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forced to purchase his fuel from Vancouver and ship it at his own With the long expense. weekend looming, This year, he said, many local gas stations he has no indication so are being faced with a far that he will have to potential gas shortage. go this route.

The shortage reBut Petro-Canada sulted from the July is not the only com18th shutdown of the pany affected by the Petro-Canada and Imshortage. perial Oil refineries in The Radium Hot Edmonton after a huge Springs Esso is also feelstorm knocked out ing the heat leading up to the long weekend. power. Although both have been restarted, A gas shortage wreaked havoc on valley service stations last year, Owner Brent Fredcompanies are strug- just before the 2009 September long weekend. erickson said if they File photo gling to play catch-up. do not receive another “It’s not going to be shipment of fuel this very good,” said Kerry Ellingboe, owner of the Petro- week they will be out by Friday, July 31st.

Canada in Radium. “A gas station without gas is not “We are going to either have gas or we won’t – nogood.” body knows for sure what they are going to get for a Kerry, who received half of his normal weekly supply for fuel this week,” Brent said. shipment of fuel on July 27th, estimates he will run He has been on the phone with his Esso represendry by July 30th and so far has received no indication tative all week, pleading for more fuel. when another shipment of fuel will be coming.

“I mentioned to him that on the long weekend a Without gas, Kerry estimates losses of more than lot of people from the city are coming out here,” he $10,000 per day. said, “and that we need more than the city does beRick Melnyk, manager of the Invermere Petro- cause everyone from the city is going to be out here.”

Canada, said they received a load on July 28th, but He, too, has no definite answer on how much fuel he also has no word on when another load of fuel will will be delivered – if any. “No gas, no money – it’s be arriving. pretty easy to compute,” Brent said.

“It’s my understanding that the Petro-Canada reBut that isn’t the case for some valley service stafinery has been repaired and that product is supposed tions. Jason Elford, owner of Lucky Strike Gas located to be available and flowing again and will be in the outside of Windermere, and John Tames, co-owner of Calgary market by July 30th,” Rick said.

Centex at the Skookum Inn, both said that there is no “From what I’ve been told, I shouldn’t have an is- threat of a fuel shortage at their stations for the comsue, but that said, last year I was told a number of ing weekend. things that never came to fruition.”

“I am 99.9-percent confident that I will have no Last year, Petro-Canada stations in the valley ex- problems with any of the four varieties of fuel that perienced similar shortages before the September long I carry,” John said, “and I don’t anticipate any price weekend. In order to cope with the shortage, Rick was change, either.”

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Valley NEWS

Regional district to vote on Jumbo

By Sally Waddington Pioneer Staff Friday, August 7th could be the last opportunity for Columbia Valley residents to have their voices heard on the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort.

This week Regional District Director David Wilks, the mayor of Sparwood, announced that he intends to table a motion at the board’s next meeting urging the provincial government to declare Jumbo Glacier Resort a resort municipality.

If he gets a majority of the 15-member board to agree — and the provincial government accepts the recommendation — the move would relieve the regional district of all future zoning decisions on the 1,700-unit, four-season ski resort proposed for the Jumbo Valley, 55 kilometres west of Invermere.

The announcement sent shock waves rippling through the community, drawing criticism for coming from the Elk Valley, not directly affected by the resort, and coming during vacation season.

After 18 years of negotiations, including an Environmental Assessment and a Master Plan, the government of British Columbia is poised to sign the final

agreement with Jumbo Glacier Resort: the Master Development Agreement.

If and when that happens, the province will either designate Jumbo a mountain resort municipality or send the developers to the regional district to apply for rezoning of the land.

“It is a lose-lose situation for the regional district.”

— Director David Wilks, Mayor of Sparwood Although the provincial government will make the final decision, Director Wilks is suggesting the regional district give them a nudge in one direction by asking that the responsibility — and according to Director Wilks, the liability — be taken away.

“It is a lose-lose situation for the regional district,” he said. “Jumbo is the single largest development, bar none, that is ever likely to occur in the regional district. It will take all of the planning department to do rezoning for Jumbo alone. If we take on the rezoning,

the next question is, what other projects are we willing to give up?”

What’s more, Director Wilks said, the regional district risks litigation by taking on the project.

“If we go through the rezoning and vote in favour of the proponent, immediately litigation will start in the courts to stop it going ahead,” he said. “If we side with the environmental aspect, in all likelihood we will be sued by the proponent.”

If Jumbo is deemed a mountain resort municipality, it would be governed by a three-person council made up of local residents, as well as a small advisory board. That is ideal, according to Grant Costello, general manager of Glacier Resorts Ltd. “The creation of a mountain resort municipality will result in a practicable local governance structure for the resort,” he said. “Glacier Resorts Ltd. fully supports the resolution before the Regional District of East Kootenay.”

Meredith Hamstead of the Jumbo Creek Conservation Society disagrees, stating the motion before the regional district is not really about Jumbo.

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Police blame transients for Radium’s crime surge

By Cayla Gabruck Pioneer Staff Crime in Radium Hot Springs surged 73.5 percent last year compared to the year before. According to a report compiled by Columbia Valley RCMP Staff Sgt. Marko Shehovac, the number of offences jumped from 185 in 2007 to 321 in 2008.

“We attract a lot of good law-abiding people, but we’re also attracting a lot of criminals that want to take advantage of the situation,” he said.

He believes that the influx in crime goes handin-hand with the number of construction projects that were going on in the valley during that time.

“The biggest reason, after talking to other members who were here at the time and people on the street, was the construction boom,” he said. “You’re

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getting a lot of workers, a lot of transient people – it’s a case of back in the day when everything was going strong, there were lots of young people here working hard and partying hard.”

Some of the largest increases were seen in the number of infractions of the Liquor Control Licensing Act, which rose 350 percent; assaults, which jumped 133.3 percent; break-and-enters, which also jumped 133.3 percent; and drug offences, which rose by 80 percent.

“Right now I think our break-and-enter complaints are extremely high,” Staff Sgt. Shehovac said.

“But that can be attributed to four or five people and it can also be attributed to their drug addiction.

We are dealing with that – two have already been sent to jail and we know who’s active and we are targeting them.”

Many of the other crimes, he said, can also be attributed to the presence of drugs – mainly cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy – in the community.

“If we can wipe it out and say there’s no more drug issues in Radium or in the valley, a lot of the other issues would be dropping off the board,” he added. So far this year, Staff Sgt. Shehovac said, the detachment has seen a decrease in crime, but, he said, this can lead to a load of other problems.

“What you’ll see an increase in now is domestic issues because of the emotional and financial issues,” he said “Throughout British Columbia, from what I’m hearing, that has shown to be true.”

He added that the Columbia Valley Detachment has also seen an increase in domestic disputes throughout the Columbia Valley since the economy slowed.

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• On July 20th, at 6:30 p.m., RCMP’s Columbia Valley Detachment members responded to a disturbance at Kinsmen Beach. Two males were wrestling.

One fell backwards and received cuts to the head. Liquor was involved.

Both males were determined to be playing around when the incident happened. As a result, no charges were laid.

• On July 20th, at 2:30 a.m., there was a report of damage to a vehicle at the Horsethief condos at Panorama Mountain Village. A mirror on a vehicle was damaged.

• On July 21st, at 9 a.m., Edgewater School reported minor vandalism when a quantity of tape used in painting the school was burned. The burn scorched part of the door.

• On July 21st, at 4:47 p.m., a 2003 Western Tractor was southbound on Highway 93 when it drove onto the soft shoulder to avoid a vehicle. The tractor

flipped. There were no injuries to the driver.

• On July 23rd, at 3:30 p.m., police received a report of a theft of a Nikon camera from a golf cart at Greywolf Golf Course.

• On July 23rd, at 11:30 a.m., there was a report involving a boat moored at Windermere Marina. The boat cover was removed and a number of items were thrown into the water. Also, the mooring line was cut.

• On July 23rd, at 2 a.m., a 19-year-old male from Fairmont was identified and charged with mischief as a result of a complaint of a broken window at Lambert Insurance Agency.

• On July 25th, at 2:30 a.m., a 27-year-old man from Invermere was arrested and lodged in the cells as a result of being intoxicated and attracting attention to himself. He was released the next morning and issued a ticket for being intoxicated in a public place.

• On July 26th, at 6:30 a.m., a 29-year-old Golden man was found intoxicated and passed out in the Best Western Hotel. The man was lodged in the cells and ticketed for being intoxicated in a public place.

Taser use restricted

By Sally Waddington Pioneer Staff The valley’s two RCMP members authorized to use tasers must now follow strict new rules before doing so. Police in British Columbia have been ordered to “severely restrict” their use of tasers.

“There will be more rigid rules as to when they can be used,” said Staff Sergeant Marko Shehovac of the Columbia Valley detachment.

The restriction was directed by Solicitor General Kash Heed on Thursday, July 23rd, following the release of the Braidwood report. The report contained recommendations by Justice Thomas Braidwood after the first phase of an inquiry into the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski.

Mr. Dziekanski died on October 14th, 2007 from cardiac arrest in Vancouver International Airport after RCMP officers used tasers to subdue him.

Attorney General Michael de Jong ordered the inquiry on November 19th, 2007. It will continue in the fall, but Justice Braidwood has completed a review of

the appropriate use of tasers and the policies currently surrounding them.

Now, tasers can only be deployed when all of the following circumstances arise: (1) when an officer is enforcing a federal criminal law; and (2) the subject is causing bodily harm or will imminently cause bodily harm; and (3) no lesser force option has been or will be effective in eliminating the risk of bodily harm; and (4) de-escalation and/or crisis intervention techniques have not been or will not be effective in eliminating the risk of bodily harm.

“There is a time and a place for tasers,” Staff Sgt. Shehovac said. “What has to happen is a consistent method because it has been open to interpretation in the past.”

Constables who carry tasers undergo annual training to continue to be qualified to use them.

Staff Sgt. Shehovac said he does not know of any incidents in which the tasers were used in the Columbia Valley.

“Since I have been here, they have never been used,” he said.

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Firefighters work in the dark to save two homes

By Sally Waddington Pioneer Staff Fast action by forestry fire crews saved two homes near Brisco from being destroyed by a wildfire last Thursday.

Winds of almost 40 kilometres an hour on the evening of Thursday, July 23rd, started the fire about four kilometres north of Brisco, on the east side of Highway 95.

A tree fell onto a power line leading to a home, causing the line to fall and sparks to ignite the surrounding brush.

Perry Horning is the incident commander and forest protection assistant with the B.C. Wildfire Management Branch of the Ministry of Forests and Range. Perry said that the wind was blowing from the south to the north, which saved the home from being immediately engulfed.

“The home was directly beside the fire but on the south side of the ignition, which meant it was directly behind the fire,” he said.

The house is the second home of Calgary residents Gerry and Kathy Deyell.

“It was a pretty serious fire,” Mr. Deyell said. “But all’s well that ends well. Nobody is happier than we are that our home is safe.”

The Deyells’ neighbour, Peter Feldmann, noticed the power line was sparking at around 10 p.m. and immediately called the Wildfire Management Branch, knowing that Brisco is not in a fire protection area.

Then Peter drove to the site to see what he could do.

“It was going pretty good with the high winds up,” he said. “It spread fairly fast.

“It came within 200 feet of the home. For a while there I thought they were going to lose their home.”

He noticed that the fire was mostly at ground level.

“The grass was still quite green,” he said. “A month later and the whole mountain would have gone up. It would have been a disaster.”

Meanwhile, another neighbour, Ervin Morneau, went to the Deyell home to make sure no one was inside and unaware of the growing blaze.

“I was the first one there,” Ervin said. “I looked the house over and I could see there was no one there.”

The fire crews arrived at around 11 p.m. Perry said three initial attack crews and a water tanker headed there as quickly as possible.

“It was an aggressive fire in close proximity to two private residences,” he said.

A second home lay north and uphill from the fire.

“The wind carried the fire across the slope and we were able to protect the home from up the slope,” Perry said.

No one was home in the second house, either.

Crews fought hard to stop them from catching alight.

“It was what we call a classic interface fire – it was close to homes – so we responded with all available resources,” said Cy McConnell, forest protection officer.

The fire crews fought the fire all night. In the early hours of Friday morning, the Deyells arrived to check on their home. Perry reassured them that it was safe, so they stayed in Invermere for the night.

In the morning, the forestry crews called in a 10person crew from Parson to finish putting out the blaze.

“By the end of Friday we had it pretty quiet,” Perry said.

In all, the blaze destroyed 6.2 acres. The hard work of the B.C. Wildfire Management Branch saved his home, Gerry Deyell said.

“It was a very swift and professional operation.

Fighting a fire like that in the middle of the night can’t be a fun job. Everybody did a wonderful job.”

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July 31, 2009

Historical Lens

Fire ban keeps us safe

By Elinor Florence Pioneer Publisher

Huddling around a damp firepit last weekend containing only a few glowing briquettes wasn’t my idea of camping. Briquettes are still allowed, by the way, for the purposes of cooking food – but blazing wood fires are not. A total fire ban is in effect in the southeast corner of the province, rendering camping a very different and much less comfortable experience.

However, we consoled ourselves with the knowledge that the fire ban is keeping people safe. We have friends who lost their home in the 2002 Kelowna fire, and I am often reminded of their experience.

With a wall of flame coming over the mountain behind them, our friends had just enough time to wrap and pack their heirloom china, grab the artwork off the walls, locate the family photo albums and videos, allow the kids to fill one cardboard box each from items in their bedrooms, and get the terrified dog into the car. In an hour they had driven away, and that night their beautiful lakefront house and everything in it was destroyed.

When I think of losing all the sentimental possessions I have collected over the years, not to mention my beloved home, it’s almost inconceivable to me how people can start over again from scratch. After recovering from the shock, our friends built a new house in the same spot. It will never be the same, because what was once a verdant, mature yard is now a bare space just beginning to sprout some new shrubs. But they feel lucky, especially last week when they watched another wall of smoke and flame, this time on the other side of Lake Okanagan.

It’s an interesting exercise to think about what you would take with you if you had to evacuate your home. Living in the centre of a dense, dry forest, we could easily be the next victims. And in the meantime, please observe the fire ban and encourage others to do the same. Our firefighters will thank you for it.

Our ‘little grey home in the West’ This photo, dated 1920, shows Margaret Fuller holding her baby girl, Connie, on the porch of her home on Westside Road in Invermere. The photo shows a wire fence, gates, a flume and a foot-

bridge over an irrigation ditch leading from Ben Abel Creek. If you have more information, email us at upioneer@telus.net. Photo (C1362) is provided courtesy of the Windermere District Historical Society.

Two regulations are enough Dear Editor: Regarding the pending 20-horsepower boating restrictions on the Columbia River: I am a concerned, responsible boater, dad, environmental steward, and teacher of children who learn to appreciate this precious resource.

The first two very recently-passed regulations are enough. One, no towing; and, two, no off-channel motorboats. There is absolutely no need for this last proposed restriction. Where is the sense in allowing boats on Lake Windermere where their environmental impact is the greatest, because of their sheer volume, while restricting a very few boaters who responsibly navigate this federal waterway.

Furthermore, 20-horsepower, propeller-driven

boats do equal or more damage. They throw equal or more wake and they go 20 miles per hour or more. Finally, it has been proven that there is very little traffic on the Columbia River and, therefore, negligible environmental impact. There are many people who are opposed to this horsepower restriction. Wildsight and the Ministry of the Environment have done their jobs.

Watch this video at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=D4jShletIBI. If you feel like I do, contact Jim Abbott, Kootenay-Columbia MP, abbottj@ parl.gc.ca; Timothy MacCann, Transport Canada, timothy.mccann@tc.gc.ga; or Kevin Monahan, Transport Canada, kevin.monahan@tc.ga.ca.

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July 31, 2009 Jumbo, continued from Page 3 . . . “On this particular issue, Jumbo is not even close to the most important question,� she said. “To take the decision out of the hands of the citizens is almost undemocratic. “If the regional district accepts this, at what point do they stop handing over decisions to the province? It sets a precedent and it sends a message to the constituents that the regional district doesn’t want to hear from them.�

She is quick to remind the public that Director Wilks brought up the same question in March 2006 – and the motion was defeated. “It is confusing to me that a director from the south part of the East Kootenay is continuing to bring up again and again a decision that is against the wishes of the directors from this area,� she said.

David Wilks said where he is from is not the point. “When I sit at the regional district board, I am not the mayor of Sparwood, I am a director of the regional district.

My duty as a director is to do the things that I think are best for the regional district.�

Three of the five directors from the Columbia Valley told The Pioneer they will not support the motion from Director Wilks.

Gerry Taft, mayor of Invermere; Ute Juras, councillor of Canal Flats; and Gerry Wilkie, Area G director, all said the vote is a democratic issue. “To fairly represent the citizens of Invermere, the obvious choice is that the decision remains local,� said Gerry Taft. “The regional district is set up to rezone land. It may not be the best method, but a resort municipality is not an ideal situation, either. “Some people in other areas don’t want to sit through the public meetings and want an easy out. Just because it is an easy decision doesn’t mean it’s the best one.�

Ute Juras agreed. “I will take the same stance I took the last time Director Wilks brought it forward,� she said. “It is a local decision. The provincial government has the power to override our decision if they choose to – that’s their privilege. “But we, at least, have to do our due diligence and represent the citizens. So I will not be supporting the motion. I think it’s wrong.�

The decision must be kept local, agreed Gerry Wilkie. “If we take it away from the regional district, we do so at our own peril.

Why would you want to take away the citizens’ democratic right to make land use decisions?� he asked.

Area F director Wendy Booth said she can’t say how she intends to vote at this stage, but she can see both sides of the argument. “I do believe that the regional district has the resources to handle any rezoning that comes their way,� she said. “However, it is a question of whether or not this would affect the other projects and operations that the regional district is currently working on, and at what expense to the taxpayers. In the end, I have to consider what is the best value for the taxpayers.�

The only Columbia Valley director who indicated she would support the motion is Radium mayor Dee Conklin. “It has never been a secret that Radium council fully supports Jumbo,� she said. “Radium is in the midst of losing its mill. “Jumbo would be an ongoing employer for many years and this is the closest economic stimulus we have had in a long time for this valley. “Tourism is Radium’s number-one economic driver and Jumbo will only enhance our future.�

The regional district board will make the decision at its next regular board meeting on Friday, August 7th, at 9 a.m., in the board room at the regional district building in Cranbrook.

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Correction In a caption for Valley Appreciation Day photos in the July 24th issue, we mentioned that the pancake breakfast was prepared by members of the local Rotary, Lions and Kinsmen Clubs.

However, we failed to give credit to the Knights of Columbus and Legion Clubs who also helped out. Our apologies to those service clubs, who contribute so much to our community.

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Exploratory drilling to begin at old Ptarmigan Mine

By Sally Waddington Pioneer Staff

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An historic mine high in the Purcell mountains that used to supply silver for Tiffany & Co. jewellery may soon be active again.

Dormant for 50 years, the Ptarmigan Mine is located 35 kilometres west of Radium on Horsethief Creek Forest Service Road. A company called Rupestris Mines is now about to begin exploratory drilling.

The Regional District of East Kootenay was notified in June about an application submitted to the provincial Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.

Gerry Wilkie, director of Area G, said the application came before the Planning Committee at its July 8th meeting. “The referral was acknowledged, we discussed it and there wasn’t any concern expressed,” he said.

Rupestris Mines plans to drill 50 holes, construct 30 drill sites and settling ponds, dig four trenches and construct 1.2 kilometres of exploration trail and temporary access road, according to the application.

A permit was issued by the ministry on July 23rd, allowing the exploration.

“If the proponent wants to do additional work that is not currently approved, they will need to make a new application,” said Anne McKinnon, communications director with the ministry.

But according to Gerry Wilkie, the history of the Ptarmigan Mine is its crowning jewel.

“I find the history so fascinating,” he said. “It’s right up at the very top of the mountains.”

At 8,600 feet above sea level, the Ptarmigan Mine is one of the highest altitude mines in Canada. It lies in the shadow of Mount Farnham, with Delphine

Glacier behind it.

The mine was established in 1901 by New Yorker George Paulding Farnham. A jewellery designer, Farnham was looking for silver to sell to Tiffany & Co. – a company he owned stock in and which produced his jewellery designs.

Farnham found what he was after: between 1901 and 1959, the Ptarmigan Mine produced 2.7 million grams of silver, as well as 3,546 grams of gold, 38 kilograms of copper, 350 kilograms of lead and 848 kilograms of zinc.

The miners who worked the Ptarmigan were among the first residents of the Columbia Valley, settling in Wilmer, according to archives at the Windermere Valley Museum.

Up at the mine site, the miners built an aerial tramway to carry material from the mine down to the rawhide trail a mile below. The remnants of that aerial tramway remain, high up in the mountains.

Paulding Farnham became a big name in the early mining community and he was honoured with a mountain and a nearby glacier named after him. The mine’s manager, Thomas Starbird, was similarly honoured: his namesake is on a mountain, a glacier and the ranch near Wilmer he called home.

But in 1909, for unknown reasons, the mining at Ptarmigan stopped. More than a decade later, in 1923, Farnham tried again to pull ore from the site but was unsuccessful. Historical documents suggest that the family sold the mine after the Second World War, which claimed the life of Farnham’s son.

In 1958, it was purchased by Heintz Seel of Edgewater and the following year, a crew of four men resumed work at the Ptarmigan. They drew out 60 tonnes of ore, but the mine again went quiet by 1960 and has remained inactive ever since.

Panorama Open Houses The Friends of Invermere Public Library thank: 40 dedicated volunteers and

Our generous sponsors: Columbia Valley Sign Artists District of Invermere Newhouse Multi Storage And the hundreds of books lovers who came to the sale and are enjoying a good summer read.

Thank You!

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

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Panorama Office: (250) 341-4891 • www.maxwellrealtyinvermere.ca

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Asking $210,000 HIGH AS A BIRD – The Ptarmigan Mine sits at 8,600 feet above sea level. Only one building remains standing. In the background, you can see Mount Farnham and the unmistakable Farnham Tower, shaped like a giant molar on top of the mountain. The “molar” is also visible from Radium when looking west.

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HARD WORK—An unidentified B.C. Forest Service firefighter helps contain the Terrace Mountain fire, which has so far burned 11,000 acres near Kelowna.

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Invermere man tracking Kelowna wildfires

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Mr. Levitt has been employed with the Wildfire Management Branch for 23 years. As a fire behaviour specialist, his job is to assess the conditions and predict As wildfires wreak havoc on the Okanagan, a local where the fire will move, enabling forestry to place atman is on the front lines trying to stay one step ahead tack crews on the ground safely and effectively. He was of the blaze. called out to the fires on July 18th.

Steve Levitt of Invermere, a Fire Behaviour Spe“The crews have made good progress on the fires cialist with the Wildfire – they took advantage of Management Branch, the rain and cooler temdescribed the fires that peratures to do a lot of have displaced thousands work on the fires,” Mr. of families as distressing Levitt said. and upsetting.

Although the fires are “Because the fires are currently under control, close to town, it impacts Mr. Levitt said looking people really significantat the upcoming forecast, ly,” Mr. Levitt said. “It things could change very concerns me; I have seen quickly. it happen a few times – “The weather foreI’ve talked to people who cast coming up is hot have lost houses and seen and dry,” he said. “There the impact it has on those is the potential for conpeople. It’s huge, even for tinuous crown fire.” people who don’t lose A crown fire, he said, houses.” is when the fire runs The wildfires in through the treetops.

Kelowna have been rag“The crews are aware ing since July 15th, when of the potential and they three separate fires broke are working hard to out – one on Terrace make sure that in spite of Mountain on the 15th the increased conditions, and another two in the they hold the lines,” he Rose Valley and Glenrosa A plume of smoke rises above theTerrace Mountain fire. said. areas west of the city on “Right now things Photo by Elise Riedlinger, B.C. Forest Service the 18th. are going well and we are As of Tuesday, July 28th, more than 1,200 people hoping they continue that way.” were evacuated and 1,200 were on short notice alert, This isn’t the first time he has been called from his and another 2,508 were still on evacuation alert. jurisdiction to aid with other fires. Last year he travThe Terrace Mountain wildfire has burned 11,000 elled to Australia to battle the blazes burning outside acres, the Glenrosa wildfire 749 acres, and the Rose Melbourne, and in 2003 he assisted in the Okanagan Valley wildfire has burned 264 hectares.

Mountain Park fire near Kelowna.

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By Cayla Gabruck Pioneer Staff

Adventure camp huge success The Village of Radium Hot Springs’ first summer camp is proving to be a raging success.

Adventure Radium has seen a total 81 participants – 40 registered and 41 drop-ins – aged six to 13.

“Every day we have people who dropped in the previous day lining up to register the next morning,” Chief Administrative Officer Mark Read told council Wednesday night.

Kids at the camp participate in everything from hiking and biking to games like “paint the councillor” and tug-of-war in jello.

The camp is headed by Bridget McDermott, who is in the Honours Psychology program at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario. She has six years of experience as a gymnastics coach and camp supervisor. There are also three full-time leaders who help out with the camp: Kara Haugseth, who is in the outdoor recreation program at Lakehead University, also in Ontario; Emilie Heaton; and Braedon Logan, who worked for Play Radium.

Because of the success of the camp and to ensure lots of one-on-one time, council voted Wednesday evening to

add 14-year-old Lauren Logan to the group as a leader in training.

For more information on Adventure Radium, contact the Village Office at 250-347-6455.

No logs on lawns Those wishing to buy a truckload of logs for firewood must now have it delivered somewhere else.

At a regular council meeting last Wednesday, the Village of Radium Hot Springs voted to tighten up their Unsightly Premises bylaw to include logs on front lawns.

The current Unsightly Premises bylaw was enacted in 2007 to regulate littering, garbage accumulation and containment; and prohibit the owners or occupiers of a property from allowing it to become unsightly.

The decision was made following a complaint of a resident that had an entire logging-truck load of logs delivered to his front lawn. Once the issue was addressed by the village, the individual immediately cooperated, clearing the logs in a matter of two days, and was therefore not fined.

In the past year there were no infractions of the bylaw, but a ticket will cost $100.

For more information, contact the Village Office at 250-347-6455.

Campfires now banned

By Sally Waddington Pioneer Staff As the Columbia Valley heads into a week of high fire danger, campfires have now been banned in all three municipalities.

That means that campfires and any other open fires are now banned everywhere in the Columbia Valley.

Cy McConnell, forest protection officer with the B.C. Wildfire Management Branch, said that stormy weather earlier in the week is expected to give way to hot, dry conditions.

“So the storm conditions could spark a fire that goes unnoticed until the heat makes it swell,” he said.

“We are anticipating a lot more fires in the coming days.”

To help guard against humancaused fires, the District of Invermere, the Village of Radium Hot Springs and the Village of Canal Flats have all announced bans on any open fire until further notice.

The municipalities followed suit on the Wildfire Management Branch’s prohibition on campfires within its area, which covers all of southeastern British Columbia outside municipalities.

Until further notice, the only fires permitted are in stoves that use gas, propane or briquettes.

However, open propane-fuelled campfires are banned. Fireworks and burning barrels have been banned since July 3rd.

For more information, visit www. bcwildfire.ca.

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What’s Happening in the Columbia Valley

Music • visual arts • dining • Bar Scene • entertainment • performance ARTS

SWEATSHOP UNION

MOVIE REVIEW

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CD RELEASE

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Canadian hip-hop artists Sweatshop Union will be hitting the stage at Bud’s Bar and Lounge on Friday, August 7th. See Page 17 for more.

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Tour of the Arts • Various Locations

The Tour takes place August 2. Passports on sale In Invermere: Village Arts, Essentials, One Hour Photo, Details & Pynelogs, In Radium: N’ Deco, In Fairmont: Smoking Waters.

Gallery Art Show • Pynelogs Cultural Centre

fourfire, Jim Robertson, Kimberlee Whyte, Lindsay Dakin, Japhy Shine Hunt, Jessica Gowling, Heather Van Riesen. Call for more information 250-342-4423.

What does ART mean to you? Workshops for Kids & Adults • Pynelogs Cultural Centre Altered Art, Mixed Media, Beaded Jewelry. Call for more information 250-342-4423.

Visit columbiavalleyarts.com for our current events calendar, or call 250-342-4423.

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Music • visual arts • dining • Bar Scene • entertainment • performance ARTS

Movie Review: Bart Got a Room Bart Beeber (played by Chad Jamian Williams). After all, even Bart got a room!

Young writer/director Brian Hecker knows the territory well as a self-described pathetic, girlfriend-less dweeb.

He shouldn’t have a problem getting lucky any more. The film earned him a job with Paramount Pictures writing a biopic for Leonardo DiCaprio about the 29-year-old rebelgenius Nolan Bushnell who, in 1972, created Pong and started Atari, which

Reviewed by Brian Geis It is well worth the rental fee to see William H. Macy — sporting a Jew-fro — play a divorced dad trying to help his nerdy son get a prom date in the near-hit comedy Bart Got a Room.

Steven Kaplan plays the “quirky cute” high school senior, Danny Stein, who is forced to witness his divorced parents (played by Macy and Cheryl Hines) struggle in their own quest to find love as he desperately schemes to not be outdone by the class loser,

became the fastest-growing company in America.

Greg Quill of the Toronto Star gave the picture three out of four stars, writing, “In a manner vaguely reminiscent of Woody Allen’s best work, and with the same kind of warm sensibility Allen displayed in Radio Days, Bart Got A Room manages to amuse and surprise without the stock supply of bad language, sex, drugs, vomit and flatulence.”

I concur. And, did I mention William H. Macy is sporting a Jew-fro?

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heritage locations. Passports $20. For info: 250-3424423.

• 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Acrylic painting workshop with local artist Lebeau. $10/person includes materials and lunch. For info: 250-688-1179.

Monday, August 3rd:

Toby Theatre • 8 p.m.: July 29th-31st and August 1st, 3rd and 4th: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs • 8 p.m.: August 5-7th: The Proposal • 8 p.m.: August 8th and 10-11th: Land of the Lost

Friday, July 31st: • 7:30 p.m.: Brisco social and community aid meeting, Brisco Community Hall.

• July 31st-August 1st: Bob Cook and Mucho Nada perform at Ray Ray’s. For info: 250-342-8346.

• Every Friday: Summer Reading Program at the Invermere Public Library. 10:30 a.m.: preschoolers with parents; 1:30 p.m.: children aged 6-10. For info: 250-342-6416.

Saturday, August 1st: • August 1st-2nd: 50th anniversary celebrations for Don and Marj Kraig in Brisco. RSVP to Tammie Dendy: 250-347-9607.

• 6 p.m.: Music in the Mountains: Bob Cook and the Shake-Out featuring Bobby Boogaloo on the Great Hall Deck at Panorama Mountain Resort. For info: www.panoramaresort.com.

• 7-9 p.m.: Music on Main in Radium featuring Late.

For info: 250-347-6871.

• 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.: Altered Art Workshop with Carney Oudendag and Jessica Gowling at Pynelogs.

For info: 250-342-4423.

• 6 p.m.: Release party for Mel Hynes and the Kootenay Legends CD, The Yellow Monster at the open-air grounds in Parson. For info: 250-342-8566.

• 9 p.m.: Haggard Beat perform live at Rockies at Riverside, Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. No cover.

For info: 250-345-6311.

Sunday, August 2nd: • 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Columbia Valley Arts presents Tour of the Arts. Self-guided tour features 50 artists in five

• 1 p.m.: Annual Panorama’s Got Talent Show on the Great Hall Deck at Panorama Mountain Resort. For info: www.panoramaresort.com.

• 8:30 p.m.: Fred Eaglesmith performs at Bud’s Bar and Lounge. For info: 250-342-2965.

Tuesday, August 4th: • August 4th-7th: Art Adventures Camp at College of the Rockies. Ages 10-13. For info: 250-342-3210.

Wednesday, August 5th: • 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.: Kitchen Sink Mixed-Media Workshop with Paula Cravens at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. For info: 250-342-4423.

Thursday, August 6th: • 7-9 p.m.: Music on Main in Radium featuring Marty Beingessner. For info: 250-347-6871.

• 1-4:30 p.m.: Beads, Baubles and Bracelets for Brats!

Workshop with Jami Scheffer at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. Ages 10 and up. For info: 250-342-4423.

• 7 p.m.: Question and answer forum on the rezoning

by Whitetail Lake Land Corporation at Canal Flats Community Hall.

Friday, August 7th: • August 7th-9th: Ballfest ‘09. A fun, mixed slow pitch tournament and festival at the crossroads ball diamond in Invermere. For info: 250-342-0420.

• Sweatshop Union performs at Bud’s Bar and Lounge. For info: 250-342-2965.

• August 7th-8th: John Paul Smith Trio performs at Ray Ray’s Beach Pub. For info: 250-342-8346.

Saturday, August 8th: • 14th Annual Loop the Lake event, hosted by Rotary Club of Invermere. Run or walk, this is a great event for the whole family. Visit: www.loopthelake.bc.ca.

• August 8th-15th: Trans Rockies Challenge from Panorama Mountain Resort to Fernie. Mountain bike riders compete in a gruelling seven-stage

competition. For info: www.transrockies.com.

• 6 p.m.: Music in the Mountains: The Karuna Movement, live reggae music, on the Great Hall Deck at Panorama Mountain Resort. For info: www. panoramaresort.com.

• The 33rd Annual Lakeside Event. Paragliding and hang-gliding splash-landing contest. Banquet and party with live band at the Lakeside Pub, Athalmer.

• 7-9 p.m.: Music on Main in Radium featuring Dry Gulch Ramblers. For info: 250-347-6871.

Sunday, August 9th: • 9 a.m.-noon: Windermere Community Association’s fundraising garage sale at the Windermere Community Hall. For info: 250-342-0580.

• 9 p.m.: Jodi Pederson performs at Bud’s Bar and Lounge. For info: 250-342-2965.

Monday, August 10th: • August 10-14th: Robo Camp at the College of the Rockies. For info: 250-342-3210.

• August 10-14th: Rocky Mountain Sports Camp’s final week! For ages 6-12 at Eileen Madson Primary School. For info: 250-341-7123.

Thursday, August 13th: • 7-9 p.m.: Music on Main in Radium featuring the Halfsacks. For info: 250-347-6871.

Saturday, August 15th: • Celebrating Health Care Charity Golf Tournament at the Ridge Course at Copper Point. To register, call 250-341-3392.

• Lake Windermere District Rod and Gun Club 90th anniversary and family picnic. For info: 250341-3254.

• 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Columbia Basin Culture Tour.

Explore artists’ studios, museums, art galleries and heritage sites through a free self-guided tour. For info: 1-877-505-7355.

• 6-9 p.m.: Pirate and Princess Costume Dance at the Windermere Community Hall. All families welcome!

Face painting, concession, games, prizes and music.

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• 6 p.m.: Rock and Roll Fiesta on the Great Hall Deck at Panorama Mountain Resort. For info: www. panoramaresort.com.

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The Yellow Monster to debut in Parson guitar virtuoso Marty Beingessner of Living Room Music Productions.

Country crooner “I really enjoyed doMel Hynes and the ing it,� Mel commented.

Kootenay Legends will “I had a lot of fun.� release their second CD, Augmenting Marty’s The Yellow Monster, at a instrumentation on the hootenanny in Parson on record, Mel is backed by Saturday, August 1st. a star-studded cast of area Mr. Hynes, a valley musicians, including guipioneer, lifelong picker tar stalwart Bud DeCosse and career logger/fireon lead, Windermere/ Mel Hynes fighter, subtitled his latFairmont Hot Springs est record, “Songs of the Fire Chief Jim Miller Logger, By the Logger, For the Fifties on steel guitar, and the talented Franz Logger.�

Grasegger on the accordion. “It’s interesting to play it around old The Yellow Monster follows Mel’s loggers,� he said. “Pretty soon they start 2006 release, History in the Making nodding their heads and saying, ‘yup, (Living Room Music Productions), a that’s how it worked in those days.’� collection of songs based on local hisNamed after the big, ugly, yellow tory. logging trucks of the 1950s, The YelMel’s Kootenay Cannonball from low Monster combines the poetry of History in the Making, which describes 87-year-old Kamloops logger Big John the mixed freight/passenger service that Kehoe with Hynes’ own brand of old- ran between Cranbrook and Golden, time country music. has been anthologized by University Songs titled Moose Tamer, Logger’s of Calgary professor Tim Rogers in his Lament, Race Up Old White Swan and Iron Trails collection of railroad songs.

Overload to Make it Pay conjure images The CD release party for The Yelof the golden age of logging in B.C. low Monster starts with a pot-luck dinA “jypo�, described in Jypo John, ner at 6 p.m. followed by a jam session is a hard-working logger who was paid beginning at 7 p.m. at the Open Air “by the thousand,� so the more timber Grounds in Parson on Saturday night, brought in, the more pay.

August 1st. Joining Mel will be Marty Dirty Dale and Slippery John de- Beingessner on bass, Sharon Hynes on scribes how, before the days of weight bass and Susan Audet on accordion. scales, truckers tried to dodge the law to Bring a dish for the pot luck, bring bring in big loads. your own refreshments, bring your own A year in the making, The Yellow chair. And don’t forget to bring your inMonster was recorded in Invermere by strument.

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Sweatshop Union to bring hip-hop beats to Bud’s Bar in Invermere

By Cayla Gabruck Pioneer Staff Sweatshop Union is coming back to Invermere!

The popular hip-hop artists will be hitting the stage at Bud’s Bar & Lounge on Friday, August 7th and according to band member Dusty Melodica, the group is looking forward to visiting Bud’s once again.

“There is nothing better than playing in a spot like Bud’s,” Dusty told The Pioneer. “It’s cool because you are right there with the people in the crowd – you’re connecting with them a lot more – you can feel their energy and they can feel yours.”

Comprised of Kyprios, Metty the DertMerchant, Mos Eisley, DJ Itchy Ron, Mr. Marmalade, Conscience, and Dusty Melodica, Sweatshop Union formed in 2001 when four separate rap acts – Dirty Circus, Creative Minds, Innocent Bystanders, and solo artist Kyprios – came together to produce their first and self-titled album, Sweatshop Union.

Shortly thereafter, the group signed with Battleaxe Records and re-released their first album as Local 604 in 2002. Since then, the group has produced three more records: Natural Progression in 2004, United

We Fall in 2005 and last year’s Water Street.

Describing their beats as “clean and bassy, but still with a lot of melody in the music,” Dusty said that Sweatshop Union is not your run-of-the mill hip-hop group.

“I find a lot of people come up to me at shows and tell me they have had a really good time because our music is high-energy and there is some substance to the music – it’s not just pointless rap.”

In the beginning, the group became known for its politically-active lyrics, rhyming about everything from the war in Iraq and the plight of the working class to the negativity of mainstream hip-hop. But for the release of their last album, Water Street, they opted for a more “personal, introspective style.”

“We still do have songs with social messages,” Dusty said, “but there is definitely more of a personal sound – it’s good to challenge yourself and try different things.”

Sweatshop Union is currently working on a new album, as well as a number of separate ventures.

“There are a few new things in the works,” Dusty said. “Dirty Circus is working on a new album, Kyprios is putting the final touches on a solo album, I

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am working on a Pigeon Hole album and Innocent Bystanders are working on an album as well.

“Within the next year and a half there should be five new releases – so we are definitely keeping busy in the studio.”

For the next Sweatshop record, Dusty said, the group aims to produce an album that is a bit more “high-energy.”

“Water Street was just more of an album we did for ourselves. It was a little more laid-back, and that doesn’t particularly translate that well live,” Dusty said. “I mean, we adapted it to work live, but the new album will be more high-energy.”

They just started work on the new record and Dusty estimates it will hit the shelves within the next 18 months.

But Sweatshop fans won’t have to wait that long for a taste of the new sound. At their show next week, fans can expect a sneak peek at a few unreleased tracks as well as a number of favorites.

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By Jessica Gowling Pynelogs Cultural Centre Pynelogs Cultural Centre opens yet another original exhibition featuring work in oil, acrylic, metal, wood, clay, textile and found objects.

Exhibiting artists include Carney Oudendag, Cajsa Fredin, Jane Murray, Jill Bell, Nancy Sorensen, Pauline Newhouse and Marty Ryan.

Carney Oudendag is a prolific artist with a true love of collage and mixed media. She has a knack for transforming forgotten papers, fabrics or objects and merging them with painterly techniques. Her canvasses are original and innovative in their subject matter, technique and style.

Cajsa Fredin is a sculpture artist similar to no one. Her blend of natural and industrial objects makes for distinctive sculptures of metal, wood and found objects, often inspired by the splendour of nature.

Jane Murray is a painter whose approach to her canvasses is unlike most traditional painters. Murray is a pioneer of mixed media. She constantly explores the ranges and abilities of media. Her canvasses are a must-see for those who appreciate unique approaches.

Jill Bell, an avid supporter of Columbia Valley Arts, showcases her tal-

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Start saving now for your child’s education Many parents and grandparents look for ways to set money aside for their children and grandchildren’s future education. Probably the most effective way is to set up a Registered Educational Savings Plan and take advantage of the Educational Savings Grant, the Canadian Learning Bond, and additional grants from the federal government.

Educational Savings Grants The Educational Savings Grant was introduced by the federal government in 1998 as a way to encourage Canadians to save for their children’s education. To qualify, parents must obtain a social insurance number for their child and deposit money with a registered educational savings plan provider. The federal government provides a grant of 20 percent on the first $2,500 of deposits each year.

The Canadian Learning Bond If your child was born after January 1st, 2004, they may qualify for an additional $500 grant from the federal government in the form of a Learning Bond.

Learning Bonds are designed to encourage lower income families to start an educational savings plan.

Families who qualify for the Learning Bond may also receive an additional $100 per year in grants until the child reaches 15 years of age.

Additional Savings Grants For families who have household incomes below $38,832, contributions to an RESP up to $500 per year will receive an additional 20 percent grant above and beyond the standard 20 percent grant. For families earning between $38,833 and $77,664, contributions will receive an additional 10 percent grant above and beyond the standard 20 percent.

Who qualifies for the grants?

Canadian residents qualify for the Educational Savings Grants when the children are 17 years or younger. If your child is 17, you must have previously contributed to an RESP plan to qualify for a grant.

When can my child use the funds?

Once a child has been accepted to a full-time post-secondary program you can begin to withdraw the grant monies from the program. You can take your contributions out of most RESP plans at any time but if the child has not been accepted to full-time postsecondary program you may have to return some or all of the grants.

In many plans your child does not have to use the monies until 36 years after the plan is opened. This allows for the child to explore their options before de-

ciding that they will never attend post-secondary education of any sort.

What if the child decides not to attend?

If a child or grandchild does not decide to attend post-secondary schooling, you will receive all of your contributions and interest back in most RESP plans.

You will, however, have to give back the grants you received from the federal government and this money will be taxed for the parents rather than the child.

Drawbacks to using RESPs As far as getting free money from the federal government, there are no drawbacks to using RESP plans.

Some RESP providers can be restrictive with regards to how much money you have to put into the plan on a regular basis with penalties for stopping contributions. Some RESP providers can also be restrictive as to when you have to take the funds out of the program, making the timing of when the child decides to attend post-secondary schooling important.

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Hot weather helps pine beetles spread

By Cayla Gabruck Pioneer Staff Despite last winter’s cold temperatures, the mountain pine beetle presence in the Columbia Valley is as strong as ever.

More than 750,000 lodgepole pine trees in the Rocky Mountain Forest District, which includes the Columbia Valley, are affected by mountain pine beetle.

“The pine beetle fared very well over the winter,” said Liz Goyette, Forest Health Officer in the Rocky Mountain Forest District for the Ministry of Forests and Range. “There is no significant mortality, but that isn’t unusual here. It’s vary rare that the winter weather keeps the population in check.”

During the heart of winter, in order to kill the mountain pine beetle, temperatures must reach minus 40 degrees Celsius, 24 hours a day, for at least seven days. According to Ms. Goyette, there has been only one event in the past 20 years resulting in mortality of pine beetles over the winter months.

But it’s not just the winter weather that affects the spread of the pine beetle. Hot summer conditions are a prime environment for beetle spread.

“They need nice warm weather in the second half of July and first part of August – which is exactly what they’re getting right now,” explained Art Stock, ento-

mologist for the Ministry of Forests and Range. “They need the warm weather to all fly at once. They are quite small so when they fly all at once and land in the same place, this allows them to kill a tree.”

It takes around 1,000 pine beetles to kill a tree.

After landing, the beetles begin chewing through the bark. As they are chewing, they produce pheromones, which attracts other beetles to the same tree.

“Then you have 500 pairs of beetles, all boring into the same tree,” Mr. Stock said. “They live under the bark in the living tissue of the tree. Eventually they make a tunnel and lay eggs in the living tissue. When the eggs hatch, the larvae feeds on the living tissue – this happens in the fall.”

Beetles also carry a complex of fungi, the most well-known being blue-stain fungus.

“This the main thing that kills the tree,” Mr. Stock said. “If the fungus is well established it will kill the tree all by itself.”

According to Mr. Stock, figures from 2007 to 2008 reveal an increase in “red trees”– trees that are affected by the beetle turn red before they die.

“This is because the 2007 flight was bigger than it had been in previous years,” Mr. Stock stated.

However, the latest local figures, provided by Ms. Goyette, show no increase.

“Over the last year, activity remained what we call static,” she said. “That means the population didn’t

grow, it didn’t shrink, it just stayed about the same.

We have 94,000 hectares affected and I anticipate it will be around the same this year.”

The effect of mountain pine beetles has always been a particularly large concern for the Rocky Mountain Forest District. This is mainly because of the large number of lodgepole pines in the area, combined with the prominence of the forestry industry.

“Fifty-one percent of our timber profile is threatened by mountain pine beetles,” Ms. Goyette said.

Although a concern, Mr. Stock said that the pine beetle is just a “natural part of the system.”

“In a pure pine stand, the average mortality of pine is 40 percent of trees and 60 percent of the volume,” he said. “That means when it’s all over there are still 60 percent of the trees left and they develop into larger trees.”

The Ministry of Forests and Range is presently working to combat the pine beetle by harvesting infected trees.

“It is hard to predict what’s going to happen,” Mr. Stock said. “We are managing it and it’s not a good thing, but on the other hand, I kind of feel like we are keeping up with it at certain levels. But it’s going to be tough – we can’t get any harvesting done if the economy stays the way it is.”

For more information on mountain pine beetle visit www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/mountain_pine_beetle.

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Valley woman ‘always cries’ when it’s time to give up her dogs

By Cayla Gabruck Pioneer Staff A local woman has spent 39 years turning primitive pooches into some of the valley’s best-trained dogs.

Kathy Reid, owner of Shannon Brook Boarding Kennels outside of Windermere, has gained a reputation as one of the best obedience and agility trainers in the Columbia Valley. Hundreds of valley dogs – and their owners – have benefited from her wisdom.

Since 1995, Kathy has another accomplishment: training dogs to help the disabled.

“I wanted to help because it’s such a great satisfaction to see the dog placed in a home and see the joy it brings their new owner,” Kathy said.

Pacific Assistance Dogs are trained from birth to be a source of support and independence for individuals living with a variety of disabilities throughout Western Canada. There are three types of dogs: service dogs, hearing dogs and facility therapy dogs.

Service dogs are large breed dogs trained to assist people living with physical disabilities. They are trained

to do a number of helpful things including opening and closing doors, carrying shopping bags, helping with balance and turning on and off the lights.

Hearing dogs are small-breed dogs trained to assist persons who are deaf. They are trained to alert their owner of things they may not hear, such as a telephone, smoke detector and alarm clock.

Facility therapy dogs are trained and placed in long-term care facilities. They are trained to work in environments that provide things such as grief therapy for children, therapy for autistic children and learning therapy for teens.

Kathy moved to the valley with her parents from England when she was 16 years old. She was married in 1960 to the late William Reid, who passed away in 2004. The couple has three grown children: Elizabeth, Karen and Kim. Kathy first became involved with the Pacific Assistance Dog program in 1990.

“I saw an ad in a magazine way back then and wrote and asked if I could raise a puppy,” she said.

“They said no because I was too far away, so I wrote again the next year – and every year after that.”

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After another year of training, the dogs are ready for graduation. At this time, Kathy drives to Vancouver for the ceremony and presents the dog to its new owner.

“People always ask me: ‘How can you give up your dogs?’” she said. “But seeing the look on those people’s faces – that’s why I do it. But I always cry at graduation.”

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By Sally Waddington Pioneer Staff A new store in Parkside Place is bringing a host of fancy gift ideas to Invermere – including some from Oprah’s favourites list!

Three Bears Gift Shop has a whole range of the famous Lug Travel bags, which made the queen of television’s O List last August.

That’s not the only treasure you’ll find in this trove. There is an array of homewares and garden decorations, from wine racks to dinner sets and outdoor tables.

“We have something for everyone – local people, people from Calgary and international visitors, men, women, children and babies,” said Wendy Stankewich, who owns the store with her husband Daryl.

There is even a little something for your pet – dog beds are a prominent item!

Long-time Calgarians, the Stankewichs bought a second home in Invermere back in 2005. With their daughter Leigha, 21, they have been coming here summer and winter ever since, and decided last year that they wanted to live here permanently.

“We love it here,” Wendy said. “We like to canoe and cross-country ski and this area is great for that.”

Daryl recently decided to retire from his position as a parts and service manager with Brasso Nissan in Calgary after 30 years.

Wendy carries a line of fashion jewellery, called Fifth Avenue Collection, and she will continue to distribute that while Daryl runs the store.

Wendy and Daryl wanted to start something fresh for the area – something that wasn’t already here – so they created Three Bears Gift Shop.

They found the space in Parkside Place, Invermere, and opened the store on July 1st.

A grand opening was held on July 4th and 5th.

The first 100 customers were given a free gift – and the gifts were all gone by noon on Saturday.

The store has gifts for every occasion, Wendy said.

“Birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, Christmas, baby showers . . .” Wendy listed. “And most items are around $40.”

As for the unique name of the store, their family was the inspiration.

“There are three of us and we thought it was an easy name to remember!” Wendy said.

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The Green Zone: two types of cheating

By Harold Hazelaar Pioneer Columnist “Straight down the middle.

“It went straight down the middle.”

When “Der Bingle” first sang those lyrics, the heads of drivers were crafted out of persimmon wood and attached to less-than-perfectly-balanced shafts. The odds of a modern golfer hitting a fairway using one of those drivers are about the same as John Daly celebrating a 20th wedding anniversary – not so good.

But with today’s technology of titanium heads and composite shafts, the odds have increased some for the average golfer. Still, unless your father’s name was Earl Woods and you have a flat belly, it’s likely your banana-ball will usually miss the fairway.

Now, you could spend thousands of dollars on lessons and correct that slice, or you could pay $1.69 at the drugstore and purchase a tube of ChapStick instead. A small amount of ChapStick on the face of the driver will substantially reduce the amount of sidespin generated by the ball, allowing you to hit the fairway

just like Tiger, albeit a hundred yards shorter. (Sorry, can’t help you there.)

Of course, this is cheating in every sense of the word, and I’m not condoning it, only making you aware of it. I’ve never cheated in golf, and you’re a dog to even think that I have. It’s extremely important that all golfers help maintain the integrity of the game – as long as someone is watching you!

There are two types of cheating in golf: legal and illegal. Legally, you can cough or drop the flagstick near your opponent or rattle change in your pocket when he is putting. However, it’s illegal to kick a ball out of the woods while your playing partners are preoccupied with the beer cart girl.

It’s also illegal to mark a ball six inches closer to the hole or say you had a five when you really had a six on the hole. On that note, has any golfer, anywhere, ever said they had a six instead of a five? I doubt it has ever happened in golf history, unless Mike Weir did it once – who knows?

Back to integrity: right after the Scots first invented the game, they noticed there was so much blatant cheating in the sport that they needed to make rules.

Since then, the governing bodies, the likes of the Royal and Ancient and the U.S. Golf Association, have maintained the silly things.

I have to admit the modern touring pros seem like

an honest bunch. They normally will call a penalty shot on themselves if a ball moves, or they shank a shot into their caddie’s ribs. Unfortunately, weekend warriors are not quite as honorable. They generally will ignore small inconveniences like rules.

That’s too bad; they should always try to emulate the professionals. Can you imagine Jack telling Arnie to put him down for double-par after leaving the ball in the road bunker four times?

If you honestly follow the USGA rules during your round of golf, your 87 will quickly turn into a 135. Think about it: if you roll the ball over in the fairway 20 times to improve your lie, that’s 40 penalty strokes you should add to your score. Lose a ball in the woods and play it as a lateral hazard, and it’s another two strokes. So follow the rules of golf verbatim, and you’ll be able to sleep at night with a clear conscience.

You won’t have any fun, but you’ll sleep well.

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A marriage cemented in cookie dough end of 1945. Then he went back to university to finish his geology degree, which he had begun before Jim Milne, born in February, 1920, volunteering in 1939. was an only child. Of his parents he says, They lived in student housing “They recognized perfection when they in Winnipeg, which were little more saw it, so they quit!” than plywood shacks. Betty rememHis wife Betty must feel the same bers they did not even have plumbabout her husband, because the couple ing. There was a utilities building will celebrate their 65th wedding anniverwhere they could shower and get sary on August 1st, 2009. water to bring home. Betty recalls, Two things about that day stand “The bathrooms were there, too. out for the couple. August 1st, 1944 in Sometimes in winter it was a long Claresholm, Alberta “. . . was a scorcher, way!” Jim graduated in 1948 and really hot that day.” And Betty recalls the began work with Imperial Oil as a coloured confetti that was thrown at them geologist in Calgary. went right down Jim’s back. “Of course, Carol was born in 1946, Julie in he had a white shirt and white shorts, and 1948, Wendy in 1951 and Dave in later, when he got undressed, his clothes 1954. Dave is now in Grand Cache, were all different colours!”

Alberta; Julie is in Sherwood Park, Jim’s dad emigrated from Scotland in Alberta; and Carol is in Sterling, 1912 and married Louise Fraser of FrankOntario. Wendy died of cancer in lin, Manitoba. He was a salesman and Jim 1985 when her son Steve was only grew up in Winnipeg. nine and daughter Traci was 11.

Jim spent his teens during the deBetty and Jim wanted to do pression of the 1930s with a paper route, something as a memorial to Wendy, which supplied him with the only spendso they approached the parks people ing money he ever had. He remembers in Kananaskis — explaining their that you could buy a chocolate bar for five daughter had been a real outdoors cents. person who loved fishing, hiking “You couldn’t part with any money. and skiing — and asked if they could I had a paper route and, occasionally, I erect a bench on a trail. The parks could buy a chocolate bar or an ice-cream people wanted to put the bench up cone. As far as money from my parents, themselves but understood Jim’s dethere wasn’t any.” sire to build it and consented to his Betty says of those times, “We were labour of love. They did facilitate its Jim and Betty Milne will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on August 1st. both depression kids. It always sticks with placement by taking it up by heliyou. You’re afraid to spend money. And you copter, along with Betty and some of paid cash for everything. If you didn’t have it, you their friends.

Jim hiked up the trail with Wendy’s husBetty was the fifth of eight children. She didn’t buy it.” recalls being a real tomboy and learned to band, also named Jim. When Jim was 12, he borrowed some skis from a drive when she was 14 by taking lunch out The bench was installed in 1986 on Mount Indefriend and skied down the bluffs of the Red River. He to the hired men in the fields. She played hockey and fatigable on a trail with a spectacular view. In 2007, broke one of the skis and tried hard to find one ski to rode the family horse. In 1939, when she was only 12, the park contacted the Milnes and explained the trail purchase in its place. He finally admitted he wasn’t her mother died. was being closed due to bear threats and they wanted going to be able to buy just one and had to replace Jim volunteered with the Royal Canadian Air to remove the bench. After the family discussed this, the pair.

Force and was being trained in 1942 in Claresholm, Wendy’s son Steve, now 34, decided to take it, so the Betty was born to Julia and Adolph Amundsen in where Betty lived. For each new class of the Service parks people brought it down for him. Steve completeJune 1926. Julia’s family, named Soby, had emigrated Flying Training School, there was always a dance put ly refurbished it, and then surprised Betty and Jim by from Norway together with their friends, the Amund- on by the men’s club in town. Jim quipped that they delivering it to them on Mother’s Day of this year. It sens — first to the United States, and then to Alberta put on the dance and “brought their daughters!” Jim now sits proudly at the front entry to their home. in 1903.

During his career, Jim worked in severexplains of their meeting, “I stole her from my inThe United States was offering land for im- structor.” Betty added, “He ended up the best man, al countries, spending years each in the Midmigrants, but the families believed there was bet- though.” dle East and Africa, and two years in London. ter land in Canada. And the price was right. You They were married two years later. Jim became a could buy an Alberta homestead for very little. flying instructor and stayed in the air force until the Continued on nest page . . .

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Betty was a stay-at-home mom. One of the things she liked to do was sew. She made everything for her children to wear, even ski suits and hunting jackets. For her three daughters she sewed prom dresses, and she made Wendy’s and Julie’s wedding dresses. Carol made her own. When she married, she “was down east and too far away.”

Theirs was a busy home, with the children in three different schools and Jim coming home for lunch, all at different times. It seemed to Betty that lunch never ended. Neighbourhood kids all popped in and out of each other’s homes. Doors were never locked. There was a forced purchase after television became available. Says Betty, “We ended up having to buy a TV to keep our kids at home because they were always down the street watching other people’s TVs.” The couple first came to the valley in 1955. Jim remembers a friend told them a lady had a whole bunch of lots for sale on Lake Windermere. This was Mrs. Wilder, Lloyd Wilder’s mother.

“She owned about half of the east side of the lake.

The lots were for sale for $200 to $500 each. Every time I called Mrs. Wilder she wasn’t home so I ended up buying a lot from someone else. I paid $700 and boy, did I get severely chastised for that!”

Betty added, “But when you’re only making about $250 a month, that was still a lot of money.”

Jim loved to ski, and still loves it. His audiologist plans to come up from Kimberley next February to ski with Jim on his 90th birthday.

Betty skied until she was 80. “It was either learn to ski or get left at home as he had all four kids skiing.”

Jim still curls and golfs. Eighty-three-year-old Betty skied until three years ago but had to give it up due to bad knees. However, she had her knees replaced last year and plans on taking up curling again.

Betty is also great in the kitchen, still putting on dinner parties for friends. Jim says, “In fact, the cement that holds our marriage together is cookies! She keeps four cookie jars full most of the time.”

They built an A-frame cabin on the lot and then dismantled it in 1985 and built a house in 1986, when they moved permanently to the valley. The Milnes lived beside the lake until they moved to Westridge in Invermere 18 months ago.

Regarding their upcoming anniversary, son Dave is driving down from Grand Cache and they will go up to the restaurant at the top of the ski lift at Kicking Horse in Golden.

The Pioneer wishes Jim and Betty a very happy 65th anniversary!

PHOTO ALBUM — Clockwise from top left: Jim and his mother in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Betty with her oldest daughter Carol in student housing at the University of Manitoba; Jim and Betty on their wedding day, August 1st, 1944 in Claresholm, Alberta; Jim (seated bottom right) and his fellow student council members at a meeting in student housing quarters in Winnipeg (note the diapers hanging above their heads); honeymooners Jim and Betty on the grounds at the University of Manitoba.

Photos submitted courtesy of the Milne family

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Heritage ranch on Tour of the Arts Submitted by Eloise Berry Columbia Valley Arts Council One spectacular, private venue that is open to the public on Sunday, August 2nd is the K2 Ranch.

The ranch’s owners have agreed to take part in the Second Annual Tour of the Arts, taking place all day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a reception at Pynelogs Cultural Centre from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

The theme this year is Our Heritage and all venues are located at five heritage sites and buildings in the area. Many of the 500 people who attended this juried presentation of the arts last year are attending again, because of the high standard of the artists and the interesting venues that are featured.

The K2 Ranch, owned by Barb and Bob Shaunessy, sits on the benches of the Purcell Mountain Range, 15 kilometres south of Invermere. The K2 abuts public forest to the west, and to the east is Lake Windermere with the Westside Road running through it.

It is a spectacular property of 7,500 acres of ranchland, small lakes and heritage buildings, including a very large restored barn, circa 1890s. The location of the ranch provides a large corridor for the movement of wildlife from high elevation to the valley, as well as wetlands for waterfowl habitat and many other ani-

mals and birds indigenous to the area.

The K2 Ranch has had an interesting history and has gone through many owners since 1898. Early owners were Walter Stoddard and Charlie Ellis in 1905.

They used the land to log the forests, and to raise and sell horses.

In 1921, Captain and Mrs. MacCarthy of Boston, Massachusetts bought the land to be close to the mountains since climbing was a passion for them.

Conrad Kain became their mountain guide and they subsequently helped him write his book, “Where the Clouds Can Go.” They were early and very active members of the Canadian Alpine Club.

The MacCarthys sold the property in 1942 to two families, who leased out the land to Lloyd and Earl Wilder.

In 1995 Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hartwig bought it and ran it as a cattle, buffalo, horse and tree farm ranch. Their daughter, Katarina Hartwig, continued to run the ranch after her parents retired.

Owners from Idaho logged parts of the property from 2001 to 2004, until those acres were sold to the Shaunessys. They have restored most of the buildings or built new ones, and leased out the land for cattle grazing.

It is considered to be one of the largest and oldest

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The K2 Ranch and the upcoming Tour of the Arts is not to be missed on August 2nd. Fifteen artists are featured at the K2, including Larry Ballard, Pat Bavin, Colin Bell, Maureen Gagnon, Pam Waddell, Jane Geiger, Doreen Stafford, Gunner Jorgensen, Pat Luders, Joan Manz, Marg Metcalf, Sharon Nichol, Ken Reimer, Leslie Rowe-Israelson, Pauline Wodniakowski and Angelique Gillespie.

Passports for this event cost $20 for adults; $10 for students aged 13 to 18; and children are free. A reception will be held at the end of the tour at Pynelogs from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

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Marc Leblanc really cooking at Greys

By Sally Waddington Pioneer Staff Panorama chef Marc Leblanc bit off more than he could chew when he travelled to England to learn from a British celebrity chef.

In May, the executive chef from Greys Restaurant spent a week at Rick Stein’s Seafood Restaurant in Padstow, Cornwall, where he cooked with more varieties of seafood than he’d ever even heard of.

In one day, Marc scaled and filleted 50 sea bass and cracked 25 lobster. It had a lasting impact.

“Because of the prickles, my hands were swollen for a week,” Marc said. “When I flew home, I couldn’t even get my tickets out of my pocket!”

Rick Stein is a household name in Britain and he has written 11 cookbooks, and made more than a dozen television series.

Rick’s home base is in Padstow, where he owns four restaurants, a delicatessen, a patisserie, a seafood cookery school and a hotel.

“They call Padstow ‘Pad-Stein’ because Rick owns half the town,” Marc joked.

Marc was working under executive chef Stephane Delourme. There were 12 chefs at every service.

“The calibre of the chefs who work there is amazing. They seemed to need hardly any direction at all.

They would say, ‘It’s not good, chef. I have to do it again.’ Everyone worked as a team; it wasn’t competitive,” Marc said.

Just as Marc was learning about seafood, the chefs also asked Marc for tips on cooking game.

“Everyone knew I was from Canada and they would come up to me and ask about cooking here – and they were envious of me! They asked how I would cook all this meat. I said, ‘It’s easy – now tell me how to butcher this fish.’”

The main lesson Marc brought back is that simplicity is the key to a delicious meal.

“Keep things really simple and don’t mask the identity of the fish,” Marc said.

Already, Marc has added a Cambodian salad to the menu at Greys after learning the recipe at Rick’s restaurant. And more changes are coming.

“I want to use local Canadian fish and serve it the way Rick Stein does, not pretentiously,” Marc said.

Hailing from Moncton, New Brunswick, Marc studied at the Culinary Institute of Canada in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He has worked in restaurants in the Maritimes, Ontario and Alberta, spending six years at Murrieta’s in Calgary and Canmore.

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Shuswap bands gather in Invermere

More than 600 people attented Invermere’s first ever Shuswap Gathering held last weekend near the Shuswap Band office.

The gathering, comprised of the 17 Shuswap Bands from around British Columbia, has been held annually since 1982.

This year’s pow-wow was especially successful for the local band as one of their members, 14-yearold Sasha Eugene, was crowned Shuswap Princess for the coming year.

Pictured here are performers who danced in the pow-wow. VIPs included Peter Anthony of the Adams Lake Indian Band (top right) and newly-crowned King of the British Columbia Elders John Billy of the Adams Lake Indian Band (middle right).

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Tiny players just love soccer

By Cayla Gabruck Pioneer Staff Soccer fever has hit hard in the Columbia Valley.

More than 80 tiny players, aged 18 months to seven years, storm the pitch at J. Alfred Laird Elementary School every week to learn fair play, fun and friendship at the new Free-For-All summer soccer program.

“I wanted to have something available for kids to play soccer in the summer,” said Carla Kluge, organizer of the program. “And it’s free – having fun shouldn’t cost anything.”

Carla, 22, daughter of Barnim Kluge and Patricia Boyd of Invermere, has been involved with soccer in the Columbia Valley for eight years. She began playing competitively with the Columbia Valley Youth Soccer League when she was 14 and moved on to coaching three years later. She attends University of Calgary.

Casey Best, 23, of Calgary, is Carla’s right-handwoman in the program. When Carla presented her with the idea of a summer soccer program, Casey jumped at the opportunity.

“I know Carla really well and I know how well organized the programs she runs are,” she said. “And kids are fun!”

The soccer program began on the first week of July and on the first day, 40 children showed up.

That number doubled the second week and since then the girls have seen more tots pouring in each week.

“The fact that more and more kids keep showing up lets us know that we are doing something right,” Casey said.

The main focus of the Free-For-All program is to promote fair play, fun and friendship. That goes for everyone, including the coaches.

“We are having fun, too,” Carla laughed. “Sometimes I don’t know if I’m doing it more for myself or for the kids.”

The program is comprised of two different divisions. Division A, for children aged one to three and a half is headed up by Casey; and Division B, for children aged four to seven, is headed

by Carla.

“We tried to group the older kids together because they are more skilled,” Casey said. “That way, they can play at a level that is challenging but still enjoyable.”

Although each group is composed of a large number of children, the 15 coaches present at each session ensure that each child gets one-on-one time with a coach.

“We wanted it to be small groups because then you get that individual attention,” Casey said. “And

PLAY BALL–– More than 80 children aged 18 months to seven years storm the pitch each week to play soccer. Pictured here, from top left: Luther Riddell, Erika Serhan, and Zea Mackie. Bottom left, league organizers Carla Kluge and Casey Best.

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with too many kids, things tend to get a bit hectic.”

The Free-For-All soccer program runs every Monday and Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. at the J. Alfred Laird Elementary School field in Invermere.

For more information, call Carla at 250-688-0656.

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Local golfers struggle at Amateurs Playing at sea level, Lee explained, he had to “club up” two clubs.

“I just couldn’t get a handle on what club I should hit,” he said.

Despite his disappointment, Lee said it was a positive experience and he is already looking to the future.

“Right now, I am focusing on my next big tournament,” he said.

“I called the United States Golf Association and am already signed up for the 2010 U.S. Open qualification tournament. I am pretty excited and nervous about that – it should be good.”

Lee told The Pioneer that he has the choice of 100 different golf courses around the United States to compete in the qualifying tournament, but he hasn’t decided where to attend. The U.S. Open is

By Cayla Gabruck Pioneer Staff

Three local golfers traveled to Duncan Meadows Golf Course on Vancouver Island last week to compete against the province’s best at the British Columbia Amateur Golf Championships.

Lee Klas, Kyle Sobczak and Cam Richardson were chosen from our area to attend the championships and all three are calling it a great learning experience.

“I really enjoyed it,” said 20year-old Kyle, who tied for 49th in the championship.

“It was a good tournament – things just went well for me and it was great experience.”

Kyle is a native of Ontario, but came to the Columbia Valley this summer to work doing Kyle Sobczak, left, and Lee Klas participated in the B.C. Amateur Championships on Vancouver Island Photo by Cayla Gabruck greens maintenance at the Ridge earlier this month. Missing from the photo is Cam Richardson. at Copper Point Golf Resort.

Kyle will be returning to Guelph University in the This is his second year atfall where he will try out for the university golf team. held in June every year. tending the amateur championships. He came in three Local favourite Lee Klas of Fairmont Hot Springs, under par the first round – which tied him for second Cam Richardson, also of Fairmont, found himself place – and on the second day he finished even par had a tough go at his first amateur championship. in the same boat as Lee – he also was cut after the With his eyes on the trophy, the 18-year-old golfer second round. with a score of 75.

“I made the cut after the first two rounds, which was sorely disappointed after being cut following the “I didn’t play nearly as well as I wanted to – playsecond round. was a good boost in confidence for me,” Kyle said. ing at sea level on the island was more difficult than “I didn’t play as well as I wanted to at all, but the I expected,” he said. “But overall it was a real good “The year before I missed out on it.”

During the third and fourth round, Kyle said, he elevation completely threw off my game,” Lee said. experience, definitely one I will try to do again.”

“I was striking the ball well, but I hadn’t played struggled.

Cam, a native of Ontario, came to the Columbia enough on the island to know that the ball doesn’t fly “I just couldn’t make any putts,” he said. “I was Valley this summer after being offered a job at Fairmont hitting the ball the best I’ve ever hit it but I couldn’t really hard. The practice round just wasn’t enough – I Hot Springs Resort. He plans to stick around the valshould have gone out a little earlier.” get the drop.” ley for the winter.

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Gardening gurus share their secrets

By Cayla Gabruck Pioneer Staff

GARDENING TIP OF THE WEEK — This week’s gardening tip comes from Nestor and Lila Fodchuk, pictured above in their garden: “The secrets to a great yield are lots

of compost (grass clippings, leaves and every used tea bag), rain water and plenty of tender loving care.”

Photo by Cayla Gabruck

If you’re making a first stab at growing a recession garden, it’s inspirational to visit the garden of a master.

Nestor and Lila Fodchuk’s garden in Invermere is truly sublime. A lush utopia of vegetation is hiding in the Fodchuk’s backyard.

Planted on a 40-foot by 80-foot plot of land, surrounded by a six-foot-high chicken wire fence, the Fodchuks grow every vegetable under the sun: lettuce, spinach, radishes, onions, zucchini, carrots, beets, turnips, potatoes, winter squash, peas, beans, cucumbers, cabbages and tomatoes.

They even grow a number of herbs including parsley, garlic, savoury, borage, dill and peppermint. Now that is what I call a garden!

But it doesn’t stop there: the vegetables are edged with a variety of beautiful blooming flower beds including one of fragrant sweet peas, shining golden rods and striking blue clematis.

The majority of these flowers are made into bouquets and given to residents at Columbia House and Columbia Garden Village.

The best thing about the Fodchuks’ garden is that nothing goes to waste. The couple makes a conscious effort to utilize everything – vegetable peels, grass clippings, leaves and even old tea bags are placed in a compost pile to help fertilize the soil. They even collect rainwater to water the plants.

Lila estimates the garden yields more than 500 pounds of veggies annually and they aren’t stingy about sharing their produce.

“We enjoy sharing the fresh veggies with family, friends and neighbours,” Lila said. “Any visitor leaves with a bag of fresh vegetables and any extra will go to the food bank.”

As far as recession gardens go, Lila said having a garden saves her hundreds of dollars each year in groceries.

Nestor and Lila, both in their 70s, advise anyone who enjoys healthy dining and keeping fit to start gardening!

A resort of one’s own.

First, imagine the pristine beauty of BC’s Columbia Valley, then add the unbelievable luxury of a five-star resort. Now, make it yours. Enjoy full ownership in Fairmont Hot Springs’ newest emerging boutique hotel: Columbia Eagle Resort.

Information Centre now open daily on-site (next to the crane) along Hwy. 93/95 in Fairmont Hot Springs. For more information please visit www.columbiaeagleresort.ca or call 1-866-526-4584.

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Pioneer Classifieds

• Phone: 250-341-6299 • Fax: 250-341-6229 • Email: upioneer@telus.net • www.columbiavalleypioneer.com

garage sale

garage sale

garage sale

THANK YOU

storage

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

Saturday, August 1st , 9am-1pm.

Radium Resort, 8088 MacIntosh Loop Rd. Golf, garden, curtains, misc., house, office. U-name it, we got it. 250-347-9670.

Saturday, August 1st , 8 a.m.

178 Indian Beach Rd. Tools and household items.

Yard Sale 1502-13th Ave Invermere, all kinds of things.

Saturday, August 1, 2009 8am1pm. Early birds pay triple.

Recently Tim Hortons placed a thank you in the paper to say how much we appreciated all the businesses that helped and donated to make our Camp Day a great success. However, there was one business we missed.

We wanted to make sure to also thank Palliser Printing for their generous donation. Thanks again to everyone!

NEWHOUSE MULTI STORAGE

1 bdrm available in 3 bdrm house. $450/month includes all utilities. 250-341-7248.

Multi family, household, toys, furniture, 4x8 pool, ping pong table, curling table, windsurfer, utility trailer, Aug 1st and 2nd from 9am-4pm. 8029 MacIntosh Loop Road. Radium Resort Golf Course.

Saturday, August 1st , 9am-3pm, Sunday August 2nd 10am-2pm.

1701 9th Ave, Invermere.

Fairmont Hot Springs, 4949 Mountain Hill Rd. Lots of good stuff. Antiques and furniture too. No early birds. Sat and Sun 9am-4pm.

s obituary s Grier, Elaine (nee Persson) Born December 12, 1943 in Milden, Saskatchewan, died July 22, 2009 at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary with family and friends by her side.

She is survived by her loving sister Marlene and brother-inlaw Leo Snye. Elaine’s legacy is her four children, her four grandchildren and the hundreds of kids she taught and influenced in her grade one class at Earl Grey Elementary School for more than 25 years. Elaine was an innovator in the development of early childhood reading in Calgary. Her character, her passion for teaching and her unconditional love of family and friends will always be remembered. A special thank you to the staff on the ICU at the Foothills Hospital and to the people with STARS Air Ambulance. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Elaine’s memory to the Children’s section of the Invermere Public Library, PO Box 989, Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0. A memorial celebration of her life will be held at Elaine’s home Saturday the 1st of August at 4:30 p.m. at 1201 Hilltop Road.

s Memoriam s In loving memory of Lawrence S. Bergen Passed away on August 1st , 2007.

Loving and kind in all his ways upright and just to the end of his days sincere and kind in heart and in mind what a beautiful memory he left behind Sadly missed, always remembered and loved ~ From all your family and friends

3 family recession garage sale!

Saturday August 1st, 7 am-4 pm, Sunday, August 2, 9am4pm. Hundreds of items priced at 50 cents! Many new samples, lots of stocking stuffers or small gifts. 1537, 10th St. Invermere.

Watch for signs!

ANNOUNCEMENT Alcoholics Anonymous. Open to all. Regular meetings of the Columbia Valley A.A. are held at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday at the Valley Connection, far end of the Service B.C. building, 625-4th Street, Invermere. The Radium Friendship Group meets at 8 p.m. Friday at the Catholic Church, east side of main street, Radium.

Scrapbooking Supplies, local, creative memories consultant for traditional and digital scrapbooking. Call Kathy, 250270-0254.

Players, volunteers, vendors wanted for BALLFEST. Fun slow pitch tournament, festival weekend. August 7-9. Call Lindsay 250-342-0420 or visit www.fundamentalevents.com Zehnder’s Local Beef Including smokies, pepperoni & garlic coil (Raised without antibiotics & artificial growth hormones) Now available at Grant’s Foods 503 – 7th Avenue

THANK YOU Thank you for donating to the Food Bank. The need for food has increased substantially this year. There is always a need for pasta sauce.

CHEERS & JEERS Cheers to Bud’s, Shelley, Colin and staff for the support this past softball season. ~ Bud’s Barstars Cheers to the lady at the Vet’s office who gave me a hug when my dog died.

Cheers to Blaine Nester! 1000km more than the Tour de France in the same number of days and you carried your own stuff.

I wonder if Contador could do that?

Cheers to the forestry fire crews who fought the fire in Brisco last week. You did a fine job, especially working in the dark.

Cheers to the Edgewater Volunteer Fire Department and First Responders. You are wonderful people and your hard work and help doesn’t go unnoticed. THANK YOU! Cheers to the Edgewater Recreation Society. Thank you for bringing back the community spirit!

LOST AND FOUND Found: Norco Mountain Bike. Please call 250-342-0247.

Found: Ipod attachment on road in Invermere. Call 250-342-2475.

Various sizes available.

Now with climate controlled units.

Call 250-342-3637 STORAGE SPACE – assorted sizes, easy access, immediate availability, long-term or short-term. Deck Properties Warehouse, Industrial Park, 250-342-3166.

COMMERCIAL SPACE Financial professional looking for other professionals to share space with. I have a great location with excess room.

Please call 250-270-0270.

Attention Contractors! Secure 20-foot storage container in fenced yard. Larger lots also available. Invermere Industrial Park. Call 250-342-2100 or 250346-3011.

Panache Building, Invermere, BC. Beautiful building near public beach and walking distance to hundreds of condos in Canada’s most perfect fourseason town! 2400 feet on main, with two 1200-foot world-class apartments up. Perfect location for restaurant or retail. For info, call 250-342-5525.

Commercial space for rent, 1800 sq. ft. plus compound, prime location in the Industrial Park.

Call Deck Properties, 250-3423166.

ACCOMMODATION WANTED House/Farm to housesit or rent.

2 bdrm studio/suite/cabin on acreage/farm. Prefer shop, wood heat, storage and separate dwelling. Have full time job.

References available. 250-2754968.

SUITE FOR RENT One or two bdrm bungalows, by the week or month, 250-3456365 Fairmont Bungalows.

CARRIAGE COURT APARTMENTS. Conveniently located behind Sobeys within walking distance to downtown. 2 bdrm townhouse units, outside entrance. Sliding glass doors open onto balcony, overlooking private courtyard.

Fireplace and W/D included in each unit. Long term preferred, N/P, $750 - $850/month + DD. Utilities not included, 250-3428781.

Beautiful basement suite, newly renovated, separate entrance, 2 bdrm, large yard, shared garage, $1050/month all included. New kitchen, new floors, call Jessica 403-473-7828.

2 bdrm basement suite. Avail Aug 1st. $750/month includes hydro, N/P, N/S. 250-342-9353.

Prime Radium office space, 8002400 sq.ft. 403-559-9625.

New modern bright 2 bdrm walk-out suite. Excellent DT location, W/D, dishwasher, storage, in-floor heat, $950/ month, all utilities included.

Avail Sept. 1st, 250-342-3790.

Office/Retail space for lease on 8th Ave. Two 600 sq. ft. units, large store front windows, on street parking, 1 year lease. Call 250-342-6912, Mountain Creek Properties.

2 bdrm suite close to Kinsmen Beach, large & open, in-suite laundry, 3 piece bath, new oak kitchen, new appliances, N/S, N/P, $900/month, hydro & water included, 403-287-1755.

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Phone: 250-341-6299 Fax: 250-341-6229 Email: upioneer@telus.net www.columbiavalleypioneer.com

SUITE FOR RENT

SUITE FOR RENT

house FOR RENT

condo FOR RENT

HOUSE FOR SALE

HOUSE FOR SALE

Invermere, large, clean 2-3 bdrm upper duplex. New appliances, large yard, shared laundry, available Aug 15th. N/P, N/S, DD req. $975/month + 60% util.

250-341-6096.

2 bdrm suite. $800/month including utilities. Available Aug 15th. Call 250-341-5534.

Exclusive, completely furnished home on Fort Point. Available Aug 16th, references required.

N/S, N/P. $1400/month + util.

250-342-0477.

Radium “The Pinewood” professionally furnished 1200 sq.ft., 2 bdrm, 2 bath, in suite laundry, deck, BBQ, underground parking, N/S, N/P, $1000/month incl. utilities. Long-term rental, references, 780-467-9220 or 780-914-3497.

House for Trade or Sale

3 bdrm, 3 bath home in immaculate condition. Open concept, hardwood, ceramic, carpet, gorgeous mountain and lake views. 3 mins walk to Kinsmen Beach. A must see. $419,000. 250-342-7396.

Invermere, 2 bdrm, lower suite, W/D, stove, fridge, N/S, N/P, adults only. $850/month includes hydro and heat. Avail Aug 15th, ref. req. 250-3426349.

Brightly coloured, happy, 2 bdrm upper level suite, seeking same quality in occupants. Gorgeous mountain view highly enjoyable from back deck. Live in town but feel like you’re out of town (Invermere that is). 2 bdrm (one big with ensuite, one small), spacious living, dining, kitchen.

Mud room/laundry/guest bath, N/S, $1100 + utilities.

Best for a couple. First and last; payment by post-dated cheque.

References. Call Sarah, 250-3411083.

2 bdrm suite, newly renovated, fully furnished, living room, 2 patios, TV/Cable, internet, electricity. Beautiful view, walking distance to town.

Couple preferred, no partiers, references, long term for winter. $895/couple all inclusive; 3 people possible for $1075. Short term also available Aug 19-31st.

250-342-8651.

Newer 2 bdrm walk out suite in Black Forest Heights, Invermere.

N/S, N/P, $875/month utilities included. Available Sept 1st. Call 250-342-9770.

Brand new, large, bright 2 bdrm basement suite in D/T Invermere. Private entrance, all new appliances, N/S, N/P, $975/ month utilities not included. 1 year lease, references required.

Available immediately. 403874-0483.

house FOR RENT

FOR RENT Contact

250-342-5914 for seasonal or long term rentals or go online at

www.EricRedeker.com “Available Now” Rockies West Realty

Windermere, 3 bdrms, 2 baths, laundry, large deck with a great view, clean, bright and quiet, across from school. N/S, N/P, long term. $1325/month including utilities. Available immediately.

Call 250-341-5316.

condo FOR RENT

Independently Owned & Operated

Radium duplex, 2 or 4 bdrm, all appliances included, N/S, N/P, new building. Call 403-2576253 or email bradyh@telus.net EXCELLENT LOCATION. Very nice Invermere home on quiet cul-de-sac, walking distance to Kinsmen Beach and Downtown, 3 bdrm up, 2 down, large private backyard, wood and electric heat. Dishwasher, Stove, Fridge, W/D included. Available June 1st, $1400.00 + util. 250-2700270.

Windermere, 4 bdrm, 3 bath, beautiful, furnished. $950/ month + utilities, from SeptJune for 2 people. 250-3422135.

3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, fully furnished house for rent in the Invermere/ Windermere area. $1350/month + utilities. N/S. Pets negotiable.

Available Sept 1st. 403-2879968.

PET FRIENDLY CONDO! 2 bdrm townhouse in Black Forest Village $1300/month.

Call 250-342-0838.

3 bdrm, 2 bath townhome plus garage in downtown Invermere, $1350 + utilities, N/P, 250-3411182.

Invermere on the lake, new luxury fully furnished condo. 2 bdrm plus den, 2 bath, facing lake, underground parking.

Avail. immediately. Weekly, monthly or long-term. Call 403561-0111.

Invermere, new town home, one block from downtown. 2 bdrm, 2.5 bath, hardwood and tile floors, single garage, all appliances included. Available Aug 30th. $1200 + DD + utilities. 403-615-7640.

3 bdrm, 3 bathroom, Black Forest Village. Large yard, garage, N/S. $1300/month + utilities.

Available Aug 15th. References.

250-342-1322.

Available Sept. 1st brand new furnished 3 bedroom townhouse, hardwood floors, granite, 2 bathrooms, N/S, N/P, Purcell Point, downtown Invermere.

403-686-6903, annams@telus.net

3 bdrm furnished duplex in Fairmont. 6 appliances including washer and dryer, 2 bathrooms.

N/S, N/P, attached garage, $1200/month includes utilities.

DD required. 1-888-227-2024.

Invermere, fully furnished, 2 bdrm, 2 bathroom on 2 levels.

Close to downtown. N/S, N/P, $1100/month including utilities.

Avail Aug. 15th. Please call 250342-6440 or 403-978-4559.

2 bdrm, 2 bath, Radium end unit. 2nd floor, 7 appliances, A/C, pool, underground parking and storage, all inclusive $1000/ month, 403-663-0446.

RADIUM – FULLY FURNISHED large windows and large deck overlooking the 13th hole of The Springs Golf Course, available immediately. 2 bdrm, 1 bath, bungalow style in Eagle Crest Villas. Single car garage, 6 mo. minimum lease. $1190 (includes condo fees) + util + DD. N/S, N/P, references req. 403-5192216 or 403-981-1551.

Brand new 1100 sq.ft. 2 bdrm + den condo at Sable Ridge.

Unfurnished $975 + utilities.

Long term rental. Swimming pool and jacuzzi. 403-8612408.

Invermere townhouse with lots of upgrades. 3 bdrm, 3 bath, developed basement, single garage and large communal yard. 5 min walk to downtown.

Furnished or unfurnished. $1400/month + utilities. N/S, N/P, references required. Avail Sept 1st, 403-605-6717.

VACATION RENTAL R.V. lots to rent. Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly, 250-3498212 or 250-349-7568.

HOUSE FOR SALE Beautiful 4 bdrm, 3 bath home near lake and 1.34 acres by the lake in Windermere, BC. Newly renovated and landscaped.

Revenue options. $537,000.

Evenings 250-342-6162.

Wanted home in Columbia Valley to trade for new, modern, furnished house in Calgary, reduced. Adjacent to Elks Golf Course and close to D/T. Call Ray 403-920-3359, google MLS C3366099.

RANCH HOUSE

Completely renovated house on 2.5 acres located outside of Windermere, in Elkhorn Country Estates, an exclusive private gated community, one of only 11 estates included in phase one. 4 bdrm, 2 bath, security system, working shutters, all services underground, furniture included, recently appraised, $485,000. Call Elkhorn Ranch at 250-342-0617 or 250-3421268.

Newly renovated 3 bdrm modular home, new appliances, flooring, drywall, bathroom completely new, large storage room. 2 decks, 50 x 120 lot. Centrally located in Edgewater, 4860 Cordillera Ave. Possibly the best value in the valley. Must see! Taking offers until the end of open house on Sunday, August 2nd 12 noon until 3 pm. Asking $210,000.

If not sold by August 3rd , will be listed with a realtor for $220,000.

Call Rick Ede at 250-342-6614 or 250-342-6348 after 6pm.

HOUSE FOR SALE IN CRANBROOK. 2200 sq.ft. home full of updates and upgrades. 4 bdrm, 2.5 bath, tile and hardwood floors throughout. 2 large decks with private hot tub. Large fenced yard, detached double garage, new windows, paint and floors.

Too many extras to name! Asking $330,000. Call 250-421-0838.

condo FOR SALE Affordable downtown Invermere condo, 2 bdrm, $159, 000 + GST, 250-341-1182.

Priced for quick sale! 2 bdrm, 2 bath unfurnished condo in Pinewood, Radium, fireplace, A/C, 403-560-5603.

1 bdrm, great for independent seniors, newly renovated, behind hospital, beside park, south facing, small pet allowed, laundry, dishwasher, parking.

Call 250-342-3103 (eve), 250688-0083 (cell). No agents please.

Newer 2 bdrm condo in newly developed area of Radium. Very spacious and sunny. Gorgeous kitchen with cherry stained cabinets. Large bathroom with oversized tub and standup shower. In-suite laundry, storage in unit. Wood burning stove and A/C. Front and rear decks. Great for vacationers. $213,800 OBO. 250-347-0017 or 250-688-0218.

OPEN HOUSE 1-4pm August 2nd.

149 Riverstone Villas. Best buy in Radium! 1460 sq. ft. 3 bdrm end unit, vaulted ceiling, roomy country kitchen, gas fireplace, full ensuite master bedroom, finished additional room with large window in lower level, single garage, very clean, well maintained, A/C. $278,000.

Tony Kernaghan 780-475-5474 or 780-906-8230.

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Phone: 250-341-6299 Fax: 250-341-6229 Email: upioneer@telus.net www.columbiavalleypioneer.com

MOBILE HOME FOR SALE

Misc. For Sale

Misc. For Sale

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

VEHICLEs FOR SALE

Services

2003 Double Wide, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, Estate Sale. Excellent condition, ready to be moved. $90,000 OBO. 250-347-7770.

Top quality Hay, Alfalfa, grass mix, round bales. Call Elkhorn Ranch, 250-342-0617.

Matching Pine living room furniture, sofa with cushions, chair, ottoman, 2 tables. Maple dining room table, 4 chairs and captain’s chair, $750 for all.

Excellent condition. 250-3420595 or 403-485-1326.

1999 Golden Falcon 38’ Park Model 3 Slideouts, AC, 20’ awning, hardwood floors, sleeps 6, all furniture, excellent condition, located in Radium. Asking $22,500. Call Bill 403-8627225.

Classics: 1956 Packard Clippet and 1956 DeSoto Firedome Seville 2 Dr. Ht. Both need paint and TLC. $3000 and $5000 respectively. 250-270-0698.

Prefer a house clean? Contact Tamara, 250-342-5035.

ACREAGES/LOTS FOR SALE

Quality Top Soil & Manure Top Soil $160/dump truck load, $70/pick-up load. Manure $100/pick-up load. Call, 250342-1268.

8 acres of hay meadow.

Beautiful mountain view with great building opportunity.

Near Wilmer, Toby Hill Road, $425,000.00. Call 250-3422802.

Exclusive Private Gated Acreage Absolutely spectacular surroundings with unobstructed view straight down the snow capped Fairmont Rocky Mountain Range. Very private yet only 2 mins. to the beach & Windermere. Services to lot.

Architectural controls ensure your investment, as well as no building commitment. See welist. com. Invermere. Must be seen to be appreciated, 250-342-1167.

WILMER PROPERTY 9140 Smith Street (off main avenue). Nice mountain view, large walk out lot, older 3 bdrm manufactured home currently on lot, $120,000.

Contact 250-341-1656.

Excellent screened sandy top soil. $150/truck load, $50/pick up. Aspen Meadows, 250-2700590.

Sportuccino’s Lifestyle Company has used gear! We want your good quality summer gear too.

Consign your bikes, water sports, camping supplies, racquets, clothing, etc…at our store across from the liquor store or call 250-342-3669.

2 new riding helmets, small, medium $40 ea. Casio table top electric organ $30. Black metal single bunk with desk underneath $50. Single adjustable medical bed $1500, 250-688-0640.

Solid oak entertainment centre $250. 1996 Dodge van $1000.

Deep Freeze $25. Weed Eater $10. 4 tires 14” on Ford rims, $100, 250-342-6927.

Sunny South facing 59’ x 120’ level lot, zoned R1MH in Canal Stucco Mesh, 2”x 2” 16ga x 16ga, Flats. Located on Spruce Avenue, 48”x 112”6” $50/roll. Air hockey between cedar fence and huge game $150. 250-342-0118. tree, $65,000. 250-342-7179.

Patio furniture, great prices! 1 1.6 acre lakeview lot for sale in rectangular table and 4 chairs, Rushmere community 12 kms excellent condition $150; 2 south of Invermere. $230,000. round dining tables $25 each; 4 matching lawn chairs $20/set; Call 403-238-7723.

6 white lawn chairs $5/each; 2 large loungers $25/each; 3 patio Misc. For Sale umbrellas with stands $5-10/ Bodyshop tools, jacks, hammers, each; WEBBER BBQ for sale great dollies, picks, paintguns, etc. condition $150. Call 250-342250-270-0698.

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BOATS FOR SALE $2000 reduced from $3500, Campion Bowrider, 70HP. Columere Park (close to Coy’s 6th hole), 403-271-0937, 403397-1746 (cell).

Tredel Boat on Wheels. $200.

250-341-6043. Leave Message.

1998 Chris Craft 20’ Bowrider.

Inboard Volvo Penta 5.0 Litre V8 power trim/tilt. Snap in carpet, full canvas package plus travel tarp, twin axle trailer, low hours. $17,500 OBO, 403-613-4551 or 250-342-2591.

Folding Boat (Porta-Bote), 10.5’ long, weighs only 59 lbs., folds to 4’, holds 3 people. New, never used. Price new $2470, selling for $1700. 250-348-2431.

Zodiac Futura Sport Mark 2 Inflatable Boat. 13.8’ with steering console, EZ loader trailer and Yamaha 30 hp 4 stroke motor. $9000, 250-3415786.

Double Necky Kayak. $500 OBO. 250-342-0089 or 403-8504227.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES 2 Sport Quads, 350 Yamaha Warrier and 250 Kawasaki, $2500 each. Both in mint condition. Please call 250-3420350 or 403-701-3344 (cell).

Golf carts (2), both electric, one 1996 Yamaha c/w rain curtains, $2500; one 2001 Club Car c/w head and tail lights, $3000. Both in excellent condition. Karl 250342-3752 or 403-650-2284.

1991 5thWheel. 21’6”.Westwind, 4 burner stove, 3 piece bath, A/ C, furnace, awning. $7400 OBO. Interior A1+. 250-342-6772.

VEHICLEs FOR SALE 2002 Impala, 175 HP, no rust, 40 MPG, $4400 OBO. 250-3476404.

2002 Chevy Tracker. Silver, 5 speed, A/C, cruise, new windshield, brakes and tires.

180,000 kms, great condition. $6500 OBO. Call Chris for details 250-688-1626.

2001 Toyota Corolla. Automatic, A/C, 2 sets of tires. 165,000 kms.

Good condition. $6000. 250347-6916.

1998 Subaru Legacy. Good condition. Call 250-342-6555, Meghan or Erik.

1997 Ford Explorer XL. Well serviced and maintained. Good all round condition. Recent new radio/CD fitted with remote at a cost of $200. Plenty of life left in tires. $2500 OBO. Call Mark at 250-341-8507.

1991 Jeep YJ, 6 cyl, auto, P/S, P/B, 240,000 km, lift kit, body lift, 33”x 12” & 50”x 15” tires, 3 tops, winch, Warn tire carrier, $5500 OBO, 250-342-0808.

1977 Cutlass Supreme Brougham – A real classic! Good running condition, comes with 4 new studded winter tires. First time owner. $3000. 250-342-6512 (h) or 250-341-3336 (w).

1979 Black Volvo. 4 door, automatic, 2.7 L, 264 GLE, excellent condition. 80,000 kms.

Priced to sell. $8500 OBO. 250342-9636.

Services Phil’s Carpentry – Everything from roofs to decks, completion of basement and bathrooms.

Phone 250-341-8033 (cell) – 24/7. Not on valley time.

Vacuums Parts, repairs & accessories, All makes & models Central Vacuums – sales and installations Bonded & licensed Fine Homeservices 250-342-9207, fhs@telus.net Furnace & duct cleaning services using the patented rotobrush system. Call AQUAIR for free estimates, 250-342-5089.

Water treatment & purification, includes drinking water systems, softeners & conditioners, iron filters. Call AQUAIR, 250-3425089.

Flooring Installations, lino, carpet, laminate and hardwood.

30 years experience. Call 250347-9192 or 250-341-1235.

ODD JOBS ENT HAULING Garbage, brush and construction Disposal. Mulch deliveries.

Call Dale Hunt @ 250-342-3569 Custom installations of ceramic, mosaic, quarry tiles, slates, glass blocks, repairs, etc. For estimates call 250-341-6869.

NO JOB TOO SMALL for college student with truck. Yard clean, gutter clean, debris hauling or extra helping hands. 250-3429446.

We will pick up all recyclable cans and bottles at your location between Radium and Fairmont.

Call K + C Pick-Up at 250-3429503.

Driving Lessons. Get your license the easy way. Door to door pick up in Invermere and area.

Preparation for Novice license (Class 7). Lessons only, no class.

Flexible hours, one on one instruction. Special prices! 250342-8651.

Drywall repair, renovations and painting. Call Julie, 250-3415375.

careers Housekeeper required. Fulltime, part-time at Fairmont Bungalows. Call 250-345-6365, fax 250-345-6348, or email bungalows@shaw.ca.

Copper City Saloon requires full time cook. Email invinn@ telus.net or fax 250-342-6079 or apply in person to Brenda Gingrich.

La Cabina restaurant requires experienced cooks and servers.

Call 250-347-2340 or email lacabina@nanonow.ca.

Invermere Dry Cleaners requires full or part-time help. Please bring resume to dry cleaners.

250-342-6610.

Mountain Springs Motel seeking housekeeping staff.

F/T, P/T. Must be willing to work weekends. Apply in person with resume.

The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 49

July 31, 2009

Radium golf ladies place second in East Kootenay comp

Submitted by Radium Ladies’ Golf Club The Radium Springs Ladies’ Golf Club hosted the 40th annual East Kootenay Amateur Team Challenge on Thursday, July 9th.

Twelve teams of eight ladies from clubs throughout the East Kootenay competed for the coveted lowgross trophy.

For the first time, our own Springs Ladies came in second.

The favourites to win (and the founders of the tournament in 1970) were the Creston gals, who

Pioneer Classifieds careers

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MountainView Lodge, Invermere requires a front desk clerk/room attendant. Duties include customer service and room cleaning. Must be responsible, independent, punctual, have a friendly attitude and be available for evening and weekend shifts.

Wage starts at $12/hour. Please apply in person with resume or email info@mtnviewlodge.ca

Fairmont Mountainside Market is hiring to fill the following positions: meat cutter, deli clerk, cashier, general clerk. Email resume to rhaynesmagellan@ gmail.com or call Ryan Haynes at 250-341-7345 to inquire.

Valley Fitness Centre – Part Time Desk Agent - Positive, customer service oriented individual, with strong communication and organizational skills. Great work ethic and conscientious. Must be able to work evenings. $10/ hour to start. September 8th start date. Please come in with resume or call 250-342-2131 for more information.

Dusk Building Systems

Fairmont Resort Properties is looking for a fun, energetic professional to join our team.

Duties include booking reservations for promotional space, reception, scheduling appointments and office support. Wage depending on experience. Please call Denelle 250-345-6321.

Accepting resumes for subcontractors for a high-end cleaning company. Hard working and attention to detail a must. Looking for selfmotivated, good interpersonal skills, trust worthiness and ability to work independently.

Starts at $16/hour. Fax resume to 250-342-2017 or email lolg@ telus.net and address to Concept West Cleaning and Home Management.

is currently seeking framers and labourers for on-site or in our manufacturing facility. We offer excellent wages and benefit package. Please fax resume to 250-341-3427 or email info@ duskbuildingsystems.com

SOUTHERN INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION

Check out one of our upcoming sessions to get information on specific trades.

Next information session: Thursday, August 13th, 1:30 p.m.

Columbia Valley Employment Centre 1313 – 7th Avenue South, Invermere

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Roy Cimolai, Trades Assistance Program Ph: 250-421-9212 • E-mail: rcimolai@sica.bc.ca Funded in whole or part through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement

Phone: 250-341-6299 Fax: 250-341-6229 Email: upioneer@telus.net www.columbiavalleypioneer.com WANTED: Information Traffic Controller P/T

As Kicking Horse Coffee’s Part-Time Receptionist you will possess the unique ability to communicate verbally and telepathically, process skads of information, cleverly solve problems and deliver a level of service your mother will brag to her friends about. Responsibilities include: • Phone and email contact with distributors, commercial accounts and all customers to provide service, sales guidance, prompt issue resolution and tracking; • Message taking and dissemination of information to team members and leaders • Administrative support including managing the switchboard, typing, emailing, filing and making coffee (actually… we all do that for a living!)

To apply, please email your application to jobs@kickinghorsecoffee. com or fax 250-342-4450. We will contact successful applicants.

VIVA BARISTA! VIVA LA REVOLUTION!

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The ideal candidate will have been an air traffic controller or hostage negotiator in a previous life, however just having worked in an office would suffice. Job requirements include strong computer literacy with MS Office products (outlook, word and excel) analytical thinking and problem solving.

is accepting applications for a kitchen manager and experienced cooks. Fax resumes to 250-342-8880.

Looking for a job or career?

regularly keep all comers at bay. Maybe next year in Cranbrook, ladies!

The Radium Resort gals won the low net honours, and are to be congratulated on their great competitive play.

On Wednesday, July 15th, our thirteen-year-old junior member, Lindsay Campbell, had a fantastic day of golf.

She won game of the day, had a chip-in birdie, and sunk a hole-in-one on Hole 14 (blue pin, too)!

Congratulations, Lindsay! Thanks to Grandpa Dexter for buying her partners a round.

Panorama Mountain Village is currently recruiting for the following;

Year round p Y positions Reservations manager Room’s maintenance supervisor Catering coordinator Journeymen carpenter To view all job descriptions, please visit us at www.panoramaresort.com/jobs and apply on-line.

Seasonal/part p time p positions Catering and housekeeping – please send a resume to JMcSweeney2@intrawest.com

A revolution continues at the Kicking Horse Café. A revolution fired by the desire to create the ultimate cup; in two words, Espresso Perfection. We are searching for in¬spired and creative revolutionaries to join the movement by pouring their heart and soul into creating tantalizing concoctions to stimulate the taste buds and reinvigorate the soul.

As a BARISTA you will join the ranks of Kicking Horse Coffee craftspeople, creating coffee and espresso based works of art and providing a level of service that is second to none.

Pulling the perfect shot, transforming milk into rich, velvety decadence and sharing your passion with the masses will not so much a job, as it will be a vocation. We’ll supply the tools and training – you will work the magic.

PT Positions available ASAP. To enlist, please email your application to jobs@kickinghorsecof¬fee.com or fax 250-342-4450. We will contact successful recruits.

Pioneer Classified Advertising 250-341-6299

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Rockies re-sign Boldon

July 31, 2009

The Columbia Valley Rockies are excited to announce the re-signing of veteran winger Darryl Boldon.

Rockies General Manager Travis Belanger spoke with the 19-year-old from Calgary. “Darryl is excited about the new season and really looking to build on last year.”

Boldon brings experience to the Rockies; he played 28 games and netted four goals and 11 assists for 15 points before a shoulder

injury ended his season. When asked about his new role as a leader on the team, Boldon responded: “It feels great. I am excited to take on that role, both on and off the ice.”

Boldon added that off-season shoulder surgery worked. “I’ve been doing lots of physio and started getting back on the ice and everything is coming back.”

That bodes well for the hockey club.

With the sizeable six-foot, two-inch, 195-

pound winger patrolling the ice, Belanger is hoping Boldon will increase last year’s totals.

“Darryl will probably get more ice time to prove that he is an offensive threat.”

Boldon praised the coaching staff of the Rockies. “I look forward to working with both Coach Rice and Belanger. They both know their hockey and want to win.” This season, follow the Rockies (CVRockies) on Twitter for regular updates.

To place your Community Classified call The Pioneer at 250-341-6299 or toll free 1-866-669-9222 classifieds@bccommunitynews.com www.communityclassifieds.ca

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July 31, 2009

Valley Churches

FAITH

Reject wisdom of the world; embrace the wisdom of God

By Rev. Sandy Ferguson Windermere Valley Shared Ministry In his letters to the various early Christian communities scattered around the Roman Empire, Saint Paul explains his understanding of God’s wisdom.

And it was necessary for people to understand how the wisdom of God is different from the wisdom of the world, because Paul makes it clear that it is the wisdom of this world that separates us from God. Paul reminds the early Christians — just as he tells us today — are called to be witnesses to the wisdom of God, and challenge the wisdom of this world.

Paul explains to Christians that the reason we have been chosen to witness to the presence of God is not because we are not wise or powerful, as the world judges such things.

No, we are chosen because we are foolish, according to this world. We are foolish because we believe that there are more important things in life than striving for wealth or power.

We follow in the path of God, who chose to come amongst us not as a great king or warrior, but as an ordinary man from the Galilee. This is a revelation

You can remember someone special with your gift to the Canadian Cancer Society (also known as the BC Cancer Society)

To donate In Memory or In Honour: www.cancer.ca | 250-426-8916 or call toll-free 1-800-656-6426 or mail to: P. O. Box 102 Invermere, BC V0A 1K0

of the wisdom of God, because if God had wanted to impress us with power, wisdom and majesty, God would have been revealed as a mighty king, warrior or priest telling us what to do. But the wisdom of God is based in the faith that we as the children of God will embrace that wisdom because we want to, not because we have been forced to.

And we need to share in the wisdom of God once more. Through the wisdom of the world, we have established barriers between various groups of people.

We pass judgment on groups that do not meet our standards of what is right or wrong. We have not shown love and acceptance to others who live a different way of life. We refuse to accept the truth that all of creation is the work of God, made in the image of God. But when we embrace the wisdom of God which is revealed through the reality that God is present all around us, and certainly not limited by our narrow definitions of what is right and what is wrong, we will understand what it means to be wise in the ways of God. We understand that God loves all of creation including ourselves, without limits. And when we understand that God loves us, we begin the journey of loving all of creation, and are free of the wisdom of the world.

Our annual garage sale to help build a house in Guatemala will be held on September 5th at Christ Church Trinity. If you want to make a donation, please contact the church.

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Valley Christian Assembly Sunday 10 a.m.: Worship and Word.

Children’s Church provided during the message.

Pastor T. Scott Peterson 4814 Highway 93/95, Windermere 250-342-9511 • www.valleychristianonline.com Roman Catholic Church Saturday: 5 p.m. at St. Anthony’s Church in Canal Flats 7 p.m. at Canadian Martyrs Church in Invermere Sunday: 9 a.m. at Canadian Martyrs Church in Invermere 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church in Radium Father Jim McHugh 712 -12th Ave., Invermere • 250-342-6167 ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN MISSION OF INVERMERE Worship services every Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Christ Church Trinity, 110 - 7th Ave., Invermere Pastor Rev. Fraser Coltman • 1-866-426-7564 Radium Christian Fellowship 10 a.m. Worship service 7 p.m. Special Praise, Special Prayer and Especially the Love of God Pastor Wayne and Linda Frater • 250-342-6633 No. 4, 7553 Main St. Radium • 250-347-9937 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Worship Service, 10 a.m. • Sunday School, 11 a.m.

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Windermere Valley Shared Ministry ANGLICAN-UNITED Sunday: 8:30 a.m. at All Saints, Edgewater 10:30 a.m. at Christ Church Trinity, Invermere 7 p.m. at St. Peter’s, Windermere (“The Stolen Church”) Rev. Sandy Ferguson • 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere 250-342-6644 • www.wvsm.info or www.christchurchtrinity.com

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Lake Windermere Alliance Church Sunday, August 2nd, 10:30 a.m.: Worship and Life Instruction.

Guest speaker Mr. Brent Austring, North America Indigenous Ministries.

Pastor Trevor Hagan • 326 -10th Avenue, Invermere 250-342-9535 • www.lakewindermerealliance.org

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