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June 19th, 2015 Vol. 20, Issue 23

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Youth Welcomed and Engaged at Together Shuswap Event

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By Katie Youwe, Fraser Basin Council Youth Intern

ffective and meaningful y o u t h engagement was an important topic of conversation at the Together Shuswap workshop this year, held at Quaaout Lodge on June 10th. Over 100 residents The group making introductions participated in the Council, Natalya Melnychuk of Sorrento event including 18 youth from across the and Brock Endean of Chase facilitated an Shuswap region and the theme this year interactive 2-hour session for local youth was Building Bridges for a Better Future. to identify their community values and With support from the Together Shuswap discuss challenges and opportunities for steering committee and the Fraser Basin youth across the Shuswap region. ....Continued on page 7

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Our Community

Bulletin Board

Announce events and activities of your community organization! Deadline Monday 3 pm for Friday’s paper.

The Annual General Meeting of the Chase & District Health Services Foundation will be held on June 23, 2015 at 1 pm at the Chase Health Centre. All interested people are welcome to attend.

Chase Rotary Fathers Day Breakfast Sunday June 21st, 2015 open from 8 am to 11 am in the Chase Community Hall Bsmt. Cost is by donation for the many Chase Rotary programs.

Shuswap Prairie Publishing Kelsey Snelgrove, Editor

CONTACT THE SUNFLOWER:

July 4th Car wash 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Safety Mart parking lot. By-donation.

Proceeds help purchase safety equipment for Chase Firefighters Association. chasevolunteerfire@gmail.com FMI or visit the Chase Fire Rescue Facebook page.

PHONE: (250) 679-8880 EMAIL: info@chasesunflower.ca WEB: www.chasesunflower.ca MAIL: Box 524, Chase BC, V0E 1M0 OFFICE: 721 Shuswap Ave between

10-3 Monday - Thursday

Creekside Center Summer Activities • Exercise class - For guys and gals - Mon, Wed & Fri 9 am • Pool - Join in for a game or two - Monday & Wednesday 1 pm • Bingo - Tuesday 1 pm • Jam Session - Come on over - Wed 7 pm

This Friday at Chase Farm & Craft Market:

• Wood carving - Thursday 9 am. Try out a new hobby, lots of help! No tools? That’s OK! Call Dave at 250-679-8110 FMI. • Drop-in carpet bowling - Thursday 10 am.

Low impact exercise. Lessons given.

• Cribbage - Friday 1 pm. Please come early to help set up.

• Mini Crib - Last mini crib June 19th. No mini crib in July or Aug.

MANY VEGGIES incl.

PEAS, LETTUCE, BEETS, kale, chard, SALAD TURNIPS & MORE!!!

Last Creekside Dinner (until Sept.) is a BBQ on June 19th! Be sure to come out.

JUNE 20TH • MEAT DRAW, 50/50 AND FUN DARTS 2 PM

JUNE 23RD • FREE MEAT DRAW 4 - 6:30 PM • POOL 3:30 PM

SUDUKO ANSWERS CHASE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP Everyone welcome

Sundays at Creekside Centre, 542 Shuswap Exploring Christianity 9:30 am Worship Service 10:30 am Email: chasefellowship@gmail.com

Chase Lions Box 12

For info/hours phone 250-679-3536 JUNE 19TH •TGIF BEEF ON A BUN DINNER 5:30 PM $12. PER PERSON • DANCE ....*NOTE: BAND CHANGE - BC BARN CATZ

The Chase Sunflower is independently owned and operated by Shuswap Prairie Publishing. 1500 copies are printed weekly and distributed around Chase. 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 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 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.

Chase Farm & Craft Market Curling Club parking lot, Every Friday 10 am to 2 pm.

Contact: Pres Bill Riben 679-4418 Sec: Mercedes Riben 679-4418 Medical Equipment: 679-4418 RV Park: Hannelore Wiesenthal 679-7712

Chase Rotary Box 73

Pres: Jacquie Everett 675-2574, Sec: Doug Everett 675-2574 Meeting at Chase Creekside Centre Thursday 5:30 pm

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Visitor Profiles: Travel & Volunteering

400 Club $100. Winner Delores Christy Chase, BC Wed, June 17th

by Blair Acton

Tatjana and Lara are visiting from Germany. While in Canada they are travelling and visiting homestays. So far in the Shuswap, they have canoed, hiked, and have been enjoying the evenings a r o u n d campfires.

They were very excited to be taken out on jetskis with some locals. They are off to Canmore for their next homestay.

If you would like to meet international travellers and show them our area,

Former MLA Krueger received Honorary Doctorate from TRU

Former KamloopsNorth Thompson Liberal MLA Kevin Krueger is one of 5 recipients who were honoured at Thompson Rivers University with an Honorary Doctorate on Wed. June 10th.

He received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters designation.

He is being honoured for his long career of community service to the Kamloops and Thompson region.

His accomplishments include: • efforts to assist in the recovery and build-up of the North Thompson following the devastating fires of 2003.

• efforts to secure a hospital for Clearwater.

• the change from College to University status for Thompson Rivers University • the expansion of the Emergency wing at Royal Inland Hospital • the establishment of NorKam Trades School • the $160 million provided from BC for the four-laning of the TCH between Kamloops & Chase.

contact HI-Shuswap Lake at shuswap@ hihostels.ca. You can go hiking, take in a local event such as the Pow Wow, Shuswap Festival of the Arts, Cornstalk or even a farmer’s market.

Homestay are a type of volunteering and staying with local families. Volunteering is a great way to learn more about the culture of the area you are visiting. One of the older organizations is Wwoofing (willing workers on organic farms). Two other online volunteer networks are helpx (www.helpx.net) and workaway (www.workaway.info )

CHASE OFFICE Ask for Lorine Evans

Wills & Estate Family Law Conveyancing evening & weekend appointments

Phone: 250-679-3180

Email: levans@eppcatesoien.com Web: www.eppcatesoien.com

WANTED: GOOD BILLETS FOR

23 JUNIOR Bs!!!

WANT to get involved with the community? Have we got an opportunity for you!!!! We are looking for safe family environments for our ‘Community Run’ Junior B Hockey players!!

The Chase Heat Hockey Team will soon be arriving in town to start another great season. As many as 23 out of town players will need a place to live for the hockey season (September-March).

The boys come from all areas of BC and beyond and vary from 16 to 20 years in age. The boys that are still in school attend Chase Secondary during their stay with us.

What the players all have in common is their love for the sport and their desire to provide Chase with many hours of exciting hockey. Being a billet family is a rewarding experience and adds a whole new dimension to the otherwise dreary Chase winter. The personal rewards that come with billeting are too

If this opportunity would like more

numerous to list but if you give us a call we will gladly share our experiences with you and answer any questions you may have.

You have young children?? ….. even better the bonding and mentoring that happens between hockey billets and young families is heartwarming.

Each billet home receives $600.00 per player per month and one general admission pass per player for all the home games.

It is essential that you are able to provide a smoke free living area.

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The Secwepemc use of wild plants

by Jim Cooperman With balsamroot sunflowers now The plant also has medicinal value, as an Entire communities often camped at the blooming on hillsides throughout the infusion was made to treat heart problems. gathering locations for days or weeks where Shuswap it is a good time to reflect on the Another early plant that had to be designated elders directed the harvesting. use of these plants harvested prior Digging sticks called pétse, shaped like a and others by to blooming was capital T, were made from Saskatoon or the Secwepemc the cow-parsnip, black hawthorn wood with antler or birch people for also known as handles, sharpened to a point and hardened food, medicine, “wild rhubarb” by fire. Use of these sticks allowed the technology and or xwtellp. The plant to keep growing rather than the use ceremonies. The leafstalks and of a shovel-like tool that could dig up and number of plant flower buds are a destroy the entire plant. species utilized is delicacy and can be Berries are another important staple food for estimated to be eaten raw, steamed indigenous people and the most important over 135 and these or roasted. The type for the Secwepemc is the Saskatoon plants probably roots of the water or serviceberry. Some 20 types of berries accounted for Balsamroot Sunflower above Shuswap Lake at the parsnip were also were utilized, including thimbleberries, well over half of Lee Creek bluffs harvested early, blueberries, soapberries, huckleberries, and First Nations’ have high sugar cranberries. The Secwepemc sustainably nutritional needs. Anecdotal evidence also content and a taste like carrots. Extreme managed their land base by periodically points to the exceptional health benefits of caution is necessary with these “parsnip” burning areas to encourage the growth diets that included native plants. plants as they resemble the water-hemlock of berry plants. The berries were often Famed Neskonlith elder Dr. Mary Thomas which is so picked by breaking was an authority on the use of these plants, poisonous that the off branches and as she harvested many varieties every year root powder was beating the stems and taught others how to utilize them. Mary used as an arrow with a stick to knock explained how just the smaller balsamroots poison. off the berries. were dug up, peeled and steamed in pits, The corms or This “speming” roasted or dried for the winter. The larger bulbo-tuber of method also pruned roots were used for medicine, including use the western spring the shrubs, thus as a balm for skin ailments, such as ulcers or beauty were encouraging new poison ivy. The emergent leaves and peeled often referred growth and more bud stocks are also edible and were steamed to as “mountain berries in subsequent or eaten raw and the seeds were ground potato.”

These years. into flour and made into cakes with dried plants grow at mid Harvesting wild berries. to high elevations foods involves much Springtime was a special season for the and the leaves, more than digging Secwepemc people as they emerged from which are high and picking, as a their pit houses and were able to enjoy fresh, in vitamins A complex protocol, green wild produce. A favourite springtime and D were also established over food was bare-stem desert parsley, which eaten. Known as thousands of years, Mary called wild celery. The stem of the skwakwina in the governed the process. bloom was peeled and eaten fresh. The eastern dialect, the Two key principles roots of a similar plant, the large-fruited “potatoes” were Dr. Mary Thomas (1918–2007) are followed, respect desert parsley, were also harvested in the stored in pits for for nature and respect spring. Called qweqw’ila, these carrot-like the winter. Often and caring for each roots have a strong peppery taste and were the smaller corms were re-planted to ensure other. eaten raw, boiled, or dried for winter use. ongoing sustainable harvests. ....Continued on page 10

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DJ PROFILES:

A roster of talented DJs have donated their talent to a musical fundraiser for the Chase Skate Park at the end of the month. In the coming issues we’ll find out who they are!

DJ Name: LOGIC Civilian Name: Tyler LaCroix Musical Style: I like to play Deep garage bass lines with lots of vocals, classic rock, grunge, and old skool “rave” anthem remixes. My style has chilled out over the years. I like to play funky beach music to bounce to!

Years DJing: I got into Djing about 13 years ago in Kamloops, where we were still playing Trance, House and Speed Garage on vinyl records no less..

How’d you get into DJing? I got into mixing records for the love of blending house music together at under ground parties.

Musical accomplishments: I’ve been on tour all around BC a number of times.

I placed 4th in the 2012 Interior/Okanagan Red Bull 3Style finals.

Headlined The Groove, The Space, The DJ Name: LEO ZEN Civilian Name: Leo Filiatrault Where are you from?: Tokyo area, Japan Musical Style: Original, Dubstep, Drum n’ Bass Years DJing: 5 years How’d you get into DJing?

I always wanted to show people the music that I was into, and DJing was really inspiring for me. And now that I also produce my own music, it’s much more enjoyable to head out to events and festivals to share my own sounds.

Musical accomplishments: Last November was my first Europe tour with my friend Abstrakt Sonance. And in April I had my debut USA show in Bellingham, WA. Why did you want to volunteer your skills

Wharehouse, Back to the Forest... Too many good shows to name!

You DJing at the event, but you are also the event organizor. Why did you want to volunteer your skills for the Skate Park event? I decide to host this fund raiser because I am a 32 year old die hard skater! I remember moving here from the coast, being a skater, and feeling like I had nothing to do. If I can help out a sport that I loved so much as a teen (and still do), I’m there!

Website: https:// soundcloud.com/ tyler-logic/ Why do people need to come out to this event? People need to come to this fundraiser to make this a reality!

I live in Chase! I see people on skate boards everywhere I go in this town! It seems we have the want!

Let’s all prove our support! for the Skate Park event? It makes me happy that I can give something back to the community. I always want to support events that are for a good cause. And for me to get involved in these kind of events, its a good way to connect to people who have the same interest.

I can always find inspiration when I talk to people who are awesome like that.

Village of Chase -

NOTICE OF VENUE & TIME CHANGE FOR A REGULAR MEETING OF COUNCIL Notice is hereby given that the Regular Meeting of Council scheduled for June 23, 2015 will be held at 3:30 p.m. in the Community Hall (547 Shuswap Avenue).

Copies of the agenda for this meeting will be available to the public at the Village office no later than 24 hours before the meeting. Copies will also be available at the meeting.

OPEN HOUSE & WATER TREATMENT PLANT TOURS The Village of Chase will be hosting an open house June 23, 2015 immediately following the Council meeting in the Community Hall and finishing at 7:00 p.m. This will be your opportunity to find out what services are available to you and also provide a chance to inspect the new kitchen flooring and stove.

In addition, tours will be available of the Water Treatment Plant from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Please register by either calling the office at 250-679-3238 or emailing us at chase@chasebc.ca.

LOCATION: Neskonlith Community Arbour 7 km West of Chase

June 26, 27, & 28 2015 FREE CAMPING & ADMISSION

Website: https:// soundcloud.com/leozen What do you do for fun? Snowboarding in the winter, gardening in the summer Why do people need to come out to this event? To support the youth in the community and to make this a reality. If your reading this right now, I just want to sat that.... YOU can change your town!!!!

Come join us in a weekend of celebration!

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J.J.’S ASIAN CUISINE OPEN

Red Seal Chef on Board

213 Bell St. (250) 571-8858

We would like to extend a Warm Welcome & a Big Hello to anyone that has not been to JJ’s Asian Cuisine yet!

We offer fast, hot, fresh, stirfrys prepared fresh to order from Asia. You have a choice of pork loin, chicken breast, sirloin steak, or Veggie you can choose your flavours from Teriyaki, Szechuan, Sweet & Sour or Thai chili. Each stirfry comes with your choice of rice or rice noodles. These are Complete meals and are large portions - we also offer our Own homemade pork dumplings which are made fresh every morning. We also have Gluten free Options!!! All of our dishes Are $10 and all drinks are $2. We Pay the GST!!! We have lots of on street parking for Boaters, Motor homes, cars & trucks. Even fully loaded trucks including Super B’s right across from us ! You can Call ahead at 250- 571- 8858 & your order will be ready when you get here! We are open for lunch Wed- Sat 11-2 & Open for dinner Tues- Sun 4-9. So Come on out & Celebrate Summer in Chase!!!

BOOK REVIEW

by Annelise Grube-Cavers

Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Y. Davis

Challenging one of the most entrenched institutions of our society, Angela Davis opens the justice system and presents the reasons the system of prisons and incarceration should be abolished. An amazing researcher and writer she pulls together resources and presents them in a way that is thoroughly understandable. The basis of her research is the proliferation of prisons, and their increasing privatization, despite falling crime rates. She points out the way that race and gender are intrinsically connected to forms of punishment, and how the number of black and Hispanic inmates in the US is growing disproportionately.

This increasing number of prisons is disturbingly explained not by increased crime, but by the industry of prisons; private companies who have a vested interest in keeping prisons full and building new ones.

If prisons were to be abolished, as

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Can add a pinch of salt, 1 teaspoon of flavouring such as vanilla or almond, or a small amount of finely chopped fruit.

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Best if ice cream is moved from freezer to fridge for an hour before using.

Delicious with cake, and/or fruit salad or berries.

Davis advocates, then what should take it’s place? For one “a decent sense of community that can support reintegrate and truly rehabilitate those who suddenly become filled with fury or despair, and that can face them not as objects - ‘criminals’- but as people who have committed illegal acts, as have almost all of us.”

Canada’s prison system is following a similar trend. Despite lower crime rates than the 1970’s more prisons are being built and the federal conservative government is passing bills that have higher minimum sentencing, ensuring that more people will end up in these institutions.

A brilliantly written and fascinating book, this work presents the facts of prisons in a way not conventionally shown. At 115 pages it is a relatively quick book to read, but requires longer contemplation. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone.

Did you know: That you cannot store any vehicle on a boulevard, road right of way, or any other public property within the Village of Chase?

That all dogs must be on a leash when outside of the owners property and in all parks in the Village of Chase?

That sprinkling regulations are in effect in Chase from May 15 to September 30?

Odd numbered houses water on odd numbered days and even numbered houses water on even numbered days.

There is no watering between the hours of 11 am to 4 pm. Hand sprinkling for flowers and vegetable gardens is permitted at any time of day.

Richard Waugh Bylaw Enforcement Village of Chase

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Positively Seen in Chase This Week

Submitted by Chase and District Chamber of Commerce Congratulations to all of you who are sidewalks are being kept much cleaner. seniors on motorized scooters. keeping up the efforts to improve the Thanks to the efforts of many business Let’s all take a page from their book eye appeal of our Village! Downtown owners, the west entrance to Chase and make an effort to greet everyone Chase is looking much brighter and is becoming much more appealing to we meet with a smile and a positive more inviting now than when we began visitors and residents alike. Neatly kept attitude. our Spring Cleanup Campaign. properties and eye-catching signage Well done everyone!

Now trees, flowers, small tables and are much appreciated by us all. Special New Listing in Scotch Creek. 2 bdrm chairs and colourful new sidewalk sign kudos to JJ’s Asian Cuisine for playing 1 bath just steps to the lake on South boards welcome residents and visitors. pleasant, quiet music to attract passersAshe Cres., 2 driveways, garage & Some businesses are replacing by. carport. Enjoy summer or full time, only worn signs and undergoing interior Kudos too, to the many youths who 15 minutes off the TCH. $210,000. renovations while others are drawing have been observed cheerfully greeting shoppers with their sidewalk displays adults they pass on the street and who of seasonal products. Vacant lots politely step aside to make room on are being mowed and tidied up and the sidewalks for other walkers and for

Youth at Together Shuswap

Continued from page 1...

During the 2-hour session, youth identified the things they love and value most about their community, with many identifying their families, friends and easy access to nature as highest values. Youth also spoke about challenges they face , including access to physical activity and recreation opportunities, limited transportation options between communities as well as a need for youth to be more engaged in their communities and to help empower other youth to participate. A number of participants voiced an interest to deepen their understanding of traditional knowledge and find ways to increase opportunities to learn

Natalya Melynchuk of Sorrento and Brock Endean of Chase facilitate the youth discussion. Natalya is Co-Chair of Fraser Basin Council’s Youth Committee.

from their elders.

In the afternoon the youth participants rejoined the larger Together Shuswap workshop and presented some of their highlights and opportunities for building bridges with and for youth. Small group discussions identified how adults can make more meaningful connections and provide opportunities for youth in their communities. Throughout the day, youth had the opportunity to meet and talk with local politicians, representatives from social and economic non-profit agencies and local First Nations along with government sector employees and engaged citizens. Overall, it was a very successful event and adults and youth alike witnessed meaningful youth engagement and empowerment for a strong youth voice across the Shuswap area. If you are interested in meaningful youth en- HUGE PRICE REDUCTION gagement in the Shuswap area please contact kyouwe@fraserbasin.bc.ca.

Participants at Youth@Together Shuswap gather for a group pic

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Looking for some elbow room and a place to put everything?

Great plot, over an acre in size, could be the place! Formerly a greenhouse business this property has a 2 bdrm mobile home, several outbuildings inc. large greenhouse with lots of room for your ideas! Zoned AR2. Great highway exposure.

Fruit trees, mature grapes, blackberries, raspberries, black currants... the list goes on! $185,000

Great family home, newly updated with nice modern flooring and paint. Most windows & doors have been updated. Gas fireplace in the living room is a nice feature of this open floor plan home with an island in the kitchen makes for great entertaining. Good size mud room & peekaboo view of the lake from the fully fenced yard. Park has no age restrictions and pets are allowed (some restrictions) Priced to sell, so lets get moving!!! $43,000

Classifieds

Page 8 • June 19th, 2015 • Chase Sunflower Classified deadline is Monday at 3 pm for Friday’s paper. $4.50 for 20 words. 20¢ each additional word (tax incl). Lost & Found & Thank yous are pay-what-you-can/free. Obituaries are $35 with photo, $30 without. Wedding, birthday, anniversary notices all welcome! Email info@chasesunflower.ca or drop off at Sunflower Headquarters (721 Shuswap Ave) or at Willows Natural Foods.

FOR SALE

The Airmail Antiques is closing. Now 35% off all stock. 6377 VLA Road, Chase BC. 250-679-3930. Open when at home or by appt.

House & Large shop on private acreage.

Virtual tour : House & Large shop on private acreage. Virtual tour : https://youtu. be/xAQmwbaXsSM Ph: 250 763-9056 For Sale: 1993 Royal Classic Motorhome 28” 50,508 Original kms.

Like new inside and out. $15,800 6792399/318-1961.

For Sale: Tools, 2 large water tanks (18,000 gallons each), 1998 Ford 150, washer & dryer, wood stove (heater), Pressure tank and pump, table, tractor J.D. M (restored), camper (pop up), patio table, glass shelves, pony harness and saddle, Zodiac, and More. 7356 Trans Canada Highway (Top of Mattey’s Hill).

June 19, 20, 21. 8 - ? 250-253-8283 For Sale: 48 x 71 Window with 22” Opener $100. 80 x 71 Sliding Door $100 ’93 GMC Sierra 2500 (View at Corner of Pine & Hysop) $2000. 250-679-4414 For Sale: Love seat Both sides recline $5. 1 Double bed and frame $20. 7” miter saw and stand $75. Propane Torch $15 Bar sink & taps $10. 2 sump pump $15 each or $25 both. 1 32” exterior door $25 1 32 “ heavy aluminum storm door dark brown $30. Call 250-253-5179 House for Sale: Mobile Home in Park, 2 bedroom, all appliances. Negotiable. In Chase. Call 679-4466.

Chase Upholstery – 323 Willow St, Chase, BC. 679-3923. Furniture – Auto – Boat tops and seats – RVs Interiors by Patrica - Interior Decor, Home Staging. Now with Furniture!

Office: 250-679-3504 Cell 403-370-6661.

Patricia@interiorsbypatricia.ca • www. interiorsbypatricia.ca

NOTICE

Tea Parties Wanted: Free tea tasting with rewards. You invite your friends, I’ll bring the tea. Your local steeped tea consultant. Rose McGuire 250-679-2472. rmc@cablelan.net B & G Bannock Booth. Open for long weekend, June 27th & 28th. Last time for bannock! At Squilax Anglemont/Adams Lake Road, from 10 am - 7 pm approx.

PERSONALS

Single male non smoker, non drinker seeking like-minded lady for outings.

250-318-7324. Box 1763 Chase BC, V0E 1M0

THANK YOU

A special thank you to Lance Ritchie, Georgina and the librarians for donating to help the family and village in Gjoa Haven, Your kindness is greatly appreciated by myself and the whole village. Thank you from all of us. - Jean and the hamlet of Gjoa Haven

LOST & FOUND

LOST DOG

Found: Silver pocket knife found across from Riley’s Real Estate Office on Shuswap Ave. Call the Sunflower FMI 679-8880

For info/hours phone 250-679-3536

lost in the Chase area

Lost April 21/15 Female grey-brown (short summer haircut now) Lhasa Apso white paws wearing pale blue rhinestone collar. She has tattoo in her ear and missing a lower front tooth. We were visiting family and she got out of the yard, she is very unfamiliar with Chase, her name is Gidget and she is shy. If you see her we would be so grateful if you would call either 250-679-2186 or

Chase Legion would like to say

“THANK YOU“

to the following for making the

250-676-9533

Lost dog

250-676-9533

Lost dog

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Lost dog

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Lost dog

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Lost dog

Found: Dog around Adams Lake Reserve.

Male, very skinny. Well trained. Phone 250 371 0563

250-676-9533

Lost: Dog. We beleive our dog might be somehwere in Chase. If anybody has info please get in touch with us. We miss her very much and would be so grateful to get her back. She is a Lhasa Apso with white paws. 250-676-9533 or 250-6792186.

Lost dog

WANTED

Buying old items, pre 1950 Crocks, wood extension ladders, milk cans, wood boxes, windows, suitcases, furniture, lanterns, tools, kitchenware.

250-577-3357

Shuswap Piano Tuning and Restoration.

Call/text Kenny 250-517-7717 kennyfin01@ gmail.com

A sincere apology to all individuals who were adversely affected by the announcement that appeared in the Sunflower last week regarding my birthday. Unfortunately it was a practical joke. I appreciate all the gifts , cards and good wishes I received during the day.

Mel Jasman.

250-676-9533

GARAGE SALES

Annual Multi Unit Garage Sale - Sat. June 20 at 9 am -1 pm at 312 Arbutus Street. Household items, kids clothes, toys, and more.

Business & Services

WANTED

URGENT: (Worn out from living in a shoe...) Cheerful, responsible, single Mom of steady means seeking a modest house to rent or buy in Chase.

Neither fussy nor demanding, I’m simply new in town and in dire need of a place for my kids and I. Phone Shasta at: 250253-2598.

Legion Golf Tourney a Huge Success!

• Sunshore Golf Course • Molson’s • B & B Suite Escapes, BC • Chez Nails •Eagle Point Golf Course • All the Legion Volunteers Who Made it Happen!

• And of Course, All Those Who Came Out to Golf!

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

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Word Search - “Go Skateboarding Day”

In keeping with the skateboarding theme, June 21st is Go Skateboarding Day. Go Skateboarding Day (GSD) is an official annual holiday conceived by the International Association of Skateboard Companies. The truck is the collective name for the front and rear axle assemblies that connect the wheels to the deck and provide the turning capabilities for the board. Ollie, named after Alan “Ollie” Gelfand, is a jump performed by popping the tail of the board on the ground, and using the front foot to even out your body and attain air. A manual is a sustained wheelie (riding on the back two wheels only).

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Next, he has to get some flowers, so he heads over to the florist and there’s a huge flower line there. He waits forever but eventually gets the flowers.

Then he heads out to rent a limo. Unfortunately, there’s a large limo line at the rental office, but he’s patient and gets the job done.

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Staying Safe on the Internet

In my business, I likely see more examples of Internet crime than most people so I tend to be more wary than the typical user where Internet safety is concerned.

Most people have never been affected personally, so may have become complacent about it and perhaps let their guards down.

That would be a mistake as Internet crime is alive and well and continues to grow every day.

We all need to keep that in mind and do our part to ensure that we don’t become victims. This article is the first of a multi-part series dedicated to staying safe while enjoying the Internet.

The first and likely the most important thing to do is to make sure that you are protected by a firewall when using the Internet.

A firewall is a piece of software or hardware that sits between your computer and the Internet network and only allows certain types of data to cross. For example, a firewall may allow checking email and browsing the web, but disallow things like Windows file sharing. If you’re connected to the internet through a router, then you already have a type of hardware firewall that prevents random networkingbased external threats from reaching your computers. Part of the routers job is to separate your home network from the Internet network and control what, and more importantly, what not to allow through. It’s main purpose is to allow multiple devices to share a single Internet connection but the firewall function is an important side benefit. Even if you only have one computer, you should still use a router for this

reason.

In situations where you are not sure if you are protected behind a secure router, then you should have software firewall installed and enabled on your computer.

Examples would be if you are connecting using a free WIFI hotspot, or with a dialup or mobile I n t e r n e t connection.

Quite often your antivirus software will perform this function but many of the free AV programs available do not have a built-in firewall. In that case Windows firewall should be turned on. Every version of Windows has a built-in firewall function which is normally turned on by default but should be checked to make sure. Access to Windows firewall settings can be found in Control Panel.

A software firewall is especially important if you are connecting to the Internet using what is referred to as Open Wi-Fi. These are Wi-Fi hotspots that require no password whatsoever to connect, such as at Starbucks or MacDonald’s. These WiFi connections are the most unsafe and should be avoided if possible. If you choose to use one then you should always double check your firewall setting before connecting. Also be very careful if you are logging on to your webmail or to an Internet site such as Facebook. You login id and password can be captured unless the site is secure using https rather than an http connection. Look for the ‘s’ after http in the address bar of your browser before logging in.

Wild Plants

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In the past, special songs were sung as they prepared to begin harvesting and often an offering was made of Indian tobacco, kinnikinnick, or some of the first harvest was scattered nearby. Another tradition was to share the first harvest with others in the community.

One of the key messages that Dr. Mary Thomas delivered in her many lectures was how many of the traditional native foods are disappearing, due to industrial scale resource use.

Cattle overgrazing, clearcut logging, road building, silviculture practices and the spread of invasive species have all taken their toll on these wild plants and the fish and game that once completely sustained the Secwepemc people.

There is not space here to adequately tell the story, as there are so many other key plant foods and medicines, including young stinging nettle leaves, the inner

Kinnikinnick, aka bearberry

cambium bark layer of numerous trees, black tree lichen, mushrooms and devil’s club, which was used to treat over 30 different ailments.

It would take a book to sufficiently describe all the uses of native plants by the Secwepemc and fortunately there is one in the works by UVic ethnobotanist Nancy Turner and SFU anthropologist Marianne Ignace.

POSTSCRIPT Many thanks to Nancy Turner who took the time from her busy university work to review the draft of this column and make substantial edits. She stressed that the gathering of wild plants continues now. For example, Barb Callihoe is the cultural coordinator for the Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band and she works with band members on a number of traditional cultural activities including gathering sage for smudging birch bark for making baskets, juniper berries for tea and berries.

Jim Cooperman’s writes about about geography, politics, environmental issues and culture on his blog called Shuswap Passion.

View it at www.

ShuswapPassion.ca

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