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Chase’s community paper for over 25 years! Issue for the week of Friday, March 5th, 2021 • Vol. 26, Issue 10
Proposed Low Income Seniors Housing Complex
Submitted by the Village of Chase The Village of Chase was approached that if the Seniors housing project were by Oncore Seniors Society (Kamloops) to proceed, that the remaining lands in 2020 wishing to discuss the potential would provide the required number of of building a housing complex in Chase parking spaces for the Arena under the for low income seniors. After reviewing Village’s Zoning Bylaw. several locations, a decision was reached Council was approached in September by Oncore to approach Mayor and 2020 and agreed to Oncore using a Council about the potential to lease a portion of the Arena lands. Oncore then portion of the Arena lands for such a had to complete their application for development. Most Chase residents funding to BC Housing. A decision on know that the Arena Lands are owned by that funding has not yet been made. the Village and leased to the Recreation Continued on page 3... Centre Society. Village staff members met on site with the President of the Recreation Centre Society during that same time to discuss the proposed development and how it might affect the Arena operations. Parking was identified as a very important part of the Arena operations, and it was confirmed
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Page 2 • March 5th, 2020 • Chase Sunflower March Madness: On Mondays in March you can vote for your favourite title of 2020 as we pit the most borrowed items for adults, children and youth on Facebook or at TNRL.ca Contact the Chase library for more information. 250.679.3331 Chase Library March activities: Count the number of gold coins hiding at the library in our seasonal scavenger hunt (Runs until March 20). Let us know how many you can find and be entered in to win a fun spring prize. Watch for more information about a fun take-home activity for Spring Break. 250.679.3331 Bilingual Storytime Sat March 6 11:00-11:30am. This special Storytime in French & English features guest readers from the Association Francophone de Kamloops. Cette Storytime spéciale en français et en anglais met en vedette des lecteurs invités de
l'Association Francophone de Kamloops. Ages 3-5. Available weekly on Facebook. Call the library for more information. 250.679.3331 NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS Of The Chase Curling Club Annual General Meeting March 15, 2021 3:00 PM Virtual ZOOM meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/ 3874679759?pwd=TWZG NnlDbmNZcXAxVC9OTE 5Xd0ZmQT09 Meeting ID: 387 467 9759 Passcode: chase Chase Minor Hockey will be having there last Bottle Drive of the season on the 13th March from 104. Due to covid all parents and players will be wearing masks and gloves. Option to leave curb side or drop your bags at the Chase Bottle Depot. For more information - chaseminorfunds@gmail. com
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Due to the recent Covid shut down, the Anticipated Mass service on Saturday at 4:00 will be cancelled. For any special event needs please call the Diocese Office @ 250-372-2581 For online Mass check out www.rcdk.org/pages/covid19-streaming-masses Chase Evangelical Free Church 295 Shuswap Ave Physical Gathering Suspended in response to Provincial Health Order, Online Gatherings Accessible at www.ChaseChurch.com 250 679 1676 or Tyler@ChaseChurch.com
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Village Information on Proposed Seniors Complex The proposed seniors housing would have up to 40 units, potentially housing approximately 80 people. The Village of Chase recently completed a Housing Needs Assessment report, and low income seniors housing was identified as a priority form of needed housing in Chase. Covenant Currently there is a covenant on the Arena Lands which reserves the lands primarily for recreation purposes and for the benefit of the community. The covenant was placed on the lands when the Thompson Nicola Regional District
purchased the lands in the 1980’s from the Recreation Society for $15,000. The TNRD subsequently donated the land to the Village of Chase. If the seniors housing development goes ahead, the portion of land on which it will sit will need to be subdivided off the main parcel of land. At that time, the covenant will remain on the main portion of the lands and will not apply to the lands used for the housing development. We ask anyone with any questions regarding the proposed seniors housing development to contact the Village office at 250.679.3238 and ask for either Sean O’Flaherty or Joni Heinrich.
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by Tyler Harper If you’re like a lot of people these days you have a lot of time on your hands. Something very unique happened a year ago and continues to affect many of us today. I am not talking about the COVID pandemic, or those people who have felt the physical effects of this illness, or the economic effects of this pandemic, but I am talking about a side effect of all of those that is far more wide spread. In some ways, it feels like time is standing still, like the world stopped a year ago, and we are in limbo, waiting for it to start moving again. For the last year we have been living through an end of time, a death of the future. You’re probably wondering what I mean by this. I don’t mean that our clocks stopped or that the sun won’t rise tomorrow (both will likely continue), but that since the beginning of the pandemic most people have suddenly stopped experiencing time the way we are used to it. Our plans have stopped, our calendars have emptied. Last March I held a lift ticket for a local mountain in my hands for the coming weekend while reading online that as a result of the pandemic this resort was closing immediately. Our culture has trained us to think of our lives as always in the future, the next school, the next job, the next vacation, the next family gathering, the next project. We’re always asking “what now?”. We have an entire industry dedicated to people writing their future in little squares with a date, weeks or months, or sometimes even years in advance. Even now, we don’t know how fast vaccines will roll out, we don’t know when society will open up again. And when all of that stops, when the future is closed off, we feel a sort of time sickness (what Germans call Zeitkrankheit). This time sickness can lead to being despondent and depressed, to a sort of sleep-walking through life. When the future dies we feel cut off
from hope. When we have nothing to look forward to we have nothing to hope for. Interestingly, a study conducted by Harvard University’s Human Flourishing Project leading up to and through the early stages of the pandemic found a strong correlation between Scripture reading and hope.1 The authors of this study shared in a recent interview that the “data showed that the decline in the measures of human flourishing were less pronounced in people who were reading their Bibles regularly and participating in Church, either in person or online.”2 Now as a pastor, I always support people spending time reading the Bible, but I think that Scripture is even more helpful as we experience this end of time. Because Scripture stretches time beyond not just today, or tomorrow, or what is on our calendars 10 years from now, but it centres upon a person unlike any other, who lived 2000 years ago as God amongst us and will return to usher in eternity. Right now our calendars are frozen, but Scripture lifts our eyes into eternity, past and future. We aren’t likely to find a cure for COVID in the pages of Scripture, but we will find something to deal with our Zeitkrankheit — our time sickness — and it starts by realizing that there is more to life than today, there is more to life than what we are experiencing, there is more than this frozenness. While the pandemic has condensed time, Scripture stretches our eyes to see into eternity and see the truths of human life.
Tyler Harper (tyler@chasechurch.com) is the Pastor at Chase Evangelical Free Church
1 “National Well-Being Measure Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Online Samples” in Journal of General Internal Medicine 26 (2021), pg 248-250. 2 Adam McInnis, “When COVID-19 Hurts, the Bible Brings Hope” in Christianity Today 65, No. 1, pg 56.
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News from First Nations by Carolyn Parks Mintz, Author & Journalist As a regular feature, The Chase Sunflower, local First Nations, and your journalist will be providing news updates from our Indigenous neighbours. SECWEPEMC LAKES TOURISM PROJECT The vision of this collaborative undertaking by the Neskonlith, Adams Lake, Splatsin and Little Shuswap Lake bands is to honour their ancestors through arts, entertainment, recreation and ecotourism. The initiative includes business skills training for community members interested in developing tourist businesses, as well as increasing Indigenous cultural presence within the Secwepemc Shuswap region through social, educational and artistic experiences or projects. Phase II will encompass destination development, product and experience advances, artefact marketing, business skills training, storyboard updating and design, as well as website and social media platforms. Funding support for the project thus far
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A 2020-21 update from ALIB Councillor Shelley Witzky included the following safe-distance meetings and tours: • A Secwepemc Landmarks Elders Committee outdoor meeting was held to review designs for the Secwepemc Monument to be located at the Marine Peace Park wharf in Salmon Arm. Elders and youth alike are pleased with and proud of representative showcasing of Secwepemc culture in popular off-reserve visitor areas within ALIB traditional territory. • Shelley gave a very well-received online presentation to Salmon Arm City Council regarding the Secwepemc Landmarks Project sculpture designs for the Marine Park wharf. Continued on page 8...
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A visit was made to Tuckkwiowhum Village, 40 minutes north of Hope, near Boston Bar. With the village closed to visitors due to a COVID-19 lockdown, the outdoor meeting discussed the development of this varied and culturally authentic picturesque village and the possibility of a marketing partnership with ALIB campgrounds and businesses, postpandemic. The Secwepemc Nation Building Initiative at Loon Lake, BC, with limited numbers of participants and safety guidelines, included opening ceremonies, cultural classes taught by Elders, knowledge keepers teaching Lahal, and the opportunity to craft drums, rattles, moccasins and medicine pouches. Such gatherings provide productive ways to commune together and strengthen the Secwepemc Nation. An online Indigenous Tourism Conference was held in September. Site visit with the Title & Rights Director, Parks Staff as well as Recreation Sites & Trails BC regarding the concerns about the influx of visitors to Adams Lake during the summer, discussing solutions to be implemented during the winter and spring. LITTLE SHUSWAP LAKE BAND (LSLB)
Language Nest Programme The staff of dedicated teachers of the language and culture programme at the Skw’lax Daycare Centre is enriched by a fluent speaker of Secwepemctsin, who shares his knowledge through oral stories, legends, outside adventures, and circle times. Staff work directly with the children, following current safety practices, teaching through hands-on learning, singing, drumming, dance, exploration of Mother Earth, and utilizing Total Physical Response methods during circle times—as well as repetition and making it fun. An Early Literacy programme, which involves parents as well as children, is also in place which promotes reading, oral stories, and cultural history.
Secwepemc Leading Indigenous Female Entrepreneurs (L.I.F.E.) Newsletter This online newsletter is a free publication for the Secwepemculucw (Shuswap) Nation, connecting, celebrating, and highlighting opportunities for Indigenous entrepreneurs within the Nation. With affordable advertising rates, the Newsletter is an accessible electronic option for communicating with people in the area. L.I.F.E. publishes stories, comments, photos and information relevant to business, entrepreneurship, and economic development of interest to its readers. This innovative Newsletter is independently owned and operated by Leading Indigenous Female Entrepreneurs and is funded by advertising. Contact: info.secwepemc@gmail.com LSLB Fire Department Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Squ’lax Fire Department has undertaken online training for current members. When these restrictions are lifted and will allow in-house training, six of the department’s members will begin their First Responder certification. Quaaout Lodge Owned & Operated by LSLB All provincial COVID protocols and guidelines are being followed, with limited, spaced-out seating in the dining lounge, staff masking, and guests required to wear masks if not seated at their table. Quaaout Reservations: 250.679.4200 https://quaaoutlodge.com/calendar March 13: Guest Chef Dinner Series – Quaaout Lodge Executive Chef Chris Whittaker, Chef Michael Roszell, and Guest Chef Scott Jaeger will be preparing a superb five-course meal complete with wine pairings for each course. However, tickets for this occasion are sold out. Watch for special culinary events in the future. Le7ke Spa: During February, the Vichy Shower Experience, which includes body scrub, water massage, sauna and a 20-minute relaxation massage, is specially priced at $99.
Territorial Resource Stewardship (TRS) Report from Executive Director Robb Hutton The LSLB TRS sector has focused its efforts on leading the development of the governance structure of Pespesellkwe te Secwepemc (Lakes Division of the Secwepemc Nation). The Pespesellkwe have negotiated agreements with the provincial government and secured funding to advance the interests of the Little Shuswap Lake, Adams Lake, and Neskonlith and Splatsin bands, as follows: • Regaining jurisdiction and control over the lands and resources within the Pespesellkwe Caretaker Area, through either outright ownership or through co-management arrangements. • Moving toward a joint decisionmaking regime with the provincial and federal governments. • Protecting Secwepemc culture, heritage sites, watersheds and landscapes. • Fairer revenue-sharing arrangements with regard to taxation and royalties collected by other governments within each band’s territory. • Securing additional lands for existing reserves and negotiation of other lands in future to be under control of bands. These initiatives will bring greater selfreliance to bands, will increase long term funding for programmes and services, will create more diverse employment and economic opportunities for bands, and will protect Secwepemc culture and practices for future generations. NESKONLITH INDIAN BAND
Switzmalph Child Care Centre Salmon Arm An innovative and inclusive child care Centre, opened in October 2019, is the result of ten years of diligence and development by the Neskonlith Indian Band near Salmon Arm. Its three programmes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous children—under 18 months: Ckwltahm (Meadow Room); 1836 months: Ckelpipelt (Coyote Cub); 3-5 years: Sqwalaxsiselt (Baby Bear)—have
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met a vital need in the area. The Centre’s infant and toddler programmes are full, but spaces are available for three to five year olds. A partnership between Okanagan College and the Neskonlith, Adams Lake, Little Shuswap Lake, and Splatsin bands has facilitated the training of Early Childhood Educators for the Centre. The Centre follows the health guidelines of Interior Health and the First nations Health Authority, thereby providing double coverage with regard to standards and precautions. Indoor fun is available through topquality toys and supplies as well as naturebased programming in its state-of-the-art building, with outdoor activities provided all year round. Joining the dedicated staff, a practicum student from Chase’s Early Childhood Education Assistant programme will be starting at the Centre soon. In addition to excellent child care which includes learning about Canada’s First Peoples, the employment opportunities for area residents are another important advantage of this essential project. Contacts for Switzmalph Child Care Centre: Telephone 778.824.0376 daycaremanager@nibdaycare.com New Video “Healing in Pandemic Times: Indigenous Peoples, Stigma & COVID-19” As communities strive to stop the spread of COVID-19, Indigenous health experts report that there is a “social sickness” which also must be addressed. A short new video on the subject, coproduced by the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) and BC Northern Health has been developed. Dr. Margo Greenwood, academic leader of NCCIH, is the Executive Producer
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Answers to Frequently Asked Questions regarding the COVID-19 Vaccine submitted by Dr. Anita Redel, Chase Medical Clinic and Chase Health Centre
While we wait for the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccination for the public in Chase, many have been asking great questions. We would like to answer a few of the most common questions here. Which COVID-19 vaccine will we be receiving? Three companies have received approval for their COVID-19 vaccines in Canada; Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca. Pfizer’s vaccine is not an option for Chase as it requires an ultracold storage freezer we do not have. Moderna and AstraZeneca both produce vaccines that could be available in Chase. Other companies have vaccines that are currently undergoing review through Health Canada may be approved in the upcoming months. How do the COVID-19 vaccines work? Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is an ‘mRNA vaccine’. mRNA is like a recipe. It contains instructions on how to make a small part of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the virus that causes COVID-19, called the ‘spike’ protein. The mRNA is packed inside of fat molecules. The fat molecules are able to enter our body’s cells. Our cells see the recipe (mRNA) and start to ‘make’ the spike protein. Our body recognizes this spike protein as an invader and produces antibodies against it. This means the vaccine does not contain any part of the actual virus that causes COVID-19. AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is called a ‘viral vector vaccine’. This type of vaccine has been around for many years. This vaccine contains a specific strain of
appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine. The number to call is 1-877-740-7747. This call centre is open from 7AM to 7PM Monday to Friday. Seniors are eligible to call for an appointment as follows: Seniors 90 years old and older and Aboriginal Seniors over 65 can start calling Monday, March 8, 2021. Seniors 85 years and older can start calling Monday, March 15, 2021. Can you get COVID-19 from the Seniors 80 years old and older can start vaccine? calling Monday, March 22, 2021. A family member may call on behalf of You cannot. With Moderna’s vaccine, your body only sees the instructions for a senior. the spike protein. AstraZeneca’s vaccine When calling, you should have the contains a different, harmless virus that has following information ready: been modified to carry the spike protein. - Legal name At no time does your body come in contact - Date of birth with the virus that causes COVID-19. - Postal code - Personal Health Number (PHN) The vaccine will not cause you to test - Email address you or your family positive for COVID-19 if you get a swab or a saline gargle test after being vaccinated. member can check - you will receive a confirmation of Do the vaccines work? your appointment to this email address Yes, and they work well. Both vaccines You will never be asked for financial prevent death and hospitalizations from information, including credit card COVID-19 by close to 100%. Some numbers. vaccinated people (5-30%) may still get There will be a COVID-19 vaccination COVID-19 but experience mild symptoms, clinic in Chase. Booking will likely take much like the common cold. The remaining place through the same call number as 70-95% of people will not get COVID-19 listed above. We are currently finalizing at all. the plan. The vaccine rollout in Chase When and where can I get my may look a little different than in vaccine? larger centres, for example, vaccination Soon! As many have likely heard on appointments may be available in the news, starting Monday, March 8 a Kamloops a few weeks prior to the call centre is opening to start booking vaccine clinic in Chase. We hope to finalize details for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Chase in the next 2-3 OUT EVERY WEEK weeks. Information will be available in the Sunflower, on community posters and at your local Medical Clinic. adenovirus that causes cold symptoms in monkeys but not humans. Scientists have modified and inactivated (weakened) this virus. Hidden inside the adenovirus is the COVID-19 virus’s spike protein. The adenovirus is able to enter our body’s cells, but not cause us any illness. Our body recognizes the spike protein as being forign and produces antibodies against it. This vaccine also does not contain the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Obituary Mary Mathieson May 25, 1922 – February 26, 2021 Mary was born and raised in Emo, Ontario. She served in the Canadian Army in World War II, and moved west to Vancouver after demobilizing in 1945. She lived most of her adult life in Port Coquitlam, and later Maple Ridge. Mary moved to Chase, BC in 2014. She is survived by son Norman Mathieson, daughter Leslie (Myles) Downey, daughterin-law Cheryl Mathieson, 8 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren, as well as her sisters Edith Black and Doraleen Gosling. Mary was predeceased by her parents Art and Mabel Fisher, husband Bill, son Gerald , daughter Barbara, and her brothers Ray and Eddis Fisher. She passed away peacefully in Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops on February 26, after a brief illness.
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