South Shuswap Scoop October 2022

Meet the Area C Candidates

Residents of Electoral Area C Eagle Bay, Tappen, White Lake, Sunnybrae will be going to the polls on Saturday, October 15 from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm at Eagle Bay Community Hall, Sunnybrae Hall and White Lake Community Hall, to cast a ballot for a Columbia Shuswap Regional District Director.

Register to vote at a voting place pri or to voting. You will need two pieces of identification with you. ID must show your residential address and one of them must have your signature.

There have already been candi dates’ forums, sponsored by the South Shuswap Chamber, at Eagle Bay and White Lake but there is one more on Wednesday, October 12, 6:30 to 8:00 pm at Sunnybrae Community Hall, 3595 Sunnybrae-Canoe Point Road.

The two candidates for Area C are Marty Gibbons and Nicholas Najda, both of White Lake. We asked the candidates five questions.

1. Why are you running for Director of Area C?

2. What is your background and how does it relate to the role and responsibilities of an Area C Director?

3. What unique strengths and assets dis tinguish you from other candidates?

4. If elect ed as Area C Director, what com munity is sues would be your top priorities?

5. How do you promote working together on issues that can raise diverse or con flicting points of view?

Marty Gibbons

By Barbra Fairclough

1. “I was concerned watching the incor poration process that we were losing our rural way of life. We love our life style and have made a conscious deci sion to not live in the city. I deeply care for the community and believe we are at a crossroads and our rural identity is being threatened with unnecessary reg ulations and rules.”

Marty Gibbons is a long-term resi dent of White Lake. “My family moved to White Lake in the early 1980’s. Just like kids today, I rode the bus and attend

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Nicholas Najda

Marty Gibbons

Meet the Area C Candidates

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ed Carlin Elementary, JL Jackson Junior High and graduated from Salmon Arm Senior High. Our family is extremely active outdoors people, enjoying paddle boarding, hiking, hunting, camping, cut ting firewood, and skiing. We love our peaceful rural lifestyle, our favorite ac tivity is walking our dogs and getting to wave hi to our fellow residents.”

2. Believing in continuous improve ment, Marty has several profession al designations; Certified Employee Benefit Specialist, Retirement Plans Associate, Group Benefits Associate, Canadian Risk Manager, and Canadian Registered Safety Professional. He is Board Vice Chair and director with BC’s largest health care and benefit provider. He has served on the Investment and Loan, Audit and Conduct committees and is current Chair of the Risk Committee.

“I am the elected school trustee for areas C and F. Over the last four years, I proudly served as Chair of the Partner Group enabling collaboration between School district leadership , teachers, CUPE, support workers, principals and vice principals, district parents as well as local First Nations. I also served as Trustee liaison to the First Nations Education Council, chaired the Budget Committee in 2020 and was elect ed as representative for the Thompson Okanagan School Trustee Branch serv ing for one term.”

3. “I have extensive and diverse board experience combined with a com monsense solution based approach. I have been told that my superpower is communication, with an ability to explain complex issues in ways that are understandable and digestible.”

4. “My number one priority will be to ensure that tax dollars collected in Area C are utilized in Area C. I want to see a development of key risk/ performance indicators for things such as timelines for permit comple tion, denied permits and citizen com plaints. I support sustainable growth that makes sense for Area C. I would continue to support community or ganizations as they are the subject matter experts. With record inflation, fiscal responsibility has never been more important. Many taxpayers are struggling to make ends meet and continue to be burdened with ever in creasing taxes.”

5. “As Area C’s elected school trust ee, I chaired Partner Group bringing all stakeholders together to a com mon table. I believe that a problem well stated is half solved. I prefer to work with facts verses emotions. At Partner Group, we have had factual and respectful conversations, when ever possible working towards group consensus. As the elected representa tive for Area C, I will continue work ing to bring people together in a col laborative and respectful manner.”

Learn more about Marty on his Facebook page, Marty Gibbons for Area C Director.

Nicholas Najda

By Sionna McTavish

1. “I made the decision to run as Area C Director to continue giving back to the area where I live and being an ac tive participant in its future.”

In 2015, Nicholas and his family moved to White Lake because “they fell in love with the lifestyle, clean lakes, and lush forests in the area.” Once set tled, Nicholas said he “looked around to see all of the great work being done by non-profits” and became involved with “community building to create a sustain able place to live.”

Nicholas believes volunteer ing makes a community stronger, and demonstrates his leadership qualities “by example.” He has joined organizations to work on initiatives for community health, affordable housing, water pro tection, wildlife awareness, arts and cul ture, and outdoor recreation.

“By working together with a shared vision of a vibrant sustainable commu nity, we can all have a role in balancing the existing rural charm and growth of the area.”

2. Currently, Nicholas owns a consult ing company that finds local solu tions to local issues for non-profit organizations, small businesses and government with strategic planning, program development, and proj ect management. Recent clients in clude the Arts Council for the South Shuswap and South Shuswap Health Services Society.

Nicholas graduated with a degree in psychology, along with studying so ciology and business at Simon Fraser University: a foundation from which he has proceeded to build his professional expertise.

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Let’s Rethink Our Attitudes Towards Local Government

Some 3200 people have been nominated for the up coming local government election in BC. While this num ber sounds impressive, it’s a significant decline in candidates seeking local government office in this province. Why is that?

At the recent UBCM convention both Premier Horgan and UBCM President Laurey-Anne Roodenburg addressed this issue and expressed dismay at the level of “extreme tox icity in public life” in BC and across Canada. They noted that social media has been a vehicle encouraging the spread of misinformation and attacks against local government staff and elected officials. “More and more citizens are resort ing to harassment and intimidation” (of public officials) said Roodenburg and she called on delegates to do their part to up hold the necessary standards of civility to enable appropriate democratic functioning. Premier Horgan said, “When I hear of elected representatives not doing this anymore because of the venom…..it makes me very sad.”

The percentage of electoral area directors in BC running again has dropped to 67.9%, while municipal councilors are at 60.7% and mayors at 70%. There will be no election for may or in 37 municipalities due to only one candidate running, and at least 8 municipalities will have no election because there are as many candidates as there are positions. In Valemount they will have to appoint 2 councilors as only 2 people have stepped up to run for the 4 positions in council.

A scholarly study in 2020 examined reasons why more local politicians are not running, why races are going uncon tested and why the rate of acclamations is increasing. Factors cited as to why races are going uncontested include: apathy/ lack of interest in local politics (amongst the public), the fa miliarity advantage known to be held by incumbents, poor compensation, heavy and demanding workload, criticisms re ceived and damage to one’s self-image and reputation, shrink ing rural populations, decreasing prestige of the position and

lack of power, and increased term limits. In the text, the au thor notes that the nature of dialogue between citizens and politicians has changed significantly and questioned whether one would wish to risk their reputation for the “inevitable un popular decision”.

Recently the media reported heavily on the harassment of Chrystia Freeland in Alberta, and this in itself served to fur ther polarize segments of our population. Some immediately declared that this is fully part and parcel of being a public fig ure and that any criticism, even yelling threats and name-call ing, should be accepted. Others went on the say this incident went well beyond criticism and that harassment of and threats against politicians is unacceptable in our society. I think the latter is true. Several reports have indicated that harassment and threats against politicians is increasing significantly, even at local government levels in Canada and BC. Why is that ac ceptable to anyone? A study in Alberta in 2019 reported for over 36% of female politicians interviewed the quantity and intensity of abuse they received on Twitter had negatively af fected their desire to run again. Is there not a way to express disagreement without being disagreeable? Does disagreement with a political position make it acceptable to attack the per son we disagree with and their reputation, and their family? What ever happened to respectful social and political dis course in Canada?

Let’s consider these thoughts for a moment, and now piv ot to the reasons why people choose to run for local govern ment office. A great many studies have attempted to explain this issue, and while some cite cynical reasons, one I particu larly like is a case study from 2009 which states, “…the con clusive evidence shows that the attractiveness of office at the local government level in smaller rural communities is not driven by financial considerations, and is rather compelled by

the desire to make a difference motivat ed primarily by personal interest in and dedication to bringing positive change in the quality of life in one’s own com munity.” Contrast this point of view with the reasons why local politicians are leaving office. There’s a very large incongruity here folks, so perhaps some reconsideration of attitudes towards those who stand for public office is in order. In any case, I believe there is no good reason to be disrespectful and to harass those who are working and do ing their best to improve our commu nity, even if we don’t personally like what they’re doing. Maybe the bigger picture is more important than the inter personal one.

In the CSRD in Areas C and G, we will have two new individuals in office within the next month. Both will be first-time politicians, and somewhat in experienced in local government issues, policies, processes and so on. There will be a steep learning curve. I would strongly encourage all of us to be en gaged, supportive and patient, and to learn to accept that every viewpoint one may have about issues may or may not resonate with others. And sometimes the right decision for a community will be the unpopular one. That is the para dox of leadership in a democracy. It’s not perfect but consider the alternatives.

SS Chamber Release

The South Shuswap Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the launch of the “DoTheShu” video series, promoting economic development and tourism in the Western Gateway to the Shuswap region. The videos were devel oped in collaboration with Ryan J. Scott Productions and ARK Media House. These can be viewed in the header on our DoTheShu website here https://www. dotheshu.com/ and under stories here:

https://www.dotheshu.com/stories/.

The series of videos are an eco nomic development initiative for the South Shuswap, developed through a federal Shop Local BC Grant adminis tered by the BC Chamber of Commerce. “These videos cover a broad spectrum of our region’s offerings,” said Karen Brown, Executive Director for the South Shuswap Chamber of Commerce. “The videos cover our culinary scene, outdoor lifestyle, arts, music and cultural scene,

and lake activities, all represented by our local experts.”

“The local storyteller’s advice and experiences are authentic and convey what it is really like to live, work and play in our region,” explained Corryn Grayson, President of the South Shuswap Chamber of Commerce. It is our hope that people get a real sense of the South Shuswap lifestyle by watching these vid eos and come visit us.”

Come Do The Shu!

“New ‘DoTheShu’ Video Series for the Western Gateway to the Shuswap”

3. “I have a proven track record.”

“I feel by volunteering and working on local initiatives al ready, I have established relationships with community groups and leaders, while working across industry and community to achieve positive results.”

As an example, Nicholas recently spearheaded a forestry road relocation proposal which was supported by BC Parks, BC Forests, and BC Timber Sales. A section of problematic road is scheduled to be relocated out of the foreshore area of White Lake to reduce run off, sediment build up and potential contamination from an accident. This project will help “keep the fishery healthy into the long-term.” Nicholas explained that White Lake is one of the top five lakes in BC for rainbow trout fishing, and generates $1.5 million in annual revenue for the local economy.

4. Housing: Nicholas is a founding member of South Shuswap Housing Society and believes it is especially “im portant to have options for young families and seniors who need live-in support” by establishing local policies, access ing provincial funding, and working together with commu nity groups and developers to address such barriers as af fordability and zoning alternatives.

Accessible Communities: “The longer a person can stay in a community and maintain connections and relationships, the healthier they will be.” Nicholas would like to be a part of making outdoor recreational opportunities accessible and inclusive for everyone. This might look like creating walk ing trails that are stroller and wheelchair friendly within local communities so “all residents can continue to enjoy this amaz

ing place.” Or, locating health services a short distance from neighborhoods.

Environmental sustainability: Nicholas continues to ex pand on his involvement with land and water conservation, and promote food security through encouraging support of lo cally grown products, farmers markets, and self-sufficiency. He and his family have begun micro-farming by raising chick ens and growing a food forest.

Arts and culture: A valuable asset unto itself, Nicholas highlighted that research indicates for every dollar spent on arts and culture, there is a 3-5 dollar return to the local econo my. There is a “vibrant arts scene” in the south Shuswap, and he would like to continue expanding on events such as festi vals and musical performances already taking place such as the Small Hall Music Crawl at Carlin Hall and Music in the Bay, in Blind Bay.

5. Nicholas explained that it is “important to understand all of the challenges and opportunities” when addressing is sues. His approach is one of “collaboration and cooperation” “that also includes “balancing financial and resource realities of a community” and it’s stakeholders.

“I pledge to use my skills, experience, and commonsense values for the betterment of the entire Area C.” Furthermore, “I invite you to visit my public Facebook page to share your ideas or thoughts and learn more about me by entering: Nicholas Najda for CSRD Area C Director into the Facebook search engine. Alternatively, feel free to contact me at: NajdaAreaC@protonmail.com.

Jason Lutterman - Shuswap Overland Adventures

By Barbra Fairclough

Jason Lutterman lives and breathes the Shuswap. Born in Israel and raised in the Shuswap, Jason has spent his younger years exploring through a child’s eye, the community, and the great outdoors. He would take off with his fishing rod on his moun tain bike. A feral kid, rock climbing, exploring, becoming self reliant. “This gave me a love for this community.”

In the beginning of the SCOOP, Publisher Tracy Wojciechowski spoke with Jason about writing an article and it simply kept going. Jason works at STRepair / Sorrento Towing where he has a deep well of expe rience, has done licensed mechanical work from simple oil changes to rebuilds and towing. His childhood explorations have carried on into off roading in his adult life. His explorer’s heart has evolved into new pathways.

When asked what inspired him to contribute to the SCOOP he said. “If I can put simple thoughts on paper and someone can sit down with a cup of coffee and I can give the reader something that would put a smile on their face by the time they finished reading, then it’s worthwhile.”

Jason says, “I am a super big fan of education and back when I was living in White Lake, an older fellow pointed to the mountain and shared a story of his lived experience there. We were just two adventurers.” The old timers shared their ad venture stories with Jason, and he realized over time he was living their unfinished dreams.

For six years Jason explored the mountain, recalling the story of this local elder. Looking for marks, trails and aberra tions that link the story to the land.

“When I was working in the tow truck I would get into conversations with people.” Jason said he would find that peo ple had a huge sense of adventure and then life took over and it was a turning point that disconnected them. In conversation with older gentleman, it reminded them of their youth and the peace it brought them, not from traveling across the world but rather across the lake. Their travels overwhelmed by the sights they saw and overwhelmed that it was lost.”

“I started a FB page to share the stories. The next generation is not into the old cars as much. Customers used to have names for their vehicle, and they drove four wheel drives.”

“We spend so much time looking at tomorrow we don’t look at yesterday. The old boys don’t know if these places exist.”

The four wheel drive scene was almost nonexistent then and now it is so much more active. “I find so many people to connect with through off roading, there is a huge safety net in the commu nity.”

“My daughter is 21 months now and by taking her out and doing adventures together, I can give an opportunity to see what the world is all about. She will know who her father was.”

Carrying values of the old timers forward was something. “It was nice to hop into your jeep and go and reflect on the lived history of others in new and unexpected ways. In his travels he started taking copies of the Scoop into the fire tow ers or geo caching in the bear / cat caves. Who knows what stories the next explorer will discover?

The Scoop would like to thank Jason for his valued con tributions over the past several years. His descriptions in his monthly Shuswap Overland Adventures column take the read ers to many of our amazing natural areas and encourages them to find their own adventures.

Jason’s column this month is entitled “That’s a Marmot” can be found on page 42 of this Scoop.

Notice of Election by Voting

Electoral Area C

General Voting: Saturday, October 15, 2022 Polls open 8 AM to 8 PM

Eagle Bay Community Hall, 4326 Eagle Bay Road, Eagle Bay Sunnybrae Hall, 3595 Sunnybrae Canoe Point Road, Tappen White Lake Community Hall 3617 Parri Road, Sorrento

Area C - One

Director to be elected

Nicholas White Lake

Gibbons Marty White Lake

Jason Lutterman with wife Kira and daughter Willow

Acclaimed Area G Director Natalya Melnychuk

By Barbra Fairclough

Natalya Melnychuk was elected by acclamation as the Columbia Shuswap

Regional District Director for Area G –

Sorrento / Blind Bay / Notch Hill / Carlin. The Scoop asked her to introduce herself to the community by responding to five questions. She will also be holding two meet and greet meetings in October. Why did you decide to run for Director of Area G?

Natalya has a powerful sense of place and commitment to serve the South Shuswap. She grew up in Sorrento and af ter several years living in other parts of Canada, moved back to Blind Bay. “I chose to run at this time as the formation of the new area G provides us with an opportunity to reflect and regroup to identify what services and infrastructure the com munity wants. I am excited to help shape the vibrancy of the area by representing the community at the CSRD.” What is your background and how does it relate to the role and responsibilities of an Area G Director?

Since moving back to the Shuswap in 2017 Natalya has had positions in community service with the Shuswap Watershed Council, as well as being a member of the Area C Advisory Planning Commission. Natalya was also the event manager of a Salute to the Sockeye. “These roles have helped ground me in the community and allowed me to bet ter understand some of the important ways the CSRD func tions in our community.”

“I have a background in public affairs and administra tion and have been trained to recognize that taking on a local government role is an act of public service.” What unique strengths and assets distinguish you from other candidates?

Having experienced life in the Shuswap before leaving and then even tually returning, Natalya has an under standing of the evolution of the com munity. “I believe this will help me connect with people who don’t want to see the community change and lose its roots: however, I am relatively young and believe I can connect with the many young families that have moved to the area to help work on issues and needs facing this sector as well.”

“I have a PHD conducting research on how to support and develop collabo

rative watershed governance in BC. Collaboration is essential to enable solutions to complex community issues. I also have the energy driven by the desire to contribute to community, this will help me serve for the next four years.” What community issues would be your top priorities?

“To best serve the community, I need to hear from the community to identify top priorities. The fact that we did not incorporate, points to the need to re-evaluate the interests of the broader Sorrento, Blind Bay, Notch Hill, Carlin commu nities.”

Natalya also sees joining already ongoing conversations as a broader priority. In particular, the need to address liq uid waste management to find permanent solutions that will support multiple other topics such as additional commercial space, affordable housing and sustainable upgrades to some of our community infrastructure. “I am also a passionate advocate for clarity and improved communications on the CSRD’s development and building permitting processes.” How do you promote working together on issues that can raise diverse and conflicting points of view?

“Communication and collaboration are key ingredients to working on controversial community issues. To best un derstand conflicting points of view, it is necessary to hear from different interest groups and where appropriate, bring them together to identify common values and opportunities for problem solving. I plan to take a multi-pronged approach to deal with community issues which will start by connecting with community members in multiple ways. Examples may

include town halls, mail campaigns, establishing a communi ty advisory committee, or social media.

“I intend to identify the most effective ways to reach community members and then use those venues to listen to concerns. I also plan to encourage working together and con necting different parties to identity partnership opportunities where appropriate.”

Natalya and Corryn Grayston, acclaimed School District 83 North South Shuswap trustee, will be holding two joint meet-and-greet town halls on October 16, 2022: Sorrento Memorial Hall – 2:00 to 4:00 pm and October 19, 2022: Cedar Heights Community Hall 7:00 -9:00 pm. Come and get know your new representatives and share your ideas for the community and schools.

North/South Shuswap School Trustee Elected by Acclamation

Media Release

Corryn Grayston has lived in the Shuswap region for over 17 years and for the past 10 years, she and her family have resided on a small acreage in Tappen. Her son attends Carlin Elementary Middle School and started Grade 4 this year.

When her son began kindergarten, Corryn became involved with the Carlin Elementary Middle School Parent Advisory Council as well as the North OkanaganShuswap District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC). She took on Executive roles in both organi zations and has held positions of Treasurer and DPAC Rep for Carlin PAC and for the last 3+ years she has held the posi tion of President for DPAC.

Throughout her years with DPAC, Corryn and her fellow Executive have made great strides in develop ing positive and respectful relationships with PAC’s, parents, students, SD83 Trustees, NOSTA, CUPE and SD83 Administration. It is these relationships that Corryn is most proud of, and she will continue to build upon in her role as School Trustee for SD83. She has also been a co-creator of DPAC’s Diverse Abilities Advocacy Committee. This group of individuals come together to identify gaps in resources and supports for school students with di verse learning abilities and then advocate for necessary

change to Trustees, SD83, BCCPAC and the Ministry of Education and Child Care BC.

“Building relationships and engaging with parents/ caregivers, students, teach ers, support staff, adminis tration and the larger com munity is a vital element to ensuring we have successful and sustainable program ming and supports for our children. We must be consis tently respon sive and flexible to the changing needs within our schools and com munity as well as being openly transparent and accountable for our actions and decisions,” says Corryn.

Prior to moving to the Shuswap, Corryn worked in Calgary and had a rewarding career working in Human Resources and Financial Management leadership roles within the legal sector. Upon relocating to Salmon Arm in 2005, she took on the role of Executive Director of the Salmon Arm Chamber of Commerce, a position she held for over 14 years. In 2020 it was time for a change, and she resigned from the Chamber to start her own consulting compa ny and dedicate more time to her family and community. She is also President of the South Shuswap Chamber of Commerce and President of the Sorrento Memorial Hall Association - temporarily stepping away from these positions in her bid for SD83 Trustee – Area 3.

South Shuswap Chamber

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By Karen Brown, Executive Director

CHAMBER WELCOMES ANOTHER VALUED MEMBER IN SEPTEMBER - The South Shuswap Chamber was pleased to welcome to its list of members, Timber Restaurant owned by Chef Chris Whittaker (formerly of Quaaout Lodge Talking Rock Resort) and his wife, Marianne Whittaker.

CALL FOR SHUSWAP TOURISM ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS - Shuswap Tourism has now re leased its 2021 Annual Review. The organization’s annual update outlines and highlights the priorities and reach that Shuswap Tourism was able to undertake and accomplish in 2021, including campaigns, assets, projects, and programs as well as overall regional rankings as measured by outside agencies.

As Shuswap Tourism moves forward, Expressions of Interest are currently being sought for the refreshed Shuswap Tourism Advisory Committee. This committee is made up of stakeholders, Indigenous representatives from each band in the Secwépemc territory within the Shuswap Tourism boundaries and tourism industry representatives. This com mittee will include 10 members representing the tourism in dustry in the Shuswap region.

Anyone interested in completing an Expression of Interest for this advisory committee should visit: https:// www.csrd.bc.ca/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=463

CHAMBER SOCIAL AT QUAAOUT

LODGE - The Board of Directors of the South Shuswap Chamber of Commerce would like to express their gratitude to our esteemed guests, members of the Skw’lax te Secwepemc (aka Little Shuswap Land Band) for attending the Chamber Social at the Quaaout Lodge Talking Rock Resort on September 23. We had the honour of meeting or re connecting with Dianne Francois, Tess Tomma, Gord Tomma, Kenthen Thomas and Linda August.

Many of the Chamber’s valued members were in attendance as well as incoming Area G Director Natalya Melnychuk, outgoing Area C Director Paul Demenok and both candidates for the new Area C, Nicholas Najda and Marty Gibbons.

Chef David Leard presented a beau tiful and delicious array of canapes and food stations to feed the crowd. Carmen Massey, Consultant working with the Band, and the rest of the Salute to the Sockeye team shared the new frame work that has been established to en sure a strong Secwepemc presence at the Indigenous-led Salute event. Afterward, Kenthen Thomas shared his storytelling with the group.

Kukstemc to all who came together for this event. We look forward to seeing other community members at this year’s Salute to the Sockeye event that runs September 30 (Day of Reclamation) through to October 23.

SAVE THE DATE: CHAMBER CHRISTMAS DINNER & GALA - The South Shuswap Chamber will be hosting its Christmas Dinner & Gala on December 3 at Shuswap Lake Estates. More details will be shared in the November edi tion of the Scoop and on the Chamber’s social media pages. Chamber members and community stakeholders who work in partnership with the Chamber are encouraged to reserve tickets or even a table for your staff to celebrate the Christmas season!

Chamber Social at Quaaout Lodge

Additional Funds for Eagle Bay Community Park Upgrades

By Jo Anne Malpass

Electoral Area C Community Works

Funds of up to $250,000 were allocat ed at the Columbia Shuswap Regional District September Board meeting for ad ditional park development at Eagle Bay Community Park.

Construction of the new Eagle Bay Community Park commenced in June 2022. During initial excavation, ground truthing unveiled discrepancies between the design and actual elevations effect ing the over-all park design and drainage plan. Staff worked with the landscape ar chitect, geo-technical engineer, and the contractor to resolve the issue, says a re port from Ryan Nitchie, Team Leader, Community Services.

The result of the redesign requires additional excavation and grading under the multi-purpose sport court, additional engineered gravels and compaction, con struction of in-ground drainage and con struction of small retaining wall systems, to ensure that the multi-purpose sport court is sustainable over the long term and park drainage is effective. The esti mated additional costs to the project are approximately $180,000.

CSRD Operations Manager Darcy

Mooney said this project has been on the books for a long time. An unfortu nate one. A couple of months ago, the contractor started stripping off existing infrastructure and had to stop the proj ect, after uncovering a host of unfore seen issues. It was determined that the ground was not virgin ground; historical backfill from the community needed to be removed and more fill brought in. He thanked “quite impressive” local contrac tor Steelewood Construction for working with the CSRD during this difficult time.

Area C Director Paul Demenok said “it is a source of significant frustration for me and the community” that this was discovered after the grant had been received and construction had started. “What lessons have we learned; how do we do things differently down the road?” Mooney said he is aware there are les sons to be learned for CSRD and staff and engineers. Sometimes there are un foreseen issues. It’s about just bringing together the right team, asking the right questions, and having enough resources and time to study the what ifs, in the ex ploratory phase of things.

It gets really expensive to deal with engineering issues at the construction

phase, added Director Demenok. The need to slow down a bit on big projects, get engineering and testing done first should be in CSRD guidelines. Not do ing that never pays off.

The initial project received grant funding from the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program fund. Additional monies are required to accommodate the increased scope. The Board support ed the staff recommendation to utilize Community Works Funds as a means to lessen the impact on taxation and capi tal reserves within the Electoral Area C Parks Five Year Financial Plan.

In other business at the meeting:

Annual Review Shuswap Tourism - Stephanie Goodey, Tourism Marketing Coordinator presented the Shuswap Tourism 2020-2021 Annual Report. She said Shuswap Tourism was able to reach and even exceed its goals, even during Covid.

The annual update highlights Shuswap Tourism accomplishments in 2021, including campaigns, assets, proj ects and programs as well as overall re

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gional rankings as measured by outside agencies. In 2021, the focus was on trails, in 2022 the Salute to the Sockeye and in 2023, it will be on fishing.

The Shuswap was 99 in the list of 100 (out of 21,330 global destinations) most loved destinations around the world for 2021. The tourism sentiment index is based on technology searches for news that mentions Shuswap or communities in Shuswap. It ranks them from favourable to unfavourable to arrive at the overall ranking.

The full report can be seen on the CSRD and Shuswap Tourism websites.

Sole Source Contract Award for the 2022 Salmon Run Marketing Campaign - The Board approved an agreement with CSEK Creative for assistance in imple menting Shuswap Tourism’s 2022 Salmon Run Marketing Campaign Media Spend in the amount of $15,000 plus ap plicable taxes. Staff recommended the contract be award ed to CSEK Creative as CSEK is also responsible for the Adam’s Lake Salmon Society marketing campaign for the 2022 Salute to the Sockeye Festival. To reach a larger au dience and achieve an overall more robust campaign it would be beneficial to both organizations if their individu al budgets for the media spend were combined. Three vid eos have been created, a 15 sec., 30 sec. and 2 min., get ting reach outward to Calgary, throughout BC and nearby States.

Introduction of Proposed Development Variance Procedure Amendments - Gerald Christie, Manager Development Services gave a report on options for staff to approve minor development variances without having to take them to the Board. Minor DVPs would include building setback variances of less than 50% and Retaining walls. It must have board approval if it is an after-the-fact variance request or if it receives opposition.

Recent legislative changes to the Local Government Act now allow local governments to delegate approval of DVPs to staff in specific circumstances. The procedural changes are in line with the new legislation and propose a delegation of some setback variances to staff whilst all other variance approval requests would continue to remain with the CSRD Board.

Changes will be made to the bylaw and presented to a future board meeting.

Eagle Bay Fire Department

By Nigel Collett, Captain Eagle Bay Fire Department

seems to be on track for its usual slight uptick on the yearly number of callouts. We had just one in September to a motorhome fire on Eagle Bay Road. Thankfully the vehicle was parked just off the road, away from structures or brush, which meant it could be con tained. The Fire Department was able to extinguish the blaze very quickly, but the vehicle was completely de stroyed having been con sumed by fire literally within minutes. We had to close the road briefly to enable us to refill the porta tank with wa ter as the motorhome wasn’t in reach of a hydrant at Eagle Bay Estates. This made for some interesting chatter as the Book and Bake sale had just kicked off at the Eagle Bay Community Hall at the same time and I know tim ing is everything to secure the best deals! On a more serious note, in the event of a sce nario where we must evacuate Eagle Bay, having only one paved road in and out of the community would be an issue and I know this is being studied right now.

Eagle Bay FD engine ready to roll.

(Photo credit Nigel Collett)

Personally, I’m enjoying a holiday away be fore returning to fall in the Shuswap! Eagle Bay is always in good hands though as in addition to our regular team, we have seen a slow but steady trickle of new recruits. We could always do with more, but I would like to welcome Amy Reimer to the firehall. Amy brought along some home baked snickerdoodles to one of her first practices (this is not mandatory for new recruits), so she is obvi ously not going to be al lowed to leave! We are well into the fall sched ule of training courses and Amy and our other recent recruits will be practicing on Tuesday nights to be able to ful ly participate in those courses. These are gener ally held at the Regional Fire Centre in Salmon Arm and our training of ficer works hard to maximize the number of places we can se cure (as we are competing with all the other firehalls for lim

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ited spots) and to make sure our firefighters know what to expect. I will be back soon ready to support our firefighters in their learning.

As is the case every year we say goodbye to our sum mer residents and think about hunkering down for the winter. At the Eagle Bay Firehall Open House this sum mer I showed off one of the new tools in the firehall’s ar senal. A chimney snuffer. Now as we think about firing up the wood fire, it would be a good time to get the chimney stack cleaned to head off any possibility of a chimney fire. A chimney snuffer attaches to a hose to be lowered down a chimney to emit a very fine spray to extinguish any chim ney fire. Very little water is required to put out a chimney fire and to be honest I hope to never have to be called to use it.

The South Shuswap First Responders still needs vol unteers to keep this valuable service going. For more than two decades, volunteers with the South Shuswap First Responders have been providing professional paramedic services and are desperate to recruit more volunteers.

You will have hopefully seen a lot of media recent ly highlighting this issue and it is so important to the Fire Department that our community is able to respond and sup port them, we are not trained paramedics. You sometimes never think you need these services supported by volunteers until you actually do. Please consider becoming a first re sponder, learn life saving skills and give something positive back to your community. For more information, call Debbie @ 250-319-8595.

We are always looking for more new members and we would love you to come and give us a try. All training is provided, and members are paid on-call. Want to find out more, then give Alan Rendell, Fire Chief a call at 250-5170429 and he will try to answer any questions you may have and can arrange for you to come and have a look around the Fire Hall.

You can keep up to date on lots of fire related and fire department news on our “Eagle Bay Fire Department” Facebook page or on Instagram. You will also find more information about current burning regulations and the CSRD’s FireSmart initiatives.

Copper Island Health and Wellness

By Sandra Reutlinger

The South Shuswap Health Services had its AGM and it was encouraging to not only welcome new members and volunteers but also to celebrate some of our many programs and educational sessions that were held over this past year. We do feel that we are living out our mission - To pro mote health and wellness ser vices for the population of the South Shuswap.

As we head into the fall and winter season, we are gearing up for more program ming and hopefully adding an extra lab day too! Stay tuned for the date of our Nutrition Session in November with Dr. Jerre Paquette.

Helping our community age in place means we have

put together some health ser vices, support groups, Better at Home registration, work shops, tablet training, volun teer opportunities and, our growing in popularity, Steps to Fitness indoor walking pro gram.

Looking for ways to help us create a healthy community?

Take out a membership. Volunteer your time at the health centre. Volunteer your expertise for fundraisers. Donate funds or supplies. Volunteer and become part of the team of “seniors helping seniors,” providing programs and referring services to our communities.

Call 250-675-3661 or visit our website sshss.ca to complete the form to volun teer.

Underwhelming Relief Measures from a Disconnected Government

By Greg Kyllo, MLA for Shuswap

The NDP govern ment has come out with its long-overdue plan for fight ing inflation. Unsurprisingly, it’s incredibly late and falls short of people’s expecta tions.

More than six months ago, the BC Liberals pro posed an enhanced rebate using the BC Climate Action Tax Credit to put money back in British Columbian’s pock ets amidst rising gas prices. The government has final ly decided to move forward with our idea, but had it de cided to listen to us back in March, families could have seen savings much earlier this year.

We also saw delays with the $110 ICBC ‘relief’ cheques that didn’t get out in time, not to mention David Eby’s promised $400 annu al renters’ rebate which still hasn’t seen the light of day.

Prices for food, goods and services are on the rise while housing and rental costs are through the roof. B.C. had the highest rental rates in July with an average rental rate of $2,590. Despite the NDP tagline promise to make life more affordable, rent is up a staggering $525 since Eby became Housing Minister in 2020.

Considering this, you would think the inflation sup ports the NDP is offering to families would be significant. But they were left feeling misled after the government tried to sell an existing tax credit under a new name as new money. Disappointing, to say the least.

The BC NDP is clear ly out of touch. British Columbians deserve a capa ble government that listens, delivers on its promises, and invests efficiently in families, communities and small busi ness.

What would be the national holiday for a nation of vampires? Fangs-giving!

How do vampires get around on Halloween? On blood vessels!

Submitted by Erin Vieira

SWC Meeting Highlights

Chair Jay Simpson reported that he attended the Union of BC Municipalities Annual Convention, where he met with Minister for Land, Water & Resource Stewardship Josie Osborne to discuss invasive Zebra and Quagga Mussels. Report from Program Managers - Erin Vieira provided an update on program operations since the last SWC meeting:

• The Shuswap Regional Algal Bloom Response Plan was en acted this summer in response to an algal bloom occurring in Salmon Arm Bay and Tappen Bay since early August. Weekly water quality monitoring by partners is underway.

• Staff have completed the Phosphorus Action Plan for the Shuswap watershed. Next steps include circulation of the plan and publishing it online, promoting the action items within, and implementing the actions items identified for the SWC.

• Staff implemented various education and outreach cam paigns for the prevention of invasive mussels

• The SWC provides financial support to the Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society to monitor several lakes within the Shuswap for early signs of invasive mussels. Todate, all water samples collected have tested negative for mussels (i.e., no invasive mussels found).

• Two partner-led projects with funding from the SWC’s Water Quality Grant Program are underway. The next intake for applications to the grant program will be in November.

• The SWC published its sixth annual Water Quality Summary Report in July

• Staff implemented a variety of educational campaigns to promote safe boating and water-based recreation over the spring and summer months.

Expenses to the end of the first quarter (April 1 – June 30, 2022) total $86,683 against the annual operating budget of $341,905.

Phosphorus Action Plan for the Shuswap watershed -

The SWC has recently completed a Phosphorus Action Plan for the Shuswap watershed. The plan was developed with in put from several governments and industries, including mu nicipalities and regional districts, First Nations, and Kamloops Okanagan Dairy Association. The plan is an educational, in centive-based document that provides guidance to all residents and industry sectors to better manage their ‘nutrient footprint’ in the Shuswap, to help protect water quality for the long term. Staff will make a few minor changes to the Phosphorus Action Plan, then circulate it widely by email and publish it on the SWC website. Staff will be available to present to industry and home-owner groups about the plan.

A full meeting summary is available on the SWC website.

By Cathy Wolf

Building Progress at Eagle Bay

Our September Book and Bake Sale was a huge suc cess thanks to the contributions from across the district. Books, DVD’s, puzzles, games and even craft materials were sold at bargain prices and scooped up by dozens of winter readers. The baking and preserves were be yond anything we anticipated. Seven tables crammed with cookies, cakes, bread, zucchini salsa, tomato jam, squares, pies, and candy were all sold by 11:00 a.m. Folks left with armfuls of books and baking. All proceeds are going to the Hall Reno Project - close to $2,200. Our thanks and appreciation.

Following up on last month’s decision to select a con tractor for our Hall Project, the EBCA Board is pleased to announce that Copper Island Fine Homes has been contract ed to complete the bathroom and kitchen renovations for the hall over the winter. Copper Island has been working in the Shuswap for 19 years. The company has been built on a com mitment to quality, excellent customer service, using prov en systems and procedures. We will be keeping the commu nity posted as we go. There will be pictures and comments. Closing the hall during construction will be required. Please know that advance notice will be provided to all groups and clubs that meet regularly.

As many will know, the community has worked hard to contribute to Phase 1 of the Hall Renovation Plan through out the year. We have had generous contributors and have been fortunate to have received grants that allow us to move

forward on this phase of the project. While fund raising will continue, we have tight timelines tied to our grants that re quire us to expend grant dollars allocated to the bathroom and kitchen upgrade by March 2023. To that end, we are moving ahead with work that can be completed with current funds. We don’t want to lose grants that are crit ical to making our project a success. Copper Island Fine Homes is well aware of these timelines and is pre pared to have the work completed by the end of March next year.

A turkey dinner on October 29 has been planned to wrap up a very busy year of fund raising and support for the bath room and kitchen renovation. Turkey Dinner with all the trim mings at 6pm. Doors open at 5pm. Turkey auction, challenge trivia. Raffle. Tickets at Eventbrite or Eagle Bay Mercantile. We look forward to you attending. There will also be an up date about the project and dates for the hall closure and startup in the winter. There has been a tremendous effort to move our project forward and it is time to celebrate this milestone.

I know folks are also wondering about the Park. The CSRD has had a survey crew complete a grading survey and now work can go ahead with levelling and backfilling the grounds. We still don’t have a timeline for park completion, although it is contemplated that the park will not be ready un til late spring of 2023. We will continue to ask for updates and information.

And a note about Coffee Houses. Unfortunately, no one has come forward to take on co-ordination of Coffee Houses this year. We are hoping that later in the year we might have a volunteer or two. The Board is happy to work with the coordinator to set up and organize the hall but there is some leg work that needs to be done in preparation for the monthly event. If there is someone out there who is interested, please call Cathy at 250 675-2498.

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Fall closures on Highway 1 for Kicking Horse Canyon construction

Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

Improvements to Highway 1 through the Kicking Horse Canyon near Golden are on schedule.

Following a busy summer construction season, a full clo sure of Highway 1 through the construction zone is necessary for more complex construction work.

From noon on Sept. 26, 2022, until 6 a.m. on Dec. 1, all through traffic on Highway 1 between Golden and Castle Junction will be routed via highways 93S and 95. This will add as much as one and a half hours of travel time. Destinations between Castle Junction and the construction zone, such as Lake Louise and Field, will continue to be ac cessible from the east throughout the closure.

The highway will be reopened temporarily for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend from noon on Oct. 7 until noon on Oct. 11.

Drivers should expect congestion and some delays on the alternate route during busier periods, which include weekends and the Nov. 11 Remembrance Day holiday. Travelling during off-peak periods when possible is suggested.

Roadside signs will provide advance notice of the closure. Drivers are advised to use caution and watch for wildlife, school children and school buses while travelling the alternate routes.

The closure will allow crews to proceed with work that

cannot be carried out safely during shorter interruptions, such as construction on and adjacent to the existing highway, which includes the placement of heavy equipment on the roadway.

This summer, progress has included the placement of girders and construction of bridge decks on new bridges and viaducts. Between the elevated structures, construction of the retaining walls to carry the wider highway continues. Following the fall closure, some of the newly constructed ele ments will be put into service to allow the remaining adjacent work to be carried out.

When completed in winter 2023-24, this 4.8-kilometre section of narrow, winding two-lane road will be converted to a modern four-lane standard, making a safer, more reliable route for people travelling through the Kicking Horse Canyon. The fall closure is part of a traffic-management strategy devel oped in consultation with the community and key stakehold ers. The strategy is designed to minimize travel disruptions during the peak summer and winter travel periods by having as much work as possible done at night and other off-peak pe riods.

Government appreciates people’s patience as this work is carried out. Drivers are reminded to obey construction zone speed limits and the directions of traffic personnel.

Updates on delays will be available online at: www. DriveBC.ca

Member of Parliament

Salmon Play Important Role in our History

By MP Mel Arnold North Okanagan- Shuswap

From time immemorial right up to today, Pacific salmon have played an important role in the development of our his tory so much so that it is difficult to imagine what our prov ince would be today if it was not for the salmon.

Consistent and bountiful stocks of Pacific salmon that existed millennia ago allowed for the first year-round human settlements on our West Coast and the salmon have been there for inhabitants fortunate enough to live within range of Pacific waters and those of the Skeena, Nass, Fraser, and Columbia rivers, to name a few. Generations before us de pended on salmon populations that delivered nutrients, boun ty, and value to coastal and inland communities, but the size and strength of some salmon populations have become weak and unstable casting their futures into question.

I was blessed to have been born and raised not far from the shores of the Adams River spawning grounds where mil lions of salmon come to life before departing on their long migration to the North Pacific before returning to the na tal waters. Like many of you, I have early memories of the Adams River in autumn- memories that have motivated me to actively support conservation of Pacific salmon.

Before being elected as a representative of the North Okanagan-Shuswap, I was honoured to work with fish and wildlife conservation organizations across our region, prov ince, and nation. At that time, I didn’t know that the insights and experiences I reaped serving with other volunteers would support my work as a Parliamentarian.

Working in Parliament, I have been honoured to serve on the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans and ful fill the role of both Deputy Shadow Minister and Shadow Minster for Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.

Although these roles may seem separate from the wa ters, peaks, and valleys of the riding, they are not. Serving in these roles in Parliament has allowed me to advocate for stronger protections of our waters against aquatic invasive species and pollution and advocate for the plans and actions required for Pacific salmon to survive and thrive for the peo ple and ecosystems of BC.

Pacific salmon are of great value to our communities, including Indigenous communities descended from the first salmon harvesters. Accessibility of healthy food is a timeless value that predates all of us and will persist long after we are gone; this is why I am committed to conserving Pacific salm on for generations to come.

The opening of the Adams River Salmon Society’s Salute to the Sockeye celebrations co-hosted by Skwlāx Little Shuswap Lake Band coincided with National Day for Truth and Reconciliation this year. As Indigenous and non-Indigenous conservation partners from across BC and Canada congregate to celebrate Pacific salmon, we must also reflect on how we can continue to work together to secure the future of salmon and in doing so, progress reconciliation and a better future for all.

Sorrento and Area Health Centre

By Celia Dyer

For many of us; parents, students, and folks like me who have spent most of our lives in the school system, this time of year seems to be more like a new beginning than January 1st. New clothes, a new grade, a new teacher, new students, … way more firsts and fresh starts than simply a new calendar on the wall.

It’s been a season of turnarounds and fresh starts at the Sorrento and Area Health Centre this fall.

Over the summer, we said temporary goodbyes to both our Nurse Practitioners, Theresa and Lyndsay, as they left on their maternity leaves. Planning for their year-long absence has plunged us into the all too real experience of practitioner shortage in BC: Interior Health was unable to fill either of their positions. However, we have been exceptionally for tunate to have Nurse Practitioner Jennifer Balfour work ing part-time at the clinic. She sees patients in-person on Mondays and Tuesdays and provides virtual consultations on Thursdays and Fridays.

We are beyond grateful to Jennifer for her commitment to taking care of the health needs of our community.

Interior Health continues to try to fill the vacancies and we are hopeful that we may secure additional coverage soon.

It is likely most of us have felt, in some way, the effects of the shortage of medical providers in our province. One in five of us in BC knows the direct reality of not having a doctor or nurse practitioner to take care of our medical con cerns. The practitioners who are there to look after us de serve our patience and understanding. The current situation is as difficult for them as it is for us.

Another care provider we have truly appreciated at our clinic over the past four years is our foot care nurse, Vanna King. Vanna is moving on to new adventures and while it has been another difficult farewell for us, we are excited to welcome Suzi Haskell who will be providing foot care ongo ing at the Health Centre.

September is the time for Board members to regroup and start the new year after a summer break. We held our first Board meeting of the season last month and identified priorities for the upcoming year. Beyond managing the day to day operations of the Health Centre, we will start discus sions around how we envision the future of the Sorrento and Area Health Centre and we will seek to encourage other community members to join our Board of Directors.

We know that there are many new arrivals in our area

who have discovered the joy of living in the Shuswap, so once you settle in and start thinking about how you might want to participate in our lively and community-minded neighbourhood, please consider the Sorrento and Area Community Health Centre Society. We are a non-profit organization that is responsible for the opera tion of our Health Centre. We work in close partnership with Interior Health but it remains that, without a very dedicated group of volunteers, there would be no primary care providers in our area.

For more information regarding the Health Centre or be coming a part of our Board of Directors, please call Celia at (250) 803 6870.

Former Holy Cross Catholic Church Celebrates 100 Years

By Louise Barber

The former Holy Cross Catholic Church has been grac ing the landscape of Notch Hill/Sorrento for 100 years. It was built on the private property of Mr. Rufus Hammond, espe cially for the wedding of his niece, Patricia Loftus to Joseph Callaghan, CPR Telegraph Operator, on October 2, 1922. A group of volunteers were organized (mainly CPR employees) and Holy Cross Catholic Church was completed on time for the wedding. Roofing shingles and lumber were ordered from the historic Flavelle Sawmill (1900s2020) in Port Moody and de livered by train. William Basil MacKenzie was the first priest in 1922 and officiated at the wed ding ceremony. He had a long history of service in various par ishes throughout B.C.

The building stands today on its original foundation and has seen its share of CPR trains rum bling past its front doors. First, the steam engines and passen ger trains being assisted by the ‘pushers’; later the diesel engines and today long freight trains with stacked containers, heading east and west bound.

Cross Catholic Church. It had already been hosting travelers for over 20 years, since it was built in the 1890s. The three stores had regular clientele, the butcher shop, garage and the post office were doing a booming business 100 years ago. Passengers had a train station to arrive and depart from com plete with telegraph operators and station agents employed full time. The first one room school was built c.1897, with a second school built c.1921. These two schools co-existed until the 1940s, when the first school was demolished. The sec ond school saw its last group of students in the early 1970s, when SD#83 closed the school.

Saturday night dances were popular 100 years ago in the Community Hall, which had al ready been holding gatherings since c.1910.

(Left) Former Holy Cross first priest - Wilbery Basil MacKenzie. (Right) First couple married.

October 2,1922. (photos contributed)

The former Church building has witnessed many chang es in the area throughout its lifetime. When it was built in 1922, Notch Hill was a ‘busy bustling town’. The Royal Hotel was situated just across the tracks, directly opposite Holy

One of the earliest buildings in the ‘town’, built in the 1890s, was a Presbyterian Church. By 1922 it had been hosting Sunday Services for almost 30 years. This Church became the United Church in 1925, when the Presbyterians, Methodists and Congregationalists formed a union. However, by the 1960s/70s due to a declining popula tion and lack of parishioners, it was left abandoned. It wasn’t until c.2003, when a group of volunteers, under the capable guidance of local resident, Floyd Adams, at the time Notch Hill Town Hall President, that the building was moved from its original foundation. It was relocat ed to its present site, renovated and seventeen years ago, in 2005 a public opening and ribbon cutting was held on October 2, 2005. The non denom inational church was re-named the ‘Little White Church’.

C.1926, Mr. Rufus Hammond do nated Holy Cross Catholic Church and the small surveyed, triangular piece of land upon which it is situated, to the

Catholic Diocese. Holy Cross Catholic Church served the area for approximately 30 years. By the 1960s there was a decrease in parishioners, access became difficult and eventually it was left abandoned. The land and building became Crown Land property under the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources.

The years of abandonment took its toll on the building, with heavy snow accumulations the roof began to collapse and by 2009 it was ready to fall. A non-profit Society was orga nized (established 2011, dissolved 2016) and obtained a lease

Restored Holy Cross Church stabalized 2018 (Photo credit: Erik Hansen)

agreement from the rightful owners, B.C. Government Crown Provincial, to begin a stabilization task. It now stands tall and proud, with the help and assistance of many dedicated volun teers, local businesses and the CSRD. It will continue to be sit uated on Crown Land. The secured, empty building will never be used for public purposes as there is no access and it is sur rounded by farmland in the Agricultural Land Reserve. The public is asked to respect the posted no trespassing sign age. The Former Holy Cross Catholic Church continues to watch out over the hillside, in all seasons, just as it did when it was built in 1922 -reminding us of a bygone era -100 years ago.

Former Holy Cross Church 2009 (Photo credit: Al Hepworth)

5-Band Salute to the Sockeye Festival

By Jo Anne Malpass

The 5-Band Salute to the Sockeye Festival opened on September 30 at Tsútswecw Provincial Park with a Secwépemc prayer, followed by a Grand Entrance. Flag bear ers, women and children led the way to the river, followed by drummers, singers and hundreds of people to experience cere monies by the water performed by Spiritual Leaders.

This is the first time a Salute has been led by Secwépemc communities. The Skwlāx te Secwépemc aka Little Shuswap Lake Band invited Secwépemc communities (Adams Lake, Neskonlith, Shuswap and Splatsin) “to reclaim the lead in this ceremony on our traditional territory by featuring Secwépemc artisans, entertainers, cultural and fishing knowledge keepers, ceremonial helpers, drummers, dancers, and story tellers in various cultural and ceremonial activities,” says a Skwlāx re lease.

Following the ceremony by the water, Skwlāx Kukpi7 James Tomma welcomed everyone to celebrate and work to gether to protect the salmon. The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and MP Mel Arnold also spoke on this Salute and

National Truth and Reconciliation Day, before the event con tinued with the sharing of ceremonial singing, drumming, dancing, and storytelling in the main stage area. A healthy feast of salmon and vegetables was provided and the day closed with a Lahal (Stick Games) Tournament.

The Salute to the Sockeye will continue until October 23, open daily from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Led by the 5-Bands, the event is sup ported by the Adams River Salmon Society, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, BC Parks, Pacific Salmon Foundation and many volunteers.

Along with seeing the spawning sockeye, local food trucks, a variety of Artisan and in formation booths, the Skwlāx release says oth er areas planned for the Salute include:

Cultural Tent: This will be a dynam ic area where visitors can connect with Secwépemc culture to gain a better understand ing of this place and what the salmon returning here mean to the Secwépemc people. Flint nappers, basket makers, moccasin makers, beaders, weavers, and mat-makers, among others, are proposed to be on site at various times demonstrating their crafts. Also, inside the tent, Knowledge keepers will share Secwépemc fishery knowledge, per spectives, and history. Static displays will feature Secwépemc culture and activities, including an interpretive dis play of the modern-day Scotch Creek Fish Fence and a display sharing the Residential School experience of the Secwépemc. A Medicine Tent and Elders Resting Area will be set up next to the Cultural Tent.

Fishing and Food Preservation Demonstration Area: Located next to the Adams, fishing Knowledge Keepers will demonstrate how Secwépemc traditionally caught and

preserved the salmon returning to the Adams River. A fish smoking structure will be erected, along with drying racks and fishing tools.

Knowledge Sharing, Interpretive Program: Secwépemc Knowledge Keepers will travel along the trails of the park to share their Indigenous connection with the returning salmon. Knowledge Keepers will visit various cul tural sites throughout the park, including the Kekuli (winter home) and Pictograph sites.

Secwépemc Story Stage: The stage will be alive during the three-week salute, with singing, dancing, drumming, storytell ing, and ceremony. There are two stage programs being devel oped and will be overseen by Kenthen Thomas: Youth Story Stage: (Monday-Thursday, 9 AM – 2 PM). This program will feature storytelling, songs and dance that appeal to younger visitors attending the school program.

Approximately 6,000 students visit the Salute to experience the DFO school program. The Story Stage will help kids un derstand the cultural significance of salmon to the Secwépemc. Secwépemc Story Stage: (Friday-Sunday, 10 AM – 4 PM). Featuring Indigenous storytellers and per formers, this program will run during the three weekends of the Salute. Visitors will experience both local and non-local Indigenous musicians and performers.

Ceremonies: Ceremonies may be held throughout the Salute, at various times and locations throughout the park. Most ceremonies will be open to the public for observa tion to be witness to the spiritual practic es of the Secwépemc, but some will be strictly private. Please be respectful and ask if photography is appropriate. Daily smudging, and Drumming Over the Water, will involve nu merous Community Members, Cultural Helpers and Spiritual Advisors.

South Shuswap First Responders

You May Have What it Takes to be a First Responder

By Sandra Reutlinger

Do you pass out at the sight of blood?

Do you lose your cool in any kind of high stress situation? Then perhaps you should flip over to the next article. But if you can han dle the sight of blood then keep reading because you might have what it takes.

We all have certain talents and abilities and some of yours might mean that you are well suited for volunteering with the South Shuswap First Responders. All the provided training and practice will give you the skill sets and knowl edge you need to become an emergency medical responder. Having a solid grasp of skills and knowing what to do in different types of situations will reduce the stress of being a volunteer at an emergency event.

What else is needed for you to consider becoming a First Responder besides being calm under pressure and having a strong stomach? Our volunteers have a desire to help others, care about others’ well-being and are empa thetic in an effort to take care of our community and those who visit our area. Being a team player is important as the Responders rely on their teammates and function as a cohe sive group. Good communication skills are needed as di rections are being given, patients need calming reassurance and to understand treatment being given. Attention to de tail means that things won’t get missed and proper care can be given. Another quality is flexibility. Yes, being able to crouch in small spaces is important, but so is going with the flow and be ing able to pivot into a different action plan appropriate for various situations.

These are some general ideas of attributes that make a good volun teer. South Shuswap First Responders needs more people to join our team. Training will be provided alongside this group of fun, dedicated group of community minded helpers.

For more information on the South Shuswap First Responders, email: ssfr@shaw.ca or check out our Facebook page: https://www.facebook. com/SouthShuswap1stResponder/

A Howlin’ Good Night

By Dawn Clarke

Are you looking for a spooktacular evening? Do you want to have a terror-ific good time and generate some haunting bootiful memories? If your an swer is yes to any of those questions, you need to head to the White Lake Fire Department Halloween Event, on Monday, 31st October 6-8pm. It is guaranteed to give you a night of ‘Fangs for the Memories’!!

The dreaded pandemic made hosting the fun and fabulous Halloween festivities a big challenge for the Fire Department members, but a drive thru option was a successful alter native for the last two years. Unfortunately, those scaled down events, together with the restrictions, meant that there was no huge bon fire for everyone to Congregate around, no amazing firework display to end the evening and of course, no haunted house. 2022 is different, everything will be back and better than ever!! Plans are already in hand to ensure those missed and difficult years are forgotten and everyone in White Lake can head to the Fire Hall and enjoy another memorable evening for the community.

The Haunted House at White Lake has become a popular attraction over the years and the Fire Department started plan ning in early September as to how it will look for Halloween 2022. It is a lot of work to put the event together and every

one of the 21 members has a role to play. Deciding the theme for the event and then decorating the House keeps everyone busy to ensure it meets the expectations of all its visitors. The Fire Department Training Building is used by the Department each week for fire practice, but it is transformed into the Haunted House for the event, with the help of creative ideas and hard work by the crew at the Fire Hall. There are always spooky surprises for all.

As well as the ghoulish House, a large bonfire is lit and whilst everyone enjoys the spectacle, drinking hot chocolate and re freshments available at the Community Hall, each person waits in anticipation of a fire works display that keeps everybody spellbound. Halloween costumes are all apart of the fun and ‘Come as you Aren’t’ ensures kids, and some adults alike, turn up as ghouls, ghosts, zombies or any other persona they wish to adopt for Howl-a-ween night.

Maybe some of us have forgotten how much fun we can all have with our friends and neighbours, but the White Lake Fire Department is focussing on making sure all the residents of White Lake and beyond truly have a fang-tastic night to re member.

Witching you a Happy Fright Halloween, its going to be fab-BOO-lous at White Lake, I can feel it in my bones!

Shuswap Equine Community Stewardship and Recreation

By Barbra Fairclough

The Shuswap Chapter of the Backcountry Horseman Society of BC (BCHBC) is a thriving group of 70 members from Salmon Arm, Kamloops, Lumby, Vernon, and places in between. Members share an appreciation for and partake in all aspects of recreational trail riding in both the front and back country including trail building and maintenance.

There are 19 chapters throughout BC. In 1989 with humble beginnings around Jim and Marilyn McCrae’s din ing room table in Langley BC, a group of friends who were equine enthusiasts were talking about horses and trail rid ing. Jim had completed a solo ride of the Pacific Crest Trail, Mexico to British Columbia. During this trip as well as pre vious occasions in Washington state, Jim noted that the Back Country Horsemen of America were always there willing to help. It occurred to Jim that British Columbia could use an organization that was similar. With the combined efforts of this small group the BC Back Country Horseman non-profit was formed in 1991.

In speaking with Sue Hunt, current Chair of the Shuswap Chapter she says there are many aspects of the association and there is something for riders and non-riders alike.

In general, the mission is to ensure there are trails avail able for horses and the safe enjoyment of riding. Much of the focus is on horsemanship and safety. Many trails are mixed use and part of the activities includes trail stewardship. Development and maintenance of new and existing trails, trailheads and campsites are all part of the activities the orga nization engages in.

The Shuswap Chapter hosts trail improvement projects, fundraising events, and educational clinics such as wilderness survival, saddle fitting, horsemanship, and other interesting topics. This chapter was formed in 2000 by a group of friends with a goal of finding and improving trails in the Shuswap area.

Collaborating on a huge effort to build an equestrian camp at Skimikin Lake has been one significant project. The Shuswap chapter currently holds a partnership agreement

with Rec Site and Trails BC for the trails in the Skimikin Recreational Area. (Rec Sites and Trails BC is responsible for recreation sites and trails under the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy). Through this agreement they conduct trail maintenance and development projects. They also work closely with the Shuswap Trail Alliance for im provements and expansion of the South Canoe trails and a va riety of equestrian stakeholder projects.

The educational component of membership is an import ant aspect of supporting horse and rider safety. The BCHBC has its own Trail Rider Education Program which is based on skills and knowledge related to trail riding and backcountry equestrian trekking. All skill levels can learn and expand their knowledge in self-guided learning for safe trail riding.

The Shuswap chapter hosts dinner meetings 3rd Wednesday of each month and will frequently have guest speakers on topics suggested by members. There are many social aspects of membership events like BBQs or poker rides throughout the year. Usually there is something planned once a month during the winter months.

Camping and day rides are all part of the many ways you can participate in an equine trail experience.

Interchapter events like the “Rendezvous,” an annual province wide interchapter event, bring members together from all corners of BC. Part of a busy fun filled event for the 300 or so guests attending include workshops, BBQs, silent auctions, cowboy poetry and more.

It does not matter if you are new to trail riding or a sea soned pro, there is a friendly atmosphere for anyone interest ed. BCHBC has approximately 900 members province wide and if you are interested in learning more or participating in the fun, go to the website for the Shuswap Chapter and sign up online.

New members are always welcome so come out and meet likeminded people and make new friends. You can find them on FB at Back Country Horsemen of BC-Shuswap Chapter.

The membership contact form is on the website. https:// bchorsemen.org/join-now/

By Barbra Fairclough

Sorrento Drop in Society

In 1983, Sorrento Drop in Society (SDIS) began as part of the Old Age Pensioners Organization of BC. When it was recognised that the focus was not in keeping with Sorrento’s interests, the new society was formed. The Sorrento Drop in Society has been serving members since 2008. Serving the “over forty-five” crowd, there are groups that continue to meet up after many years. Everyone is welcomed through annual membership or on a drop-in basis.

Today, with 52 members, SDIS Secretary, Corinne Kreiger confirms that COVID really had a negative impact. It was a challenge to know and keep up with the regulations around opening the facility to people. “We looked to what oth er halls and facilities were doing and we took some guidance from that. It was a challenge to keep up with the ever-chang ing situation.”

During COVID, the wood carvers group folded due to some folks change in health, with some moving or passing away.

The Drop-in Society has a full commercial kitchen that is food safe certified, built with fundraising and vision by volun teers and is now largely unused.

Corinne says the Wheels to Meals program stopped opera tions in March of 2020 when COVID first began. “It was hard to keep the kitchen open and to have volunteers and attendees feeling confident about personal health.” The program is yet to resume.

Luise Denter was coordinator for the food program for 15 years and has now moved into Salmon Arm. Luise and five volunteers prepared and served a three-course meal from scratch. The $8 meal was served at the Drop-in Society. Corinne confirms they would serve up to eighty meals on a bi-weekly basis.

Board member Diane Little, has been instrumental in the development of the website. This new website puts a face on the organization and makes it easy for folks to find out about the social groups that meet at the SDIS hall.

Piecemakers are a group of ladies that love to quilt. They meet up on Thursday and there is a long arm quilting machine available for members use. The Piecemakers also make quilts for charity and raffles.

The Rock Club meets on the first Sunday of every month and welcomes experienced and beginner enthusiasts.

Ladies Snooker is on Fridays and Men’s Snooker on Tuesday and Thursday. There are three 5x10 ft snooker ta

bles. The Men often have a tour nament on the last Saturday of every month. All levels of skill are wel come.

Five Crowns offered on Wednesdays, is an easy card game to learn and its usu ally a room filled with laughter and fun.

Annual General Meeting on October 19 at 1:00 pm at the Drop-in Society Hall. Open to all members and interested parties. Have a look at the website to find out more. The Drop-in Society is located at 1148 Passchendaele Road in Sorrento, right next to the Fire Hall and Sorrento Memorial Hall.

If you are looking to reconnect - you will find a place for friendship, learning and socializing. Volunteers and new board members are welcome. Visit the website for further informa tion at www.sdis.ca

Photo Credit Barbra Fairclough

White Lake Triathlon- What Community is All About

White Lake Triathlon Committee Release

“Entering a triathlon was an experience that I never thought myself capable of,” states Ashley Jespersen, one of the 74 participants at the White Lake Triathlon on Sunday, Sept 11. Jespersen, a White Lake resident, participated in the Try-tri event with a colleague because the event was so close to home. Jespersen is on maternity leave and states that this fun community event will be one of the highlights of her year.

The White Lake Triathlon was creat ed four years ago with the goal of building community in a fun and active way. One of its main objectives was to attract communi ty members, like Jespersen, who had never tried a triathlon, to participate in a community event and in a new sport.

Community, physical activity, and the beautiful surroundings of White Lake were certainly celebrated as 200 gathered to partic

ipate or cheer on the athletes. Some partici pants completed all three events (swim, bike, run) while other participants were divided into teams and each took one sport to complete. The community rallied together with in credible volunteers of all ages. Local seniors were handing out food bags to athletes, teens were patrolling the waters on kayaks and the White Lake Fire department was directing traffic for the bikers. “We had amazing vol unteers,” commented one of the organizers Sarah Zuidhof. “Their infectious energy and positive spirit is what we cherish about living in this community.” The White Lake triath lon raised $500 to give to the White Lake Fire Department as well as $600 to sponsor a new tee at the Turtle Valley frisbee golf course. The triathlon committee will also contin ue to put new sports equipment at the John Evdokimoff Park in White Lake.

The spirit of the White Lake Triathlon is what makes this event unique from other triathlons in the area. Participants were encouraged to cheer each other on and to thank their vol unteers. And this spirit was evident throughout the day with strangers en couraging each other to keep going and stay strong. “The triathlon was wonderful! It especially warms my heart and inspires me to see all these families and teams participating so happily together. What an amazing community!” states Kathleen Ludwig,

Photo credit White Lake resident and volunteer Gavin Ritson

Photo credit White Lake resident and volunteer Gavin Ritson

a resident of White Lake who volun teered with oth er neighbours by handing out water on

course.

The White Lake Triathlon committee would also like to ac knowledge the generosity of the local communi ty sponsors like the Blind Bay Village Grocer, Kintec, Skookum, Active Chiropractic, SASCU and BDO. The White Lake triathlon committee will not be hosting the triathlon next September due to logistics but is open to new ideas to engage resi dents in physical activity. A walk/ run around the lake, a polar bear swim or a community skate day are all fun ideas being considered.

The Shuswap Candy Map is Back

Release

For the third straight year, people in the Shuswap will be able to see where the candy is on Halloween night. But it almost didn’t happen.

“With pandemic re strictions lifting, we weren’t sure peo ple still wanted the map,” says Rebecca Taylor, one of the maps creators. So they took the question to the community. The answer was a resounding, “yes!”

The on-line map is open to anyone in the Shuswap. It can be viewed on-line from your mobile device or print ed out. You can even plot a trail in advance to optimize your candy collection.

If you will be handing out candy this year and want to get on the map, send your name and address to rebec ca@unrefined.ca or Thomas. Goode@ig.ca. Make sure to mention if you are going all out with decorations or have epic treats like full-sized can dy bars and your house will get a special icon on the map.

Thanks to Thomas Goode with IG Wealth Management in Blind Bay for once again being our map sponsor. You can find the map at https://www.zeemaps.com/ Shuswap_Candy_Trail. Happy Halloween ev eryone!

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Photo credit volunteer Sandra Brandsma from Salmon Arm

Sorrento Centre

Mindfulness and Indigenous Law

By Vibeke Vaerum, Ph.D., Program Manager

In the stillness, I am the trees alive with singing. I am the sky everywhere at once. I am…the wind bearing stories across geographies and generations. I am the light everywhere de scending. I am my heart evoking drum song. I am my spirit rising. In the smell of these sacred medicines burning, I am my prayers and my meditation, and I am time captured fully in this NOW. I am a traveler on a sacred journey through this one shining day. Richard Wagamese

Join us for a day of community building, adult educa tion and cultural celebration at the Sorrento Centre this fall, Saturday, October 22, from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm. Together we will learn about indigenous ways of knowing and our intercon nection with nature. Order-of-Canada recipient, Dual Law pro gram co-founder, and Anishinaabe, Dr. John Borrows, will fa cilitate conversations on Indigenous Law and apply living prin ciples outdoors with Dr. Rebecca Johnston, Hannah Askews, and Flossie Baker.

Simon Fraser University professor in linguistics and in digenous studies, Dr. Marianne Ignace, will define Secwepemc law and speak on the connection between Language and Land.

In the afternoon, a team of guides will lead drumming and meditation on the unceded territory of the Secwépemc people. Wind down your day in community with traditional storytell ing by a Secwépemc elder.

We are deeply honoured to welcome these speakers:

Dr. John Borrows is Canada’s pre-eminent legal schol

ar and a global leader in the field of Indigenous legal traditions and Aboriginal rights. John holds the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Victoria as well as the Law Foundation Chair in Aboriginal Justice and Governance.

Dr. Marianne Ignace is a professor in the departments of Linguistics and Indigenous Studies at Simon Fraser University, and Director of SFU’s Indigenous Languages Program and First Nations Language Centre. Dr Ignace is a resident of the Skeetchestn community in the Secwepemc Nation, she current ly teaches and coordinates courses in Indigenous languages in Kamloops, Haida Gwaii and Yukon.

Dr. Rebecca Johnson Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Indigenous Law Research Unit at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law. She is a member of the Indigenous Laws + the Arts Collective, www.testifyindige nous.ca and is one of the co-curators of the TRC-inspired blog ReconciliationSyllabus. Professor Johnson teaches Indigenous Research, Method and Practice; Business Associations; Graduate Legal Theory; and Inuit Law and Film.

Hannah Askew is the Executive Director of Sierra Club BC. She is a lawyer and practiced public interest environmen tal law prior to joining Sierra Club BC. Her work focused on addressing the impacts of industrial development on ecosys tems and advocating for proactive and inclusive planning pro cesses for the land and water.

Adults are welcome to this special event hosted in part nership with the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, the Victoria Multifaith Society, and the Sorrento Centre.

Pre-registration is required. The full day program is free to all participants with optional meals and accommodation. Find out more: www.sorrentocentre.ca/indigenous-law

This event is funded by the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council and the Sorrento Centre. It is supported by the Victoria Multifaith Society.

Fall Food Drive Weighs Heavy

By Barbra fairclough

This September the Sorrento Food Bank had its annual fall food drive. Volunteers of all ages helped to deliver empty bags to households in the area and the food filled bags were picked up a few days later. All together the volunteers col lected approximately 5700 pounds of food.

Food bank volunteer Jeanie York says it was great to see everyone come out. Cash was also collected which will help the food bank even further. Final tally is not complete and more information will be available next month.

The Sorrento Food Bank supports communities of Balmoral, Blind Bay, Eagle Bay, Notch Hill, Sorrento, and White Lake. It is located at 2804 Arnheim Road in Sorrento and is open Wednesdays 9 am to 3pm.

By Alan Cook

At long last our world is regaining a semblance of nor mality and hopefully will continue to improve.

This year a full Ceremony will once again be held in the Sorrento Memorial Hall. For the past two years during the Covid era, I have held the Act of Remembrance out side at the Cenotaph in front of St. Mary’s Church in Sorrento.

I am hoping that the

Ceremony at the Memorial Hall will, once again, be sup ported to remember those who made the ultimate sacri fice and those who suffer silently from the many recent conflicts in which our armed forces have been involved. They all need our re spect and support. The Ceremony will begin at 11:00am. Please be seated by 10:40.

Lest We Forget

Champagne Beauty

Sunnybrae Community

By James Clark

The days are already get ting shorter, the warm sum mer days slowly fading but one thing this does mean is that Coffeehouse season is upon us! Join us for the Sunnybrae Coffeehouse on Saturday 8th October and kick-off the season with Kamloops feature band: Doc & The Disorderlies.

With Chris Doherty (aka Doc) on banjo, guitar, vocals and percussion, Fain Weiss on bass, ukulele, vocals and percussion, Bruce Campbell on lead guitar and vocals and Gary Nielson on rhythm gui tar and vocals, Doc & The Disorderlies bring an eclec tic mix of originals, swing, blues, old standards and con temporary ballads. Doors open and performer sign-ups at 6:30 pm, the show begins 7:30 pm and admission is $5 at the door. As usual, the Coffeehouse is scheduled to run from October 2022 to May 2023 falling on the sec

ond Saturday of each month. We look forward to welcoming you back!

If you’d like to keep in touch with what’s going on in the Sunnybrae Community and at the hall, check out our Facebook page “Sunnybrae Community Association”. Be sure to keep an eye out for Facebook events popping up with ad vanced information. Looking ahead, the CSRD General Local Elections will take place on Saturday, October 15, 2022. Polls will be open from 8 AM to 8PM.

Moving forward into November, local duo “Good O’l Whatserface” will be fea turing at the Coffeehouse on Saturday 12th November! Our website, www.sunny braecommunityassociation. com also has all the info you need for renting this hall for public/private events.

Saturday October 8 - Feature Band Doc & The Disorderlies. (Facebook)

Sorrento Lions Club

By Judi Kembel

We cooked hot dogs for the Sorrento Elementary School Fun Day on September 26 at the school for their annual Sorrento Stars welcome back BBQ.

Once again, we distrib uted pumpkins in the “Pumpkin Patch” in the school field for the students to “pick” their own pumpkin and take home to carve or decorate. It is a fun event for all involved – stu dents and Lions.

We are proud to an nounce our 1st Craft Sale will be held at the Shuswap Estates Community Centre on November 5 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. We have some awesome vendors lined up so come and check it out. Free admission and parking!

Our first weekly meat draw was held at the Copper Island Pub in Sorrento on September 16, and will con tinue until June 23, 2023 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm and includes a 50/50 draw. Come join the fun!!

Our next big event is the Seniors’ Christmas Party and Silent Auction on November 26 from 6:00 pm to 10:00

pm at the Shuswap Estates Community Centre. Light refreshments will be served and admission and parking are free. We cannot thank the Shuswap Estates Community Centre and the Barker fami ly enough for allowing us to hold our major fundrais ers in their facility rent free. It means the world to us.

We look for ward to continu ing our work in the community and new members are always wel come. If you are interested in helping in your community, please consider joining our club as either a member or a “Friend of the Lions” vol unteer.

Both women and men over 19 years of age are wel come to join. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month (September to June) at 6:45 pm at the Shuswap Lions Manor, 2780 Falaise Road, Sorrento. If you would like more informa tion about becoming a Lion, please contact the Sorrento Lions Club at our email ad dress: sorrentolionsclub@ yahoo.ca . We would love to hear from you! Check out our website at http://e-club house.org/sites/sorrentobc/

I AUTUMN

Blind Bay Memorial Hall hosts Island Fogg Band

By Barbra Fairclough

Agnes Nikiforuk at Blind Bay Hall says they are looking forward to hosting the ever popular band Island Fogg. An eve ning of live music and dancing will begin at 7pm on October 22.

The smooth rock and country rhythms can be heard in Harry Eisenberger’s lead guitar, while Peter Blacklock keeps it going on the keyboard. Don Longman holds the beat on drums while Barry Stokes plays bass guitar. Come and dance or relax and lis ten for an entertaining evening of music. Agnes has tickets, just give her a call 250 253 5200.

The Old Fashioned Bingo is back due to the many requests received by those who have attended previously. This is a peren nial favorite you will not want to miss. On November 4th doors open at 5:45pm.

On November 19 and 20, you can find unique items made by the hands of local artists and artisans. Perfect for some of your Christmas shopping. Mark your calendar and bring a friend. Doors open at 10 am till 3pm both days. If you would like to be a vendor at the sale, give Maureen a call at 250 675 2844.

Do you like the events at the Blind Bay Hall? Why not be come a member. Members receive early and advance notice of events at the hall. You can look forward to updates for what’s going on. Your membership supports the Blind Bay Community Society in managing the hall and planning regular events. Contact Agnes with your interest in membership and she can provide details. All members signed up by the end of October will have a vote in the AGM on November 22 at noon. The AGM will be at the hall on the lower level in Reedman Gallery. The hall is located 2510 Blind Bay Road.

Pink Piston Paddlers Going to New Zealand

Submitted by Pink Piston Paddlers

The Pink Piston Paddlers (members from all over the Shuswap) are going to New Zealand in April 2023 to attend the International Breast Cancer Dragonboat festival. Donations to help us attend this event are greatly appre ciated

One of two boats of Pink Piston Paddlers at Get Pinked Paddle in Shuswap Rowing and Paddling Club dragon boats. 2016 from Facebook

The Pink Piston Paddlers are a dragon boat team of breast cancer survivors and supporters who formed in 2006. We are accepting donations at the Bottle Depot in Scotch Creek (please let them know your bottle donations are for the PPP) and in donation tins at PharmaChoice in Scotch Creek and Chase. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Arts Council

Submitted by Missy Morrison Charko, Artistic Director

CHILD, YOUTH & ADULT LEARNING WELL UNDERWAY

Fall classes began at FACES on September 12. How fabulous it’s been to see the studio buzzing these past two weeks! It would appear that the effects of the pandemic may be behind us as we can proudly report that most dance class es are filled to capacity with a few spots remaining. We have had to open up an other day (Saturday mornings) for pri vate music lessons in guitar, ukulele and piano as most spots with Ms. Kelly and Mr. Andres are full.

Our children’s and youth art classes are wildly popular this Fall as well, under the fabulous instruction of Ms. Megan. We will be opening up another 8-week block of visual art classes with Ms. Megan starting on November 8 (Tuesday classes) and November 10 (Thursday classes).

It is not too late to enquire about classes. We understand that most fam ilies need to ‘let the dust settle’ when it comes to coordinating extra-curricular

activities along with school and family time. Please reach out to Jacquie, our administrator: assist@ shuswaparts.com to en quire about classes if you’re still thinking you’d like to register yourself or your child(ren). The schedule can be found on our website: shuswaparts. com (FACES).

TWO LEVELS OF CHILDREN’S CHOIR AVAILABLE ON TUESDAYS

Ms. Kelly Coubrough is once again leading two age levels of youth choir through FACES. If your child is interest ed, have your son or daughter drop into the FACES Studio (lower level of Carlin Hall) on Tuesdays at 3:30 pm for chil dren’s choir or 4:00 pm for youth choir. Give it a try and if he or she likes it, reach out to Jacquie.

COMMUNITY INPUT NEEDED FOR ADULT CLASSES

We have received some requests from adults in the community to offer

programs in dance, music and art. If you feel like you may be interested in these classes, feel free to reach out to Karen at admin@shuswaparts.com. Your feed back will help to shape the programs we offer to members of our community.

ADULT CHOIR COMMENCES

OCTOBER 18

Adult Choir under the instruction of Ms. Kelly Coubrough starts this month on October 18. The choir will meet ev ery second Tuesday for a 90 minute ses sion until the end of May. If interested in joining the choir that will concentrate on some classics, ballads and contempo rary pop pieces, email Karen: admin@ shuswaparts.com

By Shaunne Letourneau

Activities and events are back in full swing

what’s happening?

Our Snooker players didn’t really take a break over the summer and continue to play dai ly at 1 pm, except for Sunday. They meet in the lower level of the Centre. Drop-ins are welcome. Carpet bowling is also underway. The bowlers play on the lower level Wednesday afternoons start ing at 1:30 pm. There is always much chatter and laughter with this group. All are welcome and drop in fees apply. The Canasta play ers meet every Tuesday at 1 pm on the Upper Level. Don’t know how to play? They are happy to give you lessons! This is another group where there is much laughter and chatter during the afternoon. They are friendly players so don’t be in timidated!

Our very popular three Keep Fit programs have also be gun. The regular Keep Fit program runs three times/week and is full for the fall session. Yoga is once/week and is also full. The Sit and Be Fit sessions still have some room. These are designed for those with some mobility or health issues where a

gentler approach to fitness is needed. For more information on any of these programs, please go to the Cedar Heights Association website at cedarheightscommu nity.ca

October will see the Association volunteers hosting three events. The first is the an nual Smokie Dinner and a Movie. It will be held October 14. The movie is 12 Mighty Orphans, a true story of an inspiring football team of orphans that takes place in the Great Depression. Tickets for the Smokie dinner are $15 and the movie is $5. Dinner is at 6 pm and the movie starts at 7 pm. Tickets can be purchased at the Centre Tuesdays and Thursdays between 1-3 pm. Not able to make it to the Centre? Give us a call at 250 675-2012.

The second October event is the annual Apple Pie Sale. These pies are homemade by Cedar Heights Association volunteers and are on sale for $10/pie. Pies must be pre-ordered by calling or emailing Gloria, 250 675-0036 or gloria16@telus.net . They will be available for pick-up October 18th.

DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA TO IMPROVE LIFE IN

CONNECTING

Some of the many volunteers helping with upgrades at Cedar Heights Golf Course. Photos contributed

Whereneighboursbecomefriends

The third event is the return of the always anticipated Fall Fashion Show Oct. 22, 1:00 - 4:00 pm. The theme this year is “High Tea” and attendees are encouraged to wear fas cinators. The price of admission includes a lunch and our lo cal models walking the runway in the latest in fashions from Lindy’s Boutique and Fusion X Fashions. Tickets are $15 for members and $20 for non-members. Tickets are available from Lindy’s and Fusion X and the Cedar Heights Centre.

While summer may be over, our outdoor activities are not! The Pickleball players can be seen each morning and golfers are still welcome at the Par 3 course. Visitors and lo cals are welcome to play. No tee time is needed for the golf.

The golf course is undergoing some upgrades through out the fall. A volunteer crew has started with demolition of some of the old retaining walls and a tee box and green. Improvement plans include repairing and adding several tee boxes, expanding greens and other changes that will make the course more easily accessible for seniors. These upgrades will also improve the site as a wedding venue and for other outdoor events.

A very happy Thanksgiving weekend to all our neigh bours and friends.

CSRD Launches New Website, Seeks Feedback

CSRD Release

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) launched its refreshed and re designed website to the pub lic on September 7.

The new site has a clean, modern design, significantly improved functionality and has been specifically designed for ease-of-use by the public. Other features include:

• Graphic buttons to our most well-used pages

• A sign-up feature that al lows people to get notified about updates by email or text

• A Spotlights section on the homepage to highlight on going projects

• Better access to our CSRD Connect community en gagement platform

• Optimization for use on all

types of mobile devices

• Better accessibility for people with disabilities.

“The last website refresh took place in 2013, so it was time to update and improve our digital experience for our citizens. This new website will be easier for people to use at home or on-the-go and allow us to share important information more effective ly than before,” says Tracy Hughes, Communications Coordinator.

This website is contin ually being updated and im proved to meet the communi ty’s needs. We invite citizens to explore the new site and offer their thoughts and sug gestions. There’s a feedback form available on the website or email thughes@csrd.bc.ca

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Thank you to the community for making the first annual Notch Hill Harvest Market & Spooky Pumpkin Patch event on October 1 the best ever!

Cedar Heights retaining wall under construction

Shuswap Tourism Report reflects on 2021, seeks committee advisors

CSRD Release

Shuswap Tourism looked back at the tumultuous 2021 season in an Annual Review, presented to the Board at the September meeting.

But they are also looking towards the future, as they are seeking new vol unteer tourism industry members for a revitalized Shuswap Tourism Advisory Committee which will help set the stage for the next five-year Strategic Plan.

The Annual Review is available on both the CSRD and Shuswap Tourism websites, and recaps the challenging cir cumstances faced by the tourism sector including the effects of the pandemic, wildfires, atmospheric rivers and high way washouts.

Despite the obstacles, Shuswap Tourism ran six major marketing cam paigns including the promotion of trails, a re-connecting with family campaign, marketing the BC Ale Trail, a Let’s Ride BC sledding promotion and Get Into BC microsite partnership with Golden and Revelstoke to provide information regarding Trans-Canada Highway con struction and closures.

Their efforts produced more than eight million impressions on social me dia and other platforms. In addition, the Shuswap ranked #99 in the world as a Most-Loved Destination based on the Tourism Sentiment Index.

As Shuswap Tourism moves for ward, guided by new Team Leader Morgen Matheson, expressions of in terest are currently being sought for the refreshed Shuswap Tourism Advisory Committee. This committee will include 10 members representing the tourism in dustry in the Shuswap region.

“We need to hear directly from those people working in the tourism sec tor, to ensure we can meet their needs and work to overcome challenges facing tourism operators,” says Matheson. “We are looking for industry members who can share their expertise as we plan for the future.”

Potential members will need to fill out an online Expression of Interest form available at the Shuswap Tourism page of the CSRD website. The deadline is October 31, 2022.

Carlin Hall Community Association

By Jane Stephenson

What a beautiful September we en joyed! Crisp, cool air, blue skies, and still some warmth in the sunshine.

Speaking of warmth, there is much of that shared at Carlin Hall. A fresh new coat of paint has been added to the ex terior and thanks to the efforts of Randy Baytaluke and Don Cavers, the Hall is looking great as we welcome everyone back for a new season of exciting pro grams and events.

As program ming gets un derway both in the upper level, as well as with FACES Fall Programming in the lower level, it’s nice to see so many smiles again. Do make sure you check out what’s hap pening in the building; whether for yourself, or the children in your fam ily. You can check us out and keep up to date by connecting via our website: https://carlinhall.net, our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/carlinhalltap penBC, or via Instagram: https://www. instagram.com/carlin_hall/.

Being September/October, it’s time for you to consider renewing your an nual CHCA membership or to becom ing a brand, new member. Memberships are renewed annually at the end of September, so your timing is perfect. Here is the information regarding be coming a member at Carlin Hall: Single membership: $20/yr Couple: $35/yr. You can become a member/renew by simply etransferring the membership fee to carhall4051@gmail.com. You will be sent a receipt and a copy of your mem bership card will be attached (you can download to your phone). A member ship list is kept on site as well.

A membership brochure, outlining benefits of being a member, is available for your perusal at carlinhall.net Thank you for considering a membership at Carlin Hall.

The first coffeehouse took place on October 1, with Blu and Kelly Hopkins taking the stage as the feature act. The Carlin Hall Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Margit Sky Project will be featuring at the November 5th coffee

house at 7:00 pm. Please contact Diane at 250 517 0861 for all information related to the monthly cof feehouses.

The Tuesday beginner acous tic workshop/jam will be starting on October 11 at 6:30. Please call Larry for details at 250 675 5426. The Wednesday afternoon intermediate jam got under way on October 5. Jams begin at 1:00 pm and run until 3:00.

Diane and Tori will be under taking an other round of ‘Maker Space’. Folks can get together for a couple of hours and work on their

own projects with other likeminded peo ple; crocheting, knitting, beading, sew ing, painting, etc. It’s an opportunity to work in a friendly environment on any type of project that you can take with you. The dates are to be determined and you are welcome to call Diane at 250 517 0861.

Here’s hoping that your autumn will bring you out and about and that we’ll see you at Carlin Hall. The Board ex tends good wishes to all for a very happy Thanksgiving!

Until next time, be safe and be good to one another.

Shuswap Better at Home

Newly painted Carlin Hall - Photo contributed

By Jason Lutterman

Shuswap Overland Adventures

“That’s a marmot”

Wrapped tight in my sleeping bag, I attempt to slow my mind and fall asleep. The smell of the alpine is so strong in the cold air, my senses fixate on it. The fire crackles only feet outside the entrance to my small tent but the light comes from the full moon. The sky filled with stars, the moon the largest I’ve ever witnessed. The sharp spruce trees all visible in black with the heavy backlight. Our camp right on the boarder of the meadow before the alpine tundra. My last thought before I sleep is the story of the Grizzly Bear seen just below our camp on the last visit to this special place. Tomorrow is an import ant day, years in preparation and planning; I’m joining my brother on his Mule Deer hunt.

Morning comes quicker than expected, we rise before the sun to the sight of our breath and some fresh frost. Our backpacks topfull as to not require returning to camp in case of an emergency. “Go prepared or not at all”. Not long on foot we come across a re cently gnawed deer leg, followed by two more in just as many steps. We aren’t the only ones up here hunting nor did we sleep alone on this mountain top.

Following his steps and ad vice we stay out of sight hounding our way through the granite slabs, trees and meadows. Cliffside along a jagged ledge, we sit for a drink of water and to thin a layer of clothing. Glassing with our binoculars over the vast wetlands we tower above.

Animal tracks can be seen in the shallow water, again a new sight I haven’t witnessed before. Dozens of routes, prints memorized in the soft soil below. Beside me focused on any sign of movement, my brother sits in silence, preoccupied with the idea of making sure we don’t have an encounter with a Grizzly I focus in on what appears to be a familiar shaped head on a large round body.

I can’t believe what I’m seeing, looking just like a picture burned deep into my memory of a bear on a rock from years ago. I tap his shoulder. “Psst look 500m to our left”, he looks back at me after a moment. “What?” “You can’t see it I re plied?, bear! On the ledge to our left”. He looks again, a look of disappointment grows across his face as he lowers his gaze toward me. “It’s a marmot you fool” he replies.

Unfortunately, he was right and my “forest credibility” had taken a small and comical blow for the rest of our trip. We

pressed on and I was reminded a few more times that it was indeed a marmot. Little over four hours had passed since we began the morning leg of our journey. We had seen a few deer along our trek but he wasn’t here for just any deer. His goal was to spot and stalk a magnificent creature.

As high as the mountain goes looking down at a small gla cier we stopped to rest. I began to peel off another layer as I heard him say “don’t even breathe”. As I slowly turned to look why, very aware it wasn’t to see a marmot, I saw what he did. Just inside a kilometer below us stood two bucks that even from this far with our bare eyes looked big. I attempted to un due the zipper pocket my lenses lay in but just after touching the zipper the buck looked up. I was shocked at how well it could hear. We were over eight hundred yards away, high in elevation the wind and thermal lift in our favor and it still heard me. We sunk over the back of the moun tain peak and began our decent.

Quick, quiet and thrilled, I followed as we shared every step and move ment to conceal our approach.

We were close and it was time for me to bed down along some trees. He dropped his pack and closed the remaining distance like a ghost. As the first buck leapt from the spruce trees it was bedding down in, the second larger one presented himself at a close distance.

After confirming it was indeed what he had come for I heard the shot. I waited only a moment before gathering up both our packs and making my way to his position. As I jogged his way, he casually walked mine and when I saw the look of satisfaction on his face, the certification of years of hard work and preparation, I was overcome by how proud I was of him and the ethical manner in his approach to the hunt. Then I looked to my left, a stunning creature lay in the backdrop of the most incredible scenery the Shuswap has to offer. And as the old saying goes “a gunshot in the mountain is a dinner bell to a Grizzly” and so I began to think about how big this deer was, how far we were from camp and not to mention the sight of a marmot ever again. I’d rather be attacked by a Grizzly than go through that again.

I hope the smell of the alpine is all you think about for the rest of your day, cheers.

Shuswap Overland

COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR

SOUTH SHUSWAP

Sorrento Centre Events

Thanksgiving Associates

Weekend Oct. 7-10, Wild Church Sorrento Oct 16, See Something Say Something (reducing risk for older adults) Oct 18, Mindfulness and Indigenous Law Oct. 22, Positive Psychology for Happiness and Meaning with Dr. Vibeke Vaerum Oct. 27. Weekly playgroup Wednesdays at 9:00am. A wide variety of events for all ages. FMI and to register go to https://www. sorrentocentre.ca/events/calendar

Sorrento Village Farmers’ Market

- Last Day - Saturday Oct. 8, 8amnoon at Sorrento Shoppers Plaza 1240 TCH.

Sunnybrae Hall Coffeehouse - Sat. October 8 with Kamloops feature band: Doc & The Disorderlies. Doors and performer sign-ups at 6:30pm, show begins at 7:30pm. Next one Nov. 12 with local duo “Good O’l Whatserface”. www. sunnybraecommunityassociation. com ; Chilli and a Bun at the Seniors Hall from 5:30pm

Raise Our Little Hall - Eagle BayRaffle Fundraiser. Deadline for tickets is Sunday Oct 9. Draw date Monday Oct 10 at 2pm. FMI https://ebca.rafflenexus.com/a/ws or email Eaglebaybc@gmail.com

Meet the Candidates - All Candidates Forum Series – Area C CSRD Director Election 2022. Last of three on Wednesday October 12, 6:30PM to 8:00PM, Sunnybrae Community Hall, 3595 Sunnybrae Canoe-Point Road.

Smokie Dinner and a Movie - October 14 at Cedar Heights Centre. Dinner at 6 pm. Movie 12 Mighty Orphans at 7pm. Tickets at the Centre Tuesdays and Thursdays between 1-3 pm. Or call 250 6752012.

Election Day Oct. 15 - For Area C CSRD Director. Voting from 8 am to 8 pm at Eagle Bay Community Hall, 4326 Eagle Bay Road; Sunnybrae Hall, 3595 Sunnybrae-Canoe Point Road, and White Lake Community Hall - 3617 Parri Road. See ad on page 7.

Meet Area G and SD83 Trustee - Natalya Melnychuk and Corryn Grayston joint meet-and-greet town halls. October 16, 2-4pm Sorrento Memorial Hall. October 19, 7-9pm Cedar Heights Community Hall Share your ideas for the community and schools. See ad on page 6.

Adult Choir - Commences October 18. Every second Tuesday, 90 minute session until the end of May at FACES Studio. If interested, email Karen: admin@shuswaparts. com

Annual Apple Pie Salehomemade by Cedar Heights Association volunteers. Pies must be pre-ordered. Gloria (250 6750036 or gloria16@telus.net for pick-up October 18. Sorrento Drop-in Society AGM -

October 19 at 1:00 pm at the Dropin Society Hall, 1148 Passchendaele Road, Sorrento. Open to all members and interested parties. FMI www.sdis.ca

Calm to Go - South Shuswap Library, Blind Bay. Wed. Oct 19. Free Drop in. 10 to 11 am. Change the way you feel. Come in stressed. Leave revitalized. FMI contact johannebritton@gmail.com Kids Paint Rocks – Oct. 22, 9:3011:30 am. Eagle Bay Community Hall. Age 5-12. Email Lise Runmum1@hotmail.com to register.

Fall Fashion Show - “High Tea” at Cedar Heights Centre Oct. 22, 1-4 pm. Attendees are encouraged to wear fascinators. Lunch and local models walking the runway in the latest in fashions from Lindy’s Boutique and Fusion X Fashions. Tickets at Lindy’s, Fusion X and Cedar Heights Centre.

Dance with Island Fogg Band –Oct. 22, 7 to 10:30 pm at Blind Bay Memorial Hall. Great local group playing a wide variety of music. Please call Agnes for tickets - 250253-5200

Fall Dinner at Eagle Bay Hall - Oct. 29. Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings at 6pm. Doors open 5pm. Turkey auction, challenge trivia. Raffle. Tickets at Eventbrite or Eagle Bay Mercantile.

A Howlin’ Good Night - Terror-ific good time at the White Lake Fire Department Halloween Event at the White Lake Fire Hall, Monday, Oct. 31, 6-8 pm.

Shuswap Candy Map - If you are handing out candy this year and want to get on the map, send your name and address to rebecca@ unrefined.ca or Thomas.Goode@ ig.ca. Mention if you are going all out with decorations or have epic treats. You can find the map at https://www.zeemaps.com/ Shuswap_Candy_Trail

Bingo – Nov. 4, doors open at 5:45 pm at Blind Bay Memorial Hall. Entertaining evening, come out and enjoy the games. Job Fair - Nov. 5 at Shuswap Lake Golf/Duffers at Blind Bay. See ad on page 48.

Annual Notch Hill Christmas Market - Saturday Nov. 5, 9am to 2pm. Shuswap Market Group Artisans & Vendors. All artisan & vendor bookings, contact Laurissa Gallant 250 804-5185. Coffee, Soup & bun, and more offered. Sorrento Lions Craft Sale - Nov. 5, 9am to 3pm at Shuswap Lake Estates Community Centre, 2405 Centennial Drive. Awesome vendors lined up so come check it out Free Admission Carlin Hall Coffeehouse - Sat. Nov. 5 at 7:00 pm. The format will be up to 8 Open Mic sign ups, prior to feature, Margit Sky Project. FMI, please contact Diane at 250 517 0861. Remembrance Day – Full

ceremony November 11 at Sorrento Hall to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice and those who suffer silently from recent conflicts. Begins at 11 am. Please be seated by 10:40. Lest We Forget

Christmas Gift and Bake Sale - Nov. 19 & 20, 10am - 3pm at Blind Bay Memorial Hall. Very popular event with many local arts and artisans. Vendors please contact Maureen 250-675-2844

Blind Bay Memorial Hall AGMNov. 22, noon in the lower level at Blind Bay Hall (Reedman Gallery). Please attend. South Shuswap Library - Great selection of books, DVD’s, CD’s, and magazines , two computer stations, free Wifi. FOR KIDS: Take and make bags to go. Stop by the branch October 8 and take your season craft bag to go. Limit of 20 bags and first come first serve. School-aged. PJ Storytime check the website or call the branch for more details. FOR ADULTS: Felting with Fiona - Learn how to create a needle-felted owl ornament. Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1pm-3pm. Registration required for teens and adults. Page Turners Book Club - 1st Thurs. of the month, 10:00 am. Registration required. Fireside Knitters - 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month at 10:00am. Drop-in. What would you like to see in your library? Email us at sostaff@orl. bc.ca with your suggestions. FMI or to register for events call 250-6754818 or visit the South Shuswap ORL website

Carlin Hall Jam Groups –Wednesday jams Oct. 5- Dec. 7 from 1-3 pm. Please call Diane at 250 517 0861. Tuesday acoustic workshop/jam starting Oct. 11 at 6:30. Please call Larry at 250 675 5426.

Children’s Choir - If interested, have your child drop into the FACES Studio (lower level of Carlin Hall) on Tuesdays at 3:30 pm for children’s choir or 4:00 pm for youth choir.

Sunnybrae Srs - Wednesday Games Days - Coffee is on at 10:30, games and Zumba start at 11:30. Monday Night Football with appies starting September 26. Knitting and crochet lessons dates to be announced. Email sunnybrae.srs@gmail.com for further details.

Cedar Heights Fall Programs - Keep Fit, Be Fit, Yoga starts in September. FMI and to register: https://www. cedarheightscommunity.ca/ Sorrento & Area Health Centre - Appointments Monday - Friday 9:00 am -12:00 pm and 1:00 pm4:00 pm. Please phone (250) 675 2167 first / Immunization Clinics 4th Monday, call 250 833-4101 for appointment.

Take Steps for Fitness - walking program starts again in September at Shuswap Lake Estates Lodge,

Monday and Thursday 1:30-2:15.

FMI 250-675-3361

Yin/Yang Yoga – Eagle Bay Hall. Tuesday evenings 6:30-7:45pm. Friday yin only class. 6:15-7:15pm. Contact Shannon at 778 994-5851

Blind Bay Painters - Tuesdays, 9:30am at Blind Bay Memorial Hall. Drop in or FMI Jean Toker 250-2536965

Electric Monday Jams - at White Lake Community Hall 7 pm to 11 pm. 3617 Parri Rd.

Hiking group for women –Monthly free organized outdoor experiences. Welcome to The Lady Alliance - Shuswap Chapter. FMI www.shuswapadventuregirl.ca or https://theladyalliance.com

Friday Night / Movie Night - at Cedar heights. Doors open at 6:30, movie starts at 7 pm. Bring a comfy cushion. Snacks available. FMI http://www. cedarheightscommunity.ca/movienight

Copper Island Health CentreMobile Lab Tues and Thur 8:00 am to noon, Foot Care Wed. The Smile People Dental Clinic 3rd Fri, community paramedic last Thurs. of the month. To book appointments and access seniors resource services, call 250-6753661 To book immunizations call 250-833-4101. Located in the Blind Bay Market Place.

NORTH SHUSWAP

Salute to the Sockeye Festival - at Tsútswecw Provincial Park. Open daily, 8:30am - 4:30pm until Oct. 23. Sockeye, educational fisheries and nature programming, vendors, local food trucks, Secwépemc artisans, entertainers, cultural and fishing knowledge keepers and daily cultural and ceremonial activities. FMI lslb.ca/salute and www.salmonsociety.com See ads on pages 8 and 10.

Monthly Breakfast – Oct. 8, 9 to 11am at Lakeview Centre, sponsored by Arts and Crafts groups. If you would like to sponsor a monthly breakfast, email lakeviewcommunitycentre@gmail. com

Drag Queen Show - at the Hub in Scotch Creek on Saturday, October 8 at 8pm. www.shuswaphub.com Crowfoot Mtn. Snowmobile Club AGM – Tuesday Oct. 11, 6:30pm at Captains Village Marina - 3877 Captains Village Way, Scotch Creek. FMI crowfootsledding@gmail.com

Ladies Retreat - Oct. 14, 6:309:00pm & Oct 15, 9:30am - 4:00pm at North Shuswap Christian Fellowship Church. Speaker: Sandy Semenyna “Book of Ruth”. Learning, worship, crafting, food provided. Register by Oct. 5 (fee) Call Lorna 780-721-2293

Fire Prevention Week Pancake breakfast - and open house, Sunday Oct. 16 at Anglemont Fire Hall from 9:00 - noon in support

of campaign “Fire won’t wait. Plan your escape.”

4th Annual Shuswap SUP Witches

paddle - set sail on Indigo Bay on Sun. Oct. 16 at 1:00 pm, raising funds for North Shuswap First Responders. 2864 SquilaxAnglemont Rd in Lee Creek. Donate at www.gofundme.com/f/ shuswap-sup-witches...

Halloween Party - Saturday Oct. 29, 2-6pm at the Fun Centre in Scotch Creek. Spooky fun for the whole family. Costume contest, photo booth, games, arcade, minigolf, candy, prizes, fire safety and more.

Lions Meat & 50/50 Draw - Saturdays 3-5 pm at the Hub in Scotch Creek.

Bingo at NS Community Hallevery Monday except stat holidays. Bingo starts at 7:00 pm.

CHASE

Chase Curling Club Pancake Breakfast - Sunday Oct. 9 - 8am to 10am. Pancakes, sausage, eggs, coffee, juice.

Curling - Starts Tuesday Oct. 18. Registration forms & payment available at chasecurling.ca or

from Janice at 250-679-4471 or admin@chasecurling.ca. Leagues Tuesday Stick (2 person team) 10 am to noon, Wednesday evening Open 7pm to 9pm and Friday Open 10am to noon. YOU NEED TO REGISTER PRIOR TO OCTOBER 12 SO WE CAN MAKE UP TEAMS.

Chase Library Book Club - Thu 5:30-6:30pm Oct 27 and Nov 24. Books from a variety of genres, including non-fiction will be discussed. Pick up book from the library one month in advance of each meeting. Refreshments provided. Registration required. For adults. 250.679.3331

Conversations in French - Chase Library Thu 5:00-6:30pm Oct 20, Nov 3, 17 and Dec 1. A casual time to try out, practice and learn French at the Chase Library. Dropin. For adults. 250.679.3331

Nerf Blasters - Oct 26, 6-7 pm at Chase Library. An especially spooky Nerf Blasters event just for tweens! Complete challenges and battle through the stacks after the library has closed. We supply the safety glasses, darts, Nerf Blasters, and snacks. Costumes encouraged

if they don’t restrict movement. A signed waiver, available at the library, must be completed by a parent/guardian before the event. Ages 9-12 Registration required. Chase Library 250.679.3331

SALMON ARM & AREA

Salmon Arm Jazz Club - third show of season with a performance by Major Mambo, a Kelowna-based Latin quintet. October 13 at the Nexus at First Community on Okanagan Avenue. Doors open at 6:30. FMI www.jazzsalmonarm. com

Loud and Proud Celebration - Sat. October 15, beginning at 4pm to kick off the 2022 Salmon Arm Pride Project Arts & Awareness Festival with music, dance and food. Goes until October 23. Intersection of Hudson & McLeod.

Friends of the Library Book Sale - Friday Oct. 21, 9am – 6pm and Saturday Oct. 22, 9:00am – 4:00pm at Piccadilly Mall outside the Salmon Arm library.

Gun Show and Sale - October 22, 9:00am to 5:00pm and October 23, 9:00am to 3:00pm. Salmon Arm Recreation Centre (SASCU). See ad

on page 20.

Coffee House at Gleneden Hall

– Every third Saturday till May, 6:30 pm performer registrations, programme starts at 7 pm. Music and poetry. Wildwood Productions and the Gleneden Association. FMI Call 250.832.2300

Enderby Folk & Pattern Dancebeginning October 7, 7 pm at the Drill Hall in Enderby. Everyone of all ages is welcome. FMI call 250 546-6186

ONLINE / WEBINARS etc.

The Big Fall 50/50 On-line Auction

- Hosted by Chase & District Fish and Game Club - To buy tickets, bid on an auction item or to donate go to: https://trellis.org/ thebigfall5050 Sale ends at 3:00 pm Nov. 1st.

CSRD Board Meeting - Thursday, October 13 at 9:30 am. Pre-register at www.csrd.bc.ca. Agenda available approximately one week in advance of the meeting.

ONLINE Guided MEDITATION

Classes - Tues. & Wed. 7 - 8:15 pm / Topics vary. Register at: www. kmcfv.ca

Halloween

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Arts Council for the South Shuswap

Karen Brown 250-515-3276

Blind Bay Bridge Club

Vicki 250-675-2141, vicki00@telus.net

Blind Bay Community Society 250-675-3139 blindbayhall@gmail.com

Blind Bay Painters Jean Toker 250253-6965 jtokersix@gmail.com

Blind Bay Garden Club Susan 250-835-2351

Blind Bay Citizens Patrol Carolyn & Tom 403-796-7221 info. bbcp@shaw.ca

Carlin Country Market

Angela Inskip 250-833-2094, carlinpac@hotmail.com

Carlin Elementary Middle School PAC Angela Inskip 250-833-2094, Carlinpac@hotmail.com

Chase Fish & Game Club

Helen 250-679-8019

Copper Island Health & Wellness Centre 2417 Golf Course Dr. Blind Bay Market 250-675-3661

Copper Island Seniors Resource Services (CISRS) (beside Spinnake r Cafe) 250-6753661, cisrcbb@gmail.com

CRIMESTOPPERS 1-800-222-8477

CSRD Area C Director

Paul Demenok 250-517-0810, pdemenok@csrd.bc.ca

Cruising the Okanagan Car Club Facebook or email Anna-Marie Eckhart cruisingtheokanagan@gmail.com

Emergency Support Services

Cathy Semchuk and Tom Hansen 250-

833-5927 sep@csrd.bc.ca

FIRE DEPARTMENTS

Eagle Bay

4445 Eagle Bay Rd., Chief Alan Rendell, 250-517-0429, EagleBayVFD@csrd.bc.ca

Sorrento Hall #1

1164 Passchendale Road, Chief Gary Hoult, 250-517-7980 ShuswapVFD@csrd.bc.ca

Sorrento Hall #2 2505 Greer Rd.,

Chief Gary Hoult, 250-517-7980 ShuswapVFD@csrd.bc.ca

Tappen/Sunnybrae

3732 Sunnybrae-Canoe Point Rd.,

Chief Marc Zaichkowsky, 250-835-8696

TappenSunnybraeVFD@ csrd.bc.ca

White Lake

3607 Parri Rd., Chief Bryan Griffin 250-835-4500, WhiteLakeVFD@csrd.bc.ca

Fire Services CoordinatorA Sean Coubrough 250-833-5955 scoubrough@csrd.bc.ca

FIRST RESPONDERS

Debbie Edwards, ssfr@shaw.ca

GT Dragon Boat Society

Susan Eisenberger 250-803-6864, www.gtdragonboatsociety.ca

HEALTH SERVICES

South Shuswap Health Services Society Sue McCrae 250-675-3661, http://sshss.ca

Sorrento Health Centre 250-675-2167

Sorrento Health Centre Society

Eldene Lindberg 250 675 4168

Neighbourhood Emergency Pre paredness Cathy Semchuk and Tom Hansen 250-833-5927 sep@csrd.bc.ca

North/ South Shuswap Comm. Resource nsscr@live.ca, Leigh 250-515-4682

Notch Hill Cemetery Society Louise 250-253-5776

Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) South Shuswap Leigh Schaffer 250-675-4818, lschaffer@orl.bc.ca Blind Bay Market www.orl.bc.ca/branches/south-shuswap

ROAD MAINTENANCE

Acciona Infrastructure Maintenance Inc - 1-866 222-4204, Vernon Moti 250-503-3664, aimroads@acciona.ca

Shuswap Better at Home Central Intake 250-253-2749, sbahintake@outlook.com

Shuswap Community Foundation 250-832-5428, www.shuswapfounda tion.ca

Shuswap Emergency Program Cathy Semchuk and Tom Hansen 250833-5927 sep@csrd.bc.ca

Shuswap Hospice Society 250-832-7099, 250-675-2568 (Sorrento)

Shuswap Lake Aero Modelers 1-866-293-3851, info@slams.ca / www.slams.ca Shuswap Theatre Society https://shuswaptheatre.com

South Shuswap Chamber of Commerce Karen Brown 250-515-3276, manager@southshuswapchamber.com Shuswap Volunteer Search & Rescue

Luke Gubbles 250-803-1095, shuswapvsar.org

Shuswap Tennis sletennisclub@gmail.com

Shuswap Waterfront Owners Associa tion (SWOA) info@SWOA.ca / www.SWOA.ca

Sorrento Drop In Society 1148 Pass chendaele Rd. 250-675-5358, sdis@shaw.ca / www.sdis.ca

Sorrento Food Bank Tina Hysop 250-253-3663,sorrentofoodbank.ca

Sorrento Lions Club Sorrento Lions Manor. sorrentolionsclub@yahoo.ca Web: Sorrento Lions Club - Lions e-Clubhouse

Sorrento Minor Ball

Geoff 250-804-6923, sorrentominorball@gmail.com South Shuswap Canada Day Committee Tammy Packer 250-463-2495

Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge Shirley 250-679-2778 or donkeyrefuge@gmail.com Victim Services Guy Ramsay 250-679-8638

White Lake Community Hall Society 3617 Parri Road, 778-231-8810, whitelakehall@cablelan.net

White Lake Residents Assoc.(WLRA) info@wlra.ca / www.wlra.ca White Lake New Horizons Seniors Club - Gary Loeppky 250-803-2828

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COMMUNITY HALL INFORMATION

Please check with your local community hall for more information and scheduled events

Blind Bay Memorial Hall

2510 Blind Bay Rd. 250-675-3139 blindbayhall@gmail.com

Facebook: Blind Bay Memorial Hall & Reedman Gallery www.blindbaymemorialhall.ca

Carlin Hall

4051 Myers Rd. Tappen www.carlinhall.net Hall rentals: 250-675-5426 carhall4051@gmail.com

Cedar Heights Community Association

2316 Lakeview Drive, Blind Bay 250-675-2012 www.cedarheightscommunity.ca

Eagle Bay Community Hall 4326 Eagle Bay Rd. www.eaglebayhall.ca Hall rentals: 778-888-7391

Notch Hill Town Hall 1639 Notch Hill Rd. Pres. Anna-Marie Eckhart 250-804-3374

Check us out on Facebook Heritage Rentals - Marianne Romyn 250-835-4721 Notch Hill Hall Events - Amy Berry 250-803-1806

Shuswap Lake Estates Community Centre sle@shuswaplakeestates.com www.shuswaplakeestates.com 250-675-2523

Sorrento Memorial Hall

1150 Passchendaele Road, 250-675-2222

Sunnybrae Community Hall

3595 Sunnybrae Canoe Point Rd. Hall Rentals - Rob Milne: 250-8358657 Facebook.com/SunnybraeCommu nityAssociation sunnybraecommunityassociation. com

Sunnybrae Seniors Hall

3585 Sunnybrae Canoe Pt. Rd. sunnybrae.srs@gmail.com 1-877-452-0719

White Lake Community Hall 3617 Parri Road 250-803-4616 whitelakehall@cablelan.net