vol3issue10

Vol. 3/Issue 10

Your Weekly Source for News and Events

The Columbia

March 10, 2006

Valley

P IONEER

FR

EE

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

HOCKEY STAR

15 HOCKEY MOM

21 SKI CHAMP

New water source?

Page 3

22

Open water stretches farther every day into Lake Windermere as the ice recedes.

MORE IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER. EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO RETIREMENT SAVINGS. More is deďŹ nitely good. Start with a modest savings plan and watch your money multiply. Ask us how to get started today.

Invest now.

2 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

March 10, 2006

Cinefest

VALLEY NEWS

Monthly Independent Film Series presents:

Everything is Illuminated Monday, March 13

Toby Theatre at 7:00 p.m.

Tickets are $10 and are available at the door

INVERMERE Lakeside lots in very private subdivision. On a quiet cul de sac, these lots are oversized, have lake access and magnificent lake & mountain views. 5 lots only are available!

From $259,900 + GST mls#114980+

RADIUM The real “GEM” is the balance of the property which provides outstanding views and many potential home-sites. Includes all business equipment rides, etc... $899,000 mls#107330

FAIRMONT This furnished 4 bedroom home with attached 2 car garage takes in the breathtaking mountain views of the Fairmont Range. Perfect for recreational use or full time living. $419,000 mls#114168

COLUMBIA RIDGE Build your dream home on this lovely, well treed, large lot. Be a part of this great community, featuring beautiful homes, lake access, tennis courts, play areas etc. $109,000 mls#113756

WINDERMERE Exceptional 360 degree mountain views - gorgeous 4.3 acre property contains classic mountain home, ponds, established gardens, orchard, greenhouse, shop & equipment.

5 blocks to beach & golf. $1,250,000 mls#113626

WINDERMERE Build to suit yourself on this lot with a slope perfect for a multi level walkout home. Take advantage of all the views, and enjoy the beach community. $449,900 mls#114541

BARRY

342-5245

BEVAN

341-1950

PAT

342-1262

PAUL

341-5300

IAN

ERIC

341-1167

342-5914

BILL

BARRY

341-5168 342-5809 Fairmont Village Mall, Fairmont

Phone: 345-4000 Fax: 345-4001 Main Street, Invermere www.rockymtnrealty.com

Phone: 342-6911

AL ALWAYS TOLD DON TO TAKE A VACATION ON A TROPICAL ISLAND - Don Miller of Home Hardware takes his own spring break in the store’s yard, which was under water last week during an early thaw.

Don said his brother Al Miller, owner of Home Hardware, is always urging him to get away to an island, so he finally took him at his word.

Tour bus driver arrested

By Adrian Bergles Pioneer Staff Disaster was narrowly averted last Friday morning after a tour bus operator was arrested near Parson at 9:30 a.m. and charged with impaired driving.

He was driving his giant vehicle, loaded with 58 tourists from Thailand, through the Columbia Valley.

The 56-year-old driver, whose name was not released by police, was stopped by Golden RCMP after Corporal Dale Morgan of the Columbia Valley detachment tipped off his colleagues.

The driver was made to blow a roadside breath test and failed, said Corporal Barry Kennedy of the Golden detachment.

At the time of his arrest the man was wanted for an outstanding parole violation, said Corp. Kennedy.

He was taken to Golden where he blew samples of .12 percent and .10 percent respectively.

The man will appear in court in Golden on May 10th.

As the bus travelled north on the highway, staff at the Columbia Valley detachment received two tele-

phone complaints, said Corp. Morgan. “One person called and said he was following them eight feet behind,” he said.

The bus stopped in Radium and its driver spoke to someone else, who noticed liquor on his breath. That person also called the police.

Corporal Morgan said the bus left Radium and carried on until it was stopped near Parson.

When the driver was pulled over and arrested, it created a lot of confusion among the passengers, he said.

“The Thai people had no idea what was going on,” he said. “The old video cameras sure were going.”

Neither of the officers knew the name of the tour bus company. The bus and its passengers were stranded on the side of the road after their driver was arrested.

Another employee, the tour guide on the bus, used the police radio to contact the Vancouver company and arrangements were made for an alternate driver to continue to Golden.

“It’s a memorable thing,” said Corporal Morgan.

“I’m sure none of the passengers on the bus will forget it.”

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 3

March 10, 2006

Lake Windermere’s water eyed

By Adrian Bergles Pioneer Staff The District of Invermere has applied for a licence to draw drinking water from Lake Windermere.

“We’re securing the lake for possible future use,” said mayor Mark Shmigelsky. “We may take steps to use the lake.”

At a recent meeting of Invermere council, staff was directed to prepare the application to the B.C. Ministry of Environment under the ministry’s water stewardship division.

A water treatment plant, which would be required if the district decided to draw water from the lake, would cost anywhere from $5 to $15 million.

The district has hired Calgary engineering consultants Urban Systems to make the application. The application will cost about $5,000, said the district’s director of municipal services Brian Nickurak.

It takes 140 days from the time an application is made to a decision, said Seumas Gordon, spokesperson for the environment ministry.

Invermere’s water is currently supplied by drawing “surface water” from Paddy Ryan Lakes, a reservoir located on Johnston Road southwest of town that is filled by the Goldie Creek catchment basin.

Last summer a report by Urban Systems stated that the amount of development proposed for the town cannot be serviced by the existing water supply.

A well drilling project was then undertaken to search for a new source of drinking water.

Fossil Water of Calgary was hired in a joint venture between five developers to search for “groundwater,” that is, water located below the surface of the ground.

The developers were CastleRock, which is creating a major housing project on the south end of town; Octagon, which wants to develop the downtown area; Rocky Mountain Land Company, with a smaller housing project underway at Westside Park; Pointe of View, which plans to build a condominium project in Athalmer; and Grizzly Ridge, whose owner Mark Himmelspach would like included within the town’s southern boundary.

The test wells drilled in Athalmer last winter failed to find a new source of deep groundwater. A test well drilled 800 feet deep found only a shallow aquifer, which the district already knew about.

Fossil Water president Bill Berzins met with district representatives this week in what he called a “wrap-up” meeting.

“What we’ve suggested is a series of ways to put in wells that would produce water,” he said. Mr. Berzins

said many communities draw water through multiple shallow groundwater wells.

In December Mr. Nickurak said that groundwater from the shallow aquifer would only be considered as a “last resort.”

This week he said district staff still aren’t convinced that groundwater is the solution for Invermere’s longterm needs.

“We need to find a protectable, secure, and safe solution,” he said.

The district’s concern over using surface water from Lake Windermere is possible contamination from such items as motor boats on the lake, plus possible leaking septic tanks on the east side of the lake.

In order to meet the province’s new regulations regarding safe drinking water, a very comprehensive and expensive treatment plant must be built.

Mr. Shmigelsky said the application to draw water from the lake is being made to keep all options open.

“We would look pretty foolish if we go to use the lake and we don’t have licensing at that point,” he said.

Invermere isn’t the first to apply for a water licence.

The Regional District of East Kootenay and several private water utilities already have licences to draw water from Lake Windermere, Mr. Gordon said.

Surface of Columbia Lake zoning planned

By Adrian Bergles Pioneer Staff The surface of Columbia Lake is on its way to becoming the first in the region to be zoned by the Regional District of East Kootenay board of directors.

A public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. March 21st at the Columbia Ridge Estates Community Centre and a subsequent third reading of the bylaw will be held at next month’s board meeting.

“We’re rezoning so it gives the regional district control of the lake,” said regional district board member Ute Juras.

Mrs. Juras said the Regional District of East Kootenay is the only one of 27 regional districts in the province that hasn’t yet enacted zoning on its lakes. She said the regional district plans to zone the surface of all lakes in the area. Lake Windermere will be the second lake to be considered.

The idea behind zoning the lake is to control what can or cannot be built along the lakeshore below the high-water mark, said regional district planner Laurie Cordell.

“Zoning would control some of the structures on the lake and keep the lakeshore from becoming

overdeveloped,” she said.

Any future developments along the lake, like a boat launch or a boat house, would have to undergo a rezoning process, including a public hearing.

Zoning Columbia Lake is a pilot project and other lakes, including Lake Windermere, will likely follow, said Ms. Cordell.

Mrs. Juras said she’s behind the zoning, which she called a pilot project.

Despite her support for the rezoning, Mrs. Juras voted against the bylaw amendment at its first and second reading at last week’s regional district board meeting in Cranbrook.

Mrs. Juras was the only member of the 15-person board to vote against the amendment.

Under the terms of the bylaw, as it is currently worded, most of the lake would be zoned WR-1, which allows for recreational access and moorage.

Two lakeside communities, Columere Park and Columbia Ridge Estates, would be zoned WR-2, which also allows docks and ramps to be built.

Mrs. Juras said she believes the newer community, Columbia Ridge Estates, should be in the WR-1. Then if the residents want to rezone their lakeshore they should go through the public hearing process and apply for rezoning.

She said this would allow for public consultation and a review of the waterfront at Columbia Ridge Estates.

Mrs. Juras said she had no problem with Columere Park, which started in the 1960s, going straight to WR-2 zoning. “They already have their tenure in place,” she said.

Mrs. Juras’ issue with Columbia Ridge is that they have not yet secured their tenure, called an aquatic lease.

Dave Rae, owner of Columere Park Developments, the company that developed both lakeside communities, said his company has made repeated attempts to get an aquatic lease for Columbia Ridge but have been unsuccessful.

“It’s a headache,” said Mr. Rae. He said both the regional district and provincial government have expressed support for the aquatic lease at Columbia Ridge Estates but the provincial government won’t approve it without a letter of consent from CP Rail.

The rail company owns the waterfront and the water rights along much of the west side of Columbia Lake, where Columbia Ridge Estates is located.

To this point they haven’t given their OK to the aquatic lease, said Mr. Rae.

4 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

March 10, 2006

Beer can features Panorama photo

By Simon Ducatel Special to The Pioneer

Panorama marketing coordinator Kristin Smith shows off new Kokanee can.

Local winter wonderland Panorama is one of six mountain resorts to make an artistic appearance on special edition cans of Kokanee, the beer out here.

Six Western Canadian resorts will be featured in specially-marked Kokanee 24 packs.

“Each can depicts the freeriding experience and the essence of Western Canada’s top mountain destinations,” said the Columbia Brewery of Creston.

The art on the cans was created by specially chosen up-and-coming Western Canadian artists and designers.

Responsible for the art representing Panorama was Andy Dixon, who does graphic design and illustrations.

Other featured resorts include Lake Louise, Whistler, Blackcomb, Fernie and Marmot Basin.

“Kokanee beer is part of the essence of the core B.C. mountain experience – big adventure in a rugged wilderness setting combined with relaxing and connecting with good friends,” said Eric Ommundsen, Director of Sales and Marketing at Panorama Village.

“This can series showcases how Kokanee is truly the beer of B.C.’s mountain culture,” said Mr. Ommundsen.

After all, it’s traditional to wind down after a full day of skiing with a beer in your hand.

There are at least six special edition cans to be found in each 24-pack, although not necessarily all six resorts.

Whether these special edition cans will be worth more than their recycling deposit remains to be seen.

“If there are collectors, I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt to keep them,” said Kristin Smith, Marketing Coordinator at Panorama Mountain Village.

Skateboard cost still up in the air

By Adrian Bergles Pioneer Staff The District of Invermere will have to decide how much it wants to spend on the proposed skatepark at Mount Nelson Athletic Park, now that organizers of the project have been granted a $270,000 dollar-for-dollar grant from the B.C. Olympic Heritage Fund.

In order to receive the full amount from the province, the money will have to be matched by the district or raised through fundraising.

About $100,000 has already been raised by the Invermere Rotary Club, said club member Gordon Bagan.

Brian Nickurak, director of municipal works for the district and a member of the skateboard park organizing committee, said the final cost of the project hasn’t been determined.

“Just because we got $270,000 from the government doesn’t mean we’re going to spend all that,” Mr. Bagan said.

“We’re not necessarily going to spend $540,000 for the skateboard park.”

The skatepark will make up one part of the multipurpose Mount Nelson Athletic Park. The field house building and one soccer pitch have already been built at the site on the west end of Invermere across from David Thompson Secondary School.

A request for proposals was made and four companies have expressed interest, but that was before the district received the grant.

“We sent out a request for proposals within a $200,000 budget,” said Dave Penner, also a member of the organizing committee. “We didn’t know we’d get that grant.”

Mark van der Zalm, an architect with van der Zalm and Associates in Vancouver, said now that

there is more money available the skatepark may benefit from a second look.

“I’m hoping that if they’ve got extra money available, the town will take the time to do more design work,” he said. “If they have that kind of money they have the opportunity to do something amazing,” he said.

Skateparks have changed, said Mr. van der Zalm.

“They don’t look like pure skateparks; they look like urban areas,” he said.

He said extra money also allows for the use of higher-quality materials and for different concrete shapes, like skate bowls, to be added to the park.

But Mr. Bagan said he doesn’t want any further delays. The skatepark project has been in the works for four years and he is eager to get it built this summer.

“We’re still trying to find something within our means and we want it built this year,” he said.

DISCOVER YOUR FOUR-SEASON MOUNTAIN PLAYGROUND Discover the ultimate mountainside experience and all the priviledges of owning an elegant second home as a Riverview Residence Club Member in Fairmont, B.C. Shared Ownership star ting at $79,900 for 1,450 sq. ft. of exclusive five-star vacation villa accommodation.

You may preview and register at www.riverviewresidence.com or call 1.877.451.1165

BROKER PROTECTED

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 5

March 10, 2006

Jumbo decision to stay at home

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff

THE

WEEK

PLAYMOBIL FLORASHOP CENTRE AGE 4 + WATCH THEIR CREATIVITY BLOOM!

�����������������������������

��������������������������� �������������������������� “F

���������� ����� �����������������

or th

e Taste of the Va lley

”

Directors of the Regional District of East Kootenay have voted to keep the Jumbo decision at home.

A motion to return to the decision to the provincial government was defeated 14-1 last week, after a lengthy meeting at which 18 speakers took the floor and passionately spoke about the resort proposal.

Nine speakers were in favour of the motion; nine were opposed.

David Wilks of Sparwood originally moved to refer the decision back to the provincial government with the suggestion that the Jumbo valley be made into a “resort municipality.”

Most of the debate took place not around the Jumbo resort, but the principle of local government.

MLA Norm Macdonald spoke about the importance of keeping local decisions at the local level. “No matter what your opinion, it is clear that people want to express it and be heard,” he said.

Area F director Martin Cullen of Canal Flats voted against the motion.

“The province would fast-track this without discussion by the residents. We need to deal with this here,” he said.

Invermere mayor Mark Shmigelsky agreed that the the board must retain the right to conduct the public process.

“That’s our job,” he said. “If we don’t let people have their say, we are heading down the slippery slope of deciding what to give away to the province and what to keep.”

Canal Flats councillor and regional district board member Ute Juras also voted against the motion. “I’m an almost new councillor in an almost-new muncipality. One of the reaons we wanted a local government is because we wanted a voice. Even if the process is costly, as a taxpayer I don’t mind paying if it means my voice will be heard.”

A couple of councillors, however, warned about the potential consequences of carrying the process forward at the local level.

Scott Manjak of Cranbrook re-

minded directors that the process will drain resources. “If the decision is made to ramp up the staffing, the burden will be on the taxpayer,” he said.

Mike Sosnowski of Fernie also mentioned the heavy costs involved. “I’m afraid we don’t have the resources to go through the process, but I’m speaking against the motion and I believe we will go through the process, over and over and over again.” The comment drew laughter from the audience.

Mr. Wilks of Sparwood ended up being the lone vote in favour of his own motion. He said he would accept the board decision, but added the process would be very onerous for the staff.

Some other regional issues will be put on the back burner, he said. “This Jumbo issue is a huge undertaking.”

The next step is that the Jumbo resort developers must apply to have the land rezoned. Legally, the board must advertise the application for rezoning, and then conduct a public hearing at which anyone may speak.

Greg Deck, mayor of Radium and chair of the regional board, said after the meeting that the board is bracing itself for a long public hearing.

He said the longest public hearing over a land use issue in the province took place in Delta and lasted 28 days.

Preparations for the public hearing will be scrupulous, he said, because of “the sensitivity and the magnitude” of the issue.

Because both sides in the Jumbo issue have invested so many resources in the battle, the board will almost certainly face a legal challenge from the unsuccessful side after the board makes its decision, he said.

Mr. Deck said he expects that much of the information presented at the public hearing will not be new.

“The likelihood of new information coming out at this point is small,” he said, adding: “The same fact stated 3,000 times doesn’t mean there are 3,000 facts.”

However, he said he and the other directors will certainly listen to everyone at the public hearing with an open mind.

TOY OF

��������������� �������

� � � ��������������� ��������������������

�������������

March Schedule WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

JUGS OF CANADIAN $12.75 DOMESTIC BEER $4.25

INDUSTRY NIGHT

DJ NIPPLE 14 oz glass of Canadian & Rickard’s $3.75

Pay-per-view Fight starts at 8 pm No Cover before 9:30 pm RYE $3.75

1

FREE POOL

HIGHBALLS $3.75

2

JUGS OF CANADIAN $12.75 DOMESTIC BEER $4.25

INDUSTRY NIGHT

FREE POOL JUGS OF CANADIAN $12.75 DOMESTIC BEER $4.25

INDUSTRY NIGHT

8

FREE POOL

15

JUGS OF CANADIAN $12.75 DOMESTIC BEER $4.25 FREE POOL

22

$4.50 Domestic Beer Every Day

HIGHBALLS $3.75

HIGHBALLS $3.75

9 16

CLASSIFIED (hip-hop show from Toronto)

23

UFC (LIVE)

3

Big John Bates & the VooDoo Dolls

4

(blues rock band)

KENT McALISTER (country rock band) great prizes

DJ NIPPLE

DJ GEOFF (from the UK spinning vinyls) No Cover

DJ NIPPLE Local Appreciation Night RYE $3.75 JAGERS $4.25 18

10 17

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS NIGHT

1/2 price pizza BEER SPECIALS Wear your Carharts for great prizes 4 - 8 pm

24

RYE $3.75

11

BAND - SINISTER (new original rock from Vancouver)

25

$4.75 Highballs Every Day

6 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

PERSPECTIVE

Many keeping mum on Jumbo

March 10, 2006

Historical Lens

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Publisher No matter what your feelings about the proposed Jumbo resort - good, bad, or indifferent - you can still wish that this battle had taken place somewhere else.

The fight has turned business against business, and neighbour against neighbour. It has resulted in a manipulation of facts. It has sparked some pretty outrageous accusations. It has seen big bucks being spent and national media attention. It has opened wounds which will take a long time to heal.

And still nobody knows, on a scientific basis, how many valley residents are for or against the proposal.

Opponents naturally claim that the majority of valley residents are on their side, yet proponents say the number of objectors aren’t as high as claimed.

The only way to get an accurate figure would be to conduct a referendum, and even then voters would be faced with a yes-or-no answer. Most would probably be more comfortable answering the question: “On a scale of one to ten, how strongly do you feel about the future of Jumbo?”

What is unfortunate, is that in spite of a public hearing process open to anyone who wants to express his or her views on Jumbo, most people will choose not to speak.

They will not speak because they don’t want to stick their necks out and draw the wrath of the hardcore supporters on both sides of the debate, all of whom are principled, passionate and vociferous.

This is a quiet corner of the world. People here mind their own business. If they don’t like somebody they keep it under their hat. They don’t enjoy confrontation, and they don’t like to make enemies. Unfortunately, expressing an opinion on Jumbo means they will do just that.

Refusing to express an opinion doesn’t make you a coward - it might mean you have chosen to exercise common sense.

Built in 1917, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce building is a landmark in downtown Invermere. This photograph was taken in the early 1950s.

Photo courtesy of the Windermere District Historical Society

Historical Lens

Bob Chisholm, dressed in waders, poses with his loaded canoe and his dog before setting out from shore on the west side of Lake Windermere. The year is unknown.

Photo courtesy of the Windermere District Historical Society.

The Columbia Valley

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

Box 868, #8, 1008 - 8th Avenue, Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 Phone (250) 341-6299 Toll Free 1-877-341-6299 Fax (250) 341-6229 Email: upioneer@telus.net www.columbiavalleypioneer.com The material, written or artistic may not be reprinted or electronically reproduced in any way without the written consent of the publisher. The opinions and statements in articles, columns and advertising are not necessarily those of the publisher or staff of The Upper Columbia Pioneer. It is agreed by any display advertiser requesting space that the newspapers responsibility, if any, for errors or omissions of any kind is limited to the amount paid for by the advertiser for that portion of the space as occupied by the incorrect item and there shall be no liability in any event greater than the amount paid for the advertisement.

Elinor Florence Publisher

Bob Ede Creative Director

Lisa Ede Creative Director

Adrian Bergles

Dave Sutherland

Bob Friesen

Sarah Turk

Reporter

Advertising Sales

Advertising Sales

Office Manager

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 7

March 10, 2006

Letters to the Editor Local teachers still concerned about class size Dear Editor: “Parents want the facts on class size.” Last week, a B.C. Government advertisement appeared in The Pioneer, and that’s what the headline said.

“Everyone agrees that class size is important to helping students learn.”

Local teachers also agree with these statements.

We remain concerned about class sizes.

Since there are few classes that exceed 30 here in School District 6, and the averages are all below the provincial school act limits, it is all too easy to dismiss the continuing concerns of teachers.

BC Government ads that appeared in local papers last week offer a few facts about class size averages.

But averages do not tell the whole story.

If you have a class of 20, a class of 35, and a class of 18, add them up and divide by 3, you get an average of 24.3 ( the actual SD6 Grade 4-7 average is, according to that government ad, 24.6 pupils).

The average seems very favourable - unless you are a student in that class of 35 and you need help with your math problem.

In a one-hour lesson with 20 minutes of group instruction, that leaves the teacher just over a minute to help each pupil with any individual questions. Will

the teacher get to you in time?

If you are a student with special needs in that class of 20, you may not be getting enough support. Special education assistants (or aides) are assigned only to those students who are least able to work independently.

If you can work on your own, but you have major problems on certain questions, will you get the support you need?

If you are an average student in that small class of 18, and four or five of your classmates are high-needs students with multiple learning disorders, and you are politely waiting for help with your math problem, will you still be waiting when the bell rings and you have to move on to your science class?

Favourable averages are a good first step. But it is equally important to consider what an average does not reveal. B.C. may be the best place on Earth; but teachers still have a few suggestions for improving our schools.

To find out more about the learning conditions teachers would like to see implemented, talk to your children’s teachers.

Anne Jardine, President Windermere Teachers’ Association

Thanks for the donation!

Dear Editor: On behalf of the Board of Directors and members of the Valley Fitness Centre, I would like to thank you and your staff for the recent section of the paper devoted to health, fitness and to our centre.

Your contribution of 10 percent of the advertising revenue to VFC was very generous and much appreciated!

Roslyn Pruitt, Manager Valley Fitness Centre Manager

I couldn’t figure out why I left home without packing my critical facilities. Why I was driving to Pynelogs in the middle of a snowstorm?

What was this exciting thing, pulling at the front of my jacket?

Then I walked right into it. It was Debbie Fenton’s passion, didn’t she glow and bubble as she played cu-

������������������������������������������������

Need Blinds?

Call The Blind Guy!

Interior World 342 4406

PRE-SPRING

SPECIALS

Solid Wood Blinds Call The Blind Guy! ������������������ Interior World

342 4406 ����������������������� ������������

������������������ ��������������������������������������� ���������������������

Lifetime Warranty On� All Blinds!

Call Bill Cropper -������ The ������ Blind Guy!

Interior����������� World 342 4406

������������������ �������

������������������������������������������������ ������������������������������

�������������

Need Blinds? Best Quality & Service ������������

Call The Blind Guy! ����������������������

Interior World 342 4406

��������������������

����������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������

������������� ������������

���������������������

�������������������������������������������������� ��������������������

�������������

Teaser ads for the Pioneer revi ������������ July 11th 2005 twag ������������������

Thanks for the performance!

Dear Editor:

� � � �� � � � � � �

pid for musicians and music lovers! It was Valdy and Gary Fjellgaard’s passion to perform their music to and with each other; for and with us.

I’m imagining today if we all, each and every one of us walked, talked and lived our passion. Wow. Thanks Debbie, Valdy and Gary.

Crisanna MacLeod Windermere

��������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������ ���������

�������������

������������������������������������ �������������������������������������� �������������������������������� ������������������ ������������������ ��������������������������

8 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

March 3, 2006

Radium public library entering new chapter in 12-year existence

By Simon Ducatel Pioneer Staff

Radium library board chair Helle Fry shelves books in the library’s collection.

�����

������������� ������������������ ������������������ ���������������������� ������������������������� ����������� ����� ���������������� ��������� ��������� �������������������� �������������������� �������� ��������������������� ������������������� ���� ���������������

�������������������������������������������������

��������������������������������������������

It all began on February 15, 1994 at Radium Elementary School. At first, there was but one wall boasting a shelving unit of books.

After a year in operation, the public library was rapidly eating up what little space the school had to offer.

“We quickly outgrew that,” said 60year-old Helle Fry, chair of the library and resident of the area since 1973.

So on May 6, 1995, the public library was relocated to the seniors’ hall on Stanley Street.

Originally organized by some 20 community members who wanted a library in Radium, the modest collection of books started off mainly with donations from local residents.

Having grown enough, the library eventually earned a grant from Radium Village as well as a larger grant from the Regional District which brings in an average of about $2,000 a year, all of which is spent on books, except for a few basic office supplies.

Everyone who works at the library does so voluntarily. “It’s not a chore, I love doing it,” said Ms. Fry. Married in 1967, Ms. Fry has three daughters, one of whom got a degree in Library and Communications.

Another of her daughters, who has a degree in Public Relations, plans on writing a children’s book.

She has another daughter working hard at becoming a teacher.

“We’re definitely a family of readers,” said Ms. Fry. What kind of reading depends on her mood. Ms. Fry said she likes a good British mystery novel as well as Canadiana literature.

Home to nearly 2,000 books on the

first floor alone, it’s evident that once again, space is becoming very limited in the library.

But plans are in place to see another relocation in about two years. This time the move would be to the older fire hall which is itself looking to relocate to accommodate a growing community.

Currently, the library’s hours are Sundays and Thursdays from 2 to 4 p.m., with Tuesday evenings available from 7 to 9 p.m.

Anyone can come in and take out a book, as membership is free.

Three weeks are allotted per book loan, but the honour system is generally what keeps the books coming back, as there are no penalties.

The library has some 250 members, and sees roughly 35-50 books loaned every week, said Ms. Fry. Although not the most extensive library in the world, it has plenty to offer from a variety of genres including mystery, Canadiana, fiction/non-fiction, life adventures, current best-sellers, lifestyle, local authors, history, reference books and plenty of children’s books.

The basement, which sees little traffic despite the host of books it stores, even has a collection of cookbooks and foreign language books.

Ms. Fry will even take requests when considering which books to buy next.

A library board was just formed in January, and the village is very supportive of their goals, said Ms. Fry. Parents might be interested to know that volunteer librarian Jane Jones, who is participating in the online Community Library Training Program offered by the B.C. Public Library Services, plans to develop a reading program for local children.

“We feel very strongly about our passion for reading,” said Ms. Fry.

� � �� � � � � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � �

����������� MORE THAN TWICE THE READERS OF ANY OTHER LOCAL NEWSPAPER

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 9

March 10, 2006

New At The Library Book Review

by Sheila Bonny Gentlemen and Players,

by Joanne Harris Joanne Harris’ Gentlemen and Players is a cunning story that will enthrall fans of crime fiction.

Roy Straitley, a veteran teacher nearing retirement, anticipates a challenging new term at St. Oswald’s Grammar School.

He meets the five new young teachers and good-naturedly defends the continued instruction of Latin.

Soon, however, he realizes that the tone of St.Oswald’s is darkening. Initially, students, staff, and parents complain as a pen, a class register and a coffee mug go missing.

Before long, the administration struggles to deal with computer virus-

es, accusations of sexual impropriety, a missing student and unwanted media attention.

Unbeknownst to the others, one of the new staff members has arrived with a bitter grudge and an intricately planned strategy to destroy St. Oswald’s.

In alternate chapters, Harris narrates the thoughts of Straitley and the malicious new teacher.

Through flashbacks, we explore the potential evil of children and follow the development of an obsessive sociopath.

We are also a party to both Straitley’s growing suspicions and every move in a deadly game.

Joanne Harris has once again written a tale with almost unbearable suspense and an unexpected conclusion.

Sheila Bonny is a board member of the Invermere Public Library. Check out the library’s new acquisitions.

Out & About The Pioneer is pleased to offer this free weekly feature for coming events around the valley.

Please call 341-6299 or Email upioneer@telus.net with your events.

Toby Theatre • March 8, 9, 10, 11: Glory Road • March, 15, 16, 17, 18: Brokeback Mountain

March 12 • 5 pm: Welcome home reception for Christina Lustenberger, starts 5 p.m. for the whole evening, no charge, everyone welcome, Strand’s Restaurant.

March 13 • 7pm: Cinefest movie: Everything is Illuminated, tickets $10 each, Toby Theatre, proceeds to the Columbia Valley Arts Council.

March 15 • 10am-1pm: Child Care Subsidy Support available at the Family Resource Centre. Info about child care subsidy and assistance with completing the forms.

Contact Nicole, 342-4242.

Button Tarts, take two Editor’s Note: Last week’s Pioneer included this recipe from Kaye Tindall, but the milk was accidentally omitted! Here is the correct recipe week’s included this recipe from and said they are - just toLast make sure,Pioneer Dorothy Isted baked them herself Kaye Tindall, but the milk was accidentally omitdelicious. ted! Here is the correct repice - just to make sure, Dorothy Isted baked them herself and said they are delicious.

Kaye Tindall’s Button Tarts: 2 cups flour Kaye Tindall’s Button Tarts: 2 tablespoons baking powder 1 cup butter cups flour 3/4 cup2milk 2 tablespoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 egg Method: Mix the dry ingredients. Cut the fat in with a pastry blender or two knives. Add milk. Pat mixture out onto a floured surface. Cut out or shape into muffin tins with hands. Makes 18-24.

Fill with: jelly or jam topped with nuts. Or savoury fowl or ham in a cream sauce. Or a butter tart mixture.

Bake at 350F for about 20 minutes. Pastry should puff up and turn slightly golden when done.

March 17 • 8:00 pm: Pynelogs Cultural Centre, Mary Murphy and Paul Keim performing. Doors open at 7:00 pm.

Tickets $15, available at Dave’s Book Bar, Stober’s, and Pynelogs. Contact Debbie at 342-7108.

• 1:00 pm: “Hunt for the Leprechaun’s Gold,” a youth event held at Panorama Mountain Village.

• 8:00 pm: Saint Patrick’s Day Concert. MARY MURPHY, Celtic Singer. Pynelogs Cultural Centre.

Doors open at 7 pm. Concert starts at 8 pm. Tickets at Pynelogs, Dave’s Book Bar and Stobers

March 18 • 7 pm: “Winter Wonderland” includes a magic show, entertainers, bounce castles & carnival games in the Great Hall of the Ski Trip Lodge.

• 10:00 am: Artym Gallery. Art exhibition opens featuring 60 new paintings by Alex Fong, Ken Gillespie, Robyn Lake and Shana. Reception from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm with Alex, Ken and Robyn in attendance.

Exhibition continues until March 25.

March 21 • 7 pm: Invermere Slo-Pitch and Men’s League Meeting.

Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena - mezzanine. A representative from each team should be there.

March 25-26 • Volunteers are needed to take the two-day Coaching Course for Archery in Cranbrook on March 25th & 26th 2006. Coaches are need to help out with the

Windermere Rod and Gun Club’s weekly archery practices and shoots. Call 342-9033 or 342-5343 or email sunflower@cyberlink.bc.ca.

OTHER • 7 pm Wednesdays, Archery, Invermere Hall.

• Climbing Wall, J.A. Laird School gym. 3-6 pm Fridays; 5-8 pm Saturdays and Sundays; $5 drop-in fee. Call 342-6232 for info.

• 7 pm: Bingo at the Invermere Seniors’ Centre, 1309-14th Street, every 2nd and 4th Thursday.

• 7 pm: Community Hymn Sing at the Lake Windermere Alliance Church, every second Sunday of the month. Enjoy singing your favourite hymns, your participation is welcome with solos, duets, trios, quartettes, and instrumentals. Phone 342-5961 for more information.

• Windermere Fire Department is seeking community minded volunteers for their team. Contact Aaron at 342-3965.

Sponsored by

WV

INDERMERE ALLEY �����������

2 km east of Highway 93/95 on the Windermere Loop Road, Windermere, BC

SEE YOU IN MARCH!

10 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

March 10, 2006

���� ���

Pussy willows and barbed wire

����������������������� ������������������������������

Double Exposure End of Summer

End of Summer

Sale!

50

%

30% off

off selected footwear

footwear storewide

30

Sale!

%

50% off

off footwear storewide

selected footwear

Walk

Walk

���������������������������

�������� �����

into savings

into savings

��������������

�������������������� ���������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� �

�

�

�����������

�

The Columbia

�����������������������������������������

Valley

P IONEER

�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������

����������������������������������������

����������������������������������������������

Your Local

March can bring on snowfall, miserable winds and some of the years most caustic weather while the next day will be short sleeves, sunshine and lunch on the lakeshore. Photo by Bob Ede

COLUMBIA VALLEY REAL ESTATE

Professionals

Invermere

INVERMERE

Independently Owned and Operated

PAUL GLASSFORD

1022B-7th Ave.

250-341-1395

Independently Owned and Operated

Bernie Raven Representative

(250) 342-7415

braven@cyberlink.bc.ca

PAT BROWN-JOHN 342-1262

Daniel Zurgilgen

�������������������� Office: (250) 342-6505 Fax: (250) 342-9611

Box 943 #4 Fairmont Village Mall Fairmont Hot Springs, BC Phone (250) 345-5000 Fax (250) 345-4001 www.rockymtnrealty.com pat@rockymtnrealty.com paul@rockymtnrealty.com

Representative

(250) 342-1612 landman@telus.net

Ed English

Jan Klimek

Sales Representatives

Cell: (250) 342-1194 Cell: (250) 342-1195 edenglish@telus.net janklimek@telus.net

www.edandjanslistings.com

Rockies West Realty

Box 459, 1022 B 7th Avenue Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 Bus: (250) 342-6505 Fax: (250) 342-9611 Toll Free: 1-888-258-9911 www.ReMaxInvermere.com

Independently owned and operated 230 Laurier Street DIRECTOR’S Invermere, BC V0A 1K3 PLATINUM E-mail: paul@rockieswest.com AWARD Website: www.PaulGlassford.com

Rockies West Realty Independently Owned and Operated

PAUL ROGGEMAN 341-5300

Dedicated to all your real estate needs.

5003 Hot Springs Road Fairmont, BC V0B 1L0

Call ���������or �������������� ������������������������

We Sell Real Estate

����������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������

PRESIDENT’S GOLD AWARD

Ken Becker Sales Representative

Bus: 250-345-0333 Fax: 250-345-6353 Res: 250-342-3599 Cell: 250-342-1161 Email: ken@rockieswest.com www.rockieswest.com www.kenbecker.com

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 11

March 10, 2006

Kids taught to make the right choices But the kids have more to do than just sit there and listen to anecdotes about the effects of drinking and getting behind the wheel, for example.

Each student is given a work booklet, along with pencil and eraser, which must be completed from start to finish before graduation.

The book includes exercises which range from raising awareness towards the side-effects of drugs and alcohol, to preparing responses to friends who are plain pushy.

“It’s all about making the proper choices,” said Const. Weaver.

Instead of being the one dictating to Constable Rob Weaver with two Grade 5 students from the kids why not to do J.A. Laird, Hunter Ede (left) and Austin Howse (right). drugs, Const. Weaver prefers to have them

By Simon Ducatel come up with their own ideas as to why Special to The Pioneer they shouldn’t.

“The main focus is about choices,” The best way to prepare kids against said Const. Weaver. facing peer pressure and drugs is to teach The other two groups were taught them about choices and consequences.

by Constables Derrick Francis and Glen This is the base principle of the Drug Bryson.

Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Be it changing social status quos, program, founded in 1982 in Los Anresults of this kind of program, or a culgeles. Before long, DARE made its way mination of both, it seems drug use is to Canada and is now being offered to tapering off in schools.

Grade 5 classes once a year.

Anonymous surveys from Grade The 10-week course essentially 8 students show a 17-per-cent drop in helps kids to prepare responses to peer student drug use, said Const. Weaver. pressure before the situation comes up.

Local schools have a zero tolerThis year’s Grade 5s graduated from ance approach towards drug use on the the program last week, and each gradugrounds and offenders are immediately ate was awarded a DARE T-shirt and suspended. water bottle for their accomplishment.

“They just don’t put up with it,” There were three groups of about 30 said Const. Weaver. students a class, each one taught by a Other venues for kids who need local constable. help include school programs, school Having been one of the first trained counsellors, and nurses who come into to teach the program back in 1988-89, the schools.

RCMP Const. Rob Weaver said he enBut for the most part, the kids seem joys the opportunity to help kids make to really get into the DARE program. sensible decisions by indulging them “They just love it,” said Const. with stories, of which he has plenty.

Weaver.

Great Deals on DeWalt Power Tools, Humidifiers, Rubber Maid Conatiners and lots more!

20% OFF Red Dot Sale 410 Borden St., Invermere • 342-6226

Tel. 342-0707 Email: klein@nucleus.com www.tepapanui.com

Quality antique furniture and collectibles from Canada, Europe and Asia.

Architectural items for home & garden.

OPEN:

Friday Saturday Sunday

10:00 am - 5:00 pm 10:00 am - 5:00 pm 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Invermere Industrial Park (just off the road to Panorama)

12 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

March 10, 2006

NOTICE The Invermere Volunteer Fire Department is accepting applications for new members.

If you are an energetic individual who works well in a structured group and is willing to learn new skills while providing a rewarding service to your community, you may be right for a position on the Invermere Fire Department.

Applicants must meet the following basic criteria: - Be at least 19 years of age - Reside within the Invermere Fire Protection District.

- Hold a valid class 5 drivers licence ( air endorsement preferred) - Be willing to be on call 24/7 with exceptions.

- Able to commit to one Sunday every five weeks.

- Attend all practices on Tuesday nights.

- Successful applicants must clear a criminal background check.

- Be physically and mentally in good condition with no respiratory difficulties.

- Be willing to participate in all facets of training.

- Be able to help with extra curricular activities at the hall ( e.g. painting. cleaning up) - New applicants will be continually evaluated over a one year period after which they will be notified as to full membership.

If you are interested in being a member, drop by the Invermere Fire Hall on any Tuesday night between 7:00pm and 9:00pm and fill out an application.

We are located at 626 - 4th Street directly across from the Forest Service Office.

Melissa Kashuba (above) lip syncs to her favourite song at the annual J.A. Laird Lip Sync contest held last Friday. Stevie Callaghan (bottom left) and Sarah Duncan (bottom right) did a fantastic job as Mistresses of Ceremony.

Thank You Chief - Roger Ekman

��������������

come congratulate Christine ������������������������������������ ������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������

��� ����� � ��������� � �� � �

Everyone is irish on St. paddy’s day

������������

����������������� �������������������� ������������������������� ����������������������� ���������������������

More than you expect.

�������� �����������������������

��������������������� �������������������� �������������������������������������

��������������

80’s night party ������������������ ��������������� �������������� ���������

Not more than you need.

�������� ����������� ��������

�����������������������������������������������������

Now open in our new location!

Next door to The Pioneer on 8th Avenue.

You don’t have to sacrifice style for substance, or form for function. Harrison McKay Communications balances artistry with business sense and technical skill. Beautiful, content-rich sites that your customers (and search engines) will love. Call Harrison today for a free consultation. (250) 341-6064.

harrisonmckay.com

Invermere by choice. Great websites by design.

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 13

March 10, 2006

Stamps collected by the pound RCMP Report

By Adrian Bergles Pioneer Staff Local members of the Order of the Eastern Star are trying to stamp out cancer.

For Roy Martin, collecting cancelled mailing stamps is a way to raise money to fight cancer in British Columbia.

The members of the Mount Swansea chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star have been collecting the stamps since they joined decades ago. There are 16 dedicated local order members, including stamp project organizer Jackie Thesen, who participated in the British Columbia and Yukon-wide stamp-collecting project, begun in the late 1960s.

Cancer survivor Mr. Martin, 75, has belonged to the order for the past 35 years.

In the last year the local chapter, including Mr. Martin, donated 185 total hours of volunteer time and collected just under 23 pounds of stamps worth around $80. Since the project was begun four decades ago it has raised $250,000 in the B.C. and Yukon territory, he said.

As well as cancer research the money goes toward supplies needed for cancer dressings.

The members collect stamps through friends, at local businesses like Invermere’s Lambert-Kipp pharmacy, and even through school stamp drives at elementary schools in the valley. “Mostly people bring them to us,” said Mr. Martin. Friends and relatives are helpful in collecting the stamps.

Members sort the stamps by country and by value, and at the end of the fiscal year the stamps are sent to the grand convenor in Vancouver who oversees the project. In Vancouver any paper stuck to the stamps is removed.

Locally and across B.C. and the Yukon, many pounds of stamps are collected each year. Those pounds are then sold to an agency in Kelowna that pays the order $3.50 per pound of stamps or about 6,400 stamps.

The repetitive job of sorting stamps is not without its joys, said Mr. Martin. “We get stamps from wherever people get letters from,” said Mr. Martin.

The Order of the Eastern Star is related to the Freemasons. It is a fraternity of women and men who come together to do good works and who seek knowledge and self-improvement.

For more information on the group or to donate stamps contact Roy Martin at 342-6587.

Lot 48 owners given six months

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff A decision on Lot 48, the controversial proposed development near Fairmont Hot Springs, was deferred at last week’s Regional District board meeting in Cranbrook.

The board postponed the third reading of bylaw amendments that would downzone Lot 48 from resort development to rural resource.

Brendan Donahue Investment Advisor Phone: 342-2112

GIC Rates Cashable 90 days 1 year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year

as of March 6th 3.45% 3.75% 3.96% 4.18% 4.18% 4.25% 4.25%

The owner, Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, now has six months to complete a site planning exercise for the development of the property that involves all relevant stakeholders and complies with the existing regional district policyCall for theThe area.Blind Guy! Canal Flats councillor Ute Juras voted against the InteriorArea World deferment.

342 4406director Martin Cullen of Fairmont voted in favour of the postponement. “The prudent step is to allow the owners some additional time to provide another plan,” he said.

Need Blinds?

Solid Wood Blinds Call The Blind Guy! Interior World

Thank You!

to those MANY anonymous thoughtful donors for saving your used postage stamps for the “Stamp Out Cancer” project.

Fairmont’s total just surpassed 200,000 since Christmas 1996 (wow!) and counting. In fairness to all, special recognition remains nameless but we have had some heavy weight donations from Alberta, Columere Park, Fairmont Mountainside, Riverside and the Meadows, Lakeview Manor, Aldergorve and Westbank BC. You know who you are and your kindness is being fulfilled by others enroute to a cure. Wonderful.

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE!

342 4406

Home Hardware

Building Centre Lifetime Warranty On All Blinds!

342-6908 Call Bill Cropper - The Blind Guy! TIP OF THE WEEK

Interior World 342 4406

Don’t let the Banks roll your GICs Transfer to us for free. $100,000 Insured per GIC. Rates subject to change without notice.

Subject to availability.

• February 26: Police located a small grey car parked on the traveled portion of Athalmer hill.

The driver was found slumped over the steering wheel while depressing the accelerator.

The male was detained for impaired driving and escorted for breath samples of 220 and 210 mg percent. The 43-year-old male Cranbrook driver was issued a 90-day driving suspension and will appear in provincial court on criminal charges on April 18th.

• March 4: Police were conducting a roadcheck on Hwy 93/95 near Invermere. Police stopped a southbound motorist who displayed several signs of impairment. The man was detained and escorted for breath samples.

A subsequent search of the vehicle found a small quantity of marijuana. A 44-year-old Calgary man had his driving privileges suspended and his vehicle impounded for 24 hours.

• March 4: Police were conducting a roadcheck in Invermere when they were approached by a motorist reporting a vehicle driving on Athalmer Road with no tires.

Police located the blue ford Explorer on Laurier Street, and a 19-year-old Invermere male was detained for impaired driving, lodged until sober and released on a court date.

Bob says, “The best way to maintain your locks is simply to keep them clean. For any other key or lock problems you have, come and see me at Home Hardware.”

Need Blinds? Best Quality & Service WE’VE LUMBER. CallGOT TheYOUR Blind Guy!

Interior World 342 4406

Get ready to build your dream home in the mountains! Newly-offered residential building lots in the recreational neighborhood of the Radium Valley Vacation Resort. Level, treed, view lots with access to the year-round fitness centre and resort amenities. Be part of the growing village of Radium Hot Springs. Call today to view!

CONTACT INFO:

250.347.7722 or 403 239 1952 myradiumhome.ca

14 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

March 10, 2006

������������������������ �������������������������������������������������������� ��������������

�������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������������

� � ������������������������������������� ��������������������������������� ����������������������������������� ������������������

����������������������������� �����������

� � ���������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ������������������������������������ ����������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ������������������ ���������������������������������������� ����� ���������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� � � ���������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������ ����������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ����������������������� � � ������������������������������������ ����������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� ��������� � ������������������������������������ ������������������������������������������ ���������������������������������������������� �����������������������������������������

����������������������������������������� ������������������������������� �� �

����������������������������� ������������������������������

�� � �

�������������������������������� ����������������������������������� ����

�� � � � � �

���������������������������� ���������������������������� ��������������������������� � ������������������������������ ��������������������������������� �����������������

�� �

����������������������������� ����������

�� �

����������������������������� ����������������� �����������

�� � �

���������������������������������� ������������������������������� ����������

�� � �

���������������������������� ����������������������������� �����

�� � �

�������������������������������� �������������������������������� ���

�� � �

����������������������������� �������������������������������� �����

������������������� � � ������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ������

�������� ��������

������ ������ ������

���������� ����������� �������� �������� � ����������

������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� ����������������

��������������������� ��������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������� ����������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������������� ������������������� � � ������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������� � � ��������������������������������� ������������������������������������� �������

������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������� Ecological Values Criterion 1: Sustaining biological richness Criterion 2: Sustaining forest productivity

Criterion 3: Sustaining global ecological cycles

Economic Values Criterion 4: Sustaining flow of economic benefits from forests Criterion 5: Sustaining flow of non-timber economic benefits Criterion 6: Forest management contributes to diversified economy

Social Values Criterion 7: Informed decisions respond to social and cultural values Criterion 8: Sustains cultural, health, capacity benefits of First Nations

Criterion 9: Sustaining opportunities for quality of life benefits

����������

� � ������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� ������ ���������������������������������������� ���������� ������������������������������������������ �������� ������������������������������������������ ������������� ���������������������������������������� ����������� ����������������������� ���� ���������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������ ����������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������� ������������������������ ����������������

�

����������������� �������������� �������� ���������������� ��������������������� ������� ����������������������� ��������������������������� ����������������������� ��������������������� ����� ������������������

�������������������������������������������������� �����������������������

������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �����������������������������������������������������������������������������

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 15

March 10, 2006

Windermere Valley Minor Hockey Association

Midget Girls Provincial Playoffs March 12 - 15 • Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena

Windermere Valley Devils Midget Girls Hockey Team Back row, left to right: Loyal Goodey (assistant coach), Megan Peterson, Cydnie Rice, Olivia Smith, Kirsten Sage, Teresa Carlson, Amber Hayhurst Middle row, left to right: Theresa Ross (trainer), Braydi Rice, Brittany Schembri, Christine Harvey, Chelsea Mitchell, Stephanie Goodey, Rob Rice (head coach) Front row, left to right: Darrell Smith (manager), Katrina Doherty, Becky Olsen, Kayla Matheson, Emma Ross, Ladawn Bishop.

Missing: Shannon Knight, Shon Ellingboe, Devon Brook, Hannah Macklin.

Midget girls provincials in town this week The midget girls provincial championships are set to begin this Sunday with the opening ceremonies at Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

The tournament will attract the top eight midget teams - including the Windermere Valley Devils - from across

the province.

The girls, aged 13 to 17 years, will compete from Sunday to Wednesday at the arena.

“It’s going to be good hockey,” said Deborah-Kim Rice, wife of coach Rob Rice. “Many of the girls have made

Best Paints

Team B.C. and some of them will be our next Olympians.”

Current Canadian Olympian, and two-time gold-medal winning hockey player Cheryl Pounder, will be at the opening ceremony. For $5, signed photos with Ms. Pounder will be available.

��������� ������

A Team Canada Olympic hockey jersey autographed by the gold-medal winning women’s team will also be available for sale by silent aution.

Tournament admission is free and all are invited. “We’re hopeful for a lot of spectators,” said Mrs. Rice.

�������������������� ������������������ ������������������������ ������������������������������

������������������������������������������������������

16 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

March 10, 2006

Antiques Good Luck Invermere Devils!

Downtown Invermere

342-3865

DEVILS LADAWN BISHOP

Do Your Best INVERMERE DEVILS 7th Ave., Invermere

342-7566

BJS Accounting Bt of luck to all the Girls 8th Ave. Invermere

342-8304

s ’ y n a f Tif

GO FOR IT!!

Invermere Devils 7th Ave. Invermere

Goaltender Age: 16 Jersey: #31 Hobbies: Hockey, baseball, camping, shopping Fav. Food: Beef Jerky Fav. Movie: The Wedding Crashers Role Model: My brothers

BRAYDI RICE

BECKY OLSEN

Right Defence Age: 13 Jersey: #7 Hobbies: Hockey, shopping, NC with Reece and Becky, cake rampaging Fav. Food: Apple turnovers Fav. Movie: North Country Role Model: Cherrie Piper - #7 off Team Canada

MEGAN PETERSON

T5H5R5E5D5Z 342-2901

Live well with Best of Luck Girls at the Midget Provincials 733 12th St. Invermere 342-8877

Invermere Physiotherapy Clinic

Go Devils Go!!

Call 342-0415

KATRINA DOHERTY

Goaltender Age: 16 Jersey: #1 Hobbies: Hockey, sports, watching movies and chillin’ with friends Fav. Food: Spaghetti Fav. Movie: 40 Year Old Virgin Role Model: My mom

Center Age: 16 Jersey: #12 Hobbies: Hockey, baseball, camping Fav. Food: Ice Cream Fav. Movie: Mean Girls Role Model: Ashley

KIRSTEN SAGE

Right Wing Age: 14 Jersey: #20 Hobbies: Hockey, surfing, soccer, friends Fav. Food: Pizza Fav. Movie: Bang, Bang You’re Dead Role Model: Clare

KAYLA MATHESON

Center Age: 16 Jersey: #24 Hobbies: Hockey, soccer, hanging out with friends Fav. Food: Potato Skins Fav. Movie: Travelling Pants Role Model: Kelsey McLaren

Center Jersey: #8 Hockey, soccer, music, NC with Reece and Braydi, cake rampaging Fav. Food: Ice Cream Fav. Movie: Walk to Remember Role Model: Hayley Wickenheiser & Andrea Dow Age: 15 Hobbies:

SHŌN ELLINGBOE

Left Wing Age: 15 Jersey: #15 Hobbies: Hockey, baseball, soccer, shopping Fav. Food: Granola bars Fav. Movie: American Wedding Role Model: Chelsea Mitchell

CHRISTINE HARVEY

Left Defence Age: 17 Jersey: #21 Hobbies: Hockey, soccer, listening to music, chillin’ with friends Fav. Food: Lasagne Fav. Movie: Scary Movie Role Model: Reece

TERESA CARLSON

Defence Jersey: #54 Philately, NC with Becky and Braydi, cake rampaging Fav. Food: Mini eggs Fav. Movie: Adventures in Babysitting Role Model: Local phenom Shanny Age: 16 Hobbies:

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 17

March 10, 2006

HOCKEY CYDNIE RICE

Defence Age: 16 Jersey: #3 Hobbies: Soccer, hockey, training Fav. Food: Fruit Fav. Movie: Remember the Titans Role Model: Cheryl Pounder

HANNAH MACKLIN

Forward Age: 14 Jersey: #10 Hobbies: Hockey, eating, sleeping Fav. Food: Chocolate Fav. Movie: Anchor Man Role Model: Will Ferrell

EMMA ROSS

Left Wing Age: 13 Jersey: #18 Hobbies: Hockey, hanging out with friends Fav. Food: Pizza Fav. Movie: Bang, Bang You’re Dead Role Model: Cheryl Pounder

STEPHANIE GOODEY

Forward Age: 17 Jersey: #5 Hobbies: Hockey, baseball, shopping Fav. Food: Lasagna Fav. Movie: Notebook Role Model: Cassie Campbell

Sports Equipment ~ Skate Sharpening/Rentals Footwear ~ Athletic/Casual Clothing ~ Hiking Gear NEW - Swimwear and Spring Lines Arriving Daily!

Prana • Kenzie • Colcci • Dish • Dex • Guess Lotus • Louis Garneau • Karma • Cult • Skechers Merrell • Rider • CCM • Bauer • Sherwood • Easton Itech • Helly Hanson • Groggy • Split

Best of Luck to all in the Midget Girls Provincials 7th Ave. Invermere

342-0402

CHELSEA MITCHELL

Left Forward Jersey: #11 Hockey, camping horseback riding, Fav. Food: Chinese Fav. Movie: A Night at the Roxbury Role Model: Cheryl Pounder Age: 17 Hobbies:

BRITTANY SCHEMBRI

Right Wing Age: 16 Jersey: #19 Hobbies: Hockey, shopping, camping Fav. Food: Ice Cream Fav. Movie: Remember the Titans Role Model: My brother

FITZ FLOORING LTD. www.fitzflooring.com Good luck to all teams in the Provincials!

3 - 315 3rd Ave., Invermere

Robert D. Harvey & Co. Inc. Certified General Accountant

GOOD LUCK INVERMERE MIDGET DEVILS! 302 - 7th Ave. Invermere

OLIVIA SMITH Forward

Age: 14 Hobbies:

Jersey: #22 Hockey, shopping, baseball Fav. Food: Spaghetti

342-9285

DEVON BROOK

Defence Age: 14 Jersey: #23 Hobbies: Hockey, sleeping, eatong Fav. Food: Chocolate Fav. Movie: Anchor Man Role Model: Will Ferrell

GO GET EMʼ !!

Invermere Midget Devils

350 Laurier, Invermere

SHANNON KNIGHT

Center Age: 16 Jersey: #98 Hobbies: Hockey, guitar, soccer Fav. Food: Chinese Role Model: Steph #5

342-6649

342-7060 Go Invermere Midget Devils!

Invermere, BC

342-9933

Lake Auto Service Give it your ALL! Invermere Midget Devils 7th Ave., Invermere

342-9310

18 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

March 10, 2006

Windermere Valley Midget Girls Devils Hockey Coaching Staff ROB RICE Head Coach

LOYAL GOODEY Assistant Coach

Division B B1 Cranbrook B2 Kamloops B3 Prince George B4 Richmond

All games to be played at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

Admission is FREE! Please check at the arena for teams and game times.

★ Gone

HOLLYWOOD V I D E O

Gerry’s Gelati GOOD LUCK GIRLS! 1201 7th Ave. Invermere 342-2468

Good Luck Invermere Midget Girls!

with your Lucky Number!

VALLEY FOODS

Good Luck DEVILS!

906 - 7th Ave., Invermere

342-3330

Kelly’s Family Restaurant During Tournament Weekend Enjoy

10% off

All Things Beautiful

with this coupon - restaurant only

Main St., 7th Ave. Invermere 342-7010

342-8888

Books

Jewellery

Music

Manager

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 8:00 am 4th Div. A vs 4th Div. B 2:00 pm Losers A1-B2 vs B1-A2 5:00 pm Winner A1-B2 vs B1-A2

342-0057

3 Chances to WIN

DARRELL SMITH

TUESDAY, MARCH 14 8:00 am Windermere Devils Play 11:00 am 3rd Div. A vs. 3rd Div. B 2:00 pm No game 5:00 pm 1st Div. A vs 2nd Div. B 8:00 pm 1st Div.B vs 2nd Div. A

GIRLS!

Phone 341 6266

Trainer

MONDAY, MARCH 13 Play is from 8 am - 10 pm No play for Windermere Devils

YOU CAN DO IT

www.pamperyourselfspa.com

THERESA ROSS

SUNDAY, MARCH 12 10:30 am Windermere Devils Play 7:45 pm Opening Ceremonies 8:15 pm Windermere Devils Play

503 - 7 Avenue, Invermere, BC th

Assistant Coach

PROVINCIAL MIDGET GIRLS HOCKEY SCHEDULE

PARTICIPATING PROVINCIAL TEAMS Division A A1 Nelson A2 South Island A3 Windermere A4 Tri-Cities

BUTCH BISHOP

8888 Arrow Road, Invermere

Good Luck Girls!

5211 McLeod Trail South, Calgary

403-253-7575

Good luck to all the girls!

SPRING CLEANING SALE

(runs to March 15th)

Phone: 341-3775

La Cabina Ristorante & Carrington Lounge/Bar Finest Italian Cuisine Located in the Prestige Inn

Radium Hot Springs 347-2340 Good Luck at the Playoffs

Midget Girls!!

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 19

March 10, 2006

Rockies finish season with a tight series

By Adrian Bergles Pioneer Staff The Columbia Valley Rockies up-and-down season ended Saturday night after an opening-round loss to the Kimberley Dynamiters.

The Rockies lost the series in six games, three of which went into overtime.

“It was a really tight series,” said Rockies coach and general manager Matt Hughes.

After the loss, the 26-year-old coach praised his players. “We had a great group of kids,” he said.

He said the team’s goal-tending pair, Carson Loveday and Travis Belanger, was particularly strong.

“To have two top goalies really makes a difference,” he said.

But Coach Hughes said the team was short on natural leaders.

“It was a group that struggled to find leadership all year,” he said.

In January new captains were named and the coach said that made a difference. “Confidence came over our team,” he said.

The coach said he will do final interviews with the players this week to ask about their Rockies experience and see what their future plans hold. A year-end awards banquet was held Tuesday night.

Like many of his players the coach aspires to high-

er levels of hockey.

“I’m looking for other opportunities,” said the coach. “I want to move up. Coaching is my career choice.”

The coach doesn’t yet have any plans to go elsewhere but said he is exploring his options.“If the right situation comes up I’d do whatever it takes,” he said.

He said he will coach Team Okanagan at the B.C. Best Ever summer tournament for 16-year-old players next month in Salmon Arm. The coach and general manager has been with the Rockies for the past two seasons. He said his on-ice experience in Invermere has been good. “Hockey-wise its been a real positive experience,” he said.

The coach was critical of fan support for the Junior B team, and how the team is marketed in the community. “There could be more support for the team here,” he said. The coach said he’d often get calls asking when the Rockies were playing.

“I’d get calls half an hour before a game asking: ‘Is there a game tonight?’”

Rockies treasurer Ray Brydon agreed with the coach.

“It’s a little weak,” he said of attendance at Rockies games. “Maybe we don’t market it properly.”

Mr. Brydon said the Rockies survive on corporate sponsorship, volunteer fundraising and volunteer labour.

“I guess it could come down to finding a volunteer who is really good at fundraising,” he said.

Coach Hughes said doing a better job of informing fans and getting more fans in the seats is important for the future of the Rockies, “for the long-term health of the hockey team,” he said.

INVERMERE BOTTLE DEPOT & RECYCLING CENTRE

Good Luck Devils!

342-7272

INVERMERE VETERINARY HOSPITAL Large & Small Animals • Grooming • 24 Hour Emergency On-Call

Good luck to all participating teams!

Unit #5, Industrial Road #2

Dr. M. Zehnder

Dr. M. Tigchelaar

(250) 342-7007

L G Interiors Bruce Boutot

Drywall

C.250.341.5109

Taping

GO INVERMERE DEVILS You Can Do It!

Invermere Industrial Park

Textured ceilings 6840 Columbia Ridge Dr. Fairmont Hot Springs, BC V0B 1L2

Insulation

342-8331

Go DEVILS GO!

Vapour barrier

Let’s Go DEVILS! 4966 Fairmont Frontage, Fairmont Hot Springs

Unit 4, Industrial Road #2, Invermere

345-6600

342-2999

Valley Shine Shop Auto & Marine Detailing Vehicle Accessories

GOOD LUCK DEVILS! Invermere Industrial Park

342-9696

Good Luck DEVILS!

3rd Ave. Invermere 342-3575

LAKE WINDERMERE AUTO PARTS LTD.

You can do it Invermere Devils!

Industrial Road No. 1, Invermere

342-9295

Dave s Book Bar ♥

Good Luck in the Provincials

Midget Girls 1046 7th Ave. Invermere

342-6511

Let’s Go DEVILS Let’s Go! 141 Industrial Road #2, Invermere

342-9424

20 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer Hauling Rock, Gravel, Sand & Fill

March 10, 2006

The Old Zone

By Harold Hazelaar Invermere

RR#4 1700 Canyonview Rd. Invermere, BC V0A 1K4

(250) 342-5654 (250) 341-3636 Shawn & Mel Hollowink

������� ����������������������� �������������������������� � � ��

Great rates, products and service

www.meridianmortgagesolutions.com

Step by step, professional mortgage support.

It seems like only a few weeks ago that we began our hockey season and now it is almost over. We have played 26 games and have had just as many opportunities to bond with our teammates before and after the game.

This is one of the most beneficial and exciting parts of Old-Timers’ hockey; we get to create new friendships every year, as each year the teams are drafted by the goalies and rarely will more than two or three players wind up on the same team as the previous year.

The cameraderie in the dressing room is a big part of what makes this league fun. We enjoy each other’s company and therefore want to show up to play each week, which results in familiarity on the ice.

Tonight is our final game of the year and I have thoroughly enjoyed every game. The only thing I won’t miss is the abuse I got for missing four or five games because I had to be somewhere warmer!

I already look forward to meeting my new teammates in September.

Results from Mar 1: Valley Vision over Lake Auto, Hi-Heat tied Petro-Canada, Dale Christian over Warwick, and Inside Edge over Huckleberry.

The Old Zone is brought to you by:

C.V.O.H.A. SPONSOR

C.V.O.H.A. SPONSOR

LAKE AUTO MUSTANGS

VALLEY VISION VULTURES

Bill Rainbow Mortgage Broker (250) 342-3453 CALLING ALL ARTISTS

Wings Over the Rockies Art Show at Pynelogs Cultural Centre

As a tribute to the renowned WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES event taking place in our area, CV Arts is once again proud to be host to the WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES ART SHOW to be held April 25th through May 7th, 2006 at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. We would like to invite all Local Artists and Artisans for their submissions.

PYNELOGS CULTURAL CENTRE is located next to Kinsmen Beach on the shores of Lake Windermere.

We encourage all disciplines that range from Poetry, Short Stories, Sculpture, Carving, Pottery, Paintings and Photography to Music or Dance. Multi-medium to multi-media productions will all be considered. Please submit your information by noon April 15th.

Selections will be finalized April 17th and the successful artists contacted by phone or email April 18th.

Please forward us a brief description of your work, digital photos on CD or by email, your address and telephone number along with ‘why’ you would love to be a part of this exciting annual ‘Harmony with Nature’ Exhibit and Show.

Submission Due: April 15, 2006 PYNELOGS CULTURAL CENTRE Box 2345, Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 (250) 342-4423 or email: pynelogs@telus.net

Come Celebrate Wings Over the Rockies with your Art!

Name: Erwin Kloos Nickname: Baby Bop, Spanky Reason for sponsoring: There’s no money in selling cars and these old farts really look up to me.

Name: Larry Pettit Nickname: Alfalfa, Buzz, Pongo Reason for sponsoring: There’s no money in silkscreening and I get free Oldtimer play-off tickets.

C.V.O.H.A. SPONSOR

C.V.O.H.A. SPONSOR

PETRO-CANADA KILLER TOMATOES

DALE CHRISTIAN MUDDERS

Name: Kerry Ellingboe Nickname: Kerry Berry and Lord Farquaad Reason for sponsoring: There’s no money in the fuel industry and the red uniform really makes my hair sparkle.

Name: Dale Christian Nickname: Dalesy Whalesy, Porkchop, Fur Blanket Reason for sponsoring: There’s no money in the drywall business and I’ve always wanted to make grown men wear baby blue. (ha ha)

Pioneer Classifieds they work

�

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 21

March 10, 2006

SPORTS

Canal Flats arena her ‘second home’

By Simon Ducatel Special to The Pioneer

When she’s not volunteering, chances are she’s still offering her time to the community.

From co-ordinating hockey tournaments in the past to managing the midgets in the present, Val Macala’s supply of energy seems limitless and her commitment to her community unwavering.

The Hockey Canada for Volunteer of the Year Award, for the East Kootenays, was awarded to Mrs. Macala, thanks to those who took the time to write in about her countless benevolent deeds.

The mother of three, two boys and one girl, has been volunteering for 10 years now, ranging anywhere from five to 20 hours a week.

She runs and supplies the kitchen in the Canal Flats arena.

Keeping tabs on all the arena’s expenses, she even handles all the accounting.

Striving to keep her community tidy, Mrs. Macala goes out of her way to collect bottles for recycling.

She’s even earned herself the nickname “the bottle lady.”

“Everyone in this area knows I do the bottles.

Sometimes people leave a bag of bottles in my front yard,” she said in a previous interview.

The proceeds from regular bottles all go to the Minor Hockey Association, while money brought in from beer cans goes to the Canal Flats First Aid Association.

All this is done without the slightest anticipation of reward.

Nonetheless, some residents in the community have decided to formally acknowledge her efforts by nominating her, through short essays sent to Hockey Canada.

She doesn’t play down her efforts, confessing it’s a lot of work, but that doesn’t slow her down.

“I find it very relaxing and a chance to get away from the hubbub of the house,” said Mrs. Macala, who calls the arena her second home.

With what spare time she allows herself, Mrs. Macala enjoys being outdoors, gardening, camping, boating and waterskiing.

Congratulations to this model citizen who clearly deserved the honour she was presented.

Val Macala is a familiar sight at the Canal Flats Arena.

Michelle’s running clinics are back

By Michelle Taylor Special to The Pioneer Now that spring is almost upon us, what better way to enjoy the outdoors than getting into great shape and completing your first 10-kilometre run?

Beginner and intermediate clinics with running coach Michelle Taylor will prepare participants for the Banff Citizens’ 10-kilometre race June 18th.

Here are some comments from last year’s participants: Steve Janzen: “I was a complete non-runner. I hated running. But after nine years of my wife pressuring me to jog with her, I gave in. Although I may have pretended to dislike going to the classes at first, I secretly felt great about my improved fitness level.

“My wife was happy with me and I finished the season with a faster time than her in the Loop the Lake race! I plan to join the club again this spring because I want to feel great again.”

Joy Janzen: “I really enjoyed last year’s running club. I have been jogging for all my whole life but never really knew how to train to improve my 10kilometre time.

“Michelle designed the program so that it was always within each person’s ability level. There was no need to ever dread going to a workout because the classes progressed so naturally. One year later,

I am still running with the buddies I met in the club.”

Krista Gagne: “Running in a group setting allows you to meet so many new people. I wouldn’t have some of the friendships I have today if I hadn’t joined. Michelle was really knowledgeable and actually could make running enjoyable. It has been very rewarding. I never thought I would be a long distance runner. I am ready to set new goals!”

Vivian Jablanczy: “What I enjoyed most about the clinic was the friendships that evolved over the 11 to 13 weeks we were together. As a result of those friendships our commitment to running and attaining our goals was as natural as breathing. It all came together because our run times were social events.”

Clinics will be held every Monday and Wednesday evening starting March 27th at the Valley Fitness Centre.

Group runs and educational lectures with the latest information and training tips in the sport will be included in the clinic.

The support, friendships and improved health that come with accomplishing your first 10-kilometre run in a group setting will have a positive effect in your life.

For more information or to register contact the Valley Fitness Centre at 342-2131.

March 10, 2006

22 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

Nick Brush: the fastest boy on skis

By Adrian Bergles Pioneer Staff Nick Brush is the fastest high school student on two skis in B.C., but talking to the young man one would get the impression that his natural talent is no big deal.

“I don’t even race any more, just on the high school team,” said Nick modestly.

At last week’s B.C. high school skiing and snowboarding championships at Panorama Mountain Village, Nick won first place in both the slalom and giant slalom races and led his team to the overall combined boys-and-girls team title.

The humble young man says he was thrilled with the win but even happier for his team.

“We’ll get a nice banner for the gym,” said Nick.

“I’m stoked.”

Nick, 17, gave up racing throughout B.C. and Alberta on the Federation Internationale de Ski Pontiac Cup Circuit this season to concentrate on coaching and finishing his Grade 12 year.

“There’s such a huge time commitment for racing,” he said. “You miss up to two weeks at a time.”

Skiing for the high school team presents no such problems, however. The high school season consists of only two events, the East Kootenay Championships and the provincial finals.

At the provincials, the likeable Nick also compet-

Nick won first place in slalom and giant slalom. ed in the giant slalom snowboard race and was second after his first run. On his second run Nick crashed and was eliminated from competition. “It was my third time this year on a snowboard,” he said.

For Nick, who started skiing at age two and started racing at age five, the sport runs in the family. His dad, Brad, is director of mountain operations at Panorama and his mom, Nancy, also works at the mountain as an events coordinator.

All of Nick’s brothers - MacKenzie, 14, Michael, 13, and Cameron, 5 - are skiers.

Gold medal in judo Dylan Moncur of Invermere, age 12, lost his first bout but went on to win six straight matches to take home the gold medal at the recent B.C. Winter Games in Trail.

Long-time Invermere judo coach Herman Mauthner said he was proud of all four of his students, including Dennis Wass, 12; Jeff Paul, 13; and Ross Rosin, 12, all of Invermere.

All four boys were champions in their weight class for this zone, which includes Cranbrook, Fernie and Creston. Congratulations, boys!

Nick says skiing is his main focus in the wintertime. “When we get a good snow day, I don’t even come to school,” the young man said.

A certified level one downhill and park and pipe coach, the young man says he gets an adrenaline rush from coaching. “I get the same adrenaline rush from coaching, I do from racing,” says Nick.

Nick works with the Windermere Valley Ski Club and coaches kids at nine, ten and 11 years of age.

“Lots of them are rippers,” he said. “I’ve seen all of them improve.”

Nick is undecided when it comes to his long-term plans. The young man, who says he is an average student, may stay at the ski club as a coach or may go on to become a firefighter.

Nick says his ultimate goal would be to compete at the Olympics. “I’d love it,” he said.

Nick said he watched local racers Christina Lustenberger and Manual Osborne-Paradis closely during the Olympics. “I know Christina and Manny and it was so sweet to watch them race,” he said.

As well as snowsports, Nick also competes as a sprinter on the David Thompson track team. “I’m not the fastest,” he said. “Not like I am on skis.”

OPENING DATE set for the

SPRINGS GOLF COURSE Friday, March 24th

Mid-week tickets now available for the Springs and Resort Courses

SPRINGS MID-WEEK TICKETS* 18 Holes: $56.00 (Reg. $69) 18 Holes with Power Cart: $71.00 (Reg. $84)

RESORT MID-WEEK TICKETS* 18 Holes: $37.00 (Reg. $45) 18 Holes with Power Cart: $50.00 (Reg. $58)

*Mid-week Green Fee Tickets are valid Monday - Thursday throughout the 2006 season *Tickets are fully transferable *Plus applicable taxes

ACT NOW!! Offer Expires on March 31, 2006 For more information please contact the Pro Shops

RESORT COURSE – 347-6266 SPRINGS COURSE – 347-6200 Come and enjoy our

Weekly Specials at Radium Resort Sunday Brunch 10 am – 2 pm Wednesday Night Pasta Frenzy 5 pm – 9 pm

Radium Resort • 347-9311 www.radiumresort.com

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 23

March 10, 2006

Pioneer Briefs Celebrities galore The Pioneer has received several calls from readers who enjoyed last week’s Celebrity Sightings page. We mistakenly identified Red Green (Steve Smith) and Arthur Black as guests at the John Davidson celebrity golf tournament. In fact, both were here on behalf of the Literacy Charity Golf Tournament, organized by the Invermere Public Library. And watch for our Celebrity Update page in the near future.

Firefighters needed Just another reminder that the Invermere Volunteer Fire Department is accepting applications for new members. Applicants must attend practices on Tuesday nights, commit to working one Sunday every five weeks, and be willing to be on call around the clock with no exceptions.

This is a great part-time activity for someone who works well in a structured group and is willing to learn new skills while providing a rewarding service to your community.

If you are interested, drop by the Invermere Fire Hall on any Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and fill out an application. The hall is located at 626 - 4th Street, across from the Forest Service Office.

Arts council meeting postponed

The scheduled Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, March 14th for the Columbia Valley Arts Council has been postponed. It will be rescheduled for sometime the end of March.

Water systems funded The regional district has received funds from the province to study water metering in Windermere, Timber Ridge and Edgewater. It also received $9,500 to perform a chlorine contact time study for the Windermere water system.

Meanwhile, federal gas tax revenue which was transferred to B.C. municipalities resulted in a boost of $231,783 for the Regional District of East Kootenay, some of which will be spent in the Columbia Valley.

Regional district staff are proposing to commit $70,000 (half of the total cost) of the extra revenue to a new lift station for the Edgewater sewage system; $7,500 for a new water pump in Timber Ridge, and $75,000 for a new liquid waste management plan for Areas F and G.

B.C. Hydro rewards volunteers Power Pioneers, an organization representing retired B.C. Hydro employees who support their communities through volunteerism, is accepting applications from young people for its annual Beginning a Lifetime of Community Service awards. Fifteen individual awards of $500 each will be presented in May and June.

Eligible candidates must submit an application, a one-page essay outlining their voluntary contributions to the community, reference letters and proof of age.

Applications must be sent to BC Hydro Power Pioneers, Beginning a Lifetime of Community Service Award Application, 333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 5R3.

The application deadline is March 31, 2006. For an application or more information, visit www.powerpioneers.com.

Top Ten items for medicine cabinet This list was provided by the B.C. Pharmacy Association to draw attention to Pharmacist Awareness Week, March 6 to 12, 2006:

Need Blinds?

1. B.C. Health Guide: Provides information on Callcommon The Blind how to cope with healthGuy! concerns 2.

Antihistamines: e.g.

Benadryl capsules and Interior World 342 4406 creams 3. Decongestants: e.g. Sudafed and Dimetapp 4. Pain relievers: e.g. Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen 5. Cough suppressant: e.g. Benylin 6. Anti-diarrheal: e.g. Imodium 7. Anti-infective creams: e.g. Polysporin Call The Blind Guy! 8. Anti-inflammatory: e.g. Hydrocortisone 9. Anti-nauseant: e.g., Gravol 4406 10.342 First Aid products: thermometer, sterile cotton balls, antiseptic wipes, hydrogen peroxide, rubbing alcohol, scissors.

Solid Wood Blinds Interior World

Lifetime Warranty On All Blinds!

Call Bill Cropper - The Blind Guy!

Interior World 342 4406

� � �� � � � � � � � � � � �� � � � � � � � �

����������� THAN TWICE READERS NeedMORE Blinds?

Best THE Quality & OFService ANY OTHER LOCAL NEWSPAPER

Call The Blind Guy!

Interior World 342 4406

CRIME OF THE WEEK

ASSAULTS ON 13TH STREET

CVD 2006-331 On February 5th, 2006 at approximately 2:30 am, a lone male assaulted two other males in front of Bud’s Night Club on 13th St. Invermere. Witnesses state that the suspect, a male approximately 25 - 35 years old, with short hair, was out front of the night club and was very aggressive with a number of people. The male punched the first victim in the head from behind knocking him to the sidewalk. Another male came to assist the victims, at which time, the suspect also attacked him.

This male was able to fend off the attack and the suspect fled the scene.

There were a number of witnesses to this incident. Due to the seriousness of the assaults the investigation is ongoing. Invermere RCMP are asking any persons witnessing this incident to contact the local detachment or Crimestoppers.

Teaser ads for the Pioneer revi July 11th 2005 twag

Do you know who is responsible for thses assaults or have information on any other crime, if so; CRIME STOPPERS AT: 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) YOU COULD QUALIFY FOR A REWARD CRIME STOPPERS will pay a reward up to a $2000 for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for this crime. You don’t have to reveal your identity.

Crime stoppers does not subscribe to call display.

www.cintek.com/crimestoppers

March 10, 2006

24 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

C O N S T RU C T I O N Building up The construction season used to come to a halt during the coldest months, but this year the builders just kept going. With real estate prices rising so quickly, the rush is on to get things ďŹ nished and occupied as quickly as possible.

On the left, the new Chisel Peak Medical Centre nears completion with a grand opening date set for April. Right, excavation continues for the next phase of Copper Crown condominiums on 12th Avenue.

Many older homes are giving way to the wreckers, but on the bottom left is pictured an older bungalow on 13th Avenue that once belonged to Gladys Bradshaw. The new owner has renovated the home and given it a facelift with new blue siding and a shingle roof.

On the bottom right, a new home under construction perches on the side of the steep hill overlooking Lake Windermere.

Photos by Bob Ede

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 25

March 10, 2006

BUSINESS FEATURE Interior World introduces new Select line

By Sandra Kelly Special to The Pioneer For furniture retailers, it’s always been a challenge to offer a stylish, wellmade product at a price that doesn’t make the heart stop. With furniture, as with all other consumer goods, beauty and quality come at a price.

Interior World has risen to the challenge.

The Invermere-based retail sales and interior design firm has selected pieces from its best-selling lines, and streamlined them to create a stunning new collection of Mission-style furniture called, appropriately, Interior World Select. By keeping its design simple - no fussy details or extras - Interior World was able to put a surprisingly low price tag on the line.

Interior World Select includes all the items needed to furnish a living room, dining room and bedroom: sofas (with and without a chaise), chairs, all the necessary tables, barstools, bookcases, media centers, bed frames, mattresses, dressers and armoires.

The sofas have a classic design, and are made in Calgary. The wood pieces, all made in Cranbrook, are crafted in-

Simple lines and quality construction mark the Select collection. side and out from solid B.C. White Pine - no veneers are used. Two choices of stain are available: a light but warm yellow tone called Pecan, and a darker, richer color called Walnut.

The wood pieces have features you would expect to find only in a pricier line of furniture, including dovetailed joints (as opposed to nails), clever storage compartments, drawers finished inside and out, and black metal hinges and handles. It’s a perfect blend of beauty and practicality.

The Select line was created to fill a growing need in the marketplace, says general manager Tony Wagner.

“At Interior World we see clients who have the time to look at all the products available, and the taste to make great choices. If they’re furnishing their principle homes, they want excellent quality, and price isn’t necessarily an issue.”

For those clients, interior design is fun and easy, says Tony. But Interior World is now seeing more and more

people who need to furnish recreational homes and rental suites. Many are in town only for a day or two, and they don’t have time to look at dozens of furniture lines, or choose from 70 different stain colors.

“Because they’re furnishing second homes, they want style and quality at a more modest price tag,” says Tony. “The same goes for young homeowners on a budget.”

To better serve both types of client, Interior World has built a show-suite across the courtyard from its retail store in downtown Invermere. Designed to mirror a typical apartment or town home, it has an entryway, living room, dining room and bedroom. The rooms are beautifully decorated, accessorized and furnished entirely with Select pieces.

The show-suite provides a home for the Select collection. More importantly, it shows clients how their weekend getaway or rental suite will look after it’s been fully furnished. “This is interior design made easy,” says Tony.

The show-suite is open seven days and week, with Sales Consultant Berit Maciborski in attendance. Select furniture also can be purchased online at www.interiorsmadeeasy.com.

Two local businesses moving into Parkside Place

By Adrian Bergles Pioneer Staff Two existing Invermere businesses are moving into the town’s newest retail space, Parkside Place on Main Street.

Rob’s Bicycle Works opened this week and the Mustard Seed is preparing to move in next month.

Bike shop owner Rob Rempel has been putting in long days getting his new shop ready since he closed his old location behind Invermere’s laundromat at the end of January.

“I think this spot is going to work

out well,” said Rob. “It’s just a better spot for everybody.”

Spring Hawes, owner of the Mustard Seed, will begin the move into her new place after she returns from San Diego where she will undertake physiotherapy this month.

She has been confined to a wheelchair since she broke her neck in a mountain biking accident last summer.

The entrance to Parkside Place is level with the sidewalk and wheelchair-accessible.

“I was working on the purchase last summer,” said Spring. “I decided

in hospital to go forward with it.”

At Rob’s, many bikes line the ceiling of the new shop and the walls are stocked with goods.

“This season’s products started to come in this week,” said Rob enthusiastically.

Rob, who will own his retail space after renting at his previous location for the past ten years, said his new shop is a little smaller than his old location but there is extra room because of the high ceiling.

“It’s a smaller footprint but it’s actually bigger,” he said. “Everything just kind of fits.”

The two business owners are happy to be side by side. “I’m really happy to be next to Spring,” said Rob. “A lot of mountain bikers like the Mustard Seed and it’s going to be good for both businesses.”

“I think it’ll be really interesting,” said Spring, “plus Rob can look after the wheels on my wheelchair.”

The two businesses are moving into phase one of the three-phase, combination retail-residential Parkside Place. Built by Quiniscoe Homes, phase one was begun last May. All three phases will include 28 residences and 13 commercial spaces.

26 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

March 10, 2006

HERE TO SERVE YOU Complete Automotive Repairs

Good advice, clearly explained

Phone: (250) 341-3240

INVERMERE GLASS LTD. Auto • Home • Commercial • Mirrors • Shower Doors • Window Repairs

✽

ic

✽

Jeff Watson

#3, 109 Industrial Road #2, Invermere

✽

Telephone: 342-3659 Fax: 342-3620

Tuesday to Friday 9am - 5 pm Saturday 9 am - 3 pm Closed Sunday and Monday

No Appointment Necessary

Associated with Clarica Financial Services Inc. and Clarica Investco Inc.

Kitchen M ag

342-6614 • www.autowyze.com

507B - 7th Avenue Invermere, BC (beside the laundromat)

Pierre E. Trudel

Pierre E. Trudel Bus (250) 347-6938 Fax (250) 347-6948 pierre.trudel@clarica.com

(Beside the Petro Canada Car Wash)

Phone:

INVERMERE BARBERS

NEW

WE USE ONLY REAL WOOD

Resurfacing Specialists • Custom Cabinets • Counter Tops FREE ESTIMATES CUSTOM CRAFTED BY:

Bob Ring

341-3311

Sewer/Drain Cleaning

Septic Tank Pumping Portable Toilet Rentals • Complete sewer/drain repair • Reasonable rates - Seniors’ discount • Speedy service - 7 days a week • A well-maintained septic system should be pumped every 3-5 years • Avoid costly repairs

Bruce Dehart 347-9803 or 342-5357

LAMBERT-KIPP PHARMACY LTD. J. Douglas Kipp, B. Sc. (Pharm.)

Laura Kipp, Pharm D. Your Compounding Pharmacy Come in and browse our giftware

Floor Covering & Cabinets Blinds & Paints 335 - 3rd Ave., Invermere, BC Telephone 342-6264 • Fax 342-3546 Email: info@warwick-interiors.com www.warwick-interiors.com

Open Monday - Saturday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm 1301 - 7 Avenue, Invermere th

342-6612

• POOLS • HOT TUBS • CHEMICALS • FIREPLACES • BBQʼS • HEATING • VENTILATION • AIR CONDITIONING • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL

385 Laurier Street, Invermere, BC PO Box 117, Windermere, BC V0B 2L0 Phone: (250) 342-7100 email: info@diamondheatingandspas.com Fax: (250) 342-7103 www.diamondheatingandspas.com

*Wood blinds *Sunscreens *Woven Woods *Pleated Shades *Roller Shades and more!

INSURANCE AGENCIES LTD.

BOX 2228 BOX 459 742 - 13th STREET 7553 MAIN STREET INVERMERE, BC. RADIUM HOT SPRINGS, BC V0A 1K0 V0A 1M0 PHONE: 342-3031 PHONE: 347-9350 FAX: 342-6945 FAX: 347-6350 Email: info@invermereinsurance.com • Toll Free: 1-866-342-3031

RR3 - 4884D Athalmer Rd., Invermere

(Meadow Land Artworks across from the Invermere Airport)

Phone: 341-3326 Cell: 341-5500

www.windermerewoodworks.com

Coveralls Uniforms Linen Entry Mats Logo Mats Promo www.kootunif.com Goods 1201 Industrial Road #3 • Cranbrook, BC V1C 5A5 Image Wear Ph (250) 426-3151 • Fax (250) 426-4347 Career Wear Toll-free 1-866-426-3151 Safety Wear Great Selection of:

Lambert

High Quality Furniture & One-of-a-kind Gifts

For all your interior decorating needs.

Tamara Osborne Brenda McEachern.

Phone /Fax

345-6422

SHOLINDER & MACKAY EXCAVATING Inc.

Septic Systems Installed ~ Pumped ~ Repaired Prefab Cement Tanks Installed Water Lines Dug Installed Basements Dug

WINDERMERE 342-6805

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 27

March 10, 2006

HERE TO SERVE YOU Protect your property from theft and vandalism

Call today (250) 688-HAWK (4295) valleyhawksecurity@shaw.ca

Daily & Nightly Mobile Patrols in the Valley Fast Response to your alarms

Website design

More than you expect.

Not more than you need.

Property checks

“See you there!”

Tiffany, VFC Member

shapeupinvermere.com

Valley Fitness Centre • 722 14th Street, Invermere

valleyfitnesscentre valley valleyfitness centre

VFC

(250) 342-2131

• Fully marked mobile patrol unit • Professional Uniformed Security Officer • Residential • Commercial • New Homes • New Condos • Construction Sites Reasonable Rates Keep your seasonal home or condo insurance valid

Call to set up an appointment today!

This space is available.

Call 341-6299.

Bennett Construction Growing with the Tradition of Quality

• Custom Homes • Renovations • Decks

Kristoffer Bennett (250) 341-5030 bennettconstruction@shaw.ca

Residential and Commercial Lighting

P.O. Box 1079 Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 Ph: 250.342.1666 dan@valleylighting.ca www.valleylighting.ca

Dan Emms General Manager

��������������

��������� ������������

��������������������������������� ��������������������� ������������������� ������������������ ���������������������

Call Harrison today for a free consultation! 341-6064.

Now open at 7-1008 8th Avenue (next to The Pioneer).

harrisonmckay.com Invermere by choice. Great websites by design.

•

Rug Cleaners •

Residential & Commercial • Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Flood Restoration • Window Tinting

Jason Roe

Bus: (250)342-9692 Res: (250) 342-7327 Fax: (250) 342-9644 Cell: (250) 342-5241

RR #4, 2117 -13 Ave. Invermere, BC V0A 1K4 jtroe@telus.net

������������������������ ���������������������� ���������������� ���������������� ������������������������ ������������������ ���������������������

�����������������������������������

Fine Homeservices

VACUFLO (250) 342-9207

READY MIX CONCRETE Concrete Pump • Sand & Gravel Heavy Equipment Rentals • Crane Service Proudly Serving the Valley for over 50 years

For competitive prices and prompt service call:

342-3268 (plant) 342-6767 (office)

WE PRINT FOR THE VALLEY PUROLATOR DEPOT

342-2999

CAIRN CARPENTRY

• Flooring • Finishing • General Carpentry

Reasonable Rates Exceptional Quality

Invermere

(250) 270-0390

A.R.K. Concrete Ltd. Residential • Decorative Concrete Floors, Decks, Patios & Sidewalks

342-6522 Office 342-6512 Fax 342-5465 Aaron Karl 342-1457 Ryan Karl

March 10, 2006

28 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

Put some broccoli in your bank

Interior Health offers these simple steps to help you increase your intake – and enjoyment – of fruits and vegetables: • Five servings a day may sound like a lot, but it isn’t. One serving is roughly equal to the size of your fist. An apple or a cup of salad equal one serving.

• Busy schedules often drive us to eat on the run. Keep fruit handy in a bowl on the counter, ready to add to cereals and sal-

ads or grab as you head out the door.

• It’s easier to clean and chop veggies all at once so they’re ready to grab and go. You can even buy ready-to-eat salads, vegetables sticks, and other deli offerings in advance.

• The greater the variety of colours, the better. The deepest, darkest colours often signal the highest nutrient content.

• Spice up your diet with a variety of different fruits and vegetables.

• Pass on the fries and ask for salads or veggie sticks instead.

• Tired of winter? Start thinking about your garden this year. Add cherry tomatoes and herbs in your planters or add extra rows of lettuce or other veggies in the garden.

• Call Dial-a-Dietitian at 1-800-6673438. Registered Dietitians are on-hand Monday to Friday; from 9 am to 5 pm for free nutrition advice.

HERE TO SERVE YOU ������������������������� �������������������������

Valley Wide

Pine Ridge Cutters ����������������������������������������������� ������������������������ �������������������� �������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� ��������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������� �������������������������

��������������������������������������

Reliable Computer Services • New Systems • Upgrades • Repairs • Sales & Service Networking Consultations

This space is available.

Kevin DeMan Offices: 250-342-3929 email: rcs2159@telus.net

Call 341-6299.

204 - 375 Laurier St. Invermere

Avion

RADIUM HOT SPRINGS ESSO

Construction Ltd. CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS - GENERAL CONTRACTORS

Automotive Repairs

DESIGN/BUILD CUSTOM HOMES • MULTI-FAMILY & COMMERCIAL PROJECTS

7 days a week

GAS • PROPANE • DIESEL

STEVE GUTSCHE, Project Manager Columbia Valley District

INVERMERE

Cell: (250) 341-1965 Fax: (250) 347-6429 Email: guts64@telus.net www.avionconstruction.com

7507 Main St. West, Radium Hot Springs

(250) 347-9726

Freight & Passenger Depot

HEAD OFFICE

Phone: (403) 287-0144 Fax: (403) 287-2193 #200, 6125 - 11 Street S.E. Calgary, AB T2H 2L6

Beauty Built To Last A Lifetime �������������������������

Call Helga at: Phone: (250) 342-9700 Toll Free: 1-866-312-9700 Fax: (250) 342-6265 mickeysa@telus.net

hardwood floors Wilson’s

4836 Athalmer Road, P.O. Box 2710, Invermere, BC. V0A 1K0

����������������� Classic

����������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������

Hi - Heat

Your Weekly Source for News and Events

����

������������������ ������������������

��������������

���������������

������������

� � � � �� � � �

#8, 1008 - 8th Avenue Invermere, BC Dave Sutherland Sales Associate

341-6299 email: upioneer@telus.net

��������������

��������������� ������������� ����

������������������������

������������������������

������������������������������ ��������������������������� �������������������� �������������������������� ���������������������� ��������������������������������� ���������������������������������

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 29

March 10, 2006

P IONEER C LASSIFIEDS SUITES FOR RENT New, bright, one bedroom ground level suite in downtown Invermere. Utilities, cable, laundry included. N/S, N/P, $625 a month. Available immediately, 341-6215 Studio suite fully furnished, utilities, W/D, TV & cable. N/S, N/P, $500, one person, available March 1st. Call Mom’s Upholstery 342-0355.

1 bedroom basement suite avail.

March 1st, N/S, N/P. 342-1617.

New two bedroom suite, all appliances including dishwasher, W/D, large lot. N/S, N/P $865/ month. Heat and utilities included, available April 1st, 3429770.

FOR RENT FAMILY HOME in Wilder subdivision, Invermere. Excellent condition, unfurnished, 2 bdrms up, 2 down, 2.5 bath, 6 appliances, double attached garage. 1 year minimum, N/P, N/S, available immediately. $1100/mth + utilities + DD. 403-807-2380 STEIN APARTMENTS - residential and commercial. 342- 6912.

3 bedroom executive home, furnished, N/S, N/P, available May 1st. 342-1617.

Invermere, central location. 2 bedroom condo, N/P, N/S, available March 1st. $800/month plus damage deposit. Call 3416284 or cell 688-0083 evenings.

Windermere, 2 bedroom, furnished, ground floor suite, 5 appliances, N/S, N/P, $875, available April 1st. 250-342-3819 or 403-240-0678.

ROOMMATES WANTED Invermere: Roommate wanted to share new house in Westside Park, 688-7787.

Looking for quiet, clean, responsible person to share home in Black Forest Heights. Must like my animals, but have none of your own. $550/month, includes everything. 342-7307

HOMES FOR SALE Unique 2617 square foot, eight room home on .48 acres located in the four seasons resort town of Invermere. View at BC4sale. ca, listing #2989.

FOR SALE Kitchen corner bench w/table and chairs. Seats 8-10 $250, Bar and 4 stools $125. 342-3797.

Wedding dress, size 9/10. $500, 345-0262, leave message.

Four burner range with hood.

Clean, excellent condition, works perfect $200. Microwave oven, free. Call Sandy 342-0020.

Radium Hot Springs, BC’s fastest growing community. New beginnings = Business, Home & Rental, all under one roof. 2 BR suite, 1000 sq. ft. business floor & 4 BR suite, includes all appliances. Large in-town lot. For sale, $425,000 OR lease business floor (ideal coffee shop, gifts, offices, etc). Donna 342-6010

~ 4 units left ~

CopperSide

~ luxury condos ~

342-2536 local phone

866-342-3526 toll free

www.lakeviewmeadows.net relax@lakeviewmeadows.net

1990 Dodge Caravan. Runs OR parts vehicle, $500 OBO 3423264 1992 Chrysler Dynasty LE, 6 cylinder, 148,000km. Power windows/doors/locks, cruise. a/c, new tires. $2000.00, phone 342-8350

1996 Yukon SLT 199,000km 350 V8 $9,500 OBO; 1980 Suburban TRL Spec original 109,000km 454 excellent condition, safety inspection $5,000 OBO; 1992

�������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������� ����������������������������������������������������� ������������������������� �������������������������������������������������

1988 31 ft. Allegro, sleeps 8, queen BR, new 460 engine 4300km. $5500 of recent work.

Why pay for lakeside cabin or motels? Take the family and motor! $19250.00 OBO. Donna 342-6010

MOVING SALE Moving, selling 51” single hidea-bed. Medium blue fabric. Like new, hardly used, $185.00, paid $750.00. 342-7558

������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������

������������������

��������������������

������������������� �����������������

����������������� ������������

������������������� ������������

to our recent Annual Spring Baton Camp. Your kindness and generosity are much appreciated by the KBK students and parents.

CAREERS Helna’s Stube is looking for experienced part time evening

server, kitchen help, dishwasher.

Fax resume to 347-0049 or call 347-0047.

Massage praticioner/esthetician reequired for Pamper Yourself Spa. Please e-mail info@pamperyourselfspa.com or phone 341-6266.

1990 Chevy 1/2 ton 2x2 V8, $1500.00 342-1384.

Round Oak table, 4 chairs, 24” 1998 Tundra SNOWMOBILE, excellent condition, asking leaf. $300 firm, 347-6491. $3300.00 342-3935 Portable dishwasher, full size, wood countertop, comes with 1994 Camaro, the BEST out book, $200, OBO. Call Norma, there. Sleek teal/black V6 - 30,000 miles, excellent con342-0174 leave massage. dition. Hot USA car - no rust, drives like new. Fully inspected.

MISC. FOR SALE $16,990.00 OBO. Donna 342Custom cut rough lumber, dry fir 6010 beams, fence boards, etc. Firewood - fir, birch or pine - split or 2001 Camaro, black beauty - Hot unsplit. Top quality hay, grass/ USA car 3.8 V6 auto, stick - over alfalfa mix, round or square drive. Fully loaded 115,000km.

Power package, duel exhaust, CD, bales. 346-3247.

AC, fully inspected. $19,900.00 OBO. Donna 342-6010.

VEHICLES FOR SALE

������������������

Mountain Heights

Wilderness 19’ Travel Trl. Air $8,900 OBO 403-547-1562.

THANK YOU Kootenay Baton Konnection would like to extend a big Thank You to IGA Food Store and the Lee Jay Motel for their donations

Windermere Valley Golf Course is currently taking applications for

full and part-time servers and cooks.

Positions are seasonal and start mid March/April 1st and go to the end of October.

Contact Kari or Jenn at 342-3004.

Submit resumes by fax to 342-0119 or email to kdawsonwv@shaw.ca

Employment Opportunities Greywolf is seeking enthusiastic team oriented individuals to join Greywolf for the 2006 golf season.

Positions available: Player Assistants/Starters Equipment Coordinators Refreshment Cart Attendants Jr. Sous Chef Second Cook Dishwasher Food & Beverage Servers Greenskeepers You’re invited to apply at Panorama’s summer job fair on Monday March 13th at 5:00pm in the Copper Crown Conference room (first floor of the admin. building beside the upper parking lot at Panorama).

Or apply online at: www.panoramaresort.com/jobs Questions? Call 341-4103

30 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

March 10, 2006

P IONEER C LASSIFIEDS $16,000. Call Dave, 342-8819.

SERVICES

Willing to take care of your little one, under 5, Monday to Friday, days. 341-5419.

CAREERS ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRAINING, B.C Licensed Employment Agency.

Need a job? Need employees?

Apply on-line at www.rockymountaintraining.bc.ca Phone

342-6011 or 1-888-737-5511.

WE ARE RECRUITING FOR 6 linemen, 1 fibre optic splicing tech, 20 labourers, 1 upholsterer, office administration, accountant/ bookkeeper, chefs, reservations and housekeeping.

Anglz Hair Studio is looking for full-time hair stylist to start immediately. Call Maria 342-3227 Full-time front desk/admin person required for busy office. Du-

ties include general clerical duties such as answering phones, scheduling orders, data entry, and filing. Person must be computer literate with knowledge of accounting, MS Word, Excel, and Outlook. Must have the ability to multi-task, organize, and work with minimal supervision. Excellent communication skills and knowledge of the area an asset.

Completion of high school and some post-secondary education essential. Must be reliable with

We Work At Play!

Voted “Best Conditioned Course in BC” in 2005, Eagle Ranch Golf Course is an 18-hole championship golf course located in picturesque Invermere, British Columbia. In 2006, Eagle Ranch will proudly unveil a magnificent clubhouse complete with an expanded Golf Shop, full service dining room, meeting room and lounge.

At Eagle Ranch, our approach to golf operations is simple – we strive to provide the ultimate guest experience - which means hiring and retaining employees who strive for excellence in all that they do. We are looking for team players with a ‘can do’ attitude to contribute positively to our continued growth. Our ideal candidates will possess characteristics that reflect our corporate values of caring, integrity, excellence, team spirit and financial responsibility.

MAITRE D’ – EAGLE RANCH GOLF RESORT Eagle Ranch Golf Resort is seeking a passionate Food & Beverage professional to fulfill the role of Maitre D’.

With 2-3 years of serving experience, preferably in a fine dining, upscale environment, you demonstrate an ability to maximize sales while ensuring the utmost customer satisfaction. You possess excellent organizational and communication skills and display an eagerness to train and develop an exceptional serving team.

Wine knowledge will be considered an asset.

LINE COOK - EAGLE RANCH GOLF RESORT Eagle Ranch Golf Resort is seeking a line chef to join the culinary team. With 1-2 years of previous food preparation experience, you display a natural flair with food and are committed to accuracy and efficiency.

You are energetic and hard working and are able to work well in a small team environment. You enjoy customer interaction and possess good communication skills.

Eagle Ranch Golf Resort welcomes candidates that aspire to be an apprentice and potentially gain Red Seal status.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, March 22 Resumes may be sent confidentially to: Eagle Ranch Golf Resort Attention: Kathy Tyson RR #3, M-2, C-11 Invermere, BC V0A 1K3 Email: ktyson@eagleranchresort.com For detailed information, visit www.stonecreekproperties.com Stone Creek Resorts thanks all applicants for their interest, however only applicants who are considered for the position will be contacted.

own transportation and willing to work flexible hours and occasional weekends. Reply to Box 1072, Invermere, BC V0A 1K0

Employees needed, competitive wages and positions based on experience. Rock Works Landscape is a growing company specializing in boulder retaining walls, dry stack walls, steps and patios.

Duties include rock installation, planting, concrete work, Bob Cat, excavator operation, raking, wheel barrowing, etc... Must be self motivated, have good problem solving skills, related experience in construction and masonry a great asset. 250-342-5876.

Teamwork Are you self motivated, self disciplined, take pride in the work you do, and work well with others? Join our housekeeping team at Fairmont Creek for full time/year round employment. Training provided. Must have reliable transportation. Call David, 345-6116.

Hair stylist required at Valley Hairstyling.Call Susan 342-9863 To place your ad in the Pioneer classifieds, call 3416299, fax 341-6229 or email: upioneer@telus.net

Leadership Fairmont Creek is looking for a dynamic, self motivated, self disciplined individual who takes pride in their work and practises solid team building skills to lead our housekeeping team. Housekeeping experience required and must have reliable transportation.

If this describes you and you are looking for full time employment, Call David, 3456116.

������������������������������� �������������������������������� ������������������������� ���������������������� �������������������������� ��������������������� ����������������

PIONEER CLASSIFIED DEADLINE: Tuesdays at noon Phone: 341-6299• Toll Free: 1-877-341-6299 • Fax: 341-6229 Email: upioneer@telus.net Employment opportunity

Director of Development Resort and residential Development Company located in the Columbia Valley has an immediate requirement for a Director of Development. The successful candidate must possess the following skills.

- Clear understanding of; -Strata property titling -Development and Building permit processes -Municipal bonding requirements -Project cash flow / requirements - Experienced in all aspects of Zoning, Planning, and utility requirements.

- Ability to establish working relationship with local governments.

- Establish construction budgets, schedules, and measures of quality.

- Insure cost effective quality build that meets all codes and developers standards.

- Work closely with Architect, Developer, and General Contractor to insure efficient Build.

- Perform risk assessments, project analysis, to prove out R.O.I. for project Shareholders.

- Ability to multi-task and oversee numerous projects at one time.

Local resident with excellent communication and computer skills would be definite assets of the successful applicant. Remuneration package negotiable based on applicants experience and skill set.

Apply in the strictest confidence to:

All applications will be responded to.

5105 – Wilder Loop Rd. Fairmont Hot Springs BC V0B 1L1

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 31

March 10, 2006

FAITH

The Spice of Life

By Lisa M. Rohrick I remember finishing my final exam in Grade 12 English at David Thompson Secondary School. I strode from the classroom and proudly declared, “Yes!! I am finished with English for the rest of my life!”

“That’s what you think, Rohrick!” came a

voice from behind me.

I turned around and found myself face to face with Murray Johnson, my high school English teacher. He had heard my cry of victory and felt the need to correct it.

Mr. Johnson, of course, was right. I went on to study biochemistry at Simon Fraser University and, to my dismay, I had to complete not one, but two courses in English to complete my degree.

A few years later, I actually got a job in the editorial department of a publishing house, evaluating and correcting other people’s writing (but that’s a whole other story). And to top off this tale of irony, I’ve even written a few books!

Now I find myself in Niger, West Africa, speaking French (which I entirely avoided in high school!), and learning an African language called Fulfulde (pronounced full-full-day).

So the bits and pieces of language that I tried to avoid learning have actually become quite important to me (though I still couldn’t tell you what the past perfect tense of a verb is!).

I thought of Mr. Johnson a few weeks ago, wishing he could see what I was doing. I spent two and a half weeks as a substitute teacher at Sahel Academy, the local school for missionaries’ children. And what was I teaching? Grade 7 and 8 English!

There I was, with my degree in biochemistry, waxing eloquently about the features of poetry as if I knew what I was talking about!

Good thing the real teacher left me with good lesson plans, or I would have been in big trouble.

But that was two weeks ago. Last week I put on a different hat.

I visited one of my Fulani friends, to find out that she had had an accident. I don’t really understand how it happened, but as she was getting out of a truck, it ran over her foot, tearing open the inside of her heel.

She went to a clinic where a doctor stitched up her heel and gave her a tetanus shot. But in spite of the stitching, the wound is very ragged and wide. She asked me how she should take care of it.

The challenge is to keep her foot clean to ward off infection. She lives in a grass hut with no water or electricity. The floor of her hut is dirty sand, and the place is swarming with flies.

I sent a quick email to a doctor friend of mine in Canada. On his advice I am now washing the wound with a saline solution, applying antibiotic salve and keeping it covered.

This morning I went to leave my house and my motorbike wouldn’t start. It wouldn’t even try. I played around with a few connections. Still nothing.

So I changed the sparkplug. After its minor surgery, the engine fired first try, and off I went.

Variety, it is said, is the spice of life. Mine is among the spiciest, coated in Tabasco Sauce. Two weeks ago I was a teacher. Last week I became a nurse. This morning I was a mechanic.

All the while I’m trying to be a language student, memorizing verbs and forcing out crazy combinations of foreign words in an effort to make myself understood.

Any guesses what I might be doing next week?

Lisa Rohrick, formerly of Invermere, is a missionary in West Africa.

Valley Churches LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH Sunday, March 12th, 10:30 a.m.

Worship and Life Instruction. “How’s Your Plumbing.”

Pastor Jared ministering. 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 Sunday, March 12th 10:30 a.m. - Invermere - Christ Church Trinity. Worship & Sunday School.

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.

Children 4 - 12 years. • Sunday, 7:00 pm Prayer Meeting Senior Pastor Rev. John Cuyler • www.vcassembly.com Highway 93/95, 1 km north of Windermere • 342-9511 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Canadian Martyrs Church, Invermere Saturday, 7:00 p.m. Mass • Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Mass St. Joseph’s Church, Hwy 93/95 Radium Sunday, 11:00 a.m. Mass St. Anthony’s Church, Canal Flats Sunday, 4:00 p.m. Mass Father Jose Joaquin • 712 -12th Ave., Invermere • 342-6167 ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN MISSION OF INVERMERE Regular weekly worship services every Sunday at 1:30 pm Pastor Rev. Fraser Coltman at Christ Church Trinity 110 - 7th Ave., Invermere 1-866-426-7564 RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Every Sunday 10:00 am Pastor Wayne and Linda Frater • Radium Seniors’ Hall • 342-6633 THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS Sunday, 10:00 am President J.P. Tremblay • Columbia Valley Branch 5014 Fairway, Fairmont Hot Springs • 1-866-349-5772

Selkirk TV & Appliance • Kitchenaid • Inglis • Whirlpool • Roper

Panasonic Pioneer Cell Phones Electronics & Service Christian Books, Music & Misc.

1229-7th Ave., Invermere

Welcome home party planned for Christina Christina Lustenberger will arrive home this week.

An open house is being held at Strand’s Restaurant, beginning at 5 p.m. Sunday. The event is open to everyone and there is no charge.

Christina, aged 21, competed in the women’s giant slalom

event as one of the 17 members of Canada’s Alpine Ski Team.

Unfortunately her ski tip hit a gate and she was disqualified on the big day, but we expect to see more from the avid 21-year-old skier. Chrstina’s parents, Peter and Jane Lustenberger, operate Lusti’s coffee shop at Panorama

Mountain Village.

Her sister Andrea is a science student at the University of British Columbia and a member of the provincial ski team.

Please drop by Strand’s on Sunday evening to welcome Christina home and congratulate her on her success so far!

���������

������������������� ����

������������������������������� �����������������������

���������������� �������� ������ ������� ������� ���� ����� ������������������� � ����������������������������������������

342-6415 ��

��������������

�������������� �������������������� ������������������������������� � �������������������������������������������������

32 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

March 10, 2006

Invermere

At Panorama: At Radium:

Independently Owned and Operated

250-342-6505

Wende Brash 342-1300

Bernie Raven 342-7415

Daniel Zurgilgen 342-1612

Ed English 342-1194

Invermere’s Newest Townhomes

Jan Klimek 342-1195

www.ReMaxInvermere.com

250-341-4898 250-347-0041

John McCarthy Lynda Kirkpatrick 342-1758 341-1907

Timeshare: Toll Free:

Scott Wallace 342-5309

Ski Hill View

Andy Smith 342-1709

Ali Wassing 341-1052

Bryan Hookenson 341-1266

250-342-2829 1-888-258-9911

Rob Rice 341-5935

Toby Creekside

Deborah-Kim Rice 342-5935

New townhouse style condominium in Invermere features nine foot ceilings and cedar siding with shingle accents. Craftsmanship and top quality, solid wood cabinets, solid hardwood floor, fireplace and ensuite. Undeveloped basement. MLS#115630

Your perfect vacation retreat. A prime location Horsethief Townhomes 700 block on the ski hill side. Studio with a view. Toby chair is right by your door. Donʼt miss out on this one!

MLS#115639

Studio loft at Panorama Mountain Resort! A precious and very rare gem! Imagine waking to the sound of the creek in the morning, then heading out for skiing, golfing or biking at your leisure. Call now, you do not want to miss this. MLS#115666

$92,900+gst

$139,000+gst

Incredible View

Your Lucky Day

Historic Home

This well furnished, very well appointed one bedroom unit in 1000 Peaks Lodge has a view of the slopes, revenue and potential for a lifetime of family fun! You will love the easy access to hot tubs, pools and skiing. Come and see! MLS#115703

Your chance to buy this developable, nicely landscaped and sized lot with NO building commitment. Tucked in the heart of town just inside the intersection of Luck Avenue and Arbuckle Street in Canal Flats. This wonʼt last long – act now! MLS#115692

Situated on five lots with panoramic views, this home features all wood finishing, cathedral ceilings and hardwood floors. An original church, this home is a charmer!

This is a unique property you do not want to miss. MLS#114663

A Piece of Paradise

Cabin With A View

Wonderful Opportunity

Build your dream home here. Pristine lake views from this sloping treed acreage.

Minutes from Invermere on the Westside Road but far enough away to escape. A must to view! MLS#113168

This 3 BDR, 2 BTR cabin in Panorama is in mint condition. Large loft with master bedroom and study. Rock faced fireplace in living room adds to the overall warm feeling.

Only minutes to the lifts. MLS#113791

Best location in the complex, siding onto a municipal park with privacy and a front row seat for viewing bighorn sheep. These are the real rams. This unit comes fully furnished, ready to move in and enjoy all Radium ammenities. MLS#114019

$309,000+gst

$199,000+gst

$250,000

Indulge Yourself

$69,900

$497,500

$435,000

Private Cottage

Beautifully designed and impeccably maintained getaway in Lakeview Meadows. Front row location with great views of the Fairmont range; this 4 bedroom, 3 bath home offers privacy and comfort! Custom built with many special features; this home is a must see.

Private lake access, beach and dock area plus recreation centre and playground round out this premier mountain getaway. MLS#new

This wonderfully designed Columbia Unit is perfect for you and your family. Located on a quiet cul-de-sac, this end unit features 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. Spacious, with great views; this unit has a walkout basement, gas fireplace, hardwood flooring and distinctive finishing. Everyone will enjoy the recreation centre, pool, play ground and lake access. MLS#115643

$799,000

$539,000

$224,900+gst