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September 14, 2007

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VALLEY NEWS Finally, you can start recycling plastic bags Nov. 1

By Brian Geis Pioneer Staff Those of you who have been storing your recyclable plastics on the front porch or the trunk of your car have only a few more weeks to wait before the regional district begins recycling again.

And the good news is that they will finally begin collecting the ubiquitous white grocery bags that seem to reproduce on their own in the pantry closet at night.

Manager of Engineering and Environmental Services Eric Sharpe announced this week that regional district recycling of plastics numbered 1-6, includingplastic grocery bags, will resume on November 1.

Regional District Solid Waste Superintendent Andy Pfeifer said his department is working with the vendor to place temporary, roll-out bins at transfer stations and recycling depots to process the backlog of recyclable plastics Columbia Valley residents have been storing since the popular service was suspended at the end of June.

Mr. Pfeifer’s department has asked residents to hold onto their plastics until a new contract could be signed.

As expected, a five-year deal with South Sky Recycling in Cranbrook has been signed and, after November 1, area residents will be able to deposit their recyclable plastics in the familiar yellow bins along with their paper and tin.

“The contract with South Sky Recycling starts October 1, 2007. We will ask them to supply many large roll off bins at our transfer stations and recycling depots to help assist with the plastic back log,” he said.

“We will not have the public add plastics to our general recycling bins till November 1, 2007. This is due to the fact South Sky will have to put on new conveyor lines and staff to man them.”

The new contract, Mr. Pfeifer said, will streamline the collection process and allow for fewer trucks on the road.

“Recycling is a very popular program in the East Kootenay region, and we are pleased to continue working with South Sky Recyling,” stated Board Chair Greg Deck.

Mr. Sharpe explained that the contract with South Sky Recycling provides for payment of a diversion credit base rate of $255 per tonne.

The method of payment is designed to ensure that the recyclable products make it to market.

Under the new contract, South Sky is guaranteed $255 per tonne for the recyclables it collects. If South Sky makes something less than an average of $255 per tonne on the market, the regional district must make up the difference.

So, the contract will end up costing something between $0 and $255 per tonne to provide the service, he said.

For more information, see the regional district web site at http://www.rdek.bc.ca.

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 3

September 14, 2007

VALLEY NEWS

Mayor pitches super-municipality Brian Geis Pioneer Staff Invermere Mayor Mark Shmigelsky appeared before the Village of Canal Flats council Monday night on a diplomatic mission.

Flanked by Regional District of East Kootenay Area F Director Lillian Rose, Mayor Shmigelsky began to flesh out his plan to create a super-municipality, a new form of government he says will broaden and strengthen the Area F communities linked together by the twin lakes, Columbia and Windermere.

Mayor Shmigelsky reintroduced the idea of an Area F super-municipality last month and came to Canal Flats to begin inviting community leaders to gather around the table to discuss the idea.

Canal Flats might be his toughest sell, but, if he is successful, the resulting super-municipality could be Mayor Shmigelsky’s political legacy and comes at a pivotal time for Area F, which continues to develop at a harrowing pace.

“I’m staking my last 14 years of public office on this,” Mayor Shmigelsky told the Canal Flats council.

“There’s nothing we could be doing that is more important than this. If, ten or 15 years from now, there are 13 or 14 municipalities in Area F, we’ll be looking back thinking why didn’t we do this?”

Canal Flats Mayor John Tilley told Mayor Shmigelsky that, by his calculations, the plan would create

Library, arts centre grows into multi-use facility

the largest municipality in the world, but a municipality with a lower per-capita population than Canada.

“Can we do it?” he asked. “I have a huge number of concerns, both social and financial, but I would be interested in hearing it discussed.”

Without any charts or graphs, Mayor Shmigelsky painted a picture of a super-municipality that would encompass all of Area F—from the height of the Rockies to the height of the Purcells, from the Jumbo Valley to Canal Flats—and would be governed by a council representing five boroughs, something like New York City.

Mayor Shmigelsky suggested a system in which each borough and its surrounding area would elect two councillors and vote for one “at large” representative. The restructuring, he said, would give Area F the broader powers of a municipality and generate political autonomy from the regional district - the very goals Canal Flats sought for itself when it became a municipality in 2004.

The irony that Canal Flats was incorporated partly in reaction to an earlier push toward a centralized government was not lost on Canal Flats councillor Colin Cartwright.

“Seems to me, the reason we incorporated is so we could make our own decisions,” Mr. Cartwright commented. “It seems like we would be losing everything we gained.”

Mayor Shmigelsky explained that each borough would still have its own borough council and could maintain its own local character by employing a builtin veto power to opt out of bylaws adopted by the super-municipality.

He, too, will have to sell the idea to his own Invermere constituents—the other municipality that would have give up some autonomy to another layer

Brian Geis Pioneer Staff A committee charged with gauging the public’s needs in regard to a proposed library and performing art centre presented its report to District of Invermere council on Tuesday night.

The report, delivered in form of five recommendations, calls for an expanded multi-use facility that would include a lot more than just a library and performing arts centre.

Originally proposed by the boards of the local public library and arts council for the site occupied by the

of government.

The province’s Ministry of Community Services, he said, is wide open to suggestions and willing to facilitate the proposal if the communities of Area F agree to enter into discussions.

Simultaneously, though, the Ministry of Community Services will be facilitating discussions on a proposal for incorporation by Fairmont Hot Springs, and considering the creation of a new municipality in Jumbo Valley.

Director Rose said it is an idea whose time has come.

“Everything we think is good for Area F voters is up to 14 other directors,” she said, fresh from the experience of fighting around the regional district board table for a public opinion poll.

“It really does make sense. Those two lakes are really the lifeline between the communities of Area F.” The idea, she said, is only in the planning phase and Canal Flats can opt out of the process at any time.

“We’re just embarking on this and we want people to keep an open mind,” she said.

Mayor Shmigelsky extended an invitation to the Canal Flats leaders to attend a meeting on September 19th to discuss his proposed governmental restructuring in Area F. A week later, he will motor off to Vancouver to push the idea to provincial officials at the 2007 Union of British Columbia Municipalities.

If all goes well, he said, he would like to pursue the project aggressively.

“We should move as quickly as the minister (Community Services Minister Ida Chong) will allow us,” he said. “I would like to see it go to referendum before the next election in 2008.”

old high school building on 4th Street, Invermere council immediately began looking at the proposal as a replacement for the 60-year-old downtown Community Hall and nearby municipal office.

According to the report, the proposal should expand to include multiple, modular buildings and more land to accommodate extra functions and additional parking.

In addition to a library and performing arts centre, the report states the complex should include multi-purpose space for judo, gymnastics, military cadets, dance lessons, youth centre, food

bank and non-governmental organizations like Wildsight and the Columbia Valley Botanical Gardens.

Invermere councillor Gerry Taft warned that if the project strays too far from the original idea, some economies of scale might be lost.

“In the end, you want a building that is active and useful without being crowded and disfunctional,” he said.

Councillor Sarah Bennett, who served on the committe responsible for the report, said the recommendations are soft because the public hasn’t been consulted yet. “Our community needs this, in whatever form it takes.”

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Director Rose wins second try for public opinion poll on Jumbo

By Brian Geis Pioneer Staff The residents of Area F will finally get to have their say on the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort.

But it won’t be a referendum, just a yes-orno poll without any legal clout.

Director Rose said she is busy developing Lillian Rose the methodology of the poll to ensure fairness and credibility. The voter list will be culled from the tax assessment notice database.

Everyone in Area F will have the chance to vote, she said, including the non-resident owners of seasonal homes.The survey question will be made available through a number of outlets including the regional district website.

At the conclusion of the poll, “by the end of October,” Ms. Rose said, she will send the results—on Regional District of East Kootenay letterhead—to provincial officials managing the Jumbo application.

On her second attempt to get regional district approval for a public opinion poll on the embattled resort proposal, Director Lillian Rose got something less than the official regional district referendum she originally sought.

Last month, she won a motion for an official referendum on Jumbo—only to have it overturned minutes later on a subsequent motion by Cranbrook Mayor Ross Priest.

At Friday’s monthly meeting—so confusing it found the directors lost in procedure and looking back and forth at each other for direction—Regional District Chair Greg Deck had to resort to street ball rules, “no harm, no foul,” to untangle the mess.

Fernie Mayor Randal Macnair challenged the legality of Mayor Priest’s motion to overturn Director Rose’s original motion for a Jumbo referendum.

According to McNair, because Mayor Priest voted against the original motion, he is ineligible to do so.

However, Regional District Chief Administrative Officer Lee-Anne Crane suggested, since the original motion was later found to be disallowed by law, the two motions cancelled each other out.

The fresh motion for a non-binding poll—pared down from an official referendum and backed by a four-member delegation of Area F voters—narrowly succeeded.

Director Rose, and alternate delegate from Invermere, Bob Campsall, argued that an official “regional district” stamp of approval would enhance the credibility of the poll in the eyes of provincial officials, but could not convince the board to back it as a whole.

“It’s just a rural director trying to communicate with her constituents,” Chair Deck explained.

Even as a non-binding, public opinion poll of her constituents by a single rural director, Ms. Rose’s motion was fiercely opposed, most vocally by Mayor Priest who also sought to disallow future delegations wishing to speak on the Jumbo issue.

“I don’t think this issue, that the controversy surrounding Jumbo, will magically go away,” he said. “It will not happen. It’s just one more redundant item in my mind.”

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September 14, 2007

MOTHER EARTH—Werner Streicek carved this massive 3.5-tonne granite statue.

Mother Earth statue proposed for Pothole Park

By Brian Geis Pioneer Staff Charlotte Streicek and her father Werner offered a bold new vision for Pothole Park themed on sustainability and centered around a massive, granite statue called “Mother Earth.”

Ms. Streicek described their vision to kick-start the Pothole Park renovation effort to the District of Invermere council at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday night.

According to Ms. Streicek, their goal is to raise $2 million in two years to complete the project.

Building on existing plans for the park, Mr. Streicek—a gold-miner, art-

ist and stoneworker from Harrison Hot Springs, with three daughters and six grandchildren living in the area—presented detailed drawings which included a white marble gate, sustainability education center, kidney-shaped fish pond, an 80-foot waterfall and Romanstyle seating for 400.

Mother Earth, hewn from a natural vein of solid granite, weighs 3.5 tonnes, he said. It took 2,000 hours to complete and would cost about $3,000 to move to Invermere.

Ms. Streicek said she would submit a plan and spearhead the fundraising.

“Presenting this project in a town that can really make a difference is exciting,” she said.

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PERSPECTIVE

A river by any other name

September 14, 2007

Historical Lens

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Staff Having just spent a few days along the Lower Columbia River - in Portland, Oregon, to be exact - I was surprised to find there a bookstore jammed with books about the mighty river that flows past our door.

The Columbia River in its American reincarnation is much photographed and written about, especially the famous Columbia Gorge between Oregon and Washington, so I couldn’t resist thumbing through a few books to see what was said about the origins of “our” river - the fourth-largest in North America.

Not surprisingly, the source of the river is given short shrift. Generally, a few paragraphs describe its source as “a small lake in northern Canada” and mention that it takes a winding path through the Rockies before assuming the stature of a world-class river south of the border.

One author described his amazement at being able to drive to the mouth of the Columbia River, as if he expected to trek half-way to the Arctic. He then went on to describe a hair-raising night he spent in Canal Flats, complete with a bar fight, which made it sound like a saloon out of the Wild West.

Even the term “Upper Columbia” which should factually refer to the upper reaches of the river - that is, from its source at Canal Flats to the northernmost point at Big Bend before beginning its path southwards - has been adopted by the Americans.

In their lexicon, the Upper Columbia River Basin is the northern part of the river in the United States, south of the Canadian border.

Our newspaper’s name was changed two years ago from The Upper Columbia Pioneer, which was somewhat confusing, to The Columbia Valley Pioneer.

The name “Columbia Valley” might also refer to the entire 1,200-kilometre stretch of the Columbia River, but is a more familiar term in this area.

Of course, there is another whole discussion around whether our area should be called the Windermere Valley, but the jury is still out on that one.

Perhaps this dog is mourning the loss of his owner in this photograph taken at the entrance to the Shuswap Cemetery.

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Please vote yes to broadband Dear Editor: A new report by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance argues that a publicly-owned information infrastructure is the key to healthy competition, universal access, and non-discriminatory networks.

(A link to this report can be found on the www. rdek.bc.ca website - follow the “broadband” link.)

Much of the infrastructures of our country, hospitals, schools, water, sewer, airports, and highways are publicly owned. Why not our “information highway?”

The mentioned study analogizes our present information infrastructure to a pizza delivery company, which in addition to making and delivering pizza, is responsible for building the roads to its customers.

As a “for profit” organization, you can see that the most populated regions would get their pizza

first while some of the less accessible may never get their pizza!

We’ve seen graphic examples of this all along.

No one was scrambling to upgrade or expand our service before the Regional District of East Kootenay’s fibre-optic initiative!

Telus is quite content to sell you dial-up at $25 a month ad-infinitum. This “for profit” scheme is basically the “user pays” model. Equal access has to be assured for something as important as our information infrastructure!

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Joint effort saved baby Meghan’s life Dear Editor: I am writing to thank the staff of the Invermere and District Hospital, the B. C. Ambulance Service, and Fairmont Resort for their parts in saving my daughter’s life this summer.

We were in the valley visiting family and friends in July, and while at a potluck at a home where there aren’t normally small children, Meghan drank, choked on, and then aspirated (inhaled into her lungs) some colourless, odorless lamp oil.

It was in a pretty, dark blue, glass vase on a shelf near where we had set the kids up to play and watch a movie while we got dinner set up.

Because it was a hot day, we suspect that she was thirsty and tried to drink what she thought was water.

With direction from Poison Control, who also did their part so well, we rushed her to the Invermere hospital, where the nurses, radiologist, and emergency doctor then provided the incredible acute care that saved my baby’s life.

It has taken me some time to write this letter, because as I’m sure you can understand, it’s very hard to re-live the experience by remembering those that cared for her so well.

Because there are no Intensive Care Unit beds in Calgary Children’s Hospital, we were forced to travel instead to Vancouver to the B.C. Children’s Hospital.

The B.C. Ambulance Service provided a Lear jet, and a doctor from the B. C. Children’s ICU flew with the paramedics to pick us up.

Unfortunately, it was too dark to land at the Invermere airport, because

Meghan Kirby there are no lights on that runway. They were going to have to fly to Cranbrook, which would have added three hours of driving to our journey to Vancouver.

Thankfully, the Ambulance Service was able to contact someone at Fairmont Resort, and they allowed the jet use of the Fairmont airport, which does have lights.

Your local B.C. Ambulance service paramedics picked up the team from B.C. Children’s, and brought them to pick us up.

It was an amazing feat of communication and organization, while under incredible stress and time constraints.

Everyone worked together to provide us with seamless, life-saving care for my daughter, and we are forever grateful in a way that words cannot fully express.

Meggie celebrated her birthday on August 16th, and we are happy to report that she blew out her two candles without much difficulty at all.

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September 14, 2007

Windermere Fall Fair winners Following is a partial list of the winners at the annual Windermere Fall Fair and Scarecrow Festival. The remainder of the winners will appear next week. For photographs of this year’s popular event, see Pages 20 and 21.

Tomatoes: 1st Samantha Mauthner

Cucumbers: 1st Gordon Ede

Apples: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Bill Dyck

Other: 1st Nicole Pow 2nd Micaela Mauthner 3rd Pow (either Nicole or Jordon)

Peppers: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Fran Kimpton

Other fruits: 1st Peter Garrett 2nd Kathryn Wilks 3rd Laureen Wall

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: KIDS AND JUNIORS:

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: ADULTS:

Veggie people/animals: 1st Nicole and Jordon Pow 2nd Samantha Mauthner

Beets: 1st E. Krein 2nd Phil Robart

Weird Potato: 1st Jordon and Nicole Pow

Potatoes: 1st E. Krein 2nd Julie Ollenberger 3rd Phil Robart

Pumpkins: 1st Terry Carlson 2nd Mackenzie Robart 3rd Samantha Mauthner Summer Squash: 1st Jordon Pow 2nd Michalea and Samantha Mauthner 3rd Terry Carlson Carrots: 1st Phil Robart

Carrots: 1st Julie Ollenberger 2nd Phil Robart 3rd R. Picton Onions: 1st R. Picton 2nd Laureen Wall 3rd Phil Robart Cabbage: 1st R. Picton

Tomatoes: 1st Gordon Ede 2nd, 3rd Fran Kimpton Kohlrabi: 1st Gordon Ede Other Veggies: 1st Phil Robart 2nd R. Picton 3rd Kathryn Wilks Summer Squash: 1st Fran Kimpton 2nd Alice Ede 3rd Jon Anderson Pumpkins: 1st Jim Watt 2nd Kathryn Wilks 3rd Leah Gowin Plums: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Bill Dyck Pears: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Bill Dyck

SCARECROWS: 1st and 2nd Grades: All who entered were winners.

3rd Grade: 1st Shelbie 2nd Adam & Veronice 3rd Alex & Sidney 4th Grade: 1st Fox Cain “Live Dead Dragon” 2nd Sophie “Fishy Guy” 3rd Aaron “Henry” & Kyle “Super Bum” 5th Grade: 1st Courtney Hoffas/Denise Jensen “Confused Casey” 1st Jenny Barr 2nd Brianne Clarke 2nd Jed Schulman “Snorky” 2nd Michael Godlien “Scary Harry”

2nd Emily Wiebe “Penelope and Peony Piglet” 3rd Sam Gaspar “Skater Boy” 3rd Jessie Stober 6th Grade: 1st Kyle Gilland “The Raking Boy” 1st Victoria Mailo “Sunny Gardener” 2nd Leigh Thompson “The Farm Without a Barn” 3rd Jordy Montgomery “Raiders Top” 3rd Kelsey Frank “If I only had a Brain” 3rd Skyla Sam “Caveman Sourcraut” 7th Grade: 1st Michelle Bootsma “Professor Einstein” 1st Makayla Wilder/Madison Haynes “Gus the Grass Golfer” 2nd Brad Connor “P.W.” 3rd Jessica & Lindsey “Lazy Hubert” David Thompson Secondary School and Open Doors: 1st Michelle Jensen & Kayja

Becker “Wally the Weird Wizard” 2nd Alisha Trozzo “Harry Potter” Best of the Fair (People’s Choice): The Kesler Clan “The Photographer” Adult/Family: 1st Tara Booty “Happy Harv” 2nd Clare Family “St. George” 3rd Jean Blackstock “Alien Invasion” Business/Resort: 1st Touch of Dutch “Buxom Flower Lady” 2nd Quality Bakery “Purcella” 3rd Valley Alley “Ben’s Twin - I’m tired” 3rd Fairmont Mountainside Villas “Haden Straw Bottom” Ladies Hammering Contest: A number of excellent ladies stepped up and took part but the winner was Aina Cernenoks of Invermere.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE COLUMBIA VALLEY

MUSIC • VISUAL ARTS • DINING • BAR SCENE • ENTERTAINMENT • PERFORMANCE ARTS MOVIE REVIEW

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Noted Canadian tenor Ken Lavigne will perform at Christ Church Trinity on Monday, September 17th.

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BOOK REVIEW

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Summer Workshop/Camps · Pynelogs Cultural Centre Plein-Air Painting Weekend Workshop - Sept 22 & 23, Kid’s Art Adventure by Pat Bavin - October 13. CALL TO SIGN UP 342-4423.

Gallery Art Show · Pynelogs Cultural Centre

Featured Artists: Bill DesBrisay, Meredith Hackler, Gabe Senger. Sept 11 - 21.

New Fall hours: 11 - 4 pm Monday to Friday.

What does ART Fundraiser For CV Arts · Pynelogs Cultural Centre mean to you? Murder Mystery Dinner. Saturday Sept 29. Call to book your tickets 342-4423.

Visit columbiavalleyarts.com for our current events calendar, or call 342-4423.

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MUSIC • VISUAL ARTS • DINING • BAR SCENE • ENTERTAINMENT • PERFORMANCE ARTS

Talented tenor Ken Lavigne to perform solo Christ Church Trinity is pleased to announce the return of a very talented young tenor. Ken Lavigne is back in Invermere for a solo performance this time.

Mr. Lavigne performed here in January in “Romanza,” with two accompanying tenors.

“It was a wonderful evening of music enjoyed by a full house,” said concert promoter Eileen Fiell. “Currently he is on tour of B. C. and Alberta, performing at churches and introducing new audiences to his splendid voice.”

Mr. Lavigne has toured throughout North America and the United Kingdom as a soloist and as a member of music groups such as Romanza (of which he is a founding member) and The Canadian Tenors.

His voice is an exciting blend of classical tenor sound with modern style, and this versatile performer commands ovations at every performance, she said.

Mr. Lavigne started his career shortly after leaving the University of Victoria, where he studied music.

His focus was purely classical at the time, pursuing opera roles and oratorio concerts while honing his craft with frequent study in New York and the U.K. Since then, he has earned credits with symphonies and orchestras across Canada and the U.S., from prize-winning performances in Ireland, to the special honour of performing for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in his home town of Victoria.

Mr. Lavigne’s successful debut record saw him re-

turn to the style that got him singing in the first place, musical theatre. “It is a genre with lasting appeal, not to mention beautiful melodies,” he said.

His second solo album, “Believe,” will be on sale at the concert. Mr. Lavigne describes it as a melding of classical tenor technique infused with modern style.

“The music I present is inspiring, spiritual and accessible,” he said. “This is not a stuffy recital but rather an intimate and casual evening of entertaining stories and spectacular music.”

Join him on Monday, September 17, at 7:30 p.m., at Christ Church Trinity on 7th Avenue. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased in advance at Invermere One Hour Photo or at the door.

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The hugely-successful romance/ thriller writer Nora Roberts has now ventured into television.

If you have never heard of her, she has written more than 100 novels and hasn’t been off the New York Times best-seller list since 1999.

Four of her books have now been made into television movies, among them Carolina Moon, which aired in February. If you missed it and you like the genre, then by all means rent this movie.

The predictable Roberts-like plot centres around a young woman who is returning to her hometown to open a gift shop and make peace with her troubled past. She also has a gift for psychic visions.

Tory Bodeen, played by Claire Forlani, knows that a trip down memory lane means reliving horrific images that flashed through her mind many years before, the night her 10-year-old friend Hope was brutally killed.

Tory soon discovers that Hope’s death was only the first in a string of murders that have continued every August 23rd since that terrible day.

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that the psychopath - who just might be her abusive father - has been waiting patiently for her return.

So now she’s got two choices: Use her supernatural powers to catch this killer or end up his next victim. Meanwhile, the calendar creeps towards August 23rd.

There is a strong romantic thread as Tory just can’t help falling for Cade, Hope’s older brother (played by Oliver Hudson, son of Goldie Hawn).

The movie was filmed in Calgary, although there’s no sign of cowboys or oil derricks.

But if you are a huge Nora Roberts fan, you can look for a cameo appearance by her. I didn’t find her, probably because I was too busy watching Jacqueline Bisset, who plays Hope’s mother. And the spunky best friend is played by Josie Davis, who was also pretty good.

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Out & About Please call 341-6299 or Email us at upioneer@telus.net to enter your event in our FREE listings.

Sunday, September 16th: • 2 pm: Jumbo Wild Day Hike Rally, West: 2 hour hike in from South Glacier Creek Trailhead; East: 2 hour hike in from Jumbo Creek Trailhead. For general info and carpool information: 1-250-427-5666.

• 7:30 pm - 10 pm: Badminton, DTSS gym. For info: Audrey, 342-3825. Every Sunday until further notice.

Monday, September 17th: Toby Theatre • September 12 - 15: Closed for a wedding.

• September 19 - 22: Rush Hour 3

Until December 2nd: • 6th Annual Radium Hot Springs Glass Art Show & Sale, The Brilliance of Birds, Radium Hot Springs Pool lobby. Open pool hours. For more info: 250-347-9485, 1-800-767-1611.

Saturday, September 8th - Saturday, September 29th: • Temporary road closure: The north end of Lower Lakeview Lane will be closed for construction. For info: 342-9281.

Friday and Saturday, September 14th-15th: • Columbia Valley Classics Classic Car Show and Shine: Springs Golf Course in Radium. Registration Friday 7 pm-9 pm at Radium Hall or Saturday 9 am at The Springs Golf Course. Call Mitch at 342-1245 for info.

Friday, September 14th: • 1-3 pm: Canadian author Joan Clark signing books and chatting with customers at All Things Beautiful, Invermere.

• 7:30 pm: Columbia Valley Rockies kick off hockey season against Revelstoke Grizzlies, Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

Saturday, September 15th: • 10 am-1 pm: 12th annual Lake Windermere Shoreline Cleanup. All supplies provided. Call 341-6898 for information or come to Kinsmen Beach.

• 10 am - 4 pm: Strand’s Art Show & Sale, featuring mixed media, stone sculpture, fibre, oil, acrylic, and watercolour art. For info: (250) 342-6344.

• 1 pm: Bighorns Football Team vs. Creston, playing in Creston. For info: 342-8852.

• 7:30 pm: Rockies Hockey vs. Creston Thundercats, Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

• 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm: Columbia Valley Figure Skating Club Registration Day, Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena. See ad on Page 24 for schedule. For info: Kelly Geiger, 342-3213.

• 7:30 pm: “Keep Your Lawn Off Drugs: Pesticides, the Law and You.” A free presentation by Andrew Gage, Staff Lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law, discusses risks associated with pesticides and how the law does and does not protect human health and the environment. DTSS Theatre. Free presentation by Wildsight, Invermere branch.

• 7:30 pm: Ken Lavigne, Canadian Tenor from Victoria, will be appearing at Christ Church Trinity. Tickets are $15, available at One Hour Photo and at the door.

Reception to follow. For info: 342-6644.

• Red Cross Preschool swim lessons, mornings and afternoons, and adult masters swimming, Radium Hot Springs Pools. For info: 347-9562.

Monday, Sept. 17th - Thursday, Sept. 20th:

Wednesday, September 19th: • 7 pm: Friends of the Invermere Public Library AGM, College of the Rockies Room 104.

• 8 pm - 10 pm: Badminton, DTSS gym. For info: Audrey, 342-3825. Every Wednesday until further notice.

Friday, September 21st: • 7:30 pm: Rockies vs. Golden Rockets, Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

• 8 pm: Bighorns Football vs. Creston at DTSS.

Friday, Sept. 21st - Sunday, Sept. 23rd: • St. Eugene Golf-Resort-Casino 5th Anniversary Party, see ad on Page 22 for coupon and more information, 1-866-292-2020.

Saturday and Sunday, September 22nd - 23rd: • 9 am - 4 pm: Plein-Air painting ‘artist on the move workshop’ with instructor Colin Bell, $200/person, CV Arts Member $160/person. For info: 342-4423.

Sunday, September 23rd: • Babes on Blades, ladies’ fun hockey league. For info: Rhonda, 342-3015.

Sunday, September 23rd:

• 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm: Rookie Camp swim with Karen Fahrni at Radium Hot Pool. For info: 347-9562.

• Cinefest Film Series starts the new season with “Sicko”, a thought-provoking documentary by Michael Moore.

Tickets $10/person, Toby Theatre. For info: 342-4423.

Tuesday, September 18th:

Tuesday, September 25th:

• 7-9 pm: A gathering of book club members, or those who want to know more about book clubs, at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. Includes a special reading by Newfoundland/local author Joan Clark. Free of charge.

Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Friends of the Invermere Public Library.

Tuesday, Sept. 18th - Thursday, December 13th: • Growing Together at Valley Connections presents Play and Learn, Baby Goose & Baby Talk, in Invermere, Edgewater, and Canal Flats.

Programs are free through funding by Ministry of Children and Families, CBT, Vancouver Sun, Ministry of Advanced Education, Literacy Now, and Public Health Agency of Canada. For more information, see ad on Page 13, or call The Family Resource Centre, 342-4242.

• 7 pm - 9pm: Dr. Marika Geis, Naturopathic Doctor, presents a free information session on “Prostate Health: Naturally,” College of the Rockies, Invermere. For info: 342-8830.

Wednesday, September 26th: • 7 pm: Top 20 Cancer Fighting Foods seminar, presented by the Canadian Cancer Society with speaker Sally Errey, Christ Church Trinity. Free, refreshments provided. For info: 1-800-656-6426.

New Video Releases Tuesday, Sept. 11th: • Bloodrayne 2 • Death Proof • Lucky You • The Flying Scotsman • Superman Doomsday

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Pynelogs gearing up for murder mystery evening Appearing Tuesday, September 18th

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Available at Dave’s Book Bar and Bud’s.

Bud’s Is Where It’s At

Lynn Grillmair mix media

Jerry Kohorst stone sculpture

Jon Howlett acrylic

Deanna Gauthier fibre art

Meredith Hackler oil

Sue Wells watercolour

Gabriele Bridgwater acrylic

By Alexandra Sellers Pynelogs Centre Pynelogs always has something new going on and this week Ilona Webster, Bill DesBrisay, Meredith Hackler and Gabriel Senger have their pieces on display.

The show will run until September 21st, with the new fall gallery hours Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Most people can’t imagine what it would be like to be colour-blind, and even fewer can imagine what it would be like to be a colour-blind artist.

Bill DesBrisay has never let this stop him and finds that although he has “difficulty identifying the colours that I am looking at” he just creates his own: “Art, after all, is a creative process of self expression,” says Bill.

He is primarily an oil painter but also works with acrylics and pen and ink drawings. A graduate of the University of Saskatchewan with a Commerce degree, Bill spent 30 years working in the oil industry in Alberta, while completing night school art classes at the Alberta College of Art and Design, but he never pursued art until retirement.

His colours are refreshingly vibrant and normal landscape scenes are transformed: rivers are purple, umbrellas are pumpkin orange . . . it’s something unique and fun to behold.

Colin Bell, talented painter and sketcher, will demonstrate “the process of organizing one’s work on the spot, deciding on the subject and center of inter-

est, colour palette, and proceeding from thumbnails to finished opus” in a workshop over the weekend of September 22 and 23.

There is a 20-percent discount for this workshop if you have a CV Arts membership, so give us a call today to book your spot in (or get some more information on) this workshop, the Digital Camera Workshop, and tickets for the Murder Mystery Dinner at 342-4423.

The Murder Mystery Dinner at Pynelogs is coming up on September 29th. You can purchase a ticket to this special event at Pynelogs for $60 and you’ll receive a $30 charitable donation receipt in return as well as a lovely catered buffet-style dinner with a Moroccan theme, an evening of laughs, mystery, fun and great memories.

Those attending are invited to dress up in period clothing to match the Casablanca theme of the evening, and can participate as little or as much as they like in the evening: “The audience will have a chance to talk to the actors . . . participation is completely up to the individual” says council president resident Chris Evans.

Prizes will be awarded for best dressed, best Bogey impression and the correct answer to “who killed him/ her and how?” How often does an event like this come to town? Special thanks to the primary event sponsor High Country Properties and to Juanita Rose Violini with Masterpiece Mysterys for the script.

Pick up your ticket today at Pynelogs, or call 3424423 to purchase one over the phone.

The first Cinefest movie of the season is September 24th, so pick up your Season’s Passes today!

Alfie Zappacosta (Brought to you by On Top productions) is performing on Oct. 4th so mark that date down in your calendars as well if you love music!

Strand’s Restaurant hosting annual group art show The Annual Art Show and Sale is happening this Saturday, September 15th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will be a visual delight.

This is a wonderful opportunity to chat with seven local artists in a charming, historic setting for a day of art indulgence.

Seven artists will take part: • Lynn Grillmair, a renowned mixed media artist, is always surprising us with new and exciting creations.

• Jerry Kohorst carves wonderful stone sculptures of Western Canadian wildlife.

• Deanna Gauthier is a genius at creating richly colored fibre art and wearable clothing as well as

unique paintings.

• Meredith Hackler’s large oil landscapes are reflections of this beautiful valley.

• Sue Wells paints lovely watercolors in a broad range of subject matter.

• Angelique Gillespie’s richly colored acrylics capture the human spirit in her expressive figures.

• Gabriele Bridgwater will be showing her latest acrylics with their fun play of color and texture.

Come meet the artists and find out more about them at the show.

A special thank you to Tony Wood for hosting this art event every year in his beautiful Strand’s Restaurant – a perfect place any time of year.

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Cinefest back for new season Jennifer Woodburn Cinefest Coordinator The monthly independent film series, Cinefest, returns this fall to the Toby Theatre in Invermere. This highlyanticipated series presented by the Columbia Valley Arts Council kicks off on Monday, September 24th with the documentary “SICKO.” Michael Moore’s latest thought provoking documentary tackles the topic of the United States health care system.

What makes “SICKO” interesting, however, is the context in which he places it. Moore takes his camera crew to Canada, Britain and France, and extols the virtues of health care in these countries. What his ideas lack in subtlety, they make up for in dramatic punch and rhetorical brilliance. It is no secret that Michael Moore is a fan of all things Canadian, and this amusing aspect of the film alone makes “SICKO” essential viewing in this country.

On October 22, Cinefest will be showing “Becoming Jane,” a fascinating look at the life of Jane Austen. This film tells the story of how Austen’s first love inspired one of the icons of English literature.

“Becoming Jane” promises to bring viewers to another time and place, into a story of grandeur, goodness and genius.

“Waitress” will be playing on November 19. This sweetheart of a comedy boasts a hilarious and heartfelt performance by Keri Russell as Jenna, a small-town

Valley Connections, Invermere (next door to the Family Resource Centre)

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Play and Learn

For parents and children under 6 Tuesdays 9:30 to 11:30 am Thursdays 12:30 to 2:30 pm

Baby Goose & Baby Talk

Just for you and your baby Newborn to 18 months Thursdays 10:00 am to 12:00 Noon

October 15 to December 13:

waitress who gets pregnant by her abusive husband, Earl, and expresses her feelings through pastry, like her Pregnant-Miserable-Self-Pitying-Loser pie. It is a heartwarming funny film, full of magic moments.

“The White Masai” plays on December 17. This film is at once a captivating romance and a breathtaking travelogue into the Kenyan outback. It is an unbelievable yet true story of a white European woman who travels to Kenya and becomes the wife of a Masai warrior.

Partnering with the Toronto International Film Festival, Columbia Valley Arts will be showing these independent, first-run films on select Monday evenings at the Toby Theatre. The series runs from September until June. All proceeds help support the Columbia Valley Arts Council. Harrison McKay Communications will again be sponsoring the Cinefest Series.

New this year is the Viewer’s Choice film, which will be playing on January 21. Coming out of the Toronto International Film Festival, which is just wrapping up, viewers will have an opportunity to choose from some of the festival’s top films.

It will be an opportunity for community members to vote to bring their favourite film to Invermere.

More information will become available as the Cinefest season progresses, or visit the CV Arts website at www.columbiavalleyarts.com/cinefest for more information.

Cinefest tickets are $10 per person, and can be purchased at the door. Season passes will also be available at the September 24th show. The cost for a season pass is $40 for the first five films. For more information, call CV Arts at 342-4423 or visit the CV Arts website.

Growing Together Edgewater Community Hall, Edgewater Sept. 19th to December 13th Play and Learn

Wednesdays 9:15 to 11:15 am Thursdays 9:15 to 11:15 am

Play and Learn

Mondays 9:30 to 11:30 am

Spaces for 12 families at each of the programs offered at Valley Connections. Please contact the Family Resource Centre at 342-4242 to place your name on a program interest list. Registration will be confirmed prior to program start-up.

Growing Together Programs are offered free of charge and are provided through a partnership between:

The Family Resource Centre Funded by: Ministry of Children and Families

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Sept. 18th to December 13th Play and Learn

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Invermere Health Care Auxiliary Scholarship for College/University Students Pursuing Career in Health Related Field The Invermere Health Care Auxiliary, at discretion, will be awarding annually a scholarship, in the amount of $1,500.00 to a student entering a second or subsequent year of a health related program at a recognized post-secondary institution. Preference will be given to students who have attended David Thompson Secondary School, Invermere, BC, and who have been junior volunteers at the Invermere & District Hospital or volunteered in other health-related fields.

For applications or information, please contact: Diane Kienitz 342-3134 or Mariane Comis 342-2881

2007 Columbia basin Trust Symposium Change and sustainability in the Columbia Basin talk, learn, connect, listen Register now for Columbia Basin Trust’s 2007 Symposium: Change and Sustainability in the Columbia Basin, October 19-21 at Selkirk College in Castlegar.

The Symposium draws attention to sustainability issues affecting Basin communities. Our climate, our labour market, and our population are just a few areas that have recently seen signicant changes. Our collective responses to these changes will affect our lives, and future generations of Basin residents.

If you are looking for possible responses and strategies to deal with sustainability issues in your community, or want to share your perspective, plan to attend this year’s event.

Sessions on topics such as community decision making and strategies for development, workforce issues and affordable housing, and climate change will be offered.

Space is limited so register early. Anyone who registers before September 28, 2007 will be entered into a draw to win one of three Grand Prizes.

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YOUR MONEY Borrowing for your RRSP

According to Statistics Canada, tax filers aged 2564 had 4.5 times more unused RRSP room at the end of 2004 compared to 1992, after adjusting for inflation. It’s clear many Canadians aren’t making the most of their RRSP contribution room each year.

In most situations, you’re better off borrowing to make your RRSP contribution if the alternative isn’t contributing at all, or contributing later on down the road. The downfall is you won’t get to claim the interest as a tax deduction, but you’ll have the money in your plan now, growing tax-free for your retirement.

Unlike borrowing to invest in non-registered accounts you cannot deduct the interest expense of borrowing to invest in an RRSP account.

Whether or not borrowing makes sense for you depends upon three factors: 1. the interest rate and term of the loan – the lower the interest the better 2. the rate of return inside your RRSP – the higher the return the more effective borrowing to invest will be 3. the number of years until you begin making withdrawals from your RRSP. Borrowing makes the most sense when you’re a considerable ways from retirement, say 20 to 25 years.

The immediate compounding and tax-free growth will outweigh the additional interest charges. If you borrow to invest in your RRSP right before retirement then the investment returns should outweigh the borrowing costs in the short-term or your marginal tax rate should fall significantly immediately after retiring.

Let’s look at an example. Dennis is 40, and plans to start drawing money out of his registered plan in 30 years, when he’s 70.

Dennis has $21,000 of unused RRSP contribution room. Dennis can afford $400 per month, and can use this either to make principal and interest payments on an RRSP loan, or simply put the $400 per

month into his RRSP. He plans on reinvesting his tax savings each year in an open account.

Assuming Dennis can borrow at a rate of 6 percent over five years, he can afford to take out a loan of approximately $20,700. Assume also that he can earn an 8 percent rate of return both inside and outside his RRSP, and his marginal tax rate is 46 percent.

Therefore, at the end of 30 years, Dennis would have an additional $6,900 for his retirement had he borrowed $20,700 and put this into his RRSP rather than contributing $400 per month for five years into his RRSP. If you think borrowing for your RRSP contribution is for you, be sure to speak to your financial advisor for more information.

Swapping with your RRSP If you haven’t given much thought to the type of investments held inside your RRSP compared to theinvestments in your open accounts, you should. The reason is different types of income are taxed at different rates.

For example, the capital gains inclusion rate is 50 percent and the new rules relating to eligible dividends make earning these types of investment income preferred to interest income. Interest income remains at the top of the scale and is taxed at the highest rate for all income tax brackets.

So, if you’re investing both inside and outside a registered plan, to the extent that you want to hold interest-bearing investments, it makes sense to hold these investments inside your registered plan where they’re tax sheltered.

To the extent you hold equities, hold these in your open accounts where you can take advantage of the lower tax rate on capital gains and dividends.

Market Action S&P/TSX Composite Index Dow Jones Industrial Average Nikkei Oil (New York) Gold (New York) Canadian Dollar (in US dollars)

As of September 11th, 2007

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For a complimentary review and to see if we can lower your cost or improve the quality of your existing coverage call me at 342-5052 or just stop in to the Berkshire office and ask to see Jason.

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September 14, 2007

At The Library There is a Season: A Memoir by Patrick Lane Reviewed by Sheila Bonny There is a Season is both a personal memoir and a garden journal written by poet Patrick Lane during a year in which he fights to recover from a lifetime of alcohol and cocaine addiction.

His memories and garden diary intertwine in stream-of-consciousness fashion.

Lane’s memoir is a heart-breaking ramble through the “terrible mental swamp” of an insecure, loveless childhood, his father’s murder, his mother’s depression, unsuccessful marriages and hard-drinking existence in isolated mining and logging camps. As he struggles to understand the origin of his addictions and the man he is becoming, Lane seeks solace in his garden.

With a poet’s eye, Lane records the seasonal rhythms of every organism in the garden: the sprawl of nasturiums through a vegetable plot, a gang of bushtits playing tag with a yellow petal of forsythia, the mating dance of the orb-weaver spiders, the “untrappable raccoon’s” appetite for water hyacinths and his placement of a Zenigata stone in a meditation garden.

In this place of harmony, the author finds sanctuary for spiritual healing.

Columbia Valley gardeners will marvel enviously at Lane’s poetic descriptions of the lush coastal garden, and “the eternal optimism of the gardener” may comfort those battling life’s traumas.

Sheila Bonny regularly reviews new acquisitions at the Invermere Public Library.

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

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September 14, 2007

Aquajogging with Rjfit Radium Hot Springs

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Residents of Columbia House were taken on a drive last week by Phil Cleland in what has become an annual outing. The residents love being driven around town and waving at pedestrians.

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Do you recall the fantastic performance by “Romanza” this past winter? Or did you miss it, hear about it, and wish you had been there? Those three young tenor voices absolutely charmed the full-house audience - even though they were an hour late due to the winter roads!

Well, hang on! Columbia Valley Arts has scored another coup - The Canadian Tenors will perform here on Thursday, September 27th! This one can’t be missed. Tenors in groups of three or four are solidly some of the most eagerly sought performing ensembles around the world.

The golden voices of Luciano Pavarotti (sadly, now gone), Placido Domingo, and Jose Carreras as the original Tenors, and Il Divo, Canada’s Romanza, and now The Canadian Tenors are evidence of that interest.

The Canadian Tenors are Canada’s most successful cross-over act, now on the verge of releasing their debut CD. In their short time together, The Canadian Tenors have risen to such acclaim that they were selected as one of 12 acts from across the entire nation to perform in a star-studded event to a crowd of 50,000 along with David Foster, Jann Arden, Natalie McMaster, and Deborah Cox on June 2, 2007 in Toronto. As

solo artists they have sung from Carnegie Hall to renowned performances for kings and queens.

They have been described as being “Canada’s National Treasure” with “a mountain of talent,” now charming audiences coast to coast with their spectacular blend of crowd pleasing songs from the cross-over, classical and pop repertoire. However, what distinguishes The Canadian Tenors from other tenor groups is their very popular performances of Canada’s folk and cross-over music from some of the country’s top songwriters.

The set list (Program) for The Canadian Tenors Tour 2007 will flow from the CD selections which are an exquisite blend of the classics, folk, European romance, and ballads. The CD was recorded partly in Stockholm Sweden with multi-platinum producers, Quiz and Larossi (Diana Ross, Westlife, Il Divo) and the remainder of the CD produced by Jeff Wolpert, legendary Juno award winning Canadian producer and Steve Thompson, Grammy award-winning producer who lists production credits of Madonna, Guns and Roses, Whitney Houston, among others.

You’ll want to get those tickets soon. Dave’s Book Bar, Essentials, Pynelogs, and Trims & Treasures in Fairmont are the ticket venues.

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September 14, 2007

Eating right to beat cancer Best-selling author Sally Errey will be here in Invermere on Wednesday, September 26th to introduce the Top 20 cancer fighting foods.

Sally Errey has travelled across the country speaking about the Top 20 cancer fighting foods, discussing what they are and sharing tasty ways on how to eat more of them.

Her book, Staying Alive! Cookbook for Cancer Free Living presents over 100 easy recipes, demonstrating that it is easy to prepare meals that are both healthy and tasty. Errey’s aim is to “help prevent and fight diseases, by showing the world how to stick to a nutritious lifestyle and maintain a positive attitude.”

Dr. Andrew Weil, an internationally recognized expert on medicinal herbs, mind-body interactions and Integrative Medicine, reviewed and contributed to a key part of the book – the chapter featuring the Top 20 cancer fighting foods.

Sally Errey was born and raised in Australia and now resides in British Columbia. A graduate of the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and a Registered Nutritional Consulting Practitioner with the International Organization of Nutritional Consultants, Errey’s culinary skills have been regularly highlighted at the Celebrity Chef stage of the Wellness Show, the Vancouver Health Show and the Taste of Health, and she has appeared on Balance TV, City TV News Hour, Breakfast Television and CTV City Cooks, to name a few.

Christine Turnbull, the Canadian Cancer Society’s Healthy Living Leader in the Columbia Valley, encourages everyone interested in healthy eating and reducing the risk of cancer to attend.

“Fifty-percent of cancers can be prevented. The Canadian Cancer Society is committed to reducing the incidence of cancer,” says Mrs. Turnbull. “An essential part of prevention is raising awareness and the Columbia Valley Unit is very pleased to be able to bring Sally Errey to our community to provide infor-

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Windermere Fall Fair STUFFED — The weather this weekend was some of the Lord’s best work and created the perfect backdrop for this year’s Windermere Fall Fair and Scarecrow Festival. The Windermere Community Association’s annual harvest festival drew crowds by the score for food, fun and family entertainment.

Bratwurst, burgers and beef-on-a-bun were featured on the menu of the day as well as a delightful assortment of sweet-smelling snacks.

At right, Allison and Mark Bowen of Windermere compete in the wife-carrying contest.

Photos by Brian Geis

September 14, 2007

September 14, 2007

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. . . and Scarecrow Festival

SCARECROWS—More than thirty vendors squeezed into the crafts area at the Windermere Fall Fair peddling everything from artwork to zucchini.

A steady stream of entertainment drew festivalgoers from one end of the grounds and back, including live music, watermelon eating, chainsaw carving, the wife-carrying contest, best-dressed pets, scarecrow awards, and the fire department foam splashdown.

Above, Heather English and Jeremiah Breeze successfully defended their title by winning the wifecarrying contest for the second year in a row.

Photos by Brian Geis

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September 14, 2007

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Forestry continues to be a critically important part of our economy and culture, but forestry is an industry that faces tremendous challenges. The Minister of Forests says that market forces are to blame for the difficulties in the industry but that attitude ignores the real principles that govern forestry in this province.

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Decisions made by the provincial government decide whether or not forestry will survive in a sustained manner in this province.

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September 14, 2007

Pioneer Briefs

DISTRICT OF INVERMERE Request for Tenders Athalmere Reservoir

Public hearing in Fairmont Hot Springs

An application by Fairmont Hot Springs Resort for major Official Community Plan and zoning bylaw amendments received first and second reading by the Regional District of East Kootenay Board. The rezoning and plan amendments would see the transfer of community institutional lands currently located on the Highway to a property in the Meadows, as well as fine tuning opportunities for future commercial and residential development west of the Highway. A public hearing has been scheduled for October 1 in Fairmont.

Rushmere water system contract awarded

The contract for engineering services and design and construction management for the Rushmere Water System upgrade project has been awarded to the Focus Corporation at a cost of $93,000. The Rushmere system, which serves 44 lots, will cost an estimated $1,066,000 to improve.

House numbering regulation adopted

The Board adopted House Numbering Regulation and Fee Bylaw No. 2010, 2007. The bylaw regulates and sets fees for the assigning, affixing and displaying of house numbers within RDEK Electoral Areas. The fee for a number assignment or reassignment is $15.

Lower Lakeview Road water service moves forward

The Board authorized going ahead with the process to establish a service to provide capital financing to extend water and sewer services to the Lower Lakeview Road area. Services would be installed and owned by the Windermere Water and Sewer Company Ltd. The estimated cost of the project is $4.5 million dollars. A petition for services will be circulated to the property owners for consent to borrow the funds for the project.

Invermere to launch street light banner program

District of Invermere council voted to launch a street light banner program, a marketing initiative that has been suggested for decades. The council authorized spending $6,000 that came in the form of a Union of British Columbia Municipalities community tourism grant to fund the program initially. According to Invermere Director of Development Services Meredith Hamstead, the program would start small with a handful of stock banners, but will benefit from additional funding in 2008 and can be expanded into custom-designed banners. “I’ve been waiting twenty years for this,” Councillor Ray Brydon commented. “It’s something I’ve wanted since I had a business downtown.” The banners, he said, will help draw traffic downtown.

Johnston Road will remain open

Residents on upper Johnston Road, who voted unanimously to keep it open, can rest easy for the foreseeable future. District of Invermere council said it would replace a box culvert on Johnston Road washed out by the spring flood in Abel Creek earlier this year. Until a west-side connector is built, the council voted, Johnston Road must remain open.

Youths asked to enter film contest

Youth who care about the environment and dream about working in the film industry are being asked to combine their passions and go “Off the Grid” by entering BC Hydro’s first ever youth filmmaking contest. Youth between the ages of 13 and 24 are invited to submit a 30-to-60-second clip to www.offthegridvideo.com with their best and most creative way to conserve electricity.

Visitors to www.offthegridvideo.com will vote on their favorite clips and be eligible to win one of three digital cameras. Filmmakers of the most popular clips have the chance to win a video camera and editing software. Ten finalists will be chosen for the grand prize, a three-day filmmaking camp at the Gulf Islands Film and Television School on Galiano Island. Visit www.offthegridvideo.com to find out more. The deadline for submissions is September 28, 2007.

The District of Invermere is requesting tender submissions for the Construction of Lift Station 4 from qualified companies.

Sealed Tenders clearly marked District of Invermere, Athalmere Reservoir will be received by The District of Invermere up to 2:00 p.m. local time, Monday, September 17, 2007, at the office(s) of the District of Invermere, 914 8th Avenue, Box 339, INVERMERE BC V0A 1K0.

The work consists of the following: • Construction of a 640,000 imp. gallon below ground concrete reservoir in Athalmere, BC. The reservoir will treat, store, and pump potable water for the local community.

Construction will include two storage compartments, a treatment plant (including above grade building) and a pump room, all of reinforced concrete construction, to a depth of approximately 3.0 m below existing grade. Provisional construction that may be included in the project are connecting pipework, valves, fittings, mechanical components (pumps, dosing pumps), electrical power supply, control boards, and SCADA control connections.

Tender Documents may be obtained by General Contractors from the office of District of Invermere, 914 8th Avenue, Box 339, INVERMERE BC V0A 1K0 on or after Wednesday September 5, 2007 at 4:00 pm upon payment of a non-refundable deposit of fifty dollars ($50.00) by cash or certified cheque, made payable to Urban Systems Ltd. The District of Invermere reserves the right to waive informalities in any tender, or reject any or all tenders, or accept the tender deemed most favourable in the interest of the municipality.

Contact: Brian Nickurak, Director of Municipal Works

NOTICE OF TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE The north end of Lower Lakeview Lane will be closed temporarily from September 8th – September 29th, 2007 due to construction. Access for residents is still available from 17th Street. The District of Invermere apologizes for any inconvenience. Please contact the office at 342-9281 for any further information.

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September 14, 2007

Columbia Valley Figure Skating Club

SKATING

REGISTRATION DAY Monday, September 17th, 2007 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena Preschool - Ages 2 - 5. Wed. & Thurs. 12:30 - 1:00 pm Start Date: October 3/4 Canskate - Ages 4 and up. Mon. & Wed. 3:30 - 4:15 pm Start Date: September 17 (bring your skates & helmets!!)

Can Powerskate - Weds. 5:30 - 6:30 pm Start Date: October 3 (limit 20 skaters) Starskate Intro - 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm Start Date September 17 Adult - (any level) Thurs. 1:00 - 2:00 pm Start Date September 20

For information call Kelly Geiger at 342-3213.

Volunteers needed for Preschool & Canskate sessions, minimal experience needed.

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Training pays off as Bighorns triumph over Cranbrook

By Brian Geis Pioneer Sta Coach Bruce Marlow credited his team’s superior physical conditioning as the deciding factor in Saturday’s 25-17 upset over a more seasoned team from Cranbrook. “We killed them,â€? Coach Marlow commented.

What was scheduled as a pre-season exhibition game turned into a regularseason win for the Bighorns earning the team two points on the road to the championship.

According to Coach Marlow, the opposing coach, thinking it would be an easy win for them, talked him into counting the game to round out the regular-season schedule.

Having scouted the opposing team and judging his own to be in better shape, Coach Marlow, accepted the proposal. “That’s two points for us,� he said of his 1-0 Bighorns. “They were blown away that we beat them.�

The newness of the team is beginning to wear o, he said, and the players are settling into their roles.

“During the ďŹ rst game we played (a 35-2 spring-season loss to the Southwest Calgary Falcons), it took our team until half-time to realize they were playing in a football game. This game, it only took until the end of the ďŹ rst quarter,â€? he said.

The Bighorns, he said, found themselves on the short end of a 9-0 count at the half and never looked back, eventually wearing down the opposing team. “Our boys were twice as conditioned as the other team,� he said. “I said: ‘You watch when the fourth quarter comes around.’ Our boys were still running around out there and their team was just dead.�

The condition of the Bighorn team will be put to a test on Thursday, Sept.

13th, when they travel to Calgary for a three-game tournament.

The Bighorns then return to delight hometown fans in the would-be home opener against Creston on Sept. 21st at 6:00 p.m. “It’s a Friday night game and we would sure like the hometown crowd to make a bunch of noise,� he said. “The fans last year were excellent for Bighorn Football and we hope to continue this year with even louder crowds.�

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Mount Nelson Athletic Park SkatePark will be closed until September 30 for the purpose of irrigation installation and landscaping.

Irrigation installation and landscaping will continue for the planned new soccer ďŹ elds and baseball diamonds after the skatepark area is complete.

A major volunteer work bee is scheduled for the weekend of September 22nd and 23rd from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Mount Nelson Athletic Park.

Please come out and support this community project. If you are a con-

tractor with equipment available for irrigation and landscaping in-kind donation (tax-deductible) please contact Ray Vowels at 342-5676.

For all others with a desire to make a dierence in your community, bring your rakes and wheelbarrows and a bagged lunch.

The Rotary Club of Invermere, School District Number Six and the District of Invermere appreciate your support and understanding.

The new skatepark across from the high school has been busy with young skateboarders continuously since it opened a few months ago.

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September 14, 2007

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COLUMBIA VALLEY SWIM CLUB New Coaches!

New Programs!

Rookie Camp Sept 17th-20th Fall session commencing Sept 24th Swimming lessons, Recreational, Pre-school, Pre-comp, Adults, Masters, NLS Contact our Aquatics ProgrammerNicci Mellis for info or registration 347-9562 or check out our website www.columbiavalleyswimming.net

The source of the Columbia River will be the site of a new educational trail with an interpretive preserve and community walkway, an iniative of the Columbia Greenways Alliance.

Photo by Brian Geis

SEASON Columbia Greenways Alliance OPENER keeping our valley green September 14 - vs. Revelstoke Grizzlies September 15 - vs. Creston Thundercats September 21 - vs. Golden Rockets

Have you ever thought that what the Columbia Valley needs is a link between local communities; a valley trail network to connect and protect the fantastic natural values of the Columbia River region?

If this idea appeals to you, please join us for the Columbia River Greenways Alliance Annual General Meeting, from 4 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, September 19th at the Radium Resort. Refreshments will be served.

The Columbia River Greenways Alliance has been working for the last six years to develop a network of trails and wildlife habitat in the Upper Columbia Valley.

Working in collaboration with landowners, local government, industry, and other interests, the alliance aims for community green space connectivity and education.

The resulting network of trails will ultimately stretch from Donald, north of Golden, to the source of the Columbia River in Canal Flats.

The past year has been an exciting one, we are moving from meters of greenway trails to kilometres, and several of our multi-year projects are nearing completion.

Many of these ongoing projects are close to home.

The Sinclair Creek trail in Radium is now complete, thanks to collaboration with the Town of Radium Hot

Springs, local businesses, and a variety of community organizations and volunteers.

This fall will see the installation of educational panels along the length of this restoration area and trail, and 10 kilometres of trail is in place from Radium to Dry Gulch.

The alliance, along with the Village of Canal Flats, Columbia Basin Trust, the Mark Kingsbury Foundation, and Tembec, is currently installing an educational trail at the source of the Columbia River.

This is a spring located at the south end of Columbia Lake, surrounded by marshlands, wet meadows and shrublands, and these lands will ultimately hold an interpretive preserve and community walkway.

These vital projects and others will be highlighted at the Annual General Meeting, along with the unveiling of the Upper Columbia Trail Network, a review of the year’s business, a discussion of plans for the upcoming year, and a chance to meet the Board, Executive Director, Partners and Funders.

To receive more information on the annual general meeting, or to become part of our dynamic and diverse Board of Directors, please contact Ross MacDonald, at (250) 347-2208 or by e-mail at Ross.MacDonald@ pc.gc.ca.

For more information on the Greenways Alliance, refer to our website: www.greenways.ca.

WINDERMERE VALLEY MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION Practice Schedule 2007/08 Monday:

7:00 - 8:00 pm 8:15 - 9:15 pm

Pee Wee Boys Bantams

Tuesday:

3:30 - 4:30 pm 4:30 - 5:30 pm 5:45 - 6:45 pm 6:45 - 7:45 pm 8:00 - 9:00 pm

Initiation Novice Atoms Sr. Girls/Jr. Girls Midgets

Wednesday:

7:00 - 8:00 am

Goalie Practice

Thursday:

3:30 - 4:30 pm 4:30 - 5:30 pm 5:45 - 6:45 pm 7:00 - 8:00 pm 8:15 - 9:15 pm

Atoms PeeWee Boys Sr. Girls/Jr. Girls Bantams Midgets

Friday:

5:45 - 6:45 pm

Novice

Hockey practice will be starting Monday, September 17th, 2007

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Babes on Blades Ladies Fun Hockey League Sunday, September 23rd

Call for Information: Rhonda 342-3015

Dr. Marika Geis ND Presents:

Prostate Health: Naturally & Osteoporosis: Bone Health Naturopathically These free information sessions will discuss: Prostate Health

• • • • •

The nuts and bolts of prostate growth Risk factors for prostate enlargement A look at potential causes beyond the hormonal connection Factors that protect against and promote prostate growth How to best support yourself using naturopathic principles

• • •

Bone health essentials • Risk factors for bone loss Symptoms and signs • Factors that contribute to bone loss Staving off further bone loss/building bone naturally

Osteoporosis

Location: The College of the Rockies, Invermere Campus Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m Date: Tuesday September 25th, 2007 (Prostate Health) Thursday September 27th, 2007 (Osteoporosis) Fee: No Charge

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TEL: (250) 341-6887 FAX (250) 341-6883 #3 - 1361 INDUSTRIAL RD. #4, INVERMERE, BC Ask our friendly staff for more product information or a free demonstration.

Just a reminder… The classified deadline is 12 noon Tuesday.

Most now know the Skookum Family Restaurant has been open for the past few months (located between Invermere and Windermere). I spent the summer working part-time there and I got a taste of what it feels like to be totally respected by my boss and co-workers.

Lori Dahl is hands down the best person I have ever worked for. She stands by not treating her employees with disrespect because there is al-

ways a more productive way of dealing with things.

Believe it or not, showing respect and gratitude towards your employees will get a lot more production out of them, work they are more than happy to do because you make them feel good about what they do for you. In closing I just want to say again thank you so much, Lori, for giving me confidence again in the workplace. I sure will miss you girls!!

(And Ken!) Jaime Miller, Invermere

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September 7, 2007

F

Top senior men in Coy’s Par 3 tournament

ruit in my basket

Ladies’ Night Out

October 1 – 7:00 p.m. at Lake Windermere Alliance Church st

Forty-two seasoned golfers from throughout the valley defied threatening clouds on August 27th to participate in the 4th annual Coy’s Par 3 Golf Course Senior Men’s Tournament.

With thanks to Fil Coy, organizer Jim Scott, along with Lawrie Nichol, Earl Pederson, Jack Scott, and cooperative skies, the day proved to be a celebrated success, with a variety of challenges and grand prizes for all.

Fellow players Jack Scott, Barry Jonas, Bill Thompson, Bob Schuler, Chris Thorne, Carl Larson, Dennis Hemus, Al Ostrander, and Terry White were award winners of closest to the pin.

Don Deputan sank longest putt, while Lindsay Nielson took lowest net score.

The team of Ken Innes, Dennis Hemus, George Jenkins, and Jack Shaw carried the day.

Coy’s Par 3 Golf Course senior men play Monday mornings from April Lengthening shadows on Coy’s Par 3 Golf Course show that the season is drawing to an end.

Photo by Brian Geis through October.

Guest Speaker Kim Haller

Music • Refreshments • Door Prizes • Special Feature

Call Edna at 347-7750 or Pat 342-6481 before September 27th. • Tickets $500

THE PIONEER The valley’s only locally owned, locally operated newspaper

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For professional management of your strata corporation or rental property, overseen by a CertiÀed Property Manager®, please contact Bill Weissig CPM®, CPRPM, CLO, SMA, CRES. Our property managers are licensed under the Real Estate Services Act of B.C. For more information regarding their extensive qualications and experience, please visit our web site at http://www.mountaincreek.ca.

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HERE TO SERVE YOU Bennett Construction Growing with the Tradition of Quality

Complete Automotive Repairs

• Light Framing • Renovations • Decks • Odd Jobs Kristoffer Bennett (250) 341-5030

(Beside the Petro Canada Car Wash)

Phone:

342-6614 • www.autowyze.com

krisbennettconstruction@hotmail.com

Experience the culinary delights from our authentic Hungarian menu.

Open Seven days a week Open: from 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday-Sunday, 5:00 p.m.

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For appointments call Loretto at 345-0094

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Fairmont Sports Physiotherapy & Acupuncture Clinic

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14A Wolfe Cr., RR#2 Invermere, B.C.

Located behind Tim Hor tons • Ph: 341-3314

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

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

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Lawn and Yard Maintenance Sunrise To Sunset Service

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Pine Ridge Cutters Your search for quality and dependability ends with us.

Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Specialists Truck Mounted System • Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed

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Box 323 Windermere, BC V0B 2L0

Ph: (250) 342-7656 Fax: (250) 342-8358

M&M Cleaning Services Mabe Mason

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September 14, 2007

HERE TO SERVE YOU SHOLINDER & MACKAY EXCAVATING Inc.

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4846 Holland Creek Ridge Rd. Invermere, BC V0A 1K0

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at Mustard Seed Health Foods, #103 Parkside Place, 901 7th Avenue, Invermere, BC

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September 14, 2007

Columbia River flow lower than normal Weather during July and August was highly variable, with relatively brief periods of warmth and sun scattered amongst periods of cool and damp conditions.

In general, the northern two-thirds of the province and most of the coast received near normal or above normal rainfall over the last two months, while the southern one-third of the province (Thompson, Nicola, Okanagan, Columbia, Kootenay) received below normal rainfall.

The southeast corner of the province has been the driest, receiving less than half the normal July and August rainfall.

As a result of the summer weather, streamow conditions across the province are variable. Most rivers in northern B.C. and along the coast are gen-

erally at or above long-term median ows for early September. There are no water-supply concerns in these areas.

Rivers in the south and central Interior, however, are generally experiencing below normal streamow conditions for the date. These include the Thompson, Nicola, Okanagan, Columbia and Kootenay basins, and eastern portions of the lower Fraser Valley. In most cases, gauged rivers are near ďŹ ve-year return period low ow levels (i.e., at levels they would experience one year in ďŹ ve, on average).

The cooler weather and reduced hours of daylight in autumn usually result in reduced evaporation loss of water, allowing river ow conditions to stabilize. However, rainfall in southern B.C. during the next few weeks will be necessary to bring

streamows in the region to near normal levels.

Environment Minister Barry Penner said the low water ows in the south and central Interior of the province are a good reminder of why British Columbians should not take water for granted, but should instead seek ways to conserve this precious resource.

For everyday tips to reduce water consumption, please refer to www.env.gov.bc.ca/wsd/plan_protect_sustain/water_conservation/index.html.

Water supply and streamow conditions are being monitored closely by the B.C. River Forecast Centre.

For further information and updates on information, please refer to the centre’s webpage at: www. env.gov.bc.ca/rfc/river_forecast/water_supply.htm.

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OUR CALGARY LOCATIONS Acadia Rec 240-90 Ave SE

Chalks Billiards 15150 Bannister Rd SE

Fortune Car Wash 4715 Mac Tr SW

London House 5 flr, 505-4 Ave SW

Planet Organic 100, 10233 Elbow Dr SW

Alexander Centre 922-9 Ave SE

City Hall 800 Mac Tr SE

Long & McWade 105-58 Ave SW

Prince Donair 301-, 3132-26 St NE

Alta Theatre Projects 2 flr, 220-9 Ave SE

Coco Brooks 640-42 Ave SE

Francesco’s Italian Food Store 3413-26 Ave SW

McKenzie Meadows Golf Course

Amaranth Whole Foods 7 Arbour Lk Dr NW

Coco Brooks M 2020-32 Ave NE

Rainbow Pride Resource Centre 1230A-17 Ave SW

Artspace 2 flr 1235-26 Ave SE

Coffee & Screams 555 Northmount Dr NW

Bad Ass Coffee 109, 683-10 St SW

Craving Bagels N Tower Graces Centre Foothills Hospital

Bad Ass Jacks Subs N Wraps 400 Crowfoot Cres NW

Fresh Blends 311, 46-25 Varsity Dr NW Gallery Cafe 608-7 St SW Gondola Pizza 2758 Glenmore Tr SE Gourmet Coffee 7674-8 St NE

Mediterranean Grill 6008 Mac Tr SW Milky Way 1104-1 Ave NE

Saigon Vietnamese Palace 460, 5255 Richmond Rd SW

Mongolie Grill 1108-4 St SW

Skaters 40, 6130-1A St SW

Mount Royal House 140-10 Ave SW

Sunterra Market 1851 Sirocco Dr. SW

My Sub 100, 744-4 Ave SW

The Grind 908-8 Ave SW

Nellies In The Loop 2015-33 Ave SW

The Other Place 840-6 Ave SW Triwood Community 2244 Chicoutimi Dr NW

Crossroads Market 1235-26 Ave SE

Green Bean 601-1 St SW

Big 4 Casino Stampede Park

Danish Canadian Club 727-11 Ave SW

Greyhound Courier 833 Greyhound Way SW

Big Rock Brewery 5555-76 Ave SE

Decidedly Jazz 1512-4 St SW

Hages 212 1440-52 St NE

Blue River Bistro 227-11 Ave SW

Devonian Gardens 4 flr TD SQ

Hard Disk 1441-17 Ave SW

Oakridge Community Centre 9504 Oakfield Dr SW

Bow Valley College 1st flr 332-6 Ave SE

Dino Rosa 9136 Mac Tr S

Harry Hays 220-4 Ave SE

Oh Canada 815-7 Ave SW

Buy Low Foods 11, 200-52 St NE

Divine Decadence bsmt 720-17 Ave SW

Harry’s Pub 105-60 Crowft Cres NW

Pharaoh’s 17 2008-33 Ave SW

By The Cup 2 flr, 736-8 Ave SW

Dome Sports Pub 5703-3 St SW

Haworth 10 Smed Lane SE

Phoenix Comics 1010-16 Ave NW

Cafe 411 102, 1015-4 St SW

Eat A Pita 4602-17 Ave SE

Holy Cross Campus 2204-2 St SW

Calgary Jewish Centre 1607-90 Ave SW

Eau Claire Market Info

Hometown Kitchen 4068-Ogden Rd SE

Pies Plus 611, 12445 Lk Fraser Dr SE

Calgary International Hostel 520-7 Ave SE Calgary Multi-Cultural Centre 835-8 Ave SW

Eighth & Eighth Cafe 855-5 Ave SW Encana Place mn flr 150-9 Ave SW Extreme Bean 3333 Bowness Rd NW

Campers Village 7208 Mac Tr S

Fairs Fair 1609-14 St SW

Cappuccino Company 924A-7 Ave SW

Fairs Fair 4 7400 Mac Tr S

Casablanca Video 2100-4 St SW

Fairs Fair 907-9 Ave SE

Casablanca Video 2101-33 Ave SW

Family Foods 819-19 St SE

Cedars 3103 Edmonton Tr NE

Fitness on Fifth 320-5 Ave SE

Infusion Cafe 1212-31 Ave NE LaCay Vietnamese Subs 119, 920-36 St NE Lake Bonavista Community Centre 1401 Acadia Dr SW

Pita Stop 6 11027 Elbow Dr SW Planet 101 83 Bowridge Dr NW Planet Organic 4625 Varsity Dr NW

Video World bsmt 1010-6 Ave SW VRRI 3305-33 St SW Wayne’s Bagels 2 flr, 777-8 Ave SW West Hillhurst Community Centre 1940-6 Ave NW Wrapture 1208-17 Ave SW You & I Coffee 2 flr 400-4 Ave SW You & I Coffee Mn Flr 700-4 Ave SW

Lambada Market 1423 Centre St NW LaVienna 2139 Kens Rd NW Lil Big Horn 3716-61 Ave NE Little Chef 400, 555 Strathcona Blvd SW

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PIONEER ON THE ROAD

Top left: Scott and Elaine Wallace with their daughter Katie, in Montenegro attending the wedding of their son Michael to his Montenegran bride Jelena.

Top right: Jayme and Zac Saunders of Invermere enjoy wakeboarding in Kelowna; bottom left: Bianca and Hannah Trescher at the Trevi Fountain in Rome, enjoying a Mediterranean Cruise with their Grandma and extended family; bottom right: Brianne and Rita Walker in Santorini, Greece. Left: Clive and Bev Overton of Radium in the Cotswalds, United Kingdom.

Send a photo of yourself on holiday with The Pioneer and be eligible to win two nights at the Fantasyland Hotel in Edmonton, courtesy of Travel World.

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P IONEER C LASSIFIEDS OBITUARY

ANNOUNCEMENTS

LOST

GARAGE SALE

SUITE FOR RENT

MONICA INNES passed on August 25, 2007

LIVE BLOOD ANALYSIS

LOST: blue blankie at Windermere Scarecrow Festival.

Monogrammed with Zack Smith, Dec. 3rd , 2004. If found please call 341-6056.

Yard sale, Sept 15th , 9 am-4 pm, 8371 Big Horn Sheep Lane (Eagle’s Nest Estates).

Bright, new, 2 bdrm, furnished walk-out basement suite. D/W, W/D, N/S, N/P. $950/month plus D.D. Utilities included, references required. One block from downtown Invermere. Available October 1st . 341-6296.

You can shed tears that she is gone, Or you can smile because she has lived.

You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back, Or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left.

Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her, Or you can be full of the love you shared.

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.

You can remember her and only that she’s gone, Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.

You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back, Or you can do what she’d want: smile, open your eyes, love, and go on.

We love you Mom & Gran.

Love Jeff, Cathy, Andrew, Aimee, Syd, and Shelby.

CHEN, NOEL ANTHONY (Tony) On August 29th, 2007, Tony passed away at the age of 48 in Invermere, B.C. Lovingly remembered by his wife, Donna, brothers Winston, Oliver, Robert and Patrick; sisters Yvonne Tarrant and Gloria Chen; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 15th at 10 a.m. at the Christ Church Trinity, 110 7th Ave Invermere.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association at the Trail and District Branch, Box 1000 Fruitvale, BC V0G 1L0.

BRENDA LEE LEUZINGER October 7, 1953 – September 3, 2007 Brenda passed away at St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC on September 3, 2007 at the age of 53 years. Predeceased by her son, Matthew and parents, Helen and Roy Broadfoot, she will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Felix; sons, Nicholas (Kristina), Christian and Stephen; her brother, David (Kathy); nieces Jennifer and Sarah; as well as many extended family members and friends. A service to celebrate Brenda’s life will be held at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, 32420 – 7th Avenue, Mission, BC on Saturday, September 15, 2007 at 1:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Kidney Foundation of Canada would be appreciated.

Arrangements entrusted to Woodlawn Mission Funeral Home (604) 826-9548.

at Mustard Seed Health Foods with Cheyne Health, Sept. 25. Call 342-2552 for appointment. See www. cheynehlthmgmt.ca for info.

M’Lordy, M’Lordy, I can’t believe Cliff is 40! Happy Birthday from Poacher.

Adult Taibo class starting in Edgewater every Wednesday night at the Edgewater Legion from 7-8 p.m. Starting Sept 26th. for 6 weeks $30. Call Miranda 347-6527.

Pre-registration preferred.

CHEERS To Jesus, who came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

Cheers to Julia, Gracie, and Becka for volunteering and all the help at the Bighorns first football game. Love from Auntie Heather.

THANK YOU On Aug. 24th our vehicle broke down on Jumbo Creek Rd. Many thanks to Ivan (Kool Country Towing) and Blaine (Online Automotive) & their staffs for your prompt, courteous service in getting us back on the road home so quickly. To the folks who offered assistance and to Kay who took us in, Very Much Appreciated. Your Kootenay Spirit is Alive & Well.

West Kootenay Hiking Grannies

GARAGE SALE Moving Sale, Saturday, Sept.

15th , 8 am. Furniture and more!

5796 Sinclair St., Edgewater.

Garage Sale, Saturday, Sept.

15th. Located behind Dairy Queen. House with big brown fence. 9 am.- 2 pm.

Moving Sale. Sept. 15th , 5182 Juniper Heights Road. 5th wheel hitch, 81 Dodge, 400 steel block, Alaskan 10-ft Camper, washer, small dryer, clean bed with frame, Mamiya camera RB 6x7 65 & 127 mm lenses, studio lights Vritek, metal cases for both. Everything must go!

Lamps, pictures, crafts, kitchen stuff, tools, clocks, end tables, and more. 342-9684.

MONSTROUSLY, MASSIVE, MEGA, MULTI. Friday 6 pm-9 pm, Saturday 10 am-4 pm.

New stuff. 1703 7th Ave. near Kinsman Beach.

Huge garage sale. Saturday, Sept.15thandSunday,Sept.16th.

Tons of new hardware still in packaging, furniture, household items, kids’ toys, books and games, ladies’ clothing, 2003 PT Cruiser, old Fargo Truck, fresh pies. Hwy. 95 at Spillimacheen from 9 am-3 pm in front of the old DC Service Station.

MEMORIAM In Memoriam of Joan Calcutt September 13, 1996 Memories made with loved ones are those that we keep close to our hearts forever. Our memories of you just keep growing stronger each passing day. We miss you terribly, but you are never far from our hearts.

From your loving family Kim, Walter, Jessica, and Ben.

WORKSHOP Understanding Your Dreams: Increase your immediate and long-term serenity. Learn a proven formula to Recall, Record and Understand the important information in your Dreams.

Thursdays: Aug 30, Sept 6, 13, 20. 7:30 PM. Fairmont Vacation Villas. 55% off $65.00 $30.00 per person, pre-registered by noon Thursday. At the door: $35.00.

Men, women, teens (16+) To register (250)342-8947 or info@ tygconnections.com subject: dreams.

STORAGE

NEWHOUSE MULTI STORAGE Various size available.

Now with climate controlled units.

Call 342-3637

COMMERCIAL FOR LEASE Retail/Office/Storage 503 7th Ave. High traffic area on main entrance to town. Unit 2 - 2000 sq. ft., unit 3 – 2200 sq. ft. 12.00/sq. ft. triple net. Unit 6 – 5000 sq. ft., 5,00/sq ft. Call 342-0603 or 341-5845.

WANTED TO RENT WANTED: NEW BRIT IN TOWN looking to rent one-bed furnished apartment or room in shared house from late September until June. Nonsmoker. References available.

Email: rachelpinder@yahoo. co.uk.

CONTRACTORS: Self-contained cabins by the week or month.

(250) 345-6365, Fairmont Bungalows.

One bdrm. furnished apt. W/D, TV, cable, utilities included. $675/month. Available soon.

References required. Call 3429636.

3 Units for rent in Windermere 2-bdrm, all appliances incl. W/ D, wood stove in 1 unit, large yard, deck. $750 & $995/mth.

Call (403) 803-4540 or email sillymilleys@shaw.ca.

Brand new 1-bedroom rental suite in Windermere available October 1, 2007. Partially furnished. Utilities and cable included, $900 per month. Call (403) 233-7084 Ext: 231.

Furnished 3-bedroom: Black Forest Heights. Available immediately to March 15, 2008.

Contact Rhonda for details: 3420562.

CONDO FOR RENT Beautiful new condo in Invermere - 3 bedrooms, 3 bath, 5 appliances, large storage room & attached garage! Will go fast at $1,150/mo + utilities. Call Lana for appointment at (780) 419-3542.

2 bdrm townhouse, 12th Ave. N/S, N/P, adult living, very quiet, $850/month plus utilities.

Available Nov. 1st , 342-9035.

Call 341-6299 to place your classified.

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P IONEER C LASSIFIEDS VACATION RENTALS

HOUSE FOR RENT Windermere – 2 bdrm furnished house with fridge, stove, dishwasher, washer/ dryer, fireplace, satellite, and heated garage. NS/NP. Available immediately. 342-0020.

Stunning view, newly renovated & furnished, 2 + 2 bedrooms, office, 3 baths, walkout basement, N/S, N/P. All utilities, internet & cable included except propane heat. $1650/month.

John (403)714-5584.

Edgewater, 3-BR mobile home, large, newly-renovated addition, 5 appliances, large private yard, N/S, N/P, no partiers. $1000/ month plus utilities, 342-2839.

New Townhouse in Invermere, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 5 appliances. N/S, N/P. October 1 - May 31. Furnished or unfurnished. $1,400/month plus utilities. (403) 703-0930.

Gamblers! 5 star Plaza Club Resort for rent in Reno, Nevada.

Oct. 6-13, 2007. Sleeps 4. $525.00 US. Fly from Spokane for $184.00 return. Call Sherry, 342-6357.

HOUSE FOR SALE Location! Location! No condo fees! Upscale duplex, garage, basement, lots of upgrades. 3 years old. $475,000. 342-3447.

3 Bdrm home. Fenced lot. 4874 Selkirk Ave., Edgewater. 3476453. $219,000.

Mobile Home: Old in good condition. With wood burning stove, new furnace w/ air conditioning, fridge, stove, dishwasher, microwave, W/D, complete w/ furniture. Must be moved. Offers considered. 250342-7555.

REAL ESTATE

ACREAGES & LOTS

MISC FOR SALE

Fully serviced 60’ x 135’ lot in Edgewater. Beautiful view of the Rockies. $120,000. Call 3479813 or 341-1581.

New poly dry box for pick up truck ½ price $100.00, 3420355.

Here’s a rare opportunity to own a choice, secluded 40 acre parcel less than 10 minutes from Invermere. Mostly fenced with productive hayfield, pasture and forest. Good access and surrounded by crown land on 3 sides. Close proximity to Lake Enid. Choose your favorite mountain view and build your dream home. $679,000. (250) 342-6042.

New lots along Crescentwood coming. Commercial lots available NOW for less! Acreage west of town – Edgewater Developments.

347-9660, edgeh2o@telus.net

WANTED Working Treadle sewing machine. Call Mary Anne or Bob at 270-0722.

Wanted cream-coloured fridge.

ASAP, call 688-7798.

MISC FOR SALE

2002 Norco Bigfoot with disk brakes. Maizoki Bombers. Well maintained. Great for 7-11 year old. $450.00 firm. Mom’s Upholstery, 342-0355.

Pool table, 4’x8’ slate, excellent condition. $800.00. 342-0678 Cable toll water drilling rig, C/W 2 hydraulic rams, 8” diameter 4’ long slips casing puller, $15,000. Lincoln Ranger 250 gas welder, $2,250. Lincoln Idelarc 250 electric welder $750.

Cutting torch, 2 sets (torch and regulators) $200. Saw mill with 500 case power unit C/W 2 saws 50” & 52 “, has 3 bunks on carriage and have cut 20’ timbers, $10,000. Older Super 88 Oliver Tractor with forks and bucket, $2,000. Car washer, 500 PSI, Red Devil, $300. Call 3429589.

Washer/Dryer set for sale, 3 years old in excellent condition. $300.00 for the set. 342-9770.

VEHICLE WANTED

Kenmore washer/dryer, excellent condition $450. Blue loveseat, $75. Blue recliner $75.

Taupe couch & chair $150. 3418072.

WANTED: CHEAP secondhand car needed by end of September, good runaround, excellent fuel economy, $1,000-$2,000. Email Rachel at: rachelpinder@yahoo. co.uk

Hay for sale, round bales. Phone Elkhorn Ranch, 342-0617.

VEHICLE FOR SALE

Elliptical trainer for sale in good condition, $1000 OBO, call 3454062.

Support “Rockies” Hockey. Pine, Fir & Larch – dry & split order 342-6908.

Jr Goalie Pads. 32” Koho Gy/Bk/ W pads. CCM Heaton Trapper Louisville Blocker, $250, 3420355.

VEHICLE FOR SALE

$10,000,000 in vehicle inventory.

Go to www.cranbrookdodge.com to view complete inventory.

2003 Honda CRV EXL 116,000 km. All leather. One owner.

Excellent condition. 4 snow tires. $18,900. $342-3739.

2000 F150 regular cab 4x4.

8 cylinder, cruise, 8 foot box, canopy and tool box, 143,000 km. $9,900. 342-3207.

1988 Chev P/U K2500 4 WD 350 auto, P/S, P/B, with topper tool cabinet & racks. $5,500.00 OBO. 1990 Chev P/U C2500 2 WD 350 auto, P/S, P/B, with topper tool cabinet & racks. $6,000.00 OBO. Ideal service trucks. Will sell truck and tool box, separate.

342-9918.

BOATS FOR SALE 12 foot Jon boat. Wt 110lbs. 4 scotty mnts. 2 for anchors, 2 for rods. $950. 342-2839.

16 foot fiber glass canoe. Good condition. $250.00. 403-9688747.

SERVICES

1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport. Great shape. A/C, tilt, cruise control. $7,500. OBO. 347-0077

FALL SPECIALS ON AIR CONDITIONING AND HEAT PUMPS!

1999 Ford Taurus SE, auto, power windows & locks, CD player.

Recently inspected, runs well. $4,250. Call 250-341-6150.

TOTAL HEATING SYSTEMS Full Heating & Ventilation Systems, 342-1167

1964 Valiant. 2 door, hard top, slant 6, push button transmission. 342-5225

Winter horse boarding available November 1st to May 1st . Call 250-346-3011, Brisco.

SERVICES SIMES PAINTING Interior and exterior, new homes and existing, quality woodwork finishing, lacquers, staining and clearcoating.

Call Barry. 342-0572, Windermere.

Phil’s Carpentry- Everything from roofs to decks, completion of basement & bathrooms.

Phone 341-8033 cell or 3428474 home. Not on valley time.

BUSINESS FOR SALE SAVE UP TO 19% On Gas or Diesel Reduce emissions by 30% Call Wolf @ (250) 688-0044 www.4planetearth.com/wolf

CAREERS Fireplace Installer, Service and Maintenance Technician required by a large established local business. A full time position is available for a responsible, self-motivated individual with a professional appearance. A suitable candidate should have knowledge of B.C. installation codes as well as service and maintenance of fireplaces but training may be provided to the right applicant. Must have a valid driver’s license. Please fax resume with references to Diamond Heating and Spas FAX:342-7103 Mail to: Box 117, Windermere, BC V0B 2L0 Email: info@diamondheatingandspas. com Store Clerks needed. Must be enthusiastic and enjoy people. $13/hour, store discounts and advancement opportunities.

Apply in person to Invermere Petro-Canada.

Local electrical contractor requires 2nd , 3rd , or 4th year apprentices. Competitive wages.

Fax resume to 342-3862 or call 342-9918

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P IONEER C LASSIFIEDS

CAREERS

CAREERS

CAREERS

CAREERS

Part-time Office Manager (Temporary) Great work environment and flexible work schedule for an energetic, organized, computer literate individual with excellent customer service and telephone skills. Will be required to handle invoicing, receivables, ordering, daily reports, banking and miscellaneous tasks with minimal supervision. Sense of humour is essential. This is a temporary position for the period of October 22, 2007 to February 29, 2008. Wage will be based on skill and experience.

Fax or call us at 347-9683 for an interview.

Pool/Spa Service and Maintenance Technician required by a large established local business. A full time position is available for a responsible, self-motivated individual with a professional appearance.

Preference will be made for a candidate with knowledge of pool/spa maintenance/repair but training will be provided to the right applicant. Must have a valid driver’s license. Please fax resume with references to Diamond Heating and Spas FAX:342-7103 Mail to:Box 117, Windermere, BC V0B 2L0 Email: info@diamondheatingandspas. com

Framing and finishing company in town is currently looking for carpenters and or apprentices for long term, full time work.

Serious inquiries please call Dwight 341-7387.

Part-time position at Valley Fitness Centre, weekend and evening shifts. $10/hr. Free Gym Membership. Apply in person with resume. 342-2131

Part time Office Admin & Customer Service A large established local business requires a friendly, selfmotivated individual to look after customers and miscellaneous office administration 3-4 days/ week including Saturdays (10:00 – 3:00). Computer and office experience is a must. Please fax resume with references to Diamond Heating and Spas FAX: 342-7103 Mail to: Box 117, Windermere, BC V0B 2L0. Email: info@diamondheatingandspas. com

STW Cutting Edge Carpentry Inc. looking for framers, laborers, and carpenter’s helpers. Good wages, year round employment, experience preferred/ hardworking. Bonuses and ski passes available. Please call Scott at 250-270-0745 or email swilisky@hotmail.com Must have vehicle. Apply in person to Invermere Dry Cleaners.

Part Time Early Morning Driver Required We require a part time driver to deliver early morning newspapers to stores and vending machines. Start time is 3AM for about 3 – 4 hours.

Radium to Fairmont 1 – 2 days per week. If interested, fax resume to 403- 253- 6810.

Dishwasher, part-time, or full-time, evenings. Apply in person to Tony Wood at Strand’s Restaurant, 342-6344.

HELP WANTED

Windermere Valley Child Care Society • Full time ECE position/ full time infant toddler position in group daycare • Start Date October 1st • Wages dependent on experience & license to practise Contact Silvia Statham: Phone: 342-3168 Fax: 342-3359 Or send resumes to: Box 2257 Invermere, BC V0A 1K0

Employment Opportunity Investment Manager The Columbia Basin Trust (CBT) is responsible for overseeing and managing a $300 million dollar endowment on behalf of the residents of the Columbia Basin region in southeastern British Columbia. This endowment has been invested in a portfolio of energy assets, real estate, commercial loans, and market securities in order to generate a steady stream of income to fund a delivery of benets program to the residents of the region. The organization is seeking to an Investment Manager to assist in the management and monitoring of the real estate and commercial loan portfolio. This new position will ideally work from CBT’s head ofce in Castlegar, BC. The position involves considerable travel throughout the Basin to actively build relationships in order to promote CBT as a preferred investment partner. Duties include: • investment research and development; • evaluating proposals; • preparing recommendations to the VP, Investments; • monitoring investment performance; • conducting periodic risk assessments; and • ensuring compliance with Investment Policies and Procedures.

The successful candidate should have an undergraduate degree in business or nance and a minimum of 5 years direct commercial lending experience. He/she should be able to work under pressure in multi-disciplined project teams and have excellent analytical skills, business acumen and a passion for working with small and medium businesses.

Deadline for applications is September 24, 2007.

Interested applicants should forward a detailed resume to: Debra Stewart, Human Resources Coordinator at Suite 300, 445 13th Avenue, Castlegar, British Columbia, V1N 1G1 or dstewart@cbt.org.

Visit www.cbt.org for a full job description and more information about CBT.

1.800.505.8998

info@cbt.org

www.cbt.org

Huckleberry’s Family Restaurant requires SERVERS to start as soon as possible. Full-time and part-time positions available.

Days, evenings & weekends available. Students welcome. Drop off resume OR complete application form at: Huckleberry’s Family Restaurant, 205 Laurier Street, Invermere. 342-3800.

Horsethief Creek Pub & Radium Liquor Store are looking for leaders.

Labourer Required

Pub Manager Liquor Store Manager

Estate custom home builder is looking to hire a motivated person to join our team at our project near Fairmont Hot Springs, B.C. Our company is on the leading edge of innovation. We have a great work environment, competitive wages & benefits.

We are a growing company with ample opportunities for future advancement.

Please email resume to: jo-el@envirocustomhomes.ca or fax: 1-877-349-7576

Is this you?

The positions are separate but may be combined for the right applicant. Wages are negotiable and based on experience.

All applicants will be treated with the utmost condentiality.

Contact Bob at (250) 342-1243

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September 14, 2007

CAREERS

CAREERS

CAREERS

CAREERS

HELP WANTED

Pamper Yourself Spa has a fulltime year round position open for a Spa Therapist, Massage and Aesthetics. Please e-mail your resume to monica@ pamperyourselfspa.com or call 341-6266 and ask for Monica.

Outgoing responsible people required for in-store and yard employment. Come to Rona (Ace Hardware) with resume.

410 Borden Street, Invermere.

Radium Supermart requires cashiers/Subway employees.

Numerous positions available.

Wage negotiable. Contact Kerry, Lori or Sharon @ 347-9988 or contact by email rhspetro@ telus.net.

Invermere Furniture requires a professional full-time sales person for residential and commercial sales. Own transportation a must. Great wages for the right person.

Phone 250-342-1098, or email dwt47@telus.net.

The Columbia Valley Rockies requires the services of a person to be a billet home supervisor.

The person(s) should be a nonsmoker and no pets. A police check will be required. Please call Ray Brydon 342-3259 for full details.

Automotive Mechanic: Journeyman or apprentice.

Wage depending on experience.

Fax resume to 342-3389 or apply in person to K5 Mechanical.

The Place Invermere Furniture Require full-time Delivery Person / Installer. Must have basic mechanical & carpentry skills. Great wages for the right person. Drop off resume, or call 342-1098.

Lakeview Meadows Community Association

Assistant Manager Lakeview Meadows Community Association is seeking a qualified individual to assist with maintenance and administration to keep the Community Association grounds, amenities, beach, and recreation centre up to and exceeding the standards from a four stars plus Community Resort. This is a permanent part-time position.

Experience/Requirements: • Preferred experience in a maintenance environment with pools and mechanical equipment.

• Should be proficient in the use of computers.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills Please forward a current resume directly to the Community Association Manager at E-mail: jimlakeviewmeadows@shaw.ca

Fax: (250) 342-3815

Invermere Inn

Framers / Finished Carpenters required in Edgewater.

Permanent work, approx. $35.00 per hour or piece work. Call Cliff 403-617-9402 or email loglife@ telusplanet.net.

HELP WANTED Home Care, Part-time for elderly gentleman.

Call 342-0743.

School District No. 6 (Rocky Mountain) Kimberley, Invermere and Golden Zone invites applications from persons interested in being on our Casual Employment Lists for the following classications: 1. School Bus Drivers - This is bus driving work in the operation of school buses used to transport students within the School District. Work involves the safe operation of school bus equipment. Preference may be given to applicants who possess a valid B.C. Class 2 Drivers license, (some units require Air Endorsement) however training may be available for the right candidate. If suitable candidates are found, successful completion of training for Class 2 and Air Endorsement will be provided at no cost to the candidate. Completion of the 10th school grade, or equivalent, valid Class 2 Driver’s license for the Province of British Columbia with an air brake endorsement. First Aid training would be an asset.

2. Custodians - This is manual work involving the cleanliness and security of district buildings. The work may include dealing with public use of school facilities. Once an employee becomes familiar with a clearly dened work schedule, the work is performed with minimal supervision.

Usually, this job is performed after regular school hours and generally alone. Completion of the 10th school grade, or equivalent is required as well as completion of the Board provided training program.

COME JOIN OUR TEAM • Wait servers • Bartenders • Housekeeping/Room Attendant $12/hr. to start • Line cooks $12/hr. to start

Mr. Paul Carriere, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Department of Human Resources P.O. Box 70, Kimberley, BC V1A 2Y5 (250) 427-2245 (tel) / (250) 427-2044 (fax) / e-mail: hr@sd6.bc.ca

Contact: Todd Mitchell 341-1946 or 342-9246 or drop off resume at front desk, 1310, 7th Ave

Bartender/Server Royal Canadian Legion – Invermere is inviting interested individuals to apply to work in our newly renovated lounge as a bartender/server. Wages depend upon experience.

Please mail your resume to Box 446, Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0. For more information call Pat Cope 342-4242 or Rick Jarrett 342-3142.

THE DEALS Pioneer Classieds

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6 (ROCKY MOUNTAIN)

If you are interested in being considered for the above casual positions, please send a complete resume, including three references by Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. to:

We are now accepting resumes for these positions:

Call 341-6299 to place your classified ad.

The deadline is 12 noon Tuesday.

SPOT

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.

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E-mail: upioneer@telus.net Phone: (250) 341-6299

Invermere, B.C. PART-TIME SECURITY GUARD WANTED • Experience preferred but training available to the right candidate.

• Criminal record check and clean drivers abstract required.

• Must be able to work nights.

Please send resumes to valleyhawksecurity@shaw.ca or call 250.688.4295 www.valleyhawk.com

WELCOME TO INTERIOR HEALTH. We’re all about giving people room to grow, room to contribute, room to impact, room to make a significant, personal contribution and room to make a huge difference in the lives of others.

CASUAL ADMITTING CLERK POSITION INVERMERE & DISTRICT HOSPITAL QUALIFICATIONS: Education, Training and Experience: Grade 12, one year’s recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills and Abilities: § Ability to type 50 w.p.m.* § Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. § Ability to deal with others effectively. § Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position. § Ability to organize work. § Ability to operate related equipment. * proof of typing speed (within last 6 months) required with resume

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 12TH We invite you to apply online at www.roomtogrowbc.ca to EK-EK HEU-FAC-07-0031769 or by dropping off a detailed resume (with proof of typing speed) to: Kerry Colonna, Administrative Assistant Invermere & District Hospital 850 – 10th Ave., Bag 5001 Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 ph: 250-342-9201 fx: 250-342-6303

Room to grow.

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P IONEER C LASSIFIEDS Strata Manager

Job Posting Growing Together Facilitator

Here We Grow

Busy property management company in Invermere requires a licensed, experienced Strata Manager with a thorough knowledge of all relevant legislation. Must be a team player with excellent communications and problem solving skills and be procient with MS Outlook, Excel and Word. Familiarity with Spectra Property Management software would be an asset.

Please send resume, along with salary expectations, to Strata Manager, Box 21, Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 or fax to 250-341-6009.

Duties: Facilitate an educational parenting program for parents and their children 0 – 6 years The program is based on the premise that children learn best through play and that parents can learn to understand and support their child’s growth and development better when they interact with them during “play” activities.

FSR# 34315

We have two positions available

Journeyman/Woman Electrician

Grizzly Mountain Grill

Journeyman required for all aspects of electrical trade. This person needs to be very condent. Good knowledge of the trade and works well with people.

This position carries responsibility. Copper Creek Electric believes in compensating for responsibility. $35/hr plus benets and performance bonus.

Requires Experienced Cooks and Servers

OfÀce Manager

in Radium

Accountability: The Growing Together-Play and Learn facilitator is accountable to the Executive Director of the Family Resource Centre.

Qualifications: A grade 12 diploma, along with excellent written and verbal communication skills. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to work well with people on an individual basis and in groups. A valid B.C. driver’s license and a willingness to travel to outlying communities to deliver service is essential, as well as an understanding of the importance of children’s development through play.

Call 342-1666 Fax: 341-3453

Ofce Manager required for fast growing innovative company. Simply Accounting skills, good communication skills. This position could be carried out in a home based environment. Wages starting at $18/hr. plus other benets.

Application process and deadline: Submit a resume and cover letter to Pat Cope, Executive Director, Family Resource Centre, Box 2289, Invermere, B.C., V0A 1K0

Send your resumés to

cc3@telus.net

or send resume to: PO Box 1079, Invermere, BC V0A 1K0

Family Resource Centre

or call Raymond at 341-5380 for more information.

625 – 4th Street Invermere, B.C.

We Work At Play!

Voted “Best Conditioned Course in B.C.” in 2005, Eagle Ranch Golf Course is an 18-hole championship golf course located in picturesque Invermere, British Columbia.

This season Eagle Ranch proudly unveiled a magnificent clubhouse, complete with an expanded Golf Shop, full service dining room, meeting room and lounge.

Fitz Flooring Ltd. is a company about people - people working together to provide our customers with outstanding service, advice and assistance.

G N RI

I H E R ’ E W

Fitz Flooring, Invermere, is seeking a dynamic individual to join the sales team as a Window Covering Expert.

The ideal candidate will assist in Sales and Estimating of HunterDouglas Blinds and must be able to manage clients needs have a flair for design and decorating.

Please forward your resumes hr@fitzflooring.com or by fax attention HR 403-686-3371

0302-SP20188

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.

Positions for September 2007 Looking for an opportunity to earn some extra money and to join a team of outstanding service providers? Eagle Ranch Golf Course is looking to hire individuals in the following departments for the month of September:

• • • •

Beverage Cart Servers Customer Care Golf Shop Restaurant Hostess

• Restaurant Servers • Turf Maintenance • Kitchen – Line Cooks and Prep Cooks

We offer competitive wages, a complete staff uniform and golf privileges at one of the most beautiful golf courses in the country! Full-time and part-time positions available.

Resumes may be sent confidentially to: Eagle Ranch Golf Course RR#3, M-2, C-11, Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K3 Email: careers@eagleranchresort.com • Fax: 1-250-342-2563

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September 14, 2007

FAITH

‘Cluster phobic:’ the fear of being afraid

By Pastor Jared Enns Lake Windermere Alliance Church Have you ever been afraid? Have you ever been plagued with worry and anxiety, or been gripped by fear to the point of being paralyzed?

Have you noticed that once you start to give in to worry or fear, it leads to more worry and more fear? I call this trend of increasing paranoia “cluster phobic.”

The study of fear has been extensive and the categorization of fears (phobias) has resulted in a never ending list. The following are just a sampling of the phobias that people experience in their lives: • Ochlophobia - fear of crowds • Nyctophobia – fear of darkness • Scopophobia – fear of being looked at by other people • Kakorrhaphiophobia – fear of failure • Monophobia – fear of loneliness • Gamophobia – fear of marriage • Categelophobia – fear of being made fun of • Schoolphobia – fear of school • Theophobia – fear of God • Thanataphobia – fear of Death • Hypengyophobia – fear of responsibility As you can see, there is a broad spectrum of fears

and this is by no means a comprehensive listing of the fears that plague daily life. The bottom line question is what do you do about your fears, worries and anxieties… How do you handle them? … Do they rule your life and control you? … Who do you turn to, to help you with your fears?

In the Bible, God’s Word recognizes that fear, worry and anxiety are a part of our lives. In fact there are 366 references in the Bible that tell us to not be afraid. That is one for each day of the year including leap years. God’s solution to fear is to put our hope and trust in Him. Worrying and being stuck in fear keeps us from enjoying the life that God has for us.

With our hope and trust placed in His care we do not need to be afraid of what this life will bring us.

At the same time, in Matthew 10:28, Jesus teaches us that we should fear anyone or anything that could hurt us spiritually and separate us from eternal life.

For someone who is a Christian, believes that Jesus died on the cross for their sins and rose again, God has taken care of this as well. Romans 8:38-39 says, “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

We have nothing to fear.

In light of this maybe it is time for you to do an internal fear, worry and anxiety check? Can you handle your “cluster phobia” on your own? Why not ask God, who can handle anything that comes your way, to handle your fears as well?

New service offers travel vaccinations Health Units across Interior Health will no longer be able to give vaccines and travel advice for persons visiting other countries.

However, a new private company called Travel Medicine and Vaccination Centre will be commencing a service starting on September 14th here in Invermere.

This clinic will provide travel consultations and vaccines in addition to having travel accessories available - water purifiers, mosquito nets first aid kits, etc. This clinic will also have a Yellow Fever designation, so clients will no longer have to travel to Calgary or elsewhere for this vaccine.

The cost to the public will remain similar to the cost of vaccines that were charged by Interior Health.

The only vaccine that was free from the Health Unit, but will now be charged to the consumer, is the Tet-

anus Diptheria vaccine.

Another positive feature to this new clinic is that the Influenza vaccine will be available for purchase for those persons who do not qualify for the free vaccine. A Registered Nurse can travel to your workplace to provide flu shots.

The clinic will be located within Dr. Maria Dibb’s medical clinic on main street. She will be available to write prescriptions for malaria and antibiotics when needed, which will truly provide a comprehensive service for travelers.

The clinic times will run once per week and alternate between Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with occasional evening clinics. Bookings will be done through a call centre out of Vancouver, 1-888-288-8682. For more information, call Carolyn Hawes at 342-0564.

Valley Churches LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 – Worship and Life Instruction: “Show Your Shine.”

Pastor Jared Enns ministering.

7 p.m. Sing and Celebrate, Hymn Sing.

326 - 10th Avenue, Invermere • 342-9535 WINDERMERE VALLEY SHARED MINISTRY 10:30 a.m. Sunday – Invermere – Christ Church Trinity Rev. Sandy Ferguson • 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere • 342-6644 www.wvsm.info or www.christchurchtrinity.com VALLEY CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY 10 a.m. Sunday Children’s Church during the message part of the service.

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Christ Church Trinity 110 - 7th Ave., Invermere Pastor Rev. Fraser Coltman • 1-866-426-7564 RADIUM CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Every Sunday 10 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.

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