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Columbia Garden Village resident Alfred Ames (left) was awarded the MSM Legion Medal at the Invermere Royal Canadian Legion on Monday June 16th. The 70-year-old veteran, pictured here with Henry Butters, was honoured for his heroic efforts in Normandy. See below for the full story.

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Invermere resident recognized for his heroic past ERIN KNUTSON Special to The Valley Echo Distinguished war veteran Alfred Ames was awarded the prestigious MSM (Meritorious Service Medal) by the Royal Canadian Legion at a veteran’s lunch hosted by local Branch 71 president Ken Carlow and members on Monday, June 16th. Mr. Ames is a long-standing member of Salmon Arm’s local Royal Canadian Legion Branch 62 who now resides in Invermere as a Columbia Garden Village resident. The award is considered one of the highest honours that can be granted a member and is officially approved by the Dominion Ritual and Awards Committee. “He has been my mentor and my friend for over a decade, and it’s fair to say that Branch 62 would not have survived without the service and dedication of fellow comrade and legionnaire Alf Ames,” commented Salmon Arm

Branch 62 President, Henry Butters, in “My father was committed to our fama statement. ily and set aside time from his work and Mr. Ames was formally acknowl- community service for us. He had clear edged by peers and supporters for a views of right and wrong, and always lifetime of outstanding devotion to his emphasized doing the right thing. He ofcommunity and for “going above and ten said that you have no right to combeyond the call of duty” to the legion plain about something if you are not he so proudly served and continues to willing to change it,” said his daughter, serve. Mr. Ames’ distinShelley Hopkins. guished career has takMr. Ames served as a He always en place over a period military driver for the emphasized spanning seventy-six Colonel Finance Officer doing the right thing. in Germany for a periyears. SHELLEY HOPKINS od of two years after Born in Birmingham, DAUGHTER OF ALFRED AMES England, on July 14th being wounded during of 1924, the widower of Olga Ames, the conflict in Falaise Gap, one of two his marriage partner of 65 years, and injuries he sustained while on duty father of Howard Ames and Shelley in France. Hopkins, fought bravely in the Sec“He encouraged taking a stand for ond World War. Mr. Ames was one of your beliefs — he showed his beliefs the 24,000 British, U.S., and Canadian through his actions. He was a steady, allied soldiers who landed on the 50- quiet, kind and very giving man,” said mile beach off the coast of Normandy Ms. Hopkins of her father. on D-Day. Awarded the Overlord Medal by the

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French government for his heroic efforts in what is commonly known as “Operation Overlord,” the Queen’s Medal, and the Dutch Medal for his efforts in the liberation of Holland, the proud and devoted lifetime Legion member was humble and gracious as he accepted his award. Mr. Ames’ notable accomplishments after the Second World War include an induction into the presidency of the Pincher Creek legion branch, where he served on the executive for over ten years. Transferring his membership to Salmon Arm Branch 62 in 1964, Mr. Ames continued to serve in an executive position and on various committees, which eventually earned him the Life Membership award in 2003, and the 70 years of continued service to the Legion award in 2012. “His Legion service is wide and varied,” said Mr. Butters of the war hero. See A4

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Water levels in the Columbia Wetlands had risen dramatically by June 18th after several days of relentless rain. PHOTO BY GREG AMOS

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June 18th was a beautiful day on the lake. The Lake Windermere Ambassadors sampling crew spotted lots of birds, including grebes, mergansers, osprey, eagles and a heron. Turbidity (murkiness) varied from the south to north end. There was 0.75 NTU (the measurement of turbidity) at the North end — which is the lowest we have observed this season. However, at the South end the turbidity was high at 5.73 NTU. This demonstrates the effects of meltwater coming into the lake from Dutch Creek. This was the Ambassadors’ Summer Student Ella Swan’s first time testing water quality in the field. “It’s exciting to be able to apply what I learned in Chemistry at DTSS right here in our community,” she said. Stay tuned for more water quality reports throughout this summer. Volunteer of the Week: Ella Swan

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Winderberry Nursery applying for commercial kitchen Steve Hubrecht steve@invermerevalleyecho.com The local food production scene may soon get another boost, with Winderberry Nursery seeking to add a small commercial kitchen to their operations. Owners Lin and Oliver Egan have made an application for Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) non-farm use, which was support by the Regional District of East Kootenay board of directors and the board’s most recent meeting on Friday, June 6th. “It’s still in process at this point,” said Mr. Egan of the application, which has now gone on to the Agricultural Land Commission for consideration. “It’s a matter of them reviewing it, so we’re just waiting,” said Mr. Egan. The facility the Egans are proposing to build would be about 25 feet (7.5 metres) by 35 feet (10.5 metres) and would function as a certified commercial kitchen. “We’d be using food from the farm and serving it out of the kitchen. It wouldn’t be a sit-down kind of restaurant, but it would allow us to do take-away food and pies, stuff like that,” said Mr. Egan, adding customers would be able to snack away on kitchen food as they peruse the nursery. The whole operation would be a great example of food-to-fork philosophy, he said. If approved, the kitchen would adjoin the nursery’s retail outlet. The recently passed Bill 24 does not affect this application for ALR non-farm use, which is proceeding through the normal Agricultural Land Commission approval process. The changes proposed in Bill 24 will not take effect until regulations based on those changes are drawn up.

The new owner of the old Valley Echo building, the local Manulife Securities branch, is asking whoever took the ‘The Valley Echo’ sign (pictured here) to return it, no questions asked. The sign went missing sometime on Saturday, June 22nd. FILE PHOTO

Old Valley Echo sign goes missing Steve Hubrecht steve@invermerevalleyecho.com A nostalgic, if not historic sign, has gone missing from downtown Invermere just as it was about to be given as a gift, and the owners are seeking to have it returned. The old Valley Echo building was built decades ago and, for about the past 20 years or so, has cut a distinctive profile on 13th Street with its classic Western-style storefront name sign. The Valley Echo newspaper moved from the building to its current location in early 2013; the building was then purchased by the local branch of Manulife Financial. This past weekend, work was being done on the building and the old sign was carefully taken down, with the plan to give it as a gift to the Ede family, who have been involved with

the newspaper for decades. To the shock of Manulife staff, the sign has disappeared, likely sometime during Saturday. “It seems it just walked away,” said Manulife assistant Holly Jones. “We’re tremendously disappointed we didn’t get to give it to the Ede family, because it would’ve been quite meaningful to them.” Manulife will wait to report the sign as stolen property, in order to give a week’s grace period for the sign to be returned. “Hopefully that will encourage somebody to return it,” said Jones. “They could put it by the old Echo building or leave it by the new Echo location, no questions asked.” The classic Western-style sign was initially put up to replace an older sign. By The Valley Echo’s Monday press deadline, the sign was still missing.

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NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSURE AND DISPOSITION Road Closure Bylaw No. 1487, 2014 The new Ronald McDonald House BC opens in June. A home away from home for seriously ill children receiving treatment at BC Children’s Hospital, the new and bigger House has enough room to welcome 73 families every day, keeping 2,500 families per year together when it matters most.

NOTICE is given of a proposed road closure and disposition by the District of Invermere. Bylaw No. 1487, 2014 outlines the details of the road closure. Legal description as follows: Reference Plan EPP4182 to close part of the road dedicated on Plan NEP23621, District Lot 1092, Kootenay District.

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The proposed closure of 380.7m2 of Plan NEP23621, District Lot 216, Kootenay District is permanent and is to be acquired by Larchbrook Development Corporation, Inc. No. 418762 for $16,000. The closure and diposition being proposed is to accommodate the siting of a proposed multifamily development “Whisper Ridge” on the adjacent parcel. The above synopsis is not intended to be, nor should it be interpreted as the full text and content of the proposed “Road Closure Bylaw No. 1487, 2014”.

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Fairmont landslide and flood service area expands Steve Hubrecht steve@invermerevalleyecho.com The new Fairmont flood and landslide service area is now official, after the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) board of directors voted at their most recent meeting to amend a bylaw and expand the two existing flood and landslide services areas in the community into a single larger one. “The key to the success of this project was the communities support and engagement. The community was willing to create a service area for all of Fairmont, not solely those living on the creeks, which gave the RDEK the ability to raise funds through property taxes to help with the mitigation measures to limit the impact of future events,” regional district Area F director Wendy Booth told The Valley Echo. The bylaw amendment was voted on during the RDEK board of directors’ June 6th meeting, and the proposal for the expanded service area came after two consecutive years of significant debris flow or flooding in late spring or early summer in the area. “As result of the debris slide in 2012 on Fairmont Creek as well as flooding on both Fairmont Creek and Cold Spring Creek in 2013, I felt it was important to ad-

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Project No. ...................061300191 – Industrial Business Park Road Improvements Issue Date........................................................................................... June 18, 2014 Closing Date & Time ..................................................June 30, 2014, 4:00 p.m. MST Quotations must be received by sealed Tender marked Industrial Business Park Road Improvements in one hard copy by mail, prepaid courier or personal delivery by the closing date and time to the following addresses. Quotations may not be sent by fax or electronic email. Amendments will be received by fax. The work generally consists of the following: • Approximately 4,400 square metres of asphalt overlay on Panorama Drive • Stormwater infrastructure work on Panorama Drive • Milling and Paving approximately 1,050 square metres of asphalt on Industrial Road No 4 • Drainage improvements on Industrial Road No 4 Tender documents may be viewed at Focus Corporation at the addresses below after 1 pm Thursday, June 19th, 2014, or on the District of Invermere website or on BC Bid. Tenders must be accompanied by the following: •A Certified Cheque or Bid Bond in the amount of Ten Percent (10%) of the Tender Price. •Signed copies of any addenda issued during the tender period. An optional attendance site meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 25th, 2014 at 9:00am at the intersection of Panorama Drive and Industrial Road No 1, Invermere, BC. A representative from the Focus Corporation will attend the meeting to answer any contractor questions. The Owner reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any or all tenders, or accept the tender deemed most favourable in the interest of the Owner. The lowest or any Tender will not necessarily be accepted. Inquiries: District of Invermere 914 - 8th Ave PO Box 339 Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0

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dress these creeks. In addition we had creek assessments completed that found that the creeks had ‘abundant’ and ‘unlimited’ amount of sediment still to come down, given the right climatic conditions,” said Booth. The service area will result in a maximum tax rate of 20 cents per $1,000 of assessed residential property value (to raise the money needed to fund flood and debris flow mitigation work in the new service area), but the actual tax rate is expected to be 13 cents per $1,000 of assessed residential property value, RDEK chief financial officer Shawn Tomlin had said at an open house on the issue in March. The mitigation work being done stems from the creek assessments, which contained a number of recommendations to be implemented in three or four phases during a period of years. The first phase finished in April 2013. The second phase, which will be funded through the new service area, is set to begin this winter and involves measures such as channel widening and rock armouring. Booth has previously said she thought it unfair for the cost of the mitigation work to be borne only by the two previous service areas, which were both comparatively, small, when the whole community of Fairmont benefits from the work. Public feedback at the open house meeting in March was strongly in support of creating the new service area.

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Jumbo receives small funding boost Steve Hubrecht steve@invermerevalleyecho.com Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort municipal council voted to enter into the Community Works Fund Agreement during its most recent meeting. The fund is a federal program (sometimes called the Gas Tax Agreement) administered by the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM), transfering federal gas tax revenues to communities across the country. The Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality will receive two payments of $25,000, for a total of $50,000 during the course of 2014. The municipality will be given the first payment once the agreement is signed, dated and sent in (as long as the UBCM has the Jumbo municipality’s 2013 annual gas tax expenditure report) and will get the second payment in December 2014. “Our participation in the Community Works Fund Agreement means the same as it does to

any other community — it helps us to make sure that future residents will be able to rely on sound and affordable infrastructure,” Mr. Deck told The Valley Echo. “In our case, it doesn’t mean having to replace older services. We are fortunate to be able to invest the funds in services that reflect current best practices without the need to disturb settled areas.” Councillors also voted to carry Jumbo municipality’s 2014 annual report during the Tuesday, June 17th meeting. The report was open to public comment, but attracted none. The annual report summarized the municipality’s activities for the past year, listed bylaws adopted and laid out the municipality’s 2014 and 2015 objectives. Jumbo council also accepted the May cheque register at the council meeting, which totalled $496.82, with more than $250 of that as legal fees relating to the Ktunaxa petition against Glacier Resorts Ltd. and the provincial government. A B.C. Supreme Court judge dismissed the petition in early April.

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Smiling in front of the crowd, the seasoned patriarch patiently allowed photographs to be taken as he stood proudly with medal in hand. The newly honoured Mr. Ames was showered with applause, accolades, and a dignified flag tribute from the Legion’s Colour Party as he took a moment to enjoy the recognition of a lifetime dedicated to the service of others. “It is impossible to see Salmon Arm and not see the impact of his contributions. His is a lasting legacy, a reminder of what commitment to community can accomplish,” said Ms. Hopkins.

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• 11:45 a.m.: The Rotary Club of Invermere meets every Wednesday at the Curling Rink. • 12 - 1 p.m.: Valley Go Go Sisters meeting at Columbia Garden Village. Everyone welcome. • 2:15 p.m.: Seniors’ Day at the Invermere Library on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. Bus provided. For more information or to pre-register, contact 250-342-6416 or visit invermere. bclibrary.ca. • 5 - 9 p.m.: Open mic night at the Summit Youth Centre. • 5:30 p.m.: DTSS Class of 2014 Grand March, starting just above the post ofﬁce and proceeding past the Cenotaph and over to the curling rink. Come out and see the Class of 2014 dressed in their ﬁnest and send them a community congratulations. • 7 - 9 p.m.: Artist’s Opening at Pynelogs. Show features artists John Niddrie, Gerry George, Tom Symington, Bill DesBrisay, Graham Fowler, Brittney Lintick, Cathy Parkes and Stacy Fair. Show runs June 24th to July 6th.

26TH : THURSDAY

• 7:45 - 8:45 a.m.: Sun Riser Yoga at the Community Greenhouse, presented by Groundswell. By donation. Visit: groundswellnetwork. ca/events-calendar. • 11 a.m.: Glass-blowing demonstrations at Bavin Glassworks, every Thursday until July 3rd. Come in for a chance to win the demo piece. For more info, check out bavinglass.com. • 12 - 1 p.m.: Ask a Librarian / Dropin tech support at the Invermere Public Library. Every Thursday. For more info, go to invermere. bclibrary.ca. • 5 - 9 p.m.: Cartoon night at the Summit Youth Centre. • 7 p.m.: Morgan Macdonald and Corinna Rose perform live at Strand’s. Visit morganmacdonald.

ca and corinnarose.com. $8 cover. trict Rod & Gun Club. 220 targets Saturday, 113 targets SunTH : RIDAY day. Pump, SxS, Subgauge 5-stand 27 F • 4 - 9 p.m.: Market on Main, Radium. July 1st (tentative). Registration • 5 - p.m.: Maya Eventov exhi- opens 9 a.m., safety briefing at bition at Artym Gallery. Artist 9:45 a.m. For info and pre-registrawill be in attendance. Show con- tion, visit lwdrodgun.com. tinues until July 4th. Check out • 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Art workshops at Black Star Studios. Ages 5 - 99. artymgallery.com. • 6 - 11 p.m.: Volleyball at Kinsmen $28 for 1 hour workshop. WorkBeach with the Summit Youth shops daily from June 29th - August 31st. Workshop topics include: Centre. • 7 - 9 p.m.: Swanee & Cronin per- Puppet - making, plaster sculpture, paper mache, air-dry clay, fimo, colform at Music on Main, Radium. • Opening day for Panorama’s lage, and painting. Go online (blackbike park, climbing wall, and oth- starstudios.ca/workshops) or call er summer activities. Check out 250-342-6663 for the full schedule and to sign up. panoramaresort.com. • Fairmont Lions Clubs Hole-in-One • 2 - 5 p.m.: Pat and Doris KavanaChallenge, every weekend (Friday gh’s 60th Anniversary Open House evening, Saturday and Sunday) at Copper Point Resort. from May to September. Hole #8 at Riverside Golf Course. Entry fee $5. 30TH : MONDAY • Dusk: Canada Day Fireworks in TH : ATURDAY Canal Flats at Tilley Memorial Park. 28 S • 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: New work Cake will be served to celebrate the from Balgonie, SK artist Kimberly 10th anniversary of the incorporaKiel will be on display at Effusion tion of the Village of Canal Flats. Art Gallery. For more info, go to effusionartgallery.com. • 6 - 11 p.m.: Hang out night at the Summit Youth Centre. • 7 - 9 p.m.: Siofri perform at Music on Main, Radium. • 7-9 p.m.: Faces of Ethiopia, a photographic presentation by John Niddrie from his recent trek in north central Ethiopia. At Pynelogs, $2 admission goes to the Partners of the Horn of Africa. Cash bar. Gallery show continues at Pynelogs from June 24th to July 6th. • 7 - 9 p.m.: Legend Nights at Lakeshore Resort and Campground. Listen to Ktunaxa legends as told by a First Nation Elder. Free, open to the public, traditional food available for purchase. Also July ST : TUESDAY 12th and 26th, and August 2nd, 1 • 12:01 a.m.: Annual Kinsmen Club 23rd and 30th. of Windermere Valley Fireworks. • Cyclists from GearUp4CF arrive Best places to watch are beside in Invermere. GearUp4CF is a 9 day, Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena, 1,200 km bike ride from White Rock Lakeview Road on east side of to Banff, raising money for Cystic lake, James Chabot Beach. Fibrosis. Cyclists will leave at 8 a.m. • 11a.m.: Annual Canada Day PaJune 29th for Banff. Visit cfvancourade in downtown Invermere. ver.ca/home/events/gearup4cf for • 12 - 3 p.m.: 10th Annual Mounmore information. tain Mosaic Festival of the Arts. A free Canada Day festival for the 29TH : SUNDAY whole family at Kinsmen Beach • 7:30 - 10:30 a.m.: Wildsight’s first following the Canada Day Parade. Wild Nature Tour of the season. Live entertainment, art tents, Cam Gillies, local birding expert, will food kiosks and more. Visit cobe taking 10 people to the wetlands lumbiavalleyarts.com. below Fairmont. For details and to • 3 p.m.: Annual Build-a-Boat conregister, visit wildnaturetours.ca. test, hosted by the Windermere Fire • 9 a.m.: Radium 333 Sporting Department, at Kinsmen Beach. Clays at the Lake Windermere Dis-

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• 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.: Adventure Radium. Ages 5-8 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m., Ages 8+ 1 - 3:30 p.m.. Meet at Brent’s Shack (near the skating rink/ball park); registration forms available online, radiumhotsprings. ca, or at the Village Ofﬁce. $5 dropin fee/child, $25 summer fee/child, $50 family fee (3 or more). Runs Tuesday through Thursday, every week from July 2nd to August 21st.

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• 11th annual Horsethief Hideout Memorial Motorcycle Rally, July 3rd - 6th. Live music nightly, golf tournament, vendors, time trials, poker run, camping available. Everyone welcome, no bike necessary. Full details at horsethiefhideout.com.

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• 9 - 11:30 a.m.: 5th annual cowboy breakfast. All proceeds donated to the Radium Fire Department. Visit radiumhotsprings.ca. • 4 - 9 p.m.: Market on Main, Radium. • 6 - 9 p.m.: Wine and appies with jewellery artist Karyn Chopik at Effusion Art Gallery. For more info, go to effusionartgallery.com. • 7 - 9 p.m.: Music on Main, Radium.

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• 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Vancouver artist Sharon Quirke will show new work while creating on-site at Effusion Art Gallery.

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he FIFA World Cup in Brazil is halfway done, and even if you aren’t a soccer fan, that’s still no reason not to catch any of the international action in the final two weeks. Despite Canada’s absence from the tournament (which comes as no surprise; the one and only time our True North Strong and Free participated was in 1986), CBC is doing a fantastic job — as always — covering the event, the games and the players. But they’ve truly outdone themselves this time around. Maybe it’s the inspiration of Brazil with its wildly colourful Amazon and

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culture. The visual elements in between game footage, the special effects on the screen highlighting instant replays, and the eye-catching sports desk boasting some of the best announcers in the country all contribute to a multi-media delight that makes the most of what technology today has to offer. Stream a game live over the internet, and you can learn all about the players, the teams, their strategies and the game stats as they happen thanks to a handy tool bar at the top of your computer screen. Before you know it, you’ll be immersed in the storytelling leading up to the question that is gripping billions around the world: which country’s team is going to win?

Aside from the creative bonanza this global event offers, this World Cup is exploding with passion and drama. Like actors on a stage, the players exude their ecstasy or suffer their agony for all the world to see in the 12 soccer stadiums that serve as the venues. And at this point in the tournament, the world’s most outstanding soccer stars are starting to emerge with some of the most skillful ball handling, strategy and strength ever displayed on a soccer pitch. If that’s not enough to win you over, you might simply enjoy the feeling of being part of a world-wide celebration that is bringing cultures from around the world to one joyful common ground.

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he Columbia Valley Comable housing; 4. Recreation; Regional UNDOWN U munity Directed Funds and 5. Arts and culture. (CVCDF) Committee held its The CVCDF Program is funded most recent meeting on June by Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) 16th. The committee is comand administered by the RDEK. prised of the five Columbia ValThe funding is $200,000 per year ley Regional District of East Koofor three years and we are curtenay (RDEK) directors (three rently completing our second mayors, electoral Area F director year. The CVCDF program was ENDY and electoral Area G Director). In the first of its kind in the basin. addition, we have five appointed There are now several new dicommunity members from the rected funds programs in the baColumbia Valley. Currently, I am the chair of this sin and it can be said that the work and effort committee and Dee Conkin is the vice-chair. the CVCDF committee members have put into The committee’s mission is to guide the al- this program has paved the way for other comlocation of funding valley-wide (Canal Flats to munities. In addition to the regular business of Spillimacheen). Its priorities are determined monitoring existing projects we have funded, through the inclusive community consultation. at our June 16th meeting, the committee reThe committee completed the Commu- ceived a report about Columbia Valley Visitor nity Priorities Plan in December 2013, which Services. This report outlined the existing fundidentified the top five priorities: 1. Branding, ing models for visitors services and provided marketing and promotion; 2. Economic de- recommendations for amalgamation of them. velopment and business growth; 3. Afford- The key here is a fair and equitable funding

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formula that works valley-wide.While the work of the committee is complete at this time, the next step is for me to present the report to the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Radium Chamber of Commerce, the Fairmont Business Association, and municipal councils. In following our number one priority of “Branding, Marketing and Promotion,”the committee allocated $23,400 to the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce. These funds are to go towards the following projects; Summer Marketing Video for $8,400, Event/Conference Planner Familiarity Trip for $8,000, and $7,000 towards Marketing Co-ordination for Guinness World Record Achievement. Sadly,we will be losing one of our community members as Andi Dzilums will be leaving the valley at the end of the month. We wish him and his family all the best. Wendy Booth is the Regional District of East Kootenay Director for Area F and the RDEK board’s vice chair. Contact her at wndbooth@ gmail.com or 250-345-6155.

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TREET

How are you planning to spend Canada Day?

I’m going to be attending the fireworks. I go every year — it’s great to be out and about with a bunch of people.”

“I’ll be working, but I’m hoping to get a chance to attend the fireworks. There’s a really cool fireworks display here.”

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OPINION

B.C. rejects Tree Farm Licence legislation T REEPORT

his has been a spring full MLA of serious and important issues that have caused British Columbians to speak out very loudly against the actions of the B.C. Liberal government. One of the issues that caused the greatest number of emails to my office this spring is the government’s plan to further privatize our public lands through Tree Farm Licence (TFL) rollovers. When the BC Liberals first proposed the TFL rollover legislation prior to the 2013 election, they were forced to back down because of overwhelmingly negative public reaction. But they were determined to press ahead. After the election, they promised that, ahead of re-tabling TFL rollover legislation, they would conduct a province-wide, authentic consultation. Instead of the wide-ranging consultative process that was promised, the government simply offered an opportunity for British Columbians to submit their thoughts online. Those of us who want to keep our lands in public hands took the opportunity to send another strong message to government. At the close of the consultation period, approximately 4,225 submissions were recorded. Of them, 4,185 reject the government’s plan for

“I love the fireworks — there are all kinds of people around and the streets get crowded. It’s great because Invermere is one of the few places that can have them.”

Electric car patents are suddenly fair game

privatization, approximately 25 are neutral, and only 15 clearly support the government’s agenda. As the Critic for Forests, I also received most of these submissions and many hundreds of these emails came from Kootenay residents. But there was also a very large contingent of these emails that came from ORM people in other parts of the world. Because B.C. relies on international markets for its wood products and these markets value wood products that are harvested sustainably, any changes here that shake the confidence of the international market in our environmental standards puts our industry at risk. The CEO of Canfor,a corporation that employs so many in our area, has come out strongly against the proposal for just this reason stating that”‘the risk of aligning the public against B.C.’s largest forest companies” is just too high. We cannot lose public control of our lands, of our forests.TFL rollover legislation threatens our ability to sell our products, it gives away our public lands through back-room deals, and it is environmentally irresponsible. Norm Macdonald is the NDP MLA for Columbia River Revelstoke. He can be reached by phone at 1-866-870-4188 and by email at norm.macdonald.mla@leg.bc.ca.

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ast week, Elon Musk, Geek ONE the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, made all Tesla’s patents available online for free to encourage innovation in the electric car industry. By working with other auto manufacturers, rather than going it alone and trying to hamper the progress of competitors with the patent stranglehold, he is in fact saying, copy our stuff: “Our true competition is not the small trickle of non-Tesla electric cars being produced, but rather the enormous flood of gasoline cars pouring out of the world’s factories every day.” Electric cars make up less than one per cent of vehicle sales today. As a resident of a town that is joined at the hip to the success of Calgary’s oil industry, one wonders if electric cars will be good for Invermere. In my view, people will travel more and further with their much cheaper per kilometre (self-driving) electric car than their expensive gas guzzler, so places like Invermere will actually benefit. Take note, Musk knows

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a thing or two, proven by Tesla stocks’ 625 per cent gain in value, making this PayPal founder the 140th richest man in the world. About three years ago, Invermere installed its first two electric car OB plug in points at the District of Invermere Office and at Kicking Horse Coffee, which you can find at plugshare.com. Musk has followed the lead of the open source software movement in removing patents in an effort to grow the technology, which he is undoubtedly king of. Less lawyers, more innovation. In fact, the best thing to ever come out of a U.S. patent office was Albert Einstein, who used his idle time there as a clerk to dream up the General Theory of Relativity. Last month, Google released to the public videos of their first driverless, steering wheel-less, pedal-less car.They expect to begin road trials within two years. Their existing fleet of modified driverless cars have already clocked up 700,000 miles, accident-free. See A9

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OPINION

A brief history of teachers’ demands

sury Board limits that have defined all other public few things have changed since the last all-out teacher B.C. IEWS sector union settlements. strike in B.C. Doney made it clear last week that no mediator is That was just two years ago, when the B.C. Teachers’ Fedgoing to come in and “split the baby” as long as the eration was coming off its second-ever voluntary agreement BCTF position is so far beyond the current compensawith a 16 per cent raise over five years and what the union tion framework. termed an “enhanced” signing bonus of $4,000. Even with Despite constant union complaints of low wages special teacher-only top-ups, BCTF members almost rejected and deteriorating working conditions in B.C. schools, the last of the government’s big-spending pre-Olympic labour education grads remain lined up around the block deals signed in 2006. OM hoping to get in. Why is that? By 2012, outraged teachers were back on the legislature For those who have been exposed to life outside lawn, howling for another 16 per cent, with backup vocals school for a while, it’s fairly simple. The job market out provided as usual by HEU, CUPE, BCGEU and other public sector unions that settled for less. Teachers had just sailed through a here in the real world is tough. And here’s how the real world evaluates crippling global recession with a series of raises, but were oblivious to a teaching job. Start with 189 working days, each nine hours long as per the acceptall that. Last week the protest venue switched to Vancouver, where both the ed definition, and the top-heavy seniority list that places the average crowd and the demands looked a bit thinner. The signing bonus target teacher salary at around $72,000 a year. That works out to $42.32 an is up to $5,000, but the raise is a mere eight per cent over five years hour, plus a suite of benefits that most private sector employees can (compounded, for those who passed math), plus another huge basket only dream about, starting with three months of prime-time vacation. I am occasionally lectured by teachers that the job goes far beyond of cash disguised as benefit improvements and so forth. Government negotiators put teachers’ total compensation demand at 14.5 per cent. five hours in the classroom and an additional four hours a day preparOne obvious dodge: they want the bottom two steps of the teacher ing and marking. They throw out different estimates, variously defined. salary grid dropped. That’s simply a raise for entry-level teachers. Ad- Alas, it’s a salaried job, and we salaried employees in the real world mittedly those are rare creatures these days with shrinking enrolment don’t waste a lot of time counting hours. Here’s the work, here’s the and ironclad seniority rules that allow retired teachers to monopolize deadline, here’s the pay. Take it or leave it. Consider another union demand that seems to be just another thinly substitute work. Something else that’s changed since 2012 is that the government has disguised raise.The BCTF wants a large increase in preparation time for granted the BCTF’s wish to bargain directly with the province. The edu- elementary school. There are no duties being added here. For this one cation ministry executed a takeover of the B.C. Public School Employ- item, government negotiators calculate the cost to taxpayers at $86.2 ers’ Association after last year’s election, and installed veteran industri- million every year by the fifth year of the BCTF proposal. al union negotiator Peter Cameron. He’s backed up by long-time labour Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Find specialist Lee Doney, whose task is to keep the teacher deal within Trea- him on Twitter @tomfletcherbc or by email at tfletcher@blackpress.ca.

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Dear Editor: I find it curious that council deems the library not worthy of a first phase in the proposed new community hall. Historically, libraries have always been attacked. Ancient Romans destroyed the fine library situated in Alexandria. Vikings sacked monastic libraries. Crusaders ransacked the repository of ancient Greek books in the library at Constantinople. Nazis burned books in more recent times and now electronic machines attempt to make books obsolete. Those who love to read will tell you that, by holding a book and turning the pages of an absorbing or gripping story, one will experience a variety of emotions that cannot be seen on an illuminated plastic screen. See A13

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OPINION

Blue Dog Café: a vegetarians’ and carnivores’ delight

Mystery all went down well he Blue Dog cafe INER with a cream soda touts its authentifrom Grizzly Paw in cally cool and untraCanmore. ditional wholesome Behaving for a food on its website, change, we did not saying carnivores and indulge in their homevegetarians alike will made desserts. From enjoy their fare. past experience The Blue Dog though, we can vouch opened in 1998, offor how yummy those fering good soup and are. Did we mention sandwiches. Through the years, the menu has expanded good coffee? The Blue Dog serves greatly and today you’ll find it artis- organic and fair trade coffee from tically written out on a chalkboard. Kicking Horse Coffee. Free refills are There’s a nice variety of healthy a nice bonus, particularly if you have items available and they prepare time to stay and visit with friends and just about everything in their res- family in the cheerful, sunny room. It taurant in-house.There’s even good was full of moms, babies and grandeats for kids of all ages, including parents.We had a lot of fun entertainpeanut butter and jam sandwiches. ing babies with our funny faces.There was a steady The cafe is also licensed and Free refills are a nice stream of people coming and gomake all the bonus, particularly if ing. It’s a bustling, fancy coffees you have time to stay busy place, but you’d expect. and visit with friends our food arrived Just by quickly and chance, we orand family in the the service was dered a meatcheerful, sunny room. great. free lunch and This is a nice community restauloved it. The special was a corn and cheese frittata with a choice of rant with the work of local artists soup, salad or corn chips. A frittata featured on the walls, a community is an Italian-style flat omelet that’s board loaded up with info, reading baked in a skillet. It was so good, material available and a computer accompanied by a light, fresh sal- for the use of their customers. The ad dressed in a dill yogurt dressing. small, shady patio in the back is a nice spot, particularly for the lovely Good coffee, too. A healthy, filling and full-of-pro- summer days coming up. Authentic, great food in a warm, tein falafel pita served with Florentine soup was equally good. happy place is what the Blue Dog The soup was thick with potatoes is all about. The Blue Dog Cafe is located at and spinach. Everything was really fresh. That goes for everything 1213 7th Ave in Invermere and can here — tasty and freshly made. It be reached at 250-342-3814.

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Tesla is planning on having its to-be-released AWD SUV, the Tesla Model X with self-driving capability, ready for production by 2019. If you haven’t already seen some Teslas on the road, there will likely be more as Tesla expands its empire into Calgary later in the summer, giving you a taste for technology that has been around for much longer than the Model T. In fact, the world’s first speeding citation and imprisonment was issued by a bicycle-riding cop to an electric taxi in New York in 1899 for going 19 kilometres per hour, a whopping six kilometres per hour over the speed limit. Maybe with quantum injections of innovation like what Tesla has exhibited, the robots will be beating the humans in the FIFA World Cup much sooner than the anticipated 2050. Rob Orchiston is a software programmer who lives in Invermere and stays on top of the latest trends in technology. Email any Science and Technology questions or comments to echo.geek.zone@gmail.com.

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Clockwise from top: Attendees give their full attention at Look Outside hosted by Wildsight at the CPR Lodge on Tuesday, June 16th (Photo by Pat Morrow); Jay Stovell and Sylvia Power from The Edgewater Collective perform live at Look Outside on Tuesday, June 16th; Gage Cullen, left, and Jeremy Stevens enjoy the festivities at the Shuswap Band’s National Aboriginal Day celebration on Saturday, June 21st; Enthusiastic bikers race down Main Street during the 4th annual Branch Out Bike Tour on Saturday, June 21st; Colleen Wagner, left, Meghan O’Neill, centre, and Sheila Tutty enjoy a heartfelt moment during the Summer KickOff Party at the Inveremere Community Hall on Saturday, June 21st; Billy “Rubadub” Robideau, left, and Eric “Captain E’merica” McLaughlin of the Invermere Fire Department serve a few during the Summer Kickoff Party on Saturday, June 21st. PHOTOS BY ERIN KNUTSON

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INVERMERE Kinsmen Club of Windermere Valley Fireworks East of Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena (Above the Lake), 12:01 a.m. The best places to watch are beside the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena, Lakeview Road on the east side of Lake Windermere, James Chabot Beach at the north end of the lake, or from an anchored boat. Canada Day Parade Downtown Invermere, 11 a.m. Mountain Mosaic Festival of the Arts Kinsmen Beach, 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. Free Festival for the whole family following the Canada Day Parade in downtown Invermere at 11 a.m. Enjoy the Home Hardware Festival Stage featuring live entertainment by Dani-Lynn, A Muse Troupe, and Zumba by Julie Parent. Art tents, build a boat with the Windermere Fire Department, clowns, bouncy castles, food kiosks and more. Participate in the Transformation Station with tattoos, face painting and hair dooz. Visit www.columbiavalleyarts.com for information.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Artist finds inspiraton among the leaves DEANNA BERRINGTON Artym Gallery

This June is the month of “powerhouse” artists at the Artym Gallery! Following on the heels of an amazing show by valley favourite, Angela Morgan, the show that opens this Friday is by internationally renowned painter Maya Eventov. What sets painter Maya Eventov apart is her impeccable sense of colour. With very formal training, one would expect a working knowledge of colour theory; Maya’s pieces leap off the canvases with their vibrancy and strength. Every stroke of her palate knife leaves a plethora of colour in its wake, creating as much visual interest upon close inspection as the viewer experiences in the piece as a whole from a distance. Maya is most well-known for her birch tree paintings. She works in series, so she has a series of paintings of day birch, a series at night, some in calming grey tones, and a series with the perspective of looking up from the ground into the heights of the birch branches. She is most recently working on an abstract landscape series, and there will also be some pieces from her more established Mediterranean patio series, and her very popular fields of poppies or daisies. Also, look for a few surprises, such as cut flowers, or lily pads! Maya Eventov’s work can be found all over the world, but the Artym Gallery in Invermere remains one of the most successful representors of her original pieces. Having carried her work for as long as it has been open (close to 14 years!) the gallery is pleased to bring out this Toronto artist every two years. Her feature exhibitions, however, remain an annual affair. Take this opportunity to meet this famed artist in person this weekend at the Artym Gallery. The show will be on the walls for the opening reception on Friday evening from 5 to 8 p.m., and will be in full swing Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with Maya in attendance the whole time. If you can’t make it down (though you really should), you can see her work online at artymgallery.com .

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Find your inner artist through a workshop Chloe Marson Columbia Valley Arts

Cathy Parkes, local painter and long-time animator, runs lifedrawing classes out of Pynelogs Workshops are an interesting and creative way to keep kids inspired and on Wednesday evenings. These motivated this summer, and an excellent way to tap into your own creativity. workshops will provide inspiraThey give you an opportunity to improve old skills or explore new ones in a con- tion, challenge and focus to hone trolled, safe and guided setting. With bright, sunny mornings and long afternoons your hand-eye co-ordination, and to fill over the hot months of summer, you’ll find signing up for a workshop will to better understanding light and form. There is limited space so keep you cool, relaxed, and inspired. Black Star Studios hosts a number of hour-long and two-day workshops for chil- sign up early by calling Pynelogs dren. They include the use of paper maché, fimo and watercolour paints. Guest at 250-342-4423. Mirja Vahala, a Calgary-based artists will be running classes for youth 12 and up. Moccasin workshops, portrait workshops, zen tangles, collage and mixed media workshops, and even bead string- painter and painting instructor, will be holding an acrylic painting ing will be available over the summer. Five-day art camps are also available with limited room, so be sure to sign up workshop that runs July 18th to 20th at Pynelogs. She’ll be giving soon! To sign up, call Black Star Studios at 250-342-6663. Robyn Oliver, artist and high school art teacher, has a selection of half-day step-by-step instruction on how camps running from July 28th to August 1st, and again from August 11th to 15th. to work with and care for your Camps are held Monday through Friday with the days split into two age groups. brushes, the technical application of paints, and colour theory. The Activities include drawing, painting, tie-dye and working with clay. workshop culminates in a finishes To sign up, call Robyn at 250-341-7890. piece. The workshop Local artist and high school art teacher is $199 (plus GST) and LIBRARIES from A8 Robyn Oliver is running one of the many procan be purchased also grams taking place this summer. by calling Pynelogs. Books give something back to the Earth by decomposing that illuminated plastic can FILE Photo not. Books can become priceless while illuminated plastic is simply thrown away once outdated. A library in a community speaks volumes (no pun intended) about the people who live there. A library gives a sense of permanence so lacking in a rapidly changing world. A library can still produce awe by its sheer numbers of volumes and success of authors who have been published. Sure, fitness centres have a role to play, especially for couch potatoes and those who sit behind computers all day, but a library is for all, agile or otherwise.Young or very old. Amen. Margaret O’Sullivan Invermere

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GRANT OPPORTUNITIES Invermere – What kind of community would you like Invermere to be in the future? How can we get there together? What are the steps we can take right now? These questions were used to create Invermere’s Integrated Community Sustainability Plan, known as Imagine Invermere. The plan was adopted in 2011, and a committee was formed to help move it forward. This committee, called the Imagine Invermere Implementation Team, has been working hard, and several exciting projects have been completed or are underway.

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One of the Team’s goals is to develop partnerships within the community with engaged citizens and community groups who are inspired to work together on initiatives that create a sustainable future. To help these partnerships happen, the Team, along with the District of Invermere, is excited to announce the second grant stream intake of the Imagine Invermere granting program aimed at providing funding for projects that support the initiatives of the Imagine Invermere vision.

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Funding is available and will be awarded annually to registered not-for-profit societies or unincorporated local community associations, groups and service clubs who wish to further sustainability as outlined in the Imagine Invermere plan. The Imagine Invermere Implementation Team is now accepting Letters of Intent from groups interested in accessing the partnership fund. It is important that any proposals align well with the priorities in Imagine Invermere. The complete document can be found online at http:// imagineinvermere.ca/ Letters of Intent will be accepted up to June 30, 2014 at the District office, Box 339, 914 8th Avenue, V0A 1K0, or by email at planning@invermere.net For more information, please contact Rory Hromadnik at the District of Invermere, 250-342-9281, extension 1235, planning@invermere.net, or Councillor Spring Hawes CouncillorHawes@gmail.com.

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COMMUNITY

American scholars use valley for case study Dan Walton dan@invermerevalleyecho.com

Deep into their studies, three post-graduate students from the University of Mississippi have spent three weeks in the valley to learn about local efforts being made to restore sensitive ecosystems. Megan Overlander from Minnesota is working towards earning her Master’s degree, Diana Mullich is studying towards her PhD in Biology, and Ann Rasmussen from Tennessee is also working towards her Master’s. They spent three weeks in May and June living and studying in the valley through the Rocky Mountain Trench Ecosystem Restoration Program, which has been accredited by the United Nations. Last month’s visit was the second time that international students studied locally through the program.

“This is a great example of collaboration,” said Al Neal, strategic planning leader for BC Ecosystem Restoration. “We showed them expertise from all different angles.” The students were submerged in practices involving as many of the program’s partner groups and stakeholders as possible, Mr. Neal said. “It’s all part of our outreach — interaction is most important for them,” he said. “They sent us here to learn from the best,” said Ms. Overlander. While learning about the valley’s ecology, she was surprised how different the effects of fires are here compared to the ecosystems only a few hundred kilometres south. Because of changes in climate trends, Ms. Mullich is eager to learn how ecosystems will change in mountainous terrains. “The Rocky Mountain Trench is the northern extent of many reptile habitats,” she said. “I’m interested to see how mountains will adapt to rising temperature trends.” It’s a researcher’s dream to witness the unfolding of major changes, Ms. Mullich said. Ms. Rasmussen was most fascinated to learn about the species of trees affecting burning and restoration efforts, and said that Northwestern North America holds very unique ecosystems. She was also impressed by the amount of citizen involvement that goes on in the valley with restoration. “These are future leaders in the United States restoration field,” Mr. Neal said. “We have to make sure we’re knowledgeably moving forward with it.”

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Celebrations 60th Anniversary Celebration The family of Pat and Doris Kavanagh invite all of Pat and Doris’s friends to join them in celebrating 60 years of marriage! OPEN HOUSE, Sunday, June 29, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Copper Point Resort (760 Cooper Road, Invermere). Please no gifts - your presence is the best gift!

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11th Annual Horsethief Hideout Memorial Motorcycle Rally

Thursday, July 3rd Sunday July 6th Invermere ( Westside Road, north of Wilmer ) Golf Tournament, Time Trials, Poker Run, Bike Games. Live bands nightly from 8:00 pm - 2:00 am. Door prizes, free camping. $50.00 per person for the entire weekend. EVERYONE Welcome ! You don't even have to own a bike! Check us out at horsethiefhideout.com for more details

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cerned about or affected by someone else’s drinking? If so, please join us. Al-Anon meets EVERY Monday in Invermere at 7:15 PM at the Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church, 712 - 12th Ave, (behind the Invermere hospital). For information, please call 250-342-8255

ALCOHOLICS Anonymous If alcohol is causing problems or conflict in your life, AA can help. Call 250-342-2424 for more information. All meetings are at 8 p.m. Invermere: Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday groups - Columbia United AA at the BC Services building, south end, 625 4th Street Invermere. Radium Friendship Group: Friday, Catholic Church. All meetings are open with the exception of Tuesdays.

Obituaries

In Memoriam:

Jason Ashley Slovack 1968 – 2014 Please join family and friends in a Celebration Of Jason’s Life on:

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

2:00 pm Waterton Park United Church

108 - Clematis Avenue Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta Arrangements entrusted to McPherson Funeral Service. Condolences for the family can be offered at: www.mcphersonfh.com

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Obituaries

Cornelus (Casey) Scheffer March 15, 1921 – June 20, 2014

Casey passed away peacefully at the age of 93 in Invermere. His family preserves the memories of his infectious humor and personality. Casey always had a friendly smile to share with everyone. His family values and his faith were strong and steadfast. We will miss the head of our family. Casey’s family was featured in a story written by Elinor Florence about his heroic family from Holland that hid a Jewish family during the Second World War. His parents were honored with the Righteous Among the Nations recognition for their bravery and conviction. Born in Nijverdal, Holland, Casey immigrated to Canada with his family in 1951 after the Second World War. His family settled in Alberta and Casey moved to Kimberley, BC where he met the love of his life, Toni Scheffer another dutch Scheffer, Dutch immigrant. immigrant. They bought the Kimberley City Bakery in 1960 and raised three sons and a daughter. They spent part of their retired years at Wasa Lake, Cranbrook and then moved to Invermere in 2003 to be closer to their family. Casey is survived by his wife Toni, of 62 years, his sons Arnold (Donna), Pieter (Cathy), Andy (Sony) & daughter, Jami. He was an Opa to 10 grandchildren, and 8 great grandchildren. He leaves behind his younger brother and sister. For those that would like to celebrate the amazing life of Casey, please Saturday on JuneSaturday, 28th at June ???? join his family at the Fairmont Cemetery Hot SpringsonCemetery pm and CulturalCultural Centre Centre in Invermere at 5:30at pm 28th at 2 at pm,Pynelogs and at Pynelogs in Invermere 5:30 for pm the for Funeral andand Celebration of Life the Funeral Celebration of Life. In lieu of flowers, donations will contribute to a Bench in honor of Casey. For any more information please call 250.342.5330

Obituaries

KEITH RAYMOND EBBERN February 9th, 1926 - June 20th, 2014

On the evening of June 20th, 2014, Keith Raymond Ebbern passed away peacefully of natural causes in Invermere, BC. Keith was 88 years old. He is survived by his wife of 63.5 years, Elizabeth Ebbern and their five children and spouses: Stephen (Judy), Jane (Kevin), Laura Donatelli (Terry), Thomas (Linda) and Andrew (Diana) as well as by 8 grandchildren and a first great-grandchild expected this week. He is predeceased by his four sisters: Evelyn, Muriel, Gwendolyn (who died in childhood), and Mildred. Keith was born in the small town of Alexander, Manitoba on February 9th, 1926. He was the fifth child and first son of Lucy and Thomas Ebbern. He moved almost every year for his first 16 years as his father worked in contract teaching and principal positions throughout Manitoba. He was a bright student and did his first year of civil engineering at the University of Manitoba at age 17. Then at age 18 in the summer of 1944, he enrolled in the Royal Canadian Air Force as he was keen on becoming a pilot. However, by November of that year, it was clear that more pilots were not needed and he switched to the army, and was just completing training when peace was reached in August of 1945. He returned to his studies at the University of Manitoba and completed his degree in 1948. He then did a one year Master of Engineering at the University of Toronto in 1949. While in Toronto, he corresponded a lot with the lovely Elizabeth (Liz) Guest of Winnipeg, whom he had met at the Young Street United Church several years earlier. Keith returned to Winnipeg and started working for Dominion Bridge in their drafting office and married Liz in November 1950. Keith spent his entire 38-year career with Dominion Bridge, being promoted quickly into management positions in Montreal, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto and Calgary. He retired in 1986 as Chief Operating Officer of Western Canada. During his retirement, Keith took three 30-60 day management assignments from CESO (Canadian Executive Services Overseas) in Panama, Romania and Czechoslovakia. He and Liz also travelled extensively and started their retirement with an around-the-world trip. Though Keith never did become an RCAF pilot, he learned how to fly at age 49 and, for the next almost 25 years, he owned a plane. He looked for every excuse to fly: search and rescue, long trips up north, vacations south in winter to see snowbird friends, or just afternoon joy rides over his beloved mountains. Keith and Liz custom built a lovely vacation home in Fairmont Hot Springs in the Columbia valley, BC and they moved there permanently in1989. Keith loved having great ski slopes and golf courses nearby and continued enjoying both till age 80. Having the Fairmont airport a 5-minute drive away was a huge plus. Keith also found time to research, write and publish a family history book called “My Family and Me: A Story of Two Pioneer Canadian Families: Troops and Ebberns 1750-2010”. Keith and Liz developed a strong group of Columbia Valley friends both in Fairmont and Invermere, and when declining health became a challenge, they relocated to Invermere in 2012. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Services are being held at Christ Church Trinity (Windermere Valley Shared Ministry), 110 7th Avenue, Invermere on June 27th at 2pm. If friends so desire, in lieu of flowers please make a donation in Keith’s name to a charity of your choice.

CHURCH SERVICES DIRECTORY ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN MISSION OF INVERMERE Worship Services every Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Christ Church Trinity 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere Pastor Rev. Fraser Coltman Pastor Rev. David Morton 250-426-7564

WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY ANGLICAN-UNITED 250-342-6644 100-7th Avenue, Invermere www.wvsm.ca Reverend Laura Hermakin

Sunday, June 29th 9:30 a.m. Bacon, Friends & Faith at Christ Church Trinity 10:30 a.m.: Worship at Christ Church Trinity, Invermere Everyone Welcome!

CANADIAN MARTYRS CATHOLIC CHURCH Roman Catholic Parish Pastor: Father Gabriel 250-342-6167 Invermere 250-344-6328 Golden Confession: 1/2 hour before Mass Canadian Martyrs Church 712 - 12 Ave, Invermere Saturday at 5 p.m. Sunday at 9 a.m. St. Joseph’s Church Highway 93-95, Radium Hot Springs Sunday at 11 a.m. Sacred Heart Parish 808 - 11 Street, Golden Saturday at 7 p.m. Sunday at 10 a.m. St. Anthony’s Mission Corner of Luck and Dunn, Canal Flats

Saturday at 4:30 p.m. (served from Kimberly)

RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP For more information call 250-342-6633 or 250-347-6334 Loving God, Loving People #4 - 7553 Main Street W, Radium Sundays at 10 a.m. Bible Studies #4 - 7553 Main Street W, Radium Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Kids’ Church Edgewater Hall Thursday 6:30 p.m.

LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH

326 - 10th Ave. 250-342-9535 REV. TREVOR HAGAN Senior Pastor www.lakewindermerealliance.org

VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Hwy. 93/95 1 km north of Windermere Pastor: Murray Wittke

Sunday, June 29th Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. 10 a.m. Worship & Word Worship And Life Instruction Kid’s Church Provided “Love Is A Verb … Jesus Proved It” Call the office at 250-342-9511 Summer Intern for more information. Nathan Hildenbrandt www.valleychristianonline.com will be ministering. Everyone Welcome!

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Help Wanted An Alberta OilďŹ eld Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)7235051.

Hiring: Assistant Operator, Lead Hand, Supervisor OilďŹ eld = opportunity = job = income = career Recruiting rep. coming to these locations: Vernon â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 10, Kelowna â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 11, Castlegar â&#x20AC;&#x201C; July 13, Kamloops â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 18. Contact: recruitment.opsco@ensignenergy.com for details Invermere: Looking for extra income? Columbia Valley Taxi is looking for a class 4 driver. Must have clear criminal record check, drivers abstract and health check. Mostly late night driving. $15/hr plus tips. Phone 250-342-5262 or 250-341-3521 Vernon Service Company requires Journeyman Service Plumbers/GasďŹ tters, $36.00/hr Call (250)549-4444 or fax 250-549-4416

Help Wanted

INVERMERE PETRO CANADA is currently accepting applications for full time and part time employment. Apply in person to 185 Laurier Street, Invermere, BC between 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Medical/Dental CDA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY in INVERMERE Our Team is looking for a CertiďŹ ed Dental Assistant to join us in July 2014. We are looking for a gentle, organized and motivated person to work 4-5 days per week. Please fax/e-mail your resume to Dr. Pat Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Sullivan at 250-342-3561 or dental5@telus.net

Professional/ Management PRINCIPAL, St. Christopherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Montessori School, Victoria, BC, beginning August 2014. One of Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest and most established Montessori Schools. Quaint two-classroom school house caters to 80 Pre-K and K children. Current BC teaching cert. or equiv.; min 5 yrs teaching; team & admin. leadership; excellent interpersonal skills; computer, budget & supervisory experience. Montessori cert. highly desirable. Send CV by July 11, 2014 to ellen.9664@shaw.ca.

Trades, Technical IMMEDIATE OPENINGS for a Journeyman Heavy Equipment Technician (Mechanic) with truck experience and also a trailer mechanic. Fax or email resume and references to: Calnash Trucking, Lac La Biche, 1-780-623-4051; calnash@telusplanet.net.

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Financial Services BANK DECLINED LOAN? WE APPROVE. Now you can get up to $3.5M business/personal consolidation loan with rate starting from 1.99% with min. of $35K. Bad credit or Bankruptsy welcome. Apply now at 1-866-249-1055 IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161. UNFILED TAX Returns? Unreported Income? Avoid Prosecution and Penalties. Call a Tax Attorney First! 1855-668-8089. (Mon-Fri 9-6 ET)

Home Care Lakeview Meadows: CertiďŹ ed Caregiver needed for 82 year old gent, for either Tuesdays or Wednesdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call Mary Ann at 250342-0743.

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RADIUM - Cozy 1 bdrm, 1 bath condo over 800 sq ft for rent at the Peaks available July 1st. 7 appliances, underground parking, pool, indoor and outdoor hot tub. NS, Deposit required. Asking $800/ month. 403-880-9719, 403-291-4804

KILL BED Bugs & Their Eggs! Buy Harris Bed Bug Killer Complete Treatment Program or Kit. Available: Hardware Stores, Buy Online: homedepot.com KILL ROACHES! Buy Harris Roach Tablets. Eliminate bugs- guaranteed. No mess, odorless, long lasting. Available at Ace Hardware & The Home Depot. SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT or call: 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT. 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.

Commercial/ Industrial In Invermere - For rent 503 7th Ave., currently Valley Spas, 1950 sq. ft., call 250-342-0603 or 250-341-5845.

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Summer Student Visitor Centre Counselor

The Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce is seeking an individual with an outgoing personality, good computer skills, knowledge of the Columbia Valley and transportation to and from work. Retail experience is an asset. Must be a fulltime student (Secondary or Post-secondary) and returning to full-time studies in the fall. Must be able to work weekends. Term of employment June 1st to August 31st. Please send resume with cover letter to Kathy@cvchamber. ca, drop off at Visitor Centre or call 1-250-342-2844.

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4 Full-Time Day & Evening Positions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kitchen and Front Counter (up to 40 hours/week) $10.25 - $11.50/hr (based on experience) We offer a friendly work environment, shared benefits plan, scholarship program and opportunities for advancement. Successful applicants will be required to perform the following duties: t $PPL BOE BTTFNCMF GPPE TVDI BT TBOEXJDIFT IBNCVSHFST salads, milkshakes, portion and wrap food or place it on plates for service to patrons, package food for take-out orders, clean production area. t 4FSWF DVTUPNFST BU DPVOUFS BOE JO ESJWF UISV IBOEMF payment transactions, clean dining and front counter area. t 4UPDL SFGSJHFSBUPST BOE GPMMPX " 8 BOE #$ 1SPWJODJBM standards for food safety and quality, and record keeping. t 1MFBTBOUMZ BOE IPOFTUMZ JOUFSBDU XJUI DVTUPNFST BOE GFMMPX team members.

Find a better Future!

Geordie Stevens The sale will be on Saturday, July 5th, 2014 via an online auction through www.ibid4storage.com. The goods may be viewed commencing on Wednesday, June 25th, 2014. All bids are for the entire contents of the storage unit. Winning bidder will be contacted via iBid4storage.com for payment arrangements.

Help Wanted

0911611 BC LTD o/a Tim Hortons 496 Highway 93/95 Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K2

A&W Restaurant, Invermere, has immediate openings for FULL-TIME permanent Food Counter Attendants.

Is this you? Looking to improve?

Take notice that miscellaneous goods and chattels belonging to the following person(s) and stored at Real Storage LP (Windermere) will be sold due to unpaid charges:

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Now Hiring

Please apply in person or online at www.aw.ca

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Part and Full-time Positions Available Start date: ASAP

Food Service Supervisor Permanent, Shift

Job Description Available in Store 7 positions available No education required One to two years experience required. Nights/early mornings/weekends $12.12/hour + medical/dental/group benefits.

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Job Description Available in Store 12 positions available No education or experience required. Nights/overnights/early mornings/ weekends. $11.05/hour + medical/dental/group benefits.

Apply in person, via email (timhortons.invermere@gmail.com) or by fax (250-341-3177) for both positions.

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EMEMBER WHEN? R A look back through The Valley Echo's archives over the last 55 years

years ago (1959): Famed Sinclair Canyon was sold to Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada for Kootenay National Park with fifty acres of land.

years ago (1964): Hockey star “Red” Hays pitched the first ball to 10-year-old batter John Futa in Invermere to celebrate the opening of the ball field.

years ago (1974): Warren Lloyd of Calgary arrived in Invermere for his second year as lifeguard at the Kinsmen Beach. Assisting him that year were two local youths, Buddy Dearin and Donald Tegart.

years ago (1984): Jim Miller and Pete Furgeson formed a new partnership, operating Sun Valley Auto Body together in Invermere’s Industrial Park.

years ago (1994): Invermere residents Pedro Cebulka and John Newton played a marathon round of golf to benefit the

Canadian Cancer Society on June 20th, 1994. Starting at 4:30 a.m., Cebulka and Newton played until sunset, completing 200 holes of golf at Fairmont Riverside.

years ago (1999): There were more injuries than ever before at the Sunday Motorcross races at Hidden Valley Ranch according to Rocky Mountain Riders Association media liaison Shizu Futa.

years ago (2004): A youth on his bike hit a car. The accident occurred on 13th Street at the alley entrance beside The Valley Echo. He was treated for minor injuries.

SUDOKU

RAIN AIN GAME

2009 — Students from J.A. Laird School took part in their own version of the Amazing Race. The race had them build sandcastles, that were judged for creativity and style, and prizes went to the winners. Pictured are Sawyer Logan and Delaney Rad with their turtle. ECHO FILE PHOTO

Answers to June 18:

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Hot laps with F1 World Champ Sebastian Vettel BOWMANVILLE, Ontario. commentator David Four-time Formula One Coulthard on an auto world champion Secross track, laid out in the bastian Vettel has been shape of the Infiniti logo. driving since 1991 – 20 As I finished my turn at years less than yours the wheel of the Infiniti truly. Q50, the Scot sent me off The Infiniti-Red Bull to Seb with the words: Racing Team lead man “No cones were hurt in was only three-and-half this filming . . . ”I’ll take Seb’s seat time years old when he took that as a compliment for with us clearly the wheel on a kart in my error-free drive. his native Germany. He Buckled up in anothpaid off as he began racing four years er Q50S ($47,450), I went on to take later at the ripe old age wondered if Seb would his fourth straight of eight. He has a few demonstrate an improved years under his safety cornering technique as championship. harness but he’s always we did a hot lap together Keith Morgan up to learn from his around the reputedly fast elders. 3.95-kilometre track. He Last year, the 26-year-old wunderkind greeted me warmly, I thanked him for a showed off his driving skills to me and hat he had kindly autographed, which I buddy Brian Makse – a man also with recently auctioned off. He was pleased racing pedigree – in an Infiniti FX50 to hear it had raised hundreds of dolVettel Edition FX on the Paul Ricard lars to help send local leukemia-strickCircuit in the south of France. We both en teen Ryan Fagnan and his family on figured his cornering needed work. a last vacation, shortly before he died. Seb’s seat time with us clearly paid off We roared out of the pit lane through as thereafter he won his fourth straight the first turn and continued to accelF1 championship. erate downhill – close to 170 km/h It came as no surprise then that he – towards the second turn. Locals told would jump at the opportunity to take me the stretch to the turn features a the wheel again alongside me. Brian number of camber changes down to wasn’t available but I headed here to the second turn, scene of most of the the Canadian Tire Motorsport in Ontartrack’s fatal crashes. Gulp. Obviously, nobody had cautioned io to work the magic again. The affable him as he whipped the family sedan young guy has had a tough start to the effortlessly round, talking about how F1 season, battling with the new hybrid he relaxed as we drove. Movies with technology. happy endings apparently. Ah, the same I put in some time first with retired conclusions he likes to F1 races. F1 driver and now ace BBC TV F1

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“There haven’t been too many of those lately,” he joked, pressing harder on the metal, perhaps to make a point. As Infiniti Director of Performance, Vettel is truly playing a role in the development of future road products, rather than merely offering his name as a celebrity endorsement. He talked enthusiastically about the new compact, performance-oriented Q30, which should see the light late next year in Europe and a little later in Canada. The 328-horsepower 3.7-litre V6 Q50S we were riding in also benefitted from a little of his input. He’s clearly looking forward to Infiniti giving the go-ahead to the Q50 Eau Rouge concept, which features the Nissan GT-R’s growling 560-horsepower twin-turbo V6. Another corner loomed and I leaned into the door, as he barely slowed from the rapid pace we had zipped along the straight. “Your cornering has improved since last year,” I offered cheekily.

“Thank you, I think I’ve got the apexes about right,” he grinned. Hours earlier, it’s doubtful he had even heard of the tricky track, nevermind driven it. Harkening back to his references to happy endings, I reminded him that after driving with me last year he had enjoyed nothing but success. “That’s right . . . it’s all down to you,” he said with what I believed was a thoroughly genuine smile of appreciation. The end was nigh. Time flies when you are having fun: our hot lap and friendly chat took less than four minutes. Last Sunday, he enjoyed only his second podium finish of the year taking third place at the Montreal Grand Prix. You’re welcome, Seb. Same time next year, in the Eau Rouge? Videos of my day with Sebastian Vettel and David Coulthard can be viewed at: http://bit.ly/1ujR58W keith.morgan@drivewaybc.ca

As Infiniti’s Director of Performance, Vettel is truly playing a role in the development of future road products.

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and Pharmasave as well as individual skill contests throughout the day. After an incredible meal from Kari’s Kitchen, prizes were Golfers were greeted with perfect weather on Sunday, awarded with the team from Windermere Valley Golf Course June 22nd as the Windermere Valley Golf Course played posting the lowest score, a 13 under par round of 53. Honourable mention goes to the team comprised of host to Giving Back Day in support of the Hospice Society of the Columbia Valley. This year, in addition to hosting a members from Sobeys, Pharmasave and Mortgage Alliance West who finscramble golf tournaished the day 11 unment, the owners of der par. the Windermere golf The organizing facility also chose to committee and the donate a portion of all volunteers from the green fees throughout Hospice Society need the day. also be recognized Tournament particifor making the day pants were treated to possible. an excellently maniWindermere Valcured course comley Golf Course has a pliments of superinlong history of giving tendent Dave Dakin back to our communiand his staff as well ty. For over 15 years, as oysters on the half the Wilfley family doshell with mini Caenated the golf course sars compliments of for the Tiger Open Elements Grill at Copwhich helped to raise per Point Resort and more than $1 million massages from Craig for the Calgary ChilSmith, a registered dren’s Hospital. More massage therapist recently, a variety of and physiotherapist local service groups from High Altitude have been chosen as Therapy in Invermere. recipients, including Competitors had (Left to right) Valley Echo/Pioneer advertising sales consultant ICAN and the Rotary three chances at $10,000 hole-in-one Cheryl Williams, Pioneer graphic designer Emily Rawbon, Valley Echo/ Club of Invermere. Pioneer advertising sales consultant Dean Midyette and Valley Echo/ Golfers can look forprizes sponsored Pioneer publisher Rose-Marie Fagerholm continue the Valley Echo ward to another day by RONA North Star Giving Back Golf Tournament tradition on Sunday, June 22nd. of Giving Back in 2015. Hardware, Sobeys

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windermere ladieS’ GOLF CLUB: On May 14th, the game was Longest drive and KP. 1st Flight LD was won by Coreen Ruault; KP by Gail Wilfey. 2nd Flight LD was won by Cathy Howard. KP was nil. 3rd Flight LD was won by Shirley Johnston. KP was again nil.The Putting pot was won by Dawn MacKinnon; and deuce pot was shared by Sandra Howard, Dawn MacKinnon and Diane Kochorek. It was a beautiful day with 21 ladies out to play. • On May 21st, the game was Low Net ‘n’ Pin Round. 1st flight was won by Susan Nikirk and Coreen Ruault; 2nd flight by Sylvia Page and Doris Allan; the putting pot by Cathy Howard; and the deuce was a carry over. • On May 28th, the game was Hidden Holes and they were very hidden with the rain, no one went out. • The game on June 4th was Low Net Pin Round. The Low net winner was Nora Efford; it was a tie for second between Diane Kochorek and Mary Jean Anakin. Putting Pot was won by Coreen Ruault with a 29 while the deuce was a carry over. • On June 11th, the game was Tee to Green. 1st place was Eileen Rose and it was a tie for 2nd between Shirley Johnston and Cathy Howard. The Putting Pot was won by Diane Kochorek with a 28 and the deuce was a carry over. June 18th was a nice day for golfing. The game was Putts — so your putts less half your handicap. The winners were Doreen Stewart, Joyce Robinson, Raylene Oram and Diane Kochorek. The Putting Pot was won by Raylene with a 31. The Deuce pot again was a carry over — a big pot for whoever gets that deuce! Submitted by helga boker

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