essthis Sgt. Dave Dubnyk later in the years, and numerous busin going on to explain summer events held es say they . lived es in the communiti Sicamous RCMP n, or doubled down is the first time he’s seaso ber’s still get requests for Moose an Recently, the cham and worked in such Mi- Mouse souvenirs,” said Wolff. mecca issue. new executive director snowmobiling yed its confronted by this nted SiThe chamber surve and has actually been that he’s already met with chelle Wolff prese - members about the idea of some say to with Dubnyk went on from an camous council rks to Aussed some initiatives a wish list, the top moving the firewo per cent of disthe the mayor and discu thing what as 30 ective, as well the annual gust, and of the enforcement persp item relating to do. display. who responded, 70 per cent rs might be able to did, for Canada Day fireworks trict and resort owne over the winter we flood- were in favour, 27 per cent “I can tell you that Due to last summer’s said Dubnyk. “It ” here, sled ay was asked to keep them on Canada bait displ a while, try the in saying ing, the fireworks per cent asked ssful. Other than t moved to the August B.C. Day Day, while six didn’ wasn’t overly succe we , town in ed out to was got out it that a plan be work when the word had long weekend. g that time… the district offer fireworks on both week that asked f I’m Wolf have any thefts durin and tives we can try the ends. ng initia movi some r are eithe re it “The consider can certainly make pros and cons to we the tly and , hing anen those Weig perm re glad to explo fireworks show reworks of the move, Wolff noted the ” ant re- August, or else have fi one of our priorities. 3 question for the serge sions. By See Interest on page Kyllo had another targeted by shows for both occa August, ns possibly being rks in rewo fi g 2 lating to pub patro havin page says on
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