17th Edition
August 2017
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Community Park Renamed in Memory of Roy Sharp By Jo Anne Malpass South Shuswap lost a well-respected, long-time member of the Sunnybrae community in the Robinson Creek landslide on May 5. As a memorial to him, the community made a request to the Columbia Shuswap Regional District Board to change the name of Robinson Creek Community Park in Sunnybrae to 'Roy Sharp Community Park'. Area C Director Paul Demenok, the Area C Parks Advisory Committee, the CSRD Parks and Operations staff and the CSRD Board all supported the renaming, passing a motion at their July board meeting. A statement from Sunnybrae resident David Miege was read at the board meeting, on behalf of him and the 400 plus petitioners who asked for the park to be named after Roy Sharp. "For those of us who live near the end
of Sunnybrae Road, Roy Sharp was so much more than the ‘senior who perished in the Robinson Creek mudslide’. He was our friend, our helper, our model father, a true pillar of the community. Roy moved to our neck of the woods in the 70's, married a beautiful local lady from Tappen, built a home with his own hands, and started a family with the birth of his daughter, Barbara. When his wife Mitzi died from cancer, he taught us courage, true love, and how to Photo credit: Cynthia Hunter be the ultimate dad. He and Barbara were wonderful together, he raised her with a love of the outdoors and competitive spirit. She went on to represent Canada in cross-country skiing, and is now a certified mountain guide. Barbara and Roy were amongst the (Continued on page 3)
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