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Parents to fight closure By Tracy Hughes OBSeRVeR STAFF
They may be fighting the same battle for a second year in a row, but Silver creek parents are not going to let their school be closed without a fight. At Tuesday night’s school board meeting, which took place after the Observer’s press deadline, trustees discussed a motion to initiate a 60day public consultation process for the proposed amalgamation of Silver creek elementary with Salmon Arm West elementary. This would mean the closure of the Silver creek school and re-routing its 46 students out of the area. Silver creek has the lowest enrolment in the Salmon Arm area, as well as the highest education costs per student. School closure was proposed for Silver creek last year, but trustees instead voted to keep the school open. now facing a similar situation, parents and educators in the area are lobbying for that motion to be voted down immediately and the rural school to remain open. “As far as Silver creek goes, we want the community to realize the school isn’t shut, this motion can be defeated as it was before,” says denis Tong, the school’s representative on the district Parents Advisory council. “Silver creek has grown beyond its projections and it will continue to grow if the school board will let it.” Parents in the area have supported a variety of options to keep the school viable, including looking at a Montessori learning model – an idea that was rejected by the school district earlier in this school year. controversy also emerged when, after parents had worked to increase student numbers, the school district required the transfer of Grade 6 and 7 students out of the school, as the school’s population increased beyond the requirements for two teachers. The numbers did not justify the cost of adding another full-time teacher. noah Ralston was part of the Montessori initiative and says the closure of Silver creek is not just about that school in particular, but an attack on small schools and rural life. See Long on page A2
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Shuswap’s Angalena Cross skips by the tackle of Pinnacles defender Jessica Skerlec during a U15/16 game at the SASCU Memorial Complex indoor field on Saturday, Feb. 6. Shuswap FC won the game 3-2 and went on to win the gold medal in the tournament.
Police investigate shooting Celista: Two men severely wounded in north Shuswap incident. By Tracy Hughes OBSeRVeR STAFF
Two men remain in hospital following a shooting in the celista area Sunday night, while a third was treated for minor injuries and has been released. The RcMP Southeast district General Investigation Section and chase RcMP
This week Plans to introduce the Uber ride business throughout B.C. don’t please everyone. See page A12. The Salmon Arm Silverbacks claim their berth in the BCHL playoffs. See more on page A15.
are investigating a shooting, which occurred Sunday, Feb. 7 at 6:55 p.m. At that time, chase RcMP responded to reports of the shooting and confirm that three adult males were injured in the incident, two of whom suffered serious gunshot wounds and were kept in hospital. The third man was released following treatment for a minor gunshot wound.
RcMP investigators from the general investigation section and the major crimes unit have been examining the scene at a celista residence in the north Shuswap. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the chase RcMP at 250-679-3221 or via crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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Long bus ride opposed Continued from front “People who think, ‘why should I care about some small school where people choose to live’ need to understand that the same can be said of where they choose to live. The logical conclusion of this train of thought is that B.C. should just have one large metropolis with all their services and a whole bunch of work camps around the province where we send the workers,” he writes in a letter to the school board. “This is not a society I want to make. Or see made in my generation.” Both Ralston and
Tong also argue that cuts to administration should be taking place, pointing out that all budget cuts in the last five years have come from non-administrative positions. “But the leadership in this district needs to lead by example. There are admin cuts to be done to catch up. Then more admin cuts to lead by example,” says Ralston. The motion is worrying for parents, many of whom do not want their children to have an extended bus ride. Silver Creek resident Ashleigh Lavigne has a four-year-old son. She says she would be deeply disappointed to
have to put her youngster on a bus to Salmon Arm West, when they live two minutes from Silver Creek and the school influenced their decision to live in the community. She says despite school district projections, the area is growing, as indicated by the interest in last week’s school district Ready, Set Learn event. “I was told in the last couple years only two to five kids attended, but this one had 10 kids. People are moving to this area because it is so expensive to live in town and there’s nowhere to rent or buy. Out here’s cheaper and it’s really nice.”
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Spring: Work to include crosswalks, removal of ruts. By Martha Wickett OBSERVER STAFF
Along with flowers, spring will bring improvements to Salmon Arm roads, including work on ruts on the Trans-Canada Highway. Unlike city streets, the highway is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Its plan, says the city’s director of engineering, Rob Niewenhuizen, is to begin grinding the ruts and replacing the asphalt at the intersection of the highway and Fourth Street NE by the downtown Tim Hortons. The work will progress towards 10th Street SW near the Chances gaming centre. “They’re going to start in the downtown and work their way up,” he says. It’s not known yet when the work will begin. Other plans arising from the city’s traffic safety committee, some that were suggested by citizens, include: • installing two signalized pedestrian crossings, one at Okanagan Avenue and 27th Street SE, near Ladybug Landing Child Care Centre, and the other at Auto Road and 20th Street SE. Although Five Corners – 10th Avenue SE and 30th Street SE – was suggested, an ICBC representative noted that flashing lights adjacent to fourway stops generally cause confusion for motorists. • changing the line configuration at Lakeshore Road and Marine Park Crossing. The ‘stacking stop line’ be-
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Elijah Hayes is three months old in this photo. His mom & dad, Joanne & Todd, live in the EnderbyGrindrod area.
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some of the ruts on the highway, particularly through downtown. fore Fourth Street for vehicles turning left at the railway crossing is confusing some motorists. Drivers will sometimes stop suddenly at the line when there are no vehicles lined up in front. The remedy will be to replace the stop line painted on the pavement with a crosshatched box. • adding more nopost barriers on the sharp corner at 20th Avenue and 10th Street SE, just down from Mayfair Farms and Cam’s Place Christmas Trees. Although additional signage was put up, a vehicle went off the road in the first snowfall. City staff will monitor the situation after more barriers are installed. • adding white lines to the sides of the crosswalks on Shuswap Street, to make them more visible. • making changes to 50th Street NE and Canoe Beach. A request was made for a three-way stop there, but changing to a threeway stop is considered confusing with the fourth leg uncontrolled. Also, there have been no accidents reported to ICBC from 2009 to 2014. The committee recommended
increasing the size of stop signs there, painting stop bars on Canoe Beach Drive and painting a crosswalk across 50th Street NE, between the Hive and the Canoe Village Market. • changing the signage on Third Avenue SW between the former Safeway building and the Just for Kicks facility. A committee member who teaches driving noted that the one-way lane becomes two-way without adequate signage, and the no-entry sign preventing vehicles going the wrong way up the one-way lane is not adequate. • installing a crosswalk at 15th Street SE and Auto Road, subject to funding. Before it can be done, the 15th Street sidewalk would have to be extended to Auto Road. Improvements have been completed at the entrance to the Mall at Piccadilly on 10th Street, save for an advanced crosswalk sign. With it, when pedestrians push the crosswalk button to cross 10th, drivers exiting the mall by Canadian Tire will be able to see a flashing light directly in their line of sight across from the exit.
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Motorcyclist killed near Chase By Tracy Hughes OBSERVER STAFF
A motorcyclist died Saturday, Feb. 6 on the Trans-Canada Highway near Chase after his vehicle crossed the centreline into the path of an oncoming transport truck. Chase RCMP report the incident took place at approximately 9:28 a.m. one kilometre east of Chase, when the motorcycle crossed the double solid yellow dividing lines on the highway. The eastbound motorcycle hit a westbound semi tractor-trailer head-on. The motorcycle driver, who has not been identified, was killed instantly. The driver of the semi was not seriously injured. Const. Valerie Guillaume of the Chase RCMP detachment says traffic was re-routed for about six hours as investigators examined the scene. The cause of the collision is not known and remains under RCMP investigation.
ATV accident prompts warning Salmon Arm RCMP are warning ATV riders to use caution and common sense when riding. On Feb. 7 at approximately 9:40 p.m., the Salmon Arm RCMP responded to the White Lake to assist the provincial ambulance. A male had rolled his quad after riding up an embankment and suffered lower back injuries and a fractured hip. The man’s name has not been released The incident occurred at the rear of a rural property near the operator’s property. Staff Sgt. Scott West reports alcohol is believed to have been a factor in the incident. “The incident serves as a reminder to all recreational vehicle operators to ride safely and refrain from the use of alcohol while riding, especially in the backwoods,” he says. “Any amount of alcohol impairs judgment and, in remote locations, where safety is paramount, please don’t take needless chances.”
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School trustee suggests naming school after Mary Thomas By Tracy Hughes OBSERVER STAFF
A school trustee is suggesting it might be a good time to change the name of Salmon Arm West Elementary – possibly to honour
a prominent First Nations elder. Larissa Lutjen made the suggestion to rename the school Mary Thomas Elementary at a committee meeting where trustees were discussing the possible
closure of Silver Creek Elementary and moving its students into Salmon Arm West. Thomas was a respected elder, teacher and healer with the Neskonlith Band who received an honorary
doctorate for her work in ethnobotany. She died in 2007. “It kind of came to me in the moment,” said Lutjen. “But I was thinking it might be a nice way to have a new start, if we are having
to close one school and bring two communities together. It could be a new beginning.” Salmon Arm West has a high concentration of aboriginal students and has ties
with both the Neskonlith and Adams Lake bands. “I just thought so many schools are named after old dead white men, and this could be an opportunity to recognize other
groups.” Lutjen says her idea is only one, however, and she would be supportive of public consultation. “I’d like to see the community put forward ideas.”
City News and Public Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Salmon Arm will hold a Public Hearing in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, 500 - 2 Avenue NE, Salmon Arm, BC, on Monday, February 22, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. 1) 1 Proposed Amendment to Zoning Bylaw No 2303:
2016 ANNUAL UTILITY BILLS Annual utility bills for water and sewer have been mailed. To qualify for the 10% discount, payment must be received at City Hall on or before 4:00 p.m. February 15, 2016. Postmarks are not accepted as proof of payment.
Proposed Rezoning of Lot 4, Section 14, Township 20, Range 10, W6M, KDYD, Plan KAP77503 from R-7 (Large Lot Single Family Residential Zone) to R-8 (Residential Suite Zone) Civic Address: 721 Harbourfront Drive NE Location: North of Lakeshore Rd NE and east of Marine Park Dr NE Present Use: Vacant Lot Proposed Use: Single family dwelling with detached suite Owner / Applicant: Sun Peaks Brewery Corporation Reference: ZON-1041/ Bylaw No. 4128
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The City of Salmon Arm is seeking a Citizen at Large to join the Cultural Master Plan Task Force. Those with a background in the arts, social programming, tourism and/or community planning may be interested in applying.
Proposed Rezoning of Lot 10, Section 24, Township 20, Range 10, W6M, KDYD, Plan 10172 from R-1 (Single Family Residential Zone) to R-8 (Residential Suite Zone) Civic Address: 1460 – 16 Street NE Location: North of Trans Canada Highway; east side of 16 Street NE Present Use: Single family dwelling Proposed Use: Single family dwelling with suite Owner / Applicant: Sandra Van Den Ham Reference: ZON-1042/ Bylaw No. 4129 The file for the proposed bylaw is available for inspection between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays from February 9, 2016 to February 22, 2016, both inclusive, in the office of the Corporate Officer at the City of Salmon Arm, 500 - 2 Avenue NE. Those who deem their interest affected by the proposed bylaw are urged to review the file available in the Development Services Department (or telephone 250-8034021) to obtain the facts of the proposal prior to the Public Hearing. Erin Jackson, Corporate Officer
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You can pay your property taxes and utility bills by internet and telephone banking. You no longer need to stand in a line-up or carry cash. We readily accept post-dated cheques, and have a drop box to the left of the front doors of City Hall.
CULTURAL MASTER PLAN TASK FORCE The purpose of the Task Force is to investigate the potential of a Cultural Master Plan and prepare a report, by consensus, identifying: • • • • • •
Scope; Phases; Consultation / Cooperation; Best Practices; Probable Cost / Budget; and External funding opportunities.
Council will select and appoint the member. Additional information may be obtained by contacting the undersigned. Interested individuals should submit a written application form, which can be found on our website www.salmonarm.ca or at City Hall. Applications must be received prior to 4:00 p.m. February 16, 2016. Erin Jackson, Corporate Officer City of Salmon Arm 500 - 2 Avenue NE, Box 40, Salmon Arm, BC, V1E 4N2 Phone: 250-803-4029 E-mail ejackson@salmonarm.ca .
2016 COUNCIL MEETING CHANGES DATES & LOCATIONS The Regular Council Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 29, 2016, has been CANCELLED. The In-Camera Council Meeting, of Monday May 9, 2016, will commence at 12:00 p.m. in Room 100 at City Hall. The Regular Council Meeting scheduled for Monday, May 9, 2016 will be held at Sullivan Campus of Salmon Arm Secondary School, 1641 - 30 St NE, commencing at 1:30 p.m. The Public Input portion of the meeting will be held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, commencing at 7:00 p.m. The Regular Council Meeting scheduled for Monday, June 27, 2016 will be held at R.J. Haney Heritage Village and Museum, 751 Highway 97B NE, in the church, commencing at 1:30 p.m. The Public Input portion of the meeting will be held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, commencing at 7:00 p.m.
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Waffles a bad choice
Decisions can be hard to make. After all, who among us hasn’t waffled on making a choice? Go for a new job or stick with the old? Spend or save? But doing nothing has consequences. School District #83 is facing some of these as they attempt to deal with a dwindling enrolment and a perennially shrinking budget from the province. The sad part is they faced some of these same issues last year, and the board, instead of facing some practical and tough realities, ordered the super-sized plate of waffles and somehow thought the indigestion wouldn’t come back to bite them. They took the turtle route. They pulled their heads into their shells and spent another year before coming back to the very same conclusion. The school district cannot continue to afford to operate a school running at 30 per cent capacity. They couldn’t last year, and they still can’t. And that means Silver Creek Elementary is wearing the target yet again. I have deep sympathy towards the parents of Silver Creek, who were told by trustees to “grow the school” in order to keep it viable. Parents and other educators investigated the use of a Montessori education program as a way of drawing students. Then the school board decided against introducing Montessori to the school district in the near future, limiting Silver Creek’s ability to use a new program as a way to increase enrolment. Despite this, the Silver Creek community recruited kids, lobbied parents and rejoiced when numbers went from the 40-odd students to roughly 60. But this victory was yanked away when it became clear there were not enough new students to justify the cost of adding another teacher, so the Grade 6 and 7 kids were forced to transfer out of Silver Creek to Shuswap Middle School. Parents cried foul and justifiably so. This school board put these parents through a whole lot of undue stress, worry and work when they should have bucked up and closed Silver Creek last year. It is simply not affordable. Although I have no crystal ball on the final vote, this time there should be no last-minute reprieve. Running Silver Creek is too expensive and keeping it open reduces services to all the students within the region. For a system that is supposed to be equitable for all students, here’s a telling statistic. For most of the elementary students in the Salmon Arm area, the education cost per pupil is roughly $7,500. The cost per student at Silver Creek is $10,147. The message I heard loud and clear at the school district’s recent public meeting was that parents would prefer dollars be spent on valuable programs for students, rather than on hydro bills for buildings where less than half the space is required. Yes, closing a school is emotional and difficult, but that is the job trustees were elected to do. It’s not a popularity contest, it’s about making decisions that will offer the best education to all the students in the district.
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Step toward pay equity long overdue Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s glib response on his Liberal cabinet’s equal gender representation is being put to the test with the passage of a motion to legislate pay equity between men and women in Canada. That motion, put forward on Opposition Day by Sheila Malcolmson, rookie MP for NanaimoLadysmith, calls on the Liberal government to do everything in its power to tackle the wage gap between men and women in Canada. It passed with the support of the governing party, which agreed to recognize equal pay for equal work as a human right and strike a task force to develop a plan to legislate pay equity in the workplace. In Canada, women still make on average 23 per cent less than their male counterparts – less still if that woman is indigenous, a minority or living
with a disability. Canada ranks 30th out of 34 countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development when it comes to pay equity. Quite frankly, in a developed nation, which recognizes women’s right to participate actively in all levels of society, that’s unacceptable. The government’s acknowledgement of this is one step in the right direction. How effective legislation to correct the problem in the private sector will be remains to be seen. But the federal government can show leadership by legislating pay equity for its own employees – it’s a bit surprising to learn it doesn’t already – with the hope that it creates a standard that will translate to corporations, industry and business across the country. – Nanaimo News Bulletin
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Tom Fletcher After 20 years of representing B.C. coastal First Nations to negotiate what U.S.-directed activists labeled the Great Bear Rainforest agreement, a weary Dallas Smith expressed his relief and frustration. At a ceremony to sign the final agreement in Vancouver last week, Smith, president of the Nanwakolas Council of remote Central Coast communities like Bella Bella, joked that he’s finally out of a job. Then he got serious. “My communities still aren’t better places to live yet,” he said. But the land use agreement with the province and forest companies over a vast coastal area up to the Alaska border means the years ahead will be better. He said when he started it was like being caught in a divorce between the B.C. forest industry and international environmental groups. Dutch-based Greenpeace, its California offshoot ForestEthics and others moved on from their Clayoquot Sound battle to the B.C. coast, looking to continue the blockades against logging. “It’s the First Nations of the Coast who stood up and said ‘no, this is how it’s going to work’,” Smith said. How it’s going to work is that logging will continue on 550,000 hectares of coastal forest, with a greater share for First Nations, and with 85 per cent of the region preserved after a century of logging that began with sailing ships. Aside from a few diehards who are either paid to protest or can’t get past issuing demands, B.C. aboriginal people have grown tired of being used as props in global de-marketing campaigns directed from San Francisco or Amsterdam. The protesters’ tactic of organizing customer boycotts that damage
far-away economies might be good for international fundraising, but it’s bad for poor people. Among the many protest outfits is Pacific Wild, which has specialized in Great Bear Rainforest campaigns and now needs a new enemy. Their credibility was demonstrated recently when potty-mouthed U.S. pop star Miley Cyrus decided to speak out against B.C.’s wolf kill. Typical of celebrities, Cyrus had no idea about the struggle to preserve dwindling herds of mountain caribou. She barely knows where B.C. is, a fact made plain when Pacific Wild toured her around the North Coast, far from the Kootenay and South Peace regions where the wolves in question actually roam. Cyrus’s handlers spoon-fed video and statements to urban media, who were so anxious to exploit her global popularity that they played down the fact she was at the wrong end of the province spouting nonsense. After periodically attacking their own B.C. agreement as inadequate, Greenpeace and ForestEthics have moved on to what they call the “boreal forest,” which we like to call northern Canada. The same bully tactics with forest products customers and producers have been featured. This time, a Quebec company that signed an accord in 2010 is suing Greenpeace for “defamation, malicious falsehood and intentional interference in economic relations.” Aboriginal companies on the B.C. coast will continue to log, including areas of old-growth forest and secondary growth. They will continue to export logs as economics dictate. They will continue to harvest animals, including grizzly bears. And, I expect, they will continue to be subjected to attempts to supervise and direct them by members of urban society’s new religion, environmentalism. The leaders of this movement don’t like peace. It’s bad for their business.
Jerry Kallies “Well my wife of course. We will be married 60 years this year.”
Heather Blakeborough “Catherine Kroetch because she is such a wonderful person.”
Diane Evdokinoff “My husband of course. He is the love of my life.”
Silver Creek should stay open Hi my name is Ty, I am six years old. I am in Ms. Monsignor’s class in Grade 1 at Silver Creek. I am writing this letter to ask you to not close my school down. I like to play with my friends. I used to go to a bigger school and I don’t ever want to go back. I used to cry every morning when my parents tried to take me to school. I really like my new school. I don’t want you to close this one down and make me go back to a bigger school. I didn’t like the way the teacher taught me. I hated that there were so many kids and adults. I felt very lost. Nobody knew who I was. The older kids used to pick on me on the playground. I like Silver Creek because I am comforted when I am hav-
ing troubles. I have a very nice teacher who looks out for me. Our teachers are teaching us about restitution. There are hardly no fights at Silver Creek. The big kids and the little kids all get along. We are allowed to do things at Silver Creek that we would never be allowed to do at other schools. Throw snowballs, play with sticks. Build forts. Cut with knives and cook soup for the whole school. Every Friday, we have soup Fridays and it’s really fun. We get to eat soup and cook it. Every time we take turns to make the soup. I like that my teacher helps me to learn my math. We also get to sing songs and learn how to play musical instruments. We also have little moods, like
green zone, yellow zone, red zone and blue zones. Those are your emotions. We are taught to recognize our emotions, to learn when we need to be in the green zone. If we are not, then we can eat something to help our tummies, we can go for a walk or sit in the quiet zone. Please consider how much I like my school before you close it down. I don’t want to ride the bus for long hours every day. It’s very, very hard getting up early to be at school on time. I don’t want to wake up before the sun comes up and I don’t want to stand on the side of the road in the dark. Are there potties in the long buses? Please keep my school open. Ty Black
Making friends over a game of marbles Two weeks ago I was asked the most profound question of my life. My friend Brody, age eight, who had asked Mayor Nancy Cooper for a Friendship Day in 2014, asked me to come to his school and explain what I do at the MacQuarrie Institute. This was their “very important person” week. Having been friends for more than a year, and with a whole week’s preparation, I hit on the idea of a game called marbles. Picture me in my 90th year, down on a blanket in a circle with 27 kids, the teacher, a par-
ent and a bagful of marbles. I began by asking, “what does a friend look like?” Does age, gender, or skin colour matter? Why do you need a friend? “Someone to play with?” Anyone play marbles? First we practised a little; the kids figuring out their own ways of letting everyone have a turn. Then we considered the rules, cheating being the hottest topic. Do you put them in jail? There was a resounding, “no!” Further questioning, and they came up with these qualities of friendship: kindness, respect, honesty,
trust, friendliness and humour. I look at our world, and see our global village, full of fear, responding to one another as enemies. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” We at the MacQuarrie Institute are dedicated to building Canada a second time, being friends with everyone and everything, practising unconditional love. Dan MacQuarrie
Some recognition instead of a complaint I would like to recognize the efficiency and kindness of the RCMP. My car was broken into when I went for a walk. Const. Dave Wolchuk followed me home, checked my home for
any illegal entry and made sure I had my locks changed. While my rights had been violated, the RCMP made me feel safe. Too often the public hears only about complaints. The RCMP have a
very difficult job in today’s society. I, for one, am grateful we have such a dedicated group of officers. Stella Davies
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The McGuire property on Alexander Avenue was sold. J.M. Green took over the two-storey building at the south end of the property and Overwaitea Ltd. was to occupy 50 feet of the building from Bedford’s.
1936
Men were busy cutting and hauling storage ice from the lake. The average thickness was around 10 inches. Supt. Grant of West Canadian Hydro was lining up new users of “juice” around Hedgeman’s Corner. He thought they might reach Silver Creek before the end of the year. In spite of extremely cold weather, about 100 people gathered at Institute Hall to hear professor Ira Dillworth of UBC give the last of a series of adult extension lectures. His subject was “Some aspects of Modern Poetry.”
1946
Envisioning a vast combined pumping and gravity water scheme that would ultimately irrigate and provide a domestic water supply for 6,988 acres and virtually transform the bench land in the area, the report on the proposed Salmon Arm irrigation project was submitted to Hon. E.P. Kenney, provincial minister of lands. Preliminary steps for the formation of a branch of the Rotary Club here, were taken by a group of business and professional men. The new organization was sponsored by Kamloops Rotarians. Frank Marshall was elected first president of the new club and other officers included W.H. Grant, Gordon S. Robinson, R.J. Skelton, C.C. Barker, Thomas Prescott and H.L. Routh. A.A. Robinson, expert physiotherapist, took over the practice of Dr. A.J. Strudwich with whom he had been working for some months.
1956
Expansion of the operations of the Salmon Arm Farmers’ Exchange to include the processing of vegetables for the frozen food market was approved by the fruit growers membership. Formal application was made to incorporate the Shuswap Lake Hospital District, embracing the area which would be served by the proposed 55-bed hospital.
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Post-publicity: Enderby beagle Miss P visits with her handler, Will Alexander, who accompanied her to the highly coveted top spot at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. But Miss P hasn’t entirely stepped out the limelight. In the summer she modelled for an American Eagle fashion campaign, and travelled to Calgary to meet up with Alexander, who continues to work as one of Canada’s top professional dog handlers. Crandlemire took Miss P to a show at Spruce Meadows in Calgary and Miss P immediately recognized her dog show partner. “She heard his voice and it was the same as always, she was in dog show mode. She was up on his lap in a second.” Crandlemire says she recognized Miss P was special right from puppyhood, when she was born in a litter of six. “There were some nice pups in that litter, but she stood out. She had this personality that wouldn’t quit.” But Crandlemire credits Alexander with making Miss P a star. He saw her at a show when she was six months old and
approached the breeder. “He convinced us that she had what it takes,” Crandlemire says. “But we had no idea to what level she would reach. I really never dreamed the extent of what she would accomplish. Will really created that, he brought out her potential.” Folowing the win, there has been a lot of interest in Crandlemire’s Tashtin Kennel beagles, but Crandlemire says she’s a small breeder and isn’t interested in producing any more puppies than she would have before Miss P’s win. That being said, Miss P is hopefully destined for motherhood in the spring, as Crandlemire would love a puppy from her top-winning canine. “We would like a Miss P puppy, but you can’t just expect the same. I think she’s a once in a lifetime for a breeder.” The 2016 Westminster Kennel Club show begins Feb. 15 and 16 in New York City, and plays hosts to hundreds of topwinning representatives of their breed.
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Honouring excellence The Business Excellence Awards are back and nominations are now open. The gala event will take place Thursday, April 7 at the SASCU Recreation Centre, with cocktails and dinner at 6 p.m., followed by a speaker and award presentations at 7 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person. Categories include: micro business of the year (one to four employees), small business of the year (five to 14) employees, Large business of the year (15-plus employees), new business of the year, not-for-profit business of the year and business person of the year. Information on nominating a candidate can be found at: www.sachamber.bc.ca.
Wednesdays are for women Women on Wednesdays, a free monthly networking event for women on Wednesdays, is rolling again. The sessions will run from 3 to 4 p.m. at Cafe Tasse at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort, with one today, Feb. 10. Women are welcome to stay for the hour or drop in for a short time. For more information, or to be added to the WOW e-news list, contact Melanie Hart at melaniejoyhart@icloud.com.
More options for seniors The development of Phase II is moving forward with 57 new suites at Lakeside Manor, morethan doubling its size. Without leaving home, residents will be able to enjoy a host of new lifestyle-driven amenities including a movie theatre, wine bar and sports lounge. It is slated for completion in October 2016. For more information about this inSite project, visit the website at www.insiteseniorcare.com.
New plans for old Canadian Tire By Barb Brouwer OBSERVER STAFF
Developer Build Laird does not like empty buildings. “It’s not good for the town,” he says, noting that buying and redeveloping empty spaces is “so critical to the success of this town.” His latest project is the former Canadian Tire Store on the Trans-Canada Highway, a building that has sat vacant for three years. Laird was at the site on Friday to discuss layout options and says he is currently negotiating with three potential tenants. He says he has been in contact with the Ministry of Highways and notes a traffic light will be established at 20th Street SW and the TCH – but when and how that happens is “the ministry’s business.” The building will be called Westgate, says Laird, maintaining the importance of people being to identify a place by name. The former Honda building that Laird purchased and redeveloped will get signage in the spring identifying it as the Crosstown Centre. Successful redevelopment is something Laird began at the Mall at Piccadilly. He and the late Paul Pukas turned the ailing Cedar Centre into an attractive and thriving shopping centre. “Pukas and I worked with a lot of people to do that and Crosstown is a viable centre too,” he says praising the Jacobson family for the build. “It has really good bones and it was our privilege to rebuild it.” He says Westgate will feature a number of retail suites similar to Crosstown, which is now occupied by a fabric store, real estate office, weightloss clinic and computer business. And filling the redeveloped Westgate Centre will hinge on several other business decisions. “It won’t be done overnight,” Laird says of creating another retail option. “It will take us a while, but we will be successful.”
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The New Moon and Uranus bring out your independent side, which can express itself as selfishness. By all means do your own thing, but don’t neglect the needs [and feelings] of others. Love at first sight is likely for some single Rams. But is it really long-term love, or just a fabulously flirtatious fling? TAURUS (April 20-May 20): How’s your career? Are you overdue for a pay rise or a promotion? Is it time to look for a better job? This week the challenge is to make work a pleasure, rather than a chore. Wednesday is a wonderful day to enjoy connecting with foreign friends via email, Skype and social networking. And make sure you put in a major effort this Valentine’s Day. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’re at your curious best, as the New Moon stimulates your brain cells so you’re eager to learn something new via travel, study, reading or research. You prefer love to be all fun and frivolity, with no heavy demands or expectations. But it’s certainly not working out that way at the moment. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Relationships are put under the microscope, as you work on deepening the connection between you and loved ones. It’s also the perfect time to reboot a joint financial arrangement. With Venus in your partnership zone, Valentine’s Day should be extra romantic. “Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.” [Carolyn Gold Heilbrun] LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You prefer to be the star of the show but, if you focus on others [for a change] and pay close attention to the way you communicate, then your relationships will improve. Venus and Jupiter encourage you to come up with creative and proactive ways to make more money. Increasing cash flow – while decreasing spending - is the secret to future success. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Turn your attention to health, diet and fitness as the New Moon activates your wellbeing zone. Is some tweaking necessary so you can look and feel more fit and fabulous in 2016? When it comes to a child, teenager or friend, make sure you provide plenty of support and listen to their concerns.
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Demand increasing at Salvation Army food bank Charity: Bring a bag of food into the Observer office, get a gift certificate from a local merchant. By Barb Brouwer OBSERVER STAFF
Last Thursday, the Salvation Army Food Bank served more than 200 people. “The need just keeps going through the roof and I think it’s just going to get worse and worse,” says community care co-ordinator David Byers. “I keep hearing ‘my husband
has lost his job,’ or ‘my wife is no longer working and we’re having a hard time making it on one salary.’” Those in need range from families with newborns to senior citizens and some of them go to the food bank daily to get food from the free table. “Seventy-one of those people were for
hampers and 129 just came in and got food off the tables today,” said Byers, noting potatoes, onions and apples were on offer. Byers notes that the Salvation Army Food Bank used to provide only hampers, which individuals or families can access every two months. But with the growing demand, the
food bank has added the tables plus emergency hampers. The Salmon Arm Observer is running a food bank promotion like the annual Christmas one where people can exchange a full bag of groceries for a numbered tag that matches a gift certificate from a local merchant. Byers says he is par-
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A taxi driver for 20 years, Salmon Arm’s Graig Burns is uber displeased the B.C. government is considering allowing a ride-sharing service in the province. Peter Fassbender, B.C.’s minister of community, is now consulting with municipalities, the taxi industry and others on how B.C. should respond to services like Uber, a ridehailing business governed by a phone app. Vancouver City Council voted against allowing Uber in the city while Surrey council has not yet taken a position. Uber is in 68 countries and 375 cities worldwide, including several in Canada such as Toronto, Montreal and Edmonton. At six years old, Uber has been reported as the fastest growing company at a worth of $50 billion. Fassbender was quoted recently as saying Uber’s arrival appears inevitable. Burns says if Uber drivers were required to display a taxi toplight, a sign for the door and conform to all the standards a cab has to, he would welcome them to the industry. The only technical difference he sees is Uber uses a different method of dispatch: a phone app to put the driver and customer together. Salmon Arm Taxi, his employer, receives a phone call from a customer and then uses two-way dispatch. As it stands, an Uber driver charges half the price of a taxi fare,
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At issue: Taxi driver Graig Burns is concerned about Uber, a ride-hailing business using a phone app, coming to B.C. Burns says, but the price doesn’t include vehicle, maintenance, repair or replacement costs. “It’s an unofficial way to deregulate the taxi industry and destroy it and replace it. If all the taxis are broke, you think Uber is going to continue charging 50 per cent of the taxi rate?” He notes taxis face fines if they don’t fill out their ‘trip sheets’ properly, which include a record of pickups and drop-offs, hours of operation and maintenance. He says he worked as an owner/operator for five years, but didn’t succeed due to fuel and maintenance costs. With Salmon Arm Taxi, the company owns the cars, the driver gets about 40 per cent and “the company is in theory getting 60 per cent, but most is going to maintenance and repairs and fuel.” Burns also wonders about the safety of unmarked vehicles picking up passengers. The Uber web-
site, meanwhile, touts Uber’s advantages: “Uber is the smartest way to get around. One tap and a car comes directly to you. Your driver knows exactly where to go. And payment is completely cashless.” Uber drivers use their own cars and set their own hours. The website states there’s a ride for every price and occasion – economy, premium, accessibility and carpool. Burns, however, says Uber won’t offer accessible vehicles like his employer does. Fassbender is reported to have looked at Edmonton recently as one of the potential models for B.C. Edmonton city council approved new regulations in late January to legalize Uber. “Passengers who hail cars from the street, at cab stands or by voice phone call to dispatchers can only be picked up by taxis, not Uber cars – effectively penning off a chunk of business for conventional cabs,” reports Jeff Nagel of Black Press. “Uber cars must
charge a minimum $3.25 fare – which Edmonton council has warned it could easily raise if it detects predatory pricing. “Taxis, meanwhile, won’t be subject to their traditional regulated fares when they’re hailed by taxi company apps, allowing them to compete on price with Uber cars for rides matched by smartphone.”
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Dan Braithwaite, left, and Jeremy Campbell toss a tree into the wood chipper as part of the City of Salmon Arm’s annual tree pruning program which took place from Sunday, Feb. 7 until today, Wednesday, Feb. 10. This particular tree on Hudson Avenue had died off and needed to be completely removed.
Snow removal less than expected The final figures aren’t in, but it looks like the costs of snow removal in 2015 might have managed to sneak in under budget. “So far, it’s about
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as last, he said lots of smaller snowfalls have kept crews busy. In 2015, $814,000 was budgeted for snow removal, and $837,000 for this year.
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Silverbacks clinch post-season berth By Evan Buhler
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Three out of a possible six points was all the Silverbacks needed this weekend in order to lock down an all-important playoff spot. The ’Backs lost on the road to Trail on Tuesday, Feb. 2, then returned to the Shaw Centre to split a home-and-home series with the Merritt Centennials. For the first time since the 2012-13 season, the Silverbacks will be playing in March and that has head coach Brandon West excited. “We’re very proud of the guys for accomplishing our number-one goal at the start of the season, but now we have to reset our goals and try to get back into second place,” West said. Trail’s Jake Kauppila and Kale Howarth bookended the Silverbacks’ goals scored by Chase Zieky and Ross Heidt, ending the opening frame tied at two. Heidt’s goal was his 30th of the season, assisted by Josh Laframboise and Kodi Schwarz. In the middle frame, Kyle Star, the game’s first star, scored a go-ahead goal before Max Newton grabbed the game’s eventual winner. Zieky would add his second of the evening and 24th of the season before the end of the period, but that’s as close as the ’Backs would get as Trail scored a late goal in the third for extra insurance. Brandon Kegler made his 16th appearance in goal for the gorillas making 25 saves on 30 shots. Joining Ryley Booth, Carson Bolduc and Cam Coutre on the sideline before the game on Friday evening against Merritt was Heidt, who was suspended for hitting from behind in the game against Trail. Quality scoring chances were hard to
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Spring soccer registration open Registration for the Shuswap Youth Soccer Association house spring soccer season is now open. Registrations paid by the early rate deadline of Monday, March 7 will be entered into a draw for a pair of tickets to the Vancouver Whitecaps versus LA Galaxy game on Saturday, April 2. For more information on registration, visit http://www.shuswapsoccer.com/programs. php.
Take a swing at baseball Salmon Arm Minor Baseball is pleased to announce registration has officially opened. Registration forms can be picked up at Uptown Askew’s, or printed off at http://salmonarmbaseball.com/forms. Once completed, the registration forms can be dropped off in the drop box at Uptown Askew’s, or in person at Blackburn Park Monday, Feb. 15, March 7 and 14. Registration can also be mailed to SAMBA at the address listed on the form. Registration closes April 1.
Mostat nets first goal Salmon Arm’s Logan Mostat, who plays for the Surrey Eagles, scored the game winner, his first goal in the BCHL, on Friday, Feb. 5, in a 4-3 win against Prince George. Mostat’s goal ignited a goal-scoring spark as he netted two more goals on Monday evening in a game against Coquitlam.
Register for box lacrosse Registration for the Shuswap Outlaws box lacrosse teams is now open. First-year registrants from the Mini-Tyke, Tyke and Novice age groups are eligible for a 50 per cent discount on their registration. This discount will not be reflected on the registration page. The divisions are based on the player’s age as of Dec. 31, 2016. For more information and to register, visit http:// www.shuswapminorlacrosse.com/registration.
Bridge results Results for Feb. 2: first Chuck & Shirley Buckler, second Steve Raffel & Michael Clayton, third Graham Todd & Jim McLean. Results for Feb. 4: first Dan Quilty & Doug Stewart, second Betty & Charlie Ward and third Dennis & Doreen Roberts. Results for Feb. 7 first Shirley & Chuck Buckler, second Peggy Petersen & Carol McGregor and third Arlene & Bert Lamoureux. Have a sports event? Write to us at:
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SMS Phoenix rise to occasion By Evan Buhler OBSERVER STAFF
Shuswap Middle School’s Grade 8 boys basketball team cruised to an undefeated weekend, winning three tournament games and a regular season matchup, defeating Vernon Christian School 36-34. In the final game against the Royals, Darian Sundby led Shuswap with 15 points, while Matthew Paiement added 14 points and received player of the game honours for his strong play at both ends of the court. Over the weekend SMS hosted the third annual Barry Dearing Invitational Tournament, and the two-day affair was a great success. “The tournament was well attended, teams competed hard, money was raised for the Barry Dearing Endowment Fund, and it was nice to spend two full days with a fantastic group of people remembering and telling stories about a great man – Mr. Barry Dearing,” said Phoenix head
coach Aaron Smith. Teams competing in the tournament represented cities from the South, Central, and North Okanagan – KVR from Penticton, Dr. Knox from Kelowna, VSS and Fulton from Vernon, and Westsyde from Kamloops all attended the two-day tournament. On Friday, the Phoenix began the weekend by defeating Westsyde 46-42, in a game that went down to the last few shots. Shuswap’s Matthew Paiement scored a game-high 16 points, and Chase Henning provided strong secondary scoring with 12 points. Henning was named player of the game for his great defence and hustle on the court. In Shuswap’s second game on Friday, they hosted Fulton Secondary and defeated the Maroons 62-57 at the end of nail-bitting double overtime. The exciting and intense game between the two rivals was doubly important as it was the final league game be-
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offensive drive: Shuswap’s Chase Henning drives to the hoop
against Westsyde defender Ethan Porrier during a game in the Barry Dearing Tournament at Shuswap Middle School on Friday, Feb. 5. Henning was named the game’s MVP. tween the two squads. Darian Sundby led all scorers with 26 points and was named the Barry Dearing player of the game for Shuswap, while Henning added 16 points and Paiement chipped in 13 of his own. On Saturday, Shuswap defeated KVR 35-25 for the Phoenix’s third and final victory in the tournament. Both teams played tough defence and had a tough time scoring in
the first half, but Shuswap got their offence going in the second half behind Paiement’s nine points, Sundby’s eight points and Forest Yurkowski’s seven points. Yurkowski played outstanding defence the entire game, and received the Barry Dearing player of the game for Shuswap. “I would like to thank all of the referees who donated their time and money to officiate the
10 games this weekend at the tournament. Mr. Dearing would be pleased and honoured,” said Smith. As league play winds down this week, Shuswap ended their regular season with a 9-2 record and looks poised to finish second or third in the standings. Shuswap will earn home-court advantage in the playoffs and host a quarter-final game Monday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m.
Bolduc to return to game action Continued from A15 through the pads of Redmond. Heading into the final period, the ’Backs had a two-goal lead, but goals by Lipon and Zach Court cancelled out the goal advantage. Skapski didn’t wait long to score his second of the game, again collecting a rebound at the side of the net, giving his side a one-goal advantage. With their goaltender pulled for an extra at-
tacker, the Cents managed to tie the game with a mere 12 seconds remaining in regulation, forcing overtime. Nick Fiorentino scored 52 seconds into overtime, the only shot in extra time, giving the Cents the 4-3 comefrom-behind win. “There was a defensive miscue on the tying goal and the same for the overtime goal,” said West. On Saturday, in the back half of the homeand-home series, the ’Backs travelled to
Merritt. A five-goal haul in the first led the ’Backs to a 7-3 win, securing a playoff spot. Goals for the ’Backs came off the sticks of seven different skaters including Blanchard, Trott, Jared Turcotte, Skapski, Barriga, Chrcek and Zieky. “Of course the guys were disappointed after the loss on Friday, but we’re not a team that feels sorry for ourselves. I give the guys full credit; we went into a tough building on Saturday and came
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back with a big win,” said West. The ’Backs are well below .500 in the new year and West says his coaching staff has addressed the recent inconsistent play. “There is nothing of major concern. We need to be more consistent on defence and settle down and close out more games,” West said. Five of the ’Backs eight remaining games are on the road, including a road trip this weekend where they
will play three games in three days against Coquitlam, Alberni Valley and Powell River. West says they will be getting some bodies back into the lineup very soon. Bolduc is expected to return to game action any day, while Booth remains the only player not able to return to the ice. The ’Backs’ next home game will be against Penticton on Friday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.
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Ice Breakers end season on high The Salmon Arm Ice Breakers Speed Skating Club is proving to be a force on the ice in the Interior, with four of its skaters earning the Interior Club Challenge titles for their divisions. This is a new award for the Interior speed skating clubs and is designed to reward skaters for participation, improvement in their individual skills and race performance. A formula awards points to each skater based on these categories, and winners were announced Sunday at the Vernon Funale meet. In the age 6-7 girls group, Ila Isaac won the title, narrowly edging out a Kelowna skater and beating out 10 other competitors, while her teammate Callie Belway brought home the award in the girls 8-9 category. In the boys 6-7 age grouping, club newcomer Corbin Coubrough took the challenge cup. Jack Isaac, who stunned racers with his endurance to win
the 2,000-metre points race against much more experienced racers at the event, and has consistently dropped his race times this season, was the Interior Cup Challenge winner in the boys 10-11 category. The Salmon Arm Ice Breakers also made some stellar showings at the Vernon Funale, which is the final Interior meet of the season before the provincials. Skaters each raced in four different distances during the day, and earned medals based on their overall group placings. In Division 1A, Marissa Dollack earned a silver medal in her class, while Division 1B saw Ice Breakers sweep the podium with Lincoln Thurgood earning gold, Ila Isaac taking silver and Alexander Watkins taking bronze. In Division 1C Mackenzie Keating raced to bronze, while Zachary Watkins earned the iron medal. In his first-ever race day, Samuel Johnson won the silver medal
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skater as she skates in a Division 2B race at the Vernon Funale in Vernon over the weekend. in the 1D category, and displayed excellent sportsmanship towards his fellow competitors. Keagan Isaac earned bronze despite succumbing to illness partway through the day and not completing his last race. In Division 2B, provincially qualified skater Aila Norlin skated to bronze in a tough category against all older skaters. Division 2D saw club members Phoenix Nash and Jack Isaac
challenge each other, with both skaters earning an equal number of points to tie for the gold medals. Nash took the sprint race wins, while Isaac continued to display his knack for the longer distances, winning both longer races. Devyn Hughes earned the iron medal in that class, but won applause from the crowd for getting up and finishing a race after a dramatic fall. In Division 2F, which
required a 1,200-m race, the longest official distance both Ice Breakers skaters had ever raced, Callie Belway earned silver and Jett Nash earned iron. This was the final Interior race for the speed skating season, but a number of skaters have earned berths at the provincial meet in March, with a few others still chasing the chance to post qualifying times for the event.
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the Lakers’ strong play, the Golds were their own worst enemies. “We were our own worst enemy this game, shooting 44.4 per cent from the free-throw line, a stat that got worse as the game continued, and 23 per cent from the three-point line,” said Waters. The Golds gave away 13 points at the freethrow line, a stat that could have turned the game in favour of the Golds. The Golds were frustrated with the loss, and Waters is hopeful they will use it as motivation in their upcoming games. “We need that feeling the guys had after this game to stay in the back of their mind, and let it motivate them to avoid it again to close out our season.” The Golds will face off against Mount
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Indoor action: Clockwise from left: Shuswap’s Ben New splits a pair of Pinnacles FC defenders for a scoring chance during a game at the SASCU Memorial Complex indoor field on Sunday, Feb. 7. Roxanne Van Rooyen makes one of her many saves during a game against Pinnacles FC on Saturday, Feb. 6. Solimar Ruiz-White chases down a loose ball. Micah Schutt makes a save against a Pinnacles FC forward. EVAN BUHLER/OBSERVER
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xcitement is building at the Roots & Blues office as more talented artists sign onto the 2016 slate and artistic director Peter North reveals this year’s presentation. Just signed on, Joe Craven is not just an entertaining musician with a penchant for the mischievous, he is a teacher and student all at once and he will draw you into his performance by including you as though you’re part of the show itself. His gift of gab is unprecedented and his musical knowledge impressive. “Joe’s openness and expression of gratitude for the gifts he’s acquired make it all the more fun for him to share them with his audience,” says North. Creativity educator, former museum curator, visual artist, actor/ storyteller, event MC and recipient of the 2009 Folk Alliance Far-West Performer of the Year, Craven has
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Craven has a talent and well-earned reputation for being able to make music out of pretty much anything and is an engaging, crowdpleasing artist.
made music with many folks – notably violinist Stephane Grappelli and Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia – to multi-whirled string guy David Lindley, harmonica wizard Howard Levy and seven years recording and touring with banjo fusionist Alison Brown. Always looking for the next expression and object to make music with, Craven is a musical madman with anything that has strings attached – violin, mandolin, tin can, bedpan, cookie tin, tenor guitar/ banjo, mouth bow, canjoe, cuatro, CBG, berimbau, balalaika, boot ‘n’ lace and double-necked whatever. Craven has created music and sound effects for commercials, soundtracks, computer games and contributions to several Grammynominated projects. An educator for more than 25 years, he has presented at well over 100 schools, universities, civic and community groups. He has pan-
eled at the American String Teacher’s Association, and has been a keynote clinician and a co-director of the youth academy at Wintergrass in Seattle for more than 10 years. He is the executive director of RiverTunes in California and a coast-to-coast MC of a variety of music festivals, including Delfest and the 40th Telluride Bluegrass. “Whether a presentation to folks in Costa Rica, corporate heads in Contra Costa, Calif., Goodwill Industries, The United Way, young men in a juvenile detention centre, families in homeless shelters, a university lecture in Washington, jamming with Gnawa musicians in Morocco, on stage at Carnegie Hall with Stephane Grappelli, or on stage with an angel food cake pan in front of thousands of school kids in Scotland… no matter who and what Craven is connected with, he’s at home and loving every minute.
“Everything Joe touches turns to music,” says mandolinist David Grisman, with whom Joe played for almost 17 years. No one who saw Craven wring a percussion concerto from his garbage-bag raincoat during a downpour at the Strawberry Music Festival could disagree. On another front, last year’s successful celebration of 50 Years of the Grateful Dead included a special cast of players and singers who took a packed house in the Boogie Bar’N on a heck of a rollicking ride that touched on so many of the classic songs of the Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter songbook. “As we set sail into 2016, it seems only fitting that we put one of our spotlights on the 40th anniversary of one of the biggest roots music events in the history of contemporary music,” says North. “Strange as it might seem to some of us, it was indeed 40 years ago
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Murder is not usually something that brings on a lot of laughter. But there’s lots of that at the Kitty Club, where James Bowlby’s Salmon Arm Actors’ Studio presents Funkin’ Dead. Meet Rosa Parelli (Elaine Holmes), a vamp who doesn’t share her man with anyone. Trouble is, her man, Mr. Robinson (Michael Nash), has a wandering eye – and a penchant for
more than a look. Running interference is Vincent “The Pussycat” Myers (Randy Brogden), who owns the club where Rosa performs – when she’s not berating Mr. Robinson. Holmes, whose singing and acting chops are a treat, plays off well against the swaggering, likeable Nash. Morgan Horsman is a hoot as the frustrated but not-so-bright detective trying to bring
Myers down for his behind-the-scenes drug dealing. She and her partner are taken off the case but continue to work it, despite their captain’s orders. Two women, one a private investigator arrive under cover, sending Myers into a steamy, hopeful swoon. Somewhere along the line, gun shots are fired. Who was done in and who did the doing in are matters left up to the audience – well, until des-
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Buy a pie for a goat. Destaney Dean, a Grade 8 student at Carlin Elementary Middle School, has launched a fundraiser to help raise funds for a village in an economically poor part of the world. She explains in a letter that she was one of a few “very lucky students” to be chosen to go to We Day B.C. in Vancouver in 2014. “We Day is an inspiring day in which thousands of students from our province gather together in one large building with a whole bunch of celebrities. They tell their stories of how they have helped with different initiatives to help others in need.” Dean was so inspired she is organizing her second “Goods for Goats” silent auction
of baked goods to take place just before Valentine’s Day. Proceeds will go to the “The goat that gives back” initiative that provides a dairy goat – a source of nutritious milk and sustainable income for a family. “This allows them to have on average 16 glasses of milk each day,” Dean writes. “This will be my second year doing this. Last year together we raised $350! It was enough to buy seven goats for seven families.” Because of provincial regulations, Dean can only auction off baked goods made in a commercial kitchen, but she says she is very appreciative of all the people offering to bake for the sale. Items will be on display for bidding at the Mall at Piccadilly on Friday, Feb. 12. The
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Results of Salmar Theatre’s Star Wars promotion were out of this world. Thanks to the generosity of local movie-goers, more than $3,600 will be split between Second Harvest and the Salvation Army Food Bank. That amount represents an impressive 10 per cent of popcorn sales at Salmar Theatre concessions from Dec. 18 to Jan. 17. “Our main focus was on 10 per cent of popcorn sales being donated to the food banks and we had prize draws for people who bought from the concession,” says Salmar manager Daila Duford, noting food bank donations were well up over last year’s promotion. “It’s incredible how much popcorn we went through, but Star Wars was huge. It’s the most successful we’ve ever been at getting actual food donations.” Duford says one group of some 170 friends rented the theatre for the private
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Stellar promotion: Salmar Theatre supervisor Alex Idzan helped organize the month-
long Star Wars promotion, which raised more than $3,600 to be split with Salvation Army and Second Harvest food banks. showing and raised another $300 by passing around a bucket. “Wow! Second Harvest is extremely grateful for everything that the Salmar does for us and for our community,” said enthusiastic Second Harvest co-ordinator Diana Mangold. “The generous donation will help many local families in
their time of need.” Last Thursday, David Byers community services co-ordinator for the Salvation Army, said he was amazed by the donation, particularly since the food bank had served more than 200 people that day. Meanwhile, Duford is grateful to several local businesses who do-
nated excellent prizes for the Star Wars promotion. “Askew’s donated a big food basket and gave us a discount on gift cards as well, so that added to our total,” said an enthusiastic Duford, pointing out she and Salmar staff are busy putting together an entry package together for Show Canada, an
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Jazz musicians thick as thieves The music will be all over the place Feb. 11 when Thick as Thieves play their imaginative blend of jazz, blues, folk and world music. The quartet features Richard Owings on five-string violin and arrangements, Jordan Dick on guitar, Blair Shier on guitar/bass and Larry Keats on drums. A principal inspiration for the group is the distinctive work of American composer and guitarist Bill Frisell. The quartet performs its own original versions of choice Frisell compositions and arrangements, plus new tunes written by band members. Of special interest are the band’s covers of the Beatles’ Strawberry Fields and Julia, in fresh instrumental settings.
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Band mates: Richard Owings, Blair Shier, Jordan Dick and Larry Keats perform at the Jazz Club Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. Owings is wellknown to local audiences for his work with the folk/Celtic band Birchbark and for his many performances in various Gypsy swing bands led by Willy Gaw. Dick and Shier gig frequently in the Salmon Arm area, some-
times as a guitar duet, sometimes as part of Sunday’s Cool. Owings, Dick and Shier have been featured players in the acclaimed Django Gypsy jazz shows at Shuswap Theatre. Dick also serves as the artistic director for the Salmon Arm Jazz Society. Ke-
ats plays drums with the Salmon Armenians. All members of Thick as Thieves are active locally as music teachers and educators. The Jazz Club takes place in the banquet room of Shuswap Chefs. Doors open at 6:30 and a tapas menu is available.
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But the numbers have dwindled to about 18 members with only five young people, something Brighouse attributes, in part, to the fact there is no longer a school connection – except free rehearsal space, for which the group is grateful. The orchestra is composed of violin, viola, cello and bass players of all ages who rehearse from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Shuswap Middle School on Wednesdays during the school year.
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BRIAN KENDALL July 19th 1988- February 1st 2016 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Brian William Kendall on the morning of February 1st. He is survived by his parents Sabie Rendall and Brian Kendall Sr., his sisters Skyla, Savanna and Brianne Marble, grandparents William Rendall and Ida Kendall as well as numerous uncles, aunts, cousins and friends. Brian’s memorial of life will be announced at a later date. Contributions in memory of Brian may be sent to the local SPCA. Online condolences may be sent through Brian’s obituary at www.bowersfuneralservice.com
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It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Jessie Eileen Grainger, at the age of 80, on Friday January 29, 2016 at the Shuswap Lake Hospital, Salmon Arm BC. Jessie was born in Hamiota Manitoba, raised her family in Brandon Manitoba and Edgewood BC. Jessie was predeceased by her parents Douglas and Mary Elizabeth Campbell, husband Charles, grandchildren Laurie, Robert and Tuffy. Jessie is survived by children June, Bob, David, Valerie, her grandchildren Brian, Phillip, Jody, Ken, Nadine, great grandchildren Dawson, Jordan, Hayden, Kenny. Jessie’s life was filled with volunteer work, for years she was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary, Women’s Institute, OAPO, Hospice and Meals on Wheels. She loved to knit, crochet, sew, quilt, and made all kinds of crafts. A special thank you to Dr. Theron and the nurses at Shuswap Lake Hospital. A Celebration of Jessie’s Life will be announced at a later date. Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the family at www.MyAlternatives.ca. Arrangements entrusted to: ALTERNATIVES FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES ® Vernon 250-558-0866 & Armstrong 250-546-7237
HERBERT (HERB) YOUNG With deep sadness we announce the sudden passing of our husband, father, grandfather, and so much more, Herbert (Herb) Young. Herb was born in Grandview, Manitoba in 1946 and lived there until the spring of 1959 when they sold their farm, machinery and animals, climbed on a train and moved to British Columbia. Herbs family took up residence at the Falkland Ranch where Herb’s dad was to work. Graduating from Salmon Arm Secondary in 1964, Herb took a job at the Federated Co-op in Salmon Arm and then continued on at the Ministry of Highways where he worked from 1969 to 2002, retiring after 33 years. He then continued an active retired life, remaining in Salmon Arm. He is survived by his wife, Anne-Marie (Mennie), his sons Brad (Corinne Christie) of Salmon Arm, Mike (Nicole Grimm) of Calgary, his daughter Jennifer (Mike Dunn) also of Calgary. As well, he is survived by his siblings Loretta Young (John Franks), Brian Young (Ingrid) Joan Young (Ron Norman) and Glennis Vetter (Phil) and by his 5 grandchildren, Kimberly, Hailey, Tyler, Micaela and Zack. Herb was known for his quiet, observant nature, his witty remarks, and his kind heart. He was a dedicated family man that was always on the positive side of life and savoured all of the little things. He was known to love a great cup of coffee and a piece of pie, and being surrounded by his family. Though his health started narrowing his ability to do some of the things he loved, he faced it with strength and made the most of everyday. The family asks that any donations or support be sent to the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation. Online condolences can be sent to www.bowersfuneralservice.com. There was a celebration of life for Herb held on Saturday, February 6th held by Bowers Funeral Home and Crematorium in Salmon Arm.
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DO YOU or anyone you know specialize in East Indian Cuisine? Popular restaurant in Kamloops needs you immediately. Full Time, starting $20. per hr. 250-374-0340.
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Prefer that you own an RV and are willing to live on-site in our service yard. Preference will be given to those with Provincial Park, grounds maintenance and cleaning experience. Applications can be found on our website; www.campokanagan.com or by emailing your resume to info@campokanagan.com
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✎Kindergarten - 3 Days/Week ✎Grade 1 - Full Time ✎Music/Fine Arts - Part Time Details available at www.kingschristianschool.com under “careers.” Please forward resume, references and statement of faith to: King’s Christian School 350-B 30th Street NE Salmon Arm, BC V1E 1J2 Phone: (250)832-5200 Fax: (250)832-5201 info@kingschristianschool.com
MARA Lake Provincial Park is Hiring Seasonal part-time employment is available at Mara Lake Provincial Park. May 6 – June 17 would be (approx.) 12 hours per week June 18 - Sept 5 would be (approx.) 28 hours
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David Benjamin Gooden 1929 - 2016 Dave Gooden passed away peacefully on January 19 at his home in Parksville, lovingly supported by family. He was 86 years old. He is survived by his wife Jill Gooden of 31 years, children Les (Tatiana), Bryan (Juliet), Kevin (Deanna), and Elizabeth Taylor, and step-children Robert Graham, Maree Roome and Heather McPhee. He is survived also by numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as his first wife Dorothy Gooden and sisters Dora Gooden and Florence Hutchison. A Celebration of Life was held on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Knox United Church in Parksville, BC
A manufacturer of quality custom built moulded log homes, is currently seeking a highly competent individual, preferably with experience in manufacturing and cost accounting for the position of Controller. BFM is currently under sales negotiattions and if sold, the position will be subject to discussions with the future senior management. Initially the position will likely be a four-day work week. The successful candidate will be an experienced professional that oversees all the financial accounting and cost accounting and must be able to work well with a team to accomplish company goals and targets. The position reports directly to the President at BFM’s parent company R.C.Core Co., Ltd., which is a public company located in Japan, with some reporting to the Senior Vice President-Operations. The controller is responsible for the preparation of monthly financial statements by the 5th working day and for overseeing the quarterly reviews and annual audit process, working with the external auditor firm. Candidates should possess their accounting designation with at least 5 years experience, a high degree of accuracy in their work, strong computer and ERP skills and knowledge of SOX and IFRS. Experience with Great Plains software would be a definite asset. BFM is located in the interior of BC near Salmon Arm, BC which is located on the sunny Shuswap Lake. If you are interested, please send a copy of your resume and a cover letter to. Attn: Wayne Brown wayne@bigfoot-mfg.com Or fax to: 250-835-4732
DELI CLERK – Our Uptown Deli/Café requires part time help. Must be friendly and outgoing, able to multi task, have excellent customer service and hold a food safe certificate. Experience would be an asset and available to work weekends. If you are energetic and enthusiastic and want to be part of the Askew’s team then we want to hear from you. Please forward resume in person, to; Shannon Garrison – Deli/Café Manager Uptown store – Monday to Friday during the day
Have you ever wanted to work in a BC Provincial Park?
Exciting opportunities available! We have positions available in all aspects of Park Operations. Full time, Part time, Live in and Hosts. We are hiring for the following BC Parks: • Heralds Park in Salmon Arm • Shuswap Lake Marine Provincial Parks • Shuswap Lake Park in Scotch Creek and more!
Join us at our open house Job fair!
February 20th from 10am-5pm at: Monashee Room - Prestige Harbourfront Resort 251 Harbour Front Dr NE, Salmon Arm, BC Please bring resumes and your questions! Pre register by sending your name and resume to: jobfair2016silvertipshuswap@outlook.com
Mascon Cable Systems www.mascon.bc.ca
We are a Cable TV and High Speed Internet Service Provider located in Salmon Arm BC. We are seeking a conscientious and customer service oriented individual to join our team for the following position: Part Time Customer Support Reps – Shifts would vary. Hours of Operation are 7 days a week 6 am to 9pm. Responsibilities will include Customer Service and Technical Support for our Digital Cable, Internet, Digital Phone and Wireless Internet . You will need to be technically inclined, internet savvy and customer focused. We offer a competitive salary. May work into a full time position for the right applicant. Please submit your resume and cover letter by email to info@mascon.ca.
Serving and caring for families in our community since 1947. Whether you’re considering pre-planning or have lost a loved one, you can trust our professional and friendly team to support you with meaningful grief services. We provide individualized funeral, memorial and celebration of life services, as well as grief counselling and an aftercare program. For more information and the answers to many frequently asked questions, visit us online at: Dave Wallensteen, Funeral Director
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Junior Woodlands Administrator Canoe Forest Products Ltd. (part of the Gorman Group of Companies); located near Salmon Arm, BC has an immediate fulltime vacancy for a Junior Woodlands Administrator to join our Canoe team for a six (6) month term. Reporting to the Controller, the Junior Woodlands Administrator will assist with data entry, logging contractor payments, accounts payable, journal entries, month-end procedures, reconciliations, and various other accounting and administrative duties. QUALIFICATIONS: • Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in accounts payable required • Excel spreadsheet experience is required • Exceptional time management skills for completion of tasks under tight deadlines • Extensive administrative experience in a group office environment • Full cycle accounting experience is considered an asset Forest industry knowledge with experience in the Harvest Billing System in BC and SAP Business One accounting systems would be an asset This position offers a competitive wage rate with a full range of benefits for the successful applicant. If you possess the skills and qualifications for this position, please submit your resume with cover letter, by February 15, 2016 to: Human Resources Department Canoe Forest Products Ltd. Box 70 Canoe BC V0E 1K0 E: hr@canoefp.com F: 866-514-8773 www.canoefp.com Canoe Forest Products Ltd. thanks all applicants for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Canadian Firearms Safety Courses (PAL) Downstairs at Chase Legion Feb 20 & 21, 9am-5pm Cost $120 includes manual & exams Pre-registration required Call Ivan: (1-250)679-2758
CRAFTSMAN w/9HP Briggs & Stratton snowblower, elec. start, used very little $570. (250)833-1444
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POLE BARNS, Shops, steel buildings metal clad or fabric clad. Complete supply and installation. Call John at 403998-7907; jcameron@advancebuildings.com
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QUEEN size bed & mattress in like new condition $275. (250)515-5551
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REFORESTATION NURSERY seedlings of hardy trees, shrubs, and berries for shelterbelts or landscaping. Spruce and Pine from $.99/tree. Free shipping. Replacement guarantee. 1-866-873-3846 or www.treetime.ca
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STEEL BUILDING Sale. Really big sale: extra winter discount on now!! 21x22 $5,190 25x24 $5,988 27x28 $7,498 30x32 $8,646 35x34 $11,844 42x54 $16,386. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca
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IN THE MATTER OF WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIENS ACT Auto Road Self Storage
5421 Auto Road SE, Salmon Arm, BC Claims a Warehouseman’s Lien against the following person. If not paid in full on or before date stated, the goods will be sold or disposed of February 29, 2016. KATHY WALKER
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Chef expands her services into your own home By Barb Brouwer OBSERVER STAFF
Thirty-six years ago, Kelly Little kicked her parents out of the kitchen and prepared a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. “And I didn’t burn anything,” laughs the woman who made that meal on an old wood cookstove and has never stopped cooking. “I was the type of cook who dirtied the whole kitchen making high-end food. My passion developed from there.” She has cooked in upscale restaurants as well as camps and is now a chef at Andover Terrace in Salmon Arm. The former Prince George resident developed a desire to explore what she calls flavour profiles and to teach people how to cook relying
on their noses rather than their tastebuds. Little, who works four days on and four off, operates her own company called Cariboo Culinary and offers a chef-at-home service, workshops and home parties. The Art of Scentual Cooking and Creating Your Own Spice Blends utilizes the material Little is including in a book she is writing by the same name. The host of the home party participates at no charge and the others – a minimum of five – pay $100 each. “We spend time learning how to cook with the nose, why smell is important to cooking and how to tell your cake is cooked by nose alone, for example,” she says, noting she includes a bit of science and
history and has participants identifying herbs and spices blindfolded and taste testing before creating. “Participants will create their own flavour profile that they will package and take home, along with training material which includes some of my recipes and is a great future reference for them.” The class is five hours long and Little supplies the food and materials participants use to create their own private label and packaging. Little’s Chef at Home program grew from her research on diet and the effects food has on the body when her mom was diagnosed with cancer. “I fed her a special diet featuring foods that matched her blood type and she’s in remission now,” Little says.
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Creative cuisine: Kelly Little, the chef at Ando-
ver Place and operator of a chef-at-home business, prepares a white chocolate spaghetti dessert with raspberry sauce and peanut butter chocolate meatballs on ice cream. form as a cooking ingredient or put in a pepper mill and used as a garlic salt. Gutsy Garlic is on some store shelves in northern B.C. and Little plans to bring
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Robert Babakaiff of Arro Wood Heat Services has been in business for 5 years. A 45-year resident of Salmon Arm, he believes in buying his products locally. After being laid off from Coe/Newnes, he saw there was a need for a reliable wood heat technician. He became certified in the WETT program – which is a Canadian recognized association, allowing him to be able to inspect, install and maintain wood burning stoves and fireplaces. His services include chimney sweeping, estimates and advice on purchasing and installation of wood burning stoves, such as size needed for the square footage, and the best stove to meet your needs. Robert’s motto “Burning Clean = More Green” not only refers to the money saved when keeping your stove or fireplace maintained, it also refers to the environment, as the new stoves burn cleaner and more efficiently. Repeat customers are spreading the word of his fair pricing and thorough job. For all your wood heat needs, call Robert today for an estimate.
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“I’d like to think the food had something to do with that.” Little also caters to those who are too busy or simply have no interest in cooking, but are concerned about nutrition and their health. But it’s not all serious. Little is a bit of a trickster, preparing food that isn’t always what it seems. “I made a ‘spaghetti’ ice cream,” she laughs. “The spaghetti was white chocolate and the meatballs were chocolate balls mixed in nuts… It freaks your senses out a bit.” Little has a product line that includes the very popular sea salt-infused smoked Gutsy Garlic Chips, for which she holds a previsionary patent. They can be eaten like a snack right out of the bag, used in their flaked
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Out on the Town
MUSIC • VISUAL ARTS • BAR SCENE • ENTERTAINMENT • PERFORMANCE ARTS Call us at 250-832-2131, drop in to our office, or use our new, easy to use calendar online. See below. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10 RECRUITMENT – Shuswap Search and Rescue is looking
for dedicated volunteers and will host an information session at 6 p.m. at 4871 46 Ave. SE. Call 250-804-7918 or email https://www.shuswapvsar.org/contact.aspx.
THURSDAY, FEB. 11 JAZZ CLUB – Thick as Thieves (Richard Owings, Blair
Shier, Jordan Dick and Larry Keats) performs from 7 to 9 p.m. in the banquet room of Shuswap Chefs, 551 Trans-Canada Hwy. Doors open at 5:30, tapas menu is available.
TOASTMASTERS – Salmon Arm Toastmasters hosts an open
house from 6:50 to 8:45 p.m. in Room 130 of Okanagan College. Regular meeting will follow presentation by special guest Caleb Espinoza. Everyone is welcome. Toastmasters meets Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Downtown Activity Centre.
offering a day of no cost dental hygiene services to people who otherwise could not afford this essential maintenance. For booking, call 832 6692 or email grin@thesmilepeople.ca – first booked, first served.
preservation of Fly Hills recreation. Visit www. sasnowblazers.com. LAST DAY TO REGISTER – Interior Health is recruiting
volunteer leaders to train and then co-lead a free sixweek (2.5 hours/week) self-management workshops for people living with chronic pain. A free, four-day leader training takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 26, 27 and March 4 and 5 in the community room at Uptown Askew’s. Attendance of all four days is required. Ongoing support is provided and a small honorarium given for workshops led. To register, call toll free 1-866902-3767.
SUNDAY, FEB. 14 DAY AND NIGHT – An affordable pancake breakfast will be
held at the Seniors Fifth Avenue Activity Centre from 8 to 11 a.m. A jammers dance begins at 7 p.m. Play an instrument or enjoy dancing to the music.
HEARTSONGS – Everyone is welcome to attend this concert
and dessert event to raise funds for a conference at 6 p.m. at Five Corners Church. It includes live music, a cake auction and more.
TOASTMASTERS – Check out Salmon Arm Toastmasters,
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MEDITATION – A drop-in class of
guided meditations and a teaching takes place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the SASCU Downtown Activity Centre, 451 Shuswap St. SW. For class topic and information, call 1-250-558-0952 or send an email to www.dorjechang.ca. No fragrance please.
WEEKLY CRIB – Enjoy a game of crib
every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall, 3056 Hornberger Rd. For information, contact Donna Bernard at 250-833-0123.
which meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Downtown Activity Centre. Or check online at salmonarmtm.com. WEEKLY CRIB – Runs every Thursday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Salmon Valley Senior’s Hall. For info, contact Donna Bernard at 250-8330123.
Speaker: Tahn from Healthy Horses Saturday, February 13th
FRIDAY, FEB. 19
1:00 pm Topic: Gut Health
Equine Nutrition
Speaker: Shelagh Niblock from Hi-Pro Feeds Bring yo Tuesday, February 16th - 6:30 pm ur own Cha i
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FUNDRAISER – A Burger, Beer and
Dance Fundraiser will be held for Kaden Sagh at Salmon Arm Elk’s Hall, 3690 30 St. SE. Doors open at 6 p.m. For tickets contact Sancha at 250-833-6587, or Kristie at 250833-2601.
FRIDAY, FEB. 12 MURDER MYSTERY – The Salmon Arm
Actors’ Studio presents Funkin’ Dead, a five-act murder mystery with a four-course dinner Feb. 12 to 13 and 19 to 20. Drinks are served at 6 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.saactorsstudio.com, Intwined Fibre Arts or by calling James at 250-833-5134.
ONSTAGE – Shuswap Theatre presents Welfarewell, a dramatic comedy by Cat Delaney at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 to 21, 25–28, and March 3–5. Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30 p.m. Sunday shows are at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are available at Intwined Fibre Arts on Hudson Avenue or online at shuswaptheatre.com.
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FILM FARE – Shuswap Film Society presents Rams, an
enchanting Icelandic film about two estranged unmarried brothers who are reunited after 40 years by an infectious disease that threatens to decimate their prized sheep, at 5 p.m. at the Salmar Classic.
SATURDAY, FEB. 13 HEART SONGS – The Ancora Women’s Ensemble performs
in concert at 2 p.m. at St John’s Anglican Church. Tickets are available at Acorn Music or by calling 250832-9832.
DOUBLE THE LOVE – Shop at a chocolate bake sale in the
Mall at Piccadilly from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to support Megan Senn, who is being treated for leukemia in Vancouver. She and her mom have been there since August and need help with expenses.
FOOD CLASS – Learn to make your own naturally
fermented vegetables from 10 a.m. to noon at the Shuswap Family Resource Centre, 161 Trans-Canada Hwy. NE. To register, send an email to karen1raven@ gmail.com or briannelfester@gmail.com.
SMILE DAY – The Smile People dental hygiene clinic is
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17 CAMPUS EVENTS – Okanagan College hosts a bannock-
making contest from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, FEB. 18 HERITAGE WEEK – R.J. Haney Heritage Village celebrates
Heritage Week in the Mall at Piccadilly to Feb. 20. Bid on items in the silent auction. On Feb. 20, enjoy Family Fun Day with a craft table, panning for real Haney gold, discovering the exhibit designed by the museum’s curator, see pioneer displays, demonstrations and more. Jane’s Place hosts a pancake breakfast, take part in the pie contest, buy a slice after the contest closes, or bid on a whole pie. Proceeds go to the village. For official pie contest rules call the Village at 250-832-5243.
PUB THEOLOGY – First United Church holds a conversation
forum on any topic from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hideaway Pub, open to anyone over 19 and the sky is the limit in terms of topics of conversation. For more information, call Patrick at 250-832-3492.
SNOWBLAZERS – Snowmobile Club monthly meetings are
held every third Thursday at the curling rink from 7 to 8 p.m. to discuss chalet, trails, fundraising and
FILM FARE – The Shuswap Film
Society presents the 27th Annual Shuswap International Film Festival to Feb. 27. Details to come.
COFFEE HOUSE – A coffee house takes place at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month at the Silver Creek Community Hall. Sign-up is at 6 p.m. Open mic.
SATURDAY, FEB. 20
COLDEST NIGHT – Walk with others to raise funds for the
Lighthouse Shelter and Second Harvest. Opening cermony starts at 5 p.m. Great prizes available to walkers. Contact event co-ordinator Chris Moore at info@lueseaphilanthropy.org or call 250-833-4066.
ITALIAN DINNER – The Salmon Arm Elks host a fundraising
spaghetti dinner, featuring a 50/50 draw, door prizes and entertainment. Cocktails will be served at 4:30 p.m., dinner is at 6. Tickets are available from any Elk member or by calling 250-833-4803.
GREEN THUMBS – Shuswap Garden Club hosts A Day for
the Gardeners at 8:30 a.m. at the Seniors Fifth Avenue Activity Centre, 170 Fifth Ave, SE. Speaker topics include What’s New for 2016, Gardening for Pollinators and How to grow Ornamental Grasses and Succulents. Attendees must register before 9:15 a.m. Speakers present from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors and raffles will be featured. For more information, contact Kathy at 250832-2028 or visit www.facebook.com.
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BASED ON A LEASE PURCHASE PRICE OF $40,530†† (INCLUDES $750 LOYALTY CASH¥ AND $1,000 LEASE CASH)
LEASE RATE
SLE -1 AWD MODEL SHOWN
2015 CLEAROUT! GREAT OFFERS ON REMAINING 2015s 2015 SIERRA 2500HD DOUBLE CAB SLE 4X4
0
%
PURCHASE FINANCING
FOR UP TO
84
MONTHS ON SELECT 2015 MODELS^
12,000 UP TO
OR
$
IN TOTAL VALUE ON OTHER MODELS† (INCLUDES $1,000 LOYALTY CASH¥)
2500HD SLE 4X4 SHOWN
ENDS FEBRUARY 29TH
BCGMCDEALERS.CA
ON NOW AT YOUR BC GMC DEALERS. BCGMCDEALERS.CA 1-800-GM-DRIVE. GMC is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the lease of a 2016 Terrain SLE-1 AWD (3SA), 2016 Acadia (3SA) and purchase or finance of a 2015 Sierra 2500HD. License, insurance, registration, administration fees, dealer fees, PPSA and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC GMC Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. †† Lease based on a purchase price of $31,345/$40,530, including $670/$670 Loyalty Cash (tax exclusive) and $500/$1,000 lease cash for a new eligible 2016 Terrain SLE-1 AWD (3SA)/ 2016 Acadia SLE-1 AWD (3SA). Bi-weekly payment is $184/$209 for 48/48 months at 0.9%/0.49% APR, on approved credit to qualified retail customers by GM Financial. Annual kilometre limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometre. $0 down payment and a $0 security deposit is required. Payment may vary depending on down payment or trade. Total obligation is $19,104/$21,648, plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $13,036/$19,467. Price and total obligation exclude license, insurance, registration, taxes and optional equipment. Other lease options are available. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited-time offer, which may not be combined with other offers. See your dealer for conditions and details. General Motors of Canada Company reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. * Offer valid to eligible retail lessees in Canada who have entered into a lease agreement with GM Financial and accept delivery between February 2 and February 29, 2016 of a new or demonstrator 2016 model year GMC model excluding GMC Canyon 2SA. General Motors of Canada will pay one month’s lease payment or two biweekly lease payments as defined on the lease agreement (inclusive of taxes). After the first month, lessee will be required to make all remaining scheduled payments over the remaining term of the lease agreement. PPSA/RDPRM is not due. Consumer may be required to pay Dealer Fees. Insurance, licence, and applicable taxes not included. Additional conditions and limitations apply. GM reserves the right to modify or terminate this offer at any time without prior notice. See dealer for details. ^ Offer available to qualified retail customers in Canada for vehicles delivered between February 2 and February 29, 2016. 0% purchase financing offered on approved credit by TD Auto Finance Services, Scotiabank® or RBC Royal Bank for 84 months on select new or demonstrator 2015 GMC Sierra 1500 Double Cab 2WD 1SA / Crew Cab 2WD 1SA and Sierra HD’s 1SA 2WD with gas engine. Participating lenders are subject to change. Rates from other lenders will vary. Down payment, trade and/or security deposit may be required. Monthly payment and cost of borrowing will vary depending on amount borrowed and down payment/trade. Example: $45,000 at 0% APR, the monthly payment is $535.71 for 84 months. Cost of borrowing is $0, total obligation is $45,000. Offer is unconditionally interest-free. Freight, air tax ($100, if applicable) included. License, insurance, registration, PPSA/movable property registry fees, applicable taxes and dealer fees not included. Dealers may sell for less. Limited time offer which may not be combined with certain other offers. GM Canada may modify, extend or terminate offers in whole or in part at any time without notice. Conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ®Registered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. † $12,000 is a combined total credit consisting of $1,000 Loyalty Cash (tax inclusive) and a $11,000 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) for a 2015 Sierra HD gas models (excluding 1SA 4x2), which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $11,000 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. Discounts vary by model. ¥ Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any model year 1999 or newer car that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 Sierra or 2016 model year GMC SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between February 2 and February 29, 2016. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $750 credit available on eligible GMC vehicles (except Canyon 2SA, Sierra 1500 and HD); $1,000 credit available on all 2015 and 2016 GMC Sierra models. Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Company to verify eligibility. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. Certain limitations or conditions apply. Void where prohibited. See your GM Canada dealer for details. GM Canada reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice.
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