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Vol. 7/Issue 15

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April 9, 2010

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BUSTED — Constables Chris Sheppard and Chris Ralph stand over $44,000 worth of pot seized in a grow-op raid on Dehart Road in March.

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By Kelsey Verboom Pioneer Staff For the second time in as many months, the Columbia Valley RCMP has busted a major marijuana grow operation.

On March 29th, Constables Chris Sheppard and Chris Ralph executed a search warrant on Dehart Road in Dry Gulch, and discovered a grow operation, a large quantity of cash, and an estimated 21 pounds of packaged marijuana with an approximate street value of $44,000.

Two months ago, the RCMP seized $4.5 million worth of marijuana during a raid north of Wilmer.

RCMP Staff Sergeant Marko Shehovac said he doesn’t believe the two incidents are related.

The drugs confiscated in the January bust were intended to be dealt elsewhere, while the drugs seized from the Dry Gulch operation could have been meant

for local sale.

“With the information we are receiving, there is an indication the drugs were staying in the area and much of it was being dealt here in the valley.”

Despite the large size of the earlier bust, Staff Sergeant Shehovac said this one is more satisfying.

“This is much more of an accomplishment for us in that we are trying to keep it off the streets,” he said.

“It’s a little tedious, but it’s very rewarding.”

The pair of busts is the result of both an increase in grow ops and an increase in police detection, he said.

“There’s a lot out there, some commercial operations and some mom-and-pop. Some weren’t pursued due to a lack of training, resources, experience,” he said. “Now, with the training our members are getting, they have more expertise in this particular area and our concentration will be on finding the grow operations and going after them. We’re going to go after all of them.”

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Valley NEWS

Roots named Rotary Citizens of the Year facility, Columbia House.

Both Larry and Mary have volunteered for the Windermere Valley Following a swirl of secrecy surShared Ministry, where Larry was trearounding this year’s Rotary Citizen of surer for over 25 years. the Year award, Larry and Mary Root “We just like people, and we like to of Invermere have been revealed as the help them,” he said. recipients of the title.

Mary and Larry easily agree on the The Rotary Club’s Yvonne Redemost rewarding aspect of volunteering: ker said, “There were a number of very “Making friends,” they said. worthy candidates, and we would like The Roots married in Vancouver in to thank all those who nominated the 1953. Mary, a native of Perth, Ontario, outstanding citizens.” hopskotched to Prince Edward Island, This year’s award was presented at Toronto, England, New Brunswick, a Rotary Club of Invermere luncheon back to England and back to Toronto, at the Royal Canadian Legion on April before landing at Vancouver General 1st. During the days leading up to the Hospital as the head nurse on the pepresentation, the Rotary Club remained diatric ward. tight-lipped about the award, keeping Larry, a native of Killdeer, Saskatchthe nominees and final recipients top- STELLAR CITIZENS — Larry and Mary Root pose with their Rotary Award in front ewan, finished high school in Regina secret. of their Invermere home.

Photo by Kelsey Verboom and — after a stint in both the air force At the luncheon, seated at a table and the army — graduated from the with friends, the Roots were called forUniversity of British Columbia with a ward: “I just saw things that should be done, and I did ward to accept their award and end the suspense. degree in commerce. them,” she said.

“It was a great surprise,” said Larry. “It’s a great The couple moved to Seattle, where Larry was Larry’s penchant for volunteerism mirrors Mary’s. honour.” president of the Seattle Hi-Fi Dealers Association, and He was a charter member and the first treasurer of the The Roots have lived in the Columbia Valley for Invermere Rotary Club. He is an active member of the started a family. The couple have three children — a almost 40 years and have volunteered their time for an Lake Windermere Lions Club, where he has acted as son Kevin and his sisters Tanis and Ardis — and seven endless number of local organizations. director, vice-president, president, treasurer, and sec- grandchildren.

Mary, a retired nurse, has been the president and retary.

In 1963, the family moved to Cranbrook where area representative for both the Invermere Hospital Larry worked in retail and accounting and Mary He also chaired the Lions committee that built Auxiliary and the local Cancer Society. She also led a the low-income seniors housing complex, Lakeview worked at the St. Eugene Hospital. door-to-door campaign for the Arthritis Society and Manor, and has served as president of the facility since In the early 1970s the Roots moved to Invermere was president of the Invermere Players Club for three then. after Larry was appointed administrator of the years.

In addition to his work with the Lake Windermere Invermere and District Hospital, a position he held Her face is perhaps best known as the original or- Senior Citizens Society and the Invermere Rotary until 1992. ganizer for the local Meals on Wheels program. She Club, Larry is well-known for his involvement with With a list of accomplishments too numerous to negotiated with local restaurants and arranged drivers the now-defunct Lake Windermere District Benevo- list here, the Roots have been instrumental in establisto deliver meals to those in need of the service. lent Society. During the society’s operation, Larry ing a number of community organizations and civic Mary’s reasons for volunteering are straightfor- helped raise $858,768 for Invermere’s long-term care initiatives. Congratulations, Larry and Mary.

By Kelsey Verboom Pioneer Staff

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Submitted by Staff Sergeant Marko Shehovac Columbia Valley RCMP In keeping with the hockey theme of things, congratulations to Colton and Stefen Seel, RobertTye Rice and Breton Trask for being invited to the Under 17 invitation camp.

It has got to be good to be invited.

Trask is a hockey name I am familiar with from Golden. No doubt Breton is related to Eck. He was a good hockey player in his younger days but he floundered, went down hill and became a teacher. Breton, don’t be another black sheep in the family – give it all you got.

The final installment in the trilogy of Thor the wonder dog will be in the first paper in May. Writing about my experiences with Thor has been good therapy to get over what he did to me.

Also, I expect in the paper there may be another photo op in regards to a recent drug seizure. I know the paper received a response from somebody in Ontario in regards to the police using it as what was described as a “trophy picture� – an expression of dissatisfaction.

Expect more so-called trophy pictures. I appreciate the positive comments in the community.

On April 1st at 7:14 a.m., police came upon an accident on Highway 95 near Brisco. A 2005 U-Haul truck left the road and ended up in the ditch on its side. The driver attended the scene and advised that

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he was driving all night and fell asleep. There were no injuries to the driver. The 43-year-old male driver from Prince George was charged with driving without due care and attention. His driver’s licence had expired and the vehicle was impounded.

On April 2nd at 1:45 a.m., Columbia Valley Detachment received a report of an erratic driver on Highway 93/95 in Fairmont. The vehicle had hit a picnic table and the side of a cabin. There were no injuries suffered by anyone. A 40-year-old male from Skookumchuck was found to be the driver of the 1996 Ford F150 and his ability to drive the vehicle was determined to be impaired. A breath demand was given.

The male refused to provide a breath sample. As a result the male was charged with impaired driving and refusal to provide a breath sample.

On April 3rd at 11 a.m., three large signs on the property located in the 5000 block of Highway 95 near Edgewater were damaged.

On April 3rd at 10 p.m., as a result of patrols in the Radium area, a vehicle that was northbound on Highway 93/95 was seen driving through a stop sign.

Investigation revealed the 57-year-old male driver from Invermere to be impaired. A breath demand was given. The male has been charged with impaired driving and driving over .08.

On April 3rd at 8:10 p.m., as a result of the driving evidence of a vehicle near Lakeview Drive and Athalmer Road, a 24-year-old male from Invermere was believed to be impaired. A breath demand was given and the male has been charged with impaired driving, driving over .08, failure to produce a driver’s licence and breach of probation.

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April 9, 2010

Snowmobiler dies in avalanche

By Kelsey Verboom Pioneer Staff Forty-one-year-old Mark Daniells from Crossfield, Alberta was killed in a slab avalanche near Bugaboo Provincial Park on Monday, April 5th, while snowmobiling with three other companions. The avalanche occurred at around 6:30 p.m., 93 kilometres northwest of Invermere in an area known as the Silver Basin.

The RCMP said that Mr. Daniells was in the process of high-marking and was executing his U-turn to come down the mountain when the avalanche was triggered about 40 yards above.

Police said the slide travelled a distance of 400 yards and was 75 yards wide. According to a thirdparty report on the Canadian Avalanche Centre’s website, the incident occurred on an east-facing slope and started on an incline between 40 and 50 degrees.

The RCMP said Mr. Daniells was buried under three to four feet of snow near the bottom of the avalanche trail. His companions, who were all wearing transmitter beacons at the time, began to search for him in the debris. While they were searching, a helicopter from the nearby Canadian Mountain Holidays’ Bugaboo Lodge flew over the area and noticed the group indicating by hand that they had an emergency.

Marty Von Neudegg, a spokesperson for CMH, said, “We were actually flying looking at another avalanche we’d seen in the area when we noticed this particular avalanche and saw the group in distress.�

According to RCMP, the helicopter immediately landed and the pilot and guide on board provided assistance. A second CMH helicopter was called and attended the scene with an automated external defibrillator and a doctor who was staying at the lodge.

When Mr. Daniells was located, CPR was initiated. He was flown to Invermere and District Hospital where he was pronounced deceased at 7:45 p.m.

RCMP said that although his companions began to search for him immediately, Mr. Daniells was buried for an estimated 20 minutes and “displayed no signs of life� when he was recovered from the debris.

The first guide to attend the scene estimated the avalanche was a class 2.5. Class five is the worst possible rating. According to statements by his companions, Mr. Daniells and one other snowmobiler were avalanche trained, and all four knew the area.

On the day of the avalanche, advisories issued by the Canadian Avalanche Centre listed the avalanche danger in the area as “considerable� for above treeline alpine zones. Mr. Daniells is the 11th person to die in an avalanche in B.C. this winter.

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April 9, 2010

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Congrats to The Pioneer’s own

By Brian Geis Pioneer Editor

Each year, members of the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce get together to celebrate the best and brightest of the previous year.

The gala to celebrate the Chamber’s 2010 Business Excellence Awards will spread out in conference rooms at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort next week.

We found out this week that Pioneer staff Michele McGrogan and Dave Sutherland were nominated for awards in this year’s contest.

A win would end a drought that has lasted since this enterprise was honoured in the 2005 awards.

Dave, not surprisingly, was nominated in the category honouring the famous and infamous — Newsmaker of the Year — for his well-publicized appearance on the popular television game show Jeopardy!

Michele, however, will vie for the most coveted of all the awards — Employee of the Year — a category dominated in past years by the legendary Ben Gagne of Lucky Strike Gas. Dave is becoming better known for his friendly rivalry with Greg Constable at winning prize coffee mugs in the morning trivia contest on the CBC’s Daybreak South. Greg currently leads with a phenomenal set of eight mugs.

Michele’s excellence was best summed up by seasonal Invermere resident Alain Ducatel in a compliment I now use in my e-mail signature: “You are invaded by many messages, yet you manage to dispatch the most humble ones efficiently.”

It’s not surprising that Michele has since ascended to the role of Associate Publisher here at The Pioneer.

Congratulations to Michele, Dave and all of the nominees for this year’s Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards.

See you at the banquet.

Historical Lens

Feeding the edger According to Historical Society records, this image, taken at Francis Creek in 1956, shows a man feeding a plank into an edger. “Helpers came from the prairies during the winter,” it says, and lists the men in the image as Frank Kapinski and Henry Lim. If you have any more information, e-mail us at upioneer@telus.net.

Photo (C524) courtesy of the Windermere District Historical Society

Invermere dogs need a park of their own Dear Editor: It has come to my attention that the new frisbee golf course is almost done. I know it will be a big hit, but for how long, I wonder?

If you go out in the morning or at night in the streets of Invermere, you will see many, many people walking their dogs. My question is: why didn’t they use that money to fence in that land to make an off-leash dog park?

Invermere is a quaint little town, but we don’t

have anywhere to just let our dogs run around and socialize. Socialization is key for a dog. When I was in Calgary, I went to an off-leash dog park and it was great! After about half an hour my dog was exhausted and slept for most of the day.

I think an off-leash dog park would be great for Invermere and I hope that some people agree with me.

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April 9, 2010

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Help fight the HST Dear Editor: April 6th, 2010, was the beginning of taking back our democratic voice.

The Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) initiative petition started on Tuesday. I and a few other concerned citizens were at an informal meeting with MLA Norm Macdonald.

We all had various issues to ask about and discuss. The one common denominator to every issue was how and where to go to actually be heard.

In the democratic system everyone’s voice is counted. We have lost that system’s effectiveness over the years. We, the public, have left decisions up to our representatives in government, thinking and expecting they had our best interests at heart.

We have become complacent. Complacency breeds contempt. We need to

get rid of the wishbone and get a backbone.

If we do nothing today, we have no right to complain tomorrow. The people in higher positions in our government system seem to have their own agenda. We need to get them down in the trenches to see what is going on. It needs to be about taking responsibility and having accountability. It needs to be about taking care of business.

For info on the HST Initiative go to www.fighthst.com.

Get the information you need to make a good decision for yourself and your family. The leaders of this government are supposed to be representing you and me. Take responsibility for your future and be heard.

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Help save Lot 4616 Dear Editor: Our provincial government’s Integrated Land Management Bureau has applied to remove the unsurveyed portion of Lot 4616 — which is one of the last pieces of Crown land left in Invermere — to be removed from the Agricultural Land Reserve to allow for

its development into some form of real estate sales. Please join with me and object to this and have our mayor and council continue to work toward saving this valuable piece of the planet for the use of the public.

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Sparwood Mayor David Wilks will announce on Friday to the Regional District of East Kootenay Board he currently chairs that he will seek the Conservative Party nomination to represent KootenayColumbia in the House David Wilks of Commons in the next election.

Current MP Jim Abbott announced in February that he would not seek a sixth term in office.

“As we begin a new chapter, I have reflected on our past accomplishments and future challenges,” Mr. Wilks wrote in a letter to the board, “and I have concluded that now, more than ever, we need to continue the tradition of leadership exemplified by Mr. Abbott in the House of Commons.

“To that end, I am humbled to inform you that I will be seeking the Conservative Party of Canada

nomination for Kootenay-Columbia.”

In early speculation about Mr. Abbott’s successor, Director Wilks said he was interested in the nomination, but would defer to Liberal MLA Bill Bennett, Minister of Community and Rural Development, before deciding.

Since that time, Minister Bennett has announced he will not seek the nomination at this time.

So far, no other parties have announced who they will run in the next election.

Born and raised in Lethbridge, Alberta, Mr. Wilks moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1978 and worked in potash mines prior to joining the RCMP in 1980. Married to his wife, Cindy, in 1982, the couple have three children, Amanda, Matthew and Christine.

Mr. Wilks retired from the RCMP in 2000. He purchased Sparwood Bowl and Billiards, which he has owned and operated since 1999.

In 2002, he was elected to council in the District of Sparwood. In 2005, he ascended to the office of Mayor of Sparwood.

“I look forward to working with you in the months and years ahead,” the letter concluded, “to build a stronger, safer, more vibrant community and nation.”

Mr. Wilks will continue in his current roles.

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April 9, 2010

Canal Flats loses Home Hardware

PIVOTAL CLOSURE – Canal Flats Mayor Bruce Woodbury said the village faces an uphill battle after the closure of Home Hardware’s satellite store.

Two people lost their jobs when the store shut its doors on March 20th.

By Trevor Bacque Pioneer Staff The Canal Flats Home Hardware store officially closed its doors on Saturday, March 20th. It was a necessary move, according to owner Al Miller, because operating costs were higher than profits.

“It never got to the point where it paid its way,” Mr. Miller said.

The 1,800 square foot store opened in 2001 and was staffed with two employees year round, who have now lost their jobs. During its busiest times, the store employed four people. But overhead costs simply proved to be too much.

“Even through the peak years it was difficult to sneak out a profit,” Mr. Miller said.

Canal Flats Mayor Bruce Woodbury is sad to see the store go and the community of 750 will feel the loss.

“In a small town, any job loss is significant,” Mayor Woodbury said.

Canal Flats contractors will now need to make a 45-minute trip to another hardware store.

“It’s quite inconvenient,” said general contractor Pierre Roy, a Canal Flats resident. Mr. Roy pinpoints the economic downturn as a source of the business closing down.

“It’s really an added cost for Home Hardware to have a store there,” said Mr. Roy, who was a customer of the Canal Flats location for over four years.

Al Miller hopes his Canal Flats customers will use the Internet to order deliveries from his main location, a 43,000 square foot store in Invermere.

“The way we handle our business affairs will be a little bit different to make it feasible,” said Mr. Miller of his franchise’s commitment to its customers.

Mayor Woodbury applauded Al Miller and Home Hardware for their attempt at having a presence in Canal Flats. However, he realizes that his residents face an uphill battle.

“Every business that closes in a small town is another empty store front,” Mayor Woodbury said.

Al Miller said that despite the closure of his satellite location, he is optimistic about coming back to Canal Flats.

“I don’t see it as a step back. Right at the moment, it’s a side step of where we are going to be,” Mr Miller said.

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April 9, 2010

Haworth elected new Chamber President

By Trevor Bacque Pioneer Staff Richard Haworth has been elected the new president of the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce.

He was elected on February 25th and will now steer the ship for the Columbia Valley’s business community.

The vice president of Richard Haworth development for Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, Mr. Haworth volunteers for several valley associations, including the Fairmont Business Association, the Community Forest Steering Committee and the Lake Windermere Advisory Committee.

“What I’m looking at is what the chamber offers its members,” said Mr. Haworth, adding that he will also focus on the community’s needs.

Mr. Haworth said he plans to bring engaging individuals to speak in the Columbia Valley following the visit by Bill Vander Zalm last week to petition against the HST. For the last two years, Mr. Haworth has been vice president of the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce, and he applauded recent efforts to improve the chamber’s financial situation.

“It’s gone from significant debt to a building with a small mortgage,” said the double degree graduate from the University of Guelph, Ontario. “The chamber really needed to be rebuilt.”

Now he is getting straight to work. He immediately wants to institute regular communication between the chamber, its members and the public. Also, Mr. Haworth plans to scrupulously examine the Visitor Centre, saying the chamber “is not using it effectively.”

“We can’t go from being a struggling little chamber to providing all the services people are looking for,” said Mr. Haworth, adding that the chamber will take small steps toward change in the coming months.

Events such as the chamber’s Turn Copper Into Gold Golf Tournament, he said, will remain impor-

tant for the community.

Originally from Grimsby, Ontario, he moved to Vancouver in 1993. He secured a job in land-use planning for Intrawest in 1994, and the role took him to Calgary in 1999. Mr. Haworth was largely working with Panorama Mountain Resort and he and his wife, Andrea, realized they “had more friends in Invermere than in Calgary because of so much business [here].”

Richard was offered his current position at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort in March 2007, and the family moved to Invermere with sons Ross, now aged six, and Cameron, three.

“I just thought Invermere had a lot more to offer for lifestyle and the kids,” Mr. Haworth said.

In his mind, where you live has to be treated with respect and upkeep is needed to live peacefully among your neighbours.

“I believe in being involved in your community and I think that’s important,” he said.

Presidential terms in the chamber last two years and Mr. Haworth can seek re-election in 2012.

The former president of the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce was Home Hardware owner Al Miller, who took the position in 2007.

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What’s Happening in the Columbia Valley

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

Cinefest ends with An Education

MOVIE REVIEW

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Out & About Cinefest will wrap its 2010 season with Oscar-nominated film An Education.

The picture will show at Pynelogs Cultural Centre on Tuesday, April 13th at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the door for $10. Light refreshments will be served by Cinefest sponsor, Terroir Fine Dining and Catering.

Art From the Heart – Part 6 April 6 to 25 at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. Gallery Open Daily from 11 to 4 pm. Artist Opening – April 14th 5:30 – 8:30 pm

Cinefest @ Pynelogs - An Education

April 13th – Doors Open at 6 – show starts at 7 pm

What does ART mean to you? Pynelogs Café Opens April 7th

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: The Bad Lieutenant Reviewed by Dave Sutherland Nicolas Cage gives his best performance in years in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans.

Cage plays Terry McDonagh, a police officer who becomes dependent upon pain medication, and subsequently spirals into the abyss of full-blown drug addiction, after injuring his back in the line of duty.

McDonagh’s life becomes a dark comic nightmare.

His girlfriend, also an addict, is a hooker as well, and his father is an alcoholic.

And, as if that weren’t enough, he’s working on solving the brutal murder of an entire family in the chaos of post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.

That he is able to function on the job at all, given

his proclivity for ingesting any drug put before him, is a wonder; that he does it to the degree of warped effectiveness that he does, is near miraculous.

Cage does out-of-control like no one else can; this is the wild man we’ve come to know and love from classics like Raising Arizona, and Wild At Heart.

Director Werner Herzog is partly responsible for Cage’s performance. Although he is most familiar to American audiences for the Vietnam war thriller Rescue Dawn, with Christian Bale, he is best known to film fans for his earlier German films, in which he often coaxed crazed performances from eccentric actors.

In The Bad Lieutenant, Herzog surrounds Cage with an accomplished crew of supporting actors, in-

cluding Oscar nominated Eva Mendes as McDonagh’s hooker girlfriend, Val Kilmer as a brutal cop, Canadian Fairuza Balk in a small role as a kinky state trooper, and rapper Xzibit, who practically drips evil as the gangster Big Fate.

The combination of Cage’s crazed performance, Herzog’s masterful direction, and a screenplay by William Finkelstein that’s unpredictable and full of absurd humour, make The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans a must-see movie.

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Music • visual arts • dining • Bar Scene • entertainment • performance ARTS • Opening event for Art From the Heart: Part 6 art show at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. Featuring over 500 pieces of art from our talented and diverse group of elementary-school-aged kids. Exhibition runs from April 6th to April 24th. For info: 250342-4423.

• 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Invermere Companion Animal Network hosts an adoption event to help feline friends find forever homes. For info: 250-3417888.

Thursday, April 15th:

Tuesday, April 20th: • Matt Anderson performs at Bud’s Bar and Lounge.

For info: 250-342-2965.

• Four-on-four ball tournament. Sign up at the White House Pub. For info: 250-342-9540.

• The Artym Gallery presents A la Carte with David Langerin at Eagle Ranch Golf Resort. The exhibition continues at the Artym until April 19th.

• 9 a.m.-noon: Forestry S100 refresher course at Brisco Community Hall. Run by Invermere Forestry District. No charge, lunch will be served. For info: 250-346-3294.

• 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.: Input session on the Columbia Valley Transmission Project, presented by the B.C. Utilities Commission at the Lions Hall. For info: 1800-663-1385.

• 6:30 p.m.: Relay for Life Kickoff Party at Copper Point Golf Club. For info: 250-342-9059.

• 7 p.m.: Christmas Bureau of the Columbia Valley Annual General Meeting at the Family Resource Centre. For info: 250-342-6752.

• 7 p.m.: Elizabeth Klein of Te Papa Nui Antiques and Donna Chen of Tim Hortons are hosting a cheese and wine party for women in business at Te Papa Nui Antiques. For info: klein@nucleus.com.

Sunday, April 11th:

Friday, April 16th:

• 10 a.m.: Valley Pride clean-up. Meet at Pothole Park to receive directions to designated clean-up areas. For info: 250-342-3353.

Out & About Please call 250-341-6299 or e-mail us at upioneer@telus.net to enter your event in our FREE listings.

Toby Theatre • April 7th-10th, 7:30 p.m.: The Spy Next Door • Closed April 11th-May 11th

Friday, April 9th: • 6 p.m.: Benefit and Silent Auction at Eagle Ranch to help Debbie Neault in her fight against cancer.

Cocktails, buffet dinner, silent auction. Tickets $50, available at Skookum Inn and Details by JoAnne.

Saturday, April 10th:

• 9 a.m.-4 p.m.: Locals ski free on Panorama Mountain Village’s closing day. 2-4 p.m. – season pass holders appreciation barbecue; 2-3 p.m. – Slush Cup; 5 p.m.: Salute to Ski Patrol. For info: www. panoramaresort.com.

Tuesday, April 13th: • 10 a.m.: The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy and Radium Public Library present the Baby Goose program for parents with babies up to 18 months old. Program free of charge.

• 4:30 p.m.: Yoga Thrive – Yoga for Cancer Survivors classes begin at the Lions Hall. Held every Tuesday until May 25th. For info: 250-342-1195.

• 7 p.m.: An Education screens in the Cinefest @ Pynelogs film series at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. For info: 250-342-4423.

Wednesday, April 14th: • 6 p.m.: Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort. Cocktail reception, dinner, awards ceremony, and entertainment by comedian Glen Foster. Tickets $50 per person. For info: 250-342-2844.

• 7:30 p.m.: Workshop about the upcoming input session on the Columbia Valley Transmission Project, presented by the B.C. Utilities Commission at the Lions Hall. For info: 1-800-663-1385.

• 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: The Catholic Women’s League hosts a soup and bun luncheon and bake sale at Christ Church Trinity. Adults $5, children $3, under six free. Proceeds go to Catholic Women’s League Scholarship. For info: 250-342-2456.

• 6 p.m.-9 p.m.: Spring Fling Family Dance at the Windermere Community Hall. Music for all ages, pizza concession, face painting, and special dance performances by Colleen Wagner’s School of Dance.

For info: 250-341-3383.

• 7:15 p.m.: An Evening in Turkey and Niger: Pastor Trevor and Lisa Hagan host a presentation on their recent trip at Lake Windermere Alliance Church.

For info: 250-342-9535.

Saturday, April 17th: • 11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Jumbo Creek Conservation Society hosts a clean-up of Pothole Park in downtown Invermere. Wear old clothes and bring work gloves.

• 7:30 p.m.: 27th annual Big Band Dance with the David Thompson Secondary School Stage Band at Invermere Community Hall. Cocktails, dinner and dance. Tickets $20. For info: 250-342-9213.

• White Trash Jager Party at Bud’s Bar and Lounge.

For info: 250-342-2965.

• April 17th-18th: Invermere Badminton Club hosts the inaugural Birdie Fest, a team event in badminton and golf. For info: 250-342-0737.

Sunday, April 18th:

Wednesday, April 21st: • 6-8 p.m.: Knitting Night at the Invermere Public Library. Learn to knit, get help on those tricky patterns. All levels of knitters welcome. For info: 250-342-6416.

• 6-9 p.m.: Brain Gym at Lake Windermere Alliance Church. Explore the practical workings of the brain with exercises. $5 per person, RSVP prior to April 7th to 250-341-6224.

• 7 p.m.: Deadline to bring rosters and registration fee for Invermere Slo-Pitch League to the College of the Rockies.

Saturday, April 24th:

Wednesday, April 28th: • 7-9 p.m.: Wings Over the Rockies: Art Show opening at Pynelogs Cultural Centre. More than 20 distinct artists presenting their works of art on the theme, “Wings Over the Rockies.” For info: 250342-4423.

Monday, May 3rd: • Wings Over the Rockies Festival. Activities include guided nature walks, Columbia River floars, voyageur canoe trips, hikes in the grasslands, workshops and Wings gala banquet. For info: 250-342-4423.

Thursday, May 6th: • Birdsong Singalong Dinner at Windermere Community Hall. A “fowl” dinner, catered by Anne Riches, entertainment by the Valley Voices, and a fun-filled evening of birdsong. Joint fundraiser between Wings Over the Rockies and Windermere Community Association. For info: 250-341-3833.

Wednesday, May 19th: • Allison Lickely performs at Bud’s Bar and Lounge.

For info: 250-342-2965.

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Classes Female businesswomen YogaYogaClasses Mondays & Thursdays 6:30 - 8:00 pm Radium Seniors’ Hall

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“If women get together more, I think it’s a good thing.”

The wine and cheese evening Businesswomen of the Cois open to all local businesswomlumbia Valley: get ready to minen. gle.

“It’s going to be very casual,” Next Thursday, clink your Elizabeth said. “Just come along wine glasses together and meet and have a glass of wine and meet some of your fellow ladies in busisome people — put names to facness face-to-face. es.”

Elizabeth Klein, who owns Businesswomen are a strong and operates Te Papa Nui Anforce in the valley: last year, more tiques and Collectables, and Donthan 80 valley ladies appeared on na Chen, owner of Tim Hortons the pages of The Pioneer’s Women in Invermere, are hosting a wine in Business special section in Feband cheese evening on April 15th ruary. to give local businesswomen an According to the B.C. Womopportunity to network. en’s Enterprise Centre, more than “We were talking and we real35 percent of small businesses in ized that we’ve read all about these the province — about 137,000 women, but we don’t know half — are owned or operated by of them. We thought it would be women. nice to have a get-together where That number is expected to women can really get together,” double within the next 10 years.

Elizabeth said.

If you are interested in attend“I think there are a lot of busiing the wine and cheese event and nesses out there that I would use, meeting some of these entreprebut I don’t necessarily know about neurs, please RSVP to Elizabeth at them – especially businesses with250-342-0707 or klein@nucleus. out a store front,” she said. com.

Elizabeth hopes this gathering The first ever Women in BusiTop: Elizabeth Klein will eliminate that problem. ness Get Together will be held at Bottom: Donna Chen “I think that you don’t have a 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 15th at great deal of spare time as a womTe Papa Nui Antiques and Colan in business. I don’t think women network as much lectibles. The store’s address is #3-1340 Industrial — we just don’t have time,” she said.

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Monthly Independent Film Series

An Education is a gorgeous and nuanced coming-of-age tale with a superb fable-like quality. It’s a movie with many wonderful small moments.

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April 9, 2010

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Spring has sprung and the crocuses are here While walking with her grandfather, Allan Tristram, near the wetlands south of Rushmere on Monday, April 5th, Heidi Restemeyer, age 7, of Invermere, spotted the

first crocus of the season. “We only could find this one in all of the area that we covered,” she said, “so it was very exciting!”

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For dining reservations please call Eagle Ranch at 250-342-6560 or 877-877-3889

Exhibition continues at the Artym Gallery until April 19th View Paintings online at artymgallery.com

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British Columbia Transmission Corporation

An Application by British Columbia Transmission Corporation for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Columbia Valley Transmission Project NOTICE OF WORKSHOP

NOTICE OF COMMUNITY INPUT SESSION

DATE:

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

DATE:

Thursday, April 15, 2010

TIME:

Commencing 7:30 p.m.

TIME:

Commencing 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce, Lions Hall, Invermere, BC

LOCATION: Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce, Lions Hall, Invermere, BC

THE APPLICATION On 22 January 2010, the British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC) filed an application (Application) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to construct and operate the Columbia Valley Transmission Project (the CVT Project) pursuant to the Utilities Commission Act (the Act).

BCTC proposes the CVT Project as the preferred solution to capacity constraints in the Upper Columbia Valley.

The CVT Project has an estimated capital cost of approximately $154 million to construct: a 112 kilometer (km) long 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line between Invermere and Golden, British Columbia; a new 230/69 kV substation near Golden including a new 3 km long 69 kV transmission line connection to the existing Golden substation; and related upgrades at existing substations in Cranbrook, Invermere and Golden.

BCTC wishes to obtain the CPCN by 1 August 2010, in order to complete the project by the desired date of October 2012.

Following a Procedural Conference in Vancouver on 17 March 2010, the Commission issued Order G-54-10 establishing the Regulatory Timetable, a Workshop and a Community Input Session for the review of the Application.

THE WORKSHOP In order to facilitate an understanding of the Regulatory Process for the review of the Application, the Commission will hold a Workshop on “Working with the Commission”, on Wednesday, 14 April 2010 at the Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce Lions Hall, in Invermere, BC commencing at 7:30 p.m.

THE COMMUNITY INPUT SESSION The Community Input Session will provide an opportunity for parties who are not otherwise actively involved in the proceeding to advise the Commission Panel of their views and concerns on the CVT Project. A transcript will be made of the presentations and this will form part of the record of the proceeding. Each presentation will be limited to 15 minutes. All parties making submissions at the Community Input Session are encouraged to provide a hard copy of their submissions. Panel members may have questions of those making presentations.

Parties wishing to make presentations to the Commission Panel, or attend the Workshop should contact Mr. Gordon Fulton, Q.C., Commission Counsel, at gfulton@boughton.ca or (604) 647-4104 by Monday, 12 April 2010 to register their intention to make a presentation or attend the Workshop. If by 12 April 2010 ten or less presentations are scheduled for the Community Input Session, or the Workshop, then the Community Input Session and Workshop will be cancelled. Notice of cancellation will be provided to those who have advised Commission Counsel of their intention to make a presentation or attend the Workshop.

All submissions and/or correspondence received from active participants or the public relating to the Application, will be placed on the public record and posted to the Commission’s web site.

PUBLIC INSPECTION OF THE DOCUMENTS The Application and supporting documents will also be available for view on BCTC’s website at http://www.bctc.com and on the Commission’s website at http://www.bcuc.com, and at public libraries in communities in the vicinity of the CVT Project.

For further information, please contact Ms. Erica Hamilton, Commission Secretary, as follows: Telephone: B.C. Toll Free: Facsimile: E-mail:

(604) 660-4700 1-800-663-1385 (604) 660-1102 commission.secretary@bcuc.com

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The Kick-Off party for the Columbia Valley Relay for Life is being held next Thursday, April 15th at Copper Point. Organizers say it will prove to be a very entertaining evening, mixed with good friends and family, and wonderful items up for auction.

“This community never fails to amaze me in its generosity,” Relay for Life Coordinator Sheila Tutty commented. “Whether it is donating to worthy causes such as the Canadian Cancer Society, to individuals who have had the misfortune of sickness or disease, or whatever, I do not think you could find a place more caring and giving than this valley.”

The community, Ms. Tutty said, has come forward to support the Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life Kick-Off Party.

Some of the items up for auction include gift baskets, outerwear, gardening supplies, resort accommodations, travel gear, health service, antiques, collectibles, auto services, works of art, consumer electronics, books, memberships, spa services, golf passes and tons of gift certificates.

This year, she said, there will be an auction just for children. Kids will have the opportunity to buy tickets and enter to win one of a few gift baskets designed just for children by Monkey’s Uncle, The Bargain Shop and Great Canadian Dollar Store.

“We also have a number of home-based businesses who are donating to this worthy cause, including products by Norwex, Mary Kay, and Epicure. And I have made a stunning — if I do say so myself — black and white queen-sized quilt that will be up for auction,” Ms. Tutty said.

Anyone else wishing to donate items should call Sheila Tutty at home, 250-342-9059.

You can also drop off auction items at the offices of The Columbia Valley Pioneer. Be sure to include the value and bring a few business cards so organizers can help promote your enterprise at the auction.

The Kick-Off event will also include the Luminary Sale. If you wish to purchase a luminary ($5) and dedicate it with a photo of your loved one, please bring a photo with you.

Remember, you can donate, volunteer, register for the Relay and buy luminaries online at: http://relayforlife.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=330321.

The Columbia Valley’s goal is to raise $53,072 and so far efforts only about a tenth of the way there.

Please kick-in for the Kick-Off of our Relay for Life, Thursday, April 15 at Copper Point Golf Club.

Every dollar is an investment in hope for a cancer sufferer you know and love.

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April 9, 2010

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Kindergarten Registration Eligibility - Age Children whose fifth birthday occurs on or before December 31, 2010 are eligible to enter Kindergarten in September 2010. For registration, please bring your child, as well as your child’s Birth Certificate, Care card, and custody papers (if applicable). If you have questions regarding which school your child should attend, please call the School Board Office at 342-9243, ext. 250.

Please phone your child’s school for an appointment time.

Eileen Madson Primary: 250-342-9315 Appointments will be scheduled for Tuesday, April 13 starting at 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Please call for an appointment prior to April 12

Windermere Elementary: 250-342-6640 Appointments will be scheduled for Wednesday, April 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Edgewater Elementary: 250-347-9543 Registration will take place Thursday, April 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Martin Morigeau Elementary: 250-349-5665 Registration & Orientation will take place Monday, April 26 Please call for an appointment time

Eight-year-old Grace Thompson, daughter of Heidi and Darren Thompson of Radium Hot Springs, and six-yearold Hayden Ouellette, the son of Michelle Ouellette of Canal Flats, were drawn from dozens of entries in our annual Easter Colouring Contest to win Easter baskets stuffed with goodies by Jayne Magri of It’s a Wrap!

Photos by Trevor Bacque and Kelsey Verboom

LEARNING@HOME PROGRAM: If you are interested in finding out more about the Learning@Home Program and/or wish to register for this program, please phone either Becky Blakley at (250) 347-6379 or e-mail Becky.blakley@sd6.bc.ca or Ed Main at (250) 427-5308 or e-mail Ed.main@sd6.bc.ca

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April 9, 2010

YOUR MONEY

Many seniors are house rich, cash poor According to Senior Living magazine, 60-80 percent of retirees’ wealth was tied up in their homes in 2009. This scenario of being house rich and cash poor has largely been due to the rapid increase in home values in the past 10 years and the increase in the cost of living for seniors. This inflation has created a lot of interest in reverse mortgages.

Attitudes are changing Most seniors and retirees today generally hate the idea of taking on debt. They either lived through the Great Depression as children or were raised by parents who were directly impacted by the Dirty Thirties. After a lifetime of working hard and avoiding debt, some retirees are beginning to challenge the conventional wisdom that you need to pass away debt free.

Seniors living longer The changes in attitude towards debt as a retiree may be coming about because we are living longer than ever before. Longevity can cause two attitude changes. First, retirees now have a higher occurrence of outliving their savings or can end up not spending as much as they would like to avoid this scenario.

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Reverse mortgages With the change in attitudes, the financial sector is seeing an increased interest in reverse mortgages.

Reverse mortgages can come in many forms including the Canadian Home Income Plan, Manulife One, secured lines of credit against a home, and conventional mortgages. The idea is to use some of the equity in your home for living purposes with little, or no, intention of paying the debt back.

Conservative methods It is not the intention of this article to pass judgment on reverse mortgages as everyone’s situation is different. Some seniors and retirees may feel that it is the only way they can pay for day-to-day expenses and still remain in their home. Others may not have children or grandchildren to leave money to, or simply believe that their children can make it on their own.

For those considering reverse mortgages in their retirement it would be recommended that they take a conservative approach. Reverse mortgages can destroy a lot of life savings by eating away at home equity if

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The 20-percent rule If you are considering a reverse mortgage, a good rule of thumb would be to not borrow any more than 20 percent of your home value. If you only borrow 20 percent of your home and the value is $300,000, you will owe $60,000 plus compounding interest. If you don’t make any payments and the interest accrues at an average rate of five percent over the next several years, your home will only need to appreciate at the rate of 1.15 percent to keep the ratio intact. By using a conservative figure like 20 percent you can greatly reduce the risk of eroding your net worth over time.

See a professional If you are considering a reverse mortgage, speak with your financial advisor or accountant for advice.

If you are a senior, consider bringing your children, if any, into the discussion so they can rest assured you are doing what is best for you rather than getting involved in an investment scheme.

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April 9, 2010

Nelie’s Salon opens doors on Radium’s Main Street doesn’t get differentiated,” she said.

The salon opened on “This is me,” said March 30th and it offers Jeanelle Reynolds of her everything from colouring new salon, with a proud to perms. smile.

With affordable rates Tucked away a few and “no direct competisteps off Main Street West tion,” Jeanelle said people in Radium, the 26-yearwill be drawn to Nelie’s. old has a business to call Radium clients will her own. know where to find the Her unique store store. name comes from years The spot Nelie’s moved of being called “Nelie” by into has been a hair salon family and “Neanelle” by for many years. the children she baby sat BUSY – Jeanelle Reynolds fills up her appointment book.

Before Jeanelle moved as a teen. in, other salons in the loAfter graduating from the College of the Rockies cation included the Nice Hair Emporium and Annein December 2008, Jeanelle worked at a local salon in lis’s Hair Boutique.

Invermere with friend Meka Jensen.

Carrying on the long tradition of quality cuts, She always knew she wanted to have her own busi- Jeanelle has ambitions to put down roots and become ness, but didn’t want a store. a fixture in the community.

“I had always kind of thought that I wanted to do “I’m going to stay here for as long as I can,” she it out of my house as opposed to having a retail spot,” said.

Jeanelle said. “I wanted to be right at home for when With summer dawning, Jeanelle is hopeful for an I have kids.” accelerated pace of business and won’t shy away from But Jeanelle likes the fact that when she closes up any request, no matter how particular. for the day, the business stays there and doesn’t follow “I like the diversity. I don’t want to do the same her, adding that home-based operations can be hard thing every time,” she said. on spouses and families.

For more information or to make an appointment, “People do business out of their house and it call Nelie’s Hair Salon at 250-347-6706.

By Trevor Bacque Pioneer Staff

Winser Timber Ltd. SPRING SALE 15% Discount on Topsoil

April 15th – May 15th

Don Mcintosh

Box 2505, Invermere, BC V0A

Ph: 250-342-1377

E-mail: wintim@shaw.ca

“For all your

Increase the value of your home by 10-15% with quality creative landscape from Rick and his team.

We have created three projects that ranked in the top four in their categories through BC Landscape in the last two years.

For more information contact:

Ferrier’s WATERSCAPES

Rick Ferrier

Ph./fax (250) 342-8860 • Cell (250) 341-1589 www.ferriers-waterscapes.com Member BBB, Member BCLNA - BC, Member Lanta - Alberta, Certified Arborist, Certified Pond Builder

INVESTMENTS | RETIREMENT PLANNING | INSURANCE

Jason A. Elford, CFP

Certified Financial Planner

250.342.5052 877.342.5052 877.719.7927 250.270.0270

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buildingwealth@cmkwealth.com

Office Toll Free Toll Free Fax Cell

526B – 13th Street PO Box 429 Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 www.cmkwealth.com

Contact Dale Elliott • 250-341-7098 www.kekulibaycabinetry.com DISTRICT OF INVERMERE

INVITATION TO TENDER 11th Avenue Road Rehabilitation & Deep Utility Replacement The District of Invermere invites Tender submissions from qualified companies for: Replacement of watermain, sanitary main, road rehabilitation and required services.

Tender contract & design are available at the District of Invermere Municipal Office at a cost of $50.00 per package.

Sealed tenders, clearly marked 11th Avenue Road Rehabilitation, Watermain and Sanitary sewer servicing, Contract No.030400656-200 will be received by the Owner: District of Invermere 914-8th Ave, Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 Attention Grant Gyurkovits To be submitted up to 2:00PM Local Time, Monday, April 12, 2010. Tenders will be opened at 2:01 PM on this date.

The District of Invermere reserves the right to waive formalities in any tender, or reject any or all tenders, or accept the tender deemed most favorable in the interest of the municipality.

Grant Gyurkovits Engineering & Infrastructure Supervisor District of Invermere Box 339 Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 250-342-9281 ext 226 Just a reminder… The classified deadline is 12 noon Tuesday.

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HERE TO SERVE YOU • • • •

Millwork Cabinets Stairs Custom Framing • Renovations T: 250.342.8895 C: 250.342.1024

Mike Cope & Journeyman Carpenters

NEW

Aaron Sherban

Sheblime RooďŹ ng Ashphalt Shingles

Phone: 250-341-8009

Repairs x Replacement x New WCB & Insured Call for Quote

P.O. Box 678, Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 E-mail: sheblime@hotmail.com

Sewer/Drain Cleaning

Septic Tank Pumping Portable Toilet Rentals

• FURNACES • HEAT PUMPS • AIR CONDITIONING • FIREPLACES • HOT TUBS • CHEMICALS • SERVICE & MAINTENANCE 385 Laurier Street, Invermere, BC Phone: (250) 342-7100 PO Box 86, Athalmer, BC V0A 1A0 email: info@diamondheatingandspas.com Fax: (250) 342-7103

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

www.diamondheatingandspas.com

Bruce Dehart 347-9803 or 342-5357

Specializing in ALL types of stone!

• Residential • Commercial • Jesse Vader – Ken Johnson Call:

250.349.5564

• • • •

Doors Windows Flooring Painting/ Interior/Exterior • Kitchen Renovations

250-342-5682

• Bathroom Renovations • Additions • Decks • Finish Carpentry • Basement Renovations

5077 FAIRMONT RESORT RD., FAIRMONT BC EMAIL: fairmontridge@telus.net

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Interior World

window fashions

Call Bill Cropper (250) 342 4406

Time to Clean the Winter Sludge Out of Your Eavestroughs!

Time for Spring Pruning!

Please call Steve for a free estimate • 250-342-1791

asphalt maintenance • RepaiRs • cRacksealing • seal coating driveways • parking lots • roads

Leading The Way in asphaLT MainTenance

reducing your carbon footprint blackline is serious about our products, our service, our reputation in the community and the environment.

introducing blackline’s eco-friendly hot in place, asphalt repair system

250-341-8510

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HERE TO SERVE YOU • • • •

RE-ROOFING, REPAIRS, NEW CONSTRUCTION ALL TYPES OF ROOFING LICENSED, INSURED AND FULL WCB 5” SEAMLESS EAVESTROUGHING

FREE ESTIMATES • 250-688-0959 • 250-342-2087 koss.exteriors@gmail.com

Lambert

INSURANCE AGENCIES LTD.

BOX 2228 BOX 459 742 - 13th STREET 7553 MAIN STREET INVERMERE, BC. RADIUM HOT SPRINGS, BC V0A 1K0 V0A 1M0 PHONE: 342-3031 PHONE: 250-347-9350 FAX: 342-6945 FAX: 250-347-6350 Email: info@invermereinsurance.com • Toll Free: 1-866-342-3031

• Structural Timbers and Posts • KD Tongue & Groove (Pine, Cedar and Fir)

• KD Bevel & Channel Sidings • Radius Edge Cedar Decking 5/4 and 2” • Wide Plank F/L Flooring

Box 80 SKOOKUMCHUCK, BC V0B 2E0 PHONE (250) 422-9229 FAX (250 422-9227) Email: mardis@cyberlink.ca

RADIUM HOT SPRINGS ESSO Automotive Repairs 7 days a week

Sprinkler System Start-up, Service & Installation Paving Stone Patios & Retaining Walls

Colin 250-688-1229 • Hope 250-688-2229 colin.goldsmith@hotmail.com

Located in Invermere’s Industrial Park Peter Pankovitch • 1321 Industrial Road #3 Phone: 250-342-0665 • Cell: 250-342-1073 Fax: 250-342-0666 • Email: pjpank@telus.net

GAS • PROPANE • DIESEL Freight & Passenger

7507 Main St. West, Radium Hot Springs

(250) 347-9726

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WINDERMERE 250-342-6805

NEW AND USED ARCTIC CAT SNOWMOBILES AND ATVS REPAIRS, PARTS, SALES, WARRANTY, FINANCING

250-342-5047 • 1-888-357-4449

Industrial ~ Commercial ~ Residential • Garage Doors • Passage Doors • Truck Doors • Sun Rooms • Patio Covers • Vinyl Decking • Aluminum Railings • Gutters • Siding • Soffit • Fascia • Window Capping • Renovations

Phone: 250-342-6700

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

For competitive prices and prompt service call: 250-342-3268 (plant) 250-342-6767 (office) Q Q

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Warbrick Towing & Salvage

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HERE TO SERVE YOU Quality Hand-crafted Steel

YOUR PRIVATE CONNECTION

Insured and WCB

Professional Window Cleaning • Lawn Care • Carpet Cleaning • Janitorial Services • Chimney Sweeping • Gutter Cleaning • Parking Lot Sweeping • Pressure Washing • Moving & Deliveries Fax 250-342-0488 • www.yourprivateconnection.com Email: yourprivateconnection@yahoo.com

250-342-7622

• Structural Steel • Welding • Fabricating & Machining • Custom railings and ornamental iron

w w w.valleysolutions.ca • valleysolutions@shaw.ca

Call Judy: (250) 341-1903

#117 Industrial Rd. #2, Invermere, BC Ph: 250-342-9926 • Fax 250-341-3956 e-mail: txn@telus.net

Acupuncture Clinic

ROSS’S POOLS & SPAS

Acupuncture, Fire Cupping and Authentic Chinese Acupressure

Commercial – Residential Installation – Maintenance – Repairs

Darren Ross

Konrad Burek

4890 Stoddart Creek RR#2 Invermere, BC V0A 1K2

#106, 901 7th Ave. Parkside Place Downtown Invermere V0A 1K0

Cell: 250-341-7727 • Fax: 250-347-6363 • poolman-911@hotmail.com

LAMBERT-KIPP

P H A R M A C Y LT D .

Trained at Kunming’s Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yunnan, China

INVERMERE GLASS LTD. •Shower Doors•Mirrors

J. Douglas Kipp, B. Sc. (Pharm.)

Laura Kipp, Pharm D. Your Compounding Pharmacy

•Auto•Home•Commercial

Telephone: 250-342-3659

Come in and browse our giftware

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

250-342-6612

Jeff Watson

invermereglass@cyberlink.bc.ca

Serving the Valley since 1995• #3, 109 Industrial Road #2, Invermere

Cranbrook Pest Control

Fine Homeservices

VACUUM CENTRE

Sales • Repairs • Warranty Phone: 250-342-9207 From Framing to Finishing Al Tallman

all Al at

Registered Acupuncturist Phone : 250 342-6347 Mobile : 250 688-0364 Fully Licensed in BC

We use the most successful products available.

• Trusses • Engineered Floors • Wall Panels Tel: 250.341.6075 Fax: 250.341.3427 Email: info@duskbuildingsystems.com www.duskbuildingsystems.com

1320 Industrial Road #3 Box 159, Invermere, B.C. V0A 1K0

VJ (Butch) Bishop Owner/Operator

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

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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT CERTIFIED & LICENSED

ALL WORK

GUARANTEED

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250-426-9586

• Excavators • Mini-Excavators • Bobcats • Dump Trucks • Water Trucks • Compaction Equipment • Snow Plow • Sanding Equipment • Crane Truck • Mobile pressure Washing & Steam Cleaning • Underground Services • Site Prep & Demolition • Road Building • Land Clearing • Controlled Burning • Rock Walls • Rip Rap • Top Soil • Sand & Gravel

CONTRACT OR HOURLY MACHINE RENTALS AVAILABLE

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HERE TO SERVE YOU Serving The Valley for over 15 Years

• Drinking Water Systems • Duct Cleaning Service • Water Softeners • Whole House or Specialised Filtration including iron lters that really work!

Call (250) 342-5089

colorworks

DCS Plumbing & Heating • Plumbing, Repair and Installation • Drain Lines • Hot Water Tanks

Painting Inc.

24 hour emergency service

250-341-8501

385 Laurier Street Invermere, BC V0A 1K0

Senior Discount

Scott Postlethwaite

CVCC Contractor// Trade Builder of the Year 2008 0

Residential, Commercial Electric Furnace and Hot Water Tank Repair and Service For All Your Electrical Needs invermereelectric@gmail.com

1710 10th Avenue – Invermere, BC V0A 1K0

Your search for quality and dependability ends with us.

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

Dean Hubman

Toll Free: 877-342-3052

Certified Technician

Invermere, BC V0A 1K3 odysseyrestoration@telus.net

250-342-3052

Invest in yourself.

Build your brand locally.

Original design Local, national & international clients Developing logos in the valley since 2002 (250)

341-1083

926 7th avenue #203b invermere bc

“Serving the Columbia Valley”

Invermere

250-342-1355

(250) 341-6888

After Hours Call: 250-342-3830 Email: tayntonbay@hotmail.com

www.cordnerarchitect.com

You’re invited to see our

RENOVATIONS

Complete Automotive Repairs REFERENCES AVAILABLE

250-346-6886 pwallace@confederationloghomes.com

(Beside the Petro Canada Car Wash)

Phone: 250-342-6614 • www.autowyze.com

1422 12A Avenue, Invermere B.C.

attheshop@live.ca

LICENSED

250-341-5096

Commercial and Hospitality IT Your premier choice for restoration and carpet cleaning service

David Hessel

PO Box 2903, Invermere BC V0A 1K0 250-342-0090 • 250-342-0098 reception@rainbowkootenays.ca www.rainbowkootenays.ca Independently owned and operated franchise

Computer Consulting, Service and Support 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

250-342-6008

info@mountaincreektech.ca @ With four service Technicians and two support staff we have the resources to solve your computer problems.

Computer Networks Remote Backup Services Custom Programming

Data Protection Computer Repair IT Consulting

3D Modeling and Virtual Rendering Home Automation and Green Technology Computer Sales and Support

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Sonshine Children’s Centre is now accepting registration for September 2010 preschool .

Valley businesses pay it forward in Honduras Dave and Thea Hansen of Edgewater deliver items donated by Invermere businesses to an orphanage in Honduras. The Hansen make a practice of delivering items they collect to charities in the places they vacation. “It is unfortunate but most places we, in this country, consider paradise are far from that for many who live there,” Mrs. Hansen commented. “The children were more interested in hugs and being held than our donations. Our only regret is that we couldn’t bring more. A special thanks goes to The Bargain Shop, Dr. Patrick O’Sullivan’s office, Home Hardware, Beach Bound, Bighorn Meadows Resort, Walmart and our friends for their generosity,” she said.

• 3 year-old classes Tuesday and Thursday mornings • 4 year-old classes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings Please phone 250-341-6224 for registration Sonshine is a community initiative of Lake Windermere Alliance Church

HERE TO SERVE YOU 250.342.4426

Cell: 250.341.7227 Toll Free: 1.877.342.4426 Fax: 250.342.4427 redeye48@shawbiz.ca 1484 Hwy 93/95 Windermere, BC V0B 2L1 next to Skookum Inn

• Furnaces • Heat Pumps • Fireplaces • Full Heating and Ventilation Systems Call for your FREE conultation and estimate

(250) 341-1083

logo queen • print & web • coaching & facilitation Your Weekly Source for News and Events

Dunlop Contracting Bruce Dunlop

• SANDING/ SWEEPING • Landscaping

• SNOW REMOVAL • Trucking • Property • All Grading Maintenance • Mini Track Hoe

Kari & John Mason

250.270.0821 Invermere • Panorama

N E W S PA P E R

Dave Sutherland Sales Associate

#8, 1008 - 8th Avenue Invermere, BC 250-341-6299 • upioneer@telus.net www.columbiavalleypioneer.com

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Pioneer Classifieds

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

GARAGE SALES

CHEERS & JEERS

storage

SUITE FOR RENT

SUITE FOR RENT

SUITE FOR RENT

Multi Family Garage Sale, April 10 & 11, 8am – 5pm, universal lawn tractor, security cage, and much more. 1733 & 1767 Windermere Loop Road.

Cheers to David, Darlene and Castle Rock for putting on another egg-cellent Easter egg hunt!!! Your generosity has not gone unnoticed. From the kids who went away with great big smiles!

You own it, we can store it!

Secure, fenced compounds any size up to one acre. Secure containers available. Would also build building to suit for long term tenant. Zoned Heavy Industrial. Invermere Industrial Park. Phone 250-342-5297, 250346-3011 or 250-342-2100.

Hillcrest furnished apartments, utilities included. 1 bdrm units, $600/month, 2 bdrm units, $800/month. 250-341-1182.

Large 2 bdrm, main floor suite, in central Windermere, five appliances included. $900/ month + utilities. Call 403-2392017.

For rent, 2 bdrm furnished apartment near Laird School, all utilities included, $850/month, references & DD, 250-342-9636.

Garage Sale, Saturday April 10 from 8am to 10am. 1549 – 2nd Ave., Invermere. Teak table and 8 chairs, antique dresser and radio, rocking chair, odds and ends.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Emma Lucy Ballard was born on March 27th to parents, Geoffrey and Stephanie Ballard of Sherwood Park, Alberta. Very happy Grandparents are Larry and Nancy Ballard of Invermere and Franz and Hendrika Stolk of Sherwood Park, Alberta.

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. Call 250-342-2424 for more info.

In Canada, 66% of men feel that it is important that men speak out about violence against women. WISH can be reached 24 hours a day 7 days a week by calling the emergency help line at 1-800-200-3003 and/or during the day at 250-3424242.

Cheers to Home Hardware for your cheerful red privacy fence!

Cheers to the Seniors Center, what a delicious dinner, a fun welcoming party, and Easter hat parade.

8 X 20 metal shipping container, makes great secure storage, very good condition, $3500.00, phone 250-342-4665.

commercial space

Jeers to the fellow who drove his adult quad around the Windermere School grounds all afternoon Easter Sunday.... wreck your own lawn!

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

Please call 250-270-0270.

Cheers to Bud’s Bar, no matter how busy the past night has been and no matter how early in the a.m., we walk by and the front has been swept and cleaned.

864 sq.ft. warehouse space with loading dock, unheated, $656.25/month includes GST, available immediately. Call 250342-3637.

storage

Office/retail space for lease, street front location in Invermere, 1 to 5 office layouts, incentives available with year lease. Competitive rates starting at $550/month. Mountain Creek Properties, 250-341-6003, Local 108.

NEWHOUSE MULTI STORAGE 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.

Big Quonset For Rent. Tired of hauling your RV, boat or other toys back home? Safe secure space in Invermere, available for storage only. $250/month. Call 403-813-9176.

SUITE FOR RENT CARRIAGE COURT APARTMENTS. Conveniently located behind Sobey’s 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. Available immediately, 250-342-8781.

Affordable accommodation in Invermere, $550 and up.

Furnished, utilities, phone, cable, and some housekeeping/ laundry service included, 250342-6618.

Radium, 1 bdrm furnished apartment, $650 including cable & utilities. Bachelor efficiency, $550, available immediately.

DD, N/S, N/P, references required.

Call Don or Susan, 250-342-6908 or 250-347-7775.

2 bdrm lower walk-out suite in Invermere. Very bright, clean, large lot, N/S, N/P, $875/month, includes utilities, available immed. 2 bdrm, 2 bath upper suite, large decks and lot, very clean, N/S, N/P, $1000/month, includes utilities, available immediately, 250-342-9770.

Spacious 1 bdrm furnished suite close to shopping, off street parking, separate laundry & entrance, N/S, N/P. $675/month, utilities, cable, and internet included. 250-342-9690 Brand new large, bright, 2 bdrm basement suite in D/T Invermere. Private entrance and patio, all new appliances, N/S, N/P, $800/month + utilities, references required, available immediately, 403-874-0483.

Downtown Canal Flats apartment, new renos, F/S, W/ D, 2 bdrm, unfurnished, N/P, N/ S, references required, available immediately, $600 + $325 DD + utilities, 250-342-3345.

Windermere, 6 minutes from Invermere, beautiful newly renovated basement suite, new kitchen with counter island, new appliances, new floors, separate entrance, 2 bdrm, large yard, shared garage, $1050/month, all included, 403-473-7828, Jessica.

Radium, large, bright, new, 1 bdrm, 1 bath, walkout suite.

Private entrance, 6 appliances, $700/month + $700 DD + utilities, except water, N/S, N/P. Call 403-288-1287 or email larch3@telus.net.

Invermere 1 bdrm basement suite, private entrance, N/S, N/ P, $650/month, inclusive with cable and wireless, available immediately. Call 250-3415159.

Edgewater, upstairs unit, 3 acres of land, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, all utilities included, 5 appl., available immediately, $1200/ month, call 403-650-8654.

Invermere 2 bedroom & or office bright walkout. Quiet person or couple. All inclusive: utilities, hydro, internet, W/D, new appliances, yard maintenance, garbage removal, slate tile floors, huge windows, close to Kinsmen Beach, outside patio / beautiful huge yard facing south. Pets possible? Depends on owner. N/S, $950, available May 1st. Long term. 250-3426899 or 250-688-7798.

house FOR RENT

FOR RENT Contact

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

www.EricRedeker.com

Invermere, Bright & spacious 3 bdrm, 1 bath house on large lot. A place you will want to call home. Convenient to downtown and all schools. 5 appliances, N/S, pets negotiable. $1035/ month + utilities + DD. 922 – 13th Ave. Call 403-813-9176.

3 bdrm, 2 bath home, available May 1st, $1350/month, pets negotiable, N/S, 5 appl., call 403-460-1764.

Invermere 2bdrm, D/T location, spacious yard, great view, W/D, N/S, N/P, available immediately, $1000/month + utilities + DD, references required. Call 250347-9086. ½ duplex in Radium, 3 bdrm, 3 full baths, beautiful patio, BBQ, patio furniture, available immediately, 403-288-3743 or email msalas@shaw.ca for information and pictures.

For Rent in Windermere, 3 Bedroom House, available May 15, 2010, $900.00/month + 1/2 DD. Hydro and satellite TV included, W/D, furnished. Quiet individuals or couples only.

Please contact Connie or Doug at 250-342-3047 in the evenings.

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• • • •

condo FOR RENT

condo FOR RENT

condo FOR sale

Timeshare for sale

Misc. For Sale

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

3 bdrm, 2 bath + garage, N/P, N/ S, available now, $1350/month, 250-341-1182.

Ski Tip at Panorama, 1 bdrm fully furnished condo, available April 15, $850/month, includes all utilities, phone, wireless internet, underground parking, all amenities, 250-342-6369.

Affordable condo downtown Invermere, fully furnished, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, $139,900, 250341-1182.

Radium Valley Vacation Resort, RV Site, Lot #100, weeks 28 & 29, peak time, $4500 for each week. Call 403-948-2625.

QUEEN-SIZE

16’ solid trailer, great for timber, can build walls, $2200, call 250688-0463.

Brand new 1600 sq.ft. D/T Invermere, 3 bdrm, 2 bath + garage. Reduced to $299,900 + GST, www.cedarwoodglen.com, 250-341-1182.

LOT/ACREAGE FOR SALE

Radium, Stanley Street, 2 bdrm, 2 bath + den, insuite laundry, laminate flooring, fireplace, A/C, 2 underground parking stalls, N/ P, N/S, available November 1st, $1100/month + DD, utilities included, 403-472-8992.

2 bdrm + den condo in Radium.

Fully furnished, 6 appliances, granite, cast iron fireplace, hot tub, pool, underground parking, long or short term rental, 403861-7754.

Bright and spacious upgraded 2 bdrm townhouse w/ laundry, a single car garage. Call 403-8614769 or remi.plante@gmail.com to move in today!

Panorama, 1 bdrm loft condo, fully furnished, available April 15th to November 30th, $1050/ month, includes utilities. 250347-9017.

Brand New 3 bdrm, single garage, townhouse with insuit laundry, in Borrego Ridge, Radium. 1400 sq. ft. Available Immediately. $1300 + Utilities.

Call 403-875-0214.

Fairmont deluxe 3 bdrm in Riverside, completely furnished, located on the 10th green. $850/week, $1250/month. Call 780-435-8433.

Radium 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 2nd floor unit, 6 appl., F/P, BBQ propane hookup, secure underground parking, w/ storage, N/S, N/P, $1000/month, includes utilities, DD and references required, available May 1st . Call 250-3476917.

House for sale, 3 bedroom plus in-law suite, $379,000. To view, 250-342-8621.

Invermere 2 bdrm townhouse, 1 ½ baths, garage, 5 appl., available immediately, 403275-9653.

house FOR sale

condo FOR sale Radium Sable Ridge condo, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, Den, A/C, F/P, Granite counter tops, heated parking stall, swimming pool, hot tubs, club house, asking $269,900 OBO. Contact Roger at 403-256-0694.

MOBILE HOME FOR SALE 1996 trailer, 14’ x 70’, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, on subdividable lot, 100’ x 150’, 4904 Burns Ave, Canal Flats, $229,000, 250-349-5659.

8 acres of hay meadow, beautiful mountain views with great building opportunity, on town water, near Wilmer, Toby Hill Road. Price reduced $395,000.

Call 250-342-2802.

4967 Spruce Ave., Canal Flats, $72000. Mobile home zoned lot in quite location, close to school, golf course, convenience store, Beautiful 12’ x 64’ trailer, 12’ and beach. 250-342-7179. x 48’ addition on large pad. 4 bdrm, 1 bath, island kitchen, 2 fully serviced lots, 82’ X 100’ large dining area. New D/W, each, north end of Invermere. paint, laminate, tile, curtains, Call 250-342-6152. and more. Wood burning stove, pets covered front deck, 2 enclosed outbuildings, large wood shed. Australian Shepherd-Great Baja 250 quad included. A must Pyrenees neutered male, 2 years see, must sell deal! Windermere, old, needs a working ranch with $119,900, 250-342-5506. an experienced dog handler.

2006 Modular home, immaculate condition, wood stove, boat shed, and storage shed. Pad rental $225/month, drive by 8814-7 Shaunessy Street, Canal Flats. $118,000 OBO. Call 250349-5439 or 250-421-4790.

Must sell, 3 bdrm mobile on pad in Juniper Heights. Only $30,000 OBO, 250-342-6813.

house for sale 7343 Kootenay Park Drive, Radium

$394,000

1005 7th Avenue, Downtown Invermere 250-342-4040 • www.1stChoiceRealty.ca

Very protective of his territory, gets along well with other dogs, goats, chickens, cats. Call Carol at 250-342-5070.

wanted Wanted, boat slip on Lake Windermere for the summer.

Call Brad, 403-512-1754 or 403241-2669.

Misc. For Sale Architectural Shingles, 3000 sq.ft., dark green, used 16”x36” panels, $4200 OBO. Bob, 250345-6668, Fairmont.

2006 Woodmizer LT40 28hp Kohler Bandsawmill; 257 hrs; factory debarker & log deck pkg; excellent condition; $14000 + GST; 250-342-6634.

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

BEDS FOR SALE

CALL 250-342-9246 MOVING SALE, selling everything, piano, electric piano, dining room table and chairs, king sized split bed, ¾ mattress, TV’s, plants, lamps, drapes, and rugs. 250-342-8621.

Quality Top Soil & Manure.

Top Soil $160/dump truck load, $70/pick-up load. Manure $100/ pick-up load, delivery extra. Call, 250-342-1268.

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

VEHICLES for sale 1978 GMC 6500 single axle dump truck, nice shape, $11,500 OBO. Call 250-349-5659 after 8pm.

1997 Chev, 9 passenger Astro Van, less than 25km on $3000 new engine, $5500, 250-3421354.

1994 Buick Park Avenue, loaded, $1500. 250-347-9629 1986 F-250 XLT Lariat, $800 OBO, Call 250-342-5024.

2003 Pathfinder SE, 173000km, $10500. Call 250-342-6440 or 403-978-4559.

Dirt bikes for sale, 2002 Yamaha TTR125P $1800, 2002 Honda XR200R $2800, both bikes in good condition, call 250-3421010.

Black 1995 GMC Suburban, rebuilt engine, $4900. Call 250688-0463.

1996 Drifter, Cana Vista 23.5 ft. travel trailer, 4 bunks, full bath, double bed, microwave, stove, fridge, and freezer. $7500, call 250-342-1143.

Busy seasonal cafe for sale in Invermere, B.C. Serious inquiries only, 250-341-5370.

BUSINESS FOR SALE

Recreation Vehicles

We supply parts and service FOR ALL MAKES of: • snowmobiles • motorcycles • quads

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April 9, 2010

Pioneer Classifieds SUPER SPRING SALE These units must go! All offers considered. Buy with confidence from a franchised dealer. All units fully serviced and safety inspected.

2007 Ford Fusion SE AWD BI331

$17,995 Your offer______?

2005 Mazda 3 H/B A0558

$15,995 Your offer______?

2008 Nissan Versa Sedan A0562

$15,995 Your offer______?

2006 Ford Escape Lots of Extras

A0586

$19,995 Your offer______?

2008 Dodge ram 1500 Quad Cab 4x4 SXT A0586

$25,995 Your offer______?

Dealer #30760

4846 Athalmer Highway Call: 250-342-2995 or 1-800-573-3673 in Golden

services

services

Tile & Slate Installs

SMT Construction Available for all your home building needs from start to finish including renovations. Call or email for your free quote today.

(250) 341-5529 or clever1@telus.net Working locally since 1997.

Journeyman Tilesetter 30+ years experience Custom Steam Rooms, Showers and Floors All work Guaranteed Competitive rates.

Call 250-341-5645.

For hire, Tandem axle gravel truck with high-lift. Cell 250919-2957 or Home 250-3495659.

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.

Blinds, Drapery, Bedding Customized...plus a savings!

High quality & lifetime warranty Commercial or residential Shannon’s Blinds & Designs Call a professional today; for a free consultation 250-349-7507 or 250-342-5749 shannonsblinds@yahoo.ca

Heaven’s Best Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning. Dry in one hour! Call 250-688-0213.

New nail technician wanting to enhance skills and clientele using CND gel and liquid and powder, hypo-allergenic products at my home salon. Get pampered in a clean and casual atmosphere. Limited offer, $30/ set. Call Tracy at First Hand Nails, 250-688-0286.

Red Rock Contracting , Custom installations of interlocking paving-stones, for your patio, driveway, etc. Retaining wall systems. For estimate call 250341-6869.

Top Hat Chimney Sweep, “Spring clean your chimney”, WETT certified inspections, 250342-6890.

Odd jobs, casual work wanted, 250-342-6068, call Douglas.

Your Fender Bender Mender For any auto body repair & much more.

Domestic & import, vintage & classic models, custom body & paint.

Located next to Valley Shine Shop.

Stop in for a free estimate, see Shawn, 250-347-9872 or 250-342-9696.

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careers

Flooring installations, lino, carpet, laminate and hardwood.

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

Experienced Hungarian Cook required for seasonal work at Citadella Restaurant in Radium, BC. $15/hour, May to October, accommodation available. Email info@milliondollarview.ca.

Experienced Hairstylist, full/part time. Good communication skills, organized, reliable, honest. Please send resume with references to Sandra at Bliss Hair and Esthetics, info@ blissbeads.ca.

careers The Radium Liquor Store is now accepting applications for a part-time Clerk position.

Applicants must have Serving It Right certificate, be physically fit, reliable, and must be able to work flexible shifts; including evenings and weekends.

Knowledge of wines and spirits a definite asset. Apply, with resume, in person to the Radium Liquor Store, beside the Horsethief Pub & Eatery, by email to horsethiefpub@telus. net, or fax 250-347-9987.

Funtasia in Fairmont Hot Springs is offering great job opportunities for fun-loving, outgoing, high energy team members with great people skills. Sales and till experience preferred, good communication skills are essential.

Full and part-time positions open for customer service and Spin-N-Bump car attendants.

Variety of tasks include; servicing costumers, keeping environment tidy & clean, some food prep, light gardening, some animal care, light maintenance, etc. Please fax resume to 250-345-4542 or email fairmontfuntasia@live.com.

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Helna’s Stube is accepting applications for permanent p/t evening kitchen help/ dishwasher. Please call 250-3470047 or email mail@helnas.com.

You’re a geek and although you don’t wear this in public - its fits you very well. Friends invite you over because you fix everything.

Windows, Mac, TCP/IP, MPEG-4, whatever, you know it but don’t show it - you are a modest Canadian.

But what makes you different is your personality. Technically sharp, you don’t tell people what is wrong, you teach them how to do it right. And now you have the opportunity to stop fixing problems with old technology and work with a rock solid fibre optic network.

And now for the most important part - the team. You are ready to join a hard working group and strengthen our team with your personality and attention to detail. If this describes you, email your resume, cover letter and salary expectations to careers@nanofibre.ca.

We will contact qualified applicants.

Roger 29r, incoming customer wanting to connect to NanoFibre, Oh – Mrs. Brown wants to change her password, here comes a request to change billing information, and yes Mr. Jones – you can keep your phone number. You won’t actually be landing aircraft – but it will feel like it.

You are charming, smart and the kind of person who looks forward to answering every call. Everyone starts things – you finish them.

You are restless until you’ve returned that missed phone call. When something doesn’t work as expected you are itching to find out why and fix it.

You have several years of support experience where you performed above the level of your colleagues. Not by processing more calls - but by ensuring the customer has a positive experience. You understand technology, have no problem assisting with mail configuration, router issues, etc. If this describes you, email your resume, cover letter and salary expectations to careers@nanofibre.ca.

We will contact qualified applicants.

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Pioneer Classifieds

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

Spa Therapist Position

available at Pamper Yourself Spa. E-mail resume to

monica@pamperyourselfspa.com

Drywall Taper Are you tired of sub-contracting or piecework?

Are you tired of the financial rollercoaster?

Are you tired of always being in between jobs?

Join our full-time, all-the-time, always busy renovation team. The Home Renovation Centre is looking for an experienced drywall taper who wants full time, regular employment. We will utilize your taping skills as well as have you working in other areas of renovation when you are not busy taping. Must have texturing experience and reliable transportation.

Phone David Ridge @ 250-342-5682 DISTRICT OF INVERMERE

914 – 8th Avenue, PO Box 339 Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 Tel: (250) 342-9281 • Fax: (250) 342-2934

Summer Student Public Works Department The District of Invermere is accepting applications for a Summer Student to work as part of our Public Works staff.

To be eligible, you must be a full-time student returning to school in the fall.

This position is within the CUPE Local 2982 bargaining unit.

This position is temporary, full-time, 40 hours per week.

Duties include semi-skilled, manual labour, flowerbed planting and maintenance. To be eligible you must be in good physical condition, and possess a valid Class 5 Drivers License. Knowledge of small engines would be an asset.

This position within C.U.P.E. 2982 bargaining unit and wages follow the 2009 Collective Agreement.

Hours of work: 8:00am – 4:30pm Monday – Friday With the possibility of weekend work Hourly Rate: as of April 01, 2010 Student $14.79 per hr • Returning Student $18.04 per hr Applicants are invited to submit their resumes to: Grant Gyurkovits Engineering & Infrastructure Supervisor District of Invermere PO Box 339 (914 – 8th Avenue) Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0 Or via email to: tech@invermere.net Fax: (250) 342-2934 Applications will be received by 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Pioneer Classified Advertising 250-341-6299

HANDYMAN REQUIRED

Columbia Garden Village requires a general maintenance person 2 days per week. The successful applicant will provide general upkeep for the interior and exterior of the building as well as assist with maintenance issues as they arise.

COOK

Columbia Garden Village is seeking a cook/prep cook.

This position requires someone who is experienced cooking for large groups and preparing a wide variety of foods.

Alison Loewen

Community Manager 250-341-3350 careers@goldenlife.ca

DISTRICT OF INVERMERE

914 – 8th Avenue, PO Box 339 Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 Tel: (250) 342-9281 • Fax: (250) 342-2934

Temporary Gardener II The District of Invermere has an opening for a Temporary Gardener II Position within the Public Works Department.

This position is primarily focused on flowerbed planting and maintenance.

Typical duties include designing and preparation of flowerbeds, gardening tasks involving the cultivation of a variety of flowers and plants in large garden areas, planting, weeding, fertilizing and pruning numerous varieties of plants, flowers, shrubs, bushes and trees and assists with scheduling, training and supervision of parks staff.

The preferred candidate will possess Horticulture Certificate(s) or equivalent experience. Valid BC drivers license, WHMIS training and Muscular-Skeletal Injury Prevention training. In addition, the preferred candidate will possess a working knowledge of Work Safe BC regulations and safe work procedures.

Applicants with exceptional knowledge and experience in safety practices are encouraged to apply.

The preferred candidate will have the ability to work in a team environment, but with minimal supervision while being self-motivated. The preferred candidate will require excellent public relation skills. Applicants should have the ability to make independent decisions and be physically able to carry out work of a heavy manual nature in all weather conditions.

This is a Temporary position expected to commence May 01, 2010 and end October 10th, 2010.

This position within C.U.P.E. 2982 bargaining unit and wages follow the 2010 Collective Agreement.

Hours 7:00 – 3:30 Monday – Friday Hourly Rate: as of April 1, 2010. Temporary Rate $23.61 Modified Work Week. Weekend work is required @ an additional $0.27 per/hr. Qualified applicants are invited to submit their resumes to: Grant Gyurkovits, Engineering & Infrastructure Supervisor District Of Invermere P.O. Box 339 (914 – 8th Avenue), Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0 Or via email to: tech@invermere.net Applications must be received by 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, 2010

AGRICULTURAL SERVICES • ENGINEERING • ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES • FORESTRY • GEOMATICS • RECLAMATION • SKI DEVELOPMENT

Chainsaw and Brushsaw Operators Interior Reforestation Co. Ltd., located in Cranbrook BC is a privately owned natural resource consulting and contracting company offering a broad range of serices to clientele in forestry, engineering, environmental sciences, reclamation mining and tourism. Our newly created Ski Development division is seeking responsible, experienced chainsaw and brushsaw operators. Responsibilities include working as part of a field crew implementing falling, bucking, brushing and spacing activities. Project work sites will be located throughout BC and Alberta Our ideal candidates will have the following qualifications: • Experienced and knowledgeable as a chainsaw and/or brushsaw operator.

• Thorough understanding of chainsaw and/or brushsaw mechanics.

• Familiarity working with and around helicopters.

• Willingness to work in very isolated locations.

• A strong work ethic and a willingness to work in a team.

• Savvy bush skills • A commitment to personal safety and the safety of fellow workers.

Assets to employment: • Fallers Certification • First Aid Training and / or endorsements • Wildlife / Danger Tree Assessor’s Training • S100 or similar Fire Fighting Training Successful candidates must provide: • Two chainsaws and/or brushsaws with appropriate parts inventory, bars and chain.

• All personal safety equipment, appropriate work wear and personal equipment.

Interested candidates should be physically fit to work in mountainous terrain and able to work in inclement weather conditions. Candidates must be willing to work in various locations throughout the province. Room and board will be provided while on the job. Although these positions are seasonal we anticipate an extended season.

In addition to challenging and rewarding work in a beautiful environment, Interior Reforestation provides a competitive salary and benefits package. Please apply in confidence by forwarding your resume and cover letter to: Interior Reforestation P.O. Box 874 , Cranbrook, BC V1C 4J6 Attention: Hank Krawczyk, Operations Manager Resumes may also be submitted by fax to (250) 426-5311 or by email to hkrawczyk@intref.bc.ca.

All responses are confidential. Only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted. .Box 874, Cranbrook, BC V1C 4J6 • Phone (250) 426-5300 • Toll Free (877) 426-5300 • Fax (250) 426-5311

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 Please include: Your name an address for tax receipt Name of the person being remembered Name and address to send card to

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The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 29

April 9, 2010

Valley people

Bill Berzins survives Nazi occupation

By Kelsey Verboom Pioneer Staff Bill Berzins will tell you in a heavy Latvian accent that his life has been entirely unremarkable. Sit down with him, and you’ll discover quite the opposite.

From an armchair in his Invermere home, Bill tells of a time long forgotten by many: a time of horse power, of war, and of living simply.

Eighty-eight years ago, Bill was born in his parents’ farmhouse along the Latvian-Estonian border.

His father farmed for wheat using a two-horse team.

“It was a different time then,” Bill said. “It was the land that we lived from. It delivered everything.

“My mother would milk the cows and use the milk to make butter and cottage cheese,” he remembered. “She would hitch up our horse team and load up her produce. My father would load up his wheat.

They would take it to town and the villagers would buy it all. That’s where we got our money.”

Bill left his family’s farm in 1940 after graduating from high school, but his graduation coincided with a time of political unrest in Latvia.

“I graduated on June 15th, and on June 17th, Latvia was occupied by the Soviet Union,” he said.

Despite the Soviet occupation, Bill decided to attend school to become a teacher. Halfway through his studies, another major political upheaval occurred.

“During exam time, Hilter’s Barbarossa was rolling east. Our political teacher climbed on a barrel and told us we weren’t going to win. And then he left. A couple of weeks later we were occupied by the German army. It was that quick,” he said.

“Trains were not running because of destruction, so I rode 180 kilometres along the Estonian border on my bicycle to my father’s farm.”

From there, Bill decided not to return to the teacher’s institute. Instead, he answered a newspaper ad for an assistant station master with the Latvian Railway.

“Normally you would have to train for two years to become an assistant station master, but because of the war I was taught right away how to move the train traffic and they put me out on the line,” he said.

The usually quiet station surged with activity when the war front neared the area.

“Normally, the station handled only two trains a day. Now, with the war, there were between two and three dozen trains every day.”

Bill’s language skills in German, English, and Lat-

WELL LIVED – Left: Bill Berzins at home in Invermere this month. Above: Lolita and Bill on vacation in Manitoba in 1950.

vian earned him a position working as a radio dispatcher for the railway, where he worked until the German army took over the station on September 15th, 1944, and he was forced to leave.

“Then, I went to the capital city and signed in with the Latvian Legion,” he said.

The Latvian Legion was formed in 1943 on the orders of Adolf Hitler and was composed of Latvian men fighting alongside German troops against Russia in hopes of becoming an independent nation free from long-standing Soviet occupation.

“We were willing to fight temporarily with the Germans to prevent the Soviets from occupying our country again,” he said.

Bill believes he was lucky during his time as a soldier.

“I was with a German regiment and I was slowly walking to another position carrying my machine gun, and a Russian mine exploded four metres in front of me. All I got was a single piece of metal in my leg.”

Damp, lice-infested battlefield conditions prevented his leg from healing, so he was sent to a Denmark hospital to recover.

“When the war ended, the bells were ringing and it was a beautiful sunny day in Denmark. The war was over for me,” he remembered.

Bill learned that retreating German forces had set fire to his family’s farm, and that the fire destroyed all but one outbuilding.

After the war, his father remained on the farm, while his mother went to live with Bill’s only sibling, his sister Anna, who also lived in Latvia.

Bill lived in a displaced persons camp in Hanover, Germany, where he worked for the British army at a supply depot, distributing rations to soldiers.

He then decided to join the French Foreign Legion, but instead ended up in Nuremberg, Germany, working for the American army.

It was while working in Nuremberg that Bill spotted a newspaper ad for loggers in Canada.

“I saw in the paper that Canada needed woodworkers. So I went through the medical checks and I got accepted,” he said.

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. . . Continued from Page 29 Bill sailed to Beardmore, Ontario, in 1947. While preparing to board the ship, he met Lolita, his wife of 56 years.

Also from Latvia, Lolita had been accepted to work in Canada doing household tasks in hospitals and private homes.

Bill worked in Ontario logging camps while Lolita was sent to Winnipeg, but the two stayed in touch and were married in 1949.

In the logging camps, Bill learnt quickly.

“When we came to Canada, we were given a Swede saw and an axe, and told by the foreman to cut the wood in eight-foot lengths,” he said, jumping from his armchair to demonstrate the bowed shape of his saw’s handle. “I’d never done that type of work until I got here.”

Bill then worked for a brief time in construction during the steel shortage of 1952, and later moved to Burnaby with Lolita.

“At first, we lived in a converted garage in a cherry garden,” he said, smiling.

Bill’s landlord suggested he work for the Hudson’s

Bay Company. He was hired in the shipping department in downtown Vancouver for $1.95 per hour, and worked for the company for 32 years.

While living on the west coast, Bill and Lolita raised two sons, William and Nicholas (Nick).

Bill moved to Invermere three years ago to be closer to Nicholas after Lolita passed away. He can often be found playing cribbage or bridge at the Invermere Seniors’ Hall.

Bill repeatedly insists that his life has been unremarkable. Watching his hand flit to his shrapnelscarred leg, it’s difficult to agree.

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The Columbia Valley Pioneer • 31

April 9, 2010

FAITH

If you just believe, your dreams will come true

By Pastor Wayne Frater Radium Christian Fellowship What do you believe?

In who do you believe?

Think about it for a minute, in your heart.

Do you believe that you can do anything?

As Suzie McNeil says in the popular song I Believe: “If you just believe you can move mountains with dreams, The higher you climb the better it gets, ‘Cause you will see things you’ll never forget if you just believe.”

There is a lot of truth in the song, and during the Olympics, we played it at one of our services.

With Jesus Christ in our heart, we can truly fulfill our God-given dreams. Is this what you believe?

During Easter, we are once again reminded of the great love God has for each and every one of us.

We are once again reminded of what it says in Titus 3:4-7: “When God our Saviour revealed His kindness and love, He saved us, not because of the righteous things we have done, but because of His mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit. He generously poured out the Spirit upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior. Because of His grace He declared us righteous and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.”

Do you believe?

The first verse of I Believe says: “One minute’s fading, One minute’s passed but I’ve got this moment to make it all last, I’m standing before you, Taking my chance on everything I never thought I could be, ‘Cause you can do almost anything.”

Take these words in the context that the “you” in this verse is God. At this moment you are standing before Him, and He is giving you an opportunity to accept what He did for you when He sent His only Son to die for you, to take your sin, and not only to die, but to rise on Easter morning, so you can inherit eternal life.

This your opportunity, this is your moment to make it all last, standing before God. Take a chance on everything you ever thought you could be, because with Jesus, you can do, not “almost anything” but as Philippians 4:13 says “all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

Do you believe?

Romans 10:9-10 tell us: “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.”

As the song says: “No one says it’s easy and no one says you have to be perfect; But as long as you try you’re always gonna find it was worth it. If you just believe you can move mountains with dreams; The higher you climb the better it gets. ‘Cause you will see things you’ll never forget, If you just believe.”

Valley Churches

Lake Windermere Alliance Church Sunday, April 11th, 10:30 a.m.: Camp Sunday with Special Guest Speaker Reverend Ric Cyr, director of Eagle Bay Camp.

K.I.D.S. Church, for children ages 3 to 12, during the service.

7 p.m.: Sing and Celebrate Pastor Trevor Hagan • 326 - 10th Avenue, Invermere 250-342-9535 • www.lakewindermerealliance.org Windermere Valley Shared Ministry ANGLICAN-UNITED Sunday 10:30 a.m.: Worship at Christ Church Trinity, Invermere Rev. Sandy Ferguson • 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere 250-342-6644 • www.wvsm.info or www.christchurchtrinity.com Valley Christian Assembly Sharing Truth, Showing Love Sunday 10 a.m.: Worship and Word Kids’ Church provided.

Pastor T. Scott Peterson 4814 Highway 93/95, Windermere 250-342-9511 • www.valleychristianonline.com Roman Catholic Church Sunday: 9 a.m. at Canadian Martyrs Church in Invermere 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church in Radium 11:30 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Church in Canal Flats 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 Sunday 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, Sunday 10 a.m. • Sunday School, 11 a.m.

• Relief Society, Noon.

President Barry Pratt • Columbia Valley Branch 5014 Fairway, Fairmont Hot Springs • 250-341-5792

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

1229-7th Ave., Invermere

The Jumbo Creek Conservation Society invites you to participate in a clean-up of Pothole Park in downtown Invermere.

The event will take place on Saturday, April 17th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wear old clothes and bring along a pair of work gloves.

Your help in this event would be very much appreciated. We hope to see you there.

250-342-6415

A TOUCH OF COUNTRY A rustic exterior complements the big .78 acre treed and fenced lot.

The warm, charming interior will excite you. Quiet, private and minutes from Invermere.

Pick-up party in Pothole Park Submitted by Jim Galloway Jumbo Creek Conservation Society

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

$469,000

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• Radium • Invermere • Panorama • Windermere • Fairmont Call 250-341-6151 or 1-888-341-6155

www.rayfergusonrealty.ca

SO MANY WAYS TO PLAY!

32 • The Columbia Valley Pioneer

April 9, 2010

Spring Spectacular at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort

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BC Rockies Adventures 250.345.6049

3 spectacular courses. 45 holes of fun!

Nine & Dine Special Tee times daily after 4:00pm, includes 9 holes of golf, power cart and $12 dinner voucher.

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Riverside Weekday $49; Weekend $51.

Mountainside Weekday $44; Weekend $46 .

Tee times

at Riverside, Mountainside & Creekside Par 3

250.345.6070 or 1.800.665.2112

The Mountainside Clubhouse OPEN NOW! "NB[JOH WJFXT MPVOHF GBWPVSJUFT /&8 BMM ZPV DBO FBU QBTUB NFOV NJOJNVN QFPQMF BOE UIF CFTU DMVCIPVTF TBOEXJDI JO UIF 7BMMFZ #SFBLGBTU #VòFU 4BUVSEBZT BOE 4VOEBZT "EVMU $IJMESFO 6OEFS