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Chase’s community paper for 25 years! Issue for the week of Friday, August 7th, 2020 • Vol. 25, Issue 30
An Agri Tradition Continues on the Murray Farm
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by Kelsey Snelgrove, with editing from Carolyn Parks-Mintz
rabbing a bag of delicious, freshly-picked, locally-grown corn is a summer ‘ritual’ dearly held by many in Chase, and thankfully this agricultural operation will continue in the hands of young farmers, Lewis and Vincent Burkholder, as Peter and Ray Murray scale back their management of their family farmland. Peter, who also was farming in his 20’s, and his wife, Ray, successfully ran their agri-business and corn stand for decades. Under the Murray’s tutelage,
the Burkholder brothers have been busy over the past months planning, seeding, weeding, watering and monitoring the precious crop. “Lewis and I both started working for Pete when we were young teens. Collectively we’ve spent about 15 harvest seasons on this farm,” says Vincent. The brothers who are from the area, had stepped away from Chase to go to school and pursue other work, but returned for the opportunity. Continued on page 3...
Burkholder Bros. Corn Farm
(With Mentorship from Pete and Ray Murray)
OPENING THIS WEEKEND Open Daily 8:30 am – 7:00 pm
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Community Bulletin Chase Library Yay, we have reopened. We will be happy to continue our takeout service for those who are still interested in keeping their safety and wellness circles small. There are some safe distancing measures in place when you visit the branch and hand sanitizer available as you enter. There is limited occupancy, so we are asking people to check with staff when they arrive, if it is okay to proceed inside. Staff are safely adorned with masks/face shields and we are closing the branch once, midday to clean! We ask that patrons return all items into the outdoor bookdrop before entering the library.
Chase
Visits are limited to one hour per person and 45 min on the Internet daily. Printing, scanning, copying, WiFi are all available. Cash accepted, exact change appreciated. The public restrooms are not available at this time. Here are our new temp hours Tue, Wed, Fri and Sat Open 10:30am-3:30pm, closed 12:30-1pm for cleaning. Thu Open 1:30-6:30pm, closed 3:30-4:00pm for cleaning. Call us if you have any
questions 250.679.3331
Chase Farm and Craft Market -Every Friday in the green area near Safety Mart between 10 am and 2 pm
The Chase Sunflower invites stories, recipes, comments, photos, jokes and any other information that would be of interest to readers. We reserve the right to accept or refuse submissions and edit for content and length. We also reserve the right to refuse advertising that in our opinion does not reflect the concept of the newspaper. The opinions expressed in Letters and Columns do not necessarily reflect the views of this newspaper. Due care and attention for accuracy is used in checking advertising copy, but no warranty is implied by the publisher. The Chase Sunflower is copyrighted and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of the publisher. The Chase Sunflower is independently owned and operated by Shuswap Prairie Publishing. 1500 copies are printed weekly and distributed around Chase, as well as to Pritchard, Sorrento, Squilax, Jade Mountain, and Adams Lake. The Sunflower is available FREE for readers because it is advertiser supported. Please support the local businesses that advertise in the Sunflower; shopping locally enriches our community.
THE CHASE HEAT JUNIOR HOCKEY SOCIETY NEEDS YOUR HELP!! We need Billet Homes for the 2020/2021 hockey season!! Season is September until March. We need you to open your home! Please help us keep THE HEAT in Chase. Each billet home receives $600.00 per month / per Box 12, Chase, BC V0E1M0 player. Call Lana Adamson #250-574-3681. 250-679-8470*
Chase Lions
TEAM CHASE RAFFLE TO GO ON!! Tickets 3 for $5 …. tickets are available from all Team Chase Members. First prize is a Stay and Play package for Talking Rock & Quaaout Lodge Resort, second prize is a beautiful Hand Made Quilt. Draw will be on September 13th,2020. FMI please contact Janice @ 250-679-4471 or Diana @ 250-679-3484. All proceeds go toward CIBC run for the cure.
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Meetings are every 2nd & 4th Thursday, at Parkside. New members welcome
Call 250-679-8470 for all Chase Lions projects: *Chase Lions RV Park For medical equipment or pull tab donations please call Karen Bassett 250-318-4527
400 Club Weekly Winner: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 107 515 Shuswap Ave, Chase * For info / hours phone 250-679-3536 *
OPEN - TUESDAY 3 pm FRIDAY & SATURDAY 1 pm Closing Hours at Bartenders Discretion Following All Social Distancing, Covid Health, and Safety Regulations August 8th, 2020 MEAT DRAW & 50/50 at 2 pm
OFFICE: 838 Shuswap Avenue, Chase BC Hours: 10 am - 4 pm Monday - Thursday PHONE: *(250) 320-3050* (250) 679-8880 EMAIL: info@chasesunflower.ca WEB: www.chasesunflower.ca ** Alternate drop-off location at Willows Natural Foods ** MAIL: Box 524, Chase BC, V0E 1M0 Publisher/Editor: Kelsey Snelgrove
Debbie Simpson $100.00
Shuswap Victory Church
641 Shuswap Ave, Chase BC
WE'RE BACK
Social distancing in effect. Masks optional. Sunday Morning Service: 10:00 am Wed evening Prayer/Praise; 6:30 pm - 9 pm OFFICE HOURS: Tuesdays and Fridays from 10:00-12:30. 250-306-6078
Chase Rotary Box 73
Pres: Patrick Herba ( 250-702-3677) Zoom meetings 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month
Mass at Blessed Sacrament - Mass on Saturdays at the Blessed Sacrament Parish at 4:00 pm. All are welcome Chase Evangelical Free Church - 295 Shuswap Ave COVID Compliant Gathering @ 10 Visit ChaseChurch.com for protocol. Pastoral visitation by Appointment 250 679 1676 or Tyler@ChaseChurch.com
The Light of Life Native Fellowship Pastor Joseph #1.250.457-3845 Shuswap Community Church
has canceled all gatherings and program for the time being and moved all of its services online. More info on our Facebook page Chase Shuswap Community Church. Online services are Sunday at 9:30 am. www.aplacetobelong.ca or call the church office, (778) 824-0383.
Chase Community Fellowship Cancelled until further notice
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Corn Stand Open This Weekend
“Growing local food for the town we grew up in is the most meaningful way to spend our time we can think of.” With Ray’s competent administrative help since 1998, Peter managed their farmland on VLA Road for 40 years. Both have been a valuable resource for the Burkholders in their first year running the operation. “Peter and Ray help us wherever needed. And they will continue to operate their much-loved pumpkin patch and corn maze,” Vincent reports. In addition to sweet corn, the Burkholders also grow potatoes, squash, tomatoes, garlic, carrots and other produce in limited
quantities. They have plans to further diversity the farm in the coming years and offer even more options. The traditional roadside stand on VLA Road will open up this weekend and their delicious produce will also be at the Chase and Kamloops markets. Just now, the brothers are patiently watching the corn, waiting for that perfect ripeness. For all those who have enjoyed the produce from the Murray acreage—now under the dedicated care of the Burkholders—it’s a great succession plan.
BOWLING IS BACK! Youth Youth Night & Night League League Registration League Registration COSTS: Registration COSTS: Fee $30.00 Aug. 22 & 23 + Weekly fee Fee $40 Drop in + Weekly fee $8 or $12 $14 (depending between on age) 1 pm - 9 pm
Club Club 55 55 Registration Registration Aug 29 & 30. COSTS: Drop in Fee $40 between + Weekly fee 10 am-6 pm $13
WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR CUSTOMERS SAFE. PLEASE REMEMBER TO BE KIND! WE ARE NOW EXTENDING OUR STORE HOURS.
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Life’s A Beach Summer is here!
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Classifieds WANTED
Buying Old Items - Wood Windows, Doors, Ladders, Suitcases, furniture, tools, trunks, tubs, signs, lanterns, pumps, taxidermy, advertising, barrels, scales, farm. 250-577-3357.
$5/20 words. 20 cents per additional word. Email info@chasesunflower.ca or text 250-320-3050. Drop off at the Willows Health Food Store.
SERVICES OFFERED Need to board your dog? I am a mature, pet loving lady, honest & reliable. References available. Reasonable rates. 250-679-1153.
THE DELIVERY GUY - Let me do the running around for you. Errands and GARAGE SALES Yard Sale (Moving). Outdoor, deliveries Call 236-586-1766. household, hardware, lots of good items. All cheap like borscht. Some Dump runs, power washer, gutters. old stuff. August 8 & 9 - Sat and Call Sam 250-852-8503. Sunday 9 am. 4597 Harrison Road, Pritchard Let Jonnie Walker help with your pruning, and other yard work jobs. Moving Out Sale - August 8 & 9 at Hedges, garden, roto tilling, lawn #21 - 312 Arbutus 10 am - 4 pm care. Licensed & insured. 250-3185237
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Family with 2 young children and 1 dog seek house for rent in Chase. Good employment, we have been living in Chase for 5 years. Contact Ashton at 250-319-8468
HELPED WANTED
Help Wanted - Part time. Apply in person at Inside Out Cafe. Seniors Welcome
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UNDERGROUND WATER Call for help to locate water on your property. I come with years of experience and the ability to estimate depth in feet. Conditional guarantee. Call or text 250-6825200 or email kennunweiler@gmail. com
LOST/FOUND FOUND: Paddle found at Chase’s Memorial Park beach. Call mobile 519.524.0127 to identify and claim.
Hunter Training (CORE) - August 29 & 30 8 am - ? Downstairs at Chase Legion. Course, manual, exam and FOR SALE BCWF Fee $160.00. For registration 2 lazy boy black leather recliners. and info call Ivan at 250-679-2758. $300 for the pair. Good condition. 250-879-7788
Dr. Wayne Quinn
at the Chase Chiropractic Clinic Clinic Hours: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Tuesday & Thursdays
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BUSINESS LISTINGS Todd "The Coin Guy" - Buying coin collections, sets, old money, bullion, jewelry, old silver & ALL things gold & silver. 1-250-864-3521. Design Haus - Interior and Exterior Painting,
Hedging and Pruning.
Registered and Insured, call today for a free estimate, 250-852-2298 HALL’S KENNELS - Pritchard *First time boarders receive one free day. *Special rates for long term boarders. Transportation available. 250-318-8367 Small engine maintenance and repairs - Certified technician Call 250-320-6082 all outdoor power equipment serviced. Lawnmower, weed whackers, rototiller, quads, motorcycle,
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generators, boat motors etc. Ask for Jarrett. Chase Upholstery – 323 Willow St, Chase, BC. 679-3923. Furniture – Auto – Boat tops and seats – RVs
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Biodiversity Begins at Home submitted by Chase Environmental Group
If you are lucky, you have a yard. Perhaps some shrubs and a shady tree. Maybe you grow your own vegetables or have a prize rose garden. It is exciting to see a package of seeds yield rows of sweet crunchy carrots or a bounty of colourful blooms. It’s like magic! Now, peek under some rocks or leaf litter and you’ll begin to see the abundant diversity of wildlife that is the ecosystem of your yard. Some people consider insects to be vermin. Yes, some bite, some sting, some eatthe food you are growing for yourself. However, many others are helping to create the exact conditions needed to grow healthy vegetables and beautiful blooms. One cannot speak too highly of pollinators and earthworms but little is told of the trillions of other creatures living under your lawn. The soil is the breathing skin of the earth and is highly variable. It can be sandy, rocky, clay or loam, acidic or alkaline. A good productive garden is often the result of a nurturing gardener who feeds the soil by incorporating plenty of organic matter, sometimes in the form of compost. That in itself is a great first step, but the real hard work goes on unseen at the microscopic level. A handful of soil may contain billions of microorganisms; protozoa, algae, nematodes, fungi, bacteria, to name a few. Thousands of species are represented from just about every division of the plant and animal kingdom. They are predators and
prey, producers, consumers, and parasites. It is complicated! Science has begun to reveal some astounding secrets of soil microbes. Simple put, these communities of organisms interact together like a well-tuned choir. They assimilate plant and animal residues and waste to create soil humus and mineral nutrients that are, in turn, available to feed our roses and carrots. We walk all over the soil and quite often treat it like dirt when we should be treating it like gold. Soil the underpinning of life on earth. It is easy to see by looking around how poorly we have taken care of it. We scrape it into piles, pave over it and poison it. We let it blow and flow out to sea. It is high time we protect our soil and convince others not to squander it. So much has already been destroyed and rendered useless as a life-giving substrate. Let us not drip our oil, spill our antifreeze, or decompose our plastic in it. Let us grow trees, weeds, vegetables and lawns, and all without chemical fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides or fungicides. Let’s cherish the biodiversity in our yards and grow it all organically. Remember, our ancestors practiced organic agriculture for about twenty thousand years proving its success and sustainability.
Shuswap Better at Home COVID 19 response services provided at this time:
• Grocery shopping and delivery • Pick up and delivery of drugstore items & prescriptions • Support with meal program delivery and Tracey food bank delivery • Check In and Friendly Visit calls • Some laundry service and transportation may be approved Staff, Volunteers and Contractors have been carefully vetted & trained for your security.
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EVCSS Funded by the Government of BC. Income based service fees may apply.
Computer Support
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PARKSIDE REMAINS CLOSED TO PUBLIC Parkside is now scheduling social distanced tours. Spacious suites starting at $2050. Call Courtney today to discuss protocols and details. Parkside will remain closed to the public until further notice. Thanks for helping keep our seniors safe. Contact us at 250-679-1512 or 250-320-0400 live@parksidecommunity.ca 743 Okanagan Ave, Chase
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Garden Talk with Dr. Catherine Tarasoff
Cover Crops- The Unsung Hero for Weed Prevention submitted
It may be hard to believe but August is upon us! After harvests are done we can all relax right? Actually, there is a group of weeds called winter annuals. These weeds germinate in the fall, overwinter as young seedlings, and grow quickly in the spring. You’ve likely noticed how henbit, chickweed and deadnettle seem to flower overnight; these are all examples of winter annuals. Whether you are managing a backyard vegetable garden or a large scale farm, fall cover cropping is a terrific way to provide competition against winter annuals, increase soil organic matter, prevent soil compaction and erosion; they can even fix nitrogen to give next year’s summer crop an added boost! How does cover cropping work? When we leave the soil barren in the fall, through the winter and even into late spring, we provide an open door for wind borne weed seeds to settle and grow unhindered. Planting a fall cover crop will protect the site from weed establishment AND provide a natural fertilizer and food source, the following spring, for all the microorganisms that are so critical for healthy plant growth. Also, barren soil is prone to erosion and soil compaction. When heavy rains occur in the fall and spring, excess water flows over the surface, eroding away the precious soil that took up to 100 years to develop. A cover crop will absorb the impact of rain droplets and allow the water to infiltrate into the soil – building soil moisture reserves for next season. Then, in the spring, when the roots rot, tiny tunnels will form in the soil;
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increasing water infiltration; reducing soil compaction, and offering spaces for Seniors Discount! oxygen and nutrients to collect. Red Seal Journeyman Plumber Sound too good to be true? Well, it Bonded B Gas Fitter 35 Yrs Exp • WCB & Liability Ins isn’t. But, time is of the essence! Most cover crops are sown within the TNRD in late August/September. The sooner you seed a cover crop, the longer the soil will be able to reap the benefits. Local agricultural suppliers and nurseries Wills & Estates can help you with selecting the best Family Law combination of cover crop plants for Conveyancing your gardening/farming needs. It’s fun to experiment with different combinations CHASE OFFICE: of cover crops and you’ll quickly find Open Thursdays your favourite. You will be amazed at 10 am - 4:30 pm how your garden flourishes with the #4-834 Shuswap Avenue addition of these unsung heroes! Garden tip: Be ‘PlantWise’ and ‘Know Phone: 250-679-3180 What you Grow”. Check out the Web: www.cfselaw.ca Grow Me Instead booklet available at bcinvasives.ca. This booklet includes 26 of BC's most 'unwanted' NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING horticultural plants PROPOSED VILLAGE of CHASE and recommends nonZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 887-2020 invasive alternatives. Good luck and happy The Village of Chase Council will be holding a Public Hearing gardening! pursuant to Section 464 of the Local Government Act, to consider amendments to the Village of Chase Zoning Bylaw No. 683. Catherine is the Education and The Council will consider amending the zoning bylaw to allow Outreach Coordinator and control the use and siting of shipping containers. for the Thompson Nicola Invasive If you feel your property interests may be affected by the Plant Management proposed amendment and you wish to address Village Council Committee (on on any matters pertaining to this bylaw, please attend the Public Facebook @TNIPMC). Hearing at the Village Office on: Look for more resources at www.tnipmc.com Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 4:00 pm
Village of Chase - Garbage Collection Notice The Villages garbage truck has to go in for repairs on Monday August 10, 2020 and we may have to shift the collection schedule for next week -please stay tuned to the local Facebook pages and our LED sign for more information early next week
Your comments/concerns may also be presented in writing, in advance of the meeting by addressing them to the undersigned, or at the public hearing in person, by petition or by attorney. Sean O’Flaherty, RPP Corporate Officer Village of Chase Note: This is the second of two consecutive Public Notices. Dated this 7th of July, 2020 at Chase, BC
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Village of Chase Employment Opportunity Temporary Labourer - Public Works A temporary employment opportunity exists in Public Works for a Labourer. The temporary labourer will report to and work directly under the guidance of the current Team Lead Hand. The temporary labourer is responsible for performing a variety of unskilled and routine semi-skilled manual construction and maintenance tasks that involve considerable physical effort and agility. Main duties include: • The performance of a variety of labour intensive work including heavy outdoor manual tasks • Cleaning of culverts and drainage ditches as required • The performance of routine repairs and maintenance to street pavement, boulevards, street signs • Operates small machinery on sidewalks • Uses hand tools for routine repairs and maintenance and changing of equipment attachments • Directs traffic, places barricades and warning lights around work projects • Assists with grave digging, installation of headstones, trench digging, backfilling • Cleans up after construction projects or around buildings, easements, clearing and sorting salvage material as required Education/Experience/Qualifications • Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent • Valid Class 5 driver’s license with a clean abstract (air brake endorsement considered an asset) • Three years’ experience with sound knowledge of materials, methods, tools, equipment, practices and standards of public works • Confident with sound judgement • Ability to maintain records, make written and oral reports to co-workers and supervisor • Must be able to deal tactfully and professionally with the public and elected officials • Maintains an excellent quality of service and high degree of accuracy in work The complete job description is available upon request of the CAO. The wage for this position is $25.44 per hour. This CUPE position is temporary, full-time hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., days of week will vary. Please submit a cover letter and resumé by email to cao@chasebc.ca. Applications will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 11, 2020.