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Concerns over sawmill brought to council By Nikki Fredrikson Pioneer Staff The Village of Radium Hot Springs council heard concerns from resident Chris Knight regarding Radium’s Canfor Mill at their July 20th council meeting. Having first addressed his concerns via email before presenting them in person at the meeting, Mr. Knight expressed dismay with the mill’s light pollution, dust, and excessive noise. “There are three issues: one is the noise. The noise is not the normal operating noise, it’s the noise that’s made when the equipment is not properly working and it’s a metal on metal noise,” Mr. Knight told The Pioneer after the meeting. It’s not the regular day-to-day operations noise that has him concerned, he said, it’s a distinctive low grinding noise that can be heard from early morning to late evening. With the mill operating from 5 a.m. to 3:30 a.m., operational noises commence just after the 5 a.m. start. According to Mr. Knight, back in April the same noise could be heard and was an ongoing issue for three weeks until the plant shut down and checked the log decks. Upon inspection, rocks were found in the log deck conveyors, which was the source of the noise. Mill manager Steve Thorpe said it’s been tough to uncover the cause of the noise. With so many different noises coming from the plant, narrowing down this particular noise is challenging. Canfor has been working to correct the rock issue while making the log decks still functional.
“One of the things we have tried is to have water out there and wetting everything down on the log decks will help reduce the noise too, but really, fundamentally, we have not got a permanent solution to that sound and I trust we will,” said Mr. Thorpe. Another issue raised by Mr. Knight to council was the light pollution from the mill, which has been an ongoing issue with the plant. “Light pollution, if you read about it and do some research on it, is a big deal worldwide; apparently not in
“The noise is not the normal operating noise, it’s the noise that’s made when the equipment is not properly working and it’s a metal on metal noise.” Chris Knight Resident, Radium Hot Springs
Radium. We are right next to a national park. Good heavens, we should be better stewards,” said Mr. Knight Canfor is currently working to change out all the lights to LED bulbs to cut down light pollution output. As well, the plant has been turning the lights to the west to reduce light pollution in the community. “There is a plan to go to LED lighting and we have done some and the intent of that would be to not only save power usage, but also, as we change those lights over, we’ll be putting covers on them. We’ve done six to date.
That will help stop the glare going up into the town and keep it down into the site,” said Mr. Thorpe. As for the dust, Mr. Knight notes the company is getting better at reducing the dust in the area, with the addition of a well to spray the dirt. Canfor has been working further on reducing the dust flying up with the application of dust-reducing products. “The complicating factor is the timing has to be right. If you put it on and then the rains comes, it can make a big mess and also be less effective. Really, what we try to do in this neck of the woods is let the June rains come and apply it just before things start drying up in July,” said Mr. Thorpe. Council heard Mr. Knight’s concerns and suggested getting a timeline from Canfor on when these issues will be corrected. Canfor, Radium council and the Canfor Community Advisory Committee met on Tuesday, July 19th to discuss these issues and the actions to correct them. Mr. Thorpe said that in working with the Canfor Community Advisory Committee and council, it has been great to hear the community’s concerns and work on ways to solve them. The committee meets twice a year and allows for the mill and the citizens to be integrated and work together rather than Canfor reacting to complaints. “They’re people living here, people retired here. There’s tourists and there’s a mill, and how do we work together to lessen the impact of each?” Mr. Thorpe said. The Canfor Community Advisory Committee will have another meeting in the fall with Canfor to discuss any new concerns the community has.
Local loses life at Willi XC Challenge in Golden By Eric Elliott Pioneer Staff In an unfortunate accident last weekend, local paragliding pilot James Pfrunder lost his life while participating in the annual Willi XC Challenge near Golden. The accident occurred on day two of the challenge with other pilots witnessing it before Golden Search and Rescue responded by helicopter, lowering SAR
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land that they were camping on and that they had been camping there for many years without issues. Police then updated the complainant and advised him to contact them if the group became loud again. No further reports were received. • On Saturday, July 23rd at 3 a.m., police were on 13th Street to assist with bar closing. An employee of Copper City Saloon then notified police that there was a large fight happening around the corner. Police attended and broke up the large group of people who were pushing and shoving. There were no injuries noted and it appeared to be mostly yelling and pushing. Police did not see anyone strike anyone else and advised everyone involved to leave the area and to go home. A 20-year-old local male did not leave the area and began to yell at the other parties involved. He was arrested for causing a disturbance and everyone else left the area. The male was co-operative with police and remorseful for his actions. He did not appear to be overly intoxicated and was capable of caring for himself. Police decided to transport him home to his residence and release him as there were other fights and a large amount of people in the area to contend with. Police warned the male about his actions and released him. • On Sunday, July 24th at 6:43 p.m., Columbia Valley RCMP received a report that a local 77-year-old female named went missing from the Radium Hot Springs Hot Pools in Radium Hot Springs. Dispatch reported that she had been missing for about 90 minutes. The complainant and son of the female reported that she was waiting at the Hot Pools while he walked to the parking lot to get the car. He said he returned 45 minutes later and she was gone. He reported that his mother has no medical conditions. He added that they had been searching for her along with the Hot Pools staff members and supervisor. Police requested Parks Search and Rescue and Police Dog Section. At 7:14 p.m., the mother was located at the parking lot where the car was previously parked. She reported that she had walked the Redstreak hike down to the parking lot. She did not require any medical attention. Parks SAR and PDS were cancelled. The complainant was upset with his mother for leaving the area, however he was very thankful that she was safe and sound.
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Akisqnuk adopts goat weed control naxa First Nation of the Kootenays are leaders in this area, in this regard,” Invasive weeds said Mr. Bergles. are an ongoing issue The Akisqnuk band throughout the East is being proactive in tryKootenay region, but for ing to reduce or comthe Akisqnuk First Napletely eradicate invasive tions traditional territoweeds on their land. ry, a counter attack proWith one to two percent gram is hard at work. A of the Akisqnuk lands herd of 350 goats from affected by the invasive Rocky Ridge Vegeta- NATURE’S WEED EATERS — Top: Conrad Lindbloom of weeds, the hope is to retion Control have been Rocky Ridge Vegetation Control with his herd of goats at Lake- duce that number with brought onto Akisqnuk shore Resort & Campground. Below: Some goats hard at work. the use of the goats. Photos by Nikki Fredrikson land to eat a variety of “Naturally, goats invasive weeds in the area. like to eat weeds and brush so it’s just natural for them The Akisqnuk First Nation band has been work- because they’re browsers. We work on that instinct they ing on and off with the East Kootenay Invasive Plant have and then we just develop from there and work with Council and Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society them with weeds,” said Conrad Lindbloom of Rocky to combat invasive weeds. The band was put in touch Ridge Vegetation Control. with Tracy Kaisner with West Fork Resource ManageThe 350 goats are a mix of breeds, but what Mr. Lindment out of Sparwood, B.C. Ms. Kaisner put together bloom has found to work best for invasive weed control an Invasive Plant Management Plan for the Akisqnuk are Kiko goats. The herd is working at Lakeshore Resort & First Nation Land Department. The plan was brought to Campground as well as on Kootenay Road #3 for a total both the band council and to community members at a of 10 days. The weeds being targeted with this program membership meeting for discussion. are spotted knapweed, baby’s breath, leafy spurge and sow “Different options for treatment were laid out so dif- thistle. The goats typically start working on invasive weed ferent options were taken to council, different options control projects in June when weeds start developing. were taken to the community. Those options included “When they’re starting to flower, it’s a good time different mechanical treatments, things like the goat to graze on them and even when they’ve gone to seed. treatment and things like herbicide treatments,” said Goats have a 100 per cent digestion so if the plants have Akisqnuk lands manager Adrian Bergles. gone to seed and the goats eat the seeds off they won’t With little interest in using herbicides, the band de- transfer any seed and so that works very well to get rid cided to move forward with the of the seed bank that way,” said goat treatment option, someMr. Lindbloom. thing that was more accepted The invasive weed control by the community. The goat program will be an ongoing proprogram has never been used by cess for the next few years with the Akisqnuk band, but has prethe use of the herd to set back viously been adopted by other the weeds. Looking towards Ktunaxa First Nation bands in eradication of invasive weed the Kootenays. outbreaks in year two or year “In some respects, the Ktuthree of the program is the goal. By Nikki Fredrikson Pioneer Staff
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By Nicole Trigg Pioneer Staff Seeing people huddled together at local landmarks like the Invermere Cenotaph staring down at their phones is a common sight these days and probably will be for a long time to come, ever since the release of Pokemon GO earlier this month — the new augmented reality game that can be played on a mobile device. Only one week after its United States release on July 6th, the game had already over 21 million daily active users and that number continues to climb as Pokemon GO gets rolled out to devices in countries around the world. There’s been a lot of speculation as to what is so enticing about the game. Psychologists generally agree the game satisfies two conflicting human desires: safety and excitement. Using “safe” computer-generated stimuli, Pokemon GO makes everyday, routine activities much more enthralling. Now, the simple act of walking down the street presents the potential of stumbling upon a cute little Pokemon character. Just don’t walk off a cliff while focused on your phone, like two players in California did. Why not get a dog if you want to make walking down the street more interesting, you may ask? An Indiana animal shelter had the same idea, and called upon Pokemon GO players to volunteer taking out the shelter’s dogs while they explored for Pokemon characters. The shelter went from averaging one to two volunteers a day to over 70. According to the Psychology Today website, part of the success of Pokemon GO is that it offers a very user-friendly introduction to the world of augmented reality (AR), which, to date, hasn’t really reached a mass market. Now, through the camera on your phone or tablet, you can experience a world where little creatures fantastically appear before you, and ordinary street corners are transformed into battlegrounds for proving your strength and valour. Humans are clearly hungry for this type of fantasyinfused technology. As Nintendo reaps in the financial rewards of having ingeniously matched AR to everyday GPS usage, expect to see major investment in this area of high tech with even more surprising results into the future.
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You can help save the bees Dear Editor: Friends of the Earth Canada is calling on residents of Invermere to join the Great Canadian Bumble Bee Count and help scientists learn more about these important pollinators. All it takes is a simple snap of a picture of bumble bees you see in your garden, park or campsite and upload to www.Bumblebeewatch.org. The Canadian member of Friends of the Earth International, one of the world’s largest
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River ban is needed Dear Editor: Who is this irresponsible boat owner on the Riverside Golf Course section of the Columbia River on Friday, July 22nd? He comes flying around a corner and has to cut his engine because of people in the river. Not only floaters, kayaks, canoes, but people swimming downstream. These boats should not be allowed on the river, not just for safety, but for environmental reasons.
be verified by a team of researchers. For our Great Canadian Bumble Bee Count, we want to help Bumble Bee Watch’s researchers by seeing how many bumble bees we can find across Canada until August 15th! Bumble bees are effective pollinators for many of the crops we eat and for many of the wildflowers in our fields and forests, but several of their species are dramatically declining.
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things, he would go out and do it. There was firewood for the Rockies, or selling raffle tickets or organizing the marRemembered as generous, ket with the Legion — he was just out compassionate and energetic, there,” said Invermere mayor Gerry Taft. Ray Brydon was a beloved As a member of the Royal Canadian member of the community. Legion Branch 71 in Invermere, Ray was His passion for the Columbia involved in all the branch activities, rollValley and making the coming up a sleeve to help wherever he could. munity he called home welNamed as the finance officer for roughly coming to others was what a decade, he took care of all the financing made Ray special. and gaming activities. Born in Neepawa, Mani“He’ll be sorrowfully missed. Betoba on November 1st, 1940, cause of his efforts and the efforts of othRay worked as a banker, travelers, he’s left the Legion in a good position ling all around, before taking for the future to continue to do what we a management position at the do, to support both the veterans and the Stedmans V&S store in Inver- ‘LIFE IS GOOD’ — Memories of Ray community,” said Invermere Legion mere. As a people person, Ray Brydon, clockwise from top: Ray holding a president Ken Carlow. went above and beyond mak- card from one of his grandchildren; Ray’s Ray didn’t stop there. He continued ing sure every customer got entry to The Pioneer travel contest; Ray in to give to the community by organizing exactly what they needed. his younger years. Photos submitted the Farmers and Artists Market on be“All the little old ladies half of the Legion. He also volunteered coming in looking for wool and so forth, he always with the organizing committee for Bull Riding in the would fix them up and if he didn’t have it, he would Rockies, he was part of the Lake Windermere Lions get it,” said Ray’s wife, Jan Club and orgaBrydon. nized the firewood Ray and Jan first met fundraiser for the at the Turkey Bonspiel curl- Columbia Valley ing event 25 years ago. Prior Rockies Junior B to meeting at the curling hockey team. event, the pair had lived in “This valley the same duplex complex is only going to across from Pothole Park, begin to see what but never connected until he did for this valthe bonspiel. They married ley in some of the 22 years ago in Cabo San various holes that Lucas, Mexico and have a are going to be left. combined family of six chil- There are some big dren and six grandchildren. shoes to fill there Jan told The Pioneer in different areas,” that Ray liked routine. He was part of a coffee group that said Invermere councillor, Home Hardware owner and met every day at 10 a.m. and another that met at 3 p.m. Bull Riding of the Rockies co-chair Al Miller. He kept himself busy. Most of his time was spent giving Recognized alongside his wife as the 2016 Rotary Volback to the community in a variety of ways by serving on unteer of the Year, his contributions to the betterment of the city council for six years, volunteering at the Legion the community did not go unnoticed. He leaves the comor organizing a fundraiser. Ray was always there to help. munity of Invermere memories of the events he helped “A hard worker, he was a doer. Not just talk about organize, his “Life is Good” shirts and his generosity. By Nikki Fredrikson Pioneer Staff
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Pokemon GO taking over local landmarks By Nikki Fredrikson Pioneer Staff The new Pokemon GO app is creating a gaming craze internationally, with the virtual world of Pokemon even taking to the streets of Invermere. The latest release of the game allows users to play in real time, real world reality. No longer confined to a made-up world, Pokemon GO gives users the opportunity to discover new challenges, Pokemon characters and gyms on the streets of communities worldwide. “It’s an app you get on your phone. They call it augmented reality so essentially there are tags on a map all over the world where you can get different things. You can either have PokeStops or gyms or you can have Pokemon that randomly spawn all around you,” explained Dee Connell, owner of Main Street Fun and Games in Invermere. Players of the game collect Pokemon and evolve them into stronger characters that then allow them to be more powerful in future challenges. Once players advance to a “Reverse logo for use on darker backgrounds (black background for reference only certain level, they will pick a team: either mystic, instinct or - not part of the ”logo”): valour. Once on a team, players can then challenge “gyms”,
which, locally, can be found at Kicking Horse Coffee, Pothole Park, Kinsmen Beach, the Inukshuk by the hockey arena and just above the Invermere Cenotaph. By challenging a gym and beating the gym, the player will then be the “King of the Hill” until someone else challenges it. To be successful, having strong Pokemon is essential and to capture them, users of the game need PokeBalls, something that are found at PokeStops. “The PokeStops are basically spots where you can go to get more things that you need to play the game. So you can buy them, like an inapp purchase, or you can go to these PokeStops and usually they’re local landmarks which is really cool. You can spin the PokeStop on your phone and it will basically spit out different things you need like PokeBalls, potions and things like that,” said Ms. Connell.
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Mountain mysteries Imajin Books recently published Avalanche, the third novel in local author Kristina Stanley’s popular Stone Mountain Mystery series, which is set in the fictional town of Holden, inspired by Panorama Mountain Resort where Mrs. Stanley is a resident. Read more about her astounding success as a full-time writer on page 12. Photo submitted
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Local author publishes third novel By Steve Hubrecht Pioneer Staff Local author Kristina Stanley continues to churn out books at an eye-popping rate, having recently published her latest novel, another instalment in the ongoing Stone Mountain Mystery series, as well as a nonfiction book. Avalanche, published on June 25th, is the third novel in the Stone Mountain series, and the success of the first two novels (one of which sat atop the Amazon bestseller list for Hot New Releases in the Women Sleuth Mystery category) prompted her publisher, Imajin Books, to get her to also write The Author’s Guide to Selling Books to Non-Bookstores, published on May 28th. With those two books, Mrs. Stanley has now published four books — and had a short story included in a province-wide anthology — in the past 12 months, and she shows no signs of slowing down. She’s currently simultaneously writing four other books. “It’s pretty exciting. I never thought I’d have three novels out in a year, especially having never been published before. That’s one of the joys of working with a small publisher,” Mrs. Stanley told The Pioneer. Avalanche, like Descent and Blaze before it, is set at Stone Mountain Resort near the town of Holden (fic-
tional settings inspired by Panorama Mountain Resort — where Mrs. Stanley lives and previously worked as the director of human resources, security and guest services — and Invermere). The third novel in the series once again features hard-nosed protagonist Kalin Thompson working to solve a mysterious crime, along with her husband and series heartthrob Ben, and all the other memorable characters from the first two novels. “It’s got a bit of a history since it’s actually the first story I wrote, but for various reasons my agent suggested it would work better as the third story in the series. So I had to go back and rewrite it, which I think helped make it a better story,” said Mrs. Stanley. All three novels are on sale at the Panorama Mountain Resort General Store, at Greywolf Golf Course, Lambert Kipp Pharmacy,
Sobeys, La Galleria II and the Valley Dollar and General Store (copies can also be borrowed from the Invermere Public Library) — which has helped make the three Stone Mountain Mystery novels Imajin Books’ top-selling paperbacks. That, in turn, is what pushed Imajin to ask Mrs. Stanley to write The Author’s Guide to Selling Books to NonBookstores. “I ended up selling more print editions than any of my publisher’s other authors, and I really feel that’s because of the support of the local community here,” she said, adding her success at securing endorsements from big-name authors (the cover of Avalanche proudly displays the book’s endorsement from renowned mystery author Gail Bowen) has now led Imajin to ask her to write The Author’s Guide to Endorsements. Continued on page 14 . . .
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Submissions must be received by the Monday prior to publication. We may only run an entry for two weeks prior to the event. Please limit your submission to 30 words. Priority is given to one-off events, so weekly events may only run occasionally. Friday, July 29th • 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Wild Nature Tours - Sense of Place, hosted by Wildsight. Join “Everyday Explorer” Carol Patterson along the historic Old Coach Road Trail. Kids $15, adults $25; www.wildnaturetours.ca/invermere. • 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Junior Naturalist Program for children ages 6-12, on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at Redstreak Campground Theatre until Aug. 27th. Cost $5 per child. Parents call 250-3476525 to register. Drop-ins are also welcome! • 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Artym Gallery features Cameron Bird and Sandy Graves exhibition. Cameron on site Saturday 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Show continues until Aug. 4th. • 11 a.m.: Pop-up Story Time every Friday in July and August around the valley. For exact locations visit invermere.bclibrary.ca or call 250-342-6416. • 12 - 8 p.m.: Second Annual Art Walk. Stroll through seven Invermere Art Galleries and Studios every Friday from July 1st until September 2nd. • 4 - 9 p.m.: Music and Market on Main in Radium every Friday in July and August. Market from 4 - 9 p.m., Music from 7 - 9 p.m. Visit radiumhotsprings. com for details. • 7 - 9 p.m.: Invermere Roller Rink at the Curling Centre every Friday. Also Sundays 2 to 5 p.m. Cost $5.
• 9 p.m. - close: Live Music by the Ramblers in Bear’s Paw Bar & Grill at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort (FHSR). No cover charge, food and drink specials all night.
October at The Springs golf course. Breakfast $10. Everyone welcome. • 11:45 a.m.: The Rotary Club of Invermere meets every Wednesday at the Curling Centre.
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• 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Fairmont Market at Fairmont Hot Springs. Every Sunday from July 10th to August 14th. • 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Invermere Art in the Park at Pothole Park. From the creative people of the Columbia Valley. Painting, pottery, jewelry, glass and wood. Live Music. • 9:45 p.m. Moonlight Movie at FHSR, Mountainside Golf Course. Bring your lawn chair and blankets and enjoy The Peanuts Movie under the stars. Come early to secure your spot. Refreshments available for purchase. Visit fairmonthotsprings.com.
• 1 - 4 p.m.: Summer Reading Club at Invermere Library every Thursday to August 25th. Grades 1 to 5. • 1 - 4 p.m.: Kinsmen Beach: Wildsight hosts the Royal BC Museum’s Species at Risk mobile museum. This illuminating exhibit shows what BC could lose if we don’t change our relationship with the natural world. Visit www.wildsight.ca. • 5 - 6 p.m.: Wine tasting at the FHS Resort every Thursday. Enjoy four B.C. wines with the in-house Sommelier. $15 per person or $25 for two. • 5 - 8 p.m.: Beach Party at Kinsmen Beach, every Thursday in July and August.
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Monday, August 1st • Black Star 5-day Art Workshops at Pynelogs from August 1st to 5th. Call 250-342-6663. • Columbia Valley Hockey School with NHL guest instructors. General camps for ages 5-8 and 9-14. High Performance camp for ages 15-19. Visit columbiavalleyhockeyschool.com. • Dusk: Movies in the Mountains at Pothole Park, downtown Invermere. Every Monday in July and August.
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• 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Invermere Farmers & Artists Market in downtown Invermere. Saturdays until Sept. 10th. • 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Branch 71 Legion Market - Crafts, Baking, Home Based Businesses. BBQ with breakfast sandwiches, brats, burgers, more. • 6:30 p.m.: Meat Draw and 50/50 at Branch 71 Legion in Invermere. Every Saturday.
• 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Windermere Valley Museum’s Children’s Program for six to 10 years old. Tuesdays till August 23rd. Visit windermerevalleymuseum.ca.
Wednesday, August 3rd • 8 a.m.: Radium Hot Springs Sunrise Rotary meets for breakfast every 1st and 3rd Wednesday, April thru
Friday, August 5th • Effusion Art Gallery Summer Creative Series featuring artist Lynne Harrison. Continues August 6th. • 7 - 10 p.m.: Fresh Fridays Open Mic at Pynelogs. Showcasing young talent from the valley. All ages, licensed bar. First Friday of every month.
Saturday, August 6th • Loop The Lake. Registration starting at $45, online until Aug. 3rd at noon, in person at Crazy Soles until Aug. 4th at 6 p.m., or at check-in from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. at the Curling Rink. Visit loopthelake.bc.ca. • 40th Annual Lakeside Event. Hang and paraglider pilots take off from Mr. Swansea and land in water targets at James Chabot Beach. Visit lakesideevent.com. • 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: Wild Nature Tours - Wild Food and Medicinal Plants, hosted by Wildsight. Local naturalist Kalista Pruden leads participants on a hunt for edible and medicinal wild plants along Radium’s riverbank. Kids $15, adults $25. www.wildnaturetours. ca/invermere. • 8 - 10 p.m.: Arrowhead Brewery is hosting the 2nd annual Roller Disco Night at the Invermere Curling Centre. Cost $15; includes skate rental. Dress up, join the party and shake your groove thang!
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Art in the Park returns By Steve Hubrecht Pioneer Staff Another blast of outdoor art is just around the corner, as Art in the Park is back again this weekend. The former Tour of the Arts revamped last year into a whole new event — Art in the Park — switching from sending participants to artists’ homes throughout the valley to instead bringing all the artists together in Pothole Park. The success of the first edition of the new event last summer has inspired another one this year. “It went really well last year. Quite a few people came through — it was a good setup and it was a really nice day,” said co-organizer Gerry George. This year’s version of the event features 17 different artists, live music and food, and will take place on Sunday, July 31st. The booths will once again be set up in the flat, upper area of Pothole Park and the range of artists includes potters, acrylic painters, oil painters, woodworkers, wooden bowl makers, carvers, stained glass artists, metal sculptors and jewelry creators. “There’s a little bit of everything. No matter what kind of art you like, you’ll find it,” said Mr. George. . . . ‘Local’ from page 12 While Mrs. Stanley sets to work on that non-fiction book, she’s also busy writing Torrent, the fourth Stone Mountain Mystery; Look the Other Way, a murder mystery set in the Bahamas (where Mrs. Stanley and her husband spent five years living on a boat); and Evolution, a mystery set in Kingston, Ontario. “I love to write, I will continue writing. I really like writing the Stone Mountain series, but I am enjoying trying new settings, new characters and even the nonfiction books. I think it makes you better if you keep pushing past your comfort area and try new things,” said Mrs. Stanley. It was while living on the boat in the Bahamas, thinking back to working at Panorama Mountain Resort, that Mrs. Stanley wrote the first three Stone Mountain books (she concedes it’s funny that she wrote three books set in B.C. while living in the Bahamas, and now that she’s back at Panorama, she’s working on a book set in the Bahamas). “So all those (first three Stone Mountain) books were written much differently than Torrent is. Torrent (which is due out in winter 2017) is the first time I’ve
“Check it out — there will be a lot of good art to see and quite a lot of variety. It’s also a great opportunity to see what kind of art people in the valley are doing.” The change from Tour of the Arts into Art in the Park came about because fewer artists were participating (dropping from 50 and 80 in previous years to around 20 last summer) and because of a lack of volunteers needed for a large-scale, multi-location event such as the Tour. “It just kind of morphed,” said Mr. George. “In 2015, the Tour of the Arts, hosted by the Columbia Valley Arts Council, had run its course. Finding volunteers was becoming really difficult and the number of artists was shrinking. For these reasons, the 2015 Tour of the Arts was cancelled but the artists still wanted a venue to show off their work. From that, Art in the Park was born and is now put on by the artists, for the artists.” Pothole Park was selected because of its central location and high visibility. “It’s a good spot, everybody going by can see that something’s going on,” said Mr. George. Art in the Park will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. worked to a deadline, and it’s intimidating. On the boat, I didn’t have a publishing deal, and I had the luxury of time to write and rewrite as much as I wanted,” she said. “Now I’ve had to be much more disciplined. I work longer and I set daily word count targets. You get tired; you’ve spent a long time writing and you want to pause, but you have to say ‘No, that’s not enough words today, sit back down’.” Deadlines are not the only difference between the books Mrs. Stanley has already written and the ones she’s currently writing. “I’ve found writing on a boat is in many ways easier — there’s no Internet, no phone access, no connections of any kind, really, and other distractions are pretty limited. In land life there are so many distractions, digital or otherwise, and you just have to be more focused,” she said. “But it is certainly easier to market books in land life. I can’t imagine trying to do that from a boat in the Bahamas.” The need to focus has not prevented Mrs. Stanley from writing multiple books at once, and she said it’s all about strictly allocating certain time for certain books. Mrs. Stanley will be signing books at the downtown Invermere Farmers and Artists Market this long weekend, on Saturday, July 30th.
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Buoyant about the brand ing. It’s instructing people to take “time to unwind” and it’s describing our valThe valley’s new brand ley, a place where one can — “Columbia Valley: It’s unwind. I love it. We need time to unwind” — is the to regularly turn off our result of many months of devices, to unplug if we research to understand want to unwind, relax and who the valley’s visitors enjoy ourselves. are, why they visit here, Q: What do you enand how to attract new visjoy about the new logo? itors to the area. A link to a A: I love the new logo complete presentation on because it visually is very this research can be found relaxing to look at. It is the here: http://wellsbusinessopposite of uptight and solutions.ca/wp-content/ all wound up. It’s playful uploads/2016/07/July12_ BRAND-SPANKING NEW — Invermere resident and artist and peaceful. It’s such a ColumbiaValley_Cult- Carol Gordon says the Columbia Valley’s new brand and logo contrast to the very ordiPresentation.pdf or go exude perfectly what’s so appealing about the area to new visi- nary advertising world. It’s Photo by Nicole Trigg a very freeing message and to shortcut http://bit. tors and residents. ly/2aHYCNk. the logo matches the message. I am proud to live in a valAccording to Invermere resident and artist Carol ley that isn’t caught up in wanting to take on some big Gordon, Cult Collective — the Calgary-based marketing city advertising slogan. With this logo and tag line, we are engagement agency contracted to research, design and de- being much more authentic. We’re not trying to pretend liver a marketing strategy for the valley — has hit a bull’s we’re something we’re not because we think that will ateye with the new brand and accompanying logo. tract people. We’re being honest about who we are and Carol is profoundly moved by the chosen brand, par- that means a lot to me. ticularly the use of the word “unwind”, in which she feels Q: In your opinion, what demographic will the new there is unlimited potential for relaxbrand resonate with? ation, healing and, above all, creativity. A: I really do think that there will Having grown up in Los Angeles then be people in each of the age groups living in a number of large cities before who will be drawn to our message. discovering the Columbia Valley in 1981 People who are saying to themselves, and moving here full time in 1999, she “Stop the world, I want to get off.” completely understands the calming efSince the experience of the valley offect the valley can have on city-stressed fers people a chance to do that, they individuals and feels the combination of will appreciate our message, which brand and logo will resonate with those will help them find us. We’re more seeking a time-out from the daily grind. than a pretty face. We sincerely have Q: What’s your reaction to the tag lots to offer people of all ages. line “It’s time to unwind”? Q: What does unwinding mean to A: When I first learned that “Time you, as a local and as an artist? to unwind” had been selected as the deA: The process of unwinding, rescriptive tag line for the Columbia Valley, leasing, letting go and unplugging reguI was very pleased. Rather than having some trite, overused larly from technology has the potential of opening people advertising phrase, I feel that “Time to unwind” is a very up to their inner self, which helps them to feel better, and authentic description of the Columbia Valley experience. can lead to improved health and well-being and a deeper Q: Why do you think it’s so perfect for the valley? level of creativity. Living in a community where unwindA: The world to me is on high speed Internet time and, ing is expressed as a core value, is healthy and inspiring, as a result, it is a very intense time in history, because with has the potential of creating an artistic and healing renaisthe Internet and cell phones, information is reaching us at sance for our community. We live amidst the beauty of super high speed. It’s overwhelming because it is impos- nature - mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, wild animals and sible to digest all the information we’re receiving. In order wildflowers and the weather is so much calmer here than to be able to relax, which is essential to being able to stay most places. Our population size has also made it possible healthy, we need to be able to unwind first. We can’t just to keep our pace down. The motto reminds and encourtell ourselves to relax and enjoy ourselves and to expect to ages us to live our lives in greater balance and breathe in be able to. We need to unwind first to get there and that is the beauty that surrounds us and be open to all that nature why this tag line is so appropriate. It offers double mean- and one another has to offer. By Nicole Trigg Pioneer Staff
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‘The place where our community gathers’ All about our
CENTRE Editor’s note: The Pioneer is pleased to introduce its newest column: All About Our Centre, which will provide a regular update on the progress of the much-anticipated Columbia Valley Centre. The busy construction site at the entrance to Invermere’s downtown is the start of the most exciting project in our community in the past 70 years. In 2017, the
Columbia Valley Community Centre will be ready to host concerts, sporting events, movies, banquets, weddings, fundraising events, conventions and any number of other events. In 1946, the citizens of Invermere recognized the need for a centre for social and cultural events, group meetings and celebrations. They worked together to build the Lake Windermere Memorial Hall, a centre that served us well but is no longer adequate for our larger community. The new Columbia Valley Centre, a 17,000-square foot multi-use facility, will be ready to host a variety of activities and events within the next year. The Columbia Valley Centre features a 7,000-square foot main room capable of banquet seating for 500, retractable theatre seating and a central stage and screen
to accommodate live performances, movies and presentations. A divider allows the room to be split for simultaneous events. The building will include commercial kitchen, large lobby/meeting space, a new library space, and a spectacular rooftop patio with breathtaking panoramic views of our mountain ranges. The new centre is for everyone in our community. There are many ways to participate in creating this special gathering place. Watch this space in The Pioneer every week for interesting information and news about the Columbia Valley Centre. This week’s Columbia Valley Centre update was written by Lynda Tutty, a volunteer for the centre’s fundraising committee. For more information and to donate, visit www.columbiavalleycentre.ca. AN EXCLUSIVE NEW LAKE VIEW & LAKE ACCESS COMMUNITY
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animals (moose, elk and bear) into a room in an artistic and vibrant way. Gone are the threatening and challenging poses; now more focus is on the grace and emotion an animal can evoke. A lone elk bugling or a grizzly foraging in the summer flowers focuses the viewers’ attention on the beauty and lines of the animal.
The Artym Gallery summer Art Walk series continues today (Friday, July 29th) with the Cameron Bird and Sandy Graves exhibition. The evening reception begins at 5 p.m. with Cameron Bird in attendance. He will be back at the gallery on Saturday, July 30th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. doing a painting demonstration. Sandra (Sandy) Graves Cameron Bird Graves is also all about the arts. Knowing what you want to do From a young age, she began by showfrom an early age, and having the drive ing her works through the 4H club at and opportunity to make that come to county fairs in Colorado and Nebraska “Doe and Fawn” bronze fruition, is not something everyone where she grew up. After getting her by Sandy Graves can relate to. For Cameron Bird, it degree in Fine Arts from Colorado could be no other way. State University, Sandy focused on Cameron Bird’s work is all about the outdoors, focus- bronze sculpture in a big way. Initially working in both reing on mountain landscapes of Western Canada and wild- alistic and abstract styles, it was the abstract that won out. life scenes. He has researched the great Canadian artists, Mainly her subjects are horses and wildlife with expresincluding the Group of Seven, and mentored under K.C. sive and joyful poses. Graves concentrates on the balance Smith whose knowledge and direction stays with him to between visual and negative space — not just what we see, this very day. It was Smith, who before passing away, sent but what we don’t see. The implied form and shadows that a letter to Cameron telling him to “carry on where I have are cast from her works can change a solitary figure into a left off in this wonderful world of art and passion”. group. A sense of motion can be created by just viewing the Bird has done just that. He has stayed in touch with piece at a different angle and letting the light capture it. change in styles and preferences of art collectors. The Graves has just finished a number of new bronze piecbold and vivid colours from the last decade have now es for the show, as many of her previous series have been been applied to looser, more contemporary scenes. They sold out. There will be sculpture in all sizes, as well as some leave more for the viewers’ interpretation and a chance new pendants and “desktop” pieces. for them to intimately relate to the works. With a miniThe show continues all week and all works are availmum of brushstrokes, his wildlife series brings the big able at www.artymgallery.com
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Get ready for the 21st annual Loop the Lake By Eric Elliott Pioneer Staff On your marks. Get set. Go! Those will be the words heard by hundreds on the morning of Saturday, August 6th as runners will flock from across the Columbia Valley and surrounding areas for the 21st annual Loop the Lake race. Put on by the Rotary Club of Invermere, the race was originally held for the first time in 1995 and has been growing since to include over 600 runners each year, said Darrell Smith, president and chairperson for the Loop the Lake. When the race first came into existence, it was created as a marathon race where athletes ran 42 kilometres
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across the many hills and valleys on roads carved into money for projects like their book donation to a library the mountainous Columbia Valley. Over time, the race in Mexico or other timely disaster relief aid efforts. He evolved to incorporate a number of other variations so said the race typically brings in around $15,000 each that it could bring in more runners of different skill sets. year depending on the number of participants — they’re Today, the race features three different formats — eventually aiming to reach 1,000. Part of what makes the race so attractive to incoming the half marathon, 10-kilometre race and five-kilometre race — for athletes to choose from. This will be the runners is the course, which makes it way throughout first year that the Loop the Lake will be trying out the the picturesque valley, Mr. Smith added. five-kilometre distance. Mr. Smith said this distance “Everybody who gives us any feedback says the locawill help to allow more people to join in on the event tion is fabulous,” he said. “You get a lot of races that are who are looking to walk or in downtown cities and are go out with their families. concrete jungles and here “Everybody who gives us any feedback says the you get to see people runAll proceeds from the new location is fabulous.” five-kilometre event will be ning through a wonderful community. It just has that donated to the fundraising Darrell Smith campaign for the Westside good feel.” Loop the Lake, President and Chairperson Legacy Trail, the planned The five-kilometre race will start at Mount Nelson paved trail between InverAthletic Park in Invermere mere and Fairmont along Westside Road (visit www.ourtrail.org). and make its way through Invermere before joining the “Five kilometres is good for families and people who 10-kilometre route near the finish line, which will be at are just starting to run,” he said. “It broadens it a bit Pynelogs Cultural Centre on Kinsmen Beach. The 10more for people who don’t want to train a lot. It can be km race will start at the Windermere Community Hall while the half marathon will start at Skandia Concrete a casual thing as well.” One of the benefits to this race compared to others near Windermere and will make its way out and back within the valley is that the proceeds the Rotary collects through Windermere before joining the 10-km route. will be used to generate funds for community projects Those looking to register for the event can do so onand international philanthropic efforts in the future. In line at www.loopthelake.bc.ca or at Crazy Soles on 7th the past, the Rotary of Invermere has used the funds lo- Avenue in Invermere. cally to help create the Mount Nelson Athletic Park and The cost of registration will be $45 per person, the Splash & Spray park located at Kinsmen Beach. which includes a shirt and pancake breakfast after the Internationally, Mr. Smith said the Rotary uses the race has concluded.
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LEGACY LOOP — Last year’s Loop the Lake was a milestone in that it marked 20 years of the uber popular event. This year, the community running race introduces a new feature — a five-kilometre course for which registration fees will be donated to the Westside Legacy Trail project being spearheaded by the Greenways Trail Alliance. File photo
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Painted Ridge now open for business After Canal Flats overhauled its water system for the entire Village in 2015, this again was another step in the right direction for Painted Ridge as properties After a decade without progress will now have access to piped water with since purchasing the property, Mike adequate fire flow thanks to the fire hyVernon is now putting up lots on his drants installed within the development. Painted Ridge development north of Mr. Vernon said this feature is a significant Canal Flats for sale to the public. advantage to other properties throughout Originally purchasing the property the valley where a well system may be rein 2005, Mr. Vernon, owner of 391043 quired, which typically is accompanied by Alberta Ltd., hit a number of roada much more costly water bill. blocks over the years before being able With the properties having only reto get it to market. cently gone on the market, he said he has Amendment Bylaw 45, for one, been fielding calls from prospective buywas enacted in June 2008 by the Vilers already to inquire about the qualities of lage of Canal Flats that mandated no new docks were to be put in Columbia PROPERTY PROGRESS —Painted Ridge developer Mike Vernon is happy to finally be living in one of the quietest locations left Lake by property owners. able to sell lots on his property. Photo submitted on the Columbia Lake. “To find a lake three and a half hours It was recently amended this year by council, and this change allows prospective property owners to once again put from Calgary, to have access to the water, to have oversized lots — it is the real outdocks into the water, thereby giving them access to the Columbia Lake. doors,” he said. “It’s different, but it’s very peaceful and it’s a quiet family area and Mr. Vernon said he understood this as a big moment for his development mov- that’s the key.” Mr. Vernon said he’s excited about finally being in the process of moving forward ing forward. “It’s a huge win for me, but it’s also a huge win for the tax base of the municipal- on his dreams for the upscale waterfront Painted Ridge development. From here, he ity,” Vernon said. “If we get starting to build places down there, hopefully I’ll start said, the plan is simple. “There are no issues, he said. “It’s just sell and build from here.” selling these and get building going — it’s going to employ people down there.” By Eric Elliott Pioneer Staff
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Whitewater festival
The 2nd annual Toby Creek Kayak Race returned to the valley from July 22nd to 24th as part of the Toby Creek Whitewater Festival that was hosted by Alberta Slalom Canoe and Kayak, NRS, Aquabatics Calgary and Kootenay River Runners. Whitewater enthusiasts took part in training, clinics, races and more as part of the three-day festival based out of Panorama Mountain Resort. Pictured are competitors racing down Toby Creek last Saturday. Photos by Nikki Fredrikson
Theatre Under the Stars returns to Eagle Ranch By Eric Elliott Pioneer Staff For the third year in a row, Eagle Ranch is hosting its Theatre Under the Stars, showcasing blockbuster movies in the months of July and August. Eagle Ranch originally started the movie night in 2014 when management was looking for a new way to bring in potential visitors to their location without high costs, said Eric Thorsteinson, general manager of Eagle Ranch Golf Resort. “We just thought, ‘What are some ways that we can bring the community to Eagle Ranch and be inclusive and include everyone’ because we know there are some people
who haven’t had an opportunity to see or view our property and this is one way to bring families and the community together,” he said. In the first year, Theatre Under the Stars was just one night of the year and proved to be successful enough — drawing in over 400 people — that they held two different nights the following year in 2015. Mr. Thorsteinson said the movie nights were even more successful in 2015 as they brought in 500 to both events, making the decision to expand to three nights this year very easy. Part of the reason the events have reached such popularity among residents within the Columbia Valley is that they are free of charge with the only request from Eagle Ranch for admission being the donation
of a non-perishable food item for the local food bank. “Each event has fortunately filled a half-ton truck full of food and I know the food bank has been very supportive of the event and very appreciative of the event because it does help fill the shelves,” he said. “Certainly now, in kind of a financial crisis in the Alberta market, it’s well-needed and well-received in the community.” For each of the movie nights, Eagle Ranch will be accepting reservations for the pasta buffet, which costs $24.99 for adults and $14.99 for kids 15 and under with kids under four years old eating for free. The first Theatre Under the Stars night featured The Jungle Book on July 27th. The next event will be held on August 10th starting at dusk for a screening of Alice Through the Looking Glass before the final event showing Captain America Civil War is held on August 24th to close out the year.
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Invermere MusicFest less than a month away! By Steve Hubrecht Pioneer Staff With the Invermere MusicFest less than a month away, organizers have cobbled together another stellar lineup of bands. This year’s version of the festival features 10 bands, including the headlining Winnipeg six-piece ensemble Royal Canoe. “The music at the festival has typically been of a really good calibre, and this year will be another great year. People can expect an extremely high quality musical experience in a beautiful location,” said festival artistic director Ben Cameron. “The Invermere Music Festival is a great deal, there is a wide variety of bands, and we need people to come out and support it to ensure it continues into the future.” Mr. Cameron said he’s particularly intrigued this year by the band Royal Canoe, although he added that every single band is interesting for different reasons. “They’re (Royal Canoe) an upand-coming indie rock band — they cover such a wide spectrum of sound. They have two drummers, a lot of vocals and quite a bit happening musically,” he said. This year will be Mr. Cameron’s third as the festival’s artistic director and he said that although it’s not an easy role, it’s one he enjoys. “The thing I really like is that I get to choose who is on the stage,” he said. “It’s been quite a learning experience for me in terms of dealing with agents, booking bands — that whole side of the music industry.” The festival committee receives more than 80 submissions from bands potentially interested in playing at the MusicFest (“We do go through all of them thoroughly,” said Mr. Cameron), and also has a list of bands it would like to somehow bring in. “A huge part of it is listening to the entire committee’s — and the larger local community’s — requests and trying to balance them out. There are a million different tastes in music, and it’s up to me to make the best decisions I can to satisfy as many people’s tastes
2016 IMF headliners Royal Canoe as possible, and at the same time get the best talent we can, all while staying on budget,” said Mr. Cameron. “It also comes down to the artists who are available, who are out on tour at that time and who we can afford to bring it. It’s a really tricky situation and it’s not an easy job to connect all those dots, but I do love it.” Another part of being the artistic director is helping sort out the technical aspects of the show. “They (the bands) will spec to us what they need to do their shows. There’s usually quite a lot of different requirements for each band and with 10 to 11 bands every year, that becomes a big part of my job,” he said. Mr. Cameron brings a wealth of experience to the artistic director position, having worked technical roles at various musical festivals across the Kootenay region, and having been an avid festivalgoer for many years. “It helps me keep an eye on what goes on — both as an attendee and behind the scenes — and what creates a successful festival, and that’s something I need to be able to bring to my job,” he said. “On top of that, I am heavily invested in the local musical scene. I’ve been on the Windermere Valley Musicians Who Care board since it started, I have a local band (Dandelions, which just released its debut album Free Yourself earlier this week on Monday, July 25th), and I’ve worked in a recording capacity with almost every local musician in the valley, all of which has given me a deep commitment to foster the local music community.” The Invermere MusicFest will be held from Friday, August 19th to Sunday, August 21st.
2016 Invermere MusicFest.com Band Lineup Friday, August 19th: DANCE PARTY Love You Miss You 6 p.m. Mountain Stage Vancouver-based Love You Miss You want to make you grin while you tear apart the dancefloor! This 8-piece horn-driven groove unit incorporates electronic elements to their funk roots. With heavy injections of Latin and Afrobeat traditions, their sound grabs you by the booty from beginning to end. Visit www.facebook.com/WeLoveYouMissYou/. High Kicks 7:50 p.m. Mountain Stage Influenced by beer and love, this Calgary duo will fill us up with honest to goodness, sweaty, sing-along fuzz rock. Visit www.highkicks.bandcamp.com De Bruces a Mi 9:30 p.m. Mountain Stage Columbian reggae is coming to town! De Bruces A Mi have represented the Columbian reggae scene for over 17 years, performing for crowds all over Central and South America. Energy, strength and joy defines their shows; love, spirituality and political struggle defines their lyrics. Visit www.facebook.com/dbammedellin/
Saturday, August 20th: MAIN EVENT Big Eli B 12:45 p.m. Lake Stage Heavily influenced by Stevie Ray Vaughan, ZZ Top, Joe Bonamassa and Walter Trout, our local guitar whiz Big Eli B is all about bringing his brand of blues and rock to the people. Because they deserve it! Visit www.facebook.com/bigelib/. Sean Cronin and Friends 2 p.m. Mountain Stage Invermere-born Sean Cronin was raised on Country, trained in Classical, steeped in Punk Rock, and brought to maturity as a Jazz musician. Cronin’s musical life is a testament to the diversity of his projects. The set “Cronin and Friends” will feature styles ranging from folk to jazz to rock ‘n’ roll. Visit www.facebook.com/ SeanCroninsVeryGood/.
Petunia and the Vipers 3:30 pm Lake Stage Referred to as the Saviour of Country Music, Petunia is a man who exists in a different era, bringing the past forth as something new to be celebrated and not forgotten. With stunning vocal ability and a penchant for the strange, Petunia shows the world exactly who he is: an artist, entertainer, and a living example of some of the most glorious aspects of history. Visot www. petuniaandthevipers.com. Annie Lou 5 p.m. Mountain Stage Annie Lou writes songs that have a way of breaking your heart and then putting it back together again. Steeped in old-time mountain, Appalachian, traditional country and bluegrass music, Annie’s beautifully creative tunes range from rousing and boisterous to gentle and poignant. Her music is original, rooted in tradition, and moves the heart as well as the feet. Visit www.annielou.ca. JJ Shiplett 6 p.m. Lake Stage Destined for a critically praised career ahead, JJ Shiplett is a true artist in every sense of the word. Rugged, raspy and reserved, bold in range and musical creativity, Shiplett’s alt-country sound has captured the attention of music fans across the country. Visit www.jjshiplettmusic.com. Bend Sinister 8 p.m. Mountain Stage Bend Sinister of Vancouver have evolved through numerous styles and absorbed a plethora of influences to become a band so refreshingly original that the struggle to categorize them is a losing battle. All we know is that they love playing. And more and more people are finding out that they love listening. Visit www.bendsinisterband.com. Royal Canoe 9:30 p.m. Lake Stage This 6-piece ensemble from Winnipeg give you everything, but on their own manically hybrid terms. It’s one thing to reference a particular style, or even a range of styles. It’s another thing entirely to grab huge handfuls of sounds from pretty much anywhere, throw them all together and come up with something both cohesive and totally distinctive-something that also happens to ripple and crack with energy. This is what Royal Canoe does best. Visit www.royalcanoe.com.
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Sculptor invites people to try her stone labyrinth The labyrinth is located on Crown land and Mrs. Luders has, from her house above, seen A creative stone maze in parents bring their kids to play Dutch Creek is fast becoming in the labyrinth, people coming a local attraction. for quiet walks and even yoga Sculptor Pat Luders was ingroups walking through it and spired to create a circular labythen doing meditation. She rinth out of large creek stones contacted The Pioneer because near her Dutch Creek home she’s keen for even more people following a trip to Europe with to know about and use it. some art school friends a deThe labyrinth is 60 feet (18 cade and a half ago. metres) in diameter and the “We saw this (labyrinth) stones in it range in size from pattern on the floor of the Chartwo feet (half a metre) across tres Cathedral (in France), and for the inner stones (which I was intrigued,” said Mrs. Luda neighbour put in place for ers. “I knew from my nursing Mrs. Luders using a Bobcat) background that labyrinths are and eight inches to a foot (20 sometimes used in the medical to 30 centimetres) high for the field to help calm patients, espemarker stones (“I carried those cially those in palliative care.” SERENITY AMONG STONES —Valley sculp- in by hand,” she Returning home and still tor Pat Luders built this stone labyrinth next to her said) to five or thinking about circular laby- Dutch Creek home after being inspired by a laby- six inch (12 to rinths, she began to learn as rinth pattern she saw while on a trip to France. 15 centimetres) much as she could, finding Photos submitted for the smaller them used not just in the medistones that cal field, but also in churches, schools, prisons and other make up the bulk of the labyrinth. public places, often in a meditative or recreational way. “The small stones I collected in a She also found they occur in cultures right across the Rubbermaid in a dolly walking up and world, popping everywhere from beaches in Scandinavia down the creek,” said Mrs. Luders. “They to ancient Greece and Egypt. are particularly beautiful because they “Nobody knows for certain where the pattern start- come from many different sources and ed,” said Mrs. Luders. are so many different colours.” She began building the Dutch Creek labyrinth, usWalking through the labyrinth — ing stones from the creek bed, in the fall of 2002 and there’s only one way in and out – takes finished it in spring 2003. about 20 minutes at a gentle pace, she “I decided to make my own because we had the space said. to do it. There is a nice, flat spot on the river plain below “It can be run quite quickly or much our home,” she said. “It took me all fall and into the next more slowly; it really depends why you’re spring to do it and I finished just before my 60th birth- there,” added Mrs. Luders. “I really had day. So I was the first one to walk it, but since then many no idea it would become this popular. I people have come to walk it — friends, neighbours and just made it because I was curious. Now people who’ve heard about it through word of mouth.” that it’s there, I do love looking down By Steve Hubrecht Pioneer Staff
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from my house and seeing people use it. When I walk it, I do find it gives a few minutes of peace, a break from the usual hectic pace of our world.” The debris flow and flooding events in the Fairmont Hot SpringsDutch Creek area in recent years have impacted the labyrinth, leaving The “Sleeping Bear” stone it covered in about eight inches (20 centimetres) of silt each time. “We keep having to dig it out. My husband helps; we go down with the whipper-snipper and cut back all the grass, then it takes several days to dig out the rocks,” said Mrs. Luders. “An advantage of this is that it’s made the labyrinth flat and smooth; it used to be a bit bumpy before. But if this keeps happening, I don’t know how long the labyrinth may last.” This past winter, the area was again flooded and the water froze solid over the labyrinth, leaving it completely covered with ice. To find the labyrinth, go to the northwest corner of Dutch Creek and drive to the end of Teal Road. The trailhead is marked with blue ribbons, which lead down to the labyrinth. Mrs. Luders said it’s about a five minute walk on a steep trail that should still be accessible for most people.
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Mountain Madness One hundred and fifty eight teams of two, three and four gathered for the Horizons Unlimited Mountain Madness event at Panorama Mountain Resort last weekend. The event, held July 22nd to 24th, was an off-road competitive motorcycle navigation challenge similar to geocaching and it was the first time this event has been in North America with competitors coming from all across Canada, Washington, California and Ohio. Photos by Nikki Fredrikson
Arrowhead bringing back Roller Disco Night By Eric Elliott Pioneer Staff Those looking for a chance to take a trip back in time to the 1970s will have a chance this year on Saturday, August 6th as Arrowhead Brewery will be hosting Roller Disco Night at the Invermere Curling Club. This night will be the second night of its kind after Arrowhead held the first night last year using a similar ‘70s theme. Richard Matthews, events and sales representative at Arrowhead Brewery, said the event originally stemmed from the Curling Club’s inquiry into finding a summer event to match the glowin-the-dark curling night the club hosts in the winter months. “I said, ‘Well, if you’re willing to take a long shot with me, if we could somehow find roller skates, I think we could do a really fun roller disco in the actual curling club’,” said Mr. Matthews. Thanks to the help of curling centre manager Jason Stevens, who was able to get a large number of roller skates from a foreclosed skating rink in Portland, Oregon, they were able to make this dream a reality.
The Curling Club began holding roller skating nights in 2015. The difference between the traditional skating nights held on Friday nights at the centre will be that the Roller Disco Night will be for adults only with a DJ and a fully functioning beer garden sponsored by Arrowhead. Mr. Matthews said that after receiving such positive feedback after last year’s event, it was an easy decision to hold it again this year. “Personally, for me, the best thing you can have is, number one — people turning out, and number two — people enjoying themselves and being a part of the theme,” he said. “I would say 95 per cent of the people who showed up last year were all dressed to the nines in disco attire which is a really good feeling that people are having fun and is something they want to be a part of.” The cost of the event will be $15, which covers the rental of your roller skates. The night starts at 8 p.m. and goes until 10 p.m. The Killer Rollbots, the local roller derby team, will also be on hand help- DISCO CHICKS —Last year’s Roller Disco Night was so ing out those who are uncomfortable or new to using successful that Arrowhead Brewery is teaming up with the roller skates. local curling centre to hold it again. File photo
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Development continues at Bighorn Meadows Resort Submitted by Bighorn Meadows Resort Pre-sales have started in phase 11 at Bighorn Meadows! The new Townhouse section, appropriately named The Residences at Bighorn Meadows, has proven to be very popular in their sales of phase 10, so they are starting construction on the next phase two months ahead of schedule. “Phase 10 sales exceeded our expectations,” says Randy Trapp, president of Luxury Resorts West, the parent company of Bighorn Meadows Resort. “Our first nine phases, sold as fractional shares and whole units, are now completely sold out and sales in phase 10 are great.” At this time, only one whole unit and a few oneeighth shares remain in phase 10. “The response has been fantastic, and its no surprise,” says Mr. Trapp. “YTD real estate sales (dollar value) in the Kootenays are up 19 per cent year over year and inventory is decreasing. This is a hot market.” Phase 11 construction begins this week and is a continuation of new townhouse-style resort community integrated into one of the most prestigious resort communities in the Columbia Valley. Only 44 of these efficient, luxurious Residences will be available at Bighorn. “Initial interest from purchasers has been overwhelming,” comments Mr. Trapp. “Heading into the summer, we are 75 per cent to our sales target for the
year as we start pre-selling our next phase. It proves that if you build a quality product in a fantastic location at a well-managed property and price it fair, it sells.” The development company is proud of the communities they build in, and whenever possible, they employ local tradespersons to construct or landscape their projects. “Nothing produces better quality than the pride of the craftsmen who build it. We think that is important. We know it is usually the local craftsmen that take the most pride in their work and it shows at Bighorn Meadows,” says Mr. Trapp. The upcoming expansion of the amenity centre will be no exception. With the addition of a year round fitness centre, owner’s lounge and meeting room as well as a second outdoor spa for relaxing and enjoying the stars after a long day of skiing, this will certainly help to make Bighorn Meadows a true year-round destination. Construction is ahead of schedule and set to begin in August. The immaculate resort community amenities currently include: an outdoor pool, hot tub, playground, beautifully landscaped walking paths and a knowledgablystaffed Welcome Centre with concierge service. Additions to those amenities will include: an additional large hot tub, increased deck area for pool/hot tub area, fitness facility and an owner’s lounge for private gatherings. “We are very excited to see our development grow, and we recognize it is necessary to expand our ameni-
ties for existing and future owners at Bighorn,” says Mr. Trapp. “Providing a community where families or friends can create memorable experiences is what we do best. We focus on high quality construction practices when we build our vacation homes and the amenities in our resort communities.” When owners are not using their vacation home, the weeks may be rented out through Bighorn Meadows Resort’s rental management company, True Key Hotels & Resorts. Or, if an owner would like to travel to some place a little warmer over the winter months, they may do so by depositing weeks from Bighorn into Interval International, one of our exclusive exchange affiliation programs. This program provides owners’ access to thousands of top-rated resorts around the world and, with Bighorn Meadow’s Premier rating, owner exchange possibilities are optimized. A limited number of Residences are ready for immediate occupancy and prices start in the low $300ks. Or, lock in your 2016 pricing and let your adventure begin in the spring of 2017. All come with a 10-year homeowner warranty and mortgage financing is available at rates as low as 2.14 per cent. Contact us today to learn more. Call 1-888-7669637, email info@bighornmeadows.ca , visit our website www.bighornmeadows.ca or visit our new show home now open at the resort.
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The Meatza! The meat lovers favourite! Pepperoni, Ham, Genoa Salami and our own Mercato sausage by Konig Meats of Invermere. We make our dough daily and craft delicious pizza using the highest quality ingredients. Pizzeria Mercato To view our menu online go to: pizzeriamercato.com. To order call 250-688-3344
In-house Smoked Ribs These ribs are talk of the valley! Smoked in-house and smothered with our very own maple BBQ sauce, they fall off the bone as you dive into them! Served in-house with fresh cut fries, maple-baked beans and coleslaw. Dine in or order take-away. We even package them up for you to take them home. From Scratch - A Mountain Kitchen Unit 8 - 5019 Fairmont Resort Road, Fairmont Hot Springs, BC 250-345-0008 www.fromscratchfood.com
Cherry Habanero Cherry Habanero is one of ten delicious flavours of Dave’s Hot Pepper Jelly made in Invermere! Not just for cream cheese and crackers. They make great glazes for meat or fish, are wonderful on sandwiches (the apple jelly with aged cheddar makes a fantastic grilled cheese), pair well with artisan cheeses and have complemented everything from eggs to cheesecake. Try some today, your taste buds will thank you (and so will Dave and Kathy)! Pictured here is homemade pizza crust topped with Dave’s Hot Pepper Jelly, asiago cheese and prosciutto. Garnish with fresh arugula just before serving. This is a party hit! Dave’s Hot Pepper Jelly, Invermere, BC www.daveshotpepperjelly.com • Phone: 250-270-0254
The Usual This is everyone’s favourite breakfast at Rocky River Grill. It includes 2 eggs, bacon, ham or sausage, your choice of toast and a side of fruit including Strawberries watermelon, blackberries and bananas. Rocky River Grill 8888 Arrow Road, Invermere, BC 250-342-8885
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Cluck Norris This top selling burrito is stuffed with chicken, rice, black beans, salsa fresca, mole and guacamole. Take it to go or enjoy it on the licensed family friendly patio. Leo Burrito 4951 Hwy 93, Radium Hot Springs, BC (Attached to Gerry’s Gelati/Mini Golf) www.leoburrito.com • 778-527-4999
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Electric fencing workshop available WildSafeBC Andrea Smillie WildSafeBC Co-ordinator The Columbia Valley values food security and our natural environment at the same time. A useful tool to help us keep a balance between the two is electric fencing, which isn’t necessarily as expensive or intensive as you might think. When installed and maintained properly, an electric fence is a safe and effective tool for keeping predators and other wildlife away from our food sources and other property. It does require some special consideration in urban areas, especially if there are wandering pets. The idea behind electric fencing is not to harm an animal, but to shock it and to cause it to adjust its behaviour. Electric fencing is also considered a safe option for people — far safer than having a large predator frequenting your neighborhood. Invermere does not have a bylaw excluding electric fencing, and it may be a very good option for areas where there is a risk of human-wildlife conflict, especially if a resident is keeping bees, hens or other backyard agriculture. If you have had a bear in your fruit tree, you might want to consider electric fencing as well, as bears can
be very destructive and tend to return every year. There is an opportunity for an electric fencing workshop this summer or fall, from Grizzly Bear Solutions out of Kaslo. Gillian Sanders has installed over 100 electric fences and knows the ins and outs of the construction and maintenance, and the positive results it can have for wildlife and communities. If you are interested in participating in a workshop, please contact Andrea (info below) so that she can put you on the list. If you have any questions or would like to learn more, or if you need information on issues surrounding wildlife attractants, contact Andrea Smillie: WildSafeBC Community Co-ordinator at 250-4094712, invermere@wildsafebc.com or at radium@wildsafebc.com. To report potential human-wildlife conflict, please contact the Conservation Officer Service at 1-877-952-7277. WildSafeBC gratefully acknowledges funding by the Columbia Basin Trust, the Ministry of Environment, the District of Invermere, Village of Radium Hot Springs, and RDEK Areas F and G. For more solutions check out our website at www.wildsafebc.com and our Facebook page “WildSafeBC Columbia Valley”.
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YOUR MONEY What is Active Share?
Over the past two weeks, this article has identified times when investors should be focused on fees, and times when fees are less important. Active Share was cited as one of the deciding factors when selecting mutual funds for a well-diversified portfolio. Here we discuss Active Share and why it’s important.
The researchers also discovered that the percentage of funds with high Active Share is quite low. As of 2003, the percentage of fund assets with Active Share greater than 80 per cent was just 28 per cent, while those with Active Share of less than 60 per cent was a whopping 40.7 per cent.
What is Active Share? Active Share was first developed in 2006 by Martijn Cremers and Antti Petajisto at the Yale School of Management as a method to gauge the extent of active management being employed by mutual fund managers. Simply put, Active Share measures the percentage of stock holdings in a manager’s portfolio that differ from the benchmark index. The researchers concluded that mutual fund managers with high Active Share tend to outperform their benchmark indexes, while those with low Active Share tend to underperform. Active Share is a metric applied specifically to mutual funds. An Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) would have very low Active Share due to its objective of duplicating an index as closely as possible.
Why does it matter? For starters, as mentioned above, high Active Share funds tend to outperform their benchmark. This makes sense, as it demonstrates that a fund manager is truly engaged in active management, trying to achieve superior returns and therefore likely “earning” the fund fees. Secondly, unless a mutual fund is categorized as being indexed, investors assume that the funds they buy, and the fees they pay for those funds, are reflective of the level of value added by management. Low Active Share mutual funds can make an investor wonder why they are paying for an investment that isn’t doing anything different. How is the manager justifying their fee? Is there a similar, cheaper ETF that could be bought instead?
The findings Upon examination of 2,650 mutual funds from the years 1980 to 2003, Cremers and Petajisto found that funds with Active Share of 80 per cent or higher beat their benchmark indexes by 1.49 to 1.59 per cent after fees.
Use caution Active Share can be a useful metric in determining asset selection, but it does have limitations. For example, mutual funds that focus on large-cap stocks may be more closely correlated to their index than those that buy small-cap stocks. Value funds, by the very nature of
what they are, tend to have higher Active Share. Therefore, Active Share is a metric best used when comparing funds within the same capitalization style categories or benchmarks, not those across different ones. Active Share should not be considered a measure of risk. A fund with low Active Share will not necessarily be less risky than one with high Active Share. Be sure to consult a mutual fund’s prospectus or Fund Facts document for risk information. Likewise, a fund with high Active Share doesn’t necessarily mean the manager is smarter or more skilled than another. It simply means he or she is doing something different than the index. It would be inappropriate to use Active Share as a sole metric for manager sophistication. Final thoughts Many investors see the value of using both active and passive strategies when designing a portfolio. Passive strategies like ETFs can give investors broad-based exposure to large companies or economies and can help keep costs down. Truly active strategies, like those with high Active Share, engage in stock-picking through careful analysis. Investors have to understand, however, that both strategies have their limitations and downsides. Consult with your financial advisor for more information about Active Share.
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Windermere business gets solar boost at first, and then he started thinking, ‘There’s got to be a better way.’ Now he does solar energy,� said Mr. Hopkins. “The benefit of going solar is both environmenA local small business is harvesting the power tal and economical,� Mr. Persaud told The Pioneer. of the sun, with help from a company headed up “On top of that, Fred is on his way to becoming by a David Thompson Secondary School (DTSS) energy independent.� graduate. The 54 solar panels will meet 15 to 20 per When Hopkins Harvest owner Fred Hopkins cent of Mr. Hopkins’ energy needs, generating an renovated his business several years ago, he made amount of power that is double that used by the sure he left the potential to incorporate alternative average household in the province. energy sources in the future. “So if we put 27 solar panels on a house, that “I was hoping there would eventually be some kind of government grant or program to help small HARVESTING THE SUN —The owners of Hopkins Harvest in Wind- would power most houses completely,� said Mr. Perbusinesses tap into things such as solar power,� Mr. ermere have installed 54 solar panels on the roof that will meet up to 20 saud. “The East Kootenay is pretty much the perfect Hopkins told The Pioneer. “But then, last year, my per cent of the business’ energy needs. Photo submitted spot for solar power. Cranbrook boasts that it is the sunniest town in B.C., so why not make use of that?� hydro bill through July and August was $7,800, so I Kootenay Columbia MP Wayne Stetski even made an appearance at Hopkins Harthrew my hands in the air, and said, ‘That’s it, no more waiting, it’s time to do something vest during the installation, stopping in to check out the work and congratulate both Mr. on my own.’ Commercial hydro rates have really gone through the roof.� He turned to a Kelowna-based subsidiary of EmPower Energy, run by former valley Hopkins and Mr. Persaud. “As a long-time advocate for green energy, I am very excited about the conversion resident Josh Persaud — his youngest son had been friends with Mr. Persaud when both were at DTSS. Mr. Persaud — who grew up in Fairmont Hot Springs — and his crew of the Hopkins Harvest building to solar energy. (Fred’s daughter and Hopkins Harvest installed 54 solar panels on Hopkins Harvest last week, with the whole project completed manager) Kerstan and her team are not only leaders in providing fresh B.C. grown fruit and vegetables, they are leaders in going green,� said Mr. Stetski. “I am very proud to have in a matter of days. “It’s a three-day installation and it ties directly into the transformer instead of using them here in the riding and I encourage other local businesses to move to solar energy a battery,� said Mr. Hopkins. He added that based on the analysis EmPower has done, he here in the sunniest region of British Columbia.� Mr. Persaud said most solar panel installations end up being cost neutral in nine to can expect to make back all the money he’s spending on the solar project within 10 years. “It’s kind of interesting how Josh got into this. He went to work in the oil patch 15 years. By Steve Hubrecht Pioneer Staff
J2 Ranch, a proud local producer, is now offering Wagyu Cross and Angus beef, Bison and Pork for sale. Our product is government inspected, hormone and antibiotic free. (and Raised by a vegetarian!)
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The J2 Ranch is accepting a limited number of clients who will be contacted through email when beef and Bison products become available. Notice would be given every couple of weeks. J2 Ranch’s goal is to supply its customers with product as it is needed by its valued customers. The number of people on the contact list will be limited so that the J2 Ranch can manage the supply of this high quality product to this exclusive group of people. How it would work. All customers would be contacted at the same time through email describing the premium product that would be made available over the next couple of weeks. The email would include a list of the cuts available and pricing. The product range is from hamburger to premium Prime Rib roasts and everything in between.
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Mom’s Upholstery celebrates 30 years By Eric Elliott Pioneer Staff
2336 Ruault Road , Invermere, Located 12km South of Invermere downtown via Westside Road, this highly exclusive enclave of only 13 waterfront properties is regarded as one of the most desirable areas to live in within the Columbia Valley. 137 ft. of waterfront provides spectacular views and enough privacy for complete relaxation, whatever the season. With 3 bedrooms, a large family room and the potential of the separate studio/guest cabin, this home can be the base of entertainment and gatherings all year long. Whether you’re looking for the perfect cabin get-away, or a home that feels like you’re permanently on vacation, you’ve found it. A legacy property your family can enjoy for generations. MLS#2408665
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Whether it be household items, such as chairs and seat cushions, or luxury vehicles like ATVS, boats and snowmobiles, Mom’s Upholstery has been serving the needs of people in the valley for 30 years now. Started in 1986 by owner Julie Saunders and her late husband, Mom’s Upholstery initially broke onto the scene making novelty items for local ski hills like Panorama and Fairmont before branching into custom sewing and repairs like Julie does today. “One of the things I like to do the most and we’re known for is probably our boats,” she said, noting that boats are just one of the many projects they undertake on a daily basis. As part of the business, Loy Hetherington — a former owner of an upholstery business prior to the creation of Mom’s Upholstery — and John van de Walle Continued on page 31 . . .
CUSTOM CREW — (Left to right) Loy Hetherington, John van de Walle and Julie Saunders are all smiles about Mom’s Upholstery turning 30. Photo by Eric Elliott
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Dusk Building Systems thriving after 12 years By Eric Elliott Pioneer Staff For more than 12 years now, Dusk Building Systems has been taking on a unique approach to quality construction for people across the Columbia Valley. Located in the Industrial Park in Invermere, Dusk Building Systems prides itself on successfully completing numerous large, multi-family and singlefamily framing projects since its inception in 2004. More specifically, Dusk is known for producing top quality wood framing products, which include prefabricated wood panels, engineered I-joist floor systems and roof trusses to accommodate all framing needs. They also have experienced framing crews who work on site to safely and efficiently build your product. Since its creation, Dusk Building Systems has been owned and operated by three brothers — Keith, Sheldon and Wade Mose — boasting as the largest framing and manufacturing company in the Kootenays. Recently, Dusk Building Systems had to deal with the departure of Keith, the oldest of brothers and the former general manager, who moved to Ontario to support family members in need of his assistance. This forced a change to the way the business
needed to run, said now-general manager Sheldon. “Keith had our business set up extremely well so it was fairly seamless,” he said. “Fortunately, we have a great staff in place, and each team member has stepped up to make this move as seamless and easy as possible.” To compensate, Sheldon moved over from running the on-site frame crews to an office role as general manager while Wade continued to work as an on-site leader of the frame crews. Sheldon said he enjoys working with his brother every day and couldn’t possibly ask for more. Just last weekend, Dusk unveiled their new website, which is the first overhaul since their original website broke onto the web in 2007. Sheldon said that this is just one of the things on the list that Keith advised him to improve on when he left. “With technology these days people, the first thing they do is Google something and it was just kind of getting outdated with lots of old things on there,” he said. “I’ve shown it around to people I know of course and they like the new layout with lots of pictures and things like that, and I’d like to get the word out to the public to definitely check it out.” Those looking to learn more about Dusk Building Systems can go to their website at www.duskbuildingsystems.com.
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Bull Riding in the Rockies
In its 18th year, Bull Riding in the Rockies brought some of the best bull riders in the world to Invermere on Friday, July 22nd. The evening kicked off with a cowboy supper followed by bull riding, Mexican poker, and a dance. The competition welcomed riders from Australia, Brazil, and Canada with a total of 30 bull riders at the event. From upper right working counterclockwise: the rodeo clown keeping the crowd entertained between competitors; a bull rider staying in control of the animal; opening ceremonies had riders on horseback displaying the national flags; a bull rider hangs on to his rope while getting thrown from his bull; a competitor from Brazil shows skill moving with the animal; a cowboy works to stay on top of a bucking bull while a rodeo clown tries to distracts it. Photos by Marlene Chabot (upper right, upper centre and centre) and Nikki Fredrikson
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Valley Appreciation Valley Appreciation Days is a time for the community to come together for delicious food, great music and family/friend fun. This year, hundreds of locals and visitors came to Invermere’s main street on July 23rd to take in all the activities that Valley Appreciation Day offers. Clockwise from top: This year, the public was able to take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage; Napoleon Dynamite (Japhy Hunt) was out in the market showing off his dance moves; the Gagne family put on two lumberjack shows with various competitions between the father and son team and the grandfather-grandson team; Reese Chabot, left, and Madison Chabot waiting patiently for balloon animals; local service club members cooking up the free community pancake breakfast; Larissa and Geoff Tripp celebrating six months of being married by taking in the day’s activities; Corbyn, 3, and Scott Hess participate in the push-cart races. Photos by Nikki Fredrikson/ Napoleon Dynamite photo by Nicole Trigg
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Phil Bibby
Scott Postlethwaite
Residential & Commercial Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
Bus: 250-342-9692 Cell: 250-342-5241
RR#4 2117 - 13 Avenue Invermere, B.C.
Fax: 250-342-9644
www.ptarmigan-invermere.com
CONTRACTING
250-341-1182
Box 424, Invermere B.C. V0A 1K0
Serving the Columbia Valley
www.cabincare.ca
• • • •
Renovations Decks Finishing Interior/Exterior Painting David Gulbe Mike Bernicot
FAIRMONT RIDGE RENOVATION
Doors Windows Flooring Painting/ Interior/Exterior • Kitchen Renovations
250-342-5682
• Bathroom Renovations • Additions • Decks • Finish Carpentry • Basement Renovations
5077 FAIRMONT RESORT RD., FAIRMONT BC EMAIL: fairmontridge@telus.net
Journeyman Carpenter
Residential, Commercial Electric Furnace and Hot Water Tank Repair and Service For All Your Electrical Needs
rugclean@telus.net
V0A 1K4
• • • •
Free Estimates
250.341.1995 philbibby@live.ca
invermereelectric@gmail.com
1710 10 Avenue – Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0 th
SHOLINDER & MACKAY EXCAVATING Inc.
New Homes • Custom Builds • Renovations Big Or Small Invermere and East Kootenay Region
WINDERMERE 250-342-6805 no job too big or too small
ecks, roofs
s, framing, d
250-341-7204 250-342-7517
Will Feissel
Contractor valleyframing@hotmail.ca
New Home Construction
• Journeyman Carpenter • Contracting • Framing/Siding/Finishing • Timberframe • Custom Log Railing & Decks
Septic Systems Installed ~ Pumped ~ Repaired Prefab Cement Tanks Installed Water Lines Dug and Installed Basements Dug
tion home renova
1320 Industrial Road #3 Box 159, Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0
Scott Wilisky
stwcarpentry@live.ca • cell 250 270 0745
Hank Pronk House Lifting, leveling and moving Foundation repairs and replacement
Call today for estimate 250-342-1292 hankpronk@live.ca
LANDSCAPING
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HERE TO SERVE YOU CONCRETE
LANDSCAPING
READY MIX CONCRETE Concrete Pump • Sand & Gravel Heavy Equipment Rentals • Crane Service
Landscaping & Design • TruckingLandscaping • Excavating & Design • Trucking • Civil Earthworks• Excavating
2015
Proudly Serving the Valley for over 50 years
• Civil Earthworks
Quality not quantity!
Sue Coy
250-341-5353 sdcoy@shaw.ca
For competitive prices and prompt service, call: 250-342-3268 (plant) 250-342-6767 (office)
Lloyd Wilder
250-342-5326 www.decoylandscaping.com lewilder@shaw.ca
SPECIAL OFFER
Purchase 1 metre of concrete and receive 1 metre of Birdseye aggregate (1/4”washed rock) (Used as decorative rock, backfill and bedding)
FREE!
design@gldltd.com • 250-688-0757 w w w. g l d l a n d s c a p i n g . c o m
Value $18.75/m or $12.50/tonne. Pickup at Skandia (trucking extra)
1756 Hwy 93/95 Windermere B.C.
Skandia I N P U R S U I T O F Concrete EXCELLENCE • Manufactures & suppliers of quality • Environmentally responsible concrete & gravel products • Steamed aggregate beds for top • Experience, professional operators quality year round concrete supply and the right equipment to get your • We stand behind our service, job done quality and products • Serving the valley for over 30 years
Office: 250-342-6500 • Batch plant: 250-342-2812 • Toll Free: 1-888-341-2221 • Ready Mix Concrete • Commercial concrete sealer • Concrete Pumping retarder for exposed • Over 50 colours available aggregate and in stock • DELIVERED ON TIME • Concrete stamps for rent at a fair price • Full range of coloured release • Full range of sand and agents for stamping gravel products.
Phone: 250-342-5833 • Cell: 250-270-9444 All products are available at 9120, Hwy 93/95 which is five kilometres north of Tim Hortons
SERVICES
SERVICES
JOURNEYMAN RED SEAL WELDER
CORY BUCK
Michael Meadus paradise.invermere@gmail.com www.myparadisecabins.ca
Box 695 Radium Hot Springs, B.C. V0A 1M0 Email: corybuck2001@yahoo.com
INSURANCE
Lambert
Mobile Welding” and “CWB certified
FILTER - IT INSURANCE AGENCIES LTD.
BOX 2228 BOX 459 742 - 13th STREET 7553 MAIN STREET INVERMERE, BC. RADIUM HOT SPRINGS, BC V0A 1K0 V0A 1M0 PHONE: 250-342-3031 PHONE: 250-347-9350 FAX: 250-342-6945 FAX: 250-347-6350 Email: info@invermereinsurance.com • Toll Free: 1-866-342-3031
Serving the Columbia Valley
Registered with the Canadian Water Quality Association Filtration• Purification • Reverse Osmosis • UV
Chris Jones
Fairmont Hot Springs, B.C. 250-345-6231 or 250-688-1325 chris.filterit@hotmail.com • www.filterit.ca
• FURNACES • HEAT PUMPS • AIR CONDITIONING • FIREPLACES • HOT TUBS • CHEMICALS • REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE 385 Laurier Street, Invermere, B.C.
Phone: 250-342-7100 Email: info@diamondheatingandspas.com
www.diamondheatingandspas.com
Kootenay Cribbing, Ltd. Established 1976
JOHN WOOD DURAFORM SYSTEM
THE FOUNDATION CONTRACTOR OF CHOICE PH: 250-345-2188 • CELL: 250-342-1289 • TOBYWOOD@SHAW.CA
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HERE TO SERVE YOU SERVICES
SERVICES
THE VALLEY’S LARGEST WINDOW COVERINGS SHOWROOM
LMEC SIDING LTD.
Lakes & Mountains Exterior Contracting ● Hardie Wood Vinyl Siding ● Custom Wood Work ● New Construction
● Soffits
● Fascia
• Roller Shades • Roman Shades • Cellular Shades
● Leak Investigation
● Deck Building & Repairing
● Renovations
● New Windows
● Repairs
250.308.6595
• Pleated Shades • Horizontal Blinds • Shutters
• Vertical Blinds • Automation • Residential & Commercial
Come visit our showroom,
492 ARROW RD., UNIT 1B 250-342-HOME (4663)
RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL
lmec@telus.net Fully Insured & WCB Covered
Hourly or Contract Rates Available
FREE ESTIMATES
Chimney and Eavestrough Cleaning and Repair Specialists
You name it! I’ll take care of it! YOUR ONE-STOP SHOP for all home maintenance from raking your lawn to renovating your entire house.
• Pruning and Removal of ALL Trees and Shrubs • Stump Grinding • Fully Insured & WCB Covered
OVER
30
YEARS EXPERIENCE
Keep your local companies alive. Why go to Golden when you can get your tree services right here in Invermere!
• Excavator • Mini-Excavator • Bobcats • Dump Truck • Compaction Equipment • Street Sweeping • Underground Services • Site Prep • Road Building • Land Clearing • Landscaping • Basements
250-342-5800 Kitchen cabinet & counter top SpecialiStS
Please call Steve ~ a real local you can trust! 250-342-1791 Patryk Jagiello STAIN/LACQUER/PAINT INTERIOR/EXTERIOR patco_dev@shaw.ca
(250) 270-0345 (403) 870-7558
Trevor Hayward (Owner/Operator)
Westridge Cabinets Dealer ~ Granite and Quartz Counter Tops
in Calgary since 2002 in Invermere since 2004
Come visit our showroom,
492 arrow rd., unit 1b 250-342-hoMe (4663)
Patco Developments Ltd. PROFESSIONAL PAINTERS
ROSS‛S POOLS & SPAS Commercial – Residential Installation – Maintenance – Repairs
• Air Conditioning/Heat Pumps • Fireplaces • Full Heating and Ventilation Systems
Darren Ross
Call for your FREE consultation and estimate
Box 72, Canal Flats, B.C. V0B 1B0 WETT Certified
Owner
250-342-5151
selkirkapplrepair@hotmail.com
Arnold Scheffer 250-342-6700
Industrial ~ Commercial ~ Residential Visit our showroom!
Selkirk Appliance Repair
David Matheson
UNIVERSAL DOORS & EXTERIORS unidoorext@live.ca • unidoorext.ca
Cell: 250-341-7727 • Fax: 1-778-523-2426 • poolman-911@hotmail.com
Box 2073 Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0
Sales ~ Service ~ Installation
Judy: (250) 341-1903
www.valleysolutions.ca valleysolutions@shaw.ca SOLUTIONS FOR THE VACATION HOME OWNER SINCE 2006
• House Checking • Complications • Details
Quality cabinets manufactured locally
Kathy Broadfoot 250-342-6264 335 Third Ave, Invermere, B.C.
Visit us on Facebook and houzz.com
Have something to say? Letters to the editor can be e-mailed to news@columbiavalleypioneer.com
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. . . ‘Mom’s’ from page 24 also assist in the production of the upholstery products. Between Ms. Hetherington and Ms. Saunders, there is over 70 years of sewing experience while Mr. van de Walle works as the expert technician keeping the machines running as a man of all trades. Ms. Saunders said that celebrating their 30th anniversary has been a welcome sight with a variety of experiences over the years. “It’s been nice to know that we’ve been around for 30 years,” she said. “A lot of our jobs are constantly different. Every boat is different, every seat is different so it keeps you interested.” It’s this variation, she said, that will keep their business thriving in the years to come. “There’s always a challenge,” she said. “You know, we always think that we can do anything and we actually usually can.” Mom’s Upholstery is located in Athalmer at 455 Borden Street or call them at 250-342-0355.
Your Local
Free assessment will save you money Submitted by Andrea Smillie Invermere Water Smart Ambassador Win a rain barrel this summer by signing up for the District of Invermere’s free lawn and garden watering assessment! The Water Smart program in Invermere is hoping to get as many homes as possible signing up for their free lawn and garden water assessments this summer and fall. They will put your name into a draw for a rain barrel if you have an automatic system, and you could win if you sign up before August 10th!
COLUMBIA VALLEY REAL ESTATE
glennpomeroy@shaw.ca
Broker/Owner
Your greatest investment is worth a second opinion!
Glenn Pomeroy
RE/MAX Invermere Independently Owned and Operated
Cell: 250•341•1395 Toll Free: 1•888•258•9911 pglassford@telus.net www.PaulGlassford.com
Cell: (250) 270-0666 Office: (250) 341-6044 Fax: 866-600-0673
Professionals
Wende Brash
Buying or selling…
MaxWell Realty Invermere 1214-7th Avenue, Invermere, B.C.
If you water manually with a sprinkler, you will receive a free hose timer. Please contact the Water Smart Ambassador at 250-409-4712 or water.smart@invermere.net to book your free assessment today. Help Invermere reduce its total water consumption (and save yourself money) by having an assessment done on your property. The Ambassador will test your soil and assess your irrigation system, then recommend how much watering time your soil needs based on our climate. We can all help Invermere to become a more water-efficient community and move away from water shortages.
1022B - 7th Avenue, Box 459 Invermere B.C. V0A 1K0 E-mail: wendebrash@telus.net Fax: 250-342-9611
Office: 250-342-6505 • Cell: 250-342-1300
HERE TO SERVE YOU SERVICES
SERVICES
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Visit our showroom!
LAMBERT-KIPP
BOUTIQUE VACATION HOME MANAGEMENT RENTAL SERVICES
INTERIORS
Beat the heat. We offer a full range of window coverings
P H A R M A C Y LT D .
Come in and browse our giftware
Tammy Heisler 250-342-6264 335 Third Ave, Invermere, B.C.
Open Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. 1301 - 7th Avenue, Invermere
250-342-6612
Visit us on Facebook and houzz.com
A family business since 1960
Patrick Parent 250-439-8074
goldenupholstery1960@gmail.com Box 53, Brisco, B.C. V0A 1B0
Serving the Columbia Valley and beyond.
NEW SEWER CAMERA
• • •
Complete sewer/drain repairs • Reasonable rates – Seniors’ discount • Speedy service – 7 days a week
“Proven and successful Management and Marketing Services for your Vacation Home” “Trip Advisor Vacation Rental of the Year 2011, 2012 and 2013”
Call or visit online
PH: 1-888-711-ESCAPE (3722) • WEB: www.cobblestonecreek.ca
Septic Tank Pumping Portable Toilet Rentals
Golden Upholstery • Residential/Commercial • Recreational Vehicle • Blinds/Roller Shades and More
J. Douglas Kipp, B. Sc. (Pharm.) Laura Kipp, Pharm D., Irena Shepard, B.Sc. (Pharm.) Your Compounding Pharmacy
A well maintained septic system should be pumped every 2-3 years Avoid costly repairs
Bruce Dehart 250.347.9803 or 250.342.5357
Aaron Sherban
Sheblime Roofing Ashphalt Shingles Repairs - Replacement – New WCB & Insured Call for Quote
Phone: 250-341-8009
P.O. Box 678, Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0 sheblime2010@hotmail.com
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Pioneer Classifieds
• Phone: 250-341-6299 • Fax: 1-855-377-1312 • Email: info@columbiavalleypioneer.com • www.columbiavalleypioneer.com
GARAGE SALES
GARAGE SALES
ANNOUNCEMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT
CHEERS & JEERS
Hunting stuff, furniture, pictures, Delta table saw $175, mat cutter and mats $175, bar stools $40 $80, small freezer $100, goodie boxes $5 and up. Sat. - Sun. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 1304 13th Ave Invermere.
Multiple Sales at Wilmai Road/ Place, Windermere. Sat. July 30th, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Treasures and trinkets, from the practical to the esoteric, including the proverbial kitchen sink.
A huge Cheers to the library and all the volunteers who organize The BIG book sale. What a wonderful way to recycle our books. I love having a shelf full of new ones to enjoy for months to come!
Garage/Estate Sale 4528 Columere Rd, behind the 9th Tee Box at Coy’s Par 3. Sat. July 30th 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
PURCELL MOUNTAIN PAINTERS Paint Party. Thursday August 4th 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Water Based Media Introduction: Fundamentals of Painting. Experience the thrill of painting a beautiful Bird Painting. Learn how to use water media, meet new artists, and have a delicious catered lunch. PMP Studio behind Grants Health food. Art supplies included. $110 Limited enrollment. RSVP Please. Patrick at 403-519-8268, patyesh@gmail.com.
Find a quiet place in this hectic world! Walk the 60ft. Dutch Creek Labyrinth. Trailhead is at the west end of Teal Rd. Dutch Creek Subdivision, Fairmont Hot Springs.
Fri July 29th, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Margo’s place 4930 Wolfenden Rd. Brisco. Down sizing.
ARTISTS’ SOIREE: Sunday July 31st 3 p.m. - 8 p.m. Artists Meet Up with delightful Columbia Valley Artists. Just for Fun! Private Soiree at 9191 Starke Street. Painters, Sculptors, Dancers, Singers, Musicians, Writers, Actors, Crafts makers, Fabric Artists, Film makers, Photographers, Art therapists in the Columbia Valley and Any Visiting Guest Artists; Anyone practicing Creative and Healing Arts. BYO/Pot Luck, RSVP Please. Patrick at 403-519-8268, patyesh@ gmail.com.
S OBITUARY S Raymond Dickinson Brydon November 1st, 1940 – July 20th, 2016 Please join us in a celebration of Ray’s wonderful life on Thursday, August 4th, 2 p.m. at Christ Church Trinity, Invermere. Tea will follow at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 71. Ray leaves a family deeply saddened but honoured to have shared in his life. Ray was a loving husband to Jan, a dedicated and caring father to Marion (Mike), Grant (Cathy), Ross (Victoria), Louise (Gerry), Krista (Cam), and Jessica (Dave). He was an involved, fun and committed Grandpa to all his beautiful grandchildren: George, Thomas, Alex, Marika, Marcella and Evan. Ray also leaves to mourn his siblings; twin sister Faye, Glenn (Judy), Ann (Bob); and first wife Amy. Ray believed in ‘doing’ and chose to take an active role in shaping the community. He was pleased to have served on Invermere Council for six years and to have contributed to the development of the town of which he was so proud. Ray chose to commit his time and enthusiasm to a number of organizations whose work he believed made a difference; the Lions, the Rockies and the Royal Canadian Legion. He would have taken special pleasure in the most recent, very successful Bull Riding event. Energetic and helpful, Ray cared deeply and took special pleasure in organizing and being a positive force – coffee with the guys, golfing with friends, trips with the family and most recently, the Invermere Farmers’ and Artists’ market. He gave genuinely and humbly, putting the needs of others before his own. His family, his community and his volunteerism were his focus and where he drew his strength. His warmth and humor will be deeply missed. Ray received kind and attentive care from all the members of his healthcare team. Special thanks and hugs to the excellent staff at the Invermere Hospital, the Cranbrook District Hospital and the Calgary Foothills Hospital. The thoughtful care Ray received genuinely helped everyone through a difficult time. In lieu of flowers, donations gratefully accepted to Lake Windermere Lions Club, the Columbia Valley Rockies Hockey Club or the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 71.
S OBITUARY S James Colin Pfrunder June 19, 1980 to July 24, 2016 It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the sudden passing of James Pfrunder. James lost his life in a paragliding accident near the summit of Mount 7 in Golden, B.C. on Sunday, July 24th. James was an avid paraglider, skier, mountain biker, mountaineer, and climber. He loved his vegetable garden, his bbq, his cooking knives and using all these, his favourite things to feed his friends and family. James loved all things outdoors and was very much connected to his mountain community of Invermere, B.C. James was born in Brisbane, Australia. His love for travelling as well as mountains took him to Banff, Alberta and then to Canmore where he soon met the love of his life Zara, and decided to build a life with her in Canada. James will be dearly missed by his partner Zara Zychowicz and their nine-month-old daughter Odessa, his parents Gillian and Colin Pfrunder, brother Anthony Pfrunder, sister Louise Bateup (Nick), and friends and family the world over. Join us for a celebration of life on Monday, August 1st at 2 pm at Lake Windermere Alliance Church in Invermere. For more information about the celebration and how to contribute to the family, visit the James Pfrunder Memorial Facebook Page.
Pioneer Classified Advertising 250-341-6299
Alcoholics Anonymous. If alcohol is causing problems or conflict in your life, AA can help. All meetings are at 8 p.m. For more information, please call 250-342-2424. Columbia United AA, Invermere: Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at the BC Service Building, South End – 624 4th St., Invermere. Radium Friendship Group: Friday at the Catholic Church, East Side of Main St. With the exception of Tuesday, all meetings are open. Al-Anon. Are you concerned about or affected by someone else’s drinking? If so, please join us. Al-Anon meets EVERY Monday in Invermere at 7:15 p.m., at the Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church, 712 – 12th Ave (behind the Invermere hospital). For information, please call 250-3428255.
Cheers to the incredible staff at our local library for the event they hosted Tuesday at Columbia Garden Village. The magic show was excellent. But more than that, it was so special to see an audience of the very young and the very old with smiles on their faces all enjoying the same show together. Jeers to the District for building a $9 million dollar library. So much for being an arts building. Jeers to drivers who give me the finger or worse still, don’t even see me asking you to slow down on 13th Avenue because you are into your coffee or on your cell. May the Karma Master of Speeding Tickets get your number soon. Let our children and pets live.
Correction Notice Edward Patrick Semenzin 1926 - 2015
Join us in celebrating the life of Edward Patrick Semenzin on
Friday, August12th, 2016 at 2 p.m. at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. While Eddie passed away peacefully in November, the family chose a summer celebration. Eddie was born October 26th, 1926 in Blairmore, Alberta. Eddie worked in a few industries over his lifetime but he spent the majority of his career in a grocery store. Eddie met Judy, his wife of 50 years in Kimberley. After a brief time in Calgary, Eddie and Judy moved to Fairmont to open Eddie’s Fairmont Grocery, which served the community for many, many years. Eddie loved spending time with friends, family and his dogs. He is dearly missed. Please join the family in remembering a life lived to the fullest. Refreshments will be provided following the service. For further information, please email mbellas@fastleadership. com.
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CHEERS & JEERS
CHEERS & JEERS
Cheers to the employers who Cheers to Jack at Columbia Garden understand their employees need Village for being so considerate and CHEERS &helpful, JEERSwe all love you! to survive too! Sponsored by
Cheers to drivers who smack yourselves in the forehead, indicating “oops sorry” when asked to SLOW DOWN on 13th, between Laird and Eileen Madsen schools. Appreciate you letting our children and pets live. Huge Cheers to the Invermere Vet Clinic. You are all so kind and helpful and we are lucky to have you in our valley. Excellent care and, despite my foolishness, my foot is on the mend....much to my humans’ relief! The “Puzzle Ladies” at Columbia Garden Village would like to give a huge CHEERS to all those wonderful people who have donated so many new and used puzzles to our village. Keep them coming, we love it!!
Please email classified ads to info@columbiavalleypioneer.com
Huge Cheers to locally made Angela’s Organic Pasta! I read about it in the Pioneer so decided to try it — best pasta I have ever tasted! A great big Cheers to Jack and Yvonne Olson for their gracious hospitality; a wonderful evening spent in their amazing yard, Yvonne’s delicious breakfast, a whirlwind tour of Windermere and Invermere, and last but not least, a bag of wonderfully fragrant cedar shavings from Jack’s latest work of art! Your Saskatchewan/Mexico buddies. Jeers to aggressive drivers, please leave your aggression at home when you come to visit our peaceful valley. We only beep our horns to greet a friend in passing, and we don’t speed up and roar through the right hand turn lane so we can cut in front of everyone ahead of us. Have some respect for others on the road!
CHEERS & JEERS
CHEERS & JEERS
STORAGE
COMMERCIAL SPACE
Cheers to Bob. My wife and I were biking from Fairmont and our bike tire popped. We hitched a ride from Bob. He saw our predicament and stopped to help. That valley hospitality is what makes this place special. Much appreciated.
Cheers to the glo roller skating at the curling club. Great family fun!
STORAGE SPACE – assorted sizes, easy access, immediate availability, long-term or short-term. Deck Properties Warehouse, Industrial Park: 250-342-3166.
NEWHOUSE MULTI STORAGE
Jeers to whoever is maintaining the Invermere sign at the Crossroads. The flowerbed design is covering the bottom part of the sign that lets drivers know about the downtown businesses and Panorama — fix the flowers or raise the sign! Cheers to Kool Country for starting my car so promptly not once but twice. Cheers to the wonderful people at Valley Alley on Tuesday July 20th for starting my car. Great place to buy gas! Cheers to Cayden James, age 10, for his hole in one on #15 at Windermere Valley on July 10th. Special Cheers to Michael Midyette, Assistant Professional at Windermere Valley, for being such a great teacher to Cayden! Jeers to the tree trimming company that parked their trimmer right in front of my business and started trimming trees at 8:30 a.m. It would have been nice if you could have started later or parked your extremely noisy equipment down the block a little farther.
S IN MEMORIAM S Please join us in a
Celebration of Life for
A BIG Cheers to Runners RV in Cranbrook for the excellent service we received on our purchase. When we purchased a used RV with no warranty, we expected that we would be responsible for the little issues we had. No Way! They took care of us at no charge. We are enjoying our purchase and will certainly recommend your company to anyone looking for an RV. Huge Cheers to another great Ballfest, organizers did an awesome job. Small Jeers to the concession stand closing early on Saturday though. Cheers to Al Smith for cutting our hedge. Now we can see out again. Cheers to Colin and Mike at Eagle Ranch for lending us their snow fencing to use during the ball fest tournament. It worked awesome with tons of rave reviews. Cheers to the friendly staff at the Invermere Bakery. Cheers to the local girls that volunteer every month allowing riders to learn horsemanship on their amazing horses at the Windermere Valley Saddle Club! What an amazing opportunity!
LOST AND FOUND Found: A gold earring on the mountain bike/hiking trails by Lake Lillian on July 14th. Call 403-6059774 and describe to claim. Lost: RONIX Wakesurf shaper, white wedge on July 24. Call 403-8169279 if found.
STORAGE Saturday, July 30th, 2016 2 p.m. at the Edgewater Community Hall November 12th, 1930 – March 19, 2016.
Come share your memories!
NEWHOUSE MULTI STORAGE
Various sizes available. Now with climatecontrolled units. Call 250-342-3637
OFFICE SPACE Radium Hot Springs office space for lease, starting at $300/mo including utilities. 1-403-5599625.
COMMERCIAL SPACE Retail/Shop for sale: Two levels total 2700 sq. ft. Please call 250270-0216 or 250-270-0405 for more details. Commercial - FOR RENT Unit behind Dry Cleaners - Rent $420/month + Utilities. Formerly Yoga Studio. Available immediately Call 250342-6790.
24 x 36 shop power included, propane heat at tenant’s expense, $650/mo first and last D.D. required. Contact Newhouse Multi Storage 250-342-3637.
ACCOMODATION WANTED Looking for a bright and clean, cabin, apt., condo or suite to rent. Reliable, respectful, outdoorsy tenant with good references. Email anne_champagne@hotmail.com or call Sophie 250-409-4326.
HOUSE FOR RENT Windermere, furnished, 1-bdrm home, lovely yard, N/S, pets considered, references required. $700/mo plus utilities. Available Sept. 1st - May 31st. 403-619-1540.
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HOUSE FOR RENT
HOUSE FOR SALE
MISC FOR SALE
RV LOTS FOR SALE
SERVICES
HELP WANTED
For rent in Windermere, Cozy 1-bdrm Semi-detached house on acreage. $750/mo + utilities. References please. 250-342-3790.
Downtown half duplex. 723 - 15 Street. Great lake view, revenue suite, close to all amenities and beach. $389,000. Property Guys ID #266535. 250-342-8662.
2 seater stroller with 1 rain/bug and shade screen. Walk or jogging wheels. $250 O.B.O. Call 250-3425585.
Columbia River Wetlands RV Park. Fully serviced, Year Round Titled RV Lots for sale. Columbia River and wetland access, 45 min north of Radium Hot Springs. Starting at $35,000, 250-348-2094.
Heaven’s Best Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning
Always wanted to work at a golf course? Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is for you. We are always looking for enthusiastic individuals, full-time or part-time to join our Food & Beverage, Golf Shop & Golf Course Maintenance teams. Plus, enjoy free golf all season at our courses. Apply to David Sheedy at hr@fhsr.com or fax 250-345-6616.
CONDO FOR RENT For rent in Radium, 2-bdrm, 4 bath, ground level condo. Beautiful views, backs onto The Springs golf course. All appliances, fireplace, fully furnished. 2 car garage. N/S, N/P, references please. $1650/mo, call 250-342-3790.
LOT/ACREAGE FOR SALE
ELKHORN COUNTRY ESTATES
LOT/ACREAGE FOR RENT Large lot for mobile home. Williams Trailer Park. No pets. Phone 250342-9390.
FIREWOOD Support Rockies Hockey firewood. Larch, fir, and pine split and delivered. Call 250-342-6908.
MISC FOR SALE
1991 Seaswirl 185 tempo for sale. 140 hp outboard. Good condition. $5000 O.B.O. 403-512-3677.
Tempo 610E Elliptical, new condition, $250. Velodyne CT Series amplifier, $150. 250-347-6404 or cell 250-688-1544.
Phone Elkhorn Ranch 250-342-1268
For Sale 1998 Mobile Home, open living design, on large corner lot in Radium Hot Springs. 2-bdrm, 2 full baths, large deck, addition, storage sheds and landscaped yard. All services, excellent water. Great starter or retirement home. $180,000 firm. Call 250-341-5639 to view.
Springs golf membership for sale. Best offer. 250-342-9529, 403870-7000.
2015 Tacoma silver 6’ cab high canopy w/Yakima rails/boat rack, $1400. 2012 Jeep soft top, like new, $800. 4 Jeep stock rims w/stud snow tires, 254/70/17, $1600. 250342-1078.
Phase 2 now for sale in Windermere. Total of 8 acreages, 2 sold, 4.2 to 6 acres each. Starting at $169,000. Separate individual graveled access roads, individual wells up to 30 gallons per minute. Two minutes to golf course, five minutes to beach.
HOUSE FOR SALE
2007 kx85 two stroke dirt bike with monster decal kit, fmf fatty pipe, new chain and sprockets and rear tire, fast bike runs good. Call or text 250-341-5216 for more information.
250 US gallon tanks for sale. Very versatile, plastic w/metal 6” opening, 2’ discharge, 125 lbs. $150. Call George. 250-347-9500. Three man tube and rope. Windsurfer with two sails, a beginner’s sail and high wind sail. Parasail with 300 ft. rope. Slalom ski. Mountain bike. 403-701-3344. Located in Windermere.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES For Sale: 2 2006 Arctic Cat 500 2 seater ATVs in excellent condition. $3750 each. Phone 403-463-9953.
VEHICLES FOR SALE 2004 Siera 1500. 290 000 kms, 4x4, seats six, $2500. Call Anthony 403389-5463.
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Amazing Mountain Home For Sale at $1,269,000 [Current Appraisal Available] Stunning panoramic views, luxury and class describe this impeccable home! Located on over 6 acres 40 minutes north of Radium, plus golf courses, ski hills, hiking, water sports and more. The attention to architectural detail and timber accents will blow you away! Features include an open floor plan with 21’ vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, solid maple cabinets, granite counters, library, master suite with a deep jetted tub in a windowed alcove; a fully developed walk-out basement with 9’ ceilings, exercise and wine rooms, 2 guest bedrooms, a large media room and more. Drilled well with soft water, as well as excellent winter road maintenance right to the gate. For the full effect of this spectacular home you have to come and take a look for yourself!
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AJ Siding and Eavestrough Serving the Columbia Valley since 1993. • All types of siding • Soffit/Fascia • 5” Continuous eavestroughing • Eavestrough cleaning, inspection and repairs. For a Free Estimate, call Joe at 250342-7177.
Gas Plus in Radium is looking for a F/T mechanic. Apply within or call 250-290-0170.
TERESA ROGAL is back cutting hair and stronger than ever! Whiskey in a Teacup Salon is now open for business. I offer a a full hair service salon for men and women and children are welcome! My specialty is listening to your hair needs, with creative confidence I will update your look! Flexible hours to fit your schedule and mine! Call or text for an appt 250-688-0388.
Helna’s Stube is looking for a dishwasher/kitchen help, evening server and bus person. Email resume to mail@helnas.com or call 250-347-0047.
Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is looking for fun and enthusiastic individuals to fill positions as servers, cooks, dishwashers and hosts. We are hiring for full-time seasonal staff and would love to take a look at your resume. All interested applicants please contact Kevin Smith at ksmith@ fhsr.com.
Invermere Petro-Can is currently accepting resumes for F/T and P/T employment. Apply in person to 185 Laurier Street, Invermere between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Black Forest is looking for a P/T daytime cleaner and F/T kitchen help. Call, email or drop off resume. 250-342-9417, careers@ blackforestrestaurant.com.
Shannon’s Blinds & Designs
Part-time secretary with social media experience. 403-519-8268 or patyesh@gmail.com.
Seeking a motivated individual interested in joining growing construction company. Must have experience, be physically fit, have own transportation and a positive attitude. Wage negotiable dependent on knowledge and skills. Immediate start. Please email resumes and references to JLBinnovations@hotmail.com.
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Thank you for your votes - Best of Business Awards! We are grateful and appreciative of your support and loyalty. “Blinds, Drapery, retractable screen doors and more.” 250-342-5749.
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Guest services position at Radium Valley Vacation Resort. Shift is evenings and includes weekends. P/T October through March, F/T April through September. Please email resume to radval@shaw.ca.
Triple J Services * Window Cleaning * Gutter Cleaning * Residential snow plowing * Weekly insurance inspections * Work Safe and fully insured Call Jim Detta 250-349-7546.
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Hunter Douglas Blinds, custom drapery, bedding, upholstery, flooring and more. Serving Calgary and The Columbia Valley area. Free design/space planning/paint color consultation with purchase. Up to 50% off blind sale until Aug. 1st. Call Brenda at 403-861-8782 or email at: soledecor@shaw.ca www. Studio222calgary.com.
LEGAL ASSISTANT REQUIRED Rockies Law Corporation, with four locations throughout the East Kootenays, requires a Legal Assistant. Knowledge or experience with Real Estate Conveyancing would be an asset. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3-5 years of law firm experience, be energetic and outgoing and will be comfortable working in a fast paced environment. Responsibilities may include providing administrative support to the lawyers and other senior staff, client communication, incoming and outgoing mail/faxes, filing, correspondence, answering phones, scheduling appointments and a variety of general office duties. Proficiency in Microsoft Office is required and a working knowledge of PC LAW and/or eConvey would be an asset. Rockies Law Corporation provides competitive remuneration in a progressive and flexible work environment. Please forward your resume with covering letter and references to susan@rockieslaw.com. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Jared du Toit: from Kimberley to stardom By Eric Elliott Pioneer Staff
NAME OUT OF NOWHERE — Kimberley’s Jared du Toit took the golfing world by storm last week with his performance at the 2016 RBC Canadian Open in Ontario from July 18th to 24th. Photos (on this page and 36) by Bernard Brault/Golf Canada
HELP WANTED Black Forest Restaurant is looking for a full time Server. Previous experience required in a busy, upscale restaurant. Email, call or drop off resume. 250-342-9417 careers@blackforestrestaurant.com. Wanted 2 F/T Restaurant Cooks, Rocky River Grill, 8888 Arrow Road, Invermere, B.C. Permanent, F/T shifts, overtime, weekends, days and evenings, $16/hour for 40 hours per week. Overtime after 40 hours. Minimum several years experience and completion of Secondary School. DUTIES: Prepare and cook full course meals, prepare and cook individual dishes and foods, ensure quality of food portions, work with minimal supervision, prepare dishes for customers with food allergies or intolerances. Inspect Kitchens and Food service areas. Please forward resume to Justin Atterbury by fax 250 342 8889 or email justatterbury@hotmail.com.
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When 21-year-old Jared du Toit of Kimberley set foot on the Glenn Abbey Golf Course in Oakville, Ontario last week, there were a lot of things on his mind. Winning the Canadian Open, his first-ever Professional Golf Association event, wasn’t one of them. “The goal was never really to win the tournament,” he said. “Obviously that would have been the dream, but I tried not to think about that as much as possible.” It was the feeling of being starstruck that many experience when meeting childhood idols for the first time that impressed him at first. Jason Day — the world number one ranked golfer — was there. Dustin Johnson — the world number two-ranked golfer — was there. Jared’s name was just one among a number of giants within the sport. Until, that is, it wasn’t. It didn’t take long for people to begin familiarizing themselves with the name Jared du Toit. In just six holes, he was already a remarkable four under par and was pushing some of his heroes like Johnson to the top of the leaderboard. By the end of the first round, his 67 shot, 5-under-par performance had him at the top of highlight shows across the country as the collective golfing nation asked, “Who is this kid?” The following day he proved he was no fluke, firing a one-under par 71 to stay amongst the leaders before cementing his name with a third-round 70 shot performance as one of the 156 in competition to be put in the final pairing with Brandt Snedeker competing to win the Canadian Open. Still, he tried not to focus on it. Continued on page 36 . . .
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. . . ‘Jared’ from page 35 “I just tried to focus on playing good solid golf, and I knew if I took care of business and stopped thinking all these thoughts and extra expectations that came with the week, that I thought I could play well and contend with the guys,” he said. With the pressure on and the country watching, his coach Derek Ingram tried to redirect that nervous energy. “One of the things we talked about was what a privilege it is to have the pressure that you’re going to have and to not look at it as a negative thing and be thankful that you have that privilege to be nervous,” he said. “It’s extremely hard work and frustrating and you do that so you get the privilege to have the pressure so when you’re in those situations, you better enjoy it and you better love it.” Unfortunately, it would be for naught as du Toit was unable to reclaim that magic in the final round on Sunday, finishing 1-under-par on the day with a score of 9-underpar that left him within three shots of tournament winner Jhonattan Vegas. While Jared’s performance surprised many through Canada and within the sport, local golfer Tryg Strand, who competed against Jared across the Columbia Valley golf
Thank you! Bruce Stroud and Sandra Boot, organizers of the “Young Hearts” and “Heart of the Rockies” Triathlons, wish to thank each and every person who stepped forward to help guarantee the success of these two events. We appreciate our amazing volunteers, sponsors and essential services personnel for saying “yes”, lending their support and providing a safe venue before, during and after our events on July 9th and 10th. We know that events of this nature would not be possible without you!
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courses at the high school level, said he saw the elite level golfer within Jared long before last weekend. “Back then, you knew he was going to be a player because he was calm, collected and didn’t really lose his temper whereas with other guys when you’re that young of a golfer it’s not easy to have the mental game down, but he had it down quite early,” Tryg told The Pioneer. The day after his closing round Sunday, Jared said he still wasn’t able to catch up to the thousands of phone calls, text messages and social media followers he gained on his nearhistoric weekend. After competing at the Porter Cup this weekend (July 27th to 30th) and the Canadian Amateur tournament later this month, he will go south to Arizona State University where he’s studying marketing while competing in the NCAA. There, Jared will be able to digest the weekend in Oakville, Ontario, remembering the time he competed with Dustin Johnson and almost had to turn down $1 million as an amateur golfer; remembering the time he became more than just a name amongst the crowd.
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FAITH Waiting...
By Pastor Trevor Hagan, Lake Windermere Alliance Church For many of us, the hardest struggle in this world is waiting. Waiting in line for our lunch or at a signal light, waiting to go is a great challenge. Patience in waiting can bring refreshing in places we would not normally expect. We live in a fast foodmicrowave world where convenience dictates the speed of our lives. Waiting is an in-convenience. “Good things come to those who wait” is an English phrase extolling the virtue of patience. With patient waiting comes refreshing. The Bible tells us in Isaiah 40:31: “Yet those who wait for the Lord Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.” Faith requires patience. There are rarely instant solutions to the things we face. But in this verse, God does promise that if we will slow down and wait for Him, in quiet confidence, then He will strengthen us. When we find ourselves discouraged, drained spiritually and struggling with apprehension, we need to take time to slow down to pray and listen. We cannot hear God unless we quit talking and be still. A grandfather took his four-year-old grandson on a nature hike. The boy was running ahead and came to a swift rushing mountain stream. The grandfather was afraid the boy was going to fall in, so he shouted, “Wait for me, and I’ll get you across.” Surprisingly, the child obeyed. When the grandfather got to him, he lifted him up on his shoulders and waded across the creek. The grandson said, “If I hadn’t waited for you, I would never have made it across.” We must wait on God in the same way, and not run on ahead of Him. When we find ourselves weary, it is time to wait and be refreshed by our Heavenly Father. “LORD, we wait on You to carry us this day through things too strong and swift moving for us. Thank You that there is nothing too hard for You.”
Valley Churches
LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH Sunday, July 31st 10:30 a.m. CELEBRATION SUNDAY, “GOSPEL – Our Sin” … Pastor Matt Moore ministering. The Lord’s Supper will be served. “K.I.D.S.” Church, for children Age 3 to Grade 1, during the Morning Service. Lead Pastor Trevor Hagan • Associate Pastor Matt Moore 326 - 10th Avenue, Invermere 250-342-9535 • www.lakewindermerealliance.org WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY ANGLICAN-UNITED Worship every Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Children & Youth Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. Christ Church Trinity, Invermere 1st and 3rd Sunday, March - Dec. 9 a.m.: All Saint’s, Edgewater 2nd Sunday, 7 p.m.: June - October at St. Peter’s, Windermere Reverend Laura Hermakin • 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere 250-342-6644 • www.wvsm.ca VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Sunday 10 a.m.: Worship Services. Pastor Murray Wittke • 4814 Highway Drive, Windermere 250-342-9511 • www.valleychristianonline.com ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Saturday, 4:30 p.m.: at St. Anthony’s, Canal Flats. Saturday, 5 p.m. and Sunday, 9 a.m.: at Canadian Martyrs’ Church in Invermere. Sunday, 11 a.m.: at St. Joseph’s Church in Radium. Father Gabriel • 712 -12th Ave., Invermere • 250-342-6167 ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN MISSION OF INVERMERE Worship services every Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Christ Church Trinity, 110 - 7th Ave., Invermere Pastor Rev. David Morton • 250-417-5017 RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Sunday 10 a.m. Worship service Pastor Wayne and Linda Frater • 250-342-6633 No. 4, 7553 Main St. Radium • 250-347-9937 CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS Worship Service, Sunday, 10 a.m. • Relief Society, 11:15 a.m. President Adam Pasowisty • Columbia Valley Branch 5014 Fairway, Fairmont Hot Springs • 250-341-5792
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On Friday, July 1st, Lake Enid provided a pause for this mother loon and her young ones resting on her back. Photo by Kim Hutton
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