South Shuswap Scoop November 2022

Veterans Remember

By Barbra Fairclough Service,

Courage and Sacrifice. At home, around the world and across gener ations. Canadians have a long and proud tradition of military service.

The storied careers of several local veterans have graced our pages over the years. Here is a snapshot of their stories.

George Landry of Blind Bay joined the Royal Canadian Airforce in in 1959 on the regular Officer Training Programme. With training in radio nav igation and five years in anti-subma rine warfare in Argus 405 Squadron in Greenville Nova Scotia, George en tered pilot training at St Francis Xavier University. Later, he experienced break ing the sound barrier, flying to a speed of 2250 km per hour. After a post ing as Chief of Plans and Aid Defense Operations in Germany he retired in 1994.

George’s early memories of war are reflected in the November 2017 issue of the SCOOP.

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…standing in the streets of his child hood hometown watching the soldiers returning home from WW2 with missing limbs and harrowed expressions, a mem ory that reminds him of the horrors of war to this day.”

As a young student Jack Barker, also of Blind Bay, set the stage for his fly ing career by working part time for a lo cal snow plane manufacturer. In the long snow filled prairie winters in Bavely Saskatchewan it was the only mode of travel. He received his wings in 1944 and as Pilot Officer he was commissioned overseas to Burma where he flew 60 to 70 sorties a day carrying supplies even during monsoon season.

Jean-Luc Desgroseilliers at change of Command Parade CFB Bagotville

Alan Cook aged 29, in Germany. Now in 10th year leading Sorrento Remembrance Service

George -HawkLandry, in front of a 434 Squadron CF5, Bagotville, Que 1984

Jack Barker, Pilot Officer, received his wings in 1944, three months short of age 19.

In Jack’s Memoir he recounts an episode.

” There were close to 56 dials in the DC3 but all were spinning so fast we couldn’t read any of them except for altimeter when it changed from going down to up or the opposite. We could not hear anything for the roar of the hail pounding on the aircraft. Each motor had a ball of fire around it (St Elmo’s fire which occurs when there is a discharge of electricity in stormy weather) a blue streak was speed ing back and forth from one motor to the other and appeared to pass right through the cock pit between our eyes and the windscreen) finally after what seems like an eternity, we chucked out at 16,000 feet.”

Alan Cook served three tours in Germany and a tour in Yemen during the Yemen Emergency or the Rad-Fan Uprising. Alan was deployed in 1967 to the strategic reconnaissance port lo cation of Aden next to the Straights of Aden. They were running convoys from Aden to Al Habilayn. They were in a stream bed called a wadi and they had fuel, ammunition, and a water pipeline. A prime target.

In our SCOOP interview with Alan in 2018 he recalls, “the biggest loss I experienced was in Aden because lots of people were killed. Any kind of ac tion was in Aden. It was tough to go around. I am sure there were losses on both sides and I am sure we gave as good as we got…”

Alan Cook retired a Staff Sargent in 1978 and resides in White Lake.

Alan Cook has volunteered his time since 2013 to organize and bring together many moving parts in the planning for Remembrance Day at the cenotaph in front of St. Mary’s Church in Sorrento. In speaking with Alan last year, he noted “I was always amazed

at the number of people who came out. “Every year there were about 180 to 200 people and it was just a great oc casion.”

“Sometimes what I miss is the problem solving challenges” reflects Jean Luc in a 2019 interview with the SCOOP.

International affairs, project man agement and system engineering were prominent themes in Jean Luc’s ca reer. He retired as Chief of Staff for all Canadian NORAD military personnel in the US. After his post at Colorado Springs, he took a civilian post to NATO as Chief of Implementations Division at NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Management Agency.

Recently, after watching a tele vision movie about WW11 and after switching to a lead news story on CTV, Jean Luc looked at the scenes of a rav aged Ukraine, he said to himself its 80 years later and the same thing is hap pening again.” What can I do about what is happening to Ukraine, about what is happening in our world.

After a bit of research looking for someone that was taking initiative and finding nothing, he took the lead he has organized a movement to bring Ukrainian families to the Shuswap. Residents in the South Shuswap have rallied behind this initiative and they have succeeded in surpassing the origi nal fundraising goal of $35,000.

Veterans in our company reflect on their experiences and share an un derstanding that is hard for those who have not been in a conflict zone to imagine at times.

Express your gratitude and respects to our military veterans this November.

To learn more about and to help with the Ukrainian initiative, go to https://www.shoreikankarateshuswap. ca/ukraine

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Area G Director’s Scoop

- Natalya Melnychuk, PhD

Electoral Area G (South Shuswap - Blind Bay, Sorrento, Notch Hill) Email: NMelnychuk@csrd.bc.ca

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On November 17, Area C of the CSRD will divide into two electoral areas – ‘Area C’ and ‘Area G’. Area C – Eagle Bay, Sunnybrae, and White Lake will be represented on the CSRD’s Board by Marty Gibbons. Area G – Blind Bay, Notch Hill, Sorrento, and a part of Carlin will be represented by my self – Natalya Melnychuk. In the week following the formal creation of Area G, Mr. Gibbons and myself will be inaugu rated or sworn in as the two new area directors for the South Shuswap.

Since communication is a key pillar to effective local governance, I am grateful that the Scoop newspaper has grant ed both directors the space to continue in Paul Demenok’s tra dition of submitting monthly articles as CSRD directors. My intention with this space is to provide updates on CSRD work developments and board decision-making processes as well as to discuss matters of importance to our area. This month, as I will be onboarding with the CSRD, I want to take this oppor tunity to let the Area G community know about my approach to community relations and communication.

When I decided to put my name forward to run for the area director position, I knew I would have a lot of work ahead of me to get to know the full range of interests and concerns facing our area. To this end, I have been work ing to meet with as many different interest groups and indi viduals as possible over the last two months. For example,

some of the community groups I have met representatives from include the South Shuswap Chamber of Commerce, the Cedar Heights Community Association, the North and South Shuswap Community Resource Association, Shuswap Lake Estates, Probus, the Notch Hill Cemetery Society, Sorrento Centre, South Shuswap Health Services Society and the Sorrento and Area Community Health Centre. I also was able to meet with several members of the public at two meet-andgreet events.

On October 16 and 19, Corryn Grayston, the acclaimed school board trustee for the region and myself, held two meetand-greet events – one in Sorrento and one in Cedar Heights –as an opportunity to introduce ourselves. Since neither one of us had the opportunity to campaign (no one ran against us for our positions), we weren’t able to introduce ourselves through events such as all-candidate forums, so we wanted to hold meet-and-greet events for the community.

These events, sponsored by the South Shuswap Chamber of Commerce, Fair Realty – Sorrento, and It Happens Wastewater Inc., allowed us to meet with over 60 members of the community and to discuss topics of interest on a oneon-one basis. We also undertook an informal survey to hear from attendees about different interests and concerns for the electoral area and the school district. 17 surveys were com pleted. While this effort is not representative of all interests in the area, there were a few reoccurring common interests of (continued on pg 5)

note. The most common areas of con cern (three plus respondents) for Area G included:

• road maintenance and infrastructure,

• social services for seniors,

• protection of the natural environ ment,

• activities for youth,

• expanded healthcare services, and

• expanded development of recre ational spaces and pathways.

I anticipate further discussion on these topics and others as we collective ly look at future services for the area. Going forward, I intend to continue an open line of communication with the community where I can listen to con cerns and make informed decisions. To this end, I plan to work with the com munity through multiple methods: e.g., townhalls, virtual meetings, newspaper

End of Season for WildSafeBC

WildSafeBC Release

The bears are almost all denned up for the winter, as is the WildSafeBC Columbia Shuswap Program. WildSafeBC’s goal is prevent conflict with wildlife through education, collabo ration and community solutions.

Your local coordinator, Olivia Lemke, has been working with the community to prevent negative outcomes for wildlife and for people by providing wildlife infor mation and conflict-reduction strategies to residents, visitors, and the business com munity. Education outreach has included attendance at community events, door-todoor canvassing, wildlife awareness and safety presentations, bear spray work shops, and WildSafe Ranger presentations in schools. In September, we held a spe cial BC Goes Wild event with games and prizes at the Sorrento Village Farmers’ Market. Please view our year-end report, scheduled to be released in December on our website, to learn more about what we were able to accomplish this year.

While the bears may be soon in their dens, there are many other animals that do not hibernate and we encourage ev eryone to become more familiar with the wildlife that may be passing through our communities. Please report sightings of bears, wolves or cougars in urban/resi dential areas, or wildlife in conflict, to the Conservation Officer Service at 1-877952-7277. Please visit wildsafebc.com and follow our Facebook page for up dates, tips, and other information to as

contributions, social media outreach, listservs, community advisory forums, and one-on-one phone and in-person communications.

Finally, I also want to emphasize the following values I hold and believe are necessary to be effective as your newly elected official. In the things I say and do as your representative, I plan to:

• Act with honesty and integrity

• Accept responsibility for my actions

• Respect others and the institution of local government, and

• Lead, listen, and positively influ ence others while working collabo ratively.

I look forward to continuing to meet members of the community and hope people will reach out to me when needed.

sist you in keeping wildlife wild and your community safe!

WildSafeBC Columbia Shuswap is grateful for the generous support the pro gram receives from its funders including the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, the British Columbia Conservation Foundation and the Province of BC.

The British Columbia Conservation Foundation (BCCF) is a not-for-profit or ganization. BCCF’s mission is to promote and assist in the conservation of the fish and wildlife resources of the Province of British Columbia through the protection, acquisition or enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat.

Remembrance Day 2022

By Alan Cook

This Remembrance Day, I will be presiding over my tenth year of organizing and officiating the Ceremony of Remembrance in Sorrento. It has been a privilege to be able to bring the community together on November 11th. Alas, the veterans that attend and we pay our respects to are now very few.

As we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice those many years ago, we must also show our respect to those who have served to give us the free dom that we enjoy today. Those who have given their oath to serve this country, and those like my self, from other countries who now proudly call Canada their home.

There have been many con flicts over the past decades that have involved Canadian forces that should be recognized and remembered on November 11th. I would therefore request that any retired or serving member of our armed forces or RCMP, please attend the Ceremony of Remembrance in Sorrento and be recognized

by marching on with the Colors. We need to keep honouring those who have served this great country wherever they have served.

Those attending the ceremony at the Sorrento Memorial Hall on Passchendaele Road should be seated by 10:40 am and those wishing to lay a wreath on behalf of an organization or as an individual should contact Alan Cook at 250-463-4897 (pls. leave message) to have their names included.

Wreaths laid during the ceremony will be paraded across the Highway right afterwards to the Cenotaph located in front of St. Mary’s Church. After the Ceremony and the laying of the wreaths, re freshments will be served at the Drop In Society at the parking lev el beside Sorrento Memorial Hall. If you can help with donations or refresh ments, please contact Brett Bradstock at 250-515-1170. Any contributions (squares, cookies, or baked goods etc.) should be taken to the Drop In Society on November 10th. Appreciation is guaranteed.

Shuswap waterfront owners are faced with new and changing regulations from all levels of government.

• We successfully lobbied local and provincial governments to allow for larger docks.

• We advocate for waterfront owners rights and keep our members informed of their responsibilities

• We continue to monitor the activities on the Shuswap Watershed Council and stress responsible use of taxpayers dollars

• We actively support local and provincial efforts to prevent the introduction of Zebra and Quagga mussels to BC.

• Our board members have over 300 years of experience on the Shuswap, and are familiar with issues like the new changes to the Federal Fisheries Act

• We continue to keep our members updated on the status of buoys and their removal

A two year membership of $50 will help you to stay current on issues, give you access to expert advice and to the SWOA website with information on lake regulations associated with living and building on the lake.

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Province Establishing Rodenticide Restrictions

BC Gov’t Release

The Province is moving forward with permanent regula tory changes that will ban the widespread sale and use of sec ond-generation rodenticides.

Second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) can pose a risk of poisoning to animals that eat poisoned rodents. To reduce this risk, the ministry established an 18-month ban on the sale and use of SGARs in July 2021.

During this 18-month ban, the ministry spoke with techni cal experts, reviewed the science, outlined proposed regulatory amendments in an intentions paper and held a public consul tation.

After reviewing almost 1,600 con sultation responses, the ministry is pro ceeding with the changes as described in the intentions paper. To align with the end of the temporary ban, the re vised Integrated Pest Management Regulation will come into effect on Jan. 21, 2023.

The regulation will prohibit the sale and use of SGARs in B.C. for all mem

Correction –Former Holy Cross Church

The Scoop apologizes for a mis take in last month’s article about the former Holy Cross Catholic Church, which has been gracing the landscape of Notch Hill/Sorrento for 100 years.

Louise Barber wrote “It was relo cated to its present site, renovated and seventeen years ago, in 2005 a public opening and ribbon cutting was held on October 2, 2005.” (not October 21, as printed).

bers of the public, and most commercial and industrial oper ations. Only select sectors deemed “essential services,” such as hospitals and food production, will be able to purchase and use SGARs, provided they meet the requirements or hire a li censed pest-control company contracted to do this work. This will include holding a certificate and licence, having a site-spe cific integrated pest-management plan and recording its use.

The changes will reduce unnecessary pesticide use by re quiring individuals and businesses to focus on other methods of pest control, such as traps, less toxic rodenticide alternatives and removing food sources.

Expert Shuswap Property Valuation - Cal Cosh Appraisals

By Barbra Fairclough

Cal Cosh Property Appraisals meets all the needs of someone wanting to value their home. Cal has been doing property appraisals since 2006 and he has been at the helm of Cal Cosh Appraisal since 2008.

Cal Cosh Appraisals is a three-person firm that has left the office behind and all work from home.

Cal says even though appraising keeps getting more complex, they can keep their fees down. Using cloud technology your appraisal is completed more efficiently and it helps ensure you receive it in a timely way. Cosh Property Appraisers will guar

Once the property has been visited, an analysis is completed. Two or three different processes can be used to determine the value. A cost approach sets the maximum a house would sell for and uses local con struction costs, labour rates and other fac tors to calculate replacement costs.

Comparable sales can use the apprais er’s knowledge of the area and their under standing of the value of specific features such as square footage, extra bathrooms, hardwood floors fireplaces and view lots. When it comes to knowing the true worth of features of homes in Blind Bay, Cosh

With regards to income properties such as rental houses, the revenue the property produces is factored into income produced by neighbouring properties to determine

Cal says the appraised value of your home is often a guideline for lenders who don’t want to loan a buyer more money that they could recover in case they had to

Cosh Property Appraisals offers a downloadable check list of helpful tips on how to prepare for an appraisal. By fol lowing the tips provided your appraisal will go as smoothly as

You will also find a list of documents to make available such as condo budget and year end statement, copy of orig inal house plans, records on the purchase of the property, most recent real estate tax bill, a list of major home improve

By Barbra Fairclough

Residents Meet Acclaimed Candidates

In the October 15th local area election, the candidate for the South Shuswap in Area G was acclaimed and the candidate for Area C, elected.

In Area C the two candidates for director position met in three candidates’ forums in the communities of Eagle Bay, White Lake and Sunnybrae. All events were well attended with questions posed by residents, including emailed questions from those who could not attend in person. Both candidates had an opportunity to respond Election results showed Marty Gibbons gained the elected position with 296 votes over 173 for Nicholas Najda.

To offer residents the chance to meet the acclaimed Area G Director Natalya Melnychuk and the acclaimed School District 83 Area 3 Trustee Corryn Grayston, they held two joint meet and greet town hall gatherings in October. One was held in Sorrento at the Sorrento Hall and the second one was held at Cedar Centre near Blind Bay.

Director Melnychuk during her in troduction at the Cedar Heights event said since there was no opportunity to canvas the community, it was an oppor tunity for the community to meet her as well as trustee Corryn Grayston.

Director Melnychuk made some opening remarks and shared her back ground and motivation for running and Trustee Grayson shared some of her background and some thoughts about fu ture potential as well.

Director Melnychuk says “Meeting with so many people at the Cedar Heights Meet and Greet was fantastic. I am excited to begin working as the rep resentative at the CSRD and this was a great way to connect and learn about the interests and concerns of the com munity.”

Wine and cheese were available and much discussion took place through the evening. Both acclaimed representatives made themselves available to listen and engage and many attendees stayed for the duration.

Corryn Graytson says, “I would like to express my appreciation to the com munity members who were able to join us at our Meet and Greet events and ex tend an invitation for anyone to reach out to me directly if they have ideas on how we can improve upon our existing educational programming and facili ties.” Trustee Grayson confirms that next month she will have an official email ad dress through SD83 and will share that as soon as possible. “I look forward to connecting further with our community in the coming months.”

Director Melnychuk offers her ex press thanks also to event sponsors South Shuswap Chamber of Commerce, Fair Realty, and It Happens Wastewater Inc.

Meet and Greet with Natalya Melynchuk and Corryn Grayston

South Shuswap Chamber

Honoured to be Living & Working on the Traditional, Ancestral & Unceded Lands of the Secwepemc People

By Executive Director Karen Brown IN REMEMBRANCE

Remembrance Day is a day that in vites Canadians to gather together in a collective act of listening, acknowledg ment, reflection, mourning and healing. It is a day to honour those whose sacri fices and whose lives during - and afterwar enabled many of the rights and free doms we hold today.

Sorrento Memorial Hall will be hosting the community’s Remembrance Day gathering at the hall starting at 11:00 am on November 11th. After the service, a walking processional over to St. Mary’s will be held for the wreath ceremony.

CHAMBER FUNDRAISER ‘SNOW BALL’ 2022

The South Shuswap Chamber Board of Directors, together with its staff and other community collaborators, has worked tirelessly over the past few years

to assist businesses and non-profit or ganizations navigate the pressures and challenges that the pandemic has creat ed. It would appear that the work of the Chamber has not gone unnoticed as it has grown in size by 30 members over the past twelve months.

With that growth however, comes added time required in order to sup port the membership. To that end, the Chamber will be hosting its first annual ‘Snow Ball’ fundraising dinner/dance on Friday December 2 at the Shuswap Lake Estates Community Centre. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Last call will take place at midnight. Those who attend this amaz ing event will be treated to:

• Cocktail Hour sampling wines, ci ders, beer and spirits from the Shuswap region

Restaurant

• Silent & live auction offering a vari ety of outstanding products & expe riences

• Dancing until midnight to the rockin’ tunes of The Shawn Lightfoot Band

• A safe ride home provided by River of Life Community Church

Book your tickets! Book a table for your holiday party! All tickets can be accessed through EventBrite. We en courage you to book early to ensure we have seats for your party.

‘YULE’ BE APPRECIATED IF YOU KEEP YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING DOLLARS LOCAL

• Jazz trio to set the mood

• Holiday inspired dinner created by Chef Chris Whittaker of Timber

The Chamber reminds the communi ty to keep your holiday shopping dollars local. Support for our local businesses is ALWAYS appreciated, especially at this time of year. WWW.SHUSWAPSCOOP.CA

SD83 School Trustee – Area 3

By Corryn Grayston

Although I have yet to officially assume the position of SD83 School Trustee (that happens at the swearing-in cere mony at the next trustee meeting), I am extremely excited to represent our parents, caregivers, students and community for the next 4 years.

In saying all of this, I cannot start my position with out recognizing all the hard work and positive contributions made by Marty Gibbons, our outgoing School Trustee – Area 3. Marty has been a tremendous advocate for our area and I wish him much success in his new role as CSRD DirectorArea C.

In the months to come there will undoubtedly be plen ty of news to share with everyone, but at this time I thought it made sense to give you a bit of my background and share some of the skills and experience I bring to this new role.

My husband and I reside on a small acreage in Tappen and we have a 9-year-old son who attends Carlin Elementary Middle School. Since his first days at Carlin, I have been a member of their PAC and held a few different Executive po sitions over the last 5 years. At the same time, I joined our District PAC (DPAC) as their Treasurer and for the last 3 years I have held the role of President.

My time with Carlin and DPAC has provided multiple opportunities to become familiar with the issues that we are facing within our District as well as the many individuals

who are part of the larger team of collaborators and partners who strive to make our District the best that it can be. I believe these relation ships offer a solid foundation for myself and my Board colleagues to build upon as we look to the next 4 years and beyond.

Before relocating to the Shuswap, my previous ca reers have been in executive positions with specializations in Human Resources and Financial Management, working exclusively in the legal sector. In 2005, after many years of visiting and wanting to move to the Shuswap I made the de cision to pick up sticks and make the move happen. I was fortunate to be offered the position of Executive Director at the Salmon Arm Chamber of Commerce and held that posi tion for over 14 years. In 2021, I resigned from the Chamber, started my own business consulting company, and took more time to focus on my family and our rural lifestyle. This change also allowed me to pursue my intention to run for School Trustee and I am delighted to have been successful in that pursuit.

In the coming weeks I will have an SD83 Trustee contact email and will share that out with PAC’s and the community as soon as possible. I look forward to creating in-person and on-line ways in which I can connect and hear from you on ways in which we can achieve the best for our students and district.

South Shuswap is now Areas C and G in the CSRD

By Paul Demenok

Congratulations and best wishes go to Marty Gibbons and Natalya Melnychuk who are our first electoral area direc tors for the newly formed CSRD Areas C and G. They will be taking office on November 24 after being sworn in.

The rationale for the creation of a new electoral area has been well-described in the CSRD Area C Governance and Boundary Studies conducted by Neilson and Associates, and was fully endorsed by the Governance Committee and the CSRD Board. A primary reason has to do with representa tion at the CSRD Board table. Previously there was only one voice at the Board representing the interests of some 9,000 people while other areas with significantly lower populations had an equal voice and vote on all non-financial matters.

Population-wise Area C was one of the largest electoral areas within the province. The 2021 Canada Census shows the following populations in the CSRD electoral areas: Area A 3325, Area B 663, Area C 8919, Area D 4400, Area E 1388 and Area F 3200.

The estimated populations in the new electoral areas are 6154 in Area G (Blind Bay, Sorrento, Notch Hill) and 2765 in Area C (Sunnybrae, Tappen, White Lake, Eagle Bay, Skimikin). We will need to wait a few years until the new Census is done to get a more accurate breakdown by elector al area.

The significance of this relates to the calculation of weighted votes which are used for financial matters at the CSRD Board. One weighted vote is assigned for every 2500 people in population, or less; so going forward, Area G will have three weighted votes and Area C will have two.

The Boundary analysis which determined where the lines were drawn carefully considered a broad range of evaluation criteria. The criteria included: future development, existing settlements and regulations, population and population densi ty, local government services and service areas, potential fu ture infrastructure development, local road networks, proper ty assessment classes, property assessment values, agricultur al land reserves, and community input. While it’s impossible to precisely align the two new electoral areas, it was deter mined that the new boundaries fully met or at least partially met the evaluation criteria as best as possible.

As outlined in the Boundary Study, all individual pri mary and secondary settlement areas remained intact in the new electoral area. The water service areas and the area for the South Shuswap Liquid Waste Management plan are kept whole in each electoral area. Sufficient land is available to accommodate potential future infrastructure, and both areas contain as much diversity in property types as is practicable. Both areas have an assessment base that is sufficient in size.

A key criterion affecting the fi nal boundaries was the servicing areas for the local fire departments. The goal here was to ensure that existing fire servicing boundaries were maintained to provide the best margin of safety and coverage, and the fastest response times. Imagine the issues and questions that would arise if a fire department from one electoral area was also charged with maintaining fire suppression for a settlement in an adjoining elector al area. It would be very difficult to forecast and budget for expenses, and to reconcile these going for ward.

Going forward the Official Community Plan, and all bylaws will remain in place for the imme diate future. As described in the Incorporation Study, there may be some advantages to consider for constituents and directors in main taining several subregional services to be shared between the two new electoral areas, but those will be de cisions to be contemplated and as sessed carefully over time. In the interim for most residents the divi sion of CSRD Area C into Areas C and G is expected to have little or no impact on daily life.

My sincere thanks are extended to all those who expressed their ap preciation of my public service for the last 10 years. It is a challenging job and I hope that everyone rallies behind Marty and Natalya going forward.

Eagle Bay Fire Department

By Nigel Collett, Captain

Not unusual for this time of year, Eagle Bay has been very quiet. Indeed, Eagle Bay Fire Department has had only one callout in the past month that was to a burn complaint which was quickly resolved. I’m not sorry it is a lot quieter; I get to venture out for some exercise onto Eagle Bay Road with less trepidation although on the flip side, I am having to bun dle up a lot warmer. It also gives me a moment to think about the safety of my loved ones, es pecially now that I have grand children, as my adult kids light up winter fires and start thinking about plans for Christmas beyond Halloween. We all know that it comes sooner than we think!

So, I was pleased to hear from my daughter that they had had their chimney inspected for creosote buildup and cleaned (not that I had been badgering her to get it done of course!). It is some thing that most experts say you should get done once a year, pref erably before you get into frequent burning. Chimney fires are characterized by loud cracking or popping noises and a lot of dense smoke from the flue, but often times go undetected by the homeowner. Chimney fires are often explosive, and it is common for neighbours to hear explosions and alert the home

owner.

Chimney fires can burn at extremely high temperatures (up to 2,000 degrees F). The con ditions that tend to attract creosote buildup include the nat ural lack of air supply in chimneys, burning wood that lacks enough seasoning, and cool chimney temperatures that occur in four-season environments. Overloading your firebox to get longer fires can also contribute to creosote residue buildup in your chimney. And lastly, although there are chimney sweeping logs on the market, I would not totally rely on them for peace of mind. Last year we got to experience first-hand the stress of the homeowner faced with that situation, and we are ready to respond but we’d rather not have to.

If a fire does break out it is im portant to have a safety plan. Plan Ahead! You may have only a few minutes to get out safely once the smoke alarm sounds. Everyone needs to know what to do and where to go if there is a fire, if you don’t already have a home escape plan make one and discuss with all the members of your household.

• If the smoke alarm does sound, GET OUT AND STAY OUT. Never go back inside for people or pets

Eagle Bay FD - some of our props for practice that we will be lighting up this Tuesday night following the lifting of the fire ban - Picture credit Nigel Collett (continued

• If you must escape through smoke. GET LOW AND GO under the smoke to your way out

• CALL 911 from outside your home. More resources and tips for escape planning can be found online at: https:// www.nfpa.org/Events/Events/FirePrevention-Week/Safety-Tip-Sheets

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 250517-0429 and he will try to answer any questions you may have and can arrange for you to come 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.

I tried to catch some fog, but I mist!

CSRD Release

Eagle Bay Community Park Project on Track

Construction has resumed on the Eagle Bay Community Park project this fall and will start up again as soon as weather conditions allow to get the much-anticipated park to comple tion in spring 2023.

Unforeseen challenges with drainage, geotechnical con cerns with soil conditions, protection of the septic field and el evations, particularly for the planned sport court area, prompt ed the need for some redesigning of the park plan.

“While it was disappointing to have these delays, it is far better to ensure we get the sport court properly sited and built with appropriate drainage so it can sustain long-term use,” says Ryan Nitchie, the CSRD’s Team Leader of Community Services. “The changes we have made will maintain nearly all

the elements of the previous design, except for the nature-play area − that area will now become an expanded lawn space.”

Eagle Bay Community Park will feature a children’s play ground with accessible play components including a pour-inplace, rubberized fall zone around the play areas, outdoor fit ness equipment, multipurpose sport courts, green play spaces and a picnic shelter.

The nature play area was removed from the design to avoid potential interference with the existing septic field that serves the Eagle Bay Community Hall. An underground pip ing and rock pit system is also being installed at the site to prevent issues with drainage.

The additional work increased the overall budget of the project, however, Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) Board Directors approved using an additional $250,000 of Electoral Area C Community Works Funds to cover the costs. This means there will be no additional tax levy needed to support the park development.

“This project has been a success story from the begin ning with the exceptional partnership with the Eagle Bay Community Hall Society to use the lands, to the enthusiastic interest from the community in helping develop the design plans, to the point now where construction is underway,” says Nitchie.

“Despite the challenges discovered when we got the shovels in the ground, we know this is going to be a tre mendous community asset for public use when it opens next spring.”

Life-Saving Upgrades Needed on Trans-Canada Highway

By Greg Kyllo, MLA for Shuswap

A head-on collision with a semi-truck on the TransCanada Highway (TCH) near Salmon Arm has left two chil dren without their parents. The family of four was moving to the Shuswap to start a new life when the crash happened, claiming the lives of Mike and Robin Martel and leaving Maverick, 8, and Bailee Jo, 5, recovering at B.C. Children’s Hospital.

Severe and sometimes fatal crashes are far too familiar along these unprotected areas of the TCH where safety bar riers and lane dividers don’t exist. A couple of months be fore this incident, we heard of another head-on collision that killed three people.

What frustrates residents is that many of these incidents can be prevented or, at the very least, reduced in severity if the infrastructure is adequately upgraded.

Despite making bold commitments to accelerate the four-laning of the TCH during the 2017 election, the gov ernment still needs to fulfill this promise. In five years, they have not completed the highway upgrading of a single new kilometre of the TCH in the Shuswap region, other than the glacial execution of projects designed and fully funded un der our previous B.C. Liberal government. What’s more, this project is covered by a Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) which is driving up construction costs by 24% and down-scoping parts of the project, meaning we’ll pay more and get less.

We need these promised highway upgrades immediately and cannot simply wait around for the next tragedy before the NDP decides it’s time to act.

11 November

There can be no dedication to Canada’s future without a knowledge of its past.

John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada

Can’t believe someone broke into my garage and stole my limbo stick Seriously, how low can you go?!

Notes from the CSRD Board Meeting

By Jo Anne Malpass Shuswap North Okanagan Rail

Trail Grant – The Columbia Shuswap Regional District Board approved mo tions at its October meeting, to al low for a $500,000 application to the BC Active Transportation Grant pro gram for the construction of the rail trail from Stepney Road to Armstrong and the Federal Active Transportation Infrastructure Fund grant to complete the final rail trail section to Armstrong between Km 42.6 to 50.4.

With Directors Paul Demenok, Jay Simpson and Rene Talbot opposing, the Board also passed motions that the CSRD and Regional District of North Okanagan equally cost share the lever age amount required (subject to con currence by RDNO) and the CSRD re allocate up to $200,000 for the grant leverage.

Parks Team Leader Ryan Nitchie ex plained that the sole leverage funding for the two previous grants the rail trail is working from, a BC Rural Development grant and an Active Transportation grant, was provided by the CSRD.

Director Simpson was concerned about the equity of the cost sharing when the CSRD has put up all the lever age funding. Director Demenok said that while this is a worthwhile project, it has not been managed well from an agree ment point of view, and with no agree ment on costs of ongoing maintenance, this needs to be communicated back to the other two partners.

Community Resiliency Investment Grant 2023 - The Board approved an application to the Fund for a FireSmart Community Funding and Supports Program grant for up to $550,000 for the continued development and implemen tation of FireSmart educational activities and tools within the CSRD, with the pro vision of in-house contributions to sup port overall grant and project manage ment. Protective Services Team Leader Derek Sutherland explained the 2023 program will be triple what it was last year. Along with increasing work in the Shuswap, it will address gaps in the pro gram for rural Golden and Revelstoke, and deal with issues surrounding debris disposal at transfer stations.

Policy P-26 Building Permit Geohazard Information Use & Procedure

The Board approved the poli cy which provides guidance to CSRD Building Officials in the use of geo hazard information for the issuance of building permits.

A report from Gerald Christie, Manager Development Services, states that the CSRD retained BGC Engineering Inc. in 2019 to undertake an assessment of geohazards such as clear water flooding and steep creek haz ards. Steep creek hazards are assigned a Combined Geohazard Rating of “Very Low” to “Very High”.

The policy allows landowner seek ing a building permit in an area with a “Low” or “Very Low” risk rating, be given the option of submitting a report from a qualified professional and reg istering a covenant with regards to the known geohazard, or, in lieu of the re port, register a s.219 save harmless cov enant on their title which recognizes the known risk and saves harmless the

CSRD from any liability arising from the building permit approval.

All higher ratings require the applicant to submit a re port from a qualified professional and register a s.219 save harmless covenant on their title BC Electoral Boundaries Commission – Area F Director Jay Simpson brought up concerns about the commission’s preliminary report recommending Electoral Area F (North Shuswap) be removed from the Shuswap riding and put into a riding with Kamloops. Directors were asked to pro vide any concerns to the Interim Chief Administrative Officer prior to November 1, when a submission will be drafted on behalf of the Board and sent to the BC Electoral Boundaries Commission prior to the November 22 deadline for public submissions.

Development Variance Permit Delegation Amendments

– The Board adopted the amendments which allow for the delegation of minor DVPs to staff, reduce the application fee for these delegated variances, and bring the bylaw into alignment with provincial legislation. In the bylaw, a ‘mi nor’ variance means a building setback variance of less than or equal to 50 per cent of the setback distance and where a hardship in complying with the existing regulations can be shown. This also covers retaining walls.

Public notice of these applications will be sent to own ers and tenants within 30 metres of the subject property to provide comments and the fee is being reduced for these minor variances from $650 to $500.

Development Variance Permit - The property owner at 2403 Rocky Point Road in Blind Bay is proposing a new accessory building and requires variance to allow the build ing to be larger than the private dwelling and increase the maximum height from 6 m to 8.3 m. The Board approved the DVP.

South Shuswap Zoning Amendment - The owners of 1302 Trans-Canada Highway and 1295 Notch Hill Road are applying to amend the Electoral Area C Official Community Plan Bylaw and the South Shuswap Zoning Bylaw to allow increased density for a future residential de velopment fronting Notch Hill Road and a commercial de velopment fronting the Trans-Canada Highway.

The Board gave third reading to the amending bylaws in September 2021, however, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure required revisions prior to approval. The revisions were made and the Board approved third read ing as amended. The bylaws will now be returned to the Ministry for final approval before the Board can consider them for adoption. A maximum of 84 dwellings and three commercial units could be developed on the properties.

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Séwllkwe exhibition at Salmon Arm Art Gallery

Media Release

Salmon Arm Art Gallery is pleased to present Séwllkwe (Secwepemctsin for water), an open exhibition featuring 2D works by art ists of all ages on the theme of water. The exhibition opened on Saturday November 5 and continues until December 10, 2022.

Special to the exhibition is UninterruptedVR. This 360° cinemat ic spectacle immers es audiences in the waters of the Adams River. Filmed during the salmon run, the 24-minute piece was originally projected across Vancouver’s Cambie Bridge. Now a VR experience, four headsets will be in cluded in the exhibi tion from November 8th to December 10th.

Water is sacred. In Canada, and espe cially in the Secwepemc re gion, water is plentiful and we rarely consider its value as an integral part of all life. We can be wasteful, we dump toxins into it, we drain it from springs and marshes, we use it to maintain colonial lawns and flower gardens. Yet we

recognize that without it, all of earth’s inhabitants would cease to exist. Artists of all ages are featured in this ex hibition and will share their views on how essential this

polar molecule is to our health and our culture.

Art Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 4pm, and Thursdays un til 7pm. Admission is by donation. Showings of Uninterrupted will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Séwllkwe exhibition-Uninterrupted at Cambie Bridge (photograph by Kirk Tougas)

SWC Calls for More Action on Algal Blooms

SWC Release

The Shuswap Watershed Council (SWC) has written a letter to George Heyman, Provincial Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, calling for more action and in tervention from the Province to prevent future algal blooms in Shuswap Lake.

The letter – which was sent to the Minister October 12 – explains the SWC’s concerns about deteriorat ing water quality in the Salmon Arm of Shuswap Lake, as evidenced by two widespread, long-lasting algal blooms in that part of the lake over the last three years. Salmon Arm Bay, Tappen Bay, and downstream toward Canoe and Herald Provincial Park were impacted by algal blooms in 2020 and this summer.

The letter mentions the SWC’s con cerns about the overall health of the lake, as well as how algal blooms could be impacting fish and wildlife, the safety of drinking water, recreational enjoyment of the lake and the tourism economy. Also expressed are the SWC’s concerns about the potential for algal blooms to become toxic – which, fortunately, didn’t

occur in 2020 or 2022 as demonstrated by regular water quality monitoring by various agencies.

The SWC’s letter points to the im portance of nutrient management in pro tecting water quality and preventing fu ture algal blooms.

The SWC is doing its part by admin istering a grant program that provides financial assistance to farms and stew ardship groups to improve nutrient man agement, thereby retaining nutrients on the landscape, not washing off or leach ing into creeks and rivers that flow into Shuswap or Mara Lake. Additionally, the SWC just published a Phosphorus Action Plan to provide guidance to everyone in the Shuswap about what they can do to minimize their ‘phosphorus footprint’ and help protect water quality. Both of these initiatives were informed by a wa ter quality research project carried out by the SWC in partnership with UBCOkanagan.

“We’ve done water quality research, created a grant program to support bet ter nutrient management, and most re cently we’ve published an educational

Phosphorus Action Plan for the water shed,” says Jay Simpson, Chair of the Shuswap Watershed Council. “However, we’re not a regulatory group. We don’t have any authority over pollution or nu trient-loading. That’s where the Province must act.”

The letter can be viewed on the SWC website (along with all the cor respondence the SWC has sent to pro vincial and federal authorities over the years): visit www.shuswapwater.ca, and click on ‘Advocacy for Watershed Health’ on the left-hand menu bar.

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Copper Island Health and Wellness

By Sandra Reutlinger

“It takes all kinds” is one of those sayings that could be complimentary, or a phrase said while rolling one’s eyes. Yet, a body is made up of many different parts each with its own func tion. A baseball team has 9 different positions played and a typical orchestra is di vided into 4 groups of instru ments: strings, woodwinds, brass and per cussion. We’ve all seen how many Amish hands working together can raise a barn in a day.

All that to say, collabo ration and working together is key.

Copper Island Health and Wellness Centre is com mitted to collaboration and is so grateful for our many vol unteers, members and sup porters who see our vision of bringing health care closer to home here in the South Shuswap.

We had a great season working with the Sorrento Village Farmer’s Market as the community partner with the BC Farmer’s Market Nutrition Coupon Program. Each week we were able to connect to over 50 individ uals and families in need to offer subsidy towards fresh, high nutrition food along with nutritional education. Bonus of this program is that it supports our local farmers as well.

Another meaningful out come of this program was that, along with the generos ity of the Sorrento Farmer’s Market, we were able to contribute 12 welcome box es filled with meat, fruit and produce to the recently im migrated Ukrainian fami

lies sponsored by Shuswap Support to Ukrainians.

We have been a part of BC’s Community Response Network and are excited to announce the South Shuswap now has a local network op erating under the Sorrento Centre. CRNs offer a coor dinated community response to abuse and neglect in vul nerable adults and we are one of the com munity partners working with this program.

The BC Rural Health Network is a valu able resource and partner, working tirelessly to bring quality health care initiatives and primary care to our rural communities.

Our indoor walking pro gram is helping people take steps towards fitness and overall wellness. Our edu cational sessions provide a variety of learning experi ences to help people make wise life choices and live in a healthier way. We offer table training to help with computer literacy and we are looking into other valuable programs that will contribute to the health and wellness of our communities. These are events and activities in ad dition to Lab Services and Foot Care held at the Centre. Our local Community Care Paramedic is available in this area and works out of our of fice some days too.

We are open to feedback and ideas as well as to hav ing others join our dynamic team of volunteers.

Contact us at ss healthss@gmail.com or call the office and leave a mes sage: 250-675-3661 and check out our Facebook page for up to date announce ments.

Submitted by Cathy Wolf

Eagle Bay Community Association Looking Forward

It has been a wait and plan, wait and see month for build ing and renovation activities for the Eagle Bay Hall and grounds.

The building permit for the hall was submitted on September 29 by Copper Island Fine Homes and now we await permis sion from the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) to move ahead with the renovations to the hall. In the meantime. an asbestos and lead report was generated by Apex EHS Services that concluded that the hall does not contain asbes tos or lead, good news for our work ahead. Sub trades have been through the building, submitting estimates to our contractor, Copper Island Fine Homes. Our grants for the hall ren ovation have a March 31, 2023 sub mission date so we are working hard to ensure the work is invoiced and at least near completion by that date.

Once we have a date for the start of the renovation, we will be notifying the community through our Facebook page and our website as to when the Hall will be closed. Coordinators for each event will be notified and asked to send information out to their groups as well. We are anticipating a 3 - 4 month closure. Regular updates and pictures will be available as we go along.

We have had a generous contribution of $2,000 from the South Shuswap Arts Council that the Board has voted to use for a free public celebration of the hall reopening. Stay tuned in the New Year for updates regarding that event.

As for the Eagle Bay Park, we know that work will not be completed until late spring of 2023. CSRD Directors ap proved 250,000 additional dollars for the project. Information about the approval can be read in the October South Shuswap

Scoop pg. 12 It appears that further work on grading and drainage has significantly changed costs and timelines for the project. We hope that going forward the EBCA Board will have updates that we can pass along to you.

Congratulations to Susan Davidson, winner of our online 50/50 raffle. Susan told us that she bought her tickets the day before the raffle ended and was thrilled to be the recipient of $1907.50. Susan donated some of her winnings back to the hall so it was a great boon to our fund raising efforts. We want to thank her and everyone who played and who hoped they would be the big winner - next time you might be. The raffle was another fund-raising activity for the hall and as we near our goal of $120,000.

While we will miss our Christmas festivities at the hall this year, we con tinue to focus on our future with the hope that community events will be well served in the future, opening possibili ties for families, friends, neighbours and visitors to come together to share and en joy time at Eagle Bay.

Alan Rendell, with Susan Davidson, winner of the 50/50 draw, and Cathy Wolf

Social Connection with Probus Club of Copper Island

By Barbra Fairclough

Probus is a local, national, and international association of retired, and semi-retired people who come together in non political, nonsectarian, nonprofit, autonomous clubs which provide regular opportunities for members to meet others in similar circumstances, to make new friends and to maintain and expand interests.

Probus Club of Copper Island president Lynne Lowes says they are always having fun at regular gatherings. “We have lots of events to participate in or not and it’s a good way to meet new people when you move here.” It’s a great way to stay connected and engaged after retirement. It’s social but we also have interesting speakers from the community at our meetings to keep our members informed.”

Within the membership of the Copper Island group there are several interest groups that get together. The Topless Club consists of drivers of convertible cars that like to go for drives together. Other interests include bowling, golf and book club,

ladies’ luncheon, men’s luncheon, and any other interests’ members want to pursue.

Lynne says that there is a focus on keeping administration to an absolute minimum. This is a premise for Probus. Because of this there are no fundraising activities and formality is kept to a minimum. The effort is spent socializing. The smaller in terest clubs within are somewhat ad hoc and fluid based on the interest of members.

Lynne says newcomers are welcome and it’s sometimes hard to just come and walk into a room when you don’t know anyone. Many people become members when a member talks to their new neighbour and invites them along. Sponsorship makes it a nicer introduction for new members.

Membership is only $35 dollars a year to join. There is a monthly meeting on the second Thursday of each month from 9:30 to 11:30 am at Cedar Heights. 37,525 Canadians are members of Probus in Canada. They are members of 250 clubs. For anyone who travels it is nice to know that you are welcome to attend any Probus club meeting where Probus clubs are anywhere in the world.

Celebrating a tenth anniversary last June the club had a party at the AGM and everyone enjoyed sandwiches cake and past presidents were invited. A good time is always at the cen ter of the activities.

Membership is capped at 130 people. Currently there are 111 members. Lynne confirms” There is still room for more and guests are welcome to attend to see what we are all about. To find out more send Lynne Lowes an email ekx pat@gmail.com

Ever tried to eat a clock? It’s time -consuming!

Copper Island Probus Topless Club at Desert Hills(Photos courtesy Lynne Lowes)

Probus Bowling Tournament Sept 2022

CSRD Team Leader Elected to Regional Tourism Board

CSRD Release

The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) will have anoth er voice from the Shuswap, as Morgen Matheson, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District’s (CSRD) Team Leader, Tourism and Film, was recently elected to the Board of Directors.

Matheson who joined the CSRD, heading up Shuswap Tourism, at the end of 2021 is thrilled with her new role on the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association Board. Matheson will join 14 other Board members in helping to set the direction for tourism marketing in the entire region.

Morgen Matheson, Team Leader Tourism and Film (CSRD photo)

“This will give Shuswap Tourism a bigger presence at the table and ensure our interests are at the forefront of deci sion-making for regional tourism initiatives,” says Matheson.

“It was not only an honour to be nominated and then elected by my colleagues in the tourism industry. I feel priv ileged to be joining them in making important decisions for Interior BC’s tourism marketing.”

Reconnect at the Library

By Barbra Fairclough

The South Shuswap Branch of the Okanagan Library is a great place to reconnect after a busy summer. There is al ways something new or ongoing to take in. One of the many free drop-in programs you can take in is Calm to Go.

Each session includes some activities, as well as a guid ed meditation. Johanne Yelle Britton leads this session and is a resident of Blind Bay and a certified Reiki Master & Teacher and Therapeutic Touch Practitioner. “My parents helped guide me to look for the positive things in life.”

Having developed an autoimmune disorder in her twenties she has an appreciation for healthfulness and self care.

She describes it as a self check in. “It’s very relaxing and helps to quiet the nonstop chatter in your mind.

Matheson’s term of office is for two years.

TOTA represents an area from Valemont to Osoyoos and Cache Creek to the Shuswap. It is home to more than 120 communities, including 33 Indigenous communities.

TOTA is committed to creating a strong and healthy tour ism economy whilst minimizing the impact on natural and cultural resources by promoting sustainable business practic es and responsible travel.

The Board represents a diverse group of tourism opera tors and professionals from around the region to serve as the Destination Marketing Agency for the region.

Calm to Go

You can drop in on November 16, 30 and Dec. 14, 21 from 10 to 11 am. Meet by the fireplace. Change the way you feel. Come in stressed and leave revi talized. Find your balance.

Free programs are for every age at the library. Go online to the events calendar and you can search by age or type of program. There are also options for online programs. The library has a book drop outside and parking is free. https:// www.orl.bc.ca/hours-locations/south-shuswap

Friends of the Library are having a meeting on November 14, 2pm at the South Shuswap Branch in upper Blind Bay (2425 Golf Course Drive). Call Trudy Vercholuk at 778 490 5097.

Sorrento and Area Health Centre It Takes a Community to Run a Health Centre

By Celia Dyer

What a treat it is to walk into the Health Centre these days! We have had a facelift, which always gives a boost. Not only do our new floors and trim look great but the project was a community effort and a reminder that when it comes to our Health Centre, we are all in this together.

Many thanks to the Shuswap Community Foundation, and in particular the Sorrento Lions Club Catherine Dilworth Memorial Endowment Fund, for providing $4,000 towards this project. Catherine was a beloved pioneer in our commu nity. Her family developed a farm west of Sorrento that is known to this day as the Dilworth farm. She dedicated her life to the service of others. She graduated with Honours from the Kamloops Hospital Academy of Nursing in 1929; practised at the Kamloops Hospital and later worked at the Tranquille Sanitarium. She also nursed in Vancouver before moving to California where she continued to work until the late 1960’s.

In her retirement, she returned home to Sorrento to care for her elderly mother. She is also remembered as soft-spo ken and active member of the St. Mary’s Women’s Guild. In 1998, she moved to Bastion Place, where staff recall her gra cious and gentle manner. Catherine passed away in 2005 at the grand age of 100 years.

Catherine bequeathed the Sorrento Lions Club a gen erous sum from her estate with the request that the mon ey be used for the betterment of the community. The Lions Club then directed a large portion of that gift to the Shuswap Community Foundation, creating the Sorrento Lions Club Catherine Dilworth Memorial Endowment Fund. Monies from this fund are award ed to grant appli cants whose proj ects contribute in a meaningful way to our community.

We know that Catherine would appreciate and encour age the Sorrento and Area Community Health Centre Society in our efforts to ensure that our local residents have access to quality health care. We are very proud to be asso ciated with such a respected, al truistic and community-minded person.

Our landlord, Colin Munro, of Sorrento Prescriptions, also generously contributed to this project by matching the grant money we received. We are very grateful to have such a supportive and encouraging partner in our endeavours.

We also extend sincere gratitude to everyone in the com munity who participated in our fundraising events this past summer. Our Silent Auction at the July 1st celebrations and our Dunk the Realtor event, hosted by Fair Realty, allowed us to provide the final portion of the project costs.

Amity Contracting did a super job of installing new floors, baseboards and door trim and giving the place a fresh outlook with a new coat of paint.

Finally, thank you to our patients for your patience during our renovation and a huge, heartfelt thank you to Candise DuHamel, our Medical Office Assistant, who, with poise and precision, stick-handled the disruption of having to close the office and kept people on track with virtual visits with our Nurse Practitioner. She is one in a mil lion. Please remem ber to give her a COVID-friendly high five when you see her in the office!

All in all, a true community effort!

Sorrento Health Centre flooring before (left) and after picture

Catherine Dilworth. Photos contributed by Sorrento Health

ARTISTRYA Unique Artisan Event

By Jean Toker

This year, the Artistry Christmas Gift and Bake Sale at the Blind Bay Memorial Hall will offer a great selection of special items for your home decorating as well as that spe cial something for yourself, family or friends. At this time of year, the search is on for unusual and unique items made by local Artisans and we have just what you are looking for. Imagine putting a one-of-a-kind item under the tree for someone special in your life. Whether it is a specialty soap, handcrafted wooden bowl, box or sign, a wonderful hand made fabric wrap, silk scarf, or unique jewelry, a beauti ful purse or wallet, homemade cards, stained glass, native art work or a love ly painting, you will find something to de light.

There will be many new items to decorate your home in the spirit of the season. Welcome your guests with signs, wreaths, wonderful table and tree decorations and find some thing at the bake sale to put on your newly decorated table.

Come down to Blind Bay Memorial Hall at 2510 Blind Bay Road. We have a wonderful community rich with very talented individuals. Make some new friends or visit with your neighbors over a cup of coffee or tea and enjoy the friendly at mosphere at this years’ Artistry.

Artistry Gift & Bake Sale is open November 19th and 20th from 10am to 3pm.

Foundation Matches Up To $30,000 for Donkey Refuge Project

Refuge Release

The Turtle Valley Donkey Refuge would like to announce the generous support of Sakura’s Hope Foundation in pro viding up to $30,000 in matching funds towards the Refuge’s Senior Barn & Infirmary Expansion Project. The matching campaign officially kicked off on October 1, 2022.

Located near Chase, the Donkey Refuge provides a safe, secure, & permanent home for neglected, abused or unwanted Donkeys. The Senior Barn & Infirmary Expansion Project will provide funding for construction of more senior equine housing at the Refuge. This includes add ing 2800 square feet of interior barn space with new large stalls to help continuously monitor vulnerable senior donkeys and mules and expanding the existing infirmary rehab space by 1200 sq. ft. to accommodate more donkeys who need medical care.

Mainprize and her husband have been rescuing donkeys for over 20 years. “Currently we have over 100 donkeys in our care here at the Refuge property, and out in foster care as well. As the donkeys age, due to their backgrounds, they are more likely to develop chronic conditions that must be managed daily. The average age of our donkeys is 29, and while many healthy donkeys can live to 50, we just try to give our donkeys as many happy and healthy years here as we can.”

George, a Senior Standard Donkey, gets his heart rate checked by Dr. Isabelle before undergoing medical treatment.

(Photo Credit - Shirley Mainprize)

Fundraising for the project kicked off in April of this year, and Refuge Founder Shirley Mainprize credits the over $107,000 already raised to a combination of “grant funding, private estate donations, t-shirt sales, and many generous do nations from our kind supporters.”

“Sakura’s Hope Foundation is a long-time supporter of Donkey Welfare here at the Refuge, and we are thrilled they are able to step for ward and provide this match, which will help us cover the increased costs of materials due to inflation.” The Foundation will match all donations up to a maximum of $30,000.

Mainprize notes the original es timate for the construction of the expansion was $120,000. “Because of inflation we have had to rejig our budget to $150,000. If our donors can max out the match, helping the Refuge raise another $60,000 towards the project, Sakura’s Hope has generously let us know we can use what ever may be left of their donation after construction for Senior Donkey Care.”

Donations for the Senior Barn & Infirmary Expansion Project can be made online at turtlevalleydonkeyrefuge.com/ donate or call Shirley 250-679-2778. All donations will re ceive a tax receipt.

Food Bank Readies for Christmas

By Barbra Fairclough

The Christmas Train is coming again this year, and this is a great opportunity to donate items to our local foodbank. Since the Holiday Train began in 1999 it has raised more than twenty-one million dollars and five million pounds of food for community food banks across the continent.

The volunteers at Notch Hill Memorial Hall will be hosting the com munity when the CP Holiday Train arrives at Notch Hill at 9:00 pm on December 15. Artists Mackenzie Porter and Virginia to Vegas will be perform ing. Be sure to bring your food dona tion.

The Sorrento Food Bank volun teers have been busy responding to the generosity of the community shown in the September food drive held by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The final food donation tal ly was 6215.21pounds. The addition al $525 donated during the drive will be utilized to buy food that is available to the food bank for a preferred price.

Interfor presented the food bank with 130 lbs of beef in early November that it purchased from the local 4-H kids. Food bank manager Tina Hyssop said “We have a very gener ous community and a huge thank you to all the volunteers.”

Open hours for the public at the food bank are Wednesdays from 9 am to 3 pm. Weekly, approximately thir ty people are served. Christmas hampers are assembled by volunteers and arranged so that patrons receive them prior to Christmas. If you know someone who would benefit from re ceiving one, please contact the food bank. Reach out early so volunteers have the time to assemble them. Contact the food bank for dates and timing.

The website for the food bank is a great resource. You can donate right in the comfort of your own home just by pushing the Donate Now button. Go to the You Can Help page and see what you can do. Cash donations of ten dol lars or more receive a tax receipt. Cash donations contributing to the Hamper program at Christmas must be received by December15.

Nonperishable food donations are welcome. The website for the foodbank and the front window at the food bank has a list of the most needed items. This is a great reference to find items to in clude in your weekly shopping list for donation to the food bank. (No expired food items thank you)

Sorrento Food Bank, 2804 Arnheim Road, Sorrento, 250 253 3663 http://www.sorrentofoodbank.ca

Interfor Woodlands Manager Erik Kok and Sorrento Food Bank Manager, Tina Hysop (photo contributed)

There’s Always a Story Waiting To Be Told!

By Jerre Paquette

You’ve possibly met Russell Newby at the Sorrento Farmers’ Market on a warm Saturday morning, and you most probably admired his panoply of beautifully designed and crafted wooden creations.

Russell’s craftsmanship and artistic awareness are imme diately apparent with but a glance at his wood offerings. What is not so readily apparent is the range of his talents, passions, and world experience. That takes some digging, and that’s what I did on October 11 at Russell’s and his wife Sheila’s Shuswap home of some 5 years.

I had scheduled an interview with Russell to last an hour, perhaps less. But I hadn’t anticipated getting some wood-craft tips, spending time sharing teaching stories, taking in a mil itary history lesson, imbibing a sample of delicious homemade beer, and enjoying a drum lesson on snazzy electronic drums & cymbals.

Now, THAT’S an interview!

I’d like to start by telling you about the excellence of his elaborate home-made brew, but I may have to go back for a refresher—my memory falls short. A second sip will fix that. I have no problem, though, recalling his enthusiasm about his wife Sheila, so I’ll start there.

Sheila and Russell met in Langley B.C. when they were teens. They married at 19, and 45 years and two sons lat er, “…we’re still happy and healthy!” And there’s a story behind that sim ple, enthusiastic utter ance because Russell, at 19, was a wannabe rock drummer with huge hair and snazzy clothes and the determination to be a rock star with the band Collision. But it became clear (sooner to Sheila; a little later to Russell) that marriage, parenthood (two sons early on—Rodney and Bryceson), the need for a mea sure of stability, and a rock star life were not likely going to be compatible.

So, at age 23, Russell joined the army, lost the big hair, and became not a military band leader but an Artillery Technician with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. In

1982, he spent some six months in Cyprus where, as part of his contributions to world peace, he stood on duty mediating incidents of harassment “…atop one of the United Nations Observation Posts in Cyprus…making sure neither Turkish nor Greek Cypriots… entered the buffer zone between the 1974 cease-fire lines” (Jim Schatz, interviewer, The Langley Advance). From noisy rock drum mer to husband and father to peace-keeper in a space of five years! Who could have known?

The military certainly helped Russell achieve a measure of personal discipline he may or may not have gained as a rock star, but it offered him something else, something sur prising—he discovered a passion for teaching: As part of his military training, he got his first taste for teaching after being given advanced technical training followed by new duties as Instructor of Artillery Technical Operations. He didn’t think of his role as teaching somebody something so much as simply getting to share his knowledge—an attitude and set of values he car ries into his high school wood-shop teaching du ties to this day.

And how did he come to be so proficient at working with wood? It so happened the base he was stationed at in the 1980s had a hobby wood shop that he signed up for. Since there were no wars going on in the 8-year period of his enlist ment, he had some time outside his soldierly du ties to explore a hobby and he has since turned that hobby into a profession. The military was good to Russell Newby!

It was doubly good, because while Russell was making the most of his time in the military, his wife Sheila was busy exploring her long-held dream of becoming an elementary teacher. So together they got past Russell’s teenage insistence on being a drummer rock star, she fulfilled her dream of teaching, and Russell discovered a new and complementary dream that brought them even closer to gether.

He’s still a drummer, though, and now he has TWO sets of drums. Notably, he restricts his drumming to the virtually sound-proof room beneath the family garage—where he also brews his (excellent!) craft beer. How many of us have kept our teenage interests alive and well into our 60s!?

RUSSELL NEWBY, Artisan Wood Crafter.

Brewmaster & Drummer.

Sorrento Memorial Hall

By Karen Brown LEST WE FORGET

Now that Halloween has passed, it’s time to turn our thoughts to re member the brave men and women who served and sacrificed for our country. We encourage every individual, young and old, to give thanks and to honour those who fought for our freedom. Sorrento Memorial Hall has been proud to host the community’s Remembrance Day ceremonies for many years. For those wishing to attend this year’s service, obser vances start at the Sorrento Memorial Hall at 11:00 am fol lowed by a wreath placing ceremony at St. Mary’s.

HALL AVAILABLE FOR YOUR HOLIDAY PLANS

To those who are coordinating Holiday Parties or Christmas Dinners, the Sorrento Memorial Hall is the larg est community hall in the region, with a seating capacity of 150 for a full dinner and 200 for seating capacity without dinner tables. With a full kitchen facility, bar area and plen ty of parking, the Hall is the perfect spot to host your holiday celebrations! For rental information, please contact Sandra: 250.675.2222.

CHRISTMAS MARKET

Saturday November 26, the Sorrento Hall will host its Christmas Market from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Over 40 fabu lous vendors including many of your favourite area artists and artisans, are already confirmed. Food trucks will also be on site. Admission is free to attend so don’t miss it!

FREE BREAKFAST WITH SANTA

Hey everyone! Santa comes to the Sorrento Memorial Hall on Saturday December 3 to have breakfast with your fam ily! Gourmet hot chocolate bar, full pancake breakfast, photos and visits with ‘the big guy’ AND kids take home a special gift from Santa. This event is free to attend however prior reser vations are required. There are two sittings available at 9:00 am and again at 10:15 am to accommodate all who can make it. To reserve your family’s spot, please visit: www.eventbrite. ca/e/breakfast-with-santa-tickets-450754517897?aff

COD GONE WILD

The ever popular Cod Gone Wild will be playing one of its Neighbourhood Rounds concerts at the Hall on Saturday December 10. General admission (all ages) is $30 per tick et. Tickets can be booked online: codgonewild.com/shows Doors Open 7:00 pm – Showtime 7:30 pm.

Shuswap’s Rock Stars Explore for Semi-Precious Stones

By Jim Cooperman

Ever since the early 1970s, there has been an active club of rockhounds in the Shuswap, who meet to share their knowl edge and their finds, share a workshop for cutting and pol ishing rocks, hold rock and gem shows and have outings to explore for semi-precious stones. The Shuswap Rock club is also part of British Columbia Lapidary Society that includes 29 clubs and over 1,200 people who col lect rocks, minerals, crystals and fossils. The society is, in turn, a member of the Gem and Mineral Federation of Canada.

During the spring and sum mer, club members participate in upwards of ten rockhounding field trips where they collect stones and fossils. During the winter they use their workshop for rock cutting and polishing to produce gems for jewelry and other decorative objects. At their first Sunday of the month meetings held at the Sorrento Drop-In Society building next to the Memorial Hall (at 1pm), plans are made for show and sale events, rocks are traded and there is a silent auction after the meeting.

I have always enjoyed collecting rocks and brought some

of my favourite ones to the meeting in September, where one of the members was able to identify some of my collection. I traded one of the pumice rocks I found in Mexico for a sam ple of a polished slice of serpentine and was able to purchase a piece of petrified wood and some other polished rocks. Now as a member of the club, I am keen to participate in some of the field trips to gain more knowledge about our region’s geography and geology.

Given that most of the Shuswap geology is met amorphic, there are few areas where one can find minerals and semi-pre cious stones. One key area is Squilax Mountain, where the Shuswap Rock Club and other nearby clubs, of ten take field trips to collect agates and crystal geodes. The only access to Squilax Mountain, is through private land and fortunately, the rock clubs have an agreement with the landowners to allow them to explore the area.

Monte Lake is the other major hot spot in the Shuswap for rock collecting. For many years until he passed away, Howard Pearson operated a rock shop there that was a favou rite for rockhounds and tourists looking for a souvenir. He also self-published a handmade, mimeographed book about all the nearby areas good for collectors with maps, directions and other details about the types of rocks that could be found. South of Monte Lake is a unique area filled with petrified wood, some of which contain agate.

Other areas in the Shuswap where semi-precious stones can be found include Adams Lake, the Enderby Cliffs and Mt. Ida. There was a quarry above McGillivray Lake that was actually mined during WWI to provide crystals for radios, but most of the material was removed more recently for land scaping projects.

The full list of semi-precious stones found in the Shuswap and nearby areas includes serpentine, agate, com mon opals, jasper, geodes, quartz crystals, fluorite and carne lian. When rock club members cut and polish their finds, they often produce cabochons or cabs, that are often polished and rounded, ellipse shaped stones with a flat reverse side. These are used for making jewelry and other decorative items. One of their former members from Chase once built a device to make polished spheres, but he sold it.

The club’s vice-president, Pat Boden, first became in volved nearly 25 years ago and over that time he and his wife Gail have participated in upwards of 150 field trips to rock hounding sites from Cache Creek to Barriere and down into the Okanagan. He explained how the highlight of the year is the annual weekend Rendezvous for the B.C. Lapidary Society in May, that includes field trips, meetings, and demonstrations, plus a banquet and auction. The Shuswap Club has hosted two of these events in Chase, with attendees coming from throughout the province.

Rock club Rockhounds search for agates, opals and geodes on Squilax Mountain (Photo credit Jim Cooperman)

Sorrento Lions Club

By Judi Kembel

Our 1st annual Craft Sale was held at the Shuswap Estates Community Centre on November 5 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. We will have a complete report and photos for the December issue.

Once again, we dis tributed pumpkins in the “Pumpkin Patch” in the school field for the students to “pick” their own pumpkin and take home to carve or dec orate. It is a fun event for all involved – students and Lions.

Our weekly meat draws are held at the Copper Island Pub in Sorrento every Friday 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, 2022 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 fundraisers in their facility rent free. It means the world to us.

We look forward to con tinuing our work in the com munity and new members are always welcome. If you are interested in helping in your community, please consider joining our club as either a mem ber or a “Friend of the Lions” volunteer. Both women and men over 19 years of age are welcome 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 in formation about becoming a Lion, please contact the Sorrento Lions Club at our email address: sorrentolion sclub@yahoo.ca . We would love to hear from you! Check out our website at http://eclubhouse.org/sites/sorren tobc/

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White Lake FD Christmas Food Drive

White Lake FD

The White Lake Fire Department is having its 15th annual Christmas Food Drive, with door-to-door pick-up, on Tuesday, December 6, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

Members in their pri vate trucks will be fol lowing the fire trucks (sirens sounding) to receive do nations with in the White Lake Fire area, left on your doorstep or at the end of driveways.

package only-please. Checks can be made out to Sorrento Food Bank! Cash is also ac cepted

15th Annual Christmas FOOD DRIVE

By the White Lake Fire Dept.

Door To Door Pick Up

(within white lake fire area)

Tuesday December 6, 2022

White Lake Area

Members in their private trucks will be following the fire trucks (sirens sounding) to receive donations LEFT ON YOUR DOORSTEP OR AT THE END OF DRIVEWAYS!!

All donations go to the Sorrento Food Bank. Nonperishable items, factory

TUESDAY DEC. 6TH 6PM-9PM

Suggested needs list includes turkey stuffing, Christmas cookies, Christmas choco lates, can salm on, can veggies, 1lb. pkg coffee, hamburg er help er, can mush rooms, 1ltr. juice, Jello, new toys, men’s gloves or socks, deck of cards, crib board, word search, gifts for seniors female & male.

All donations go to the Sorrento Food Bank (non perishable items, factory package only please)

Checks can be made out to Sorrento Food Bank! Cash is also accepted

Sunnybrae Community

By James Clark

The second Sunnybrae Coffeehouse of the season is coming! On Saturday 12th November get ready for the Shuswap’s very own Good Ol’ Whatserface. With a set of vocal harmonies that will truly captivate you, backed by the gorgeous sounds of guitar and banjo, locals Steph Clifford and Libby Jay Chisholm bring a collection of beautifully written origi nals, traditionals and creative covers, spanning a unique handful of genres. The doors open at 6:30 pm, the show begins at 7:30 pm and the Shuswap Coffee Company’s brew will be hot and awaiting you! Admission is $5 at the door and sign-up performers are most welcome. Drop in at the Sunnybrae Seniors Hall to grab dinner from 5:30 pm on wards... delicious chilli and a bun for $5!

Return to the Sunnybrae Community Hall on Sunday 20th November for anoth er night of live music hosted by local singer-songwriter Ari Lantela (of ChickenLike Birds). Ari Lantela will open the evening with some of his own work followed by introducing fellow mu sician: Lethbridge, Albertabased singer/songwriter/ session steel guitar player Skinny Dyck, with his 4 piece band and touring his lat est EP, Palace Waiting (Sept 2022). Folks with a keen eye may have spotted Skinny as the session steel player for

Alberta’s Shaela Miller at this year’s Roots & Blues Festival. Now travelling with his own band, Skinny has been described as someone “who may sound like a throwback to classic country artists of the 1960s, but get to know him a lit tle better and it’s clear that he’s firmly part of the new generation of artists pushing country forward into the 21st Century.”

Skinny makes strides on his latest EP, Palace Waiting (Produced with Billy Horton, Charley Crockett, Theo Lawrence) in Texas. Skinny capitalizes with brevity on Palace Waiting, pouring an equal measure of tradition al country and austere coun try-folk. “The proverbial Palace exists for everyone” says Skinny. “Maybe a swing set with a view of the river, or perhaps a little dram of for giveness you find for yourself after another year of wander ing with the lights on long af ter the party’s over.”

Be sure to note this concert takes place on Sunday 20th November (not Saturday!) with doors open ing at 6:30pm and the show beginning 7:00pm. Tickets are $20 at the door.

Make sure to check out our Facebook page “Sunnybrae Community Association” for up-to-date announcements on any public events taking place at the hall. Have a great month!

Sunnybrae coffehouse feature - Good Ol’ Whatserface on Saturday, November 12

Notch Hill Natter

By Anna-Marie Eckhart

Hello from the Notch Hill Natter!

Well what a stellar summer that was in the Shuswap. Our fall kick off was held at the NH Hall October 1st. Notch Hill Entertainment/ Event Coordinator Carol Mowers orga nized the 1st annual NH Harvest Market & Spooky Pumpkin Patch. The weather was sunny and warm, droves of families and friends enjoyed the rural home style marketeers and the abundance of pumpkins to choose from. The NH volunteer food booth was offering hot buttered corn, hot dogs & candy apples. These yummie items were an early sell out. This will definitely be an annual event held again at the hall for our community and guests.

Another annual event that has been happening for over 100 years at the NH Hall is the NH Children’s Christmas Party. It all started with an NH School House trust fund do nated by the then NH pioneer Thomas Cardinal. The fund was used for then Notch Hill School students Christmas Party. Today the returning event is possible with the $500 Neighborhood Small Grant, awarded to NHTHA mem ber Marianne Romyn from the Shuswap Community Foundation. The free NH Children’s Christmas Party will be held at the NH Hall Dec 4, 2022. This is a limited entry and pre registration is a must, for more information/ registration call Marianne Romyn at 250 835-4721.

The NH School House had been a hive of activi ties during the summer. NH School House Fundraiser Chairperson Rayna Vanderhoek has been hosting art class es in the 101-year-old school. It has been 2 years since the NH School House Restoration and Revitalization Fundraising Campaign kickoff, and we are pleased to re port we have reached a milestone of $10,000. Thankyou to all who contrib uted. Big fundraising plans are under way for 2023. If you would like to con tribute and donate to this NH School House Fundraiser, please contact Rayna Vanderhoek at 250 833-7984.

As I mentioned earlier in my open ing, it was a stellar summer in the Shuswap with endless blue skies and warm temperatures, but it also left the NHTHA 15’ well dry. Thankyou to the NH Volunteers, Alan Cook, & Gary from Shuswap Fire Department for coming to our rescue with a well fill using the Fire Department’s pumper truck.

One month later and the NHTHA is pleased to announce we have a new 180’ well, dug by Corley Drilling, funded by the CSRD Community Works Funds. The next phase underway of this project is now to get the water from the new well to the hall.

The Notch Hill Heritage Rentals is now closed for the season. Bookings for Weddings, Family Reunions or your special event is open for the 2023 season, April 1 to October 1. For more information call NH Heritage Rentals Chairperson Marianne Romyn 250 835-4721.

Upcoming events & classes being held at the hall this Fall and Winter:

• Nov 12- NH Fall clean-up 10am -2pm. Volunteers need ed, bring your gloves and rake. Hot lunch served for vol unteers.

• Nov 13- Carol’s Country Crafts Christmas Decoupage classes with Carol Mowers. TBA

• Dec 4- NH Children’s Christmas Party. TBA

• Dec 15- CP Holiday Train Night. 9:10 pm. Pre-party 6-9pm.

For more information or to volunteer, please find us at: 1639 Notch Hill Rd, Sorrento BC. Notch Hill Community Hall, on Facebook. Notchhilltownhall1910@gmail.com NH Heritage Rentals Marianne Romyn 250 835-4721. NH Entertainment/ Events Coordinator Carol Mowers 250 8045229. NHTHA President Anna-Marie Eckhart 250 804-3374.

Submitted by Jacquie Middlekoop

ART REGISTRATION CONTINUES AT FACES

This year, we have welcomed a very talented and expe rienced art instructor to the FACES team. Megan Oag has moved to the Shuswap from Ontario, and she brings with her years of experience as a working artist as well as a passion for creativity. Megan truly feels art can be for everyone, and it is important that her art classes are inclu sive and welcoming.

Megan’s art classes allow students to explore different mediums and styles of art while encouraging each student to discover their own methodologies and techniques. Art is taught in two levels: Beginner Art for students ages 5-7 and Art Level II for students age 8 and up. Session 2 for art classes started Nov. 8, but registration continues for another week. For more information or to regis ter, visit www.shuswaparts.com.

FACES WINTER RECITAL DEC. 11

The students of FACES are working very hard in prepa ration for the FACES Winter Recital coming up on December 11. The recital will feature performances by our dance and music students, as well as an art exhibition by the FACES art students. The evening is a wonderful opportunity for our talented young creatives to showcase their talent, build their confidence, and show family and friends how much they’ve learned so far. If you’d like to purchase tickets to the FACES

Winter Recital, visit www.eventbrite.com, or follow the link at www.shuswaparts.com.

WINTER GREENS PARTIES IN THE SHUSWAP

Owner of High Country Tree Farm and Rustic Wedding, Karen Walters, will be hosting numerous Greens Parties this upcoming holiday season. This is a perfect opportunity to learn how to build your own rustic and tra ditional holiday décor using natural mate rials. All of the materials for making your greens décor is supplied, and Karen & Laura instruct and assist with your décor as needed. If this sounds like something you’d like to take in this holiday season, reach out to High Country Tree Farm/ Rustic Wedding at: 250.833.8731.

CHECK OUT THESE COMMUNITY EVENTS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DO THE SHU CALENDAR

Do the Shu has your go-to calendar for all things happening in the Shuswap!

Check out these featured events below:

• Shuswap Coffee House Music Nights:

• Sunnybrae Coffee House – Nov. 12, 6:30 pm $5 admission

• Carlin Hall Coffee House – Dec. 3, 6:30 pm $5 admission

• Christmas Gift and Bake Sale – Nov. 19 and 20, Blind Bay Memorial Hall 10am – 3pm

• Christmas Market 2022 – Nov. 26, Sorrento Memorial Hall 9am – 2pm

• Snow Ball 2022 South Shuswap Chamber of Commerce Fundraiser – Dec. 2, Shuswap Lake Estates, 6:30 pm. Featuring the Shawn Lightfoot Band!

• Kids Only Shopping – Dec. 3, Cedar Heights Centre 9:30 am to 2:00 pm

• Breakfast with Santa – Dec.3, Sorrento Memorial Hall 9am – 11:30am

Carlin Hall Community Association

By Jane Stephenson

Since last month, our Shuswap commu nity has continued to enjoy an ever spectac ular and colourful Autumn. Trick or Treaters came a knocking as Halloween was celebrated with enthusi asm and joy! It’s amazing how creative the costumes get each year. One thing that never changes is the kids’ anticipation of what treats will be in their bags at the end of the night. We all know they will share with their parents, too!

Early November was busy at Carlin Hall. The Coffeehouse on November 5 welcomed the ever popular Margit Sky Project. Keith Scott, blues musician, came all the way from Chicago to play a concert on November 10. Keith was first introduced to the Shuswap while performing at Roots and Blues a few years ago. The weekly Tuesday and Wednesday jams are in full swing and are being enjoyed by all. The jams will wrap up term 1 on December 6 and 7 re spectively.

December’s Coffeehouse will feature Making Do, with Sharon Dyck, Diane Jewell, and Tori Jewell. There are sure to be many Christmas Carols performed and audience participa tion is encouraged. Also, this coffeehouse will be a fundrais er for the Second Harvest Food Bank. Please mark Saturday December 3 at 7:00 pm on your calendar. Your generous donations of non perishable food items and/or cash will be greatly appreciated.

FACES Winter Recital will be taking place on Sunday December 11 at 2:30. Ticket information on the Arts Council for the South Shuswap website (https://www.shuswaparts.

com/). The students who have been taking lessons in music, dance, and choir would be thrilled to see you in the audience. Annual memberships are now due. Details can be found on the website at: https://www.carlinhall.net/ Do take time to honour our veterans on November 11, Remembrance Day. It is a way to reflect and to express thanks to those who have served or currently serve.

South Shuswap First Responders

South Shuswap

First Responders is an amazing group of vol unteers who dispatch and attend to medical emergencies here in our communities. We will provide all of the training so that you can get your EMR license and become a set of help ing hands.

Contact us for more information ssfr@shaw.ca or through our fb page.

Cedar Heights Community Association

By Shaunne Letourneau

It’s been a busy month at the Centre. The outdoor sports facilities are now closed for the season and have been cleaned up and winterized as needed. Octoberfest Smokie dinner and a movie was our first event of the fall and was held Oct 14. It was enjoyed by 25 people, with the youngest guest being 8 months old!

The annual Apple pie mak ing and sale was the biggest yet. Fifty plus volunteers used 600 pounds of apples and 54 batches of pastry to make over 250 piesin just three hours. It was a busy, productive and very social af ternoon. This is an annual fund raiser for the Association and was supported by DeMille’s Farm market, which donated 200 pounds of apples, and Blind Bay Village Grocers, which do nated 200 pounds of apples and a case of lard.

The Tea and Fashion Show was held October 22 and was a sold-out event! The theme this year was Fascinators and High Tea. The ladies attending certainly got into the swing of things with their creative array of hats and fascina tors. The tables were exquisitely decorated. The highlight was the beautiful floral centre pieces created from flowers from

the volunteer flower gardens. Besides the tea served in love ly china cups, the luncheon consisted of scones and clotted cream, finger sandwiches and fancy desserts. Those attending were treated to the latest in fashions from Lindy’s Boutique in Blind Bay and Fusion X Fashions in Sorrento. Clothing was expertly modelled by our very own Association members.

November and December are shaping up to be busy months as well. The Fall General Meeting was held November 7. The main items at this meeting were election of officers for 2023 and approval of the an nual budget. Members input is always appreciated.

A new event this year is a Grey Cup Party scheduled for Sunday November 20. Doors will open at 2:30 pm, with the game showing on the big screen at 4 pm. Tickets are pur chased at the door for $15

Kids Only Christmas Shopping will be held Saturday Dec 3, 9:30-noon on the lower level of the Centre. Shopping

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“Where neighbours become friends”

Cedar Heights Fashion Show (photo contributed)

is open to children 4-12 years of age. Their shopping is as sisted by Association elves as no parents are allowed. Parents are welcome to en joy coffee and goodies on the upper level while the kids shop. Gifts available are ap propriate for moms and dads, siblings, grandparents, and even pets. Items are priced to be affordable and range from 50 cents to $5. Additional elves help with wrapping and la belling the pres ents so they are a surprise come Christmas morn ing. If you have new or gently used items you would like to donate, please drop them off at the Centre (2316 Lakeview Drive, Blind Bay) on Tuesdays or Thursdays be tween 1 and 3 pm. Proceeds from the sale go directly back to the local commu nity.

There are three more Christmas events being held at the Centre. The an nual Christmas Dinner and Dance is being held Monday December 5. Tickets are now on sale and usually sell out quickly. The cost is $45 for members and $55 for non-members. Check the website to see if tickets are still available (www.cedarhe ightscommunity.ca).

Another very popular an nual event is the Christmas Bake Sale. This year it will be held Saturday December 10 from 10 am to 1 pm at the Centre. Supplement your

Christmas baking with home made goodies – cookies, squares, tarts, cakes, loaves and other Christmas creations made by our talented bakers.

Our Christmas events will be rounded out by the Ukulele Band Christmas Shed Party December 16 at 7 pm. What’s a shed party? It is basically just a really friend ly get together where every one is welcome to bring their own instruments and sing ing voices and join in singing all the familiar Christmas carols. Everyone is welcome. Cedar Heights Community Association is a volun teer organi zation. All the events at the Centre are the re sult of many Association members volunteering their time and creativity for the benefit of those attending events or participating in regular pro grams. Volunteers also sup port the myriad of day-to-day activities needed to maintain the Association overall. New members and new ideas are always welcome. Check out our website and social media accounts and come and join in. If you choose to volunteer, you will have an opportunity to contribute your knowledge and expertise, you may learn new skills and you are guar anteed to make new friends!

Memberships for 2023 are on sale mid-December.

Gloria Heintzman event co ordinator showing off some of the pies for the annual pie making sale in October (photo contributed)

A Mixed Bag of Art KIDS CORNER....

By Rayna Vanderhoek

The classes for A Mixed Bag of Art are into a new sea son, the kids who have been coming regularly, keen to learn, are into the next level for sketch. They have learned to graph a photo, to draw a closer likeness of the image. So far these already very talented artists are moving forward to hone their skills.

We have covered a lot over the last year, we have worked in acrylics, watercolor, pour painting (which they love doing) sketching in graphite and charcoals.

Kids who didn’t know how they could paint are becom ing very strong and independent in their skill.

We have had a few opportunities to show case these little ones talents. They are enjoying and have been very successful at displaying and even selling some of their paintings.

I would like to take this time to thank all the kids and their parents for making the first 2 years in business fun and successful, seeing the little ones grow in their talent is so cool! I’m looking forward to seeing what they can pro duce in the 2022-2023 season.

For information about art classes contact Rayna at 250833-7984 or email raynav63@shaw.ca

Notch Hill School House Renovations Moving Forward

By Rayna Vanderhoek

We have made our first big step in the renovation of the beloved Notch Hill school house. Fundraising and do nations made it possible for a beautiful wheelchair access ramp.

We are on our way to betterment for this beautiful one hundred-year-old build ing. We really need to save this beauty.

In the school house, we have hung renderings of what the end re sult will be. Plans include a powder room at the top of the stairs as you come through the main door, all new flooring, walls and windows inside to make the build ing feel warm and cozy. The window frames we hope to keep and restore. The end re sult will still be historically accurate.

The outside will be tak en to the studs and resurfaced as the building is being used more as a bird house with the many holes on the exterior. This beautiful building is in desperate need to be revital ized. When the restoration is done, the community can use it to host activities for events involving art such as paint

ing, quilting, stained glass, card making photography ….

It will have a small kitch en for use when hosting events.

Thank you to ALL who have contributed to our fund raising. Special thanks to Ralf and Lenore Tear and family, and SASCU Sorrento for their generous donations, the Walters family for donat ing the wood, fundraising ac

tivities and donation jar set out at Lighthouse foods, and Cecil Vanderhoek and Dale Mintz for the construction and installation.

If anyone wants to do nate to the school house res toration, we have an e trans fer account at notchhilltown hall1910@gmail.com.

SORRENTO

Recycling depots

1164 Passchendaele Rd

(parking lot of Fire Hall #1)

Wed - Fri, Noon to 4pm

Sat & Sun, 10am - 4pm, Stat Holidays Closed

SALMON ARM

Bill’s Bottle Depot 2840 - 13th Avenue SW

Mon - Sat, 8:30am -4:30pm

Stat Holidays Closed

SALMON ARM

Transfer Stations

4290 – 20th Ave SE

April 1 to Oct 31 Daily 9am - 5pm

Nov 1 to Mar 31 Daily 9am - 4pm Christmas, New Years & Remembrance Day Closed

SKIMIKIN

2281 Skimikin Rd

Fri to Tues 10am - 4pm

Stat Holidays Closed

New wheel chair access to Notch Hill School House, one step in renovation plans. (Photo contributed)

Students learning to graph a photo during the Mixed Bag of Art class held at Shuswap Lake Estates (Photo conributed)

By Mary Scheidegger

Sorrento Centre Introducing Expressive Arts at Sorrento Centre

Welcome home Kathie MacDuff, our new Associate Director! We are so excited to welcome Kathie to the Shuswap and to the Sorrento Centre staff team.

A long-time friend of Sorrento Centre, Kathie joined us in September and is focussing on supporting our growing number of events, activities, and programs as we move into our 60th year in 2023. You may have met her previously as she has been delivering creative journaling and other artsbased and healing courses at Sorrento Centre and elsewhere for many years.

Kathie brings energy, enthusiasm, experience, and a strong commitment to the values that guide our Centre. And she has introduced Expressive Arts programming! She is an artist, graphic designer and journalist who captures her artistic passions within her sig nature program, Creative Journaling. For the past 26 years, she has been teaching creative journaling as well as courses in watercolour, mixed media and a wide assortment of paper arts including book binding.

What is Expressive Arts? Best de scribed as a combination of visual arts, movement, drama, music, quilting, writing, and other creative processes that together foster deep personal growth and community development. Kathie explains: “By integrating the various arts methods, we gain access to our inner resources for healing, clarity, illumination and creativi ty. Expressive Arts can also lead to an increased awareness of a spiritual nature.”

Expressive arts embrace six basic tenets:

• All people have an innate ability to be creative.

• The creative process is healing.

• Personal growth and increased awareness are achieved through self-understanding and insight.

• The expressive arts lead us into the unconscious allowing us to discov er new aspects of ourselves.

• Talking and writing about the new aspects we discover al low us to integrate them in our daily life.

• As we journey inward for self-discovery, we also discover our connection to the world around us.

Why not join Kathie in a Creative Journaling course? In each Creative Journaling course, a theme is presented, and participants are invited to use words, imagery and a variety of mixed media techniques to unearth, explore and record their unique responses, thoughts and emotions. A safe and creative space is born where negativity is banished leaving only room for meaningful connec tion, self-expression and healing.

Over the coming months, more Expressive Arts courses will be announced. The first is already full, so a second “Be a Picasso” has been announced. Stay tuned by visiting www.sorrentocentre.ca/arts.

Kathie is also the Expressive Arts Team Lead at Wellspring Alberta and is a regular facilitator offering many and varied courses over the past fourteen years in person and on Zoom. Her vision is to facilitate creative experiences that encourage connections, validate emotions, and nourish the soul. She finds fulfillment of these goals thanks to the wonderful people she gets to hang out with!

Given Sorrento Centre is a place of transformation for learning, healing and belonging, not to mention one of great natural beauty, supporting the Expressive Arts is an obvious strategy and is in keeping with our vision, mission and values. Whether it is our art programming or our support, by way of generous hospitality, of other groups, Sorrento Centre is com mitted to providing opportunities that nourish body, mind, soul and spirit.

Kathie-MacDuff is the new Associate Director at Sorrento Centre (Photo contributed)

Halloween was celebrated across the South Shuswap with some attending events and others following the Shuswap Candy map showing decorated homes to visit on Halloween night.

A great time at the Halloween Dance & Party fundraiser for the White Lake Community Hall on October 29, with 50/50 draw and bonus prizes. Thank you to all who came out and all the volunteers who made this event a success.

A Howlin’ Good Night at the White Lake Fire Department Halloween event on October 31, with a ghoulish House, a large bonfire, hot chocolate and re freshments and a fireworks display. Halloween costumes were part of the fun.

One of the stops for trick or treat ers in Blind Bay was at the home of the Scoop’s own Jerre Paquette and his spouse, Carole. Their home was decorat ed with witches and cut tall grasses and

the leaves from dozens of different trees in their garden. The skeleton witch holds a long drainage pipe down which roll the candies and goodies--a way to keep covid distance and still have fun.

On the garage door, they have a slide show of last years’ kids and fami lies--families stand there waiting for pic tures of themselves and friends to show up. One family has been shown on the door 4 years in a row.

Shuswap Overland Adventures

By Jason Lutterman

Wrecker

A foreboding hush has returned to the forest, the favorable finish to our summer has left us a bittersweet parting gift. The trees flush with color, put on a show of rich reds and yellows almost as if sympathetic to our reaction to the cold. Like Dr. Suess said, “the sweet and sour wind has returned”.

Ask any skinny kid what his favorite season is and he’ll tell you it’s sweater season. I’ve been looking forward to a pair of long John’s and a flannel coat for some time. Maybe it’s comfort, maybe it’s the guy who yelled “you should sue your legs for support” that time I wore those baggy shorts to the beach. Either way there is no debate, the descent into winter is one of the most scenic times in the Shuswap back country.

The Blind Bay Bluffs are a must for any local hiker this time of year. Being part of the Balmoral trail network there are a few trailhead options. If you’re

looking to push yourself, make the 20km loop from White Lake. Maybe the entrance from Balmoral is more fitting and take the more casual loop of just over half the distance.

But today it’s not my feet that will determine how long the journey is, 15-weekold paws will be the decid ing factor. With no intention of pushing the limits of a pup that young, I decided to take the trailhead at McArthur Heights. Located at the very end of McBride Road lies our entrance to the trail. There is a new member to our wolf pack, a very furry St. Bernard named Wrecker, that I have no doubt will live up to his name. Paws that look more bear than puppy, standing taller by the day, we have been fortunate enough to have a new hiking partner enter our daily routine. With the realization that he will outweigh me in mere months, it’s very im portant his training begins ear ly, positive reinforcement and socializing are at the top of the priority list. The dog friendly trail network plays host to that perfectly.

Wrecker’s breath steamed in the cool air as he dug his paws into the soft trail and be gan the steep ascent. This sec tion of the trail is rated the hardest of the network and does have some steep portions that may require a brief rest at one of the many viewpoints leading to the bluffs but I promise the scenery will push you forward as the trail’s angle increases.

With Wrecker’s nose to the

ground, he navigated the trail with very little direction, even as we took a nar row branch of the trail to a small view point, he managed to sniff out a small tin box, a geocache hidden along the trail. Though I’ve done this trail many times I’ve never seen this box before, a first for both of us. His stalky legs pushed hard as his energy began to fade and the time had come to turn around just before the Canadian Flag perched high on the bluffs above the bay.

His training went very well, all those who greeted him along the way did so in just the right way. Friendly people breathing in the outdoors and showing kindness to each other as they pass. I have never met a person on the trail who wasn’t happy to be there. With a few pats on the head and more water than I’ll drink in a week, we began the yellow brick road of fallen leaves back to the trailhead.

As I write this to the back drop of a snoring dog, rain beginning to fall out side the window and the smell of local cedar burning in the fireplace, all I can say is I’m grateful I live in the Shuswap. Follow our wanderings or look for places to wander yourself on our Facebook page at Shuswap Overland Adventures.

#findyourscoop

COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR

REMEMBRANCE DAY NOVEMBER 11

In Sorrento, Ceremony at Sorrento Memorial Hall. Wreaths laid during the ceremony paraded to the Cenotaph at St. Mary’s Church. Refreshments after at the Drop In Society. Please be seated by 10:40am.

Lakeview Centre in Anglemont Annual Remembrance Day Service begins at 10:45am. Please be seated at 10:30am. NOTE: This service was originally planned for outside but has now been moved inside.

SOUTH SHUSWAP

Notch Hill Hall Fall Clean-upNov 12, 10am - 2pm. Volunteers needed, bring your gloves and rake. Hot lunch served for volun teers.

Sunnybrae Hall CoffeehouseSat. Nov. 12 with local duo “Good O’l Whatserface” Doors and per former sign-ups at 6:30pm, show begins at 7:30pm. www.sunny braecommunityassociation.com Chilli and a Bun at the Seniors Hall from 5:30pm.

Carol’s Country CraftsChristmas Decoupage class es with Carol Mowers, Nov. 13 at Notch Hill Hall. FMI Notchhilltownhall1910@gmail. com

Friends of the Library - meet ing Nov. 14, 2pm at the South Shuswap Branch (2425 Golf Course Drive). Call Trudy Vercholuk at 778 490 5097 Nutrition Workshop - Nov 16, 1pm -4pm at Blind Bay Hall. Learn how to form good habits with food. FMI call 250-675-3661 or email sshealthss@gmail.com See ad on page 24. Calm to Go - at South Shuswap Library, Wednesdays Nov. 16, 30, Dec. 14, 21. Come in stressed. Leave revitalized. Free Drop in 10 to 11 am. FMI johannebritton@ gmail.com

Christmas Artistry Gift and Bake Sale - Nov. 19 & 20, 10am - 3pm at Blind Bay Memorial Hall. Featuring local arts and artisans. Vendors please contact Maureen 250-675-2844. See ad on page 4. Grey Cup Party – Sun. Nov. 20, Doors will open at 2:30 pm, Game showing on the big screen at 4 pm. Cedar Heights Centre. Scholastic Book Fair - Nov 21-25 at Sorrento Elementary School (and virtual). For more info: https://bit.ly/3DMmg9E

Live Music at Sunnybrae HallSun. Nov. 20. Hosted by local singer-songwriter Ari Lantela (of Chicken-Like Birds) and introduc ing singer/songwriter/session steel guitar player Skinny Dyck, with his 4 piece band. Doors open at 6:30pm, show at 7pm. Blind Bay Memorial Hall AGM - Nov. 22, noon in the lower lev el at Blind Bay Hall (Reedman

Gallery). Please attend. Sorrento Centre Events - Advent Retreat November 24 to 27. Weekly playgroup, Creative Journaling, Positive Psychology, Be a Picasso, Wild Church Sorrento, and so much more!

For information about events go to https://www.sorrentocentre. ca/events/calendar

Christmas Market – Nov. 26, at Sorrento Memorial Hall. 9am to 2pm. Over 40 vendors plus food trucks. See ad on page 13. Seniors’ Christmas Party - and Sorrento Lions Silent Auction. Nov. 26 from 6 to 10 pm at Shuswap Estates Community Centre. Light refreshments will be served. FMI sorrentolions club@yahoo.ca

‘Snow Ball’ Dinner/Dance - Fri. Dec. 2 at Shuswap Lake Estates Community Centre. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Fundraiser by South Shuswap Chamber. Tickets at EventBrite. https://bit.ly/3FV6yvz See ad on page 10.

Free Breakfast with Santa – Sat. Dec. 3 at Sorrento Memorial Hall. Gourmet hot chocolate bar, full pancake breakfast, photos and visits with ‘the big guy’ AND kids take home a special gift from Santa. Reservations are required for 9:00 am and 10:15 am sit tings. Go to https://bit.ly/3FYm RaR See ad on page 10.

Carlin Hall Coffee House - Dec. 3 at 7:00 pm featuring Making Do. Fundraiser for the Second Harvest Food Bank. Generous donations of food items and/or cash greatly appreciated.

Kids Only Christmas Shopping – Sat. Dec 3, 9:30-noon. Lower level Cedar Heights Centre. Shopping open to children 4-12 years of age, assisted by Association elves as no parents are allowed. Coffee and good ies on the upper level for par ents. If you have new or gently used items to donate, please drop them off at the Centre on Tuesdays or Thursdays between 1 and 3 pm.

Children’s Christmas PartyNotch Hill Hall Dec 4. Limited en try and pre registration is a must, FMI / registration call Marianne Romyn at 250-835-4721.

In Salmon Arm, Royal Canadian Legion #62 will be holding a cele bration at the Salmon Arm Cenotaph open to public. At 10:30am, a parade from Legion to the Cenotaph, where a ceremony will take place before a parade back to the Legion. At 12 noon, the Branch will be open to the public

In Chase, Royal Canadian Legion #107 will have a parade, starting at PharmaChoice Food & Drug store at 10:30am and marching to the community hall for a ceremony and presenting of wreaths at 11:00am. The Legion open after the ceremony.

Christmas Dinner and Dance –Mon. Dec. 5 at Cedar Heights Centre. Tickets on sale now. FMI www.cedarheightscommunity.ca

White Lake Christmas Food Drive - Dec. 6, 6 to 9pm. White Lake FD will be driving around its service area picking up dona tions for the Sorrento Food Bank. Please leave donations at the end of driveway or on the doorstep. Christmas Bake Sale – Sat. Dec. 10, 10 am to 1 pm at Cedar Heights Centre. Homemade goodies made by our talented bakers.

Cod Gone Wild – Sat. Dec. 10 at Sorrento Memorial Hall. Doors open 7 pm. Tickets can be booked online: codgonewild. com/shows

FACES Winter Recital - Dec. 11, 2:30 pm at Carlin Hall. Ticket information at https://www. shuswaparts.com/ CP Holiday Train - Pre-party on Dec. 15 at Notch Hill Hall from 6 to 9pm, train arrives at 9:10 pm. Free hot choc and snacks. Come in and warm up before the show. Donations for local food banks. See ad on page 25. Ukulele Band Christmas Shed Party – Dec. 16 at 7 pm. Friendly get together where everyone is welcome to bring their own in struments and singing voices to join in all the familiar Christmas carols. Everyone is welcome. South Shuswap Library - Kids Christmas Bookmark – learn to make two bookmarks. Registration required. Limit of 8 school aged children. Call to register 250-675-4818. Baby Talk Learn and connect with oth er parents. Jenna Stack is a la bour and delivery nurse, lacta tion consultant and specializes in Postpartum care. Topics such as Breastfeeding, Postpartum Depression, Pelvic Floor Health and Car Seat Safety. Casual, dropin program. Thursdays, Nov. 3-24 from 9:30am – 10:30am. Mother Goose with Rebecca Lively hour filled with songs, rhymes and fin gerplays! Fridays 10:15am Nov. 18, 25 and Dec. 2, 9, 16. Drop-in. Adult programming Card mak ing with Karen. Basic stamping and die cutting/ dry emboss

ing. Beginners welcome Dec. 8, 1:00 to 2:30pm. Registration required 250-675-4818. Limit of 8 adults. Adult Take & Make Bags to Go – Pick up Nov. 12. Page Turners Book Club. first Thursday of the month at 10 am. Registration required. Call 250675-4818. Fireside Knitters. 1st and 3rd Fridays of every month at 10:00am. Drop-in.

Carlin Hall Jam Groups –Wednesday jams until Dec. 7 from 1-3 pm. Call Diane at 250517-0861. Tuesday acoustic workshop/jam at 6:30. Call Larry at 250-675-5426.

Children’s Choir - Child drop off drop at FACES Studio (lower lev el 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. Knitting and crochet lessons dates to be announced. Email sunnybrae.srs@gmail.com for further details.

TOPS Sorrento - Every Thursday, 8:30 am weigh-in, 9am meet ing. 2932 Buckley Rd at the club house. FMI Eileen 306-221-2657

Cedar Heights Fall ProgramsKeep Fit, Be Fit, Yoga starts in September. FMI and to register: https://www.cedarheightscom munity.ca/ Take Steps for Fitness - walking program at Shuswap Lake Estates Lodge, Monday and Thursday 1:30-2:15. FMI 250-675-3361

Blind Bay Painters - Tuesdays, 9:30am at Blind Bay Memorial Hall. Drop in or FMI Jean Toker 250-253-6965

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

NORTH SHUSWAP

Scotch Creek Hub Events - Sip & Shop - Nov. 11 at 3pm, Suzy and John Blues Band - Nov. 19, Grey Cup Party - Nov. 20, KaraokeLions Club Meat Draw Sa tur days 3pm to 5pm, Open Mic on Sundays at 2pm.

Monthly Breakfast – November 12, 9 to 11am at Lakeview

Centre, sponsored by The Kicker. Lakeview Christmas Craft Fair - November 26, 9am to 2pm at Lakeview Community Centre.

Santa Claus Parade - Evening of Dec. 9 in Scotch Creek.

N.S. Health 12 Days Christmas Raffle - Tickets drawn each day from Dec. 10 to 21 at the health centre. Check website or Facebook for ticket sale details. Celista Hall Farmers MarketDec. 10 in the NS Community hall, from 10am to 2pm.

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

Bingo - 7:00pm at North Shuswap Community Hall - Mondays ex cept stat holidays.

CHASE

Chase Curling Club Pancake Breakfast - Sunday Nov. 13, 8am to 10am. Curling - Has started

New members welcome. FMI chasecurling.ca or Janice at 250679-4471 or admin@chasecurl ing.ca. Leagues Tuesday morning and Wednesday evenings. Open curling Friday mornings. Secwépemc Landmarks unveil ing - of the Tsqúqw7e Landmark sculpture in Tsqúqw7e (Chase Memorial Park). Postponed until spring 2023 Chase Country Christmas - Dec. 2 & 3. Parade uptown Friday5:30pm for tree Light up, Street Hockey, Street Vendors, Stores open later. Saturday- Craft Fair, Pictures & Story Time with Santa & Mrs Claus. Everyone Welcome.

SALMON ARM & AREA

Séwllkwe exhibition(Secwepemctsin for water) fea turing 2D works by artists of all ages on the theme of water. Open Nov. 5 - Dec. 10 at Salmon

Arm Art Gallery. Tues - Sat, 11am to 4pm and Thurs until 7pm. Coffee House at Gleneden Hall – Nov. 19. Every third Saturday, 6:30 pm performer registrations, starts at 7 pm. Music and poetry. FMI Call 250.832.2300

Live Pro Wrestling - Nov 19, 6:30pm - 10pm at Enderby Drill Hall. For tickets and info: bit. ly/3zof4yQ

Michael Kaeshammer - ac claimed Canadian pianist at Song Sparrow Hall Wed. Nov. 30. FMI rootsandblues.ca

Shuswap Storytellers - meet first Thursday of the Month, next gathering Dec. 1 at 7 pm. Please join us to tell stories or be one of our dedicated listeners. More info at 250 546-6186

Enderby Folk & Pattern Dance - Christmas dance Dec. 2 at 7 pm in the Enderby Drill Hall. Everyone of all ages is welcome.

Come out to learn some new steps and enjoy a great social evening. More info 250 546-6186

The Metropolitan Opera - at the Salmar Classic, On Alexander, Downtown. Sat. Dec 10, 9:55am, “The Hours”, Kevin Puts/Libretto Greg Pierce. For more informa tion, check out ttps://www.me topera.org/season/in-cinemas/ Armstrong MetalFest - band submissions for 2023 lineup. Applications open Nov. 1 - 30. Bands interested in performing at the festival apply at https://arm strongmetalfest.ca

ONLINE / WEBINARS etc.

CSRD Board

Meeting

- Thursday, November 24 at 9:30 am. Pre-register at www. csrd.bc.ca. Agenda available approximately one week in ad vance of the meeting.

RENTAL

Modern Furnished 2 bedroom home year-round rental in Anglemont. 500m from lake, pet negotiable, available immediately. $1600/mo. Ref required. Call or text 778-580-5661.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

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

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

community hall for more information and scheduled events

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 Event Coordinator - Carol Mowers 250-804-5229

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