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WASHOUT — Horsethief Creek Road near Radium, a second road near John Blakely and Monita Gauvin’s ranch, was also swamped by rising waters on June 26th. The water measured more than three feet deep in places. Photo by Ron Verboom

Ranchers cut off by floodwaters

By Kelsey Verboom Pioneer Staff Unrelenting rainstorms have caused the Columbia River and the Columbia River Wetlands to swell and spills their banks in places, which this week left one valley ranching couple cut off from land and surrounded by rising waters.

John Blakely and Monita Gauvin live on a 188acre ranch near Radium. Their property is mostly near the wetlands, and the 10-acre circle of land where their house sits (commonly known as Barbour’s Island) is normally close to the water. However, on June 25th water levels rose so high they breached the bridge connecting the 10-acre plot to the rest of the property, leaving the couple’s home stranded on an island.

The bridge, which normally sits three feet above the waterway, is now completely under water. It connects to a causeway that was built in the 1900s, and is the only exit from their land. John, who said his property hasn’t flooded since 2007, was reluctant to attempt to drive across the flooded structure, fearing it would cause dam-

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“I put a new bridge in, but it’s still pushing up against it pretty good,” he said.

Despite the flooding, John still found a way to get his wife Monita to work at the Radium Resort, where she is a massage therapist. He went to his swamped boathouse, fetched a canoe, and paddled Monita across the water to a waiting vehicle.

In fact, John has been busy exploring the swollen waterways in his kayak, and has noticed some interesting arachnid migrations.

“The cattails that are still above water are absolutely covered in spiders,” he said. “They’re all moving up trying to get out of the water.”

When asked if he was worried about being completely cut off by flooding, John was cowboy cool and nonchalant in his response.

“I’m not worried. The freezer’s full and I have books and the Internet.”

John staked the floodwaters in 2007 at their highest point, and said current conditions are more than two feet above the previous measurements.

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High flood waters destroy bridges in park whelmed the already-full waterways, Mr. McDadi said. Kootenay, Banff, and Yoho parks experienced 80-100 mm of rain within 48 hours.

Rapidly rising waters in The park experienced more rainKootenay National Park this month fall from June 22nd-27th, when unhave caused significant damage to relenting rain wreaked havoc across four of the park’s bridges, almost the B.C. Interior, causing some areas entirely washing away three. to the south of the valley to declare The flooding events are unprecstates of emergency. edented in recent years, said Marc This concentrated period Ledwidge, head of Parks Canada’s of rainfall combined with meltVisitor Safety Program in Kootenay, ing snowpack from a season that Yoho and Banff national parks. reached record-breaking snowfall in “Anecdotally, in my 31 years in areas close to the bridge washouts. the area, I’ve never seen or experiLake Louise Ski Resort and Sunenced high water levels or flood conshine Village, just a valley away, both ditions of that magnitude before.” broke all-time snowfall records. At At a popular stop along HighSunshine, the resort received 1,007 way 93, about 85 kilometres from centimetres of snow — the equivaRadium, the pedestrian bridge at lent of a school bus standing on end. the Paint Pots was swept from its “It was a really significant event footings and folded in half when BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS — Flood waters and debris push against the destroyed that we don’t encounter every year. high waters and large floating debris footbridge at the Paint Pots in Kootenay National Park.

Photo by Alan Dibb It was sort of the perfect storm of smashed into its centre. conditions,” Mr. McDadi said of The $200,000 bridge had been the washouts. Because of the rapidly newly refurbished and was installed rising waters, parks initiated its incident command, rallying tions officer for Parks Canada. over the Vermillion River only recently.

The footbridge over the Kootenay River at the Dog together with the local RCMP and fire departments to be It is currently mangled but still caught in the churning, muddied waters. Parks crews are waiting for the Lake trail, near the McLeod Meadows campground area, prepared for the worst-case scenario.

As of June 27th, the Paint Pots pedestrian bridge reVermillion River’s water levels to decrease so they can also received significant damage, when raging waters mained closed, although hikers can access the Paint Pots extract the wreckage and assess the damage, with hopes ripped it from its position over the river.

Additionally, a vehicle bridge at the entrance to the via a 3.2-kilometre detour through the Marble Canyon of salvaging the bridge.

Elsewhere in the park, a footbridge over Stanley Marble Canyon campground (near the Paint Pots) nar- trail. The Stanley Glacier and Dog Leg trails were also Creek at the Stanley Glacier trailhead was inundated rowly averted disaster when crews successfully performed closed, and the Marble Canyon bridge and campground were temporarily shut, but were expected to open on with flood water and washed away, although crews were an emergency excavation to save the bridge.

The unusually high water levels stemmed partly June 29th, barring more rainfall. able to recover the structure. It will be reinstalled when For the latest updates, go to www.pc.ga.ca/kootenay. water levels subside, said Omar McDadi, a communica- from heavy rainfall on June 5th and 6th, which overBy Kelsey Verboom Pioneer Staff

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Grad weekend has always been a time for students to let their hair down and party. Do so in a safe manner.

Make smart choices and look after each other. Friends, watch over friends. You all have cell phones, and we parents want you to call if you need us at anytime. Enjoy the weekend, and all the best in your future endeavors. This is just one of many milestones in your life. We just want you to be here to face those other milestones.

Sergeant in red: the staff at the Artym Gallery in Invermere suggested that during Canada Day it would be nice for a member to be in formal red serge standing with Rusty the Moose. I will be at Artym Gallery area from 12:30- 2 p.m on Canada Day if you have visitors from out of town who would like to get their picture taken with a tall, dark, handsome Mountie in red serge.

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• On June 22nd at 4:35 p.m., Columbia Valley Detachment members were requested to attend a minor accident near the grocery store in Radium involving an ‘88 Ford pickup and a 2004 GMC station wagon. Damage to the vehicles was minimal and no injuries were sustained. The drivers exchanged information and were told to contact their insurance companies.

Due to manpower resources, detachment members will not be attending all accidents during busy summer months where damage is minimal, there are no injuries, and the vehicles are not blocking the road.

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• On June 22nd, police received a complaint of a threat that reportedly occurred when two males were arguing in the Edgewater area. A 47-year-old male was spoken to, and no charges were requested. During the course of the investigation, RCMP discovered that the man was in possession of a rifle, but his possession licence had expired. Although the rifle was not used in any threat, the rifle was seized until the male renews his possession licence.

• On June 23rd, Columbia Valley Detachment Members responded to a complaint of two males on a balcony on 3rd Ave, Invermere, who were shooting what appeared to be a gun in the direction of geese in the wetlands. Police determined that the gun was a plastic toy gun that shoots spring-loaded plastic bullets that could not travel any great distance. The two males cooperated and stopped what they were doing.

The geese were not harmed.

Full moon on display When I was in Salmon Arm, we had an RCMP boat that was not the best looking of boats on the water.

It had a rather small RCMP decal, so from a distance some people had trouble identifying it as a police vessel. I wore a brown short-sleeved shirt, so you can understand why from a distance I would not be clearly identified as a police officer.

One day, a young man on vacation had trouble making this distinction. Speeding past in a boat full of other kids, this young man turned around and pulled down his swim trunks to moon us.

I cranked the police boat around, lights and siren blaring, with a big grin on my face. I turned to my partner and we planned our tactics: you be bad cop, I’ll be even worse mother.

You can understand the horror on the kids’ faces when we stopped them in the offending boat. When we asked who the culprit was, three of the males thrust the guilty party forward hard enough that I thought he was going to fall into the water.

As my partner was giving it to the guilty party, I got close enough to his face and gave him my best Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry look. Drilled a hole into him.

Kid didn’t know who to keep looking at: the officer who was lecturing him, or the officer who looked like he was about to lose it on him.

My partner tagged me up and it was my turn. Long silence, long sheepish look, longer silence. Then I let the hammer drop, knowing from looking in the boat that it was a “go ahead and make my day” type of question that he would fail.

“I want to see seven life jackets now,” I barked.

Their day on the water was a short one.

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Canal Flats beating leads to double convictions

By Kristian Rasmussen, Pioneer Staff Two valley men have each been found guilty of one count of assault causing bodily harm, after a 2010 altercation at the Columbia Inn in Canal Flats led to an early morning beating. The men appeared in Invermere Provincial Court on June 20th, in front of the Honourable Judge William G. Sheard.

The court heard that Michael Krebs, 50, and David Burgoyne, 47, attacked 20-year-old Canal Flats local, Justin Gertner, outside his home August 14th, 2010, after they believed that Mr. Gertner assaulted Mr. Krebs and smashed his truck window earlier that evening.

According to their testimonies, Mr. Burgoyne and Mr. Gertner got into a heated argument on the phone over a personal matter one year prior to the alleged altercation. A year later tensions between the two unfolded when the men saw each other at the Columbia Inn (now O’Henry’s Saloon).

The court heard that in August 2010, Mr. Burgoyne was at the bar with his friend, Mr. Krebs, when he confronted Mr. Gertner about his role in the 2009 phone call. The two began screaming at each other, and Mr. Gertner then asked the bartender, “Am I going to get barred if I hit him?”

The bartender told both men that they would be banned for fighting. Mr. Krebs then bought Mr. Gertner a beer to further diffuse the situation.

Mr. Krebs later left the bar in a 1998 Ford F150, almost identical to one owned by his friend, Mr. Burgoyne, who had been fighting with Mr. Gertner. Stopping at a yield sign down the street from the Inn, Mr. Krebs was suddenly met with a flurry of broken glass.

“I look to the left and to the right,” Mr. Krebs told the court. “Suddenly my window is smashed and my door’s flung upon and I get punched in the face.”

Despite Mr. Krebs’ claim that he was assaulted during the truck vandalism, Cst. Chris Sheppard, who attended the incident, told court that he did not not notice any marks or bruising anywhere on Mr. Krebs when he

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“They are going to be suffering from baseball bat • wounds and possibly shotgun wounds,” Mr. Krebs was re• corded saying.

Mr. Gertner denied any involvement with the smashing of Mr. Krebs’ truck window and said that he was completely unaware that the event had taken place that evening.

After the phone conversation with valley RCMP, Mr. Krebs left a message on Mr. Gertner’s family answering machine. “Your son owes me a window that he smashed out of my truck,” Mr. Krebs was recorded saying, before giving his phone number and finishing the call with, “Otherwise it will be 911.”

CGV Ad - Subsidy.indd 1 Mr. Krebs then went to collect Mr. Burgoyne and confront Mr. Gertner about the incident. The two men picked up a third friend and headed out to the J2 ranch, where Mr. Gertner worked and lived.

When they arrived, Mr. Krebs struck Mr. Gertner in the face and knocked him to the ground. Mr. Burgoyne then held Mr. Gertner down on the ground, while Mr. Krebs searched the area for anyone else he believed to be involved in the previous attack. Mr. Gertner tried to get up and was punched and kicked multiple times in the process.

Mr. Gertner told the court that after the incident he lost his job at the J2 Ranch because of a shoulder injury sustained during the attack that hindered his ability to complete the heavy lifting required.

Judge Sheard found Mr. Burgoyne and Mr. Krebs guilty of one count each of assault causing bodily harm.

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Prepare paddles, or we’ll be up the creek

By Kelsey Verboom

The Columbia Valley’s waterways burst their banks in many areas this week, causing more than just sodden feet.

Places close to Lake Windermere’s shoreline, like Pete’s Marina, were completely surrounded by water. Roadways near CastleRock and on Lower Lakeview Drive collapsed in places, as muddy runoff loosened rock and pavement. Some who dwell close to the water’s edge, like John Blakely and Monita Gauvin (see story, page 2), had to get creative and paddle themselves via canoe to and from their home.

Historical photos from the Windermere Valley Museum show that this type of flooding has certainly happened before, and to even more extreme degrees. There are photos of Athalmer and its buildings several feet underwater, and children splashing in the unusually high waters.

The sudden swelling of so many of the valley’s rivers and lakes draws attention to just how much the valley’s communities centre around our watersheds.

Historically, watersheds have been governed by the provincial government, as directed by the Canadian Constitution. What many may not know, is that more recently, the government has been exploring options to share and delegate planning and decision-making power of watershed use to local groups and/or governments with invested interest in their watersheds.

According to the government’s Living Water Smart website (www.livingwatersmart.ca), this would occur “within clear provincial standards and oversight.” But what would that look like? What would the process be?

As citizens living in an area flush with water, it is in our best interest to stay tuned-in to this issue as it develops, to make sure local watershed governance stays in the right hands, and with proper accountability.

We want to know what you think: who should control watershed governance? If it is delegated to local groups, who should or shouldn’t be in control, and why?

Email your thoughts in a letter to news@cv-pioneer.com.

Castle in the clouds In this image, dated 1929, four intrepid travellers stop for a breath of fresh air at Castle Junction, at the junction of Highway 93 and the Trans Canada. Castle Mountain is in the background. Edith Brown, A. Ashworth’s sister, stands at far left, and Commander Powles at far right. The names of the two people in the middle are unknown. If you have any more information or memories about this photo, email us at news@cv-pioneer.com.

Photo C514 courtesy of the Windermere District Historical Society

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LETTERS Privatization of resources is not the answer Dear Editor: Private corporations now dominate our planet. Already 55 of the top 100 world economies are corporations, and they all want more. Has this rise of private corporate power done the world good?

Oddly, throughout the world, countries which harbour this fabulous private wealth are all broke. Privatization is a parasite that bankrupts its host country.

Yet privatizing all of Canada’s resources is exactly what Harper — and Christy Clark — are up to.

Parks Canada, BC Hydro, Jumbo Glacier, BC Ferries, our roads, our water, our vast natural resources, are now all either private or public-private partnerships or under review.

Has this been good? No. These oncehealthy publicly owned companies are now all on life-support. The real loser, once again, are the tax and rate payers who now prop up these failed public-toprivate conversions.

International gangs of deregulated “private banks and corporations” caused the 2008 economic collapse. The working man had nothing to do with it. Yet globally, taxpayers dished out $10 trillion just

to cover gambling debts of private banks.

Canadian banks alone got $114 billion; GM and Chrysler Canada got $14 billion. What did average Canadians get?

They get to work two years longer, and have lost more social programs.

Corporate salaries today are up to 300 times that of average Canadians. This manufactured social inequality “always” leads to unrest and violence. The international private oil cartels — backed by the US military-industrial gang of goons — are the scum behind all the world’s conflicts. Worldwide these assassins fix elections, overthrow governments, install puppet regimes, then make off with its resources. The people are left abandoned, destitute and enslaved.

Now these thugs are in Canada.

Harper’s rockbottom 15 per cent corporate tax-rate — and gutted environment laws — invites them in. In Stephen Harper, corporate profiteers have found a pawn, a wannabe American, willing to sell off Canada, its resources and its culture, for personal gain, ego, and ideology.

We’ve been had.

Bryan Stawychny Edgewater

Making secondary suites illegal snubs residents Dear Editor: Snubbing secondary suites in communities like Windermere or Fairmont is a shortsighted and, I would even argue, prejudiced move.

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Draft regulations for Lake Windermere released

By Kate Irwin Pioneer Staff Draft regulations to control in-water structures on Lake Windermere and development along the northeastern shoreline are up for public review after being released by the Regional District of East Kootenay earlier this month.

The pair of draft regulations — created as a result of recommendations in the Lake Windermere Management Plan — aim to guide new development in the lake and along the areas of shoreline under regional district jurisdiction.

Managing the number and scale of new in-water structures — docks, buoys, boat launches, swimming platforms, groynes and moorings — will help keep the lake clear for all who use it, said Karen MacLeod, a planner for the Regional District of East Kootenay.

“The intent of putting in surface zoning is to manage in-water structures,” she said. “At the moment, local government doesn’t have any say on in-water structures.

The intention is to bring some of the decision making to a local level.”

The regional district is not looking to control or limit lake usage, she added, as things such as boat type, acceptable boating speeds, and safety regulations are controlled

by Transport Canada’s Marine Office of Boating Safety.

The proposed surface zoning will see the number and size of new structures on and stretching out into the lake limited for the communities of Rushmere, Larch Point, the Coy Road area, and along most of the eastern shore north of Indian Beach Estates.

Residents who already have docks and other structures like swimming platforms in the lake will not be required to alter or remove them, Ms. MacLeod emphasized.

Structures already in place will be granted the status of legally non-conforming unless they fall into disrepair or are out of use for more than six months.

A seasonal use clause allows Lake Windermere structures to remain legally non-conforming despite being out of use for six month or more during the year.

However, if a dock or mooring buoy is removed for a season, compliance with the new regulations would be required to replace it, Ms. MacLeod clarified.

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The proposed area incorporates all undeveloped stretches of environmentally-sensitive land dotted along the northeastern lakeshore north of Windermere, while the northwest corner is covered by the District of Invermere’s existing Development Permit Area.

“The intent is to recognize that there are environmental values on the lake which are important to maintain in order to keep a diversity of fish, plants and wildlife,” Ms. MacLeod said. “Development permits are a tool available to local government to protect these areas.”

The proposed regulations would require the regional district to grant a permit for anyone wishing to construct buildings, adapt the exterior of structures, or alter the land (removal of plants, grading, filling, beach creation, or dredging) in the Development Permit Area.

Internal alterations, repairs and renovations, hazardous tree removal, routine maintenance, and emergency repairs would not require a permit.

Currently, much of the decision-making on applications to build new structures on specific portions of the lakeshore belongs to the provincial or federal government. The granting of a regional district permit will not overrule the decision-making power of the province or federal government, Ms. MacLeod explained.

“All permits currently needed from the provincial or federal government would still be required,” she said.

“We’d like to see that people apply concurrently so we don’t get into a position where one body grants a permit and the applicant then can’t meet the requirements of the other agency.”

Residents have already had one opportunity to weigh in on the draft regulations at a public meeting on June 20th. A second information session will be held on Saturday, July 14th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Windermere Community Hall.

After the meetings, a public comment period will be open until July 20th. Feedback will be considered and revisions made to the drafts. Another round of public meetings will be scheduled during August and September.

For more information, visit the Lake Windermere Management Plan page on the regional district’s website at www.rdek.bc.ca, email lakewindermere@rdek.bc.ca or contact Karen MacLeod at 250-489-2791.

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Akisqnuk band elects two new councillors

By Kristian Rasmussen, Pioneer Staff The Akisqnuk First Nation expanded its political circle Monday, June 18th, when Lucille Shovar and Stephen Nicholas were elected to the band’s fiveperson council.

The two want to introduce a cultural renaissance within the Akisqnuk Nation to bring back a culture that, without due care and attention, will be lost, they said.

“What keeps me going is the potential that the community can attain and develop,” said Ms. Shovar, whose son, Lorne Shovar, is the current Akisqnuk Chief. “The things that we can do in our community are there, but we are kind of at a stalemate right now and I would like to see us move forward.”

Ms. Shovar, who received the most votes of any candidate (53), wants to use her 34 years of experience working for the band to fight a stagnant tide that she says has gripped the nation as of late.

The lack of forward motion is due to a loss of spirit and culture because of the passing of several of the band’s most respected elders in recent years, Ms. Shovar said. The way forward for the Akisqnuk is through building a link to the past.

“I think we need to bring back the language and culture programs into the community. Bringing back our culture is a first step,” she said.

The next step for Ms. Shovar is building an active communication system with band members to gain a consensus on the needs of the community. A lack of dialogue between members and council is an ongoing issue within the Akisqnuk Nation that Ms. Shovar wants to take a

ground level approach to solving.

“A lot of people don’t like to talk at meetings and open up,” she said.

“The best way is to go one-on-one with members. We all say that we are going to do that as leaders, but it is hard to accomplish because you get very busy and sometimes forget the grassroots people. I am going to work past that.”

Taking a seat at the council table next to Ms. Shovar is political newcomer Stephen Nicholas, who was born and raised on the Akisqnuk reserve. The way forward for the nation will also require a few steps back, Mr. Nicholas said.

“We used to be really good with keeping our culture alive and now we are just losing it,” he added. “I would like to see our culture brought back for the younger people.”

One of the focus points for band leadership will be getting youth involved in council because they will represent the way forward for the nation, Mr. Nicholas said. Athletics, primarily fast pitch baseball, have always been a community builder between the youth of the nation and council and should be a focus to develop in the future, he said.

Another concern for Mr. Nicholas is the fading membership on the reserve.

“I really want to push our housing and get more houses on our reserve so that people come back here instead of living off reserve,” he said. “I would like to see a lot more people coming back to the Nation.”

Mr. Nicholas is excited about his new political career and has a message for the Akisqnuk Nation. “Thank you for voting me,” he said. “I hope I can make a change and move our community forward.”

RCMP stays tight-lipped Almost three months after a 31-year-old Invermere man was found dead in a driveway, investigators are still not divulging any information about the case.

On April 3rd, Cory Jarock was found lying in a 5th Avenue Invermere driveway, where he died the night before from unknown circumstances af-

ter leaving a house party. At the time of his death, RCMP classed it as “sudden” but said little else. The BC Coroners Service and Kelowna Major Crimes Unit are currently investigating. Multiple phone messages and emails to the crime unit have gone unanswered.

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Out-of-control driver sentenced

By Kristian Rasmussen Pioneer Staff An Alberta man who assaulted one police officer, spit blood in the face of another, and narrowly avoided running over two Invermere pedestrians was sentenced in Invermere Provincial Court on June 20th.

On February 27th, 2007, at around 10 p.m., valley RCMP responded to a report of a hit-and-run and dangerous driving, when 24-year-old Steven Carlson, from Okotoks, Alberta, drove a green Chevrolet Silverado into an Invermere woman’s fence and left the scene of the accident. Shortly after the initial report, RCMP received a second call about a man driving on the sidewalk down 13th Avenue, Invermere, who was swerving and narrowly avoided hitting two pedestrians.

Constable Chris Sheppard located Mr. Carlson in the Silverado on Black Forest Trail in Athalmer. Mr. Carlson had a can of Lucky Lager in the cup holder of his vehicle and his breath had an odour of liquor, Cst. Sheppard said in a statement read to court. Cst. Sheppard also reported that Mr. Carlson had glazed eyes and struggled to produce his driver’s licence, instead handing over a gas receipt.

Mr. Carlson then stated, “I’m wasted,” and tried to walk away from the vehicle. He was stopped by Const.

Sheppard, at which time the Okotoks man began resisting arrest and had to be held down by several officers who ar-

rived on scene. As officers fought to control Mr. Carlson, he was pushed to the ground and cut his eyebrow.

Mr. Carlson then threatened to kill Cst. Sheppard by slitting his throat and spat blood into the face of Corporal Brent Ayers. He also kicked Cst. Sheppard in the thigh, and kicked the roof of the police vehicle after being placed in it.

Mr. Carlson, who had no prior criminal record, was originally charged with a series of offences, including care and control of a vehicle while impaired and assaulting a police officer. The charge of assault on a police offer was stayed. Mr. Carlson pleaded guilty to the lesser charges of driving without due care and uttering threats to an officer.

All other charges were subsequently dismissed.

Mr. Carlson’s lawyer, David Albert, argued that Mr. Carlson was not likely impaired by alcohol at the time of the incident. At the time of the offences, Mr. Carlson had cut himself off of a host of prescription drugs related to his struggles with major depression and fits of rage, for which he had previously been admitted to a psychiatric ward. The sudden drop in use of his prescription drugs, combined with a small amount of alcohol, caused Mr. Carlson to act extremely aggressively and out of character, his lawyer told the court.

Judge William G. Sheard sentenced Mr. Carlson to a six-month driving ban, a $1,000 fine, 50 hours of community service, one year of probation, and a five-year firearms prohibition.

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Splash of colour This Canada Day long weekend, the Artym Gallery in Invermere will be hosting painter Rod Charlesworth, whose work is pictured here, and metal artist Jeff Fleming. Mr. Fleming created the metal moose stationed outside the gallery. There will be a reception at the gallery on June 29th from 6-9 p.m., and a demonstration on June 30th from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

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

Movie Review: The Artist Reviewed by Dean Midyette It is easy to see why The Artist received ten Oscar nominations and is the first silent film to win Best Picture since the inception of the awards in 1929.

Shot in black-and-white, The Artist transports viewers back to 1927, where we find George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a self-absorbed and narcissistic Hollywood superstar who is the talk of the town (pun intended).

At a chance meeting outside a theatre at his latest premiere, he meets Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), an asyet undiscovered star in the making. With the advent of

the talkies, we bear witness to the ruination of one career whilst the other blossoms.

What makes this movie so enchanting is the brilliant simplicity of the performances, where the slightest change in expression evokes the deepest of emotions.

As an extra on the set of Valentin’s next blockbuster, Miller captivates the leading man in but a few short moments. Their unspoken love is mesmerizing, and echoes in the silence. Writer and director Michel Hazanavicius weaves a beautiful tapestry of joy and loss, desperation and redemption.

After a falling-out with a studio executive Al Zimmer (played by John Goodman), Valentin’s life is in shambles. Unwanted as an actor, unsuccessful as a producer, he loses his fortune in the stock market, is thrown out by his wife, and is forced to sell all his worldly possessions. His life spirals into alcoholism, de-

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Out & About Please call 250-341-6299 or e-mail us at info@cv-pioneer.com to enter your event in our FREE listings.

Submissions must be received by the Monday prior to publication. We may only run an entry for two weeks prior to the event. Please limit your submission to 30 words. Priority is given to one-off events, so weekly events may run rarely.

Toby Theatre • June 26th - 29th, 8 p.m.: Mirror, Mirror.

• June 30th, July 2nd - 6th, 8 p.m.: The Avengers.

For info: www.tobytheatre.com.

Friday, June 29th: • Panorama Summer Operations Opening Day. Mountain biking, sightseeing, fun zone activities.

For info: www.panoramaresort.com.

• 4 - 9 p.m.: Market on Main and Music on Main at the Radium Visitor Centre. Every Friday until September 1st. This week featuring Marty & Eli. • 6 - 9 p.m.: Rod Charlesworth and Jeff Fleming exhibition at The Artym Gallery. For info: 250342-7566.

Saturday, June 30th: • 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Fifth annual ICAN garage sale at Deck’s Properties, 101 Industrial Road #2 (across from the veterinarian office, Invermere). All monies raised go towards the animals in their care.

• 10:30 a.m.: Fireworks BBQ at Home Hardware.

Buy a brat on a bun, a drink, and a Canadian flag in support of the annual Canada Day Fireworks in Invermere. Will run until all the food is gone! Hosted by the Kinsmen Club and Home Hardware.

• 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Open house and BBQ at the Radium fire hall. Hosted by the Radium Hot Springs Volunteer Fire department.

• 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.: Purcell Mountain Painters Radium Outdoor Show and Sale. Original works of art for sale at Village Country Inn and Fireside Tea Shoppe, Canyon Avenue and St. Joseph, Radium.

For info: 250-341-5792.

• MIDNIGHT : Canada Day fireworks display, set off near the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena in Invermere. Sponsored by the Kinsmen Club.

• 7 - 9 p.m.: Music on Main at the Radium Visitor Centre featuring the Dry Gulch Ramblers.

Sunday, July 1st: CANADA DAY

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Friday, July 6th: • Edgewater’s 100th Year Celebration! July 6th - 8th in Pancake breakfast, parade, family, events and games, duck race, pioneer tea. Find us on Facebook.

• 10 a.m.: Fifth annual Fairmont Fantastic 3 Triathlon relaxed start. Swim, bike, trail run. Funfocused wilderness triathlon. Spectator friendly.

BBQ and Canada Celebrations included. $39 per individual and $79 per team. Community fundraiser sponsored by the Fairmont Business Association.

For info: www.fairmont-hotsprings.com.

• 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.: Purcell Mountain Painters Radium Outdoor Show and Sale. Original works of art for sale at Village Country Inn and Fireside Tea Shoppe, Canyon Avenue and St. Joseph, Radium.

For info: 250-341-5792.

• 11 a.m.: Canada Day Parade downtown Invermere.

• 12 noon - 3 p.m.: Canada Day Celebrations Mountain Mosaic Festival at Kinsmen Beach at Pynelogs Cultural Centre following the Canada Day Parade. Live music, arts and entertainment, kids’ activities and food vendors. For info: 250-342-4423.

• 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Canada Day Celebration at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort’s Base Camp. Inflatable play land, face painting, games, live music, and more! For info: 250-345-6311.

• 3:15 p.m.: Fourth annual Build-a-Boat Contest hosted by RCMP, Cops for Kids and Home Hardware at Kinsmen Beach as part of the Mountain Mosaic festival. For info: 250-342-9292.

• 10:30 p.m.: Canada Day Fireworks at Fairmont Hot Spring Resort. 250-345-6311.

• Xplorers Kid’s Program, daily beginning July 1st.

Children 6-11. Xplorers booklet available at the Kootenay Visitor Centre. For info: 250-347-9505.

• Parks Canada: Free admission! Watch for giveaways and stay for an evening theatre and more fun.

Saturday., July 7th:

Tuesday, July 3rd:

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• 8 a.m.: Charlie Osterloh Seniors Men’s Open at Radium Resort. Two day golf tournament. For info: 250-347-6266.

• Tuesday: 7- 8:30 p.m.

For info: 250-349-5360.

Wednesday, July 4th:

• Thursday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Friday and Saturday: 1 - 4 p.m.

• 6 - 8 p.m.: Scrabble at the Invermere Library. For

• Steamboat Mountain Music Festival at Edgewater School. Local musicians as well as headliners John Reischman and the Jaybirds, Maria in the Shower, and more. Visit www.steamboatmtnmusicfest.ca or phone: 250-347-9860.

• 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Fairmont Lions Club Garage Sale at Real Storage, Windermere.

Sunday, July 8th: • 12 p.m.: 20th Annual Coca Cola Parent and Child Golf Tournament at Radium Resort. $79 per team, includes 18 holes of golf, dinner, and prize presentation. For info: 250-347-6266.

• 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Summer Sunday Afternoon Picnic at the Elk Park Ranch. For info: tklarsen1@ hotmail.com.

Invermere Library hours: • Tuesday to Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

• Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Invermere Thrift Store hours: • Thursday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Friday and Saturday: 1 - 4 p.m.

Radium Library hours: • Tuesday: 6 - 8 p.m.

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SMASHING — The Bavin Glass Cabin is now open in Fairmont. Pictured, left to right: Mary Forwell, sales associate and instructor; Bonnie Bavin, co-owner; Dean Prentice, COO of Fairmont Resort; Pat Bavin, co-owner; Colleen McKee, media and marketing, Fairmont Resort.

Photo by Kate Irwin

New spot for Bavin Glass

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Bavin Glassworks is now open for business at a new, third branch in a 1920s cabin at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort.

The Bavin Glass Cabin, beside the hot pools in the resort’s central courtyard, offers a variety of glass art, jewelry, beads, and paintings and photography by owner Pat Bavin and his son Ryan.

“We’ll be looking to develop items specifically for Fairmont,” said Bonnie Bavin, co-owner. “Part of the experience will be getting people involved in glasswork themselves.”

Along with retail items, beadmaking classes will be held at the Fairmont location, giving visitors the chance to create their own unique glass pieces. Using heat guns and sticks of coloured glass, students will learn how to create, shape and decorate one-of-a-kind glass beads.

With classes limited to just two students, aspiring glass artists will have all the individual attention needed to walk away with a thorough knowledge of beadmaking, said Mary Forwell, class teacher and Fairmont branch manager.

“You’ll learn to make whatever you can dream up,” she said. “We’ll provide the tools and supplies and step-by-step instruction at first so that by the end of the threehour class you’ll be very independent.”

The new location is a return home for the Bavin family, who ran the ski rental shop up at Fairmont resort’s ski area during the 1980s. The rustic, 1923 cabin is one of the original bungalows built where the resort’s main lodge now sits.

The Bavin Glass Cabin will be open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. until September 31st. To find out more about Bavin Glassworks, visit www.bavinglass.com or call 250-342-6816.

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Music festival steams into Edgewater

By Kristian Rasmussen Pioneer Staff The valley will be turning up the decibels with enough energy to power a paddle wheeler next weekend. The Steamboat Mountain Music Festival is making its debut in Edgewater on July 7th.

The event has been a year in the making, and a host of local and imported talent are ready to entertain with all genres of music.

“Edgewater is just a place where music is part of life,” said Anne Jardine, festival organizer.

“People still actually pick guitars on their back porches around this town.”

The event features headliners Chris Coole, John Reischman and the Jaybirds, Maria in the Shower, and Mark Koenig. The festival is divided between 40 per cent headliners and 60 per cent local talent.

Valley performers adding their music to the mix include, The Dry Gulch Ramblers, L8te, and The Halfsacks.

“We have such a huge talent pool in this region and a lot of really wonderful players,” Ms. Jardine said. “We would like to see the arts help to lead the economic recovery of the valley. We have a lot of unacknowledged wealth here.”

The event is designed to appeal to all ages

with family activities, an antique display, treasure hunts, duck race down the Edgewater flume, and a self guided historical tour.

“When we first envisioned the festival we estimated that we would draw about 600 people, which would be wonderful,” the organizer said.

“Musical creativity is right at the core of our collective life here in the valley. Music brings us together and makes us more alive” The festival will coincide with Edgewater’s 100th year anniversary celebrations. The festival kicks off at 10:45 a.m. with opening ceremonies.

Artists will be playing the stage at the Edgewater Elementary School grounds until 11 p.m.

“I hope the event will be another part of community building in the area — especially the music community,” Mrs. Jardine added. “Artists are so scattered around that sometimes they feel isolated and overlooked. We want to change that and bring artists and the valley together.”

Tickets to the festival are $35 for adults and $15 for youth (6-18). They are available on the festival website at www.steamboatmtnmusicfest. ca, or at The Book Bar and One Hour Photo in Invermere, Pip’s Country Store in Edgewater, Meet on Higher Ground Coffee Shop (Radium) Smoking Water Coffee Company (Fairmont), and the Skookum Inn (Windermere).

A wolf at her whimsy Wildlife photographer Alan Dibb captured this shot of a wolf at play as a butterfly fluttered past her vision while heading north along the edge of Highway 93.

“Suddenly something caught her attention and she whirled around to look at whatever it was,” Mr. Dibb said. “The wolf turned a couple of circles in pursuit of a butterfly before giving up the chase.”

Photo by Alan Dibb

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Congratulations

June 29, 2012

Funktastic lineup for 5th Hoodstock Festival

By Kate Irwin Pioneer Staff

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Get your dancing shoes on, the Hoodstock Festival is getting ready to rock the custom-built stage at Coy’s Par 3 for its fifth year, and you’re invited to come along and boogie.

An eclectic mix of musical talent, entertainers, kids activities and vendors will be on hand to make this year’s Hoodstock the best one yet, said organizer Rory Sinclair, of Fairmont’s Hoodoo Grill.

“This year we really, really want families to come in and have an absolutely great day,” he said. “We’ve expanded into a massive kids’ zone with a laser tag maze … there will be two separate bouncy castle areas: a small kids’ bouncy castle, and one for youths too. Then there’s an inflatable obstacle course, face painting, dunk tank and a magician.”

A wide selection of kids activities is planned during the daytime, he added, with more of an adult-focused evening of bands, dancing and socializing.

Along with kids’ fun, Hoodstock is first-and-foremost a music festival, and the organizers have created a speaker-pumping program featuring eight live bands throughout the afternoon and evening.

Local groups Thinking Man and Valley Forged will take to the stage along with returning favourites The Johnny McCuaig Band and Matt Blaise. New to this year’s lineup will be Stand Back and Let the Dog See the Rabbit, a band formed by members of AC/DC tribute band BC/DC, and funk sextet Whiskey Chief.

“I’m really excited about the lineup of bands,” Rory said. “We’ve got some funk music from up-and-coming

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There could be no better location for the festival than Fairmont, he added.

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June 29, 2012

FAIR PLAY — The playground at Eileen Madson Primary School will soon be more accessible to students of all abilities, courtesy of a government grant.

Primary school receives $25,000 for playground gear

By Kelsey Verboom Pioneer Staff Kids at Eileen Madson Primary School in Invermere can expect to have a safer playground by this fall, thanks to a major grant from the provincial government.

The local school is one of 227 from across the province that will benefit from an $8 million funding commitment by Premier Christy Clark and Education Minister George Abbott.

Two years ago the province started the funding program, giving first to schools with no playground equipment at all, and now to those in need of improved or refurbished equipment.

“Our government is committed to providing students and communities with safe and modern playground facilities to promote play-based learning, physical activity and healthy lifestyles,” Minister

Abbott said in a press release.

Eileen Madson was one of only two schools in School District #6 to be awarded money, the other being Lindsay Park school in Kimberley.

The Invermere primary school has been granted $25,000 to install equipment that is more accessible to students in wheelchairs, and to upgrade the surface below the playground’s colourful structure, said Steve Jackson, director of operations with School District #6.

The new upgrades are expected to be complete before the snow flies later this year.

“I’m excited because any upgrade and any addition will be well-used by students. The playground is played on at all hours of the day,” said Eileen Madson Principal, Lisa Tenta.

“We’re always trying to encourage physical activity, so these upgrades will only add to that.”

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June 29, 2012

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Government passes new mortgage rules For the past several years, the federal Finance Department has been warning Canadians to be more mindful about their household debt levels, now at a massive 152% of personal income.

On June 21st, the government took a step towards helping Canadians do so by unveiling tightened mortgage regulations, which will come into effect on July 9th. The announcement marks the fourth time since 2008 that the government has clamped down on mortgage rules.

Under the new lending rules, there will be changes such as reduced amortization periods for governmentinsured mortgages, tighter refinancing rules and more stringent mortgage qualification parameters.

Most affected by these changes will be younger or first-time homeowners, who will likely qualify only for more modestly priced homes or have to come up with a larger down payment to get into the housing market.

Reduced amortization period The most noticeable change to the existing mortgage rules is a reduction to the maximum amortization period for government-insured mortgages.

Buyers who purchase a home with a down payment of less than 20% of its value are required by law to purchase government-backed mortgage insurance from a company such as the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

Under the new rules, the maximum amortization period will be reduced from 30 years to 25 years. This means that anyone buying a home with less than a 20% down payment must repay the loan over 25 years or less.

This reduction is in sharp contrast to the 40 year amortization period that was available in 2006. This move is sure to cut some buyers out of the market, as in 2011 a whopping 33% of mortgages had 26-30 year amortization periods.

A shorter amortization period isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Monthly payments will be higher, but qualified homeowners will also build up their home equity at a faster pace.

Other changes Also starting July 9th, government-backed mortgage insurers like CMHC will no longer insure homes worth more than $1 million. This means that buyers of these extravagant homes will need to provide at least a 20% down payment or seek private insurance.

Changes were also made to the maximum amount people can borrow against their home equity. Currently the upper borrowing limit is 85% of their house’s equity, but on July 9th it will be reduced to 80%.

This change will affect refinancing loans and home equity lines of credit.

In addition, the Office of the Superintendent of

Financial Institutions (OSFI) published new rules for financial institutions designed to discourage lending to marginal borrowers.

These rules encourage financial institutions to shy away from risky loans, by requiring better assessments on borrower capacity to service debt obligations.

OSFI is also calling for higher standards of institutional risk management and possibly even insurance against risky loans.

Why not just raise interest rates?

Historically, the government would temper issues such as high household debt or an overheated housing market by increasing interest rates. However, given the current global economic state, this simply isn’t an option.

Some economists believe these new mortgage requirements signal that interest rates will remain at historically low levels for a very long time to come.

Falling interest rates during the past 30 years coupled with relaxed lending standards over the past decade have stimulated the economy greatly, and have supported high levels of housing demand.

Tightening the existing mortgage rules may be the most effective way the government can temper this behaviour going forward.

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June 29, 2012

Columbia Basin Trust injects cash into 39 local projects

By Kate Irwin Pioneer Staff The valley’s non-profit groups are receiving a cash boost of nearly $170,000 as the Columbia Basin Trust doles out funding for the upcoming year.

With a little over $1 million to allocate, 138 projects around the East Kootenay region will receive a cash injection from the organization. Of these, 39 are local to the Columbia Valley. The valley’s funded projects range from animal clinics to event hosting to building renovations.

The $1 million in funding comes from the Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Programs.

“For the 2012/2013 programs, we received 151 applications in total; 138 were approved for funding,” said Loree Duczek of the Regional District of East Kootenay, which administers the programs on behalf of the Columbia Basin Trust.

The Community Initiatives Program funds projects identified as priorities within the communities and rural areas of the Regional District of East Kootenay.

Included in this year’s funded building projects is $25,000 for civic centre and beach park upgrades in Canal Flats, $8,500 for upgrades to the Wilmer Community Hall, $7,000 for the Village of Radium Hot Springs to replace park fencing, $7,000 for flood repairs in the Windermere Community Hall, $2,500 for an information kiosk in Fairmont, and $7,500 towards a new roof for the Invermere Curling Centre.

Other noteworthy projects funded include work on the Copper Point and Dry Gulch Trails by the Colum-

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bia River Greenways Alliance, which received $11,500 from the trust; $5,000 for the Lake Windermere Winter Village and Whiteway expansion; $8,000 for Invermere’s Lakeview Manor; and $10,700 towards the Columbia Valley abattoir.

Funding is equitably divided between the region’s six electoral areas and eight municipalities, to ensure an even spread of projects are aided, Ms. Duczek explained.

“Each Municipality and Electoral Area has a set amount of funding that it can allocate,” she said. “Once the applications are received at the RDEK ... community meetings are scheduled to provide applicants the opportunity to discuss their proposals with representatives from the electoral areas and municipalities.”

Funding recommendations are then submitted to the regional district Board of Directors, which makes the final funding decisions.

The Community Initiatives and Affected Areas Programs have been in place since 1998 and are the Trust’s longest running funding schemes.

While the Affected Areas Programs specifically targets areas impacted by flooding from dam construction under the Columbia River Treaty, the Community Initiatives Program is open to any non-profit group looking to improve its community.

Application forms and proposal guidelines for the 2013/14 funding cycle are available at the regional district’s Cranbrook and Columbia Valley offices and on its website at www.rdek.bc.ca. Applications close in February 2013.

To learn more about Columbia Basin Trust programs and initiatives, visit www.cbt.org or call 1-800505-8998.

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Business Beats • Columbia Valley residents can now tap The Source for electronics. The Source, which used to operate out of Selkirk TV in Invermere, now has a standalone store on 13th Street, just up from Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena. The high-tech retail shop opened its doors on June 15th, and features an array of electronic goods and gadgets, including printers, computers and audio accessories.

“It has been fantastic opening the new business in town,” said Aaron Mckenzie, store manager. “We have heard everything from, ‘It looks like a big city store,’ to ‘I have been waiting forever for one of these.’

“We really want to make everyone proud to have us,” Mr. Mckenzie added. Phone: 250-341-3756.

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June 29, 2012 • The Columbia Valley has another option to stay warm this winter with brand-new business, Hubert’s Heating and Gas Fitting. The firm was opened during May by valley local and class A gasfitter, Nick Weis.

“There really aren’t a lot of people who do residential work,” Mr. Weis said. “I feel pride in doing a great job and making sure that everything works well for the customer.”

The local tradesmen is the third generation in his family to go into his field and has close to 15 years of experience working with sheet metal, gas fitting, servicing systems and installing new ones. Phone: 250-688-0835.

• Invermere’s Cash Store has closed, leaving customers facing a 260 kilometre drive to either Cochrane, Alta. or Revelstoke to reach the next-nearest branch. The financial service provider offers short-term cash advances and cheque cashing. At the time of going to press, a rep-

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SUMMER SCHEDULE For the months of July and August the District of Invermere will hold only one Regular Meeting of Council. Council meetings will be held in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Office (914 8th Avenue, Invermere, BC) at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10th, 2012 and Tuesday, August 14th, 2012.

resentative from The Cash Store could not be reached to confirm reasons for the closure or the possibility of the branch reopening in the future.

• Ray Ray’s Beach Pub in Invermere, near Kinsmen Beach, has shut its doors.

• KÖnig Meat & Sausage Co. in downtown Invermere has changed ownership. Jurgen KÖnig, who has owned the shop for 10 years, has sold it to Michael Hecken and Craig McGowan, who will continue to operate it as a deli, butcher shop, and popular lunch stop.

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For the past 15 years, Spur Valley Greens has served as a laid-back launch site for golfers looking to use their swing to send balls into a low orbit.

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“Every hole is distinct,” said Craig Millar, Spur Valley head pro. “As a golfer, you don’t feel like you are playing the same hole over and over.

The designer really utilized every acre that he had.”

At Spur Valley Greens the focus is on fun.

The course is considered mid-length, which puts it conveniently between a championship size and a par-3 course.

“We have some people who play the whole course in less than two hours,” Craig said. “The experience at Spur Valley is about relaxation. Our course doesn’t consume your whole day and it allows you to pursue other recreational activities.”

Although the atmosphere at Spur Valley is laid-back, the development staff at the resort are always working on something new.

The resort has added a driving range, practice area, putting green, sand traps, chipping area, oncourse washrooms, and a very special addition is coming soon.

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June 29, 2012

Pop the champagne, Edgewater’s turning 100!

By Dorothy Isted Special to The Pioneer The village of Edgewater is turning 100 this month and with anniversary celebrations beckoning on July 7th and 8th, The Pioneer decided to look back on the humble beginnings of this indomitable community.

The seeds of inspiration for the tranquil village, which sits 10 kilometres north of Radium Hot Springs, germinated in the mind of James Lorenzo McKay, a young Scottish immigrant to the area.

After returning from service in the Army in 1885, James travelled to the valley and went back to his family at their homestead in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, to report it a good place to settle down.

In 1886, brothers James, Jock and Cham, along with their father, John McKay, made their way to the sloughs below Edgewater. James, just 18 at the time, saw the potential and purchased about 15,000 acres, from Sinclair (Radium) to Luxor (Spur Valley), naming it Elk Park Ranch.

A tiny ranching and farming community sprang up. But it was a man by the name of Dr. W. Herbert Gaddes, who did for Edgewater what Robert Randolph Bruce did for Invermere, causing it to flourish.

Gaddes, a veterinarian turned land developer, visited the McKays several times between 1908 and 1910 and stayed with the family at their Upper Ranch, site of the well-known Eaton farmhouse, just north of Radium.

Gaddes was there as an advisor to James McKay, who had plans to develop his property. McKay was financed by the Dominion Trust Company, which had dealings with the company Gaddes worked for in Kelowna.

Dr. Gaddes began working for Columbia Valley Orchard Ltd. in Edgewater in 1911. It was that same year that the small community was formally surveyed and planned.

By 1923, only two buildings had been constructed in the hamlet, one belonging to Columbia Valley Orchard Ltd., on the corner of Selkirk and Vermillion Street, and the other an early investor’s summer house, the Planta cottage.

In the early 1900s, 30 to 40 men were employed for two years to construct an irrigation flume with a main line nine kilometres long, and several kilometres of branch lines. Around 87 properties still use the historic flume today.

With the construction of the Edgewater Sawmill in 1912, people began to trickle slowly into the area. In 1918 there were 30 people in the hamlet. In 1927: 60.

But a year later the count shot up to 200.

Some British settlers had left during the First World War (1914-1918) and never returned, so the Dominion Trust Company — the financial backer for both the McKays and Columbia Valley Orchard — offered their properties up for sale to recoup some of their losses.

Dr. Gaddes believed he could restore the plan to build up the village, draw in immigrants, and later sell it to a land settlement company, so he attracted some business partners and formed the Columbia Valley Ranches company.

TURNING BACK THE CLOCK — One of Edgewater’s first buildings was the home of W. Herbert Gaddes, who was an integral part of the growth of the small ranching and farming community. The building doubled as offices for Gaddes’ company, Columbia Valley Ranches.

Photos courtesy of the Windermere Valley Museum They brought in settlers from Germany, Denmark and Switzerland. These continental influences can still be seen with a flick through the phone book, which includes Wengers, Rasmussens, Lautrups and Stollers.

Columbia Valley Ranches also donated land for a community hall and church, further aiding Edgewater’s expansion. A Danish émigré, master carpenter Elof Madsen, drew the plans for Edgewater’s All Saints Anglican Church, the community hall, and the Whitehouse Pub in Windermere — all of which still stand to this day.

Between 1922 and 1925, the flumes, which had fallen into disrepair, were restored, and upgrades were made to fences and farm buildings.

To finance this, Dr. Gaddes imported a trainload of beef cows and hogs to generate some income.

He sold the company in 1925 to his younger brother Mel, a real estate agent who, with a business partner, sold 20 acre parcels for $50 an acre with a deposit of $100.

Close to 60 families were drawn in by the reasonably-priced lands. Most ran mixed farming operations, which made them a living during the summer and fall.

In the winter, residents could supplement their incomes in the lumber mill.

But, following the stock market crash of 1929, the forestry industry across Canada tanked. In Edgewater, Canadian Pacific Railway ceased purchasing railway ties for their construction from the lumber mill, cutting off a vital source of income to the town.

Because people were not able to make their mortgage payments, Mel and his business partner were forced to give up their property, which reverted to Dr. Gaddes.

By this time he was employed by the government and

living in Vancouver, so he sent his son Leonard to manage the Edgewater property.

Leonard held the position for 12 years. He organized the farming and cutting of Christmas trees around Edgewater, first with the Hofert Company and later with GR Kirk Company. This created a regular winter business, with Edgewater workers supplying between 125,000 to 140,000 trees each season.

Without this, the town would not have survived the Great Depression, which ran from 1930 to the early 1940s. Leonard also secured a contract to provide fresh produce to the CPR hotels in Lake Louise and Banff.

Barry Moore, a current resident, recalls the story: “Leonard was having a bridge game at the Planta house. Von Danikan, said to him, ‘You Canadians are so stupid! You’ve got all this fine produce! We’ve got movie stars and rich people staying at the Banff Springs Hotel where I work and the vegetables are crap!’”

In fact, Edgewater produce was so good it was sent to the San Francisco World’s Fair. Mr. Moore recalls Isabel Erkman, who was a longtime Edgewater resident, showing him the ornate certificates received at this event.

As a result, Leonard — who ran a company composed of 15,000 acres, livestock, a sawmill and planer — went into Calgary to purchase a truck to deliver produce.

The dealership wouldn’t take his company cheque and he had to use his personal funds to purchase the $400, four-ton vehicle.

An insulated receptacle was then built for the back of it and he made several trips per week delivering food to the CPR hotels in Banff and Lake Louise. The contract lasted into the 1940s. Continued on page 23 . . .

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Barry Moore grew up in the Planta house, which was built for Senator Planta, one of the original company investors, as a summer dwelling. It was known locally as The Glass House because it had so many windows.

Dr. Gaddes retired from his government job in 1934 and spent part of each year in Edgewater, working to attract settlers from the Prairies. After Leonard left in 1942 to build his own business, Dr. Gaddes remained in Edgewater until he sold most of the property to the GR Kirk Company. The remaining townsite lots and some farming land were sold to Harry Moore, Barry Moore’s father.

In 1923, Harry took a sawmill job in Wasa, B.C. and he later married Berta Cameron. After several years of running a “portable logging show” during the Depression, Barry’s mother was darn tired of moving all the time, he said.

In 1942, Harry had a visit in Ta Ta Creek near Cranbrook from the manager of the Columbia Valley Ranches and was asked to move his operation and employees up to Edgewater for a year. He brought with him the Larochelles and Carlson families, who still reside in Edgewater to this day. Berta was happy to settle in and decided there would be no more moving.

The first Edgewater school was built on the Smith property, two-and-a-half miles from town.

Dorothy Brown, 94, of Invermere, lived in Edgewater for 92 years. She recalls going to school with twins Bill and Boyce Gaddes. Over the years the community hall was used sporadically as classroom space. At one time Edgewater even had its own high school.

As the small community progressed, a number of key businesses were formed by residents. Farms all around the valley trucked their milk to the Edgewater Creamery, which was run by Del and Phyllis Bowers.

Jim Taylor owned the Edgewater Berry Farm and grew raspberries, strawberries and currents. Students from the fine arts school in Banff used to come out as berry pickers in the summer.

There was also a time when Edgewater seed potatoes were being shipped to Idaho and New Brunswick.

The Alpine Club of Canada employed residents for many years during the summers and there were also a few guide/outfitting operations run by locals.

Forestry played a big part in the economy of the community throughout its history. In 1965, the community suffered a setback when the Social Credit government awarded Edgewater’s quota for timber production to a large American corporation. Within a few years many families had to leave and look for work elsewhere.

Over the years, many small businesses have come and gone in Edgewater. The community gained and lost a few small coffee shops, Conzelman’s Garage, for gas and car repairs, Hansen’s General Store, and the Edgewater General Store run by Mr. Blair, who also had a store in Brisco.

His store was housed in a building intended for a cannery. But the First World War had interrupted plans and the building instead served as a community recreation centre before Hansen took it over.

For a short time around 1928 Heinz and Gertie Seel taught gymnastics in the building, and from 1933 until 1965 it served as the general store and a hub of the com-

HISTORICAL LENS — Edgewater’s general stores, which have come and gone over the years, have always served as a hub of activity within the community. Pictured, top: Hansen’s General Store in 1930. Bottom: Edgewater’s first school by Larmour Creek on Eric Smith’s property with young pupils Amy Nixon, Dorothy Lansburg and Dorothy Smith. munity. In 1971, it was converted into four apartments.

From 1946 to about 1958 the community also gained the Edgewater Coffee Shop. It was begun by Evelyn Nielsen and went through a change of hands before its sale again to Carrie and Adolph Johnson.

The Johnsons added ice cream, which Adolph churned by hand after his workday at the sawmill was done as there was no electricity. When Hans and Betty Nable took over, they added a second story and rental room, plus groceries on the main floor.

Other local gathering places were Spike’s Coffee Shop, Fried Chicken Café, Hansen’s General Store.

Nowadays the community of Edgewater is served by Pip’s Country Store, a general store filled with rural charm, a community hall, Legion branch, gas station, golf course, elementary school and the Edgewater Open Market, which offers crafts and produce every Saturday morning.

When asked about the strong sense of community

that is evident in Edgewater, Barry Moore explained: “Edgewater was much bigger than Invermere for the longest time. Tourism rose, farming dropped. You didn’t need locally grown milk or produce anymore. A lot of places run on an economy. When you don’t have an economy, you have to have something else.”

The 2011 Census recorded the town population as 544 with 301 dwellings. Businesses have come and gone, as have people. But the one thing that has remained constant has been the strong sense of community.

You can get a taste of it yourself at the Edgewater 100th birthday celebrations on July 7th and 8th.

Included will be pancake breakfasts, the Steamboat Mountain Music Festival (see page 15 for more event details), self-guided history walks, a duck race down the historical flume, a heritage tea and the Edgewater 100th Celebration Parade down Main Street at 10 a.m. on Sunday, July 8th.

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The Source

proudly opens its newest location in Invermere

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Canadian owned and operated consumer electronics and wireless retailer, The Source, is proud to announce the Grand Opening of its newest location in beautiful Invermere. Managing the store Aaron Mackenzie, who has over 9 years experience serving customers with consumer electronics.

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“My staff and I are honoured to be able to open the doors of our new store to our community,” said Mackenzie. “We take great pride in providing helpful, friendly service to our customers, in addition to offering a great selection of the latest and greatest consumer electronics products and services, right here at home.”

fundraising campaigns and charitable donations to support great causes. It is through working with our communities that we enable both our associates and customers the opportunity to make a difference in both our environment, and the lives of people across the country.

Located in Invermere, the store offers a variety of National Brands such as Sony, Samsung, and LG, and provides a great assortment of product categories aimed at helping customers make their lives easier while on the go, in the home or at work. Our product and service lineup includes the latest selection of smartphones, HDTVs, laptops, headphones and the essentials including batteries and ink cartridges. The Source’s knowledgeable staff look forward to assisting you find the products you want and providing the help you need to make the most of your electronics.

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We invite you to join us in the celebration of our new Grand Opening in Invermere, 526 13TH St., June 28-30, to experience our new store, to meet Aaron and his staff, and have your chance to win a TOSHIBA 55” LED Passive 3D bundle.

Interested in working at The Source? For information on jobs at The Source visit thesource.ca

Historical Handyman — ­ Morley Winnick, owner of Beeland and Jubilee Mountain Apiary in Spillimacheen, standing under the faded sign.

Photo Kristian Rasmussen

Historic sign uncovered

By Kristian Rasmussen Pioneer Staff A valley man found a pleasant surprise while completing a maintenance project on his 100-year-old business building.

Morley Winnick, owner of Beeland and Jubilee Mountain Apiary, replaced the outer fascia board of the historical Spillimachene General Store (old spelling: the town is now spelled ‘Spillimacheen’), which houses his honey retail store.

When he peeled back the layers, he discovered the historical building’s original sign still intact from the early 1920s.

“We are going to re-face the sign again and will be putting up the same design as was used in 1912,” he said.

The original building was built by Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McDonald in 1913 as the first general store in Spillimacheen at the time. The McDonalds moved the town post office into their building and were owners of both businesses until they sold the property to Margaret Fraling in January of 1920.

In 192,1 Margaret married Ted OLoughlin’ and changed the name of the store to the Spillimachene General Store.

The store featured an assortment of groceries and frontier products. In 1940 the store added another name change to its roster as the Spillimachene Trading Post.

The new name came with the addition of dual gas pumps from the Texaco and Imperial gas companies.

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526 13TH St. Invermere, BC 250-341-3756 Offers valid June 28-30, 2012 at this location only. Offers accurate at press time. May be subject to change. The Source does not accept liability for pictorial or typographical errors. Taxes not included. ™Trade-mark of The Source (Bell) Electronics Inc. Cell phone bonus offer: Available with compatible devices within coverage areas available from Bell and its international partners’ coverage areas where technology permits. Other monthly fees, e.g., 9-1-1, and one-time device activation ($35) apply. Paper bill service charge ($2/mo.) applies unless you register for e-bill and cancel your paper bill. Upon early termination, price adjustments apply; see your Service Agreement for details. Subject to change without notice. Taxes extra. May not be available in all locations. Other conditions apply. (1) With new activation of select devices (excluding iPhones) on a 3-yr. contract on a post-paid voice plan. Gift Cards/Bonuses must accompany any returns. (2) Offer excludes iPhones. With new activation on a post-paid voice plan and a data feature with a total min. value of $50/mo. You must keep a min. $50/mo. post-paid voice and data plan for 12 months after activation. Upon early termination, price adjustments apply; see your Service Agreement for details. BlackBerry, RIM, Research In Motion and related trademarks, names and logos are the property of Research In Motion Limited and are registered and/or used in the U.S. and countries around the world. Used under license from Research In Motion Limited. Samsung Galaxy S II is a trademark of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., used in Canada under licence. Note that an Advanced Environmental disposal surcharge applies in the province of BC. See store or www.trma.com for complete details. *Available to new Bell Satellite TV residential customers, where access and line of sight permit. Subject to change without notice; not combinable with any other offers, discounts or promotions. Taxes extra. Other conditions apply. Only one HDTV discount per account. TV must be purchased at the same time as the Bell TV receiver. Taxes extra; customer must pay taxes. For any TV purchased under the value of $200, no additional credit or cash refunds apply. A monthly digital service fee ($3 per account) applies. Early termination fees apply. Available with a new account on a rental choice plan or 2-year contract. New subscribers only, with a new account and purchase of a system; customer must purchase receiver(s) between June 28-30, 2012, book installation by July 14, 2012 and activate receiver(s) within 60 days. Covers basic professional installation of the primary system on a 2-year contract only. For eligibility see www.bell.ca/installationincluded. For rentals, a one-time activation charge of $49.95 applies. See store for details.

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Valley trail network gathers momentum

By Pioneer Staff The valley is developing a backbone as the Columbia Valley Greenways Alliance pushes forward with a trail concept known as a ‘spine’.

With Greenways trails already in place between Dry Gulch and Radium, in Invermere, by Canal Flats, and at Sinclair Creek in Radium, the ‘spine’ concept will link these sections, creating a pathway from top to bottom of the valley.

The next step for the Greenways organization is to

finish the pathway connecting Invermere to Radium.

This requires completion of trails to connect Athalmer to the Invermere crossroads, and the construction and paving of a nine-kilometre pathway connecting the current Dry Gulch Old Coach Trail trail to the crossroads trail. The plan is to eventually continue that connection, extending the trails north to Golden and south to Canal Flats.

The group needs $400,000 in funding to make this concept a reality.

The trail-planning crew recent received $10,000 in

funding from the Community Initiative Program. They are now seeking monetary donations, volunteers, and construction services to connect the valley’’s communities with the pathways.

A spine trail is a linking network of corridors consisting of man-made boardwalks, historical human and animal migration routes, old roads, or past creekbeds or waterways. The corridors are designed to give residents and animals the ability to travel safely within a green space, and will have points of interest along the way.

For more information: www.greenways.ca

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June 29, 2012

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(250) 342-1167 PICKING PROS — More than 40 volunteers joined forces on June 23rd to clean up the Lake Enid area.

Pictured, above: the intrepid trash-pickers are not be deterred by heavy rainfall, and pose for a shot, garbage bags in hand. Left: dirtbikers Wyatt Hart and James Wilfley, with Aina Cernenoks, Ministry of Forests Recreation Officer.

Photos by Pat Morrow

Volunteers pitch in at Enid

By Pioneer Staff An unlikely combination of motorized backcountry users and environmentalists joined together on June 23rd to tidy up Lake Enid, a popular recreation site near Wilmer.

More than 40 volunteers from Wildsight and the Windermere Valley Dirt Riders removed a pickup truck full of garbage from the lake area. Kendyl Hart,

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head of the dirtbike group, said he helped organize the event to show others that the backcountry can be enjoyed respectably by all people, whether they prefer to hike, bike, or ride it.

“Through responsible use, we can all share the outdoors together,” he said.

“We’re all just hardworking people who want to get out there and have fun. We should all do our part to make it look like beautiful B.C.”

Elated Grandparents Carol & Steve Smith of Fairmont would like to announce the birth of their 3rd grandchild, a beautiful baby girl,

Ivy Grace

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to Brandi & Mark Schuit of Invermere. Ivy was born in Cranbrook, Monday, June 18, 2012 weighing 6 lbs., 8 oz. Very excited big brothers are Jaxen & Evan. Grandparents Glenn Horan of Invermere, Jo-Ann & Klaas Meeboer and John & Jennifer Schuit of Ontario all celebrate in welcoming Ivy.

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David Sharp

Willa Love

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Jill McCorry

Four longtime valley teachers announce their retirement

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School’s out for four longtime Columbia Valley teachers and a councillor, who have announced their retirement at the end of the current school year.

Eileen Madson Primary School teachers Willa Love and Jill McCorry, and Laird Elementary School teachers Bruce Childs and David Sharp are retiring, along with part-time Eileen Madson counsellor Jocelyn Seagram.

Between them the four retiring teachers have a total of 95 years of teaching experience in the valley.

The longest-serving teacher, David Sharp, has been at Laird Elementary for 32 years. Mr. Sharp trained at the University of Victoria and taught in the area for six months before moving to the valley.

His entire teaching career has been at J.A. Laird.

“I love the valley; it’s probably one of the best places to raise kids,” he said. “The community is very supportive. As a teacher you basically get to know everybody in the valley ... I also had the chance to teach my own kids [Lindsay and Jared], which was great fun.

During his time here Mr. Sharp received a Marshall McLuhan Distinguished Teachers Award. He plans to remain in the local area as a substitute teacher and to continue coaching volleyball at David Thompson Secondary.

“I’d like to thank all the parents who allowed me to teach their kids because it made my teaching career so wonderful,” he added.

Bruce Childs has been at Laird Elementary for 22 years, working as a classroom teacher with various grades and giving music classes to Grade 5, 6 and 7 students, as well as leading the Silver Strings Ukulele Ensemble.

“The most enjoyable things about teaching in the Columbia Valley have been the fantastic children, the very supportive parents, and a fabulous staff to work with throughout the years,” he said.

The musician gained his teaching certificate at Simon Fraser University and worked in the Vancouver school system before a four year stint teaching music and Grade 7 in Elkford. He was hired by School District #6 in 1990.

Mr. Childs, who is a regular performer at valley music events, plans to remain in the local area, pouring his creative energy from teaching into music and songwriting.

“To my current class: I feel blessed to end my career with such a beautiful group of 10-11 year-olds,” Mr. Childs said. “For all of the other ‘kids’ I have taught over the years, most of who are young adults now: I have been so honoured to give you everything I could to get you into your lives, and I am so proud of all of you.”

Eileen Madson’s longest-serving retiring teacher is Jill McCorry, who taught at the primary school for 20 years and has been a teacher for 33 years.

Ms. McCorry started her career as a speech and language therapist, working for the Department of National Defence in Lahr, Germany, before returning to summer school to gain her teaching certificate.

Her entire teaching career has been spent in the valley, where she plans to remain for her retirement.

“I came here and fell in love with the mountains,” she said. “The support of parents and the school district here is great ... it’s an emotional rollercoaster deciding to leave — I’m happy, sad, excited, and overwhelmed.”

Ms. McCorry has taught kindergarten and Grade 1 at Eileen Madson Primary, as well as supplying speech and language therapy from kindergarten to Grade 12.

“I’ve woken up each day excited to come to school and to learn new things with my students,” Ms. McCorry said. “I love the enthusiasm of the younger grades and I love teaching them to read and write.”

Willa Love has been a full-time teacher for 18 years, working as a substitute teacher before coming to Edgewater Elementary in 1994. During her time here she worked Radium Elementary, Windermere Elementary, Edgewater and Eileen Madson, where she taught for 12 years.

A former Parks Canada naturalist, Mrs. Love had a varied career before entering the classroom. She worked as a flood forecaster in Edmonton before joining the B.C. Department of Highways as a terrain analyst.

“It’s very hard to walk away; we’ve had so much fun and teaching has given me so many smiles,” she said.

“I’ve loved learning from each and every class.

“My fondest memories at EMP have been the Grade 2/3 trips to Fort Steele, It’s the highlight of the year and the kids are always thrilled.”

Mrs. Love and her husband Kelly plan to spend her retirement travelling in the United States and enjoying time with friends and family.

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The graduating class from Open Doors donned their most dashing tuxedos and delightful dresses for dinner at their 2012 graduation formal at Pynelogs Cultural Centre on June 21st.

Pictured above, from left to right: Cooper Horning, Dana Kendall, Courtney Little, Hailey Ross, Anya Milligen, Jade Belcher, and Brandon Sam. Pictured right; Anya Milligen gets ready for her close-up.

Matthew Kopp, Derrick Verbrugge and Hannah Smedstad are also graduating this year, but are missing from the photo.

Photos by Kristian Rasmussen

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Unique energy source proposed for Canal Flats

By Kate Irwin Pioneer Staff An innovative heating and cooling system using groundwater from the village aquifer is being investigated for Canal Flats. The scheme, which is still in the “very preliminary” stages, is being looked into by the village following the completion of two studies by an engineering firm.

The studies examine the cost of establishing a stormwater system to direct more water into the aquifer, and the possibility of using aquifer water to heat and cool homes and other buildings within the village boundary.

“Council authorized and approved these studies in 2007. It took four, almost five years now, for the engineering firm to complete this project,” said Brian Woodward, Chief Administrative Officer for the village.

“The plan is to see whether or not the municipality could create a heating and cooling system for the village using the aquifer.”

The concept would require residents and the village to upgrade buildings to a water-operated heating and cooling system supplied by the village watermain.

Canal Flats’ water is sourced from three wells drawing from the aquifer flowing northwards beneath the village from the Kootenay River to Columbia Lake.

“The plan is to see whether or not the municipality could create a heating and cooling system for the village using the aquifer.”

Brian Woodward, CAO, Village of Canal Flats The watermain doesn’t currently have the capacity to handle the increased water demand: if the plan goes ahead, the proposed stormwater system would top up the aquifer, allowing the village to draw more water from it.

Feasibility, cost to residents and the village, funding

sources and a possible timeline for the project are undetermined as the concept is at such an early stage, Mr. Woodward said.

“It’s at the very preliminary stages right now,” he said. “We would have another engineer look it over to see how we could implement it if we were to move ahead.”

The studies, which cost $30,000, were funded in part by the provincial government, with $10,000 from the village. Public information sessions and consultation would be carried out if the village should decide to proceed further, Mr. Woodward added.

The total cost for upgrading the watermain and installing the stormwater system is estimated in the reports at $7.5 million for the current village size, with a $3.3 million price tag to increase capacity if and when the village expands — a total cost of just under $10.75 million.

To create the new system with the capacity for village expansion already inbuilt would be approximately $9.3 million, the reports stated.

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Thomas Clare (staff member Graham’s son) Dominique Jensen (Hilda’s daughter) Felicia Ollenberger (Holly’s sister) Chelsea Pilote (Nancy’s daughter) Kayli Wojnar (Marianne’s daughter) Hayden Logan (Brad’s son) Stephanie Feldmann (Louise’s Neice)

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Here’s what you can expect: • Typically, meter installation will take place Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. PST. • Meter installers will have BC Hydro and Corix logos on their trucks and uniforms, and photo identification badges.

• You don’t need to be home, as long as we have safe and clear access to your meter—please remove any physical modifications that prevent a meter exchange.

• In most cases, the exchange will take less than 10 minutes.

• You will experience a brief power interruption, in most cases it will last 60 seconds.

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(250) 341-6888

• contracting •

Masonry work, river rocks, rock veneer, glass blocks, etc. Tile and slate installations, interlocking paving stones, retaining wall systems, repairs etc.

Alarms Surveillance Systems Home Theatre Analog & Digital Background Sound Systems

Rick Flowitt

www.cordnerarchitect.com

RedRock

250-342-6549

RADIUM HOT SPRINGS ESSO

For estimate call 250-341-6869 • Cell: 250-341-1220

Patryk Jagiello STAIN/LACQUER/PAINT INTERIOR/EXTERIOR

Automotive Repairs 7 days a week

patco_dev@shaw.ca

GAS • PROPANE • DIESEL

(250) 270-0345 (403) 870-7558 in Calgary since 2002 in Invermere since 2004

Freight & Passenger Depot

7507 Main St. West, Radium Hot Springs

Patco Developments Ltd.

(250) 347-9726

PROFESSIONAL PAINTERS

Hourly or Contract Rates Available Your search for quality and dependability ends with us.

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

Dean Hubman

Certified Technician

250-342-3052

Toll Free: 877-342-3052

Invermere, BC V0A 1K3 odysseyrestoration@telus.net

Irrigation System, Repairs & New Installation Paving Stone Patios, Driveways & Retaining Walls 250-688-1229 • colin.goldsmith@hotmail.com

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)

• Excavator • Mini-Excavator • Bobcats • Dump Truck • Compaction Equipment • Street Sweeping • Underground Services • Site Prep • Road Building • Land Clearing • Landscaping • Basements

Trevor Hayward (Owner/Operator)

250-342-5800

LAMBERT-KIPP

P H A R M A C Y LT D .

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

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

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

250-342-6612

Lake Auto Services

Lambert

250-342-9310

INSURANCE AGENCIES LTD.

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

Same great team, same great service.

Radium Hot Springs Esso

250-347-9726 7507 Main St. West, Radium Hot Springs

Wood Blinds

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Interior World

HERE TO SERVE YOU window fashions

Call Bill Cropper (250) 342 4406

Top Quality Kootenay Cribbing, Ltd.

Interior World FOUNDATION CONTRACTOR OF CHOICE • • • •

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

Home-based customized gift basket business.

Established 1976

w JOHN i n d o w fWOOD ashions

PH: 250-345-2188 • CELL: 250-342-1289 FAX: • E-mail:(250) tobywood@shaw.ca Call Bill 250-345-2189 Cropper 342 4406 5026 Riverview Road, Fairmont, B.C. V0A 1L1

DESIGN & BUILD SERVICE JEFF BALTRUS

Licensed Residential Builder 401 Westridge View Invermere BC V0A 1K4

Cell: (250) 342-1078 Tel/Fax: (250) 342-7076 E-mail: kbuilder@shaw.ca

Need Blinds?

Interior World

FOUR SEASONS FOR ALL REASONS!

window fashions

JAYNE MAGRI • 250-342-3160

Call Bill Cropper (250) 342 4406

Personal & Corporate • Free local delivery

www.itsawrapgiftbaskets.ca • itsawrapgiftbaskets@shaw.ca

HUBERT’S HEATING & GASFITTING NICK WEIS Commercial | Residential Owner | Operator Sales | Service | Installation 250.688.0835 Bonded | Insured | Class A

• New Homes • Renovations • Framing • Roofing • Custom Finishing • Timber Framing

KYLE MOLL

250.341.5603

HTH@contractor.net

AVOID THE STRESS! Call Rhiannon and her team.

Sales • Warranty • Repairs

250-342-9207 250.341.7171 • graybencontractingltd@hotmail.com

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1265A Sunridge rd., Hwy 93/95 Windermere, BC • fhs@telus.net

FAIRMONT RIDGE RENOVATION

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

Residential

Jesse Vader 250.341.5426

Commercial

Ken Johnson 250.341.5427

250.349.5564

• 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

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HERE TO SERVE YOU • FURNACES • HEAT PUMPS • AIR CONDITIONING • FIREPLACES • HOT TUBS • CHEMICALS • SERVICE & MAINTENANCE • GAS FITTING 385 Laurier Street, Invermere, BC Phone: PO Box 86, Athalmer, BC V0A 1A0 email: info@diamondheatingandspas.com Fax:

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

(250) 342-7100 (250) 342-7103

24 hour emergency service

We use the most successful products available.

Environmentally-friendly integrated pest management.

Ask about our maintenance programs ALL WORK PEST QUESTIONS? Visit our website:

GUARANTEED

250-341-8501

www.diamondheatingandspas.com

Phone: 250-342-6452 • 250-342-3773 • Cell: 250-270-9444

YOUR ONE-STOP SHOP for all home maintenance from raking your lawn to renovating your entire house.

Columbia Chiropractic Dr. Karen Fahrni DC Dr. Meghan Haggarty ND

Certified ART® & Graston® provider #4 1008 8th Ave, Invermere BC www.columbiavalleychiro.com

VACATION HOMES REQUIRED TO MEET OUR GUEST DEMANDS.

FREE ESTIMATES

You name it!

I’ll take care of it!

250-426-9586

250-409-9628 • columbiavalleychiro@gmail.com

All products are available at 9120, Hwy 93/95 which is five kilometres north of Tim Hortons

Chimney and Eavestrough Cleaning and Repair Specialists

www.cranbrookpestcontrol.com 1-888-371-6299

Seniors’ Discount

• Ready Mix Concrete • Commercial concrete sealer • Concrete Pumping retarder for exposed • Over 50 colours available aggregate and in stock • DELIVERED ON TIME • Concrete stamps for rent at a fair price • Full range of coloured release • Full range of sand and agents for stamping gravel products.

Fully Insured & WCB Covered

Cranbrook Pest Control

• Pruning and Removal of All Trees and Shrubs • Stump Grinding • Fully Insured & WCB Covered

OVER

30

YEARS EXPERIENCE

Are you happy with the care, attention and number of rentals your current vacation home management company is offering you? Allow us to introduce you to our “Boutique” Vacation Rental Management services that produce results.

Keep your eavestroughs clean and free-flowing regularly to save fascia, soffit and roof damage.

Please call Steve ~ a real local you can trust! 250-342-1791

Call or visit online

PH: 1-888-711-ESCAPE (3722) • WEB: www.cobblestonecreek.ca

Septic Tank Pumping Portable Toilet Rentals • RENOVATIONS • PAINTING

• Weekly Home Checks • Full Yard Services • Maintenance Services

David Gulbe • Mike Bernicot

Box 1020 • Invermere B.C. V0A 1K0 • www.cabincare.ca

From Framing to Finishing Landscaping & Design

• Property Maintenance • Mini Excavator • Parking Lot Sweeping • Trucking • Residential/Commercial • Skidsteer Services

or 250-270-0318 Kari&&John JohnMason Mason250-270-0821 Kari Invermere • Panorama 250.270.0821 Invermere • Panorama

Al Tallman

Call Al at

We Do It All!

• NEW SEWER • CAMERA •

Complete sewer/drain repairs • Reasonable rates – Seniors’ discount • Speedy service – 7 days a week

A well maintained septic system should be pumped every 2-3 years Avoid costly repairs

Bruce Dehart 250.347.9803 or 250.342.5357 • Stains/Lacquers • Interior/Exterior Restoration • Elastormeric/Stucco • New Construction • Apoxys (Cement Floors, Pools) Adam Nohels • Box 331, Canal Flats, BC • 250-688-0128

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Valley fun kicks off, rain or shine Young outdoor enthusiasts had just enough time to shake off the rain and enjoy some time at play during the past week. Pictured, clockwise from top left: Invermere firefighter Shawn Verge helps young fireman in training, Nolan Douglas-Neudorf, man the hose during Eileen Madson Primary School’s annual fun day on June 22nd; Zenarah Gervais enjoys a watermelon wedge during the fun day; Ava Rouleau takes some time out of her schedule to chase a balloon; The Interior World Blue Jays take on the Avalanche in Windermere minor baseball with Blue Jay’s player, Tyler Powell, pitching. The Blue Jays defeated the Avalanche 14-13;

Photos by Kelsey Verboom and Kristian Rasmussen

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Pioneer Classifieds

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Phone: 250-341-6299 Fax: 250-341-6229 Email: info@cv-pioneer.com www.columbiavalleypioneer.com

garage sales

garage sales

garage sales

garage sales

garage sales

announcement

Multi-family garage sales in Columere Park (just south of Fairmont), June 30th from 8 a.m. 1 p.m. Look for balloons.

ICAN’s 5th annual garage sale fundraiser.

If you are hosting a garage sale, please donate your surplus paintings, prints and photos to Art From the Attic. This giant oneday sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 1st at the Invermere Community Centre to raise funds for our local arts council, and our hospital. For FREE PICKUP in Calgary and the Columbia Valley call 250-342-1621 or email elinor1@telus.net. Visit Art From the Attic on Facebook for more info.

Big Yard Sale - June 30th, 8 a.m.

Lawn mower, portable BBQ, camera, leather sofas, TV, Wii Fit, kid’s playhouse, toddler backpack, kid’s clothes size 2-5, snow suits and much more! 960 Copper Point Way - south of Tim Horton’s.

Multi-family garage sale. June 30th, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., July 1st, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. 1228 7th Street, Invermere. Tidy Tank, fence posts, tools, hunting, garden supplies, household items, fabric, antiques, 1993 Chev truck, Rock Chucker reloading equipment, cement wire mesh 5” square.

Al-Anon. Are you concerned about or affected by someone else’s drinking? If so, please join us. Al-Anon meets EVERY Monday in Invermere at 7:15 p.m. at the Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church, 712 – 12th Ave (behind the Invermere hospital). For information, please call Carol at 250-347-9841.

Windermere: 1821 Benniger Road.

Friday, June 29, 3 - 7 p.m., Sunday, June 30, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Household items, furniture, golf equipment, odds and ends.

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June 30th, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. at 101 Industrial Road #2 (Deck Properties Ltd., across from vet’s office). All sort of items available and all proceeds go towards helping local needy animals.

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CAROL ANN BROOKS (DEARIN) Nee: McEwan Oct 22, 1938 – June 12, 2012 It is with deep sadness that the Dearin/Reisle families announce the passing of their mother, Carol Ann Brooks.

Carol was born on Oct. 22, 1938 in Vancouver, B.C. to Hiram Albert, and Dorothy McEwan. In 1956, Carol married Bob Dearin and they moved to Arrowhead, B.C. where Bob began his teaching career and they both began their family. In 1960, they moved to Windermere, B.C. and by 1962, they had four children; Robert (Bud), Dennis, Christopher, and Karen. Carol worked as Secretary at Windermere Elementary School, and was actively involved with Sunday School at St. Peters Anglican Church. She also enjoyed square dancing, camping, berry picking and almost every other outdoor activity. She truly loved the Windermere Valley.

Sadly, Bob and Carol divorced in 1968, and Carol moved to Seattle Wash., USA, where she lived until she was diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2012. At this time, her family moved her back to the Columbia Valley so she could spend the remainder of her life with her family in the valley she so loved. Carol’s illness was rapid yet merciful. Carol passed away peacefully, with her family at her side on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.

Carol was predeceased by her Father and Mother (Hiram and Dorothy McEwan) and her daughter-in-law, Charmaine Dearin.

Carol is survived by her four children; Bud (Bev) Dearin, Dennis (Stacy) Dearin, Chris (Charmaine) Dearin, and Karen (Fritz) Reisle. Carol is also survived by nine grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and her lifelong friend, Joyce McNee. Carol’s wish was to be cremated and laid to rest in Mount View cemetery in Invermere, B.C. A small graveside service for family and friends will be held at Mount View cemetery on Sunday July 8th, 2012 at 1:00 p.m., to be followed by a gathering at the home of Bud and Bev Dearin, 308-12th Ave. Invermere, B.C. at 2:30 p.m.

Fairmont Lion’s Club, Saturday July 7th, 9 a.m - 2 p.m. at Real Storage in Windermere. Furniture, collectibles, antiques, tools, sporting goods, household items, etc.

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MOVING/ DOWNSIZING SALE Furniture, sports, tools, electronics, housewares, art, collectibles.

Sunday, July 1st, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

5924 Juniper Road, Columere Park (near Coy’s Golf Course, Fairmont) Big garage sale - 1236 10th Street.

8 a.m. – 1 p.m. June 30th. Thule, toys, truck tool box, small box liner.

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Lorna May Scott May 12th, 1928 - June 21st, 2012 Lorna May Scott passed away peacefully on June 21st, 2012 following a short battle with health ailments.

Lorna had a great passion for golf and travel, a great love for dogs, fishing, skiing, card playing and was a friend to all of us that had the opportunity to have crossed paths with her. She had many passions in life and whatever she chose to do she did well and with enthusiasm.

Lucky Lorna was her nickname.

Lorna is survived by her husband Richard “Dick” Scott, son Doug (Andrea) Scott of Fort McMurray, son Dwayne Scott (friend Louise) of Claresholm, brother Stu Hardy of Edmonton, and is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

A celebration of Lorna’s life was held on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 2:00 pm at the Windermere Community Association. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Invermere and District Hospital.

The family wishes to thank Dr Louw and Dr Mike Walsh, the numerous friends as well as the staff at the Invermere and District Hospital who provided constant support caring and understanding.

You do not die when you live in the hearts of those you leave behind.

You live in many hearts, Lorna.

Arrangements entrusted to McPherson Funeral Service.

Condolences for the family can be offered at: www.mcphersonfh.com

announcement

Steamboat Mountain

MUSIC FESTIVAL

Sat., July 7th An affordable,day long, family friendly festival TICKETS AVAILABLE On-line or at many local outlets

$35 adult $15 youth (6-18) www.steamboatmtnmusicfest.ca

• John Reischman & the Jay Birds • Mark Koenig • Chris Coole • Maria in the Shower PLUS DOZENS OF LOCAL PERFORMERS

Alcoholics Anonymous Open to all. Regular meetings of the Columbia Valley A.A. are held at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the 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.

thank you Thank you to the Millers of Home Hardware for their generous support of local fundraisers by donating everything for the hot dog sales. It allows all of the proceeds to be put to good use. A big thank-you to Brian at Home Hardware for his invaluable assistance this past Saturday. ~ From, Friends of the Library.

LEGAL NOTICE Be it advised that the Radium Hot Springs Esso will sell the following vehicle for $913.92 in unpaid repairs. The sale will take place at 9:00, July 18th, 2012 at the Radium Hot Springs Esso, in Radium B.C. Debtor’s name: Miller, Harlen Peter Stewart. 1998 Audi A4 Quattro, yellow 4-door sedan.

VIN # WAUCB28D8WA123832. B.C. license plate 818 SFL.

lost & found Lost at Barber’s rock by the arête: gold ring with blue sapphire. If found please call 250-341-1909.

cheers & Jeers

Windy Café . . .

Cheers to the dump truck drivers who honk, the lady at Black Star for the Father’s Day ties, the elderly who stop to say hello, and the courteous drivers. ~ From, the children of Sonshine.

is now open for lunch from 11:30 a.m - 2:30 p.m. and dinner as always from 5 -9 p.m. Enjoy 10% off all orders.

Cheers to Ralph Barrie for seeing the good around him, and writing about it! Appreciated by many!

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cheers & Jeers

cheers & Jeers

cheers & Jeers

storage

SUITE FOR RENT

SUITE FOR RENT

Cheers to Gerry Taft. Happy Birthday mate!

Jeers to the deer cull fighters. Pay the $30,000 out of your own pockets.

Cheers to the construction worker down at the Kinsmen Beach for helping me carry my rowing shell back into the boathouse! Greatly appreciated!

NEWHOUSE MULTI STORAGE Various sizes available.

Now with climate-controlled units.

Call 250-342-3637.

Cheers to Val and Mike at Sobey’s for performing their magic to ensure the roses for Martin Morigeau School were delivered.

Thank you so much!

commercial space

Radium: bachelor – 1-bdrm – 2-bdrm fully furnished units.

1-3 bdrm unfurnished apt. Rent includes heat, hydro, cable, and parking. D.D. required. N/S, pets possible. Call Joan at 250-3427517 for more information and availability.

Charming, well-maintained, 2-bdrm, main-floor suite. Mountain views, large deck, garage, wood burning fireplace, fenced yard, deer-proof garden. W/D, D/W, N/S, N/P. Utilities included. $1,250/ month. 250-342-3790.

Cheers to Josh Page for all of your hard work and the long hours that you put in at Bud’s. Your hard work is much appreciated and does not go unnoticed. ~ From, the staff.

Jeers to the “collectors” who fill up their yards with ugly, brokendown, unlicensed vehicles, who park more on the street when their yards are full.

Cheers to the Windemere Health Care Auxiliary and the Grade 5 students for planting the flowers at Columbia House. They are awesome!

Cheers to the U18 boys soccer team, coach Ian and helper Mark, and team manager Louise. You were awesome at the Sam Steele tournament in Cranbrook. Wow, gold again!

Cheers to the DTSS teacher who donated a good used bicycle to a girl in Canal Flats whom she had never met, just because she heard that a child needed a bike. This spontaneous gesture of good will was greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Cheers to our Misser and her Mr. for giving us a beautiful grandbaby girl. Lots of love!

Cheers to Verna and Basil Stevens and family. Great performance at the National Aboriginal day.

Jeers to everyone flying a tattered and torn Canadian flag in the valley. I appreciate your patriotism, but a ratty flag looks worse than no flag at all. Maintain it or take it down.

Jeers to the local businesses who think they can charge extortionate prices because we are a small tourist town, and then complain when locals buy their goods elsewhere. I love to support local business but I can’t afford to here!

Cheers to Sherry for all her hard work face-painting at Aboriginal Days. You made a lot of kids very happy. Awesome job!

Cheers to the Invermere Vet Clinic for continuously going above and beyond for us animals and our owners. Thank you! ~ Heisman Cheers to all the coaches for a fun time at soccer this year. A special thank-you to all the coaches of the Red Rebels. This was the best season I ever had. ~ Sincerely, A Red Rebel.

Jeers to all the parents who complained about their kids having fun in the foam at Eileen Madson’s fun day. My kid had a blast and came out clean.

Cheers to the firefighters who volunteered to help with Eileen Madson’s fun day. We appreciate that you took the time out of your own busy schedules.

Jeers to the idiot in the leather jacket who keeps hitting my jukebox. It doesn’t work that way!

A thousand cheers to everyone who helped me make my grandstand in Relay for Life. ~Frank

Cheers to great weekend events!

Jeers to me who has to work weekends. Saturday and Sunday, you suck.

Cheers to Doug Murray, President of the Windermere Teachers’ Association, for so strongly advocating for public education in British Columbia.

Cheers to the firefighters who made EMP Fun Day fun! Thank you for your bubbles and water shower!

You are definitely Bucket Fillers.

Cheers to the staff at Invermere Vet clinic for helping rescue the marmot.

Cheers to the ladies who braved the weather and came out for Columbia River Outfitters’ Ladies Night last Wednesday! It was great to paddle with you all on what turned out to be such a lovely and calm evening.

Cheers to Alley Cat, our favourite little Spanish Papi Chulo! Thanks for being so awesome! Viva España! ~Love, your favorite Canadian girls!

Cheers to EMP and everyone involved for a fantastic Fun Day!

Jeers to the bike riders who refuse to use the bike path, and instead use the road, not moving when vehicles come.

Cheers to the Columbia Valley Youth Soccer Association for an awesome season. Thank you to all your organizers, coaches and volunteers who made the Soccer Jamboree such a success. See you next year!

Cheers to CV Arts for providing an amazing venue for the Open Doors graduation ceremony and for supporting local education.

Cheers to Fairmont Hot Springs Resort! Your ongoing support to Special Olympics Athletes in the valley by hosting our spring & fall swim program at your pool is greatly appreciated.

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

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 250-3425297, 250-346-3011 or 250-3422100.

Rent/sell: approx 2,400 sq. ft. between Home Renovation Centre & Fitz Flooring. For more information please call Lorne at 250-270-0102.

864 sq. ft. warehouse space with loading dock. Unheated, $625/ month. Available immediately. Call 250-342-3637.

For lease: 1,200 sq. ft. office space.

Available immediately. Call Scott at 250-342-5758.

For Lease: newly renovated, beautiful office spaces. Street level. From 250 sq. ft. to 1,200 sq. ft., air-conditioned. Available immediately. Panache Building across from the A&W. Call 250-3425805.

Approximately 870 sq. ft. behind Dry Cleaners. $390/month + HST, power and utilities. Available immediately. Contact Helga, 250342-6790.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION Large, 3-bdrm house on the lake.

Fully furnished, own bathroom, cable, internet, utilities included.

250-342-1791.

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

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

Available immediately. 250-2700729.

2-bdrm apartments across from hospital on 10th Ave. Clean, quiet units. Some with washer, dryer and dishwasher. $744/month, utilities extra. N/S, N/P. Denis: 250-3426912.

Windermere: bright, 2-bdrm, upper unit in quiet 4-plex with beautiful views. Large yard area, separate parking and entrance. N/P, $700/month + electricity and D.D. available immediately to mature, responsible tenants. References required. Call 403-258-3132.

Invermere: bright lower-level walkout suite. 1-bdrm and office on in-town acreage. Lots of windows, views over private, spacious back yard with fenced garden. N/S, N/P, $850/month includes utilities. 250342-3790.

2-bdrm apartment (upper floor) in Canal Flats. Available immediately. $550/month + utilities and D.D. N/S, N/P, W/D, fridge and stove. Call 250-342-3345 after 6 p.m.

1-bdrm suite, downtown, N/S, N/P, includes satellite. Suitable for mature, responsible person. Call 250-341-2084. $650/month + hydro. Long-term.

2-bdrm basement suite, fully furnished, W/D, cable TV, utilities included. $750/month, D.D. required. Available immediately.

250-342-6534.

2-bdrm, bright, lower suite near Sobeys. Shared yard, W/D, N/S, N/P. Quiet long-term tenants $700/ month + utilities. 403-609-6643.

Clean, quiet, bright, large, 1-bdrm upstairs suite for rent in Columere Park. $600/month + hydro. Call 250-345-6524.

Spacious, bright, 2-bdrm lowerlevel walkout. Patio, woodstove, fenced yard. W/D, D/W, N/P, N/S. Utilities included, $850/month.

250-342-3790.

In Radium, 2-Bdrm, 1 bath, shared laundry/large back yard. $600/ month, D.D. + hydro. 250-3479970.

Beautiful 3-bdrm, 2-bath apartment at Heron Point. Groundfloor, lake-view side. Furnished, all appliances, fitness room, pool, hot tub, close to beach and downtown.

Utilities included, N/P, N/S, references req. $1,450/month.

Phone: 250-342-3790.

2-bdrm apartment close to schools and hospital. Large yard, N/S. $775/month. 250-342-3790.

Bachelor suite in newer home, fully furnished, W/D, cable TV, utilities included. Separate parking and entrance. N/S N/P. $550/month.

Available Immediately. 250-6880965.

Fairmont: 1-bdrm ground floor suite in townhouse-style building.

Ceramic floor in large bathroom, laminate in remainder. Large kitchen with eat-at counter with stools, bay window in dining area, lots of light. In-suite laundry, separate entrance and separate hot water tank.

References required. $650/month + power.

Rent includes cable TV/water/ sewer. N/S, N/P. Can furnish for $750/month. Text or call 780-9450508 or email sneall@mcsnet.ca.

Available July 1st.

Rural Windermere: bright, 2-bdrm basement suite with separate entrance. W/D, new bathroom/ kitchen. $600/month + propane + 1/3 utilities. Includes internet. N/S, dog allowed. 250-409-4028.

Radium basement suite: 4-bdrm, 1.5-bath, W/D, N/S, N/P. $1,200/ month, utilities included.

References. Donna, 250-342-6010.

house FOR RENT 3-bdrm, 1-bath home for rent in downtown Invermere with nice yard, N/S, N/P. Available immediately. $1,350/month + utilities. Call 250-341-1182.

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house FOR RENT

FOR RENT INVERMERE

4 bedroom, 2 bathroom family home in Tunnacliffe Heights. $1,500/month +utilities

HILLCREST APARTMENTS 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, fully furnished and equipped, downtown from $840 inclusive.

TIMBER RIDGE

4 bedroom, 2 bathroom cabin with hot tub. $1,400 +utilities

CASTLE ROCK

5 bedroom executive home. $1,650 +utilities

WINDERMERE

4 bedroom, 2 bathroom bungalow overlooking golf course. 1,250 +utilities

PANORAMA

Horsethief studio. Fully furnished and equipped. $800 inclusive.

BLACKFOREST HEIGHTS

2 bedroom, 1 bath duplex, can be partially furnished or unfurnished. $900 +utilities

JUNIPER HEIGHTS

Two bedroom, 1 bathroom trailer fully furnished and equipped $800 +Utilities

Call Ben Green 250-688-0362 or visit www.gdpm.ca Townhouse for rent at Cedarwood Glen Estates. 3-bdrm, 1.5 baths, garage. $1,200/month + utilities.

N/S, N/P. Available immediately.

250-341-1182.

Invermere: 3-bdrm semi-detached.

Close to all schools and downtown.

Available now. Pets negotiable. $850/month + utilities. Call Joan 250-342-7517 for viewing.

Fairmont. 3 years old, 1,817 sq. ft.

Semi-detached, hardwood floors, granite counter tops, 5-appliances, garage, carport, geothermal heating, low utilities, A/C, beach house, BBQ and fireplace. $1,400/ month + utilities. Call 780-4463575.

Invermere: house on a large lot, 4-bdrm, 2-bath, fireplace, hot tub, W/D, N/S, N/P. Available immediately, $1,400/month + utilities, references and D.D. required, 403-874-1273.

Radium Townhouse for rent. Bright, spacious, approximately 1,300 sq. ft. of living space. 2-bdrm, 2.5bath, fully furnished, deck, BBQ and A/C. Available weekly or monthly.

Prefer 1-year lease. $850 + $150/ month for utilities. N/S, N/P. 403240-9357 or 403-237-4698. Email: lreid@talisman-energy.com for pictures.

house FOR RENT

condo FOR RENT

HOMEs FOR SALE

Windermere: newer 2-bdrm, 2-bath with garage. $1,000/ month, internet and satellite TV included. Available August 1st.

Mark, 403-519-0252.

Hillcrest Apartments have 2-bdrms at $800/month, 1-bdrms at $600/ month. Fully furnished, including utilities, TV and Internet. 250-3411182.

Price further reduced!

Central Radium, close to golf course. Fully renovated, 6-bdrm home – like new! Stunning kitchen and suite potential.

For full details visit www. propertyguys.com ID#266165.

Asking $447,500. Call 250-3479399.

Rustic, cozy, 2-bdrm furnished cabin, no W/ D. Large private yard with storage shed, pets okay.

Suitable for one or two adults.

10 minute walk to downtown. $825 includes cable and utilities, available soon. 250-342-9636.

Downtown Invermere townhouse for rent: 3-bdrm, 2-bath, 6 appliances, garage. Very private, perfect location with great views.

N/P, N/S. $1,100/month + utilities.

Available July 1st. 250-342-0020.

Invermere - next to Kinsmen beach. 4-bdrm, 2-bath, 2 fireplaces, W/D, N/S, N/P. Available immediatley. $1,400/month + utilities. References and D.D. required. 403-246-6680.

2-bdrm trailer on acreage for September 1st. 15 minutes from Invermere. $750/month. Call 250347-6420 for viewing.

3 bedroom house in town. $1,100/ month + utilities. References and D.D. required. 250-341-6043.

condo FOR RENT Panorama condo for rent. 1-bdrm, fully furnished, private entrance, private garage.

Beautiful, quiet location. W/D, N/S, N/P. Responsible renters only. Available immediately. 6-month or 1-year lease, references required. Contact Devin for more details at 250-3424054.

Available July 2: 1,700 sq. ft. 3-bdrm, 2.5-bath condo in CopperSide. $1,600/ month, includes heat, air, water, sewer, propane, underground parking, storage locker. Also includes membership in Lake View Meadows Community Association - private beach access, indoor pool, hot tub, fitness room and tennis court. Small pets welcome, must sign a one-year lease. 403-6787065.

3-bdrm condo downtown Invermere. 1,323 sq. ft. W/D, small deck, storage. Pets negotiable. $1,200.00/month + utilities. D.D. & lease required. Call 250-342-0853.

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LOT/ACREAGE FOR SALE Acreages: www. columbiavalleyproperties.com 7 acres of hayfield / wild land, beautiful mountain views with great building opportunity, near Wilmer Toby Hill Road, close to Panorama Resort and Lake. $375,000, 250-342-2802.

15.5 acres located between Radium Hot Springs, BC and Invermere, BC. Surrounded by Dry Gulch Provincial Park and Fish & Wildlife. Very Private, with spectacular views of the Mountains and Wetlands.

Frontage on the paved road.

Untouched with mature trees.

5 minute drive to Radium Golf Course. Asking $349,000. 250-3421520.

MINERAL CLAIMS FOR SALE Findlay Creek Area. Decorative landscape slate stone, variedsized rock chunks, masonry stone, crushable slate and mineable slab slate. Excellent for patios, walkways, landscaping, waterscapes, retaining walls, dry pack, fireplaces, masonry and fill.

Beautiful earth-color mixtures of rust, sienna, ochre, umber, and slate gray. Located kilometer 18.3 to 19.4 on both sides of Whitetail/Blue Lake Road NW of Canal Flats, B.C. 61 acre claim $20,000 OBO. 153 acre claim w/ Turtle Lake - $40,000 OBO. 256 acre claim w/Deer Creek - $60,000 OBO. Telephone Elaine, 250-3456271 or cell, 250-341-7122. Email: elainesclaims@shaw.ca.

HOMEs FOR SALE Mountain Home for sale www.newbuildinglinks.com

Windermere: $368,000. 3 + 1 bedroom, 2-bath, 1,500 sq. ft. New everything. 0% down. windermere01@shaw.ca.

Beautiful home for sale at Fort Point on a quiet cul-de-sac 2 blocks from beach and downtown.

Main floor has open kitchen and dining area, living room, sitting area, powder room, and master bedroom with ensuite. Upstairs has 2 bedrooms, bathroom, large rec room and office area. Fully-finished basement with bonus room and bathroom, ideal for additional bedroom or guest room. Covered front deck, back patio with hot tub, fully landscaped, partially fenced yard. Attached garage, paved driveway. Large detached storage shed. $620,000.00 Call to view: 250-342-2053.

HOMEOWNER with rental opportunities in downtown Radium. Call 250-347-6420 with serious inquiries. 7 units rented at this time. All appliances and storage included.

2-bdrm rancher on beautiful 5 acres with spectacular mountain views. New roof (November 2011), 5 minutes north of Radium. Asking $359,900. 250-347-9692.

condo FOR SALE Ski to your door, fully furnished 1-bdrm condo, F/P, deck, heated parking, swimming pool, and hot tubs. Tamarack Lodge, Panorama, BC, $115,000 Firm. Call 250-3426858 after 6 p.m.

misc. for sale

misc. for sale

Coffee and end table. Square, 36” & 20”, $30. Phone 250-342-2526.

250 US gallon tanks for sale. Very versatile, plastic w/ metal 6” opening, 2’ discharge, 125 lbs. $200 for 1 or $300 for 2. Call George. 250347-9500.

Top quality Hay and Straw, alfalfa/grass round bales. Call Elkhorn Ranch. 250-342-0617.

Kitchenaid dishwasher, Viking range + oven, Maytag washing machine, two new bathroom sinks with taps, baby crib, bi-fold doors, beds, desktop, paintings, and strollers. 403-246-6680 or 250342-6646.

Quality Top Soil and Manure

Topsoil, $160 per dump truck load, $90 per pick-up load. Well-aged cow manure, $120 per pickup load.

Delivery extra. Call 250-342-1268.

We’re back! The Golf Ball Girls need more unscuffed balls. Please leave a message at 250-341-3712.

17’ Springboc aluminum canoe.

Excellent condition, no leaks, comes complete with oars. $530 OBO. 250-345-6231 or 250-6881325.

Rockies West Realty Independently Owned and Operated

492 Highway 93/95, Invermere, BC

Kim Collens

Representative

toll free: 1.877.342.3427 cell: 250.342.1671

kim@rockieswest.com www.kimcollens.com

Recipe Of The Week

PRAWN AND SCALLOP CEVICHE 1 lb Prawns, peeled, 1 small bunch chopped Cilantro deveined and chopped 2 Roma tomatoes, diced 1 lb Scallops, chopped 1 Shallot, thinly sliced 5 Limes, juiced 1 teaspoon Chili Paste

Mix all ingredients in a sealable bag.

Refrigerate at least 60 minutes or up to 24 hours.

The acid from the limes will cook the seafood.

Serve on fancy spoons or in a bowl with tortilla chips or over salad greens.

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Large deck, great views and single garage.

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misc. for sale

services

services

help wanted

help wanted

help wanted

Hot tub rentals. Week or weekend rates. Valley Spas: 250-342-3922.

Phil’s Carpentry, Everything from roofs to decks, completion of basement and bathrooms. Phone 250-341-8033 (cell) – 24/7. Not on valley time.

Flooring installations, lino, carpet, laminate and hardwood. 30 years experience. Call 250-347-9192 or 250-341-1235.

Make extra money as an independent representative with sterling silver jewelry bonuses, trip, and not to mention the 30% commission. It’s amazing the difference Silpada Jewelry can make to an outfit, your attitude... even your life. Ask me how. Call 250-341-5956.

Opus International Consultants is looking for 3 Invermere residents or students to survey downtown parking July 26th to 28th. 3 days, full time, $20/hour. No previous experience required. Please contact Ian Roth at 250-868-4925 if interested.

Strand’s Old Restaurant

Lakeside Pub is looking for experienced servers and kitchen staff. FT/PT. Send resumes to lakesidepub@shaw.ca or phone 250-342-6866.

Windermere Valley Childcare Society. Starting immediately, 40 hours/week, summer months.

Must be 19 yrs or older, have valid First Aid and 20 hours of course related credits. Willing to have criminal record check, have attended school in 2012 and return in September. 250-342-3168, ask for Arlee, Sylvie or Pat.

60 dozen golf balls. Most brands, nearly new. $25 for 5 dozen or $6 a dozen. Velm or Gerry, 250-3429763. 520 - 13th Ave, Invermere.

vehicles for sale 2008 Volkswagen Jetta. One owner, efficient and sporty. Power everything. $15,000 OBO. Call 250 688-0501.

services Renew & Restore Professional tile and grout cleaning, re-grouting, repair and sealing of tile, grout, slate, and stone. Commercial and residential. 35 years experience.

New installations also available.

250-341-5645 refreshtile@yahoo.ca.

Tile & Slate Installs Journeyman tile setter. 30+ years experience. Custom steam rooms, showers, floors, and cultured stone.

All work guaranteed.

Competitive rates.

Call 250-341-5645.

Home Building and Renos Chuck Newhouse Builders 250-342-3637 chucknew@telus.net Custom Art Framing Canvas Printing & Stretching Photography Classes 250-342-5102. www.kimberleyrae.ca …look for the Red Door behind the Invermere Dry Cleaners!

Water treatment & purification, includes drinking water systems, softeners & conditioners, iron filters. Call AQUAIR, 250-342-5089.

Vacuums Parts, repairs & accessories, All makes & models Central Vacuums – sales and installations Bonded & licensed Fine Homeservices 250-342-9207, fhs@telus.net.

Dryer Vent and Furnace Cleaning & inspections. Call AQUAIR today!

250-342-5089.

Heaven’s Best Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Environmentally friendly products.

Dry in 1 hour! Call 250-688-0213 or visit www.heavensbest.ca.

Buy one – get one ½ off Expires July 2nd “Shannon’s Blinds did an amazing job on the blinds for my restaurant.

Her service, attention to detail, and the installation was great. I am happy to recommend Shannon’s work - it is top notch!” Cindy Levagood, Smoking Water Coffee Co., Fairmont Shannon’s Blinds & Designs 250-342-5749 “Covering the Valley – One Window At A Time” The Valley Shine Shop Keep your vehicle free of salt & road grime. Have it detailed. Basic – deluxe packages available. #35 109 Industrial Rd #2, 250-342-9696.

Health & Wellness

“WELLTHY”

A DIFFERENT KIND OF RICH! QI GONG – TRADITIONAL CHINESE HEALING EXERCISES – ANCIENT SYSTEM OF SELF-CARE – SIMPLE, IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE, SOOTHING. IDEAL FOR STRESS RELEASE.

”NUTRITIONALS YOU CAN TRUST”

Contact Betty Newton 250-342-6343 • newtonhome@shaw.ca

DWM Contracting. Decks, Fences (Wood, Chainlink, Aluminum).

Brush and Trail clearing. 250-3417022.

Invermere Sharpening

Carbide and steel sharpening services. Carbide saw re-tipping, saw blades, router bits, planer knives, hole saws, ice auger blades, knives, scissors and much more.

250-341-5447. 345 Blair St., Athalmer.

Local Website Design: Designer seeking new clients, specializing in small to medium websites, blogs or portfolios. Initial meeting and quotes are free. www. eggplantstudios.ca.

Have you purchased a Mac computer and need a tutor to learn the basics? Making the move to a Mac can be an intimidating experience. I will show you the basics and show you how to get more value from your system. I’m a graphic designer with 20 plus years experience working the Macintosh operating system. Basic tutoring session, $30/hour. Call Emily at 250-409-4104.

Guitar lessons. Available most evenings to come to your home.

Call Emily at 250-409-4104.

Great homemade food at reasonable prices. Luxor Creek Restaurant & Cantina, Spur Valley Greens. 250-347-9051. See us on 91sheep.ca.

Cresteel RV Services. Appliances, accessories, parts, and repairs.

Mobile Service. 250-342-6312.

ODD JOBS ENT HAULING Garbage, brush and construction disposal. Mulch deliveries. Call Dale Hunt @ 250-342-3569.

High quality painting exterior and interior. Small renovations. Call Fred, 250-342-8621.

Seasonal Housekeeping/Laundry at Alpen Motel in Radium Hot Springs. $12-$14/hour depending on experience. Apply in person.

Peppi’s Pizza is now hiring full and part-time staff for all restaurant positions. Must be able to start immediately. Please email resumes to: p.fuel@yahoo.ca.

Invermere PetroCan is currently accepting resumes for F/T and P/T employment. Apply in person to 185 Laurier Street, Invermere between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

The Whitehouse Pub in Windermere is looking for part-time bartender/ server. Must be flexible and have Serving it Right. Apply in person with resume after 2 p.m.

La Cabina restaurant at the Prestige in Radium requires a fulltime, year-round breakfast cook.

Preferably qualified, but willing to train. Drop off resumes at the restaurant. 250-347-2340.

Volunteers wanted! Ballfest is happening July 20-22 and we need volunteers. Put Ballfest on your resume! Contact Lindsay at 250688-6880.

VILLAGE COUNTRY INN in Radium is looking for part- time cleaning staff for the summer season. Salary up to $15/hour depending on experience. Please apply in person to 7557 Canyon Ave. Prestige Inn Radium Hot Springs is hiring Front Desk Agents and Housekeepers. Benefit package available. Please drop off resume in person or email to sshaw@ prestigehotels.ca.

The Israeli Falafel cart has expanded and needs help! Need 2 people for the Invermere Farmers Market, as well as some shifts at the new restaurant in Radium.

Email israelifalafel@gmail.com, or stop in Safta’s Kitchen. No resume necessary!

Experienced line cook, F/T position.

Angus McToogle’s Restaurant. 1321 7th Ave Invermere. 250-341-6868 or mctoogle@gmail.com.

Kitchen help, evenings and daytime cleaning help wanted at Rocky Mountain Lodge and Citadella Restaurant in Radium. Apply by calling/faxing 250-347-9548.

Taking applications for Trainee Chef. Must be student returning to school. Also requiring kitchen help, part-time evenings. Apply in person to Tony Wood. 250-3426344.

Chambermaid required by Motel Tyrol in Radium Hot Springs. Apply in person or phone 250-347-9402.

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST. The Columbia Cultural Tourism Association invites applications for a contract position to complete the following Project: develop and administer the necessary instruments to deliver an inventory of Arts and Cultural Assets including individuals, organizations, events and amenities in the area of the Columbia Valley between Canal Flats and Spillimacheen. Ensure that your submission indicates your skills and experience in the following: survey development; interviewing and communication skills; data analysis and report writing; computer proficiency.

Tentative start date is August 1, 2012. Submit to Columbia Cultural Tourism, P.O. Box 2345, Invermere, BC, V0A 1K0 or hand deliver to Pynelogs Cultural Centre.

Please call 250-341-6299 to place your classified ad.

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is now accepting applications for the following positions to start immediately:

• • • • •

Spa Esthetician Registered Massage Therapist Laundry Attendants Cooks Sous Chef

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort offers a competitive salary and benefit package with access to all resort amenities.

Interested? Please forward your resume with references to the attention of David Sheedy: hr@fhsr.com, fax 250.345.6616, or call 250.345.6004. fairmonthotsprings.com

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Groundskeeping summer positions available.

One part-time, one full-time.

Please send your resume to Dani Tschudin 1370 Terravista Road, Box 5, Windermere, B.C. V0B 1L1 Cell: 250-688-0717 • Office: 250-342-6211 terrav@telus.net

Now Hiring

Line Cook

Great job!

Great pay!

Call to apply 250-345-2166

JOIN THE TEAM AT RADIUM RESORT! Sales and Events Coordinator As part of Atlific Hotels, Copper Point Resort is offering a Career Opportunity for a talented “Sales & Events Coordinator” (full-time permanent position). The successful candidate will be responsible for providing an exceptional experience to banquet and catering events clients, will be involved in every aspect from planning, booking, detailing and assisting on the event day to ensure that everything goes according to guest plan, and will coordinate all tour group requirements within the hotel.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Relevant education and experience; • Energetic, flexible, hands-on individual with initiative and integrity; • Efficient, effective, work well under pressure, independently and as a member of a team; • Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines in a fast-paced work environment; • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; • Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher; • Computer experience with Delphi System would be considered an asset.

WE OFFER • A great work environment with opportunities for development and career advancement; • A competitive compensation package (pay and benefits); • On-site privileges.

Please email your resume to crichter@atlificrockies.com or fax it to 250-341-4001 or drop it off to 760 Cooper Road, Invermere

Radium Resort offers year round accommodation with over 100 guest rooms including condominiums and villas and is the proud home of The Springs and The Resort Golf Courses. Amenities include superb banquet and dining facilities, swimming pool, hot tub, squash, racquetball and tennis courts, fitness center and spa.

Employees of Radium Resort are team-oriented and have a genuine desire to provide outstanding guest service in a progressive work environment. We offer employees an opportunity to work and play at one of Canada’s premier resorts, while enjoying a Rocky Mountain lifestyle.

We are currently accepting applications for the following full and part-time positions:

• • •

Cart Attendant Servers Room Attendant

Please submit resumes to info@radiumresort.com or apply in person to the Front Desk.

250.347.9311

RadiumResort.com

Resort Villa Management is now accepting resumes for the following seasonal positions:

NOW HIRING: Food Servers & Housekeepers Columbia Garden Village - Invermere

For more information visit: goldenlife.ca

Please apply by email or fax at: F: (250) 489-2620 Email: careers@glm.ca Fairmont Hot Springs Resort is now accepting applications for the following position:

Horticulture Assistant This seasonal position is responsible for assisting to produce manicured, healthy and eye-pleasing environments for guests at all resort facilities. Responsibilities include ornamental landscaping, planting, applying pesticides and fertilizers, weeding and cultivation of shrubs and flowers at the resort’s greenhouses.

Previous experience in landscaping /horticulture is preferred.

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort offers a competitive salary and benefit package with access to all resort amenities.

Interested? Please forward your resume with references to the attention of David Sheedy: hr@fhsr.com, fax 250.345.6616, or call 250.345.6004. fairmonthotsprings.com

Maintenance Attendant Radium Hot Springs Destination Marketing Organization

Marketing Administrator Position Description/Accountabilities: • Market the Village of Radium and the surrounding area with direction and accordance from the Marketing Committee.

• Research and analyze current trends and successful marketing mediums to maximize the exposure of marketing initiatives.

• Work in conjunction with Tourism Radium Events Coordinator to help promote and finance existing events (Music on Main, Market on Main, Rockin’ on Main, MG Car Show, Head Banger Tours etc.) and to assist with the promotion and encouragement of new events approved

by Tourism Radium Board.

Qualifications include: • Formal business administration/marketing degree or certificate from a recognized university or college program or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience in marketing broad market audiences through multiple mediums • Computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite • Simply Accounting familiarity considered an asset • Be an enthusiastic individual with an outgoing personality • Must have strong organizational and management skills • Willing to work alone if required • Willing to complete Tourism BC’s Tourism/Visitor Information Counsellor program • Reporting directly to the Tourism Radium Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Radium Manager and working with the board of directors, and marketing partners.

Please drop off your resume in person to the Tourism Radium office 7556 Main Street East, Radium Hot Springs, BC Or email to info@radiumhotsprings.com Attention: Kent Kebe By 5 p.m. MST, Friday, July 6th 2012

This is a full-time seasonal position with employment until October 2012; could work into permanent.

The maintenance personnel will perform under general supervision a wide variety of duties pertaining general maintenance and repair of resort villas. This will include but not limited to: • Installing and relocating of light bulbs, doors and cabinets • Repairing and/or replacing washers, faucets or any malfunction • Trouble shooting and looking for deficiencies.

Housekeeping Attendant This is a full-time seasonal position with employment until October 2012; could work into permanent.

The housekeeping attendant is responsible for the cleanliness of all villa units and recreation centre.

Members of our housekeeping team pride themselves on their attention to detail, anticipation of guest needs, demonstration of sensitivity and responsiveness and ensuring guest satisfaction. Successful candidates will posess: • Excellent time management and organizational skills • Must be proactive, flexible, and able to meet deadlines and work under pressure • Responsibilities will be performed with an eye for detail in a timely manner If you feel you are the person that can fulfill the requirements for either of these positions, please forward your resume with references to: cherrie@sunchaserrvillas. ca or fax to the confidential fax line 250-345-6250, for further enquires call 250-345-6241 extension 22260.

Got an entertainment, sports or news tip? Give us a call! 250-341-6299

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June 29, 2012

Thank You

It is difficult to put into words the appreciation I feel for the incredible support this community has given to the Relay for Life.

There are so many businesses and individuals to thank and I hope I do not forget anyone. If I do, please know that it was not intentional.

First of all, nothing would have happened without the great team work of our committee: Justin Atterbury, Sheila Bonny, Cathy Burwood, Darren Danyluk, Marion LaBrie, Gayle Leslie, Terri Lightfoot, Cindy MacKay, and Joe Robertson, along with our after-midnight crew of Keeva Anderson, Sawyer Ellingboe, and Julia Stiz, headed up by Lori Stevenson.

To our $1,000+ sponsors: AG Valley Foods; Bank of Montreal; Kootenay Savings Credit Union; Lake Windermere District Lions Club; The Columbia Valley Pioneer and The Valley Echo…

To those who donated services and/or products: Brian Schaal and the staff at Copper Point Golf; Briar Patch, Canal Flats; Bruce Dehart Enterprises; Columbia Valley Sign Artists (Lori); DTSS; e-know (East Kootenay news online weekly); East Kootenay Realty Ltd.; Invermere Home Hardware; Joseph Lyons; Julie St. Amand (Tupperware); MB7 Tent and Party Rentals; Monkey’s Uncle; Mountain Eagle Security; Pharmasave; RONA Hardware; The Columbia Valley Chamber of Commerce: The Valley Peak…

The volunteers the day of event: Angela and Bruce Webster; Camille Howie; Debra and Jacob Green; Dodie Marcil; Elaine Palko; Gayle and Al Leslie; Jenn Cope; Karissa Prichard; Killer Rollbots; Lynda Fleming; Pieter Jansen;Simply Shear students Jessica, Elisha, Taylor, Kaleen, Kayli, with their teacher Shelley Marchand; and our fabulous MC Brendan Tutty…

The set-up crew: Rhiannon Oliver, Stuart Tutty, Marcel and Marion LaBrie, David Jenkins, Harald Kloos, Julia Stiz, Josh McDermott, Levi Konchak, Alex Fleming, under the direction of Joe Robertson.

And last, but not least… my family. From my husband to my children and grandchildren, to my sister Elaine, the support they continually provide me is outstanding.

$50,188.67

Total amount raised is

Sheila Tutty Relay for Life coordinator

FRIENDLY FORCE — Although fierce competitors, Alexander Munoz [left] and Travis Tagg provide a friendly environment for Jiu Jitsu in the valley. Photo by Kristian Rasmussen

Valley gets physical

By Kristian Rasmussen Pioneer Staff A legacy that was built on the streets of San Jose, Costa Rica, has come to the valley to forge a dynasty of respect, goal-orientated living, and self defense.

Alexánder Muńoz runs his completely free and volunteer Jiu Jitsu club out of the Debbie Seel Dojo in Invermere B.C. “I am from a place in Costa Rica, where there are a lot of problems with drugs and violence,” Mr. Muńoz said.

“My father wanted us to play sports to keep us away from drugs. I started Jiu Jitsu when I was four-years-old.”

From the steamy tropics to the snowcapped peaks of the Rocky Mountains, the passion for Jiu Jitsu has never left Mr. Muńoz. 30 years later the Invermere man has a 4th degree black belt in Jiu Jitsu and focuses on the life-changing improvements that the activity can offer.

“I am always working to take guys off the streets and out of trouble, especially in my country,” Mr. Muńoz said. “To me my gold medal has been trying to help people through Jiu Jitsu. This is something I want to give to the community because Canada has given me a lot. This country has changed my life.”

The black belt instructor started the Invermere club in September, 2008 when he came to Canada to work. The toughest chokehold that the martial artist has to face is found off the mat.

“Every time I have students competing I honestly feel more nervous than if it was me in there,” he said. “The students are what really keep me going in Jiu Jitsu.”

Invermere students have already begun to make names for themselves with top honours in Castlegar at the Kootenay Open Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships, May 26th. Mr. Muńoz’ students, Travis Tagg, and Nathan Breeze earned gold and bronze medals at the competition. Mr. Tagg fought for gold against a competitor with a higher belt. After winning one bout and losing another, the match centered around the last minute of the third round.

“It all came down to who wanted it more,” Mr. Tagg said. “I was emotionally drained, but I went for the win.”

The martial artist spends his time off the mat teaching Jiu Jitsu at valley schools. This year the club has offered a week-long set of seminars at Eileen Madson Primary and a self-defense seminar at David Thompson Secondary. The Jiu Jitsu club plans to have a children-specific class starting up next year taught by Mr. Tagg.

The club is currently closed for the summer, but plans to open up again in the second week of September. The group is looking for support from the Columbia Valley in the form of donations and volunteer time to keep the free service running. For information please call Travis Tagg at 250-341-7113.

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June 29, 2012

Valley Churches

FAITH

Stop, rest, and reflect

By Pastor Murray Wittke Valley Christian Assembly Every so often, words from a Larry Norman song come to mind.

“Think back to when you were a child, your soul was free, your heart ran wild. Each day was different and life was a thrill.

“You knew tomorrow would be better still. But things have changed and you’re much older now, if you’re unhappy and you don’t know how.

“Why don’t you look into Jesus, He’s got the answer.”

I’m not unhappy, but things have changed now that I’m older. I’m restless and it’s been a long time since I greeted the morning with the heart of a child.

At some point when I wasn’t paying attention I grew up. Life became serious and full of responsibility. There are bills and financial obligations to be met; to do lists and time deadlines; phone messages and emails requiring immediate response; lingering unresolved conflict in

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relationships; concerns for family and friends; and health issues. There’s a constant pressure to perform.

Deep inside a voice keeps nagging, “You should be...” or, “You ought to…” It’s difficult to take time to stop and rest.

The idea of stopping to rest and reflect after a week’s work originated with God on the 7th Day of creation. God’s example formed the basis for His command to remember the Sabbath Day. Although it sounds religious, “Sabbath” simply means to quit, stop, take a break.

I like how Eugene Peterson describes it: “Whatever you’re doing, stop it! Whatever you’re saying, shut up! Sit down and take a look around you. Don’t do anything … don’t say anything … fold your hands … take a deep breath … begin by not doing anything: attend, adore.”

By taking time each week to stop, rest, and reflect, we orient ourselves within God’s world. We get still and remember that God is God and we’re not. We embrace our limits and respect our humanity.

By failing to do this we get disorientated, emotionally and physically exhausted, and lose our way. Why not trust the One who made everything to keep your world from falling apart and stop, rest, and reflect.

SHAPE UP FOR SUMMER!

8-Session Introductory Classes STARTS JULY 3rd

Phone: (250) 341-6299 Fax: (250) 341-6229 Email: ads@cv-pioneer.com

www.columbiavalleypioneer.com

Windermere Valley Shared Ministry ANGLICAN-UNITED 9 a.m.: Worship at All Saints, Edgewater 10:30 a.m.: Worship at Christ Church Trinity, Invermere Reverend Laura Hermakin 110 - 7th Avenue, Invermere 250-342-6644 www.wvsm.info or www.christchurchtrinity.com Valley Christian Assembly Sunday, 10 a.m.: Worship and Word Kids’ Church provided.

Pastor Murray Wittke 4814 Highway 93/95, Windermere 250-342-9511 • www.valleychristianonline.com Roman Catholic Church Saturday: 4:30 p.m. at St. Anthony’s, Canal Flats.

Saturday: 7 p.m. and Sunday: 9 a.m. at Canadian Martyr’s Church in Invermere.

Sunday: 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church in Radium.

Father James 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 Fraser Coltman • 1-866-426-7564 Radium Christian Fellowship Sunday 10 a.m. Worship service • Thursday 7 p.m. Fun Night 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. • Relief Society, 11:15 a.m.

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

ALL NEW

MUMS AND TOTS CLASSES Call now! 250-342-5856 Starting July 2nd

No experience required.

Monday/Wednesday 12:30 p.m.

N E W S PA P E R

LAKE WINDERMERE ALLIANCE CHURCH Sunday, July 1st, 10:30 a.m. Worship and Life Instruction, “Bumps and Bruises on The Journey: Idols” Pastor Trevor ministering.

“K.I.D.S” Church, ages 3-7 during morning service.

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

CrossFitInvermere.com

www.facebook.com/pages/Endeavor-Fitness/150829255012331

You can remember someone special with your gift to the Canadian 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

Let’s Make Cancer History

www.cancer.ca

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