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Vol. 2/Issue 52

The Upper

Columbia

December 30, 2005

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

Happy New Year!

Contents News

2

Perspective

6

Road to Gold

7

Classifieds

11

Overseas correspondent

4 New Year’s resoultions

5 Ice-maker

8

Andrew Kazakoff and Alice McGregor of Invermere celebrated their wedding with a glass of champagne on Dec. 23, 2005.

Photo by Kelsie Ede

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Valley News

INVERMERE Incredible property at the gateway to Invermere. Lot size 95’ X 110’, with existing building on site. High traffic, and excellent exposure. Grow with Invermere! $399,000 mls#103689

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Completely renovated inside and out. $649,000 mls#111350

CANAL FLATS Home & property features include fenced yard, great views, manicured yard, master bedroom with full ensuite. This home has been completely renovated inside & out. $139,900 mls#111467

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CANAL FLATS High profile corner property offers one-stop shopping for nearly all of your needs.

Confections, Cards, Videos, Dollar Store, Laundromat, Videos, Bottle Depot, Purolator, Greyhound and 2 rental apartments. $189,900 mls#095869

RADIUM This beautiful lot is perfect for a multi level walkout home, and this over half acre lot goes right down to the golf course.

Extensive views, walking distance to Golf resort. $149,900 mls#107694

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Ladies and gentlemen: start your paddles!

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff The dragons are coming back.

Last year’s first-ever dragon boat races on Lake Windermere were so successful that they will be expanded this year into a two-day event on July 29 and 30, 2006.

Last summer 16 teams entered the event, and reaction was hugely positive, said Pat Cope, executive director of the Family Resource Centre which is hosting the event.

With 20 paddlers on each team, the brand-new event drew 280 local paddlers and another 40 from out of town. This year the event is expected to more than double in size and attract a minimum of 35 teams.

“The event is a perfect fit for the Family Resource Centre,” said Mrs. Cope. “It’s all about encouraging community and family values.”

She said it’s a healthy, outdoor activity for all ages - and you do not have to be an athlete to enter. Dragon boat racing is the fastest-growing sport in North America.

Mrs. Cope also stressed that this is not strictly an Invermere event. The Columbia Valley Dragon Boat Race and Festival wants to attract participants from Spillimacheen to Canal Flats.

“We’re looking for ideas from one end of the valley to the other,” she said.

Organizers are hoping that this will become the valley’s “signature” event - one that people will identify with the Columbia Valley no matter where they come from.

Each team is composed of 20 members - a drummer, a steersman and 16 paddlers, with two alternates on standby. All teams have an opportunity to practice paddling a dragon boat a couple of times in the days leading up to the races.

On race day, team members get into the boat and paddle for dear life for about two minutes. Heats are held throughout the day with the fastest teams advancing to the finals.

Last year’s entrants were enthusiastic about the event. “It was 100-per-cent pure adrenalin,” said Adrian Bergles, who paddled with The Pioneer team. “I’m looking forward to doing it again this year.”

Entrants pay a fee which pays the expenses of the dragon boat company, with profits going towards the Family Resource Centre.

Mrs. Cope said the important thing right now is to start forming up your team and register early in case there aren’t enough spots. If you would like to volunteer or get involved, please call 342-4204.

The Fast Tracking Badgers won the day, taking home two prize paddles.

George Duthie Clinic staff, calling themselves the Main Street Maniacs, wore their scrubs in the event.

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One of the all-women’s teams called Slim Chicks wore matching hot pink tops.

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BREAK AND ENTER MONKEY’S UNCLE CVD 2005-4513 Columbia Valley RCMP are looking for the “Grinch” who stole just before Christmas. Between the hours of 18:30 hrs on December 10, 2005 and 09:00 hrs on December 11, 2005, the Monkey’s Uncle Toy Store, located at 1225 7th Ave, Invermere, was broken into. The suspects broke in through the rear door and made off with over $3000 in merchandise and $200 in change. Taken were several toys including several Thomas the train pieces, a Playmobil Doll house, a Calico Critters doll house with several matching figures and a Schleich Castle with matching figures. The suspects were attempting to do their Christmas shopping however it is the small store owners that are left paying the bill. Columbia Valley RCMP are looking for information that will assist with the ongoing investigation.

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OUR CONTRIBUTORS

RCMP Corporal Dale Morgan ďŹ les our weekly RCMP Report.

Harold Hazelaar pens Old Zone in winter; Green Zone in summer.

Sheila Bonny keeps us current on books at the public library.

Michelle Taylor covered valley golf like a blanket all summer.

Brent Taylor helps the golfers among us with expert advice.

Brent Raven writes Old Zone with sidekick Harold Hazelaar.

Sandra Kelly specializes in valley homes and real estate.

Louise Platiel tells us how to care for our beloved pets.

Dorothy Isted interviews oldtimers who live in the valley.

Lisa Rohrick writes about her life as a missionary in Africa.

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New Year’s Resolutions Tim Goldie, Invermere: Learn how to use my laptop and maybe finally get an email address.

Karin Smith, Invermere: Spend more time with my friends.

Tom Andruschuk, Invermere: None, same as last year.

You can’t break it if you don’t make it.

Natalie Forrest, Invermere: Eat more roast beef.

Kreg Sky, Invermere: I resolve not to vote Liberal.

Taoya Schaefer, Invermere: To stay healthy and spend as much time as possible with family and friends.

Lloyd Weller, Canal Flats: To have an even better year than last.

Karen Sharp, Invermere: Health, happiness, lots of laughter - it’s going to be a good 2006!

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Deb Plato, Radium: Live one day at a time and be thankful for what we have.

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Roger Plato, Radium: I broke my kneecap in August. I resolve to keep working it until it’s better.

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PERSPECTIVE

Historical Lens

A toast to the coming year

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Publisher

There was one story that dominated most of our conversations in 2005: real estate development.

The valley experienced record growth this year and many people are saying that we ain’t seen nothing yet.

At the monthly Regional District of East Kootenay meetings in Cranbrook - that’s the approving body for new development permits in the valley - board members are presented each month with a stack of new applications for rezoning and subdivision.

There are far too many to cover in the newspaper, although we try to tell our readers about the big ones.

But there are dozens of smaller projects underway, from Windermere to the Toby Benches to the shores of Columbia Lake.

A lot of these projects are being conducted by outof-town real estate developers; but many are also being brought forward by local residents who own parcels of land and are now eager either to sell them to a developer, or to carve them up and subdivide.

Virtually all the land down the west side of the valley from Radium to the Hoodoos at Fairmont is privately-owned.

Under the current provincial government, it appears easier than ever to apply to remove land from the Agricultural Land Reserve, thereby opening the door to more housing developments.

A recent report from the planning division at the regional district anticipates some 11,000 new housing “units” in the Columbia Valley within the next 10 years - and those are just the ones that are known about so far!

No doubt there will be hundreds more coming out of the woodwork over the next few years, especially if the Albertans remain interested in our corner of the world.

If oil prices remain strong, then the Albertans will keep on coming - and even if that province experiences an economic downturn there is speculation that many Albertans will take early retirement, sell their big homes in Calgary and keep on coming anyway.

One thing we know for sure: this valley will never be the same.

Some residents will welcome the new income and amenities made possible by real estate boom; others will mourn the passing of an era as the population growth brings changes to our traditional way of life.

Many of us will be doing a little of both.

So here’s our toast to you in the coming year: may we embrace our new opportunities with gratitude, and meet our new challenges with grace and dignity.

Happy New Year to all from The Pioneer.

The Barbour boys - George, Edward, Bert and Harry - pose with their rifles and the birds they shot on a successful hunting expedition. Note the matching hats and coats worn by the younger boys. The photograph was taken and developed by their mother, although the date is not known.

Photo courtesy of the Windermere District Historical Society

Letters to the Editor Thanks from Columbia House Dear Editor: Over the years I have had the pleasure of working with some of the most caring and considerate people in the valley.

It is fantastic the support our long-term care facility gets from the local auxiliaries, Laurie Lesmeister businesses and valley people.

Since many of our cares find it impossible to get out and about, it is a very difficult time for them around Christmas when they would like to shop for their loved ones and are unable to do so.

Due to the generosity of many of the businesses, their employees and volunteers, for the eighth year in a row we have been able to bring the shopping to them.

This year there were eight local businesses: The

Dollar Store, Candyland, Finn and Judy’s Home Comforts, Dave’s Book Bar, All Things Beautiful, Quillows, The Windermere Hospital Auxiliary, Victoria’s Handcrafts, and Terry and Louise’s Home Baking.

These folks not only took the time during their busiest season to pack up wares and bring them to Columbia House for the residents to have the opportunity to do their own Christmas shopping, but donated their time to oversee this and to spend time helping everyone enjoy this wonderful experience.

The same can be said for the family Christmas party. Bill Cropper, Kurt Reichel, Deb Ede and friends entertaining and setting the stage for Santa (aka Don Steedman) and his elves (also volunteers) made it possible for us all to enjoy Christmas.

A huge thank you to all of you who have made our Christmas so special.

We are fortunate to have so many wonderful people who care.

Laurie Lesmeister Activities and Volunteer Coordinator, Columbia House

The Upper Columbia

P IONEER is independently owned and operated and is published weekly by Elinor Florence.

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Christine bitten by the travel bug When she finished her degree in December 2001, her experience abroad helped land her first job as a buyer with Olympian Christine Keshen is no Imperial Oil. She has worked there ever stranger to international airports. since, although currently on leave to train She developed her love of travel for the Olympics. in childhood when visiting the tropThat fall Christine started curling ics with parents Jack and Carol Keshagain for the first time in three years. en and brother Warren of Invermere.

She also started to run with a group When she was 16 years old and a of Imperial Oil employees, and in the student at David Thompson Secondwinters of 2002 and 2003 she travelled ary School, she spent one summer in with coworkers to California to run in an Thailand on a provincial government American national corporate track meet. scholarship.

Years of travel have Christine ready for “Thailand is where I fell in love the many trips she’ll make as a member of with languages and culture,” said the Canadian Olympic team. Her pursuit Christine. “That is where I decided to of Olympic gold will take her throughout do International Business School.”

Canada, to Europe and back again, before Christine graduated from high the Olympics begin in February. school in 1996 and enrolled in comThese days, however, Christine travels merce at the University of Calgary. with support. Christine’s boyfriend Mike During her education she was hired DuBois of Windermere, whom she began Christine Keshen met boyfriend Mike DuBois last New Year’s Eve. to spend a work term in Amsterdam dating on New Year’s Eve last year, and organizing educational tours for North her brother Warren will travel to Italy.

American tourists.

Her parents are still considering whether Christine had been bitten hard by the travel bug.

Christine enjoyed success in Amsterdam and was Returning to Calgary in September 2000, she to make the expensive trip. offered a full-time position, which she accepted.

“My two passions are sport and travel,” she said. continued to pursue her studies and travel with equal “I loved it,” said Christine. “I’m 20 years old liv- enthusiasm. The following summer she took a Univer- “Now they’re combined.” ing in a foreign country, making good money.”

In spite of all her travels abroad, Christine still sity of Calgary commerce course in Oaxaca, Mexico.

She took Dutch lessons and “played a ton of socWhile in Mexico, Christine studied Spanish and loves being here in the valley. cer,” she said.

“I just feel so at home here.” tried surfing. “We made a lot of weekend trips.”

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December 30, 2005 Our sincere

THANKS to the

TOBY THEATRE SUPPORTERS. People power means we re-open January 4, 2006 with Walt Disney’s Chicken Little.

The 3rd Annual

Mountain Gala

Invermere Library... recipient of funds raised at this years Gala.

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Saturday, January 14 Funds raised will benefit the Invermere Library.

A limited number of tickets are available for this evening of culinary and artistic delights, featuring chefs from many of the best restaurants in the Columbia Valley.

Featuring music by “Manjar”, a full energy band spiced up with influences of Spanish Flamenco and a rich mix of Rumba, Samba, Salsa and Jazz, all combined will make you dance until your shoes wear out!

Contact Lindsay Fehr to purchase your tickets at 250-341-3008

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Icemaker Al Turne

By Adrian Bergles Pioneer Staff Icemaker Al Turner’s hands tell the story of a lifetime of hard work at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

They are gnarled and damaged, having been caught in tight spaces around the arena more times than Al cares to remember.

“The old Zamboni cut my fingers off,” Mr. Turner, 68, says of the time in the early 1990s when he had two fingers nipped off while removing a piece of hockey stick that had become caught in the machine.

“It was a heck of a how-do-youdo.”

After Al was rushed to hospital, local resident Ron Ede was walking home from work when he came across arena recreation director Eddie Mountain and a young boy frantically looking through a snowpile behind the rink for Al’s fingers, according to Bob Ede of The Pioneer, Ron Ede’s son.

“They had the right person looking for the fingers,” said Bob Ede. “My dad could find anything.”

Ron Ede located Al’s fingers in the pile of slush, still encased in the tips of the gloves.

The boy took the fingers and ran to the hospital, said Bob Ede. Unfortu-

nately, doctors were not able to reattach Al’s fingers.

That is the most harrowing of Al’s scrapes at the arena, where he’s been making the ice since 1975.

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er keeping his cool After a career as a recreation instructor in the army where he learned to make ice, Mr. Turner and his family came to the valley from Calgary in 1974. The next year Mr. Turner got a

ice at the arena since 1975.

seasonal job making ice at the arena.

Two years later, the building’s namesake, Eddie Mountain, began work at the arena.

“Eddie didn’t know icemaking, so I just fit in,” said Mr. Turner. Eventually the job became full-time, year-round.

It kept Mr. Turner very busy during the winter. Often he’d work at a Columbia Valley Rockies game in the evening and then have to be up early in the morning to have the ice ready for minor hockey.

“I got maybe three or four hours of sleep,” he said.

Mr. Turner said support from his wife Bunny made his hectic pace possible. “I don’t know how she put up with it,” he said.

A father of six adult children, a grandfather 13 times and a great-grandfather once with another on the way, Mr. Turner is the head man at the rink these days. As well as making ice, Mr. Turner is responsible for electrical, plumbing, carpentry and clean-up work.

He said his love for the job has led to his long career. “If you like your job, you’re going to do your best,” he said.

Mr. Turner said he’s entertained the idea of retiring but isn’t ready yet. “I talk about it but I like being here,” he said.

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P IONEER C LASSIFIEDS IN MEMORY Stewart Hague November 12, 1969 to December 27, 2004 From the sun and stars, whence he had drawn forth, a passionate light - such for his spirit was fit. And yet that spirit knew not, in the hour, of its own fervour what had o’er its power. by Edgar Allen Poe

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The Old Zone

By Harold Hazelaar, Invermere 1900: The goal net is introduced.

1910: The Montreal Canadiens play their first game after joining a new league called the National Hockey Association.

1911: Teams in Western Canada form the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. The league introduces several innovations: Blue lines are added to divide the ice into three zones, goaltenders are permitted to fall to the ice to make saves, and forward passing is allowed in the neutral zone. The 60-minute game is divided into three 20-minute periods.

1912: The number of players allowed on the ice is reduced from seven to six per team.

1917: Four NHA teams reorganize to form the National Hockey League. A new Toronto franchise, the Arenas, is added. The Arenas will become the Maple Leafs in 1927. The Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association become the first American-based team to win the Stanley Cup. 1921: Maurice “The Rocket” Richard, is born in Montreal, Quebec on August 14, 1921.

1928: Gordie Howe was born in Floral, Saskatchewan, March 31, 1928.

1930s: Russ Blako was the first player to wear glasses in the NHL. 1955: Maurice “Rocket” Richard is suspended for the remainder of the season after punching a lines-

man. The suspension sparks the “Richard Riot” in Montreal. NHL officials wear striped sweaters for the first time. The Zamboni makes its debut.

1956: Jean Beliveau is the first hockey player to appear on the cover of “Sports Illustrated.” The USSR enters Olympic hockey and wins the gold medal.

1957: The first NHL Players’ Association is formed with Detroit’s Ted Lindsay as president. The owners soon crush the organization and the Red Wings trade Lindsay to the last-place Chicago Black Hawks. CBS is the first U.S. The Old Zone is brought network to carry NHL games.

1958: Willie O’Ree of the Bos- to you by: ton Bruins is the first black player in the NHL.

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Pioneer Briefs ‘Waterside’ meeting to be held

Open house to discuss Jumbo

A public meeting to discuss the proposal for the downtown development called Waterside will be held in Invermere council chambers at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3rd.

The meeting by the District of Invermere’s development services committee, chaired by councillor Gerry Taft, will review the proposal by three developers - Octagon Properties, Cascade Engineering and BKDI Architects.

The proposed project includes a 10-storey hotel, a 22,500-square-foot conference centre and 590 high-density multi-family units. The project will cover 12 acres near the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

A request from the developers for amending the town’s Official Community Plan and rezoning some of the property came up at the last council meeting.

Due to staff concerns over the height of the hotel and several other issues such as the “massing” of the buildings on the hillside, the matter was referred to the development services committee for further review.

The Jumbo debate is heating up once again.

The proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort developers will host a public meeting at the Invermere Inn on Wednesday, January 4th to present plans for the development.

“The purpose of the meeting is to kick off the final review of the revised master plan,” said Grant Costello, vicepresident of Glacier Resorts. “We will be making the public aware of the information.”

Provincial government representatives from the B.C. Integrated Land Management Bureau - formerly Land and Water B.C. - will be on hand, he said.

Groups opposed to the development will also be out in full force, says Amanda Fedrigo of Wildsight, an environmental group opposed to the project.

“We’ll be there to reiterate our message that the people of the Kootenays want to keep the Jumbo Valley wild,” she said. “The people don’t want the resort development.”

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Senior Pastor Rev. Dieter Magnus Associate Pastor Rev. Jared Enns 326 - 10th Avenue, Invermere • 342-9535 WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY Sunday, January 1, 2006 11:00 a.m. Invermere - Christ Church Trinity Rev. Sandy Ferguson • 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere • 342-6644 VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Sunday, 10:00 am Children’s church during the message part of the service.

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Poverty CAN be beaten

By Dorothy Isted Special to The Pioneer After a year of unprecedented natural disasters, have we in the western countries thrown up our hands rather than digging deeper in our pockets? I ran across a new term recently: donor exhaustion.

After the world woke up to the sheer terror of a tsunami and responded appropriately, we spent the day reeling from Hurricane Wilma and closed with the devastation of an earthquake in the Pakistani, Afghani and Indian regions.

Far more people were affected by the earthquake than the tsunami, and yet the outpouring of aid has been much less. This bothers me, mostly because of the climatic difference between the regions.

There are 10,000 families still without adequate food and shelter in mountainous regions where snow and cold winds are blowing.

Or take the country of Niger, for example. Not Nigeria but Niger. It is sub-Saharan in nature, meaning there is an appalling lack of potable water. It has a stable government, which is probably why most people have never heard of it.

No revolutionaries running amok creating headlines. Yet people, children, are starving there now as you read this.

The beginning of January 2006 is also election time in Canada.

Perhaps now would be a good time to ask Mr. Martin why he will not commit to a time frame for getting Canada to donate 0.7 percent of our Gross National Income to international aid.

Bibata Abba is 6 years old and lives in Niger. Dorothy and Colin Isted sponsor her through World Vision.

It was a Canadian, Lester Pearson, who chaired an international commission in 1969 which produced a now famed report called “Partners in Development.”

This report concluded that rich nations need only contribute a mere 0.7 percent Gross National Income to foreign development assistance to achieve sustainable economic development in the third world. Right now Canada contributes only 0.29 percent.

At the United Nations Millennium Assembly in 2000, all 191 member states agreed that they could set appropriate time frames to get their respective countries to the 0.7 percent target by the year 2015. What would they do with all this money?

1. Cut poverty and hunger in half

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2. Achieve universal primary education 3. Realize gender equality 4. Cut the mortality rate for children under five years of age by two thirds 5. Cut the mortality rate for mothers by three quarters 6. Halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and malaria 7. Ensure environmental sustainability 8. Create a global partnership for development.

These are achievable goals. All it takes is the will to make them happen. It would be easy to blame the federal government for not following through on their commitment but that is a cop-out.

What if we, ordinary people, decided to contribute 0.7 percent of our gross personal income to foreign aid? A family earning $50,000 per year would donate approximately $350.

Interestingly, this is about the same amount that child sponsorship through international aid organizations like World Vision would cost us.

There are other great organizations out there but World Vision is my chosen vehicle. If you would like to join me in being one Canadian, one valley person who is doing their bit, call me at 342-3826 and I will help you get started.

Another Canadian, Stephen Lewis, wrote a book called Race Against Time. It chronicles his awe-inspiring efforts to change the world’s thinking on the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa.

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