Chase Sunflower - December 31st, 2021

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Issue for the week of Friday, December 31st, 2021 • Volume 26 Issue 51

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Wills & Estates Family Law Conveyancing CHASE OFFICE:

Open Thursdays 10 am - 4:30 pm #4-834 Shuswap Avenue

JOYS OF WINTER: Skating on the Creek on Thursday, December 30th.

"Entrepreneur Immigration Program"

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illage Council is accepting applications for interested business owners/operators to sit on a volunteer select committee of Council to review applications to the Entrepreneur Immigration Program. The committee will meet as needed to review applications, make recommendations to the Deputy

Corporate Officer, and to meet with candidates who have been invited to Chase for an exploratory visit.

If this is of interest to you, please email Joni Heinrich cao@chasebc.ca or call 250.679.3238 by 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Wishing a Happy New Year to all and take good care of yourselves and others in the coming year!

2022 has got to be better!!

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Community Events Bulletin Pritchard 4-H Club West Coast Seed Fundraiser January 1st to 31st, 2022.

Order goes in early for a wide selection! Order online at: fundraising@westcoastseed. com by selecting Pritchard 4-H Club or contact Liz Charleyboy (250)318-4904 for assistance with paper forms.

Chase & District Recreation Society - Learn to Skate Programs - Winter 2021 Learn to Skate programs offered this year will include Beginner Skating (Ages 3-6) and Jr. Rec Hockey ages (7+).

Beginner Skating (Ages 3-6) - Tuesdays 4:00-4:30 ($64.00) Session will consist of 10 lessons beginning on Jan 11 and running until Mar 15. For this session skaters will need skates, (adjustable

plastic skates with buckles not recommended), helmets (preferably with face shields), warm but not restrictive clothing. Participants will be grouped by skill level. Please contact if needing advice on skates.

Jr. Rec Hockey: (7+) Mondays 4:00-5:00 ($64.00) Rec Hockey will consist of 8 lessons starting Jan 17th and running until Mar 14th (No session on Feb 21-Family Day) This session will contain hockey skills and drills and scrimmage games.

Full equipment is mandatory.

Registration forms are available from Jane Herman: jherman@cablelan.net Payment by etransfer info will be noted on Registration form.

Phone/text 250-851-6524 FMI.

Thanks for Reading!

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 107 515 Shuswap Ave, Chase * For info / hours phone 250-679-3536 *

Chase Legion Br. # 107 is sadly

CLOSED - Temporarily Due to Rising Omicron Infections Provincial Health Orders / BC Yukon Legion Provincial Regulations Close Chase Legion Br. # 107 temporarily.

Watch the Sunflower for updates and new information.

Please stay safe, get your Booster vaccination.

See you in 2022.

Thank you for your patience and continued support Chase Legion Br.# 107 and the Legion Ladies Auxiliary Executive Board Members.

OFFICE: 838 Shuswap Avenue, Chase BC Hours: 10 am - 4 pm Monday - Thursday PHONE:

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With respect, I acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded traditional lands of the Secwepemc First Nation.

Chase Rotary Box 73

Pres: Patrick Herba ( 250-702-3677)

Meetings @ 5:30 pm on 1st & 3rd Thurs of each month at Railside Restaurant. New members welcome!

Chase Lions Club

PO Box 12, Chase, B.C. V0E 1M0 chaselions67@gmail.com Facebook Chase & District Lions Club

President – Karen Bassett 250-318-4527 Please call for Lion projects incl pull-tab donations Meeting schedule for winter months, January 27th and February 24th in lower level in back of Community Hall. 6 PM public welcome.

Lions RV Park Reservations 250-679-8470 For Medical equipment contact Sandra Welton 778-245-3808.

400 Club Winner

Charlotte Arnoldus $1000.00

Churches of Chase At the Blessed Sacrament Parish we At the Blessed invite you all toParish, Mass on Sacrament Saturdays @ 4:00 pm. we invite you to the On Tuesdays there is following Christmas either the Rosary or Season Mass times: Adoration @ 1:00 pm.

December @ 9:00 am There is25th sometimes December 26th @ 9:00 Mass on Tuesday, but am we January 1stpromise. @ 9:00 am cannot January 2nd @call 9:00 am For inquiries 250-

679-3025 or 250-372-2581

The Light of Life

Native The Life Fellowship of Life Native Pastor Fellowship Joseph services @ #1.250.457-3845 Chase Evangelical Free ChurchFind @3:00 pm.

Everyone welcome!

"JosephisShuswap Kim" on Youtube

Please call John 3:16 "Forfor Godprayer so loved@ the world that He gave His only 1.250.457-3845 begotten Son, Joseph that Pastor whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

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Chase Community Church ChaseEvangelical Evangelical Free Church meets onServices Sunday Outdoor Free Church295 Shuswap Ave mornings 10am @ 10am, atSunday @the Service at 10 am Physical Gathering Chase Community Memorial ParkHall Sunday Suspended in response Visit More Information to Provincial Health at www.aplacetobelong.ca Order, Online Gatherings ChaseChurch.com for more info.

Accessible at 250 679 3626 www.ChaseChurch.com Call: (778) 824-0383 250Tyler@ 679 1676 or Email: Spencer@ ChaseChurch.com Tyler@ChaseChurch.com aplacetobelong.ca

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Hamper Society Post-Christmas Update submitted by Chase Hamper Society

The volunteers at the Chase Hamper Society would like to thank all the wonderful people of Chase and area who so generously support the work we do, both at Christmas and throughout the year! What a year it has been!

Our operations have had to expand considerably to meet our goal of providing nutritious food to all who may need a little help, throughout the year, and especially at Christmas!

The efforts of so many throughout the year, and the past couple of months in particular, has resulted in us being able to fill many Christmas hampers, as well as provided food to fill our shelves for the first of 2022 as well! Your ongoing generosity and support is much appreciated!

Our first regular Food Bank day of 2022 will be from 1-3PM on Tuesday, January 4, due to the stat holiday. If you

are able to send us a message through Facebook to register for our next Hamper day, please do. We are unable to receive or return phone calls at this time, as one of the last people to pick up their Christmas Hamper on Dec. 22, decided to give themselves a bonus and take our phone with them! The phone number has been suspended until we can get a replacement, so if you sent us messages in the meantime, we apologize for not getting back to you, but we have no access to the number at this time! We hope to be back on line soon!

If you would like to join us and volunteer some time with the Food Bank, please contact us and let us know! 250682-6155 is the number, once we have another phone! Or message us anytime!

From all of us at the Food Bank, HAPPY NEW YEAR! We wish you all the very best in 2022!

Interior Health seeking qualified health-care providers to help with COVID-19 immunizations Interior Health is seeking qualified health-care workers to provide COVID-19 immunizations and to provide support at immunization clinics throughout the region.

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Qualified health-care providers may include: • Retired nurses • Midwives • Practicing and non-practicing physicians • Nursing students

Qualified health-care providers residing in the Interior Health region who are interested in helping with the province’s continuing immunization efforts are encouraged to reach out to Interior Health by visiting: https://ihimmunizers. myhealthinfo.ca.

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TURNING THE HEAT UP IN DECEMBER

by Scott Koch

As we get closer to the end date in the wacky year of 2021, your HEAT have caught fire!

After losing 4 straight from November 19th – December 4th, the roster did a flip flop and stepped on the ice a different team. They learned that pace, pressure and passion plus unrelenting hardwork can beat any foe any day of the week. No matter defensive end, offensive end or mid ice they buzz like mad hornets, and it works!

They have a 5 and 1 record in the win column since then, not so shabby says this pencil lead snapper. Everyone on the roster deserves some credit but a fellow can’t stop thinking that 3 new pieces have more then helped.

Dylan Handel from Beaumont Alberta, Mikkel Hrechka from Moose Jaw Saskatchewan and the new kid on the block Tanner Chapman from Airdrie Alberta, have brought a great desire to win and it’s been contagious.

So, the weekly recap involves 3 games crammed into 5 days.

Tuesday the 14th the crew tootled on down to Princeton to faceoff versus the Posse.

No scoring in the 1st, a Posse popper in the 2nd and Handel’s 9th of the season in the 3rd from Jacob Biensch. Tied in regulation it was off to overtime where Hrechka with his 1st with the HEAT scored the game winner. Jack Osmond stopped 33 of 34 to backstop the victory.

Friday the 17th the tootle transport dropped them off in Rutland to tangle with the Kelowna Chiefs. A game they could have won got away from them on this night. Kelowna notched a tally but Matthew Poole fired right back helped by Mr. Point Getter himself Biensch. In the 2nd the Chiefs got 2 across the goal line prior to Diego Flota notching his 1st of the season

aided by the Poole brothers James and Matthew. The 3rd period saw Hrechka on the powerplay from Lucas Ouellette and Biensch tie the contest up. On their 50% successful powerplay the Chief ’s stuck the dagger in the hearts of the Heat to claim a one goal game 4-3. If the passes had been crisper and the receiving a bit more aggressive things would have been different.

Poor Lucas Oullette was snake bitten as multiple top notch efforts didn’t find the twine. Rod May repelled 28 of 32 as the last man back.

Finally, the Heat came home for a Saturday night confrontation on the 18th with the Kamloops Storm. Superb goal tending at both ends was just one part of an edge of your seat night of entertainment.

The Loopers cashed in during the 1st 20 minutes. In the 2nd they threw everything at Jack Osmond they could including 12 shots and were denied. In the 3rd the new guy with something to offer was Tanner Chapman from Aiden Brown and Owen Dean, all tied up in regulation time. No scoring in overtime and it was off to the shootout.

Sharp shooters Ouellette and Handel did a dandy job of delivering a duo of beauties for the win and Osmond got mugged by his teammates in thanks…ouch.

As an add on the home and away series with the 100 Mile House WRANGLERS was postponed until later dates.

The next opportunity to take a gander and enjoy a wobbly is Sunday January 2nd 2022!... versus the Revelstoke Grizzlies.

Game time is 4:00 pm. Here starts the New Year…bring it in with the hottest product on cold ice….in CHASE! Bangaboom!

VILLAGE OF CHASE Notice of Disposition of Lands

Pursuant to section 26(3) of the Community Charter, notice is hereby given that the Village of Chase intends to dispose of its interest in 0.5336 hectares of lands legally described as That portion of Lot 1, District Lot 517, Kamloops Division of Yale District, Plan 43085, and the portion of Lot Pt Plan B264, District Lot 517, Kamloops Division of Yale District, Except Plan A 18415 and Plan A 1315; to the CHASE AND DISTRICT LIONS COMMUNITY CLUB also known as the "Chase Lions Club". The subject lands are shown on the plan below.

The purpose of the disposition is to allow for a long-term lease ending December 31, 2026. There are no financial considerations.

Any persons interested in further information can contact: Sean O’Flaherty, Corporate Officer, Village of Chase, PO Box 440, 826 Okanagan Avenue, Chase BC, V0E1M0, chase@chasebc.ca

Annual Christmas Tree Disposal Drop-Off

Please take your decoration-free postChristmas tree to our collection/disposal site at the Curling Club parking lot just across from the Community Hall.

The site will accept trees between December 30 & January 14.

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Stay safe as COVID-19 cases increase Interior Health Press Release Stay home if you are feeling unwell.

Don’t risk spreading any infection to others.

Postpone plans to get together with others and limit your contacts as much as possible while you’re sick.

Get tested. Testing sites are experiencing increased demand for testing and more appointments are being added regularly. Use the BC COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool to determine if you need a test for COVID-19.

Stay isolated if you have symptoms while you wait for your test result.

Be vigilant. As COVID-19 case activity increases, pay attention to your health and the health of your children.

Mask up. Wear a mask over your nose and mouth in indoor public settings and situations where physical distancing isn’t possible.

Keep your personal gatherings small and to people who are fully vaccinated. Keep household gatherings to the same 10 guests or one other household. Provide enough space to avoid crowding inside and open a window every hour to allow for circulation to

As COVID-19 cases increase in other areas of British Columbia, Interior Health is advising residents in the Interior Region to expect a similar increase in cases in their communities, and urging to take steps to minimize their risk to COVID-19.

“Social connections with family and friends over the holidays are important. As we make plans to gather please take steps to decrease your risk of getting sick or spreading disease to others. Omicron is much more transmissible, and gatherings can increase our risk of being exposed. For this reason, we are asking residents in the Interior region to please follow the provincial order to allow for safer gatherings this holidays,” said Dr. Silvina Mema, Interior Health medical health officer. “I encourage everyone to take additional steps to limit the spread of COVID-19 as much as possible.”

Get Vaccinated. Book your booster dose as soon as you are eligible and invited to book an appointment at a clinic or pharmacy. Vaccines are available to everyone five and older.

reduce the risk.

Gather outdoors rather than indoors.

Outdoor activities like hiking, snowshoeing, or gathering around a fire are a safer option to gathering indoors.

Minimize non-essential travel. Stay close to home to help prevent the virus spreading to other communities. Do not travel if you are not vaccinated.

For the latest public health orders and public guidance, visit: https://www2.gov. bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/info/restrictions

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Shuswap’s globally unique organic coho salmon and cannabis farm

by Jim Cooperman, at www.shuswappassion.ca

In the heart of Turtle Valley there is a farming industry. state-of-the-art agricultural operation A one-of-a-kind process was developed that is the only one like it in the world. By that recycles the water used for both the combining inland salmon farming with fish and the cannabis. The waste from a hydroponic cannabis operation, two the fish is filtered and processed using former hockey players are making history microorganisms to aerobically digest it producing high quality products at a lower into nutrients and CO2 for the plants. cost. In addition, they also raise free-range The evaporated water from the plants’ bison sustainably, which ties in with their transpiration is also captured and reused. ranching heritage.

All the parameters are controlled with Habitat Craft Cannabis founders, Rudi computerized instrumentation, including Schiebel and Laine Keyes both experienced temperatures, pH, and nutrient levels. hockey injuries that they treated successfully They consider their complex technology using cannabis. Consequently, they began to be a trade secret rather than patentable their company under the Marijuana for intellectual property and would have kudos Medical Purposes Regulations in 2013 for anyone who could successfully replicate and decided to explore the idea of using it. aquaponics with koi fish for fertilizing The process begins four times a year the cannabis. when receive After some they 550 female initial success, salmon fry from they realized an inland fish that organic farm on the coast, coho salmon who ship by air would be more to Kamloops. marketable and The growing began building fish are fed an their operations organic formula on Laine’s family’s that includes 5th generation sustainably property. insects The cannabis in grown on two levels to increase grown To achieve production per sq. metre, photo courtesy of Habitat and are raised their dream they Cannabis in a series of six needed significant tanks, ending capital, they with the finish began by securing tank. While coho funding from take 4 years to family and friends grow to maturity before raising in the wild, these the majority of fish mature in funds they needed 18 months by from investors, revising the all totalling seven timing of lighting, million dollars. which speeds up Their first step was their perception converting the of time. Every 70-year-old barn week they harvest on leased land This Turtle Vally barn has been converted to 25 fish that weigh across from their a high-tech aquaculture/hydroponic facility, approximately 3.5 bison ranch into a kg each, which photo courtesy of Habitat Cannabis high-tech facility are sold to the that includes fish Quaaout Lodge tanks, grow rooms and a room filled with and Fisherman’s Market in Kamloops. high-tech pumps and other equipment.

Given that their medical licence limits Key to their success was bringing in Justin Habitat’s growing area to 200 sq. m., Henry to be the Aquaculture Director, as he they only produce about 800 kg of craft had 25 years of experience in the inland fish cannabis, which has done well in the B.C.

market because of its recognized quality.

One day, they hope to have farm gate sales, which would be far more profitable.

Growth is in the horizon for the Habitat team, as they hope to expand their 4-metric ton per year production to one day raising 1,000 tons, as the demand for organic salmon is very high. The market for cannabis has not been as reliable, so their goal is to one day also grow vegetables, beginning with tomatoes and cucumbers.

Since the available BC Hydro power is not adequate, they may have to move the operation closer to where there is more electricity available.

Habitat’s unique combination of aquaculture with hydroponic agriculture using LED lighting increases the food production per acre of land, eliminates the need for chemical fertilizers, and conserves water. This sustainable production system has a minimal carbon footprint and has little impact on the environment. One day if insect farming was added, production would become nearly self-sufficient.

Systems like these have the potential to help provide greater food security along with creating sustainable and circular economic development. The Shuswap is fortunate to be home for such extraordinarily creative and productive young entrepreneurs.

Shuswap Passion is a blog by Jim Cooperman full of insightful commentary on politics, economics, environmental issues and culture.

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Village Council is accepting applications for interested business owners/operators to sit on a volunteer select committee of Council to review applications to the Entrepreneur Immigration Program. The committee will meet as needed to review applications, make recommendations to the Deputy Corporate Officer, and to meet with candidates who have been invited to Chase for an exploratory visit.

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Page 16 • December 31st, 2021 • Chase Sunflower RECIPE: Risotto 4 cup low-sodium chicken broth 3 cup water 4 tbsp. butter, divided 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 1/2 c. arborio rice (Basmati rice, Carnaroli rice, or sushi rice can be used as alternatives for arborio rice.)

Kosher salt 1/4 c. dry white wine 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice 1 c. freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for serving Freshly ground black pepper 2 tbsp. chopped chives 2 tbsp. finely chopped basil In a medium pot, combine water and broth and bring to simmer.

Meanwhile, in a large straightsided skillet over medium-high heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.

few ladlefuls of warm broth into skillet and cook, stirring gently until broth is absorbed. Continue to cook, repeating adding a few ladlefuls of broth and stirring until broth is absorbed before adding more, until rice is al dente, about 20 minutes.

Stir rice into onion mixture and season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Cook, stirring constantly, until rice is lightly toasted, about 4 minutes.

Remove skillet from heat and stir in remaining 2 tablespoons butter, lemon juice, and Parmesan. Season with salt and pepper.

Pour wine into rice mixture and bring to a boil. Cook, until almost evaporated, about 30 seconds.

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