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October 21, 2004

Columbia

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Serving The Upper Columbia Valley including Golden, Brisco, Radium, Invermere, Windermere, Fairmont and Canal Flats

Contents News

2

Perspective

4

Youth

6

Food

9

Sports

13

Faith

15

Jumbo Still in Limbo

2

Photo by Joe Lucas

Building Boom

3 Wheelchair Access

Girl’s Best Friend

8

page 6 Photo by Elinor Florence

2 • The Upper Columbia Pioneer

VALLEY

October 21, 2004

JUMBO: IT’S NOT OVER YET

The safety of the road to Jumbo was one of the major concerns of people who expressed their opposition to the resort.

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff It will probably be another year before Jumbo Glacier Resort developers apply for their final permit, says Grant Costello of Invermere, vice-president of the proponent Glacier Resorts Ltd. Last week the province’s Environmental Assessment Office granted an environmental certificate for the Jumbo Glacier Resort to proceed.

“The major hurdle has been passed,” Mr. Costello said. But there are two outstanding issues before the $450-million resort gets the green light.

First the developers must come up with a satisfactory Ski Area Master Plan and Master Development Agreement. Those must be approved by Land and Water B.C. Inc., the provincial agency in charge of ski resort permits.

“Although the master plan is essentially complete, we understand that the review process might take another six to eight months,” he said.

The final step is to rezone the property itself.

That will come before the 14-member council of the

Regional District of East Kootenay.

Rezoning won’t take place without a public hearing. Once again opponents of the project will have the opportunity to express their concerns. Potentially, the regional district council could stop the project altogether at this point.

“This will be the biggest public hearing in the history of the regional district,” said Invermere Mayor Mark Shmigelsky, who sits on the regional council. “It will be our job to listen to people all over again.”

Although the Jumbo Creek Conservation Society is disappointed with last week’s decision, members are pleased that the final decision will be made at the local level, said spokesperson Meredith Hamstead. “Now it’s in the hands of the communities who are most impacted,” she said.

The regional district is the size of a small European country with 56,000 permanent residents. It rises from the U.S. border on the south to just north of Spillimacheen, and includes Kootenay National Park and the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy.

Sitting on the regional district council are the

mayors of eight towns including Invermere, Radium, and the newly-incorporated Canal Flats.

The other councillors represent six rural areas, including Klara Trescher of Electoral Area G, encompassing Radium to Spillimacheen; and Martin Cullen of Electoral Area F, which encompasses Panorama and takes in the proposed Jumbo resort site.

Regional district councillors must remain tightlipped about their position pending the rezoning process for fear of prejudicing the case in advance.

However, Radium Mayor Greg Deck – who is also the current chair of the regional council - has previously expressed his support for Jumbo, while the Invermere mayor has said he is opposed.

Since the process could easily drag on for another year, those councillors may be out of office by the time the rezoning application comes forward.

Municipal elections are slated for November 2005.

In the meantime, the Jumbo Creek Conservation Society will keep the issue in the public eye. “We don’t want people to feel resigned,” Ms. Hamstead said. “The battle isn’t over yet.”

Shadow population casts cloud over RCMP

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff The local RCMP detachment is overworked and understaffed, according to the acting head Corporal Dale Morgan.

He told Invermere council last week that the local detachment is temporarily operating with seven members rather than the usual 10, but even when it’s at full strength the force is still short-handed.

Corporal Morgan is acting head of the detachment since Sergeant Ed Kalin retired a few months ago. The sergeant has not yet been replaced, one member is on maternity leave and one member is on paternity leave, he said.

He told council that the “shadow population” demands much of the RCMP’s time and energy, yet those numbers are not taken into account by the province when assigning staff levels.

“We are staffed for 9,000 permanent residents,”

He said the shadow population means more alcohol-related offences like public consumption of alcohol and noisy parties, plus an increase in highway traffic accidents.

Corporal Morgan said calls for service have doubled in the past six years since the Invermere and Radium Hot Springs detachments amalgamated, without any increase in staff. In 1998 the RCMP responded to 2,000 calls for service, and this year it will answer 4,000 calls.

Some of those calls, he explained, are more demanding than others. For example, the recent propane truck explosion in Kootenay Park required two Corporal Dale Morgan members to work full-time on the investigation for he said. “On any given day in peak season that num- three days. “That’s counted as one call,” he said. ber might rise to between 35,000 and 50,000.”

Adding Jumbo to the mix would create a logisTo make matters worse, some of our visitors tical challenge for the RCMP, he said. “Driving 60 have “a resort mentality,” he said. miles out of town on a gravel road in severe winter “They think they can party because it’s their conditions to respond to a call from Jumbo would playground, but they forget it’s also our home.” be a nightmare.”

October 21, 2004

NEWS

The Upper Columbia Pioneer • 3

Building Boom Hits Town

the A&W in Athalmer. The building permit must now be finalized, and a construction start date has not been finalized. The general developer is Pointe of View in Calgary. One of the company’s directors is Doug McIntosh of Radium Hot Springs, who previously developed Radium Hot Springs Resort.

• Westside Park: The first six homes at the south side of town along 13th Avenue have been sold, and another 21 lots are available in the second phase.

Two show homes are open for viewing, says local realtor and developer Barry Brown-John. He’s aiming to provide lower-cost housing in an area where prices are skyrocketing, and so far the new homes are priced below $200,000. Future plans include another 80 single and multi-family homes, plus a new convenience store facing 13th Avenue.

• David Thompson Terrace: Emerald New Homes, which built Black Forest Heights and River Stone Villas in Radium, are constructing four separate tri-plexes overlooking Pot Hole Park. Eleven of the 12 units have been sold.

The company is headquartered in Airdrie.

• Lochend in the Valley: Building permits have been issued for eight single-family homes at Lochend, located on 10th Avenue north of Carriage Court Apartments. Previously one duplex was constructed and sold, and now the Calgary owners will complete the project, said project manager Bob Kelly.

• Heron Point: Building permits have been issued for three separate buildings on the hill overlooking Pynelogs with 84 units in total. The first building is completed and construction has not yet begun on the second building. The Calgary-based company is selling “fractional ownership” in the condos.

• Columbia Garden Village: Owned by Golden Life Management of Cranbrook, this three-storey complex located next door to the Invermere and District Hospital will include 63 apartments for seniors plus a dining room, crafts room and other common areas. The units are currently about 70-percent rented, with completion date of next May. The provincial government will fund eight units for people who need assisted living.

• Columbia House Long-Term Care Facility: The province’s Interior Health Authority is adding another 15 beds with an allowable expansion for five more. This will effectively double the size of the facility, which is attached Invermere Building Inspector Kim Leibel looks at yet another set of building plans. to the local hospital. Construction will be finished by spring.

• Chisel Peak Medical Center: The building permit is now being finalized

By Elinor Florence and the three doctor owners - Theresa Ross, Mike Walsh and Francois Louw Pioneer Staff - plan to start construction in spring and be open in September 2005. A full house will see six doctors and a pharmacy, with an extra 5,000 square feet availThe value of building permits issued this year in Invermere alone will break able for future expansion. the $20-million mark, doubling the previous record.

• Digits: The owner of Digits Information Technology Services in Athalmer “It’s just crazy,” said Invermere building inspector Kim Leibel, who has a wants to build a new two-storey, 13,000-square-foot building across the street stack of new applications on his desk. “We always knew the valley would grow, to house his computer outlet. Don Palmer of Invermere, who owns the business but in the last year it has exploded.” with two Calgary shareholders, has not yet received a building permit.

Mr. Leibel said more than 100 permits will be issued this year, including the The 63 individual units in the new Columbia Garden Village senior residence.

The previous record year was reached in 2002 when construction of the new Heron Point condominiums boosted the total to $9.5 million.

Here’s a roundup of the town’s biggest developments: • CastleRock Estates: About half of the 92 individual lots in the first phase have been sold and a couple of homeowners have begun construction, although occupancy permits can’t be issued until services are in place. The second phase has 100 lots and 36 condos for sale. The sewer line is being laid down Westside Road to connect CastleRock with the town’s sewage lagoon. The completed project will see 550 private homes and 450 condominiums, a joint venture between David Behan of Fairmont Hot Springs and Bill McIntosh of Invermere.

PRICES BELOW WHOLESALE • Quiniscoe Homes: After building several custom homes in the valley, Quiniscoe will now tackle a residential-commercial complex including about CLEARING OLD STOCK 20 townhouses plus 20 retail stores and offices across from Pot Hole Park on main street. First the area needs to be rezoned to allow the commercial units to Vacuums Fabric or Leather Furniture face the main street and the residences to face 6th Avenue at the rear. A public Entertainment Centers Last Call for Many Custom hearing on the rezoning will take place on Oct. 26. Owned by Dave and Doris Orders for Special Wood Single Pieces of Sofas, Penner, Quiniscoe relocated to Panorama from the Yukon five years ago.

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October 21, 2004

PIONEER PERSPECTIVE

A call to youth

Is there anything left unsaid about the ongoing Jumbo Glacier Resort Controversy?

Last Thursday, after the Provincial Government granted environmental approval of the 6,300 bed, 104-hectre development, our streets where taken over by media. The CBC, The CalBy Bob Ede gary Herald, CFCN, The Globe and Mail and The National Post all had reporters looking for people to provide quotes to show just how polarized this community has become.

With emotions running high there was no shortage of fevered opinion.

Here at The Pioneer, we have chosen to ask the youth of the valley what they think. In this issue and in the coming weeks we will bring forth some of the opinions and concerns.

How will this decision affect them, now and in the future? Will Jumbo Glacier Resort be everything the proponents claim, providing jobs, wealth, and tax revenue to build roads and hospitals? Will the development proceed with minimal damage to the environment? Or are we on the brink of losing much more than will be gained?

Will we be endangering our wild spaces, cutting areas in half with roads and development and then in half again until we are left with small islands of managed “wilderness” unable to sustain wild species such as the grizzly bear?

Most people came here due to development. We have all prospered by taking from nature, and no, most we have taken has not been renewable. We are all responsible for trees being clear cut, the mountains being scarred for the ore they hold and for the effluent in our rivers. Developers and conservationists calling each other selfish over any one issue will not change this, nor will it guarantee a future with mindful prosperous development and a healthy environment. For this to occur it will take cooperation.

Our youth has a part to play in this decision and the decisions in the future. It is them and their children with the most to gain or to lose. It is up to us to listen.

HISTORICAL LENS

Feeding the Deer, circa 1920

Historical photo from the Ede Collection

What does it take to become a local?

When people talk about “locals” I’m always reminded of a remark that someone made to me a few years ago: “Of course, Winn Weir isn’t a local. She didn’t even move here from Cranbrook until 1929.”

For those of you Opinion by new to the valley, Winn Elinor Florence Weir was one of our grand old ladies, very active in the community, a writer and historian, who passed away last year. I’m sure it would have come as no surprise to her that after seven decades, some of her contemporaries still didn’t consider her to be a “local.”

My definition of a local is much more liberal.

If this is your permanent address, then you are a local, no matter whether you arrived yesterday or 50 years ago. You have taken the jump, made the commitment, moved your belongings and filled out your change-of-address cards.

And it really doesn’t matter where you came from. Whether you are from Alberta or Newfoundland or Madagascar, you now belong to this group of individuals who have chosen to call the Windermere Valley home.

Obviously time will strengthen your bonds to the community. The people who have been here all their lives know so much more about the place We want to hear your comments and opinions. than the rest of us – every fishing hole, every conPhone 341-6299 or email: upioneer@telus.net

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voluted family relationship. (Newcomers, don’t say anything about anybody until you know whether he is so-and-so’s first wife’s cousin).

But in the eight years I have lived here, I’ve developed some very strong ties to this place. Our children have attended all three local schools and worked at local businesses, we have experienced anniversaries and graduations and funerals, we have built our dream house here. And of course, my mother moved to Invermere when I did, and wherever my mother lives feels like home to me.

My children also tell me they consider this place home. My daughter Katie, who is away at university in Calgary, hopes to live here again some day. She says: “Whenever I come through Sinclair Canyon, I feel a burden lifting from my shoulders.”

Over the next few years we will see many, many new people arrive in this valley. They will make a difference. Much of that difference will be positive.

In the past week I’ve chatted with newcomer Fran Ryan, who volunteers almost daily at Columbia House, I’ve met a fairly recent resident Lynn Knell, who organized a knitting group for seniors, and I’ve run into Cam Berry downtown, who has been working towards the restoration of Pynelogs since he moved here a few years ago. They are just three of the many people who are using their energy and talents to make this valley a better place.

Let’s welcome the next batch of newcomers, because we share with them a very powerful common bond: the sense of being blessed to call this place home.

That makes us all locals.

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October 21, 2004

Invermere to ‘act quickly’ on park request A unanimous resolution directed administration to pursue a free Crown grant for the property.

However, Mayor Mark Shmigelsky warned several concerned citizens who attended the meeting “not to get your hopes up.” The provincial government has indicated that it plans to sell Crown land to the highest bidder. The property has not been appraised but the value is believed to be more than $1 million.

Buzz Harmsworth, who spoke to council on behalf of the group, urged council to request “this small parcel of Crown land in an ocean of private land.”

He added: “It’s almost impossible to get off Westside Road any longer because it’s all privately-owned.”

Council’s next step is to find a government ministry willing to sponsor their application for a free Crown grant. If and when that application is accepted, a public review process will take place. The District will now begin the search for an appropriate ministry to sponsor the application.

Council was asked why it cannot simply maintain the zoning of this property as P2, or Parkland. “If it is zoned Parkland, it is worthless to a developer.

How is the market value established?” asked one member of the audience.

Chief Administrative Officer Patrick Robins explained that zoning is only one of the factors used to establish fair market value. And Mr. Shmigelsky added that council cannot commit to a particular zoning prior to a public hearing as this would be prejudicial against the applicant.

Moreoever, he explained that the zoning is not set in stone, since future councils could change the zoning - or in a possible scenario where a major development is planned, the provincial government can override municipal zoning.

Map courtesy from The District of Invermere - not to scale The proposed park is located next to the new CastleRock subdivision. Mayor Shmigelsky said it had been brought to his attention that the CastleRock deBy Elinor Florence veloper, who has expressed his interest in purchasing the land for development, Pioneer Staff is marketing his property as “bound to the east by undeveloped crown land that is proposed as a regional park.”

Invermere council will now formally request the provincial government for Council was also asked how much money is available in the parkland fund a 90-acre gift of Crown land known as Lot 4616 on the south side of town to - the reserve that is set aside when developers pay cash in lieu of donating five use as a public park. percent of land to the District. The audience was told that there is only $17,000 At the last council meeting Councillor Bob Campsall urged the town to act in the fund, and that would hardly make a dent in the purchase price. quickly. “We should request an immediate meeting with the people in CranA petition with 367 signatures supporting the acquisition of the park was brook to find out how to proceed,” he said. previously presented to council and MLA Wendy McMahon. At the council The next step is to meet with a representative from B.C. Land and Water meeting, another 68 signatures were presented to council for a total of 435. in Cranbrook - the Crown corporation set up to administer Crown land in the That figure amounts to more than half of the 788 people who voted in the province. last municipal election.

Dogcatcher supports pit bull ban

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff The Regional District of East Kootenay thought they had the pit bull problem licked a few years ago when they decided to charge $1,000 for a pit bull licence.

But dog control officer Sam Fiddler said she was flabbergasted when someone approached her recently and told her he was ready to pay $1,000 for the pleasure of owning a pit bull. “He’s waiting for the puppy to be born right now,” she said.

Last week Ontario became the first province in Canada to ban pit bulls altogether. Current owners in that province must have their pit bulls neutered, muzzled and on a leash if in public. Attorney General Michael Bryant referred to the fierce dogs as “ticking time bombs.”

Ms. Fiddler agrees with Ontario’s decision.

“People don’t understand that owning a dangerous dog is like owning a loaded gun,” she said. “Aggression can be turned on, but it’s very difficult to turn off unless the dog has been properly trained.”

Ms. Fiddler had one harmless encounter with a pit bull when the owner was incarcerated by the local RCMP and she was called to pick up the dog, which was locked in a garage.

“It turned out that the dog was very sweet, trem-

bling with fear. I ended up keeping her in my house until the owner was released from custody because I didn’t know how she would react to the other dogs in the pound,” Ms. Fiddler said.

Another man wasn’t so fortunate. He was driving through Fairmont Hot Springs when he experienced car trouble and pulled over on the shoulder of the highway. “He was just standing beside his trailer when a pit bull that was being walked by his owner attacked him and bit him in the crotch area,” Ms. Fiddler said.

“The owners were able to call the dog off. The man went to hospital but luckily his wounds weren’t serious. The owners had the dog put down immediately.”

Meanwhile, Invermere residents don’t have to worry about being attacked by a pit bull because there aren’t any here. “If there was a pit bull here, I would know about it,” said the town’s dog control officer Carol Dobson.

She said there was a pit bull in town for a few months that used to get loose and run around and frighten people. “I would get called constantly,” she said. Luckily the dog and his owner moved away. “I sure don’t want any in my area,” she said.

Invermere has no special bylaw provision for pit bulls. Licences cost $10 for neutered dogs, $30 if not neutered.

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October 21, 2004

YOUTH TEENS SPEAK

How do you feel about Jumbo Resort?

“I don’t like the idea of Jumbo Resort because it would make our little town a much bigger place and affect all of our lifestyles. It would also largely take away from the enviroment.”

Kaleigh Oglestone DTSS

“I don’t think the Jumbo Resort should go through because we already have two ski hills and a third is not needed. It will not only raise prices, but many people will go to Panorama and Fairmont.

Taryn Ukass DTSS

My horse, my friend Melinda Drews of Invermere, age 15, wrote this for her high school’s creative writing class after suffering the loss of her older brother in a car accident. It was recently published in a newspaper called Horses All. Here she is pictured with her quarter horse Tucs Tee-Bar. Black, mud-covered wheels try to grab hold of the wet cement as they screech to a halt. The green Dodge Caravan, which was once a loved way of transportation, flies uncontrollably through the air, and lands in front of oncoming traffic. Mom is unconscious, Dan is dead, and Dad is lying head-first

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“I’m for Jumbo because of the job opportunities and the skiing conditions.

All year-round skiing would be sweet.”

Thomas Page DTSS

on the steering wheel. The sound of the horn is never ending. It plays in my mind over and over again.

It takes a moment for me to realize that the deafening sound of the horn is really the sound of my alarm clock, urging me into another day. While my eyes get used to the bright sunlight, they fall upon a picture taken three years ago.

We were in the Dominican Republic, my family and me. Sporting new tans and sun-bleached hair, we stood for the last family picture that would forever be cherished. Salty spring breezes rippled through our uncombed tresses as we waited for the click that would allow us to break pose, and run back into the calling water.

After climbing into a shower that was too cold, and brushing my teeth with water too hot, I fling open the door and begin the five-minute walk down to my horse’s barn. As I come around the last bend, I glimpse his smooth chestnut coat and I smile. There isn’t a time that goes by where I can’t look at my horse and feel lifted. He is my true survival. It’s not the pills that doctors stuff me with, not the endless hours of counselling in a shadowed room. It’s Tucs (my spoon full of sugar that helps the medicine go down) Tee-Bar. When I groom him, I can groom away the pain. While I tack him up, I drop the smiling mask that covers my true emotion. As I swing myself onto the tanned saddle, I’m swinging out of reality, and into my dream world. The only way to disappear from pain is to gallop as fast as Tucs will carry me. Breathing in the rich scent of horse, all my troubles seem to evaporate. We leave behind death, and roll around into the galaxy where life is never lost. Coiling my fingers through his tumbled mane, I grip the feeling that will hold me down before I allow myself to float away.

I know when I am with him I am ready to face the world. I want to scream out and tell whoever is in charge of this hell called life, to bring it on. I’m here, waiting for the moment when I can take back what’s mine, and show him who’s boss. No one can unearth me when my strength is underneath me. No one can tell me I’m not brave enough to face whatever lies ahead. With the thunder of hoof beats in my ears, I will take the world by storm.

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October 21, 2004

Wheelchair-users can’t go far

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff

Grade 4 student Katie Gibbs of Invermere enjoys visiting the Lakeside Pub’s family eating area, one of the few restaurants with wheelchair accessibility.

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The next time you’re shopping downtown, strolling on the beach or hiking through the forest, ask yourself how you would manage if you were in a wheelchair.

Glenys Snow Diamond of Radium Hot Springs, who suffered polio as a child and uses leg braces and crutches to get around, will be asking the community to think hard about accessibility for the disabled.

“With our aging population this is a growing problem,” she said. “Yet new businesses and housing developments are opening all the time without the special features that many of us need.”

Not only our residents, but more disabled tourists and visitors to the valley are looking for ways to enjoy this beautiful area, and they’re asking for services like bigger change rooms at the swimming pools and nature trails for wheelchairs. “Unfortunately our society sometimes lags behind the reality,” she said.

“For example, I’m not aware of one hotel or motel in this area with a shower for people in wheelchairs.”

Mrs. Snow Diamond said many people are losing their hearing or their sight and that, too, creates problems. She said about 15 percent of people in British Columbia now have a disability of some kind. The reason they aren’t more visible in the community is that the lack of public access restricts them to their homes.

Not all the solutions are complex or expensive, she said. Some of them - like building a picnic table that is longer at one end so a wheelchair can slide underneath - just require some advance planning. Other ideas include smoke alarms with flashing lights, pay phones with an attachment for the hearing-disabled, and brighter, more visible signage for those with dimming eyesight.

Mrs. Snow Diamond, through the local Family Resource Centre, has received a $2,000 grant from the Columbia Basin Trust Community Initiatives Program to raise awareness of this issue over the next six months and she will be forming a focus group to help her. For more information, call the Family Resource Centre at 342-4204.

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It was to become a Tenderloin sensation, laDoug George belled a “Sloppy Joe.” A plain hamburger would never again be the same.

Here is what the shamus dreamed up for Joe to It was in 1946 that brother Bill and I were do- concoct. ing some footwork in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco for Paul T. O’Dowd, who ran a private 1/2 pound of hamburger detective shop in competition with Pinkerton’s. In 1 whole fresh egg those days, San Franciscans needed such services Fresh ground pepper regularly and our fees were only a few inches above 3 pinches of oregano minimum wage at one dollar per hour.

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The diner called “Sloppy Joe’s” was alive with Spread bun with mustard. chatter and arguments when O’Dowd, Bill and I Lay on two slices of raw Bermuda onion. pulled in and took the first three stools vacated at Granish with dill pickle slices and olives. the long counter. It was three in the morning. While Add French fries. downing half a dozen martinis we had been watchServe with ice cold beer or black coffee. ing the floor show at a night club. We had come in from the fog to nurse away our hunger pains.

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October 21, 2004

HAPPY HANDS

Knitter Winnie Loucks, age 86

By Pioneer Staff The Happy Hands knitting group has just completed its 50th afghan.

Itʼs a knitting tour de force for the fledgling group who came together just one short year ago to knit for needy people in the valley.

The group was formed through the efforts of valley newcomer Lynn Knell, who arrived in Invermere just before Christmas 2002 without knowing anyone in the community except her sonʼs family.

“I spent a lot of time that first winter knitting just to keep busy,” she said. Then she found a neighbor who knits, and before long, several residents at Fieldstone Glen joined the group.

Within a few months there were too many women to meet in one house, and the group split into two branches. There are now about 20 members.

“Our original idea was to knit afghans for poor people overseas,” says Mrs. Knell. “That fell through, so we looked around the community instead. This seems like such an affluent place, we didnʼt realize how

much need there was.”

Instead, the group found several very needy outlets for its knitting talent.

Their first afghan went to a man who asked the Christmas Bureau for a warm blanket and since then, the group has donated afghans to women and children through the Family Resource Centreʼs Safe Homes Program, and to victims of accidents or crimes through the RCMPʼs Victim Services.

Every local RCMP member carries a homemade afghan in the backseat of the patrol car, and may donate the afghan to whomever needs a handmade message of hope and help.

The groupʼs latest project is to knit “lapghans” - lap-sized afghans - for every resident of Columbia House for Christmas this year.

That goal has almost been reached.

“Thatʼs special because many of our members have friends or relatives in Columbia House,” says Mrs. Knell.

And the afghans are getting more elaborate. First someone joined the group who decided to crochet rather than knit. Then someone else decided to add a special touch by contributing beautiful rose-patterned squares. Putting together the afghans in a pleasing blend of colors and patterns has become an art in itself.

“We now have people who donʼt meet with the rest of us, but they still like to knit squares and donate them,” says Mrs. Knell. Anyone who wants to contribute can knit or crochet eight-inch squares in knitted worsted-weight yarn.

The only other thing the group needs now is yarn, and plenty of it.

To donate either knitted squares or yarn, please call Mrs. Knell at 3423042.

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Indoor walking OK’d People will be able to take their daily walk indoors after Invermere council approved the use of the Invermere Community Hall for that purpose.

Following a request from senior Frances Ryan, council at their last meeting decided to allow the hall to be opened for indoor walks. “Win-

ter last year was very treacherous for walking - for seniors and for most of the population,” Mrs. Ryan wrote.

Council said it would select a convenient time period when the hall could be made available to the public.

The key could then be picked up by one of the walkers and returned to the District office.

Watch for Garbage Days to change Garbage pick-up days will change to Mondays and Tuesdays after a request from garbage contractor Waste Management of Canada Corporation.

At last week’s counil meeting, Public Works Director Brian Nickaruk mentioned that the change will benefit the visitor population since the garbage will now be picked up Monday mornings, before many of our “shadow population” head back home after the weekend. Previously garbage was picked up on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The contractor will also pick up on holiday Mondays, excluding Christmas and New Year’s Day. The contractor will bear the cost of informing residents by handouts and newspaper advertisements. The change will not become effective until everyone has been notified.

Meanwhile construction will begin soon on a new angled roof over the garbage containers behind the downtown hockey arena. Council has decided to try to improve the look of the area by protecting the garbage containers.

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The Upper Columbia Pioneer • 11

October 21, 2004

Celebrate National School Libraries Day

By Anne Jardine, Teacher Librarian at DTSS If what happens in the classroom is the lifeblood of education, then the library is the heart of the school. It is no accident that signing out a book is done at the circulation desk. Tuesday, October 26 is National School Libraries Day - a day to celebrate reading and learning, and all the wonderful books and resources school libraries provide for inquiring young minds. School libraries offer a legacy of literature, discovery, and opportunity in every subject area.

If your child’s school has a good library with a teacher-librarian guiding and assisting students in their curricular and recreational reading choices, then chances are, once your child ventures into the library, his or her learning will be enhanced. If your child’s school has limited or no library staffing, then opportunities are being lost!

In recent years, school libraries have been losing their staffing, and much of their resource funding.

yet they valiantly try to be available as much as they can and keep their programs going as best they can.

Perhaps we should be grateful for what we have. In nearby School District 5, Fernie Secondary School has no teacher-librarian this year.

According to a briefing document prepared for the BC government, one in every four teacher-librarian positions across the province has been eliminated in the past two years. Here, in the Rocky Mountain District, the positions have not been eliminated, they have simply been reduced, in most cases, by around 10-20%. We may be doing a bit better than the provincial average, but it is important to remember that in rural areas, pupils have limited access to public libraries or other cultural amenities such as museums, science centres, planetariums, art galleries, etc. The school library is the main way rural students connect with specialized areas of study.

The BC government has been trumpeting the cause of early childhood literacy, yet at the same time, school districts have been gutting the very program whose whole purpose is to promote and enhance literacy. The government will tell you that it is the fault of the districts. The districts will tell you that with school based budgeting, it is the fault of the schools. But the real fault is that the system has been under-funded for many years, under the watch of more than one government.

Blaming the local authorities is just a way of diverting and diffusing responsibility. A billion dollar provincial surplus? Time to reinvest in literacy, in learning, in student achievement. Time to reinvest District has closed seven schools since 2001, we in school libraries. On October 26, while we are celhave also lost librarian staffing time in ten of the ebrating the great work of school libraries, why not remaining fifteen schools. Many of the remaining urge local and provincial decision makers to staff school librarians have such fragmented assignments them fully and resource them more generously and that they have very little time to be in their libraries, step back and let them do that great work.

Local school districts are being forced by inadequate funding into making very difficult choices. Classes of over 30, greater numbers of special needs students, fewer dollars of support funding have put school principals into the impossible position of having to take their teacher-librarians out of the school library and deploy them in classrooms to create more workable class sizes. Though it has been done, there is no good educational reason for this choice.

Everything comes down to accommodating the needs of a budget that is simply inadequate to meet the educational needs of the students.

In our area, despite everyone’s best efforts, this trend has prevailed. Our population of school aged children has been declining. We have lost whole schools in an effort to keep our service levels for students. Even though the Rocky Mountain

“one in every four teacher-librarian positions across the province has been eliminated”

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October 21, 2004

Angel in a red truck

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff When Fran Ryan and Lynne Schnell found themselves stranded in Kootenay National Park after their Greyhound bus broke down last week, they were rescued by a young man in a red truck that they are calling “an angel.”

The two Invermere women, along with six other passengers, were travelling home from Calgary on Wednesday night when the bus began to lose power and slow down as it began the final approach to Radium Hot Springs.

The passengers smelled burning oil and the bus gradually drifted to a stop before the engine died.

“We all got out of the bus to find black smoke pouring out of the rear,” said Mrs. Schnell. Without cell phones or radio contact, the travellers were stranded. The sky was overcast and the night was very dark.

“I was a little nervous about bears,” Mrs. Ryan admitted.

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to find out what was wrong. One of them was Chris Ekelund of Windermere, owner of Toby Creek Electric.

“When I got past Settler’s Road there was so much thick, black smoke on the road that I had to pull over,” he told The Pioneer. “I thought that a vehicle up ahead had hit the ditch and was on fire.”

His girlfriend Laurie Klassen of Windermere was following Chris home in her own vehicle, a green SUV. She also pulled over and stopped. “Just then a vehicle came from the other direction and the driver told us it was the Greyhound bus,” Chris said.

Chris and Laurie drove ahead and found the passengers on the side of the road. Without further ado the passengers and their luggage were packed into the waiting vehicles. Chris piled four passengers into his truck, while Laurie took the bus driver and another man as far as Radium. Another vehicles picked up the remaining two passengers.

Greyhound’s Manager of Operations, Don Schmaltz of Calgary, said the problem arose when oil started leaking onto the exhaust manifold, which created all the smoke.

“We’d like to say thank you to the good Samaritans who looked after our passengers,” he said.

Chris was so helpful that he dropped Mrs. Schnell at the Invermere bus stop where someone was waiting for her, drove Mrs. Ryan to her home in Invermere, and then dropped the third woman at her door in Windermere.

“It’s a wonderful illustration of how there are angels all around us – and some of them even drive red trucks,” said Mrs. Schnell.

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The Upper Columbia Pioneer • 13

The Old Zone

Rockies vs. Summerland

By Lindsay Davidson Summerland 3, Rockies 0 One thing that you can say about watching the Columbia Valley Rockies, is that you will see some good hockey. They showed it again Saturday night as they took on the No. 1 team in the league, the Summerland Sting. Though the Sting won the game 3-0, I think everyone who watched the game saw an entertaining hockey game. I can’t help but think that with a little patience, eventually this team is going to make some waves in this league. The fact that 15 of the players have never played at this level before, is actually a credit to the talent level of the players. If they can stay this close to the top team, by Christmas they will be winning these games instead of losing them by narrow margins.

Again the Rockies started slowly in the first period as the Sting took the play to the Rockies. With the shots reading 18-5 in favor of the Sting, TJ had to hold the fort until his team got it together. About 6 and a half minutes in, Sumerland got their first goal. But other than that, TJ shut the door. The second period saw the Rockies come out and take over the play as they outshot the Sting 13-5. I guess you could say that if they didn’t have bad luck they would have no luck at all around the net. While they did score one goal, it was called back because it was deflected in with a high stick.

The third period was fairly even in play with the shots 12-7 in the Stings’ favor. The Sting scored twice giving them the 3-0 win. The final shots were 35-25 in Summerlands favor, but I think over all the play was closer than that other than the first period. The Rockies need to find some experienced defensemen, and at the writing of this artical, there are two defensemen in town that the coaching staff are going to look at over the next few days. With a little help back there for Botts and Hill, maybe the Rockies will be winning these close games, stayed tuned.

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October 21, 2004

BUSINESS

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By Marianne Thiesen Since the conception of The Upper ColumbiaPioneer I have been honored to occupy a space in this fresh, new, homebred paper. I submit articles for their perusal that are then retyped into their system and made ready for publishing. A number of steps are completed. I formulate the original words, they transcribe, and the readers unravel the message based on their understanding of what was said (i.e. their “frame of reference”). I now submit another article and if you are reading this now it means that the editors and staff of this brilliant paper have allowed it, because it has to do with mistakes. Certainly they are not errors that posed a threat to life or limb, or that caused life altering experiences, but errors that occurred in translation and provided me with an opportunity to talk about a truly meaningful topic - communication.

Communication sounds like a simple process- one person conveys a message; another receives it. But a whole lot can interfere with the process. Errors in communication happen all the time. The message can be misconstrued by various factors and at any stage, beginning from what is said and how it is initially stated, to any number of interpretations created by those who translate the message from one to another. Other factors that can distort communication are differences in thought processes, knowledge of a particular topic, attitudes of the individuals involved; even the system used for a particular communication can corrupt the message.

In the business world our methods of communication seem to get more complicated each day. Faxes, e-mails, and telephones often leave us with little time to talk face to face with co-workers or customers. As our world becomes more dependent on technology it will become increasingly more difficult to ascertain how the messages we send are being absorbed.

I recently read about a company in the U.S. of A. who had sent a policy change to all of their managers via e-mail. One manager failed to comply with the new

guidelines, was fired from the company, and subsequently sued for wrongful dismissal. The company was found to be in error. The Court’s decision was based on the fact that, although the policy change had been e-mailed to the employee and flagged as being received, the company had failed in its responsibility to ensure that the policy change had been “understood” by the employee involved. Yes, it happened in the U.S. but the decision could just as easily have been made here.

Communication is pretty important to me. I am a human resource consultant.

I work with companies in all areas of staffing, from the preplanning stages right through to growth and development. Sometimes I “set up” their H.R. function, other times I work with personnel departments to update and revise processes that have become redundant or ineffective. I write job descriptions and other recruiting documents, performance appraisals, employee handbooks and policy manuals, and training documents that deal with specific company outcomes - tools of communication that mean nothing unless collective understanding is achieved.

The errors in translation that spurred my thoughts in this direction were minimal, and I only want to mention one at this time because I think the other one that bothered me may have corrected itself in a subsequent article. Please note (from “Who do you think you are?”) that I have never been a councilor (a lawyer or legislator), but have been a counselor (can also be a lawyer but in my case it is one who advises and shares information - I started out as a social worker before moving into the field of Human Resources). Spellcheck, for some reason, doesn’t recognize the word counselor. While I have not the academic accomplishments nor (unfortunately) the salary of one in the legal profession, the work I do can prevent employers from suffering through a lot of legal headaches.

As I write this, I am watching my teenagers experiment with different methods of communication. The music in the background is earsplitting as they talk on the phone and at the same time carry on conversations with at least five people on MSN. They write in a code that is unique to their generation and is indecipherable by anyone older than 20. This generation feels that they are most misunderstood of all God’s creations. I don’t wonder why.

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The paths of life

By John Cuyler “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.” This couldn’t be further from the truth. The words and the titles that people such as parents or others hang on us can either build us up or tear us down.

Strong words spoken in anger by a parent or a peer can speak destiny over a person’s life. It’s amazing how many adults who struggle with self-confidence testify to the fact that as children they often were belittled and made to feel “no good” by loved ones. . .

“You’re no good and you’ll never amount to anything!” From the day those words were heard the child found himself on a pathway that left him feeling inadequate

and unworthy. Sadly, many of these people still bear the scars of their childhood into their adult life. “Words will never hurt me?”

I think we’d best think again.

This past weekend Valley Christian Assembly held an “Ancient Paths Seminar.” For two evenings and one full day a group of people came and sat under the teaching of Craig Hill the founder of Family Foundations International via video. Craig’s vision for this ministry is to, “help reimpart, back into the culture of the body of Christ, those safeguards that facilitate the natural impartation to people from God, their identity and destiny.”

Although this ministry is a non-denominational Christianbased organization the teachings and sessions apply to anyone who has grown up in a family where they failed to receive the “blessing” of their parents. After viewing a video session, the group attended small group discussions led by a trained facilitator where they helped willing individuals work through some of these issues. The results in those who have attended these seminars have been dramatic. Many who found themselves on wrong path in life, found freedom and wholeness through the teachings of the seminar. They have discovered how valued they are in the sight

of God and others. Negative behavior patterns were reversed and marriage and family relationships were strengthened and restored.

Parents were better equipped to understand the impact of the words they speak over their children.

Do you find yourself on a less than favorable path in your life?

The paths we find ourselves on in life may have not been entirely our own choice but thankfully we can be diverted from the negative paths life has led us down through the help of God and the love of others. We at Valley Christian Assembly feel that this ministry is one that will be centered out of our church and are planning on holding another Ancient Paths seminar in February or March of next year. We feel there is tremendous need to strengthen the lives of individuals and couples in this area and beyond and we want to offer this opportunity to everyone who is interested. If you are interested in finding out any further information please can contact our church office at 342 9511 or email wvca@telus.net.

Jan Klimek 342-1195

Valley Churches LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH

Sunday, October 24th 10:30 am Worship and Life Instruction “The Heart Restored”.

Sunday School for ages 3 to Grade 7 during the Morning Service Sunday, October 31st 10:30 am Worship and Life Instruction “The Heart’s Path”.

Sunday School for ages 3 to Grade 7 during the Morning Service Senior Pastor Rev. Dieter Magnus • Associate Pastor Rev. Jared Enns 326 - 10th Avenue, Invermere • 342-9535

WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY Christ Church Trinity 10:15 am Every Sunday All Saints, Edgewater 8:30 am 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays St. Peter’s, Windermere 7:30 pm 1st Sunday (May - Oct.) Brisco United, Brisco 8:30 am 2nd Sunday (April - Sept.)

Rev. Michael Rice 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere • 342-6644

VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY 10:00 am Celebration Service

Senior Pastor Rev. John Cuyler Highway 93/95, 1 km north of Windermere • 342-9511

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Canadian Martyrs Church, Invermere Saturday, 7:00 pm Mass Sunday, 9:00 pm Mass

St. Joseph’s Church, Radium

Sunday, 11:00 am

St. Anthony’s Church, Canal Flats

Mass

Sunday, 7:00 pm Mass Father Jose Joaquin 1210 - 9th Street, Invermere • 342-6167

John Cuyler is the Senior Pastor at Valley Christian Assmebly.

Thank you to our Valley Churches for their contributions to this column.

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Oct. 21, 2004

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