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Vol. 3/Issue 6

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The Columbia

Valley

February 10, 2006

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Christina Lustenberger of Invermere has made it onto Canada’s Olympic ski team.

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February 10, 2006

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Time change could cause confusion in Columbia Valley

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff After decades of living in the same time zone as Alberta, the Columbia Valley might be forced to move to a different time for four weeks of the year - three weeks in the spring, and one week in the fall.

The Alberta government will vote on a proposed change that will see the dates of the daylight savings time change in that province starting in spring 2007.

Alberta will “fall back” the first Sunday in November, one week later than now.

And Alberta will “spring forward” the second Sunday of March, three weeks earlier than now.

The overall effect will be to increase daylight savings time by four weeks annually.

The problem is that the Alberta government only decides what to do in Alberta - and that leaves the remainder of the Mountain time zone out of sync with Alberta.

“It’s ludicrous,” said Dee Conklin, president of the local Chamber of Commerce and owner of Palliser Printing. “It will turn things upside down for three weeks in the spring and one week in the fall.”

She said telephone calls, shipping schedules and travel will all be affected by the change if we are on a different time than Alberta for four weeks of the year.

“It will be completely confusing,” said Mrs. Conklin, whose business is also the local Purolator outlet.

It’s already puzzling to people both inside and outside the province why we live in B.C. but are in the same time zone as Alberta. If Alberta makes the change, we will be on Alberta time one week and B.C. time the next week - then back to Alberta time again.

If Alberta approves the change, it will become the fourth province to follow the United States government, which passed legislation last August to extend daylight savings time to help conserve energy. Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec have already made the switch.

Safety organizations are applauding the change because they say it will reduce traffic accidents during those dangerous twilight hours.

Meanwhile, the B.C. government has not yet decided what to do about daylight savings time in our province. Most of the province - from Revelstoke west - is in the Pacific time zone.

MLA Norm Macdonald had not heard about the proposed change when contacted by The Pioneer.

And officials in the B.C. Attorney-General’s department, which oversees daylight savings time, was unaware that the East Kootenays would be affected by Alberta’s decision.

“It just shows that we’re the lost puppy again,” said Mrs. Conklin.

The Attorney-General’s department is posting a “discussion paper” on their website this week, asking for public comment, according to spokesperson Kelly Harris. The website is: www.gov.bc.ca/ag.

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‘Mom, I’m going to the Olympics!’ where she is a fourth-year science student.

The girls grew up in When the Olympic Invermere, went through Games open today in the Nancy Greene Ski Italy, Christina LustenProgram and joined the berger of Invermere will Windermere Valley Ski be there.

Club.

In a move that surThe five-foot, eightprised many locals, ininch Christina has been cluding Christina’s own skiing since the age of parents Peter and Jane, 3. Her father Peter Lusthe 21-year-old giant slatenberger grew up in a lom racer qualified for the small village in SwitzerOlympics in two exciting land where he skied to back-to-back World Cup school, and her mother races last week in GerJane learned to ski on the many. local hills in her native Her success was unexVancouver. pected because Christina In fact, Jane’s father, has suffered two serious aged 91, is still a skier. knee injuries - once four “This is the first Christyears ago, and the other mas he hasn’t skied at just last year.

Panorama - because he But the dedicated was afraid he might hurt From left to right, the skiing Lustenberger family: Christina, Jane, Andrea and Peter. athlete worked hard to himself and not be able recover, assisted by Dr. to golf this summer!” said Mark Heard of Banff, a Jane. Both of Jane’s parther!” Jane said. surgeon who has operated on many locals as well as Jane said the couple of weeks have been tense. “We ents, who live in Vancouver, are thrilled about their members of Canada’s ski team. knew she was getting good results, but we just kept it granddaughter’s trip to Italy.

Members of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team are in the back of our minds.”

Peter’s mother had the advantage of watching chosen through a point system based on their collecSince all the races take place in Europe, the Lus- Christina’s races live on Swiss television. “She phoned tive times earned in several major races. us in the middle of the night from Switzerland to tell tenbergers weren’t able to watch them on television.

“The coaches wanted to make sure that she was “Peter was watching the timing live in the middle us how well Christina was doing,” said Jane. healthy and strong,” said her jubilant mother.

“The commentators on Swiss TV were telling the of the night - the website just shows the name of the Christina raced in Italy two weeks ago, but she skier, and the time. He would get the results from the viewers how Christina is half-Swiss so the Swiss are failed to finish her run. “We thought it must be her first run, and then we would have to wait three hours cheering for her, too.” knees again,” Jane said.

Meanwhile, Peter and Jane are planning a hasty for the second run,” Jane said.

But then she moved on to Germany, where she “I was too nervous to watch, so I would just lie trip to Italy. They will stay with family in Zurich beplaced high enough in the standings to earn her the in bed tossing and turning until he came and told me fore driving down to Torino in time for Christina’s big 17th and final spot on Canada’s ski team. what was happening. We haven’t been getting much race on February 24th. Since her event takes place on “We got a call from her, and I was just asking sleep!” a single day, Christina will have just one chance to be her how things were going when she interrupted and The Lustenbergers, both avid skiers, work for In- in the limelight. said: ‘Mom, Mom! I’m going to the Olympics!” Jane trawest operating Lusti’s, a coffee shop and ski equipUnfortunately Andrea will not be able to get away laughed. from school to attend the event so she, like the rest of ment rental outlet at Panorama Mountain Village.

“We were really excited. We weren’t expecting it Their older daughter Andrea, aged 23, is a member us, will be watching with her fingers crossed on Februbecause of her knees. She didn’t really expect it, ei- of the ski team at the University of British Columbia ary 24th. Good luck, Christina!

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff

. . . and so is Manny!

For the first time in history, there will be three graduates of David Thompson Secondary School at the Olympic Games.

As well as skier Christina Lustenberger and curler Christine Keshen, both born and raised in Invermere, a third athlete named Manuel Osborne-Paradis will be there.

“Manny” is a native of North Vancouver, but he moved to Invermere in 2000 to

train at Panorama Mountain Village.

He boarded with Brian McLaughlin and Liz Lane, and graduated from high school in 2002. He has been racing and travelling ever since but he still lists Invermere as his home.

Manuel is the son of an English-Canadian mother and a French-Canadian father, both of whom love Mexico - hence the un-

usual name Manuel.

With a reputation as a fun-loving party animal, the 21-year-old Manny says his motto is “let loose.”

Manny is one of 17 members of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team. The ski events will begin Monday, Feb. 12th with the Men’s Downhill race.

Good luck, Manny!

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February 10, 2006

Coal train off the rails again

Cleanup crews and heavy equipment were on the scene to remove coal from the crumpled cars.

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff

Rail cars were stacked up like bowling pins.

Brisco Wood Preservers is visible in close proximity to the derailment.

Cleanup is almost completed after a CPR coal train derailed near Brisco, sending 20 cars off the track and crumpling them like an accordian.

The 115-car fully-loaded coal train was heading north to Golden when the accident happened in the early darkness at 4:30 a.m. February 1st.

On board were two people - an engineer and a conductor - but neither was hurt, said CPR spokesman Ed Greenburg.

The derailed cars were located somewhere in the middle of the train, while both the locomotive and the rear portion of the train stayed on the tracks.

The accident happened just beside the Brisco Wood Preservers plant. The cars fell off the tracks on the eastern side. Mr. Greenburg said no waterways were affected.

A few hours after the derailment, cleanup crews were on the scene and coal was being unloaded from the damaged cars when a Caterpillar operator struck a power pole and knocked out power to the area for about eight hours.

Photos by Bob Ede

Power was restored to the valley early the next morning after some residents spent a chilly night.

Mr. Greenburg said CPR has set up a toll-free number to hear concerns from area residents at 1-866-766-7912.

“Our company will work with any resident who was inconvenienced by the outage,” he said.

The railway line was reopened the following afternoon.

The derailment is the second that has happened in the area in the past 18 months. In October 2004, a CPR coal train derailed several kilometres south of Brisco.

Mr. Greenburg said that CPR determined the cause of the first accident was a broken rail. Since then CPR has stepped up their maintenance and inspection, he said.

He would not speculate on the cause of last week’s accident, saying only that evidence is being gathered and an investigation will be conducted.

Most of the coal has been removed from the site and Mr. Greenburg said the company would continue to collect soil samples and monitor the area for environmental effects.

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February 10, 2006

Proposed PST cut draws mixed reaction from locals

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Recently, the province has been trying to crack down on people who are avoiding the tax, either deliberately or because they didn’t know they were required to pay the tax on goods purchased in Alberta.

Several local businesses have even been subject to a PST audit, in which receipts for items purchased in Alberta are checked by a team of provincial auditors.

Some B.C. residents haven’t taken kindly to the new enforcement policy, calling it an invasion of privacy. The provincial government drew fire recently when it asked Costco to hand over a list of all its B.C. members. That request has now been dropped since it was so unpopular with consumers.

But the province is still refusing to consider a reduction in the PST for border communities. Rick Thorpe, Minister of Small Business, said surveys show that most people visit Alberta for other reasons, and just happen to do their shopping there as well.

Not prepared to give up without a fight, businesses from Fernie to Dawson Creek are rallying to put pressure on the province to consider the change.

However, not all local businesses believe the tax reduction would affect people’s buying decisions.

Karl Conway, owner of Interior World furniture store in Invermere, said he doesn’t think the reduced tax would make much difference to his business.

“Most of our customers are from Alberta and for them, the three-percent reduction won’t change their shopping habits,” he said.

However, most people appear to agree with this comment from David Dupont: “Any tax reduction any time, any place, is a good thing,” he said.

“The province could probably cut their sales tax to five percent if it would just quit wasting money.”

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The Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce is gathering letters and Emails from local business owners who want the provincial sales tax here lowered from seven percent to four percent.

“It’s one of the largest responses we’ve ever had,” said chamber president Dee Conklin. More than two dozen replies have been received so far, all unanimously in support of the reduced tax.

Those business owners believe there is too much business being lost to Alberta in the form of “crossborder shopping.” They believe the tax cut will help to keep shoppers at home, meaning more revenue for local retailers.

The tax cut would have another benefit as well: lower expenses. David Dupont, general manager of Fairmont Vacation Villas, said his business would not realize extra revenue from the lowered tax, but it would lower his costs because he has to purchase some of his supplies in Alberta due to the lack of local availability, and he pays the B.C. tax on them as required by law.

“It is the business’s responsibility to remit the PST, even if they buy their supplies out-of-province,” he said. “Any business would be in favour of the tax reduction because it will lower their costs by three percent, no matter where they are buying.”

Every business and every B.C. resident is legally required to come home with their sales receipts and mail a cheque to the B.C. government remitting the Provincial Sales Tax - a fact not known to many shoppers, who blithely load up on goods in Alberta.

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PERSPECTIVE

Where do you shop?

February 10, 2006

Historical Lens

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Publisher Let’s be honest - given the choice, would you change your shopping habits to save three percent?

The province says reducing the sales tax from seven to four percent would make little difference to shopping habits, and we are inclined to agree.

Valley residents go to Calgary for all kinds of reasons - to fetch people at the airport, to have medical appointments, to visit family members - and while they are there, they might eat at a restaurant, see a movie and then drop in at a mall on their way home.

Sales tax aside, there are other good reasons to shop in the valley. Local businesses care about this place and the people who live here. They have a tough job competing against those giant malls located three hours away, and they deserve all the support we can give them.

No matter what you think about the provincial sales tax, shop at home for the best reason - because this is our home.

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It’s time to rally and say: ‘enough’

Dear Editor:

Re: “Why is this man smiling?” in The Columbia Valley Pioneer, February 3rd 2006.

I recently read that the original Lake Windermere located in the Lake District of England received its name because of the Viking occupation of parts of England. Originally named Winandermere on old maps, the name translates as “the lake belonging to Vinandr,” whom I presume was a bigshot Viking.

Maybe we need to rename our lake as Himmelspach Lake, seeing how this modern version of an invading Viking plans to double the size of Invermere.

Maybe we need to change Invermere to Himmeldermere.

I acknowledge I am getting on this bandwagon a

tad late; however, the above article made me feel very angry.

How can we (we being the people who reside in the Columbia Valley) allow one man to increase the population of our town by 50 percent?

What, beside the fact that he made a lot of money in the oil business, gives him the right to remove land from the Agricultural Reserve in order to build houses on it?

I also acknowledge that he is smart, knows the system and how to manipulate it.

Are we puppets that we allow our strings to be pulled based on the wants (not needs) of a successful businessman?

It is time we brought some emotion to this issue instead of becoming solely occupied with the legal

processes.

It is time for the people to rally and cry “enough, stop this now!”

A few years ago we quietly watched and did nothing while a huge area on the West Side Road was clearcut and still remains an eyesore.

A development this large will affect ALL of us who love our small town. This is not just an issue for the people who live on Westside Road.

Apparently there are many areas to still be discussed. Watch for the announcements of the meetings and let us BE there, in person, bringing our voices and our outrage.

Maureen Thorpe, Windermere

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LETTERS

Christmas Bureau thanks supporters

Dear Editor: The heart of the valley is in its people! Can you think of a better place to live?

The Christmas Bureau of the Columbia Valley once again wishes to thank the communities from Brisco down to Canal Flats for making our 2005 Christmas Hamper and Angel Campaign a roaring success.

We thank individuals, businesses, churches, and community associations for filling hamper requests, and taking gift tags from Saan and Dairy Queen.

With your support, we supplied Christmas hampers to 158 families with over 400 individuals receiving a Christmas gift, helping them have a very happy holiday season. Isn’t that what it is all about?

Thank you to those who added to the hampers with toothbrushes (from the dentists and church women’s dinner); the knitters who make the most beautiful toques, hats, scarves, sweaters and slippers; the quilter’s makeup bags, placemats and table runners; not forgetting the tea cup and bags of goodies.

Once again we thank the B.C. Liquor store for the teddy bears. You made all our hampers look so good.

We thank those who made a financial donation. These much-appreciated funds help cover the food and gift costs

left to be picked up by the society.

We have to especially thank Max Helmer Construction, Fairmont Resort Properties, Realtystar, Canfor, and both Aqisnuk and Shuswap bands for their continued support each year. Your community support is noticed and needed.

This year we are also honoured to be recognised by the Columbia Valley Community Foundation with a grant of $1,000. We thank the committee for all their help and support of our society efforts.

All this effort, all this success, could not and would not have happened without our volunteers. I am not talking of just the society members, though without them we do not exist.

I am speaking of people like Jacques who runs around for set up and pull down with out a minute of rest just because he wants everything to run smoothly; the “Oldtimer” hockey guys who add their strength and goodwill on distribution day by hauling hampers in and out of our doors; and last but not least, the community churches who take on multiple hampers and fill in whereever needed.

Happy New Year to everyone and we hope to see you all again at the end of 2006.

Helen Wynder, Chair Christmas Bureau

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• 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15th at Pynelogs Cultural Centre.

“Gardens Great and Small” will be hosted by Bill Swan and Dave Zehnder of our very own Columbia Valley Botanical Gardens. Follow them as they recount their recent journeys in the Realm of the Celts and to Gardens Great and Small of Great Britain and France.

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a bout with cancer. Photography has been a serious hobby for Mr. Fuhrer: many people will know some of his work from various trailhead signs in the parks.

• 7:30 p.m. March 3 at the high school theatre, “British Columbia’s climate is changing” will be presented by Dr. Richard Hebda.

Using evidence from the fossil record and new state-of-the-art high-resolution models from the Royal British Columbia Museum and University of Victoria, Richard Hebda will explore the known characteristics of climate change and some of its potential impacts in the Kootenays.

• 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 10 at the high school theatre. “The Last Imaginary Place - A High Arctic Adventure” by Danny Catt. Cold, white and icy, the Arctic is also a realm of surprising colour and vibrancy. Through the centuries, dozens of explorers have searched for fortune and fame in the Arctic, and many have died in the process. Join biologist and photographer Danny Catt on a virtual journey to the Land of the Midnight Sun. Other speakers in this excellent series will include Curtis Bennett, Andy Stewart-Hill, and Sibylla Helms.

This speaker series will take place once every week through April. It is brought to you by College of the Rockies Invermere Campus, Friends of Kootenay National Park, Parks Canada, and Wildsight.

For more information and to register, see the College website at www.cotr.bc.ca/invermere or call Jessica Fairhart at 342-3210.

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February 14 • 4:30-8 pm: Gourmet Italian Valentine Dinner, Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena Mezzanine, $5/ person or $20/family.

• 6-9:30 pm: Food, Love and Art at Pynelogs, a romantic meal prepared and enjoyed by couples, organized by Chizuko Purschwitz, $59/couple, call 342-4423.

February 15 Toby Theatre • Feb. 10, 11: Cheaper by the Dozen 2 • Feb. 15, 16, 17, 18: King Kong

February 11 • 2 pm: Valentine’s Day Tea, Radium Seniors’ Hall, $4 for tea and homemade goodies, proceeds to the Edgewater-Radium Hospital Auxiliary.

• 7:30 pm: Columbia Valley Rockies vs. Kimberley.

February 12 • 5:30 pm Cocktails; 6:30 pm Dinner: Valentine Spaghetti Dinner, Edgewater Legion. Adults: $10 Seniors: $8, under 12: $8, under 6: free (with adult).

February 13 • 7 pm: Cinefest movie Capote, the life story of writer Truman Capote, tickets $10 each, Toby Theatre, proceeds to the Columbia Valley Arts Council.

• 7 pm: Town Hall Meeting, Brisco Hall.

February 21 • 7 pm: Town Hall Meeting, Windermere Hall.

February 23 • 6:30-9:30 pm: Understanding Adolescent Substance Use: A Workshop for Parents. DTSS Theatre. Free event, open to all parents. For info call Carmen Thompson at 342-9213, ext. 112.

• 7 pm: Smart Growth Seminar, sponsored by Lions and Kinsmen Clubs at the Lions Hall.

Gun Club, Invermere Community Hall.

February 27 • 7 pm: Town Hall Meeting, Fairmont Resort - Pine Room.

February 28 • Valdy and Gary Fjellgaard. Tickets on sale at Pynelogs, Dave’s and Stober’s.

OTHER • 5:45-6:45 pm Sundays, public skating for all ages.

• 7 pm Wednesdays, Archery, Invermere Hall.

• 11 am-noon Fridays, adult skating at the arena.

• Noon-1 pm Fridays, parent/tot skating at the arena.

• 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, 130914th Street, every 2nd and 4th Thursday.

Sponsored by

February 24 • 2:30-5:30 pm: J.A. Laird Parent Advisory Committee Annual Spring Carnival. Games, food and fun for the whole family. Laird Gymnasium.

February 25 • Wildlife Banquet, Windermere District Rod and

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

SEE YOU IN THE SPRING!

10 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

February 10, 2006

Quilt honours explorer

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff It’s a fitting tribute to the valley’s best-known historical figure: a patchwork quilt telling the story of David Thompson’s life.

Using the traditional art of piecing together scraps of coloured fabric, together with modern methods of machine stitching and embroidery, the David Thompson Bicentennial Quilt Project was launched one year ago and is destined for completion by January 1, 2007.

That date will begin a round of bicentennial celebrations in honour of the explorer’s 200th anniversary of exploring and mapping the Columbia Valley in his journeys across Western Canada.

The quilt project, spearheaded by the local Valley Piecemakers Quilt Guild, is drawing on the creativity and skill of 30 local quilters, directed by chair Karen Proudfoot and three committee members: Rhonda Allen, Deb Dakin and Pam Ashby.

“It’s so rewarding,” said Mrs. Proudfoot. “We are keeping a written and photographic journal of the process, just as Thompson did.”

When completed, the quilt will be a stunning piece

of fabric art - two large blanket-sized panels hanging from a centre pole in the form of a tent.

The outside panels will feature blocks of dyed, stitched, embroidered and embellished fabric telling the story of David Thompson’s life.

Viewers will be able to walk inside the “tent” and see on one side, a midnight-blue sky beaded with the constellations as seen by the explorer; and on the other, a fabric interpretation of the valley’s rocky terrain.

The quilt will be given to the District of Invermere as a gift, and housed with the Columbia Valley Arts Council which has the capability of storing and transporting the precious piece.

The public will have various opportunities to view the quilt locally, and it will also be displayed in other venues such as the Canadian National Quilt Exhibition and the 2010 Olympic Games.

Funding for the project came from Columbia Basin Trust Community Initiatives Program, $3000; the Kootenay Cultural Alliance, $1,300; the Panorama Foundation, $1,500; and the Columbia Valley Community Foundation, $2,000.

This ambitious project requires more volunteers.

Please call Mrs. Proudfoot at 342-3909 for more information.

Karen Proudfoot of Invermere is chairing the committee in charge of creating this beautiful piece of fabric art.

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Shirley Campbell of Invermere is using an old Singer sewing machine that belonged to her mother; it was converted to electricity several years ago and still works perfectly.

February 10, 2006

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 11

Love at second sight

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff

the rain stopped and the sun came out,” Brenda recalls.

Then it was off to Newfoundland so Darren could meet Brenda’s 10 siblings, their spouses and children, uncles and aunts. “He was a big hit because at the end of the day he could still remember everyone’s names,” says Brenda.

He was also “screeched in,” a traditional Newfie custom of kissing a codfish and drinking a shot of Jamaican rum while standing in a pan of salt water and wearing a sou’wester hat.

The Danyluks returned to Fort St. James, bought their first house and settled down to have a family. Madeline was born on December 4, 1996.

In 1998 Darren was planning a field trip to the East Kootenays with his Grade 8 students when he spotted a job posting for assistant principal in Invermere and

It’s a day that Darren Danyluk will never live down - the day he first laid eyes on his wifeto-be Brenda and remarked that she looked “frumpy.”

In 1991 Darren, now the principal at the local high school, was a young teacher in Fort St. James, B.C., and Brenda had just arrived in town to do the co-operative work experience necessary for her arts degree in leisure services.

“My principal pulled me out of class and told me to go down to the staff room and look at her,” Darren recalls. “He told me it would be the best thing he ever did for me.”

As it turned out, the principal was right.

Although Darren wasn’t smitten the first time he saw Brenda, the Darren and Brenda Danyluk came from the opposite ends of Canada to meet and fall in love. Photo by Lisa Ede second time he saw her, it was pure magic. for three years when Brenda arrived.

“We both belonged to slow-pitch teams in town,” decided to apply.

For the next few years, the couple had a long-disDarren says. “After the ball tournament there was a He was interviewed during the trip and later hired. tance relationship while Brenda finished her degree dance . . . Brenda was wearing a white headband over The Danyluks moved to Invermere that September, and Darren spent one year on a teaching exchange on her long, brown hair, and tight jeans. She looked really and Brenda went to work for Parks Canada. the Isle of Man. hot. Her date left without her, we danced, we went to On February 15, 1999 their second daughter was One of her most romantic memories, says Brenda, a cabaret and I asked for her phone number. That’s born here, whom Darren calls their “local.” Emily will is the day she arrived in London to visit Darren for how it started.” turn seven years old this week.

Christmas, and her handed her an envelope. Inside Brenda, 43, had grown up in a tiny NewfoundDarren became principal at the high school were two tickets to Paris. land fishing village called Peter’s River, near St. Mary’s in 2004. But the demands of work and family, and In 1994 they moved in together in Fort St. James Bay, and attended a high school that only went up to Darren’s successful completion of his master’s degree, and on Christmas Eve, Darren proposed.

Grade 11. After graduating, she spent two years in the haven’t stopped the couple from having their romantic “His mother was visiting and she stayed up late,” armed forces and then worked as a supply technician moments.

Brenda says. Darren kept bidding his mother goodat the Canadian Forces Base in Borden, Ontario.

They are taking ballroom dance lessons together, night, but she wasn’t going anywhere.

She started university in Prince Edward Island and and Brenda claims Darren can do a pretty spectacular Finally, after his mother went off to bed, Darren then transferred to the University of Victoria. The in“Latin walk.” opened his antique wooden writing desk and took out dependent young woman didn’t hesitate to go north And one Friday, Brenda picked Darren up at a diamond ring before going down on his knees to for her work experience, and there she spotted Darschool and drove him out of town, without telling propose. ren, “the only eligible bachelor in Fort St. James,” she him where they were going, for a two-day getaway at “I told her not to worry, she would get a Christsays. What intrigued her, she says, was that Darren Jasper Park Lodge. mas present, too,” he laughs. was sporting a long, thick ponytail.

Looking back, Brenda recalls the exact moment The following summer, the couple had two beautiBorn and raised in New Westminster, Darren, 41, she fell in love. ful weddings - the first one in the rose garden at Simon is the oldest of seven children. He attended Simon “We were sitting in a restaurant and Darren told Fraser University, attended by all their friends from Fraser University and went straight to Fort St. James me he could change diapers,” she says.

Fort St. James. after graduation in 1987. He had been teaching there “I knew right then I was hooked.”

“It rained all day, but just before the ceremony,

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February 10, 2006

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Superstition rules Kleibrink rink

By Adrian Bergles Pioneer Staff Christine Keshen is at the Olympic Village in Italy with the rest of Team Canada, mentally preparing for the biggest round robin of her life.

And she says the team isn’t taking any chances.

“Our team is a little crazy,” says Christine. “We make up our superstitions.”

For example, at last month’s Olympic curling trials, the seating arrangement in the team’s van became a supernatural force not to be tampered with.

After beating well-known curler Colleen Jones, the women decided they had to maintain the same seating pattern throughout the rest of the tournament.

The strategy worked. The women didn’t lose another game and went on to win the trip to Torino.

After the win, the team allowed only two songs to be played in the van on the way to the rink: “I’m on my Way” by the Proclaimers; and “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy” by country group Big and Rich.

Early in the Olympic trials Christine had been painting her nails before every game.

“Then I didn’t, and we won,” she said.

So for the rest of the trials, Christine didn’t let any nail polish touch her fingernails.

The Kleibrink rink isn’t the only one that believes in superstition, and Christine says the rituals are a source of comic relief for the team.

“We mock ourselves and other teams,” she said.

One competitive male curler dangles a rabbit tail from his pants pocket. “He rubs it before every shot.”

She said in spite of following their own rules, the team doesn’t put too much stock in them.

“We know they’re silly,” she said. “If they don’t work for you once, you have to go out and start a new superstition all over again.”

One thing that doesn’t change is Christine’s individual routine before throwing each rock.

Christine visualizes each shot two or three times before she hunches down in the hack - a bit of black rubber embedded in the ice that curlers use to push against - to take her shot.

Finally, she draws an imaginary line in her mind’s eye between her rock and the broom she is trying to hit at the other end of the rink.

“If a bomb went off next door, I could still throw my rock,” she said.

We will be watching her and practicing some superstitions of our own when the team opens the playoffs against Sweden on Monday morning.

Good luck, Christine!

All four women on the Kleibrink rink had the Olympic symbol tattooed on their ankles.

Curling kicks off Monday: here’s the schedule Because of the keen interest in women’s curling, we have included a schedule of events. The times listed below are local Mountain time. Please double check all times against your TV guide for accuracy.

Canada vs Switzerland 1:00 am - Thursday, February 16

Tie-breaker Session Number One: 1:00 am - Tuesday, February 21 (if necessary)

Canada vs Norway 11:00 am - Thursday, February 16

Tie-breaker Session Number Two: 6:00 am - Tuesday, February 21 (if necessary)

Women’s Round Robin Schedule:

Canada vs Great Britain 6:00 am - Friday, February 17

Tie-breaker Session Number Three: 11:00 am - Tuesday, February 21 (if necessary)

Canada vs Japan 1:00 am - Saturday, February 18

Women’s Semifinals: 6:00 am - Wednesday, February 22

Italy vs Canada 6:00 am - Sunday, February 19

Women’s Bronze Medal Game: 5:00 am - Thursday, February 23

Denmark vs Canada 11:00 am - Monday, February 20

Women’s Gold Medal Game: 9:30 am - Thursday, February 23

Canada vs Sweden 6:00 am - Monday, February 13 Canada vs United States 1:00 am - Tuesday, February 14 Canada vs Russia 11:00 am - Tuesday, February 14

14 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

February 10, 2006

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Mayor calls suggestion ‘ridiculous’ Dear Editor: I would like to comment on the neverending thank you from the Toby Theatre and finally clarify some of the misinformation that has been out there.

After all of the sensational headlines about the DOI closing down the Toby. I would like to be very clear that at no time did the District of Invermere ever try to close down the Toby Theatre over a $45 sign permit; the suggestion is ridiculous.

We have also never tried to control the movies they play. I would have to guess that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms would trump us on that one.

As for our sign bylaw, it has been in effect since

Thanks again for the debate

2001 and tries to strike a balance between allowing businesses to advertise and be successful and the esthetics of the whole community.

It is not an easy compromise to achieve, as some businesses may believe that they need to cover every square centimetre of a wall in advertising and some members of the public might believe that we shouldn’t have any signs. It is an issue that we will happily keep working on.

As for the Toby Theatre, I am very happy that ‘the people’ have ‘saved’ the Toby. It really is an important part of our community’s history and I am sure that many of us, while growing up, have had that flashlight shone in our eyes - or maybe it just happened to me.

Dear Editor: Thank you, Mr. Quinn, for raising the bar in the discussion of Jumbo Glacier Resort’s waste treatment facility. Your illuminated words go far to developing intelligent commentary.

Firstly, I have to apologize regarding the person who pointed you out to me as being who you really are not. Apparently I had an intelligent conversation with a person at the open forum on Jan. 4th that was able to make good suggestions and comments regarding waste systems in the Kootenays in

“What does leadership mean to you?” This was a question that I posed to my Grade 10-12 leadership class at the beginning of September.

A sample of these responses were as follows: taking charge, organizing, motivating, delegating, volunteering, being a role model, leading by example, having enthusiasm, finding a way, getting things done, being creative, taking others by the hand . . .

During our first week in class, our dynamic and diverse group of leadership students decided how we would like to make an impact in our school and local and global community.

Mark Shmigelsky Mayor of Invermere P.S. As for Bob Nemeth’s in-breeding comment in last week’s Pioneer, as almost everyone is saying, we will consider the source.

general, and at Jumbo Resort specifically.

According to your letter, it was not you. Unfortunate, as I did enjoy the conversation as it brought to light much more that is good about this project. As I did state in that previous letter to which you refer, Jumbo Wild and Wildsight have done an excellent job of improving the Jumbo Glacier Resort to the point now, where they appear to be one of the most environmentally-sound resort developments in North America.

Your two groups have done wonders in helping the proponents improve this small resort proposal to the point that it can be

High school hosts Valentine’s dance Dear Editor:

If people really want to save the Toby then you have to go out to a movie not rent a DVD or watch TV. As for the closure this winter, it seemed to coincide with the closures of winters past and also came after they had paid their $45 permit fee.

We decided to host one major and one minor event each month. Our minor events have been programs like Halloween carving contests, duct tape challenges, and recognition assemblies.

Our major events include programs like the Terry Fox Run and assembly, Student Choice Awards with the Snow King/Queen Contest, and a Valentine’s Dance.

We chose our programs based upon the perceived needs and desires of the student body as well as local and international issues. This brings me to our next major event - the Valentine’s Dance.

This year we decided to host the Valentine’s Dance with all proceeds go-

emulated world-wide for its compact size but also for its improved benefits for our entire community.

So, Jumbo Wild, and Wildsight, again I want to publicly thank you for your assistance in helping all the folks of the Columbia Valley understand how beneficial JGR could be for all concerned. I also want to thank the proponents of Jumbo Glacier Resort for adhering to the facts throughout this long and drawn-out process.

David R. Pacey Radium Hot Springs

ing to Spring Hawes, a local woman who suffered spinal cord damage as a result of a mountain biking accident last summer. She has two children attending DTSS, and we wanted to demonstrate understanding and respect for their needs.

In past years, dances have been dwindling in terms of attendance.

Since all money was going towards this worthy cause, we decided to host the dance at Bud’s Social Club and Boogie Parlour.

Bud’s has recently been taken over

by Todd and Shelly Ferguson, parent and step-parent of Spring’s children.

They have generously donated the facility and staff free of charge to ensure that more money can be contributed to Spring’s needs.

They have also gone through the process of suspending their liquor license for the evening so minors may be

in the establishment.

The RCMP have been notified and will be a presence at the dance, along with many adult/teacher volunteers to ensure a fun and safe event for all.

To quote one senior leadership student: “We enter Grade 8 as children and leave DTSS as young adults, and hosting a dance in a more adult atmosphere prepares us for the future by showing that we can go to a social club, dance, and have fun without alcohol or drugs involved.”

I have great respect for our students and am eagerly awaiting our Valentine’s Dance on February 14 from 7-11 pm.

If you have any questions regarding the Leadership program, feel free to contact me at 342-9213 ext: 228.

Becca Wright Leadership Teacher David Thompson Secondary School

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 15

February 10, 2006

Jim Duke buried alive for 25 ½ hours

Moments after this photo was taken, Jim Duke was found alive.

By Bob Ede, Pioneer Staff January and February can be a bad time for avalanches. Weather changes and heavy snowfall can make travelling in the back country dangerous. People living in the mountains, are likely to know someone who has been trapped or killed in a snowslide.

Although annual snowfall seems to be declining in the past few decades the incidents of people caught in avalanches is increasing. The reason for this is obvious, as far more people access the back country. Snowmobiles have become efficient at cutting trails through deep snow and delivering the riders into the beautiful winter alpine. Skiers and boarders continue to look for unspoiled runs and steeper and deeper thrills. The quest for recreation sometimes puts travellers in jeopardy.

It was not always this way. Years ago the men that accessed the mountains in winter to ski or guide knew the score and the consequences of taking risks.

Without radios or cell phones or helicopters and rescue parties, a mistake, even a minor one, could end tragically.

The men who worked in the mountains clearing roads took every precaution, but thought nothing of clearing the slides while knowing more snow may be ready to rumble down the mountain.

Back in 1960, it was the job of a group of men from the Department of Highways to keep the road open to the

Mineral King Mine where about 100 miners were employed, up the Toby Creek past where Panorama is today.

Near the end of January 1960 Jim Duke and Doug McLaughlin were working to clear a road over the Little Dragon Slide, located 17 miles from Invermere. It was shortly after lunch and Doug was on the cat cutting a trench through the snow.

The weather had recently changedto mild and the slide had been a ‘wet’ slide. Jim Duke, at 59 years old, walked up the slide to stretch his legs and take a look around.

Last weekend, Doug reminisced: “I looked up. Jim was standing there and that was the last I saw of him. The snow hit the cat and pushed it backwards.”

Doug ended up being thrown from the cat and caught in the side of the slide. Somehow, when he came to a stop a considerable way down from where he had been working, he had the good fortune to be on top of the snow.

Jim Duke was not so lucky. More than 60 workers participated in the rescue efforts. Lines of men probed with poles but no sign of him was found.

When dark fell the search was halted in case another slide came down, but Doug and Fred Rauch stayed up on the mountain until late trying to be as quiet as they could to listen for their friend making any noise under the snow.

The next morning, the search continued. Doug was certain that Jim was

buried in the trench he had been cutting. Others thought he had been swept to the bottom beside the Toby, in which case “we wouldn’t find him till spring,’ Doug said.

Bulldozers were brought in to continue moving the snow and clearing the road. After one wipe of the blade, an arm pushed through the surface of the snow.

Jim Duke was found alive and in relatively good condition after being buried for 25.5 hours. Another swipe of the blade on its direct path would have cut him in two.

Doug was at Jim’s side as he was dug out of the snow. Jim’s first words were: “Did you feed my dog?”

Jim Duke had been buried and packed tightly in the heavy snow and could not move, but had breathing space around his head.

“He had ate snow, pissed himself, of course. He had cigarettes, but couldn’t get them lit so he chewed them,” Doug said. “His body heat kept him warm.

People die in the mountains all the time because they don’t build a snow cave.”

What Mr Duke had was a snow cave with tight corners and no way to get out without help.

Jim was taken in Invermere’s station wagon ambulance by Dr. Duthie to the hospital in Invermere. Later he went away for rehabilitation.

The next year, a safety precaution was put in place. A wire was installed up a tree with a platform on it. The wire ran high across the slide with rags tied to it.

When the slide was being cleared a man would be on the platform. If he saw another slide he would shake the wire. The man in the equipment, seeing the rags jumping on the wire, would back up the cat, let the slide pass then continue to work.

Doug said: “The next time I saw Jim was over 10 months later after the slide.

I had shot a deer up on the Benches. He helped me load it. We talked for a while but we never spoke about him being buried alive. He cleared plenty of slides after that. He was a tough old guy.”

Note: More information can be found about this amazing story at the Windermere Valley Museum, including Jim Duke’s own thoughts while he lay buried during his 25.5-hour ordeal .

Doug McLaughlin

Regular folks

By Bob Ede

L

ast weekend, my partner Lisa and I had a good visit with Mr. McLaughlin. He has lived in his house in Wilmer for many years.

I noticed right away his binoculars and spotting scope near his view window overlooking the sloughs and Goose Island. We talked about the wildlife, and whether any horses had been wintering in the wetlands.

There are probably very few inches of his view that he does not know like the back of his hand.

When we left he walked us out onto the deck while we continued to talk. I remarked at his good- sized garden. He pointed towards his property lines, and said that with what prices are today his property is worth much more then it once was.

It reminded me of my father saying the same thing years ago of his own home, but like Mr. McLaughlin, he had his view, his gardens, and it would have taken dynamite to get him to give it up.

A few days earlier I had been with a developer on his land overlooking the beautiful mountain and lake views. I had the feeling listening to him talk, that the views and land were, in his mind, nothing more than a commodity, ready to be cut up and defaced without a thought of what came before, what it means to people now or what it will become long after we are gone.

While we talked that day, Mr. McLaughlin referred to himself as just a regular person. While we pulled away he was looking at his view. I was thinking this valley has been well-served by regular people.

16 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

February 10, 2006

VALLEY

Mary Yadernuk: ahead of her time

By Dorothy Isted Special to The Pioneer Mary Yadernuk of Brisco, now aged 87, was a woman ahead of her time.

At the age of 20, while attending Olds School of Agriculture in 1938, she asked the dean about transferring from her home economics program into veterinary studies. He told her: “Mary, the men will never accept you.”

The reason she chose home economics in the first place was because she had grown up on a farm and believed she “knew as much as any man about agriculture.”

Mary’s parents, Fred and Mary Glover, had homesteaded the property that Mary still farms today. Both started life in England but arrived in Spillimacheen separately, marrying in 1914. Fred purchased the property for one dollar an acre and cleared the forest by hand, with only horses and sometimes Mary to help him.

Sadly, Mary had two older brothers who both died in childhood and she was left as the only remaining child. Mary overheard her father once tell someone he wished it had been she who died, rather than her brother. She remembers her father as a very hard man, driven and unaffectionate. He failed to understand that the heart of a little girl who longs for her daddy’s kind attentions. The saving grace in Mary’s life was her mother, whom she describes as tender.

Fred Glover had no use for education, having never been schooled a day in his life. It was only due to the intervention of her mother and her aunt that Mary was able to go to college. She attended grade school locally until the age of 13. That was as far as she was able to go, since high school would have meant boarding with someone in Golden - something her father didn’t see the need for since she was a girl.

From the time she was four, Mary had contributed a massive amount of work: tending sheep, harvesting vegetables, milking cows, butchering, skinning furs, cleaning barns and hauling manure by stone boat. Before she started school, she even knew how to drive a team of horses. Though she had to walk four miles to school, it was a welcome break from the hard labour at home.

College turned out to be very hard work of another type. Mary had a lot of catching up to do, competing against others who had attended high school. She remembers the authorities were strict about getting to bed by a certain hour, but never cared what time she arose. So, she would rise as early as four some mornings, to get caught up on her studies.

She took 19 subjects every week. Mary excelled

and completed her two-year program. Two years later when in Calgary for the Stampede, Mary happened upon one of the teachers from the college. He had never instructed her but addressed her by name. She was quite surprised that he even knew her but even more so when he commented: “We always remember our outstanding students.”

Mary was teased in school for being a trapper, but she kept on. The local museum told her she is one of only two or three female trappers in Canada who have their own trap line. Not only is she a trapper but also skins her animals with great skill. In 2003 she received a letter from North American Fur Auctions. It states,

Photo by Dorothy Isted in part: “Leading fur buyers recognized that this lot contained the most outstanding pelts in the sale. We wish to congratulate you on the sale of your pelts in the top lot.”

Mary also remembers that she was a great rider, “all through the valley on horseback by myself.” She was allowed into the Windermere stampede for free, because she had ridden all the way from Spillimacheen.

In 1942 she married Steve Yadernuk and they purchased her parents’ farm. They had three children: Steve, who lives in the Shuswap area; Suzette Dunphy of Parson; and Mary Struthers of Madeira Park. continued on page 17

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PIONEER continued from page 16 Tragically, Mary’s husband died two weeks after being buried alive in a cave-in at the Giant Mascot mine in Spillimacheen. He was taken to Vancouver and was due to be released the next day but died of a blood clot. They had only been married 11 years.

Struggling on alone, Mary worked 18-hour days.

She doesn’t even like to think about that time: haying with only horses to help; spending no more than ten dollars a month on food and growing everything else; and being a single parent to three children.

Mary knows she is a healer. The sheep on her farm are descendants of the originals her parents bought.

She’s brought frozen lambs into the house, put them in the oven to warm and in a few hours they are running around on the floor. A three-year-old sheep she currently has is her miracle baby. At one week she brought Ted into the house after discovering his mother had no milk. He couldn’t stand up and every day she would lift him onto his legs. For five months he lived in her kitchen. Her oldest granddaughter said: “I don’t think you’re gonna save him, Grandma.” But Mary persevered and today Ted follows her around like, well . . . like a little lamb.

Mary points to one of her two little dogs as another miracle. She tells how she could see his head in the cougar’s mouth with his eyes bulging out. She grabbed her gun, ran out to the field and shot the giant feline dead.

Mary has a special bond with all her animals. Once a minister was visiting her. Upon learning he had left

the gate open, he offered to go down the road and close it. Mary told him not to worry and called to the sheep that had wandered outside the boundary of her fence.

To his amazement, they turned and came back to her. He said, “Gee, I hope God listens to me like those sheep listen to you!”

Though Mary has lost some sight and hearing, her most difficult problem these days is a bad leg.

She was carrying boiling water to her animals and spilled it inside Mary’s love for animals is evident, as they follow her around the yard. her rubber boot. The spot she burned just isn’t children and one great-grandchild. healing, and causes her to walk bent over with a proIn one of those delightful twists that life takes, not nounced limp, though she is quick to say there’s noth- one but two of Mary’s grandchildren are now veteriing wrong with her back. narians.

Mary still lives alone and has no desire to move Perhaps, however, they are not as skilled as Mary to a place where she would be pampered. She was since her oldest granddaughter was a practicing veteriweaned on hard work and the outdoor life, which she narian when she pronounced that Ted the sheep was still takes great pleasure in. Today she has six grand- a goner!

Mary issues challenge to help feed the world

By Dorothy Isted Mary Yadernuk, 87, was excited when she read an article in The Pioneer about someone else in the valley sponsoring children through World Vision.

This prompted her to send funds to provide a stable full of animals (consisting of a goat, a cow, hens and a rooster, piglets and and an ox) to help a family or a community somewhere in an underdeveloped nation.

But she wanted to do even more.

So she is talking to people, hoping they will follow her example.

When asked why she donated $1,200 for a stable, and then an extra $150 to add a sheep to the mix, sheep rancher Mary exclaimed, “All I can say is . . . I can’t express what I feel. But when you see all those children on TV

. . . if you’ve got a heart, any feelings at all, how can you resist to send something?”

Mary is mystified by the overindulgent world she sees around her. She

asks: why is it that people can find the money for new recreational toys and new homes but they can’t fork over $35 for a pair of hens and a rooster?

Or sponsor a child when it means the

difference between living or dying?

In fact, there are 92 valley households who sponsor children through World Vision.

Currently Mary sponsors a little girl named Frances in India.

If there are any readers who are touched by Mary’s initiative, why not make a donation to World Vision on their website at www.worldvision.ca or give them a call at 1-866-595-5550?

As I was departing, Mary said: “I’m so glad you came down. I just feel that it will spark a life into somebody!”

Mary isn’t able to hear her phone any more, so call Dorothy Isted at 342-3826 and she will let her know what you did.

Let’s encourage an old lady by following her wonderful example.

Go on, make her day!

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AUTOMOTIVE cal supply company, and Kevin They make a point of stag342 4406 REPAIRS was working for Sears. gering their shipments of new 7 days/week “We felt the need to make merchandise, says Diana, in orGas ~ Propane ~ Diesel some changes in our work der to have something new and Diana Moore, gift shop owner Greyhound freight life,” says Diana. “We wanted fresh on sale whenever “regular” and passenger to do something different, and patrons drop in. depot. we wanted to have more fun. So we went business “We get terrific suggestions from customers, and of shopping.” course we find a lot of interesting new things on-line.”

When a gift shop for sale in Fairmont Hot Springs She adds that, if a customer wants a particular item, 7507 Main St. West, their attention, there was no need to look fur- the Moores will gladly search for it.

Teaser ads for the Pioneercaught revised ther. Purchasing the Fairmont Village Gift Shop from The couple also has introduced a gift registry - with retiring owner Jean-Ann Debreceni gave the Moores a twist. They keep a record of the items a particular July 11th 2005 twag two opportunities: to do something completely differ- customer liked but didn’t purchase, and when a friend ent from anything they’d done before, and to live and or family member drops in to buy a gift for that cuswork in the Columbia Valley. tomer, the Moores call up the record and pass on the “We had visited the valley many times,” says Diana. suggestion. Says Diana: “It’s a lot of fun, and it’s help“We liked the place and we liked the people. It was ing us get to know our customers.” worth looking into.”

A major goal is to promote the store among the Take advantage of this training locally!

The Moores took possession of the shop last No- locals, she says. “We don’t want to cater just to the vember.

There has been a learning curve, and there tourists. We’ll be open year-round, and we’ll be carUPCOMING COURSES have been challenges, says Diana, but so far the busi- rying practical items that will be useful to the people Transportation of Dangerous Goods Feb. 17th ness has exceeded their expectations. who live here.” th “We were warned about late fall being a slow time Getting to know people in the valley is next on WHIMIS Feb. 17 of year, but we took that as another challenge.

All in their list of goals. “Kevin and I will be glad when the Basic Welding Feb. 20th - 24th all we asked ourselves: what can we do to make this settling-in period is over, and we can meet new people work?” and look for ways to get involved in the community. It Basic Rigging Feb. 25th Th ey bought the store’s existing inventory of such was always our intention to do more than just buy and Occupational First Aid Level 1 Feb. 27th items as scented candles, fashion jewelry, selected sell products. We are building a new life here.”

Transportation Endorsement Feb. 29th items of clothing, items for home décor, both indoors The Fairmont Village Gift Shop is located in the and out, books and “hardware” items such as cameras Fairmont Village Mall, Suite 5, 4992 Fairmont FrontForklift Training March 4th & 5th and batteries. age Road, (250) 345-6133.

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Trims and Treasures Esthetics Studio says she may also eliminate the fashion jewelry currently in store.

France Andestad is Instead she plans to well-known to people focus on the “feel good in the Columbia Valley, from head to toe” side having lived and worked of the business. She has here for 18 years. already introduced a new For the past two line of hair-care, bath and years, she was the general body-care products, and manager and customer plans to actively promote service representative hair care, nail care and behind the counter at massage in particular. “I Palliser Printing, where think this is the direction much of the valley’s print we should be going in.” work gets done.

Trims and Treasures “At Palliser you get will continue to provide to know just about everyall the services on which body from around here,” its reputation was built: she says. great haircuts for the Now Ms. Andestad entire family, including is the smiling face behind color, highlights, scalp the counter at Trims and massage, deep condiFrance Andestad, owner of esthetics studio Treasures Esthetics Stutioning and perms. Body dio in Fairmont Hot massage, ear piercing and Springs. She and her husband, who is functioning as body wraps also will still be available. a silent partner, assumed ownership of the busy hairThere are four types of body wraps to choose from: care, massage and tanning salon last October.

Aromatherapy, which involves essential oils and nutriTrims and Treasures isn’t the first business Ms. An- ents combined to soothe the body, mind and spirit; destad has owned and operated. She co-owned both a Detoxifying, which aims to rid the body of harmful construction supply company and a snowmobile com- impurities and cleanse the skin; Cellulite Release, to pany with her late husband. She’s well aware of what it release the excess water, fats and waste deposits that takes to keep a business running smoothly. But Trims collect in the body; and, Polish for Pleasure, a wrap and Treasures is a departure from anything she’s done that rejuvenates the body with a complete exfoliation before. and subsequent hydration treatment.

“I knew for several months that the salon was for Complete manicures, pedicures, Gel Nails and sale, so I had some to think about it,” she says. “I fi- facials will still be offered. The latter include the tranally saw it as a terrific investment opportunity, and as ditional Aromatherapy Facial and the Sea Weed Deep a way to do something completely different.”

Cleanse. Trims and Treasures will also tint eyebrows Ms. Andestad has “no training whatsoever” as an and lashes. And, of course, there will still be tanning esthetician, she says with a laugh. “I’m counting on available for anyone who needs to get a head-start on the professionals here to handle that part of it.” that summer tan.

The salon currently has four estheticians on staff.

Whatever your pleasure, drop in and pick up a In anticipation of busier times ahead, Ms. Andestad copy of the salon’s brochure, or make an appointplans to hire two more people this spring. Beyond that, ment, says Ms. Andestad: “We’ll make you look and no major changes are in the works, she says. Trims and feel good all over.”

Treasures is already a successful business that enjoys a Trims and Treasures Esthetics Studio is lohigh profile in the community. cated in the Fairmont Village Mall, Suite 3, 4992 To date she has made some minor changes. Given Fairmont Frontage Road. Call 345-0077. E-mail: the number of places such items are already available, info@trimsandtreasures.ca. Website: www.trimthe salon will no longer carry giftware. Ms. Andestad sandtreasures.ca.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006—7:00pm Brisco Community Hall � Tuesday, February 21, 2006—7:00pm Windermere Community Hall � Monday, February 27, 2006—7:00pm Fairmont Resort, Pine Room Topics: 5-Year Financial Plan, Columbia Valley Landfill, Health Connections: Transit Update, Emergency Planning, Broadband, Disposal of Used Oil and Tires, Community Parks (Fairmont only), Dry Gulch Water System (Brisco only) Get updated on RDEK programs in your area and find out how your tax dollars are being spent!

For more information, contact Kerstin Renner at 1-888-478-7335.

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The Old Zone

By Brent Raven, Invermere

Every September the league executives host and chair a draft in which a group of eight men gather together, drink some beer, and draft their hockey team. These eight men base their teams on friendship, attitude and skill.

At our age it is also beneficial to the team to draft a doctor, physiotherapist or chiropractor.

When you draft a team, the hope is that everyone has fun, plays hard, and shows up to each and every game. I’m not sure if it’s the competitiveness of the league or just the fact that everyone is getting older, but it seems there are a lot more injuries. It’s unfortunate that these injuries are occurring because they are leaving some teams short-handed.

What’s becoming even more detrimental to the league are winter holidays. It’s hard on the rest of the team when some people continue to plan their holidays during hockey season. If you make a commitment to a team, it would be nice if you made the whole season. So next year when you feel the winter blues, spread some sand in your living room, buy a fine box of wine, turn on the Shaw Cable fake fire channel and cuddle with your wife.

P.S. Arizona is just as pretty in August; however, it might be a little hotter.

Results from Feb. 1: Petro Canada Killer Tomatoes over Inside Edge Black Smoke; Warwick Wolves over Huckleberry Hawks; Dale Christian Mudders over Lake Auto Mustangs; Hi-Heat Batters over Valley Vision Vultures.

Play-off schedule for Feb. 15 6:45 pm Hi-Heat Batters vs. Dale Christian Mudders 8:00 pm Valley Vision Vultures vs. Inside Edge 9:15 pm Warwick Wolves vs. Lake Auto Mustangs 10:30 Petro Canada Killer Toms vs. Huckleberry’s

PLAYER PROFILE Name: Harold Hazelaar Nickname: Mr Hockey, and Donna’s main squeeze Hometown: Medicine Hat Years in League: 10 Favorite saying: One year I hope to play the whole season Hobbies: Camping, installing railings and travelling the world during hockey season

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Grants available for valley projects The Regional District of East Kootenay is now accepting applications for this year’s Columbia Basin Trust Community Initiatives Program.

“The program is open to registered non-profit organizations or individuals sponsored by an organization,” says Raeleen Manjak, regional district deputy manager of administrative services.

“Proposals must meet one or more goals of the Columbia Basin Trust, such as maintaining healthy ecosystems, addressing problems of poverty, and promoting learning.”

Eligible projects can also include initiatives to assist in the prevention of social problems, to enhance heritage and culture in the region, or to promote access to education and training to help residents adapt to economic changes.

One of the successful grant applications last year was for the David Thompson Bicentennial Quilt; see story on Page 10.

Pick up a complete list of project requirements and guidelines, as well as application forms, at the Columbia Valley regional district office near the crossroads, or online at www.rdek.bc.ca.

Proposals must be submitted by March 6, 2006. This is the ninth year of the ten-year program, administered by the regional district for the Columbia Basin Trust.

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Snow golf Golfers got an early start with the fifth annual Snow Golf tournament on the lake last weekend. Left: John Shaw, Kathy Degenhardt and Linda Warner from Bighorn Meadows.

Right: Rich MacDonald, Kristin Olsen, Brenda Kuffler, Steve Kuffler and Martin Gottinger brought their own stove on skis.

BOX 159, 8853 GRAINGER ROAD CANAL FLATS, BC V0B 1B0 PHONE (250) 349-5462 FAX (250) 349-5460 EMAIL: CANALFLATS@SHAW.CA

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE BYLAW AMENDMENTS – CANAL FLATS The Council of the Village of Canal Flats is considering an application by Lance Elliot to amend the Canal Flats Official Settlement Plan and Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaws. If approved, the amendments will change the land use designation and rezone the property. The subject property is Lot 12, District Lot 110, Kootenay District, Plan 1738 located at 8966 Shaughnessy Street in Canal Flats.

Bylaw No. 55 cited as “Village of Canal Flats – Canal Flats Official Settlement Plan Bylaw, 1981 – Amendment Bylaw No. 55, 2006 (Elliot)” will change the land use designation of the property from R1(MH) Single Family (Mobile Home) and R – Future Residential to R1 Single Family Residential.

THANK YOU Canadian Pacific Railway would like to express our sincere gratitude to the residents of the Brisco area for their patience and understanding as a result of the recent incident.

Special thanks also go to the BC Ministry of Transportation, the Regional District of East Kootenay and the staff of the Brisco General Store.

Everybody’s support was certainly appreciated by all CPR employees.

Tim Schumacher Service Area Manager Field Operations BC Interior Service Area

Trevor Roman Service Area Manager Mechanical Services BC Interior Service Area

Tim Marinier Service Area Manager Engineering Operations BC Interior Service Area

Bylaw No. 56 cited as “Village of Canal Flats Upper Columbia Valley Zoning Bylaw No. 900, 1992 – Amendment Bylaw No. 56, 2006 (Elliot)” will rezone the property from R1(MH) – Single Family Residential (Mobile Home) and SH-1 Small Holding Residential to R-1 Single Family Residential.

The public hearing will be held at:

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006 at 6:00 pm If you believe that your interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaw, you may, prior to the hearing: • inspect the Bylaw and supporting information at the Village Office in Canal Flats from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Tuesday through Thursday; • mail, fax or email written submissions to the addresses/numbers shown above; or • present written and/or verbal submissions at the hearing.

SUBMISSIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING All written submissions are public information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This notice is not an interpretation of the Bylaw. For more information contact the Village of Canal Flats office.

Bruce Woodbury Administrator January 24, 2006

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P IONEER C LASSIFIEDS CLASSIFIED DEADLINE: Tuesdays at noon Phone: 341-6299 Toll Free: 1-877-341-6299 Fax: 341-6229 Email: upioneer@telus.net All classified ads must be prepaid by cash or cheque unless client has an existing account.

Please read your ad over carefully the first day it comes out to ensure the information is correct. If you should find an error in your ad please let us know immediately by calling 341-6299.

The Columbia Valley Pioneer is not responsible for errors appearing beyond the first insertion. The newspapers’ responsibility, if any, for errors of any kind is limited to the amount paid for that advertisement. We reserve the right to censor, re-classify, revise, edit or reject any advertisement not meeting our advertising standards.

NOTICES Windermere Community Association is having a FREE Valentines Family Dance, Tuesday, February 14th from 6-8pm at the Windermere Community Hall. Concession available.

TIME SHARE RENTAL Spring Break in Mexico - Timeshare rental - Grand Mayan.

Grand Master suite, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, kitchen, dining, living room. March 18 to 25 at Nuevo Vallarta, or March 25 to April 1 at Mayan Riviera. Call 342-6761 or contact: ez_let@shaw.ca.

MEXICO - Book before Feb 28th and save $200/week. Whether it’s one week or five weeks, you can’t

beat this! One-bedroom or twobedroom w/luxury accommodation, LR/DR/K, granite counters, private dipping pool on your own balcony. Choose any Grand Mayan Resort $1,150CDN/week.

No Block Outs - Book before Feb 28th and save $200/week. Call today and leave tomorrow. Jill: 250-342-0445. (Reservations are subject to availability).

HOMES FOR SALE PANORAMA - New, resales, townhomes, condos, chalets, lots, 1/4 ownership from $99,000. Kerry Dennehy, Playground Real Estate, 270-0481.

INVERMERE - Must be moved, well-built, good shape, new roof, 26x42, $75,000 or offers, 342-0603.

SUITES FOR RENT Quiet 2-bdrm walk-out basement suite for 2, close to town and Panorama, utilities and W/D included, $750/mth + DD, N/S, N/P, partially furnished if needed, 342-2100. ___________________ Rooms for rent, spacious home, fireplaces, W/D. Great location, lots of trails, Juniper Heights.

Available immediately, $400/ month includes everything.

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FOR RENT STEIN APARTMENTS - residential and commercial. 342- 6912.

CONDO FOR RENT Invermere, central location - 2bedroom condo, N/P, N/S available Feb 1st. $875/month plus damage deposit. Call 341-6284 or cell 688-0083 evenings.

MOBILE FOR RENT Mobile home on acreage, 10 minutes from Invermere, call 342-9299

MISC. FOR SALE Custom cut rough lumber, dry fir beams, fence boards, etc. Firewood - fir, birch or pine - split or unsplit. Top quality hay, grass/alfalfa mix, round or square bales.

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CHEERS Cheers to the gentleman and his helpers who cleared the snow off the Invermere Senior’s Hall parking lot on the evening of January 31st. A sincere thank you from all our members. ___________________ Cheers to the Jr. Lakers Boys Basketball Team for stopping in Cranbrook to cheer on the Bantam Boys Basketball Team. RH ___________________ Cheers to the new owners of Bud’s, Todd and Shelly Ferguson, who have generously donated the facility and staff free of charge for the upcoming DTSS Valentine dance. ___________________ Cheers to Grant at Grant‘s Food Bin. Always a smile and with a broken leg!

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

PUBLIC SERVICE

122,000km, $2300 OBO 342-3426.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. If alcohol is causing problems in your life, call 342-2424 for info.

All meetings at 8pm: Monday; Invermere Group, Christ Church Trinity; Wednesday, Winder- 1999 Ford Explorer XLT, low mere Group, Valley Christian mileage, well-maintained, Assembly Church; Friday, Ra- gently-driven, $11,000 OBO, dium Group, Radium Catholic call 342-0776.

Church; Saturday, Invermere First Step, Family Resource SERVICES Centre, 625 4th Street; Sunday, Columbia Lake Band Hall, off BOOKKEEPING SERVICES - BookHighway 93/95 south of Wind- keeping services, payroll, finanermere. All meetings are open. cial statements, GST/PST reporting. Blue Ox Business Services, ALCOHOLISM SHATTERS LIVES. 341-5421.

To help the alcoholic, you must help yourself first. Al Anon GUITAR LESSONS - First lesson meets 10am Tuesdays at the free. Invermere-based. Ten years of teaching experience. All styles.

Catholic Church, 1210 - 9th Call Chris at 403-397-4108.

Street, Invermere. For info call Carol, 347-9841.

IN MEMORIAM DONATIONS to the Canadian Cancer Society can be dropped off at the Pioneer, #8, 1008 - 8th Avenue, Invermere or mail to Box 868, Invermere. For info call Christine Vidalin, 342-0470.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS. Meet Thursdays 7:30-9 p.m.

Invermere Health Unit, 110010th Street, staff entrance.

IN MEMORIAM DONATIONS to the Family Resource Center: drop off at The Pioneer, No. 8, 1008-8th Avenue, Invermere or mail to Box 868, Invermere.

For info call Pat Cope, 3424242, Mon-Thu.

VEHICLES FOR SALE 1997 Chrysler Concord - nice, clean car, best offer. 342-0878 or 3411232. _____________________ 1986 Dodge V6 1/2ton. New tires, overload springs, battery.

CAREERS Production Worker. This is an entry level position involving all aspects of the cabinet making process. Trade apprenticeship is available to suitable candidate.

Please contact: Warwick Interiors Box 2673 Invermere, BC V0A 1K0. 250-342-6264 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.

EXPERIENCED CONVEYOR re-

quired for busy legal firm in Invermere. Permanent, fulltime position. Salary dependent on experience. Submit resume by fax: 250-342-3237.

The Pioneer is online at www.uppercolumbiapioneer.com

Looking for a live-in nanny for 3 young children, please call 3450177 for more information.

La Cabina Ristorante at the Prestige Inn now hiring wait staff. Apply in person. ____________________ Busy local framing company looking for framers and labourers. To apply please call 341-1400.

SANDWICH ARTIST Creative person needed to join our team.

The ideal candidate LOVES to be creative with food.

Hours: 7-11 am, 5-6 days per week (PT) Starting Wage: $10.00 per hour Start Date: To be determined.

Food Safe Required.

CLASSIFIED DEADLINE: Tuesdays at noon

Submit your resume with cover letter to:

Phone: 341-6299 Toll Free: 1-877-341-6299 Fax: 341-6229 Email: upioneer@telus.net

Sabina at Quality Bakery 1305 7th Ave., Invermere BC or email: qbakery@telus.net

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6 (ROCKY MOUNTAIN) School District No. 6 (Rocky Mountain) invites applications from persons interested in being on our Teacher On Call Certified and Non Certified Lists for Kimberley, Invermere and Golden Zones.

Certified Teachers’ On Call must possess or be eligible for B.C. certification through the B.C. College of Teachers; have a university teaching major, have a variety of teaching styles and be willing to adapt both philosophy and style to meet the unique needs of students.

Non Certified Teachers’ On Call must have a minimum of two years post-secondary education or equivalent relevant training or experience and recent success in working with children/youth and be willing to adapt both philosophy and style to meet the unique needs of students.

Applications with full supporting documentation, including references, relevant post secondary transcripts, teaching certificate and previous teaching reports if applicable, to be forwarded to: Mr. Paul Carriere, Assistant Superintendent of Schools School District No. 6 (Rocky Mountain) P.O. Box 70, Kimberley, BC V1A 2Y5 (250) 427-2245 (phone) (250) 427-2044 (fax) hr@sd6.bc.ca (e-mail)

by Monday, February 13, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. (www.sd6.bc.ca).

We would like to thank all applicants for their interest, but only those under consideration will be contacted. All successful applicants will be subject to a criminal record search.

We Work At Play!

Eagle Ranch Golf Course is now accepting resumes for the 2006 golf season!

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.

We are looking for energetic, enthusiastic and hard-working individuals to fill the following positions: • Turf Maintenance (Grounds Crew) • Beverage cart/Concession • Customer Care (Bag Drop/Range Attendants) • Golf Course Ambassadors (Marshals/Starters) • Golf Shop Retail Sales Application Deadline: Friday, March 10 Resumes may be sent confidentially to: Eagle Ranch Golf Course RR #3, M-2, C-11, Invermere, BC V0A 1K3 Email: info@eagleranchresort.com Fax: 1-250-342-2563 (Please note department preferences on cover letter)

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Investing for the future can be a tricky business as there are so many things to consider - and who better understands the amount of investment risk you are comfortable with than you? But with so many different types of investment products, different asset classes, different industries and countries, determining the right strategy becomes a daunting task.

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FINANCIAL Continued from Page 26 While this may be true, a lengthy time frame will not change the way you feel in the short term when the markets go through a severe decline.

That is why the feeling-based questions make up such a large portion of a questionnaire. The purpose of these questions is twofold: First, they serve as a tool to prepare you for what you should expect. Second, they focus on your logic and emotions to identify a pattern of how you perceive investment risk and what you are capable of realistically withstanding.

Often risk is measured by your ability to withstand investment losses. This is such an important indicator because it does not matter if you are a conservative investor or an aggressive investor, it takes time for an investment strategy to work.

The biggest mistake you can make is to overstate your comfort level with risk, as this is often a precursor to abandoning your investment strategy at the first sign of market volatility. Choose the right strategy from the start and stick with it. Over the long term you will be rewarded.

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more risk when things are moving along quite well. The late 1990s were a prime example where investment markets were steadily moving upwards and more investors were willing to assume greater risk by investing in a more aggressive portfolio.

Now that we are coming out of a bear market, many investors have had time to reflect on what risk means to them. Situations such as these warrant a review of your investment goals and completion of a new investment questionnaire.

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By Adrian Bergles Pioneer Staff Lifestyle is the name of the game for Columbia Valley locals who commute to jobs in Calgary.

Elizabeth Klein, owner of Te Papa Nui Antiques and Collectibles in Invermere, has an accounting job in the oil patch. Elizabeth, 50, makes the weekly round drive with her husband Joe, 73, a retired realtor.

“The valley is just such a beautiful place,” said Elizabeth. “We fell in love with it the minute we came out.”

Originally from Glasgow, Scotland, the couple spends three days a week at their Calgary condo.

The couple bought a piece of property here in 1986 after visiting friends in the valley. In 1990 they built a home in Juniper Heights, where they live to this day.

In June 2004, the ambitious pair opened their antique shop.

The slower pace of life in the valley attracted the Kleins. “It was a lifestyle choice,” said Elizabeth.

“When you live in the city and you come out here you really feel the stress running out of your feet and fingers.”

Randy Smith, a petroleum company executive, agrees.

“It’s lifestyle,” said Randy. “I grew up near the Great Lakes back in Ontario and I wanted to give that to my family.”

Randy made the trip between Invermere and Calgary every week for eight years. Since his son Tom graduated from David Thompson Secondary School last year and is now a student at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary, Randy and his wife Cathy, as well as daughter Rachel, 4, have relocated for the time being back to the big city.

Rod Conklin has been making the commute since he and his wife Dee bought Palliser Printing three

years ago. “An opportunity was here and we jumped at it,” said Rod. “Now I have to pay the price of commuting.”

Not that Rod, superintendent and Chief Executive Officer of Rundle College in Calgary, minds. “It’s an easy drive and I enjoy it,” he said, “but I sure like getting back to the valley.”

Rod knows Highway 93 well. As a summer student in the late 1950s and early 1960s he worked on a crew that helped survey the road when it was built.

“I know every curve, and every degree of curve,” he said. “I could drive it blindfolded.”

Still, Rod makes sure he has good winter tires and he calls Dee when he gets into Calgary.

Some things, however, Rod can’t get used to. “I enjoy the drive but I don’t enjoy the broken windshields,” he said.

Kathy Degenhardt has been coming to the valley for the past 20 years. “It’s just a love of the mountains,” she said. “I always knew this is where I wanted to be.”

Three years ago she found an even better reason to move here when she became engaged to Pioneer advertising salesman Dave Sutherland.

Since moving to the valley full-time she has been commuting every two weeks between her Calgary job in the oil industry and her home in Invermere. “I go to Calgary to meet with engineers,” she said.

Kathy said that she relies on a 4x4 Ford Escape sport utility vehicle to get her out of the mountains.

“If the roads are bad, I’ll take the bus,” she said.

Elizabeth and Joe have had a few close calls on the highway. “There’s been a few times when I’ve looked at my husband and said: ‘Are we off our heads, driving through this?’”

But for these commuters, the rewards of living in the valley outweighs the risk.

“I’m living my life to the fullest, living here in the valley,” said Kathy.

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February 3, 2006

Parkside Place passes environmental test

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff The first two Invermere condominiums at Parkside Place passed the strict “blower door” test last week.

The test, carried out by certified officials representing the federal Department of Natural Resources, involved sealing off the home and mounting a giant fan in the front doorway to draw much of the air out of the home. A complex system of measuring devices linked to a computer measured the home’s air leakage.

One condominium, currently a show home at Parkside Place, failed the first test but after staff did a thorough check they were able to locate and plug a couple of air leaks. The second test was passed with flying colours. The testers then moved on to the second condo and it, too, passed.

The test ratings will allow the multi-family homes to be designated “Envirohomes,” the highest standard of energy-efficient homes according to criteria established by the Canadian Home Builders’ Association.

Ideally, all homes should be airtight, said Dale Wilker, project manager for Quiniscoe Homes. But a home without adequate ventilation - often provided only by a stove fan and a bathroom exhaust fan - means the air inside is stale.

The condos at Parkside Place have installed a ventilator that draws all the air from the home and replaces it with fresh air four times every hour. That results in a home that is not only warm in winter, but virtually odour-free.

Dave Penner, owner of Quiniscoe Homes that is building Parkside Place, said he wanted to build R2000 homes in spite of all the paperwork involved in going through the certification process.

“It’s a personal philosophy, to build the best home we can possibly build,” he said.

Dave Penner and his wife Doris will be the first residents of Parkside Place.

They have sold their house in Panorama and plan to move into the condominium shortly, along with their daughter Margot, a Grade 12 student.

“It will be more convenient to live downtown,” Dave said, “although it will

Dale Wilker, project manager be a challenge to get away from work when I’m living right beside it.”

Parkside Place has sold five condominiums to date, and two of the retail outlets are available for rent.

Quiniscoe’s next project, a residential complex across from the high school tentatively to be called “Canyon View” has finished the rezoning stage and the developers are waiting for a subdivision permit before proceeding.

The company is setting a high standard for valley builders. Last week Quiniscoe sent 14 of its staff to a two-day course offered through the College of the Rockies on building energy-efficient homes. Two independent tradespeople also attended the course.

Quiniscoe has also been chosen as a finalist in three separate categories for the Canadian Home Builders’ Association 2005 National Sales and Marketing (SAM) Awards, celebrating excellence in new homes and renovation design, innovative technology and construction techniques. The finalists for Quiniscoe include private homes in Panorama and Pineridge, and Parkside Place. The awards will be presented Feb. 25th in Lake Louise.

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Rio, a playful, friendly six-month-old Briard purebred, appears to be posing for his photograph with his ears cocked and his paw artfully laid across his owner’s knee.

This is the third Briard that Romy has owned.

She was walking Rio near Pynelogs this week when captured on film by our photographer Lisa Ede.

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The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 31

February 10, 2006

FAITH

Valley Churches

Looking for answers

By Sandy Ferguson, Windermere Valley Shared Ministry In a couple of weeks, Windermere Valley Shared Ministry will be having its Annual General Meeting at Christ Church Trinity. Usually such meetings are a time to reflect on the past year in the church, as we read and listen to the reports from the various committees.

We ask ourselves what we have accomplished in our ministry, a ministry that as a church we all share in. Then we plan the work of the church for the year ahead, building on our achievements, and learning from our mistakes, to ensure that we continue to be an effective witness to the presence of God in our community.

This year, once we have completed the business of the meeting, we are going to explore the future direction of our shared Anglican-United ministry, and our involvement in the community. To help get the discussion started, we are going to be asking ourselves these three questions: 1. What should the church be doing?

2. What can the church do for you?

3. What can you do for the church?

I believe it is vitally important for the church to continually ask itself these questions and to be ready to be challenged by the answers we receive. And I invite the larger community to be part of this discussion. We are living in a changing world, where the old certainties no longer hold true. The role of the church in the community is changing. And so the church has to learn how to respond to this new reality, so we can continue to be an effective witness to the Good News that calls our church into being. The message itself of God’s love revealed to the world through the liberating ministry of Christ Jesus always needs to be heard. What changes is how we share this Good News, so that people will listen, and want to share it with others.

So if you are interested in finding out about our vision of ministry, please check us out. As a church we hope to provide a time and space for people to explore questions of faith, because we know that we are strengthened through people sharing their experiences. We are not looking to provide ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers of faith, but instead we are a place that respects a diversity of opinions.

So if you want to be part of the discussion of our future, our annual meeting will be on the 19th of February, after worship. We look forward to you sharing in our discussion, and hearing your challenges for us, so we can work together to create a community of faith that proclaims the Good News through the valley and the world!

Five generations Five generations were united on January 12, 2006 on the occasion of Vera Wikman’s 88th birthday. From left to right: Trent Booty, three years old; his grandmother Cathleen Christensen; his brother Seth Booty, 10 months; his father Shane Booty; his great-great-grandmother Vera Wikman; and his great-grandmother Phyllis Christensen.

LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH Sunday, February 12th, 10:30 a.m.

Worship and Life Instruction. Communion will be served.

Stewardship - It’s a Matter of Trust “The Trust Test - Part One.” Sunday School for ages 3 to Grade 3, during the morning service.

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Rev. Sandy Ferguson • 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere • 342-6644 VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Sunday, 10:00 am Children’s church during the message part of the service.

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One BDR town home a moment from the slopes and a quick walk to the winter/summer pools and all the activities Panorama has to offer. This wonderfully decorated mountain vacation home is a perfect retreat! MLS#115035

No need to climb stairs or take an elevator. Main floor 2 BDR poolside corner unit is the best location in Panorama Springs. View of ski hill and Monument Peak.

Ski in –ski out. Very rare unit, so donʼt wait. MLS#115036

Superb views of the valley from your deck. It doesnʼt get any better than this. Enjoy revenue to cover your cost of owning with the flexibility to use for your ski and golf vacations. Two BDR, sleeps six with room to spare. MLS#115094

Invermere Gem

Views of the Rocky Mountains

Fairmont Lot

Open concept 3 BDR home with country kitchen and home theatre. Master and guestroom feature walk-in closets and 3 full baths. Designed for easy living and close to all Invermere amenities; this is a home you donʼt want to miss! MLS#115167

Level, partially treed lot in Columbia Ridge County Estates. Over 1⁄2 an acre with driveway and parking pad in place. Enjoy the lake, beach and community amenities. Affordable opportunity for lake access. MLS # NEW

Corner lot of cul de sac along Riverside Drive, with the Columbia meandering close by. Soak up the beautiful Fairmont Sawtooth Range mountain views and build your dream home here. This is a great price and a smart investment. MLS#112451

Spectacular and Breathtaking

Golf Course Living

Mint Condition

Two year old condo with 3 BDR and 2 BTR, laminate flooring, and a fully finished basement. A great view of Mt. Nelson. Walk to all amenities, yet away from downtown. A great investment and a wonderful place to stay! MLS#114421

At Radium Resort. Large lot offers privacy. Home backs onto large deck and private, sunny, landscaped back yard. BIS wood burning fireplace for efficient heating. Bright, spacious den, office, hobby room and laundry area on lower level. MLS#113896

Condo in the Radium Golf Resort is in exceptional condition. 2 BDR, 2 BTR and 2 beds in the family room. Enjoy the resortʼs sauna, ski lockers and the fitness room and pool. Large living room, walk-out to upper deck and BBQ area. MLS#113512

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$119,900.00

$469,000.00

$319,000.00+gst

$75,900.00+gst

Location

Lakeview Meadows

This Panorama home is in a great spot! Close to the Toby chairlift and the Greywolf Clubhouse. A fantastic view of the 10th fairway out your living room window. Sunny location you will enjoy anytime of the year. Rental suite with year round tenant in place. Call now for a viewing. MLS#115093

Cottage on the green belt, featuring high end wood finishing and upgrade package. Fully developed basement, air conditioning, solid pine doors, hickory cabinets, solid maple floor, river rock fireplace, mirrored windows. Quiet location. Enjoy the beach, dock, rec. center and pool. MLS#115165

$690,000.00

$529,000.00

$239,900.00