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The Columbia

February 9, 2007

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This full-on gala event (break out your formal ski sweater!) starts at 6 p.m. and all funds go to subsidize local ski racers.

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“There are also some specialty clothing items from Alpine Canada that you just cannot get anywhere else, as well as sports adventure packages that we have assembled.”

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Cranbrook MLA quits cabinet after e-mail meltdown

By Brian Geis Pioneer Staff East Kootenay Liberal MLA Bill Bennett resigned from his cabinet post as Minister of Mines after sending an inappropriate e-mail to Fernie veterinarian Maarten Hart.

In the e-mail, he used foul language and accused Mr. Hart, a landed immigrant from the United States and president of the Fernie Rod and Gun Club, of possible espionage for the Americans.

Mr. Bennett has apologized to Mr. Hart in a prepared statement for his inappropriate and inflammatory comments.

According to a report in the Vancouver Sun, Mr. Hart wrote and criticized Mr. Bennett for endorsing a proposal to change provincial big-game allocation rules that, he said, unfairly favoured guides and outfitters over resident hunters.

Mr. Bennett exploded in an e-mail reply, accusing Mr. Hart of being “a self-inflated, pompous American know-it-all.”

In the e-mail dated January 29th, he wrote: “It is my understanding that you are an American, I don’t give a shit what your opinion is on Canada or Canadian residents. As someone who has spent the past six ears working my ass off for my constituents, I am not about to take that kind of bullshit from someone who, for all I know, is an American spy. . . ” In his apology, Mr. Bennett stated: “It matters not that the email I wrote was hastily sent in a fit of frustration after a long day of work. My comments were inappro-

East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett priate and inflammatory.

“As a member of Cabinet and as an MLA, I have a duty to conduct myself at all times in a manner befitting of my office and the people who elected me. Clearly I failed to meet that obligation in this case, and for that I am deeply sorry.”

Mr. Bennett said he was not asked to resign by his party or opposition, but that it was entirely his decision. “. . . hopefully my constituents and colleagues will respect my attempt to uphold the honour of my office by stepping aside from Cabinet,” he said.

B.C. Conservative Leader Wilf Hanni took the opportunity to attack his opponent, issuing a press release charging the Liberal Government of selling half of all B.C. hunting rights to outfitters who cater to non-resident hunters.

“This is a terrible display of arrogance,” stated Mr. Hanni, “and although Bill Bennett resigned because of his lack of judgement in referring to a constituent as an American spy, and using foul language in a written communication,

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“The resident hunters are being shafted in an attempt to provide more money to Guide/Outfitters and to the Government of British Columbia.”

Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald of the NDP, who is the first-term member for this constituency, said Mr. Bennett has established a pattern of rude and inappropriate behavior in response to criticism, and that it’s about time he paid the price.

“I think the resignation was appropriate and good on him for that. Give him credit for resigning, it was the right thing to do,” Mr. Macdonald said in a telephone interview.

“I think friend or foe would agree that he tends to be pretty thin-skinned. There’s an arrogance in him. You just can’t talk to people that way.”

Mr. Macdonald said Mr. Hart’s criticism over the wildlife allocation proposal was valid and a position with which he agrees.

“In my perspective, it’s the wrong way to go,” Mr. Macdonald said. “Resident hunters should have primary access. It’s part of their culture. They’re the ones out there doing the conservation work.”

Mr. Macdonald said that when the legislative assembly returns, he will be fighting for the rights of resident hunters over the guides and outfitters, not that there isn’t a place for the outfitters too, he added.

Mr. Bennett is midway through his second term as the MLA from East Kootenay.

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Between January 28th and February 2, the RCMP received 62 calls for service. Ten of these complaints were accidents, with four of these incidents being Hit and Runs.

• January 27: Police were on patrol on Kinsmen Beach and observed a vehicle which was stopped on the lake.

As the member approached the vehicle on foot, the Columbia Valley resident reached out of the window of the vehicle and handed a small bag of marijuana to the uniformed member prior to the member having actually noted the odor. This file is still under investigation!

• January 28: Police arrested a 16-year-old Radium male and a 16-year-old Invermere male after they were detained by Panorama Security for attempting to steal skiing goggles. Police are exploring their eligibility for alternative measures under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. • January 28: Police were conducting a road check on vehicles traveling on Lake Windermere. The driver of one overloaded vehicle admitted to drinking a beer when coming back onto land, and since the subject was a new driver under the graduated driver’s licencing was issued a 12-hour driver suspension.

It is suspected that the new driver will lose his/her

driving privileges once the superintendent of motor vehicles reviews the police report.

• January 29: It was reported to police that the gymnasium door at the school in Canal Flats had been vandalized having been spray painted “4:20 smoke weed and crack.” This file is still under investigation!

• January 29: It was reported to police of an incident where an Invermere house was egged on 15th street.

• January 29: It was reported to police that a camera and case was stolen from the corner of 7th Avenue and 13th Street while the victim was waiting for a bus.

• January 31: Police observed a vehicle with a defective taillight and pulled the vehicle over. An odor of alcohol was noted and the breath demand was read.

The driver blew a fail with the road side screening device.

An administrative Driving Prohibition was served as a result of obtaining two samples of the driver’s breath of 100 and 90 milligrams percent, which is just over the legal limit of 80 milligrams percent.

• February 2: A 24-hour suspension was issued to an Invermere resident who had been stopped as a result of weaving over the center line with their vehicle.

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Take a photograph of yourself on holidays with The Pioneer and win two nights at the Fantasyland Hotel at West Edmonton Mall, sponsored by The Pioneer and Travel World in Invermere. All valley residents who participate will have their names entered in a draw to be made at the end of 2007.

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Top: Dan “Bundy” Marshall and Elin Einaisson of Calgary, long-time friends of the valley, and Henry and Eileen Bilodeau, Windermere residents, were in Jamaica recently.

Here Dan proudly displays The Pioneer with the most Honourable Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica!

Centre: Michael and Stacey Boucher of Invermere were recently on vacation in St. Lucia in the West Indies.

Bottom: Martine and Allegra Newill are back in the valley after hibernating in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia for the month of January.

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PERSPECTIVE

February 9, 2007

Don’t hit that send button!

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Publisher

MLA Bill Bennett’s ridiculous Email to a constituent made everyone in our office shake their heads, after we had finished laughing.

The president of the Fernie Rod and Gun Club said nothing worse than accusing the Liberals of “bowing down to Wall Street three times a day, rather than Mecca.” Surely the Liberal ministers must have a thick enough skin to withstand such a general criticism.

But B.C. Minister of Mines Bill Bennett must have been having an off day, because he fired off an outraged Email in response, at one point accusing his constituent of being an American spy! And although Mr. Bennett has apologized, he is also blaming the Email system itself for his blunder.

“In the old days before e-mail I would have written that letter, looked at it in the morning and tossed it into the wastepaper basket . . . but I blew my cool and e-mail was too easy,” Mr. Bennett told the media.

That’s certainly no excuse for Mr. Bennett’s hasty temper. The Cranbrook MLA is known to be outspoken; he got into hot water here in Invermere last year when he implied that the Jumbo Resort Development would go ahead, with or without the permission of the Regional District of East Kootenay’s board of directors, and his speech was reported by The Pioneer. He is an advocate of the resort and it remains to be seen whether his resignation will have any effect on the outcome of the project.

However, his actions serve as a clear warning to the rest of us. Recently I wrote a long, angry e-mail to one of my critics and (thankfully) saved it in my draft folder; the next day I reviewed it and cut it down by half; the third day I toyed with sending one or two sentences; and the fourth day I deleted it altogether.

Time has a way of tempering all feelings, right or wrong; and the written word has a way of lingering long after the spoken word has been forgotten.

Historical Lens Lake Windermere in pre-development days . . . the east side of the lake shows none of the homes that now line the lakeshore and the mountainsides above, rather just a series of forested bluffs leading down to the water.

Photo courtesy of Windermere District Historical Society

Grizzlies DO live in Jumbo Dear Editor: This letter is a response to one written by Patrick Hasburgh that appeared in your February 2nd, 2007 edition.

The AXYS Grizzly Bear report that was commissioned by the B.C. government and the Jumbo Resort promoter stated that: “The proposed project and its associated access has the potential to locally reduce habitat availability for bears and impede north-south regional grizzly bear movement and dispersal and directly or indirectly affect long term grizzly bear population in and around the Central Purcell study area.”

The Matt Austin Grizzly Bear report Number 2 commissioned by the B.C. government stated: “Instead I recommend that it will be assumed that there will be a substantial impact to grizzly bear effectiveness, mortality risk and most importantly, the fragmentation of grizzly bear distribution in the Purcell

Mountains over the long term as a result of this project.”

The Simon Fraser University Dept. of Biological Sciences stated that in a letter to the B.C. government that “. . . the proposed Jumbo Creek Development, if approved, will adversely affect the regional population of grizzly bears in the South Purcells.”

The Iris/Sno Engineering feasibility report commissioned by the B.C. governement stated: “It appears doubtful that the Resort can achieve economic breakeven.”

This letter has gone on long enough so I won’t bring up the subjects of global warming, avalanche control, melting glaciers, rising costs and minimum age jobs.

Jim Galloway Brisco

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LETTERS Jumbo development won’t justify the cost Dear Editor: “In our every deliberation we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.” - From The Great Law of the Iroquois Confederancy.

Let that sink in a while . . . This is probably the true definition of sustainability.

Most of civilization doesn’t even consider the impact their decisions will have on people a few hours later, let alone seven generations out; yet, if we think about it, our decisions must be considerate of our future generations if we want our children’s children to have an acceptable quality of life on this fragile planet of ours.

Jumbo Glacier Resort is one of those decisions we must make. Is this project going to benefit future generations or not? The main reason we are even entertaining the development of remote glaciated areas like the Jumbo Valley is because civilization has pursued unsustainable growth and development everywhere else in the world to a point where global warming will negatively affect most of our livelihoods.

There is no dispute that the Jumbo Valley has been scarred by previous industrial efforts but is that an excuse to continue to do so or should that be an excuse to try to correct the damage done? The JGR will offer incredible skiing, and create many more jobs. The question is at what cost? The JGR will cost many millions of private and tax-

payer dollars to build, millions of taxpayer dollars to maintain, and all for a relatively small number of people to enjoy. If that amount of money and human effort was put towards truly sustainable efforts that would help improve this area for all future generations, we all would be much better off.

I read Patrick Hasburgh’s letter to the editor last week and I really understand his point of view because I was there once. We moved to the valley 14 years ago and, at that time, I was also in favor of opening up the Jumbo Valley for skiing. Patrick’s justification for allowing the resort to proceed was the same as my own. I even created a bumper sticker asking people to “Let Jumbo Fly.” Over the years I came to understand the cost and the sustainability of such a development and I cannot justify the cost to future generations. Patrick is right, the future is a freight train coming but that freight train is unsustainable development. Like in many Hollywood movies, I hope we are able to jump aboard that runaway train and use all our strength to stop it. We need to make sustainable choices one small step at a time and that can start with Jumbo Glacier Resort. If we choose to continue to allow unsustainable development then we should apologize right now to future generations for our lack of courage and foresight.

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February 9, 2007

Writer lives in 'blissful ignorance' Dear Editor: Let me start by saying, first of all, I am a lifetime resident of B.C.; a full-time resident of the Columbia Valley for the last 13 years, and a dedicated enthusiast of the outdoors. I, too, own both a quad and a snowmobile, and up until I read Patrick Hasburgh’s letter, was not strongly opposed to the Jumbo Resort development.

So I’d like to thank you for your eye-opening glimpse into the world of blissful and self-righteous ignorance! It must be nice to plant yourself in our community and blindly start throwing out your uneducated and misinformed opinions.

Mr. Hasburgh, your views of the summer and winter activities in the Jumbo area are so wildly exaggerated you should be embarrassed. While I agree that the valley is not 100-percent undisturbed, and that many people enjoy the spectacular scenery and incredible recreational opportunities the area offers, I must argue with you on several points: most quadusing hunters are taking advantage of pre-existing logging and mining roads, and are certainly not asking for paved access to the back country. I’ve never run into any ‘mad-core mountain bikers in armored leotards’ up there; there are no downhill trails in the area that I know of. As for high-marking sledders, the Jumbo valley is not a snowmobiling destination, due to government restrictions.

And I guess that grizzly must have already gotten out of the zoo, because I have had countless personal encounters with Jumbo wildlife, including grizzly bears, and I can assure you they were not in cages.

Maybe you’d prefer them that way, so you can observe the wildlife from a safe seat in the ‘fun eatery.’ My point being, the current level of use is not destroying the Jumbo valley.

Mr. Hasburgh, I also happen to be a so-called ‘nail-bender’, and have a fairly good understanding of the construction industry. I know that when money starts to run thin, corners are cut, and some great concepts are left unfinished. If I believed the Canadian government would enforce the proposed environmental standards, I might feel better. But since I know how developers and our government work, I have very little faith.

Maybe it’s different where you come from. Plus, I’ve lived here long enough to have witnessed the building boom at Panorama, and while some homes in the resort were built by local construction companies, most, if not all larger amenities were built and managed by out-of-town companies and labourers. And in fact, most materials, right down to door knobs, actually are sourced elsewhere. You should personally ask our local hardware stores how much business they got from Intrawest. And we know from experience that the mostly temporary, minimum wage jobs a resort provides will hardly create a booming local economy.

When the boom stops in Invermere, us nail benders won’t be paying for new trucks with a job at Jumbo.

Your opinion that the only way to save our wilderness is to invite more tourists is absurd. If you truly believe developing the Jumbo valley will help to educate tourists and our youth about the importance of preserving other wilderness areas, maybe you should think about why you moved here. Newsflash! It’s not the tourists’ job to save our mountains, it’s ours, and that’s what we’re trying to do. I believe we should learn how to make better use of the areas we’ve already developed, rather than continuously encroach our wilderness. Just because it’s not untouched doesn’t justify ski lifts, much less quaint ‘shops and fun eateries’. How original! Don’t we have enough of those? Spoken like a dyed-in-the-wool consumer!! If that’s your idea of wilderness, I think you’ll be happier back in Aspen.

So, Mr. Hasburgh, I encourage you to buy your quad, drive up into the Jumbo Valley, maybe even hike around and explore where the condos are penciled in. You honestly think building a resort there would improve the environment? Better yet, just stay in Panorama - more wilderness for the rest of us. I must admit, I’m having a hard time imagining what would possess you to put so much effort into writing a ridiculous letter about an issue you obviously know very little about. Unless, of course, you have shares?

Byron Leinor, Windermere

Come down off your quad!

Doug Charlton is a carpenter, general contractor and keen skier and hiker who has lived in the Windermere Valley for 32 years. He says he has never written much of anything, let alone a letter to the editor!

Dear Editor: I am writing in response to Mr. Patrick Hasburgh’s letter of February 2, 2007. Mr. H. seems to be confused about our local geography, referring to “mine tailings,” “clear cuts,” “timber debris” and “root balls” along Toby Creek as having something to do with Upper Jumbo Valley.

If Mr. H. would like to lead the battle for rehabilitation of Toby Creek that would be wonderful, but referring to Jumbo Creek as an “environmental catastrophe” can only be construed as “intentional disinformation.” The sawmill site at the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort is so small that most people

have trouble finding it! And the only recently logging in that area is the very heli- ski runs Mr. H. enjoys so much!

If Mr. H. came down off his quad, snowmobile or helicopter, he might more enjoy the peace, quiet and beauty (not to mention the abundance of wildlife) of Jumbo Valley, as thousands of locals and tourists alike have treasured for decades. Most of these folks would gladly welcome a lifetime of snow-shoeing and ski touring, not to mention hiking, climbing, biking, fishing and camping. What a wonderful penance that would be! Perhaps the tourists you speak of may not care about our debate and probably don’t “give two candy kisses” about our valley’s future, but the many tourists I meet enjoying Jumbo Valley, do! I am sure they would be stunned that others would think there is no “no reason to go,” as you claimed.

As a contractor in the valley, I know first-hand of our latest building boom. I also know how hard

it is to get sub-trades, labourers, materials and equipment in an ever-competitive market with soaring prices and increasing shortages. I for one am not naïve enough to think the local building industry will be able to supply the materials, labour and sub-trades for the proposed JGR. Things are hard enough in the valley as it is. I would hate to be trying to build a house in the Windermere Valley if all of our builders were at Jumbo!

The small percentage economic gain for our building industry does not justify the large percentage loss of our wilderness! If mega-development is allowed to continue “this region’s honourable working class” won’t have to worry about paying off their trucks and snowmobiles. Instead, they will be more concerned with thoughts of where and how to afford to live. Maybe it will be cheaper to live in Aspen!

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Featured in the December 8, 2006, edition of the Pioneer, A History of Panorama is a photo-laden history of the Panorama Mountain Resort.

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The books by Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Stuart-Hill and the recent book by Shelagh and Dusty Dehart, The Kinbasket Migration, build on a growing library of local history which includes: • I Flew the Lancaster Bomber by Leo Richer • The Legacy of Fairmont Hot Springs by Janet Wilder • The Night the Tin House Burned by Ron Ede • Nipika, a Story of Radium Hot Springs by Dale Zieroth • Tales of the Windermere by Winn Weir • Trails I have Travelled by Dix Anderson

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The transition for Stéphane, played by Gal Garcia Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries, Y tu mamá también) is complicated by the fact that since age five, his mother explains to a suitor, he mixes his dream life and his waking life.

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MUSIC • VISUAL ARTS • DINING • BAR SCENE • ENTERTAINMENT • PERFORMANCE ARTS February 16th

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

Toby Theatre • February 7 - 10: Eragon • February 14 - 17: Rocky Balboa

February 9th • Rotary Club of Invermere “Citizen of the Year” nomination deadline. Mail nominations to Box 877, Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0.

• 7:30 pm: Castlegar vs. Columbia Valley Rockies, Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

February 10th • 2 pm: Valentine Tea & Bake Sale, Radium Seniors ‘Hall. Sponsored by Edgewater - Radium Health Care Auxiliary. For info: 347-9874.

• 2 pm: Tea & Bake Sale, Mt. Swansea Chapter #80, Eastern Star. Held at the Masonic Hall, adults $4, children $2.

• 7:30 pm: Grand Forks vs. Columbia Valley Rockies, Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena.

February 12th

Columbia Valley Food Bank

• 12 pm: Heritage Luncheon at the Legion, sponsored by the Windermere District Historical Society. Limited seating, for tickets and info: 342-9434, or 342-6892.

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February 17th • 7 pm: Syndicate Rail Jam Series, Panorama Mountain Village. Register at CanSki and Guest Services in the Ski Tip Lodge, Showcase Snowboards in the Tamarack Lodge, and Syndicate Boardshop in Invermere.

February 14th • 11 am: All mothers with toddlers aged 18 months 2 years are invited to the Radium Library for the new reading program.

February 15th • 7 pm: Town Hall Meeting for Area G, Edgewater Community Hall. For info: RDEK, 1-888-4787335.

February 18th • 7:30 pm: Showcase Halfpipe Competition, Panorama Mountain Village. Register at CanSki and Guest Services in the Ski Tip Lodge, Showcase Snowboards in the Tamarack Lodge, and Syndicate Boardshop in Invermere.

February 19th

• 1 pm: East Kootenay Brain Injury Association Support Group meeting held at Valley Connections Facility. For info: 250-344-5674.

• 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm: J.A. Laird PAC Annual Spring Carnival, Laird elementary school gym. Games, food, and lots of fun, sponsored by J.A.Laird PAC.

February 26th • 7 pm: Future of Food: Columbia Valley Film Series, “Slow Food Revolution”, DTSS Theatre. For info: Alison Bell 342-9213, ext. 217.

• Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday: 2 pm - 4 pm • Tuesday & Thursday: 7 pm - 9 pm • Saturday: 10 am - 12 pm

• Elkhorn College is now accepting applications of interest for September 2007. Apply to: Elkhorn Ranch Ltd., Box 128, Windermere, BC V0B 2L0.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9th: • 7 pm: PAC Meeting, JA Laird.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13th: • 7 pm - 11 pm: DTSS Leadership Class presents the school dance, held at Bud’s Bar & Lounge. Tickets are $5.00 in advance, and $7.00 at the door. Open to DTSS and Open Doors students only. Proceeds go towards building a school in Kenya.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd: • 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Spring Carnival, JA Laird gym.

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• Radium Cool Pool, Friday 6 pm - 9 pm, Saturday - Sunday 12 pm - 9 pm. For info: 347-9485.

• Fairmont Hot Springs Hot Pool Hours: 8 am - 10 pm daily. For info: 345-6311.

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Demographics are statistical data that describe the makeup of a certain population (whether a geographic area, or the readership of a

Thursdays, 10 am - 4 pm Fridays and Saturdays, 1 pm - 4 pm Also: • Flatware for rent “For All Occasions”, Invermere Health Care Auxiliary. $2.50/dozen, 300 place settings available. For info: Karla Schager, 342-9981.

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• 7 pm: Community Forum on Childcare, Invermere Community Hall, refreshments served. Learn about funding cuts and their effect on the Valley. For info: 342-9516.

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• 1 pm - 4 pm: Valentine’s Dance, Seniors’ Hall, 1309 14th Street. For info: 342-3990.

• 7 pm: Town Hall Meeting for Area G, Brisco Community Hall. For info: 1-888-478-7335.

• 7 pm: Future of Food: Columbia Valley Film Series, “Future of Food”, DTSS Theatre. For info: Alison Bell 342-9213, ext. 217.

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 pm - 2 pm To donate, mail a cheque to: Box 2141, Invermere.

• Windermere Fire Department is seeking community minded volunteers. For info: Aaron at 342-3965.

FRIDAYS: • 3 pm - 6 pm: Public indoor rock climbing, JA Laird gym, $5 drop in. For info: 342-9413 or 342-6232.

MONDAYS: • 8 pm - 10 pm: Men’s basketball, DTSS. For info: crossfire@cyberlink.bc.ca, 342-5588.

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Will Ferrell stars in Stranger Than Fiction, the first Cinefest film of the season, on February 19th.

Cinefest unveils exciting film schedule Submitted by Jennifer Woodburn Columbia Valley Arts Council The monthly independent film series, Cinefest, begins its new season this month.

Back again at the Toby Theatre in Invermere on select Monday evenings, this popular local evening organized by the Columbia Valley Arts Council resumes with an diverse and exciting line-up of films.

The first film, “Stranger Than Fiction,” plays on Monday, February 19th. Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman star in this smart, funny, powerful film about a man who realizes he is a fictional character in someone else’s story. When he discovers that the author is plotting his death, the adventure begins!

The next film in the series is the Golden Globe winning “Babel.” This film stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in a story which crosses boarders, cultures, conflicts and the internal lines that people draw between themselves.

April’s film is the period drama “The Painted Veil” based on the classic novel by William Somerset Maugham. Actors Naomi Watts and Edward Norton play a husband and wife who follow a dangerous journey into the heart of China looking for redemption and happiness.

“Volver” plays in May, starring Penelope Cruz in the story of three women – a good mother desperately in love with a man who is far from being a saint, a young mother carrying a hard life on her shoulders

and an illegal hairdresser whose shop is the meeting point for all neighbourhood gossip.

The final film of the series is the Canadian directed “Away From Her.” This follows a retired couple’s journey as memory loss, new romance, and letting go try their relationship. Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent star in this touching film.

This season CV Arts is happy to announce a new sponsor for Cinefest.

Harrison McKay Communications has agreed to sponsor the program, which in turn helps the arts council offset the costs incurred in presenting Cinefest.

“It’s exciting to support such a worthwhile program,” said Mr. McKay. “CV Arts really needs and appreciates business sponsorships. All of us at Harrison McKay are nuts about great films, so it’s a perfect fit.

All films play at the Toby Theatre in Invermere, at 7 p.m. Cinefest tickets are $10 per person, and can be purchased at the door. Season passes will also be available at the February 19h show. The cost for a season pass is $40 for the first five films.

For a full description of the films visit CV Arts’ website at www.columbiavalleyarts.com/cinefest.

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February 9, 2007

Canal Flats trucker turns author 14 is a swampy area named after the old No. 14 logging camp, which was located nearby. The 13-kilometre mark is called Lindbeck’s corner, because a trucker “I’m empty on the Swan at the bottom of the lad- named Art Lindbeck rolled a logging truck there.

Looking Glass Corner, just past “the 18 board” der,” is something you might hear on the radio from a trucker hauling logs up and down Whiteswan Road. (kilometre marker 18), got its name after two truckIt means he’s heading east, into the bush, just past the ers passing each other in the corner touched rear-view two-kilometre-mark off Highway 93/95. He’s head- mirrors, sending shards of broken glass across the ing up Stepladder Hill. The Ladder is an innocent- roadway.

The stories abound, some funny, some terrifying, looking, kilometre-long, low hill with several gradual bumps along its length. This time of year, it sends cars all entertaining, about the 30-kilometre section of and trucks, big and small, off its slippery surfaces and road and the people who use it.

“I think it will be a very good guidebook for evinto the ditches in both eryone, area residents and tourists,” Mr. Cartwright directions. said. True, the book details every inch of the road Canal Flats native from Highway 93/95 to the White River, including son Colin Cartwright crossroads, points of interests, wildlife habitats, even explains why in his good views of nearby mountains and valleys, as well new book, Empty on as stories about the people who built and worked the the Swan: A Trucker road and the neighbors who grew up around it. and Loggers View of the In fact, he wrote, one of the reasons why StepladWhiteswan Road. der Hill is so treacherThe gray-haired, ous for such a shallow denim-clad logger, grade is because the trucker, historian Ladder faces south and and writer said the catches a lot of sunbook is his attempt shine, which results to preserve a fading in extremely slippery vernacular invented by the conditions. truckers. It was the lan“We hope everyguage he heard growing up body will look at the on the Swan and working Swan a little differently on it his entire life. His faafter reading the book,” ther, Gil, was the ranger in Mr. Cartwright’s wife charge of the Canal Flats Kathy added.

Forest District. His uncle Rubberneckers C. P. Williams was the enwill enjoy all the degineer in charge of building tails of wrecks along the Swan. the Swan included in “I’ve been associated Colin Cartwright the book. As a mainwith the Swan since the beginning,” he said. “I worked in the bush most of my tenance worker, Mr. Cartwright, has witnessed and responded to dozens of accidents along the road. career, and now I work maintaining the road.”

Empty on the Swan includes a lot of wreck phoOver the years, Mr. Cartwright said, timber industry transportation managers began insisting truck- tos, in case you were wondering what a loaded logers use the kilometre markings to report their where- ging truck looks like after being squeezed off the road abouts on the Swan. The kilometre markers replaced and rolling to the bottom of the canyon at Narrow mile markers, he said, and in danger of being lost is the Gauge.

“I left a lot of stuff out. There are a lot of gory system of place names the natives, loggers and truckers details,” Mr. Cartwright added. “Sombody went over invented to describe the road.

“The truckers gave names to every turn, every a bank and got mashed up in a car. Nobody needs to twist, every bump in the road,” Mr. Cartwright said. read about that.”

Former Canal Flats chief administrator Bruce The place names—like Stepladder Hill, Looking Glass Corner, Coyote Junction, Porcupine Corner and One Woodbury did all the global positioning system mapMile Dip—are a better, more accurate way of referring ping for the book and provided technical help, while to locations along the Swan. “Fifty years from now former teacher and Pioneer proofreader Anne Picton edited it. these names will still be valid.”

The book is available at Dave’s Book Bar and The old place names divide the road up into natural sections, refer to specific places, he said, and are Home Hardware, at Bigway Foods in Fairmont, at the easier to remember and identify because of the lore Mountainside Market in Radium Hot Springs, and at from which they derive. Cam Faulkner, an early truck- the Hoodoos Gas Station, as well as Lotus Books and er, gave the Stepladder hill its name. The Bottom of Katrina’s Books in Cranbrook.

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Future of Food: Columbia Valley Film Series February 12th – Future of Food “There is a revolution happening in the farm elds and on the dinner tables.”

February 26th – Slow Food Revolution “Traditional foods are at risk of disappearing forever, as a speed-obsessed world turns increasingly to fast foods.”

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Door prizes, fun quizzes, organic food for sale.

Entry by donation. All proceeds to the Greenhouse Project.

For more information contact: Alison Bell 342-9213 ext. 217 or email abell@sd6.bc.ca Presented by: Columbia Valley Botanical Gardens/Centre for Sustainable Living, David Thompson Secondary School and Columbia Valley Slow Food.

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YOUR MONEY Preparing your estate plan

Thinking about death and putting off planning your estate — one is difficult and the other is very easy. Together, if they remain ignored, the two can combine to create a sticky situation for you and your beneficiaries. Every Canadian adult — regardless of financial situation — should have an up-to-date estate plan that outlines the following: • Who is responsible for distributing your assets; • Who gets what and when they get it; • Who will take care of your children; • Who will manage any trust accounts; and • Who will make financial and medical decisions if you’re incapacitated.

To take control of your estate, follow these steps: 1. Determine your estate planning goals.

2. Consider which estate planning tools fit your situation best.

3. Choose the people you want to speak for you.

4. Start raising estate-planning issues with your family.

5. Keep your estate plan up to date.

Without careful planning, your estate may be tied up in the courts for months or even years. The government could end up collecting more taxes than otherwise. And, most importantly, how your legacy is disbursed may be decided for you.

Depending on the complexity of your estate, you may require the services of a lawyer, a financial advisor, an accountant, an insurance agent or a trust officer.

Developing a complete estate will require much more than a will. Depending on your personal situation, you will need to consider a combination of the following components: • Will: the core document in your estate plan that identifies an executor, distributes your assets and names a guardian for your children if they are minors.

• Trust: is established to take care of assets you don’t want transferred immediately after your death or to manage investments for beneficiaries who are incapable of doing so themselves.

• Life insurance: can help ensure your heirs aren’t negatively impacted by their inheritance, or to pay your funeral expenses or final taxes.

• Power of Attorney for property: allows a trusted family member or friend to make financial decisions for you should you become incapacitated, but only while you’re alive.

• Power of Attorney for personal care: allows someone close to you to make medical decisions based on your own previously expressed wishes.

• Living Will: sets out your preferences for medical care if you’re unable to express them yourself. This concerns continuing life support and similar important decisions.

• Organ Donor Cards: is an official statement of whether you would like your organs to be donated to someone who would benefit from a transplant. You will also need to discuss this with your family as doctors may need their consent as well.

• Funeral Arrangements: helps decide how you would like to be remembered.

• Business Succession Plan: decides what will happen with a business you own in part or whole.

There are complex rules regarding selling a business or passing it to heirs.

• Tax Planning: In Canada there are no “estate taxes” owed on the entire value of an estate. However, your estate may be subject to probate or income taxes.

These are paid out of your estate, reducing the amount paid to your heirs.

Probate and taxes are foremost considerations when planning your estate.

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

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February 9, 2007

School Zone

By Melinda Drews David Thompson Secondary School Valentine’s Day is just around the corner at David Thompson Secondary School.

That means the selling and receiving of “crushes”, which consist of cream soda and carnations.

The student council sets up a table and sells “crushes” to students, and then on Valentine’s Day will deliver the drinks and the flowers to the lucky recipient in their classroom.

It’s a great way to give your boyfriend or girlfriend (or favourite teacher) a little special something on Valentine’s Day. All funds go towards the great work doen by the student council.

The other special event being held is the highly anticipated Valentine’s Day dance at Bud’s Bar and Disco.

The leadership class has been working non-stop in order to get the one and only school dance up and running. The dance will take place on Tuesday, February 13th, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

The dance was held last year for the first time in many years, and it was a huge success. Last year the char-

ity function managed to raise $1,000 for Spring Hawes, who was injured in a biking accident.

This year the money earned at the dance will go into a fund which will sponsor the building of a school in Kenya.

So far over $7,000 has been raised for the school, with $10,000 being the amount needed to complete the job.

As this is my last Valentine’s Day at this high school, I would like to send my own wishes to a few of the many special people here at my school: Mrs. Jackie Thesen in the administration department, for always greeting me with a hug and a smile; Mr. Werner Kopp. I’m sending my wishes flying across the world to you in Australia on your one-year exchange, and I know everyone at school looks forward to hearing your corny jokes next year; My soccer coach Becca Wright, for bringing our team to the top of our game, and making it more fun than I ever expected; My good friend Jamie Roberts, for always being cheerful and filled with laughter.

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A special thank you to Dana Bjorkman, Daphne Neal, Kim Westergaard, Tiffany Gulbe & Crew, Shannon Gertner and Tara Reive and to all who helped decorate and volunteer at the event. We sincerely apologize for any omissions.

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February 9, 2007

Condos and Mother Nature don’t go together Letter continued from Page 8 Mr. H. does not understand B.C. taxes and B.C. schools. Even the tax base in Aspen couldn’t give us better schools. Our school budgets are based on enrollment which has been declining in the valley for the last ten years, paralleling our most recent building boom and rising real estate values. Increased development does not mean increased enrollment or an increase in our local education budget. School taxes collected locally go straight to Victoria. They may help to build new schools in Surrey, a place which is seeing sky-rocketing school enrollment, but it doesn’t do much for the local kids!

Slyly implying a conflict of interest on Mayor Shmigelsky’s part seems an absurd rant from a baffled “old crank!” Would Mr. H. have us believe Jumbo will be clear-cut if not developed by JGR, allowing Mr.

Shmigelsky to retire a wealthy man at an early age? Or, that if this resort is not built that our community will falter economically? Most would agree that Invermere is experiencing abundant economic growth and prosperity already.

RK Heli-Ski has well documented their potential loss of revenue should they lose access to their bad weather runs on Leona and Jumbo Creeks and their bread and butter Farnham Glacier area. Does Mr. H. think he will still be able to heli-ski “Rosie’s” or “Christy’s” down to the “tasteful cluster of shops and fun eateries?” Over 50 percent of RK Heli-Ski’s skiing time will be affected. It will have to be some kind of record high tide to raise this boat!

Only P. T. Barnum’s proverbial “sucker” would believe our only choices are mineshafts, clear-cutting or double black diamond ski runs. And the future of this valley is only an unstoppable freight train if we allow it

to be! Saving “what’s left of Mother Nature’s beautiful bounty” is the only thing I agree with Mr. H about.

But, I can’t imagine this being accomplished by condos, shops, 20 ski lifts and 2,000 skiers a day. Clearly, the terms “condos” and “Mother Nature” don’t fit well in the same sentence, just as they won’t fit well in the Jumbo Valley.

There seems to be an undercurrent of local-bashing that doesn’t sit well. We certainly don’t all agree on everything all of the time, but is still our community and we are entitled to our opinions and our bumper stickers! Mr. Hasburgh’s dream may be Aspen-style living in Jumbo valley, but it is a far cry from the reason I moved here. Time will tell whether his penance will be full fare heli-skiing or a stand-by ticket on a freight train to . . .

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The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 19

February 9, 2007

The Old Zone

By Harold Hazelaar, Invermere

A few years ago, I would think to myself about how some of the OldTimers needed a lot of time to get dressed before our games, and assure myself that I would never be that slow. Unfortunately, I am now one of those guys. With my recent knee injury, I have additional equipment to put on prior to playing.

What amazes me is that we can even move our limbs after putting some of this stu on! I, personally, have a brace for my recovering knee that is a struggle to pull on and almost impossible to get o after it gets warmed up and sweaty. Then, I add a “girdleâ€? that is supposed to help me from constantly tweaking my groin muscle, which I have been pulling for the past two or three seasons. After this stu, of course, the regular pads and straps and tape that every hockey player wears ďŹ nishes o the costume I use to masquerade as a hockey player.

But that’s nothing ... you should see some of the slightly older guys! Tensor bandages everywhere you can think of. Elbows, knees, ankles, thighs, wrists and, I think, some of the guys wrap their tummies for extra protection too. Don’t want to injure the hot chocolate or herbal tea receptacle, you know!

I suggest you ďŹ nd a company that makes knee, wrist or elbow braces and invest every penny you have in their stocks because the baby-boomers are starting

to fall apart and there are a lot of us. You should be able to make a ton of dough with shares in a brace company!

Some of the smarter guys also wear a visor to protect their eyes from ying pucks or errant sticks and some, even smarter guys, wear mouth guards for their teeth. Where is the fun in that? I like the extra attention I get when I have an owwie!!

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Oct. 12, 1925 - Jan. 29, 2007 The Murray Family gives a big thank you to the staff and volunteers at Columbia House for your kindness, love and professional care for Marion Murray. We also appreciate the caring provided to our family by the Columbia Garden Village and Dr. Page.

I wish to thank Dr. F. Louw and the medical and nursing staff at the Invermere Hospital following my treatment at the Banff Mineral Springs Hospital. I am grateful for the visits from my friends and thank them for the baking, flowers, cards, fruit, and prayers which are all greratly appreciated. The wonderful assistance and encouragement has helped my recovery from the injuries sustained in my traffic accident. Thank you, and God bless you. Stan Rokosh.

VACATION 1 or 2 weeks affordable accommodation almost anywhere, use before April 6th, 2007. Call 3426588, leave message.

OFFICE SPACE Professional office space for rent in Invermere. Large view office with negotiable services. Please call 342-9450 for more info.

STORAGE New•House Multi-storage, various sizes available, now with climate controlled units. Call 342-3637.

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SUITES FOR RENT CONTRACTORS: self-contained cabins by the week or month, 250-345-6365, Fairmont Bungalows.

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2 bedroom, 2 bath furnished suite sleeps up to 7. $950/month includes cable and utilities, N/P. Call John 342-6293.

2 bedroom fully furnished ground-floor apartment for rent.

1-1/2 blocks from downtown Invermere. Cable, utilities, and laundry facility included.

New paint, $1200/month plus damage deposit. N/S, references required. Available February 15th. Phone (250) 342-9712 evenings.

1 bedroom basement suite w/ private entrance, $650/month, utilities and cable included, N/S. Available March 1st, call 3423777 or 341-5201.

Canal Flats: 2 bedroom 4plex unit. Electric heat, 4 appliances, walking distance

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LAND FOR SALE New lots along Crescentwood coming. Commercial lots available NOW for less! Acreage West of town - Edgewater Developments 347 9660, edgeh2o@ telus.net.

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NOTICE Notice of Intent to Dispose 2nd Notice All vehicles and personal effects that are being stored at Brady Creek Ranch on the Westside Road (formerly Garry Hamilton’s residence) need to be removed.

Anyone who claims ownership must offer up proof within thirty (30) days of February 2, 2007, or the property will be considered abandoned and will be disposed of with no further notice. Contact L. Leroy by fax at (403) 230-3969 with contact information.

CHILDCARE Childcare needed for 3 children aged 6, 4, and 2-1/2, 5days/ week, 30 - 35 hours. Flexible schedule, contact Jolene, 3429525 or 341-1363.

CHEERS CHEERS to the Edgewater Recreation Commission and to all who attended the dedication of “Frank’s Rink� in Edgewater.

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Eastern Star hosts tea and bake sale Submitted by Eastern Star All Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star of British Columbia are holding a special day to tell everyone about our organization. What do we do?

The Order of the Eastern Star was formed in 1867.

It was the first such organization to include both men and women, and is still the largest fraternal organization in the world.

Cancer Dressing Stations were started in 1947 and have continued ever since. Last year alone, over 150,000 dressings were made in British Columbia and provided free to cancer patients referred by their doctors. In British Columbia during the year 2006 the Order of the Eastern Star donated a total of $64,638 to various cancer projects.

To date, our Cancelled Stamp project in British Columbia has raised $367,000 for cancer projects, including $14,500 raised in 2006.

We awarded $18,000 through our Grace Shane Bursary in the past year, supporting doctors and other medical personnel. Many Oncologists throughout British Columbia are past recipients of the Grace Shane Bursary for training and research.

The local Chapter, Mt. Swansea, was constituted in March 1954. There were 41 Charter members. Four of these Charter members are still faithful; Mickey Hess, Audrey Osterloh, Allison Mitchell and Kay Frater.

Through the years the local members have contributed by making Cancer Dressings, and collecting, trimming and sorting used stamps. These stamps are shipped to Vancouver and sold to collectors around the world.

Last year 19 workers shipped 33 pounds of stamps from Invermere. A competition is held between all six of the Windermere Zone schools and the winner receives a cash award to purchase a book for their library. Last year Martin Morigeau Elementary School

in Canal Flats was the winner.

In addition to our usual cancer donations, we contribute annually to a bursary which is awarded to deserving students after two years at an accredited college or university.

We support the four major Cancer Centres in British Columbia. Our commitment to cancer research and the welfare of cancer patients can be attested by the B.C. Cancer Agency and its foundations.

How do we pay for all these projects? Funds come from bake sales, teas, raffles, donations from members and other small projects hosted by our local chapter.

We would like you to visit us Saturday, February 10th at 2 p.m. We are having a Tea and Bake Sale, and you will be able to tour the Chapter room and see our project displays.

We are located in the Invermere Masonic Hall located on the second floor of the Lambert-Kipp Pharmacy building on 7th Avenue in Invermere.

P IONEER C LASSIFIEDS CAREERS Flooring Sales Manager: must be experienced in carpet, vinyl and ceramic tile. This is a senior position. Duties include sales, estimating and field coordination of medium sized flooring projects, computer experience would be beneficial.

Excellent salary and extended health plan available for qualified person. References required. Apply to Warwick Interiors, Box 2673 Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0. Phone 250-3426264, fax 250-342-3546, Attention Dave.

Lucky Strike Gas & The Valley Alley Bowling Centre are looking for fun and energetic individuals who like to work with the public.

Come Join our Team!! Bowling Alley Staff, Cashier and Gas Attendants Wanted, Needed and Welcomed! Full-time &/or parttime available. Phone 342-6117 or drop off resume at The Valley Alley.

Front Desk/Guest Registration needed at the Mountain View Lodge. Evenings, approximately 5-10 pm. Some simple accounting and light duties involved. Wage negotiable. Call Nicky or Allan at 342-6618, or drop resumes to 747-12th Street (across from the Post Office).

for experienced processor operator. Would be working in the Parson woodland area.

Wage negotiable. Please call Jacques Chasses, cell 250-3421610 or office, 250-342-6900.

Diamond Heating & Spa’s requires part-time office help.

3-4 days/week. Flexible hours,

Saturdays and Mondays a must.

Some office skills required. Fax resume to 342-7103, attention Stacey, or apply in person at 385 Laurier Street, Invermere.

Experienced part/full-time tandem dump truck driver wanted.

Must have Class 1 or 4 license. $25/hr, call 342-5654.

Local logging contractor looking

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Cappuccino Hut & Summit Hut, Panorama Resort, BC. Are you a strong skier? A multi-tasker? Honest? Outgoing? Experienced in the business of cappuccino/light lunches? Interested in a free ski pass and other goodies? We are looking for full and part-time positions at our BUSY, alpine ski huts.We offer a great working environment, with 360 degree views, and skiing home at the end of the day isn’t bad either! We need you to be smart, responsible and friendly, the rest is easy. Starting wage is $11/hr and great tips. Please call 342-0217 for more information.

Manager/Ice Technician The Invermere District Curling Club (four sheets of ice) invites applications for the position of Manager/ Ice Technician for our 2007 Fall Season. Specic experience and skill requirements include:

Career Opportunities in Invermere Dietary Aid: This position requires an energetic, conscientious, and approachable individual who will provide residents and guests of the facility service with a smile.

Under the direction of the Kitchen Manager, this individual will be a team player and a contributor to a positive work environment. The desired candidate must be Food Safe certied, and prior work experience is an asset.

Cook: The successful candidate must have strong leadership skills, be team orientated, and have the ability to multitask, to work unsupervised, and strong communication skills. Candidate must also be able to cook food using a variety of techniques and a high level of quality. Food safe certication and 5 years of experience in the food and hospitality industry is also required, however combined years of education and experience will be considered.

Candidates for both these positions will be required to supply a criminal record check, TB screening and physician’s waiver.

Please apply with work references to Karen Shand at Columbia Garden Village.

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Interested applicants should mail or email a resume complete with salary expectations and references by Thursday, March 1, 2007 to: Mr. Bob Page President Invermere District Curling Club Box 310 Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 info@brew4u.net (e-mail)

22 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

February 9, 2007

Anniversary of explorer’s death marks beginning of Bicentennial years

By Brian Geis Pioneer Staff It’s finally here! The David Thompson Bicentennial is finally here.

That’s what you might think if you were Ross MacDonald. If you spent all your work life and some of your free time for the last decade preparing for it.

Yes, it’s finally here.

Preparations began a decade ago for Mr. MacDonald, a Park Services public educator, when he was put in charge of organizing 1999’s David Thompson Bicentennial at Rocky Mountain House.

After that, he was the obvious choice to send to Invermere, to organize the big one - the bicentennial of David Thompson’s North American explorations, a three-year, continent-wide public and private sector heritage awareness initiative.

The bearded educator claims to not be a historian, but speaks of the past in the present tense.

“The entire bicentennial is a grass roots enterprise without any major funders, just partners finding their own passions for the history,” he said. “More than 30 parks and sites will be involved in the bicentennial.”

“Thompson’s story is messy. It’s big and it’s messy,” Mr. MacDonald said. The Bicentennials are big and messy too, which makes it hard to wrap your mind around.

The sprawling Bicentennials, which are scattered across North America, will take place between 2007 and 2009 with additional local anniversaries taking place though 2011.

The most important of the bicentennials take place across the Columbia Valley this year and mark the anniversary of David Thompson’s entry into the valley in 1807.

The Columbia Valley is important, Mr. MacDonald said. Some of David Thompson’s most important work took place here. And, in discovering the headwaters of the Columbia River, Thompson discovered the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean that had eluded so many of his contemporaries.

Finding the Columbia River, Mr. MacDonald said, and figuring out that it ran north before turning south toward the sea, was the key to the solution to the puzzle of the Northwest Passage.

“And, in doing so, he closes the fur trade highway,” Mr. MacDonald commented. Fur traders had been flooding over the mountains since the turn of the century and a gaggle of his contemporaries including Lewis and Clark and Simon Fraser were busy exploring the west.

“So, he’s a blip, but what a blip,” he said. “It allows you to connect Montreal to the Pacific Ocean.”

Mr. MacDonald speculates that our emotional connection to the land, the importance of geography in shaping our understanding of the world and the windows of understanding he opens to the world are the reasons why David Thompson is remembered and celebrated.

“We’re tied to the rivers. We’re tied to the landscape,” he said, “and he’s a window to other important stories. He’s a reasonably credible witness to his times.”

“We learn about the natives, we learn about wildlife—it’s the first time anyone observed magpie fishing at the shore of melting ice. We learn about the climate, about climate change. We learn about where the toes of the glacier were,” Mr. MacDonald commented.

Mr. MacDonald admits that David Thompson has been mythologized to a certain extent and that he hopes the bicentennials paint a fair picture of the explorer many credit as the greatest land geographer that ever lived.

“We’re going to try to exercise some myth management,” he said. “There is what’s written and there’s the oral history and what lies in between is the truth.”

It could be argued, Mr. MacDonald explained, that Thompson was a runner of guns and drugs.

“He understands the social ills caused by alcohol,” Mr. MacDonald commented. “Of course they watered it down and made different kinds of drinks with it, the potency would probably drive you blind.”

“Thompson recognized it created violence and social issues, but he was quite willing trade in arms. In one way you could say he was a drug pusher and an arms dealer, but he was an invited guest, unlike some of his American contemporaries. And in all his expeditions, he never lost a man and never got into a situation of bloodshed.”

Mr. MacDonald also admitted that it took a while for Thompson to figure out that the Columbia River flowed north before turning south again, but blamed it in part on his native guides who had their own reason for keeping that information from him.

His native guides spoon-fed him information in fear that he would arm their enemies down river.

“It’s a meeting of cultures and a bit of distrust and there is the language barrier. They’re guarding their information,” he said.

Once he figured it, of course, he made history.

This year, the 150th anniversary of his death on February 10, 1857, the Columbia Valley will play host to many events honoring his achievements in surveying the Northwest Territories and in helping shape our understanding of the world.

Watch here for more information about upcoming events.

A LOVE SUPREME—Invermere’s monument to David Thompson at the foot of Pothole Park honors his wife Charlotte Small as well.

Photo by Brian Geis

Valentine’s Day, 1857 Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Small couldn’t possibly imagine her next 57 years when she met 29-yearold David Thompson at the North West Company trading post in Lac Isle à la Crosse, Saskatchewan.

She was the daughter of a Cree woman and North West Company clerk David Small. She and her family had been abandoned, with a pension, when Mr. Small retired and returned to England.

North West Company men were encouraged to marry native woman, but often abandoned them when their time in the colony was up.

Thompson and Small were married and set out on an odyssey that would span the continent, produce 13 children, make history and end in penniless obscurity.

On Valentine’s Day, 1857, Charlotte was mourning the loss of her partner. The two were living with a daughter in Montreal and had fallen into obscurity, unrecognized for their accomplishments, while Mr. Thompson, nearly-blind, toiled away on his memoirs in hopes of generating some money to put food on the table.

Charlotte Small died a scant three months later.

Thompson’s narrative of his explorations wouldn’t appear in print for decades, but his marriage to Charlotte would be eventually be remembered as one of Canada’s most enduring love stories.

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February 9, 2007

FAITH

How deep is your love?

By John Cuyler Valley Christian Assembly A young couple was sitting a table in a doughnut shop enjoying each other’s company. After finishing their doughnuts, he got up to pay the bill, and it was noticed she didn’t get up to follow him. But then he came back and stood in front of her.

She put her arms around his neck, and he lifted her up, revealing that she was wearing a full-body brace.

He lifted her out of her chair and backed out the door to the pickup truck, with her hanging from his neck.

As he gently put her into the truck, everyone in the shop watched. No one said anything until a waitress remarked, “He took his vows seriously.”

In 1995, actor Christopher Reeve, the Superman actor, fell from a horse in a riding accident that severed his spinal cord and paralyzed him from the shoulders down. In the days that followed, both he and his mother considered pulling the plug on his life support system.

Reeve’s first lucid words to his wife Dana after the tragic accident were, “May we should let me go.” But his wife through tears, persuaded him to fight back, saying, “I want you to know that I will be with you for the long haul, no matter what. You’re still you, and I love you.” Dana stayed with her paralyzed husband until his death in 2004.

As we look towards Valentine’s Day this coming week, the day where husbands and wives express their love for one another by exchanging gifts or going out together for a meal, why not also take some time to examine the depth of our love for one another?

Would the depth of our love for our spouse hold true in the midst serious injury or even permanent paralysis, or some other tragic circumstances or would it crumble under the strain? Is our love for them conditional or will it withstand whatever happens?

Do we really take our marriage vows seriously to love, honor and cherish for better for worse, for richer for poorer in sickness and in health, as long as we both shall live? Adverse circumstances and tragedies should never be used to justify breaking our marriage commitment; true love is unconditional.

Unfortunately, we live a “throw-away” society today where everything is temporary including marriage. I’ve heard some couples say something to the effect if it doesn’t work out we can always find someone else. I am also very aware that the divorce rate among those who are churchgoers is not much different from those who are not. The problem may lie partially in

the fact that many couples feel love is only “a feeling” and when that “feeling” is gone their love grows cold and the marriage begins to fall apart. This kind of love is shallow and will not last because people and circumstances tend to change.

One passage of Scripture that is often read at weddings is the great love chapter, 1 Corinthians 13. Verse 7 of this chapter summarizes the depth of true unconditional love by stating, “Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.” Another great verse concerning love is found in the words of Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one that this, that one lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13) If the depth of our love for our spouse is great then we should be willing to “lay down our lives” for them no matter what. That’s just what the young farmer husband and that actor’s wife were willing to do for their loved one when their lives were suddenly and permanently altered.

This Valentine’s Day, don’t forget to do something special for your spouse, but at the same time why not take some time to examine how deep your love really is for each other. If the depth of your love is it true is will never give up, never lose faith, be always hopeful, and endure through every circumstance. Have a happy Valentine’s Day and may your love for one another be ever deeper each year.

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